http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/2affe2f8e9faf80c7179e61c162a57d0.PDF 9329a11db25836aaa85aa665ce598ef6 PDF Text Text Vol. XV No. 21 SEAFARERS LOG Oct. U 1953 AR PETITIONS FOR NY DOCK OECnON Stoiy On Page 3 Dock Action. Members of the Af'LILA Strategy Commit­ tee, top left, address the last SIU membership meeting. At microphone is Vincent Bulone, who, along with the other speakers shown in the background, thanked the Seafarers for their aid in the ILA longshore beef. Paul Hall, SIU sec­ retary - treasurer, left, introdaced the men to Seafarers at headquart­ ers. The committee made a report to the Seafar­ ers on the progress of the longshore workers' beef against the old ILA. Once again, the SIU membership voted sup­ port to the newly - chart­ ered AFL-ILA union. At bottom, left, AFL-ILA longshoremen head for the docks after assem­ bling at AFL-ILA head­ quarters in Brooklyn. (Story On Page 3.) "li'*"- • "iL,. • 'A vij �t*f Tw» SEAFARERS Veteran Seafarer Hits The Deck LOG October 1«. 1953 SW Crews Lead Protest Against USPH5 Closings A rising tide of protest against the proposed closing of US Public Health Service Hos­ pitals has come from Seafarers aboard several SIU ships. Crewmembers of the Steel Rover and Steel Director (Isthnuan), Alamar (Calmar), Queenston Heights (Seatrade) Binghamton Victory (Bull, Alcoa Roa--^" mer (Alcoa) and Lone Jack has not taken any stand on the ones at Vineyard Haven, Mass.; (CS) are among the latest to Budget Director's request. How­ Pittsburgh, Kirkwood, Mo.; San i Seafarer B. Roll, 7«, addresses the Seattle membership meeting. Roll is collecting disability pay under the SIU Welfare Plan and is still active in the union. ' MM&P Strike Ends, Win 18 Demands From Tanker Firms After an eight-day-long strike, operatori of East Coast tank­ ers yielded completely on all demands made by the Masters, Mates and Pilots Union. As a result deck officers have won a 60-day annual vacation clause-^ and several other gains in the port OR weekends or holidays. The new contract, including a new mates are allowed 48 hours oft hiring provision. Approximately 200 tankers were involved in the tieup which ended after the companies signed for 18 contract improvements. All changes are effective as of October 1, 1953. Hire Through Hall The new vacation clause pro­ vides that officers may take their vacations in one or two parts. Ail hiring of officers below the chief mate will be through the MM&P hall. In addition, overtime rates have been increased to $2.73 an hour from $2.58 with similar increases in night relief rates and penalty pay. The allowance for non-watchstanding officers has been in­ creased from $113.81 to $120.64 a month. Base wage rates in the contract remain unchanged. However, a new relief clause is provided while a tanker is loading or unloading in SEAFARERS LOG Oct. 16, 1953 Vol. XV. No. 21 As I See It Page 4 Committees At Work Page 6 Crossword Puzzle Page 12 Editorial Page 13 Foc'sle Fotographer Page 19 Galley Gleanings Page 20 Inquiring Seafarer Page 12 In The Wake Page 12 Labor Round-Up Page 13 Letters Pages 21, 22 Maritime Page 16 Meet The Seafarer., Page 12 On The Job .............Page 16 Personals Page 25 Quiz Page 19 Seafarers In Action Page 16 Ship's Minutes Pages 24, 25 SIU History Cartoon Page 9 Sports Line Page 20 Ten Years Ago Page 12 Top Of The News Page 7 Union Talk Page 9 Wash. News Letter Page 6 Welfare Benefits Pages 26, 27 Welfare Report Page 8 Your Constitution Page 5 Your Dollar's Worth .Page 7 Publlshtd biwetkly at tha headquartar* at tha Saafarars Intarnatlonal Union, At­ lantic « Cuif District, AFL, *75 Fourth Avenua, Brooklyn 3i, NY, • Tal. STarlins S-4i7l. intared as taeond class mattar during which relief officers will be supplied the ships. The contract is a 21-month agreement which provides for a wage reopener on December 15, 1954. Negotiations for the employers were conducted by the Pan Ameri­ can Petroleum and Transport Com­ pany. Federal Conciliation Com­ missioner Harry Winning assisted in the final settlement which came after 22 hours of almost continu­ ous contract talks between the union and the shipowners. US Yards To Build Ships For Aliens us shipyards should be going full steam ahead soon in the con­ struction of foreign-flag ships, with the lifting of many restric­ tions imposed on the yards for the construction of merchant ships for foreign account, the Maritime Ad­ ministration announced this week. Exceptions to this ban-lifting are only those necessary to assure that such vessels will abstain from trad­ ing with Iron Curtain countries, and that no transfer of ownership will take place without the approv­ al of the Maritime Administration. The new policy will apply only to future construction. In the past, restrictions were imposed provid­ ing a fixed period during which the vessel constructed in US ship­ yards could be requisitioned by the Government. "Conditions which necessitated the restrictions for the most part no longer prevail," Louis S. Roths­ child, Maritime Administrator said, "and their removal should permit our shipyards to compete, subject to currency restrictions, in the world market for new vessel con­ struction on more favorable terms than is presently possible." The Maritime Administration added that present circumstances do not warrant restrictions on US shipyards in the matter of material priorities, allowing the yards to step up their scheduled production prngiianuu/ i- 4« -• oi!-!. add their voices to the clamor ever, department chairman Mrs. against the closings. Oveta Gulp Hobby led the fight to Tjiiical of the messages was the close five hospitals at the last ses­ one sent to Senators and Repre­ sion of Congress. sentatives by the Steel Director During that session two hospitals crew. "We the undersigned were shut down while three others the crew, wrote, "feel that the were saved only after a last-ditch health of the domestic citizens of fight by the SIU and other mari­ the United States, as well as the time groups. Cleveland and Fort seagoing citizens, will be greatly Stanton were the hospitals to get impaired by the closing of the the axe by the 83nd Congress, with USPHS hospitals. Savannah, Memphis and Detroit "This service having been in warding off the budget-slashing operation for 155 years has done knife for the time being only to much for the advancement of medi­ come under the latest death-blow cal science by voluntary experi­ aimed at the USPHS hospital pro­ ments that have been carried out gram. over a period of years in the Originally, there, were 26 hospi­ marine hospitals. Without these tals in the program, ten of which experiments medical science would have been closed in recent years. be far behind what it is today. Those which have been closed "In preventing diseases, they include the Cleveland and Fort have stopped many contagious Stanton installations as well as the diseases from foreign countries which would have spread over the US . . . "Economizing by closing the USPHS hospitals would not be justified against the enormity of endangering the health of the entire population of the United States." In addition many Seafarers as well as wives and other relatives have notified the LOG that they too are writing letters of protest on the issue to their Senators and Virtually all SIU - contracted Representatives. companies have signed agreements Support is coming from other to extend the old contract for an­ quarters on the issue as well. AFL other 60 days without prejudice to President George Meany has writ­ retroactive pay. The signings meqn ten Budget Director Joseph Dodge that the new agreement, when fully endorsing the SIU's position, completed, will go into effect as while Governor Theodore McKel- of October 1. 1953. din of Maryland has indicated that Those companies which have not he will make his views felt on the yet signed the memorandum are subject. expected to do so within the next The barrage of letters was few days. touched off by the action of Budget The contract extension was de­ Director Dodge in asking the De­ cided on when it became apparent partment of Health, Education and that Union and company negoti­ Welfare to consider closing all but ators would be unable to complete three USPHS hospitals—^the lepro­ a new contract by the time the old sarium at Carville, La.; the nar­ one ran out. The extension will cotics hospital at Lexington, Ky.; enable both sides to continue ^ ne­ and the mental hospital at Fort gotiations in an orderly manner Worth, Texas. without interruption of shipping Up until now the Department services. Union, Go's Sign 60-Day Extensions Juan, Ellis Island, Buffalo, Port­ land, Me., and Mobile. Although the closings have taken place since the end of WW II most of them have occurred In the past two years. The latest proposal threatens to slash the program, once encom­ passing 26 hospitals, down to the way below-par figure of three. Maritime groups feel that only vigorous protests on the part of the marine industries will make the legislators sit up and think twice, e.specially with 1954 coming up as an election year for both houses of Congress. Observers feel that Mrs. Hobby and her department will not stand up against the budget cutting of the Treasury, inasmuch as she led the way to eliminate the Cleveland and Fort' Stanton hospi­ tals during the last session of the lawmakers. If the budget is cut to. the bone, as is proposed, not only will the maritime industry feel the blow, but maritime observers ^ll<i9e Government employees as^yrelL^s the health of the general 'ptiblic will suffer from the cutback, in hospital servicesf^ The USPHS pro­ gram serves many thousands ' of Government personnel yearly, as well as adding to medical advances in all fields. The final decision on the fate of the hospitals will be made at the next session of Congress. The SIU, and other maritime unions are pre­ paring for a vigorous battle on that score when Congreps opens its 1954 session. Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks Regular membership meet­ ings in SIU headquarters and at all branches are held every second Wednesday night at 7 PM. The schedule for the next few meetings is as follows: October 21, November 4, No­ vember 18. All Seafarers- registered on the shipping list are required to attend the meetings. European Labor Leaders Shown Around Hall Visiting the headquarters building in New York recently were three men active in the labor move­ ment in Europe. They are, left to right, Irving Brown,-AFL representative in Europe; Pierre FerriPisani, Mediterranean Committee, ITF; and < Willie Dorchain, ITF representative. Joe Algina, assist­ ant t secretja-yrtroasuren i4ghti shows them around the halL - ^ . -h.! r.- �October 1«, 195S ML I, (to l; SEAFARERS Wl All WTgW L Mo'i LOG Page Three AFL-ILA Routing Anastasia In Bklyn Files For NY Vote - tw *IIM ILA mi Irtn- tiwwi wtA-HwW AH. f*tW |(|t l« 3» M' • '• •• •— .. - „ ' •• Reproduction of the front page of the first issue of the newspaper beinr published by the AFL-ILA for New York longrshoremen. The second issue of the paper, which appeared this week, indicated the new dock union was a iroing: concern and in business to stay. Dep't Store Executive Named US Labor Sec'y Nattily-dressed lieutenants of Tony Anastasia discuss the next move for the old ILA longshoremen at the Erie Basin pier as AFL-ILA longshoremen work cargo. Rank-and-file longshoremen in the Anastasia-controlled locals mill about in the background. A new Secretary of Labor to replace Martin Durkjn, who resigned, has been named by President Eisenhower. He is Their boodle empire collapsing on their heads, racketeering leaders of the old James P. Mitchell of New Jersey who has been a labor rela­ ILA have their backs to the wall as the newly-chartered AFL-ILA has taken huge tions expert for large depart-• ^ ment stores. chell was serving in the Defense forward strides both on and off the docks. An AFL-ILA petition for a port-wide At the same time Under- Department as Assistant Secretary election for longelioremen in-*- Secretary of Labor Lloyd A. Mashbum, the last AFL representative in the department, resigned his post and returned to the Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers Interna­ tional Union. No Labor Men Since the CIO has no 'repre­ sentative in the Labor Department, it means that the Department is without any representation from either labor federation. In the past it has been the practice to have at least one man from eaeh federation holding a responsible position in the Department. Before his appointment, Mit- for Manpower and Reserve Af­ New York has been filed with longshoremen still under the dom­ ly beaten back by New. York police. fairs. the National Labor Relations ination of the old union. Judging But the climax of the day was yet One problem that the new Sec­ Board, backed up by thousands from the sentiment in the long­ to come. retary will face, in the opinion of After the day's work was over, shore membership, it is only a Washington observers, is the ques­ of pledge cards from rank and matter of time before the AFL-ILA the AFL-ILA men returned to the tion of what to do about recom­ file longshoremen. And down takes over lock, stock- and barrel. new Union's headquarters at 2lst mendations for amending the Taft- in Erie Basin, Brooklyn, the very The key-to the situation has been Street. It was then that Anasta­ heart of Tony Anastasia's kingdom, the struggle over the Brooklyn sia's squads put on their banzai AFL-ILA longshoremen have com­ docks centering at the Bull Line charge. Two squads stormed up pletely taken over the key Break­ piers at 20th and 21st Street and 20th and 21st Street toward SIU water Pier. the Erie Basin Breakwater. It is (Continued on page 17) Developments are coming fast in these tv/o places that the new and furious in the three-week-old AFL-ILA has scored its greatest drive by the new AFL union which successes thus far, and dealt is being backed up by Seafarers crushing blows to Anastasia's rule. and Teamsters. Already the new It was Anastasia himself who union, which has established made the first move — one which temporary headquarters in Brook­ boomeranged on him immediately. lyn and Manhattan and clean ele­ On October 7 at 8 AM he turned ments in the ranks of longshore­ up with a gang of hirelings at the men are taking charge of organiz­ Bull Line's 20th Street pier where ing operations, with advice and the SlU-manned Kathryn was planning assistance from the SIU. loading for, her Puerto Rico run. Intimidation Fails He set up a line in front of the Beset on all sides by the new pier gate and challenged members Preparations for the second an­ union, Anastasia's only response of the AFL-ILA, taking books away has been a couple of banzai charges from 36 nten and telling them thoy nual SIU Scholarsiiip Plan awards by select groups of hirelings. But could not work on the docks any­ are already underway, the Union Several US consulates in foreign the old tactics of intimidation more. announced, with several applicants ports have been closed as the re­ which served the racketeer ele­ Hit Back at Anastasia sult of a State Department econ­ ments are fast becoming useless Immediately the AFL-ILA struck having applied for the next group omy program.. They are among 22 in the face of the tidal swing to back with the full support of the of examinations to be eligible for James P. Mitchell college work beginning September the new AFL-ILA. consulates all over the world that Seafarers and Teamsters. SIU men 19.54. Four four-year scholarships Hartley law. It was this issue To add to their difficulties the walked off the Kathryn halting the have been shut down in recent which caused the resignation of old-line ILA leaders have been be­ loading of the ship and Teamsters will be awarded. months. After similar examinations, four the previous Secretary, Martin P. set with indictments and other Union members refused to deliver scholarships, worth $6,000 each, The closing of the consulates Durkin of the Plumbers Union. court actions designed to put an freight to the vessel. The same ac­ was prompted by fund cuts made Durkin resigned after a dispute end to their racketeering on the tion was taken on the Steel Vendor \t'ere awarded to children of Sea­ in State Department appropri­ with the Eisenhower administra­ farers for the 1953 college, year. waterfront. docked at the Breakwater. An ulti­ At the present time several appli­ ations as a result of the adminis­ tion over proposed amendments Locals Swing Over matum was then delivered to the cants are ejigible for the next tration's economy drive. that the White House was sup­ In the three brief weeks since stevedoring corporation and the group of scholarship exams, with Ports Covered posed to recommend to Congress. the drive began -.h AFL-ILA has shipping companies to fire Tony the closing date for eligibility set Port consulates affected by the The outgoing Labor Secretary won elections in seven local unions "Spanish" the hiring boss at the for Feb. 20, 1954. One qualifying charged that the President had closing include Vitoria, Brazil;. in New York City. Out of town Breakwater, one other hiring boss, exam has been held for next year's Georgetown, British Guiana; Ten- promised to send the amendments locals too, have voted to join the and a loader and assistant foreman awards, with three more due to erife in the Canary Islands; Gi- to Congress only ,to recall them new union, with two sugarhouse at the Bull Line pier, all of whom come up on December 5, 1953, and bralter; Bari, Italy; Bergen, Nor­ when other members of the admin­ locals in Philadelphia, two in were henchmen of Anastasia. After on January 9 and March 13, 1954. way and Cebu, Philippine Islands. istration family objected to the Puerto Rico and the entire north­ three days the shipping companies All applications will be received As a result seamen who have to amending procedure. west coast and Alaskan district go­ capitulated. New hiring bosses and processed until the Feb. 20th go ashore in those ports because As a result, Durkin has returned ing AFL, In every instance where were named and a shape-up was cutoff date, with the eligible ap­ of injury or illness will be de­ to his former post as president of local union members have been taken at noon on Monday, October plicants sitting for any one of the prived of the consulate •services the Plumbers and Steamfitters permitted a secret ballot vote, 12. three remaining exams. Only in that they would otherwise receive. Union, AFL-ILA members, defying the this way can they be eligible for they have voted by convincing The consulates are also respon­ For the present, Mitchell said he margins for AFL affiliation and threats of Anastasia and his the 1954 scholarship benefits. sible for certifying emergency re- was not prepared to make any against the racket leadership of squads, went into the Breakwater Seafarers who have had three placemenin to ships in certain in­ statements on the Taft-Hartley is­ the old union. and to Bull Line and started to un­ years sea time, and children of stances. Closing of the consulates sue, although some Senators are These local union decisions are load. They were greeted by a bar­ Seafarers who meet the same rer will remove effective control of re­ reportedly preparing amendments in addition to written pledge cards rage of rocks and an attempt to quirements are eligible for, the placements in the affected ports. to the law. ^ received from thousands of other storm the gates which was quick­ benefit4vUtiidex'..th4 plan.!- l, ,' V,, US Closes 7 Foreign Port Consulates New Exams On For S �.iTif'^p-^i-.-v/'-.^.n® Figt F*or SEAFAHEttS MST5 Hauls Huge Tonnage In 4 Years LOG Throw in For A Meeting Job Under the rules of the SIU, any member can nominate himself for meeting chairman, reading clerk or any other' post that may be up for elec­ tion before the membersliip, including committees, such as the tallying committees, finan­ cial committees, auditing com­ mittees and other groups named by the membership. Since SIU membership meet­ ing officers are elected at the start of each meeting, those who wish to run for those meeting offices can do so. The Union also welcomes discussions, suggestions and motions on the business before the meeting. Just how large military cargo -and passengers loom in the general US shipping picture is revealed by a four-year report issued by the Military Sea Transportation Service. The MSTS, formed through unifi--* cation of Army and Navy bound to "be an important matter transport services, reports it affecting the welfare of US ship­ has moved more than 93 million ping. Measures have been intro­ tons b£ cargo, nearly 8 million duced in Congress that would limit MSTS activity and give full prefer­ passengers and more than 53 mil­ ence to privately-owned tankers, lion long tons of oil in the four passenger ships and cargo vessels before any .Government tonnage is years of its existence. Most of this material, of course, used. These measures are expected to be debated at length in the next has moved on privately-owned session of Congress. ships chartered to MSTS. But a great deal of it, particularly pas­ sengers, went on the MSTS' own 260-ship fleet, including many large transports used to carry troops, dependents of men in service, UN officials, displaced persons and the like. The Federal Maritime Board will hear rearguments on the $2 Billion Bloomfield Shipping Company subsidy proceedings in Wash­ Just how much cargo and how ington on November 3. These rearguments will be based many passengers were carried on upon petitions submitted by the MSTS ships themselves is hard to determine since for purposes of the Lykes Steamship Com- well over a year. Seafarers are watching the statistics privately owned ships un­ pany and the Waterman der chartere to MSTS are listed as Steamship Corporation for recon­ board's action closely. If the MSTS ships. However, one figure sideration of the board's decision Bloomfield subsidy is upheld it will mean that the epmpany, which has gives some idea of the extent of favorable to Bloomfield. MSTS' own operations. In the Bloomfield is applying for oper­ an SIU contract, will be able to four year period from October 1, ating subsidies on two trade routes, purchase more ships and expand 1949 through October 1, 1953, tlie one to horthem European ports its present operations. This will total expenses of the agency were and one to the Mediterranean area. mean more jobs for SIU seamen. better than $2.1 billion. Payments Two initial rulings, both favorable to private shipowners for their to Bloomfield, held that present services were $1.5 billion. Allow­ steamship services on the two trade ing for administrative expenses it routes were not adequate and that appears that half a billion dollars the company, although not an ex­ went for the operation of the Serv­ isting operator over the two routes, ice's own ships. was eligible for subsidy under the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. Shipowners Seek Cargo Ban Reopening Groups of private shipowners, notably the tramp ship operators, The Waterman and Lykes com­ have been arguing that more MSTS panies were denied the right to " The Puerto Rico, 7,114-gross ton cargoes could move on private reopen the case in order to submit passenger liner, has been sold by ships instead of on MSTS vessels. new evidence. They were allowed the Bull Lines to Swiss interests. The MSTS has claimed that the to request a reconsideration of the The sale is subject to approval of tramp ships are not suitable in all board's njling because two mem­ transfer of flag by the Maritime cases for the cargo-moving opera­ bers of the board, Louis S. Roths­ Administration. tions involved. This has been chal­ child and E. Claggett Upton, had The 441-foot vessel was pur­ lenged by the shipowners. not taken office at the time of the chased by the Arosa Line for Obviously, the disposition of rulings. This meeting of the board $500,000. Plans for the vessel call MSTS cargo, whether on private is expected to finally dispose of the for it to oi)erate between Canadian ships or on Government vessels, is case, which has been going on for and continental European ports, joining the company's vessel, the Arosa Kulm, on the same run. In addition, the new owners plan to remodel the ship and to increase her passenger capacity from the present 200. first-class berths to about 600. The liner, formerly operating be­ tween New York and the Carib­ It was old home week in Tampa, who chaired a receift Galveston bean ports of San Juan, PR, and Florida, at their last September port meeting. Mathews, a deck St. Thomas, VI, has been in'idle membership meeting with three seaman, was born in Missouri 28 status since last March. Attempts Floridians running the meeting. years ago and still lives in that to sell the 22-year-old vessel last Handling the chair was Burns state. Belnor, Missouri, is his home month to domestic interests met Powell, who hails from Bartow. A town. He's married, and joined with disappointment when the sole deck seaman with the SIU, Powell the Union in November, 1948 at offer was one of $140,000 by a ma­ was bom in the 'Gator State on the Texas port. jor steel company to acquire the February 24, 1921. He joined the Another officer of the Galveston ship for scrapping. The offer was Union up in New York in 1944, but meeting was Bob Wilkins, who, rejected. likes to stick pretty close to Bar­ unlike Mathews, is a native Texan tow, where he and his wife have all the way. He holds Union mem­ their home. bership for seven years, joining in Seafarer A. Masciello was record­ Mobile on January 11, 1946. Wil­ ing secretary at the meeting. A kins lives in Lufkins, Texas, and native of Italy, sails in the engine department. the 51-year-old l4steward also has The American Dental Associa­ settled in Tampa Seafarer Robert R. Miller was tion has decided that it isn't the with his family. the choice of the Norfolk member­ toothpaste you use, but the tooth­ He joined the ship as meeting brush which helps prevent tooth Union in Tampa chairman at their decay. Meeting in Cleveland, the on July 12, 1949. September 23 Association decided that none of Reading clerk session. Miller, the new toothpastes on the market James Kelly an engine de­ had any particular effect, whether joined the Union partment man, they have ammonia, chlorophyll or KeUy in Baltimore on joined the Union anything else in them. May 28, 1947. He's 25 years old in New York on Some of. the dentists present and also makes Tampa his home, May 20, 1949. suggested that maybe the Federal He's 33 years old, i t Food and Drug Administration One mjdwesterner who still married, and a ought to take a hand in the matter Miller keeps his home away from, salt native , of North by cracking down on exaggerated water is Seafarer James Mathews^. s^oUi^ Mt now .liy^s in Norfolk. advertising claims. Maritime Board Orders New Bloomfield Subsidy Test SS Puerto Rico Sold By Bull For $500,000 Dentists Knock Toothpaste Ads October IC. 195) As 1 See It • • • OUR SIU SCHOLARSHIP PLAN HAS BEGUN ITS SECOND round with interviews and tests for those who would like to get a fully-paid college education through the Union. As the brothers know, we awarded four $6,000 scholarships this year to four children of Sea­ farers. These scholarship winners are attending the colleges and uni­ versities of their, choice right now. Next September four more winners will be able to begin their studies. They might be Seafarers themselves, or children of men who have sailed with our Union, Whatever the case, each one has an equal chance and each one is judged on his or her merits. Some of our members held back a little on applying for these scholar­ ships feeling that the standards might be a little too tough for them to meet. Actually though, the purpose of this plan is to give a crack at a college education to those who can profit from it. And that means that the scholarships are open to anybody who can show a pretty decent high school record and handle him­ self well on the required college entrance examina­ tions. There's still some time to act on this, but I would advise the brothers to throw their names in the basket and get themselves qualified for a really fine scholarship—one that can hardly be equalled any» where in the country. All of the candidates who did win our last scholarships told us they weren't very sure of success but gave it a try just in case. It takes very little trouble and effort to file an application and it can pay off very handily. WE'VE HAD QUITE A FINE RESPONSE UP UNTIL NOW ON OUR request for support from the ships on keeping open the US Public Health Service hospitals. It's quite clear that the membership of this Union is aroused on this score and realizes th(. importance of the hospi­ tals to their well-being. Naturally, the issue hasn't come to a head yet and won't until Con­ gress gets back to work in Washington. But in the meantime, it will do no harm (in fact it can do quite a bit of good) if the membership keeps after their Congressmen on this issue. If any of the brothers need any information on where to write or who to write on this subject, your Union will be glad to give them the necessary material. Some of the membership too, are concerned about what will happen it the hospitals should be closed. The crew of the Binghamton Vic­ tory, for one, has written the Union suggesting that the SIU go out for a group hospital insurance plan in our negotiations with the ship­ owners to replace the USPHS program. It's a bit too early, of course, to say that the hospitals are finished. As a matter of fact your Union is hopeful that this raw deal that the Budget Director is trying to feed the seamen can be blocked and the hospitals kept open. In any event, should the closings go through, your Union will be fully prepared to take necessary action to protect the health and well-being of the Seafarers. AS IS REPORTED IN THIS ISSUE OF THE SEAFARERS LOG most of the shipping companies we do business with have agreed to extend the contract for 60 days while guaranteeing our men their re­ troactivity. That means that every improvement that will be pro­ vided in this new agreement will go back to October 1, the date the new contract will go into effect. We are still working on these contract matters and just as soon as there is something definite to report on this score, the membership will be fully-informed as to the progress and outcome of the negotia­ tions. Those few companies that have yet to sign the extension agree­ ment are expected to do so without delay. YOUR UNION IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOB WAYS TO OPERATE in a more efficient manner and provide speedier service for the mem­ bership. Consequently, we have installed a tele­ type system in all our ports that makes for rapid communication from one port to another and be­ tween headquarters and the outports. It's easy to see what advantages this offers to a Union like ours. If headquarters needs important information from an outport agent, it can get it. in a matter of minutes, instead of waiting a day for the mails. The same goes on any other communications that normally pass day by day, between the various ports. It also saves quite a bit dl time that would otherwise be used in letter-writii^ and in trying to get through long-distance phone circuits that are often all jammed up. Thus where members have problems that require inter-port com­ munications, speedy service can be given the Seafarer. From the practical experience ve have had operating this system, thus far it has worked in excellent fashion. Our organizers too, are finding it quite handy in -contacting each* other in the various ports, so that it has proved very useful in the Atlantic Refining organizing campaign. The teletype system would also prove very valuable in the event your Union gets involved in a major beef of any kind. It means that the whole district would b6 able to take instant gction on any pro.blem that might arise, and as such it is an important asset to our organization, and to the membefSKilp.^* . , �1 T?Err2rcwrS«r OeUber K, 1«5» Maritime Training Cut, Alameda Base To Close SEAFARERS Pare Fir* LOG New Tanker, Mariner For SIU The long-disputed Government program for unlicensed sea­ men will be cut back sharply as a result of budget reductions. Consequently, the Maritime Administration has indicated that it will close down the Ala­ meda, California, training sta­ the Maritime Administration, has tion next year, and may have appealed to steamship companies to limit its courses at Sheepshead and maritime unions to help sup­ Bay, New York. port the training program. He said Louis S. Rothschiid, chairman of that there would be no funds avail­ able for correspondence courses in 1955 unless the industry chipped in to keep them going. In the past, private industry has not looked with favor upon similar proposals to fill the coffers and help support the maritime train­ ing program. Under Fire From SIU The maritime training program Hugh Bryson, head of the Com­ is only one of several Governmentsupported services for the industry munist-controlled National Union which is feeling the pinch of an of Marine Cooks and Stewards, has administration-sponsored economy Soon to be crewed by Seafarers from the Boston hall, the Orion Comet is shown moving out with been indicted once again on drive. However, it has long been the aid of a tug on one of her first sea trials before she crews for her first run with MSTS cargo. The charges that he perjured on a non- under fire from the SIU and other 29,000-ton supertanker is one of four such ships being built for Colonial. Communist affidavit. Bryson filed maritime unions as a "wrong end to" approach to maritime prob­ the affidavit with the National La­ lems. BOSTON—The first of four new super-tankers, the 29,000-ton Orion Comet, has passed bor Relations Board as required her sea trials and will take on a full SIU crew before leaving on an MSTS-chartered run For many years the SIU has of all union leaders who want to to-an unannounced destination. Headed up by that well-known Seafarer, John "Ban­ take representation cases before opposed Government training pro­ anas" Ziereis as bosun, the grams on the grounds that unions the Board. This second Indictment has been could always supply enough SIU crew went aboard the 29,- branch hall is expecting to ship a sea under charter to the SlU-conIssued in Washington, DC, by a trained men to meet any emer­ 000-ton vessel on Tuesday, Oc­ crew aboard another brand-new tracted South American Steamship vessel, the Badger Mariner, as soon Company. The Badger will be the Federal grand jury. It was neces- gency. During the heavy shipping tober 13. Meanwhile, the Philadelphia as that vessel getsj-eady to go to fifth Mariner-type ship to be as­ s^y because of a legal technical­ of early 1952 the SIU opened its signed to an SIU company. The ity which- required that the indict­ own training school for deck sea­ other four are the Keystone Mar­ ment-be .issued only at the place men to meet the demand. "We've always felt" an SIU iner (Waterman); the Cornhusker that the affidavit had been filed. Mariner (Robin Line); Magnolia The original indictment had been headquarters spokesman said, "that the money used to train seamen Mariner (Mississippi) and Hoosier issued in San Francisco. could have been used better to Mariner (Isthmian). Three-Count Charge help provide a modern, up-to-date One of Four Three counts are included in merchant fleet. It isn't much u.se Following along the lines of other ill-fated "independent The Orion Comet is one of four the charges—that Bryson falsely to train a lot of seamen and offi­ unions," a dummy labor outfit aboard the motor vessel Exstated he was not a member of the cers if the merchant fleet isn't cello, a converted LST belonging to the Excello Corporation, supertankers ordered by the Co­ lonial Steamship Company. She Communist Party, that he was in growing at a rate sufficient to pro­ will have to do some fancy-s­ was built in the Quiney, Massa­ no way affiliated with the Party vide berths for them." talking when it comes before ership also includes a non-seaman chusetts, yard of the Bethlehem and that he did not support an or­ In his letter 40 the industry, ganization advocating violent over- Rothschild stated that the Sheeps­ the NLRB in New Haven, lawyer, whose office doubles as the Shipbuilding Corporation and was Conn., on November 4. "union" office. In addition, the launched in August. Since then throw bf the Government. head Bay Training Station is oper­ Earlier this year SIU organizers bosun, top official of the outfit, is she-has been undergoing final out­ The NUMC&S control over ated at a cost of $475,000 a year, signed the entire crew, first of a the son of Captain Stanley, mas­ steward department members on while an additional $178,000 an­ fleet of ships to haul formaldehyde ter of the Excello, wrapping up the fitting and equipping, as well as West Coast ships has been chal­ nually goes for correspondence .for the outfit, a subsidiary of the "union" in a tight knot for the the necessary trial runs before go­ ing to sea. lenged by the AFL Marine Cooks courses. Much larger sums are T.A.D. Jones Corporation of New company. Colonial has applications for six and Stewards who^have been or­ spent to maintain the Kings Point Haven. Despite the announced Approximately 25 men are em­ ganizing on these vessels. Should Merchant Marine Academy which loyalties of the crew, the company ployed by the company. Firing of more supertankers now pending the indictment be upheld in the graduates licensed mates and engi­ decided to go ahead with intimida­ at least three former employees with the Government. The ships would be built under the construc­ Courts, it would have an impor­ neers. tions, threats and discriminatory has been documented as unfair tant bearing on any potential The program was successful in firings to get SIU supporters off labor charges against the company. tion subsidy provisions of the Long NLRB election on these ships, as keeping SlU-contracted ships fully- the ship. In addition, the company Many of the men fired from the Range Shipping Law that was pass­ Bryson's conviction would exclude manued in the emergency shipping established its own "union" as company are now shipping SIU, ed at the 1952 session of Congress. The Keystone Mariner was the NUMC&S from the ballot. period. well. Filing of unfair labor pending the outcome of the legal the first of the new class of Gov­ charges against the company fol­ action. ernment-built, post-war freighters lowed continued firings and the Almost immediately after the assigned to an SIU company. The :You» sibHts: Afyp company's refusal to bargain with SIU request for recognition by the new, speedy modern freighters so Siy . :OUAEANTiE£> MX ', the SIU as the recpgnized bargain­ company, the newly-estabiished far are the only new ships actually Y©URRgAing agent. "union" posted a schedule of new- built or under construction by the TURE.<Sto .AeiaUAIHt:^ Big Name Anyway pay scales slightly higher than Government since the end of you WITH THESE: RlOHrS: : iPRIVIlEOES. . The so - called "Independent Union wages. However, no ac­ World War II. Thirty-five Mariners Union of the Motor Vessel Excello" tual contract exists between the will be built altogether by the is a one-ship, one-company outfit, "union" and the company. The Government, which has assigned with the bosun and chief steward ship is in regular service between about 20 for operation by private of the ship at the helm. The lead- Harbor Island, Texas, and New steamship companies. From Article XVIf Haven. Bryson Again Indicted On Oath Charge Dummy 'Union' Heads For Trouble At Labor Board YOUandfho tlU CONSIIIUTION "This Union ma/ publish pam­ phlets, journals, newspapers, magazines, periodicals, and gen^eral literature, in such manner as may be determined, from time to time/^ by o majority vote of the membership." On the beach and on the ships the SIU membership is fully informed •of the goings-oii in the organiza­ tion through its bi-weekly 28page newspaper. Booklets on various educational subjects are also published from time to time. •A:/;, •• -r ' . Don^t Send Your Baggage COD Seafarers have again been warned not to send their bag­ gage COD to any Union hall. No Union hall can accept de­ livery of any baggage where express charges have not been prepaid. Men who send baggage COD to Union halls face the pros­ pect of having, to go to a lot of trouble and red tape with the Railway Express Co. All COD baggage—regardless of the port—goes to the local ex­ press office, where it is held by the express company until claimed. Seafarers who want to be sure of getting their baggage when they want it, can send it to any Union hall provided they prepay the shipping charges. Two new Seafarers, Raymond W. Morcy, left, and Nelson E. Nor­ wood, receive their books from Mickey Wiiburn, SIU representa­ tive, light, on Harbor Island. Fired by the company, the former meml^rs of tho Excello crew are now shipping with the SIU pending outcome of hnfalr Charges."" . < o> • '^1 -•^tl iSl M - -^1 �SMEEgaESHEE2ffiiSf:::«:^'""'ri5ra^ Pare Ste "OeWbcr If, IfBS SEAFARERS LOG New Orieans Gets SlU Blood Bank WWP""" One of the Tolunteers to contribute blood to the new SIU blood bank in New Orleans is Seafarer James Noonan. Here a New Orleans hospital technician takes Noonan's blood pressure. This New Orleans bank will be a permanent feature and all Union members will be able to draw on it. - Seafarers in the port of New Orleans now have their own blood bank at the local US Public Health Hospital, with assurance of sufficient blood on hand at all times to meet any emergency. The local membership has agreed to make regular donations to the bank and in turn the hospital will reserve at least 15 pints for use James Noonan, Stanley Freeman Arrangements have been made and Robert High went down to do­ with the SIU New Orleans branch by ill or injured Seafarers. In the past in New Orleans, as nate a pint each. Four of the men for regular donations on Mondays In other ports, the hospitals have passed the physical for blood do­ to keep the blood bank up to its had to ask for volunteers to meet nors and started the bank going. minimum needs. the blood needs of Seafarer-pa­ tients. Volunteers have always been available, but the hospital authorities felt it would be better if a supply of blood was on hand to meet immediate needs. Accord­ ingly, arrangements were made to set up a regular blood bank. SAN FRANCISCO—^A court decision upholding Coast The blood bank was opened on Guard screening of seamen but recommending changes in the September 29 when five Seafarers, screening procedure has been issued by the Ninth Circuit Burton Owens, Milton Wetzell, Court of Appeals. The case arose out of a Gov­ •T ernment appeal from a Dis­ I trict Court decision which acquit­ I I ted three members of the Com­ munist-dominated National Union Tof Marine Cooks and Stewards on I a charge of working without vali­ I dated papers. L.. Denied Clearance Sometimes questions might be bank services and $3.66 for office The three men involved had been denied clearance by the Coast raised about the importance of the supplies. weekly auditing committees in the At the same time of course, the Guard, presumably because they light of the fact that the Union committees report all the major were bad security risks. When the has quarterly financial committees, and regular office expenses in­ case came up in .the District Court, also elected by the membership, curred including such items as the men were acquitted on the who go over the same grounds telephone, electricity, rent (if any), grounds that the screening act was once more. Actually though, the gas and oil, office supplies and unconstitutional. weekly committees perform a func­ the like. However, the Circuit Court of tion that can't be done by the It's obvious that if at any time Appeals ruled that the act was quarterly committee in this sense in any port an expenditure seemed constitutional, but that a bill of —they spotlight the week by week to be out of line, particulars stating the nature of income and outgo of each port, it would show up the charges should be given the something which does not stand immediately in accused men. out in the district-wide summation these weekly re­ It's expected that the entire is­ prepared by the quarterly com­ ports and action sue will eventually wind up in the mittee. taken to justify US Supreme Court for final deci­ Through the weekly reports it the expenditure sion. Meanwhile the screening of is a very easy matter to check on or correct the seamen and waterfront workers the smallest expenditure in any situation. will continue on the present basis. port. And if there is any question Another point about any expenditure, it is easy to to be considered Brinson go back and find just where it was is the very fact made and why. Quitting Ship? that this is a weekly report. Steps Forty-Cent Item can be taken week by week to con­ To show how thoroughgoing th^.s Notify Union procedure is, the last Baltimore trol expenses. On a quarterly basis, the Union would have to wait two A reminder fro™ SIU weekly committee consisting of headquarters cautions all M. Masek, M. or three months before it could Seafarers leaving their, ships Beeching and M. act to make adjustments where to contact the hall in ample Cotty noted an needed. And last but not least, the time to allow the Union to expenditure of 40 dispatch a replacement. Fail­ cents for a new weekly reports serve to provide ure to give notice before socket and $1.21 even wider participation by Sea­ paying off may cause a de­ for registered farers in the financial affairs of layed sailing, force the ship mail. In Wilming­ the Union, something which is all to sail short of the manning ton, the three to the good. requirements and needlessly man committee, These auditing committees serve make their work tougher for P. Brinson, . J. S. as a safeguard to the membership Masek your shipmates.' Williams and A. to the money belonging to the SIU Lucas, noted a flO-cent charge for and to its infsmbers. Court Proposes Change In CC Screening Set-up SID COMMITTEES HT WORK SIU NEWSLETTER The Departments of Commerce and Labor, as well as the Bureau of the Budget, are set to defeat passage of a bill introduced earlier this year by Representative Tollefson, Washington, that would eliminate the provision from existing law that seamen discharged without cause, before one month's wages are earned, shall be entitled to receive from the employer,-in addition to any wages earned, a sum equal to one month's wages. • Labor Department officials,. approached on the subject, say that the requirement that seamen be paid "penalty wages" in the event they are discharged prior to earning one month's wages provides a certain amount of employment stability in an industry in which stability is otherwise lacking. The Commerce Department feels that apparently the Tollefson bill, which now seems doomed, is based on'the theorjTthat the shipowner must pay penalty wages to seamen if the vessel completes its voyage within one month, regardless of whether this constitutes a breach of the shipping articles. Officials of the Commerce Department say that the bill would not deprive a seaman of his right to sue for breach of contract. However, they add, it would deprive the litigants and the courts of a convenient rule for assessing the amount of damages the seaman can recover for an unwarranted discharge prior to eafning one month's wages. The present statute specifies that the seaman's re­ covery shall be the equivalent of one month's wages. Under the Tollefson bill, however, seamen would be compelled to prove their damages and the courts would be confronted with the task of determining the amount of these damages. The result would be an increased burden on the seamen, the shipowners, and the courts. The Department of Commerce says that the present law provides a preferable and practicable means of compensating the seaman. X Despite the fact that American subsidixed lines have put up a bold bid for retention of the present subsidy system under the 1936 Mer­ chant Marine Act/ the chances are good that Congress, within a couple of years, will think seriously about drastically altering this systeni. For the past few years, the Congressional Appropriation Committees have been hacking away at the operating subsidy system, and have made it clear that they do not like the way the subsidy has been adminis­ tered. Added to this is the fact that the General Accounting Office, watchdog of the public treasury, has commented unfavorably about the increase in wealth of the subsidized lines in the past 15 years. The combina­ tion of these two big factors would indicate that the present subsidy system may not hold up. Another factor to be considered is that the Defense Department has indicated the the subsidized lines hold only about one-half of the shipping capacity needed. Therefore, to the extent that the 1936 Act has worked, it has worked to help only this 50% of the fleet. • The fact that Congressional Appropriation Committees have been re­ luctant to pay for subsidy already earned by subsidized linCs points to an eventual drastic revision of the whole operating subsidy set-up. $• Export controls of the Office of International Trade have been ex­ tended to include watercraft of US registry intended for scrapping abroad. This new rule applies to ships of US registry located in foreign waters which are to be scrapped as well as to vessels located in the US. This control was instituted by the Government because of the con­ tinued shortage of iron and steel scrap required for domestic steel production. Approval of requests for scrapping vessels abroad will be limited generally, by OIT, to cases where the scrap cannot be made available economically for use in the US. No change has been made in the requirement that sales to noncitizens, or transfers to foreign registry of US privately-owned vessels, must be approved by the Maritime Administration. Thus, where a sale or transfer to foreign ownership or registry for scrapping is involved, application must be made to both the Maritime Administra-* tion and OIT. Where the vessel remains under US registry or owner­ ship, application for scrapping abroad need only be made to OIT. ,• .4i Louis S. Rothschild, Maritime Administrator and Chairman-of - the Federal Maritime Board, continues to remain something of a mystery man, even to the maritime industry. On the part of the operators, many of them are still wondering just how Mr. Rothschild stands on the sub­ ject of a strong American merchant marine. For example, it is understood that ho refused to go to bat for the operators and unions, in connection with the proposed closing of marine hospitals. When approached on this subject, he contended that he had nothing to do with the Public Health Service hospitals, that he was supposed to administer the shipping laws. In line with the thinking of the Republican Administration, Mr. Rothschild believes that public funds should not be used for the con­ struction and operation of ships, unless it is definite that more trans­ portation capacity is essential to meet the requirements of commerce and national security. it 4" l* In the past, the US Government has gone into the ship construction business in the hope of selling the vessels at a later date. However, future Government shipbuilding programs will not be on a take-it-orleave-it basis. Under new legislation, passed earlier this year,'the maritime industry will be encouraged to develop and build ships it­ self, with outside pi-ivate financing. • The policy here is that the Government wants private financing to become the pattern and wants more Americans thus to have a stake in the shipping business^ .V , �October 16; 1958 SEAFARERS STEVENSON AT WHITE HOUSE—Adlai Stevenson, 1952 Demo­ cratic candidate for the .Presidency, • called on President Eisenhower last week to report on his world tour and to give his suggestions in the field of foreign relations. The former Illinois governor reported his findings to the Presi­ dent, Secretary of State Dulles and several cabi­ net members and Con­ gressional leaders at a White House luncheon where he was giiest of honor. Afterward, he conferred with the presi­ dent for an hour. His principal suggestion was the drafting of a nonaggression pact with Russia, similar to the Locarno Treaty. t t t President Dwight Elsenhower and his TRIALS IN MIDEAST opponent of last November, Adlai —In Iran and Egypt Stevenson, leave the White House after politicians who only a lunch together. few months ago had been the objects of public acclaim found themselves on trial for their lives. Most important of these was Mohammed Mossadegh, former Iranian premier. A successful coup by Gen. Zahedi brought the Shah back from a three-day exile and tumbled Mossadegh from power. An air of secrecy and censorship prevails in Iran and there have been few reports about the interrogation of the fonfter premier. The Shah and his supporters fear a public trial for the former premier might be the signal for Mossadegh supporters and Tudeh party mem­ bers to attempt to seize power. INDIANS IN DIFFICULT ROLE—Lieut. Gen. K. S. Thimayya, at his first press conference as chairman of the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission, indicated the difficult situation in which the Indian forces in Korea found themselves. Long the subject of widespread criticism in South Korea, the Indians aroused the ire of the Communists of the north when Gen. Thimayya was quoted that his troops would not at­ tempt to check a mass escape attempt by anti-Communist POWs. He said that such an order could only result in mass slaughter. While the Communists regarded this statement as the "green light" for such an attempt, American sources resented the remarks by the Indian com­ mander as oblique criticisna of American treatment of the Koje Island outbreaks. it 4. BRITISH MOVE AGAINST GUIANA REDS — British troops and naval forces were rushed to the South American colony of British Guiana to forestall a suspectfd attempt to set up a Communist-domi­ nated state. The crisis in Guiana is the result of a series of strikes by plantation workers. The governing People's Progressive Party took the side of the strikers and threatened to curtail the powers of the crown-appointed governor.' The British Foreign Office claims that the PPP is Communist dominated and that the colony's prime minister, Cheddi Jagan, and his American bom wife are Communist sympathizers. 4" ' 4" 4> us, BRITISH PULL OUT OF TRIESTE—The United States and Great Britain announced that they would pull their troops put of Zone A in the disputed territory of Trieste. The two powers also informed the Italian and Yugoslav governments that they would turn over the zone's civil administration to the Italian government, while allowing Zone B to remain in the hands of Yugoslavia. This acUon, indicating that the occupying forces were washing thelr hands of the entire Trieste problem, pleased neither the Italians nor the Yugoslavs. Yugoslav Vice-President Edward Kardelj denounced the action as a "concession to Italian imperialism,".while 'a spokesmen for the Italian regime was also quick to criticize the miove. LOG Page Seven Atlantic Tankermen Solid SlU As Company Stalwarts Switch With the National Labor Relations Board expected to order an election for Atlantic Refin­ ing tankermen in the near future, SIU organizers are looking forward to a substantial elec­ tion victory in the fleet. All signs point to a solid majority for the SIU which would elimin­ ate the company-dominated" Atlantic Maritime Employees Union from the picture. SIU organizers in Atlantic base their outlook on the swelling pivoSIU trend in the weeks since the SIU filed its petition for an elec­ tion. To date, 477 members of the company union have formally with­ drawn from that outfit, and pledged for the SIU. At its best the AMEU never had more than 600 members in the 877-man fleet. Of the re­ maining tankermen, none of whom were ever members of the AMEU, the SIU has pledges from an equal­ ly impressive percentage. Council Delegates Switch Even more impressive perhaps, than the over-all figures, is the fact that so many present and former AMEU fleet council dele­ gates are now counted in SIU ranks. Over 40 of these men, all of whom were considered stalwarts by the company union, have switched their affiliation. Most noteworthy of these switches of course, was that by Frank Fletcher, who was vice-chairman and second ranking officer in the AMEU. Fletcher has since been ousted at a rigged trial at which he was not permitted to speak in his behalf. Find Out Truth Numerous other fleet council members, ex-fleet council dele^ gates and high percentage-pay oldtimers have swung over to the SIU along with Fletcher. Once the oldtimers found out the truth about the SIU, they swung over almost completely, bringing along other Atlantic men with them. A key issue in the Atlantic cam­ paign in recent weeks, one that has been used with telling effect by SIU organizers, is the fact that AMEU - attorney - business - man­ ager Emanuel Friedman is a hand picked appointee who never had anything to do with seamen. As SIU organizers have put it time and time again, there is no provi­ sion for a business manager in the AMEU constitution, nobody knows who appointed Friedman, and what's more, he represents the of­ ficers' association in Atlantic at the same time. The company union representatives have been unable to answer these points in any way. Similarly, Atlantic tankermen have been Impressed by the fact SIU organizer Don Hilton welcomes another AMEU member into the Seafarers. John Hill, alternate delegate to the AMEU fleet council, accepts congratulations in Port Arthur, after pledging his support to the SIU. that AMEU chairman Stanley Alcott is on the company's payroll and as such is at the mercy of the company. The roles of Alcott and Friedman in the AMEU have con­ vinced tankermen that the label "company union" fits the AMEU snugly. Out of desperation at the pro­ gress being made by the SIU, the Atlantic Refining's Marine office has plunged into the fray with a series of bulletins attacking the SIU's arguments in the campaign. NO LAWYERS NEEDED The SIU Welfare Plan office wishes to remind Seafarers and their families that no lawyers are needed to collect any SIU Wel­ fare Plan benefit. Some cases have arisen in recent months in which lawyers were engaged. The only result was a delay in col­ lection of benefits and a charge against the benefit for lawj'ers' fees. It's emphasized that the Welfare Plan was designed from the beginning to provide simple and speedy payment of all. benefit claims, so as to bypass lawyers and legal fees. Any application for benefits should be made directly to the Seafarers Welfare Plan , at 11 Broadway, by the individual involved. YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney MargoliuS/ Leading Expert on Buying SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Save On Car Needs A Seafarer who hopes to support a car had better know the true facts on fuel and other car needs if he doesn't want the jalopy to drain him of all his money. The Ameri­ can Automobile Association estimates it costs the average car owner who has a fairly new car about $900 a year to own and operate it. You reduce that ownership cost considerably if yours is a little older car with consequently lower depreciation, but you still pay heavy charges for gas and oil. The AAA estimates it costs about 2.15 cents a mile for gas and oil, while service and maintenance- costs. are another .68-cent a mile, and tires, about one-half cent. One question that puzzles many car owners is .whether or not they really need the more expensive premium or high-test gas. The fact is only newer cars with high-com­ pression really require premium gas. The Federal Specifi­ cations Board has pointed out that the amount of lead in the gas affects only the anti-knock quality and not the over-all gasoline quality. Ease of starting and warm-up needed are related to the volatility of the gas, and there's no appreciable difference in this characteristic of regular and premium gas, the board said. Some of; the newer, cars with high compression ratios However the company, no more than the AMEU, has attempted to answer the SIU's basic challenges on the role of Alcott and Fried­ man. Nor has the company come up with the answer to the SIU's superiority in take-home pay, rep­ resentation and welfare benefits. All reports indicate that the company's propaganda has bac'xfired badly in that it has convinced the tankermen that Atlantic has a very definite interest in keeping the AMEU alive. do perform better with premium gas. It does them no the mail-order houses and auto-supply stores. By this time the idea that you need to change your oil damage to use the cheaper gas, but they then won't have the extra power they can supply. That's especially true every thousand miles has been discredited. However, it is advisable to change oil more frequently in winter. Coldof cars with automatic shift. The same problem comes jip in buying motor oil. Is ' weather starts force unlubricated parts together, thus rub­ it worth paying extra for premium oil or will the less- bing off tiny particles of metal which get into the oil and haye an abrasive effect on engine parts. Also, a hot costly regular grade do? engine shut off and left in the cold has a lot of moisture Chief difference between regular and premium oils is which condenses and forms sludge and corrosive acids. that the premium grade contain stabilizers which keep Lowdown On Anti-Freeze it from breaking down as fast, and also have chemicals When it comes to anti-freeze. you can also figure that which give it the same flowing characteristics over a wide not all car owners need the premium-priced glycol kind range of temperature. So for heavy-duty use and for a by any means. It costs three times as much as the stand­ comparatively new car, the premium grade seems to have ard alcohoi type anti-freeze. According to tests, the loss advantages. of lower-priced anti-freeze most frequently is not due to But if you do use regular grade, remember that with evaporation but to leaks and after-boil. winter coming on it is extra important that you change However the glycol anti-freezes, which have a higher to light oil. Regular-grade oil pours harder in cold boiling point than alcohol, are definitely desirable for cars weather. In fact, automotive engineers find that improper in which high-opening thermostats have been installed to crankcase lubrication rates as a chief cause of winter get more heat cut of heaters; for cars driven where it engine failures. gets colder than 30 below; for high altitudes, and for Of course some service stations charge almost as much heavy-duty driving, or where prolong idling occurs, as m for regular as premium grade. You can save about half city driving. the cost of oil by changing it yourself or adding it yourself But all authorities warn against salt-base anti-freezes when needed. You can buy good-quality motor oils for even if cheap, such a calcium, magnesium or sodium as little as 15-18 cents a quart in two^gallon cans from chlorides. . . ( 1 'U •SI •.A �Pate Plaht SEAFARERS LOG October 18. 1»53 50-50 Upheld In Wheat SEA5CASH BENEFITS Cargoes To Pakistan Wheat being shipped to Pakistan under the famine-relief bill for that country is meeting the requirements of the 50-50 law, the Foreign Operations Administration announced. Of­ ficials said about 475,000 tons"*' will have been shipped by the end of the year, more than 50 percent of which is being carried in American bottoms. When the Pakistan wheat ship­ ments were first taken up in the "House of Representatives last June, the bill in question was re­ ported out of the House Agricul- Steel Co. $ Sought For NevfChannel ture Committee with no 50-50 provisioja attached. The SIU's Wash­ ington office went into action im­ mediately alerting Congressmen to the omission. As a result • an amendment to insert the 50-50 provision in the bill was offered from the floor and was carried by the House. Tramps Carry Bulk Of the tonnage carried by Amer­ ican ships thus far, 20 percent has gone on regularly-scheduled liners and 80 percent on American tramps. This is in accord with schedules set up when the bill was passed. Under the provisions of the bill, the full tonnage will have to be delivered by June 30, 1954. The value of the 50-50 law in meeting foreign competition on Government shipments is illustrat­ ed by the fact that freight rates on US tramps have been running between $17.50 and $21.00 a ton. Rates on foreign tonnage have been the equivalent of $9.50 to $11. The 50-50 law was fTrst passed in 1948 as part of the Marshall Plan program of economic aid for Europe. It has provided an im­ portant percentage of Americanflag shipments in the last fiye^ years. * The US Army Corps of Engi­ neers will recommend to Congress that the US Steel Corporation pay half the additional cost of deepen­ ing the Delaware River channel to 40 feet between Philadelphia and Trenton. The rest of the proposed channel route will be 35 feet In depth. This development follows on the heels of the recent conference be­ tween the Army Engineers and the three-state (Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware) authority. The proposal states that the three states should pay the remainder of the cost. The US Steel Corporation, which has its giant Fairless Works along the proposed route, would be the biggest beneficiary of the projected channel. There have been reports A US District Court judge in that the Isthmian Lines division of Trenton, NJ, has ruled that the US Steel planned to build giant General Electric Company must ore carriers if the channel-deepen­ give up its monopoly in the light ing project were approved by Con­ bulb industry. Federal Judge Philip gress. Now that the Engineers Forman ordered the company to have recommended that the Fair- give up exclusive rights to its pat­ less Works bear half the cost, the ents and share them with the in­ attitude of the steel company may dustry at present and in the fu­ be different. ture. A Congressional rhubarb over Agreements between GE and five this appears likeiy. Representative other companies maintaining its Charles R. Howell (D., N.J.) has monopoly were also nullified by already fii-ed the first shot. He the ruling. However the court states that he will recommend to turned down a Government de­ Congress that the Engineers pro­ mand that GE get rid of fifty per­ ceed with the 35-foot channel if cent of its facilities for producing US Steel refuses to pay the added bulbs. cost, since this depth would ac­ Company lawyers have not yet commodate all shipping other than indicated whether they would ap­ the Fairless Works ore boats. peal the decision. US Orders GE To End Monopoly SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID To..../!.S.-.<(.^..7..wr3. F'om No. Seafafers Rcceiring Benefits thia Period] Average Benefits Paid Each Seafvef || Total Benefits Paid this Period 2£22± U WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Death Benefits Disability Benefits U7^ ool S" GOO oo ±i3jL Vacation Benefits Total 2JL22A Ct, WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hospital Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950* | Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950* 9^ Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 * J/3¥o Maternity Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952* JL96<St Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 • |?/oo^ Total Date Benefits Beaan WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS CashooHaod Vacation velfate 7? 07 Vacation Estimated Accounts Receivable^ Welfare— OO US Government Bonds (Welfare) iSTlMkM. Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets — Training Ship (Welfare) 7L TOTAL ASSETS COMMENT: THE NEXT EXAMINATION OF THE VARIOUS APPLICANTS FOR SOHOURSHIP BENEFITS WILL TAKE PLACE ON DEC'W 5TH. As OF THIS DATE, THERE U HAS BEEN ONE PERSON THAT HAS TAKEN THE EXAM, SHIRLEY SAVAGE, ON TUB W£4;?ry,M#las^^ 7iJNYm\c& 1$7os5\m OMMTecAJism ARe coWiNcep 7i44r-]Wf SATISFACrp^/i/OF&l.a MBAI IS. OUIi.B&&CAU. AUG. 12, 1955- THE ONLY REMAINING APPLICANTS ARE EDMUND URKIN AND SEYMOUR WALLACE, WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXAMS TO BE HELD ON DEC. JTH, JAN. 9TH AND .MARCH IJTH. THE DEADLINE FOR ALL APPLICANTS IS FEB. 20TH, 195I1. BY THAT DATE, ALL APPLICATIONS'MOST BE IN. AND FULLY PROCESSED SO THAT THE APPLICANTS CAN SIT FOR THE UST EXAMINATION WHICH WILL MAKE THEM ELIGIBLE FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP BENEFITS OF SeCH EXAMINATION WILL BE HELD ON MARCH I3,,.I95'»* I- Submitted AT TMff NEW rOON HALU... • • M- A1 K«tr, Aeaial strator^ . and, remember this... All these are yours without contributing a single nickel on your part—Collecting SlU-bene'fits is easy, whether it's for hospital, birth, disability or death—You get ftnst rate personal service immediately through your Union's representatives. �O^ber 19, 19St SEAFARERS Pagm Nina LOG Mysterious Explosion At Sea Rips Hole in Ship UNION TALK By KEITH TERPi Winning mor« jobs as well as porkchops for SIU men is a never-ending campaign. Although the Union stands at the head of the Industry In maintaining a healthy book-to-job ratio, assuring plenty of jobs when and where Seafarers want them, the effort to assure a continuing flow of jobs goes on. Thus, even with the heavy concentration of organizing effort on the Atlantic Refining fleet since the summer of 1952, the Union did not stop there. This past August the Union wrapped up a quickie drive against a company which tried to skip out on a promise to hire SIU people under the standard SIU contract and signed with the NMU while they were still dickering with the SIU. The Valentine Tanker Corporation, operating, the Val Chem, bowed finally after trying a pack of legal gimmicks to forestall the eventual result. And the Val Chem is just the first of several ships the company is expected to put into service as a combination petroleum and liquid chemical carrier, all of which means still more jobs to come under SIU contracts. Excello Victory In Sight Now a Union victory against the Excello CojTporation, another tanker outfit that's been, trying everything in the book to beat off organization by the SIU is in sight. The company, which is going on the carpet at NLRB hearings early next month on unfair labor practice charges filed by the SIU, was the center of a quick, successful campaign at the beginning of this year, with the result that the entire crew of its pro­ totype ship was signed up. The'Tanker Ticonderoga limps into Los Angeles Harbor with gaping hole blown in her middle tiy However, deciding to fight the overwhelming desire of its seamen mysterious explosion at sea. Inbound from Honolulu, the tanker came in under her own power, with for SIU representation, the company began intimidating and discrimin­ ating against SIU supporters and even went as far as to set up its no injuries reported in the mishap. own little dummy "union" then and there to break the solid SIU majority on the ship. And with the drive in Atlantic temporarily hang­ ing fire pending an NLRB order from Washington setting the starting date for balloting in the Atlantic tanker fleet, the occasion now pre­ sents itself to examine the Excello operation. Also a one-company out­ Another in the growing list of testimonials to the slopchest service offered by the SIU Sea fit at the moment, but expected to acquire a fleet of ships to haul cargoes of formaldehyde, Excello is typical of the shipping operations Chest has been received from the Bloomfield Steamship Company in Houston, Texas. Com­ pany's general purchasing agent, O. C. Webster, wrote that "congratulations are in order" that will resist bona fide unionism right down to the wire. We thought we'd seen some pretty raw set-ups masking as "unions" to the Sea Chest for the qual->before, but this one in Excello has got a lot of them whipped hands ity of its merchandise, its particularly impressed with your 'name-brand' merchandise which down. The "Independent Union of the Motor Vessel Excello"—^the prices and its efficiency. ship is a converted LST—is the name of ttie outfit, and it's a beaut. Meanwhile, increasing pressure was supplied at competitive prices It was formed just about the time the SIU had already won the support is being put by crew on Calmar comparable to our prices for the of most of the men involved and, was, in fact, already seeking recogni­ Line ships, where skippers have same merchandise in the various tion from the company as bargaining representative. thus far refused to budge from ports. WASHINGTON—New and big­ their stand in not buying Sea Chest "We also appreciate your kind ger tax write-offs for US industry 20 Man "Union" products. The captain of one ship offer whereby the Sea Chest will And what is this lUMVE? Lo and behold, it's a "union" of 20-odd informed the crew that he would promptly exchange any merchan­ are in effect now for companies seamen employed by one company with just one ship. For an idea of not take any SIU slopchest aboard dise on request or give full credit building plants for defense and the top of "security" this phoney can offer, consider who are its of­ under any circumstances. on items not in demand. mobilization. Previously the Gov­ ficers; the bosun on the Excello is top man, and the chief steward is Dealers Cut Prices "Frankly, we have no criticism ernment was allowing the com­ second in common command. Nobody knows what their real titles are; one immediate effect to offer in connection with your panies to write oft" up . to 60 per­ they have no actual agreement with the company that anybody has seen of However, Sea Chest campaign in Cal­ handling of Slop Chest items on cent of the cost of construction. or heard about. In addition, to make the arrangement cosier, the bosun marthe has been a considerable reduc­ any of our vessels to dafe, either Now the firms are getting a 100 is none- other than the captain's son. tion in prices by private dealers as to quality or price. In fact we percent write-off if they take the When the outfit came into being, the first thing it did after the com­ supplying the ships. These dealers, feel that congratulations are in trouble to strengthen their build­ pany denied the SIU's demand for recognition was post increases in feeling the heat, have brought order for the efficient handling of ings against bomb damage. the wage scales that put base pay just a few dollars above standard their prices down more nearly in this commodity in the short period More and more enterprises are Union scale—a common-enough anti-union trick. Next, to entrench it­ line with those of the SIU Sea the Sea Chest has been in opera­ expected to take advantage of this self, the lUMVE began badgering the men to swing away from the Chest. In respect to quality how­ tion." largesse on the part of the gov­ SIU and sign its own phoney pledge cards. The Bloomfield Company letter ernment. This plan has actually ever, little-known or unknown Anybody who didn't, or talked SIU was bounced for one reason or brands continue to prevail. is one of several received from been in effect since the beginning another and now, after several months and heavy turnover in personnel, The Bloomfield official in his various SlU-contracted shipowners of the Korean war. Most companies comes the first showdown before the NLRB. Most of the men who letter to the Sea Chest, declared since the Sea Chest started supply­ applying for the exemption on were fired are on SIU ships today anyway, but as in other cases of that he had inspected every item ing the ships. these grounds are building facili­ this kind, they'd like to come back aboard the ship and sail her under supplied to the Mary Adams "and All of them have expressed ties which can be easily converted an SIU cntract and watch the company officers really have to toe the am pleased to state that v^e found their satisfaction with the price to civilian production, in the event line. That day is undoubtedly going to come before long, and they've every article supplied to be first and quality of Sea Chest merchan­ of a slow down in defense pro­ earned that bit of pleasure the hard way. class in every respect. We were dise. duction. Another Co. Praises Sea Chest Plants Getting Better Tax Deal Cartoon History Of The SIU The Hiring Hall yo. 4o -.4\ I ' -^1 The Taft-Hartley Law was aimed at breaktog labor. The best way was to abolish the "cloMd shop." This means abolishing the hiring hall for seamen. Some maritime labor leaders wanted to compromise, but the SIU stood fast and refused to change the basic principle of seamra's Uniojajk V Fighting for the hiring hall wasn't the only SIU activity, nor was Cities Service the only tanker company organized. During 1948, great strides were made in the tanker field. Hardly a week passed without another company being signed. Un­ organized seamen were flocking to Siy^ advantages, The same was true in the dry cargo field. Where contracts were already in force, wages and condi­ tions were improved. New contracts were signed. One big victory was the Cuba Distilling Co., an outfit that was SIU before the war. lost all its ships during the war, and started back in business again.. �SEAFARERS Page Ten .October IS. 195» LOG PORT REPORTS Baltimora: Md. Covernor Helps SlU Hospital Drive Shipping in the Port of Balti­ more for the past two weeks has been slow but there are no hard­ ships being suffered by the mem­ bers. We've always got the Ore ships and we are glad to report at this time that more of the men are taking these scows, adding to the pockets of the men as well as to the strength of the SIU. In the same period we had 21 ships pay off, 17 ships sign on and eight ships in transit. Ships paying off were the Evelyn, Ines, Suzanne, Mae, Dorothy and Hil­ ton, twice (Bull); Calmar, Seamar and Bethcoaster (Calmar); Marore, Bethpre, SteelSears ore, Cubore, Venore, Baltore and Chilore (Ore); Raphael Semmes and Fairport (Wa­ terman); Robin Mowbray (Seas), and French Creek (Cities Service). Ships signing on were all except the Robin Mowbray, Fairport, Bethcoaster and Baltore and in­ cluding the Seavictor (Bourne­ mouth). In-transit ships were the Steel Scientist (Isthmian); Azalea City, Alawai and Chickasaw (Wa­ terman); Alcoa Puritan and Alcoa Runner (Alcoa); Rosario (Bull) and Bethcoaster (Calmar). Disputed OT We have had the Raphael Semmes and the Fairport paying off here in the past month and have had some disputed overtime pertaining to the cargo carriers which we have submitted to New York for clarification. This is some­ thing new that has been added to five or six Waterman scows and will be coming up regularly. This should be taken care of in short order. Gov. Behind Drive Maryland's Governor Theodore R. McKeldin, as printed in the Baltimore Morning Sun of Oct. <1, 1953, supported the SIU drive to maintain the USPHS hospital pro­ gram. "I can visualize many good reasons for continuing this serv­ ice," he said, referring to the pro­ gram begun in 1798. "It must be true, too, that most of those who entered the merchant sea service considered this hospital care part of their emoluments. It would be unfair, I believe, to do this, which in effect reduces the pay of many seamen who become ill." Atlantic Victory The Governor went on to say that he would do everything with­ in his power to see that the hos­ pitals remained open in order to service the needs of the seamen and Government employees. He agreed that the hospitals benefitted the general public as well as sea­ men and Government personnel with their contributions to medical advances. Gov. McKeldin is a good man to have on our side and I am sure his support will be of con­ siderable value to the SIU and maritime interests in general. What the maritime indu.stry has to do is to enlist the aid of other men of his caliber, reputation and po­ sition, to make it clear to the Director of the Budget that we are not going to submit easily to the closings of the hospitals. Only in this way can we win this important battle. We are sure of victory in the Atlantic drive, as you well know, since we have never lost any outfit we've set out td organize and we never will. The Atlantic men SIU way and have been bull-dozed so- much by the AMEU that they are clamoring for an election. Richard Appleby from the Atlantic Importer visited us last week and be. was enthused about our ship­ ping procedure. We have Brother Owen Herring in the USPHS hos­ pital here who is receiving all of his benefits and will continue to do so while he is confined. He is doing well and expects to be re­ leased shortly. Earl Sheppard Baltimore Port Agent Wilmington: Weather And Hesplfals Chief Teplcs Of Talk continue to do so for the coming two-week period. The Southland of South Atlantic paid off here and signed on last week. In-transits were the same Southland, Seatrains New York and Savannah (Seatrain); Monroe (Bull); and Wacosta and Fairport (Waterman). I attended a meeting of the Savannah Central Trades Council last week and the only thing which came up was the longshore beef. The longshoremen in this town do not have a business agent and .one of the members of the executive board wanted to know how they stood in the ILA. The president told him that the charter had been taken away by. the AFL conven­ tion in St. Louis last month. He told the members that he would have to wait and see what develops in the New Orleans meeting and report back to the membership. Men in the marine hospital in­ clude John Daniels, F. W. Grant, K. Bumgarner, J. Littleton, John Duffy, K. L. Guthrie, M. McDonald, F. G. Wesley, R. Huggins, N. L. Gardner, L. J. Love, Sam Jonas, H. Mathes and S. V. Kilpatrick. Jeff Morrison Savannah Fort Agent Shipping in the past two weeks has slowed down considerably with the result that we have more men on the beach now than is normal for this busy port. Despite this, nobody has been here for more than a couple of weeks except those unfit for duty. The next two weeks should improve consider­ ably. X. $ ^ The Amersea of Blackchester New York; signed on and the following were in-transit ships In the past two weeks: John B. Waterman, Gate­ way City, Madaket, Yaka and Mobilian (Waterman);. Marymar, YorkDuring the past two weeks we mar and Penmar (Calmar); Steel paid off a total of 17 ships, signed Maker and Hoosier Mariner (Isth­ on eight ships and had 16 intran- mian); Anne Butler (Bloomficld); sit. Three ships laid up during Bradford Island and Abiqua (Cities this period, the Marina (Bull), Service), and Petrolite (Tanker Golden City (Waterman) and San Sag). Among the oldtimers around Mateo Victory (Eastern). here now dropping in for a chat Ships paying off were" the Seatrains New Jersey, New York, are Sidney Tur­ Texas and Georgia (Seatrain); ner, John Flana­ Chiwawa and Council Grove gan, Osbourne (Cities Service); Robin Locksley Brooks, Clyde (Seas); Golden City, Wacosta and Parker, Loyal 4. t t Afoundria (Waterman); Elizabeth Piker and John Lake Charles: (Bull); Val Chem (Valentine); Ward. In the hos- '' Strathport (Strathmore); Greece pital is Percy Victory (South Atlantic); Maiden Harrelson off the Victory (Mississippi) and the Steel J. B, Waterman and just released Vendor (Isthmian). Flanagan Shipping here and the affairs in Signing on were the Steel De­ was Arthur Lindsigner, Steel Director and Steel sey who" came off the Sea Wind port are in fine shape. We have Rover (Isthmian); Omega (Omega (Seatraders). Also released was had four payoffs here in the last Waterways); Northwestern Victory Sidney Malkin who was hospital­ two weeks, so everybody is happy with all the jobs available. (Victory Carriers); Robin Hood ized for spinal meningitis. (Seas); Seagarden (Orion) and Weather Fine Causing this rush of shipping Council Crove (Cities Service). We weren't going to say any­ were the Logans Fort, Royal Oak, Ships intransit were the Chicka­ thing about the weather anymore, Paoli, Council Grove, Bents Fort, saw, Topa Topa, Wacosta and De but after reading that some states Chiwawa, Winter Hill, Government Soto (Waterman); Trojan Trader on the East Coast had snow just Camp, Cantigny and French Creek (Trojan); Michael (Carras); Gov­ let me say that we had three 90- (Cities Service); Alawai (Water­ ernment Camp and Royal Oak degree days in succession. It man); Del Sol (Mississippi) and the (Cities Service); Massmar (Calmar); cooled off a bit today, only in the W. E. Downing (State Fuel). The Kathryn and Frances (Bull); Sea- BO'S. Anyone for a swim? Paoli, Council Grove and Bents trains Savannah, New Jersey and The main topic of conversation Fort paid off here after a foreign Louisiana (Seatrain); Alcoa Puri­ run, while the Downing had a tan (Alcoa) and Steel Apprentice around here still seems to be the mutual consent payoff for about 22 proposed closings of the USPHS (Isthmian). hospitals. We're just wondering if men after a five months' run. For the benefit of the brothers Shipping for the next two weeks the fellows around the country are who put in for restriction to the looks fair. We don't have too many ship in St. Georges, New Found- following this up with letters or ships scheduled for payoff here, wires to their Senators. land, we are still awaiting word but we may get in some unexpected John Arabasz from our Washington representa­ vessels as we often do. Wilmington Port Agent tive on this matter and will let On the beach here we find the you know as soon as we get some Parker boys, J. and L., R. Lyle, definite information. B. Spear, W. Pritchett, J. Mitchell We have a new supertanker Savannah: and F. J. Mapp among others. which will crew up in Boston in Possum hunting time is here now about a week, the Orion Comet. and if I get a few nights clear we We also have a new Mariner due will go out and get us a possum to come out in about two or three or two. Anyone who hasn't eaten weeks, the Badger Mariner. It possum and taters doesn't know goes to South Atlantic and will Shipping has been holding its what they are missing, which is crew up in Philadelphia. own down in this neck of the really something. Claude Simmons woods in the past period and we Leroy Clarke Asst. Sec.-Treas. have every expectation that it will Lake Charles Port Agent Hnlon To Crew Up Hew Supertanker In Beslen Louisiana Port Busy With Four Payoffs Shipping Is Keeping Fairly Steady In Pert JSMU OiRMCTOK Y SIU, A&G District gALTlMORE 14 North Gay St. Earl Sheppard. Aeent Mulberry 4540 BOSTON 276 State St. James Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2-0140 GALVESTON 308>/!i 23rd St, Keith Alcop, Agent Phone 2-8448 LAKE CHARLES, La 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent Phone 6-5744 MIAMI Dolphin Hotel Eddie Parr. Agent Miami 9-4791 MOBILE .1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner. Agent Phone 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. Lindsey Williams. Agent . Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW VORK ... 675 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn STerling 8-4670 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ren Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St Market 7-1635 PORT ARTHUR 411 Austin St Don Hilton, Rep. Phone 4-2341 SAA FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. T. Banning. Agent Douglas 2-5475 Marty BreithoIT, West Coast Representative PUEgTA de TIERRA, PR Pelayo 51—La 5 Sal Colls. Agent Phone 2-5996 PUERTA LA CRUZ Calle B^a? 25 Phone pending SAVA^AH .. ... 2 Ahercorn St. Jeff 'Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE 2700 let Ave. Jeff Gillette. Agent Elliott 4334 TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. Kay White. Agent Phone 2-1323 WILMINGTON. Calif 505 Marine Ave. John Arabasz. Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS . 675 4th Ave.. Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude S' *^mons Joe Volplan William Hall SUP HONOLULU FORT WILLIAM... 118>A Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3331 EORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone: 5501 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. ~ EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA, EC 617>A Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER. EC 565 HamUton St. Paciflc 7824 SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. Phone 0346 BAGOTVILLE. Quebec 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD. Ontario 52 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Quebec Phone: 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince WiUlam St. NB Phone: 2-5232 16 Merchant St. • Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND 823 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND. CALIF 257 5th St. Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO.... 450 Harrison St. Gr^at Lakes District Douglas 2-8363 133 W. Fletcher .SEATTLE 2700 1st Ave. ALPENA Phone: 1238W Main 0290 . 180 Main St. WILMINGTON 605 Marine Ave. BUFFALO. NY Phone: Cleveland 7391 Terminal 4-3131 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE NEW YORK 679 4th Ave.. Brooklyn CLEVELAND Phone; Main 1-0147 STerling 8-4671 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadian District Headquarters Phone: Woddward 1-6857 531 W. Michigan St. MONTREAL 614 St. James St. West DULUrU Phone: Melrose 2-4110 PLateau 8161 HALIFAX. N.S...... 128'A HolUs St. SOUTH CHICAGO .^^^^.T^l^OSn^SL Phonal 3-8911 .. • ' . ;: J . j.;. - < •• New Orleans: Grain Shipmenis Reach Last Year's Ton Telal Shipping In the port has held Its own and Is continuing along at a steady pace, as a matter of fact more book members shipped In the past two weeks than registered In the port. Beefs have been the usual minor run of regular beefs with the exception of a misunder­ standing on the Del Sol - (Missis­ sippi), regarding Kroo boys on the West African run. This has been cleared up and should not occur again. It must be understood that the membership has approved the carrying of these Kroo boys on the West African run and they in no way have deprived the crews of overtime as the crews on the West African run ships make more overtime than" the same company ships on the South American run. It Is essential that they carry Kroo boys, as the NMU companies with which Mississippi has to com­ pete carry Kroo boys who are al­ lowed to do far more work on the ships than allowed by the Missis­ sippi contract. The West African run by Mississippi has expanded considerably In the past few years and makes quite a few more jobs for the members shipping through the port of New Orleans and should be looked upon as regular shipping through the port. Boys in Hospital Brother Jack Bates, readmitted following discharge, is nearing complete recov­ ery. The condi­ tion of Clarence "Red" Cobb sud­ denly developed Into a critical stage, but his many friends and former shIp' mates in this port will be Cobb pleased to learn that at the time of our last visit he was greatly Improved. Tedd Terrington, who has undergone sev­ eral serious operations. Is also well along the recovery route and has progressed to the point where he Is permitted to move about and en­ joy the benefits of the fine weather and sunshine on the hospital grounds. Grain ships In the port of NO. are still clearing at a record rate. Last year's record for grain ship­ ments through the port was equalled again this year by the grain elevators here in NO. After the new elevators, under construc­ tion at the present time, are com­ pleted, NO should be able to pick up in shipments far greater than It does at the present time. In September, 32 -ships cleared the port of New Orleans with grain, eight for Mexico, five for Holland, four for Spain and Belgium, three for Japan and two each for Ger­ many, France, Italy and Trieste. Payoffs Ships paying off were the DeJ Mar and Del Sol of Mississippi and Waterman's Antinous and Chickasaw. Sign-ons includes the Del Mar and Del Monte of Missis­ sippi, Metro's Gulf Water and the Genevieve Peterkin of Bloomfield.^ In-transit ships were the'Alcoas Corsair, Pennant, Cavalier and Pilgrim (Alcoa); Steel Rover (Isthmian); Neva West and Gene­ vieve Peterkin (Bloomfield); Del Monte (Mississippi); Edith (Bull); Seatrains Savannah and New York (Seatrain); Warhawk, Claiborne and Monarch of the Seas (Water­ man), and Southern Districts (Southern). Lindsey Williams ~ •1: New Orleans Fort �October 10. ItSt SEAFARERS Page Elevea LOG J>OltT REPORTS Seattle: Crew Collaeis.B6ef ( On Clarksbarg Viclary Shipping has been good and we expect U to continue to be so in the future. Ships paying off were the Hay­ wood Broun, Longview Victory and Coe Victory (Victory Carriers^; Bucyrus Victory (Waterman); New Rochelle Victory (South Atlantic); Seastar (Mercador) and Clarksburg Victory (Eastern). The Liberty Flag of Gulf Cargo and the Mankato Victory and Longview Victory (Victory Carriers) signed on, while in-transit ships were the J. B. Waterman and Yaka (Waterman), and Calmar's Pennmar and Portmar. At the payoff of the Clarksburg Victory in Portland, Ore., the crew had a beef concerning the lack of water for toilet facilities for a 13-day period. The crew put in $4 each for room allowance daily. This was collected at the payoff. The engine department collected $383.44 for standing sea watches In port in excess of 24 hours. ILA Locals Switch The majority of the locals in the Pacific Coast District of the old ILA have voted to affiliate with the new AFL-ILA. The Pacific Coast District is applying fbr a District Charter and the Puget Sound Council is applying for a Council Charter. Each of the locals will make its own application. Bob Collins, vice-president of the old ILA, Pacific District, mailed in his resignation to the corrupt outfit. Dropping down to the hall to see us this week before looking to ship out was John S. Hauser. Hauscr started to go to sea in the mer­ chant mai'ine in 1923 after doing a hitch in the Navy. His first jobs were as a galley boy, but now he sails as Hauser steward. He ships out of Seattle and San Francisco because of the good shipping in these ports and the Far East runs where there is a good bonus and good ports for shore leave. Hauser is 53 years old and still single, although not giving up the idea of matrimony entirely. He thinks the SlU Welfare Plan is just about the tops in the industry, and the best of a long line of good things offered by the Union to its mem­ bers. Oldtimers on the beach at this time, taking their pick of jobs, are W. W. ^ Wells, J. Kismul and P. Drevas, while those in the marine hospital just waiting to ship out again are Bruno Barthal, J. Neiibauer, M. E. Newman, J. SI. Thompson and J. Yarbrough. Jeff Gillette Seattle Port Agent i ti $• either side, but talka are still go­ ing on. Hope they come out with a good contract as it will mean a big push for organized labor In this area. Oldtimers on the beach include John Caldwell, Alex Ben Kori and John Dooley. Jose Vilar is still in the hospital, as is George Mur­ phy. It has been raining here for the past three weeks and everyone has decided to do away with shoes and start going barefooted in a backto-nature movement. All the streets are flooded, so we are mak­ ing our way . around this port city without shoes and with pants rolled to the knees. We're expect­ ing a new hurricane this way and have battened down the hatches awaiting it. The latest one goes by the name of Hazel. Women sure are a lot of trouble. Eddie Parr Miami Fort Agent i. i. i. Boston: Boston Momborshln To Grew Now Orion Gomel Shipping has been going along at a steady pace and is expected to pick up a great deal when we crew the new Orion Comet. Ships paying off were the Queenston Heights; Rosario (Bull), and the Logans Fort and Paoli (Cities Service). All the vessels signed on again. Ships in transit are the Winter Hill (Cities Serv­ ice); Bull Run (Petrol Tankers); Strathport (Strathmore); T o p a Topa (Waterman); Steel Chemist (Isthmian); Barbara Fritchie (Lib­ erty Navigation). We had a small overtime beef, a delayed sailing squabble and a re­ pair beef, but they were all set­ tled to the satisfaction of the mem­ bership. Enjoy World Series The boys enjoyed the World Series via television, but many of them were disappointed in -the outcome. They wanted to see the Dodgers win for a change instead of the Yankees who are making it a monotonous habit. M^n in the marine hospital in­ clude E. Callahan, R. Peck, J. Penswick, N. E. Napier, T. Mastaler, Zachariah Williams and John Halpin. The brothers do­ nated blood to Penswick and Calla­ han who underwent operations. Oldtimers around the hall in­ clude Bob Murphy, "Fish" Rubery, Bobby Lee, Tom Fleming, C. Dasha, E. Roberts, G. Fleming and C. Cain.. James Sheehan Boston Port Agent Miami: Miami Has Floods And Flighty Hurrioanos All shipping has been slow be­ cause of the strike. It should start to pick up with the injunction tak­ ing effect, making the next pe­ riod's shipping somewhat better. The Florida (P&O) and the Ponce (P. R. Marine) paid off while the Hila signed on for a coastwise run. In-transit ships in­ clude the Azalea City and Hurri­ cane of Waterman and the Atlantic States. Local 1535 of the Machinists is still negotiating with the Broward Marine outfit in Fort Lauderdale. San Francisco: West Coast Slilpping Still Up After Truce The shipping and the weather have been fine out this way, with the sun shining on the shipping board every day. The outlook for the future looks just as bright as for the past two weeks. Paying off were the Young America and Fairland (Waterman); Cecil N. Bean (Dry Trans); Mankato Victory (Victory Car­ riers); Catawba Victory (Bull) and Federal (Tra­ falgar). Sign-ons were the Young America, Cecil N. Bean and Ca­ Dwyer tawba Victory. In-transit vessels wei-e the J. B. Waterman, Madaket, Yaka and Jean La Fitte (Waterman); Longview Victory (Victory Carriers), and the Steel Maker (Isthmian). Strike Over At long last, the Key System strike has been settled and the trains and buses will start running here, again. Many of these men were prepared to stay out for a long period of time and took other jobs to tide them over the rough spots. Some of the equipment had to be overhauled and inspected be­ fore it could go back in operation, accounting for the delay in resump­ tion of service after the strike was settled. It was learned that this week Harry Bridges sent his organizers on the ships out here to enlist some more men in his NUMC&S, and the companies gave permis­ sion to allow his organizers to go aboard. Lay Up Ships With the slow-down of shipping to Korea because of the settled conditions in the Far East, some ships have laid up. In the past two weeks we had two ships to tie up and we are laying another one up soon in idle status. Oltimers on the beach include F. P. Votto. J. J. McMahon, M. B. Belen, M. E. Pappadakis and A. J. Sui-les. Some of the boys in the marine hospital who would appre­ ciate hearing from their shipmates are M. Eurasia, D. p. Boyce, J. Sampson. J. I. Perrelra, J. Corsa, I. McCormick. Peter Smith, David Sorenson, W. Timmermann and Leo Dwyer. As you probably know, the Sen­ ate Merchant Marine Subcommit­ tee is scheduled to reconvene its hearings in this city duidng the week, taking up many problems pertinent to merchant shipping, in­ cluding coastal and intercoastal Mobile: trade, subsidies, ship-loading and shipbuilding problems. Also, Bridges is coming up to testify be­ fore them on West Coast shipping activities. It should prove to be Port of Mobile shipping in the an interesting three-day session for past two weeks was steady with 88 the lawmakers. men shipped to regular jobs and Tom Banning about 100 shipped to various relief San Francisco Port Agent jobs around the harbor such as t> shore gang, tug boat and shifting gangs. We had 13 ships paying off Galveston: in the two-week period with a couple of them laying up and awaiting cargo. Ships paying off were the Alcoa Cavalier, Pegasus, Pointer, Pil­ For the past two weeks shipping grim, Roamer and Patriot (Alcoa); has been on the slow bell, but it Claiborne, Monarch of the Sea, should pick up in a week or so. Hurricane, La Salle (Waterman); There has been some trouble at Del Mundo (Mississippi), and Tadthe grain elevators concerning the dei (Shipenter). All the ships paid sale of some extra grain by the off with a minimum of beefs. City of Galveston. At the same Ships signing on were all the time there seems to be a shortage Alcoa scows with the exception of of grain, so until this matter is the Alcoa Cavalier, along with the eleared up at all levels there La Salle. In-transit ships w ere the doesn't seem much of a prospect Iberville and Antinous (Water­ that grain will be moving from man). this port to any appreciable de­ Two Ships Idle gree. Don't know when this mat­ Due in in the next twm weeks ter will be settled, but we hope are the Claiborne, Monarch of the the contending parties get it fixed Sea, Chickasaw, De Soto and up soon. Maiden Creek (Waterman); and There is plenty of cotton in the Alcoa's Corsair, Polaris, Partner, warehouses all up and down the Ranger, Pennant and Cavalier. The waterfront, but it seems there is Hurricane is in idle status await­ no market for it right now. The ing cargo and the Taddei is in the Bull Run (Petrol Tankers) came in repair yards. last week and paid off with trans­ The big news around the port is portation. She went into idle the ILA situation and the outcome status for about a 30-day period. of it. At the Bloomfield has two ships due in present time we for payoff this coming week and have contacted the Alcoa Planter (Alcoa) is also the local long­ due in this area. The Federal in­ shoremen and junction is preventing any trouble are awaiting de­ around here with the ILA factions, velopments. As but adding to the waterfront situ­ soon as we get ation was a strike by the MM&P news we'll pass against several tanker companies. it along. Ships Paid Off A few of the Phillips oldtimers around Ships paying off were the Gene­ vieve Poterkin of Bloomfield and on the beach now include George Petrol Tanker's Bull Run during Crabtree. H. Long, W. Stone, R. the last period. The Marie Hamill Jones, Joe Denton, L. Williams, of Bloomfield signed on. Ships in George Murriil, J. Kirkland, J. transit were the Steel Inventor of Jones, L. Gormandy, D. Reynolds, Isthmian; the Afoundria, Alawai H. Phillips. C. E. Long. F. P. Dro-. and Azalea City of Waterman; Sea- zak. C. McNorton and H .Graham. trains Louisiana, New Jersey and Speaking of Phillips, he is bet­ Texas of the Seatrain line; the ter known as "Booger" Phillips. He Alexandra and Michael of Carras; has been around this port for years Edith of Bull; Del Monte of Mis­ and also has a book in the Marine sissippi and the Southern Districts Allied Workers Division of the and Southern States of Southern. SIU. At the present time he is There were only minor beefs on working on the Alcoa shore gang some of the ships, but they were on the night shift. Brother Phil­ all squared away in good shape lips is married and has one child. and fine SlU style. The sign-on on He makes his home in Satsuma, the Marie Hamil went without a Alabama, a few miles from Mobile, hitch and the Genevieve Peterkin where he raises enough collards paid off in good shape with no and turnips to stock the deep freeze for the winter months. He squabbles to speak of. thinks the SIU is tops and that Keith Alsop when better gains are made the Galveston Port Agent SIU will make them. Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent Big Port News Centers Around ILA Dlspnte Grain And Cotton Raise Problems In Galveston Keep Draft Hoard Posted Shipping Figures September 23 to October 7 PORT Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Tampa Mobile New Orleans Galveston Seattle San Francisco Wilmington V Totals Uhi-", rawi ^ , ' REG. REG. DECK" ENGINE 27 11 196 138 " 25 20 150 108 20 23 31 21 • 24 27 57 38 72 82 21 19 43 21 78 72 40 19 784. .iw599 '1.19E Slirl REG. TOTAL STEW. REG. 59 21 458 124 15 60 353 95 8 51 69 17 30 81 151 56 226 72 55 15 80 - 16 215 65 82 23 577 .; 1,940 SHIP. DECK 8 111 ; 17 92 14 11 15 23 88 38 26 59 13 SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL ENG. STEW. SHIPPED 23 7 8 305 90 104 41 11 13 186 41 53 45 14 17 29 6 12 35 9 11 88 33 32 253 89 76 21 84 25 83 27 30 137 38 40 33 11 9 ;515 430 ' ri n t*. v "397 .1,^ - SIU headquarters urges all draft eligible seamen to be sure they keep their local Se­ lective Service boards posted on all changes of address through the use of the post cards furnished at all SIU halls and aboard.ships. Failure to keep iour draft board informed of your where­ abouts can cause you to be listed as a delinquent and be drafted into the services with­ out a hearing. The Union in such cases can do nothing to aid Seafarers who fail to com­ ply. 7-!<I �Page Twelve SEAFARERS IN THE WAKE LOG October 18. 195S MEET THE SEAFARER mm mm mkmkmmm ^^1 typified happiness, and two fish EUGENE BRUNDAGE. FOW were a symbol of marriage. The early Christians used three fish Seafarer Eugene C. "Pop" ter some hair-raising experiences intertwined to denote the Trinity, Question: What do you consider Brundage has worked at many and as a pi'ofe.ssional jumper. Pop typifying regeneration. proper clothing in the messroom? diverse things during his sixty Brundage gave up flying for the years. In addition to his seagoing more sedate business of sign-paint­ 4i 4^ 4> • Sea inhabitants come in various John Giordano, 2nd Cook: I experience, he has had a varied ing. Great White Way shapes and forms, but probably think anyone should want to wear and unusual shoreside career. Brother Brundage was born in It can be truthfully said that the largest of them all is the sul­ properly laun­ Rye, New York, but his family Brother Brundage has left his phur-bottom whale, the largest dered clothing at soon moved to Brooklyn, where he mark on Broadway. In point of animal in the world today, with a the table. This is grew up. After finishing school, fact, many of the advertising signs length of 90 feet and a weight of not a formal he decided that he would like to on the "Great White Way," Broad­ 150 tons. The great squid of the gathering, but see the country. way from Times Square to Colum­ Mediterranean, on the other hand, anyone should bus Circle, are his handiwork. He 4» 4" Traveled With Circus is no piker in the size department, want it to be continued in his sign-painting His first opportunity to travel Like most water fowl, swans are with a body measuring 50 feet in clean where ever business until Pearl Harbor, when about the country came when he symbolic of fertility. Primitive length. food is con­ was offered a job with the well- he went to the SIU and shipped peoples noticed that water always cerned. It's the 4" 4" 4" known Sells-Floto circus. He out on convoy duty. He had some preceded the instance of child­ sanitary In olden days, conch shells were only worked with this and other cir­ previous seagoing time as coalbirth, hence the symbolic associa­ thing to do. Everyone should come tion. Both the swan and the goose blown into to scare away malig­ into the messroom wearing a pair cuses for several years, acting as passer and coal fireman for Ameri­ barker and also as advance man, can Lines, back in 1916 and 1917. were thought of in terms of moth­ nant spirits. The fact that when of pants and a T-shirt at least. held to the ear, one can hear a the circus publicity and advertis­ This time he was back to sea for er-goddesses' of mankind, and both 4 4 4 ing man who first comes to town good. He received his SIU book were believed to be the offspring murmur in the shell gave rise to A1 Rothman, OS: The first thing many superstitions, including the to set up all arrangements. Pop in 1942 and has been shipping of the solar eye or egg, the seat we should think of in coming into has many fond memories of these steadily ever since. of life itself, when sun-worship poetic fancy that the sound of the the messroom is waves foreyer haunted its depths. circus days and can tell strange Organized For Union was at its peak. The Dakota In­ to be washed. Then came the idea that shells He saw rough convoy duty all dians thought the female swan was could guard persons from harm, Washing will and unusual tales about circus life sacred and should never be killed. serve to protect and about some of the clowns, during the last war. Luck was Since swans are always in pairs, a particularly those at sea, forming you, the food daredevils, trapeze artists, freaks with him, however, and while many single swan on a lake or else­ a link between the traveler and and your ship­ and other performers he came to ships in his convoys went down, no ship of his was ever hit. He where was believed a precursor of those he left behind. Shells have mates. Pants and know. been used as mascots probably He traveled in a similar capaci­ remembers grim moments under death. shirt are called since civilization began. ties for various carnival outfits submarine and aerial attack and 4 4. for in the mess4" 4' 4" A whale does not spout water, room, or at least and has many a chuckle when he dodging buzz bombs and E-boats. Oysters were known as luxury as is commonly believed. Whale a T-shirt. There's reminisces over the elaborate de­ He traveled most of the convoy experts explain that a w-hale rises tidbits in ancient Greece, which no more comfortable feeling than vices the "camy" people used in runs during the war. Since then he has been mainly on the Far to the surface for air at intervals gave them their names, meaning to sit down to a good meal with a trimming a sucker. After World War I broke out, East run and was in Korea when from five to 45 minutes, depending "shell" or "bone.^' The Greeks clean shirt on your back. Brundage joined the Army and the cease-fire was signed. upon lung capacity. The first act were modern in a sense that they 4 4 4 was assigned to one of the first' Brundage has shipped all 'Rat­ upon surfacing is to expel the used called oysters the "perfect prelude Francis Panetie, FWT: Pants and aid from its lungs. The air is nat­ to a meal." The Romans took the shirts should be worn by the men Air Corps units at Kelly Field, ings in tile engine department. He San Antonio, Texas. He did not has always been active in SIU urally moist and warm, and since Greek term for oysters and modi­ for all meals. get overseas with the AEF, but re­ affairs and took part in organizing this act usually occurs in a cold fied it with "ostrea," which is now The only excep­ mained in Texas, where he learned the Isthmian Line. climate, the expelled air looks like the scientific name. tion I can think to fly and was aircraft mechanic. The father of three sons. Brother water. Sometimes the whale starts of is to allow a 4 4" 4« Brundage lives with his wife and Aerial Stunt Man to expel air before its nostrils, or Among the "queer fish" in the skivvy shirt for Upon discharge from the Army, family at 8782 Parsons Blvd., blowholes, are clear of the water, waters of the world is the chias- the tropical cli­ Brundage's knowledge of aero­ Jamaica, Long Island. His oldest and this action, also gives the illu­ moden niger, a fish which, due to mates or in the nautics stood him in good stead, son, Eugene, attends Marquette sion of spouting water. a hanging stomach bag, is able to summer. I saw when he became one of the University in Milwaukee, Wiscon­ 4. 4. swallow a fish larger than itself some men get pioneer aerial dare devils. Again sin, where he is studying elec­ Fishing superstitions are com­ . . . The Elasmo Branchii Is a fish chased out of the he found himself traveling about tronics. Another son is with the mon to many peoples and many with no bones. Its skeleton is messroom aboard the country with circuses, but Department of State in Manila, cultures, but the fish itself often made entirely of cartilage and one of our ships because they these were aerial circuses. Having P. I., having formerly been on the ' docs not mean the same thing to connective tissues. The sturgeon came in wearing under-garments bought a plane of his own, he staff of the US embassy in Seoul, everyone of them. In ancient is a very large fish which also has only. His youngest attends joined a band of airmen, who gave Korea. Egypt a fish was a reproductive no skeleton. In addition, the stur­ 4 4 4 A final exhibitions of stunt-flying and Jamaica High School. Hershel A. Orlando, Stwd: I be­ symbol. In India, it is one of the geon gets along without teeth. jumping to a nation not yet ac­ point of interest about this Sea­ eight symbols of Buddha and indi­ Among the living creatures erro­ lieve a shirt and a pair of pants customed to the novelty of flight. farer is his middle name. He was should be worn cates freedom or free motion in neously called a fish is the silver Air safety was in a primitive born on the 12th of October, which at all times. The stage at this period and stunt fly­ made him Eugene Columbus all directions, as fish have in the fish, which is not an aquatic animal men will feel ing was a hazardous business. Af­ Brundage. waters. Among the Chinese, fish but an insect. better if they come to the meals dressed that way. They should dress for meals aboard DOWN 10. Sea bird ACROSS 32. Unit of work Hostilities between the Badoglio based upon the willingness of the ship the same Girl's name 11. Papa 1. What old ship 34. Part of eye does Food grain 17. Part of a ship 35. Liferaft neces­ way they dress administration in Italy and the cooperating nations to use force, if 9. New addition sity race necessary, to keep peace"... Ted Popular LOG at home. United Nations were proclaimed at to Baltimore column 19. Some 37. Title Crocker, who failed to heed a SIU B. Not wanted in 4 4 4 an end at 12:30 PM (US Eastern West Coast 22. Lake cargo 38. Poetry SlU warning that his draft board was Reginald Stockton, OS: I think union 23 Wartime) on September 8 in proc­ 12. Hawaiian isj. Allow 40. Singing voice 13. Away from A kind of ship 24 Not any the men should wear a white shirt lamations by Gen. Dwight D. Eis­ looking for him, is now in the 42. All: German wind Army doing harbor patrol duty... Drug plant 25. Game animal 43. Killed at all meals, or enhower, Commander-in-Chief of 14. Period of time 44. Sign of shark Irish sea god 26. Ve.ssel 15. Socket for mast at least a T-shirt the Allied forces, and by Premier Allied planes dropped 66 tons of 27 Girl's nickname 45. Mass. cape 16. West Coast Word from an 23' Boston 46. Uncle when coming in­ Pietro Badoglio... Iran declared a bombs in 15 minutes on the air­ old shipmate port Neptune 47. Pronoun 18. Fool to the messroom 9. It praised the state of war existed with Germany drome cluster at Wewak in New 19. Copy SIU (Puzzle Answer on Page 25) for meals. All and adhered to the declaration by Guinea. 20. Williams of Red Sox sanitary precau­ 4 4 ' 4 the United Nations... The German ID II 3 8 2 1 21. Drink of Italy declared war on Germany, tions should Jie official news agency announced brandy 23. Sea observed. No o'ne 12 that Benito Mussolini, former Ital­ "in the face of repeated and in­ (Ocean Trans) should come into ian Premier, had been kidnapped tensified acts of war committed 26. Sea tale 15 28. Ship's pronoun the messroom from the Allies by the Germans... against Italians by the armed 29. Dodger pitcher wearing a n y Ber­ The 78th Congress reassembled in forces of Germany 30. Employ 1^ 18 would Washington after a vacation since lin claimed that German naval and 31. Channel thing less than what 32. Serf wear at home. July 8, and resumed its first ses­ air force units had incapacitated 123 24 25 121 22 33. Interest: Abbr. 34. Roy cock­ 4 4 4 sion ... The SIU won a monthly 2.155,000 tons of British and tail 128 129 26 27 Leopold Wareham, BR: Every­ wage boost, of $15 for all ratings American shipping between Au­ 35. Command 36. Went by body should be clean at all times. on the New EnglancT ships and an gust and October . . , The SIU 30 38. Isl. W of 132 They should increase in off line service work of fought the proposed Austin-WadsSumatra 39. A little tight Uj^ear shirts and five cents an hour. worth Bill which, among other |34 135 33 40. Aorist: Abbr. pants for the things, required that every Amer­ 41. Idle talk 4 4 4 44. She stranded in meals. . Some­ 37 l38 ican worker register and that draft 36 Straits of times it is all John F. Schrank, 67, who at­ boards would be able to order Shimoneseki 140 41 42 43 139 47. What war is right not to wear tempted to kill Theodore Roose­ workers to take employment in any 48. River in Bavaria a shirt, when it velt in Milwaukee in 1912, died in plant or industry . . . Fighting 49. Washington 46 ballplayers is hot, but for the Central State Hospital at Wau- spread along the Volturno River 50. Capri is one most of the pun; Wis |49 Secretary of State in Italy and at some points, Allied 51. Bearing, St. Vincent from meals I think Hull said that a "system of organ­ patrols had succeeded in crossing Granada 152 everybody should ized international cooperation for the river despite -intense fire and •2. Fort ip Cbin^ , wear them. 53. GaUey dish the maintenance of peace must be concentration of eneiily troops:' i Gulls are believed to be weather j)rophets, and when they fly inland it is a sign of rain. The appear­ ance of sea gulls inland may in­ dicate stormy weather at sea, and as fish disappear during storms, the gulls, deprived of their sea­ food, fly on shore to seek worms and grubs. Despite their presence near the land, and the good which they portend in other cases, it is generally considered a sign of bad luck if a gull perches on some­ one's house. J r �October 16, 1953 SEAFARERS SEAFARERS ^LOG October U, 19S3 Vol. XV. LOG Pare Thirteen 'Next Year's Merchant Marine' No. 21 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel STerling 8-4670. PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor. HERREBI BRAND: Monauing Editor, RAT DENISON; Art Editor, BEBMABD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; St*if Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR IRWIN SpiVAr* ART PF.RFAI.I.. JERRV REMER, AL MASKIN, NOEL PARMENTEL; Gulf Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. Our Idle ilihipyards A recent decision of the Maritime Administration permit­ ting US shipyards to build vessels for foreign flags points up once more the plight in which the US merchant marine finds Union Benefits itself. From now on, these shipyards will be scrambling for Please Seamen foreign accounts because there simply aren't any American To the Editor: In December of last year, after shipbuilding orders to keep them from idleness. being railroaded out of the Atlan­ Here is a perfect illustration of what is happening to the tic Refining Company's employ US merchant marine. Some shipowners are building in for­ and off the E. J. Henry, 1 started eign shipyards and putting these new ships under foreign shipping with the SIU. In this flags. Ship-building for foreign-owned fleets is also booming. time I have learned how a real But the American shipyard, on which our merchant fleet Union operates. This is one outfit which doesn't deal in phony prom­ has to depend for replacements, lies idle. ises and double-dealing excuses. I Giving the shipyards a chance to build ships for foreign wasn't used to it at first, coming accounts may keep them busy for a while, but it does nothing from Atlantic, but I'm catching on. to solve the American merchant marine shipping problem Sailing with the SIU, my pay other than to keep a group of skilled shipyard workers to has been higher. My overtime has gether. been twice the amount I made If the American merchant marine is ever to be modernized while with Atlantic and it gives the time is now. Our C-3's, the backbone of the commercia every indication of continuing cargo fleet, are all about ten years old, half of their useful along those lines and increasing. Job Security life expectancy. Yet new ships don't spring off the drawing Five operating railway unions boards overnight. It takes time, planning and work to design Outside of the higheij; wages and with 300,000 members have filed and build new ships in quantity. the many benefits offered by the demands with management for pay and other benefits. Some Some critics have pointed to the Mariner ship program as SIU Welfare Plan, those things increases 15 other unions representing a an example of unsuccessful Government planning for mer­ which appeal to me most of all are million "non-operating:' workers chant shipping. But the Mariners were built more to Navy the job security, freedom and in­ are concentrating on health and specifications than for commercial use. It is these specifica­ dependence I now enjoy with the welfare programs, but are also ex­ tions which make the ships so expensive and so impractica' Union. I am now able to quit a pected to make wage demands for the private shipping company to buy. The merchant fleet ship in any emergency situation by within a month. can be kept strong only by building ships for conimercial only giving a few hours' notice in The Brotherhood of Locomotive order that a replacement can be Engineers are demanding a 30 per­ purposes, not for possible Navy use. obtained to fill my job. With the cent increase and other benefits. This next Congress will have a chance to rectify this condi­ SIU, I do not have to stay aboard The Locomotive Firemen and Ention and take constructive action for a strong US maritime any ship for a six-month period in ginemen demanded 37i/2 cents an industry. It remains to be seen whether it will take advantage order to make a 15-day vacation. hour, plus an additional 3712 cents of that opportunity. I can take my vacation when, for those working a five-day, 40- proved that Pinson was fired be­ cause he protested about having his work shift changed. The ver­ dict was that Pinson was reinstat­ ed with $987.32 in back pay. t t t The AFL Railway Employee's Department has announced that the blacksmiths on the Texas and New Orleans Railroad have voted 2 to 1 in favor of ousting a com­ pany union and being represented by the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Blacksmiths. The AFL union is now preparing to enter into negotiations for a contract with the railroad. where and how often I want it. hour week, to bring them up to Moreover, I can collect my vaca­ parity, and other benefits. tion pay after only three months Trainmen are also demanding The construction of Chicago's at sea in a matter of minutes, 37V2 cents an hour and other im­ In the past three weeks, the newly-chartered AFL-ILA without a lot of red tape and provements, while Railway Con­ first union-operated health center ductors are demanding a graduat­ has been started by the AFL In­ has made tremendous progress at the big job of organizing grumbling. ternational Ladies Garment Work­ Atlantic and Gulf Coast longshoremen. Right now, action is If I go aboard a shib and find ed rate of pay for road conductors ers' Union. The modern, air-condi­ it's best for me not to take the and brakemen. The Switchmen's concentrated in the key port of New York, particularly on tioned facility will be located on the Brooklyn docks. It is here that the new union, with the job, I can get off without having to Union demands a 40-cent increase, the sixth floor of the ILGWU make a lot of excuses in writing to correction of inequities evolving help of Seafarers and Teamsters, is backing the mob elements some personnel manager request­ from the shift to a 40-hour week headquarters in the city, and will of the old ILA into a corner from which they will be unable ing a transfer. In the past, and and other improvements. cost $140,000 exclusive of medical equipment and furnishings. It will to escape. with another outfit, I found that i 4* 4» serve 10,000 members of 10 Chi­ There is every reason to believe now, that the days of the seldom worked out to my benefit. The pace-setting 914-cent pack­ cago locals of the union. old ILA are numbered. The average longshoreman has in­ No Kowtow age increase won in joint negotia­ 4 4 4 dicated through a flood of pledge cards what everybody In this outfit, I do not have to tions by the CIO Packinghouse knew—that he wants out. Once the racket groups lose control be related to some company offi­ Workers and the AFL Meat Cut­ A strong disagreement developed of their rank and file their power will be broken for good. cial or do any fancy handshaking ters and Butcher Workmen with during the hearings in progress on That's not to say that the whole thing is all over. The new to obtain and hold a job aboard the Armour & Co. has been quick­ new transit schedu'es for the city of New York. Opposing* forces union has many a tough battle to face before that day. ship. I do my job according to the ly followed with a contract with were the New York Transit Au­ Union agreement and there is Besides, it still faces the difficult task of getting organized, nothing else expected. I give the Swift & Co., the second of the thority and the CIO Transport "Big Four" in this industry. The establishing headquarters and facilities, getting formal recog­ owners a full shake for the full Swift contract .calls for 5 cents Workers Union. Harris Klein, one nition as bargaining agent, and negotiating a contract with shake provided by the Union. members of the hour increase, as well as hos­ of the five the stevedoring industry before it can claim its job is done. Since leaving the Atlantic Re­ an Authority, offered the hope of a pitalization and other fringe cut in subway fare from 15 cents Until all these things happen, the new union is counting fining Company and shipping SIU benefits. to 12 during the year. He imme­ on advice and assistance from AFL headquarters, through the Cantigny (Cities Service) is my i- 4« 4diately qualified this, saying that fouii;h ship. After registering at the SlU and the Teamsters Union. The SlU on its part will The CIO Textile Workers have the success of such a plan would continue to stand by the new AFL-ILA and help it win its the hall between ships, the longest started a campaign to raise the depend upon the attitude of TWU length of time I have waited to fight for a decent union for all longshoremen. president Michael Quill, whom ship has been 53 hours. Of course, minimum wage under the Walsh* * * Harris accused of "featherbedHealy Act in the woolen and wor­ after being released from Atlantic, ding." Quill and his attorney. John I was happy to take any SIU ship, sted industries to $1.20 per hour. O'Donnell, representing 44,000 The union claims that the "sub­ for they're all top-notch. I would subway workers, immediately hit have had to wait only a while long­ standard mills are threatening the The SlU Sea Chest has been receiving quite a few bouquets er if I wanted a certain ship or any lives of the majority of mills whicii back at the Authority, accusing recently from Seafarers for doing away with the old-type particular run. But if I want a job are paying the standard union the body of "chiseling and reneg­ ing" on an agreement. The hear­ slopchest with its low-grade merchandise and high prices. in a hurry I can get plenty of good scale." ings seek a reduction in transit But it has also been applauded by shipowner representatives ships out of any SIU hiring hall. 4. 4 4i service and an estimated savings who see the endless beefs about slopchests disappear with After finding out what a real When Monroe Pinson went to of $1,250,000 annually. The TWU the advent of Sea Chest merchandise. Union is, I would quit going to sea work for the US Time Corp. in seeks a 25-cent hourly raise for before going back and shipping for Little Rock, Ark., everything was its members. The transit problem Besides, as one company representative wrote, the Sea company. In one way fine, until he was fired last May has been a thorny one for the Chest is a good organization to do business with, one that thenon-union SIU spoils a seaman. He won't because he was "too hard to get New York City and State admin­ lives up to its word and guarantees its merchandise. Under settle for anything less than per­ along with." The AFL Interna­ The fares were recently the circunisrances it's understandable that all but a few fection after shipping with this tional Association of Machinists istrations. raised for a second time in an diehards are purchasing Sea Chest merchandise on a com- Union. which represents the workers of effort to keep the municipallypeti,tiye basi^ , . ; . . ' Ernest E. West the company, wont, to baj. and, aS5fd.sxgtera out qf Jhe ,refi. ^. Doing The Job Bouqnets For Sea Chest �Pace Foartceni SEAFARERS LOG .October Iff, 195S fi - ;• Over 3,500 New York longshoremen gather in the yard at SIU head­ quarters for the first mass rally held by the new AFL longshoremen's union. SIU and Teamsters officials spoke and pledged their full aid and support. Earl Sheppard, Baltimore port agent, (dark shirt addressing group), along with white-capped Seafarers talks to the longshoremen on the the piers telling them about the new AFL longshoremen's union and its program of honest trade unionism. A line of sound trucks, proudly bearing the banner "AFL" are parked at SIU headquarters. These sound trucks toured all Brooklyn and New York piers telling the longshoremen the benefits of the new AFL union for dock workers. Daily newspaper reporters and photographers found page one stories on the waterfront. Police were out in force as the AFL longshoremen went down onto Anastasia's piers in Erie Basin to spread the word about the new longshore union. Longshoremen flock into the temporary headquarters of the new AFL longshoremen's union to sign pledge cards and join tha new union which is their chance to have their own, democratic unioF longshoremen for the first time. In every case where the longshoremen h^d a chance to vote in a secret ballot, the rank-and-file longshoremen voted to leave the'Wd ILA and swing to the new AFL union. Here some: Local 808 members wait to • vote and show their preference. They voted AFL. / ; ^ M IP" I '"' I ^r '. .•I*. •if �•'"vf''• October 16, 1»5S SEAFARERS LOG Page Fifteea *1 When Anastasia refused to work the Isthmian terminal after one of his hiring bosses was fired, AFL longshoremen went onto the breakwater and unloaded the Steel Vendor. They had full SIU support and backing and showed they were no longer afraid. A revolution is taking pia place on the waterfront. A revolution that will benefit every working longshoreman. Longshoremen by the thousands are leaving the corrupt old ILA and are build­ ing themselves a democratic trade union of their own in the AFL. This great change—the most important development on the waterfront in the last 15 years, since the great maritime unions come into being—presently is centered in New York. There, with the full support of the SIU and the Teamsters, longshore­ men are flocking into the AFLILA. For years, the dock workers have been victimized by the old ILA and the Ryan-AnastasiaBowers mob that controlled it. The workers were handed sell­ out "5-and-10-cent" contracts. ILA "leaders" pocketed dues money, kept no financial rec­ ords, took kickbacks from em­ ployers to "forget" contract en­ forcement, and ruled by terror. Steadfastly refusing to clean itself up, the old ILA was tossed out by the AFL and a new AFL Some AFL longshoremen's union organizers look over some of the thou­ sands of pledge cards sent in by New York longshoremen in response to a direct mailing of pledge cards to the home of every longshoreman in New York. longshoreman's union was born. With only three weeks of actual operation behind it, the new union hos progressed amazingly. Pledges have poured in. Al­ ready the NLRB has been peti­ tioned for a representation election. Jndividua longshore­ men and entire locals have joined the new union. Offices ore in operation in Brooklyn and Manhattan. An AFL*longshore­ men's newspaper has been printed. Literature is distrib­ uted on all docks. When Anastasia tried to use threats and intimidation to stop the AFL longshoremen in Brook­ lyn, the Seafarers and Teamsters stepped right in and put him in his place. - Longshoremen stand at the entrance to the pier and read the first issue of the New York AFL Longshorenian, a newspaper put out by the new AFL union that was distributed to the longshoremen on every pier in the port. New pledges followed. Despite intimidation attempts in every case where a secret bal­ lot was held, entire locois voted to join the clean AFL union. In three weeks, the new AFL longshoremen's union has grown into a new force on the water­ fronts—a force of clean, decent unionism. The longshoremen ore building a decent union for themselves, and the old ILA mobsters are on their way out. The AFL longshoremen's union also opened offices in Manhattan for longshoremen working there. Here, some of the members read the first issue of their newspaper which tells the story and explains the issues. The facts about the old ILA weren't pretty. vi<. • . \ Longshoremen of Local 824 shape up around hiring boss at Pi«r 00 on Manhattan's West Side. After shape-up, AFL-ILA organizers moved in to hand cmt lei^ets to old ILA: supporters.^ Many signed AFL-ILA pledge cards on the spot, I . ^ iii j*V v.-,'.-'- New York police, on foot, in radio cars, on motorcycles and on horses were out in force with their nightidicks ready^ in ease any trouble started;' Over. 1,000 New York Cops w«re assigned to tho waterfront with ittoro in reserve. �;CT^'5-n^-wis^psRpji^- Pure Sizteea SEAFARERS October IC. 1958 LOG SEAFARERS The United States Court of Claims ruled that the Government will have to pay $35,000 for the hull of the battleship Oregon, which was sold for scrap in 1943 and requisitioned in 1944. The famous old battlewagon was bought by the Edward M. Ricker Company, who brought suit against the government for $150,000. Although the full amount was not awarded, the ruling provides for over three times more than the company accepted from the Government three years ago in settlement of the claim. The company had previously realized over $190,000 from the sale of guns, turrets, engines, boilers, pipes, generators and other equipment. Altogether the company managed to realize a gross profit of well over 50 percent. The Oregon, once the pride of the fleet, raced around Cape Horn in 1896 to participate in the Battle of Santiago. What remains of the old ship is tied up at Guam awaiting disposal. AcflON Taking Care Of Dry Stores Offhand it would seem to be a very simple thing to keep dry stores like canned, bottled and packaged goods that don't need refrigeration. However there can still be considerable problems if storage space is not kept cool, dry and clean. Not the least of them are the insect pests The whole steward's department on the Steel Rover (Isthmian) un­ such as roaches and weevils that can thrive very nicely in a dry store­ der steward George Perry, can pat room, as well as rodents. itself on the back with justifica­ Weevils were regular traveling companions for sailors in the oid tion. The crew went on record days, but now, thanks to good packaging, they have been eliminated complimenting the department on on most ships. But every once in a while you still get a complaint the "excellent performance of its about weevils, with flour being the favorite nesting place. There isn't duties" with everybody very happy much excuse for weevils which are pretty easy to control. Three s^teps 4, t i about the whole thing. As if mak­ should be taken to make sure that weevils don't find a home in the ing the crew ship's flour and cereals. First, these products should be bought only The construction of a large rail and barge terminal dock at East happy with top from suppliers who can guarantee that they are free of infestation. Winona, Wisconsin, is planned by the Sterling-Midland Coal Company chow weren't Second, the supplies should be inspected regularly. Third and most of Mt. Prospect, 111. Edward' A. Glaeser, vice-president and general enough. Seafarer important, the storerooms should be kept clean. If all these precau­ counsel for the company, announced that the first fifty acre section of John S. Lukas, tions fail or if they are not observed, you can go after the weevils the dock would be ready by next year. The terminal, when complete, who works in the with a spray gun. will be able to handle over 1,000,000 tons of traffic annually. The galley gang, vol­ expected cost will be about $500,000. Made Of Tougher Stuff. unteered to get Roaches are much more difficult to eliminate since they are a the names and tougher breed and can survive on almost anything. If there's no food The North Atlantic division of the Corps of Engineers submitted a addresses of around they'll eat the cardboard off the cases. Roach eggs can come proposal to the governors of New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania all Congressmen Liikas for a channel-deepening project on the Delaware River between Tren­ when the ship aboard with virtually any food package, and of course, they don't con­ ton and Philadelphia. The proposed channel, with an estimated cost ship hits Honolulu. That's so the fine themselves to dry storerooms. • Any place on the ship will do with of $91,000,000, would run at a 40 foot depth from Philadelphia to New- crew can express their opinions on the galley being the favorite target. Once roaches get aboard, regular sprays will be of some use in bold Island and at a 35 foot depth to Trenton. The plan would call the proposed closing of the US keeping them under control. But the only way of eliminating them is upon local interests to bear half the expenses incurred in dredging Public Health Service hospitals. the extra five foot depth between Philadelphia and Newbold Island or Lukas hails from Athens, Greece, complete fumigation, of the ship. That's something, of course, which about $18,000,000. The plan of the Engineers provided that the bene­ originally, having been born there is out of the control of the men on board since it must be handled ficiaries of the project, cities like Trenton, Camden and Philadelphia, 58 years ago. Right now though while the ship is in port between voyages. If roaches, and rodents would bear part of this cost with aid from the states. Also, companies he makes his home down in the become that much of a nuisance it should be reported to the patrolman who either have plants in the area or employ vessels needing 40 feet Fort Hamilton section of Brook­ or port agent so that arrangements can be made with the company of water would bear part of the expenses through "river utilization" lyn within hailing distance of the for fumigation. fees. Lower Bay. He's been a member One way to help keep a storeroom clean and make it easier all of the SlU since 1946, joining-in around for the stewards department is a good system of stowing sup­ t t iPhiladelphia on March 2 of that plies. In addition, keeping the temperature down at least to 70 degrees The Maritime Administration announced that invitations to bid for and ventilating the room thoroughly will prevent deterioration of sup­ year. X X X bareboat charters for the nine available Mariner-class cargo ships will plies. When temperature gets above 90 degrees as it does in the tropics, Another Seafarer to get a rous­ be opened Wednesday, October 14, at room 4519 in the General Ac­ counting Building in Washington, DC. The results of this bidding ing vote of thanks for his work in* spoilage of dry stores can be considerable, and of course, that adds to should give the Government a fair idea of the future of this type of the galley was Stephen T. Dent, the insect problem. baker aboard the Seacomet. Dent A good storeroom set-up begins with the design and construction shipbuilding. got applause from his shipmates of the ship-something of course, that the stewards department can't X i. X for the pa.stries and cakes he control in any way. But since most ships in service today were built The Japan-Atlantic and Gulf Freight Conference agreed to submit whipped up to top off their meals for the Government, or according to Government specifications, store­ all cargo tonnage figures for ports outside Japan, Korea and Okinawa. aboard the vessel. room facilities are prettty much standardized from ship to ship. Dent is 41 years old and a native The agreement was made at a Maritime Board hearing on the proposed That makes things easier for any stewards department since they plan of the conference for a dual rate system. The concession was of Mississippi. He has been sailing can pretty well figure what kind of storage space they are going to won by John O'Connor, counsel for the Isbrandtsen Steamship Com­ with the SIU for the past two have at their disposal before they even get aboard the ship. They pany, who had challenged the legality of the proposed rate system years, starting in the port of New don't have to start planning a system of storage after they get on under which regular cantract shippers would receive a 9.5 percent York on August 16, 1951. board. And after a while, the whole thing should become pretty well freight discount over occasional shippers. There had been some dis­ XXX automatic, with consequent saving of time and effort. Quite a few of the crews are cussion of Isbrandtsen's rate practices, reported as quoting 10 percent In any dry storeroom, stowage facilities will be of three types, shelf worked up over the marine hos­ below conference rates. space, bulk storage for flour, sugar, coffee and the like, and case pital issue, judging from all re­ XXX ports, and many of the brothers storage. There should be enough shelving to take care of one case of each grocery item, plus cases of cereals on the top shelf. It's de­ A group of British Marine engineers who have been experimenting have been taking sihSEss-EB' sirable to have two shifting bars on this shelf to have space between with gas turbines for the propulsion of ships stated that the production an active part in shelves adjustable according to the type of stores stowed^ There of the turbines was now economically feasible. The technicians came seeing to it that should be ample space under the bottom shelf for cases of jams, jellies, to this conclusion after a series of comparative tests on production members of Con­ canned fish, and similar items, with the lowest shelf at least 27 inches costs of steam turbines and diesel engines. The latest gas unit of 3,500 gress find out above the deck. shaft horsepower has been running over 1,000 hours under test condi­ about their opin­ tions. Flour, sugar and coffee should be stowed on low platform which ions. On the should be movable and not too big to handle in order that the area Alamar, for ex­ ' X X X can be kept clean. Brother Rear Admiral Redfield Mason, 49-year-old Navy veteran of 28 years' ample, Canned fruits, fruit juices and vegetables are stored separately in John A. Sullivan service, today took command of the Military Sea Transportation Service stacks six feet high. The stowage spaces are usually set up with fixed Sullivan Atlantic area operations. Formerly, Mason was commander of the' introduced a res­ angle-irons and T-bars, but with shifting bars that are in sections and MSTS in Europe, where he organized and established the present MSTS olution on the subject calling on the Union to do can be removed. operation . . . Harbor traffic at the Port of London, Britain's biggest Easy To Clean Up ocean terminal, totaled more than 59 million net tons in the year everything possible to save the ending March 31. According to the annual report of the Port of hospitals and reminding the Sea­ When a standard system of stowing of this type is followed it makes London Authority, this represents a two-million-tonnage increase over farers abroad to pitch in on this it easy to issue supplies and keep inventory of what's available. Then • the previous year, but a 2,300,000 ton decline from the last pre-war score. Sullivan, who hails from the at the end of the voyage when the storeroom is almost empty it's easy figures in 1939. numerous Massachusetts clan of to clean since the gratings and platforms can be removed without too 4. that name, has been a member of much trouble. While the most thorough cleaning is given to storerooms at the A 49-foot fishing boat, costing $50,000, burned, blew up and sank in the SIU since September, 1942, Puget Sound 70 miles northwest of Seattle early this week. The vessel joining in the port of New York. end of the voyage, it's a sound idea to clean the rooms out at least was the Ocean Cape of Juneau, Alaska . . . The Merchant Marine The 30-year-old Seafarer sails in once every month on long voyages. It may be a nuisance to shift stores Academy, Kings Point, LI, observed its tenth anniversary last Sept. 30. the engine department. He now around in order to clean floor gratings, shelves and platforms but its worth the while to keep things in order. It is the youngest of the four Federal academies for officer education. makes his home in Philadelphia. Burly Practice Mahee Pertect Bu Bernard Seaman �USS Club Comes To Southland New Dock Union Winning Control Of Bklyn Piers When Seafarers .visited Casablanca aboard the Southland, they were greeted by a, shipboard visit by Maurice Gardctt, second from left, in charge of recreation at the USS club. Seafarers shown with him in mess are, left to right, B. R. Kitchens, J. E. Burke and C. Moore. Senate Committee Renews US Maritime Industry inquiries The Senate's Merchant Marine Subcommittee, with Sen. Charles E. Potter (R-Mich.) as chairman of the group, will reconvene in San Francisco next Tuesday to continue its study of subsidies and other" shipping problems, the Gov­ suit in "appropriate recommenda­ tions or suggested new legislation ernment announced. Harry to insure the adequacy of the (mer­ Bridges, West Coast longshore­ men's leader will come under the subcommittee's scrutiny during the course of the hearings. Sen. Potter said his committee plans a wide-scale review of mer­ chant marine problems, including ship-loading, shipbuilding, mer­ chant marine trade routes, ship­ pers and Government subsidies. Ultimately, .Potter added, informa­ tion obtained in the study will re- Add Service For Men In NO Hospital NEW ORLEANS — Twice-a-week personal service is assured for men In the New Orleans US Public Health Service hospital with the expansion of the SIU Welfare Services Department in this port. In place of the usual Friday visit to the hospital, the men will be visited on Mondays and Wednes­ days. Among other services on the Wednesday visit, the hospital rep­ resentative will deliver any per­ sonal gear, books or other items that the men in the hospital order in the previous week. An SIU Sea Chest truck will be available to make these deliveries. On the Wednesday visit, the representative will deliver the weekly hospital benefit checks and take any orders for personal needs that the men are unable to get for themselves because they are hospi­ talized. He will also attend to any other personal services that the Seafarers may need including mail and other personal business mat­ ters. SIU hospital representatives in all ports have been performing these personal services for Seafar­ ers for some time now. The twice a week scheduling will make for speedier service and greater con­ venience to the Seafarers in the hospitals,, in line with the Union's program of providing the best pos­ sible- care for Ul or injured seajuea,-;'.. - v......... A ...... chant) fleet." Serving on the subcommittee with Senator Potter will be Sena­ tors John M. Butler (R., Md.) and Warren G. Magnuson (D., Wash.*. The sessions are scheduled to la.st for three days. The hearings will start with testimony from the president of the Pacific American Steamship Association. Other outfits expect­ ed to be represented at the ses­ sions include the Bank of America, Luckenbach Steamship Company, Pope & Talbot, Ilillcone Steam­ ship, American President Lines. Alaska Steamship, Matson, Coast­ wise Line, California Prune and Apricot Growers, American Truck­ ing Associations, Kaiser Steel and the James Loudon Company. John M. Drewry, subcommittee counsel, said the hearings will sur­ vey problems of coastal and intercoastal trade which has failed to revive since the end of World War II. Proper Repair Lists Help All The settlement of repair lists means a lot to the mea who stay aboard a ship, and to the new crew that comes aboard, just as the i repair list made out by the previous crew means a lot to you. Because repairs mean a lot to your comfort and living conditions aboard ship, they should be handled in the proper fashion. Each department delegate must make out three copies of his repair list. The ship's delegate should gave one copy to the head of the department concerned, one copy to the company represen­ tative, and one copy to the Union patrolman. In this way, everyone has a copy of the repair list and there is a check to make sure the work is done. (Continued from page 3) and AFL-ILA headquarters. They dashed up to the gate of the SIU parking lot, evidently trying to put on a prestige raid against the Union. But the Seararers and AFL-ILA men weren't caught napping. Sea­ farers poured out of the building into the yard to take the onslaught. When Anastasia's squads saw what they had to contend with, they quickly turned tail and started back as fast as they came. They had hardly retreated a few steps however, when they ran into a squad of New York City police who had been tailing them all the way from Erie Basin. That finish­ ed off the raid then and there, with 13 men, including Anastasia's brother, Jerry, arrested on charges of incitement to riot. The desperation of Anastasia and his cohorts was tipped off even before the final raid. An attempt was made via the telephone to con­ tact AFL-ILA leaders and arrange some kind of compromise settle­ ment by which Anastasia could re­ tain his holdings. This bid for con­ ditional surrender met with a flat "No." AFL Provides Funds While the Brooklyn action w-'is the most dramatic of the events, it was far from the only develop­ ment on the waterfront. In Wash­ ington, AFL Executive Council leaders met and arranged for fi­ nancial aid to the new union until it got on its feet. And in New York, a Federal Court judge threw the book at Anastasia with a contempt of court citation for interfering with AFL-ILA dockworkers. The contempt citation grew out of the old ILA's short-lived strike called on the expiration of their contract. ILA leaders, in their desperation at the turn of events, had suddenly stiffened in bargain­ ing for a new contract and called a walkout of all Atlantic Coast longshoremen. The Government then obtained a temporary injunc­ tion ending the strike on the grounds of national emergency. It was this injunction wjiich led AFL Hits Fake Labor Paper A self-styled labor newspaper in Columbus, Ohio, the State Labor News, has been exposed as an anti-labor propaganda organ. "Con­ sequently the AFL has called for an investigation of the paper. The AFL charges that the paper is misrepresenting itself and con­ sequently using the mails illegally. Among other things it has been circulating pamphlets praising the Taft-Hartley act and other antilabor laws. The Post Office has been asked to take action accordingiy. Distillers Get US Going-Over Washington—Four of the na­ tion's major distillers may come under the fire of the Justice De­ partment for violation of the anti­ trust laws. The Justice Depart­ ment is studying the possibility of ah indictment after an investiga­ tion by a Congress committee showed that the industry was con­ trolled by the four companies. The producers involved are Sea­ grams, Schenley, National Distill­ ers and Hiram Walker. In 1949 they bottled over 82 percent of all whiskey sold in the US.* to the contempt action, since An­ astasia's attempt to keep long­ shoremen from going to work at Bull and Isthmian docks was deemed in violation of the injunc­ tion order. Through all the excitement, the AFL-ILA went steadily about its business of setting up its organiza­ tion. Temporary headquarters have been established at 188 21st Street in Brooklyn and at 75 Christopher Street in Manhattan. Some recre­ ational facilities and personal serv­ ices have been provided the long­ shoremen for the first time in their lives. A new newspaper, the "New York Longshoreman" is now being published every week In English and Italian to keep long­ shoremen informed on the latest developments. On all sides it was quite evident that AFL-ILA was in business to stay, and that the oldline racket boys in control of ths old ILA were doomed. r|ltirr<ioyiwHee(lfD • a Q q • • a a • • a a n • • • a • a • a • • a a q • a • a SUIT3 STlSRr COATS SMCKS -XOPCCATS Df^SSSHC^ WORKSMOES VONGAPEES RANTS KHAKI SHIRTS SHIRTS FRISKOOEEHS HICKORY SHIRTS C.PO. SHIRTS WHtTE DRESS SHIRTS SPORT SHIRTS PRESS BELTS KHAKI WEB BELTS TIES SWEATSHIRTS ATHLETIC SHIRTS T-SHIRTS SHORTS BRIEFS SWEATERS WGGAGE WORK SOCKS DRESS SOCKS LEATHER OACKETS WRITING RORmoLlO SOU'WESTERS RAIN SEAR ALLVPUR HEEPS CAN BE FILLED -FROM A SOU'WESTER TO AM ELECTRIC RAZOR . WHATEVER FROM THE SEACMEeT/ >|t)U CAM BE SURE YDui^E SETTINS TOP QUALITY GEAR AT SUBSTAN­ TIAL SAVINGS. ^SeaCke^ UNIOH-OWNBD AND UMION- OPERA-TCP ... JfOH THE EENEPrr OF THE MEMBERSHIP* �Pare Eirhteen SEAFARERS Impromptu Entertainers Please Singapore Night Club Customers Seafarers the world over come across some odd and in­ teresting items during the course of their never-ending trav­ els. No exception to tliis rule was Seafarer John Westfall, aboard the Steel Director, the last time he hit Singapore and headed to the New World night club. Things were going along nor­ mally as they do in night clubs, reported Westfall. The orchestra and a belly dancer, prima ballerina of the floor show, were doing their stuff in time-honored fashion. A girl vocalist warbled a medley of American and foreign tunes; pa­ trons sipped their fill of drinks placed before them by eagerbeaver waiters. All was right with the world. New Arrivals Suddenly, after the departure of the dancer and while the chanteuse was lilting her Oriental rhythm around the room, two new enter­ tainers thrust themselves upon the scene in a rather impromptu fash­ ion. No sooner did two little girls dance themselves out onto the floor than the patrons joined in the fun and cheered the newcomers to the rafters. Thus encouraged, the little actresses waltzed and hulaed their way around the floor to the delight of the customers. The orchestra, knowing a good thing when it sees it, played ac- Oeiober 1«, I95f LOG That John Boyes, a British mer­ chant seamen, became king of the Kikuyus by convincing the natives that he could drink boiling water? The natives were deluded by the use of the then (to them) unknown effervescent salts. These minerals give to water the appearance of boiling. Fear and adulation of Boyes' supposed magical powers raised him to the throne. The Kikuyus are the native tribes of the Kenya highlands. t, ^ i, Thai the SIU operates a modern', up-to-date barber shop in the New York hall? It's in addition to a large, modern cafeteria, a bar and restaurant, a recreation room with Contrasting distaff styles are offered for display to Seafarers pool tables, and the Sea Chest, and other night club patrons in the New World Club in Singapore. where Union members can buy Seafarer John Westfall snapped these pictures of a belly dancer, clothes, cigarettes, cigars, radios, left, and two little wandering girls in the club on same night. wrist watches, etc., at reduced companiment to the twin whirling that point on, the night club rou­ prices. When the new Baltimore ballerinas as they jounced along tine settled down to normal, but hall is completed similar facilities the floor and into the hearts of the patrons were sufficiently and will be available. the customers. Westfall had his happily entertained for one eve­ 4> 4» 4" camera handy and caught the little ning. Thai red pdppies are associated ladies in action, one of them danc­ with those killed in action in the ing her way up onto the stage with first World War? The origin of the orchestra. this .seems to lie in the fact that However, the scheduled enter­ red poppies were the symbol of tainment was shortlived and the If a crewmember quits while death in Roman mythology and two miniature Pavlovas were your ship is in port, delegates dedicated to Sommos, the God of whisked off in the general direc­ Sleep. The poppy also appears in are asked to contact the hall tion from whence they had come immediately for a replace­ the well-known poem by John Mcby the gentle hands of the manage­ ment. Fast action on your part Ci-ae. ment, to the accompaniment of will keep all jobs aboard ship 4 4 4. good - natured hooting by the Thai ihe law on ihe statutes of filled at all times and elimi­ nitery's diners and dancers. From New York State providing for di­ nate the chance of your ship vorce or annulment on the ground sailing shorthanded. of unexplained absence of either Fill That Berth East And West Meet On Street spouse la called the Enoch Arden Law? The name was suggested by the long narrative poem written by Alfred Lord Tennyson, in which a sailor, shipwrecked for many years, returns to find his wife, who supposed him dead, happily re­ married to a friend. Rather than wreck the marriage, Enoch Arden decides to go away without mak­ ing his presence known. 4 4 4 4 4 Thai ihe Seafarers International Union has a college scholarship plan which makes it possible for Union members and their families to get free college educations? The plan offers four full scholarships annually to children of Seafarers or to Seafarers themselves not over 35 years of age. Union mem­ bers applying must qualify by com­ petitive examination. The scholar­ ships have a value of $1,500.per year, each, and may be used at any institution selected by the success­ ful applicant. How To Lose Tips On Passenger Ships 6/V£ YOOf? P/)55£N6E1I? A Tf?ICK iTEAKj 4 That a Sherpa tribesman was one of the two men to reach the summit of Mt. Everest, world's highest mountain peak? The name of the Sherpa is Tenzing Norkay, "Tiger of the Snows." The Sherpas are a mountain tribe who dwell in a 13,000-foot-high valley next to the Tibetan boi'der. For their la­ bors, these intrepid guides are normally paid the equivalent of 45 cents a day. These hardy guides carry packs weighing between 60 and 100 pounds up steep slopes. By E. Reyes SP/?INKIE ITCHING POWOE/? ON A//5 Eastern and Western forms of transportation meet in Yokohama as natives go about their way, ignoring the horseless carriage. Gets Royal Welcome From Vendor 6»VC HJM A DECK CHAIR WHERE HE CAN REAL.LY OECK HIM5EA.F. 5PILL HIS HIGHBALL ON THt TABLE. AT THE. BEACH AAFTY TBLt^ #//S WIFE YOU THINK OF- HER F/GUf?£. HIDE HIS OINNBR JUST BBFORB CfSPT/MN 5 Seafarers aboard the Steel Vendor get set to give a royal welcome to engineer and his fish as they mount the gMgway in Singapore. DINNER. -rr J 1.1.1 J J 'li'J'ill.' 1,1 'JTi ,• I'l'.J,! j III. Mi'iir jii �•7^>'"'.'."7:'V'^'i'' Oistober 18, 195S SEAFARERS By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor The color filters that are used in color photography differ greatly from those used in black and white work. They have a different func­ tion to perform. For this reason, the beginner in color who hasn't done too much shooting in black and white is relatively lucky. His conception of filter use is completely unspoiled and he can start from scratch. The photographer who has mastered the use of filters injilack and white photography must face the fact that his knowledge and skill may be of little use when it comes to color. Filters are used in black and white photography to control tone— to make one or more areas of the picture lighter or darker than they would be if no filter were used. The most familiar example is the use of a yellow filter to darken the sky. This result is possible because the color of the sky is not reproduced in black and white photography. No Absolute Color Accuracy Our approach to the use of filters in color photography begins with the fact that all colors of the subject are not reproduced in tones of gray but directly in color. Except for special instances, when the photographer deliberately distorts color, the main idea is to reproduce the colors of the scene as accurately as possible. Our use of color filters is intended to have an effect on the accuracy with which the colors are rendered in the pro'cessed transparency. Absolute accuracy in the reproduction of color is something that has not been, and may never be achieved. For any given color film there is merely a "best possible" reproduction. The most important factor in getting the best possible results depends on the relationship betwen the light source and the characteristics of the particular color film. White light (daylight, incandescent lamps, flash, speedlight) is ac­ tually a .very complex mixture of many different colors, but even research scientists often regard a light source in the same simplified manner as we do, as some mixture of red, green and blue. Two im­ portant facts must be kept in mind; In any given light source, the red, green and blue parts are seldom equal; different kinds of white light sources have different mixtures of red, green and blue so that each has its own characteristic color quality. Without filters a given color film can give us accurate color repro­ duction with only one kind of light source. Therefore the film manu­ facturer has to decide in advance the kind of light source to which he is going to itdapt his color film. When this is achieved, we can say that he has balance between the light source and the film emulsion. If this balance is changed and the film is used with a different light source we get a false and inaccurate reproduction of color. To reestab­ lish a proper balance is the job of color filters in color photography. If we buy color that is balanced for daylight and we want to use it indoors we have to use a correction filter because the makeup of sunlight is quite different than any source that we might use indoors, such as flash, floods or incandescent light. And here too we have to be careful, because there are different mixtures of the components of white light from a flashbulb, speedlight, floods or incandescent bulbs, different correction filters are needed if we are to get'good color reproduction. The reverse is true also. .If we purchase color film* that is balanced to some source of indoor illumination and we want to use it in sun­ light a color filter will come to the rescue and correct for these dif­ ferences in light sources. Since the various films made by different manufacturers differ, it is best to follow the advice found with the film. The filters used to balance Kodachrome for example, will not do the trick with Ansco color and vice versa. Make sure that you use the proper correction filter and you'll put an end to some of the weird transparencies that you may have been getting. Card Games Aboard Bents Fort Spiced With Foreign Flavors Seafarers aboard ship seek many forms of amusement in their leisure hours, not the least of which is to dabble in a friendly game of cards as the ship makes its way along the trade routes of the world, H,"^ E.: Richardson, aboard the not speak French." It is to be pre­ sumed, also, that the directive goes Bents Fort (Cities Service), for all language's other than Eng­ however, reports that a hew wrin­ kle has been added to the old game. Not that there is any doubt as to the honesty of the intentions in­ volved, mind you, but the question arises as what to do about foreignspeaking seamen who talk in an alien tongue during the course of a game of poker. Richardson and others aboard feel that it is diffi­ cult enough getting good cards in the games without listening to the prattle going on about them. No French Please Richardson, secretary of a re­ cent ship's meeting aboard the Bents Fort, recorded the feeling of the majority of the men in the minutes of the meeting when he wrote: "All men speaking French are asked to refrain from doing so in^cai-d'gamts wbgre'dll' players tto' lish, Including Sanskrit, Arabic and pig-Latin, Card games * in the past have been flavored with picturesque Gallic phrases, making for more of a cultured pastime, to be su^e, but also a distracting one. Some of the card players were not quite sure whether they were inlaying poker or dropping anchor off Le Havre, It was distressing to think of Pigalle and the ChampS Elysees while holding three other ladles in your hand, along with a pair of deuces. Anyhow, action was initi­ ated to stop the. practice and at last report it was being followed to the letter. In the event the ban does not prove effective, there is some talk that the shiife' libraries may be filled with foreign-language dic­ tionaries so that everyone can get in w the fun,' ^mfiprtfltrt!i-\'oijs? - Pare NUieteen' LOG Seafarer Reports Mau-Mau Raids In Kenya Rouse All So, Africa Traveling around to the sore spots of the world seems to be a favorite habit of Seafarer Harry Kronmel. Latest reports from the yoimg seafaring man come from Lour en co Marques, Mozambique, where he came near to the Mau-Mau-instigated trouble in Kenyaf while aboard the Robin Hood (Seas), The Mau-Mau, Kronmel re­ was no trouble brewing in Mozam­ Rhodesias, Nyasaland and Tangan­ ports, is many miles to the bique when Krommel was there, yika on three sides and the Indian north of this southern African city, but the Kenya marauders were too but their terrorist rumblings were close for comfort, Mozambique, bordered upon by looked upon with awe and respect by the Mozambique native. There the Union of South Africa, the two Seafarers Smile in Sasebo Seafarers standing by the anchor at Sasebo, Japan, aboard the Golden City are, left to right, Mario Lopez, AB; Pete Anderson, bosun; Frank Oetgen, OS; and Felix Oponte, AB, Photo by Doc •Watson,- LOG-A-RHYTHM: Greenwich Village Sailor By Roy Fleischer It was a marvelous sight On that torrid August night When the sailor, bag in hand, Walked solidly on land. Down old McDougall Street Past the bars where sailors meet. His eyes aglow with life. To the flat where lived his wife. No one saw him anymore. Once he closed that Village door. Climbed the flight of lofty steps. Where all he loved was safely kept. You Nor And Had did not see his fond embrace. the sparkle in his face, still you knew this man who roamed never found a port like home. Oh, Greenwich Village has its sights To entertain, to spice the nights. And sailors long have sought its bars For gaiety, a game of cards. It has shows of love and mystery. But never in its history Was any sight more thrilling known Than the sailor coming home. Ocean on the east, was getting ready for trouble, though. Armed guards, bristling with artillery were to be seen in the dock area as well as around the city of Lourenco Marques. Europeans looked upon it as nothing more than muni­ cipal action to get more work out of the natives and maintain local peace. General Uprisings The great unrest in these na­ tions, said Kronmel, led to recent flare-ups in Nya­ saland and South Africa. Combined African and In­ dian uprisings in Kimberley, Dur­ ban, and Port Elizabeth brought consternation to the Malan gov­ ernment of South Kronmel Africa, Talk of federating all of these territories bordering Mozambique has been met with opposition by African leaders so that the already domi­ nant Europeans in Africa will not be able to get an even stronger hold on the people. It is not un­ known for 30 men to be killed as happened in Nyasaland recently, and the terror is felt all along the southern part of the continent. More Land Needed The solution to the many sided problems which confront Africa, Kronmel asserts, is not easily dis­ covered, but what's good for the Mau-Maus, in general, is good for most of the , troubled sections of Africa, First of all the way he sees it, the African must get more land, the lack of which is one of the main sources of trouble. Sec­ ondly he suggests that Europeans and natives should be treated alike. Equal pay for equal work, compulsory education of all i-aces with job pvospects at the end of schooling, and removal of many color lines barriers are all factoi'S in the uprising. In other words, he says, the Europeans have to give the natives a fair shake all around if they want to eliminate unrest and de­ velop the resofirces of the area. All of these items must be dealt with immediately, says the Sea­ farer, or Mau-Mau will only be the beginning of even greater unrest in turbulent Africa. Tickles Ivories Tickling the ivories on the Del Sud is John Geissler, deck steward utility, as the ship visited the port of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Geissler enter­ tained the passengers and crew with some new renditions tHd "favoritesf ••-•••••» (1) How many major league baseball players have hit four home rims in one game? Who are they? (2) If you are average, how many basic odors can your nose detect: (a) 10, (b) 20, (c) 30? (3) If it were possible to see all the stars actually visible to the naked eye at one time, how many would that be: (a) 4,000, (b) 6,000, (c) 9,000, (4) Which one of these develops a gi-eenish coating when exposed to air for a long period of time: (a) Copper, ib) Iron, (c) Aluminum, (d) Lead? (5) How many labors did the Greek, Hercules, have to perform wjiile in the service of Eurj'stheus, king of Argolis: (a) 12, (b) 18, (c) 24? (6) Match up the days of the week with the persons or things from which they got their names: (a) Sunday (s) Norse war-god, Tiw (b) Monday (t) Saxon goddess, Freya (c) Tuesday (u) the sun (d) Wednesday (v) Roman god, Saturn (e) . Thursday (w) Norse god, Thor (f) Friday (x) the moon (g) Saturday (y) Saxon god, Woden • (7) What is the missing number from this series: 12 , . . 36, 54, 108, 162, 324? (8) How many , letters are there in the State of Mississjppi? . " t^QUiz Answers on Page 25.) '''' ' • •' - -* m m ^a �• '-:^m SEAFARERS Pagre Twenty LOG Oeteber 19, 195S Seafarers Oh Queensfon Heigfits Pleased With Venezuela Hal By Spike Marlin We were on our way up to Focus I conceded maybe he had some­ Coyle's hideaway with a wreath of thing there. But what now? Root lilies and some words of con­ for the Yankees? • Surprised and delighted were hardly the words for it when Seafarers off the Queenston dolence after disaster struck the "Nuts" he snarled. "I'm not Heights (Seatrade) landed in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, recently to find the well-devel­ Dodgers. But just as we put our swltchin' to the enemy. But I got hand on the elevator doorknob it me a new gimmick. Maybe the NL oped SIU facilities in that South American port city. burst open, splattering us against clubs can't take 'em. So I picked The Seafarers, according to*^ the wall. Out he strode whistling an American league team to root a report in the ship's minutes many interesting tales to relate to think the SIU has pretty well gir­ cheerfully, with a strange-looking for. That's why I got this oriole dled the globe, in facilities as well cloth bird sewed on to his jacket. on my jacket." from Stanley Cieslak, secre­ their shipmates about the new fa­ as in other installations and insti­ cilities of the SIU, even in this We told him he couldn't be seri­ tary of the meeting, were over­ We picked up the remains of whelmed by the reception they re­ outpost of South America. They tutions. the flowers and asked him how ous. Just because the St. Louis ceived in the form of an SIU rep­ come he was so happy, being his Browns were moved to Baltimore resentative. To be sure, the sea­ boys had blown the series again. didn't make them a major league Seafarers Dance A Sailor's Jig faring men of the Union had ex­ "Oh them," he sneered, "them ball club. "Whaddya mean?" he shouted. pected a good time as they headed masochists! I don't even watch the "Why they can't lose. They even for the Seamen's Club, a city land­ last game partly on account of mark, but they did not expect to some fresh kids pulled my aerial got one of them old Orioles on the club with the old Oriole spirit." be greeted and given the key to down." Wait a minute we said. The the city, so to speak, by an assist­ Wait a minute, we said, what's Browns (now Orioles) only looked ant secretary-treasurer of the this masochist angle? like they were 70 years old out on Union. "Well I was watching one o' the baseball diamond. When you Good Location them psychological thrillers the get up real close they were as Despite published reports in the other PM, it seems this guy used young as any other ball club. LOG concerning the establishment ta' come home every night and "Yeh?" he retorted. "Well what of a hall in the port, the men were whale a' tar out of his old lady about Satchel Paige, he must of gladdened by the sight of Bob 'cause she baked lousy muffins. been playing back in them days Matthews who is down South Funny part was the dame kept with McGraw." America way handling the begin­ making the muffins, and this here We conceded that Satchel was a nings of the new set-up in the smart detective calls her a maso­ little ancient but expressed seri­ port. The Union has its facilities chist. ous doubt that he was that old. on the second floor of the Sea­ "Right then I jumps up and says "Well maybe he ain't. But I'm men's Club and several men ex­ that's it. That's my Dodgers. just prayin' that them Maryland pressed to C t lak the desirability They'll never win 'cause they likes oysters and turtle soup will in­ of its location in the city and in to get kicked around by the spire my boys. Somebody flotta the club itself. Yankees. That's why they keep beat the Yankees sometime. Just After taking a cook's tour of the bootin' them ground baUs all over like them Democrats, they can't new Union set-up, some of the and throwin' gophers." win forever." members were off to the local hos­ Bosun Bionda, right, and the steward dance a sailor's jig aboard pital to spread good cheer among the Compass to the fiddling of Kie Nielsen as the chief cook, left, their ailing shipmates. Brothers and Eric Berg look on at the dancing twosome. Anthony and King, both taken off an Alcoa ship, perked up consid­ erably when the Seafarer contin­ gent, led by Matthews, flocked to their bedsides and made like old home week in Mobile, Ala. Cieslak reported that the hos­ Seafarers, like the celebrated elephants of fiction and fable, pital is conveniently located, situ­ ated not too far from the new never forget, according to a.report in the ship's minutes of Union quarters and near to the the William A. M. Burden ("V^estern Tankers) where it was waterfront. It is well-equipped with a congenial and more than recorded that the crew re­ Japan, for a skin condition several adequate staff handling the needs membered a deceased ex- months prior to his death. Upon of the patients. When the group member to the tune of $450. his release from the hospital as fit Seafarer crews had donated of Srfafarers visited the sick ship­ duty, Jensen entrained to mates in the hospital, they brought money before to families of de­ for to catch his ship once along with them magazines and ceased crewmen, but the amount Yokohama again and be repatriated back to news of home. In general. King of the donation and the circum­ the United States. Somewhere be­ stances were noteworthy when the and Anthony were made to feel at tween Osaka and Yokohama, Jen­ In a charlotte rousse-making race aboard the Del Sud, it appears home, and all their needs were crew kicked in that amount of sen died from unknown causes. money for the widow of Seafarer that Phil Reis, baker, right, is outdistancing Joe Skladanik, baker's taken care of by the visiting Sea­ When the crew of the William Conrad Jensen. Jensen, an AB, utility, in a bit of good natured shipboard fun. farers. heard the disheartening When the wandering Seafarers whose last vessel was the Burden, Burden news, it decided upon a steady returned to their ship, they had had been hospitalized in Sasebo, course of action. Immediately, word spread among the deceased's ex-shipmates and a tarpaulin mus­ ter turned up the money to go to The LOG opens this column as an exchange jor stewards, cooks, his widow. According to plan, the master of bakers and others who'd like to share favored food recipes, little-known the vessel sent a radiogram to the cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, company asking it to send the suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Percival Barclay on money to Mrs. Jensen. The money how to make steam pudding and hard sauce. While talking of last issue's went out the same day to the be­ reaved widow in Portsmouth, Va. "Galley Gleanings" column. Sea­ gether in a mixing-bowl, after hav­ Jensen, a 48-year-old Seafarer, farer Percival Barclay had a des­ ing first floured them separately. had been with the SIU for two sert of his own to challenge .A. J. Mix together, and add seasoning years at the time of his unfortu­ Jockel for sweet tooth honors. and syrup and molasses. Mix Barclay, who hails from Kingston, again and add nine whole eggs, nate death. CJamaica, B.W.I., 'calls his dish mixing these in together. After steam pudding. He says this is is done, grease the pans and Reel Relaxation also known as economical pudding. this place in steamer and allow to To make steam pudding for steam for four hours. about 40 men, , The best sauce to add to the you use 1 pound pudding, according to Brother Bar­ of carrots, one clay, is hard sauce. This is best pound of citron, made with a rum base. Take about one - half pound a tablespoon of rum and mix with of orange peel, one-half pound of melted butter three pounds of and one and one-half pounds of raisins, three powdered sugar. Place this in the pounds of cur­ refrigerator and allow to harden. rants, one pound The pudding should be served hot of sliced' pine­ with the sauce added. apple, one pound Barclay Barclay, who has" sailed as cook, of coconut meat, one pound of butcher and baker, described some mixed nuts, two pounds of cake of his native West Indian dishes, crumbs, three pounds of flour, which he claims are as delicious three tablespoons of baking pow­ as they are " exotic. A common der, one tablespoon of cinnamon, dish in Jamaica is Haki, a SQ.rt of three teaspoons of ginger, one tea­ flowering, Yellow fruit with a Seafarer Earl Spear, now on a spoon of allspice, one pint of mo­ flavor not unlike egg yolks. This disability pension with the 1• lasses, a pint of syrup>nine eggs. is usually served boiled with salt SIU, takes out a moment for Cut the pineapple, chop the cod, melted butter, steamed rice relaxation with rod and reel . nuts* grind the fruit and place to­ and black pepper. in his mountain retreat. Some Pastry Fun On Del Sud Run SIU Crew Remembers Shipmate, Donates $450 To Bereaved Kin KN^YiOaf^ &a>4iv>n/sim IT THe VBOC AX Tf0 'M^ATBefiSmP ouoeic&xp AtX) weif^'iF rcv MAV0 A su9ee&jioN, •BBEF OR. IDSA THAT You THWKineMsnemSHIP Mi6HrB6»mxsm> /V. n'SAexxD piACE. *BUwrt)UR.TCip" AtJD epiRT^ �October 1«, 195S Miehuel Shipper One Oi The Best To the Editor: The crew of the Michael (Carras) would like to say a few words for the skipper on here. He is only a relief skipper this trip, but we all would like to see him sailing steady on an SIU ship. A very generous man, this captain will do anything In his power for a good voyage. All hands extend best wishes to a good skipper. His name is L. C. Welter. Crew of Michael SEAFARERS LOG Pare Twenty-one LETTER S • SIU Helps Him Help His Sister and accident and therefore needs clearly not able to do his Job, could To the Editor: Just a few lines to say that I no health facilities. be demoted and another man put am here in Genoa for a vacation Thank ^ goodness a check from in his place? In some cases, this and also to help my sister, whose the union is waiting when the situation could lead to a real haz­ To the Editor: stork calls at the home of the sea­ ard for the health and safety of husband has been ill for a couple Here I am in Fort Dix, a sea­ the crew—for example, a chief of months. I am glad that I could man, otherwise I'm^ afraid one of do some good for these sharp-shooters would have soned recruit with four weeks of cook. them because his trusty rifie out to shoot it basic training under my belt and Handicap For Members they really need­ down, because it isn't in the budg­ a horrible 12 more weeks to go. I have heard of seamen thinking ed my help, but et. All I can say is, someone's It's lousy here at Fort Dix. I guess of trying for the Union scholarship. I want to thank memory is very short, to have for­ it's rotten any place in the Army. This is a gocftt thing for public the SIU, because gotten the part the merchant sea­ The food is terrible, and doesn't and member relations, but the sea­ they made it man played in the past and present compare at all with the good food man most likely would quit the possible for me conflicts. Each did his part will­ turned out by SIU cooks and bak­ sea, thereby losing a member. By to earn my living ingly and courageously because ers. There isn't enough food for the time he has three years sea from the ship­ they believe in America and its a baby at mealtimes. This is noth­ time though (approximately five ing like all the food a fellow gets years of actual time) a lot of water ping companies. ideals. Ranaili on any SIU ship. I am glad to be Mrs. Anna Torano has gone under the bridge, and the To the Editor: Homesick For SIU thinker is rusty. Do we get a han­ a Union member, especially right (Ed. note: Write to the Senators A few months ago I had a minor Working conditions can't com­ dicap? now. from your state, either Sen. Knowlaccident aboard one of our con­ pare to an SlU-contracted ship. I am waiting to get a ship be­ In the few years I've been going tracted ships. As a result, I was and or Sen. Kuchel.) What I'm trying cause my funds are getting low, to sea, I've noticed all the clothes, under treatment for a few weeks to say, for the 4. t and I would appreciate it if you shoes, etc., thrown away at the as an out-patient. Two weeks went first time in my payoff. Why couldn't the hall would send me a LOG so I could by, and I visited the .office of the life, I'm homesick notify Goodwill Industries, a non­ keep up with events and news of SIU Welfare Director, Walter — and I mean profit agency, for help to handi­ our Union. Siekmann. homesick for a Thomas Ranaili capped persons) when the ships In a hurry, he stepped into the To the Editor: good old SIU arrive and have the ships' dele­ picture and gave me the necessary ship. (Ed. note: Your natne has been This letter concerns Louis King, gates put this in a large box for help in collecting the first two an AB who joined the Camas I have two added to the mailing list, and you these public people to pick up? weeks' maintenance due me from Meadows (US Petroleum Carriers) years to go. It will receive the LOG regularly at George Johnson the company. At the same time, several months ago, in Naples, seems like a mil­ the Genoa address you gave from Fink (Ed.' note: Yes, new working now on.) he made an ap­ Italy. At that time, he had just lion years away. pointment for gotten off the Fort Bridger, and As soon as I get out of here I'm clarifications for the steward de­ 4 4 4 me to get some for some reason the bosun of the going to get my book out of re­ partment may be obtained at any Union hall. Disciplinary action legal advice from Fort Bridger wrote a letter to the tirement and get the first ship one of the SIU LOG, which was printed, panning can. In the meantime, I'll have against men at sea should be han­ to be satisfied with just reading dled with discretion aboard ship. counsels. Due to him. the LOG, so I would appreciate this professional He has been aboard this ship it very much if you would send A man who is clearly incompetent To the Editor: help I collected, may be demoted, under extraor­ I am writing you to ask that the some seven months now, and we, it to me. dinary circumstances; this must be LOG be sent to me. I am taking after a f'e w the crew, have found him to be a Pvt. Robert Fink done by the captain of the ship, a baking course at Foi-t Lee, after monthsr $250 in fine shipmate, a good worker and (Ed. note: We hope receiving who must act within the limits set going to sea as a cook-and baker cash from the Rosa an active Union man. This man the LOG regularly will help con­ forth in maritime law. As for the for three years and working shorecompany, some­ holds an NMU book. sole you.) Union scholarship, exactly the side as a baker for four years. The thing I thought could never come At a recent shipboard meeting same requirements must be met last ship I was on was the Cities through. 4* 4" 4' by each candidate, in order to Service wagon, Government Camp, It is a pleasure to thank our we went on record as supporting make sure that the decision of the where I sailed as chief cook. Union officials and our Welfare this man. We feel that an injus­ judges is absolutely fair to all Director and his assistants for a tice has been done him by the for­ ,A11 it is down here is a long day, contestants.) job well done, in making these mer bosun of the Fort Bridger. On To the Editor. short pay and no OT. Well. I can this vessel, his conduct has been benefits possible to our Union 4 4 4 I was surprised to hear and read look forward to the day when I above reproach. brothers. can sail on SIU ships. about our participation in the Crew of Camas Meadows Also, a vote of thanks to our longshoremen's beef. Upon reflec­ I woiild like to say that the LOG SIU counsels for being so kind 4" 4" 4" tion, it would seem the only logi­ would help me to see what is go­ and helping me to collect this cal thing to do, as the Union will To the Editor: ing on in the SIU. money from the company. Thanks win a more sympathetic ally in our In the old days, in Ponce, Puerto Pvt. Walter R. Weidmann again, and a happy sailing to our battles and show the shipowners Rico, there was a man named AlUnion brothers. and the whole world what an anti- bei't Alvarez who ran the canteen (Ed. note: \Ve arc sending the To the Editor: Evaristo Rosa Communist, militant Union can ac­ outside of the pier. When some LOG to you, Sis you requested.) Just recently I visited head­ tit of the seamen got left behind, he quarters for the first time since complish. 4 4 4 Do we have any new working used to take care of them. When the new building has been up. It clarification on working the ships the government bought out all the sure is a beautiful and convenient for steward de­ dock space, he moved nearer town. setup, and makes one fully realize To the Editor: partment? If so, I visited his new place, and he the long way our Union has ad­ can they be ob­ asked me to help him and see if To the Editor: After hearing about the talk vanced since we were installed in tained at the I could have the LOG sent there from the big brass in Washington Stone Street and Beaver Street. My wife and I would like to ex­ halls? On get­ for the boys to pick up. He has about the move to close the press our sincerest tiianks and I made a tour of the hall and ting replacements US^HS hospitals at the next ses­ was very much impressed. My hat always been fair to the seamen aboard where a and he would like his new address gratitude to the SIU men who an­ sion of Congress, I would like to is off to the courtesy, speed and different union to be printed in the LOG. I know swered the call for blood for my urge all SIU members to write to efficiency of the office force. With­ is represented, a lot of the oldtimers would be wife, who underwent a sei'ious their Congressmen and ask them in a half hour after applying for how can disci­ glad to know where his place is: operation at Church Home and for their help in preventing this my vacation dough, it was in my pline be main­ Albert Alvarez, Road Dock, No. 76, Hospital in Baltimore on Septem­ unjust deal that they are trying to pocket. Some vital information I .Johnson tained when Box 61, Playa, Ponce, Puerto Rico. ber'11th. Without blood trans­ give the merchant seamen.,^ fusions she could not have recov­ needed was immediately availaole these men refuse to live up to our Jimmie Higham It would be a good idea if all and the other services, such as the ered. standards and agitate against our members of the family and all (Ed. note: We have added his cafeteria, barber. Sea Chest and agreements? Are there any condi­ Our special and personal thanks friends of Seafarers would write to new address to our files. He will Port O'Call are all tops. go to Seafarers Roy Sorey, Phillip tions under which a rated men. receive it as published.) their Representatives and Senators Dexter and Harris Damron, who I am proud to be a part of such about this, too. gave their blood. We are very So, brothers, don't wait. Let's a fine organization, and although grateful to tlfbm and for tiie fine Cnot hesitate but start the ball roll­ I amr now sailing with the BME, I Union of which I am a member. ing by sending in requests now, plan to keep my book and remain William Edward White iff good standing always. so we can be prepared at the next E. A. Scoper session of Congress. As for the 4 4 4 SIU, we all know that we will be t 4. i carrying the banner all the way to Congress' front door. Let's start an all-out fight ta stop the closing To the Editor: o^ the marine hospitals. To the Editor: Spider Korolia Many Seafarers don't know their I'm writing about my copy of Congressmen and are thereby dis­ 4. i the LOG, which I haven't received couraged from writing to Washing­ for several months. I had been ton to protest the attack on the receiving the LOG regularly for USPHS hospitals. If you can ad­ several years up until that time. vise who the Congressmen are in To the Editor: • each district and give us some idea My brother, Barnes H. Smith, Thanks for the mention of my of what to say in an appeal to the letter in the September 18th issue who is a seaman, had It sent to big brass, I think the men would me. Will you please start sending of the LOG. I would like to know be more encouraged to write. As it to me again, as I think there is to whom in Congress one writes it is now, we don't know who's with regard to the closing of the no paper like the LOG, when you who in Washington. have a brother sailing. Thank USPHS hospitals. Now that the William Calefato hostilities are supposedly over, the you. Beulah Smith seaman finds himself the victim of Athan Kosta, messman, right, along with five other Seafarers (Ed. note: The LOG tmll be glad j^| some budget-happy congressmen. (Ed. note: We have checked our aboard the Portmar, show saiifish Kosta caught in Tuanapec Bay to inform any interested Seafarer Perhaps the definition Congress mailing list; from now on you idll off Mmlcp. Fish was nine feet long and weighed in at 190 pounds who the Congressmen representing has for an able bodied seaman is receive the LOG regularly once when the Seafarers hauled him aboard. He still had plenty of his district are^ and where to ^ a man who is immime to Illness more.) life left In him. write to them.) GI Finds Army Ms Not Lihe SIU Union Mteips Him Collect Money Defend Brother Who Got Panned Artng Gives Cook Cooking Lessons Wants Info On Union Queries Neiv Location For PB Canteen Sailing BME^ He Visits SiU Hall Urges Men To Write Congress Donate Blood To Brother's Wife Seafarers Win Fight With Saiifish LOG Is Tops To SiU Man^s Sister Protests Closing Of Hospitals Wants Info Dn Writing Congress �Pw Tweaty-iwo LOG Was Worth A S-Month Wait SEAFARERS LOG October 16, 1953 L E T TEES To the Editor; To. the Editor: It took me three months to get Ward, Harry Ames^ Casey Jones, I thought how nice it would be We have had a good little trip hold of the LOG, but by golly, it Frank Cullisou, and Jack Stile— to make "just one more trip." out of this. So far we had'to leave was really worth waiting for. I whom I met for the second time One thing I found out in the one of our crewmembers in Bom­ picked up the August 7th issue at out here. I've been to a couple of To the Editor: yard. The union representation bay for he was sick. I told the the SUP hall in Yokohama. You parties with the guys and a good could never come near that of the As you no doubt know by now SIU. The Seafarers certainly en­ company agent to go see him and see. I"m on the MV Sword Knot time was had by all. see what he wants. Today I was, on board the Bright the Keystone Mariner got stuck joy the best contracts, working an SUP ship shuttling between Well, we all had a good time in Japan and Korea, and while we get star, which has a swell bunch of out here on the West Coast, and conditions and benefits. It is a Bmbay, or I know I did. We have the SUP and MFOW papers regu SIU men. It is like going home to consequently, the opening date of pleasure to read in the LOG of the a little club on larly, the issue of the SEAFARERS board, an SIU ship and see old my play could not be set for Sep­ continued efforts of the officials, this ship and LOG that I picked up was the friends. I . only wish there was tember, as we had planned. It was who continually strive for and some of the crewalso impossible to make arrange­ first one on this ship in almost some way for me to get out sooner achieve the solid results that always members joined three months. than I'm supposed to so that I can ments and" postpone the opening seem to be tops in the maritime it in Bombay. date for a later time. As the di­ ship out again. industry. Read By All Hands We call it the I've been getting the LOG since rector and his group only leased It would be very gratifying for I enjoy reading the LOG and, 2-for-l club and the LOG staff in New York to last April, and pass it on to my the theater from the owners for tell me, wfio doesn't? The mem­ we have what see the way it's buddies. They are always asking the summer season. So now there bership is constantly informed of you call the sea read and reread me when the next issue will come is nothing concrete to enable me what is going on, and an informed lawyer. I know I've been lucky enough to get extra to plan production of the play for group of seamen always means by ail hands, you know what I Smith when we get back to New York, progress. took great pride copies from the ships and, if am saying: by the if we do get back to New York. Seafaring Pleasant and pleasure in board a ship that hasn't gotten a way, if you don't know what the I would like to clear up this • J'he new increase in wages, 2-for-l club is I will tell you. That showing the crew LOG, I always have my latest copy the shipping fig­ stashed somewhere so I can give it matter by saying that I have made coupled with the maternity bene­ is, the old man's log book. We refunds to all fit, plus the new vacation pian and have a president and a vice-presi­ ures for the to them. those who have all the other seemingly impossible dent of this 2-for-l club. Jimmie James period from July invested in the advances, makes going to sea a 15 to July 29. In 4 t 4 Sharp Messman production of the much more pleasant and stable that period, you We have on this ship George Lipkin play, with the ex­ profession than it has ever been. no doubt recall, Meshover, third cook; John J. ception of three After moving back to my old there were 1,900 men registered Uszakilwicz, messman. He is a SIU members, home town, Pittsburgh, eight in all ports and 1,904 men shipped. To the Editor: mess. You can't get anything out who preferred to months ago, I started work as a They could hardly believe it, and I would like you to send me the leave their money of the messroom without him miss­ salesman for a large casket manu­ thought it was marvelous. LOG, as I am a sick man and won't facturer. I am doing well, but I ing it. We have John B. SwideraI've talked to men here in the be able to get around for a while. in my keep just in case another still enjoy living over many of the kie- He is the bosun. Robert steward department who belong to Antrotter I was in the hospitai of the production plan sweli trips I made. Fellows like Goodnick, oiler T. Larsen. Oh, Sister Bryson's NUMC&S, and is set up when we get back to Noliie Towns, Dave Gilmore, Lex yes. \ve have Francis X. Butler, the they waited six or eight months New York. If not, of course, their Fanjoy, Bill Champlain, Bill Am- star OS on the 12-4 watch. He is on the beach before they could get money will be refunded too. merman, Frank Paschang and a the vice-president of the 2-for-l a job. When they see the shipping club. I made the decision to cancel host of others all made sailing a figures in black and white, they I have made my first trip out production plans because of the real pleasure. have only one question: How do of the New York hali and I am Hats off to the SIU, and smooth uncertainties and despite taking a you get into the SIU? glad to say when I came out of $400 loss myself. SIU members in­ sailing always. Believe me, it's wonderful to the Army and got my book out of George "Red" Liedemann volved in the investment did not talk up your Union for months and retirement and saw what my SIU lose a cent on this deal. I would then present the proof of the pud­ has got for its members, I was t t t like this to be recorded in the ding in the best way possible— glad to know that I am a member LOG since the story of their in­ with a copy of the SEAFARERS of it. I didn't know when I went vestments was printed there. LOG. in the Army that the SIU could Introduces SIU Officials Thank you for your kind coop­ give so much to its brother mem­ Oh, yes, they also wanted" to eration in publishing the article To the Editor: bers. When I went to the Mobile know who the people on the from about the production plans of This is a sort of Paul Revere hall it was just as if I was at home page were. I took great pleasure "Slow Boat Across." letter. It is intended to arduse the to sell all the boys with whom I in pointing out Paul Hall and our Harry B. Antrotter countryside to the coming peril of sailed. I was in the hospital for New Orleans agent, Lindsay Wil­ hospital closings just as that lone 17Vi months and I' got my LOG t t liams, two bozos I'm proud and horseman did in April of 1775 every time. I was glad to read happy to call friends and brothers. when he alerted every Middlesex what my brother members were Wayne Hartman I've filled out the blank to get village and farm over the coming doing on ships and in the ports. back on the LOG mailing list, and I am the ship's delegate of the of the Redcoats. I really hope that I can look for­ Bethlehem Iron Mines Company To the Editor: Steel Apprentice (Isthmian). I For 153 years now, or since ward to getting my copy regularly. down in Chile and was treated very want to let everyone know about Sophie Tucker sang her first scale, After eight steady years of sail­ I've a wife and child in Yokohama, well. The boys treated me very seamen as well as Government this. When you are in Saudi nice whiie I was on the Santore. ing on SlU-contracted ships, I of­ and it looks like I'm here to stay would like to say thanks to them ten find it hard to believe that the employees have had a USPHS ho.s- Arabia, as some of you know, you for a long while. all. Seafarers have progressed so much pital program to care for them in can't go ashore there. This is Ras Maxle Lipkin time of sickness and failing health, Tanura and Damman. The people Wayne Hartman in so short a time. It seems like temporary or otherwise. Now the (Ed; note: The LOG will be will try to start trouble with you (Ed note: Your address has only yesterday that I shipped sent to you regularly in Japan, as Government proposes to close the so they can get something out of been noted and the LOG will be aboard my first SIU packet in 1943 you asked.) sent to you every two weeks as and little did I think that in 1951 hospitals and throw the merchant you. We had some trouble on the seaman upon the mercies of the Steel Apprentice, but not much. published.) would retire my book and retire public. This is rank injustice. The bosun hit one of the them from the sea. I did this at my Something concrete must be and they stopped working, but they wife's request. done about it before it is allowed started back in about an hour and With my sea background, I went to come about. Write to your Con-r they didn't do. anything to the To the Editor: to work ashore as a rigger in one gressman, the President and any­ bosun. I'm still here in our hell port To the Editor: of Baltimore's larger ship repair one else who may swerve what ap­ Urges Caution of Pusan, and still pulling for the I would like very much to have yards for almost two years. While pears to be the present course. We I wfent over to the Steel Worker SIU. If it wasn't for the SIU ships my address added to the LOG engaged in this work I came into were successful before, we will be (Isthmian) one day to see what coming in here I guess I'd go crazy. mailing Ust for my wife, who has contact with many Seafarers again. Now is the time to write. they were doing, and one of the I've recently been aboard the Ariz- been an avid reader of the LOG aboard vessels in drydock under­ Insure that success with a letter crewmembers got in some trouble pa, Santa Venetia, Purple Star, since she arrived here from Rot­ going needed repairs. Just talking or wire. there and they put him in jail for Sea Legend and the good ship Sea- terdam, Hoiland, several months to them was great and many times Johnny Fry some time, but they got him out cliff. o ago. I also want her to s^ve them before they sailed from Damman. I've met such good Union broth­ for me, since occasionally I miss I don't know if there's anything we ers as Eddie Fields, Donnie Col­ an issue, when I am at sea myself. can do about the way the people lins, Johnnie Morris, Johnnie Joe N. Atchison are acting over there to crewmem­ (Ed. note: Your name has been bers, but if you have been over added to the LOG's mailing list, there, you can tell the crewmem­ as you requested!) bers of your ship about the trou­ ble and try to help them out. The near Eltst and the Orient The LOG is interested in col­ are strange places for American lecting and printing photo­ seamen. There seems to be some graphs showing what seagoing To the Editor: sort of antipathy between the local was like in the old days. All I believe in giving credit where people and the Americans. This you oldtimers who have any it lies. For many years now I have sort of thing has cropped up most old mementos, photographs of been reading the LOG with pleas­ frequently in places like Ras Tanu­ shipboard life, pictures of ure, never once telling what I ra ahd Damman. ships or anything that would thought about it. I think this has I can say one thing, it is so hot show how seamen lived, ate gone on long enough and the time' over there you can't sieep in your and worked in the days gone has come for me to say that it is room. I was told that Isthmian was by, send them in to the LOG. the best gosh-dam newspaper in going to put in air conditioning on Whether they be steam or sail, the world. Not only does it give the steel ships. I think if we all around the turn of the cen­ the interesting news of the world start some" beefs about it we may tury, during the first world related to the interests of'seamen, get jt in. I am going to see about war and as late as 1938, the but it expands to cover general it when I get back in. I know LOG is Interested in them all. news interests. Furthermore, it Captain Louis Breckenridge, seated left, and Chief Engirter Peter­ I am all for it and think if every We'll take care of them and tells of the private lives of the son pose with Walter Grosvenor, head waiter, right, and i.ls dining ship will conie along with a beef return your souvenirs to you. Seafarers. It's just great. room staff aboard the Yarmouth on a run from Boston Vi Nova about this we may get it in soon. . Henry Giinther Scotia. Cancels Plans To Produce Play Thanks Santore €rew For Care Now Is Time To Fiyht^ He Uryes Forsook The Sea For Work Ashore SIU Ships Home To GI In Korea ii. Seaiarer^s Wife A LOG Fan Now Officers And Dining Room Crew Olde Photos Wanted by LOG n Crew Has Good Time In Bombay Thinks LOG Ms dust Great 1- ytf.• �iiiniiti'iS-.-B Oefober If. IffS SEAFAHERS LOG Page Tw(entr-(brea The ^Dark Of The Sea' Comes To Light Creatvires of the land, sea, and air have long been important items on dinner table and have added to larders throughout the world, but it has only been in the last few years that man has discovered creatures of the sea lurking below the sunlit depths. Despite the superabundance of land animals, creatures of to the depths in its quest for food. lurking in the deep. Later, in 1949, the air, and surface members One of the greatest undersea Barton went down in the benthoof the briny deep, reports in re­ battles of feeding and survival scope to a depth of 4,500 feet off takes place almost daily in these the coast of California for further cent years seem to indicate that depths as a 60-ton or more sperm exploration of this Jules Verne the unlit depths, of the sea world whale grapples with the giant world. A recent descent by the hold things which outnumber, or squid Architeuthis in an unimag­ famous balloonist Picard went at least are the equal, of known inable death struggle. Marks found down much further than that. the bodies of sperm whales Fishermen before and after World creatures. Not all of these crea­ on captured by whalers or washed up War II used fathometers to detect ture are edible, considering the on beaches show scars inflicted by the movements of fish deep below queasy stomachs of civilized man, the suckers of the 30-foot squid, the surface of the v:ean. Theories but the biack depths of the sea attesting to the raging undersea are still pending on a great shelf of animate bodies which stretch are profusely populated by these contests. over most of the waters of the The seal, another warm-blooded living things. mammal like the whale and man, world in the dark recesses of the Nocturnal Visitors also takes to the deep sea in the seas. Whether these bodies are Primarily nocturnal visitors to winter, following an abundant plankton, fish or squid is not food supply. It is significant that known, but they are known to be the surface of the waters of the certain species of fish which have alive. The secret of their identity world, these creatures include never before- been seen by man may be discovered before this is deep-water plankton, shrimp, have been found onl^ as bones in published, but even before that Deivinr deeper into sea tiian any other creature, in its quest prawn, jellyfish, squid, octopi, and the stomachs of seals. Nowhere may come revelations of other have these bones been found, creatures which infest the deep. for food, is the sperm whale. Its favorite dish is the squid. hundreds of other crawling, bur­ else nor has the living fish been dis­ rowing, and parasitic inhabitants covered anywhere but in the craw of the dark and deep. Of those of the seal. marine bodies not included in Marine animals of the deep sea modem man's diet, there are many differ greatly from their upper which fall prey to other sea crea­ layer brethren. At depths greater tures, especially the whale. than 250 fathoms, or 1,500 feet, all Part of the mammalian species fishes are black, dark violet or the and descending from a common drabest of browns. Luminescence Music from a fife and drum corps mixed in with "broken heads and bloody noses" was ancestor of man, the whale world also is a part of this watery, nether the order of the day back in April, 1800, when a group of American seamen staged one divides itself into three classifica­ world. Specimens brought to the tions in its hunt for food, the surface by fishermen or natiural of the first "strikes" in American maritime history, and ran into a group of scabs trying squid-eaters, the fish-eaters and means contain luminous torches to break the strike. Of course, in those days, report, "a severe conflict ensued." Fell's Point on Monday, in riotous the plankton-eaters. The latter which can be turned off and on at group, which feeds in the manner will in a spectacular display, pre­ such things as strong mari­ The "strike" of course was easily confusion, made an attempt after of a food sieve as it swallows enor­ sumably used for finding or pursu­ time unions were things which broken, since the seamen had no dark to board and rifle a vessel be­ mous quantities of water only to ing prey. Others have rows of most seamen never even thought organization, no sort of strike ap­ longing to Messrs. David Steward blow it out into the sea again, light patterned over their bodies. about. Unions just didn't exist, paratus, and were easily forced and Sons, on board of which it was and were something that most men to sail as their money ran out and said, men had entered at $18 per strained of its plankton, lives only Descend Into Depths couldn't even imagine. In fact, a they had to accept a berth at what­ month. Their design being learnt, where there are dense masses of their prey. The waters of the Arc­ Every day men are discovering few years later, in 1804, a group ever pay they could get. several citizens put themselves tic, Antarctic and high temperate more about the deep sea formerly of coopers in New York got to­ The press of the time was, of aboard to defend her in case of latitudes comprise almost the en­ beyond their reach. In 1934, Wil­ gether and formed what was prob­ course, far from sympathetic to necessity, from the ravages of the tire feeding grounds for this liam Beebe and Otis Barton de­ ably the first "union" in the US. such attempts by the men to raise mob, who seemed bent on mischief, group. Fish-eating whkles range scended in the bathysphere to a They formed an association to try their wages, and the event was re­ and approached with driiiis and over a wider expanse of sea, but depth of more ti.an 3,000 feet to to raise the wages they were paid ported in a Baltimore paper on fifes and colors flying. As they the sperm whale really goes dovra watch the action of the monsters for making barrels as the answer April 11, 1800, as the attempt by a attempted to get on board, they to an employers' association that "mob" to "rifle" the ship. The were opposed, then a severe con­ was formed. newspaper reported the event as flict ensued, and notwithstanding the vessel lay close alongside the The result of this coopers' asso­ follows: "A large mob of sailors who had wharf, they were three times re­ ciation was that the members were all arrested. The police locked turned out for higher wages and pulsed, with broken heads and them up, and the courts found were parading down the streets of bloody noSes." them guilty of a "conspiracy to raise wages." However, in April of 1800, a group of seapien banded together by a sort of mutual consent in an effort to»get their wages raised to $20 per month. They had no or­ ganization of any sort, and the en­ tire effort was one of those things that just sort of grew out of dis­ cussions among the men in port. The'result was that the men made an informal agreement not to sign on any vessel paying less than the $20 per month. However, even in those days there were scabs—and the seamen hated them just as much then as now. This informal "strike" was just getting started when a group of scabs signed on a vessel at $18 per month at Fell's Point. The "striking" seamen immedi­ ately staged a protest and then marched to the ship to try to per­ suade the scabs not to sail. They did it in fine style, with fifes and drums preceding them, and flags flying as they marched through the streets. The shipowners, however, had heard about the attempt, and gathered a group of men to stay on board the vessel to discourage any The armed soabs waited on deck while the striking sailors marched attempt by the seamen to get The octopus, shown here In its fayorite habitat, a coral cave, is up the gangplank with fife and dctwuu^.. aboard. As the papers of the time of-'the best known residenhi of the sea's lower depths. ^Broken Heads And Bloody Noses/ Fifes And Drums Mark ^Sfrike^ ' �SEAFARERS Par* Twentr-fonr Oetobef IC, 195S . L0Q DIGEST of SHIPS' BIEETINGS ... c- JEAN LAFITTE (Watarman), July ItChairman, W. Brown; Sacratary, Whitay Lawls. Repair list will be turned over to the ship's delegate to give to the boarding patrolman. Motion was unani­ mously passed that the crewmembers de­ mand that the sanitary pumps in the toilets aft be repaired immediately. Beefs have been made on this before but liutliing has been done. Short discussion was held on how trip card men are to apply for permits. Steward agreed to write up a form letter of recommenda­ tion which the men are to present to crewmembers for signing. Further in formation wiU be obtained from the boarding patrolman. September 6—Chairman, William Fish­ er; Secretary, A. A. PodkosofF. Ship's repair list will be made up and turned in. Quarters should be left clean for the next crew. A unanimous vote of thanks was given to the steward department for a job well done. No date—Chairman, Wiiiiam Fisher; Secretary, A. A. Podkosoff. One man missed ship in Yokohama. He will be turned over to the patrolman on arriv.il. Repair list will be turned in. Men should leave their rooms in better condition. SEAVIGIL (Ocean Trans.), no date — Chairman, J. Jeiiette; Secretary, Paul L. Whitlow. Paul Whitlow was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. F. McGlove was elected engine delegate by acclamation, SIU library wUl be put on board. New top burner plate for the top of the stove will be checked. WILD RANGER (Waterman), July 23— Chairman, Henry Kay; Secretary, J. La­ zarus. Chief mate requested a repair list from each delegate. Laundry will be kept clean. A schedule for cleaning the recreation room will be made out. September 13—Chairman, Alonzo Miiefski; Secretary, Julius ' Lazarus. One passenger BR was picked up in Ger­ many. Suggestion was made that the salads be arranged more attractively. AZALEA CITY (Waterman), September 20—Chairman, Louis L. Kristan; Secre­ tary, David B. Sacher. Ship's delegate should see the captain about putting up a TV antenna if the ship gets a TV set. ROBIN GRAY (Seas Shipping), August .tU men should donate whatever change they have at the payoff to the ship's J3—Chairman', Paul "Dutch" Whltthaus; fund, which now has a $71.50 balance. Secretary, Tex Jacks. Tex Jacks was elected ship's delegate; the $12.02 bal­ CHILORE (Ore), September S — Chair­ ance of the ship's fund was turned over to him. Dispute between the chief elec­ man, Joseph F. Lewis; Secretary, C. O. Chow situation is still pretty trician and the chief engineer will be Harris. squared away at the next port. Patrol­ bad. Water cooler on the starboard side man will be wired to meet the ship in is stopped up and the crew mcsshall fan is not working. Drains do not have enough pressure. Repair list will be cir­ culated among delegates and given to the patrolman. Suggestion was made that more crackers and peanut butter be put out. tl Houston. Chief electrician reported that there are no new fans, and that all hands should take care of the ones we have. Ship's delegate should see about having the washing machine and the water cooler installed in the crew messroom. OLYMPIC GAMES (Western Tanker), August 8—Chairman, C. A, Weaver; Sec­ retary, Daniel Wowney. Awnings were taken down for repairs. Some were re­ placed and others will be repaired in Japan. One man wias taken ashore sick at Muscat. Steward said no fresh food came aboard in Bahrein because the agent claimed it was unfit to eat. Chief steward ordered all necessary stores in Japan. Crewmembers are to notify their delegates of repairs needed in foc'sles. Laundry should be kept clean at all times. Washing machine motor should be turned off after use.« Captain will accept Japanese currency a day or two before leaving Japan. (> messroom. Mattresses and bed springs should- be added to the repair list. AMEROCEAN (Blackchester), September 13—Chairman, Fred .Israel; Secretary. David Pine. One man missed ship in San Pedro, Cal. His gear will be turned over to - the patrolman at the payoff. Books in the ship's library will be packed up so they can be exchanged in New York for a new library. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for the excel­ lent work they did during the trip, and special thanks went to the chief cook for his thoughtfulness to the crew in putting out extra items for coffeetime. MICHAEL (Carras), September 13— Chairman, T. McCann; Secretary, W, T. Langford. Repair list was turned over to the skipper to forward to the company. The organizers were given a vote of thanks for a job being well done, and the crew of the Michael want to wel­ come the seamen of the Atlantic fleet into the SlU. The man who missed ship in San Pedro had his gear turned over to the captain. Five chairs are needed in the messroom. A new washing ma­ chine should be purchased as the old one is broken and needs too many re­ pairs. An additional fan is needed in the 8-12 foc'sle. Patrolman will be asked to contact the company about putting an awning on the fantail when the ship goes to the yard for repairs.. STEEL MAKER (isthmian), September 17—Chairman, Stewart Hanks; Secretary, Dee W. Kimbreii. Oliver Hodge was elected -ship's delegate by acclamation. New coffee pot should be put out, as the present one was damaged in port. Chief engineer will be asked how he got the authority to ration the slopchest cigarettes, and if the crew can purchase ''"I more than two cartons a week. Men should be more careful in dumping the garbage over the side. Department sani­ tary men should get together and work out a schedule for cleaning the slop sink, and laundry. Quarters need sougeeing and painting. PENNMAR (Caimar), August 31—Chair­ man, J. Chermesino; Secretary, J. Thobe. W. J, Trigembo was elected ship's dele­ gate. Nothing was taken care of on the last repair list. There is no scup­ per in the engineers' head. CATAWBA VICTORY (Bull), June 28— Chairman, C. G. McLeiian; Secretary, Al­ bert G. Espeneda. Washing machine should be tightened so that it does not roll. Repair list- will - be made out by each department delegate. OS and wiper will take care of the laundry: the BR will clean the recreation room. Crew should help keep the pantry and messroom clean at night. Vote of thanks went to the entire steward department for a job well done and good chow. September 9 — Chairman, Monts L. Smith; Secretary, Howard J. Knox. One man left the ship in Sasebo, Japan; the job was filled in Fusan, Korea by an SUP man. Repair list was read. All heads should be painted and the messhall should be sougeed. Captain will be contacted about the chief engineer's statement that when he is good and ready he will have the rooms painted. AMERSEA (Blackchester), September 13—Chairman, Howard K. Pierce; Secre­ tary, Wiiiiam Pieszczuk. Security watches stood in Korea and restricted time are disputed. Men were asked to turn in all linen and cots so the steward can check. Delegate witl get a repair list ready. Men wore asked to leave the foc'sles clean for the next crew. September 1i—Chairman, Harvy Me*ford; Secretary, J. D. O. Coker. Repair lists will be prepared by each depart­ ment. Starboard life boat and gangway will be added to the repair list. Life­ boat has a whole in its stern. Library was painted for the benefit of all, and It is not to be used as a ship's office. ^Can'Shahera^ Have No QK The membership is again cautioned to beware of persons soliciting funds on ships in be­ half of memorials or any other so-called "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solici­ tors have received authoriza­ tion from SIU headquarters td collect funds. The National Foundation for Infantile. Pa­ ralysis is the only charitable organization which has re­ ceived membership endorse­ ment. Funds for this cause are collected through normal Union channels at the pay-off. Receipts are Issued on the spot. the steward department a special vote of thanks. Ship's delegate got a vote of thanks for a good job done. All neces­ sary repairs should be made before sign­ ing on. Patrolman should speak to tne chief engineer about more cooperation regarding repairs. Suggestion was made that the company furnish a new washing machine, as the present one is completely inadequate. ARiZPA (Waterman), September 27 — Chairman, Carl Scott; Secretary, Don Collins. Repair list will be turned in be­ fore reaching Kure, so thaf it can be mailed in to San Francisco. A few minor beefs will be taken up at the payoff. Suggestions for the repair lists should be give to the proper department dele­ gate. New mattresses should be ordered for those who need them. TROJAN TRADER (Trojan), Septamber 27—Chairman, Fata Piascik; Secretary, R. J. Boies. No one is to be allowed in the niesshall improperly dressed. ToUets should be kept sanitary. PAOLi (Cities Service), August 2— Chairman, W. T. Matthews; Secretary, James M. Strickland. Headquarters will be contacted, about getting the ship fumigated when we reach port. Radio operator has phonograph, and will get parts for it in Japan. Doors and lockers should be fixed. Recreation room should be kept clean. August 23—Chairman, Robert Kerhiy; Secretary, Wiiiiam Cranny. Ship's deiegate spoke to the steward about the badly stained linen. It wiU be changed in the States. Everyone should note needed repairs and report them to the department delegates in time, as the ship is returning to the States after Yokohama. Rule about being properly dressed in the messhall wiU be strictly enforced. No tales are to be carried topside. September 20—Chairman, Ralph Burnseed; Secretary, James Strickland. Chief mate was contacted on repairs. Rooms and wash basins should be kept clean. STONY POINT (US Petroleum), Sep­ More night lunch and bread should be put out. tember (—Chairman, not listed; Secre­ tary, not listed. Motion was passed at this special meeting to elect £. R. Buck­ MAE (Bull), September 27—Chairman, ley ship's delegate. Bob Raid; Secretary, Charles Bouskiia. September 26—Chairman, E. R. Buck­ Motion was passed to get a cuffee urn. ley; Secretary, C. F. Fried. Chief engi­ Ship's delegate will see the chief mate neer promised to get fans in Japan. about repairing doors. Ship's delegate Steward will get ice cream, butter and should see that all painting below the frozen vegetables, if available, and have passageway is done. the toaster fixed. ROBIN KIRK (Seas Shipping), no date ROBIN TUXFORD (Seas Shipping), Sep­ —Chairman, Harry G. Jones; Secretary, tember (—Chairman, C. Bourjie; Secre- Wiiiiam H. Rhone. Harry G. Jones was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Some suitable place shoufd be provided for hanging washed clothes. Glasses taken from the pantry and messrooms should be returned. tary, R. T. Whitley. Most of the repairs were taken care of in New York, but the rest will be done by the ship's crew. Steward department members will.paint their own rooms. Record player will be stored. Discussion was held on the cold water in the wash basin. Engine and laundry drawers are to be kept closed at all times. Discussion was held on the preparation of some foods, and on cold soup. KYSKA (Waterman), August 2—Chair­ man, J. C. Brady; Secretary, H. Carmichaei. Lockers and locks ii. the en­ gine department foc'sles have not been repaired as asked. R. Charroin was elected ship's delegate. Washing ma­ BENTS FORT (Cities Service), Septem­ chine and laundry are to be kept clean ber 20—Chairman, John Newman; Sec­ at all times. Men' should return cups to retary, H. E. Richardson. Bill Howe was the pantry. Instead of leaving them on elected ship's delegate. deck and back aft. DE SOTO (Waterman), August 17— SEATRAiN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain) A. L. Danne; Secretary, GreenSeptember 4—Chairman, Sir Charles; Chairman, waid. Motion was pa.ssed to have each Secretary, Joplin. Sir Charles was man take care of getting his ewn linen. elected ship's delegate and $49.02 was More fans and spare parts will be requi­ handed over to him by the former treas­ sitioned. Everyone should stay out of the urer. Library books should be replaced pantry during meal hours. should by new selection. There is a beef that be more variety in the nightThere lunch. Bed­ the ship is a poor feeded. The grades of ding on the poop deck should be. brought meat were considered poor. Suggestion down during foul weather. Innersprlng was made that all food be recorded and listed by the ship's delegate and sub mattresses should be supplied. mitted te headquarters. NATHANIEL B. PALMER (Dolphin), SepTember 23—Chairman, Sir Charles; Secretary, Ed Jones. Motion was made September 20—Chairman, V. Meehan; to bring two members up on charges Secretary, John J. Maheney. Lockers and for .fouling up in Edgewater and against dish rack need repairing. Department one man for missing ship. Fans should delegates will make up a repair list for be installed in all the heads. Members their own departments and turn it in. voted to have'stew less often. Ventilators A. H. Hoag was elected ship's delegate. in the lower hold should be nut ',ackMARIE HAMILL (Bloomfleid), Septem­ 'as the temoercture is about 120 degrees Negotiating committee should' be asked ber 13—Chairman, not listed; Secretary, 1.0 .try...and;^ir9*i'|ilr...t»?ifl|t!^nlh^^ tlje. not listod. MOUP1),.,J|I(8S passed .to giy^ clothing and gear. Patrolman in San Pedro* should be contacted about the slopchest gear, since the ship is on MSTS charter and may remain on the Japan-Korea shuttle far several months. A list' of sizes nSeded will be given te the captain, so that clothing can be purchased in San Pedro;' Steward recom­ mended the use of electrie percolators for making coffee, so that American coffee could be co'nserved for as long as possible. BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service), July 2(—Chairman, Duke Livingston; Secretary, Jesse W. Maioney. Three men missed ship. One man was put ashore at Jacksonville, Fla., seriously ill. Frank Flan.igan was elected ship's delegate. Ship's library should be kept in the rec­ reation hall. Menu should be more varied. Vote of thanks went to the captain, for a fine job of putting the third cook ashore when he was ill. Messhall should be kept clean and chairs repaired. The number of fans should be checked. . August 5—Chairman, M. Gandron; Sec­ retary, Paul H. Bryson. Frank Flanagan was elected ship's delegate. One man missed ship in New York, one in Lake Charles. Robinson was elected deck dele­ gate. Delegate should see the captain about getting a separate watch foc'sle for the black gang, and about putting an awning over the fantail in the shipyard. Benches should be put on the fantail. September 14—Chairman, F. Bruecher; Secretary, Leo Doiton. There is a bal­ ance of $28 in the ship's fund. Messhall chairs were not repaired. Steward will be asked about cold drinks instead of milk three times a day. Delegate will check to see why- he .didn't get mat­ tresses. .Steward has new springs for bunks. Library should be procured. STEEL KING (isthmian), September 21 —Chairman, Vito D'Angeio; Secretary, Fred Steppe. Requisition listing all re­ pairs will be made out. Chief mate has allowed each man a day off on his own choosing. There was a discussion on how to protect the checkers from bad weather, in hopes of keeping them out of the passageways. A question arose con­ cerning the number of times per day the wipers should deliver ice from the ice maker to the steward department. The wiper's part of the Union agreement, was read by the chairman, but no men­ tion was found of this point. A tem­ porary settlement was made tp the satis­ faction of all' concerned. STEEL ROVER (isthmian), September 27—Chairman, John P. Hayward; Secre­ tary, James M. Baxter. There is a $24.94 balance in the ship's fund. Men leaving the ship in Gulf ports should give ade­ quate notice. Cups should be kept in the messhall to cut down loss. Brothers should try to cut down on door slamming. QUEENSTON HEIGHTS (Traders), Sep­ tember 24—Chairman, W. McKenna; Sec­ retary, S. J. Ciesiak. 20-limit should be set on washing clothes. Cleanliness of the messhall was discussed. Pantry should leave out a minimum of cups. Card players should clean up when they are finished. MARIE HAMILL (Bloomfleid), August 1(—Chairman, Bernard Kemberiey; Sec­ retary, M. Dariey. No repairs were done in port. Red Dariey got a vote of thanks for a good job done as ship's delegate during the previous voyage and then was reelected. More washing powder should be procured. Books and magazines should be relumed to the recreation room. September 2(—Chairman, not listed; Secretary, not listed. E. M. Williams was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. There was a discussion on the necessity of squaring away the repair list before the sign on and the importance of secur­ ing a port payoff, draw to the limit or back-dated allotments before sailing. SEATRAIN NBWtYORK (Seatrain), Au­ gust 2(—Chairman, J. Seiieri; Secretary, C. E. Mosiey. Motion was passed to get a mixing machine and meat grinder, and more of a linen supply. Steward should order enough fruit and supplies for the round-trip. Steward was asked to put out the more perishable fruits first. September 11—Chairman, A. D. EdenfleTd; Secretary, C. E. Mosiey. There is $101.58 in the shop's fund. Discussion was held on stores and linen. Patrolman should not be run for more than 20 min­ utes. lifen missing ship will be reported to the patrolman. Second engineer will be asked not to spit on the deck and in the' water fountain. Members voted thanks'to the Union for the books and the ship's delegate asked all to take care of these books. September 27—Chairman, Chuck Boguchi; Secretary, Steve Bsguchi. One man missed ship in ^ian Juan and re­ joined in Mayaguez, do to the launch' service. Ship's delegate will see the patrolman about having the ship fumi­ gated at the earliest opportunity since there are rats and roaches around. Water should not be left running in the laun-" dry. Extra linen should be turned ' in before the ship reaches Baltimore. Vote of thanks went to the steward depart­ ment for wen prepared and well served food. SEA COMET Ii (Seatraders), Septem­ ber 13—Chairman, McColiom; Secretary, M: Reid. Discussion was held on putting down the gangway when the ship Is at anchor instead of the Jacob's ladder. All personnel will be properly dressed in the messroom: men on watch will be fed first. SCHUYLER OTIS BLAND (Waterman), August 8—Chairman, not listed; Secre­ tary. net listed. Jim Foti was elected ship's delegate: Steve Fulford, decl^ dele­ gate: George Crevies, engine delegate: Blackie Boyce, steward delegate. . Two engine department men went to the hos­ pital prior to sailing from Leonardo, NJ. c- m One man got off at Panama City with an eye injury. Sbme of his gear, which was left behind, will be forwarded on arriv­ ing at a US port. Chief engineer gave no help to the bakbr, who is complaining about the way the dough mixer in the galley leaks oil continually. One man went to the hospital at Sasebo, Japan. His condition is serious. $32 has been collected so fay for the ship's fund. There should be more cooperation among steward department members. There should be more attention paid to the preparation of food. DEL MAR (Mississippi), August 1(— Chairman, Robert Callahan; Secretary, C. A. Bradley. There is $107.91 In the ship's fund. Ray Ellison was elected ship's delegate. Food is poor this trip. There is a lack of cooperation aboard. Ship's delegate will designate which de­ partment is to clean up the steward lounge after the movies. . September 20—Chairman, Ben CoiiinsiSecretary, C. A. Bradley. There is a total of $137.91 in the ship's fund, since the steward delegate topside donated $2 from a raffle and collected. $10. Motion was passed that the baker stop smoking a pipe while making bread. A new pressing iron with heat control will be ordered. Washing machine should not be used after 9:00 PM. A total of $87 was collected for the electrician's show­ ing the movies. COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), Octeber 1—Chairman, Louis W. Cartwrighti Secretary, Garland Fontenet. Department delegates should turn over repair lists before reaching Bridgeport. Letter was written expressing appreciation to the captain for his landing the injured broth­ er at Miami on the stormy night of September 24th. Vote of thanks went te the steward department for good work and good chow. Repair list will be turned over te the chief mate and chief engineer. MOBILIAN (Waterman), September 2$ — Chairman, H, Rode; Secretary, J. Parker. One man missed ship in Galves­ ton. F. Wasmer was elected ship's dele­ gate. Belongings of the man who missed ship will be sent to the Galveston hall. Two wipers have been blowing tubes, with one collecting OT. Blower chains are too short: new anes will be ordered in San Pedro. CECIL N. BEAN (Drytrans), Septamber 19—Chairman, T. E. Foster; Secretary, M. F. Kramer. There was a beef about the chief mate working on deck. Steward department foc'sles will be painted fir.st next trip. Repair list has been made ANTINOUS (Waterman), September 27 out for each department, and copies went —Chairman, Gus L. Taylor; Secretary, to the ship's delegate and the captain. Harry C. Kiimon. After the purchase of Steward will see about getting new mat­ stamps, there is a $43 balance in the tresses aboard. Men getting off should ' should be contacted, as it seems the com­ ship's fund. Thanks went to the steward clean up their foc'sles properly and leave department for being efficient and coop­ pany is cutting down every trip. September 1(—Chairman, Mosiey; Sec­ keys in their respective rooms. erative. Nick Sabin thanked the crew for giving him money from the ship's retary, A. Concaives. John Alstatt was TOPA TOPA (Waterman), September elected ship's treasurer. fund when his father died and he had September 24 — Chairman, Winborn; 15—Chairman, Leroy Frazer; Secretary, to po home suddenly. C. Ridge. All repairs were taken care of Secretary, A. Goncaives. Roy Ayers was the chairs in the recreation room. WAR HAWK (Waterman), September elected ship's delegate by acclamation. except should not be left on deck. There 29—Chairman, L. L. Stone; Secretary, Ironing board should be purchased from Cots in the ship's fund. Delegates E. S. Brinson. Eight men got off. Baker the ship's fund. The television set will is $117take up collections at the last pay­ and second cook need new springs in be fixed in New York. No magazines didn't off. J. G. Flynn was elected ship's dele­ bunks. Patrolman will be contacted should be bought from the ship's fund. gate by acclamation. about getting innerspring mattresses. Store and linen question was settled by Suggestion was made to get a ship's the patrolman. He will .be contacted COMPASS (Compass), September II— library. Patrolman will be contacted about the mixer. Laundry should be Chairman, Guy Whithorst; Secretary, J. about getting certain brands of cigarettes cleaned by each sanitary man according F. Castronover. Kal K. Nielsen was and cigars in the slopchest. Captain to the posted schedule. elected ship's delegate by acclamation. will be asked about putting bookshelves Each crewmember will donate' $1 for a BIENVILLE (Waterman), October 30— in the small closet. Chairman, Cuz. Murray; Secretary, Ber­ ship's fund to be used for such emer­ purposes as telegrams, etc. Stew­ FORT HOSKINS (Cities Service), Au­ nard A. Sanford. John R. Dickson was gency ard was asked to get fresh milk, ice gust 23—Chairmen, James Pewitt; Sec­ elected ship's delegate. There was a cream and chocolate milk in Japan. Pic­ retary, Hermann Spraenes. Ralph Lanby complaint on too many seconds on the ture will be taken to send to the LOG. Duplicate repair list will be was elected ship's delegate. Washing menu. The crew is to be quiet below. In con­ machine should be turned off after using. turned in. Repair list from the last trip sideration of the watch. Recreation rooni Foc'sles should be sougeed before being was not acted on. No man should enter will be cleaned according to the schedule painted. Man who missed sTtip will bo the ice box alone. Steward will contact posted by the steward. Only the ship's reported to headquarters. There is a the captain.^ Port steward should be re­ delegate is to contact the captain. quired to put better grades of food and balance of t8.13 in the ship's fund. September 3B—Chelrman, not listed; more, aboard. JULESBURG (Terminal Tankers), Sep­ Secretary, 'B. E. Seward. Ship's delegate DOROTHY (Bull), September. 13—Chair­ tember 14—Chairman, J. S. McRae; Saewill contact the master about the slop­ retary, Tom Bowers. Two men were boachest and draw. There should be suffi­ man, Pete Frazo; Secretary, Steve Bo- pitalized—one in Yokohama and one-lis gucki. There is $12.90 in the ship's fund. cient cigarettes in the slopchest. New motors for the galley fan and the Kure. The captain is being very harsh.An SUP-man was picked up In the Pan­ . ANNE BUTLER (Bloomfleid), Septem- washing machine were installed. Cots t»er 27-<-Chalrman, M. W. Anderson; Sec­ should be returned to" the foc'sles and ama Canal to replace a man mbo missed retary, not listed. Ship's delegate will put away in port. Clothes should be ship in-Houston; ttals man is In the Ship's contact. the. captain about the quantity taken down after they .have . dried, jo ol. cigarettes M Uie slopchest as^ well as make room '• for > bthef81'' Washuii thacnlhe I.:.; -v-•;<. i �Vrj-'J: .. October If. IfBS SEAFARERS Pago- Twentr-iTO LOG ... DIGEST ofi SHIPS' MEETINGS ... (Continued from p«fe 24) taoipital. but will fet mtdical treatment In the next pert. Motion waa pasaed to put out more night lunch. A complete record of thla voyage will be kept and turned over to the patrolman on arrival In the Statea. FRINCH CRECK (Citiea Service). Ocfeher e—Chelrmen.'F. W. Ammens; Secretery, Dan Reard. Yuiee Crewa waa elected ahip'a delegate by- acclamation. Collection will be taken up to buy a tube for the dilp'a radio in the meaxhall. Watertight doora need repairing. Dun-gareca and khakia will be ordered by the captain for the alopcheat. MARORR (Ore), September IS—Chelr­ men, Raymond Schrum; Secretary, J. R. Dasteriing. More night lunch ahould be put out. Washing machine haa re­ peatedly been broken. No aatialaction waa obtained from the chief engineer and the matter wUl be taken up with the patrolman at the payoff. Each man ahould lend a hand in keeping the pan­ try clean. Suggestion waa made to try and secure watch foc'sles en the ship. This wil be taken up on arrival. SUIANNR (Bull), September S4—Chair­ man, Red Campbell; Secretary, Sam Tec men. Rod Cempbell; Secretary, Sam Telech, Dios waa elected ship's dele­ gate. Suggestion was made te get Union reading material and keep it in the reading room. BHTHORB (Ore), September Si—Chair­ men, Lerey C. Rewie; Secretary, Juan C. Vege. New fan is needed In the oilers' foc'sle. Washing machine motor is about to go dead. Can opener will be changed. Perculator should be repaired •r reidaced. Washing machine should -be kept clean. XHILORR (Ore), September >f—Chair­ man, William Kumke; Secretary, D. L. Warrlngten. Steward should contact the port fteward about more, stores; we ran out of dry cereal 10 days from Baltimore. More coffee percolator! are needed, as well as more wind scoops. SIcpchest prices should be checked. ROBIN MOWBRAY (Seas Shipping), No date—Chairman, Hareld R. Leng; Secre­ tary, Ran Morris. One man missed ship in San Pedro. Steward will get whatever stores he can in South Africa. September 13—Cliairman, Hareld Long; Secretary, R. L. Merrlt. One man missed •hip. at Tamatave. Madagascar and re­ joined at Capetown, South Africa. Stew­ ard requested that alU cots and Hnen be turned in before the crew leaves the ahip. Bosun suggested that his foc'sle be sougeed before the next crew comes aboard. Ships needs fumigating. SRASTAR (Marcader), September 13— Chairman, R. Wallace; Secretary, A. Cel- llnt. d>iobody should sign on for the next trip until all stores ate on board and everything requeited is on board and checked. Steward made out a requisi­ tion sheet, as the company's was In­ sufficient. A new washing machine is needed. Ship is to carry US currency for draws; money will be put out every five days in port; patrolman will be asked to check on this. Food Is to be better cooked; coffee urn is to be changed. Buckets will be ordered. Slopchest is insufficient; patrolman should find out why cigarettes are a dollar a carton. Repair lists will be checked. NEW ROCHELLR VICTORY (South AtIsntlc), September 21—Chairman, N. W. Kirfc; Secretary, John S. Kauter. The ahlp needs fumigation. Meat box alley should be sougeed and painted. Grade of meat is very poor. Best grades of meat ahould be ordered in the future. All new pillowa should be bought for the next voyage. Griddle should be ordered for the next voyage. All fre.sh water tanks ahould be -cemented as the water is rusty and dirty. Baker riiould thanks for his good work. get a vote of COR VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Sep­ tember as—Chairman, Reye; Secretary, Magnlnl, Decks of three foc'sles were painted. Repairs are to be made before the ship sails. Extra sink Is needed on topside in the panlry. Books should be returned to the recreation room. Fresh water tanks are to be cleaned, as the water is full of rust particles. N# date—Chairman, net listed; Secre­ tary, net listed. Ship's delegate will see the captain about painting passageways, decks and heads. Recreation room will be cleaned by a sanitary man from each department, rotating each week. Wash­ ing machine drain should be changed. Glasses and silverware should be checked by the steward and the general condition of the messhall should be watched. LONOVItW VICTORY (Victory Carriers), August tt—Cliairman, S. V. Stecmsrr; Secretary, R. Stubbef. Rooms will be painted; new mattresses are available. Red Fisher was elected ship's delegate. Departments will take turns cleaning the laundry. Rice will be put on the menu. Men should make sure that they draw nenough money In Japan. August 2f—Chairman, James Ficher; Secreteryv S. V. Stecmsrr. Crew will cooperate in painting the galley. Steward was asked to put out more soap. Mem­ bers of the steward department are to PERSONALS Marvin F. Kramer Please .get in touch with, or write as soon as you can to Harry Kaufman. 4" 4" 4- Guy W. Newman Please contact your sister, Mrs. Lois Greene, 230 N. 14th Street, Griffin, Ga., or anyone knowing his whereabouts get in touch with Mrs. Greene. Last known to be aboard the Amerocean, July 1953. 4" 4*' James Kivers Raymond Ruppert Please contact "Blockie" Flow­ ers, 2311 Buchanan Street, San Francisco, Gal. 4 4. C. D. Anderson Get in touch with your mother at 29 Wellington Drive, Ashville, NC, Her home phone number is Weaverville 4272. 4 4> 4 4 4 4 4 4 R. W. Schoolcraft You can pick up your gear from the Waterman agent in Portland, Ore., and your seamen's papers at the "Little Club" on Dauphine Street, New'Orleans, La. .HDD SSH @00 SQDKZinSBS dSBB a[a[a DSBS fflcaa Q22sa suiia - 4 4 4 4 Joseph Yonick ^Please contact your sister. She has check and mail for you. 4 4 CALMAR (Calmer), September 12 — C hiirman, R. Seeley; Secretary, A. Nel- len. All engine foc'sle and heads will be painted, deck head wiU be painted. Messman's foc'sle wiU be painted and locker repaired. MesshaU pantry and recreation room will be painted. Re­ pair list will be made -out and turned inSteward department head and shower should be painted. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for a job weU done. WILLIAM A. M. BURDEN (Western Tankers), September 7—Chairman, Frank Vandusen; Secretary, C. Waldan. Wash­ ing machine will be repaired. Discussion was held on the linen. Vote of thanks went to the steward department fur llie good chow. A donation of $430 was made to Mrs. Jensen, whose brother died. ALCOA POINTER (Alcoale no dateChairman, Z. Markris; Secretary, C. ALCOA PILGRIM (Alcoa), Soptembar 27—Chairman, Clydo D. Parker; Sccratary, Carl C. Millar. All delegates were asked to turn repair lists over to the ship's delegate. Members were asked to turn off the hot water after use. Stoppedup scupper in the crew's pantry wil be added to the repair list. Robert A. Statham Get in touch with Michael A. Cousins, 4205 South Prieur Street, Quiz Answer New Orleans, La. He has a refund (1) Six; Ed Delahanty, Bobby check for you. Lowe, Chuck Klein, Lou Gehrig, 4- 4 4 Pat Seerey and Gil Hodges. William' R. Dixon (2) (b) 20, Sophia F. Dixon wants you to (3) (0) 9,000; get in touch with her as there is (4) (a) Copper. some sickness at home and she has (5) (a) 12. some important papers for you to (6) (a)-(u). (b)-(x),(cJ-(s), (d)-(y), sign. Wants your present address. (e)-(w), (£).(t), (g)-(v). All mail being returned to her (7) 18. "as not on board." Write her at 68 (8) 18; counting the letters in Pershing Terrace, Uniont^vn, Pa. the whole phrase: State of Missis­ 4 4 4 sippi. Edward J. Taylor Contact your wife immediately. Puzzle Answer 4 4 4 Beauregard Crew •SDS dQBB Anyone knowing 'the where­ QBBS BQQ abouts of Japanese souvenirs be­ SDSQ SKSOBISdlB] longing to Arnold Boyle, chief cook aboard the vessel which paid QQS QSB in San Francisco on Oct. 8, QSISD BdSISSllEi off 1953, contact him at 61 West 135th Street, New York 37, NY. fiscas cooperata wiOi ena anothar. Cooking sho^d ba better; food ia not prepared too weU. New shower curtains arc to be put up. September 12—Chairman, S. V. Stecmarr; Secretary, J. M. Fisher. Chief en­ gineer wiU paint one room If he has time. He refuses to paint engine de­ partment rooms—only showers and toiieta and decks. Patrolman will be contacted on ihifi. Chief engineer ordered perls to repair the n-ashing maehine with. Repair list wUl be turned over to the captain and the chief engineer; work should be done before reaching port. New library wiU be ordered. 4' W. E. Mason Please get in touch with R. M. Mason as soon as possible. 4 Seafarers who applied for new membership books in New York but are now sailing from outports don't have to come to this city to get their new books. if the men involved will write to headquarters and tell the Uuion which port they are sailing out of, the Union will forward the book in care of the port agent. Under no circumstances however, will the books be sent through the mails to any private addresses. Morse. Patrolman ivill be contacted about the man who missed ship. First assistant engineer asked the ship's dele­ gate to see the patrolman about the brother who fouled up. Joe Wilkerson was elected ship's delegate by acclama­ tion. Patrolman wlU be shown around crew's quarters to check fans and see if they can be replaced. Men were asked to come to the messhall properly dressed. Steward was asked to get some tenderizer for the Trinidad meats. Gordon ChamberB Please contact your brother, Stanley Chambers, at 1710 Web­ ster Avenue, Bronx, NY. Anyone knowing his whereabouts contact Mr. Chambers at LUdlow 3-6365. 4 Get New tiooks Through Agents 4 Wally Perdue Contact Rosemary Purdue at 576 18th StreeC Brociklyn,' NY. shelves In the library. One man left ship in New York after signing on. J.* Jacobson was elected ship's delegate. Dryers in the laundry should not be used after 8:00 PM or before 8:00 AM, so that the carpenter and the bosun can sleep. September 13—Chairman, J. Jacebsen; Secretary, R, Harford. Two men missad ship. One brother was left in the hos­ pital in Durban and an OS was picked up to take his place in Walvls. Discus­ sion was held about using the locker in the passageway for the library and get­ ting a tarpauUn for the fant&il for hot weather. Repair lists should be made up by department delegates. must be in top-flight shape during the present voyage. Delegates will be rcspon.sible for the cleanliness of their quar­ ters and the care of the ship's property. It is the duty of the sanitSry men to spot sougee. OS needs hose to spray the deck department shower. Schedule for daily cleaning of the laundry was given to the sanitary men. Octobor 2—Chairman, Derwocd Y. Mann; Socrotary, Rebort Benjamin. Ship has been cleaned up considerably. Board­ ing patrolman in Miami inspected the ship and will make a report. Steward said a gallon of disinfectant is always available in the locker. KYSKA (Waterman), September 12— Chairman, J. 6. Brady; Secretary, H. FAOLI (Cities Service), September IS— Chairman, W. Jotuison; Secretary, A. E. Roberts. Frank F. Reese was elected ship's delegate. Washing machine should be left clean for the rest of the mem­ bers. Patrolman will be contacted about getting a better grade of food. A. E. Roberts was elected ship's ti-easurer. It was agreed that the bugs had to go. Ship's delegate will see the Boston pa­ trolman about getting the ship fumigated. SAN MATEO VICTORY (Eastern), Au­ Repair list will be turned in before reaching Boston. gust 30—Chairman, A. CalleH; Secretary, H. C. McCurdy. Ship's delegate reported a $L8 balance in the ship's fund, after ANNISTON VICTORY (South Atlantic), liuying games in Charleston. New men no date—Chairman, Scetty Borryman; were asked to make donations at the Sccretary, F. BHHe. There is $10 in the payoff or the first draw in US currency. •ship's fund. Chairman read the list of Day workers say the watches eat all the supplies to be requisitioned at the Canal night lunch. The steward promised to Zone. Inadequate dopchest to be checked. put out more. Washing machine is out Sliip did not receive fresh milk in Japan. of order and the chief electrician said it There are not enough water pitchers and would be repaired soon. Votd of thank.s salt and pepper Miakers. Fans are need­ went to the steward department for do­ ed in foc'sles. Ship did not get a launch ing a good job and to the captain, for in Tokosulca for three days. his support in getting good stores and for being a good shipper In general. ALCOA FLANTBR (Alcoa), no dataSeptember 2«—Cheirman, Bab Johnsen; Ray W. Clark; Secretary, Secretary, H. C. McCurdy. Ship's treas­ Chairman, Aaron Wilburn. Repair list will be turned urer reported that there was a $38 bal­ over te the patrolman for action. Slopance and reminded the crew to make chest is much better than it has ever been. Anything short can be ordered and will be sent to the ship. Aaron Wil­ burn was eleeted ship's delegate. Carmietiael. The clocks are not synchro­ nized aboard ship. Two men missed ship in Yokohama and reoined in Moi. Each department delegate shoidd make out arepair list ajid turn It over to the ship's delegate. Messroom should be kept clean and each watch should clean it before the next watch comes on. donations in New York after the draw. The crew messhall is overcrowded '18 seats and 27 men), since this ship has so large a crew. I'here is urgent need of more room. Another 7 seats in the PO mess would relieve the pres.sure. One more man for the steward department should act as PO mesman. Larger ice boxes are needed. Odor in refrigerator boxes must be eliminated this time in port. The food tastes of creosote. Pantry and mcsshalls should be kept clean at night and between meals. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for good food and a job well done. Items wanted from the slopebest should be listed and given to the ship's delegate. ELIZABETH (Bull), September 27— Chairman, Clark S. Inman; Secretary, W. Lachance. One man was hospitalized in Ponce and one in Magagaz. An order for a hot pUte was placed. Awning was brought up. bosun understands it can be put up anytime. Que -'i-ii of benches aft was discussed. Fruit juice four times a week was requestcS-eward agreed. More cooperation i • u .otied in keeping the messhall clean. . .riiication is need­ ed on chipping hcuis. STEEL INVENTOR (Isthmian), June 14 —Ctialrman, William S. Sharp; Secre­ tary, Loula Blavlns. Captain told tho ateward in Beirut that he could wait until the next port, because food was too high. Requisitions could not be sup­ plied by the ship's chandler as there were no lemons or limes. Steward will five the crew a duplicate of the food requisition erdercd in Baser. Stptaraber S —- Cliatrman, William S. Sharp; Secretary, Louis Blevlns. Washing machine should be checked and oiled. New fans are needed for the galley and a cold water scupper for the engine de­ partment. All bunks Miould be repaired and eoil springs installed. No date—Chatrmsii, W. C. Thomas; Secretory, Louis Blevlns. Discussion was held en the leaky poop deck, the recreation room scuppers, two foc'sle leaks and an awning for the poop deck. ELIZABETH (Bull), ne date—Chairman, Herman P. Stuart; Secretary, Bare Ji­ menez. Ship's delegate wiU sec the patrclmau about getting an egg boiler for the pantry. Messman should be on board at meal hour at all times. Ship's c. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), Sep­ tember 27—Chairman, E. Laseya; Secre­ tary, Y. E. Pedroxa, Jr. One man missed ship in New York. Steward got a rising vote of censure for his performance coming in and out of port. This is to constitute a warning; there are no cflinplaints about the steward's work as he ARLYN (Rull), Octobor 4—Chairman, is doing a good job as a steward. Herbert Parks, Jr.; Secretary, Joseph Merkol. J. Market was elected ship's delegate. Members were asked to please help keep the washing machine clean after use. Ship's delegate will take up a collection at the payoff for Brother Schaffer. who was taken off the ship in New York with a back Injury. Chief en­ gineer and captain will be asked about openin.g the spare head and shower for the steward department. CHICKASAW (Waterman), October 4— Chairman, Blackie King; Secretary, C Galliano. Patrolman will be contacted about the water fountain. One man missed ship in Baltimore. Vote of thanks went to the steward department. OS on sanitary asked the men to cooperate in keeping the heads and showers clean. A list for cleaning the laundry is posted. Department delegates will make up re­ pair lists for the ship's delegate, who uill turn over a copy to the chief mate, the chief engineer and the patrolman. Cans for cigarette butts should be placed in the passageways. Suinethiug sliuuld be donc about the lighting situation In the messhall. Mates on watch want the doors closed or the lights dimmed. MAGNOLIA MARINER (Bull), Septem­ ber 2—Chairman, A. Thompson; Secre­ tary, C. L. Stringfollow. Wind scoops will be purchased for the crew's quarters. Discussion was held on cleaning the quar­ ters and laundry. Second mate • will be asked about setting the clocks correctly. TADDEI (Shipenter), September 12— Chairman, R. G. Schlagler; Secretary, J, C. Mitchell. One man missed ship in San Francisco. B. Cowdry was elected ship's delegate unanimously. New repair list will be made out and mailed to the port of sign-on. Chief mate and captain will be asked about inside painting. Cleaning detail in the laundry and recreation hall will be rotated. Inquiries will be m:idc about innerspring mattresses and port­ hole screens. 8EATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), Septem­ ber 27—Chairman, James L. Allen; Secre­ tary, Charles W. Cothran. Delegates re­ ported no beefs. delegate will see the patrolman about get­ ting 40 gallons of milk in a Puerto Rican port. Mere fresh fruit should be put out for night lunch. OT should be put in if the eaptain and first mate are working on deck. One man. was left in Ponce. This will be reported to the FETROLITE (Tanker Sag), September patrolman. Company office didn't give 27—Chairman, E. L. Magers; Secretary, one man an OK for the prescription the V. L. Harding. Watertight doors have doctor gave him in Ponce. been fixed. Two men were brought up on charges. . Washing machine will be OREMAR (Ore), July 24—Chairman, Sam fixed at the first port. Captain will be Duruy; Secretary, J. L. Hodges. Patrol­ contacted about getting spare parts in man will be asked about putting more Pedro when the ship goes in to bunker. Ire cream aboard for the Chile run. Enough water should be used in the There Is a shortage of linen. AU hands washing machine; it should not be left were asked to strip bunks and leave running too long. Chief engineer is do­ the room clean at the payoff. ing unlicensed personnel work. Wipers August 23—Chairman, Sam Duruy; Sec­ will put in for OT.. Department delegates retary, Robert S. Everten. Stew-ard will will make up repair lists. A vote of check the quality and quantity of the thanks went to the steward department stores before the ship sails. Mate is con­ for good work and good service. tinually sticking his nose in the bosun's business. AFOUNDRIA (Waterman), September September 13 — Chairman, Armando tV—Chairman, Derwocd Y. Mann; Sacre- Loragno; Secretary, Eddie S. Game. Port tary, Robert Benjamin. Ship's delegate agent will be notified about the broken made a tour of the ship with the port washing machine. Ship's delegate will captain and numerous examples of neg­ contact the mate about fixing the locks lect and carelessness were pointed. Ship on the doors of the deck department. Edifor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your moiling list. (Print Information) NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY ZONE ..... STATE Signed TO AVOID DUfLIGATION; If you arg an old tubscribar and hava a chanqa ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Scat Shipping), of addrast, plaasa qlva your format addrass below: July IV—Chairman,' J. Jacobton; Secre­ ie»aeaaasaaoq*aaa»saeeoe< tary E. M. Bryant. Captain said that as ADDRESS ••••seaaaattt*i»eatt< soon as the ship Is tqiured away he will look into the matter of letting the electri­ cian show movies to tho crew and putting CITY • • atase\ktasa^i»Js> ZONE STATE ^'••a«aaa4»4«a«£i6' -.'•"'I 'I' �Pare Twenty-six SE AF ARERS October 16, 19SS LO(L West Coast Maternity in the HOSPITALS The following list contains ihe names of hospitalized Seafarers who are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. While the Plan aids them financially, all of these men would welcome mail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass away the long days and weqks in a hospital bed. USPHS hospitals allow plenty of time for visitors. If you're ashore and you see a friend's name on the list,' drop in for a visit. It will pe most welcome. Two new reasons for awarding Union maternity benefits to Seafarers are shown here. At left is Mrs. Muriel Weddie of Seattle, holding her new arrival. Mrs. Weddie is the wife of Seafarer A1 Weddle, now aboard the SS Seamonitor. On the right are Mr. and Mrs. Harry Black and their son Myer. The Blacks make their home in San Francisco. All of the following SIU families March 11, 1953. Parents, Mr. and toill collect the $200 maternity Mrs. Leslie J. Cieutat, 1709 Hous­ benefit plus a $25 bond from the ton Lane, Mobile, Ala. Union in the baby's name. * 4 William Jeffrey Abrams, born Jackie Sue Nelson, born Sep­ September 17, 1953. Parents, Mr. tember 10, 1953. Parents, Mr. and and Mrs. Abner A. Abrams, 315-D Mrs. Jack Nelson, 405 East Charl­ Garden Lane, Chickasaw, Ala. ton Street, Savannah, Ga. i. t- 28, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lopez, 3828 West Piatt, Hillsborough, Fla. 4 4 4 Darwin Temple, born Septem­ ber 8, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Temple, 1120 Carondelet Street, New Orleans, La. i. 4 i 4 4 4 Pedro Juan Erazo, Jr., born Sep­ Miroslava Garcia, born August Ansela Marie Weils, born Sep­ 9, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vin- tember 3, 1953. Parents, Mr. and tember 16, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pedro Juan Erazo, 135 Moore Mrs. Charles E. Wells, 1457 South ceiite Garcia, 3405 Avenue H, Gal­ Street, Brooklyn, NY. veston, Tex. Stephens Road, Mobile, Ala. » 4 t. tDavid Juril Brewer, born Sep­ Dewey Edward Flllingim, born tember 27, 1953. Parents, Mr. and September 16, 1953. Parents, Mr. Mrs. Billy J. Brewer, Brilliant, and Mrs. Tommy R. Fillingim, 706 Ala. Sixth Avenue, Chickasaw, Ala. 4 4 4 ti ii> ^ Mary Ann Shuler, born Septem­ Lloyd Edward Ansel, born Sep­ ber 3, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. tember 11, 1953. Parents, Mr. and J. P. Shuler, 114-52 169th Street, Mrs. Lloyd T. Ansel, 424 South Jamaica, NY. Newkirk Street, Baltimore, Md. 4 4 4 Sally Marie Brookshire, born it i" Iris Ann Olds, born September July 14, 1953. Parents, Mr. and 1 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Robert L. Brookshire, 2920 William H. Olds, 1832 St. Thomas, Future Boulevard, Los Angeles 65,. Cal. Apt. C, New Orleans, La. $> i' FlOrencio Medrano, Jr., born September 15, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Florencio Medrano, 42281^ Avenue I, Galveston, Tex. 4 4 4' 4 4 Anna Esposito, born September 28, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Francesco Esposito, 163 Mulberry Street, New York, NY. 4 4 4 Katherine Marian Knapp, bom September 25, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William M. Knapp, 415 Emerson Street, Houston, Tex. 4 4 4 Clyde Leroy Mahoney, born Sep­ tember 14, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. George F. Mahoney, 89 Broadway Street, San Francisco, Cal. 4 4 4 « Brenda Carol Wetzell, born Au­ Frank Garth Harper, born Au­ gust 22, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis W. Wetzell, 1048 gust 5, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Baronne Street, New Orleans, La. Mrs. Forrest G. Harper, Franklin, WV. 4 4 4 4 -4 4 Jean Merrill Winsley, born Au­ Helen Marie Myers, born August Michelle Cotol, born September 24, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. gust 30, 1953. Parents, Mr. and 5, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carter Myers, 132 Howard Street, Mrs. Keith Winsley, 314 Morgan Alexander M. Cotol, 56 Mulberry Street, Algiers, La. Saugus, Mass. Street, New York, NY. 4 4 4 i. t. t^44 i Harriet E. Gunderud, born Sep­ Patrick Taber, born March 17, Janis Elaine Johns, born Sep­ 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer tember 24, 1953. Parents, Mr. and tember 23, 1953. Parents, Mr. and E. Taber, 76 Beachland Avenue, Mrs. Harry R. Gunderud, 253 Mrs. Jack Johns, 6994 Railway Third Street, Hoboken, NJ. Revere, Mass. Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 4" 4" 4' ^ 4 4 USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Rocco Albones* C. McBrlen S. Alingosa K. McLaughlin Melvin Bass Donale McShane John Beckmann John Maclnnes Carl Bink Fred L. Miller WlUiam H. Brady Jerry J. Palmer Cleo Brown N. R. Pettersen Frederick Burford Carlos M. Ponce Gerado Chao Frank Prezalar Chrl Churko George Rice Clifford Dammeyer G. H. Robinson Augustin Diaz Joseph O. Roy Virgil Sandberg Charles Gallagher Frank Gihas W. Schoenbom Estell Godfrey Robert Sizemore Herbert Grant Ivan Tarkov R. G. Guzmann Harry S. Tuttie Gustof W. Johnson George Vickery Stanley Lesko Frank Walaska Miguel Llovet Richard Weir Thomas V. Logan USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. Giovani Abundo Norman E. Napier Edwin T. CaUahan Robert E. Peck John D. Haipin James H. Penswick Theodore Mastaler Z. Williams USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Leonard Kay John E. Adams Thomas F. Keller E. L. Bates John D. Kelley Tobe Beams E. G. Knapp Alfred Begg D. Korolia C. Bennett Leo H. Lang E. Bracewell Vincent W. Mercon W. R. Burch James L. Morrison S. Campbell Irvin Ranew Jr. Richard W. Clark Clarence W. Cobb W. E. Reynolds Louis Roa S. Cope Luther C. Seidle Adion Cox O. Simoncioni Rogelio Cruz Joseph L. Dionne A. B. Smith C. B. Stallings Robert Floyes L. M. Steed John S. Futrell Richard R. Suttle Edward J. Gillies Stewart M. Swords Jack H. Gleason Wiley W. Tait J. A. Gomez T. R. Terrington Paul Goodman George W. Graham L. Thlbodaux J. D. Thomas John Hane Jack F. Thornburg W. Hardeman C. M. Hawkins Lonnie R. Tickle J. E. Ward L. Herbert Fulton J. Hendrix Norman West William Holland Virgil E. Wilmoth Thomas J. -Dawson A. J. Howard J. H. Jones William J. Donald R. L. Jones USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. Albert L. WilUs USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCI.SCO. CAL. J. Sampson C. O. Burnette Jim Corsa Peter Smith John Dunn D. K. T. Sorensen Leo Dwyer Alexander Szmic Joe Perreira W. Tlmmerman USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. W. W. Allred F. W. Grant K. C. Bumgarner K. L. Guthrie John Daniels Roger E. Huggins John £. Duffy Samuel Jonas N. L. Gardner S. V. Kilpatrick Jlmmie Littleton L. J. Love M.' McDonald L. T. McGowan H. E. Mathes Calvin C. Simmons Frank G. Wesley USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. Bruno Barthel Edward Edinger Joseph Newbauer .M. E. Newman B. L. Royster Jr. James Yarbrough Harold L. Olsen John M. Thompson Harry A. Bishop FIRLAND SANITORIUM SEATTLE. WASH. Emil Austad USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT. MICH. Tim Burke Harry J. Cronln USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN. Charles Burton USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEX. Joseph P. Wise USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH. BROOKLYN. NY Percy D. Allred Claude E. Blanks Julian Cuthrell C. M. Davison Emilio Delgado Antonio M. Diaz John J. Driscoll John T. Edwards Jose G. Espinoza Robert E. Giibert Bart Guranick Peter Gvozdich John B. Haas Thomas Isaksen John W. Keenan Frederick Landry James J. Lawlor James R. Lewis Francis F. Lynch Harry F. McDonald A. McGuigan David McUreath Vic MUazzo Lloyd Miller Jack D. Morrison Alfred MueUer Eugene T. "Nelson Montford Owens G. E. Shumaker E. R. Smallwood Henry E. Smith Renato A. Villata Ludwig Kristiansen USPHS HOSPITAL SAN JUAN. PUERTO RICO Sergio Rivera USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. T. L. Ankerson Carl E. Chandler Dan J. Cherry Jessie A. Ciarke Robert Cooper F. A. Cuellar Louis S. Dagley Jeff Davis Robert S. Davis Samuel Drury Justo Escalante Edwin F. Growe H. R. Hampton Jr. Wayne Hartman Albert Hawkins Owen H. Herring George Jerosivich Walter LaClalr Robert Lambert Bent Larsen Peter Losado Antonio B. Lores Frank Morris Jarrell McConley Herman Miller Ralph R. Nay William L. Nesta Charies Pafford Juan Pico ' John J. Pierce Biicker Robbins Norman D. Tober Chester Weddie John Yuknas William H. Mays USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEX. C. Barboza R. Croft L. A. Dean John L. Hinton Harold E. Liles Harold W. Forl^ei J. E. Markopolo Henry H. Schultz Charles Young Boston SIU Man Has Heir 4 4 4 4 Ann Stubbert, born September Diana Lynn Greggs, born March Quintina Reyes, born September 3, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 28, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 11, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Stubbert, 104 Eastern John Greggs, 702 E Street, Spar­ Jose Reyes, 946 Hoe Avenue, Avenue, Worcester, Mass. rows Point, Md. Bronx, NY. 4 4 4 4> Frank Eugene McAll, born Sep­ tember 20, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. McAll, 68-C Craftmore Drive, Pilchard, Ala. 4> 4> 4i Michael Peter Danieli, born Au­ gust 17, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pietro J. Danieli, 66 Broad Street, Lynn, Mass. 4 4 4 Louis James Thomas, born Sep­ Joanne Lynn McQuade, born tember 29, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James E. L. Thomas, 1212 May 7, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Washington Street, Portsmouth, Mrs. John L. McQuade, 10630 16th Avenue, SW, Seattle, Wash. Va. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Randy Cloyce Brown, born Sep­ Kenneth Doyle Whited, born tember 19, 1953. Parents, Mr. and September 22, 1953. Parents, Mr. Mrs. Willard W. Brown, 605 Whit- and Mrs. John L. Whited, 1525 tenburg, Borger, Tex. Monticello Avenue, New Orleans, 4" 4" 44 4 4 La. Dawnelle Marie Dicharry, born Ruth Maryeita Brooke, born Au-' August 20, 1953. Parents, Mr. and 4 4 4 Mrs. Ray Fiorian Dicharry, 2764 gust 30, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Christopher Scott Bintliff, bom Chadwick Drive 'North, Mobile, Mrs. Osborne M. Brooke, 6881 September 19, 1953. Parents, Mr. Nicklett Street, Fullerton, Cal. Ala. and Mrs. Richard A. Bintliff, 1033 4 4 4 4> 4" 4" Wirt Road, Houston, Tex. Dale Patrick Carr, bom May 29, Cynthia Carol Deason, born 4 4 4 April 14, 1953. Parents, Mr. and 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pat­ rick C. Carr, 10107 14th Street, Lewis K. Gordon, Jr., born Sep­ Mn. Herald R. Deason, 322 C. Fay­ Tampa, Fla. tember 22, 1953. Parents; Mr. and ette Street, Chickasaw, Ala. 4 4 4 Mrs. Lewis K. Gordon, 53 Tower t 4" Lo|^ bom July Apts., Carrollton, Ga.. ratiiek Charlca C^ntat^ , .b(tfn^ Dolores Above iire Mr. and Mrs. Norman' Sassevllle of 64 Queensberiy ; Street, Boston, and their newest arrival, son Gary. The new' • father is holding the $25 defense bond awarded to all chUdi;en of ~ Seafarers by the Weiiare Servkes.^alppg with.the other, maternity; benefit^,., �October 16. 165S SEEDT THE SEAFARERS (Mews about men In the hospitals and Seafarers receiving SIU Wei fare Benefits will be carried in this column. It is written by Seafarer Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makes his rounds in his post as Director of Welfare Services.) J.n case the word has not got around that Welfare Services try to give advice and assistance on personal problems not connected with the contract, we want all Seafarers to know that we are only too glad to help in such matters. If some problem of this type arises while at sea or otherwise unable to ^et to an SIU port, you should imme­ diately get in touch with Union headquarters by mail. We have found this Union service to be of great assistance to the many members who have taken advantage of it. Egbert Gouldlng, aboard the SS Rosario, and William Smith, off the SS Shinnecock Bay, were inquiring about our sick brothers. This is the kind of thing we like to hear because it really shows SIU spirit. Several brothers are up in New York from the Gulf area. Among these are William Tank, Harold Jones and Tiny Wallace. They can be spotted daily in the SIU cafeteria eating, drinking coffee or shooting the breeze. We are sorry to hear that Seafarer Bob King had to leave the'SS Alcoa Partner and turn in the hospital at Puerta La Cruz, Venezuela. Also on the sick list is brother Ray Sweeney, tem­ porarily off the Seatrains and at the hospital in Gal­ veston. We wish both these brothers a quick recovery and hope to see them shipping out again soon. Tobe Beams writes from Louisiana, where he is on the beach. He is enthusiastic about the Pelican State, which he claims is the "cultural eenter of the nation." Also ashore is Clu-enec Censins. He is working in Butler, Pennsylvania and thinks he will remain there for awhile. He is anxious for a stretch of shoreside duty. Cousins A good example of the quick action an SIU mem­ ber gets from the Welfare Services is the case of Seafarer Jim Purcell. Sailing aboard the SS Seanan, Purcell took sick in Pwtland, Me. He left the ship and reported in at Maine General Hospital, where he was given emergency treatment. He was then released from the Maine hospital and told to report to the USPHS hospital nearest his home. Since Purcell is a New Yorker, the nearest hospital for him was the Hudson and Jay. He reported there and was treated as an out patient for some time. When' Purcell went to the Stratford company to collect, he was told that the ship's captain had not reported him as sick and there­ fore his claim was not valid. The SIU ^ember then did what all Seafarers in similar predicaments should do. He went to the Union's Welfare Services for help. After some dickering the company offered a settlement of $180, or about a third of Purcell's claim. The Welfare Services advised Purcell to re­ fuse the offer, which he did. At the same-time Wel­ fare put the matter in the hands of the SIU at­ torneys, who prepared to take the matter to court. When the company saw that the Union was pre­ pared to make an issue of this case, they quickly Pureell settled for the full amount of Purcell's claim, $525. This was $345 over their offer. Included was payment for main­ tenance, unearned wages and transportation from Maine to New York. There have been repeated cases of this type which have been settled to the satisfaction of Union members since the Welfare Serv­ ices were introduced. Many thousands of dollars have been awarded Seafarers, where there was, previously, no way to collect these justi­ fied claims. All the Seafarer has to do is put his problem in the hands, of Welfare. Here Is fliai family of Seafarer Osboume Brooks. From left to right are hlS/Wife Fdye, Eddlb Eiigene, sixteen months, Brooks holding daughter Ruth Maryetta, four weeks, and Edward James, tig. ' ' * ' SE AF AREkS Page Twenty-seven LOG SIU Donates Films To Hospital Seafarers in the San Francisco area have arranged to sponsor weekly, Friday night movies at the USPHS hospital in the west coast port. Marty Breithoflf, the Union's west coast representative, and Tom Banning, San Francisco port agent, agreed to show the weekly motion pictures after the regu-^ — : lar weekly showings, a long­ time feature of this and other marine hospitals, were ordered cancelled, due to budget cuts. The Union plans to show two pictures a month to the general patients, replacing those to be can­ celled, and two a month to the tuberculosis patients, who have no. movies at all ,t present. The SIU program will begin on October 16. This new SIU service was set up by the Union's San Francisco representatives and the hospital administration. Dr. Charles R. Mallary, Medical Officer in charge of tjie hospital, and Mrs. Agnes Lynch, coordinator of the USPHS Auxiliary, worked out the plan with brothers Breithoff and Ban­ ning. This service will be similar to those initiated by the Welfare Services in the USPHS hospitals in Staten Island, Norfolk, Savan­ nah and New Orleans. Union Services The Union won the plaudits of Dr. Mallary, Mrs. Lynch and the hospital administration for "prompt and generous assistance in a crucial time." Mrs. Lynch, Jn addition to supervising entertain­ ment for the patients, heads a volunteer staff of 30 workers and a personal service to patients. This service includes shopping, letterwriting, banking, handling finan­ cial affairs and the like. While this is a fine unselfish service on the part of these vol­ unteers, the SIU Welfare Services SIU Man Says Welfare Plan Best Offered $eafarer Osbourne Brooks is one man who is really sold on the Union's Welfare Services. In letter to the LOG, accompanied by some photographs of his lovely family, brother Brooks says "hats off" to Welfare. In appraising the whole welfare program. Brooks makes some thoughtful observations. He points out two examples of short-sighted criticism, those by family men of the disability plan and those, by bachelors, of the maternity plan. He feels that no Seafarer should resent a brother getting a break from the services offered by the Union. Naturally a single man will have fewer expenses than a man with a family, just as a ma­ ternity benefit will be to the ad­ vantage of fathers. Brooks also expressed approval of the Union sponsored art con­ test, although he is not a partici­ pant. He feels that such endeav­ ors are worthwhile Welfare serv­ ices. Originally a native of Mobile, Seafarer Brooks recently moved his family to the Wilmington, Cali­ fornia, area. They are all happy about the move .to the "Golden State" and intend to make their home there permanently. He and his wife Faye have three beautiful children. The eldest is Edward James, who is six. Eddie Eugene, at sixteen months, is next, fol­ lowed by Ruth Maryetta, who is only four weeks old. Brooks has been an SIU mem­ ber since 1939. He last sailed as oiler abroad the SS Transatlantic. He has collected two maternity benefits from the Union so far. He says he is going to try to be the first man in the Wilmiington area to collect three more. ' ' ' -.M;! II Shown thanking SIU west coast representative Marty Breithoff are Dr. Charles Mallary, Medical Officer in Charge of the San Francisco USPHS hospital, and Mrs. Agnes Lynch, head of the USPHS Auxiliary. are proud to say that no Seafarer need depend on this group. The Union welfare representatives are always on hand to take care of all such needs for Union members. Our welfare people can attend to all ordinary needs of SIU men, as well as pay off ships for them, lo­ cate lost or strayed gear and locate shipmates. In the matter of shop­ ping, all the facilities of the Sea Chest" are placeij at the disposal of a hospitalized Seafarer. Welfare Visits An interesting contrast between the SIU Welfare Services and those of other unions is provided by the comment of a nurse re­ cently assigned to the San Fran* Cisco hospital. On seeing the Un­ ion welfare representative talking to the patients she immediately asked who he was, as visiting hours were not in progress. He ex­ plained who he was and why he was at the hospital for/such long periods. After a few weeks, at the hospital, the nurse told the welfare representative that she thought the SIU looked after the hospital­ ized members wonderfully. She added that other union men only dropped by occasionally and never visited. The nurse said that the membership "should be proud and pleased with the way the Union looked after them." The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and $2,500 death benefits are being paid to beneficiaries. John O'Donnell, 21: A spinal in­ flammation caused Brother O'Donnell's death on September 9, 1953, in Providence, RI. He was buried at North Burial, Providence, RI. An AB in the deck department. Brother O'Donnell joined the SIU in New York in March, 1951. He is survived by his father, John W. Sadler, 48 Maple Street, Provi­ dence, RI. sea aboard the War Hawk. Since 1945, when he joined the SIU in New York, he had sailed in the engine department, as a FWT. He leaves his wife, Albina Treinia, Samiera, Pontevedra, Spain. If OH? to Apply For Birth Pay Applications for the mater­ nity benefit must be supported by the following documents: • Your marriage certificate. • Baby's birth certificate dat­ ing birth after .April 1, 1952. • The discharge from the last ship you sailed jn before the baby was born. Processing of all applica­ tions can be speeded up by at least three days if photostatic copies of the three documents are sent in. Applications should be made to Union Wel­ fare Trustees, c/o SIU head­ quarters, 675 Fourth Avenue. B'klyn 32, NY. 4 4 4 George Steinberg, 67: Brother Steinberg died at the Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, on Sep­ tember 16, 1853. He sailed as chief steward and had been a member of the SIU since 1943, joining in the port of New York. Burial took place at Beth David Cemetery, Surviving is his wife, Sadie Stein­ berg, 2867 West 35 Street, Brook­ 4» t 4< Olav Herland, 37: On February lyn, NY. 4 4 4 22, 1952, Brother Herland received Thomas G. Harrison: On May 1, a fatal knife wound in the stomach in Djakarta, and was buried there. 1953, Brother Harrison suffered a He sailed as FWT in the engine fatal heart attack aboard the Alice department since joining the SIU Brown; burial took place at sea. A in 1951, in Baltimore. His estate ir FOWT, Brother Harrison joined the SIU in Galveston, in 1952. He administered by Thor M. Trovik. leaves his wife, Viola B. Harrison, 4- i t Stanley Greenridge, 61: A chief 1523 21st Street, Galveston, Tex. steward in the SIU since 1938, 4 4 4 John Weimer, 55: Brother WeiBrother Greenridge joined the SIU in Boston, He died in the USPHS mer died of ulcerative colitis on Hospital in Boston on September May 16, 1953, at the USPHS Hos­ 29, 1953, of a malignant tumor, and pital, Baltimore, Md. He had been was buried at Cambridge Ceme­ a member of the engine dep.irttery, Cambridge, Mass. He leaves ment since 1938 and joined the his son, Stanley R. Greenridge, SIU in Boltimore. Brother Weimer 6415 Parsons Boulevard, Flushing, was buried at Holy Cross Ceme­ tery, Ann .Arundel County, Md.; NY, the estate is administ ered by Betty 4> 4 4 Eugenio Balboa, 51: On Marcii Vanderstaay, 1500 Eutaw Place, ' 10, 1953, Brother Balboa' died at Bntthnofb','"l\'id. In--. �v/VrX:" " ' SEAFARERS^LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL f0>- !*. The old days of dog-eared ships' libraries consisting of old brokendown books on accounting with half the pages missing are gone for good on SlU ships—thanks to the SlU ship­ board libraries. From now on Sea­ farers on SlU ships are assured of fresh, new and interesting reading matter, with a new 50-book library put aboard every three months. .r The popularity of these libraries is already well-established, and every effort will be made to see that they stay that way. Seafarers are invited to send in their suggestions as to the kind of books they wont. The Union will then see to it that they get them. : • .' ••• :-y '5''V''-'N-V.'• .,>•+ - •- ''i-'':y \7 --•.i *'"• y-i'' 'v>;; ! -:-eSSg® • i. • ' :.r:^ •'••:•.'i V: T*.' ''A ' tff. •-; ••• ^ • .„» ft--,...r L -J : ... v,. •, -s-rf^r,. - • .« .., v., • - - , • ' •, � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource October 16, 1953 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XV, No. 21 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU CREWS LEAD PROTEST AGAINST USPHS CLOSINGS MM&P STRIKE ENDS, WIN 18 DEMANDS FROM TANKER FIRMS UNION, CO'S SIGN 60-dAY EXTENSIONS US YARDS TO BUILD SHIPS FOR ALIENS AFL-ILA ROUTING ANASTASIA IN BKLYN; FILES FOR NY VOTE DEP'T STORE EXECUTIVE NAMED US LABOR SEC'Y US CLOSES 7 FOREIGN PORT CONSULATES MARITIME BOARD ORDERS NEW BLOOMFIELD SUBSIDY TEST SS PUERTO RICO SOLD BY BULL FOR $500,000 DENTISTS KNOCK TOOTHPASTE ADS MARITIME TRAINING CUT, ALAMEDA BASE TO CLOSE BRYSON AGAIN INDCITED ON OATH CHARGE DUMMY 'UNION' HEADS FOR TROUBLE AT LABOR BOARD NEW ORLEANS GETS SIU BLOOD BANK COURT PROPOSES CHANGE IN CG SCREENING SET-UP ATLANTIC TANKERMEN SOLID SIU AS COMPANY STALWARTS SWITCH STEEL CO. $ SOUGHT FOR NEW CHANNEL US ORDERS GE TO END MONOPOLY ANOTHER CO. PRAISES SEA CHEST PLANTS GETTING BETTER TAX DEAL OUR IDLE SHIPYARD DOING THE JOB BOUQUETS FOR SEA CHEST THE NEW AFL-ILA CHAPTER ONE SENATE COMMITTEEE RENEWS US MARITIME INDUSTRY INQUIRIES ADD SERVICE FOR MEN IN NO HOSPITAL DISTILLERS GET US GOING-OVER IMPROMPTU ENTERTAINERS PLEASE SINGAPORE NIGHT CLUB CUSTOMERS SEAFARER REPORTS MAU-MAU RAIDS IN KENYA ROUSE ALL SO. AFRICA CARD GAMES ABOARD BENTS FORT SPICED WITH FOREIGN FLAVORS SEAFARERS ON QUEENSTON HEIGHTS PLEASED WITH VENEZUELA HALL SIU CREW REMEMBERS SHIPMATE, DONATES $450 TO BEREAVED KIN THE DARK OF THE SEA COMES TO LIGHT BROKEN HEADS AND BLOODY NOSES FIFES AND DRUMS MARK STRIKE SIU DONATES FILMS TO HOSPITAL SIU MAN SAYS WELFARE PLAN BEST OFFERED Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/16/1953 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1953 Periodicals Seafarers Log