http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/6a4f61322df301f4f61e6cf3a3aa04a1.PDF 028561032a0823d47decbd6e6c785543 PDF Text Text Vol. XV No. 23 SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • .3 • -:s?! AT HALFWAY MARK -Story On Page 3 Canada 51U Wins 26 Day Strike -Story On Page 2 ia # .:P j-'~ - • •3 -m I • A'I •> i|• f AAL' Architect's drawing shows new exterior of Baltimore branch hall now under construction in the Maryland OOsWwfnOFC S new laOOfC* port city., The building has been re-designed to provide for a four story wing (right) with needed office apace and a new buiiaing front providing display windows for the Union's subsidiary corporations, ^ew design assures ample room for efficient Union operations in the port. (Story On Page 2.) ^ ' ' ^ �SEAFARERS IPG Pac« Tw« ;Neveaiber 13, IMS Less Hours,More $ Won By Canada SlU The seven-day week aboard Canadian ships is now dead. The SIU Canadian District knocked out the 56-hour shift as it won its 26-day strike against the Canadian Shipping Fed­ eration, a group of deep-sea-^ ^ ^ shipping companies. were manned around the clock, While the reduction, in and soon the Shipping Federation working hours was the major vic­ members saw they couldn't hold tory coming out of the strike, the out any longer. As a consequence, Canadian District also won pay in­ the Canadian District won almost creases, better vacation provisions all its original demands. The victory marked another and improved working rules. great step foward for Canadian From the time that the Canadian District hit the bricks, Canadian seamen, and followed close on the vessels were tied up tight. The heels of an SIU Canadian District strike was a quiet one, with every­ victory in a Great Lakes strike. Under the terms of the agree­ thing proceeding efficiently and In an organized fashion. Picketlines. ment, watchstanders and stewards department personnel will now work a 48-hour week. Instead of The AFL-ILA negotiating committee meets with the New York Shipping Association to subuiit de<the S6-hour week they had been mands. Among the AFL-ILA representatives, who are backed by most rank and ffle longshoremen, working. Daymen now work a 40are: (left to right), Jim Downey of the Checkers local, Hbward Schulman, union attorney; Sigmund hour week. Brovarshi, John Dwyer, both longshore rank and file leaders, and Peter Johnson, attorney for the All unlicensed personnel get a the union and Local 895 of the ILA. .$6-per-month pay increase, and day workers of the deck and engine departments get an additional $10 pay raise. The agreement also calls for improved vacation provisions, New arguments on the applica­ better overtime provisions and tion of the SlU-contracted Bloom- higher stand-by rates. The SIU A & G District offered field Steamship Company for a subsidy on two trade routes have its fullest support to the strikers, Demands for a 20-cent hourly increase plus other major contract improvements, high­ been presented before the Federal as did other SIU affiliates. lighted recent developments in the AFL-ILA drive to win control of .the dock$.. The de­ Maritime Board. Lykes Brothers Is leading the opposition to the mands, which far exceed those sought by the old ILA, have already been presented to the subsidy on the grounds that it can stevedoring firms. service the routes adequately un­ The growing trend to the organizing plans were discussed reward for information leading to der normal conditions. the arrest and conviction of the and past progress reported on. AFL-ILA was indicated by the Previously, the FMB had upheld person or persons who murdered Besides the 20-cent figure the Regular membership meet­ fact that the new union has now demands include a guaranteed Michael Brogan. Brogan was a proBloomfield's subsidy grant pending ings in SIU headquarters and enrolled'' 121 ILA locals from vari­ eight-hour determination of the company s day. The AFL-ILA also AFL-ILA longshoreman whose ous inland and seacoast ports is seeking additional at all branches are held every fitness to operate on the run. The hol­ body was found in the North River throughout the US. Meanwhile in idays, $100-per-monthvacations, company has plans to buy at least second Wednesday night at pensions, and 10 days after he had disappeared New York, pledge cards on behalf additional welfare benefits. The four ships if the application wins 7 PM. The schedule for the of the new union passed the 12,000 working conditions also came in from work at Pier 32. final approval. But both Lykes A program for the structural set­ next few meetings is as follows: mark for the port. Brothers, and Waterman Steam­ for attention, as the AFL-ILA in­ up of the new union has been November 18, December 2, So rapidly has the AFL-ILA sisted that the shippers negotiate drafted calling for a new constitu­ ship Company askec^for reargugrown that this past Wednesday with the new union to set up a fair tion, election of officers and other December 16. ment of the case. night, 1,000 rank and file organ­ and equitable method of employ­ steps necessary to get the AFLAll Seafarers registered on Bloomfield representatives main­ izers in Brooklyn and Staten Island ment. tain that existing services on the ILA in further operating order. the shipping list are required held a mass meeting at Prospect Fast Progress routes, which in the main run from This includes the -making of to attend the meetings. Hall at which the union's future Meanwhile, the new AFL-ILA, regular the Gulf to Meditteranean ports, financial reports to the with the full backing and support membership, are inadequate. They pointed it the guarantee of the of the SIU and the Teamsters, con­ members' rights, that they have been upheld three and full dem­ tinued to make fast progress as ocracy and membership times by the FMB counsel, by the control events happened in rapid-fire presiding examiner and by the full (Continued on page 17) order. board itself in this contention. The Federal Court issued a per­ They also emphasized that manent injunction against the old American participation in traffic ILA, stopping Tony Anastasia and on these trade routes was less than A proposal to streamline and modernize the "World War II- others in control of the old ILA 50 percent which is considered the built Liberty ships offered by Hugh Gallagher, president of from using threats or intimidation, desirable minimum on essential the Propeller Club of the United States, was universally de­ or interfering in any way with the trade routes. men's rights to join the new AFLnounced by shipping men. ILA. _ Offered before the Potter country. This also means mainte­ The AFL-ILA notified all long­ subcommittee surveying mari­ nance of a competent shipbuilding shoremen that they should not pay industry." At the prv^sent time he any more dues to the old ILA. The Nov. 13, 1953 Vol. XV. No. 23 time subsidies in San Francisco late last month, the proposal got a stated he was in favor of abiding AFL-ILA has stated that it will not As I See It "... .Page 4 thumbs-down rejection last week by the Merchant Marine Act of ask any of its members to pay any Committees .At Work Page 6 from shipping men. The plan 1936 with its provisions for ship­ dues until after the waterfront sit­ The Baltimore SIU hall, now Crossword Puzzle Page 12 called for re-engining the vessels building and ship operation, uation hM been settled. Since the under construction, has been re­ Editorial Page 13 to give speeds of 18 or more knots Lee also felt that a rebuilt Lib­ Federal 'injunction prevents the Foc'sle Fotographer Page 19 compared to present speeds of 11 erty could hot outrun the modem old ILA mob from stopping any designed to allow for added office Galley Gleanings Page 20 knots, streamlining the front hull submarine, at a speed of 19 knots, longshoremen f{;om going to worl^ space, recreational facilities for Inquiring Seafarer Page 12 of the ship with a longer and as did the World War II ships; and or from threatening any longshore­ the membership and for added In The Wake Page 12 sharper bow and increasing the that he was in favor of a merchant man with loss of his job,"' or from conveniences. Labor Rouqd-Up......... Page 13 length of the vessel to 450 feet. marine policy "that will keep con­ checking the books of any long­ The big change made in the de­ Letters Pages 21, 22 The cost was estimated at $2,200,- tinually employed a reasonable shoreman, the old ILA Cannot com­ sign is the addition of the fourMaritime .Page 16 000 for each vessel. number of skilled men both afloat pel the men to pay dues. story- wing, which will run along Meet The Seafarer.. Page 12 and ashore." « On another front', the National one side of the building, thus al­ On The Job Page 16 The suggestion, shipping men Other shipping men expressed Labor Relations Board begaii its Personals Page 25 said, was "short-sighted" and an similar views, declaring that the formal hearing's on the AFL-ILA's lowing for expanded' membership "expediency that failed to recog­ Quiz Page 19 Liberty was built during an emer­ petition for a port-wide representa­ facilities, as well as added office nize the future-needs of the coun­ space which will make for more Seafarers In Action Page 16 gency and not sound basically. tion vote for longshoremen. These efficient service for the member­ Ships' Minutes Pages 24, 25 try and the merchant marine." They contended that most of the hearings are the preliminary step ship. The cost of such conversions fleet would have only ten years left before the NLRB sets the date for SIU History Cartoon Page 9 In addition, an elevator has been Sports Line Page 20 could better be applied to develop­ of a, normal 20-year span of peak the vote mi decides the scope of added in the building. This was Ten Years Ago Page 12 ing new designs and tonnage, ac­ production. the voting unit. Top Of The News... Page 7 cording to Robert C. Lee, vice A shipbuilding official asserted The New York-New Jersey included to provide more conveni-. Union Talk Page 9 chairman of the board of Moore- that While conversion of 100 or so Waterfront Commission announced ent transportation among the four Wash. News Letter Page 6 McCormack. He commented on of the 1,500 Liberty ships In re­ that over 18,000 longshoremen floors of the building, which will Welfare Benefits Pages 26. 27 -the inadvisability of spending huge serve fleets would provide needed have already re^tered under its include a glassed-in solarium on Welfare Report Page 8 sums of money on ten-year-old work for the shipyards of the na­ P|rogram in preparation for Decem­ top with membership facilities. Your Constitution Page 5 ships not fit for, as he put it, "any tion, the program would set back ber 1, when the new hi-state water­ The front of the building has Your Dollar's Worth Page 7 trade I know of at any speed. cargo shipbuilding and designing front laws go into effect. These ^30 been redesigned slightly to "The first obligation of the Gov­ ten years. He felt large-scale con­ 18,000 men registered despite re­ ^ovide for added display-window eubllth«d biwvvkiy at Hi* haitdquarter* •f th* Seafarer* Intarnitienal Union, At­ ernment, the Maritime Adminis­ versions were out of the question, peated warnings and orders from space, which will be used by the lantic «> Cult District. AFL. S7S Fouitti tration and the Navy is the main­ although one experimental conver­ the old ILA tellmg longshoremen Seafarers Sea Chest, and-for the Avenue. Brooklyn 32. NY. Tel. STerling •-4471. Bntered as saeend class matter tenance of a merchant marine suit­ sion might be worthwhile to test not to register.. other, services provided within the at the Fott Office In Brobklyn. NY, . able to the defense needs of the the advisability of the proposaL The AFL-ILA offered a.,|lp,0Q0, building. under the Act of AWBUSI 24. Ifll. Bloomfieid's Subsidy Bid Is Reargued AFL-ILA Seeks 20c Pay Increase^ Pledges Mount Meeting Night Every 2 Weeks Shipping Experts Critieize Liberty Conversion Plan SEAFARERS LOG I ,r':^-- New Design Built Into BaHo Hall �• '• • 'ffdwAW •••*'••:"*:'^ SeAFARiks' tOG • Pace ilire* See Fast Decision InAtianficElecfion, Half Of Votes In iM • • -ti With more than half of the 23-ship Atlantic Refining fleet already voted, SIU organizers were looking forward to a speedy decision in the National Labor Relations Board election. At the present pace, all but two of the company's ships will be voted by December 1. The two remaining, the Atlantic"} these ships should be other points with the pro-SIU no­ Exporter and .the Atlantic . , ,,, CTTT _ • , . voted in foreign ports, the SIU tice on his car. Dealer, are out on foreign will make arrangements to have an First man to cast a ballot in After heavinr Issues of Fleet News aboard the Atlantic Traveler off Stapleton, Staten Island, Seafarers Frank Pasaluk, left, and Alan Macdonald make victory sign aboard launch. Seafarers OnTarget WithThrowing Arm runs, and just how they will be voted is not yet certain. Meanwhile, indications arc that the SIU is winning a very solid lead in the balloting. While no fig­ ures are available, since the ballots will not be counted until every ship • has voted, the tankermen themselves report that SIU senti­ ment is-very .strong in the fleet and growing stronger as the elec­ tion progresses. Nowhere was this more evident than in the Anchorage, Atlantic's shoreside establishment for tank­ ermen waiting to ship. A large number of tankermen waiting as­ signment to ship voted there as well as Atlantic's shore relief, leadermen, men on'vacations, and others who came down to vote. SIU backers in the Anchorage re­ ported that the company union diehards were glum and few in num­ ber while pro-SIU men were open­ ly joyous at the way things were going. SIU Seen In As one of the men put it, "If the AMEU (Atlantic Maritime Em­ ployees Union) and the company couldn't even win the Anchorage where they've got all their leadermen and shore relief and every­ body else, how can they expect to even make a good showing in the vote? I think this is proof that the SIU is in. He also pointed to the obvious physical fact that very large groups of pro-SIU men gathered around the gate before and after the voting, while AMEU groupings were conspicuous by their smallness and lack of numbers. Further indication of the strong SIU attraction for men in the fleet was the fact that several SIU back­ ers on vacation traveled hundreds of miles to cast their ballots. One man came all the way from Cuba, another from Ohio. Aside from the Anchorage vote, ship's voting thus far include; the Traveler, States, Refiner, Frank­ lin, Blum, Mariner, Transport­ er, Van Dyke, Engineer, Ranger and Navigator. Two ships are scheduled to vote today, barring delays. They are the Voyager and W. C. Yeager. Most of the ships have voted in Philadelphia. Of the two remaining ships out foreign, the Atl^antic Exporter is posted for voting on December 12. As far as is known, no date is set for voting the Dealer. If eithei) or George Washington may have tossed silver dollars across the Potomac—but he had nothing on a couple of Seafarers involved in the Atlantic organizing campaign. Seafarers Frank Pasaluk and Alan Mac->^ donald heaved 14 out of 15 brought the ballots on board, the bundles of the "Atlantic Fleet Union would not be permitted to News," publication of the Tanker distribute the material as the ship Organizing Committee, on the deck would automatically become a poll­ of the Atlantic Traveler from a ing place. As the vessel was known bobbing, bouncing launch. And to be headed down-river from Renswhat makes their throwing arms salear, New York, the organizers all the more impressive was that (Continued on page 17) the ship was traveling light at the time and was high out of water. The two Seafarers' tag game with the big Atlantic tanker be­ gan on the Hudson River and con­ tinued all the way to Stapleton, Staten Island, where the ship voted. Another launph on the same mission was left In the lurch of the tanker as it fairly flew down­ river to get away from its SlU pur­ suers. First Ship to Vote The Traveler was the first ship * WASHINGTON — An important to be voted in the NLRB election, US business group has joined for­ and crewmembers aboard had not eign shipping interests in attack­ received copies of the special elec­ tion edition containing a sample ing the 50-50 law providing that ballot and voting instructions. 50 percent of Government-owned Once the NLRB election officiais cargoes move on American bottoms. The Committee for Economic De­ velopment, through its chairman, Meyer Kestenbaum, has recom­ mended to a Government commis­ sion that preference for American flag ships be gradually reduced. The CED was formerly headed by Paul Hoffman, proimnent in­ dustrialist, and former head of the European Recovery Program. I^ SIU crewmembers aboard the was Hoffman who bitterly opposed Binghamton Victory (Bull) have the original 50-50 law when the won high praise from the Mari­ recovery program first got under­ time Administration for the excel­ way. Kestenbaum testified before the lent way in which they have main­ tained the Government-owned ship Randall Commission on Foreign while she is under charter to the Economic Policy which has begun a series of public hearings on in­ company. ternational trade. The Commission A Maritime Commission repre­ was appointed by President Eisen­ sentative, in forwarding the results hower to report back to him on of an inspection report on the ves­ foreign trade policies. sel to the company, declared that In his appearance before the the "vessel was. found to be in ex­ Commission, Kestenbaum admitted cellent condition. that "a sizeable American mer­ "We take great pleasure in for­ chant fleet is clearly important for Seafarers sending^elegrams warding this report (of "the Coast our national security," but -con­ ot letters to the New York Gtiard inspector) and felt that his tended that the present preference headquarters dispatcher asking word of commendation should be to shipowners is greater than to he excused from attending passed along to the master, officers needed on grounds of US security. headquarters membership and crew tot the high standards The 50-50 law has bee^ under meetings must incUidc the Reg­ . . , being maintained throughout constant ' fire from loreign-flag istration, number ^of their all departments." shipowners ever since its passage. shipping card in the message. Th,e Binghamton Victory was in­ But Congress has reiaffifmed the From now on, if the number spected in New Orleans on Octo­ provi^ons each ye^r -by over­ f is not included, the excuse can­ ber 30, 1053.. She has'beeh Carry­ whelming vote in the various for­ not be accepted by the dis­ ing militai^ j^argp ;fdr the Goviern- eign economic and ^iliieW: T ald patcher. • . nient. ipr6grahis/''--:':;:'V;i:'^'':-' 50-50 Under Fire Before Study Group Union Crew Gets Praise From Gov't Put Number On Meeting Excuses observer present. Voting of ships in a foreign port took place in the Cities Service election so there is ample prece­ dent for such action. / An amusing sidelight to the elec­ tion took place when AMEU chair­ man Stanley Alcott, who is on the company's payroll as a leaderman, came down to the Atlantic Trav­ eler to vote. SIU men noticed that his car's rear bumper was plaster­ ed with "Go SIU—Vote SIU" stickers. Apparently he had been driving all over Philadelphia and the election, voting aboard the •Traveler along with the rest of her crew, was a serviceman, Rob­ ert D. Campbell of the US Navy. An ordinary seaman and an SIU supporter almost from the start of the drive in 1952, Campbell was on the Atlantic Engineer until he went into the Navy early in 1953. In addition to the actual voting on the ships, and in the ancohorage last week, balloting will also be held this coming Monday, No­ vember 16, at the company's rer finery. V1 Keith Terpe, SIU Director of Organization, right, leaves the Atlan­ tic Mariner in Newark after serving as an observer for the SIU in election. Accompanying him are NLRB official, left, and a com­ pany observer. Coast Guard Modifies Greening Procedures New regulations, covering the screening of merchant sea­ men are in the works as a result of a recent Federal Court decision in: San Francisco. "Within the next few days, a Government order is expected which will provide seamen cate that no appeal will be taken who are classified as poor se­ to the US Supreme Court. curity risks with a statement con­ taining the basis for the denial. In addition, seamen, who appeal denial of validated papers will be entitled to a bill of particulars specifying the charges against them. The source of the informa­ tion, however, will not be revealed. Court Decision The new regulations are an out­ growth of a decision by the Ninth US Circuit Court which ruled that it was unconstitutional to screen seamen off the ships without speccifically informing them of the charges they are facing. The Court held, however, that the basic se­ curity act under which the screen­ ing program is run was la\^ul and constitutional. While no inform9tion has as yet been issued on whether or'hot the Government is, appealing the deciisiion, the pending regulations indi­ The screening procedure was set up originally by executive order in January, 1951, on the basis of the security act passed by Congress in August 1950. At that time, labor and industry repre­ sentatives won the right to par­ ticipate on the appeal boards that were not composed exclusively of Coast Guard representatives. SIU representatives in major ports are members of local appeals board panels. The total number of validated documents issued by the Coast Guard since the screening began runs in the vicinity of 300,000, in­ cluding as it does, issuance of doc­ uments to shoreside waterfront workers as well as seamen. Of that figure, authoritative sources indi­ cate fhat about 2,500 men have been denied clearance or less than one percent. a- �Ship Program 1931 Wage Stales A Painful Memory • I v 'i • V 7-= I-' lf>-r?.'' 1-^ Inv- Ir I r V' 1%- Asi ^ JlC: • '• • IT'S ROUGHLY SEVEN WEEKS NOW SINCE THE AFL-ILA WAS. chartered in St. Louis by the AFL convention to organize a genuine ^ dispute over who is going to 10 nSKCESSED PHtSOSHEL OF VESSEtS. trade union for working longshoremen. , During that period the new" pay for the deepening of the Dela­ union has made a great deal of progress and has Justified the beliefs of ware River ship channel will delay those who argued that longshoremen would welcome a new union on construction of giant ore carriers mCB.SCAK. the docks. , ' to service US Steel's huge Fairless There is plenty, of evidence around for all to see as to the effective­ mill in Morrisville, Pa. ness of this campaign. Of particular hit'erest Is the fact that the leaders The giant ore carriers^ave been OB ruaelm ai^tlng artleloa <a or afUr Mwib 1, of the old, discredited ILA have shown the white flag and would like talked aSbut ever since US Steel lo work out some kftid of a deal to get back under the AFL banner. started developing its Venezuela But the AFL will not accept any such negotiated surrender. It will OrdliHuy M'wiu properties and building its new m Vt push this through to the finish. Dock Bcro plant on the Delaware. To date, Tlpora though, no steps have been taken At the beginning of the campaign, your Union was asked by. the UMB Bogro & In that direction and the ore is AFL to assist id the formation of the new AFL-ILA ^long with the Able Se. being hauled at present on foreignMr—en Teamsters Union. Because of the fact that we are so strongly organized flag ships. in our particular section of maritime, the AFL felt that, we would be $5S per aonth Mret Vograc* I57.5d pelf wmth helpful to the new organization. Cost $36 Million $55 • " tS».50 ' Beeond " >K Third " As a result of your Union's participation in this organizing drive, it 155 * . $57.^ •' In order for the carriers to be 160 • • rotarth » $62.50 * became the target of the discredited ILA leadership, which loudly ac­ built, the present channel above 160 • " pim " $62.50 cused us of scheming to seize the Jobs of longshoremen for "unem­ Philadelphia will have to be deep­ $62.59 per BorttJi sixth • $65.00 n ployed seamen." ened to 40 feet. It is between 25 The —ee* eantlnna at that rate but will apply only If Beabera and 37 feet deep right now. The The reasons why this propaganda fell flat were obvious to every of crew renalB an St)£ weeael. Kadiarg—cowerlns tbeae roya^ea are to be Army Corps of Engineers, which is working seaman and longshoreman. The longshoremen know too well produced at tlae of gigtang on. In charge of the waterway, has that, thanks to the lack of representation they have recommended that the dredging be Toura waxy truly, ' suffered from through the years, their wages and done, but that US Steel share about conditions are, unfortunately, far inferior to those half of the cost of the project, enjoyed by Seafarers. Many of them are well aware vcssisram SHifpnia oouPAior, i&e. estimated at $36 million. of how our rotary shipping system works and. of the fact that Seafarers enjoy at all times an average US Steel in turn has refused to Reproduction of the Mississippi Steamship Company letter of of at least one active job on a ship, or better, for pay any part of the cost. Its presi­ 1931 showing the wage scales set for the crews of its ships. every member of the Union. dent, Clifford Hood, charged that It's interesting to note that the line taken by the to do so would be to "extend spe­ NEW ORLEANS—A dramatic reminder of the kind of ship­ eld ILA leadership was exactly that of the company cial subsidy to a Government proj­ union that currently holds the contract for Atlantic ect." The channel deepening would ping conditions seamen faced 22 years ago was turned up acbe solely for the benefit of the cidently by the bosun of a Mississippi Shipping Company tankermen. They too, raised the cry that we were out to seize the tankermen's jobs. They too failed to convince the tankermen of this Fairless works. shore gang. While working-* ^ claim because of the obvious superiority of conditions and take, home The final decision on how the to crewmembers dated February pay on SIU ships. project will be handled will be up on the docks he noticed 28, 1931. , to Congress. Meanwhile there is no stained and yellowed piece of One of the major objectives of the AFL-ILA is to eliminate as rapidly It informed them that effective as possible the great gap on wages, conditions and welfare benefits action being taken on the con­ paper, which on closer inspection struction of the ore carriers, that proved, to be the wage scale on the March 1, 1931, deck boys would between the longshoremen and other sections of the maritime industry start at $25 a'month, AB's at $55 such as the Seafarers. In' this objective it has succeeded in enlisting were originally supposed to be as­ a month and firemen at $57.50 a very large numbers of rank and file longshore organizers who, have signed to Isthmian, US Steel's company's ships back in 1931. The paper consisted of a notice ihonth. ocean-going subsidiary. come forth in recent weeks.. It is encouraging to see that good men Other wages provided for in­ in the longshore union, who were long held In submission by the dis­ cluded: OS, $40 a month; mess- reputable old ILA are now coming forward and contributing to the men, $40; wipers $50. formation of a trade union run by and_fQr longshoremen. If an AB stayed on the same ship for six consecutive trips he THE NATIONAL LABOR RELA-HONS BOARD ELECTION IN could get up to a ceiling of $62.50 a month, while firemen could go Atlantic Refining is running pretty smoothly according to all repbrts, with the ships voting on a set schedule. Up until now, the organizers to a maximum of $65.00. . The company specified that report, the company has juggled men from ship to shore and back again Over on the other coast, in the That well-known Seafarer-paint­ these increases would be coming in an unsuccessful attempt to influence the trend. But all efforts to er of clipper ships, Hans Skaale­ port of Norfolk, the chairman's only to men who rode the same build up a pro-company union feeling have failed in the face of the gard, turned his post was handled by Otis C. Bailey, obvious attachment of the tankermen to.the SIU, fine hand toward who comes from ne^arby Ports­ ship. They would not apply to A couple of typical examples will illustrate how the tankermen them­ conducting a un­ mouth, Virginia. Bailey, who is 28 men working on different ships of selves regard the importance of this election. One tankerman on vaca­ the same company. ion meeting at years old, is a native Virginian tion in Maine interrupted his time off to come back to Philadelphia No provision for overtime was the last Seattle who joined the Union in Norfolk for the election. A second man came all the way from Cuba. One of membership get- eight years back. The recording made in the announcement, and the tankermen who had been fired out of the fleet (and now has charges togethq.r. Skaale­ secretary was Purvis Parker, who apparently no overtime was paid pending against the company) came clear .across.from Seattle in order gard took over sails in "the steward department. despite a seven day week and to record his vote for the SIU. ~ : the chairmanship Parker lives in Rockymount, North other work that today comes under Even more remarkable was the response of some former Atlantic at the Seattle Carolina. He joined the SIU in the heading of overtime. men in service, who were ruled eligible to vote by the Labor Board. meeting along Norfolk on November 4, 1944 and Of course, the notice was issued Oiie of them had never heard of the organizing drive. He had no id^a Skaalegard with Bob Cow- is 28 years old. by the company simply as an order, about what was going on until the company sent him a letter notifying drty who served as recording sec­ without the seamen having an op­ him he was eligible to vote in s6me sdrt of election involving the SIU. 1" 4" 4" retary, and Jack R. Siqiison, the portunity to negotiate on the wage This man came to Philadelphia and called the SIU hall asking what San Francisco's last meeting had reading clerk. Seafarers Philip Robertson and question. it was all about. When told that the SIU had been organizing in the Skaalegard will be forever fam­ fleet in order to win,an SIU contract for tankermen'he promptly went Pasquale Marinous in the SIU as the fellow who down to the-polling place and cast his*vote. Another serviceman, a elli serving as re­ aent his paintings into the last cording secre­ Navy man, pawned his watch for a bus ticket from SIU Art contest securely packed in Norfolk ahd went without food on an all day bus ' tary: and reading a 300-pound wooden crate. He took ride so that he could vote in the election. clerk, respective­ one of the prizes too. It seems pretty clear now that Atlantic tanker­ ly. Robertson is a All of his paintings were por­ men have long sought the opportunity to get repre­ native of Crete, trayals of sailing ships, most of sentation by 0 genuine trade union. This elec­ Illinois, being them the old-timu clipper ships born there on The Steel Voyager (Isthmian) is tion has given them their chance and all accounts which once graced all the world's • March 17, 1924. the first vessel of the year to make indicate they are making the best of it. oceans. He's completing t. i. Marinelli WE HEARD RECENTLY FROM ONE OF OUR his tenth year inroads on American sweet tooths Denmark Native in the date trade, (unloading a 10,brothers. Earl Spear, who has been receiving the with the SIU this December and Skaalegard, who sails as bosun pOO-ton -shipment at Erie Basin, disability benefit from the Union's Welfare Plan. It seems Brother and other deck ratings, is a native sails on deck. Marinelli is a New Yorker who Brooklyn, during the past week. Spear has gone back to his home state of Maine and is taking life easy of Denmark, being born there on February 7, 1924. He joined the has been an SIU member a little Enough dates came in the 75-pound there with the assurance that the checks come in regularly from the Plan to keep him going. Further, he writes us ..that, with this worry SIU in Boston a little over ten over a year. He was born in York on October 17, 1920, and packing cases to provide at least off his mihd his condition has been improving and he is getting along years ago, on July 10, 1943. Cowdrey came a long way to get makes his home in Brooklyn. He two ounces for every American for quite well right now. The to salt water, being born in lov/a too, sails in the deck department. the Thanksg^ing season. This kind of a letter from ohe of our disabled brothers makes it on December 22, 1926. He got to Several other SIU outport mem­ dates were shipped from Iraq. ' pretty clear just how important our disability benefit Is. It's been S3 the SIU out of the port of New bership meetings had rank and Another similar shipment* is ex­ unhappy tradition among SCamen that when they wefen't able to ptiU York in May, 1950. He sails in the file Seafarers serving as meeting pected later this month aboard the their weight Sny more on a ship' they had npbody to turn to. Sure engine department. officials. As a result a growing Steel Artisan, with Isthmian han­ there have always been outfits that have given charity to the seamaii^ The third officer of the meeting number of Seafarers are gaining dling all of th« date trade from who was ib a fix like this, but those kind of'things always had plenty Is another midwestem native, Jack invaluable experience In the con­ Iraq this year, of strings attached to them. . < Simison. Ohio was his birthplace duct of Union business and par­ Not all of the present supply, With our SIU disability benefit, men like Brother Spear have assui> 2e years ago. He joined the SIU ticipating in a greater degree in however, will b(B distributed by ance of their personal independence gnd at the sanle time enough when he was Just 17 years of age, the all-important membership Importers for us^en holiday tables. money coming In to keep the feedbag pir and a roirf nver..,thniK headsL •n April 7, 1945, aiid also sails maetiogs where Union policy is Some will find Iti way Into baked That's the least we can-do for those'btdttieiw whp.iAn't werh-i^^ with the black fang. decided. - ^ < . • - •. ^ v.,..:--; products and Caddy. " ? any more,- wm m s--'- Voyager Carries Holiday Sweets �7 jr*TraiW U. If$s S e i< F A R'E'R 5' L O C ^Mother ML' Stands For Tender Thought At long last the secret is out. The ML in the name of the SlU-contracted Mother ML, long a puzzle to Seafarers aboard the vessel, stands for a very special sentiment, mother love. The full name of the ship is"*^ Seattle drydock. She is getting a "Mother My Love" abbrev­ little beauty treatment including iated for convenience and some new- paint on her like all other tender reasons. mothers do from time to time. Some might be doubtful that affectionate regard for a mother's heart beats beneath her steel decks ' and inside every cylinder head, but that's what the owners, the Eagle Ocean Steamship Company, insist. One cynic was heard to say that the ML really stands for M. Lyras who happens to be one of the own­ ers of the company. This was in­ Candidates for college scholar­ dignantly denied by a company ships under the SJ[U Scholarship spokesman who claimed that if it was named after Lyras it would Plan can still send in applications for the next qualifying examina­ have to be called Father ML. In a way. Mother ML isn't such tion to be held on December 5, a bad name for the ship because it 1953. Four successful applicants was originally named after the from the ranks of Seafarers and late Alfred E. Smith, one of New their children will receive the 1954 York's most successful and popular four-year scholarship worth $6,000 politicians who made quite a point each for study in any field at any of being kind to mothers and their recognized college or university babies, especially around election in the US. time. As a matter of fact, a slab of The scholarships will be award­ concrete from one of the sidewalks ed at the conclusion of exams, of New York that A1 Smith made scheduled to be held on January 9, famous, is in the ship's wheel- March 13* May 22 and August H house. of n^xt year as well as on the De­ When the ship was sold to its pres­ cember date, after trustees of the ent owners, the name of Mother SIU Welfare Plan, which admin­ ML was substituted because in the isters the .scholarship program, words of the port captain, "The study the results of the tests. There new owners thought they oould has been no flood of applications extend that affection (for Alfred by prospective college students at E. Smith) with a name appealing this time, but officials expect Sea­ farers and their children to avail to all mankind." themselves of the plan once more Whether the name appeals to all mankind or not is a moot point. this year as they have done in the But at the very least, the name past. 3-Years* Sea Time titillated the curiosity of every Seafare* who boarded the vessel, In order to qualify. Seafarers or all of whom must have muttered children of Seafarers must pro­ to themselves at one time or an­ duce records of three years' sea other about those mysterious in­ time, attributed to themselves or itials and what they stood for. to fathers, on SIU ships. Applica­ At any rate, in the future we tions must be accompanied by ap­ expect to get nothing but happy plicant's high school transcript reports from that ship being that showing a standing in the upper love conquers all—or so they say.|third of their high school class. Right now, Mother MI is in a' (Continued on page 17) First '54 SlU Scholarship Exam Dec. 5 YOU and the SIU CONSTITUTION .:siy;: ME.5 V-:: Yoys;-COi>i$hJur}c^, ryisE- is;: eEssOtftE? -fo7r: • Wlf«;;tKE&E: ' From Artlcio XIV Section 6 Hoosier Mariner Sets 'Record/ Crosses Atlantic In Six Days The speed potential of the Mariner class ship was partially revealed when the Hoosier Mariner made a "record" crossing of the North Atlantic. The Hoosier, which is under char­ ter to the Isthmian Steamship Company, made a run of 3,162 nautical miles from New York to La Pallice, France, in-*six days, four hours and 40 reach every part of the engine one." Further, Vincent pointed out, the minutes. The speed mam- room." Actually, Wuchina said, there tained averaged out to better than 21 knots. While there is no official record for freightships and the run to La Pallice is far from a standard one, it is safe to say that no other freighter has made a crossing as fast. Further, the ship made two other stops, one at Bremerhaven and re­ turned to New York in 25 days. By comparison, the Waterman C-3 run to North Europe, stopping at three ports, takes 30 days or more, apd the Waterman run is less mileage because all stops are made at North Sea ports such as Bremer­ haven and Antwerp. Damaged Tiller Chances are that the ship would have come back even faster were it^ not for some damage to the tiller on the return run. As a result, she has gone into Todd's shipyard for repairs and a new paint job. Seafarer Nick Wuchina, who also sailed on the Keystone Mariner, the first Mariner to go into service, reported that many improvements have been made in the engine room of the Hoosier. "Many of the valves are located much better where it was easy to service the ship," he said, "and they also pro­ vided more catwalks so we could Profit Tax End Aids Big Firms loorbymolo";*!* » jors atony meeting- fwr Hoosier Mariner (left) rests in Brooklyn drydock after her "record" Atlantic run. At right, fireman Ed Tonisson puts burner in one of the ship's super-powered boilers. There ore no permanent meet' ing chairmen in the SIU. At every membership meeting a new chair­ men is elected, and under provisions elsewhere in the con­ stitution, any member present at the meeting can nominate him­ self, and stand for election as meeting chairman. Ending of the excess profits tax on December 31, 1953, means that many corporations can take a big drop in profits ahd have plenty left to pay their stockholders, ac­ cording to the magazine US News and World Report. General Mot­ ors can take an $800 million profit drop in 1954 and still have $600 million left for its stockholders when the tax expires. Many other companies are in the same posi­ tion. As an example, a manufacturer might make $100 million this year and pay $70 million in taxes, leav­ ing $30 miilion net profit. Next year, if his profits fall to $62.5 million his taxes will go down to $32i5 million and the company would still have, $30 million left. was no effort being made to push the ship's speed up. They had pretty fair weather going over, and the ship ran very smoothly. Chief Engineer William Vincent substantiated the fact that the ship was running well below her poten­ tial, "She was running on only 12 of her 31 nozzles," he said, "and we weren't pushing her in any way. She is a beautiful ship down be­ low. You couldn't find a better ship was running pretty light with little cargo aboard. Had she been more heavily loaded, he believed that she would have bettered her elapsed time. Wuchina said that the entire en­ gine room gang was staying aboard the vessel for another trip. "You can't find a better chief engineer," he declared, "and all the officers are the best I have ever sailed with. She's a ship and I'm well satisfied to be aboard her." -r 'Bonuses Are To Continue/ Union Informs Companies - SlU-contracted companies have been notified that the Union expects them to continue payment of all bonuses for the re­ mainder of the contract, expiring December 1, 1953. The Union has also informed the shipoivners that the bonus ques­ of bonus money, it in no way de­ tion, as in previous years, will stroys the bonus clauses in the con­ be the subject of negotiations for a new contract. The SIU action came after ship­ owners on the West Coast and those contracted to other unions discontinued the bonus payments on orders from Washington. Af­ fected by the order are all bonuses in European waters, as well as the Korean area bonus. Payments for Formosa and the war risk insur­ ance coverage in Chinese and IndoChina territorial waters will con­ tinue. 60-Day Extension Under a recent agreement made with the shipowners, the contract expiring as of October I, was ex­ tended for 60 days to permit nego­ tiations to continue without inter­ ruption. Since the bonus is writ­ ten in the agreement the Union expects the shipowners to live up to that part of the contract. The subject of bonuses will be taken up in the course of negotia­ tion sessions with company rep­ resentatives. Summing up the situation, an SIU headquarters spokesman de­ clared: "The SIU has always negotiated its bonus agreements in the past, and these matters have always been written into the Union con­ tract. While Government action on the subject may affect the source tract. "These clauses will stay in effect through the life of the agreement just like any other, and like the rest of the contract, they will be a subject for negotiation, as in the past. "Consequently, the shipowners are on notice that we intend to take the matter up with them in the course of our negotiations." Speak Your Mind At SIU Meetings Under the Union constitu­ tion every member attendinga Union meeting is entitled to nominate himself for the elected posts to be filled at the meeting—chairman, read­ ing clerk and recording secre­ tary. Your Union urges you to take an active part in meet­ ings by taking these posts of service. And of course, all members have the right to take the floor and express their opinions on any. officer's report or issue under discussion. Seafarers are urged to hit the deck at these meetings and let their. shipmates know what's on their mind. : -MI "^1 �>iK' •I' ri1 ' '* h u BEdFAMBMS tac Aliens Get New Rulings On Entries Steel Apprentice Rams Lighthouse SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON I New regulations easing up on aliens who do not have passports have been issued by the Depart­ ments of Justice and State recent­ ly. The new orders will benefit many alien seamen who do not have passports for a variety of reasons. These men will be admfssable to the US as immigrants if they are considered stateless persons, Messman Chan King shows where the Isthmian Line's Steel Ap­ if they have been admitted for per­ prentice ripped a gash in her hull ramming a Philadelphia light­ manent residence and are tempo­ house. Although damage to the ship and lighthouse was consider­ able, there were no injuries. rarily absent from the US, or if they are a national of a Commu­ nist-controlled country and are un­ willing to apply for a passport from the government of that country. Married to Citizens Alien-immigrants who are hus­ Quick action by Seafarer Joseph D. McPhee saved the life bands of US citizens are also ex­ empt from the passport require­ of a brother Seafarer aboard the Trinity (Carras) when the ment. The same thing, of course, latter was knocked cold and thrown into the water during a would apply to womto married to lifeboat drill accident in Port--* US citizens. land, Maine. him cold. He was dumped uncon­ Where aliens can show proof Seafarer Francis P. O'Con­ scious into the harbor and would that they are -unable to obtain a nor was the victim of the freak passport for some other reason accident which resulted when a have certainly drowned were it not for McPhee. not specified in the regulations, . worm gear broke McPhee dived overboard, fully the passport requirement can be on the forward clothed, and seized O'Connor, keep­ waived. lifeboat davit ing him afloat. Meanwhile, Sea­ The new regulations are expect­ while the boat farers on deck threw lines over­ ed to ease matters considerably was being lower­ board. While keeping O'Connor's for seamen who are nationals of ed to the water. head above water' McPhee made Iron Curtain countries, and who The davit fell him fast to the lines, all the while up until now, have been unable or across the deck treading water in the process. unwilling to get a passport from and snapped off Hauled Aboard those countries for fear that the at the ^ase, fall­ Communist governments there O'Connor was then hauled ing into" the wa­ O'Connor would lay claim to them. ter along with aboard and subsequently the crew threw a ladder over the side so Several seamen in that category the boat. In the process, something struck that McPhee, who was thoroughly have been denied admission to the O'Connor in the head and' knocked exhausted by this flme, could get US up until now. back on deck. Once O'Connor was aboard, the crew revived him by artificial res­ piration. Fortunately. Boston Port Agent James Sheehan, who was on the ship at the time, went with O'Connor to the hispital where he received emergency treatment for a brain concussion, several rib fractures and a badly cut .eye. McPhee himself, was comoletely The SIU's six-man membership these machines will eriable the worn out by his efforts in the • committee elected by the head­ present accounting department to water which is icy cold at this time take on additional Work involved of the year. quarters membership to go over in the operations of subsidiary cor­ At last word, Sheehan reported, the Union's finances has completed porations in the new Baltimore O'Connor was resting comfortably its quarteriy report and made se^>- hall. in the hospital and several creweral recommendations to the mem­ Another action taken by the members were going over there to bership as to the conduct of the committee was to destroy certain donate blood in case he needed it. Coast Guard inspectors, who Union's financial activities. The unused dues receipt books because were present at the time, have they were numbered in improper committee, consisting of-Seafarers started an investigation of the Maurice Whale. J. W. Malone, order. To be on the safe side, the equipment. committee feit it was best to do Alexander Dudde, J. B. Lippincott, Joseph Pilutis away with the mixed-up books. In addition to these recommen­ and Edward Han­ dations and ac­ sen, was elected tions, the com­ by the member­ mittee wentship for the reg­ Seafdrers with beefs regard­ through the reg­ ular three month ing slow payment of monies ular check-up of audit, during due from various operators in Union weekly which it works back wages and disputed over­ financial reports. with a Certified time should first check wheth­ Secretary - Treas­ Public Account­ er they have a proper mailing urer's report^ ant to examine Pilutis address on file with the com­ and other finan­ all the books and pany. SIU headquarters offi­ cial transactions report on same. Lippincott cials point out that reports Of the Union. As The committee reported that the received from several opera­ • new system of posting dues re­ is customary, the committee count­ tors show checks have been ceipts by machine that has been ed the bonds in the Union's name mailed to one address while installed in Union headquarters that are in a bank safe deposit a beef on the same score is appears to be working very well box and tabulated at their present sent from another, thus creat­ arid providing a very tight contiol value. It also took a complete in­ ing much difficulty in keeping on all the receipts of the Union. ventory of all receipt books and accounts straight. Seafarers It also made a very thorough in­ listed them accordingly. ace urged to use one' perma­ spection of the National Cash In conclusion, the committee felt nent address for mail so that Register bookkeeping machines that, headquarters was taking all claims can be checked speedi­ and approved them heartily as pro- necessary steps to keep expenses ly and p^nient made right. • viding for a more efficient and of the union at a minimum figure more rapid system of bddkkeeping. that was in line with efiPiciency of 'The coiriiriittee pointed oiit that Union'bpergiioris: Unconscious Seaman Saved By Shipmate SlU COMMITTEES A t WOIIU Use Only One Mail Address :• I The special Senate Subcommittee on Maritime Subsidies has only begun to get at the root of our maritime problems, but the chances are good that it will have a new chairman come next January. The seniority rule is followed most of the time in connection with Congressional Committees. However, it wag by-passed by the late Senator Tobey, New Hampshire, when he chose Senator Potter, Michi­ gan, to head up the Maritime Subcommittee. Under the seniority rule, the chairmanship of the important Subcommittee would have gone to Senator Butler, Maryland. Senator Bricker, Ohio, the new head of the Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, is likely to favor Butler over Potter, to continue the maritime studies, ft is true that Butler has lots of reasons for wanting recognition as Chairman, more so than Potter, be­ cause he comes from the maritime State of Maryland. In any event, any such change^in the chairmanship of the Maritime Subsidy Subcommittee would not materially affect the merchant marine, because Bugler, as well as Potter, is- sympathetic to the problems of the maritime industry. ^ 4 Just a few years ago strong political forces close to the 'White House were urging that the US should scuttle its merchant fleet and rely on the merchant shipping of friendly foreign^ powers. This trend of thought has about been checked entirely. Both the White House and the Department of Defense now firmly helieve that in any future war, foreign fleets cannot be counted on to supply our own needs. Although this subject still is imder active con­ sideration by the Defense Department and, to a very considerable de­ gree, is classified, the Defense Department feels that this country could expect such assistance from foreign nations only to a "limited degree." Therefore, their feeling is that the US must rely primarily and basically on a US-flag merchant marine for the defense of this country, and that it is definitely wrong for us to depend upon foreign-flag shipping to provide the logistical support in time of war. t t 4^ Throughout the world today about 20 million tons of ocean-going ships are under construction or on order. With the second largest mer­ chant fleet in the world,'the US is building less than 3 percent of this total. The United Kingdom, in contrast, is building ten times that much. Seventy-seven passenger ships are now on order there, not one for the US. Six and one-half million tons of freight ships, not one for private US account, and less than 5 percent of all tankers built in the world are for US registry. Upon the occasion of a recent launching of a Mariner-type ship at Baltimore, Maryland, former Senator Q,'Conor, of Maryland, said that the Ainerican shipbuilder and the maritime industry will assume full responsibility for keeping .our flag on the seas, but that they look to our nation's leaders to support their effortss to stay afloat since - our foreign policy, our overseas commitments and our position as the ar­ senal for the free world have implicit bearing on our maritime strengths If this strength declines, Americans and lovers of liberty and free en­ terprise throughout the world may find tllbmselves well armed but without adequate riieans of delivery. < $ i i(t New security rules issued by the US Coast Guard became effective on November 3, 1953. The purpose of the revised regulations is to pro­ vide that any seamen denied security clearance or any person denied a Coast Guard Port Security Card shall receive a written notification of denial as to the basis of denial. If such person appeals, he will be furnished a statement or bill of particulars settinjg forth the alleged acts, or other data which formed the basis for the determination that such person is a poor securityrisk or is not entitled to security clear­ ance. As forecast in this column previously, the Commission on Foreign Policy, appointed by President Eisenhower, now has before it a recom­ mendation from a business group to eliminate or alter the 50-50 ship­ ping provision in US-aid laws. The special Commission was appointed by the President to examine and report on the subjects of interna­ tional trade and its enlargement consistent with a sound domestic economy, our foreign*economic policy and the trade aspects of our national security. The Commission, headed by Clarence B. Randall, a steel executive, will make a report to the President and the Congress shortly after the Congress reconvenes in January, 1954. In order to combat thinking along these lines, it is very likely that the shipping industry, will ask Congress next year for permanent legislation to provide that at least 50 percent of US-financed cargoes be transported in American bottoms. The Military Sea Transportation. Service has its back to the wall, after the fight by the maritime industry to take it out of competition with private American-flag shipping. This fight is sure to continue" in the next session of Congress as operators and maritime unions join forces to urge legislation providing that cargo or passengers under control of the US Government be transported in privately-owned iships to the extent of the capacity and ability of such vessels to perform the services required. Confronted with this comhined opposition, the MSTS, as a prelimi­ nary move, has agreed to lay up some of its Govemment-o-wned tankers as privately-owned tankers become available. In the fi^st move along these lines, MSTS has agrped tp lay up eight Navy-towned, T2 type tankers in the'next few months. The eight NaVy tankers to be inactivated will be replaced by fotw super tankers of the Orion Shipping and Trading Corporation, which will be operated by MSTS on the'basis of 5-year contracts. •-UM: •' -c �Page*!^iven SEAFARER^ tOG Brigantine Embarks On ,40,000-Mile World Cruise 4" ROYAL COJJPLE tiSITS US—King Paul and Queen Frederika of Greece arrived in New York last week aboard the United States. The Greek monarehs were house guests of President and Mrs. Eisenhower at the White House. The royal couple were later given the tradi­ tional New York "ticker tape" parade down Broadway, winding up at City Hall where they were presented with keys to the city by Mayor Impellitteri. The king and queen plan to tour the country to raise funds for the vic­ tims of 'the recent earthquake disasters in the Ionic Islands.. 4" i " 4ip DEMOCRATS GAIN IN ELECTIONS —In widely scattered elec­ tion returns throughout the couhtrj' the Demo­ crats scored convincing victories over Republi­ King Paul and Queen Frederika of Greece can opponents. In New arrive in New York on the United States. York city, Robert F. Wagner, Jr., the Democratic candidate for mayor, piled up a plurality of almost a half-million votes over Republican Harold Riegelman. Dem­ ocrats were also swept into office in Massachusetts, New York state, Connecticut and Virginia. In New Jersey, Robert Meyner was the sur­ prise victor as governor'in a Democratic landslide in which a Demo­ crat, Harrison.Williams, scored a stunning upset in a New Jersey Con­ gressional race. 4> 't" ' GODFREY, LaROSA HOG HEADLINES—^The recent public airing of radio and telfevision entertainer Arthur Godfrey's family squabble was competing with national and international affairs for headline space. After Godfrey fired his star performer, crooner Julius LaRosa, inti­ mate details of his private life became, matters of vital interest to the nation. The object of the singer's affections and a cause of the feud, was Miss Dorothy McGuire, one of the singing McGuii-e sisters still appearing on the Godfrey show. Miss McGuire is separated from her husband. Army Sergeant John Brown. Brown, in Korea, applied for special leave, but the Army turned him down, feeling that Julius con­ stituted no emergencey. • 4i 4i DULLES-WILSON SNAG—Evidence of some crossed signals in the Government turned up last week when the Defense and State Depart­ ments contradicted each other on storage of atomic weapons abroad. Army .Secretary Robert Stevens and General Nathan Twining, on an inspection tour in Spain, told the press there that the United States would store atomic weapons at the Spanish bases. This announcement brought angry protest. Secretary of Sthte Dulles quickly came out with a statement denying that the atomic weapons would be sent abroad. President Eisenhower sent for Dulles and Tfefense Secretary Charles Wilson and ordered them to clear their statements with the White House. t 4 4" TROUBLE IN TRIESTE—As the Korean peace talks became increas­ ingly snarled, other parts of the world not involved in the East-West dispute emerged as danger spots. Sporadic fighting has already broken out in the divided cities of Jerusalem and Trieste. Trouble is ex­ pected from nationalist elements in Tunisia and Morocco. In Trieste several civilians were killed in rioting against British and Americans who failed to hand over Trieste to Italy as previously announced. '4 The 95 foot brigantine Yankee heads out to sea from Gloucester, Massachusetts, on the first lap of a 40,000 mile round-the-world ctuise. Skippered by Irving Johnson, the former German pilot boat has made two previous world cruises. The Yankee will be out for 18 months. In addition to Captain Johnson and his family, the Yankee will carry a doctor, cook, mate and sixteen young people, includ­ ing four girls. ^ Mail Buoy ?—It ReaUy Works The next time that a new OS spends a fe w chilling hours standing up on the bow on a special lookout for the mail buoy, he needn't feel that he's in the same class as the new wiper who searches for a left-handed monkey wrench—because there is such a thing as a buoy, and if you don't believe"' it, just ask the crew of the gallon can, and then the tanker fishing boat put back into shore, pulled in closer to the fishing boat, and the Government Camp's mail Government Camp (Cities the Marijo II. was taken directly to the Delray Service). Captain E. R. Wagster, the skip­ Beach postoffice. Of course, the Government per of the Government Camp, put Camp's crew didn't get to pick up a message inside the mail buoy any mail from the mail buoy, but reading, "Dear friend, the master, officers and crew will appreciate they did get to send out eight let­ it very much if the finder of this Under the rules of the SIU, ters and eight postcards-=-and they mail buoy will mail letters en­ any member can nominate got mighty fast service too. In fact, closed at nearest postoffice. If you himself for meeting chairman, reading clerk or any other their letters were in the mails care to write us about finding the mail buoy, please write and your post that may be up for elec­ within a few hours after the tanker letter will be posted on the ship's tion before the membership, dropped the mail buoy. bulletin board." including committees, such as The Government Camp was off­ Then the tanker gave a few blasts . the tallying committees, finan­ shore between Boca Raton and Del- on her whistle, and the mail buoy cial committees, auditing com­ ray Beach, Florida, when she spot­ was thrown over the side. mittees and other groups ted a 22-foot fishing boat. The boat named by the membership. Meanwhile, the fishing boat had Since SIU membership meet­ contained a party taking part in ing officers are elected at the the annual fishing tournament of come in close alongside while the Boca Raton Junior Chamber members of the party aboard were start of each meeting, those taking some pictures of the 16,600who wish to run for those of Commerce. ton ship. They waved to the crewmeeting offices can do so. Since the tanker was on her way members on deck, and then turned The Union also welcomes out, the crew figured that this was around and picked up the mail discussions, suggestions and the last chance to send some mail, buoy. motions on the business before and so eight letters and eight post­ the meeting. After reading the message, the cards were sealed inside a five- Throw in For A Meeting Job YOUR SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Don't Get Hooked On Jewelry Seafarers have a reputation for buying a lot of Jewelry. Seafarers are also good customers for watches. Possibly too good. , For if you don't know the ropes you can be the victim of serious price gouges in buying gifts and time-pieces. Possibly in no other merchandise is there as much pricejacking as tljere is oh jewelry. Such items as necklaces, compacts, rings (including wedding and engagement rings), religious jewelry, and so on, often sell for as much as ten times their wholesale cost. Not all stores charge such fantastic mark-ups. The chief culprits are some of the credit stores and canvassers who go from h^se to house selling on the installment plan, and also make their headquarters on the docks. Some of these credit.sellers will actually charge as much as $30 for a costume pearl necklace that other stores may sell ifor as little as $6. ' Exaggerated List Prices The more unscrupulous jewelry sellers are able to get away with these fantastic charges because the pianufactiiirers and wholesale jobbers engage in a noioiious.practice of pr^ticketihg jeweiiy: ahd watches with exaggerated ifet prices. Some of the bestrknown brandii of watchbs carry printed tickets showing prices of as much as three times their actual cost, although a few of the more re­ liable makes, like Hamilton, and Ingersoll usually are listpriced only at a normal retail markup. The facts are, you absolutely skould not trust these printed price tickets as indicating either a fair or actual price of a watch or jewelry item. An official of one large chain of stores, Grayson's, recently stated that a retailer can sell some of the well-known watches for 50 percent off the list price set by the manufacturers and stili make a profit. Many other cash retajlers and discount houses similarly give big discounts off the exaggerated list prices of such items. The Seafarers' own Sea Chest, for ex­ ample, offers big discounts on watches and jewelrj'. Fantastib "Watch Charges Also aiding the installment sellers to sell working people cheap jewelry and watches at fantastic prices, are the catalogs put out by some of the wholesale jobbers. I have one such catalog in front of me. It has a separate confidential price list which says: VFor the benefit of in­ stallment dealers, the retail prices of many items in our catalog show a higher-than-normal dealer's markup. By so doing, we have allowed for the higher markup required by those selling on the time-payment plan". The purported list prices in the catalog are shocking. Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying There's the Cort women's watch which has a fancy brace­ let covered with rhinestones. The Cort watches sell at varying prices at different stores. This credit seller's cata­ log lists it as $100. It actually costs $17.50 wholesale. Even such well-known brands as Benrus, Bulova and Gruen carry highly-inflated price tags and must be shopped with care. And what do you think expensive-looking engagement and wedding rings are worth? Even those with bits of diamonds that carry price tags of as much as $15 cost only $3.25 wholesale, and aren't really worth more than $5-$6 retail. One point to watch carefully when buying jewelry or watches is a little extra glitter. It is the practice in the trade to jump up prices drastically with the addition of a fancy bracelet, or a few rhinestone chips, or some ad­ ditional jewels in the movement of a watch, which may add nothing worthwhile to the efficiepcy of the watch. The big point to get into your mind is that jvhenever you buy any kind of jewelry or watch, you can't trust the list price as shown on a printed price ticket or" in a cata­ log, even if it's the so-called "Fair Trade" price set by the manufacturer. • The other big point is to beware of the credit jewelers. Christmas is coming, but don't let them make you be Santa Glaus. • �raceXlKlit SEilFiillFJtS New mariner To Crew Soon, Sixth For SlU f . Lighthouse At Stamford To Be Sold It |i : WfiP& u Injury Rates At Record Low N»f«Blier IS, 19SS CASH BENEFITS The sixth Mariner to be assigned to an SlU-contracted company will- crew *up sometime around the end of next month, according to present plans. Meanwhile, the Orion ^^ agency has announced that-* the new Orion Comet, and the six more new supertankers, which other three supertankers they it will start building as soon as the have under construction, will be applications for Government con­ struction subsidies are approved. operating under Navy charters. The Show Me Mariner — which was named for Missouri according to the custom of naming the ships after the nicknames of the states — is being assigned to Bull Lines. She, just as the other Mariners, will be operated imder MSTS. According to present plans, the Seafarer-crew will go board the vessel in Baltimore, where the One landmark of the sea known ship is under construction. The to all Seafarers, the Stamford Show Me Mariner follows the Key­ stone Mariner (Waterman), the ill- Light, is soon to go undef the fated Comhiisker Mariner (Robin), auctioneer's hammer following the the Magnolia Mariner (Mississippi), sale of the century-old lighthouse the Hoosier Mariner (Isthmian), at Bridgeport, Conn., for $1. The and the Badger Mariner (South Stamford Light has been relegated Atlantic), which crewed up this to the category of surplus property by the regional office of the Gen­ month. eral Administration in Orion has announced that it is BostonServices as the first step in request­ chartered all four of its new super­ ing bids on the Connecticut light­ tankers to the Navy for five years. house. They will continue, however, to be manned by Seafarer-crews. The The Bridgeport lighthouse, 29,000-ton Orion Comet took in her bought by James Burroughs, head SIU crew this month. The agency of the Fairfield Dock Company, is has three more such supertankers destined for removal to another now tmder construction with the site. At a cost of $3,000, the new next one scheduled for completion owner intends to move it to the vicinity of St. Mary's-on-the-Sea to being the Orion Star, Colonial Steamship Company, a proposed basin for 400 small also has applications pending for boats near the Fairfield Town line. The Stamford Light is not mov­ able. It was built like a fort in the early Eighties and local defenders Don't Send Yonr of the light want it saved as a land­ mark. A Government assessor will Baggage COD be assigned to set a cash-on-theSeafarers have again been barrel-head value on the structure. 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 The Labor Department reported pect of having to go to a lot that injury rates have dropped to of trouble and red tape with a record low, as a result of stronger the Railway Express Co. All inspection laws and safety cam­ COD baggage—regardless of paigns. Figures issued for 1952 the port—goes to the local ex­ show 14.3 injuries for each millionpress office, where it is held man hours worked, which was eight by the express company until percent lower than the previous claimed. year. The Department has been Seafarers who want to be keeping tabs on injury rates for sure of getting their baggage the last 27 years. when they want it, can send it Lumbering and woodworking to any Union hall provided plants had the highest rate of all, they prepay the shipping 49.6 injuries for each million-man charges. hours. LOG SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID aaaaaaaaa.aaaaa«« No. Seafarers Receding Benefits this Period Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period 6>^.9S3 aS WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS FAIO TNiS PERIOD T Hoyital Bciiefin Death Bepefits Djfahijlity Bynefitf Maternity Bcnefita Vacatioa Benefita £LSI JLliiS a3£ a 1535 OCA Xl4fi Total WELFARE. VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hospital Benefits Paid Since Tuiv 1. 1950 * Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 • Disability Benefits Paid Since Mav 1. 1952 * Maternity Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952 * Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 * 335U2S .243M AMJJSS OO 4. OXS'9L I * Date Benefits Bcssn WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS , Vacatioa Cashootiaod veUue Vacation Estiinated Accounts Receivable — lAl.m OS Government Bondn (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets — Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS s 21 COMMENTS: During the two week period of thie report,' a total of Iseventeen (1?) maternity benefits have been paid. Of the jseventeen benefits paid, ten (10) were on the birth of boys |and the remaining seven (7) were on the birth of girls, 'his makes a total of x^ne hundred and nine (909) maternity inefits that have been paid since the inception of the a SeafarerI II 7WE AAit? VtZ\CeSAraXov\l/'i CJ^FETSfillA 'M T'feHALL Age <S64P!EP-ft3R THE MfMKSiS mefit that was made retroactive to April 1, 1952,. Parents of all benefits maintain a steady level, with [the assets of the Plans continuing to grow., even though hew Ibenefits are added from time to time. Present assets of the »lans comblhied totals $3^,599,782,82. , i - iiiineA&A.r r/M£ YO^ATIHELIALI. StdMoitled ; M hU - A1 Kctr, AssistOiL Adwiiuistretor* «and, remember tbis, ^, - o-'V'-'' •" : ij;;:. All these are yours without contributing a single nickel on^jrour part—Collecting SIU beh^ . fits is eai^, whether ifs for hospital, birth, disabiU^ os 4eathr-VoUjg«t fi^i^ fate personate service imTiaediately through your Union'# represartativnk VAAAIW. TTM.WA«*']K. Bin W* BiaMlilBW # IP I �4 ' • '."•HV^''r':>r':"--•- "-;v -J': •, - It, ItSt Pare mutt SEAtjJMERSL^C UNION TALK By KEITH TERPi Two weeks have passed since the voting started In the Atlantic fleet, and already the balloting Is half over, with every indication that an overwhelm­ ing SIU victory is in the making. Thus, at this point, half-way to victory, we can forget about the crystal ball routine and look at the hard facts of the election and the people directly involved In It. Atlantic men have been waiting for their day of reckoning with the company for a long time and their one way to make it stick, of course. Is how they mark their ballot. You can teU on their faces how they've voted when they come out of the voting booth. Their feelings run from outright jubilation to plain and simple relief. They're glad they've made it up to this milestone and their only concern now is when we're going to start on the contract. Waiting For SIU Contract There doesn't seem to be any step in between for them; it'5 all over even without the official tally at the end as far as they're concerned. Many, like the green ticket AB forced by Atlantic to sail galleyman, had a few choice words to say about Atlantic and its whole marine opera­ tion after he'd cast his vote in Newark. He figured he'd lost about 400 hours of overtime on his last five-and-a-half-month trip, but it was more thaii a decent bread and butter deal he was thinking about as he spoke about it. New Way Of Life It was the v/ay of life he could look forward to as a Seafarer that he knew he couldn't hope for under the present Atlantic set-up. For him, and4iundreds of his shipmates, there was the realization that he'd come a long way since August of 1952, and was no longer just another name on a payroll that was expected to do as he was told no matter how it destroyed his dignity. He was a man with a ballot, and he was making his own destiny. Voters Flocked From All Over Others, fired or railroaded out of the fleet by company discrimina­ tion, hard-timing and all the rest of the rotten little tricks an employer can bring to bear, came in from all over to get in their votes. There was no question either how they were voting; they had a legitimate score to settle. Many came off SIU ships where they'd seen in practice the way of life we had been .selling aH through the campaign. They were making their way now as they themselves wanted it. Seafarers on ships carrying ex-Atlantic men in their regular crews were the best .judges of their new shipmates. They saw them at work and after hours, at shipboard meetings, and ashore. Many of the Sea­ farers themselves had come out of unorganized fleets. They knew good Union men when they saw them and this only confirmed, things tliat were obvious from previous contacts in Atlantic. It is that we in the SIU are also gaining by adding these men to our ranks. It's a two-way gain; ^ood trade unionism and all it entails for them and, on our side, a solid body of men eager to embrace it because they can well appreciate the SIU way of life after what they've had in Atlantic. SIU Is That 'Something Better' They know now there's something better although they wouldn't admit it before or never had the opportunity to find it out. Those who were opposed to the SIU before recognize that they were part of a scheme to defraud themselves and that they can control their own destiny as members of our Union. Those who finally studied our opera­ tion, our contracts and our constitution instantly realized why they were duped into fighting us. For they stood only to gain by endorsing the SIU; the one who fig­ ured to lose was the company. Contracts will now mean something; in Atlantic's case, they will really be enforced for the first time, in addition to being improved right down the line. Shipowners don't fight unions out of any feeling of benevolence for their employees. There's more to it than that. That's why we are confident of victory in the election. '• 'J Fireman fight the raging fire aboard the Norwegian freighter Black Falcon. Fire broke out aboard the freighter in Boston harbor, the third major marine disaster in that harbor in three weeks. Seven long­ shoremen, who were trapped in the ship's hold, lost their' Seven Dockers Lost In Ship Blast A disastrous explosion, the third to rock Boston Harber in the past eight weeks, took seven longshoremen's lives aboard the Norwegian freighter Black Falcon. Thirteen other dock workers were injured in the blast which took place in a cargo of chemicals. • The explosion aboard the Black Falcon occurred while longshoremen were unloading the vessel at the Boston Army King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, a key country in the base. Apparently a spark, caused Middle East oil dynasty, died this week after a long illness. by a barrel striking the deck, set off the chemical explosion. He was 73 years old. Emir Saud, his son, was proclaimed the A Coast Guard court of inquiry new monarch. heard testimony from Army rep­ The former king is respon­ slowly by conquering neighboring resentatives and other witnesses sible for bringing Saudi Arabia tribes and wedding their daughters. on the accident. It has liot an­ into international prominence Forty of his children were sons. nounced its findings as yet. with fabulous oil leases won from Previously, the aircraft carrier the Arabian American.. Oil Com­ Leyte exploded at its berth a few pany after uniting the country with hundred" feet from where the Black his sword, his camel cavalry and Falcon was berthed, killing 31, the ritual of matrimony. while tow ships collided off the port of Boston earlier. Won Concessions After being proclaimed king in 1927, the late ruler won the con­ cessions amounting to $200,000,000 annually, being in large part re­ sponsible for the International Headquarters again wishes commerce of oil traffic flowing to remind all Seafarers that from the borders of his kingdom. payments of funds, for what­ Ports such as Has Tanura rivaled ever Union purpose, be made oil cities throughout-the world In only to authorized A&G repre­ volume of production and oil ship­ sentatives and that an official ments. The Persian Gulf also be­ Union receipt be gotten at that came an important freight ship time. If no receipt is offered, row, as all supplies were brought be sure to protect yourself by in from the outside. immediately bringing the mat­ The 6-4 monarch fathered 140 ter to the attention of the sec­ children from many wives, married retary-treasurer's office. Ibn Saud after winning his desert kingdom (Al King Ibn Saud Dies Cartoon History Of The SIU A special agent's conference in New York mapped out plans to broaden the organizing program, in­ tensify education and cooperate more closely with other unions. Thus, the SIU would never be'"caught short." The "breathing spell" of the two-year con­ tracts made the future planning possible. •^3 :'V. Be Sure to Get Dues Receipts Continued Growth To keep pace with the rapid growth, 37 Seafarers In New Orleans proposed a $10 assessment for the Union's General Fund. All ports approved it, and. In accordance with the SIU's democratic procedures, a 30-day Union-wide referendum .was held. The LOG urged all members to vote on the question. No. 50 The assessment was overwhelmingly carried. Over 68 percent of those voting favored the assessment. It showed the membership wanted to bolster their Union, to make possible more organizing strength, and broaden the Union's services and functions. It also served warning on the operators. 4 •• •-'i-i •I �Pace Ten |l^ l^^r. SEAFARERS LOG NfTMuber 13. 1953 PORT JUSPORIV......... few months at sea and said that New Orleans: der of the day here in New Or­ •New York: he will be ready to go in a week leans recently witji the AFL Team­ or so. We are always glad to wel­ sters being on the receiving end come Magboo as he has always of the injunctions. Local 270 of been a credit to the Union, having the AFL Teamsters was handed an been a member since its begin­ injunction due to its picketing of Shipping in this port is still bet­ ning. I am sure thaf all of his Shipping and business down Gulf Shipside Storage Corp., be­ The port of New York has been ter than average and it looks like friends and shipmates will be glad here is good and has picked up cause of the company's failure to enjoying that good old summer it will continue along the same to know of his whereabouts. quite a bit in the past month. It agree on a "union shop clause" in time weather and instead of the Ear! Sheppard lines through the year-end holi­ looks like a lot of the brothers who the contract which they claim is boys heading south like the geese Baltimore Port Agent days. We shipped a few more men have been sailing steady all year illegal. Also barred frqm picketing as they usually do around this time 3) 3) ^ in the past two w^eks than we reg­ are now getting off in order to be by the courts were locals 63 and of the year, they are still picking istered, and I am glad to say that 479 of the AFL Teamsters who are out the air conditioned joints. Al­ home for the holidays. more of the bookmen are taking San Francisco: on strike against the New Orleans though there was a lull for a few It has been good shipping in all Funeral Directors Association who the Ore Line scows. days due to a number of ships be­ departments and more permitmen represent various funeral homes ing diverted from this port on ac­ The men who are making their shipped in the past two weeks than here in New Orleans. first trips on these vessels are count of the longshore situation, had registered; to be exact 00 bringing back things are now about back to nor­ Strlke in News permitmen registered and 120 mal. 1 very favorable Shipping during the past two shipped. This goes to show that Also in the news again was the reports as to the Shipping is not booming, but weeks has been a little slow, but the holiday season is soon at hand strike in Elizabeth, La., of the there is a steady turnover in jobs way they are feeding. As I it is expected to pick up pretty and the men are beginning to pile paper mill workers where three so all in all things are pretty good. off the ships and be in line to re- strikeris were arrested by State Po­ said before, the -soon and the next two-week pe­ ship after the holidays are over. lice, and charged with trying We paid off a total of 20 ships in crew makes the the past two weeks, signed nine riod should be a little better. Veteran Seafarer, Russell "Red" to dynamite the gas pipeline to on foreign articles, and serviced 14 ship, so any of you fellows who We have moved into smaller Wentworth, formerly from the the company plant. The pipeline in-transit ships. in question that supplies the plant want to stick Ships Paying Off space in the hall out here because East Coast but has been blown up 41 times since nov/ shipping close by come Paying off were the Steel Age Marboo of the expanding facilities of the from New Or­ the strike began. on down and (Isthmian), Seatrain New Jersey SUP Welfare Services. Also, we leans, has been Ships paying off were the Del (Seatrain), Abiqua (Cities Service), grab one of these scows. We have a couple of ships still are now shipping off our own ship­ admitted to the Sud, Del Alba, Del Campo and Carolyn (Bull), Chiwawa (Cities local hospital to Magnolia Mariner (Mississippi); Service), Seatrain Savannah (Sea­ laying around idle which will ping board. probably crew up in the next two Alcoa Pioneer (Alcoa); Antinous train), Ocean Nimet (Ocean Trans.), Paying, off in the past period undergo treatweeks. Hope that some of the old were the Keystone Mariner and ment for high and Chickasaw (Waterman), and Seatrain Texas (Seatrain), Afoun­ pressure timers who have not been here for Citrus Packer (Waterman); Jeffer­ blood the Catahoula of National Naviga­ dria (Waterman), Wild Ranger some time will drop around and son City Victory (Victory Carriers) and appears to tion. Signing on were the Alcoa (Waterman), Val Chem (Valentine), see us soon. Pioneer, Trafalgar's Republic and Kathryn (Bull), Michael (Carras), and Olympic Games (Western be doing nicely. Wentworth Payoffs Mississippi's Del Sud, Del Santos, Suzanne (Bull), Seatrain" Georgia Tankers). The Keystone Mariner Erwin Berwald, and Seatrain NeW York (Seatrain), Ships paying off in this port and Jefferson City Victory signed also newly admitted, does not ex­ Del Oro and Magnolia Mariner. were the Evelyn, Edith and Eliza­ on, as did the Fairland of Water­ pect to be long confined. In-transit vessels were Alcoa's, Salem Maritime (Cities Service), Doug Craddock, Harold Crane, Cavalier, Pennant, Clipper and Steel Chemist and Steel Navigator beth (Bull); Cubore, Baltore, Ven- man and the Ames Victory of Vic­ Jules Massicot, Isadore Morgavi, Pilgrim; Isthmian's Steel Execu­ (Isthmian). ore, Feltore, Bethore and Chilore tory Carriers. Ships signing on were the Robin (Ore); Gateway City, Yaka and In-transit vessels included the George' Spondike and Leon Maas tive, Steel Chemist, Steel Navi­ Lafayette "(Waterman); and Steel Hastings, Fairport and Fairisle of are the latest to report additions gator and Steel Flyer; the Del Locksley (Seas), Ocean | Nimet Surveyor and Steel Apprentice Waterman Bloomfield's Mary to their families. Several have al­ Santos and Del Oro of Mississippi; (Ocean. Trans.), Wild Ranger and (Isthmian). Sign-ons were on the Adams, the Co^ur D'Alene Victory ready received the welcome Wel­ Seatrains New Jersey and Savan­ Golden City (Waterman),' Steel Marymar and Bethcoaster (Cal- oi Victory Carriers and The Cab­ fare Plan maternity benefits. nah (Seatrain); Waterman's Clai­ Worker, Steel Chemist and Steel mar); Sweetwater (Metro Petro); ins (Cabins). borne and Hurricane; Southern Navigator (Isthmian), San Mateo Two Deaths and the Evelyn, Edith, Cubore, Districts (Southern); Republic Victory (Eastern), and Badger David Sorensen, D. H. Boyce, J. Baltore, Venore, Elizabeth, Chil­ Corsa, J. Asavicuis, J. J. Perreira, Unpleasant news from down this (Trafalgar) and Bull's Binghamton Mariner ,(South Atlantic). Ships-in-transit were the Winter ore, Yaka, Steel Apprentice, Steel R. R. White, W. Timmerman and way is the reported deaths of two Victory and Evelyn. Hill, Government Camp, and Bents Surveyor and Feltoi;e. of our brothers, John L. Cobb and Lindsey Williams Peter Smith are in the marine Fort (Cities Service), Petrolite In-transit ships included the Gregrio Briguera. Brother Cobb New Orleans Port Agent hospital out here. Drop them a (Tanker Sag), Alcoa Partner, Alcoa Steel Vendor, Steel Apprentice line. died in Buenos Aires while a crew 3) 3?" Planter, and Alcoa Pointer (Alcoa),, . and Steel Age (Isthmian); Antinmember of the Del Mar (Missis­ AU the boys in the hall are in­ sippi), and Briguera while at sea Lafayette and De Soto (Waterman), ~ ous, Gateway City, Chickasaw and Wilmington: Steel Age and Steel Vendor (Isth­ Afoundria (Waterman); Robin Ket­ terested in the outcome of the and a crew member of the Del Sud Atlantic elections, almost as much mian), Seatrain New York, Sea­ tering (Seas); Petrolite (Tanker (Mississippi). Cobb was buried in train Louisiana, and Seatrain New Sag) and the Alcoa Ranger and as they are in getting a ship on Buenos Aires and Briguera was Jersey (Seatrain), and Portmar their favorite runs. Interest is at buried here in New Orleans with Alcoa Partner (Alcoa). (Calmar). a high pitch on this coast and SIU members as pall bearers. The . Building Shaping Up ship was laid up, the Caro­ everyone is confident that the SIU crew of the Del Sud took up a do­ Shipping has been very good for lynOne We are glad to report at this will come through with a resound­ (Bull). nation for the wife of Brother all ratings in the Port of Wilming­ time on the new building that the ing victory once again. We've never Out of Lay-up Briguera and passed on $500 to her ton and we have really been busy workers are going all out to get lost yet. Two ships came out of lay-up, after the burial in order to help in this town. We hope and expect the- exterior finished before the All we can say about the weather her carry on until the welfare it will keep up this way right the San Mateo Victory (Eastern), bad weather sets in so that when and the Golden City (Waterman). it does it won't set them back as is that it's seasonal, if you know benefits were paid. The crew were through the holidays and beyond. All these ships were taken care Ships paying off and signing of in good order, with no major they can go right ahead on the what we mean. Speaking about only too willing and happy to come seasons, the holidays are rolling to the aid of.a shipmate's family right back on again Were the Seainterior work. What they have ac­ beefs on any of them. complished so far proves that around once again and most of the when the news of her plight was comet 11 (Ocean Carriers), Choc­ Since two ships came out of layboys can't wait to sink their teeth received by them. The SIU took taw and Young America (Water­ Headquarters really knew what it up in the past two weeks, and only wanted. At its completion, the into those fat turkeys on the family care of the burial until things man). All payoffs were clean and one went in, we didn't do too badly table during Thanksgiving. A fat could be squared away and the they were the best three consecu­ building will stand second to none turkey and a fat SIU payoff, they brother's wife was paid benefits tive payoffs this port has ever on that score. Both the Golden in the world. City (Waterman), and the San due under the much-praised Wel­ seen, bar none. I certainly appreciate the coop­ say, make fine living. Mateo Victory (Eastern), which fare Plan. Tom Banning eration the membership is show­ John Arabasz came out of layup, took on full San Francisco Port Agent ing in our beef to keep the hos­ Injunctions seemed to be the orWilmington Port Agent - crews. pitals open. Keep sending the let­ Shipping should be good for the ters in from the different ships coming period. We have several and we will keep sending them to ships due in for payoff from long the respective Congressmen and trips, and a couple of ships sched­ Senators. The more pressure put uled to' come out of lay-up. on these guys the better we will Claude Simmons make out in the beef. Asst. Secretary-Treasurer Jeff GUlette. Agent Elliott 4334 FORT WILLIAM.... 11814 Syndicate Ave. SIU, A&G District TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St Ontario Phone: 3-3221 Democratic Saving BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. Kay White, Agent Phone 2-1323 PORT COLBORNE........103 Durham St. Agent Mulberry 4540 WILMINGTON. CaUf.... 505 Marine Ave. • „^putarlo Phone: 5591 It looks as though Maryland will BOSTON 276 State St. John Arabasz, Agent Terminal 4-2874 272 King St. E. continue the Democratic swing James Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2-0140 HEADQUARTERS . 675 4th Ave.. Bklyn TORONTO. Ontario EMpire 4-5718 SECRETARY-TREASURER 308Vii 23rd St. VICTORIA, BC 617V4 Cormorant St along with the rest of the country, GALVESTON Paul HaU Keith Alsop. Agent Phone 2-8448 Empire 4531 ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS because we have some powerful LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. VANCOUVER. BC 565 Hamilton St. . Joe Algina UndeA the rules of^he Va­ ^ . PaciBc. 7824 Agent Phone 6-5744 Robert Matthews Demos running for Governor and Joe Volpian SYDNEY. NS -. 304 Charlotte St. Doiphin Hotel Claude Simmons cation Plan as set forth by the WUVam Hal] Mdle Parr. Agent Miami 9-4791 Congress. Phone 0346 BAGOTVILLE, QUebeo .20 Elgin St. 1 South Lawrence St. trustees, a Seafarer must ap­ In the marine hospital at this MOBILE Phone: 545 Phone 2-1754 SUP ply within one year of the THOROLO. Oatarlo .52 St. Davids St. time are John Brooks, Earl McKes- SerwflBa''J.. Agint CAnal 7-3202 HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. payoff date of his oldest-dis­ dree, Broxton Conway, Harry D. 113 Cote De La Montague , Phone 5-8777 QUEBEC charge in order to collect his 678 4"h'Avef, Broo^;^ PORTLAND./ Quebec Phone: 2-7078 S33 N. W. Everett St. Emmett, Frank Pasquali, Robert NEW YORK Beacon 4336 SAINT JOHN...... 177 Prince WlUlam St. full vacation benefits. I If he NB Phone: 2-5232 127^129" BaSi?«! RICHMOND, CALIF Lambert, Jo^ef Antoniak, Lloyd J. NORFOLK 257 Sth St. presents any discharge whose Phone 2599 Thomas, Alexander Presneel, Sam­ M|L« 337''SlTrUT SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Great Lakes District payoff date is more than a S. Cardullo. Agent Market 7-1635 Douglas 2-8363 uel Drury, Walter Swacker, Wil­ PORT ARTHUR 4II AS atin St SEATTLE 2700 1st Ave. ALPENA.... 133 W. Fletcher year before the date of his va­ liam Mays, Jessie Clarke, William Don Hilton, Rep. Phone 4-2341 - Main 0290 _ Phone: 1238W cation application, he will lose SAN FRANCISCO 4.50 ^rrfaon St wmMINGTON 505 Marine Ave. BUFFALO, NY. 180 Main St. Callaway, Thaddeus L o b o d a, 1, Banning, Agent Douglas 2-5475 Terminal 4-3131 _ Phone: Cleveland 7391 out on the sea time covered NEW YORK .... 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn Wayne Hartman, Jeff Davis and Coast Representative CLEVELAND 734 Lakeside Ave., NE by that particular discharge. PUERTA de TIERRA, PR Pelayo 51—La 5 STerUng 8-4671 Phone: Main 1-0147 Thomas Nicholas. Sal Colls,, Agent Phone 2-5906 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Don't sit on those discharges. Canadian District PUERTA LA CRUZ Calle Boliva? M Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 One of the oldtimers on tne "®P• Phone pending MONTREAL 531 W. Michigan St. Bring them in and collect the .6M St. James St. West DULUTH beach, Eleuterio Magboo, is now SAVANNAH . .•. 2 Abercorn St. Phone: Melrose 2-4110 PLateau 8161 money that Is due to you. *«®"* Phone 3-1738 HALUAX NA 128'/<i HoUls St. resting in the hall after quite a 970(1. 1st Avf.^ 3 m 3-88" Baltimore: Men Report Ore Lines Feeding Much Better Men Starling To Get Off For Holidays Prodict Good Stiipping In Port Of Now York SiU Offices Move in Te Ahether Sel-Up Three Glean Payoffs Keep Wilmington Busy I^t:,' 6?'' ^ 'f -A':" |5>':-V' m UonH Wait^ €pet Vacation Pay �• v..;., •' '.: -•,.. -yrf'' •"'• > --v ^s'^' y'/''' ' Wovembe# i3;i95S , •'' ^ ' '. ' ..^ .,t«' ^ '-v., • ' ' SEAFAntHiLOC ' ' .* " •. , 7. fage Eleven ...... ...PORT MtEPORTS ing the returns in the Atlantic Boston: Mankato "Victory (Victory Carriers) Lake Charles: election. That includes the stu­ and the Steel Flyer of Isthmian. dents from the University of The big news around the port is Miami who worked in the' Atlantic the Atlantic Refining Company fleet during the summer and are electigns which started a few weeks keeping a close check" with the ago and are going ahead at a rapid Things are running along full Shipping is fair in the Port of pace. From unofficial indications, Shipping has been on the slow hall to find out when they will be bell for the' past period and it entitled to cast their ballots. Boston and we expert it to con­ the SIU has a substantial majority blast here in this sunny little city, Eddie Parr with quite a few men here on the looks as if it may stay that way tinue along the same lines in the at the anchorage and aboard the beach, but shipping is holding up Miami Port Agent ships, thus assuring the Atlantic until the holidays roll around. next two-week period. t, t. seaman of becoming a member of well. Paying off was the -Florida Ships paying off included the the SIU family in the near future. Ships coming through this port (Penn. & Occ.), while in-transit Queenston Heights (Seatrade) Work is still going on at the bulk were the Winter Hill, Cantigny, ships included the Yaka, Azalea Savannah: Trinity (Carras), Bradford Island terminal being built on the site of Abiqua, Bents City, and Afoundria of Waterman; and Logans Fort (Cities Service) the old Turner /Terminal,- docks. Fort, Chiwawa, Ponce (PR Marine), and the Flor­ and the W. E. Downing (State This terminal is supposed to take Bradford Island, ida three times weekly. Fuel). Ail the ships signed on care of all ore and other bulk ship, Government Had a call from Port Everglades Camp, Paoli and again. In-transit ships were ments coming into port when it is at 5 AM for a cook to take a mine­ As far as the shipping picture Waterman's Lafayette, De Soto and Council Grove completed in approximately one sweeper to New goes in this port it has been fine, Iberville. (Cities Service); year. Representatives of other Orleans which with the outlook for the future ex­ Del Santos (Mis­ countries which ship ore into this Pamphlets concerning ship board was going to be pected to keep steady as she goes. sissippi); Steel first aid should be printed and dis­ area have been inspecting the fa­ deliver^ to the Ships paying off were the Fort tributed to all ships, especially ones cilities which have been completed Age (Isthmian); Navy there. Hoskins of Cities Service and Alcoa Pioneer at this date. When this project is When I got concerning artificial respiration Lyle Bull's Monroe, with the latter and its new methods of application. completed it is supposed to be the (Alcoa), and the there she had al­ signing on again. In-transit ves­ Seamen have been called on quite finest of its type in the country, W. E. Downing (State Fuel). ready left the sels included tho Seatrains Geor­ a few times to administer arti­ able to handle any size ore ship in The Paoli paid off and signed on harbor and was gia, New York and Savannah (Sea- ficial respiration, saving many a a matter of hours whether it be for Japan, taking quite a few m.en waiting in the train); Transatlantic (Pacific Wa­ life with the induced method of loading or unloading. Isthmian and from the hall, while the Council bay so I had to Yflar terways); Bienville, Wacosta and put the cook on breathing. It would be a wise other large ore outfit are expected Grove paid off he're and went back the pilot boat and send him out. Azalea City (Waterman), and the move to have this knowledge to use the terminal's facilities to coastwise. All of the ships took quite a few men making all hands save time and loading expense. There are 17 of these vessels to Robin Locksley of Seas. One of the local boys who spread around the ships, not con­ happy. be delivered to New Orleans and At this writing there is none in fined to one or two men on each Came in Clean we may get called again if they, dropped around the hall is Sea­ ship. Let's have those pamphlets. the hospital from the Mobile area farer H. A. An- ^ The Paoli and the Council Grove need some men. except Willie Reynolds who would Men in the marine hospital in­ derson who both came in clean with hangup The weather/is cooling off a lit- joined the SIU clude E. Callahan, J. Penswick, T. appreciate hearing from some of SIU crews. Most of the beefs were his old shipmates. He expects to ^ tie, but .we are still getting some early in its stages Mastaler, F. Mackay, and J. E^ squarred away before they got in ) ain. The, mackerels and blues of organization. Crowley. Oldtimers on the beach be there for quite some time, so if so wt only had a couple, which are starting to run and everyone He started— to are E. Taber, C. Karas, P. Karas, any of the brothers are in the New were settled to the satisfaction of is heading to the fishing grounds sea in 1921 with John Halpin and James Halpin. Orleans area we hope they don't the crew. or. the charter boats if they have' Standard Oil of The Halpin boys are brothers, as forget to stop by the hospital-to Over in Elizabeth, La., where visit him. the price. are the Karases. . New Jersey on the Paperworkers Union has been Old Timers on Beach Thank Captain the Polarine as a James Sheehan out for over a year, the Superin­ Some of the oldtimers on the tendent of State Police picked up The boys on the Ponce asked wiper making a Boston Fort Agent Anderson beach down this way include three strikers on what is obviously me to express their appreciation grand total of i t 4. Mickey Pinner, A. Barnes, L. Jor­ a trumped up charge of trying to for sailing with such a wonderful $57.50 per month for a seven-day, dan, Kenny Lewis, Charles Han- dynamite a gas'line. The union is captain, as Captain Bellhouse, who 75 hour week. Mobile: ners, Charles Wells, L. Kyser, fighting it all the way and some­ was relief skipper on the ship for In those days, he says, the con­ Ernest Mosley and Jimmy Bradley. one's face will be red before it is a few trips. They said it was a ditions were somewhat on the pleasure to go to sea under sudh rough side with the foc'sle dou­ Also around the hall is Seafarer over. This is the same man who a skipper. I suppose some of the bling as messroom. The bunks Ernest Hannon. Hannon is married goes around smashing slot ma­ boys will want to ship with him on lined the bulkheads and the tables^ and makes his home in Mobile, chines and is now facing trial in his next vessel. were set in the center of the Shipping in the port of Mobile usually sailing out of here in the court for smashing some juks George Murphy albo asked me foc'sle. Andy sure is glad to be for the past few weeks has b^en rating of steward. For the past boxe's during one of his Carrie Na­ to thank the boys on the Council with the SIU today, knowing what holding its own with approximately couple of years he was chief stew­ tion-styled raids. Grove for their help in'trying to real conditions mean to a Sea­ 135 men shipped to various off­ ard on the Golden City (Water­ Among the boys on the beach w« make him mOre comfortable after farer. He thinks the Welfare Plan shore jobs and about 60 more-lo- man). find J. Mitche'l, recovering from he broke his back and feet. Some is just about the tops in the various relief jobs in and around Brother Hannon has been in the an operation. Just waiting around the harbor. of the boys on the ship wrote me Union. organization since its early days for the next ride are J. Mapp, Men on the beach include J. W. asking about him so I brought him Ships paying off included the and believes that our disability Ross Lyle, J. McConathy, J. Bliz­ the letter. He was greatly pleased Floyd, J. Nelson, E. L. Thompson, Alcoa Pegasus, Puritan, Ciipper, benefit is one of the finest points zard, F. Fall, C. Everett, C. Istrr by their interest. Last week, when C. Medley, J. B. Crane, R. F. Burn- Pilgrim and Corsair (Alcoa); and of the SIU. He likes them all, but and T. DempsCy. 1 visited him, his doctor had just sed, T. M. Hedlun and H. CantLeroy Clarke the Claiborne, thinks especially well of that. presented him with a pair of well. In the marine hospital are The weather outside is delight­ Lake Charles Fort Agent Warrior and Mon. crutches, so he will be able to get J. Littleton, John Duffy, J. B. Far­ arch of the Seas ful, to paraphrase the words of a 4, 4i 4>' ' out of his wheel chair and hobble row, R. Huggins, H. Gardner, L. (Waterman). popular song of a few years back. around. I expect to see him any Love, Sam Jonas, R. Denmark, S. Signing on were The rest" of the country may be Seattle: day up at the hall. Jose Vilar still Kirkpatrick and C. Kent. the Alcoa Pega­ storm-tossed, but we jike the sun­ Two of the brothers who crossed Is in the hospital. sus, Puritan, Pil­ shine down this Way. the bar on their final voyages were Tug Tied Up Many of the boys are headed grim and Corsair^ The tug Hela is still tied up and F. M. Hansen and W. W. Allred. along with Water- back to Mobile aroimd this time of I don't know just when she will be Hansen died at the Savannah man's Warrior the year. They can't wait to get Shipping has been good in spite coming out. Some of the crew are USPHS hospital and was buried in off the ships with those SIU payoffs and Hurricane. Jordan sticking close by the hall so they Tampa, Fla., while Allred was laid In-transit ves­ and get home for a good time with of the fact that we have had a few vessels go into layup. The major­ can ship out on it again when it to rest in Columbus, Ga. sels were the Topa Topa, Iberville, the family. Jeff Morrison is seaworthy. H. Miller shipped ity of the ships coming in the Seat­ Cal Tanner Antinous and Gateway City (WaterSavannah' Port Agent on the Florida so he can check up tle area for payoffs have beef Mobile Port Agent mian); Del Santos (Mississippi); on the Hela every other day as he against the Army for rpugh treat­ wants to go back on board. He was ment ashore in Korea. one of the organizei's on this tub Ships paying off were the Ames and he feels that from now on it Victory (Victory Carriers); Sea Nan is his home. (Stratford); Jean Lafitte and City of Dutchy Moore has gone com­ Alma (Waterman): Odeanstar (Dol­ pletely native with a set of tornphin); Irenestar- (Maine); William ' toms on the Fonce after one trip Carruth (Trans Fuel) and Camp Shipping Figures October 21 to November 4 to Haiti. The other members of REG. BEG. REG. TOTAL SHIF. SHIF. SHIF. TOTAL Namanu (US Petroleum). Signing the crew complain a bit as Dutchy FORT DECK ENGINE STEW, REG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED on where the Coe Victory (Vicpractices up on bis voodoo. -tory Carriers); The Cabins 'Boston ... 30 19 18 67 32 (Cabins); and the Ames Victory, 12 11 ' We're gfa^to see that everything New York 152 143 128 423 100 83 263 Sea Nan and Jean Lafitte. The 80 is going along well in the AFL Philadelphia 54 32 35 . 121 40 , 38 122 Alamar of Calmar and the Jean drive to clean up the longshoremen 44 and the waterfront situation. They Baltimore 120 91 71 282 257 Lefitte, Coe Victory and The 104 ^79 74 know they can count on the SIU to Norfolk ...18 15 8 6^ 17 Cabins were iiy transit. 41 8 3 Men in the marine hospital who back up the .drive, including, the Savannah ,I 14 21 11 46 29 9 13 7 would appreciate hearing from outports and especially the Port of Tampa v........... 18 24 20 62 18 their old shipmates include B. L. 11 5 2 Miami. Royster, C. E. Owens, and M. R. Mobile\ •. i.. .•. 78 . , 57 60 195 135 •45 48 The holiday spirit seems to be 42 Reeves. settling over the countryside down 364 372 New Orleans 135 107 122 134 , 106 132 this way, wj^h the boys preparing We are enjoying typical fall 121 165 Galveston 52 22 47 66 59 40 to ^end sbme time asliore with weather -for Seattle, foggy in the 63 40 130 mornings and usually rain and sun­ Seattle ................... . 21 26 ' lO59 31 their famili^ for Thanksgiving and 99 shine before the day is over. Wo 119 48 29 22 San Francisco .............. 40 46 33-v the coming 'year-«nd holidays. Even the. tourist business Is picking up 30 24 83 like it, though. 77 29 Wilmington U 26 IT apace now that the cold weather Jeff Gillette i" 76ii:es-s 68»"s" 586" 51S - 1,W Seattle Fort Agent ' to settatfe Miami: Men Want Artificial Respiration Pamphiels SlU Helps Deliver Vessel 70113 Havy Active Shipping Keeps All Members Happy Two Brothers Gross Bar On Last Voyage " I Ml •i-sl 4I ^1 NLRB Eleetion In Allanilc Tops News Army Griji Sliil Tight On Korean Shores -r m . Vi-I •'HII vim •* 'i' "^'1 '3I £> c smppme RECORD Mm . '•st'ap • •' '-H- �Tag* Twelr* SEAFARERS IN THE WAKE It is over a century and a half since President Washington signed the act which, ultimately, launched the US Navy. The first appropria­ tion — in 1794 =- was fantastically •mall, considered in the light of today's maritime projects. It pro­ vided for six frigates to be used for defense purposes, only if need­ ed, against Algiers, which was, iat that time, a troublesome area for the United States. Built by the best shipbuilder in the United States, three of the frigates were 1,600 tons and the others 1,300 tons apiece, and they proved their worth and the super­ ior knowledge of their designer when, in the naval war with France and later, during the War of 1812, they vanquished the ships of their French and English enemies. The first US Navy consisted of the Chesapeake, Congress, Constel­ lation, Constitution, President and United States, each one of which carried a bristling array of 36 or 44 guns. ' I superstitious purposes, is surround­ ed by many contradictory myths: It is considered unlucky to light a pipe from the fireplace, but if you light a cigarette and it goes out repeatedly, you are in love and your love will be returned. Another unlucky gesture is to light one cigar from another. When someone blows a smoke ring, however. It Is a lucky ^sture to try to put a finger through the ring before it disappeais, and make a wish. Snuff, which does not enjoy the popular­ ity it possessed in former days, was supposed to have a beneficial effect, by forcing out of the head any evil which might be lurking there. \' November IS, 195S LOG MEET THE SEAFARER JOSEPH O. MALONE, ch. steward Joseph O. Malone, 66, has been saloon,and lost hli#shirt. Then it a seafarer since 1907. In that year was back to sea again. Question: Whom do you think Shipped Fast should ke^ the laundry room he left AshevUle, North Carolina, In 1941, Malone went over to' and went to sea. Since then he's clean? the old SIU headquarters on Stone' been sailing regularly, except for Street, looking for a berth. Paul' Edwin Edginton, ch. electrician: a few years spent shoreside run­ Gonsorchik asked him when he'd I think the work should be divided ning saloons and raising poultry. be ready to sail. "In two hours," up among the He's been around the world sev­ Malone said. TWo hours later he: three depart­ eral times and through both wars. was aboard, and he's been shipping > SIU ever since. ments due to the But the highlights of his career, He was out during both World, fart that the he feels, were two respues. Wars, dodging German submarines laundry was put aboard primarily In November ld20 he took part and aircraft. His ships were shot for the use of in the evacuation of the anti? at many times, but never hit. In that respect he was consid­ the unlicensed Bolshevik White Army ^f South erably more fortunate than otherpersonnel. With Russia, commanded by Baron Piotr Seafarers during the war who had no OT, all should t 5 Wl-angel, Malone's ship, the East­ a rough time of it. clean it equally, "Dead as a herring," a common When the war Was over, Malone phrase, is as accurate as it is vivid. and each man should leave tub and ern Star (Shipping Board), was In decided to try his-luck at another, Sevastopol when Wrangel's Army, machine clean after him. The moment a herring is taken defeated in the Crimea by the Red shoreride business venture. He from the water it dies, and there­ it it t fore is deader sooner, and looks Audley Foster, bosun: I believe troops, was forced to evacuate. went home to North Carolina, and deader longer than any other fish the work should be rotated among Malone's ship was one of the fleet with his brother as a partner, made that carried the Army to Constan­ a try at raising chickens. But neith­ . . The mouth- of a horseshoe crab t ( ij the three depart­ tinople. With Wrangel's Army er of them knew the business. is in its legs . . . Contrary to popu­ i:' ments. They all gone, the Civil war in Russia ended. The birds died, the Malones went , 4« iSj" t lar belief, tortoise shell does not use it and it is broke. only fair that Delivered Babies The oyster, victim of many su­ come from a tortoise, but is derived Malone likes to describe how everybody clean perstitions, is actually quite an from the scales of a sea turtle . . . Brother Malone has the honor the seafarer's conditions have im­ it. It has always of having sailed on the first §hip innocent creature, and has never Among the living creatures which proved in the last 40 years. In can replace parts of themselves worked that way poisoned people — fatally or other­ built for the American, Export the old days the sailor was ostra­ aboard every wise — in months without the let­ which are lo^t or injured, is the Line. In 1919, when he was aboard cized from decent society. Shore starfish. One or all of the starfish's ship I have the Winona, another Export Line ter "R". Neither will the oyster people thought nothing of. trying ' sailed and I cause discomfort to anyone "who rays can be lost without proving ship, he had a share in rescuing to rob him. He had to jump fatal. Even if the starfish is divided, think it is a good wants to eat ice cream. Fishermen, the Greek inhabitants of Smyrna. through a ring every time the cap-, who know oysters better than most each half will grow new rays and system. Also, each man should The Greeks living In Smyrna had tain spoke. His old blue mattress become a complete starfish once clean up afterward. of us, do claim that they can fore­ offended their Turkish rulers, who cover was left on the sack until tell the weather. When oysters are more ... A cuttle fish is npt a fish, 4> ^ decided to punish them. With it became smelly. bedding deep, this is taken as a but an octopus. Maynard Newman, FWT: If a characteristic ruthlessness, the Real People sign that the winter will be- cold man uses the washing machine, I Turks put the town to the torch 4" t t Now that's all changed. A sailor and long. think he should and burned it to the water's edge, is no longer considered riff-raff. Just a century ago, a group of In addition to all the superstibe man enough leaving thousands of people home­ Malone likes to teU about the men meeting near New York's tidhs about not eating oysters, to leave it clean less. The Winona, which was the society lady who visited the SIU there is an old belief that to eat Grammercy Park came to a deci­ the way he found only American ship in the port, cabaret, saw a group of wellsion which wopld have far-reaching oysters on the first day that they it. Leaving i t took 2,500 refugees aboard and dressed and respectable men results — the laying of the first are sold in the market will prove dirty for the next carried them to Mitelene and dancing with their dates, and said lucky for the eater. Perhaps this successful Atlantic cable, which guy is just a Patras. During the voyage to to her escort, a union official, "Are Is the original reason why oysters which made America one of the dirty trick. If Patras, five children were born. those seamen? Why, they look like are delivered to the White House in greatest trade centers of the world. everyone cooper­ Brother Malone delivered two of people." After 12 years of repeated failures / Washington at the start of the ates it will make them himself. Linens are changed aboard ship oyster season. The oyster was sup­ and discouragements, the world's it that much as often as they are in first-class Opens Saloon posed to have other beneficial qual­ largest steamship, the Great East- easier on the next guy who wants hotels. The sailor has money and ities. too. Casanova, for example, em, succeeded in this undertaking, to do his wash. In 1935, after the repeal of pro­ freedom, he can send his children always gave the oyster credit for and in 1866 New York celebrated 4 4 hibition, he opened McGillicuddy's to college, and the public respects at least a part of his success with the great event which was to have Leonard Bailey, oiler: Each de­ Saloon—named in honor of Connie him. so important a role in its future. the ladies. And to Cyrus Field, at whose home partment should take turns clean­ Mack, the former manager of the Malone is mighty proud of this i t t ing the laundry Philadelphia Athletics — on 57th change. He says "We've gone a the idea began, goes the credit *or Tobacco, which was first used by linking the commerce of the New room. The great­ and Lexington, in Manhattan. The long way, and weTe gonna keep ancient peoples for religious or World with the Old. est thing we business failed. He opened another goin'." ' have.aboard ship is the laundry room and -Hi e washing machine. If the guys don't 'ACROSS DOWN A lost Soaked want to keep it Yugoslav partisans, some under SIU wages a campaign to have the weekend Wager , 1. Texas Lieutenants: clean 1 think we Tito and some under General Mil- Government approve its new con­ 22. Hit Recipe Puerto Rico Abbr. 23. Important Gulf should go back hailovitch, reported "great pro­ tract which called for wages well' port Where Danald shipping area 37. Bad luck Man's name Duck Bar is to the old "Chinaman" we had on gress" in their activity against the above the "mode" or ."average" symbol 24. Nut grown in Destroyer Black 23 down 38. Priest's ' the Liberty ships. City in Maine Bar. in BA German forces. They reported, in allowed by wage laws ... US Sec­ 26. Man's nick­ garment Fish bait 12. Age separate actions, the taking of "the retory of-State Cordell Hull and 4 4 4 name 39. Member of Do as told 13. Where 27. Exist track team ^ John Grabowski, OS: If each second best iron ore mine," and British Foreign Secretary Anthony Girl's nick­ Charlie's Bar is 36. Lopat of 40. Evade name 14. Hurry man keeps it clean after him I fierce street to street fighting in Eden arrived in Moscow for a war­ Yanks 42. Departed What every 15. Bit of advice 31. New class of 43. Soon think it will , navigator 16. Yankee baUsome areas ... The SIU, which had time policy conference with Soviet freighted 46. Catch of game playcr \ needs fought-attempts to use Nazi pris­ Foreign Cominissar Vyacheslaff M. 47. Position, as of make it that 10. Part of name 32. Port in 17. Arrive: Abbr. Honduras saUs much easier on of SA port 18. Greek letter oners to do seamen's work, at­ Molotov. 49. Man's nick­ SO. Marshal. Napo­ 11. Former Giant 33. How the the sanitary men tacked an attempt by some busi­ weasel goes name manager leon's army 4 4*4 Sick of each depart­ 21. Brother: Slang nesses to use Nazi POWs in pref­ (Puzzle Answer on Page 25) The 83,423-ton Lafayette, for- " 32. Theatre dis­ ment. As far as erence to union labor . . . The Al­ merly the French liner Normandie, trict who should keep 24. A pushover lies said that their fighters and was turned over to the Brooklyn 25. White poplar it clean is con­ bombers ranged over the entire Navy Yard for refitting for active 26. Encourage cerned, I believe 28. Politician: length of Japanese occupied Burma service. Salvage work, which had' Slang the work should in "intensified operations" . . . started In May, 1942, after the ves­ 29. Three-masted <K< • .ffis go to the various ship. Mediter­ German counter attacks slowed sel burned and capsized was com- . ranean departments and each of them the Allied advance In Italy. pleted at a cost of $4.5 millioif . . . 31. Tourist guide should take turns. 34. Walk in water 4 4 4 Berlin claimed that its troops, in 35. Historic spot. Chicago's first subwa7, almost "stiff counter-attacks", were in- , 4 4 4 Texas Harry Gunderud, AB: The work five miles long arid costing $34 flicting "heavy losses" on Allied 37. Street. Liver­ pool should be divided among the three million was formally opened . . . forces north of the Volturno River 40. Snare departments on A mass air raid of Fiying Fort­ in Italy... The SIU fought "to the 41. Leave out 42. Girl: Slang a weekly or daily resses hit the . roller-bearing. fac­ hilt" an attempt by the Army to 44. Short drink basis so that each tories at Schweinfurt, Germany, a grab jurisdiction over merchant ' 45. Nothing^ 46. Extra pay for one gets its l,00()-mile trip. The US said heavy seamen and to inflict Army regula. 37 38 39 dangerous turn. Every man fightelr opposition was met and tions and punishment on seamen work ^ ^ 41 48. Lajoie. old should make it that, in addition to destroying the . . . Mass raids of 50(1 and 1,000 time baUplayer II his personal busi­ plant, . 186 enemy aircraft were Allied planes hit light industrial SO. It beats a king 45 148 49 81. Positive pole ness to see that knocked down, while 60 fortresses centers in Germany, primarily in 82. High note the laundry room were lost . . . Allied forces con­ Essen and Gelsenkirchen . . . US 83. Tliat girl 151 50 152 84. Small Spanish is clean. The of­ tinued to . advance, toward the' planes dropped 250 tons of bombs horse ficers aren't go- Burma Road, with heavy fighting on Akyab, a Japanese base in An Aleutian 154 53 155 island ing.to clean.it for ua. .encountered every, step ... The Burma. , ,. . . v EN YEARS A6I) m Is#Ir 1^:' l.:rd ': ll-' |j»';.:- ^^C;. • • I ' '••*'<•• �>mf"':-r' SEAFAREHS Loa IS; 19SS SEAFARERS Rt LOG Novambm- 13. 1951 Vol. XV. No. 23 Published hlweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. STerling 8-4670. PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer editor, HZBUXT BRAND; Managing editor. RAT OENISON; Art Editor, BeRMAao SEAMAN; Photo Editor. DANIEL NILVA; StaS Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR. IRWIN SnrACS. ART PERFALL, JERRY REMER, At. MARKIN. NOEL PARMENTEL; Gulf Area Ttepjarter, BILL MnoDT. Canadian Victory Another significant victory for maritime unionism has been won by the SIU in Canada. The Canadian District of our International Union has settled a 26-day strike against that country's deep sea shiiis with a convincing contract victory. The 56-hour week, long the bane of Canadian maritime, is dead, and the union has won important improvements in wages and other contract provisions. This was the first major test of strength for the Canadian District since it won the right to represent Canadian deep sea men three years ago. And it was only at the last SIU con­ vention this spring that the District was granted its full autonomy as a member of the SIU of North America. As an autonomous tinit, the Canadian District went it alone in this strike and came through with colors flying. It did not have to call on the A&G District or the SUP for help, al­ though that help would have been granted if needed, "rhat fact is the'surest possible proof that the Canadian District is nov/ firmly established as a full-fledged member of the ' SIU family; Election Progress • Approximately half of the Atlantic Refining vote has now voted, and, nothing has happened to change the convictions of SIU organizers as to the favorable outcome of the balloting. On the contrary, there is every indication that the fleet is going strongly for the SIU with a pro-Union swing making itself felt oh the ships. A typical straw in the wind was the reaction of the crew on the Franklin, a small inland ship which Atlantic uses as a sort of oil barge to move local shipments in and around Philadelphia. The half-a-dozen jobs on this ship were gen­ erally considered plums that were parceled out to company favorites. Consequently organizers had made; little contact with the crew. ^ Yet when news of the election came through, a crewmember of the Franklin made a point of coming down to the SfU Philadelphia branch hall to get pl^ge cards for the entire gang aboard the ship. Within a month, the NLRB should be able to count the bal­ lots and make the results known. When that happens, Atlan­ tic Refining will have to negotiate with a real maritime union for the first time in its history. 4" 4" Dispnte On Libertys " The proposal to conyert the old Libertys into 18-knot cargo ^ carriers has aroused a great deal of controversy all over the industry. Many segments of the industry oppose the plan because they feel it would take attention away from the much-h.eeded planning and building of new, modern vessels. And, frankly, the idea of a rusty old Liberty ripping through the seas at 18 knots seems sort of fantastic anyway. However, there probably would be no harm in trying out the plan by converting one ship, and then seeing how it turns out. If it works out, the plan would bfe useful for converting some of the 1,500 Libertys in the Reserve Fleet—in case of an emergency. In no case, should conversion of the old Libertys be allowed to take the place of a badly needed program for planning and building modern, efficient new ships. ' y if 4', i> Changing Times We came across a mimeographed sheet put out by Missis­ sippi Steamship Company back in 1931 that points up how much times have changed for a seaman. This sheet was a no­ tice to seamen that, "beginning ^tomorrow, the following wage scales shall go into effect." The sheet said that ABs would get $55' a month, messmen and ordinaries would get $46 a month, wipers $50, and firemen $57.50 a month. There was no mention of OT or any working conditions. The company said "this is the wage scale," and th^e men took it, or got off the ships. Things have certainly changed since then. Now, Seafarers on Mississippi ships, or any other ships for that matter, with their SIU contract and represen­ tation, have the top wages, OT and working conditions in the industry, ,;They also have plerity to say about their con• tract.:-. ; , LETTER Pagre Thfiieea 'IVe// Done' of the WEEK Steward^s Life No Bowl Of dello To the Editor: Beefs have often arisen aboard ship about so-called "second" meats on the entree. There are no "second" meats served on our ships today. If you see corned beef and cabbage, pot roast of beef or some other meat on the menu, they are main dishes, and not "seconds." A second meat would be some­ thing left over from a previous meal and served at a later meal. No good steward would allow this to happen very' often, since he can operate on an a la carte system on most of his major meats, cut­ ting dovra left­ overs to any great Approximately 1,600 Louisiana for free are reducing the number extent. Cooked sugar workers are still on strike of buses in operation and the num­ ham and cold against low wages and bad hous­ ber of drivers. cuts, of course, ing. The strike Is-being conducted Tearwood 4 4 4 can be used on by the AFL's National Agricultural The blacksmith is-still in busi­ Workers Union. Plantation own­ the night lunch plate. ness judging from a report of the ers and growers have thus far re­ On any usual menu for the AlaBlacksmith's division of the Broth­ mar, the principal meat comes up fused to accept the existence of erhood of Blacksmiths and Boiler­ the union. Cuban sugar workers to the standard of any good Ameri­ The union reported <a va­ can menu. Both meats offered are are readying an embargo against makers. riety of wage gains at several raw sugar shipped to refineries entrees, according to Charles Ranw^idely scattered foundries and hofer, the famous chef of Del owned by the Louisiana sugar con­ forges throughout the country. cerns. Monlco. Also, an NLRB election was won % if if Variety Spice of Food at the American Brake Shoe Com­ Electrical workers at the Hilli- pany in Los Angeles. Here is another point: a ship Is supplied with 4,000 pounds of meat ard- Corporation in Elmira, New4 4 4 for 60 or 70 days. This includes York, have won general wage in­ Milk wagon drivers and inside beef, pork, veal, lamb, chicken," creases of from ten to 25 cents an turkey, corned beef, corned shoul­ hour plus seven paid holidays. milk employees in New York end­ der, ham, ox tails, tongue, etc. Could Christmas bonuses and other ed a week long strike with a pack­ you serve steak every day? Or fringe issues have been improved age increase amounting approxi­ beef? Could you serve pork chops and disability insurance has been mately to $8.50 in wages, vacations every day or veal? No, you could raised from $30 to $40 a week. and other benefits. The strike shut not; there must be variety. The These workers, now members of off most of the city's milk supply only way to vary the menus Is by the International Union of Elec­ as well as for surrounding areas, using the meats that you fellows trical Workers (CIO) had voted to but housewives largely overcame may call "seconds." quit the left-wing UE in 1950. the inconvenience by using canned and powdered milk. Go Into any first-class hotel or 4- 4" • 4^ • restaurant and you will find this The CIO Textile Workers Union 4 4 4 kind of meat on the bill of fare. has asked the new Secretary of Approximately 6,000 production However, you may not find corned Labor, James P. Mitchell, to in­ beef on all of them. Do you know crease the Walsh-Healy minimum workers at the Singer Sewing Ma­ why? It costs too much to offer on rate in the woolen and worsted in­ chine company in Elizabeth, New Jersey, have reached agreement the menu. dustry to $1.20 an hour. Present with management on a new con­ Can't Please Everyone minimums are $1.05 hourly. These tract providing an increase of Another thing IM like to bring minimums are enforced on Gov­ eight cents an hour. Federal and to your attention Is that meals on ernment orders for textiles. State mediators aided in reaching a ship are prepared for at least 37 a settlement of the wage dispute. i if i. men. Each man has different likes Skilled patternmakers in De­ 4 4 4 and dislikes. ~ Some call hamburger steak a troit, members of the AFL Pattern Miami bus drivers received $80,second meat, but throughout the Makers League, have won a pay 000 recently in a share-the-profits United States It Is a favorite food, increase of 20 cents an hour and plan that was reached between both commercially and in the other improvements. The settle­ their union and two transit com­ homes of 90 percent of the nation's ment came at the end of a week- panies in the Florida city. The families—^when they can afford to long strike of 950 members against drivers are members of Bus. Op­ b^,lt. The same goes for frank­ the Michigan Pattern Manufactur­ erators Local 1267, AFL. ers Association. furters. 4 4 4 ' I am defending only the case for 4 4- 4" Representatives of the AFL the steward, who has a heavy load Members of the Newspaper on his shoulders at sea. No hard, Guild have settled their strike United Brotherhood of Carpenters fielings, fellows, I'm just trying to against three newspapers in Port- and Joiners and the AFL Interna­ clear up some of the steward's land^ Maine, with increases up to tional Association of Machinists shipboard headaches, like the ones $6.25 a week retroactive to June 1. met 'in Washington to begin a series of conferences designed to I get myself, sometimes. The agreement also calls for arbi­ Pity the poor steward on a tration of grievances and mainte­ end a more than 40-year-old juris­ stormy night, or on any. other nance of union membership for dictional conflict between the unions. The conflict has centered night, for that matter, when hun­ over which union has jurisdiction gry Seafarers hit the mess room. the life of the_contract. 4 4 4over the installation and erection And during the day, too. It's pretty Bus drivers In Reading, Penn­ of machinery. The Carpenters rough, but It's fun, too. So, fellows, when you start blow­ sylvania, have taken ads in the lo- claim that its millwrights have ing your top about the food, just eal newspapers calling the car pool that jurisdiction, and jthe^ Machin­ stop ^and remember' that your habit unfair tb the union's mem­ ists also claim the jurisdiction. steward Is a Union man, too, with bers. Divisio"h 1345, of the AFL The conflict first came up in the SIU standards' and a contract to Motor Coach Employees Union de­ ALF Convention of 1913, and has live up -jv- clared that motorists who carry been a source of trouble between and- frotn'-work fl^'two Unions ever since. ROUKO-UP • J 'M •- • (is I j �:!^;- Pa«e Fonrteein It SEAFARERS LOG NoTomber 1»» 195S i I h' I iilii®liii|ip'i^^^ 11' » I v^-- ip|||illlii||p¥ ' ' - ' J 4 ° 1mmm^ A -• + \K V ft' _ iip Philadelphia SIU Port Agent Steve Cardullo swears in a group of new SIU members from Atlantic fleet at pre-election rally held in that city. New members are (left to right) Bjorn Wagones, Anthony Good, Joe Hmgraves, Paul Beasley. fe'-' ^-f? i;- f ' ' P-; " • u• i '. - k.;. ;y fMlv' l?.:r • •• • •h' •^ , -I • -J I mmM • *!-.» .1 !:e}'-Zk-A ' yl, . ,A LOG, reporter interviews tankerman Jack Tambascie for iis reaction to the election. Looking on is GI Ted Theodore, Atlantic tankerman who came down to cast his ballot ^ V j®i the National Labor Relations Board voti^ Two tankermen discus^ the outlook with SIU organizers outside the high wire fence that surrounds the Anchorage in Philadelphia. Facing camera are tanke^n^n. Hi ^Aquio and J. DioquinOv SIU men are (1-r) Jim Golder, Jimmy^ Kaup; iind' Boyne, i TOe ^^ntic, memyyerevecHafident of an^BIUiWetary^/ �' November IS, 19SS SEAFARERS LOG Victory spirit is in the air as a group of tankermen pose with V for Victory sigh outside the gates of the ^chorage. SIU supporters were in evidence in large .numbers while AMEU men were hard to find, seaf^er E. B. McAuley (kneeling), an SIU organizer, led the cheering section. The long-awaited election in Atlantic Refining, toward which SIU organizers^ and supporters had been working for many months, got off to a fast start under the supervision of the National Lxibor Rela­ tions Boord. As of now opproxinKitely half of the ships have voted, as well as Atlantic's shoreside in­ stallation, the Anchorage. As presently scheduled, the remainder of the At­ lantic fleet will vote by the end of November with just two ships out foreign voting«later than that date. While the results will not be known until every ship has voted and ballot boxes are opened, all in­ dications are that SIU supporters ore in a very solid majority in the fleet. The start of the voting .was greeted with jubilation by SIU men, while back­ Page Fifteen vi# Tankermen Matthias Jackson (left) and Mrs. Jackson, chat with organizer John Sweeney at rally in Philadelphia. ers of the company union entered the balloting with sinking feelings that were plainly evident on thefr faces. Nowhere was this more obvious than in the An­ chorage, where the company union, the AMEU, could be expected to have considerable strength in shore relief gangs, leadermen and other shoreside jobs. Nevertheless, groups of pro-SIU mer^ far outnum­ bered the scattered handful of AMEU backers. The same situation showed up on the ships. But the best indication of the way things are go­ ing was the response of men who had not yet com­ mitted themselves to the SIU. A sudden last-minute jump in pledges was convincing proof that the SIU was oh its way to a decisive victory in the Atlantic fleet. I A company representative (left, dark coat) boards the launch that took NLRB men as well as SIU and Atlantic observers out to the Atlantic Traveler, first ship to be voted in the election. . • ^ An NLRB representative struggles up the Jacobs ladder of the Atlantic Traveler, the all-important ballot box in hand. AI Gibson (left) and Jack Weeks were two of the many tankermen who made a point of coming down to the Anchorage to vote. Many men on va­ cation traveled long distances to get their ballots in. m •-M The inarch to the polls begins as group of SJU supporters strides down the S"road to Anchorage gates where voting for shoreside men was held.- DirecV- tor-of (Organization Keith Terpe (with large twhite envdope) goes' idohg » with group. Victory rally shows tankermen brimming over with confidence as to the outcome. Men are displaying copies of "Atlantic Fleet News", published by the or rganizing committee,' as w<dj as the SEAFARERS LO€k This rally was held in-PhiJadeli^v;^.v-• • .11 �SEAFARERS PiC* Sixteea LOG Ncrenber IS, 195S SEAFARERS Edward F. Cavanaivli, Jr., Commissioner of Marine and Navication for the City of New York, has under advisement a pian which would enable the city to acquire the seven now privately-owned ferry boats runninr between Brooklyn and Staten Island. The boats are presently owned by Electric Ferries, Inc. Commissioner Cavanauyb conferred with Offden B. Hewitt, president of Electric Ferries, Inc.. and Lazarus Joseph, Controller for the City of New York. If the City ayrees to purchase the ferries, which last year carried 2,435,216 vehicles and 4,518,623 passenyers, tte Board of Estimate would have to approve the move. The company has notified Uie city that it does not Intend to renew its franchise after it expires next March 3L The City is determined to keep the important transport link system, even if it means operating the ferries ht a loss. The Military Sea Transportation Service has signed or renewed charters with two steamship companies to operate six privately-owned C-2 type cargo ships. Under the agreement, each vessel is contiupcted at the rate of $1,950 a day on time-charter basis, where ships are pro­ vided fully equipped and manned. Charters were renewed on three Waterman ships, the City of Alma, the Beauregard and the Warrior. New charters cover the Golden City also a Waterman ship, and the African Pilot and the African Sun of the Farrell lines, •he charters run from four to six months with options of like periods. J, Jp ^ The General M.B. Stewart cleared the Panama Canal and arrived in New York on Wednesday. This ship is the fifth Navy transport to sail from the Far East to New York. The MUitary Sea Transportation Serv­ ice reports that the Stewart carried 2,685 mUitary personnel, including 170 Puerto RIcan troops, trho debarked at San Juan, and 301 Columbian soldiers, who were transported to Cartagena. ^ ^ Lloyd's Register of Shipping reports that ships lost as a result of sea hazards numbered 181 in 1952, The amount of tonnage was 219,429. The number of vessels w^g the second lowest in a peacetime year since 1928. The tonnage figure represented the lowest since that year. Sta­ tistics released by Lloyd's showed total losses resulting from wrecks topped all other types of casualties last year, "79 ships of 127,777 tons were lost in that Ayav. 42 vessels of 31,252 tons flotmdere^, while 22 of 17,592 tons burned, 19 ships of 28,391 tons were lost in collision and 10 of 2,832 tons weye reported lost under circumstances not fully re­ ported and 9 of 11,479 tons were reported as missing. The United States fleet lost the most ships in 1952 with 28. Greece was next with 7 and" Panama third with 6. ^ Brazilian President Getulio Vargas has approved a plan to spend $4,000,000 on improving shipping on the River Plate,, in an effort to relieve his country's transport, crisis. The plan would cover renovation and expansion of the River Plate fleet plying through the River Plate between the Parana and Paraguay rivers. It was indicated that at least part of the cost could be met with funds recently approved by United 'States for coastwise shipping. The scarcity of roads and railroads in Brazil gives water transport a .special importance. The pian provides for the purchase of five river tugs and 22 steel barges of 1,000 tons each, for use on the Paraguay River and two tugs, six 200 ton barges and two small passenger vessels to use on the Parana. i" 4" 4" A post-war shipbuilding boom has lifted The Netherlands from sixth to fourth place among the world's shipbuilding nations. Only the United States, the United Kingdom and West Germany continue to rank ahead of The Netherlands. There are 300 shipyards in that country and all are now fully-booked through 1956 with advance construction orders. . . . The SS Veendam, Holland-American Lines' 30-year-old, 15,652 ton liner, arrived, at Hoboken on her last Atlantic crossing. Known as the "Graceful Old Lady of the Atlantic," the ship will head South for Baltimore, where she will be converted into scrap steel. Captain Harm Oldenberger, skipper of the Veendam, said that scores of former passengers has asked for the ship's furnishings and fixtures as souvenirs. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Webb, of Stamford, Conn., who were aboard the Veendam on its final crossing, were also aboard on the ship's'maiden voyage. l" 4" 4« The new Greek . Line flagship, the Olympia, was inspected by over 5,000 visitors who swarmed over the eight passenger decks and through the 21 public rooms. The 23,000 ton liner was tied up at the 58th Street pier. This was the Olympia's maiden voyage, after being built in Scotland. ' The flagship plans to pay a. visit to Boston. It plans to make Boston its regular port of call in the United States and make five runs a year to that city. The admission price paid by visitors was for the benefit of the Ionian Islands Emergency Relief Fund for the relief of the thousands of families left homeless hy the recent vol­ canic explosions in those islands and elsewhere in Greece. While the vessel was built in Scotland, it is owned by Greek shipping interests and is under Liberian registry. ACT! ON There's slwaini a considerable number of new faces coming into the SIU every year. That's a part of the normal turnover in the ship­ ping industry as many men settle down shoreside after a few years and are replaced by newcomers. With this in mind. Seafarer Charles R. Johnson of the Feltore -- - proposed that educational meet­ be held ings regularly for all departments. He suggested that such meetings could make up the history and aims of the SIU, as. well as ac^ Johnson quaint the new men with the constitution and by-laws of the Union. Johnson himself has been sail­ ing with an SIU book since Janu­ ary, 1948, joining the Union in Philadelphia. He's 26 years old and comes originally from North Carolina. He sails in the stewards department. By now practically every SIU ship's crew has discussed the prob­ lem of the US Public Health Service hospitals at their ship­ board meetings and has voted to take some kind of action on that score. Aboard the Alcoa CHpper the initiative came from veteran Seafarer William J. McKay, known to his shipmates as "Professor" McKay. He emphasized that it's much more effective for the indi­ vidual Seafarer to write his Con­ gressman as an individual than for a ship's crew to send a collective telegram. The individual letters always attract more attention because they mean a man was so interested that he took the trouble to write him­ self. McKay, a native New Yorker, passed his 65th birthday last June 24 and is still going strong. He joined the Union in Miami in 1941, and holds stewards department ratings. • i t 4. Crewiftembers of the Clarksburg Victory (Eastern) expressed their appreciation td ship's delegate Kenneth Roberts on their last voy­ age for a very fine job of repre­ senting the gang. Rooerts was thanked for his efforts on behalf of the crew that made for a smoother trip than would other­ wise be the case. Roberts, who is 26, is a native of Michigan. He joined the Union in New York in 1949, and sails regularly in the deck department. 4 Well-Inlormed Using Common Hand Tools A atandard comic book gag is the one about the fellow missing the nail with the hammer and landing on hie thumb instead. What­ ever the humor in the situation, it seldom appeals to the victim. A considerable percentage of such accidents resulta on shipboard from the use of hammers and other hand tools. While they aren't neces­ sarily the serious kind, they arc responsible for cuts, severe bruises and sometimes broken bones. A great many of these accidents result from use of tools that aren't in good condition to begin with, Loose handles, dull cutting edges, broken and chipped parts all are conducive to somebody getting hurt. Improper handling of the tool, or use of the wrong tool for the job is another cause of accidents. While here, like in most other matters, the ship's officers have the responsibility of inspecting tools and seeing that defective ones are repaired or discarded, it's only sensible for the Seafarer to put an oar in on the subject. After all, he's the one who is going to be using the stuff, so he should take an interest in seeing that he has good tools to work with. Tools Dropimd From Above One of the most serious, and easily avoided, shipboard- accidents is the result of hand tools being dropped from aloft or from stagings. These have a habit of landing on somebody's head below more often than would seem possible. It's simple enough to prevent this kind of thing. All that has to be done is to tie light lanyards to tools being used aloft, or put them in a box or bucket lashed to the staging. It saves a lot of time and trouble climbing down and picking them up, then climbing up to. where the work is. Any tool like an ax, hammer or sledge is dangerous if the handles aren't in good condition. A loose or split handle at the best makes it difficult to swing the tool accurately. If the head of the fool flies off it can have serious consequences. Splinters in a handle can lead to cuts and make it difficult to use the tool properly. OiF and grease will cause handles to slip. Keeping them clean and wrapping tape on the ends are two Sound precautions. • After a while, any wooden tool handle will tend to shrink so that new wedges have to be inserted between-the handle and the head to hold it fast. Either a metal or a wooden wedge is satisfactory, but nails should not be used because they will spl^ the handle. Carry Spare Handles The best thing of course, is for the ship to carry some spare handles just in case. If any aren't around, the crew just has to make do with what they have. The ordinary hammer face is a smooth and flat one except for some types used for special work. They should be kept that way for most effective operation. A carpenter's han^mer should be limited in use to the work it's designed for—driving nails. Where a chisel is used, employ a machinist's hammer which will not chip. Sometimes when chisels, punches, wedges and similar tools are used, chips, will be knocked off their heads under the pounding of the hammer. Usually-this happens after the head has spread from re­ peated use. 'The head of the chisel should be ground so that the burrs ^ are removed and the danger of chipping reduced. Keeping the cut­ ting edge of the chisel sharp is also important so that it won't slip out of the cut. Wrong-Size Scrpw Driver Hurts Screw drivers are responsible for many abrasions and punctures when the driver slips out of the screw slot. That usually happens when a wrong size driver is used or when the screw itself may be jammed or corroded and won't turn. Another way to invite damage from a screw driver is to hold a small piece in your hand while working. Small work should beiheld in vises or placed on some kind of firm support so that there's less chance of the palm being punctured. Hand files, being very hard and brittle tools. Have a tendency to snap if used for any purpose other than what they were made for. Files should never be used without handles for the simple reason that the fingers can be badly scraped or the palm punctured by the file. Length Of Wrench Important Wrenches, like screw drivers, can cause difficulty if the wrong size, is used for the job at hand. Where the. wrench is ap. adjustable one, it's important to consider the length of the wrench in relation to the work to be done. A long-handled wrench should not be used on a small nut and vice versa. Wrenches should also be inspected to see that their jaws are not worn or sprung. Using wrenches with worn jaws often leads to slips and will damage the put or bolt, making it difficult to remove or tighten. By Bernard Seaman •.1 »' j.., •, �•s. ^-i.'.-""- r^".',; ">• • •• SEAFARERS LOG Passengers Become Shellbacks AFL-ILA Demands 20c Increase (Continued from page Longshoremen will be guaranteed secret votes on important issues, such as new contracts, the settingup of a fair hiring system, accept­ ing the constitution, and other im­ portant policy decisions. It also means an efficient and clean union working for the benefit of the working longshoremen and giving him the services and representation he needs and deserves, and assur­ ance that every member will have a voice in the policy of his union. At this meeting, for the first time, longshoremen had the op­ portunity of voicing their opinions about the contract demands being made by their union. The men considered the demands made, and approved them without reservation. Two passengers aboard the Del Norte, still covered by egg whites and other Ingredients, approach the Grand Inquisitor as they are changing into shellbacks. I Father Neptune's crew smear a passenger (left) with a combination of ingredients, and then after he is blindfolded (right) lead him toward Father Neptune. {Seafarers Put onCiood Pitch Agalust Tanker (Continued from page 3) decided that the best thing to do was to «meet her in mid-stream with a launch and toss the bundles aboard. The first launch spotted the ship in the vicinity of the George Wash­ ington bridge, but it was unable Keep Draft Board Posted 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 your 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 nothlnR to iitd Seafarers who fall to com- to get close enough to begin fir­ ing, as the ship was going to fast. So the second launch picked her up off the Battery and started cir­ cling for position to get the news­ papers aboard. Full Spead Ahead Apparently one of the company union men on board spotted the launch, because the next thing the Seafarers knew,* the ship gave off a few toots on'its whistle and went full spead ahead with the launch bouncing unhapp^ in its wake. Nothing daunted, the Seafarers took up the pursuit, cornering their quarry as it slowed down for its anchorage off Stapleton. This time the launch got up nice and close and the Seafarers started firing their bundles of newspapers high in the air. Only one bundle missed its mark, the rest of them landing on vari­ ous parts of the Traveler's deck. And as the launch pulled away, mission accomplished, they had the satisfaction of seeing a crewmember pick up the bundles and start to break them out. Several other Atlantic ships have since "been met successfully in much the same fashion with tahl&rmen getting the latest news. " Page SereniccB SIU Scholarship Exam Set' For December 5th (Continued from page 5) Three letters of reference must accompany each application. Every qualified candidate must take one of the standard College Entrance Board examinations which are given at regular inter­ vals throughout the country and in foreign lands. Special exams will be given to applicants who live more than 75 miles from-a city in which the regular test is given. All exams will be graded by the Educational Testing Serv­ ice which conducts the College Entrance Examination program. College Administrators The winning candidates will be selected by a group of college ad­ ministrators on the basis of their performance on the college en­ trance board tests as well as on their past records. Applicants must first be accepted by an accredited college or university before they are eligible to receive an award, but not before taking the exam. No limitations are set upon the type of college nor the field of study of the applicant, but all must be under 35 years of age when they apply. The winners of the 19B3 SIU scholarships are Elizabeth Lomas, who is attending Barnard College; Eugene Goodwin, who is studying at Oregon University Dental School; Charlane Holden, who is attending Richmond Professional Institute, and Alma Jimenez, who is studying at Puerto Rico Univer­ sity Medical School. The trustees of the Welfare Plan receive regular reports on the work being done by these winners of the SIU scholarships, and have re­ ceived completely satisfactory re­ ports to date. It is the policy to study the progress made by each of the winners, all the time they are going to school. . Olde Photos Wanted by LOG The LOG is interested in col­ lecting and printing photo­ graphs showing what seagoing was like in the old days. All you oldtimers who have any old, mementos, photographs of shipboard life, pictures of ships or anything that would show how seamen lived, ate and worked in the days gone by, send them in to the LOG; Whether they be steam or sail, around the turn of the cen­ tury, during the first yvorid war and as late as 1938, the LOG is interested in Uiem.^1. We'll take care of them and return your souvenirs to you. When the contract demands were presented, the New York Shipping Association officially refused to even hear the demands. However, individual members of the associa­ tion took copies of the demands home with them for study. The permanent Injunction, which was issued against the old ILA at the request of the NLRB, makes even more binding the provisions of the temporary injunction that it replaces. This injunction prohibits the use of threats and intimidation. They cannot threaten any long­ shoreman with loss of his job. • a • a Q • • a • • • • a a • • • • • a P a p a a a P • a • a They can't threaten to shut down any shipping or stevedoring com­ pany because it hires AFL long­ shoremen. They can't check the books of longshoremen reporting for work, and can't, make any longshoremen stand apart or work separately. They can't threaten longshore­ men in any way, or use their henchmen to threaten longshore­ men. And, they can't hinder, in any way, the longshoremen's at­ tempts to join yie AFL-ILA or to organize thCir new AFL longshore­ men's union. sums COATS SMCKS -pOPCCATS Di%6SSHC^ WDRKeMOES VOhi&MPSES KflAKI PANTS KHAKI SHIRTS eiUE WORK SHIRTS FRISKOOEENS HICKORV SHIRTS C.PO. SHIRTS WHrrE DRESS SHIRTS SPORT SHIRTS PRESS BELTS KHAKI WEB BELTS TIES SWEATSHIRTS ATHLETIC SHIRTS T-SHIRTS SHORTS BRIEFS SWEATERS UX?<SA6E WORK SOCKS DRESS SOCKS LEATHER JACKETS WRlTlNS RORTROLIO eou'WESIERS RAIN6EAR ALL YOUR MEEPS CAN BE FILLED FRCMVOUR -FROM A SOU'WESTERTD AN ELECTRIC RAZOR . WHATEVER yt?U BUY FROM THE SEA CHEST/ Ybu CAN BE VDvisECETTINS TOP QUALITY SEAR AT SUBSTAN­ TIAL SAVINGS. .A. iWlOM-OWM6t> AND UNION- OPERAlEP ... ;F9KTH6 BENEFIT OF IHE MEMBERSHIP* �:S-70':^:^:/':'- -' • •• •:"• '• •^•Face CIcbteen. SEAFARERS LOa ^'"' v'' ;";/ '• .'"'.'T -'-'..Ne*^bet lt.l95^ SIU Grew Of Waterman Ship Draws Praise Of Passengers That the keeper of tho eastle known expert on buying and con", of Frederick III, in Wartburg, sumer economics. His column, Germany, is careful to point out whicl^ appears on page seven of A group of passengers making their first trip on what they thought of as an "ordinary to visitors certain spots on the the LOG, advises Union members wall in one of the rooms? Accord­ on how to buy and what to buy. freighter" are now singing the praises of SlU-manned ships. When they booked passage ing to the story these spots were as well as what hot to buy. His fof Yokohoma on the Andrew Jackson (Waterman) they were looking forward not too made by Martin Luther, who per­ analyses of brands and products ceived an apparition of Satan. cover such everyday items as happily to monotonous food," Luther is said to have been at clothing, drugs, household utilities, slipshod service, and untidy work on his famous translation of automobiles, eyeglasses and many sleeping and dining quarters. the New Testament and is "Sup­ other products which Seafarers But when they came aboard, ac­ posed to have hurled his Inkstand buy. cording to Mr. Guy Mitchell, of at the devil, who sought to have Shikoku Christian (College, Zeht* t i the monk desist from his sacred suji, Kagawa-Ken, Japan, they got That lie detectors, had wide usage task. Luther was kept at Wartburg an inkling that their fears were in ancient times? The device used castle by Frederick to protect the mistaken. Staterooms and diningtheologian from harm during the was somewhat different from the saloons were all spic and span. And height of his controversy with the mechanical instruments now em­ at the end of the trip, Mr. Mitchell, Roman Catholic Church. Some ployed. The technique was that i^eaking for the eleven passengers, travelers have reported that there the accused would write his oaih wrote a tribute to the tiptop con­ is evidence that new ink has beeil on'a board and thrown into a well dition of the ship, the tastiness of applied from tini^ to time, pre­ kept solely for this purpose, if the food, and the excellent service. sumably by the keeper to keep the the board floated, the defendant Comng in for special praise were was exonerated. If the board sank, castle as a tourist attraction. Chief Steward Lacey (Tiny) Phil­ however, he was branded a per­ lips; saloon waiter J. T. "Blinky" jurer. One of the most famous of That with Korea so much in the Allen, and, bed-room steward these wells was that in ancient news, this * area was once referred Michael Toth. In Mr. Mitchell's Syracuse in Sicily. to on maps as Chosen? This is own words: "Daily menus and the . i similar to the ancient native i^me service, under the supervision of of Chosyon. It is a name derived Chief Steward Lacey "Tiny" Phil­ That contrary to popular notion from the Chinese Ch'ao Hsien, Christopher Columbus did not be­ lips have been above reproach. The which means, ironically. Land of lieve the world was round? Most saloon waiter J. T. Allen and our Photographed on deck of Andrew Jackson are Q to r.) Miss Stephbedroom steward Michael Toth ans, Mrs.'Sanford and West, Judge Haas, Mrs. Morris and Maurada,.. the Morning Calm.. In 1910 the astronomers of his day had the Japanese annexed forea, which idea that the earth was flat ^d made the trip quite pleasant and and Miss Jacquette. Standing (I. to r.) Michael Toth. "Tiny" they called "the dagg^ pointed at a ship would fall into nothingness the service they extended all of Phillips, "Blinky" Allen, and Daryl, all SIU, Mr** Bllsbrongh. and us was courteous and more than the heart of Nippon"' and de­ if it reached the end of the water. Mrs. Mitchell. Standing In the doorway la Capt. Rhodes. ^ pi'aiseworthy." This outstanding throned the emperor, reducing his Ck>lumbus was denounced as a service was described by the skip­ title to that of Prince. They heretic and radical for his belief, per of the Andrew Jackson, Cap­ changed the name t(r the Japanese which was that the earth was peartain J. R. Rhodes, as "in true SIU form of Tyosen. Seoul was known shaped. Possibly to lessen the style." In these scientific times, when nobody even sights a single as Keijo during the Japanese oc­ clerical opposition to his theory, cupation. Brother Michael Toth didn't miss be presented a stem at the end ~ ^ t> the opportunity to tell the passen­ sea monster any more, Seafarers everywhere must take off of the pear, reaching to heaven. That Sidney Margolius' column His contemporary, Ferdinand Ma­ gers about the SIU, and to pass the their caps to Brother Ed Parsons, who has found two in LOG around for them to read. Mr. Texas. Brother Parsons, a Your Dollar's Worth" appears ex­ gellan, was one of the first navi­ Mitchell was very well impressed, creditable witness, who even that didVoUcal instrument, the clusively in the Seafarers LOG? gators to actualfy conceive of the with what he heard "of your won­ goes by the monicker of "Hon­ speed Jrap. Sidney Margolius is a nationally earth as a ball. derful organization (SIU), what it est Ed," warns all SIU members Gang Busters stood for, and all the benefits" it who iriay be traveling from Orange A friend of Brother Parsons was Galley Crew On New Supertanker has obtained. He also found the to Beaumont, Texas, to watch out. tagged recently on a "trumpedLOG to be an interesting news­ The monsters are known to have up" charge of driving while in­ paper, and wants to get on our their lair in the town of Vidoc, ebriated. He was required to post mailing list. which lies between these cities. an immediate cash bond of three Mr. -Mitchell also commended These monsters, according to hundred dollars or go to Jail for the officers of the Andrew Jackson Brother Parsons, are disguised as 30 days.~ Brother Parsons dqesn't for making the trip so pleasant for deputy const a- ^ report what his friend did. the passengers. Captain Rhodes, bles of Orange These constables, says Brother Chief Mate Clarke, Chief Engineer County, complete Parsons, are new to the force and Stern, and their assistants ac­ with thirteen feel that they have to impress quainted them with the ship's oper­ gallon Stetson traffic violators with their tough­ ations. hats, high-heeled ness. Summing up, Mr. Mitchell says: boots and pearl Brother Parsons vents his sar­ "Speaking for all of us passengers, handled guns. casm on-these constables. He says soon ready to land at Yokohama, They prey on "I simply cannot understand how it has been a wonderful trip with unwary travelers, Thomas E. Dewey or J. Edgar a thoughtful and cooperative mas­ and haul them Hoover have managed to operate Parsons ter; a good ship, excellent cuisine off to court. so long without these characters and service with a true spirited There they confront them with for without a doubt they are real SIU crew. We all hate to leave, but the choice of paying enormous Gang Busters." this is the end of the line for ali cash bonds, or remaining in the In conclusion, he offers this se­ ol us. Good Luck.. God Bless all of can for 30 days or until their case rious warning to all Seafarers you and may the SIU prosper for­ appears on the court calendar. If traveling in Texas: "So,' when ever." the unfortunate traveler is forced driving through Vidoc, Texas, Mr. Mitchell's feelings expressed to remain behind, the monsters, watch your step, for you can be the sentiments of all of the passen­ who consider themselves lady- arrested and convicted bf almost No belly-robber trio this, shown aboard the new Orion Comet. In gers on board. They were delight­ killers, seize their women and anything, and I know what I'm the galley are, left to right, IValter Reidy, steward; Gus Costiu, fully surprised, many expecting to "look after them." The device by talking about, for I live In the city chief cook, and Alvln Carpenter, night cook and baker. The boys ship again with Seafarers. which they capture the traveler is of Beaumont." made the first trip on the new supertanker. New Perils Found In Texas Seafarer Rags — Settles A Financial Problem By B. R«yBt mpor PAIfRt YOU'RE you 60fT/i HELP /V£. tmSff EAtSOME 0OU6H TO eer sAi.rY*> cm i/iA OUTTR �"." .-*^,'S:- November 13, 1953 SEAFA.RE^^RS The November 2nd issue of "Time" magazine devotes a good deal of space, including its cover, to a review of 50 years of photography. Some of the outstanding photos taken dunng the past half century are re­ produced, both in black-and-white and color, A good deal of space is devoted to some of the work done by some of the outstanding photog­ raphers of America. The various types of photography are taken up and examples are shown. The facts and figures indicated are up to date and it would seem*that photography is the "only national folk art yet produced by the U.S." According to the information gathered by the magazine, amateurs in America take nearly 2 billion phptos a year, 25 percent of these with fiash. The money spent for all this runs to $300 million for this year, and the hobby has far -from reached its peak. According 'to the latest count, there are 55,000 professional photog­ raphers in the US. The amateurs number 35 million-, and here "Time" does some fancy figuring. It claims that of these, 28 million are "cas­ ual," 5 million are "serious," and 2 million are "expert." It would be Interesting to know how this breakdown was arrived at. Comparing camera owners with TV-set-and telephone-owners brings up some interesting figures: 27 million families own cameras—as many as have cars, more than have telephones or TV sets. 9.3 million fam­ ilies own two cameras and 1.5 million families have four or more. In 1941 only 29 million families had cameras. Some additional information gathered by the article shows the am­ ateur spending $100 million on developing and printing, as against $20 million in 1940. The industry will net an estimated $700 million, against $126 million in 1939. The greater part of this—about 65 percent—will go to Eastman Kodak, the remainder to Ansco, Du Pont and nearly 200 smaller camera and equipment manufacturers. Since "Time" is a news magazine, we get an interesting discussion of photo-journalism. Matthew Brady, of Civil War fame, is given his just due as the first photo-journalist. Remembering that he worked nearly 100 years ago, with primitive equipment, his photos remain a tribute to his ability. The New York Daily Graphic in 1880 was-the first newspaiper to use photos in half-tone reproduction. "Life," being part of the same family, is credited with being the first to take ad­ vantage of the full potentialities of picture journalism in 1936. The work of some of the more noted American professionals is ana­ lyzed. Starting with Stieglitz and winding up with some of the fan­ tastic photos of Weegee, we find in between such outstanding photog­ raphers as Steichen, Weston, Evans, Eisenstaedt, Arams, Newman bnd others. Fine examples of these and others are reproduced. The amateur gets his credit also. Some of the more earnest ones are organized into some 9,000 camera clubs across the nation. They exhibit their work in museums, international salons and, between times, to a captive audience of visiting friends and neighbors. Five major camera magazines, with a combined monthly circulation of 806,000, are pub­ lished primarily for him, as well as camera columns syndicated in hundreds of newspapers. According to "Time," the photos turned out by the amateurs are ex­ cellent. Robert Capa, a distinguished photographer, is quoted as say­ ing, "Most of the people in this country take pictures, and most of them take better ones than I do." Amateur photos that have made history are those of the sinking of the Vestris in 1928, the explosion of the Hindenburg in 1937 and the Hotel Winecoff fire in 1946. The recent spread in Life on the student riots at Ames, Iowa, was shot entirely by amateurs. And, as most of you probably know, a good deal of the photos in the LOG are contributed by our own seagoing ama­ teurs. \ At top, iSeafarer Sam Munici„AB, left, and F. Kendericks, AB, put the finishing touches oin lHeboat identification aboard the Del Norte on « recent run. The Seafarers relax at bottom with a smile aud. a- cigar before^ comp]^i4ng^.tb^ Page Nineteen Seafarer Sees Union Co To Work On Old-Time Sailing Practices By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor Lifeboat Painting On Dei Norte LOG Sounding a warning as to what some companies and masters would do if there were no SIU to protect the Seafarer, William Wood, deck delegate aboard the Seanan (Stratford), tells of a recent voyage aboard the .vessel in which the captain attempted to pull out all the stops. His attempts at old-'*^' for port an-ival on Sunday, wind, with the bosun, day man and fashioned hard-timing and aration disregarding safety precautions in an AB called on watch to cement bucko-skippering were just order to save a little money. The about as popular as Russia and as effective as a dime-store detective badge. However, when the ship got to Seattle, SIU patrolmen set­ tled everything in favor of the crew. The conditions aboard the ves­ sel, writes Wood, were reminiscent of the sailing ship days when the "old man" was lord, master and chancellor of the exchequer. It was the time when the serious of­ fense of not saluting officers when addressing them was met with the "cat Q' nine tails." It was not quite that lawless on the Seanan, but it was irregular enough for the Seafarers. Found Out l^on Wood got the tell on the situa­ tion when the captain swung the gangway over the side of the ship on a Friday while at sea in prep­ gangway was swung under two life­ boats, to add insult to injury. Later, on arrival in San Pedro, California,, the crew was given a .^5 draw after a three months voy­ age and the aliens aboard got no draw at all. The latter matter was soon cleared up, however, and the aliens drew down their over­ time for the previous voyage, which they had not received up until that time. Departing from San Pedro on a clear Sunday morning with a deep load of barley and a deck load of vehicles, the bosun and dayman made preparations to cement the hawse pipes. They were prevented from doing this by the mate who claimed that the weather was fair and calm and it was not necessary. That night the ship encountered a long swell and a 30-mile-an-hour Seafarer Snaps Korean Longshoremen During a rest period, Korean longshoremen get their" pictures taken by a roving Seafarer. The man behind the camera was Evaristo Rosa, aboard the Ocean Lotte on a recent Far Eastern run. ST New York Salvages Vessel Seafarers aboard SlU-contracted vessels are becoming in­ creasingly salvage-conscious of late, with small vessels turn­ ing up alongside their ships in deepsea waters, according to a report from Antonio Goncalves aboard the Seatrain claimed. The vessel carried much fishing gear, a 25 horse-power out­ New York (Seatrain). the pipes. With the weather ahead, the captain put the vessel in the trough and the cargo came adrift. When her head was finally brought back into the wind, the watch below was brought on deck and an emergency proclaimed. However, emergency notwithstandi- g, neither the engineroom, stew­ ard department nor officer person­ nel on watch below were called out. Restricted to Ship Across the Pacific, the master restricted the men to the ship in Inchon, Korea, claiming the area was not safe. He made no attempt to contact the shore battery at all, by blinker, boat or sending a ship's member to the Provost Mar­ shall's office for passes which were available to crewmembers. The situation got much worse, with a cataloguing of the captain's infractions filling a book. They in­ cluded: using' Korean labor for sailor's work in securing tarps and washing down the ship; refusing to call out a sailor to ring the bell in a fog; refusing to sougee living quarters, messhall and companionways despite running the coal shut­ tle; refusing to purchase American coffee for four months; refusing to replace missing men and much, much more. Sick AB Dies In addition to all this, an AB who reported ill before the ship left San Pedro, suffei'ing internal troubles and vomiting thi'oughout the trip, was put off in Korea where he died from lack of proper treatment aboard the vessel. The officers did not take his illness seri­ ously, treating it for an upset stomach when he was losing weight constantly and looked deathly ill. The men disputed these actions of the captain, putting in for OT for them as well as for being turned to to clean up the ship and wash the holds down in prepara­ tion for the grain cargo. A total of $3,800 was collected for disputed overtime for the crew and gen­ eral hard timing, including 119 hours for the mate running the gang after the bosun was left in Japan when he fell ill and $65 for not having Ameriacn coffee on board for four months. The patrol­ man gave the company the works. Wood says that the maritime clock would have been turned back to 1853 aboard the Seanan but for the SIU, and he's sure glad he was around to see the way it turned out in 1953. To put the icing on the Union cake, the captain was re­ placed as master of the Seanan. Some of these small runabout board motor and two gas tanks and vessels found off coastal waters was valued at approximately prove to "be inhabited, as in the $1,000. At last report the owner hadn't case of the ketch turned up to claim his boat. Sea­ Seafarers aboard farers abroad the Seatrain New the Robin SherYork are wondering what happened wood (Seas) to its occupants in the middle of sighted off New the ocean, so to speak. In the mean­ York last sum­ time, they are content to wait until mer, but the mo­ he turns up to claim it, if he does. tor boat the Sea­ train New York turned up proved to be unoccupied. Goncalves The ship was returning to New York after a southern run to New Orleans when 1. Who is the only Catholic priest named to the national Hall of it ran across a small outboard mo­ Fame in Washington? tor boat drifting aimlessly in the 2. What is the capital of Alaska? Puerto Rico? Hawaii? waters off the metropolis. Un­ 3. Which of the 48 states has only three counties? licensed crewmembers aboard the 4. Who is head of the UN truce team in Palestine? ship, as well as officer personnel, 5. Who were the two Bobos who were paid off last week? were not quite sure Nvhat to do 6. Who preceded Charlie Dressen as manager of the Brooklyn about the little pickup vessel lying on deck after hoisting it aboard Dodgers? 7. Who was named the President's special envoy to the Middle with the winches. East? Make Decision 8. What are the first, names of the three Gabor sisters and their Naturally, there was talk of claiming salvage rights, or selling mother? 9. Which former Army All-American quarterback recently joined ibto the highest bidder, or raffling it off among the ship's crew. How­ the New York football Giants? 10. Who was the famous American jockey who rode his first winner ever, with compassionate hearts prevailing, it was decided to return in *ver twenty years this fall? (Quh Answers On Page 25.) >owj?gr;when trnd-if- it-was- • . Mtp- �tV'**'V''' ' "• ••> '••V • -v;-.^"" '•;-, •' • • '• -• v;^H SEAFARERS racvTwttfttr LOG Bosun's Telegraph Key Sets City Buzzing Over Hidden 'Time Bomb' in phofo at left,. Seafarer Horace GasWlI, right, talks with porter and desk clerk who made the initial discovery and call twr aid. "Bomb" sits in closed trunk. At right, GaskiU and officer George Schaffner, from BalUmore Police crime detection laboratory, look over trunk contents and the "time bomb." Nvrember IS, 195S By Spike Marlin Seafarers who happen to be In can teams have gone to Japan. Japan right now might be a little John McGraw took a bunch of the Giants out there in the 1920's startled to pick up the Tokyo news­ old and Babe Ruth once barnstormed papers and find that the New York through the islands astounding the Giants are in town. What's more natives with his feats of batting startling is that they have been strength. Baseball had such a strong hold winning a lot of ball games against in Japan that the military leaders the local opposition and drawing banned it during the war as "Unmore people than ever showed up Japanese." at the Polo Grounds on a Sunday By now the Japanese have been afternoon in mid-season—except, playing baseball long enough to of course, when the Dodgers were get some "pretty professional polish in town. on their players. No doubt quite As a matter of fact, there are a few of the Islanders are com­ two American baseball teams tour­ petent enough to rate a trial with hig league club in the States, ing Japan right nnw;' The other group is an assortment of players which offers some intefesting pos­ from both leagues under the guid­ sibilities. ing hand of Yankee pitcher Ed Lack Of Beef Lopat. It's a pretty good assort­ Of course, the Japanese players ment at that with such stalwarts face one major difficulty. Most of as Ed Matthews, Bobin Roberts, them simply don't pack enough Yogi Berra and Hank Sauer, beef to stack up with American among others. professionals. While beef has no WUd About Baseball bearing on speed, agility and en­ All this is part of a good will durance, it's needed for any kind tour which is designed to cement of long-distance hitting which is friendly relations between Ameri­ such an important part of the game cans and Japanese. The Japanese today. Even a little guy like Rizzuare about as wild about baseball to has more poundage than the as anybody in the States, includ­ majority of Japanese ball play­ ing the citizens of Milwaukee. The ers. crowds they have drawn are enough Still, we wouldn't be surprised to make any American clubowner to see some enterprising ball club turn several shades of green. give a couple of Japanese players This isn't the first time Ameri- a trial. Come to think of It the Of course, some of the Japanese Giants, couldn't dp too badly by cities like Tokyo and Yokohama bringing one or two home with are considerably larger than many them. The way the club looked US cities now supporting major at the end of last season, anything would help. league teams. Seafarer Horace Gaskill, with assists from local Army ordnance experts, police of­ ficials, hotel employees and a toy telegraphy set had the city of Baltimore buzzing last month with talk of hidden hombs in hotel lobbies. With plots of sabotage and-^ Upon returning the trunk to the foreign intrigue dancing police headquarters where the hotel, police learned it had been through their heads. Army Army stepped in. Capt. Joseph T. Cadden and Sgt. in the lobby since December, 1952, ordinance officials "deactivated" a Forrest Taylor of the 549 Explo­ with nary a sound coming from its supposed time bomb found in Gaskill's trunk—and found it was sive Ordinance Disposal Control midst. Gaskill turned up a few as far from being a bomb as a Detachment answered the police days later to claim his belongings, child's erector set was from being emergency call in a jiffy. They de­ after reading about the episode in a cyclotron. When the truth was cided what to do sooner than that, the paper, getting off with nothing ferreted out, after much sweat and however, after listening to the more than an admonition to dis­ cool display of courage', the "buzz­ "bomb" click its deadly cadence in connect his dry cell batteries when ing bomb" turned out to be a teleg­ the trunk. Sooner than you could next he £oes to sea. It was either raphy set hidden away in a cor­ say nitroglycerine, it was whisked that or scare a city out of its wits. ner of the trunk and actuated by off in a staff car to the wide open a book which had become lodged spaces west of the city. A police escort led the way with blaring against the sending key. It all began when Gaskill left sirens. Silence, It's Wonderful some gear behind in the Armistead Hotel when he shipped out About 14 miles outside the city on his last vessel. A porter in the the pair spotted a hilly terrain ,>iiotel set off the tumult when he suitable for their deliq^te deactiva­ Tn this advancing age of specialization there is no place for the layman, even aboard was shifting some luggage stored tion operations. They carried the in the rear of the hotel's lobby and suitcase to the hillside, attached a SlU-contracted ships, if a report from Seafarer Robert Lee aboard the new Orion Comet vi^as the first to hear the ominous long wire to the latch while hiding (Oil Carriers) holds any water. buzzing coming intermittently behind a rise in the ground, A delicate situation arose from the suitcase. yanked, and opened the suitcase aboard the vessel recently chairman of the meeting contin­ fenders would be forced to eat After that, action picked up to an accompanying loud silence. when the food question came ually interrupted the proceedings Army K-rations for the duration apace. A hurry call to the desk There was no explosion. under discussion during an SIU with the remark, "I only want the of the trip. clerk was relayed to police head­ Approaching cautiously, the or­ meeting. The argument waxed hot facts, sir." However, despite the As an added condiment and side quarters and brought Sgt. Arthur dinance men found the toy teleg­ and heavy for a ham, the galley situation came to dish to the main issue before the Plummer on the double. Plummer raphy set still sending out its sig- while, with the a head and it was resolved that membership, it was decided by one picked up the buzzing suitcase. ,nals. A book was wedged against crew on one side salt cellars and cups would hence­ and all that the steward was either with the air of a man handling a the sets keys, causing the sporadic of the culinary forth be found only on (he mess- to improve the menu or the cooks. nest of bees and rushed it off to and recurrent sputtering. room tables and in the galley. Of­ And no questions asked. fence as opposed to the steward and his depart­ ment. The tem­ pest in a kitchen pot discussion boiled down to The LOG opens this column as an exchange'for steioards, cooks, Lee the fact that the bakers and others who'd like to share favored food recipes, little-known men wanted certain dishes served cooking and baking hints, dishes with a-national flavor and the like, in addition to the regular menu. suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Deforest Fry's recipe for stuffed breast of veal. Steer Middle Course After due deliberation and a As a tasty second dish (especially good for lunch) to go vote of the membership present, it was decided to steer a middle before the desserts that have appeared in the last two issues course in the matter of the menu. of the "Galley Gleanings" column, Chief Cook Deforest Fry The steward took counsel among offers his own version of' his department and his recipes and crackers and the eggs. Then mix came up with the solution to the stuffed breast of veal. Hesay9 the ingredients very thoroughly. gustatory problem. Giving a little it's "something different" from After that's been done, season to and taking as much, the steward the usual run of breast of veal. taste with salt and pepper, and decided that it would be all right To make the veal and dressing with sage or marjoram. When the for the men to suggest the making for about 30 men dressing is the way you want it to of special dishes to the cooks, but you use the fore be, place it in the pocket you've it was definitely not all right to quarters of two cut in the veal, being sure to stuff tell them how to cook same. Too full sides of veal, it in tightly. Sew the pocket closed many cooks spoil the broth, so to one pound of or wrap it securely with butcher's speak. twine. Then place the veal in a ground pork, one Aboard the Kathryn of Bull pound of ground baking pan, with the rib side down. Line, however, a galley discussion veal, one cup of Bake it for two hours or less, de­ of another sort took place. It onions, a pound pending on the weight of the quar­ seems there were increasing in­ of ground bread ter and the temperature of the stances of cups and salt shakers crumbs or crack­ oveq, Add stock after the meat Fry missing from the mess after each ers, half a dozen browns. v. meal. The problem got to be so eggs (both yolks and whites), salt, Brother Fry, who's a native of acute that the membership held an pepper, sage, and marjoram. Auburn, New York, has been ship­ inquiry at the next meeting aboard Take each side of veal and cut ping as a steward since 1919. the vessel to determine the where­ a pocket in it, running ,the boning Lately he's been going to sea as abouts and the disposition of the knife close to the ribs. Grind the chief cook or chief steward.. A missing articles.. . pork and the veal, chop the onions, veteran SIU member, he joined the i c, mixing union at the tlme.voL its. founding Affected perhaps by Jock Webb's, and place aU thrae ip televised whodunit^ "Dragnet," the bowl. Add the bread crumbs or in 193a. . Seafarer Crews, Stewards Depf. In Pitched Battle Of The Menu THe Best eniPBP/^i£a3E=/ei^ ,SSAFM^PS S54 CH^ iir. bSATATAKti' P/ZkM.Tfywd.SHIP Alow <34«Ji© AAi SH) SLcFOAmrseAS? lAi YouP- sossES/rcns rr0MS> Youfm-s/laja> m ACAVSOOR-THB rfi •' �- !9riiiflr. Mate Is , JekjgU And H^de To the Editor: I would like to apologize to. the membership for the last letter - written about chief mate M. Galuch. In my' opinion he has turned out to be one of the rottenest mates that fve fever sailed with —two-faced and galling to a work­ ing man. I never knew a man who could change so after taking a few drinks. When he comes aboard he has trouble with the gangway cop and then , starts on the poor old deck engineer, W. Murphy, who is very easy to gfet along with, and then the -steward. Later he starts on me. He took me up in front of the Gibbs captain, who is a fine man in my opinion. He didn't get very far then; after all this happened he had to apologize and try to get himself squared away with the men who were bis friends in the past. This shows you what old John Barleycorn will do for you. The captain's name is Merille E. Frost. He is a fair man to the working man and one whom the crew will respect. This trip hasn't been too good with this chief mate, but we hope to be able to straighten him out. If anyone comes on board, be on your guard for this chief mate of the Oremar. Carl E. "Red" Gibbs Left Brothers To A Hard Trip To the Editor: I had to leave the Stony Creek to go to the USPHS hospital in De­ troit for an operation while the ship was in New York. I got stranded at the airport and it took the Welfare Services Department to bring me into the Union hall. When I left the hospital, Stillman was still there. •I would like to wish the fellows on the Stony Creek an easy trip, but I don't think that will happen, because I know what is going on. Maybe the delegates will tame the chief mate and engineer before the ship hits port. Adolph'Pachucki 4 4 4 Steel Architect Protests Closing To the Editor: ^ We, the crewmembers aboard the Steel Architect, vigorously protest the proposed closing of any and all USPHS hospitals. Never before, in any previous adminis­ tration, has such a pernicious health proposa.l been conceived during the IZl years the USPHS hospital program has been advanc­ ing medical science. Should this proposal become law, thousands of actt\ •) merchant mar­ iners, as well as qualifie'd Govern­ ment workers, will be deprived outright of adequate and necessary medical attention. No Other Benefits . Despite the many wartime in­ juries received by thousands of merchant seamen while.- courage­ ously maintaining America's life­ line, the only material benefits re­ ceived by such men are totally and solely including in the prevailing USPHS hospital program. Never has the valor of merchant seamen been recognized by the Federal Government in. any other way, materially speaking, althou^ all other war-connected seinrices, whether in active combat zones and hazardous areas or not. have received. ' educational, hoiisingi' busintftr and. bonus franta from Stabs ^and^Fi^eral agencies. None Face Tweniy-oo* SEAt ARERS tOC NmrtaOmr U, 1998 L E ITER S ' of these grants, other than USPHS hospitals, have been made avail­ able to the merchant seaman. Therefore, the imdersigned do unequivocally endorse these state­ ments as our direct protest against the proposed, closing of any and all USPHS hospitals. Signed by 32 crewmembers of the Steel Architect (Ed. Note: Copies of this letter, in slightly longer form, were sent by the crew of the Steel Architect to President Eisenhower, Vice-Pres­ ident Nixon, Representative Mar­ tin, Speaker of the House and Sen­ ator Knowland, Republican Major­ ity Leader.) Fine Captain Runs Irenestar To the Editor: ^ Well, brothers, we are about to complete another five-month voy­ age aboard the Irenestar with Cap­ tain Krantz, who has been a fine man to sail with. He has always done everything he could to make the trip as pleasant as jMssible, and don't think -the crew didn't really appreciate it. We also had Pat Fox on here as ship's delegate, and he did a very good job, so that 4 4 4 everything ran mighty smooth. There is some­ Godwin. thing I want to bring to the attention of the mem­ To the Editor: Several of us from the Alcoa bership about some of these ships Cavalier encountered Brother that are going to the Far East; Be Robert Matthews in the port of La sure that the company puts plenty Guanta, Venezuela. Several of the of stores on board, as the stores ships' crews visited the establish­ you get in Japan are of very poor ment used for meeting our future quality and also high in price. If brothers of the Atlantic Refining you are heading out that way and Company. The subject of the SIU are likely to be put on a shuttle was discussed with some of the run, see that you get at least six to crewmembers from one of the eight months' stores. So long for now and smooth sail­ tankers there. ing to you all. At this time the fellows sure are Robert M. Godwin favorable to the SIU and stated 4 4 4 that the SIU men have a wonder­ ful organization and that they sure would be happy when they become members. To the Editor: Crew of Alcoa Cavalier I have been hospitalized about 4/4 4 15 months, since I was injured aboard the Lawrence Victory in 1950 near Japan. I was discharged from the Veterans' Hospital yester­ To the Editor: day, and am going to try and ship Enclosed you will find a picture out again. I have been carefully observing of a couple of old buddies and my­ self. Some of them are old ship­ the different events that have mates who have visited me quite taken place in connection with the SIU, including the "Reader's Di­ a few times while in Korea. I would like to have my LOG gest" article and other items that subscription address changed be­ have been published. The young cause in the near future I will b,e men who will be the officials of back in old South Philly, and none tomorrow should stop and consid­ too soon to rejoin the Union. er how lucky they are to belong to Please send the LOG to my home such a grand organization. James R. Porter address. 4 4 4 The Shinnecock Bay is now here ki Pusan, Korea. Willie Smith came down to the company to see me, and talk over old times, when we sailed together. To the Editor: We would like to call your at­ The LOG is continually passed on to the ships, while they are tention to the extreme coopera­ here, when I have finished reading tion and exceeding fairness of the latest news about the Union. Captain Gaughen of the Steel Rec­ It gives me a great deal of enjoy­ ords (Isthmian), In his dealings ment to read about my old buddies with the delegates and the rest and how they are making out on of the crew. It was a pleasure to sail under such a skipper. the seven seas. As all of you who have made Ray Jamack this India run know, it is no bed (Ed. Note: We have changed of roses. With Captain Gaughen, your address on our mailing list.l^. Meet Arco Men In Venezuela Returns To Sea After 15 Months See Ex'Shipmate In Pusaus Korea Skipper Tops On Steel Recorder who has a knack of handling sit­ uations with the port authorities out here, the draws and shore leaves were prompt and often. We were especially grateful for the way he turned the deck depart­ ment to overhauling and inspect­ ing the working gear of the ship with an eye toward absolutely safe working conditions. As we said before, it was a pleasure. Crew of Steel Recorder 4 4 4 Frisco Agents Aid SIV Aliens To the Editor: I wish to state that I am very glad that you have unions in the United States that protect your working class, but especially that there is an SIU, as It really goes to "bat for its members. I would have really been fouled up, except for the SIU and its West Coast Representatives. Six other aliens and myself were dispatched from the hall to catch the Fairland. After working on her for two days we were informed that the company was not hiring aliens, but when the Union was informed it did me good to see the machine of justice swing to action. I was not surprised when the dis­ patcher- informed me to report back to sign on the same vessel. I wish to go on record that not another union would fight for its men like the SIU did. Also, I would like to thank San Francisco port agents Thomas Banning, Mar­ ty Briethoff and the dispatcher for the trouble they went to on our behalf and to thank the SIU and all its members. It is a great pity that other seamen of other nations do not have the same protection that the SIU gives to its members and affiliates. Kenneth Collins Wants To Win USPHS Strugggle To the Editor: I do hope and pray the Union will be successful in its fight to keep the American seaman in the USPHS hospitals. That is where they should be, if they need treat­ ment. It was their hard-earned money that started the hospitals originally. After all, I believe it was President Adams's adminis­ tration which started the free care for seamen. President Eisenhower has called the merchant marine the "fourth arm of defense." Yes, we all want to economize, but not at the cost of good government. AMA Man On Staff Secretary Oveta Culp Hobby has a member of the American Medi­ cal Association on her staff. No wonder the doctors all applauded and laughed when she addressed their convention. They were look­ ing forward to all the business that it would throw their way. Now they have more than they can take care of. Seamen would never get the good care they have at USPHS hospitals in private in­ stitutions. , The USPHS ho.spitals have a wonderful set-up, are efficiently run and staffed with the best of trained personnel. I hope and pray the fourth arm of defense gets the chance to keep the USPHS hospitals. It is a pleasure working with such a wonderful bunch of men i John Schock His Family Will Read LOG Too To the Editor: I am writing to the LOG for the first time, to ask that you send the LOG to my home. Thfere are times when I am at sea and can't get a copy of our great Union paper, and naturally I miss reading about the benefits and great strides that our Union leaders are making for the membership. I believe that it would be nice to read all the back issues of the LOG that I miss when I come home from sea. Also," it would be •nice for my family to read of some of the things that we Seafarers are doing, and what a wonderful working force and leadership we are privileged to have. Keep up the good work. W. G. Williams (Ed. note: The LOG will be"^ sent to your home regularly from now on). 4 4 4 Newc Orleans Hall Gets Spruced Up To the Editor: Here I am, still in the Crescent City Of New Orleans with another 45-day reprieve as an out-patient. It seems ^at it will be quite some time before I will be fit for duty. I have been in and out of the hos­ pital here since early July, and hope that I will be able to go back to sea the early part of 1945. Well, we are giving the New Orleans hall a real dressing up for the winter, by giving the hall a • real going - over with a new paint job. The third deck is finished and we will start • on the second deck real soon. I must say that the New Orleans Korolia Hall'will be num­ ber three for looks and recreation. Of course, we all know that headquarters leads as number one and that Baltimore will be number two, according to hearsay. More Blood Banks Here is another good cause that started in New Orleans: due to the fact that we have our own blood bank in the marine hospital, I think it would be a good idea if other branches of the SIU fol­ lowed suit by starting a blood bank of their own. Before closing, I want to say that Paul Warren and his assistants are doing a bang-up p/iint job on the hall, and I know that the brothers who visit New Orleans in transit will sure be surprised. Spider Korolia - 4 4 4 Soldiers Agree LOG Is Tops To the E^tor: I would like to write to say hello to all my bid shipmates around.,^. Mobile and New Orleans, and ask to have the LOG sent to me here in Korea instead of at my home. I sure miss reading the LOG. Lots of the fellows in basic train­ ing thought it was the best union paper they had ever seen or read. We sure need the SIU to organ­ ize this Army, because it's sure unfair to labor. Lots of overtime, but no pay. ' I would like you to print my ad­ dress, so maybe some of my old shipmates could drop me a few lines sometimes. Lots of luck to the SIU and all thq Seafarers. Pvt. George (Pee Wee) 4 4 4 W. Dean US 53095266 $ Co. C 279th Inf. Regt. ^• 45tli Inf. Div. APO 86 To the Editor: c/o Postmaster We would like to thank the mem­ San Francisco, Cal. bers of the SIU for their expres­ sions of sympathy and help on the (Ed. Note: Your change of ad-i dress has been note* on the LOG'»^#sS death of Jefferson Davis. mailing listJ Family of Jeffenon Davis Tfmnh Union For Its Sympathy Tiint out tot lisltinr old Mends was taken abeaid the Strathport last time It waa In Pnsan, Korea. Seafarers and soldtcra made a time of ft, with seme of Giose shown Ineluding "Sahf" Jaek Dolan, CharUo J^nsi Ray Jeiwafc and BUI Smitlk .('I'!awou i ;)u'r» " • .jinjjuuu'.v v''ii.::J5, ' " • '.; M .-•i-r:-,--;. » �. Says Brotherhood Should Mean It LET t E R S 4« 4 i Keeps Tabs On Union Progress To the Editor: Being a close follower of the SEAFARERS LOG since my in­ duction into the Army, I wish to comment on the reopening of the Miami branch. For fellows like myself it means a lot to have the Union rep'"resented in your home town. I was pleased to hear about the participation the SIU displayed in the recent Labor Day exercises. The recent article in "Reader's Digest" about Paul Hall and the Amazing Seafarers Union" is a great development along with the many other achievements of the SIU toward our goal. I receive each edition of the LOG, and along with other unionminded GIs it brings enjoyable reading and conversations. When I was first shipped to Germany I met a joker who was quite a pes­ simistic individual toward people who went to sea for a livelihood. went to work on this misled character and today I feel sure his outlook and opinion is much different. However, there is still one minor beef I must clear up with this self-styled educator. Do you have any copies of "Seafarens in. World War II?" I would appre­ ciate having one sent over if any are available at this date. Cpl. J. Wayne Adair (Ed. note: A copy of "Seafarers in World War 11" is on its way to you.) t t t Captain Helps Save Man^s Life To the Editor: We wish to give a vote of thanks to the captain of the Steel Appren­ tice for the consideration he showed to* the chief cook when he became ill in the Persian Gulf. The cook was put in the hospital for about two weeks. The captain gave the* reefer permission to fix the air conditioning in his room. He used the ice making box which is under his room and when the chief cook came back from the hospital, 'the reefer let him have his room. That room not only saved th^ man's life, but made him comfortable till we got out of the Persian Gulf. drew of Steel Apprentice ' !4bT«mlf^f> It^lfi^S • Suggest Sending Congress Letiet To the Editor: I am enclosing a copy of the Iceland; Stavanger, Norway and Bremerhaven, Germany. In Brem­ letter that was mailed by each erhaven I came across some good crewmember on the Young Amer­ people whom I didn't expect to ica to the varfous Senators and To the Editor: Representatives of the men. Each On behalf of the men of the Del meet, like Mr. and Mrs. Snedaker, man mailed a letter in his own who were in charge of the US Sea­ Mar and Del Valle, I want to wish handwriting, after we had all gone you all the best of luck in regard men's Ciub in Yokohama—the old on record at our ship's meeting to one." They are staying at the USS to the longshore trouble in New Ciub in Bremerhaven for a -month do this. York. I also wish to say that our agenl Please say hello to my brother before they pack for Guam, where and patrolman in'Wilmington are Bob from ^11 the boys and myself, they Will open a brand new USS doing a swell Job for us on the as well as hello to all the piecards Club, probably before Christmas West Coast. I am in New York, Eddie Mooney, Mike this year. I wish they couid stay unable to attend in Bremerhaven where I could see Colucci arid Teddy. I met all the many meetings, them more often. Many of my but the day of brothers will say the same thing, arrival in San for the Snedakers are very well Pedro was meet­ liked by all Seafarers. ing night and I It was raining in Bremerhaven, attended. I was and almost spoiled my few hours surprised at how off. If it wasn't for those nice well it went. people I met. whom I enjoyed be­ Johnny Arabasz, Woodruff ing with, and other old friends our agent, is a whom I found at the Club there, good man to act as chairman at a it would have been mighty lone­ meeting. He tries to explain what some. each item means, so that the mem­ Here in Liverpool everything bers will know what it is all about. moves at the same pace, with very Sammy Cohen and Chuck Allen little change. The only news item are good at squaring away all that aroused the people enough to beefs. have another cup of tea was the Behind Drive Olson-Turpin fight in New York. We on this ship are behind our Many of my brothers who make Sloppy Creel, left, and William this run their favorite one would Secretary-Treasurer in all he does Walker, plan to go pecan pick­ like to know where their friends toward helping to clean up the ILA ing soon arid serid some to - here are hanging out, if they can't beef in New York. Following is the sample letter: their pals. be found at the American Bar at : Iiime Street. I want them to know "Dear Senator "I am a merchant seaman who boys working down south in Ar­ that they are getting in the habit gentina on the Atlantic Refining of hanging around M/ibel's Bar, 16 has sailed throughout the duration Company tankers. Regent Road, Liverpool. I have of the Korean War. Many of my I had the second steward aboard not seen the place myself, but it shipmates saiied during the haz­ the Del Mar, C. A. Bradley, type must be all right, since many of ardous days of World War li, this letter up for me. Hello from my acquaintances here are patron­ serving their country like any sol­ Bradley and myself. If anyone izing the place. I found that out dier. Now I understand that we wants any pecans, tell Bob Creel. from John Kelly, who brings me seamen who have served our coun­ I'll be in New Orleans toward the the news in print and verbally try during times of strife, and who end of November squirrel hunting, every morning, right to my bed, are on call whenever we are needed, are going to have our tra­ and can send pecans up then. when I'm here. Sloppy Creel You will know more about him ditional- medical rights whittled 4" it i the next time you hear from me, away. "Perhaps the budget department, for now I have been called for my has forgotten the importance of 12-4 watch and do not want to de­ the merchant marine in peace and lay this letter any longer. war. If the plan to cut the funds We expect to return to New from the marine hospitals in'the To the Editor: I just signed on the Choctaw last York very soon. budget currently being prepared Luis A. Ramirez Tuesday. It looks like we Mobiie , goes through, thousands of sick $1 . Ji boys must naturally wind up on seamen will be left on the streets. these ..Waterman scows most of the "I would appreciate it, sir, if you time. Shipping was a little slow in would give this matter of marine Frisco last week, so when Johnny hospitals your immediate atten­ Arabasz, the Wilmington agent, To the Editor: tion." showed up there on a busines trip S. L. Woodruff This letter is sort of a short in­ and told us he was paying off four t t 4 troduction to a hungry man aboard ships this week, we came right on the Sea Cloud (Am. Mcht. Marine). down. AH hands shipped as soon as He's the hungriest man In the bloomin' mercharit navy and his they got to the name is Bob "Ham Hock" Sullivan. To the Editor: hall. There were He comes by it naturally. We, the crewmembers of the only seven ABs This picture was not posed by Alcoa Corsair, protest vigorously registered. Ham Hock," but he was actually he closing of any more USPHS Captain Aascaught in the act (it says here) of hospitals, and go on record that we hestad is. still on raiding the ice box. That food are contacting bur respective Sen­ here, but we have seen on the table before him is ators and Representatives, de­ a new mate, Jacob nothing compared to the food he manding that everything possible Jacobson. It looks actually puts away at each meal­ be done to reopen the USPHS hos­ like a good trip time. pitals 'that have already been coming up. The Mcintosh This boy got his name from put­ closed.' steward depart­ We, the 'Seafarers as a whole, ment is putting out some fine chow. ting away four large ham hocks at David Edwards is the steward. He one sitting, not counting the extras feel that we were done an injustice is from Mobile too, so there's in the meal. He must pack It in when our government closed these plenty of grits and red eye gravy. with a vise. Yet, he is always cry­ hospitals. We h|ve nowhere to We sail Sunday for Sasebo, ing the blues, "I'm losing a lot of turn for emergency treatment or convalescence while we regain our Japan, - and all the old hands on weight." Nobody aboard sees where he health. There are no private hos­ here are anxious to get home again. Some fine oldtimers from Mobile has lost any weight. As anyone pitals that wiil take the time to and the Gulf are Scotty Edari, can see by the picture, he looks treat Seafarers and give us the . ' treatment and care due us, espe­ chief electrician and ship's dele­ cornfed. cially if they think that it is a gate; Bernard "Tilford" Nicholas, Louis E. Meyers charity case. second cook and "Cherokee" HallShips Delegate All through our history, Seafar­ man, still oiling along. ers have been among the first to J. A. "Chief" Mcintosh answer the call to arms when our 4> 4^ nation was threatened and our freedom was at stake. We will be the 'first in the future, but we would hate to think that any Sea­ To the Editor: farers injured in battle would not I'm back in England for a couple be cared for in the nation's hos­ of days. The Northwestern "Vic­ pitals; tory is carrying me .arolind and as Let's go. Seafarers, get these let­ usual I get paid, tim. Not that I ters to your Senators and Repredo no work here, but the work 1 sentativesj we have won our bat­ do helpa kill time and Is even tles, in trie years past and we caneasier than wrestling with ipy wiri-this nne.;.;,.. three kids, at home all elay, "Hrim Hock" SulUvan -Fete. Merrli^,;We canie here via Be^kjavi^ To the Editor: In October, 1949, along with 41 previously. For days, or even other crew members en route to weeks, our brother lives in an at­ Palermo, Sicily, to take over the mosphere of utter isolation. You tanker. Fort Bridger (Cities Serv­ and I are the ones to be blamed, ice), I first realized how cold and not our leaders. We are the ones strange the men reacted to each that sail, and live aboard ship other. From that time on I kept therefore it is up to us to amend trying to find a way to eliminate this problem, which has deprived such a condition. us of .the spirit of Brotherhood Two months later after pulling and Fraternity. into the port of Philadelphia, on > Problem Solution December ,22, I "I believe that the solution to purchased two this problem is to elect a three boxes of Christ­ man committee, representing ail mas cards. The following day, three departments, with new elec­ tions at the termination of each when we were voyage. The duties of this 'Recep­ outbound, I was tion Committee' would be very up bright and early addressing simple. On the day of 'pay off' the and signing men elected would introduce the these cards. replacements to those crew mem­ Gomez When I had ac­ bers making "another trip, show complished this task I distributed them their quarters, and give them to the members of the crew. them information pertaining to The reaction was not very encour­ the ship. They would also make aging, because apart from officers prior arrangements for storage Qply one seaman showed his grat­ space for their gear in the event t'oat his quafters are not yet avail­ itude. Not bein| discouraged by this able. The man on watch, or the incident and still determined to watchman, should be informed of improve the social relations these facilities." aboard ship, I undertook the op­ I would like to suggest that this portunity, on September 23, 1953, arrangement be presented to the on the Steel Fabricator, to plan a membership for their considcfabirthday party for one of the tion at the next, meeting. members of the crew. J. L. Gomez Social Relations It was at this celebration that I put forth to the crew, the idea ot social relations which I had previously tried to establish. It went thusly: Lars Nielsen, on behalf of the crew of this ship, the Steel Fabri­ cator, I want to wish you a Happy Birthday, and sincerely hope that the spirit of unity, and coopera­ tion, which we enjoy at this pres­ ent moment, will live with you, and the rest of us untii the termi­ nation of the voyage. "Gentlemen, I want to empha­ size that this particular Brother's birthday does not carry more ipiportance than yours. Behind this move, or celebration is something more important, and far more reaching. Takes Time Out "Before getting to the point, I must take time out to say a fewwords in regard to the manage­ ment of our great organization, the Seafarers International Union. The road over which you came was not a smooth one. Many ^bar­ riers, and other obstructions*"had to be met with force, based on honesty, inteliigence, and cooper­ ation. The men at the head of our organization have done a fine job, and you the rank-and-file did your part to make every success we noiv enjoy possible, as members of the SIU. "In spite of the long way we have come, and the sacrifices we •f'l^- have made to achieve our present position, in relation to other unicns of this kind, we have done very little to jmprove our social living aboard ship. You and I have neglected this, a most im­ portant part of our lives which for .many years we have owed to our­ selves. Takes Full Advantage "From experience, you wili agree with me, that we do not •live up to the full advantage of our union affiliations, in regard to Brotherhood. "Upon boarding a ship as a re­ placement, evefa though we some­ times take the same train to the Shipping or Doctor's Office, enroute to the same ship, we travel not as brothers of one union, but as members of rival unions. "This strangene.ss even goes ~'ii- farther, if the replacement is- not fortunate enou^ to find, someone aboard that be had mailed with - Sl£AFXR^RS tl&J(^ T.weii^-iw« Meets Areo Men In Argentina Choctaw in For A Good Voyage ^Ham Hoek^ Kid' Puts Food Away Corsair^s Men Write Congress Old Pals Meet^ In Bremerhaven �XBTTta^ • • '• )•.•"; 'WfcCT? • aKAFAREAS LOG November IS, ISSS rage *wiMifr4hr« ihgs For Back in the days when the sail and the glory hole were therule at sea, there were no ships prouder or more haughty than the mighty British East Indiamen, the vessels that were considered the queens of the"*"^ Just to provide "entertainment," ocean. Actually, they were and ordered the floggings on the just about the largest vessels slightest pretext. The crew would afloat, armed so that they were a be ordered up on deck and would match for the b^t of warships, and be forced to form a circle within which the "starting" would take fast for their size. place. The captain and mates would The vessels had need of their have their seats drawn up on the size, since it was a full three years quarterdeck, and would sit and re­ from the time they left theii^home lax as they watched the bosun with port In England until the time they the lash chasing the unfortunate returned. Their trade was with seaman around the deck. the fabulous East and with India, The floggings kept up without the lands of the unknown at that mercy for over six months. Then, time. They plied their courses Captain Dudman ordered one man through waters infested with pi­ flogged for no reason other than rates and brigands, unafraid and that he stepped on the quarterdeck sure that they could fight off what­ without the proper permission, even ever they might meet out the proper permission, even The East Indiaraan Inglis was no though the man was working at different from any of the other the time. The flogging started and vessels of the British East India after 15 lashes had been adminis­ Company when she set sail from tered, the man fainted. The cap­ England under Ttlie command of tain stood up and shouted that the Captain Dudman. However, it was man be revived and the flogging not long before the crew found continue, and the crew began to that they did not have an ordinary mutter. The man was revived, but skipper. Soon after sailing Captain fainted 'again after two more Dudman told his crew that he did lashes. Then the captain ordered not believe in light punishment. that the rest of the lashes be deliv­ He told them that he never would ered while the man lay on deck. give less than 38 lashes as punish­ The crew broke ranks and refused ment, and then added, consider- to allow the flogging to continue. Crew Acts lately, that since one might would As the crew gathered around the tire and-not be able to administer all 36 lashes at fuU force, he fallen man, the captain dashed would split it up so that three men down on deck shouting orders and would take turns administering the demanding that the crew get back in ranks. The quartermaster swung lashes. 'Sport' around and shouted back, "We The captain also told them that won't allow a man to be beaten he had a favorite form of punish­ when he's down," and the crew ment that added a "bit of sport" carried the man back to the to the punishment procedure. This foc'sle. The captain, apparently ^raid was known as "starting." Under this system, the man's arms would that any action would touch off a be tied at his" sides, and he would full-scale mutiny, took no immedi­ otherwise'be free, stripped to the ate action, but it was only two days waist He would be free to run over later when the Inglis ran into a a set space of deck, and the man storm. Taking command of the administering the lash would have deck himself, the captain ordered to chase him and lash him as he one of the cabin boys to laiy out on the spanker boom to- make f^t ran. The trip was slightly more than some sail. Crewmembers protested a month old when the first flogging again, but the captain insisted and was ordered. After the first one, the boy worked his way out on the the captain found it broke the boom, only to be washed over the monotony of the trip to have a side and lost. man "started" every week or so. Lally, the chief gunner, ran back The Inglis, which turned into a hell ship with a skipper who ordered floggings f®*" a tvnical East Indianman, like this. Her crew was finaUy arrest^ for mutiny, stood trial twice and was convicted but given a sentence that was considered an acquittal by observers. themselves with top lawyers to de­ to the captain and protested, brand- quarterdeck and Lally was ordered fend them, and the trial started to appear to answer charges of ._g him a "murderer." and the much like the first one. However, captain, motioned to the mates who mutiny. The crew was ordered on this time the captain, furious at deck to witness the court. came up behind LaUy, and a line Lally refused to leave the foc'sle, learning the men had been freed, was thrown around him to bring and the rest of the crew refused to appeared at the trial and testified him down. As it happened, the go on deck for the court, althougli for the prosecution. The mates line circled Lally's neck, and Lallj', still refused to testify. they continued to work the ship. thinking he was to be hung, began The Admiralty court heard all the The Inglis then became a vessel screaming for help and yelling evidence, and then, after short de­ "murder, they're murdering me." divided into two camps, with a "sort liberation, announced that it found of armed truce between them. The The' rest of the crew up forward continued to work the ship, the men guilty of mutiny. The court heard Lally's cries, ran back and crew but was to mutiny at any went on to say that it had decided were stopped by the captain hold­ moment, ready while the captain re­ to sentence each of the men in­ ing a pistol. The crew then told mained armed at all times and volved to two months at hard la­ Captain Dudman that they were kept from ordering any more flog­ bor, but since the men had spent going to mutiny if Lally wasn't re­ gings for fear it would touch off a more than that time already in leased immediately. The Captain, irons aboard the evssel that brought full-scale mutiny. with only a pistol in his hand, them back, and in jail in England Things remained tense until the realized his position and Ordered vessel arrived at St. Helena. By while awaiting trial, they were to that Lally be set free. that time, it seemed that the cap­ be freed immediately. The sentence was considered in The next morning, a messenger tain had given up his floggings arrived in the crew's foc'sle to an­ and starlings, and had forgotten maritime circles as good as a "not nounce that the captain was going the incident. When the vessel ar­ guilty" verdict, since, it was point­ to hold a court martial on 4he rived, the captain told the crew ed out, the Admiralty court that there would be no shore leave, couldn't find them "not guilty" but that there would be a double after the captain had appeared and testified against them. However, ration of rum that night. the two trials had stirred up a con­ Arrests Men siderable amount of public feeling, The crew thought nothing was soon led to a series of legisla­ amiss and started to settle down and tive reforms designed to better for the night, when the captain re­ conditions aboard British vessels. turned to the ship with a squad of One of the 400 lighthouses which guard our coast and mark the rough spots as a warning soldiers and arrested most of the in the crew, including Lally. to seafaring men, the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse In Florida has been in operation jince its men MAPG Weleomes The men were taken off the ship in irons, held in jail on St. Helena, establishment in 1860. Stories^ Pies years from the original oil lights warned by a million-candlepower and then returned to England for At that time, the US Con­ until today passing ships are light. With the LOG now contain­ trial as mutineers. ing 28 pages in all regular edi­ gress was advised that the In addition to the light, the Ju­ By the time the men returned to tions, there is plenty of room piter Inlet Lighthouse also boasts England, somehow the story had shoals lying off the inlet were for stories, photos and letters a modern radiobeacon which serves a dangerous threat to commerce gotten out, and they found public sent in by the Seafarers. as a warning during foggy or bad sympathy on their side. Soon they in the area and that a light or some Several pages of each issue weather, beaming a warning to all found themselves with offers of marker should be established to are devoted to the experiences vessels in the area. During good free legal talent to helP them in warn shipping. It was then decided of Seafarers and the ships they visibility, the light can be seen as their defense, and everything sail as they describe them that a lighthouse should be located much as 18 miles away from the seemed hopeful. on the north side of the inlet to themselves. shoals, providing plenty of warn When the trial started, the men serve that ' purpose, and money If you run across anything ing. were able to put up a good defense, was appropriated for the construc­ of interest on your voyages, or During the day, the Jupiter Inlet bringing out the facts about the tion job. just want to let your friends Lighthouse is seen as a 105-foot floggings and starlings, the treat­ The light was established and a know bow you're getting along, red brick tower, atop a hill and ment they had gotten and the fact lightkeeper assigned, but after the drop a few lines to the LOG. eompletely» dominating the sur­ that they hadn't really used force light had been in qperatioh for Don't worry too much about rounding countryside. From a staff against the captain. When the only a' few years, tlie Civil War literary style. We'll patch it atop the tower, storm warnings prosecution presented its case, broke out and the light was aban­ up if it needs patching. And are displayed during the daylight even the mates refused to testify doned. It stayed inactive through­ of course, photos illustrating hours to supplement radio weather against the men, and the captain, out the fighting, and when the war the incidents you describe after finding out that the mates reports., , ended, the government made the make them more interesting As with all other US lighthouses would not testify, refused to ap­ necessary repairs to the structure for the readers. in the Continental United States pear in court. The charges were and put the light back into opera­ Send your stuff to the LOG and on US possessions, the Jupiter dismissed, and the men freed. tion. .at 675 Fourth. Avenue, Brook­ Another Trial Inlet Lighthouse is maintained and lyn, NY. If you want any­ Modem Beaoon However, they were immediately staffed by the Coast Gyard, al­ thing returned after we use it. Since then, the structure has arrested again, to stand trial in'ah ' we'll do that . too. though, originally, it was built and The 105-foot Jupitei:. Inlet been kept in repair, and renovated Admiralty court on other charges light in Florida guards dan- staffed by the Department of Com- of occasionally^ The lights have -beeh mutiny. Again, they found -mereei-"'. geronil lfibals. * ^ ' ejtuMged at least ,tw^ duriqg the Florida Ughfhouse Marks Shoal, Has Been Burning Since 1860 '• • - ' . - • •.i;-" - - - •••4". ,1 •L^l �fx Par* Twentr-foar SEAFARERS IPG Nvwemhtt IS, 1958 ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS... CHIWAWA (Cltias Sarvlet) Junt 34-: Chairman, L. Parktr; Sacratary, Ciyda Burns. Lee Parker was appointed new ship's delegate. Toilet seats in the deck department need fixing. Orders for cots should be turned in as well as for port­ hole screens. August 32—Chairman, Read; Secretary, H. Berner. Chief engineer will take care of the first aid kit. Ship's delegate will contact the patrolman about having the foc'sles painted. All pitchers should be returneu to the messhali and all hands should cooperate in keeping the messhall clean. Steward should get a new coifee urn; the old one leaks. Bosun has wind chutes for whoever wants them. Men on sanitary are to do a better job. All hands are to cooperate by being on board an hour before sailing time. October 18—Chairman, Stanley Yodusi Secretary, L. L. Martus, Jr. Steward aslipd all men to check and see if they need new mattroEEes. All OT and di.sputed OT will be taken up at the end of the voyage. More cups and glasses are to be left out,, for coifeetime. They should be better taken care of. Messman should be given more consideration. new repair list will be turned in Everyone should cooperate in keeping the laundry clean. Wipers will make coffee until the new urn arrives. ' gate will make out a cleaning schedule for the laundry and recreation room. Fresh water tanks should be cleaned. There has been no cooperation from the chief engineer. Department 'delegates will make out repair lists. Men are to be properly dressed in the messhali dur­ ing meal hours. Discussion on starting a ship's fund and buying recreation gear will be taken up at the next nieeting. Ship's delegate is in charge of the ship's electric iron. OCEAN LOTTE (Ocean .Trans), Septem­ ber 26—Chairman, L. Leidig; Secretary, Vincent Amato. Captain was contacted on the repair list and agreed on ail items except the fan in dry stores. Chief engi­ neer was contacted on cleaning fresh water tanks, and was given a hard time by the first assistant. This character comes up from watch every morning to do jobs outside engine room. Weevils are sotting into sfore.s, Ship'.s fund should be increased. Discussion was held on buying new recreation gear, switch will be installed for the washing machine. First aid kits will be resupplied in all departments. Steward de partment got a vote of thanks for good chow and service. TRINITY (Carras), September 26— Chairman, J. McPhee; Secretary, F, O'Connor. $22.49 in the ship's fund will be turned over to the new ship's delegate —Bill Prince. Paul Norton was elected deck delegate; John CHass. engine dele­ gate; F. Simon, steward delegate. Repair list should be made up. Chief mate will be contacted about fixing the stuck doors. ALCOA CLIPPER (Alcoa), October 24— October 21—Chairman, H. Westphall Chairman, MacRoberts; Secretary, Lee Secretary, W. J. Prince. There is $22.49 De Parller. Letter will be sent to head in the ship's fund. Patrolman will be quarters asking for the penalty rate of OT for watches stood in port on week contacted on getting rid of the roaches. Repair list and roaches were discussed. ends by crewmembers. One man volunteered to get cards, dominos, books, etc. OCEAN LOTTE (Ocean Trans), Septam bar 13—Chairman, Robert McCulloch; SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), Secratary, Vincent D'Amato. Woodrow Pozen was qlected ship's delegate: the October 18—Chairman, Vaster SzymanskI; ship's fund, consisting of 11,000 Japanese Secretary, Van Whitney. There is $147.86 yen. was turned over to him. W. L. in the ship's fund. Washing machine Robinson was elected deck delegate; A. should be kept clean at all times. Stamps Rocha. engine delegate; Robert McCul- and envelops wiU continue to be bought loch, steward delegate. Last standby on from the ship's fund. Vote of thanks each watch will wash coffee cups and went to the steward and the steward clean the messroom tables. Ship's dele- department for the excellent job ren­ dered to the crew. Get Sew Boohs Through Agents 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 Union 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 b* sent through the mails to any private addresses. AT SlU HEADQUARHRS 4tb Avt. 8 20th St. • Broohlyn ROBIN KIRK (Seas Shipping), October 14—Chairman, John Nash; Secretary, P. W. Costello. Water fountain in the port crew passageway needs repairing. Ship's delegate wiU see the chief engineer about this. Swop yarns or watch the fights on television with your old ship­ mates at the Port O' Coii-YOUR union-owned and union-operated bar. Bring your friends — where you're always welcome. And the tab won't fracture that payoff. SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT A.F.t. . v.. at)-*-*,-;!.. .'..1, Seafarers who have taken the series of inoculations re­ quired for certain foreign voy­ ages are reminded to be sure to pick ap their inoculation cards from the captain or the purser when they pay off at the end of a voyage. The card should be picked up by the Seafarer and held so that it can be .presented when signing^ on for another voyage where the "shots" are required. The inoculation card is your only proof of hav­ ing taken the required shots. Those men who forget to pick up their inoculation card when they pay off may find that they are required to take all the "shots ' again when they want to sign on for another such voyage. tary, William E. King. Stainless steel sinks -hould he instaUed in the pantry and gaUey. AU unlicensed personnei's quarters shouid be painted out. Sinks are in very bad shape. Captain promised that ail this would be done. Washing machine and laundry should be kept in good condition and machine should be turned off after use. Night lunch should be replaced in the refrigerator. Men shouid clean the messroom after eating at night. There is no pressure on cold water in the showers, and the ship's del­ egate will contact the chief engineer. ROBIN COODFELLOW (Seas Shipping), September 37—Chairman, Charles Clll; Secretary, J. Barnctt. James Corcoran was elected ship's delegate by acclama­ tion. Heads and showers should be kept clean. The steward will make up a laundry room cleaning list. .Taking on fuel oil caused the delayed saUing in Savannah, not bad weather. October 21—Chairman, C. Bowdre; Sec­ retary, Charles Gill. Washing machine U left running at ail hours. Shore workers should be kept out of the jnesshall and pantry at ail times. A vote of thanks went to the steward department for the preparing, and serving of the meals this trip. Also to the deck department, for cooperating with the electrician in keep­ ing the switch boxes closed on deck. ROBIN SHERWOOD (Seat Shipping), August 24—Chairman, R. B. Carey; Sec­ retary, Thomas Williams. Purser wiU show movies to the crew. There is one pound in the ship's fund. One ''hnan missed the ship in New York and re­ joined in Philadelphia. Another who missed ship in New York win be report­ ed at the payoff. Donald Richey was elected ship's delegate. Nobody but ANTINOUS (Waterman), October 24— crewmembers should use the - washing machine. All repairs were taken care of Chairman, Cus Taylor; Secretary, Harry Ernie Gerace was elected in home port. We have a good steward, C. Kllmon. ship's delegate by acclamation. Biii Vam Tommie Williams. was elected ship's treasurer. Doorknob in the 8-12 foc'sle needs.repairing. Waste STRATHPORT (Strathmbre), October baskgts and garbage cans should be car­ 18—Chairman, Antonio Schlavone; Secre- ried aft and dumped instead of being dumped over the side midship, because the refuse gets all over the ship. Our steward, Leo Allen, died suddenly in Philadelphia of a heart attack. Fiowers were sent to his funeraL OWNED AND OPERATED by the 'U> PiehVp'Shot' Card At Payott have been used. Feet should not be put on chairs in the messhali and recreation room. AU department stores should be checked by the department delegates be­ fore the next trip. Delegates should hand the beefs with the patrolman, so as to speed up the payoff. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for the way the food was prepared and served. We hope they all make another trip and supply the crew, with the same service and preparation as they did this trip. • EDITH (Bull), October 4—Chairman, James Merrell; Secretary, Louis S. Rlzze. Crew was asked to return cups and glasses to pantry. Ladders are being used instead of gangways. Repair list wiU Include an aluminum gangway of the new type. During rough weather all hands are asked to keep everything se­ cured. A vote of thanks went to the steward department, especially the gai ley force. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Saatrain), no data —Chairman, J. L. Allan; Sacratary, C. W. Cothran. The ship's treasurer re­ ported $65.17 on hand. Motion was made to install a telephone between decks and lower hold and a general alarm between decks and lower hold. A screen should be plac.ed over the vent in the messhali. Wreath was ordered for the father of Mike Kicko who passed away during the voyage. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), September 20—Chairman, H. Zurn; Sacratary, F. A. Delapenha. OT sheets should be re­ turned promptly after checking by chief mate. Discussion was held on cleaning the laundry. Tubs should also be cleuiicd after use. Cups should be placed in the pantry sink after using and messroom should be left cleaner at night. Clock in the messroom should be moved. Fine Union spirit prevails on board. ANDREW JACKSON (Waterman), Sep­ tember 20—Chairman, Kaara o. Slvartsen; Secretary, Lea Bruce. J. McGonnell was reelected ship's delegate. Steward ordered 24 porthole screens but didn't get them. Washing machine is being left dirty. Ship's delegate will ask the captalii to deliver the crew's mail only to him. Wind chutes will be procured if possible. Cuts should be taken up after use and should be taken care of. Ail agreed to a donation of SI per man for the ship's fund. Steward turned $38 TRANSATLANTIC (Pacific Waterways), over to the ship's delegate. Soiled linen October 14—Chairman, W. Simmons; Sec­ is to be turned in on Tuesday morn­ retary, H. Kerster. Two men missed ing only. ship in New York. W. Slhimons was elected ship's delegate. All repairs wiU be taken care of before we leave Savan­ QUEENSTON HEIGHTS (Saafrada), Ocnah. New ice box will be installed in lobar 18—Chairman, T. A. Patrlquin; Saethe messliaU. Wipers and ordinaries relary, Charles A. Moss. Ship's fund now wiU take care of the laundry and stew­ stands at $29. ard department wUl clean the reception room. Medicine chest w'Ul be checked before we leave port. There should be GENEVIEVE PETERKIN (B>Mmfiald). enough books aboard for the trip. October 7—Chairman, R. High; ^ratary, /. F. Elliott. Jerry Phipps was elected ship's delegate. Washing machine should LUCILE BLOOMFIEL'D (Bloomfiald), be checked 6or repairs. Ship's library October 17—Chairman, H. Hardin; Secre­ will be placed In an accessible spot. tary, Lyman W. Ange. Stores brought aboard in Panama should be checked. More vegetables should have been taken aboard in Panama. Vessel should be fumigated on arrival. One man will be turned over for - examination to the pa­ trolman to see if he has tuberculosis. WESTERN RANCHER (Western Navl gatlen), October 11—Chairman, Fred C Holmes; Secretary, E. Hall. Captain agreed to paint aU showers and toilets on the way home. Ice box will be re paired. It should be replaced at the end of the voyage, as there has been a lot of trouble with it. New fans are needed in the galley. STEEL APPRENTICE (Isthmian), May 27—Chairman, John SwIdlrskI; Secretary, Robert Ferrandez. Library should be kept in order. Slopchest should be bet­ ter stocked In the future. All sizes are too big. Laundry should be kept clean. Garbage should be put in the drums pro­ vided. Fans should be checked. July 22—Chairman, J. V. Smith; Sec­ retary, E. Conrad. Some ice was taken that was to have been Used for coid drinks. Slopchest has been very poor this trip. More ice than usual is needed, as it is very hot here in the Persian Gulf. Men off watch have been drinking the-.watches' coffee before they have a chance to get at it. Please let the watch hpve their coffee first. September 21—Chairman, J. V. Smith; Secretary, E. Conrad. One man was left in the hospital in Bombay. We were sorry to see him miss the ship. Each delegate is to check hisdepartment's foc'sles for repairs. Medical supplies should be checked before the next voy­ age. Medical care has been very poor, as the mate is very reluctant to give out doctor's slips. Captain sent out orders that the doctor Is to come to the men, instead of the men going to the hospital. Captain has been turning our mail over to the agent. There were not enough stores aboard for the voyage. Next time the steward should check before the voyage. ^ October 1—Chairman, J. V. Smith; Sacratary, E. Conrad. Shower water has been unbearably hot—from 112 to 116 de­ grees—and no one could stand under it. Meat has not been of good quality. Stew­ ard has not been on the job. NICHOLAS C. H. (Trident), September 6—Chairman, M. C. Klelber; Secretary, not listed. Refrigerator should be re­ paired and short sheets and blankets re­ placed. Captain was contacted about repairing the refrigerator and also paint­ ing the laundry and this was okayed. Pantry should be kept clean at night. There should be chairs instead of benches in the recreation room and foo'sles. Chief will be seen about the fans and brushes needed. Steward should get fresh milk ALCOA CAVALIER (Alcoa), October 18 and fruit in Panama. —Chairman, James W. Hunt; Sacratary, Ralph H. Sheffield. Ship's delegate will see the chief purser to find out why de­ SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), Oc- layed sailing OT okayed by the master teber 22—Chairman, Stanley U. Johnson; was disputed by him. Brother Saxon got Secretary, Earl Smith. Transportation a vote of thanks from the entire crew matter was taken care of to everyone's for. his splendid work in running the satisfaction in New Orleans. A new mbvies. Brother Foster was recommended washing machine wringer was requested by him to take his place. of the company. Brothers should return cups to the messhali. The man who missed ship in Savannah will be turned WILD RANGER (Watarmsn), no data(Tver to the boarding patrolman. Brothers Chairman, Joo Bracht; Sacratary, H. Mcwere asked to he properly dressed in the Alear. Master will give two cartons of messhaU. cigarettes a ^eek. S. W. Kliderman was elected new ship's delegate. More fruit will be bought in Bremerhaven. Milk is sour; more care should be taken in care and handling milk. Soiled linen should not be stored In the passageway. Recre­ ation room is to be locked in port. Dele­ gates will see the mate about storing soiled linen. October If—Chairman, not listed; Sec­ OCEAN MINIT (Ocean Trans), October retary, H, McAlaar. One man missed 17—Chairman, Paul Whitlow; Secretary, ship and will be reported to the patrol­ Harry D. French. Department delegates man. Patrolman will be told of the will make out repair lists and turn them cigarette situation. Repair list will be in as soon as possible. Slopchest will be made up. Anyone needing a new mat­ open at 3fi)0 each day. Sheets and tress is to. see the steward. Washing ma­ spreads should be replaced by larger chine will be put on the repair list. ones. New innerspring mattresses and a Messman hasn't brought up bran flakes. new refrigerator are needed before the Notice will be taken about dumping gar­ next voyage. Red light in the laundry bage on lines. should be off,' indicating that the ma­ chine has been turned off, before leaving he laundry. Steward department will AFOUNDRIA (VVatarman), October 25— ake care of the recreation room and the Chairman, Pots Gonzales; Secretary, Rob­ dec!': and engine departments will take ert Meniamln. There are plenty of empty care of the laundry. Tubs In the laun­ cans for garbage disposal on the poop dry should be cleaned out after they deck and steward department personnel iw'y.. . " should toss, garbage In cans and not in boxes back aft on deck while the ship is in port. Nothing should be thrown over the side of the ship but instead should be carried aU the way aft. MARIE HAMILL (Bloomfiald), October 4—Chairman, E. M. (Jack) WiTilams; Sec­ retary, Alt Tolantlno. There was a fine payoff in New Orleans but a number of beefs lost in Houston, mostly pertain­ ing to repair lists. Ship's delegate re­ ported on aggravated attitude of ship's officers toward crew and unsafe condi­ tion of the ship when she put to sea. Complaint was made that two seconds were offered on several menus and not enough fresh ffuit was being put out. Topside pantryman agreed to collect and lock up library books In port. _ SEAVICTOR (Bournemouth), October SS—Chairman, Paul Curzl; Secretary, G. Johnson. Wind scoops were received; two new lockers were installed. One can­ not be installed due to lack of space. One man missed ship in New York. New washing machine will be put in the laun­ dry room and used for white clothes only; old ;nachine will be used for espe­ cially dirty clothes. Washboard will be removed to make room for it. Every man should clean up the laundry after using it. Steward department will clean (Continued on page 25) Proper Repair Lists Help AU The settlement^ of repair lists means a lot to the men who stay aboard a ship, and to the new crew that comes aboard, just as the 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 qheck surd the work is done. ' ' - �, f tey--- : W-. J • V J - V .y- " ^tkPARlsk^'ibh (Continued from page 24) Hi* r«cr«ation hall: anrlna and dec): de­ partments wUl take turns cleaning the laundry. MANKATO VICTORY (VIctary Car­ riers). October it—Chairman, Charles Maiur; lecretary, Bill Stark. Dasko was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Delegates wlU turn In repairs. Laundry and recreation room cleaning schedules will be posted for sanit:u7 men. Bach department will clean for a week at a time. Brothers . should make sure that the washing machine has been turned off after use. Chief engineer wiU be asked for a large fan for the laundry. STEEL RECORDER (Isthmian.) October 91—Chairman, not listed: Secretary, not listed. More froten food should be- put on board. There should be more Ice cream. Sheets are too small for the mat­ tresses. Chief engineer will be con­ tacted on sougeelng and painting rooms. Steward department was commended for the way the food was prepared. Repair list will be turned In before arrival in the States. We have an extremely good captain and chief mate. Phil Sablno did a very good Job as bosun. taken better care of: cots should hot be left nn the deck when not in use. Some of the licensed personnel have been leaving their clothing In the washing ma­ chine too long. Fund should be set up to purchase Softball equipment on ar­ rival In Durban. No one Is to hire local tihoreslde workers to do his washing in our washing machine. Patrolman should see the company officials about getting a washing machine for licensed per­ sonnel. CHRISTINE (Tlnl), October 93—Chair­ man, L. J. Sheshani Sscrstary, R. Dawton. Cook asked ' certain members to stop complaining about the food and. If they are. sick, to ask him in advance to cook something speclaL Steward will try to get coffee percolators for deck and engine departments. Steward ^was com­ plimented on the quantity and "quality of stores purchased In Yokbhama. Addi­ tional light bulbs were requested for heads In the steward department. ' ^Can'ShaherR^ iiave iVo OK The membership is ogain 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 to collect funds. The J^ational 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. PENNMAR (Calmer), October 17—Chair­ man, J. Miller; Secretary, Thole. One members suitcase was stolen In Philadel­ phia; he had no key or lock on his door and wants the company to reimburse him. Incident was reported to the cap­ tain. Delegates will turn In repairs. Dis­ cussion was held on the seasoning of thanks went to the cooks for the fine SEA CLOUD (Seatraders), October 4— Chairman, Blllle H, Brown; Secretary, the> food. job they have done. Louis E. Mayers. Repair lists were September 13—Chairman, K. Heliman; turned in two weeks before arrival and THE CABINS (Cabins), October 90— Secretary, Theodore Jones. Fans should atlU no repairs are being made. Beefs Chairman, H. Peterson; Secretary, Red be procured In Japan. Repair list will against the captain, chief engineer and Connor. R. Connor was elected ship's be given to department heads. Deck third assistant engineer will be straight­ delegate. Disputed OT is all squared department got OT to rearrange the chill ened out by the boarding patrolman or away. Ship.': delegate will see about box when the steward department should agent Boarding patrolman or Union getting steward department rooms have done so. Patrolman in Galveston agent should check with the captain on painted. Each man should clean the said nothing can be done about slop­ washing machine after use and keep the messroom cleaner. Ship's delegate should see the skipper and patrolman. If neccs sary, about draw situation. slopchest prices.. There were S differ­ ent prices 'on cigarettes and the other articles are'. priced too. high. Captain refused to go over articles in slopchest with the delegate before sailing. One lifeboat needs repairing but nothing is being done about it. Men getting off are to clean fheir rooms. Library books should be turned In so that they can be exchanged. Steward department got a vote of thanks by the entire crew. PELTORI (Or*), no dat*—Chairman, Sonny Mill*; S*cr*tary, (Tiari*! R. John­ son. Pantry ahould be-leaned after each watch by standby. October 17—Chairman, Sonny Mills; Secretary, Charles R. Johnson. AU re­ pairs were taken care of for the past trip. There Is $32.65 in the ship's fund. Delegate will find out about the new library. C. R. Johpson was elected ship's delegate. ROBIN TRENT (Sest Shipping), Octo­ ber 18—Chairman, Meivin Smith; Secre­ tary, Martin Laas. Painting of deck and steward department fdc'sles has been completed. Painting of engine depart­ ment quarters will start on the week end. All refrigerators are to be re paired In the shipyard. Due to a short­ age of paint the crew's mcssrooms will be painted next trip. Monetary compen salion for not haying received weekly change of linen Is disputed by the chief mate. Mattresses and cots should be Puzxte Anzwer [USB SiSDiaCI SQQ QSDaiiiQ ons OQQ [SaQSISl QQQ SEin GSSQ SnBBOa SQQSia ssB Easdisa IZIQS ilSQSIl QBQISIS SQfZaSS [lISaQQB s!Z!na @BB sna sina msisBg SIBS Baa QsiaBs aBB (saa aaisiaD QBD LIBERTY FLAG (Gulf Cargo), October 4—Chairman, J. Demitreadis; Secretary. Lee F. Kurti. G. Skendelas was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Motion was passed to have aU rooms, showers and toilets painted. MesshaU and rec­ reation should be kept clean during the night: cups, dishes and sUverware should not be left on the table. Dishes should be returned after use. Washing machine should be cleaned and turned off after use. Deck engineer's bunk needs repair ing. Chief engineer should be contacted on this. Chief mate should be contacted about getting a man to fix the crew messroom and recreation room portholes. chest prices, when he was called long di.stance from Freeport. Texas. September 97—Chairman, Waiter Comp­ ton; Secretary, Theodore Jones. Mate will be contacted on sougeelng foc'sles and securing watertight doors. Port­ holes should also be made watertight. Department and ship's delegates should see the captain about the steward look­ ing after the galley and messroom. MARVEN (International Navigation), October It—Chairman, Bennie Crawford; Secretary, W. Wentilng. Roy Nixon was DEL NORTE (Mississippi), October It- elected ship's delegate. The man who Chairman, Eddie Stough; SeCrptary, John missed ship will be taken 'care of by P. Zimmer. There Is $203.23 in the ship's the ship's slelegate. Men were asked to fund. Ball game will be arranged for the southbound voyage. ' Vclunteers are needed to help publish the ship's paper and to write articles. Mendoza was elected ship's delegate. Information on the missing ship's movie projector will be wired to the chief of police in New Clarence B. Boyce Orleans. Brother Callahan was elected to take charge of following this through. Your discharge from the PennNecessary parta for the topside projec­ mar is being held at the LOG tor's use will be bought. NOTICES office. GULP. WATER (Metro), October 4— Chairman, C. E. Waiiick; Secretary, Fred Shale.. Care should be taken-of the wash­ ing machine. Chief engineer will Install a switch. John Culeton was elected ship's delegate. Each department will take turns cleaning the recreation room and the laundry. Ship's delegate will contact the captain about washing the water tanks and getting some clean water. Light bulbs are missing from passageways and messrooms. Bosun asked all men to try and keep the messrooms clean and to put coffee cups in the sink after using them. Coffee should be used carefully, so that It will last. ARCHERS HOPE (Cities Service), Au­ gust 14—Chairman, Frank Waioska; Sec­ retary, Deibert Wilson. No more steaks will be ordered because of waste. More fans are needed In foc'sles. Ship should be fumigated: patrolman will be told. Swede was elected new ship's delegate. Steward refuses to cooperate on menus and shows lack of Interest. More Ice cream Is needed. Captain will be con­ tacted on getting the messhMl painted and sougeeing and painting foc'sles. Stores should be properly arranged in ice boxes. There was a shortage of ham and sugar. September 1—Chairman, T. E. Heilman; Secretary, Theodore Jones. Theodore Jones was elected treasurer: Walter Compton was elected ship's delegate. Ship's delegate and patrolman should check the slopchest on arrival and send results to the New York hall. Vote of ''f^e fwenU^t MEETINGS.. < ...DIGEST Of t . 4. 4" Lodging Money All crewmembers of the Anne Butler, voyage No. 9, can collect their 33 days lodging by writing to the Bloomfield Steamship Com­ pany, Cotton Exchange Building. Houston, Texas. 4- ^ it Mail Call There is mail for the following men at the Boston hall: Morris Black Paul Broderick John Boncek John Botelho Norman Butteri Ernest Carmel Warren Carpenter H. J. Cashman Charlie Conwell James Cozier Processo Cunanan Horace Denton Gerald D'evaux Nick DiMaio John J. Dolan Joseph Durmuth Tom Fleming Charles F. Foley • Jay Freeman James Frotten Harold Garabee John Gala Peter Gavlllo Joe Goldman William Grimes James Gustafson D. J. Haggerty Ray Harris Ralph Heath John Houlihan Danny Hunt Harold Jaynet Earl E. Johnson Bokar Kala Jack Keegan William Kennedy George King Emile LaFrenier John Lane S. E. Lapham Cecil R. Leader Frank MacDonald W. J. MacDonald R. MacKaughlin John G. Martin Paul Masterson Jerry McCarthy W. McKeon Wm. J. McLaughlin Joseph McNeil John Newman A. J. O'Malley A. D. O'Neil Irving H. Parsons Arthur Petrin W. Prince Edison Shaffer M. Soolraxloney W. Stewart R. Stone Louis Suores J. A. Thomson. Jr. Albert Vetu Anthony Vialanto Joe Walzassch Leopold Wareham John J. WUllama •e'-.'°L ^Sil V *••'''/ '• make less noise In passageways. Stew­ ard was asked not to wash any more linen for the regular Issue but let the~men collect their linen money. There is a potato shortage. A vote of thanks went to the steward department. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), October 95— Chairman, H. Zurn; Secretary, F. A. Dela- penha. One man was injured and left in the hospital: one man paid off in Honolulu. AU repair lists should be turned over to the ship's delegate. Ra­ dio wUl be repaired in New York. JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), Oc­ tober 95—Chairman, Waiter H. Sibley; Secretary, Ralph Masters. There Is $34.20 in the ship's fund and there arc stUl some beefs on the milk situation. Watch will be fed first so that he has enough time to relieve other men. Entire ship should be fumigated In Baltimore. An­ other fan Is needed In the day men's foc'sle. Blower system In the crew pan­ try should be checked. Clothes should be removed from the washing machine so that others can use It. Crewmembers are going to write to Congress on the USPHS question. Vote of thanks went to the steward department. .M4 $ecrefary, A. D* Forest. Everyone was complimented for keeping shoreside per­ sons out of the passageways in Korea. There Is 1,700 hours OT due, as WeU as subsistence for a partial linen issue, sinks, cots. This wUl be taken up with the patrolman, Meriiral attentinn is in­ adequate, and two men were ordered back to work before fnUy recovered. One man was left behind in Japan. Some progress has been made on minor repairs on the list. General safety rules are not being observed. No one is to go over the patrolman's head and try and .settle his own beefs. All foc'sles should be thoroughly cleaned up and soUcd iinen should be pat down the ladder. Medicine chest should be checked, as the supply looks low. Someone should be appointed to check with the express company for a truck to come to the ship and pick up packages to be shipped home, and also to check with the air­ lines to see If a rate for a group could be obtained. Ship should be left clean for the next crew. CITRUS PACKER (Waterman), October 95—Chairman, Fred Miller; Secretary, DEL NORTE (Mississippi), October 1$— Leon Hall, Jr. Captain promised to think about lifting the LOG on the wiper, who Chairman, Eddia Stough; Secretary, John is a very good worker. One man will be P. Zimmer. Crew's movie projector is turned over to the patrolman for missing lost. Any cigarettes bought in town will ship. Better care should be taken of be deducted from the dopchest. There the toaster and pereulstor. Deck de­ is $20,323 on hand in the ship's fund. partment gear should be put away, not ' A wrist watch will be raffled off for left lying around. Soiled linen should be funds for the sports and a baU game turned in. bunks stripped. Washing ma­ may be arranged for the southbound voy­ chine should be checked to see if it age. The Navlgator^s editor wiU give a will stand up for another trip. Vote of complete report of "the editorial board thanks went to the steward department at a forthcoming meeting and wiU ask for preparation of food and to the ship's for volunteers to help publish the paper delegate for doing such a good job and and to contribute articles. Brother Men­ to the ship's crew, for doing such a doza was elected ship's delegate by ac­ clamation. good job. CECIL N. BEAN (Orytrans), October 4 —Chairman, A. KessonT Secretary, M. F. Kramar. William Bunker was elected sliip's delegate: each department dele­ gate-will turn a repair list over to him and to the captain. Georire T. Coleman Octobtr 95—Chairman, William Bunker; Contact your mother at 32 Un­ Secretary, M. F. Kramer. Repair lists were turned in. Washing machines and ion Street, Lynn, Mass. sinks wiU be kept clean. Deck engineer WiU clean the sink drains. Delegate will 4 4" 4" see the captain about putting out a draw in US money before we hit port. Chief Norman E. Butters engineer will be asked about running It is imperative that you contact fresh water tap outside to keep shoreside people out of the passagewa.vs your mother at the earliest pos­ Library books will be boxed and placed j sible date. in one of the foc'sle In port. OCEANSTAR (Dolphin). August 14— Chairman, Julius Smythe; Secretary, Al­ bert Da Forest. Motion was passed to try and get a patrolman to meet the ship about repairs. Cans with water for cigarette butts are missing from the passages. Mop and broom closet should be kept a little cleaner. Repair list will be made out before arrival In Californiii. There should be a little more coopera­ tion in cleaning foc'sles and messroom. Ordinary on sanitary Is doing a fine job. Department delegate should be con­ tacted on all beefs. AU dep.-srtments were very cooperative whUe shifting the ship in port. Night cook, and baker wants the chief engineer to know that bis room is right under the boat deck, which is now being used as a repair shop, and he cannot sleep. Radio oper­ ator will take orders for any kind of cigar, chewing tobacco or snuff for the slopchest. September 13—Chairman, A. F. Bankston; Secretary, Albert De Forest. Many repairs were taken care of, but the agitator still needs fixing. First assistant will be asked about this. There are not enough cuts, although the captain said there were enough at sailing time. These were sealed with sea stores at the time and could not be checked. Books and permits should be gathered and checked. Shoreside persons should be kept out of passages and messrooms. Water hose should be run through the pantry port to provide water outside. Many foc'sle keys do not fit, and there are not enough of them. Deck department should be kept a little cleaner. Garbage cans will also be provided fore and aft: empty cartons and boxes, however, should be placed directly on the deck. There was some dissatisfaction with slopchest prices —particularly that of cigarettes. Prices should be.compared with those of other SIU ships In Japanese ports. October 94—Chairman, A. Bankston; 4 4 4 Hannes Randoja Brother Reino Pelasoja is inter­ ested in hearing Irom you. He is on the beach in San Francisco, but wants money owed him sent to Headquarters in New York. 4 4 4 Jimmy Marten A. F. (Tony) Martinez Contact Joseph W. James at 2427 E. Cobb, St. Louis, Mo. 4 4 4 John F. Laughlih Contact your mother, father, Ray or Patrick. They have some news that may please you. 4 4 4 Karl Hagrstrom . John Murray Get in touch with John Westfall at Headquarters. 4 4 4 John J. Leshon Your mother is sick and wor­ ried about you. It is urgent that you write to your sister, Mrs. Mary Jadus a^317 W. Chester St.,Shenandoah, Pa. Editor, Quiz Anzwerz SEAFARERS LOG. 1. Father Junipero Serra, rep­ 675 Fourth Ave., resenting California. ' Brooklyn 32, NY 2. Juneau; San Juan; Honolulu. 3. Delaware. 1 would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please 4. Danish Major General Vagn put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) Bennike. 5. Bobo Rockefeller, who was awarded $5,500,000 in divorcing Seamen's Gear NAME Winthrop Rockefeller, and Bobo The following men have gear Olson, who defeated Randy Turpin stored at Pier No. 6, Bush Ter­ STREET ADDRESS for the world middleweight title minal. Please pick it up: and whose share of the gate was E. Brown G. Schemm J. Galandei M. Blizzard $63,()00. J. Bipcre M. Llfahultz ^^ITY .^'DNE ......ST^VTE ..... a E., Tucker 6. Burt Shotten, who was also Copper . R. Guthera F. Corcoran let go after a good record. Armand G. Hunt Signed Brigga J. McHal* 7. Motion picture executive A. Blue F. Arat %rlc Johnson. F. Boneflno C. Hank.(-J TO AVOID DUPLICATION; If you or* an old tubtcribot ond heva o changG W. Shaw' E. Sheppard of addrgif, pltaio givo your formor addrosi below: 8. Zsa Zsa, Eva and Magda are C. WUaon Albu N. Whltker the sisters, and J(>lie is the mother. Votx ADDRESS R. Clyuer C. Crimmini 8. Arnold Qidlffa. O. ..Sutphln B, Wcatever K, Buckley < .8. SiFveuar 10. Earl Sand*. CITY ..ZONE ..STATE W.' Jonea • •t«$s«o$MoaMOiMSBa»$«oo»OMao«$«ae$ooe*oi**oea**o*ee**eoo***a*ee**o*i*oaB o«aeMOB*oee*oMo«oa*ao*ob*M$i f ••••••CBBaffaBMai -.J / �•• ^5,. ^ •,' .-—.i-^t, ; '-itf .rr-'-r SEAFARERS L/TC November IS, 195S Union Sponsors Hospital Movies in the HOSPITALS The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who are being taken care of-ty 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 weeks 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 be most welcome.; Shown above are patients at the Frisco USPHS hospital enjoying a Friday night movie. The SIU made this service available to Seafarers and other patients in the hospital as part of its special service to hospitalized Seafarers and other seaman-patients. The Union has come to the aid of several of the USPHS hospitals to keep up the weekly entertainment. Some hospitals were presented with pro­ jectors and screens. All of the following SIU families 6, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. toill collect the $200 maternity Sterling B. Mutz, 323 37th Place, benefit plus a $25 bond from the SE, Washington 19, D. C. 4 4 4 Union in the baby's name. Julia Ann Spondike, bora Octo­ Gail Oosse, bom Septemb» 2, ber 16, 1953. Parents, Mr. and 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mrs. George Spondike, 3124 St. Oosse, 51 Fourth Street, Whistler, Ann Street, New Orleans, La. Ala. . $ 4 .4^ 4 4 October 12, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William A. Ryan, 194 Co­ lumbia Heights, Brooklyn, N. Y. 4 4 4 , Robert Rivera, Jr., bom Septem­ ber 17, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rivera, 53 Mercer Street, Jersey City, N. Y. 4 4 4. Joan Margueret Arsenault, born Elizabeth Gallagher, bora Octo­ Anthony Joseph Costigan, bora September 10, 1953. Parents, Mr. ber 6, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. October 19, 1953. Parents, Mr. and and Mrs. Alex R. Arsenault, 43 Ex­ Mrs. James H. Costigan, 3202-C William Gallagher, 403 51st Street, change Street, Waltham, Mass. Brooklyn, N. Y. Morris Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 4 4 4* 4 4 -4 ir ir ^ Jimmy Viiiarreal, born October Gwendolyn Rose Greiser, born Thomas Andrew Aguero, bora 22, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. October 5, 1953. Parents, Mr. and August 26, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Gregory Viiiarreal, 19-E Magnolia Mrs. Julio Aguero, 2324 Chestnut Mrs. John W. Greiser, 1011 Homes, Galveston, TeX. Stephens Avenue, Charleston, csStreet, Tampa, Fla. W.V. 4 4 4 4 ^ - George Raymond Trepholm, born 4 4 ' 4 ' Edmundo Acabeo, bora Septem­ 4, 1953. Parents,. Mr. and Carl Edward Hargroves, Jr., October ber 6, 1953. Parents,'Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Franklin S. Trenholm, 1059 Emiliano Acabeo, San Juan Bau- born October 27, 1953. Parents, Savannah Street, Mobile, Ala. tista No. 6, Puerto do Tiena, Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Hargroves, 4 4 4 300 East Court, Tattnall Homes, Puerto Rico. Edward Douglas Powell, Jr., bora Savannah, Ga. 4^ 4^ ^ October 27, 1953. Parents, Mr. and 444, Mrs. Edward D. Powell, 812 SumVicki Kazmerski, born Septem­ Jimmie Lee Proctor, born Octo­ merville Street, Mobile, Ala. ber 6, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Kazmerski, 1925 East ber 6, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4 4 4 Fairmount Avenue, Baltimore 31, Sam J. Proctor, Route 2, Box 46, Daniel Paul Fillingiin, Jr., born Citra, Fla. Md. October 20, 1953. Parents, Mr. and 4 4 4' 4i' l" 4!" Mrs. Daniel P. Fillingim, 717 Sixth William Aloysius Ryan, III, born Avenue, Chickasaw, Ala. ' Norma Jean Wright, born Octo­ ber 2, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Wright, 110 West Taylor Street, Savannah, Ga. 4> 4> 4> Wayne Joseph Maas, born Octo­ ber 11, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leon J. Maas, 2'629 Alvar Street, Apartment E, New Orleans 17, La. Get In Touch With SIU For Transfers To PHS Hospitals CITY HOSPITAL MOBILE, ALA H. O. Llmbaugh PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL !» MOBILE. ALA. Milton Robinson USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. A. H. Anderson Charlie W. Phelps USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. J. 8. Asaviciiia Peter Smith D. H. Boyce Joseph Somyak Jim Corsa D. K. T. Sorensen I. McCormick W. Timinerman Jo® Ferreira Robert R. White Arthur F. Smith USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, UA. R. A. Denmark S. V. Kilpatrick Joe B. Farrow Jimmie Littleton N. L. Gardner L. J. Love Floyd M. Hansen CecU C. Miller Roger E. Huggins John U. TUlis Samuel Jonaa George W. Wilson Claud Ke.nt K. L. Guthrie USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. C. Gawrych M. R. Reeves C. E. OwenS B. L. Royster Jr. SEASIDE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL LONG BEACH, CAL. W. C. Jackson • • HARBOR GENERAL HOSPITAL WILMINGTON, CAL. R. R. Richards Eugene C. Plahn USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. Tim Burke Adolph Pochucki Harry J. Cronin ENDOWOOD HOSPITAL TOWSON, MD. Leonard Franks SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY Joseph Koslusky t USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN. Charles Burton J. F. Thornburg BEEKMAN DOWNTOWN HOSPITAL NPW YORK, NY Walter Reed VA HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA. PA. E. T. Cunningham VA HOSPITAL CORAL GABLES, FLA. J. C. VUar USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. T. L. Ankerson Robert Lambert Josef Antoniak T. J. Lobado Arthur W. Barrett Peter Lasado' Edward R. Boyle Jeremiah MoNiece John P. Brooks Earl McKesdree Jessie A. Clarke WiUiam H. Mays Braxton S. Conway William Mellon Jell David Henry T. MiUer Samuel Drury Herman Mmer Harry D. Emmett Thomas Nicholas S. Fauntleroy Frank Pasquall W. .J. GaUaway Alexander Presnell Wayne Hartman Walter C. Swacker Owen H. Herring Lloyd J. Thomas Lawrence Johnson Norman D. Tober USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. Edwin T. CaUahan Theodore Mastaler Joseph E. Crowley James H. Penswick Frank Mackey USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEX. George Bales C. Barboza WiUiam Bargone. Howard E. LUes Jean V. Dupre John E. Markopolo Howard' W. Forbes Robert Puckett G. R. Gonzales Jr. B. Seal S. P. Hart Richard ViUareal USPHS HOSPITAL NUW UKLEANS. LA. G. R. Anthony Thomas F. KeUer A. R. Baker E. G. Knapp C. Bennett Leo H. Lang Paul Berthiaume A. J. Laperouse Herman H. Casas Thomas Lind Clarence W. Cobb Henry J. Maas George T. Coleman WUUam MacGregor C. J. Compan Edward Morgan S. Cope Theodore Morris W. C. Copping C. R. Nicholson Adion Cox James Patterson RogeUo Cruz W. E. Reynolds Thomas J. Dawson W. K. Robinson Joseph L. Dionne John J. SchaUer M. W. Gardiner Arthur ScheU E. C. GUbert Luther C. Seidle Jack H. Gleason O. Simoncioni J, O. Glenn Richard R. Suttls Joseph A. Gomez Tedd R. Terrington George E. HarweU Lonnie R. Tickle C. M. Hawkins T. F. Vaughan John L. Hinton Marion C. Vester WUUam HoUand Norman West J. H. Jones L. W. WetzeU Jr. Leonard Kay VirgU E. Wilmoth H. Keith A. J. Wyzenski HOTEL DIEU NEW ORLEANS, LA. George Burch USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY James H. Bales John McStravick T. M„ BarracUlt John Maclnnes John Beckmann James Martin Earl A. Bink John B. MoUnI Marcie Boyles Jerry J. Palmer John E. Brady Richard Panerall WUUam H. Brady Robert D. Phlfer Martin Brownston John Quinn James K. Cann George Rice Gerardo Chao C. R. Robertson Bomar R. Cheeley G. H. Robinson T. Christiansen Jorge Rodriguez Carl Churko VirgU Sandberg G. Cumming W. Schoenborn C. L. DeChenne Robert Sizemore Earl Driggers John Slaman Jesus Fernandez C. Sofounios John Fiynn Luciano Spitale T. C. Galouris Roy Co. Stem EsteU Godfrey Joseph Torra Felix >Gregerowicz MUton Trotman Anthony Gregoire Benjamin Trottie Thomas J. Henry Harry S. Tuttle Paul Jokubesak Harvey Van Duynt Luciano Labrador George Vickery Stanley Lesko Frank Walaska Thomas V. Logan Tadashi Yatogo C. McBrlen USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH. BROOKLYN, NY Percy D. Ailred Frederick Landry Claude F. Blanks James J. Lawlor JuUan, Cuthrell James R. Lewis C. M. Davison Francis F. Lynch EknUio Delgado Harry F. McDonald Antonio M. Diaz A. McGuigan John J. Driscoll David Mcllreath John T. Edwards Vic MUazzo Jose G. Espinoza Lloyd Miller Robert E. Gilbert Eugene T. Nelson Bart Guranick Montford Owens Peter Gvozdich G. E. Shumaker Thomas Isakscn E. R. SmaUwoda John W. Keenan Renato A. VUlata L. Kristiansen SIU Presents Books To NO Hospital A number of cases have turned up recently where Union members do not know how to go about arranging for transfer Clayton McKinley Lewis, born from private or city hospitals to the marine hospitals. A call October '5, 1953. Parents, Mr. and to the welfare office in the> ' ''MI-S. Odus C. Lewis, Jr., 905 18th New York hall will bring known to the hospital authorities. Street, Galveston, Tex. action from the Union. If the The advantages to Seafarers be­ 4i> 4 ^ 4!" 4" 4> Antonio Suarez, Jr., bom Octo­ ber 5, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Suarez Martin, 35 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, NY. 4^ 4 Rolando ,Feliciano, born October 4, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Julio Pacheco FeMciano, 56 Old Broadway; New York, N. Y. 4* 4* 4* Glendal Roy Bnrke, born Sep­ tember 8, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs, Donald C. Burke, Route 3, c/o V..L. Cochrane, Waynesboro, Miss. 4^ 4^ 4 hOchael Stanley Koza, bora Octo­ ber 19, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Koza, 6903 Brentwood venue, Baltimore 22, Md. ^ 4, • Irle SterUng Mali; born October, hospitalized seafarer is not in the New York area he can call the nearest SIU hall and if he is in condition to be moved he can be shifted to a Public Health Service hospital. While the Union is always glad to perform any service for mem­ bers, there are times, such as med­ ical emergencies, when, Seafarers will not be able to get in touch with the Union. It's a good idea for all SIU members to carry on their persons some identification, stating that in an emergency they should he .taken, to .the. nearest USPHS hospital. There is an emer­ gency ambulance service ' avail­ able to Se'afarera uiideir such cir­ cumstances. If it is not possible to* arrange immediate transporta­ tion to a PHS hospital, this can be taken e^e of as soon as the Sea­ farer Is able to make his wishes ing treated in USPHS hospitals rather than others are obvious. Primarily, there is no charge for USPHS hospitalization. In addition to this, the Seafarer receives gen­ erally better treatment and more individual attention in the marine hospitals. His SIU buddies are in these hospitals and the Union's hospital representative is oh hand to take care of any requests or complaints. If any contingency does arise, the Welfare Services will always be on hand to assist Seafarers. If SIU men carry some identification as. described above, the whole busi-, ness will be simplified and fiiere will be a i^imum of delay and red tape. As long as the marine hospitals remain open, and the Union is fighting to keep them open,; Seafarers will- get thi best ihedlcal treatment av^dlablei. SIU representative'W. J, Fredericks is shown piKseht^g the.No. assortment of 90 booka-to the New Orieahs USPHS hospital. Dr; -'John N: Bowden, Medical Officer In charge; is accepting the books. sil'^ CSggglif �N«vember IS, ISSf StAFARERi SEEIN* THE SEAFARERS With WALTER SIEKMANN LOG Pafe Seafarer's Dream Comes True Somewhere in the back of every Seafarer's mind is a dream of retirement. The locale may vary. Seafarers on the Gulf may dream of a camp on the Rigolets, near New Or­ leans, where Lake Ponchartrain crabs and prawns, redfish, sheephead and speckled trout and mallard and blue wing"^ teal are all abundant. A West Coast sailor would fancy a beach cottage, possibly on the Monterey peninsula, with deepsea fishing at his door and bear, ante­ lope and pheasant readily avail­ able in the nearby mountains and plains. An inlander might choose one of Minnesota's 10,000 lakes or Michigan's upper peninsula, where the hunting and fishing are enough to attract nimrods and waitons from ail over the world. One Seafarer, Brother Earl T. Spear, did what so many others al­ ways vaguely plan to do. He real­ ized his dream of a woodland re­ treat. He chose his native Maine for his site, not the seacoast he Here is Hie dream house of Seafarer' Earl T. Spear, Brother Spear, knew so well, but the inland, lake who is retired on disability, owns this cabin beautifully situated region in the heart of the deer in a pine grove in Highland Lake, Maine. Fishing and hunting country. Spear's snug, comfortable are plentiful nearby. cabin is located on beautiful High­ land Lake, built on a hill slope and farers. The dream of financial in­ by and say hello. He says the deer surrounded by a pine grove. Not dependence for Spear became a hunting this year is excellent. Dur­ another house is in sight from reality. ing bow and arrow season (the first Brother Spear's retreat. When in Writing to Walter Siekman, the two weeks of deer season In Maine the mood. Spear can practically Union's director of welfare, Spear allow only the longbow as a subsist off the land. The soil sup­ reports, "Every Saturday morning weapon) a friend of his sister's ports an ample vegetable garden I pick up my check from the post bagged two good sized deer. Sea­ and there is some of the country's office. Believe me, I don't know farer Spear manages to see his best fishing right at hand. In sea­ what I would do without it.. It's family in Portland several times a son, moose and deer are taken great to be able to show this check week. nearby and bears are around for to the family and assure them that Here is one case in which the the more adventurous hunter. you are not dependent. This check Union was able to guarantee a dis­ Has Heart Condition is a declaration of independence, abled bcpther lifetime financial Brother Spear was retired on meaning you don't have to beg or security. This is a far cry from disability a few years ago, as a re­ ask anyone for alms. My undying the days before the Union, when sult of a heart condition and bron­ thanks to the officials and mem­ seamen were left to their own de­ chitis. His doctor advised rest. bership of our Union for making vices after their years of useful­ ness to the shippers were over. Few men in moderate circum­ this possible." He encloses an invitation to his stances are able to obey such an We are happy to note that order, but the SIU Welfare Fund old shipmates who might find Brother Spear's heart condition is make this possible for ailing Sea- themselves in the vicinity to stop eased and that his bronchitis is clearing up. We wish him "good hunting." {News about men in the hospitals and Seajarers receMng SlU WeU fare Benefits will b« carried in this column. It b 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.) A survey of hospitalized Seafarers throughout the country reveals the tremendous interest in the situation in Washington in regard to the possible closing of the marine hospitals. As most of you have read *or heard, the Republican administration has proposed a cut in the budget of the United States Public Health Service. Such a Cut wuuU mean the immediate closing of the USPHS hospitals. This would of course mean the end of free medical attention to seamen. The Union welfare representatives visiting the Seafarers in the various hospitals have been urging the patients themselves to write to their Congressmen and Senators urging them to oppose the admin­ istration plan. The representatives have been making stationery available to Seafarers and other USPHS patients who wish to write protesting the move. The Union Itself has been conducting an intensive campaign among members of Congress to kill this plan. Sea­ farers in the hospitals were gratified at the activi­ ties of the Union. Coming in for particular com­ pliments were Seafarers Nick Gaylord and his wife who are personally undertaking the big Job of get­ ting petitions in to Congressmen and arranging for delegations to visit the lawmakers. Brother Gaylord is a former USPHS patient and appreciates the Torra need for these institutions to remain open. He and his wife deserve the thanks of all Union members for their unselfish efforts in this Union fight. jumping around the hospitals, our representatives report the fol­ lowing brothers in. Most reported doing well or improved, we are happy to note. In the Staten Island hospital are oldtimers Joseph Torra and Luciano Labrador. Both are doing well. Brother Torra is - well-known as one-of the LOG's biggest boosters. Out in Seattle, Seafarers B, L, Roysten, C. E= Owens and M. R. Reeves are in the marine hospital in the West Coast port. Their brethren on the East Coast send along best wishes for a quick recovery. Down in Miami, Brother Jose Villar and Brother George Murphjrare temporarily indisposed. They - should be up and around before too long. At least they have the benefits of some decent climate, something we ali could use up here, after last week's Labrador =3 blizzard. Down on the South Atlantic coast, bur representative in Savannah visited Seafarers in the marine hospitai in that port. These included Cecil Miller, Jack Littleton, and J. B. Farrow. Applications for the mater­ Finally at Baltimore, where they are coming right jalong with the nity benefit must be supported Under one of the provisions of the McCarran-Walter Immi­ new Union hall, a group of Seafarers were visited at the USPHS by the following documents: hospital there. These were John Brooks, Earl McKessore, Broxton gration Act any seamen who have served five years or more • Your marriage certificate. Conway, Htpy Emmet, Frank Pasquali, Robert Lambert, Joseph An- on United States ships prior to December 23, 1953, are now •" Baby's birth certificate dat­ toniak, Lloyd ^Thomas, Alex Pressnell, Sam Drury, Walter Swacker, eligible for American citizen-^ ing birth after April 1. 1952. William Mays, Jess Clark, William Galloway, Thaddeus Lobada, Wayne ship. This provision; however, arfe not citizens. On countless oc­ • The discharge from the last Hartman, Jeff Davis and Thomas Nicholas. We hope all these brothers expires on December 23 of this casions Welfare Service has_gone ship you sailed jn before the will be up again soon and we hope to see them all shipping out again year. Seamen who meet the above to bat for Seafarers who had over­ baby was born. In the near future. stayed their 28 days or had run Processing of all applica­ requirements and who have not afoul of the Immigration Depart­ tions can be speeded up by at yet applied for citizenship under ment elsewhere. Welfare has also least three days if photostatic the above provision-are urged to helped many Seafarers to gain copies of the three documents do so immediately. There are less United States citizenship. Welfare are sent in. Applications thkn eight weeks remaining during is always happy to be of such serv­ should be made to Union Wel­ fare Trustees, c/o SIU head­ which seamen meeting the require­ ice to Seafarers. Those who can. quarters, 675 Fourth Avenue, ments can avail themselves of this however, should take advantage of this provision before expiration Brooklyn 32, NY. privilege. date. Many Seafarers are probably un­ aware that the McCarran-Walter Act extended this provision. This was originally a wartime law de­ signed to assist seamen serving under the American fiag to gain The deaths of the followiny at New Caney Cemetery, Houston, American citizenship. Congress al­ lowed the provision to. expire on Seafarers have been reported to Tex. His estate is administered by December 23, 1950. When the Mc- the Seafarers Welfare Plan and Mary Rena, 214 Preston Avenue, Carran Act was passed, an amend­ $2,500 death benefits are being Houston, Tex. ment to the law incorporating an paid to beneficiaries. t> $• it extension of the provision was in­ Warner W. Allred, 56: An intes­ Louis Teck, Jr., 42: Lobar pneu­ troduced and-passed by Congress^ tinal hemoTrbage proved fatal to monia caused Brother Teck's There is no likelihood of any Brother Allred on October 14, death on October 20, 1953 in New further extension. Any Seafarers 1953, at the USPHS Hospital in OijLeans, La. For the past two who are eligible under this law Savannah, Ga. An FOW in the en­ years he had sailed as a member and fail to apply before the dead­ gine department, he had sailed of the engine department, from the line will be out of IGck. There is SIU since 1938, when he joined in port of New York. Surviving every indication that it will be Savannah. Brother. Ailred was Brother Teck is his brother, Wil­ MSTMUTMN Of UMON IINtmS • more difficult than eve^ for aliens buried in Columbus, Ga.; he is liam Teck, Box 23, Purvis, Miss. to gain American citiz^ship from survived by his sister, Mrs. Zada fMUY MATTOS • lIGAt ACTKM • ii it it now on. If any Seafarer who is Bell Coulter, of 1212 Eighth Ave­ FMANdAt ABVKI • MMMCUTKM Amber G. Smith, 69: On March eligible applies he will be free nue, Phoenix City, Ala. 6, 1953 Brother Smith died of a MATTOS • BROT lOAtO niOSUMS • from the troublesome inconven­ ^ ^ circulatory ailment at the USPHS COAST OUARD MATinS • UNOIPiOYMINT ience of having to either leave the Arthur Ruix, 24: A member, of hospital in Galveston, Tex. He MSORANCr-fOaAl SKIIRITt NOUSMO country or get an extension after the engine department, Brother had been a messman in the stew­ HMUnmAIKI MORCMWr • AtlOTMIKTS • 28 days. This extension does not Ruiz died of a throat wound in ard department, sailing SIU ships apply to resident aliens, who are Houston, Tex., while enroute to since 1949. Burial took place at WATRttTMN • m mSMAl fRMlIMS free 'to reside in the United States the hospital last November 15th. Oleander Cemetery, Galveston, indefinitely. He sailed with the SIU since 1947, Tex. Surviving is his son, Harry The Uniop's Welfare Services when he joined in the port of Gal­ Lee Smith. 2313 Taft Street, Hous­ have helped Union members who veston. Brother Ruiz was buried ton, Tex. Aliens Have Just Few Weeks Left Under 5-Year Provision How to Apply For Birth Pay FINAt DiSP^f11 ^ i -am 1 I �19' ' OFFlCIAl ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS IN TE R N AT IO N AI UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL V:.' 1 1938—A small but mtlifanf group of rank and file seamen defied the might of shipowners to establish the SlU Atlantic and Gulf District. 1948—Cities Service throws up smpke screen, organizes company union. Eighty new tankers bought. 1939 — Union constftution drafted provid­ ing for full membership control, secret ballots, referendums, regular audits, bj-weekly meet­ ings. ^ 1949 — NLRB. throws out company union. Remainder of Cities Service ships cast ballots. SlU receives 89 percent of vote. 1940 — SlU wins P & O passenger ship con­ tract. Last major. attempt by shipowners to break up SlU. Union negotiates first full war bonus agreement. NLRB elections won on four steamship lines by 3-1 majority or better. •• 1941 — SlU backs up membership on war bonus beef after Robin Moor sinking. Bonus rates boosted up to $100 a month. 1942-1945 — War years. SlU defends seamen's rights against Government regulation. More than 1,200 Secifarers lose lives carrying supplies to battlefronts. Post-war organizing program planned with 96-ship Isthmian fleet as first objective. lif:: 1946 —SlU wins Isthmian election, defeats NMU and starts downfall of-Communist influ­ ence in maritime.' Firm Union policy wins re­ versal of Government wage board decisions. 1947 — Isthmian surrenders unconditional­ ly on Union contract demands. Six Cities Serv­ ice ships vote. SlU gets 75 percent majority... 1950 — Senate investigates Cities Service labor spy apparatus. Company signs contract. SlU negotiates revolutionary Welfare Plan entire­ ly paid for by shipowners. 1951 -Forty-hour week at sea obtained* Hospital and death benefits increased several times. New vocation plan negotiated providing per-diem cash vacation payments. New Uniori headquarters opened. 1952 - Disability and maternity benefit* provided for Seafarers. Welfare Services De­ partment established. New building begun in Baltimore. Union constitution revised to strertgh-' en niembers' rights. SlU rewrites contract and wins huge money gains. - 1955 — SlU companies sign new. standard freight and tanker contracts. Sea Chest opera­ tions begin, supplying ship slopchests, men ashore. First four annual Seafarert * Scholar­ ships awarded. MFOW affiliate with SlU; Union helps AFL set up new clean union on docks NLRB election in Atlantic fleet begins. 'O" J-'-'' •. j'.'iijSi WSi!-. ,• I AM •f � 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. 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Title A name given to the resource November 13, 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. 23 Description An account of the resource Headlines: LESS HOURS, MORE $ WON BY CANADA SIU BLOOMFIELD'S SUBSIDY BID IS REARGUED AFL-ILA SEEKS 20C PAY INCREASE, PLEDGES MOUNT SHIPPING EXPERTS CRITICIZE LIBERTY CONVERSION PLAN NEW DESIGN BUILT INTO BALTO HALL SEE FAST DECISION IN ATLANTIC ELECTION, HALF OF VOTES IN SEAFARERS ON TARGET WITH THROWING ARM 50-50 UNDER FIRE BEFORE STUDY GROUP UNION CREW GETS PRAISE FROM GOV'T COAST GUARD MODIFIES SCREENING PROCEDURES CHANNEL FIGHT DELAYING ORE SHIP PROGRAM 1931 WAGE SCALES A PAINFUL MEMORY VOYAGER CARRIES HOLIDAY SWEETS 'MOTHER ML' STANDS FOR TENDER THOUGHT FIRST '54 SIU SCHOLARSHIP EXAM DEC. 5 HOOSIER MARINER SETS 'RECORD,' CROSSES ATLANTIC IN SIX DAYS 'BONUSES ARE TO CONTINUE,' UNION INFORMS COMPANIES PROFIT TAX END AIDS BIG FIRMS ALIENS GET NEW RULINGS ON ENTRIES UNCONSCIOUS SEAMAN SAVED BY SHIPMATE MAIL BUOY? - IT REALLY WORKS NEW MARINER TO CREW SOON, SIXTH FOR SIU LIGHTHOUSE AT STAMFORD TO BE SOLD INJURY RATES AT RECORD LOW SEVEN DOCKERS LOST IN SHIP BLAST OIL KING IBN SAUD DIES CANADIAN VICTORY ELECTION PROGRESS DISPUTE ON LIBERTYS CHANGING TIMES VOTING DAY IN ATLANTIC SIU CREW OF WATERMAN SHIP DRAWS PRAISE OF PASSENGERS NEW PERILS FOUND IN TEXAS SEAFARER SEES UNION GO TO WORK ON OLD-TIME SAILING PRACTICES ST NEW YORK SALVAGES VESSEL BOSUN'S TELEGRAPH KEY SETS CITY BUZZING OVER HIDDEN 'TIME BOMB' SEAFARER CREWS, STEWARDS DEPT. IN PITCHED BATTLE OF THE MENU FLOGGINGS FOR SPORT BRINGS SHIP 'MUTINY' FLORIDA LIGHTHOUSE MARKS SHOAL, HAS BEEN BURNING SINCE 1860 SEAFARER'S DREAM COMES TRUE ALIENS HAVE JUST FEW WEEKS LEFT UNDER 5-YEAR PROVISION 15 YEARS YOUNG Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/13/1953 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1953 Periodicals Seafarers Log