http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/2c345499839b7b2cf8fcd3cb44d2c1a5.PDF 431e6c6926b4a2f1d71f0c65eccf517e PDF Text Text i r SEAFAKERS •'pi;?' v:-!' LOG • OFFiCIAl ORGAN OF THE S E A F A R E R S I N TE R N AT I O N AI UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL t N . • 7 • - " • ^ " • iff. 5^''Tr^:tr. • - '".V'-'/' I' ''V • "Story on Page 3 '•^1 Story on Page 2 : - "iH:; ,• •: • ••• - I"-:; 5f(/ 'Sweepstakes', 'S'.- "There it is!" said Edward R, Buck­ ley, baker (left), as he found his %ame, good for $2.02 on the Missis­ sippi Steamship Company's $58,000 unclaimed wage list. Cecil J, Ker­ rigan, waiter (center), was listed for $13.41 and Guiseppe Vaccaro, bartender, found he had $35.87 coming to him. They and nearly 4,000 other Seafarers have back pay in amounts as high as $602 coming to them from 1948-1953. The list appeared in the LOG two weeks ago. (Story on Page 5.) H • t'l I x -; - : -- , liWii - St. Lawrence Seaway... • What it is. : i . 'I 'ri • What effects it' will have on ships and seamen. (See story on Page 5.) eti 7^^ Ports like Chicago (left), 1,000 miles in­ land on the Great Lakes, will offer an all-water route to all parts of the world when the St. Lawrence Seaway is com­ pleted in I960. , �> '7>Tr!'?r?''sy5K^vrrsK'^*5': Fac« Tm « SEAF ARERS LOG 60 New Ships Yearly Is US M'time Program I1^: May tB, 1954 Dramatic Rescue Off Cape Hattcras The first top-level comprehensive statement setting forth a Government program for a strong merchant marine was issued last week by Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks. Speaking at a New York Maritime Day ceremony, Weeks, who oversees the Maritime Ad­ ministration, held forth the+ promise ot construction of 60 another 20 modem tankships. in for assistance in the form of new ocean-going ships a year Construction of four new com­ operating subsidies. This is a con­ siderable change of attitude from to replace the existing ocean fleet bination passenger-cargo ships. his view, previously expressed, that as weii as the promise of necessary Conversion of several Liberty the triamp ships should transfer to subsidy money to keep a modern ships in the reserve fleet to in­ fleet operating. A bill calling for crease their speed and ynprove Panamanian or Liberian flags. The most immediate impact on the 60 ship a year program has their cargo handling—all this mak­ already been introduced in the ing therf competitive with existing shipping will be the new tanker program, if approved by Congress. House of Representatives. ^ ocean-going cargo vessels. ' It has two aspects. The Navy part Four-Point Program Further, he pointed out, the US of the program is aimed at supply­ For the immediate present, must import 29 of the 38 minerals ing the defense foi-ces with modern Weeks offered a four point pro­ gram as follows: * and metals vital to US production high-speed tankers that would be Construction ot 20 high-speed and must hav^the ships with which tankers with assurances of long- to bring them in. Another member of the Govern­ "A new complication arose on term US Navy charters. the Navy tanker charters when A trade-in program in which 40 ment, Maritime Administrator the Senate passed the bill old T-2s would be turned over to. Louis Rothschild, indicated that sponsored by Senator Saltonthe Government in exchange for tramp ship operators should come A crewmember of the grounded freighter Omar Babun is taken stall containing a provision ashore in a breeches buoy by the Coast Guard. The Panamanian for transfer of the tankers to ship was driven ashore in qne of the many gales that blow up in foreign flags under certain cir­ the Hatteras area. cumstances. The bill would permit transfers after the ten year charter period is up, or during the time of the charter at the discretion of the Secre­ taries of the Navy and Com­ MONTREAL—^Despite a beef on a strictly economic issue, merce. Senator 'Warren Mag36 British seamen have been ordered to serve terms in a nuson objected to passage of Canadian prison for breaking a 19th century English law and the bill in this form and it is sea. refusing to go to An'*' expected that a fight will de­ MOBILE—Sponsors of anti-labor legislation iiS t)ie last ses­ additional number may face minimum Canadian wage of $204. velop on the measure in the "We just can't make out on the similar punishment from new sion of the Alabama Legislature were repudiate f^en Ala­ House. money we get," a spokesman for bama voters nominated three key labor-supporlfed^^andidates prosecutions. The developments followed the the men on one--of the affected in the May Democratic pri--* r marv ot ttio trade unipp qioipement, won arrest May 8 of 18 union crewmen ships asserted. He said the Cana­ owned by private business instead mary, on the British freighter Shelldrake dian cost of living was such that of by the Military Sea Transporta­ All three—^US Senator John over a big field pfi pflppuents by and a sympathy work stoppage by British wages never last while the tion Service. The tankers would be Sparkmanr seeking reelection; the biggest fir^f jiHmaty majority the crewmembers on two other ves­ men are in port.' built by private owners with the James E. Folsom, candidate for in the history of the state in his Less than a week fAlowlng the assurance of long-term charters governor, and Caret Van Antwerp, campaign to regain the governor­ sels, one here and another at near­ by Sorel, Que. Eighteen men on a arrest of the men- from the Shell- from the Navy. In turn, MSTS candidate for the state senate ship he relinquished nearly four second ship here, the Cibou, also drake, a replacement crew was would retire a larfe number of its from Mobile County—had the ac­ years ago. Sparkman also won in the first ferried by air from England and present T-2s for reserve purposes. tive, support «f the. SIU in this drew jail sentences. primary despite a determined bid The beef grew out of a protest secretly took the vessel out to sea. The "trade-in"- policy would port. : by the British seamen that they The other ships, the Cibou and the deal with tankers operating on Van Antwerp's victory was par­ by two opponents. He has an out-, cannot get along in Canadian ports Mont Alba docked at. Sorel, are commercial shipping runs. Here ticularly significant. A newcomer standing record as: -a Southern on their British pay. The vessels still tied up. the tank-ship owner would sell his to politics, he defeated State Sen­ liberal in the United States Sen­ are part of a fleet of 12 Britishold.T-2s to the Government In ex­ ator Tom Johnston by a-big major­ ate. Food Cut Off Van Antwen> addressed an SIU owned ships working Canadian As a result of the work stoppage, change for new ships. The old ity. Johnston sponsored Alabama's coastal ports at this-time, under no food is being put out on the T-2s, like those from MSTS, would so-called "right to work" law which membership meeting here to thank Seafarers in this port for their charter to Dominion concerns. ships and wages were cut off more also go into the reserve fleet, giv-. outlawed the union shop in this part In his victory. "The vote of Ing the country a sizeable tanker sfate. Earn 584 MoaUtly ^ than two we^ ago. the fittle people, the working man, i'olsom, an outspoken champion the The criminal charges against the reserve for the flrst time. Citing British wagdS as compared housewife, the Seafarers and ' -4to Canadian seamien's pay scales, men, filed by the Shipping Feder­ the farmer-elected me," he said. "I promise never to forget your help." the strikers say that the highest- ation of Canada, stemmed from Folsom sent a telegram of ap­ paid- man on the lowest decks of a their refusal to olaey the orders of preciation from his home at Cull­ British collier gets about $84 the captain that they make their man, Ala., while^ Sparkman. asked monthly, much less than half the ship ready to sail. They originated under a still-valid British imperial Albert' Gaston, Mobile attorney statute of 1894 which is part of and one of the leaders in his Mo­ Canadian maritime law. bile campaign committee, to convey Sentences of 21 days in prison his thanks to the SIU regular May 28. 1954 Vol. XVI. No. 11 were levied on the Shelldrake membership jncetlng. As 1 See It Page 4 crewmembers for having been ab­ Crossword Puzzle Page 12 sent from the ship without leave Editorial Page 13 from their captain. Fifteen days in Foc'sle Fotographer Page 19 jail and fines of six days* pay were Galley Gleanings Page 20 given to the Cibou strikers. No Inquiring Seafarer Page 12 other prosecutions have been start­ In The Wake Page 12 ed. WASHINGTON—A bill that calls Labor Round-Up Page 13 The situation, sharply reminis­ for automatic revocation of mer­ Letters .Pages 21, 22 cent of the treatment accorded sea­ chant marine documents for sea­ Maritime Page 16 men in years past—with the men men convicted of certain narcotics Meet The Seafarer.. Page 12 impossibly trying to make ends violations has beeen passed by the On The Job Page 16 meet in a strange port—has al­ House of Representatives. The bill Personals Page 25 ready been the subject of debate strengthens present regulations Quiz .' Page 19 in the Canadian Parliament, but no which give the Coast Guard power Seafarers In Action. Page 16 remedies were-offered. to lift seamen's papers but do not Ships' Minutes Pages 24, 25 make Such action mandatory. SIU History Cartoon .-.Page 9 The bill received the fullest sup­ Sports Line. Page 20 port from a spokesman of the Com­ Ten Years Ago ....Page 12 mittee of American Maritime Un­ Top Of The News Page 7 ions, of which the SIU is a- mem­ Wash. News Letter...... Page 6 Regular membership meetber, in hearings before the commitWelfare Benefits '... Pages 26, 27 Ihgs in SIU headquarters and tee,'Who pointed out that American • Welfare Report ; Page 8 at all branches are held every niaritime unions want no junkies ; Your Constitution page 5 second Wednesday night at or dope peddlers on the ships. ; Your Dollar's Worth . Page 7 : 7 PM. The schedule for the The SIU's standing policy for sev­ f • . • ' • niext few meetings Is as follows: eral years as approved by the-mem­ t Published biweekly ^tth* headquartdi-s June 2, June 16, June 30, ; of the seafaiert International llnl&n. Atbership and written into the con; tantic « Oulf biatrlct AFt, Fourth ' - All Seafarers registered on Garei Van Antweiv, raOiilessful, for nomination to the stitutiour is to provide expulsion Avenue, Brooklyn 33, NY. Tel. HYacinth the ^hipping list are required Alabima State Senate frqm Mobllp <;!oiinty,. thanbs l^eafarers for after due • trial • for > any Seafarer •y-6«0O. Entered ai leeond elate mattai' to attend the meetings. found guilty of possession-^'or use t|heir,spppprt. Harold Fladiier (seofeditieryed as readbif clr^k at the <•# •• ...-I At the; Feat, «Hko . tn Brooklyn,' Nif., plflareotigg.-.. •. -. iindar the A-t of August 24, 1*13. ..Jillllifc v;-, , [ ; -i- Jail Brifish Seamen In Canada $ Beef Three Pro-Labor Men Win In Alabama Vote SEAFARERS LOG Pass Stiff Bill On Dope Traffic Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks P:-' �5«^"TrTTr3?s^5Hrrr •f- SEAFARERS ItlBr 28, 1984 Tage Three LOG US Limits Shore Leave Bans WASHINGTON.—^The SIU's fight against unfair shore leave restrictions on seamen at overseas bases was crowned with victory as the Department of Defense issued a new shore leave order to meet the Union's objections: The order makes it clear that official Defense De-"*partment policy calls for shore ous to trap them in some petty as follows; "It is the policy of the Depaftment of Defense that shore leave to be granted "when­ violation of^ local regulations. At these meetings Government leave for civilian crewmembers ever possible." officials were compelled to admit should be permitted whenever pos­ Further the. order specifies that in some instances such as at sible, and for that purpose the that transportafion of mer­ St. Georges Bay, Newfoundland, transit of civilian crewmembers chant seamen through military there were no valid reasons for the through military bases should be bases, to nearby civilian areas restriction. Canadian police offici­ permittedwhen necessary to reach should be •permitted. Any future als confirmed as much by declar­ civilian areas. Exceptions to the shore leave restrictions that are is­ ing that American seamen, as well foregoing may be made in order sued must carry a valid reason and as those of other nations, are per­ to enforce agreements made at the copies of it must be forwarded to mitted to land anywhere in request of local civilian authorities Assistant Secretary of, Defense and restrictions required by con­ Canadian territory. John A. Hannah within the next 60 siderations of immediate security The pertinent paragraph of the days. Defense Department order reads for a local command." Standard Policy Issuance of a standard policy on the question should put an end to arbitrary and unreasonable shore leave restrictions im[iosed-at the whim of local military commanders without justification. As the SIU pointed out in meetings with De­ fense Department officials, many of these orders smacked of personal WASHINGTON—Substantiating SIU charges that ship­ dislike of merchant seamen and owners seeking foreign-fiag transfers were ducking out from added up to so much military "chicken." Particularly irksome under ship mortgages, a bill has been reported out to the were restrictions imposed in vari-^ House of Representatives giv--^"; ous Korean ports where fighting has long sinc.e stopped, and in ing the Government power to quite clear now that the Maritimo other bases such as Subic Bay, recover mortgage money on Administration was trying to pull Phillipine Islands; Goose Bay, vessels sailing under foreign flags. a fast one when it said that the reason it was transferring ships Labrador, and the Ernest Harmon In the last issue of the SEAFAR­ Air Forde Base in Newfoundland. ERS LOG the Union accused the was to get mortgages paid off. The Maritime Administration knew at As an SIU headquarters spokes­ Maritime Administration of per­ the time that it had no legal way of man put it, "The Defense Depart­ mitting a majority of 81 American- collecting the mortgages once the ment has come through as they flag Libertys seeking transfer to ships went foreign, a situation promised us with the result that default on their mortgage pay­ which still exists today." now we have a standard set of rules ments in recent years. Once the Has To'Catch Ship to go by. Any time we find that transfers went through, the Union shore leave restrictions run counter maintained, the shipowners would Even if the present law passes, a to these instructions we can back be free to thumb their ngscs at the mortgagee will still have tp catch a tlie responsible parties right into mortgage bills which were the transferred ship in a US port to a corner and get some action." main reason wl^y they wanted to have a chance to collect the mort­ Still at stake in the shore leave junk the US flag. gage money. issue is the qpestion of overtime No Way To Collect Of the 1,100 ships sold to foreign payment to«. the crewmembers of This was confirmed directly by a flags, the Government has out­ ships restricted at foreign ports witness before the House Merchant standing 371 mortgages for a total without orders from the foreign Marine Committee, John C. Prizer, of $116,870,476.33. The remainder government involved. The Union chairman of the Maritime Law As­ of the outstanding mortgages are is pressing a test case on this ques­ sociation of the United States. held by private banks and indi­ tion and is hopeful of getting After reporting that the US Gov­ viduals. favorable action on this point. A companion bill, identical to ernment has sold 1,100 ships to for­ Two Washington Meetings eign purchasers he declared that, the House measure, has already The Defense Department's policy "The mortgagees under those mort­ been passed in the Senate. The order^was the outgrowth of several gages are at present without suit­ bill has the support of the Admin­ written protests and two Washing­ able remedies to enforce the mort­ istration and is expected to go ton meetings held by SIU repre­ gages even when the vessels can be through the House without diffi­ sentatives along with spokesmen found in this country . . ." culty. Meanwhile, no further action has for the operators and Defense De­ In other words up until now, the partment officials. At these meet­ US Government or private citizens been reported on the question of ings the Union protested the un­ who held mortgages on foreign-flag transfer applications by 81 Ameri­ necessary restrictions as well as ships had no way of foreclosing can-flag Liberty ships. The trans­ fers have been held up indefinitely the harsh treatment dished out to those mortgages. merchant seamen by military of­ An SIU headquarters spokesman, pending thorough Congressional ficials who seemed only too anxi- commenting on the bill, said, "It's exanaination of the issues involved. Cov'f Can't Touch Runaway Ship $ The old ILA mob's link with the Communists was lampooned in this pre-election motorcade dispiay of "Tony's Gorilla," escorted, by two AFL men in Russian Cossack uniforms. Communist support of the old ILA had come to the forefront in recent weeks. The sign at the bottom reads: "ILA Ail The Way To Moscow." Challenges Again Hold Balance In Dock Vote The second election in five months among New York long­ shoremen ended on an inconclusive note as once again, a large number or challenged ballots held the key to the outcome. A margin of only 319 votes separated the old ILA and by the National Labor Relations the AFL-ILA, with 1,797 chal­ Board. lenges remaining to be disposed of Two Killed Ip Chllore Mishap Members of the SlU-crewed Chilore of the Ore Navigation Company were thanked for their thoughtfulness and sympathy fol­ lowing thev death of the two Chil­ eans who were killed while trying to dock the ship in Gruez Grande, Chile, recently. Crew Donates $216 Even though on the long offshore run, the officers and men of the Chilore . took up a donation which totaled $216.00 to send to the widows of these two men. The two Chileans were on a pilot boat when it ran into the propeller of the Chilore which was docking. At first it was believed in Balti­ more that "the two men were mem­ bers of the crew of the Chilore. A further check with the ship gave details of the accident. Put NrnHber On Meeting Exeuees Seafarers sending telegrams or letters to the New York headquarters dispatcher asking to be excused from attending headquarters membership ; meetings must Include the reg­ istration . number of their ; shipping card lb the message. From now on. If the-number . . is not included, the excuse Can. not be accepted by the dlsv Vi '• • j^V.pa^lieri-;-' ' i'• x-L,'/ V u<-i•'..' At the present moment, the vote stand^s at 9,110 for the old ILA and 8,791 for the AFI^ILA, 1,797 chal­ lenges, 49 void ballots and 51 "no union" votes, This was an improve­ ment over the AFL showing in the December election when it got 7,500 votes. ^ - Four Weeks Minimum The regional office of^the Na­ tional Labor Relations Board in­ dicated that it might take four to six weeks to process the 1,797 chal­ lenges which wil^decide who won the election. Since each ballot is Nso important in terms of deciding the outcome of the election the proS' and cons of each challenge will be carefully weighed, one by one; The bulk of the AFL challenges were cast against some 700 hatch bosses who are in charge of the gangs. The AFL insists' that they are supervisory personnel. It was agreed before the election^ that all these men would vote on a chal­ lenged ballot. If this AFL contention is upheld, t would change the picture consi.-2rably, leaving the election in the-hands of 1,100 other challenged votes. AFLrlLA representative John Dvyryer said that , the union was very confident that a count qjt the challenge::/ would give the AFL enough-votes to lip the scales in its favor, In contrast to last December's election when old ILA. strong-arm men ran, yotera in on busses, swarmed around tho polls and roughed up AFL-ILA backeis, all parties agreed that thi; vote was a peaceful and drde'rly one.. Pain­ staking preparations had been bade by the Labor Board, to assure' ithat the election would be Cdhducted as scrupulously as possible: Welfare Plan Procedure Discussed _ A jpoiht about the SIU.-Welfare iPlan Is explained by Welfare Administrator, Robert T. Ureasey to ;^(left to right) Seafarers Thomas W. At^s, El M; Beasley, Chatles .W. Howard and Frank Bartlett during a fecebt visit by Creasey the. Mobile iiau. . . • . �"4-:*; •"•ry.TVR-v^ge'--:-^ •.' "• -.yh-: P^re Fofr - yi SEAFA,RERS toa RR Drawings Make Seafarer ^Celebrity' On Statin Island »• 15^®" AslSee/lte^. A Seafarer from Staten Islajid, NY, became a "hometown celebrity" overnight as a result fNClDENT THAT TOOK PLACE UP IN CANADA RECENTtY, of a mention in the SEAFARERS LOG four weeks ago. although small in' itself, goes a long way toward explaining the dif­ Seafarer James F. Byrne earned the distinction when the April 30th LOG reported that ference between conditions On board American ships and those operat­ he had submitted two highly-t ing foreign flags^In this instance, crews of two British colliers in the imaginative drawings of ^rail­ ])6r|V-^: Montreal, vvho went qh strike in protest against the kind of wagies they were receiving v^re road locomotives as entries in pronfptly jugged under a 98-year-old British law tlife SIU art contest ending this and replacement crews floi^ in from England to month. The result was a lengthy take their-place. . .personal inteiwiew published in : He^e was a case where the bosuns on: these ships the "Staten Island Advance," along were making $85 a month and Other erewmbmbers with a photograph of Byrne show­ less in proportion. The ships are; on a .regular, coast­ ing off a sample of his handiwork. wise Canadian run and were docked hy.Mentroai at Now local bus drivers know him the time, yet because these crews joMactioned their by name as the man "who had that scows in an attempt to improve their conditions they •tory in' tlie paper" and a New were treated as it they had committed some kind of a crime. Although Yoi'k group , of model railroad en­ for all practical purposes these ships are based In Canada, ,it appeiu-s thusiasts has invited him to display that as far as the British are concerned, the idea of seamen being per­ his stuff before them. Although a mitted to leave their jobs when a ship is In port is giving the mariner seaman, with some tradition in a little too much freedom. .... the family leading to seafaring, Obviously if the law is going to jump on the foreign every Byrne is an oldtimer at railroading time he tries to put up a beef, he isn't going to be abie^'td do very too. ' much for himself, and conditions will continue pretty much as they 'Scotty' A" Misnomer Here's two of Seafarer James Byrne's amazliufly detiUled drawiufs have been over the years, and as they were in the US merchant marine Born in England, of Irish of wholly Imaginary steam locomotiyes done with draftsman's before strong unions tame Into being. ' . parents, he came to be called precision. "Scotty" by his shipmates who In Opposite Comer were unfamiliar with his broad running today which'inatehes' the test grew out of a bull-session in All of this brings up an interesting question on our relations with Yorkshire accent. His brother, it drawings. the NY hall when a fellow Sea­ foreign nations and foreign-flag ships, Everytlme people in Washing­ also develops, is one of leading farer challenged him on his artistic ton who are concerned about the well-being of this country's maritime Big Collectioii At Home model locomotive builders in Eng­ . In addition to the drawings, ability, especially with regard to indpstry try to do something to help it, they find the State Depart­ land today. Byrne also, has a roomful of old drawing finely-detailed railroad ment boys in the opposite comer. This applies particularly to the "50At one time a fireman on steam failrbading - magazines pictures engines. Byrne took up the chal­ 50" question, with the State Department always complaining that the locomotives, Byrne turned'to tlve lithosfaphs of oldtime loco­ lenge, and to top things off prop­ bill will damage the well-being of foreign natlefhs. - , •ea when an old eye injury <rom motives "at home that command a erly, decided to enter the results Now it appears when these foreign shipowners get a load of US World War I made the job diffi­ heavy price today. Some date back in the SIU competition. Now he's cult. He sailed in the deck and all the way to 1887, although a celebrity at home on Staten Is­ Government cargo, they pass precious little of the money they receive engine departments after coining Byme/now 59, wasn't even around land and, at SIU headquarters, his on to the seamen who are going the work. It would seem that the State Department is slightly Off base on this. It's not the well-being of the to the US in 1925, but when his then.' drawing skill is no longbr ques­ foreign • nations and their people that is at stake, but the wOll being of damaged sight tripped him up, His entries for the SIU art con­ tioned. the foreign-flags shipowner. turned to the steward department. Here in this-country, there is a. law on the books, called thb WalshA member of the SIU for the Healey act, which says that any manufacturer doing business with past ten years, Byrne now sails Uncle Sam has to meet certain- conditions as to minimum wages and messman or waiter. His last ship maximum hours. It might not be a bad idea if the Walsh-HeOley kind was. the Robin Locl^sley (Robin). of set-up was extended to include crewmembers of all 'ships haifdling The locomotive drawings are US Government cargo, whether US or foreign-flag operated. MOBILE—Delegates from all major ports in the US and done from imagination mostly, Panama £!anal Zone strongly endorsed the new AFL-ILA at and arc draftsman-like composites of features of many engines, down the 51st convention of the Masters, Mates and Pilots of Amer­ SEAFARERS TAKING A RIDE THROUGH THE PAN^A CANAL, to the last nut and bolt. known familiarly as the "Big-Ditch," in the near future will have a ica held here May 10-15. Pen and ink, a T-square and a Federation > of Labor group for 12 chance to . watch , construction gangs slicing the top off one of the big straight edge are Ms tools and the The convention also reelect­ years. . hills in the Gaillard Cut. This procedure, which will go on while ships end-product .is amazingly real, ed Capt. C. T. Atkins of New are using the canal, is made necessary by the fact that the hill may 'Among major convention actions since no one but a model rail­ shde down into the canal unless something is done to stop it. roader could spot the fact that York City president of the union. was a decision aimed at setting up There's not too many oWtimers still around who, can remember going an Atlantic and Gulf District to there, really isn't any locomotive He has been with. the American replace the present local union the long way around, via Cape Horn J^fore thq ckaal was built. As a « set-up. -A referendum Is planned matter of fact trips around that area these days are extremely rare. Certainly none .of them are made on the issue.. Other re-elected officers -were: by US merchant ships, which shows how Important Capt. J. M. Bishop, swretary-trea- a factor the canal Is In our shipping picture. Certainly there 4s a great deM of concern in offi­ surer, Washington, D. C.; Capt. Q. F. May,, first vice presideirt, San cial quarters about the possibility of the caiaal be­ Francisco; Capt. R. D. Lurvey, ing blocked', with many people suddenly discover­ ing it; significance to this,, country> well he.ing. ? Howeyerr if the ivorst shobld happen and the Big The unofficial Seafarer-ambassa­ the engine department when on a bitch was clbsed to'traffic, for imy length of time, dor to Yokohama, MaxTe Lipkin, ship. He joined the SIU in Tampa, stdps cduld itill^a.ke JLthe long'Way around. And ^ has returned to the Stales tem­ Florida, in October, 1949, and samp of the-'men.shlpping off the East Coast could And out what it porarily at least for a look at home, •makes his home in Wilmington, that the Delta Line^boys talk about when they rave about Buenos Aire^. but nobody would be surprised to North Carolina. He's a native of see him heading back to Japan that state and recently celebrated before long. While in San . Fran­ his 34th birthday. Beale, who sails THE LABOR MOVEMENT HAS BEEN HEARING A GOOD DEAL cisco Lipkin took a flyer at the steward, is one" of a Tampa, Flor­ in recent months about state legislatures passing the so-called "right job- of reading clerk in the SIU ida, family of Seafarers, and was to work" laws. As Seafarers and other union members know, these port meeting. born in that state 46 years ago. He laws are really aimed at the unions-because they-outlaw any form of Lipkin settled down in Yoko­ joined the SIU in the headquarters the union shop and keep unions Jroin presenting a strong front in their hama for an unexpectedly long port of New York on March 10, (dealings with employers. stay when he suf­ 1948. Pierce, who sails with the Si^reading Rapjdly fered an injury black gang, is a North Carolina These^la^s have been spreading around the country at a rapid rate, on a previous native from Snead's Ferry. He got with the state bf Mississippi passipg one just recently and the, Louisiana trip. Like many a his membership book in the Port state legislature having a similar law under con­ seaman and trav^ of Baltimore on November 29, sideration. It's«.encouraging then, td see that in eler before him, 1947 and is 26 years of age. Alabama; the labor movement roused up and helped he found the sur­ ^ Ji $1 defeat the sponsor of the "right to work" law in roundings con­ Two other engine department Captain C. T. Atkins , that state. Ih addition, the activity of union people genial and much men took charge of the Lake helped nominate th>ee clearly pro-labor candidates to his taste. ; f Charles, Louisi­ vice president, Boston, Mass.; In that state's Democratic primaries—candidates for The 34 yearana, port meet­ Beale governor, US Senator and state senator from the old Seafarer, who ing^ Ross F. Lyle Capt. H, M. Stegall, vice president, sails in the steward department, Mobile area. A • great many Seafarers were active of Mobile and New Orleans, La. Capt. Rolla Johnson, yice. presi­ comes originally from way back in this drive along with members of other local Robert Rojem of east in New Jersey. He joined the unions. Detroit, Michi­ dent, Great Lakes Region; Capt. SIU in New York on October 18, All of the candidates who wpn with labor support are pledged to gan. Lyle, who J. A. Gannon, vice president, San 1947, and has been sailing ever was chairman, Francisco;' Capt., G. Havilandj ap­ help fight the "right tb work" law in the state. No doubt they will since. has been an SIU prentice vice president. New York promote''repeal of the rtatute. 'If they are succesisful In that move, member just a City, and Capt. Hf T, Longmore, it will he a big step forward for thp labor movement all over the coun­ ^ t ^ 4. ^ •_ short time, join­ district deputy of. the' Panama try ak^cll as In Alabama. And In any case, it has^been shown here Rojem A three-man Seafarer-team con­ that labor support Ijr a factor to be reckoned with In a political cam­ ing up In 'New Canal, Balboa, 0 Z., sisting of James McDonald, Lawton York last summer. He's 39 years Two new vice presidents were paign. Beale and Rupert Pierce took of age. Rojem, who is 24, "got his named at the,, convention. They Perhaps with fhis in mind, legislators will think twice ebout enact­ charge of the last SIU meeting in membership book in Galveston on were Morris.Weinstein, Baltimore,« ing." laws, whlcli'strip" tinioli^- snd union members of secu. ity and prothe Port of Savannah. McDonald, March St8, 1947, . a little over seven and Thomas G. Kenny, Plttsburfh, tectbh.-^'Ibose v^hq wprkeb'So hard in Alabama toward this end' are to Who held the chair^^gsjiip^^jis Pa. __ MMP Backs Dock Union K >.".:• Miy M. 19^ ' i- -vi. �'2ii^ lf54 \EAF 4RERS LOG • riT* Seaway Poses^ Challenge To IIS Ship Operations WASHINGTON—The signing into law of the controversial St. Lawrence Seaway bill two weeks ago poses a real challenge for the d^lining US shipping industry, which could be translated into "a new era of maritime prosperity if the industry is equal to the oppor.tunity. Though fiercely opposed in many qu^ters, enactment of the measure by Congress set off a chain reaction of enthus--f" iasm throughout a la^e por­ in the spring, Toledo would appear York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, tion of the US and Canada, to have a distinct advantage on this the New Enland states and adjacent parts of ..Canada. Power develop­ in those areas wh'ere the wa­ score over its neighbors. ments will cost about $600 million, terway development had been The power aspects of the Sea­ long championed and debated pro way,- with the vast water power in addition to the bill for the Sea­ and con since the administration of potential in the area harnessed for way Itself. In all, the combined navigationWoodrow Wilson. the first time, would provide muchMap shows area affected by construction of St. Lawrence Seaway Allied for once, shipping and needed additional power for New (Continued on page 17) and present water depths of ports. Seaway construction area is railroad interests, among others, indicated by box. fought the idea of the Seaway to a standstill In every Congress since 1916, basing their opposition on the fear of competition by a cheap, all-water route tp the Atlantic from deep within the Interior of the US, via the Great Lakes. Kill Major Ports? East Coast ship operators, the segment of the industry principally NEW ORIGANS—Less than 200 claims for back pay from affected by the realization of a Sea­ the Mississippi Shipping Company have been put in for by way project, believed—and still Seafarers to date, with the result that over $56,000 in un- feel. In large part—that a Great clain\ed dough still awaits • Lakes route for ocean shipping to almost 4,000 Seafarers. Early claims as a result of the the rest of the world can kill off ports like New York, Phila­ Publication of a special publication of the list, in the LOG major delphia and Boston in terms of the total approximately $1,650. Sev­ four-page supplement listing the names of 4,000 men and the money enty-five Seafarers appeared at the freight traffic which could be lost. But the Seaway and its closelydue them in retroactive pay and company office the first week after linked power development projects other unclaimed wages from the the list was published. needn't have this affect at all. Largest Check . company raised quite a stir in this Basically, the Seaway will proport, with smaller ripples up and The largest check paid to date ide a 27-foot channel through .a dow,n the coast. Some of the items went to Seafarec/Walter C. Zajanc, in the .original $58,276.73 total wiper, for unclaimed wages from a series of locks and dams along the Carferries, like the AFL-mann'ed Mataafa (above) have.thus far have been on Mississippi's books trip on the Lawrence Victory. Za­ 115-mile route between Ogdensburg, NY, and Montreal on the St. been limited to operations on the Lakes, but with a deep' water since 1948.. janc came In for a $79.67 bonanza Lawrence. The construction, at an^ channel ships like these could conceivably run to northern New The money due Is accounted for out of the $58,000 windfall. estimated cost of $273 million, of England and to Europe. in large part by the retroactive fea­ Of the total owed by the com­ which the US will pay about a tures of past SIU pany. several hundred amounts run third and Canada the remainder, agreements, with into'three figures, with the largest is designed to get around the prob­ negotiations o n item one for $602.87 due to Sea­ lem of a stretch of rapids on the money items -of­ farer Frank L. Smith. river barring continuous passage by ten completed Seafarers whose names are on ocean-going shipping. weeks after the the list should contact the company At present, Prescott, on the other old pacts expired. directly, by applying to the Un­ side of the border from Ogdens Although addi­ claimed Wage Department; Mis­ burg, is the place where the trig In an extension of the service previously offered only in tional money was sissippi Shipping Company, 1300 grain ships must transfer their car­ paid out in pre­ Hibernia Building, Neqr Orleans. goes to barges for passage through New York, the SIU Sea Chest, now offers the same travelers vious personal or Applications should include the the existing 14-foot canal. Other check service aboard ships in the Port of Baltimore, and a^Jane mail claims, the Seafarer's Z-number, social secur­ cargoes by-pass the 46-mile stretch expects to extend it to other —: $58,000 figure Indicates a great ity number, rating, name of the of the International Rapids by rail. ports shortly. the ships in both ports, at SIU many Seafarers neglected to file ship or ships worked on and the The Seaway would do away with The service enables Seafar­ headquarters in Brooklyn or at the for their money—nearly 4,000 of length of service on them as re­ all that by the time it's completed ers to convert some or all of their Sea Chest facilities in Baltimore. them all told. corded on his discharges. in 1960, and bring to life the hope payoff cash into travelers checks These are now separate from the for a water route enabling ocean even before they leave the vessel hall, but will be moved into the going vessels to travel the 2,200 to go ashore. Thus, they needn't new branch building there upon I'CHJR KiOHTS ANti PSIVHEOeS AS miles all the way from Duluth, encounter the risk of traveling its completion. SIU M£N ARE OUAEAItrEED BY Minn., on Lake Superior to the ashore with large amounts of YC-UK COKSrtTUTlOfJ, THIS TEA Atlantic. It will make Chicago, money, and can utilize the Bank iVRE tS DESiONED TO ACOUAJNT Cleveland, Toledo, Buffalo, Detroit of America checks either to send YOU V/ITH THESE PiOHTS MIVIIEOES and many other Inland cities into money home or to keep idle cash seaports with a first-time direct from wandering into the wrong hands. passage to the sea. Representatives of the SIU Sea Ice on the L^kes is a factor, Chest ordinarily meeting the ships however, 4nfi will continue to block From Article XIII, Section 6 the way four to five months a with samples of Sea Chest mer­ "All reports by committees and year. Last to be closed by the ice chandise or reorders for a vessel's the Secretary-Treasurer under in autumn and firSt to be free of it slopchest, carry the standard Bank of America travelers check forms this article, except those of the OTTAWA—The US flag mer­ which can be obtained for a stipu­ Polls committees, shall be entered chant marine is not the only one lated fee in amounts from $10 to in the minutes of the port where facing a problem with respect to $100. Fees are scaled on a- gradu­ runaway operations. The latest re­ headquarters is located. Polls ated basis, with a 75-cent tab on port covering Canadian deep-sea Committee reports shall be en­ each $100. Under the Union constitu­ shipping is that by June 30 there tered in the minutes of the Port Idea Weil Received tion every member attending will be only 21 deep-sea ships left a Union meeting is entitled to where it functions." Started in New York about a under the Canadian flag as com­ nominate himself for the year ago, the service met with an pared to a peak of 147 ships in elected posts to be filled at enthusiastic reception from Sea­ 1947. the. meeting—chairman, read­ farers unwilling to risk unneces­ The Canadian fleet has been ing clerk and recording secre­ sary losses of hard-earned dough. dwindling year by year with ships tary. Your Union urges you When the experimental program transferring wholesale to Panama­ to take an active part in meet­ proved to be popular, negotiations nian and Liberian flags without the ings by taking these posts of were started to extend the service slightest hindrance from the Gov­ service. ' Ai pail of the permanent record, to other ports, but bogged down ernment. 'Between 1947 and 1950 And, of course, all members when the Sea Chest was unable to the fleet was cut down to 74 ships, headquarters, as well as the other have the right to take the fioor reach a satisfactory arrangement and the advent of the Korean War ports, maintains complete reports and express their opinions on with the American Express Com­ failed to halt the decline. Last of all committees and officials. On any officer's report or issue pany, whose facilities were being year there were 47 ships under the file in headquarters and the SIU under discussion. Seafarers used previously. Canadian flag. are urged to hit the deck at Eventually, the switch to the port offices ore records of all re­ Canadian maritime authorities these meetings and let their Bank of America was 'made, and see no end to the decline. With ports made in the Union. shipmates know what's on the i^esultant extension of service the fleet now at a 35-year low, they their mind. to Baltimore followed. Travelers see the possibility of eventual re­ checks can be obtained either on duction to zero. Seafarers Slow To Act On Unclaimed Wages TravelersChecks Now Sold In Balfifnore YOU Ml* MU CONSTiniflON Canada Deep Sea Fleet Down To 21 Speak Your Mind At SiV Meetings .1 �f.; •v. Si |ks_i££. f »\vj from ' 50 percent aDie. . "For finally • V oecii 6- , decided "fsrsi"— &« et=»<;.n«tSeSS1%tlS 0-ernn.ent ^ideiSV l-edUeS^ii £-c'St"r^^ permanent ia ^®°^notor Knowland ® It's somev/^t ha t'- translate has been the fi ' for patents o applications proo^ .-seacently. f?offoreign-h^„f^iir^^ to the «^® \o their ecotiomy^ ' is important for foreign nau ntrihution to i gjgat ;tT-d"an.oveablebUiors.P T^e Seacase o^s, under- of 60 ahip^*^, a year. Comm _ ^ program il' ft CllBoro ^ — ^e." Beu»»" -- .1 «> '"P'^Se G"ernmen;^»5 1 he strong Con^ ^ ^s the fon^ occasions. ., .. Sot been ff^f^yrihed on numerous ^ ^^ ^ though it is ^ hfiateea lines haye_^e» %^ea„»shiP monntea 5SJ;.%hlp." Bellams "^^rto' n". /irt Confes ^-tt^ Art Contesjj-^ i^copanles. se'Ji* ^„ch peels ere ne «TU1. g^^y}^t.r.rAs lor the P With only only contest beg^Vd tS field »' >£^2!:;77^,t S?^r"ns^ ridS a nieans was canv^smg^ ex U local celebrity ffooesit «1" I® the hatardous and a Jn bis >worlc^ ^^arate ^ry i-Ssr«-a"- IS •!;.«».2=n. ?e?ts^whO will 3^^|®Jthe next\of on pa«« .*^-_. i,o«evet -UI«S" ' laootce that this year 18 i _ in any Catogorles^^^^ - r %, *« some l^tr. sw COMMITS! M' WOKtt ,.,„a in order «> i»«' c®^«»'"'"f j, » * spited ...n. cmpen? ,„y arose over .r»ssi'^s iSp'en5vtrGeS^S^^h-« •jhe contest dravl"®-®' classificatioivs-^ J handicrafts. ^ watercolors sor d com_ 1 previous Vni^ Seafarers con. The dispute re agreeing to pay^ ^ore any some^^^^^ho dolUrSt ^ controversy- ''-rAnsTfif.: r^S'rr^Snfi X5S Qpp'S' 1^^®.^.! the other hand, Ontnewf— ^tne the cu.soa-. extra money to en ^r^es-isisr^c^'v;.-pS;«'«& rainst him.. in a recent in stance wh^^h Groseclose in Seattle, the took plaff ooae-1 ahlP«»-»=^- ael «1.^ S S'"f VfiSS S"er- and a .P« «« »" «"^dSf il^fSSed U'« ^t.STwo^ey 1 the Hen •'PdP- g' 5"^i?'-• ,lCn»U»»Pd .» P aiiiiM , ' ri'vii^r^!?';.: 'T:." t Marine Committee �May 28, 1954 SEAFARERS Pace Sevea LOG ''r- 'X,.- . rfy. I SCHOOL SEGREGATION OUTLAWED—The Supreme Court has .rule'd that the states of the nation do not have the right to separate Negro and white pupils in different public schools. By a unanimous 9-0 vote, the high court held that such segregation of the races is unconstitutional. The court has invited the Attorneys General of the states with segregation laws to submit briefs by nejtt Oct. 1 on the course the court should take in composing a final decree stipulating the mechanics lot carrying out the decision. t t FRANK COSTELLO GETS STIFF SENTENCE—A federal judge threw the book at Frank Costeilo, giving the racketeer income tax cheat five years in prison and a $30,000 fine on three counts of income tax evasion. Costeilo was denied further bail and put behind bars pending appeal to higher courts. t t I t GUATEMALA ARMS SHIPMENTS REPORTED—The State Depart­ ment announced that Russian controlled shipments of arms to Guate­ mala have been made. It said the arms were shipped from the Polish port of Stettin aboard the Swedish owned ship Alfhem. The Alfhem is chartered by an English concern identified as E. E. Dean. The State Department has indicated that the action might possibly be regarded as a threat to the security of the Americans under the terms of the Treaty of Rio de Janeiro. I'- 1 HUK LEADER SURRENDERS SELF—Luis Taruc, Communist leader of the Hukbalahap rebels, has surrendered to the Government. The long-time leader of the terrorist organization that has kept the Philip­ pines in armed conflict since the islands were liberated from Japan in 1945, catne in alone. There had been a $50,000 price on his head, dead or alive. a. i t FRENCH PARLEY AT GENEVA—With the fall of Dienbienphu and the Communists now able to move east to the Red River delta or south to the states of Laos and Cambodia, the French are urgently negotiating at Geneva for a truce. The French truce proposal provides for; (1) In Vietnam, collection of troops on both sides in assigned areas, and national elections supervised by a commission of neutral nations. <2) In Laos and Cambodia, withdrawal of all Communist forces. (3) A guarantee of these terms by the Geneva powers. Mean­ while,-the French are airlifting their wounded from the fallen fortress. ir i> it - • HEARINGS CONTINUE AFTER RECESS—Hearings in the McCarthy-Cohn vs. Stevens-Adams case were recessed for a week and began again Monday. The recess followed the so-called "gag" rule of Presi­ dent Eisenhower who has ordered Administration officials to refuse to testify on any matters involving confidential advice to the executive branch o«-the government. So far in the hearings charges of perjury, leaks and security risks were made, with hints that the White House may have maneuvered behind the scenes on behalf of Secretary of the Army Stevens. The Justice Department plans to study testiinony given at the hearings for possible perjury and questions are beiiif raised concerning the Army's security program. View looking north (toward the Atlantic) at the Gailiard Cut, where the Panama Canal cuts through the hills of .the Continental Divide. Contractor's Hill, at left, is where a huge crack threatens a land­ slide which could close the vital waterway. Some 2-3 million tons of dirt and rock will be removed from the top of . the hill, which is 325 feet above the canal level. Plan Excavafion Of Huge Hill To Avert Landslide In Panama BALBOA—A special board of consultants called in to investigate the possibilities of a landslide which could block the Panama Canal, have produced the verdict that a "poten­ tially dangerous condition exists" at the site. . As a result, plans are going forward to remove some two or three million cubic yards of Ten-Month Hat Strike Ends; All 1,400 Strikers Rehired America. The agreement, upheld the Union's fight for job security BLAST ON CARRIER KILLS 91. INJURES 200—In one of the worst peacetime US nayal disasters, expIoisioiTS of unknown origin ripped by specifying that Norwalk would the lis aircraft carrier Bennington two days ago, bringing death to remain the center of the company's 91 men and injuries to at least 200 more. On her, way to the Nav^ manufacturing operations. The strike began as an outcome air station at Quonset Point, RI, the ^l.OOO-tdn vessel was rocked by the blasts about 75 miles south of Newport. While fires raged for about of company moves, to shift its four hours on the ship,' helicopters carried out their rescue missions, manufacturing operations to an­ landing on the Bennington's deck to pick up the injured and transport other state where it could run them back to shore and waiting ambulances. The blasts occurred on away from th^ union contract and the deck below the hangar deck about 6 AM Wednesday.. A naval court union conditions. When the com­ of inquiry convened yesterday to determiiig the cause of the disaster, j pany refused a job security clause 4" t 4" » NORWALK, Conn.—One of the nation's longest strikes in recent years came to an end last Monday after ten months as members of the United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Work­ ers Union, AFL, voted ap-'t —proval of a new agreement during contract negotiations, 1,400 with the Hat -Corporation of employees went out on strike last July 9. Aside from providing that it would continue operations in Nor­ walk, the company also agreed to give the strikers preference over 400 non-union workers who were hired during the strike. All of the 1,400 strikers will be rehired if they go back to work. In the course of^ the strike the union spent $1,700,000 in benefits foi*'the strikers and their families. YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING What Car Ownership Costs Price tags on cars take a tumble after July 4, which is the end of the big selling season. Prices of used cars have already taken a big drop in the past 15 months— they are down about 40 per cent. New cars have come down a little too, unofficially, since many dealers now cut list prices through over-allowance on trade-ins, or .outright discounts if j^ou haven't got a car to trade; The ^ only open price cut so far -has been on several Nash models. The sharp drop on second-hand cars has increased the spread between new and used models > back to' prewar levels, and has made the used vehicles a more attractive value. Depreciation has become a bigger factor. In the first years after World War II, cars depreciated in value very little. Now, one large manufacturer estimates, the average car loses 2.4 per cent of its value each month, or almost 30 per cent a year. ^Thus, when you buy a new car costing $2,000, you can figure it loses almost $600 of value the first year. But on a used car for $1,000, say one that's two or three years old, your first-year depreciation loss would be less than $300. And on an older vehicle that might cost you $500, your firk-year loss in value woul^ be under $150, and your second year depreciation cost, about $100. Biggest Single Cost ' -Obviously, depreciation is the biggest single cost in car ownership. According; to the American ^ Automobile Association, the motorist who drives his car 10,000 miles a year will spend about $900 on it, in this manner: Depreciation: $442. . " Insurance (fire, theft and $15,000-$30,000 liability pro­ tection): $101. ' Gasoline and oirtat 2.23 cents a mile): $223> . Maintenance: $74. Tires: $51. That's the cost for a family that buys a new car—one^ of the big three lovvest-price full-size makes—and trades it in every two yejirs. Now that's a big bill. Nor does this list of expenses include some hidden costs jof car ownership: financing, parking and garage expenses, toll fees, etc. You really begin to cut the cost of ownership wheq^ a car is two or three years old. A car three years old has the biggest chunk of depreciation squeezed out of it, and the savings are less significant thereafter. \ Buying Used Cars Another money-saver in buying a used car is to pick a make that has medium trade-in value. In buying a new cair, resale value is more important. But if you buy an older car you intend to keep for some time, the initial saving may be more important. Too, the lower the ini­ tial price, the greater your savings on financing the car. Another tip: It's generally more economical ,)^o buy a late-model smaller car than an older big one which will require repairs sooner, and probably costlier repair's. dirt and rock from the top of a 325-foot hill overlooking the Gaillard Cut of the canal. The monu­ mental task of clearing away the rock which, at any moment, could spill right on ships traversing the vital watei-\vay, is expected to take 15 months. Second Highest Point " The trouble arises from, a huge 600-foot crack in a rock ledge over­ hanging the face of Contractor's Hillr which has the second highest elevation of any point along the 50-milb canal route. Gold Hill, its opposite number on the other .side of the canal, is 600 feet high. The level of the Canal is 85 feet above sea level at this point. Although,the board of consult­ ants declared that "immediate steps are necessary" to avert the (Continued on page 17) Written exclusively for THE SEAFARER^ LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying Customary risk in a used car is that you "inherit some­ body else's headache." But if you select wisely and in­ spect carefully, it may be no more than the usual automotive headache. It's generally in the 40,000-60,000 mile range that major repairs arise. A car bought in a 'suburban area or small^ town is more likely to be in better condition at the same mileage than one bought in a city. ^ Small And Simple It's all around economy to buy only as small and simple a make and model as you really need. Particularly be­ ware buying a used car with automatic transmission. If the unit needs an overhaul, as it sometimes does after 25,000 miles, the cost may be as much as $200. Even for a new-car buyer, automatic transmission probably adds to servicS and repair costs, especially in later years. Such automatic transmis^ons are generally most useful for city drivers,who continually stop and go. ' You will also find some used cars equipped with over­ drive. This is a fourth'forward speed with a free-wheeling unit which operates at lower revolutions, thus reducing engine wear and saving gas. An overdrive is more useful for teng-distance driving on fairly fiat terrain. But if you don't have such driving condition.s, it would not be worthwhile paying much extra for a car with overdrive. As you see, a car can be a big eater at your table. You need to buy carefully and use it well to keep down that big depreciation cost especially. '^1 i\ �raccEirht SEAFAR'ERS MCS Plans For New Coast Steward Vote f - -Mt 'S'C Keep Draft Board PoRted SIU headquarters urges all draft-eligible seamen to be sure they keep their local Se­ lective Service boards posted on all changes of address Hirough the use of the post cards furnished at all SIU halls and aboard ships. Failure to keep jour draft board informed of your wBereabouts can cause you to be listed as a delinquent and be drafted into the services with­ out a hearing. The Union in such cases can do nothing to aid Se^arers who fail to com­ ply- • ' "• river, and he has succeeded in helping the shijiowners at the ex­ pense of every man who is sailing in the steward department ... he knows full well that the steward department members are not going to get their retroactive pay because he has sold them out." ' For the present, MCS-AFL remains the only union actually representing any segment of the steward department since "Local 100" is entirely the creature of the West Coast longshore union. MCS-AFL has filed objections to the outcome of the election, which, if upheld, would make it possible for- a new election to be held in three to six ihonths. However, if the objections are not accepted, by the Labor Board, the union could petition for a new vote within a year of the start' of the old one.' TAMPICO —Was it "The Thing" or some prehistoric monster up from the deep? Mexican fishermen were at a loss as to the identity of the 550-pound "sea monster," with long sharp teeth and flippers on its back and belly. > The "monster" was dragged from the sea by the crew of the shrimp boat; Xochitl Elena, 'which docked here recently. The captain of the ship said it was a most rare beast, six feet thick and four feet long. It had flippers on both its back and belly and a half-mbon shaped tail. It took the combined efforts of his six-man crew to land the "mon­ ster," the captain said. Its teeth were long and sharp and its skin so thick harpoons bounced off it sev­ eral times. Whatever it is, none of the crew and no one in the port has been able to identify the-i^imusual sea creature. REMR^M BENEFITS PAID . . , '•eteeteeeoos^ No. Seafarcfs Receiving Benefita thio Period [ 7ff Avcfagc Benefit 8 Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hospital Benefits Paid Since Tulv I. 1950 * Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * Disability Beoelits Paid Since May 1; 1952 * i^ernity Benefits Paid.Since AorU 1. 1952 * Vacation Benefita Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 * Total * Dute Benefits Bemmn 00 ^3 fcajifcar^ail WELFARE, VACATION FLAN ASSETS fimrmwA Vacation CashooHnd ^elfuc Vacation Estimated Accounts Receivable* Welfare . US Government Bonds (Welfare) .. .u ' IJ!-'- '• SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS Mexico Tells Of New 'Monster' '^u': fe- CASH BENEFITS SAN FRANCISCO—^Bouncing back from the results of the West Coast steward vote, the MGS-AFL started the machinery moving for a new election after a majority of the steward department men voted for "no-*union." The open shop vote ceeded in selling the steward de­ had been promoted openly by partment down the ' well-known Harry Bridges' "Local 100" which was set up to take over Bridges' dying ally, the National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards. The National Labor Belations Board vote tally showed 1,285 votes for "neither," 743 votes for the MCS-AFL and only 14 votes for the (Communist - dominated NUMC&S. The number of chal'Ignges and void votes was not sufficient to affect the outcome either way. NUMC&S Suicide Examination of the results shows without a doubt that the NUMC&S following was swung into line to vote "neither." In the process, the NUMC&S committed suicide just one jump ahead of the process server. A string of financial judge­ ments against the Communist~ dominated union and other legal action against its officers prompted the move. The result is that steward de­ partment men on West Coast ships are left without union representa­ tion for the time being, since the shipowners are unable to sign a contract until a union has *been certified by the Labor Board.^ As International Organizer Ed Turner put it, "Bridges has suc­ May n, M54 LOG Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS CQI^WTSi wt'smwm mmiim m ^ The Awards Coiumlttee composed^ of five college professors ^vdll meet on Tuesday, June 22nd, to select the vdnners of the scholarships to be given oiit Cinder the'Seafarers' Welfare Plan for the school year commencing September, d AT SIU HEADQUARTERS 4thAve. t 20th St. • Brooldyn 1954. ' As of this witing, there is a total of 24 applicants for the scholarships, but of iddch 15 were eligible^ Of the 15 eliglbles, only 7 have sat. for the written examination. The refining 8 eligibles were sent applications to take Swop yarns or watch the fights on television with your old ship­ mates at the Port C Coll—YOUR union-owned and union-operated bar. Bring your friends — where you're always welcome. And the tab won't fracture that payoff. the examination on May 22nd, tha last examination date. M /Wl Submitttd OWNED AND OPERATED . by Ih* A1 .Kerr, AssistAut Administrator . • • ailcl, remember lOiis.. b SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ATUAITIC AND GUIP DISTRICT A.PX All these are yoiirs without contributing a single nickel on your part —Collecting SIU bene­ fits is easy, whether it's for hospital, birth, disability or death—You get first-rate penional service immediately through your Union's repreMntatives; iwto fff/V'j Jo uiiJ iuerili/i mmiont not/ .'isq icju,';,' ini-' 00Xiba �"l?r Mar S8, MM SEAFARERS LOG Pace mna S lU Barbers Trim 100 Heads A Week Opened for business a year ago next week, the barber shop on the second deck of SIU headquarters in Brooklyn is an­ other Union-sponsored service which has proven to be extremely popular with Sea--^ ^arers. clipped off even before they ven­ If the statistics mean any­ ture out again to greet old ship­ thing, approximately 5,200 heads have been trimmed to the tune of the barber's shearsittnd some 3,200 beards of assorted degrees of shagginess havie received the minis­ trations of the old-fashioned straight-edged razor favored by tonsorial artist^. Above all, however, the conveni­ ence of the barber shop establish­ ment in the Union hall, which is located jpust off the billiard room where noyices with a cue-stick get • trimming of another variety, has been demonstrated over and over again. No Time Lost ' Seafarer-Casanovas ho longer spend valuable time waiting to be groomed by barbers elsewhere around town; the time between job calls—with the hiring hall just hailing distance awajr—can usually be neatly utilized for a stint in the barber chair. Those coming off ships to register favor the plate because they can get their heady growth of jjsiweral weeks or months mates with tales of the latest trip. The only noticeable lack regard­ ing the SIU shop is the customary barber pole. Unwilling to plant one outside the building and make it look like a barber college, the Union bias had to dispense with this decoration because of the loca­ tion of the shop on an upper floor. Air-Condltioned Shop One other unusuaT aspect of the SIU tonsorial parlor is the provi­ sion for air-conditioning during the summer months when.every­ body gets hot around the collar anyway, and even more so when trussed up in a barber chair in the traditional manner. In New York City at least, air-conditioning is rarely seen in the small shops and is a comfort usually found only in the larger establishments located in major hotels and rail teri^inals. When that structure is com­ pleted, the SIU hall in Baltimore will also feature a built-in barber shop to service the Seafarers and branch officials in the port. Seafarer R. Sian wiper, gets a fast shoe shine, while Bernard Friedman, AB, gets his hair clipped in the Union's modern barber shop on the second deck at headquarters. The cruise ship, Yarmouth is shown on her former run to Nova Scotia for the Eastern Steamship Company. The vessel has been sold and will operate under foreign flag out of Miami to the Caribbean. Yarmouth Sold, On Miami Run That orphan of the storm, the liner Yarmouth, which has been sold and unsold a few times in the last few months, has been sold for good this time. The 5,000-ton passenger vessel has been peddled by Eastern Steamship to the McCormick Steamship Corporation of Miami and will enter the:*^ cruise service under the Pana­ from the SIU and was dropped Now it appears the Yarrnqpth is manian, not the Liberian, flag. with the next rumor b«ng that a going to Florida after all this time. Meanwhile, the Yarmouth's sister ship, the Evangeline, is being whipped into shape by SIU shore gangs and will-take on an SIU crew for Eastern Steamship's reg­ ular summer cruise run to Nova Scotia. The company had also planned to transfer the Evangeline to foreign flag but the transfer has been held up by the Maritime Ad­ ministration along witji other ap­ plications as a result of protests by the SIU and other maritime unions. Heading For Florida Present plqns call for the ship to go to Florida about June 1. It would run between Miami and the Caribbean islands of Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba on nine-day cruises as ^ell as shorter runs to Havana and Nassau. In addition the new company, owned by a Canadian-in­ dustrialist, has another vessel scl^eduled for the same service, also under the. Panamanian flag. Previously, the Yarmouth's fu­ ture plans had wavered back and forth fi'om day to day. First the ship was supposed to go under bareboat charter to the P&Q line. Then the company got appifoval to transfer it to the Liberian flag and announced it would run the vessel between Boston and Nova Scotia on its normal run. This plan drew considerable fire Cartoon History Of The SIU West Coast outfit would buy the The ship is scheduled to be turned ship for use on a passenger run over to her new owners some time from San Francisco to Hawaii. today for the trip south. Schedule Change Forces Crew To Call Off Del Sud Picnic NEW ORLEANS—Rerouted unexpectedly to pick up cargo in Houston, the Pel Spd (Mississippi) sailed foreign again this month, as the scheduled crew picnic became a casualty of the developments. The cancelled affair, an participants, plus a regular base­ annual outing sponsored by ball game, dancing and other enter­ the SIU crewmembers of the vessel, with the crew, inembers. oi their families and Seafarers on the beach as guests, was rescheduled for July 3, when the Del Sud re­ turns from her run to South Amer­ ica. Sailed. Early It was originally set for Satur­ day, May 15, in Audubon Park, but the ship sailed for Houston a day earlier. This was the first time the ship has gone coastwise since September 9, lii51. One of the highlights of the SIU social season" in this- port, the Del Sud picnic each year, features plenty of food and drink for all SItJ Pay HUg iVeir High tainment. The ballgame this year was to feature a Seafarers' aggre­ gation against a squad fielded by a local brewery, and the dancing, as usual, paced by Papa Celestin's famed Dixieland jazzband. The change in the sailing sched­ ule which forced postponement of the festivities was a big disappoint­ ment for all hands. News of the shift came on the vessel's arrival here May 13, with the Seafarers set with an estimated outlay of $1,000 from the crew's fund and a series of well-laid plans to really pour it on to make the 1954 picnic the biggest yet. They'll have their chance July 3 on their return here. 1 ''^1 iVo« S4 ^ >1 Ji j#J .'^uL'-,,, r^Vv'K'- Moving-to affect a general pay increase for the mem­ bership, on June 16, 1949, the SIU notified all con­ tracted operators of its desire to open talks on a $7.50 clothing allowance for all ratings. The across-theboard boost headed the Union's agenda on contract Items' and bad the membership's full 8up|>ort, Within hours after they had received the Union tele­ gram asking negotiations on the $7.50 pay hike, 17 major companies had signed agreepients approving the increase. Ten days later, all 50 SlU-contracted opecator.; had okayed the proposal, which was put into effect retroactive to June 17. The boost in take-home pay for all Seafarers brought the wages of average ratings, such as AB, oiler and fireman-watertender. to a new high of $233.51 per month. TJie solid backing of the membership had won the Increase without the necessity of even one bargaining setssic'i with the shipowners. 'il �I \' " SiC ;$:•: vt'^V'- •: " Fare Ten •-::v :v ' ^ . :• •• SEAFARERS LOG May 28, 1954 > PORT ttEPORTS......... should rush to New York to grab Lake Charles: James Dpdson, Warren Whitmer, Son Francisco: a ship, as we still have more than Earl Brittain, Thomas Anderson, enough men on the beach to fill Tony Mastantuno, Samuel Doyle, all available jobs, and some of Herbert E. Grant, Hinrich Wiese them have been around for quite and Joseph Michael. a spell. We had one ship go into Our man of the week is Brother Shipping is still very slow in -the Lloyd Thomas, who has been a Shipping in the Port Pf San •temporary lay-up, the Hilton of From way down In the land of port of Baltimore and I am sure member of the SIU since 1938. He Francisco has been very good for the Bull Line, but we understand frog legs, cane brakes and good fish­ that it will stay that way for the is one of our oldtime bosuns. He the past two-week period and. the she will crew up again in a few ing, we report that things have next several weeks. We are getting has seen the benefits that we have future looks very good. days. been moving along slowly for the a break, though, Saturday, as we gained over the last fifteen years The Marine Cooks and Stew­ Ships Faying Off past few weeks with only a few are crewing up the Albion and the and would not sail with any other ards election, of interest to'many Ships paying off were the Caro­ jobs going out. Catherine both Dry Trans vessels. outfit other than the SIU. He says, brothers who have friends b'elong- lyn, Suzanne, Kathryn, Frances, Calling into this area and each The Albion is going to Greece and "i know of no other organization ing to this organization, was held, Show Me Mariner, Angelina and taking a man or so were the French the Catherine is going to Israel. in the labor movement which has with the result that the MC&S Hilton of ^ull; Steel King of Isth- Creek, Fort Hoskinsj-.Bradford Is­ failed to win the mian; Robin Hood of Seas; North­ land, Winter Hill, Government We do have a couple of tankers done so much for its membership election due* to western Victory of Victory Car­ Camp, Cantigny, Council Grove around here that we hope to crew as far as wages, welfare benefits, the fact that a riers; Bents Fort, Royal Oak, and the Salem Maritime, all of up in a couple of etc., that can remotely compare majority number French Creek, Chiwawa, Bradford Cities Service. A stranger called weeks, but from with the benefits the members of of votes was not Island and Paoli of Cities Service; a definite stand­ In, the Ponce of the SIU derive. cast for either Golden City of Waterman; Law­ point, the outlook Puerto Rico, "I know at the present time that union on the ba>: rence Victory of Mississippi, and doesn't look too which ovdinarily shipping is slow, but I am sure that lot. We cannot the Bull Run of Petrol Tankers. bright. We have runs from Fla. to once the waterfront beefs are predict the fu­ a lot of men on Puerto Rico. squared away, shipping will be Ships signing on were the Steel ture as we do Recorder of Isthmian; Robin Trent the beach, so that One of the broth­ back to normal. At this time I not know what of Seas, and the Show Me Mariner, you fellows can ers on her, Thom­ would like to assure the younger Griffin steps will be Royal Oak, French Creek, Golden readily underas Collins, was members of our organization, that stand that Thomas sick and . had to we have seen times a hundred per­ taken on the outcome of the elec­ City and Northwestern Victory. have an overenter the hospital cent worse than what they are now, tion, so we must adopt the watch In-transit vessels were the Mahabundyice of manpower here. If and with the leadership that we and wait policy. here for a few Durney you can see your way clear to have, they Have nothing to fear." Ships paying off in the port kato Victory of Victory Carriers; days and was the Alcoa Runner and Partner of ship out of some other port, 1 were the Orion Comet and Sea Alcoa; Steel Admiral, Steel Trav­ later transferred to another hospi­ Earl Sheppard would advise you to do just this. Monitor of Orion and the Sea eler, Steel Flyer and Steel Scien­ tal. We hope that he is now fully Baltimore Port Agent Ships paying off here in the last Comet II of Ocean Carriers. recovered and back to work. t t t The Orion Comet of Orion was tist of Isthmian; Alexandra of Car­ two-week period were the BethThe Bull Run of Petrol Tankers tas; Seamar of Calmar; Topa Topa, Savannah: the only ship signing on for the Raphael Semmes, Antinous, Fair- reported in for payoff and the Del coaster and Oremar of Calmar; Steel Worker, Steel Scientist and past two-week period. isle and pe Soto of Waterman; Campo of Mississippi came into Those ships inTtransit included Steel Traveler of Isthmian; Potrero Seatrains Savannah, Texas, New Port Arthur and took four men. the Afoundria, the J. B. Water­ York, Georgia and New Jersey of Hills of Phila Marine; Captain Na­ , In Hospital man, the Andrew Jackson and the thaniel B. Palmer of American Seatrain; Elizabeth of Bull and\he The only brother reported in the Waterways; Fairport of Watemlan; Shipping in the port for the past Fairland, all of Waterman, the Robin Locksley of Seas. hospital was Pete Karras who was Feltore, Marore, Santore, Chilore two weeks has not been too good Pennmar, the Yorkmar and thp on the Winter Hill of Cities Serv­ Claude Simmons and Baltqre of Ore; Carolyn of Bull but we have hopes that it will pick Portmar of Calmar and the Coe ice and was injured while leaving , Asst. Sec.-Treas. Victory of Victory Carriers. and Winter Hill of Cities Service. up in the near future. the port. In the hospital for a few. Oldtimers on the beach are J. Ships signing on were the Steel s. t. No ships -were paid off or signed days, he was able to travel to his Wprker, Steel Scientist, Feltore, on at the port in the past two McDonough, E. Griffin, D. Hutto, Philadelphia: home in Beantown. We wish him R. Davis, J. Smith, H. Hill, E. Fairport, Santore, Winter Hill, weeks. a speedy recovery. Shaffer, W. Brown,' N. Wexler, Chilore, Bethcoaster and Baltore. Those In-transit were the RoAll is quiet on the labor front as P. Hudgins, J. Simons, C. Doroba Jp-transit vessels were the Ines sario of Bull, the far as beefs are concerned but the and F, Wasmer and Kathryn of Bull; Iberville, Alcoa Planter of big issue-of the so-called "right-toIn the Marine Hospital are SalChickasaw, Topa Topa and Antin- Alcoa, .the Steel work bill" is still in the concern of Shipping for the Port of Phila­ vatore Guiffre, O. Gustavsen, J. ous of Waterman; Alcoa Pointer Surveyor of Isth­ Childs, C. Neumaier, Ho Yee Chodf delphia has taken, a "little reverse us all. The bill was introduced in and Alcoa Roamer of Alcoa; Steel mian, Seatrains P. S. Yuzon, F. Fondia, J. Perreira, action in the past week and we the present session of the State King of Ithmian; Sea Nan of Strat­ New York and 1 A. M. Resales, D. O'Rourke, S. Sue find ourselves again on the feast Legislature on May 19. Savannah of Seaford and Robin Hood of Seas. On the local political front the or famine status, only this week it and-Leo j. Kennedy. Port Gets Scare train, the Robin is. famine. Afjer a couple of months chips are down and labor has lined Tom Banning We had quite a scare the other Mowbray of Seas of a shipping boom in which we up behind the people who can help San Francisco Fort Agent day. We received word that there Shipping, the shipped just about all comers, we us. It looks like -a tight race for were a couple of men killed on the Steel Director of Sellers find ourselves with' a beach well some of the- jobs, but we are all Chilore of Ore, I am glad to report Isthmian and the New York: stacked with all ratings. We hope pulling'to get cur people in office. that after checking the ship we Southern States of Southern. Meter Madness this slack is just temporary but at In the Marine hospital are F. found out that they were not our Incidentally, this lovely city has this writing, we have no informa­ men and I do want to express my Paylor, P. Bland, J. Littleton, gone hog wild over pirking meters tion as to when the Arlyn, which W. C. Bedgood, J. B. Sellers, M. sympathy for the two Chileans who is in idle status here, may call a and the good city fathers are stick­ were killed. It seems as though Goins, H. C. Kemp, R. Carrolton, Business Is continuing on the crew. We do kimw that the skipper ing meters up everywhere one they were on a pilot boat when T. D. Adams, C. L. Middleton, she ran into the propeller of the S. N. Hurst, J. Daniels, I. M. Pea­ upgrade in the Port of New York is still aboard which gives us some looks. Pretty soon one will have .to Chilore. I want to express my ap­ cock, A. L. Fricks, J. Bush and and shipping has improved steadily hope that she may call any day go to Texas to find room to park. < Among the oldtimers here are in the last two-week period. Ship­ how. preciation to the crewmembers R. L. Booker. A. A. Hancock, E.' Crowley, Sam Now for a little of the lighter Oldtimers on the beach include ping was better for all three de­ who took up a donation for the Evans, H. J. Dumey, R. A. Law, side. Although the shipping has John Henry Morris, Hoss Beale, partments in the past two weeks. widows of these, two men. The collection amounted to the sum of "Pot Licker" Jones, Arthur Fricks The greatest increase was in group been a little slow the past week, Dale Williams, Harvey Guenther, • one > steward department ratings the local boys are taking their try E, Foreman, P. Brady, B. Tolbert, $216.00 which goes to prove that and Jack Farrow. That's about the picture of the which had been moving very slowly at the hay burners across the. river B. G. Ladd, E. Anderson and M. even though the boys were sl-.ort Ward. at Garden State. for some time. of funds, they went all out in ex­ port for the present. Sure am hungry for some frogs A. S. CarduIlO Jeff Morrison This increase in shipping does pressing their sympathy. legs. Going out tonight to try and Philadelphia Foi-t Agent Savannah Fort Agent not mean, however, that everyone The Baltimore Federation of La­ get some of these elusive creatures bor political action committee, of for the frying pan] which we are a member, has come Leroy Clarke out with a slate headed by Mr. Lake Charles Port Agent Byrd for Governor. They have also endorsed Edward Garmatz, Samuel Friedel, George Fallon and Paul Menk for Congress. There are WILMINGTON. CalM.... .505 Marine Ave. FORT WILLI AM.... lt8>A Syndicate Ave. SIU, A&G District Ontario Phone: 3-3231 Ernest Tiiley. Agent Terminal 4-2874 many more candidates that they 103 Durham St. BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. HEADQUARTERS . 679 4th Ave.. Bkiyn. PORT COLBORNR Ontario . phone: 5591 have endorsed. There is no ques­ Earl Sheppard. Agent Mulberry 4540 SECRETARY-TREASURER TORONTO. OnUfrle 872 King St. E. Paul HaU. tion in my mind that when these BOSTON 276 State St. EMplre 4-5719 ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS VICTORIA, BC 617H. Cormorant St. men are elected they will do every­ James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 .Wobert Matthews Joe Alglna / Empire 4531 2Ut 4t Mechanic Claude Simmons * - Joe Volplan thing in their power for the benefit GALVESTON VANCOUVER] BC 969 HamUton St. Keith Alsop, Agent Phone 2-8448 WiUlam Hail I covered the Marymar, a Cal­ Paclflc 7824 of the maritime industry, which is LAKE CHARLES. La -.1418 Ryan St. SYDNEY. NS! ..304 Charlotte St. mar scow, and who would have Phono 6-S744 SUP . Phone 6346 bur primary interest in conjunction Leroy Clarke. Agent 20 Elgin St. thought it, the boys were bragging: 1 South Lawrence St. HONOLULU.......^..... 16 Merchant St. BAGOTVILLB. Quebec with their welfare of labor in its MOBILE Phone: 545 Cal Tanner. Agent Phone 2-1734 Phone 9-8777 THOROLD. Ontario 88 St. Davids St. about the way she feeds. More entirety. Don't forget fellows, that NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. PORTLAND ; 633 N. W. Everett St. CAnal 7-3202 than that, the ship is the cleanest those of you and your friends who Lindiey Williama. AgentMagnolia 6112-8113 Beacon 4336 QUEBEC. ......113 Cote De La Montague Calmar scow I have ever seen, and Quebec Phone: 2-7078 HU;UMOND, CALHT.... '.. 257 5th St.have-not registered to vote, do so NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn t : Phone 2599 SAINT JOHN...... 177 Prlifce William St, even then there were a few minor NB Phone: 8-5332 HYacinth 9-6600 SAN FRANC1SCO:......-,450 Hatriaon St. at your first opportunity. bet.'fs of small Importance... v ....127-129 Bank St. I Douglas 2-8363 We have the following men in NORFOLK ten Rees. Agent The crew was very happy ovw Phone 4-1083 SEATTLE..............,.... 2305 1st Ave. Great Lakes District PHILADELPHIA....; 337 Market St. the hospital for the last week: Ar­ S. Cardullo, Agent Main 0360 ALPENA 7-163S 133 W. Fletcher the situation and I find this real mando Vargas, John Botelho, SAN FRANCISCO .. ...450Market Harrison St. WILMINGTON ..........80S Marine Ave. Phone: 1238W nice to write about. I hope that in T. Banning. Agent. / Terminal 4-3131 2-5475 BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. Ralph Palmer, Michael Duco, Marty Brelthoff, West Coast Douglas Representative NEW yoRK......e79 4tb Ave., Brooklyn Phone: Cleveland 7391 the future other crews and other George Pipinos, Linus Twite, Rob­ PUEHTA de TIERRA. PR Pel5y"5T--La I 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE companies give me something STerUng 8-4671 CLEVELAND Phone: Main 1-0147 ert Scales, Robert L. Lambert, SAVANNAH*®"' SAVANISH .. . .. . 1 Abercorn St. DETROIT ;i038 3rd St. along these lines to write about Canodion District Agent Phone 3-1728 Headquarters Phone: Woodvvard 1-6897 when I cover a ship on a payoff Walton Hudson, William Kunka, SEATTLE 9700 1st Ave MONTREAL. ...-. 531 W. Michigan St. '.m St James St. West DULin'H. Jeff GlUettb. Agent Elliott 4334 Phone:. Melrose 3-4110 OIJ,(aignri)Diri;iM la-JDilW) tn) n. FX<ate»u 8181 tAMTAXBOSnSll N. F?inklln^ Baltimore: Fast, Fainro Shipping Seen Good In Frisco Hall Crews Up Two Vessels Going Foreign Polllles And Parking Meiers Enliven Port Slew ShipiiiBg Seen In Geergla Seapert is^f;.-' . t^'* Shipping Slows Down In Ponnsylvania Port ^ n. All Depls. Benefit In Nq Shipping Snrge \k I Vr sm MAJLt Ray ;^hl?e, .Ass»t': PBons a-iSM! MAUKA^. NA..fCHICAGO Y 3381 Fhousi .St "I? ' »4|^3)^iA.(GoiHaleii »).i I �:..r->-:^:Wr.'---.'?..-'t'!; "M.W V-V-" • -y^- SEAFARERS l««r 28; l»Si . ';• "' LOG ...•M Page Elevea .........PORTREPOBTS ^chilet tonion's Hall Tft Gel Face LMtlag Soon Shipping in the port for the past Oouple of weeko remained fairly good with about 138 men shipped to regular Jobs and 107 'shipped to Various relief Jobs in and around the harbor. We had a total of seven payoffs, five sign-ons, plus sevep ships in 'transit during the two week period. . Ships paying off were the Wild Banger of Watermhn, which laid up dye to lack of cargo, the Cor­ sair, Pilgrim, Cavalier, Patriot, all of Alcoa, the Claiborne and Mon­ arch of the Sea, of Waterman. Signing on were the John C of Dover, Pilgrim and Patriot .of Alcoa, Lafayette of Waterman, and Mary Adams of Bloomfield. In transit were the John Kulukundis, Antinous, Mary Adams, Steel Director, Del Vlento, Steel Flyer, and Iberville. All payoffs,, sign-ons, and intransit jobs were in good shape with only run-pf-the-miU" minor beefs on any of them which were soon settled to the satisfaction of the crews .concerned. Shipping prospects for the com­ ing two we^ look good with the following ships due. to . hit the prfrt either for pa'y.o,f f s or intransit: Warhawk, Chickasaw; Antinous, MTa iden Creek," Ldsalle, Bienville, 'Clai-" borne and Mon­ arch of the Sea, of Waterman, and Banger, Clipper, Polaris, Runner, Puritail,, Pennant and Corsair of Alcoa.^ At this time'.we have only a cou­ ple of brothers in the Marine hos­ pital, H. Longcynski and Willie Reynolds. Be sdre and drop around or write these boys while over that way. A few of the oldtimers cur­ rently on the beach In Mobile now Include R. Merritt, C. L. Norris, A. F. Wright, Sid Ghale, C. H. Fox, E. P. Bailey, A. Haramac, L. C. MOrrow, J. Green, J. Fricarrotta,'A. Higham, W. C. Vandersall and F. Widegren. In the near future the pall will get a face lifting with present plknls calling for a complete paint­ ing of the entire hall and renovat­ ing and touching up where needed. This was proposed at the last meeting and we expect to' get started around the first of the coming week. This is the first time since 1949 and it wiil be a big Improvement. • Allied Unions Busy The Marine Allied Workers various divisions around the port are in pretty " good shape with enough work to keep most of the crafts busy. ThF pilot boats natu­ rally keep busy all the time as even in slow shipping these boyS are on the lookout for incoming ships all the time. The tugboats are doing fairly well with enough shipping in the harbor to keep most of the tugs busy. The ship­ yard workers are finding it spotty with a few ships this week and none the next, but all in all aren't doing too bad. The vacuum gang workers who clean the holds of the dust boats with , gigantic vacuum machines are doing fairly well as Alcoa has a couple nf dust ships coming in each' week." The Alcoa shoregang. and the ship storing gangs normal^ work, a 40-hour weeki and everyone seems to be happy., On the politicid scene' stnannd the election is scheduled for June 1st. These con­ cern the candidates who failed to get a majority over their -op­ ponents in the May 4th primary, and while all our major candidates won with a dear majority in the primary, we are interested in a few of the candidates in the runoff who will be able to help us. All mem­ bers-are urged to get an absentee ballot if they expect to be out of the city during the election. For our Seafarer of the week we nominate Brother John Paul Morris. Brother Morris joined the SID in Norfolk, "Virginia, in 1944, but has shipped out of the Mobile area since 1945 usually in the rat­ ing of deck maintenance or bosun. His last ship was the Alcoa Corsair where he served as bosun's mate. Brother Morris is- married,- no children, and while on the beach usually can be found fishing, his favorite sport. Morris also tried a few months in the shoregangs around the port. "When asked what he thought was the greatest advance made by our Welfare Plan, he said in his opin­ ion the disability plan is tops as it gives oldtimers a feeling of-secur­ ity knowing that thdr Union will look after- them when they are unable to work. Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent been raining off and on, flooding New Orleans: many towns along the coast be­ cause of the excessive downpour. A large pond in Peabody, north of Boston, swelled 12 feet and crushed its floodgates, pouring two to six Shipping* has been very good for feet of water over large sections of This port has taken on the as­ pects of a tanker' port in the - last the past two weeks, keeping pace the city. ' James Sheehan' two weeks with a half-dozen tank­ with the last five weeks. In that Boston Fort Agent ers calling here with molasses. time we have shipped six full Cities Service is operating four crews and we expect to ship'three 4 4 4 more crews to Libertys Coming out Galveston: tankers on the molasses run, all of which helped the shipping situ-^ of layup in the next couple of ation considerably. weeks. The Tpgalam of Seatrade paid During this period the Del Valle off, while signing on were the" and Del Sud (Mississippi), the Steel Director (Isthmian), the DeWestern Trader of Western Navi­ gation, Cecil N. Bean of Dry Trans, Shipping in the port has picked Soto, Iberville and Chickasaw Transatlantic of Pacific Waterways up a little in the past two weeks (Waterman), and the- Compass (Compass) paid off here. and Trojan Trader of Trojan. and the future looks promising. Ships in transit were the MadaSigned On Paying off were the Neva West ket and J. B. Waterman of Water­ of Bloomfield and the Republic of The Del Viento, Del Campo and man; Pennmar of Calraar, and the Trafalgar. Del Sud (Mississippi) and the Coe Victory of Victory Carriers. Signing on was the Mary Adams Compass signed on. George L. Hayes is one of the of Bioomfield, which also crewed Ships calling in transit included boys around the hall at this time. up. . the Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Pennant, George is 30 years Ships in-transit were the South- Alcoa Corsair and Alcoa Pilgrim old, married, and em Districts of Southern Steam­ (Alcoa); the Steel Rover, Steel makes his home ship, the Faifisle Surveyor and Steel Flyer (Isth­ in Vancouver, of Waterman, the mian); the Del Viento and Del Sud Washington. He Seacliff of Coral, , (Mississippi); the Fairisle, Alawaii, joined the SIU in the Del Campo Mobilian, Claiborne and Monarch New York in and Del Valle of of the Sea (Waterman); Neva West 1948 and sails in Mississippi, the (Bloomfield); Logans Fort, Council the deck depart­ Mae of Bull Line, Grove, Salem Maritime and Lone ment, preferring the Alexandria of Jack (Cities Service); Seacliff to ship from the Hayes Carras, the Val (Coral) and Edith (Bull). West Coast. Chem of Valen­ Union Battle t it 4" George thinks all the services of­ tine Tankers and Sasseville The State Legislature is now in fered by the SIU through the WHmingfoh: the Seatrains Welfare Plan are splendid, espe­ Texas, Georgia, Louisiana and New session in Baton Rouge and the anticipated battle between the cially the maternity benefits, which Jersey of Seatrain. he had occasion to collect not so Old timers on the beach include would-be union busters and the ; long ago. His "last ship w^as the M. V, Hoy, J. Haynes, A. Manuel, trade union movement is on. As Ragmar Naess and he is itching to J. Rawlins, R. Sasseville, A. had been feared; a bill to outlaw Shipping from the fairest port 'jn get out again soon. Adomaitis, R. James, W. Knapp, the union shop in Louisiana was Jeff Gillette California is definitely on the slow B. Luna, W. Vickers, A. Sandino, introduced under the sugar-coated Seattle Port Agent bell and has been for the past two N. Magash, F. Pedraza, J. Paulette, title of a "right-to-work" law. The phony name given to the weeks with only the hope that B. C. Lynn, F. Fisher, W. R. Dixon, 4 4> bill is deliberately misleading things will improve. and J. Thompson. Boston: Presently in the Marine hospital since it actually gaursntecs no There was only one payoff in the are A. T. Utterbeck, Earl McKen- one's right to work, but instead is past 'two weeks. The Coe "Victory dre, Virgil Bolton, Carl Jackson, aimed at breaking down trade i of "Victory Carriers was a clean J. Markopolo, Robert Brown, C. S. union agreements so anyone lucky ship to pay off with a good crew Dick, J. H. Dudley, .L,_Albritton, enough to get a job will have to on her. The only drawback " was Shipping has not been up to par C. Barboza, F. E. Nelson, J. H. work at slave wages. that we were able to put only seven Seafarers who live in Louisiana the past two weeks, but we are Brandon and J. Snell. new" men on her'. anjd ship out of this port have been, . Keith Alsop The Young America is expected hoping for more action in the com­ cooperating with Galveston Port Agent ing period. in shortly and we , hope we . will other local unions The Queenston Heights of Seahave a few jobs on her. in a letter-writr The best news- we have had in trade paid off and Idgned right on ing campaign to this port for the past few days again, while in-transit vessels were advise their par­ ish legislators of came in with the last issue of-the the Antinous, Raphael Semmes, their opposition SEAFARERS LOG that-had the Topa Topa and De Soto of Water­ Headquarters again wishes to the bill. All list of names for men having un­ man, artd the Robin Locksley and to remind all Seafarers that bona fide labor claimed pay from the Mississippi Robin Sherwood of Seas. The Orion Comet docked in San payments of funds, for what­ organizations in Shipping Company. Several of the ever Union purpose, be made the state have men have been in to find out how Francisco after a seven-month trip Devirgileo to the Far East and the fellows only to authorized A&G repre­ joined together to write for the money. • froni Boston have been returning sentatives and that an official in an organization known as Happy are we to report" thkt home. They are very glad to be Union receipt be gotten at thajt United Labor Organization of there are no men in the hospital at back in Beantown. J. Donovan, time. If no receipt is offered, Louisiana to fight the bill. the present time and we hope this one of the men aboard the Orion be sure to protect yourself by Again, we call upon all members will continue to be' the case for Comet, just reached home when immediately bringing the mat­ to get behind labor in this battle , some time to come. his wife presented him with a baby ter to the attention of the sec­ to preseVve union rights every­ E. B. Tilley boy. retary-treasurer's office. where in the labor movement. This Wilmington Port Agent For the past two 'w^eks it has is important to all of us because it is important to the union move­ ment as a whole. Isthmian Steamship Company has completed moving its opera­ tion to a new site. Isthmian now is located at Public Commodity Warehouse Wharves 7 and 8 bt the Shipping Figures May 5 to May 19 end of Napoleon Aue. The new addition to New Or-, V BEG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL leans' port facilities was completed PORT DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK ENG. STEW.SHIPPED in January. It is 1,000 feet long Btiston ..r.... 24 14 19 57 9- ' 3 3 15 and 248 feet wide and Has facilities New York 124 116 93 333 86 66 66 218 for loading and unloading direct Philadelphia . 65 55 44 164 38 . 39 from railroad car or truck to ship 32 109 and from ship to dockside carrier. Baltimore 77' 62 46 185 46 46 , 122 30 Seafarers recently discharged Norfojk r... ... ............ j7 10 36 3 .5 5 13 from the USPHS hospital here and Savannah ...............,y. 15 . 12 12 39 9: " 5; 23 9 expecting to be ready to ship out Tampa 1.. 10 17 > 16 ' 43 5 : 4 14 5 soon include B. Foster, C. Cobb, Mobile 63. ; . 46 52 161 53. 44. 39 136,, S. Piner, Jr., and W. E. Swilley. J. Latapie, R. DevirgileO, W. GllNew Orleans .r.84 77 86 247 85 67 •96 248 bertson, J. Hull, F. Martin, F. 19 66 26 i 28 . Galveston v.... 30 17 26 80 Fields, D. Walker and P. Heulu 16 65 50 30 Seattle ^ 25 ; , 24 31 111 were recently admitted to the hos­ 22 . , 69 33 32 26 pital and are still undergoing Sain Fraincisco ..,y. 19 28, . 91 treatmeht. -•.;.i.6 ' .'V38 •- , 7. " .2 " '6 Wilmington ..JI20 . 12,, 15 iisPBtrn I ji' (.'liliTBi« 03 ttWli t »^»«71 •441 3T4'3* .'^',195'"' Seattle: Top Shipping Expected Te Maintain Even Pace Glly Looks Like Tanker Perl As Molasses Runs Future Shipping Looks Promising In Texas UnclafniMi Wage Lists Good Hows To Crows Orion Comet Hits US After 7-Montb Voyage Sure to Get Dues Heeeipts • -". ... - •• Jl-l' - S-.. .TL r. •i, •••? .'4 I 1 I • ,11 �' K:: p' •• Pare Twelra ji- . SEAFARERS LOG May t8. 1954 fr'::'''' *!-'-• Efflfex;-- P- MEET THE SEAFARER IN THE WAKE '.V-' In classical anfl Celtic legend; the Fortunate Isles or Isles of the Blest were islands in the Western (Atlantic) Ocean. There the souls of favored mortals were received by the gods and lived happily in paradise. The belief in the islands long persisted, but eventually dis­ appeared as explorers dared to sail to uncharted parts of the world and overturned the myth. The Canaries and the Madeira Islands were identified as the legendary islands for many centuries. ;•-.< J? • v; •; •'.;.W-. Op-i- • 1^- • ii;";.- . ^• pife'ipr'- "SV :{ main floating on the surface are WALTER MITCHELL, electrician caller flotsam while jetsam refers One of the young oldtlmers of of war to Oran oh one trip before' to goods thrown' overboard which the SIU Is Seafarer Walter Mitchell, sink and remain under water. Question; How much gekr do you who has spent 11 of his 34 years heading back to the States. Ligan designates those goods which Mitchell, however, was off again take with you when you ship? go down with, a vesshl or which with the Union, sailing every ocean and shipping on the Arthur Hoi-' are sunk" in the sea and have • of the worlci and all seven of Its bert, where he ran into some war John Brady, oiler: I don't take seas. buoy or floating object attached to in the Pacific. The ship was run­ them as a mark of ownership or too much gear with me usually, Mitchell had an unusual combat ning alone a couple of days off the because I don't career (during World War II, seeing Philippines, carrying general car­ in that order that they may be need or use too no action whatshevor .while spend­ found again. When found, ligan much. All I need ing two years In service, but get­ go, . munitions and; trj^cka, when a must be returned to the owner, pair of Jap Zeroes bufst through a Is about three ting into plenty of it while sailing while the others must be returned cloud cover and let go.. , sets of work SIU ships during the latter part'of only if the owner makes a proper The only ddmage done was a clothes for the the hostilities. After starting his claim. i 4« 4" three-foot hole in No. 1 hold and runs, which come maritime career In 1937, the Sea­ 4 t i The Levant is the name for the to about 35 farer had his profession temporar­ some battered cargo, with no one The SIB-manned tanker Bent'i eastern' Mediterranean coastlands pounds or one ily Interrupted after four years by suffering a ;icratch as the planes from Egypt to Greece, particularly Fort (Cities Service) got its name suitcase full of tJttcle Sam's call to the Army. He were driven off.' those of Asia Minor and Syria, and from an old mountain trading post Runs Aground clothes. That Is was Inducted In 1941 and spent the is often applied to ships of that in the southwest US, founded by all I need except for oiie change Mitchell has had a rather Inter­ next two years In the Coast Artil­ region, which are called Levan 'William Bent and his ! partners lery in Texas and Massachusetts. esting seafaring life right from the tines to denote their origin. The about 1832. Locabed on. the north of civilian clothes. 4" 4" i However, things really began to beginning. His first maritime job word is derived from the French bank'of the Arkansas River, some Andy Messana, galleyman: I take happen when he was dlcharged was aboard the tug Nancy Moran lever, which literally means rising, seven miles east of prtsent-day La and is applied to mean sunrising Juanita, CoL, Bent's-Fort partici­ along plenty of dress clothes from service In 1943 anci started In 1937, which was engaged In tow­ ing barges to Bermuda. Walt start­ shipping with the SIU. as well, so that Levant refers to pated in both mbuiltain fur trade wherever I go. Although he was out of the ed as a fireman on that first job the place where the sun rises, the and overland commerce to Santa I would say it Is armed forces, there was plenty of and has been in the engine room East or Orient. In the same way Fe. The fpijt outfitted trappers and a little-more than shot and shell for him before the ever since. throughout the Mediterranean traders, sheltered early travelers the average Sea­ flgbtlng was over. region the east wind is sometimes and/wa? a depot for military ex­ farer takes, most His first job aboard an SIU ship called the Levant wind, or Levan­ peditions both before and during of the time. How­ proved even more eventful, when, Aerial Attack ^ ever, it would " < ter, and the west wind the Ponent the Mexican War. Aboard the Simon Willard in on the Lucy C. Lamar In 1943, the depend on the wind. Ponent in this case stems 4" 4" . 4' 1944, part of a 60-shlp American vessel ran agrouqd ,30 miles off runs and where I from a Latin word meaning to set Making the 3,150-mile nW from am headed be­ convoy heading from Chesapeake Barl, Italy. It sat on the rocks for and refers to the place where the Liverpool to New Yoflt in 14 days Bay, Md., to Italy, Mitchell was seven days before being towed Into sun sets, in the West or Occident. and eight hours, the -Britannia was cause I like m go witness to his first aerial bombard­ a nearby port for repairs and head­ out to the different places. You've 4" 4" 4" ' the first Cunard l^iner to operate got to be dressed most of the time. ment. Subject to attack by a group ing back to the States. Hie construction of Greek and in trans-Atlantic service. The ves­ The 34-year-old electrician was of a dozen planes, the Willard was 4i 4 4Homan vessels required two rud­ sel made the trip in July, 1840 . . not in an enviable position. How­ born In Philadelphia, Pa., In 1920, Alonzo Bryant, cook: I don't take ders, one at either end, to main­ Two years earlier, and 20 years ever, though carrying tons of am­ but many of his brothers and sis­ tain a course when the bow or before the launching of that un­ very much geOT with me when I munition as well as^ther cargo. It ters were ,bom In Norfolk, Va., « ship out because stem moved up out of the water. successful ocean-going giant, the I don't think It escaped unscathed, as did Mitchell. second home to the Mitchell family. Later, the Vikings placed the rud­ Great Eastern, another ship desThe convoy was attacked In the Walt has two brothers ' and four Is handy to have der not directly on the stern, but sigiied by the same man, the Great Mediterranean, off Oran, North sisters, all of whom are married. too much gear on the right side towards it. This Western, had made the trip from Looking For House cluttering up the Africa, with two of the ships going change gave the name starboard England to New York in 15 days. down before the German attackers. place. It Is very Most of them live In Norfolk, but (steerboard) to the right side of a She arrived in the US a few hours Inconvenient t o No one was lost, however, vvlth the he has one sister living In Los An­ ship, but by the 14th century the earlier than her rival the Sirius, have to ship it exception of one pilot and plane geles, California. He says he goes stern rudder had largely replaced which had left England four days from one port to which went into the drink. " to visit them every chance'lie gets. the side rudder on sea-going ve^ before she had even started out. Carries Troops another and it Walt Is single now after taking a sels. Today's large liners have rud­ 4" 4" 4i •• takes time If you That was In May, and It wasn't flyer at marriage, but right now ders that are six feet or more in The ancient Vikings, who under­ height and weigh 100 tons. took their explorations with the get off In a strange port. I take long thereafter that the Allies all he's looking for, he says. Is to 4> 4) • aid of only the most primitive half a dozen sets of work clothes. landed at Normandy Reach, France. buy himself a house and live there Later In June of the samie.year the In peace and quiet. 4" 4" 4" Books about the sea frequently maps of the limited area of the Joseph Borone, AB: I carry a lot Willard and Mitchell were engaged His hobbles Include hunting, fish­ world then known to Europeans, refer to flotsam and jetsam, but of gear with me because I don't want in ferrying troops to Southern ing and Far East shipping with the few people other than specialists often carried birds which were to get c a u g h t France backing up the Invasion SIU. Just last year, he says, he in maritime law know what the used to find land when no coast forces. That went on until August spent 45 days hunting deer In the words mean. Flotsam, jetsam and was visible. A bird would be re­ short, especialTy 1944, with Mitchell's only rest pe­ company of four other Seafarers. the even less-familiar ligan ,(oB leased from the deck of a vessel on foreign runs nd on Far riod coming when the ship was The group got their legal limit of lagan) refer generally to goods lost and its flight watched carefully. laid up in Naples, Italy, after the five deer, but, sad to relate, the at sea, as distinguished from The trick was that, if the bird rose Eastern trips. bombing attack in May. biggest deer was brought down by wreck, referring to goods which a high altitti(ie and sighted land Most of my gear At the tall end of the France one Seafarer's wife who came come on shore. Goods ^wbich renaturally would fly towards it. consists of civil­ ian dress clothes run, the Willard brought prisoners along for the shooting. i so 1 Can take In the better places In my free time. Also, you don't have to - subject your clothes to poor cleaning. ACROSS 19. TEN Direction to 5. Kind of metal engine room I . Girl's name Pep 7. Whrt^e Lisbon 8. Kind of duck is 12. Of aircraft 13. Artificial 8.' Member of the language crew 14. Ancient home 9. Ship's officer of Irish kings 15. Kind of wages 10. The Emerald Isle we seek 11. Women soldiers 16. Drug 17. The heart 18. Antidote for poison 20. Symbois 21. Nothing 22. Large city on Honshu 23. Adding up . 26.^. This makes work 30. Exist 31. Kind of thief 33. New 34. Deities 36. Speed Self: pi. 40. Durocher 41. The Gulf 44. Islands, G^f of Bothnia 47. Relying 49. Small bottle BO. Opera by Verdi 51. Born ' 52. Town in Italy 53. Burst forth 54. Great: PI. abbr. 85. It's made by cook DOWN -t. Good kind of landing • M. Yankees S. Got one's'bear­ ing straight 1. e. irteuo i*toi«A3S 22. 23. 24. 25. 27. 28. 29. 32. Troubles 35. Rock back and Leg Joints forth Label 37. Steals: Obs. River: Spanish 39. Channel Heading 41. Stations: Abbr. toward port 42. Voyage Any SIU 43. Impolite member 44. Years of life Ready 45. International Playihir.g Line Boston 3rd 46. Killed basemnn 48. It catches fish (Puzzle Answer On Page 25) 4) 4) 4) Walter Newberg, steward: I take a lot of gear because I don't do aqy washing when I am aboard ship. I usually take about 25 shirts with me on a run, whether It Is coastwise Or foreign. The last time I was on a ship' my gear * • weighed 168 pounds, for a coastwise run. I guess most stewards clJ about the same thing. More than 20,000 Chinese troops crossed the Salween River in west­ ern Hunnan Province at a dozen points, opening China's first offen­ sive In seven years of war President Roosevelt signed the simplified tax bill passed by Con­ gress. The measure extended appli­ cation of the withholding tax to provide for tax collection at the source from all wage and salary earners with Income iip to $5,000. The wartime system is still In effect today. i t ^ President Carlos JStroyo del Rio of Ecuador and all members of his 4) 4) 4) Thomas Ramirez, AB: When I am Cabinet resigned after a revolu­ aboard ship I take some rain gear tionary junta had seized power in Guayaquil, Ecuador's main com­ and some work mercial city on the Pacific coast gear with me, but .. ..John Hawk, secretary-treasurer never any dress of the A&G District, requested clothes. I usually that the Maritime Commission and don't like to stray the WSA allocate ships named for too far from the hero members of the SIU to lines ship for sight­ under .contract, with'the Union. seeing, so I don't peed that type of 4i • • • 4' 4" clothes. My work Hirough Arrangements with the gear consists of Government the A&G District of about two complete ofuidDthes and tobacco to Union brothers who were prisoners of war In German camps. Shipments were made periodically and each brother received 1,000 cigarettes . . . Cas- ' slno, the scene of fierce fighting on the Italian front since January, was evacuated' by the Germans, Berlin announced. The town had virtu­ ally been encircled by twin drives of the British and Polish troops . . . United States-Chinese forces took the main Myltkylna airdrome In Burma as part of the campaign to win back the large southeast Asia area. 4) 4^ 4 More than 1,000 passengers and members of the crew were rescued from the Henry Bergh, a Liberty ship bringing more Navy men back from the Pacific war zones, after she went aground in a heavy fog before dawn on the Farallon Is­ lands, 30 miles west of San Fran­ cisco . . . The Fifth US. Army launched a terrifid assault against the German lines surrounding the Anzlo' beachhead in Italy. Under air and liaval cover the British drove north in the direction of ]geme . while'-Ahierican troops at­ tacked in aoceMdrij^ltHt^ttoilXiVii �May 2§, 1954 SEAFAR^nS 'Long Overdue' SEAFARERS^ LOG May 20, 1054 Pace Tbirteea LOG I VM. XVI, No. II Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic dT Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel HYacinth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAtn, HAIL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HatBEPT BRAND; Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BERNAIID SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANTEL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHtni, IRWIN SPIVACX. JERRY REMER, AL MASKIN, NORMAN SMITH; Gulf Area Reporter, Bm. MOODY; Staff Assit^pnts, LYMAN GAYLORD, MILTON HOROWITZ. IM / 4'hang« Of Climate The subject of the merchant marine's future is not exactly a brand new subject in this corner, but for the first time in a good while it can be reported that the arguments put forth by both labor and management in the maritime industry are beginning to have their effect in Washington, Announcement of a new Government maritime program plus introduction of several bills to put it into effect is revealing of a new climate of opinion in the nation's capital. It's obvious that the current unstable international situa­ tion and the weaknesses showing in the Western world are important factors in that change of heart. It's beginning to be realized in Washington that this countrjr is still in for a long and hard pull before peace, and not just an armed truce, can be established. In that long, hard pull ahea^ It would be the worst kind of folly not to have an active and modern mercjbant. fleet. 'Congress and the administration now are beginning to .realize that it is unsafe under those circum­ stances'to' depend too heavily on the merchant fleets of friendly nations. Of course the new maritime program is a long way from actuality. It is one thing to pass a bill authorizing construc­ tion of 60-ships a year. Tt's another thing to appropriate money for that construction and funds to keep the ships run­ ning actively. The sooner all parties realize that a modern merchant marine costs money, the closer it. Will be to that goal. However, it would be a mistake for the maritime industry to sit back and let Uncle Sam do it all. The industry itself has to ;sliow some inventiveness in planning for the future, and,thk'brings up, the question of the . . . • ' ' " ai $ St. Lawrence Seaway Here is one place where the maritime industry itself has an opportunity to show its stuff. For a long time, the industry on the East Coast fought the Seaway. But as the saying goes, "if you can't lick 'em; join 'em." The Seaway will be built and big ocean-going ships will be going up the St. Lawrence to Great Lakes ports. The question is whether they will be foreign-flag ships or ships bearing the US flag. This whole development promises a tremendous industrial boom in the area. It should be productive of many more cargoes that had been carried by overland routes or that had been' undeveloped like the new ore finds in Canada. Autos, wheat, steel products, bulk ores, and a wide variety of other cargo that used to move by rail will now be able to go all the way by ship. It's up to the industry to plan for the kind Of ships that will be most useful on this route and to develop water-borne trade of this immense inland area. Victory On Shore Leave Welcome news from the Pentagon is the publication of a , brand-new set of rules by the Defense Department dealing I' with the matter of shore leave for merchant seamen in areas under military control. For the first time, the ground rules have been established at the top, and it's up to local area commanders to effect them accordingly. The SIU has long fought the practice of individual local commanders deciding when and how civilian seamen can go ashore frqm their vessels; especially when no military ur­ gency showed itsdf to justify a ban on shoTe leave altogether. The',action in Washington recognizes the evils Of this system, with seamen formerly left to.^the mercy of the local military on this score. Declaring it to be'the policy of the Department that sea­ men shall be allow^ leave to go ashore at all times—except I in instances of extreme, military necessity, officials in the I Pentagon have tairCn a long step forward. Future abu^s of rthe ir,uli»g are now the direct responsibility of rear echelon compjapders wlw. have ;been waging wai^ on seamen- for lack of anythmg).-liette&JtoiidOD ni i o(f\v uofaij oi as Union Boon To Seamen, He Says To the Editor: I am writing these few lines concerning myself and my present status which I would deeply appre­ ciate having p^ted in the LOG. In this manner^ wiil be sure that the people to whom I wish to ex­ press my thanks will be sure to realise my appreciation for all their efforts. I was born in Norway on May 13, 1884, whioh makes me 70 years old. I first went to sea at the age of 14 on Norwegian square riggers, as deck boy, and landed in the United States in 1900. For eight years I shipped on yachts 9nd dredges and in 1908 I joined the Atlantic Seamen's Union. Since that A 17V^-eents-an-hour wage in­ in contracts with two coat and suit time I have sailed on all types of crease package for 15,000 toy manufacturers. The three-year vessels both on manufacturing workers in New agreement covers guaranteed the Great Lakes York City's metropolitan area was weeks of pay in a year, change­ and offshore. In announced by Local -&23 of the over from piece rates to hourly Johnson 1912, when the AFL International Union of Doll pay for one company and time ASU was taken over by the Inter­ and Toy Workers of the US and and one-half for overtime and national Seamen's Union, I became Canada. Contracts signed with the legal holidays. a member of that organization and National Association of Doll Manu­ 4 4 4 remained in good standing until facturers and the Stuffed Toy The United Textile Workers of 1938, at which time I joined the Manufacturers Association run for three, years from July 1 and in­ America, AFL, Local 720 of At­ SIU. clude two wage raises. New wage lanta, Ga., signed a contract with Free and Independent negotiations are scheduled for the Lane Cotton Miil Company At the present time I am receiv­ July 1956. covering 1,400 workers for a threeing Seafarers Peiinanent Disabil­ year period. The improved con­ 4 4- 4ity Benefits from the Seafarers tract calls for an increase of two Welfare Plan, which money to­ Local 32 of the Cafeteria Em­ cents an hour. The UTWA wrest­ gether with my Social Security in­ ployees Union, AFL, announced led bargaining rights from the CIO come leaves me quite free insofar the settlement of a strike by 430 textile Workers after the latter had as finances are concerned. As a workers against 13 Exchange Buf- represented the Lane workers for matter of fact, I know I am receiv­ •fet Corporation restaurants in 13 years. ing more money for my old age Manhattan. The strike, which be­ 4 4 4 than some non-union workers in gan April 1, was settled for a $4 this city for their work. If it were weekly wage increase and other Union - sponsored work slow­ not for the benefits I draw from benefits for the strikers. downs, partial strikes and refusal the Welfare Plan, I most certainly to work overtime were ruled by iSt would not feel very" Independent the NLRB to be unfair labor prac­ After four months of negotia­ tices. The board also said unfair regarding my finances. This brings me to what I think tions, two locals in Atlantic CHy, iabor practices were unauthorized is the most important part of my NJ, won a five percent across-the- extension of rest periods, refusal letter. When I first started sailing board wage increase, retroactive to to work special hours and inducing as a cabin boy on Norwegian ships, May 1, for members employed by employees of another concern not I am not even sure that the word nine swank boardwalk hotels in to perform work for the employer "welfare" was- in the dictionary. the resort city, scene of many un­ involved. The ruling involved the Even when I joined the ASU, if ion conventions. The contract end­ Textile Workers Union, CIO, and someone nientioned it to me I ing February 1, 1956, was ratified its Local 1172, and the Personal would think of sonlbone on the by members of Local 508 Hotel Products Corporation, Chicago, 111. comer looking for a handout for a and Restaurant Employees and 4 4 4 Local 491 Bartenders. meal. Administrator William McComb 4 4 4 I would like to thank the offi­ of the Wage ahd Hour^and Public cials and the membership who Members of Local 125 Interna­ Contracts Division of the Labor worked so hard over the years to tional Union of Electrical Workers Department announced that min­ make this a reality. When I was 60 staged a five-day striko at Scran- imum wages for hosiery workers years old, I thought I would keep ton Battery,. Archbald, Pa.; 'and in Puerto Rico will be 50 cents an on sailing because all I had to look came up with a 24-cent package hour. The new rate replaces the forward to was the Social Security with wage incr,eases up to 21 cents 40 cent minimum and was recom­ benefits in five years. Shortly an hour-and more, including incen­ mended by a special industry com­ after my 65th birthday, however, tive pay, retroactive to February 1. mittee acting under the Fair Labor the SIU established its Permanent A clause covering paid holidays— Standards Act. Disability Plan as part of the Wel­ seven a year—provides-for pay for 4 4- 4 fare Plan, and it'was then, and an employee when layoff conies 4 only then, that I thought of retir­ within 30"^days of any holiday. Secretary of Labor James Miting. Believe me, it is most reassur­ cheli released a job guide ''pre­ 4 4 4 ing to realize that my old age is pared by the US Employment A year ago the AFL United Au­ Service, listing 74 occupations em­ provided for, and when I pass away there will be-no Potter's Field tomobile, Workers lost, by a single ploying large numbers of boys and vote, an NLRB election at the girls under 21, It will be distrib­ for me. In conclusion, I would again Michigan Arrow and Tiny Home uted to all local offices of the pub­ like to- express my thanks and ap­ Division of Michigan Central Air­ lic employment service, to 27,000 preciation to all of those people lines in Flint, Michigan. Recently high schools throughout the coun­ who worked so hard to make the the union made a second try—and try, and national youth and guid­ SIU what it is'today, and I further won by a margin of 2^-1. ance organizations. State employ­ urge each member to make it his 4 4 4 ment service interviewers and job duty to work for still greater unity The first gaaranteetd annual counselors in the high schools will irndi a'sriater SIU. yvamlin the|Wett (Sm gatmeit ,.5ba.'ori young people to locate jobs. LABOR ROUND^OP �f- '»• - '"" /• ^ " •*" *• "* V ''•• •-v:Vi ' - ^ iWe-Tonrteeii"- ' • m SEAFARERS May 2«, 1954 LOG /May 28. 1954 SEAFARERS Pacre Fifteeo LOG #, KVr;>:•• - • , ^4U-S'>*sst.w& ''"'-I *'i"-. •;. .'" r - m > . Hi'. • vr-yii:: , - •' /• "• ••^-'' .i<^' ;-•" ,::^ / •:. •" 3| •lilpEF piipiiilii' - •S'l ^• * "I):-,'•'• f. ri'i :si X-' •' '• - fimM: &iM Massive air-conditioning plant on roof will provide airconditioning throughout the entire building to assure year-round comfort of membership. Designed with a huge expanse of window^ space,/the new hall will also have an all-glass-enclosed recreationisun deck. Worker is checking blueprints. Front end of shipping hall still looks primitive after wrecking work in auditorium of building formerly owned by a local conrununity group. •rr A new h We lor Seafarers in the Port of Balti­ more is in hte making, with every indication now that a moi< i-lbortion of the structure will be com­ pleted ear y in July. - .> ' • " -H First out lOrized by a referendum poll of the membershi;/ as part of the SlU's building pro­ gram, the Ipltimore hall has now gone through several stojies of preliminary construction, with finishing-o^ work on the main section now un­ derway. _ * When completed in its entirety, the four-story building, with a glass-enclosed recreation deck on the roof, will boost all the features of SlU's modern Brooklyn headquarters plus a lot of built-in"extras" to make it one of the finest union halls in the US. '^y I r ..f" •••iv The photos on these pages show the progress of the construction so for on the main building and a new wing being-added to the existing structure. From the back, site of hiring-hall-tb-be is inspected by Seafarers standing in doorway. It will double as meet­ ing hall, with balcony added. Parking lot on right side of building now serves as storage area for building materials and workers' cars. Hiring hall will overlook it. 'I it w '"' "••- t ' I i «?>'•'- • • . 'Vp_ ,;;;r liipilisiteis;. _ , Artist's conception of the hall as it will appear when Interior of one of the several offices to be provided for completed/New wing being added to existing structure various Union services which will be operated in the •*^^f:..^t«^»:^^?p£^j':the'eame•aset•head^arter9.•^••>Wf'^'^.vvA•;?»^•:'r^^^v•^o%v^;.J#Av.M4e•«t^theTight.- "vm �Pasti Sixten SEAFARERS Mir 28. 1954 LOG SEAFARERS The Belgian Line Is now operating from onl* of the world's most modern ship terminals—a mile-long facility in the Port of Antwerp where ten shipjs can be berthed and worked simultaneously. Begun at One of the objectives that ship designers havejset fdr themselves is the end of the war, the terminal was recently completed. The new fa­ reducing Che amount of time a dry cargo vessel spends in port loading cility is on the outskirts of Antwerp about seven miles from the heart and unloading cargo. All parties agree that the only way to ^hiake of the city, making it comparatively free of .traffic congestions. The freighters more efficient and better able to compete with US railroads quay-type berthing area is equipped with thirty-one mUes of track as is to speed up cargo handling. .. well as modem roads, making it easiiy accessible for freight by rail One good way to build up a ship's Along these lines several varieties of automatic hatch covers have •r ^ck. fund a little bit was suggested been designed, and one design has been installed on Marlner-olass ships. aboard the Arlyn (Bull Lines) by Recently a new type, the Gieer hydraulically-operated hatch cover has Army Engineers may be asked to look into the feasibility, of a twenty- Seafarer Pedro J. Erazo. He been installed aboard two MSTS ships and has been ordered for two Navy reefers. If successful, the covers will be found soop'after on pri­ seven foot canal linking the proposed St. Lawrence Seaway and the Hudson River. The canal, once planned as part of the Seaway author­ pointed out that when a ship pays vately-owned vessels. ized under legislation signed recently by President Eisenhower—would off, everybody usually gets some Accordion Fold extend from the St. Lawrence, through the Richelieu River, Lake Cham- small change in their envelope As presently designed, the Greer hatch cover consists of four hinged plain and into the Hudson. It would shorten the distance between Hew along vtrith some of Uncle Sam's sections which can fold back acccordion-like against one end of the bigger bills. Accordingly, if every­ York-City and the Great Lakes by as much as 1,500 miles. body dumped all of the change jnto hatch. Control stations are located on,deck near the hatch. The steps ^ t t in opening the hatch are simple. First, several ring-and-hook latches Fourteen crewmen were rescued by breeches buoy from the Hon- the fund, the incoming crew would which dog the cover down are opened. Then a bar is timned which have a few dollars to start with duran Freighter Omar Babon that went aground on North Caroiina's for the next round trip ,and lifts the hatch cover by means of cams off of a sealing strip along the treacherous outer banks twenty-five miles north of Cape Hatteras, "the wouldn't Jiave to start building up hatch coaming. The operator then turns a lever in the control station graveyard of the Atlantic." Coast Guardsmen reported that all aboard box which sets the hydraulic machinery going and folds up the hatch a fund from scratch again. the freighter were ashore safely less than twelve hours after the 194cover. It is then secured with chains until it has to be closed. Money On Hand foot vessel had been driven aground during a storm. The hydraulic pressure is available at all times as long as the ship's Then if something happened, plant is operating and even afterwards for a few more operations. In ^ ^ X. A two-stroke marine Diesel engine that permits a saving of 6 to 8 such as a crewmember getting sick, the event the hydraulic pressure is not available, the covers can be. percent in fuel oil has been developed by the Burmeister & Wain Com­ there would be money on hand for handled manually. pany of Denmark. The engine can be operated on ordinary bunker oil the emergency. And in any case, Covers of this type eliminate tarpaulins, wedges and other parts of as well as on high-grade fuel and can be built in units that will de­ the ship's fund could be kept going hatch cover assembly. One man can operate the coyer all by his lone­ velop up to 18,000 horsepower, as much as that of most large tankers, from one trip to the next, because some. Knud Kalm, executive vice president of the company, has announced. when a fund runs dry it's hard Cargo Protection In addition, the unit weighs 20 per cent less than otBer plants of the to get it started up again. Another advantage claimed for this type of hatch cover is that the same power* and occupies 20 per cent less space. He proposed that this. step be rapid closing of the hatches made possible better 'protection of cargo taken at a meeting on board the X X t The Maritime 'Administration has announced that there were 1,356 ship and the crew went on record in the event of sudden downpours during loading. Also, the covers could be kept closed when cargo was not actually being worked, such seagoing ships in the active United States merchant fleet on May 1. in favor of the move. as during the longshoremen's lunch hours, reducing the danger of a That was four ships less than were in the active fleet on April 1. Under Good Service common and exceedingly serious shipboard accident—a fall down an construction in American shipyards are nine merchant ships for Gov­ Another Arlyn ^ crewmember, open hatch. ernment account and 20 for private account. Of those being built for. Stanley Fauntleroy, messman, was XXX private account ten were for foreign-flag operation. singled out of a very competent XXX steward's department for a very The 27,000-deadweight-ton tanker Flying-A-Delaware, third in a good job of service to the crew. four-ship construction program of the Tide Water Associated Oil Most people are familiar with the self-inflating life rafts used by the His shipmates went on record to Air Eorce and others for sea rescue work. The -idea of a compact lifeCompany, was launched by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry give him a vote of thanks for his saving device that can be kept jn a small area but is instantly inflatable, Dock Company at Newport News, Va. The same shipyard completed work. has now been adapted to individual use. One manufacturer puts out a sister ship, Flying-A-New York, in March ... A new Dutch freighter Erazo, a member of the SIU since such a device, called "Floto" which can be carried in a man's pocket. built' especially for shallow-water operations made its appearance in New York on her maiden voyage. The 3,906-ton Charis, a diesel- July, 1941, is a native of Puerto All that has ito be done to inflate it is to squeeze it^with the hand. It powered ship, will be used in the West Indies and Venezuelan trades Rico and makes his home in San- then expands into a four-foot tube. If somebody goes overboard, the and will be able to enter small ports that are too shallow for conven­ turce. He joined the Union in the ihanufacturer claims it can be thrown like a ball to the person in Port of Baltimore and is 38 years distress. tional-sized ocean-going ships. of age. It's unlikely that this kind of a device will replace the standard llfeXXX • Fauntleroy, who is 33, haa been ring„.but if it works asplaimed, it could be a valuable safety auxiliary The Tanker, Transpet. which sank in the Gulf of St. Lawrence nearly three years ago with-1,500,000 gallons of gasoline and kerosene abOard, sailing with the SIU for three for ship's c^ewmembers, and for that matter for passenger ships to has been found by a new echo-sounding device. Transit Tankers and years, starting in the Port of New serve in addition to the liferings and lifejackets carried as standard '' Terminals, Ltd., said a ship using "sea scanar," first demonstrated in York. He's a native of Ma^land equipment. . October, found the Transpet in 120 feet of water 13 mUes off Miscon and makes his home in Baltimore. I J, X X * • • Island. Seafarer Ernest W. X X X The design for the machinery of the first ship to be driven entirely appeared in this Up until now, the nickel-cadmium storage battery has been limited by gas turbines has been completed and its construction is expected corner before for in use largely for the Armed Forces, which has been taking all the pro­ to begin late this year, according to an Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. his excellent serv­ duction, but apparently the new type battery is becoming available for official. Keel laying ceremonies are planned for mid-1955 at the Birken­ ices as s h i p's civilian use on a^ limited scale. When large-scale output of nickelhead, England, yard of Cammell Laird & Co. The tanker will be fitted delegate. T h i s< cadmium devices begins, they will put the old-fashioned lead battery with two 4,150-horsepower gas turbo-altemators to be built by the time it. was his out of business because of their far longer life. Seafarer - ship­ British Thomson-Houston C9. Ten-Year-Life mates on the X l" X For example, nickel-cadmium batteries for cars and trucks have a A five-month tanker reconstruction Job--70ne of the largest ever Cities Service life expectancy of at least ten years compared to the two or three-year undertaken on the West Coast—has just been completed by the Los tanker Winter expectancy that can be gotten out of the best of the lead batteries. Hill who entered Angeles Division of the Todd Shipyards Corporation. Forty-one feet Cor Obviously, there are a lot of shipboard uses for such batteries, and were added to the original length of the T-2 type tanker Ticonderoga, a vote of thanks one outfit, the Dual-Lite Company, has a portable handlight on the mar-which is owned and operated by the Keystone Tankship Corporation for him. They noted that be was doing "a ket for maritime use. The company offers a firm ten-year guarantee on of PhUadelphia. The hull had been nearly severed Just aft of the mid­ ship house last September off the' California coast while she was in­ very good job as' ship's delegate" the product, and claims a life expectancy of 15-20 years for ordinary and regretted that he was leaving use which should be long enough to satisfy anybody. bound from Honolulu. Sealed Unit the ship at Lake Charles, Louisi­ XXX The US now stands seventh in the list of world shipbuilding nations ana, the next stop on the way The battery is a sealed unit which requires no additional water dur­ as a result of .a 25 percent decline in operations in the first quarter south. ing use. It weighs seven ounces and can be charged by ordinary bat­ of 1954. Great Britain continued to lead the world with 505 vessels, Cox, who is 32 years of age, is tery chargers. The manufacturer also claims that the battery is im­ or 4% million tons, on the ways . . , American President Lines got a native of Mississippi. He joined mune to freezing and can be left in sub-zero temperatures without a $255,000 settlement in its suit against the Government dealing with the SIU in New Orleans on March damage. • expenses it had been forced to pay for war brides who had been 24, 1950, and makes his home at Seafarers can expect to hear considerably more about these batteries detained by Immigration officers before being cleared for admission the coastal city of Pass Christian, which will become standard for a wide variety of shipboard and shoreto the US. side uses in a few years. Miss. i Automatic Hatch Covers ACTION l^i '' IIIi f.- / Self-Inflating Life Preserver Nlckel-Cadmlum Batteries ' I Burly TrouHmr Trouble • .'iS By Beruurd Seaman 'v* "' i.'C ' • • " . ^ - ••I-,-';:'? im �May U, 1954 SEAPARERS Page Seventeea LOG "A :> -rt Challenge To Offshof ie Shl|iplng . (Continued from page-5) [It's estimated that C-2s, which Jjower" project means a boom for make up the bulk of US vessels the midwest US and Great Lakes trading with Europe; could jnaneuregion as well as Canada! Original- ver the shallow channel with about ly proposed for joint construction 1,000 tons under a full load. But and operation by both countries, they couldn't travel with any sort the hesitation on the part of the of speed, which could only be in­ US to go ahead with the plans creased' by a proportionate cut in eventually prompted Canada to go cargo. it alone on its side of the water Broad-beamed vessels with a and land areas involved. The bill shallow draft are an obvious need passed will change these plans to under these circumstances, al­ the degree that the whole will be though why the proposed channel managed jointly, but built and couWn't be dredged to 29 or 30 flnartced separately. feet to accommodate most presentOnly obstacle to start of the con­ day vessels is a puzzle. Since the struction is a case pending before dredging has to be done anyway, Ihe US Supreme Court by a group maritime observers argue, why not of Lake Ontario shore property do the type of job which will make owners protesting the power de­ it easy all-around for ships to navi­ velopment plans. Even so, Can­ gate the passage. ada, with several of the accessory At any event, the Seaway is links on the 2,200-mile route al­ bound to provide a much-needed Circled area In white shows danger zone where landslide of Contractor's Hiil could block the Panama ready under construction or com­ shot in the arm for the American Canal for an indefinite period. Government is planning to slice off top of hill to reduce the danger. pleted, and eager to get the work shipbuilding program, if a wellon the rapids section underway, balanced program is undertaken. last week began calling for appli­ The industry is in for hard times cations from engineers for the otherwise. • project. Furthermore, the several special­ Thus, with the Seaway due to be ized types of cargo operations (ore, an accomplished fact by 1960, the grajin, automobiles^) need special­ question for the shipping industry, ized ships. Car-ferries will be able (Continued from page 7) despite its general opposition to to make the trip around to the danger of a rock slide toppling into WASHINGTON—Important new support for the "50-50" the canal, the feeling is that the the project, is how to live with it. East Coast and to a)l parts of the It's estimated the Seaway will world. The railroads and the principle has been offered by Senate majority leader William threat itself is not something im­ handle between 40-50 million tons trucking industry's car-carriers mediate. However, because of the of cargo 'a year, which is equal to handled most of this trade before. Knowland of California, in addition to that voiced by all US importance of the canal to national what the Port of Hampton Roads, maritime unions and shipping ^ ' Passenger Service defense as well as shipping, no one Va. (Norfolk and Newport News)' While the channel being built interests. Senator Knowland since- 1945, only two dry cargo is willing to discount the necessity handled in the pre-Korean year of will not accommodate the SS ships and three passeiTger ships for acting on the threat as soon as 1948, and before the bulK of Mar­ United States or the Cunard indicated a break •with, the ad­ had been built on private order m possible. shall Plan and ECA coal shipments Queens, it will pave the way for ministration on this Issue in a the US, while the contrary was During, the original construction to Europe which inflated the port's through passenger service direct speech at a Maritime Day dinner true in foreign nations. / of the canal, which lasted seven activity began. Cjirreht figures^are from the midwest botj* for vaca­ in Washington when he said that Maritime Unions Support years from 1907 to 1914, its first not available, and data, for the tioners to spots like New York the "50-50" bill of course, has "official opening" in JDctober, 1913, years of the Korean War wouldn't and trans-Atlantic voyagers as well. "our objective should be to carry reflect normal' shipping traffic any­ Small, one-class passenger-tourist 50 percent of the nation's overseas long been supported by the SIU had to be postponed because of in way. and other maritime unions, and a avalance of some two million cubic ships may be in for a windfall here. commerce." Previously all of the opposition The cargo, however, will still be spokesman for the Committee of yards of material into the channeL Moreover, port facilities on the moving on ships, and ships need East Coast won't be standing idle. to a permanent "50-50" law had American Maritime Unions made The first commercial passage seamen. What will likely develop The power being brought into the come from the administration, par­ that clear in testimony before the through the completed canal took is a shift,^ a new emphasis on Great northeast US by the Seaway proj­ ticularly from the State Depart­ Senatb Water Transportation Sub­ place in August, 1914. A total of Lakes ports and seamen in those ect means greater expansion and ment, which stated that the perma­ committee. He pointed out that 240 million cubic yards of dirt earth and rock was excavated from the places. production in that area as well. nent legislation would adversely af­ under the terms of the bill foreign site to build the actual canal. fect relations with foreign coun­ Coastwise Sailing nations receiving US Government These manufacturers, in greater Yet even so, ships starting on volume, will still move, as before, tries. Other Government agencies aid were actually favored since No Interference and administrative spokesmen had they got second preference on the the Lakes will move through the through major Atlantic ports. It is believed that the excavation Seaway and head either for fo^ign All these conclusions and expec­ also chimed in with opposition to handling of such cargoes, behind work on Contractor's Hill can be US-flag ships. ports or south to operate coast­ tations are theorizing, of course. the bill. carried out without any interfer­ Differs With State wise. Similarly, they will move The Seaway will not be an actuality The permanent "50-50" bill, ence with canal traffic. Bids for the from the West Coast through Pan until 1960. They do indicate how­ Knowland took particular issue which has been introduced by work were opened in Washington ama and then head north, eventual­ ever, that the shipping industry is with the State Department's point Senator John Butler of Maryjland, last week. The hill is about a dozen ly arriving on the Lakes. Accord­ being put to a test. Previously of view by declaring that carriage would write into law a practice miles from here, on the Pacific side ingly, seamen will be needed at the prosperous only in times of disas­ of 50 percent of all cargo, commer­ that has been reaffirmed time and of the Isthmus of Panama. Gaillard Lakes end of the line, whatever ter, it can utilize the Seaway de­ cial or otherwise, would in no time again on individual aid pro­ Cut is more familiar by its former port happens to be involved, as velopment to create prosperity in way injure the well-being of for­ grams by successive Congresses. name, Culebra Cut. well as at other ports on the coasts. relatively calm times. There are eign nations. He said that under Passage of the law would eliminate The ships and jobs will be there many possibilities to create trade the proposed law, which deals only the annual battle the US Merchant all the time; just the emphasis on and traffic volume, which in turn with Government cargoes, the US Marine , has to fight every time an ports may be different. means ships with jobs to'fill. Op­ would still be permitting foreign aid bill is introduced. In addition One major element of concern is position of itself can prove noth­ nations to carry the bulk of the na­ to aiding shipping, shipbuilding, the effect of foreign-flag shipping. ing, except that there's no life left tion's foreign commerce. too, would prosper by demands for Because of the relatively shallow in the industry, The Senator pointed out that added tonnage." channel (27 feet), and the likeli­ (Continued from page 6) hood that smaller ships than the bulk of the US merchant fleet, will addition to Bernard Seaman, LOG gain favor for this trade, the lowart editor, will be specialists in wage foreign operators with their their field and are being contacted small tramps presently have the now for the judging sometime edge on working the Seaway ports. next month. Whkt would seem to be needed Exhibit at SIU Haii is a shift to smaller vessels by US • During the week of the judging, operators competing for this trade. all entries will be prominently displayed at SIU headquarters, where Seafarers and the general public will be able to view them. Some of the entries have already had one showcasing at an exhibit Undeip the rules of the SIU, ( Inclusive) of work by New York union mem­ any member " can nominate bers, sponsored by the NY Public himself for meeting bhairman, Library. reading clerk or any other tdUer, SEAFARERS LOO With only a few days remaining post that may be up for elec•reeUyn S2. NSw Y»rfc - 47S FwiHli Av«nu» " for eqtries. Seafarers who wish to tioq. before the membership, Mnd iM th« foHowlngt Alter their handiwork are urged to including committees, such as (•I.iMund velumsi of tht I9S3 LOG 9 $5 ooch. bring them into headquarters per­ the tallying committees, finan­ sonally or send them immediately lb').,.,,.ee«nploio ith of^iMund yoliimoi of tho LOG cial committees, auditing com­ via registered or special delivery for IM7 tJ.roMgU«r ® $2S oocli." , mittees and other groups mail to the Art Editor, SEA­ named by the membership. Enetoiod it • totol of $ •seeeoeeeeeeee* FARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Since SIU membership meet­ Brooklyn 32, NY. Entries which NAME • •••e»«eee*e*«eeeeeeeee««e'*e»eete«eoft«4eeoo ing officers are elected at the are for sale should be clearly start of each meeting, those labelled with the selling price. All ADDRESS • •fin • • c'is e • e.e #• • • !» e « • e e e • • • 0,e t e • e e « who wish run for those '•s J. •. : entries should be tagged with tho meeting' offt^s can ,db ^Sb. name as well as the home address of the Seafarer involved. .. '-isl Permanent '50-50' Strongly Plan To Nip Supported By Senate Leader Canal'Slide Art Contest Deadline Near • V : '••1 • • .a I •'si.'I ' J NOW AVAILABLE BOUND VOLUMES OF THE Throw fit For A Meeting Job Seafarers Log 1947-1953 $25 •C52KJ-: . . •5 • -.J 'I .V 'yz-y]. ^ 4' 'I mi •i 1 |; = : "01 -3 'M! �rase ElfhteM IV r,-,; v SEAT A HERS ^v;-. , LOG Bbr 9S* 19M/ " • Shipboard And Shoreside Fun With Seafarer Crews That . absolutely , pure water would be injurious to the human body and that a fish would Im­ mediately "drown" in it? All drink­ ing water contains mineral ele­ ments and it is impossible to pre­ pare any substance'of such chemi­ cal purity that it is completely free of all foreign matter. Pure water has neither taste nor odor. The tafete of drihking water is due to mineral elements and other sub­ stances in it. liV 1' ^ Jlv 1 -•.• |v>V-'' M i >. '•. r ^.V- ... Pete Gk>nzalez gets clipped aboard Wacosta by Diaz, bosim, doubling as ship's barber. Frisky young passenger mounts the guard rail leading to life­ boat as she's ready lor fun. Oilers A. Kunnapas, left, and L. Saar take a' blow in their loc'sle after a hard day's work. fe'liv-r- That under the rules of theTSIU, any member can nominate himself for meeting chairman, reading clerk or any other elective post iucluding committee membership. Since SIU membership meeting officers are elected at the start of each meeting, those who wish to run for those meeUng officers can do so. 4" t quently «ccur toward th# undi of hot summer days. On such 'days milk is also likely to sour. Thisi so far as experiments show, is thd only connection between the storm and the souring of milk. t t t i t • That there Is 1,679,619 to 1 chance against your throwing i double 6'B when yoU are shooting dice? It's a good thing to remem< ber the next time yoii ,jnake a throw of this kind. That the last examination 'date , for SIU scholarship benefits for the year 1954 was May 22, 1954? After that a committee of educa-" tors will select the winners of the $1,500 annual awards. r" 4 4 4> ^ That the word lonshoreman is a corruption of along - shore - man? Stevedores (from Spanish est vador, "packer") wore called alongshore-men because they were employed about the wharves of seaports to load and unload vessels. That a dying person who sud­ denly dies while standing, whether from bullets, heart failure or other cause, almost invariably falls for­ 4^4 ,4 ward? The force of a bullet even That a poker hand consisting of when fired from the front, is not as a rule sufficient to overcome a pair of acek (some say jacks) and the natural tendency of a dying a pair of eights is known as a deadman's hand? The expression comes person to fall forward. from a report that James iPutler 4" ' 4" 4" That according to scientists, the Hickock (Wild Bill) held such a popular belief that milk is soured hand at the time he wa; shot to by thunderstorms has no founda­ death during a card gajnc in Dead. tion in fact? Thunderstorms fre-. wood, SD. • LOG-A-RHYTHM: Members of two SIU crews relax at USS Club" in Yokohama. They are, left to right, R. Corns, C. Beach, F. Wasmer and friend, R. Webb and ir. Burton. Seafarers Pablo and Harry pose with J. Reed and his children aboard Wacosta on way to Kobe, Japan. All photos were taken by Luis Ramirez. • ^ Sea farer Records Conversation After Too Many Nights Ashore Listen, Merchant Seaman V , • By Rut}} E. Sarnberg ' , Tarry here oh hearty seaman Tis a place nigh good nor bad Many men sit here together Some so glad and some so sad. Stop, let's pick a bunch of flowers. Daisies by the millions grow. It will help th speed the hour, • Came on, stranger, come—let's go,- List'n to, yon strains of music . Played by men of other lands. Were they ever once your favoriteZ Does it give a lifting hand? L&t us sit and wait for shovder, ' Watch the birds that homeward fW, Let's not' lose the sun's last hour. Another day we'll keep for cry. Writing to the LOG, Seafarer Spider Korolia repofts that an old seaman,, after spending Push that little drink a' from you m'any years at sea, feels ill at ease when on the land for an extended period. He even hears T'will not bring you peace of mind, Come, let's walk the land together, the sea in his ears at night, Spider claims, and he is often subject to hallucinations when too Maybe there contentment find. long confined to land. ^ — at night before getting into bed?" "I give up," he said, "It can't be Look up yonder, squirrels in tree. course, Spider doesn't believe Seem so happy cause they're free. the doctor asked, worried. done." this could ever happen to him They have neither care nor worry. "Oh, yeah, listen to this: Today, "Take my feet off the floor," I for olie moment, but '^he sends said, npt caught napping. tomorrow, day after tomorrow, Why can't we that happy be? along some notes of a recent con­ "What do you thing about this yesterday and the day before Hark ye, listen, children's laughter, versation .he had with a USPHS hot weather?" he asked, trying to yesterday." Sfiundirig up the street ahead, "Move over," the doctor sSid, "1 Think ye not that .they are happy? psychiatrist after a long bout with catch me off guard. They would jieper laugh if dead. shoreside duty. That which fol­ "Aw, doc, that's nothing. I been need this more than you do." in the Persian Gulf when It was so lows, he says, with a wink, is a hot the crew was afraid to talk to "true account" of his dialogue one Beavers On Western Trader another.", with the head shrinker: "How come?" "Upon my arrival at. the doctor's "Because eveiy time you opened office, I saw he had several couched your mouth, sparks came out and we were afraid we'd blow up the so there would whole ship." , be no waiting for his patients. He m Cats And Dogs asked me what "What do you think about this brought me there, | rain we've been having - for the and I said I had past two weeks? It's been raining been nervous for cats and dogs." he said. , '. the past six "That's nothing, Doc," I said, months. He I've been in Chicago when it was replied that I hailing taxi cabs." had come to the right place, and "All right, Mr. Korolia," he said, right then I wondered who was just how fast can you run and going to help whom. how much do you weigh?'' "About 60 seconds to the minute Series Of Questions abd 16 ounces to the pound," I "Do you drink whiskey?" thf said, stunning him. Switching doctor asked, the first of a battery tactics, I started to ask him one of questions he fired at me. question^ which he is still mulling "Not-'much," I said, "about three over." ' quarts a day." "Doc," l_ said, "let me ask you "Do you smoke and how much just one question." coffee do you drink daily?" lie "Shoot," asked. Spt^rting beards aboard the Western Trader on a recent run to the "Name five days of, tbe weeks ' "About four packs and 25 cups not. counting Monday, .Tuesday, Far E#st are Edward Mastrianii fireman, left and "Moon" Mullins, a day," I said. ' " * Wednej(i^, Mavsypgi:owiM,(^wm.en wtjTft snapp^.ioi a.u., "ty^hat is the last ?9JWi;(lWiMi;§unday.'' ^ bbealfeby fWpmatftDaul QOdey* ,s. There's yo'ur ship that sails at sunset, . And the captain,, see him wave? Come on seaman, climb that gang­ plank. Come on son, don't miss this day. Sopii the night t'tuill be upon ye. As the sun shuts down its rays. How I'd like to travel with you, ' We've had such a pleasant day. Go sail the seas, oh Merchant.' Seaman, And the oceans far and wide, I'll be waiting for y&u sweetheart. And I'll see you bye and "bye. ' Pick Vp Card At Payoff Seafarers who have taken the series of inoculations re­ quired for certain foreign voy­ ages are reminded to be sura to pick up their inoculation cards from the captain ot the -purser when they pay off "at. the end of a voyage. The card should tie picked uj) by the Seafarer and held so that it can be presented when signing on for another, voyage vyhere .the. "shots'* are required. The . inoculation card is your onljy 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 ^e. "shpts" again when they want to sign on for anotber . such voyage. �•^/'-•vaqwuiwic / Blay 28. 1954 •••- • y-,' SEAFA.RERS Pare Ninetcea LOG ^Benevolent Benny' Is Anything But To Andrew Jackson Crewmen When Seafarer Milburne (Red) Darley paid off in the port of New York recently, he writes By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor The new Lelea M3 represents without doubt one of the most im­ to the LOG, it brought back menibries of his last payoff in the nation's largest city. -That was portant advances in the 35mm field in many years. The M3 is a com­ in 1949, he says, when he was much younger and not as wise in the ways of the world. Back in 1949, Darley relates, > j-"— pletely new camera and bears iittie resemblance to other Lelca models. The most important feature' is the unique combined rangefinder-view- he was a crewmember aboard line of chatter with the fact that pick up the gear at his store any­ iinder optical system. This is the first Leica to combine viewer and the Andrew Jackson when a he sold the best gear in the world time that day and not have to pay rangefinder in a single window. When looking through the combined waterfront merchant, named at the lowest prices and he catered until the payoff the next day. No range and viewfinder of most 35mth cameras, the field of view is framed Benny, came aboard the ship exclusively to seamen. He was even one bit at the offer, so h^ seem­ by the area seen in the entire viewfinder. The image size is usually soliciting business. He opened his willing, he said, for the men to ingly dropped the subject. How­ quite small. Not so in the Leica M3. Instead you see an almost lifer ever, he offerecPto drop the boys sized image. Projected onto the field of view are bright white frames off anywhere they wanted to go, which outline negative areas for different lenses. Separate frames are since he had his car parked at the end of the dock. provided for the 50, 90 and 135mm lenses. As each lens is installed in Several of the crew accepted his the camera, the frame for that particular focal length appears. • generous offer. During the course Speeds To 1/1000 of the day and evening, this little The focal plane shutter incorporates speeds from one second to group made several Brooklyn tav­ 1/1000 and bulb. These are set by a dial atop the camera. The dial does erns. The amiabl^ not revolve as on other models of the Leica. Speeds can be set before merchant always or after winding the shutter. There's a delayed action release on the sprang when his front of th^ M3. Film is wound by means of a short lever located at turn came. Just the top right of the camera. Two rapid throws advance the film and by coincidence, wind the shutter. The lever folds flat against the camera body when Darley recalls, not in use. The frame counter is located in a small window at the top the merrymakers right of the camera. It is spt automatically when the camera is loaded. wound up at the Unlike any other Leica the M3 has a hinged back~ plate. This can be business estab^ swung upwards after the base plate is removed, so that the film may lishment of their mmbe inspected during loading and the camera cleaned when necessary. Samaritan-guide. Darley A new pressure plate and film channel guides assure flat positioning Benny broke out of film without scratching. some liquid merchandise, and after The Leica M3 lens mount is not of the screw type as are all other the boys had reached their satura­ interchangeable Leitz lenses. Instead it has a bayonet. To remove a tion point he began to display his lens, you depress a small button to the side of the lens. The lens can wares. This time they bit. then be removed, after rotating the lens less than a quarter turn. Greece Victory crewmembers take time out from labors for a bit Sad Sacks Aboard of relaxation in the crew mess. Trip above engaged in a game of Two Flash Outlets There were some sad sacks on cribbage are, left to right, George Johnson, Jack Arshon and HoThere arr two flash outlets oh the back of the Leica M3 which hold the ship the following morning, flash connecting cords under spring tension. To avoid confusion often ,ratio Da Silva. Ship was in Pusan, Korea. Photo by Gilbert Parker. Darley says, when some of the caused by letters M; X or F this Leica is marked in symbols. The crew started trying on the new electronic flash contact has a streak of lightning and the contact for wardrobes they had bought. The LOG-A'RHYTHM: flashbqlbs has a bulb engraved nearby. moaning was heard from one end The M3 is a bit larger and heavier than the lllF. The standard lens of Bush Terminal to the other. for the new Leica M3 is the 50mm f-2 Summicron, recently introduced They had clothing of all descrip­ for the Leica lllF. The 35mra f-3.5 Summaron, 50mm Summicron, tion and styles mostly itoo large or 90mm f-4 Elmar and the 135mm f-4.5 Hektor all have the same outside too small, however. By Tony Parker Crowning Blow lens mount diameter and take the same screw in accessories. All lenses are supplied with click stops. None of the lenses revolve in their mounts The quality of the garments was of a type highly respected by man­ while being focused. The 90mm Elmar f-4 lens is in a collapsible Why do some folks say They don't remember back in 1941 ufacturers—of cheese. The colors mount. When collapsed it can be carried in the camera case. We seamen are just scum When the US was at war and composition would have put Owners of earlier model Leicas will be able to have their screw-type Who hang around bars A war that must be icon SalvadorDali to shame. The lenses fitted in new bayonet mounts, but charges for this service have And are always on the bum? They don't remember how crowning blow came when Benny not yet been established. The new Leica M3 is a great step forward. We gave our lives so free showed up at the payoff with a big It's the de luxe member of the Leica family and does not replace the They say we aren't human So they could live secure fat bill all properly signed by his present models which will remain in productiorf. But the M3 will cer­ Just a tool that's up for. hire In our land of liberty. customers. He had a couple of tainly become an important instrument in the hands of the advanced And all the livin' seamen tough-looking friends aiong who amateur and professional photographer. Should be proasted in Hell's fire. They forget about the ships made A1 Capone look like a boy ^^ ^^^^^ That make a sailor's grave scout. The boys paid off to They forget about the price "Benevolent Benny," which name That he for victory paid. the crew stuck him with to this day. Needless to say, those who don't remember now came off second best on the deal ' A not unusual request in this day of pampered living comes from aboard the Show Me They That the battle's fought and. won were kidded unmercifully by the Mariner, Bull, according to a report in the ship's minutes of April 24, 1954, as recorded by How some old gray-haired mother other crewmembers. Seafarer John Stanko,.secretary of the meeting: Lost her only son. Darley claims to know much and Stanko only reports the re­ rue more of the incident, he says, quest, he is quick to add, and figure out, if the request is granted, tor§ are not feasible for the health And they can't hear the prayer because he was one of the Jackson is not father of the thought. whether it shall be a fixed or mov­ of the men. What's more the cqok To God she says each night boys who got stuck. However, says It was authored by an ordinary able ladder. And then there are might ask for pre-cooked meals For Him to bless all seamen he, all was not a total loss as he seaman, who, it seems, is slightly other ramifications of the request, and the carpenter for prefabricated And give'them guiding light sold the overcoat to a circus clown dissatisfied with accommodations some of which cannot even be forer jobs. Then where would initiative To let the seas be calm in Philadelphia. After the suit aboard the super freighter, the told. ^ To let the winds be fair stopped shrinking he gave the coat be? fastest in modern design for mod­ to a midget friend and turned the The OS might conceivably argue All those arguments notwith­ And safely them return ern ship life. trousers into a bathing suit. • that such a ladder is necessary be­ standing, the OS still wants to To someone who does care. What the OS Wants is a ladder cause eveiy time he mounts the know whether he's going to get his so he can get' into his upper bunk lower bunk he ladder, because he's got an awful easily, biit the request is not so sticks his foot in crick in his back from^ climbing up simple as° it seems. There is the a shipmate's and down without one. question for company filberts to' mouth when the bunk is occupied, (1) A man left Baltimore at 10 AM and drove a total of 374 miles, whether or not with a 30-minute stopover in between for lunch. He arrived at his the man is under destination just in time for a 7 PM appointment the same day. What protective cover­ was his average speed? ing. It is laugh­ (2) After New York City, which ranks first, which US cities rank 2nd, Seafarers with beefs regard­ ingly referred to 3rd, 4th and 5th in terms of population? In what order? ing slow. payment of monies on ship as a hoof(3) The Shetland Islands, famous for their ponies, are located off the Stanko due from various operators in and mouth de­ coast of: (a) Argentina, (b) Morocco, (c) Scotland, (d) Australia. back wages and disputed oveS vice. Once, it is rumored, he stuck (4) What weight division would an English boxer weighing 10 stone . time should first check wheth­ his, foot on his roommate's den­ be eligible for: (a) flyweight, (b) welterweight, (c) middleweight, (d) er they have a proper mailing tures even when t le man wasn't in heavyweight? address on file with the comthe room, modern dentistry being (5) Does macerate mean.: (a) cut, (b) pray, (c) honor, (d) soften. . pany. SIU headquarters offi­ (6) The highest mountain in North America is: (a) Mount Whitney, cials point out that report*^ what it is. (b) Modnt McKinley, (c) Mount Rainier, (d) Pike's Peak. However, the ladder problem received from several opera­ (7) Which were the only two states to go Republican in the 1936 brings out others, the, company tors show checks have been might argiie convincingly. Suppose Presidential election between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Alfred M. mailed to one address while Landon? the bosun vyants ah escalator rath­ a beef on the same score is (8) The sum of two numbers is 180. When the larger of the two er than the bosun's chair to take sent from another, thus creat­ him aloft in the rigging?. It would numbers is divided by the smaller one, the result is 9. What are the ing much difficulty in. keeping numbers? / ruin the dignity of the vessel, and accounts straight. Seafarers tend to make the bosun soft. What's (9) In what two consecutive months will the 15th of the month' come are urged to use one perma­ more, thcj' say, once an escalator out on the same day of the week three years out of every four? nent address for mail so that goes up,, what Is to prevent it fi-om His own bulldozer, "Buckshot" (10) Who is the writer who is said to have acutally written Shake­ claims can be checked speedi­ speare's plays? Was lb (a) Thomas Carlyle, (b) Francis Bacon, (c) Dan­ going down between' decks and Alverson takes a breather ly and payment made right • cJiminatingHail' < gatigways?- ^ Notlu-' • ^wbile • -working- - on - a pipeline - iel Defoe, (d) Alexander Pope^? .*away. ihg, aitd:ukhii ieal^'lg thlit CsCala^ fob^irdtihd 'htt fcackykrd.'r •'•"'•'•'.iiilW* Aiiswiets bn'Pige fisy • V:"'V : Cribbage In The Crew Messhali 'i How Can They Forget Us ? Quiz Corner Use Only One Mail Address I t•,1:.°' • Takes A Breather - �[v-^f*^-;* •'•i- f-^.i Pace Ttrenty SEAFARERS LOG Warhawk Has Own Private Waris With Sea, Ships And Weather :i?^r- By Spike Marlin One of the things that gets peo­ excitement If the Yankees don't ple excited about any sport is the win the pennant this year. It unexpected—the upset of the form would be baseball's biggest shot chart. While the horses charts are in the arm since Babe Ruth. followed with greater fervor than Beraember Bobo? any other, all sports^ have their Fornv is one thing when you got iprm charts. In baseball, its the it down on p9per,,and its another batting, fielding and pitching av­ when the actuab performanc*. erages over previous years, in box­ comes up. The form said that Bobo ing a fighter's won and lost record Holloman had.no business in the and who he has stacked up against' major leagues (which he didn't) yet apd so on. he threw a no hitter against Phila­ In theory, after following, the delphia a yeto ago May 6 He charts, you are supposed to know wound up with three wins on the what will happen. But people be­ season against seven losses and a ing as pSkverse as they are, stub­ one-way ticket back to the bushes. bornly refuse to stay put whether On the other hand, form may they are the athletes or spectators dictate that Robin Roberts is the —or for that matter, the horses. best pitcher around, yet on any Look For The Upset given afternoon he could be treated If everything ran .according to like a batting practice pitcher. form, very few customers would When a really big form upset ever show at a sporting event. takes place, people talk about it When they go to see Notre Dame for years, like Tunney's win over play they get a lot piore excited Dempsey; Bobby Thompson's pen­ if they lose than if they win. If nant - winning home - run over Ezzard Charles knocks out Hocky Brooklyn in 1951, or Gallahadion Marciano everybody will be buzz­ winning the Kentucky Derby. It's ing about it for days, but if Mar­ Just that people enjoy seeing tha ciano does the expected, then it top dog knocked down because will hardly attract more than a they share personally in the vic­ loud yawn. And Just consider the tory over a superior being. When it comes to hard-luck ships, writes Cecil Stridcland, there is nothing in the annals of the SIU to match the Warhawk, a Waterman scow plying the trade routes to Eu­ rope. However, he writes, it was no, cut-andrdried trip the Warhawk made , the last time across the big ,.pond. There* were enough unusual inci­ The Warhawk had plenty of luck, and extending-across the Atlantic dents to fill a book, log book Strickland is quick to note, but it and back again. It all began in was all bad, starting in the States Norfolk, "Va., he relates, when a that is. generator went out on the ship and much time was lost before it was repaired and returned to action. The hard luck took on -a tragic note in Cherbourg, France, when a There may be many things to delight the eyes and hearts stevedore, helping to unload the of seamen in the Canal Zone, the last minutes of the ship's vessel, was felled by a pontoon, meeting reported aboard the Portmar, but none so enticing suffering fatal injuries. It really put a damper on the trip, Strick­ nor intriguing, no doubt, as"* as this diaring young man land .says, butjnen kept a wary eye that which kept one of the fashion in the drihk. on the future. crewmembers ashore for five The drink, in this instance, was minutes too long on the vessel's no form of hard liquor, but the Kama British Ship last trip through the canal. briny deep itself, ot what passesl Things cj^e to a rather unpretty No names are mentioned in the for it within the guarded locks of pass in the harbor outside Antwerp, minutes, nor are the pleasures the Panama Canal. The sailor in Belgium, the correspondent re­ classified, but the cynosure of all question, seeing the Portmar leav- ports, when the Warhawk came eyes aboard the ship is one Sea­ ing'more and more open water be­ into pretty close relations with the farer who tried to make the ship tween the^wo of them with each British. While the vessel was mak­ the hard way after missing it at the turn of the screw,- took the only ing its way ^abput in the harbor, dock. It seems as if this intrepid step he could to master the situa­ suddenly, another ship, the St. seaman over extended his leave tion. Casting away all doubts and Thomas, a British passenger ship, one day in the Canal Zone, mis­ feain, the intrepid adventurer came into sight off the port bow. calculating the time it would take leaped into the waters of the canal Before any orders could be car­ him to get back to the ship from and made rapid headway for the ried out to prevent a crash, the two whatever was occupying him at the ship by dint of Australian crawl. ships met in- an ear-splitting coltime. Seamen, of course, have There was no report as to his fate •lision, rending the bow of the missed ships before, but none but presumably the ship heartless­ BriCsh liner. A long gash was put in the side of the English ship, caught up to his in so dramatic a ly pulled away without him. while the Warhawk, feeling its oats, suffered relatively^ little dam­ age except to the frayed nerves of the crew. That wasn't the end of the illluck on the trip however,^lthough Strickland notes that from there on in things seemed like a breeze after what the ship and the crew had been through. The next stop on the- tough luck list" was again in the harbor of Antwerp, wlmre the ship hit" such rough weather that the beams screeched with each thrust from the waves and old sailors thought they lost their sea legs for a while. Sick Man. Sick Ship About half-way across the ocean one of the men got sick and the vessel was detoured from its ap­ pointed path and had to head for Not exactly spot news is this picture which shows Korean kids the Azores. On the way there, the aboard the Schuyler Otis island for a Christmas party last year's ship, not to be outdone by one of end. Despite the timing, rumor has it^that they had a good time Some of the homesteaders aboard the Trojan Seaman take a little its crew, threw a tantrum and time off for night lunch in Split, Yugoslavia. They are, left to right, anyway. Shown with them are, left to' right. Bob Oriole, Captain sprung a leak in one of its boilers. H. R. Anderson and Stanley Barras. Photo by Jimmy Junes. G. Schmidt, N. Carver,, j. Ferriera and G. Campbell. More time was spent in fixing the defective boiler and once that was (^one, the ship shoved off-on the final leg of its voyage, with the men secure in the knowledge that not much more could happen to The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, them than had. already happened bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known on that "single-voyage. cooking-and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Jose Pacheco's recipe for steak casserole. ^ ^Reaches' Ship By Drink . •<. May M. ItM Koreans Swarm Aboard The Bland Night Lunch in Yugoslavia fK'' tffj';' ANINGS |i:; OWftADING JJOG Welcomes Stories^ Pies Booiam AVAILABLE/ THP UNICN NOVj HASA\^ILAB/.E BOOKLETS WITH QOBS{laMSAM> ANSWERS f&i? SeAfARERS, EEEKitH&TO Cf^RACEniEMSeivESCWTHE The sauce, is the thing. We have Jose's word on it. Whether it's spaghetti and meat balls or the gravy for a roast, many, With the LOG now contain­ a meal hinges on the proper preparation of the all important ing 28 pages in all regular edi­ sauce. tions, there is plenty of room To make * steak casserole, making sure that all grease has for stories, photos and letters the meat is no problem. been removed. Equal parts of to­ sent in by the Seafarers. Cooked steak or a left-over roast mato paste and tomato puree are Several pages" of each^ issue of beef cut into quarter inch cubes added to the stock and the mixture are devoted to the experiences will do. With the proper treatment seasoned with finely chopped gar­ of Seafarers and the ships they these" meatsJ'from the day before" lic aikl salt and pepper. sail as they describe them can be fashioned ifito a tasty dish themselves. . Now you are 4:eady to cook. Take with a considerably , different kind If you run across anything. of flavor. AH that's needed to make a well buttered saucepan that may , of interest on your voyages,, or be fitted with a lid and add in the dish are onions, green peppers, alternate layers the sauce and the -Just want to let your friends chicken or beef stock, tonuto beef. know how you're gettinjg along, paste, tomato puree and garlic. drop a few lines'tb the LOG. The dish is then tightly covered Ciit several Don't worry too much about and allowed to cook slowly for large onions into Uterary style. We'll patch It about three quarters of an hour. regular rings and up if It needs patching. And Keep prying eyes from the pot, for slice your pep­ of course, photos illustrating the cover must be kept tightly on pers lengthwise the incldehts you. describe so that none of the flavor escapes. into about six make them more Interesting., slices, combining The slow cooking allows the for the readers. flavor of the- sauce to penetrate them botb with Send your stuff to the LOG the pre-cooked cubes of-beef and squares, of the at 475 Fourth Avenue, Brook­ makes for a truly delicious dish. tender hdarts of lyn, TfY, If you want any­ celery. The dish is useful as a second Faoheco thing returned after we use it, These faiih'edichoice on a main course or as -a well do that too. ents are added to a stock or light change from the standard pot. root gravy of chicken-, or beef, first or beef stew. �- J--— iMay 2S. 19^4 ||-r SEATARERS Thanhs Union For Aiding Her To the Editor: . .1 should like,, through the LOG, to express my great thanks and appfeciation to the Union for the assistance given me on the death of my brother, Daniel Kelleher, late member of the SIU who died suddenly, away from home, in Philadelphia. I don't know what I would have done without the advice, assistance and wonderful co. operation of Jim Sheehan, Boston Ijort agent, A. S. V, Cardullo. Phila­ delphia port agent, the Wel­ fare Services Department and Kelleher the bo y s who acted as pallbearers for the funeral. Also many thanks for the beautiful floral tribute sent by the boys. Everything, from mlHiing re­ servations for my hotel room in Philadelphia to arrangements of the funeral itself, was done by these people and I will never forget the-courtesy extended to me both in Boston and on my trip to Phiiadelphia. No wonder my. brother • loved the SIU. Nowhere in the world is the meaning of "brother" more truly lived than among the members of the SIU. I'll continue to get the LOG and to enjoy every page of it, just as Danny did. Again, many thanks. Anne M. Breagy ^ t, ^ He^s Grateful For SiU Help To the Editor: I.wish to'thank the Union for ' the help it gave me when I needed it. I think there is no better Union than the SIU, and -if there Is anj^hlng I can do for the Union I sure will, because I will nevef' forget it. My mother and dad add their thanks to mine. William Roescb li, % I '*- ^ Waiting 0ksies Seamen^o Wives To the Editor:; I am the wife of a Seafarer who has been going to sea for many years. It is so much a part of his life that I think he loves the sea more than land. Right now he is bound for Bom­ bay, India, and has been gone for over a month and a half. He still has another six weeks to go before he comes home. He is away from home a lot, but as a wife^you have to get used to it and make it a I>art of your life. While he is away it makes the heart grow fonder. I also wanted to note I have been getting the SEAFARERS LOG for two-and one half years and never miss an issue. It has many inter­ esting features in it, and I hope everyone connected with it keeps up the good work. Mrs. Clarence Brockett t t LOG L EI T E R S Vace Twenty-m* Speahs Out For Accident Forms' Yokohama we had a problem, con­ To the Editor: I am writing this letter in refer­ cerning spoilage of meat on which ence to having accident reports I got no cooperation from the skip­ per as he would not buy ice. Fur­ placed on board ali SlU-contracted To the Editor: » This is to inform you,further ther, he insisted^ on cutting the ships. If a seaman is sick or injured to boncerning the death of our food requisitions. brother,' Ralph J. Moisant. While""in Japan I became ill-and the extent where hospitalization is Our departed brother was ill had to go to a hospital for treat­ required, especially aboard, the most of the time from New York ment. I returned to the ship after delegate can then fill out the acci­ to Casablanca and stayed in his a while but was unable to do. much dent report with all the necessary information as to what happened, room mojt of the voyage. The sec­ in the way of work. what sort of med­ ond mate was caring for him and The ship went out to Korea and ical treatment he tried to persuade when it came back to Japan I had received and him to get off at to get off again to go to the hospital where he was Casablanca for for stomach trouble. The captain, hospitalized. He h o s p i talization, who was on pretty poor relations then forwards all which he refused. with me by now, claimed that I the information He only wanted was drunk and as a result the com­ to the Union. to see the doctor, pany held up my wages. The Union will but the doctor Welfare Steps In file this record, declared him fit knowing that ,it However, when I got back to the for duty. Canioral has first-hand in­ States in December I took up my He was still Schmledel quite ill, how­ problem with the Union's Welfare formation because it was sent in ever, and stayed in his bed until Services Department, and through by one of the Union members and arrival in Leghorn, Italy. There the Union was able to get the not a company representative. Last trip we picked up two of was a doctor waiting for him and money that was due meC If it were his diagnosis was a "bad heart." not for the Union not only would our members in Capetown, South He was hospitalized the next morn­ I have lost out on the money, but Jkfrica, who were being repatriated ing when the ambulance came, I would have had a blot on my back to the Statq^ and were being accompanied by a doctor all the but he^assed away the same day. record. I've been sailing as chief steward way back to New York. That's hoW Moisant left the ship with all his personal effects when he rode for 11 years, and take pride, in my sick they were. I asked them if the off in the*ambiilance. refusing to work. No other company or skipper Union knew anything about their i i leave ship unless he took every­ ever did anything but praise the case and they informed me that it iMuds Seaman^s thing the with' him. At the end, the way I've handled my job in a re­ did not know. I wrote a letter to last rites were said over him by a sponsible fashion. My thanks go to the Welfare Services Department Club in Pusan priest and, according to his last' the Welfare Services Department requesting some one to meet the To the Editor: The Port Director of the United wish, his Union book was buried for the substantial help they gave ship on its arrival in New York, because the men were very sick. Seaman's Service Club in Pusan, .with him. Money was taken from me on my personal beef. If these reports had been on board, Korea, would like to receive the ship's fund for a floral wreath Frank Gardner it would have beeij different. enough copies of the LOG to pass and Captain H. O. Peterson ar­ < . i 4^ My personal belief is that these out a few to the boys and still havo ranged for them with the local reports would be a very progres­ enough left over for the library in agent. Men Got Baw sive thing, because it would mean Frank Schmledel the club. .another step gained by the Union Beal, ttte Sags The library is only one of the •$, 4, J for tl}e benefit of its entire mem­ To the Editor: excellent services they Jiave for the seamen at the club. There is also Offers Lots For I am writing this fti regard to bership. Edward Canioral a barber < shop, restaurant, bar, Sale in LOG the story in the May 14 issue of dance floor with orchestra and . a To the Editor: the LOG concerning the captain i t check room for valuables. Les I have some valuable properties of the Tagalam having the crew Recalls Bags Of Haiier, the port director, and Wes for sale and I would like to offer "mugged" by Navy photographers Wesler, the field representative, them to some Seafarer rather than for the benefit of the Navy CID. Old On Vessels The men were handled like a To the Editor: complimented our ship's delegate piit them oq the open market. bunch of criminals and accused of on the conduct and cooperative Just went through the Panama spirit of the crew of our ship, the. I have two lots in Westbury, LI, taking - the butterWorth machines, Canal heading for good old Japan Nos. 21 and 22, block 118", section which later was proven to be in­ once again. I joined this scow, the Greece Victory. I think that the crew more than re'turns the com-, 11-SDl, 50 foot front and ICQ foot correct. Afbundria,. down yonder in New back. I am asking $2,000 for it and pliment as we experienced nothing it As for the butter being taken, Orleans and the next day I was is a very good huy. AU those in­ but Ihe best treatment from Les can contact me by writing it-'is probably "We of the rotten ordered to do some chipping. I and Wes ,dtu-ing our three weeks terested to me at 2321 N. Sydenham Street, tricks of the company to save asked the bosun, an oldtimer, for inKorea. some goggles. What's the matter, Philadelphia, Pa., or telephoning money. For the first time since I have me I am the, ex-deck delegate, but he said, don't you carry any? at SA 2-4307. Or, by writing beqn running to Pusan I was able me in care of the Ines, Buil Line I was hospitalized in Singapore Right then that reminded me of to eat and drink ashore and be Steamship when the rust bucket broke down. my did shipmate Louis Goffin who Company, Pier 16, siu^ of the food and beer. The South Philadelphia, Pa. Thanks I was hospitalized with stomach used to sail with me on ships in USS chitbooks give a seaman the' very much. troubie more thhn likely from the the late-'20's. We had to have our right kind of break on money ej:rotten grub and water. For quite own chiding hammers and scrap­ VIrgli L. Svanson change and he can bring his girisome time there was po water at ers in order to get an AB's job." ^ t friend right into the club. The boyall, and I am still being treated After all is said and done we sans and jo-sans are right- on the Food And Wage for stomach trouble. I think the have a fine crew top to boijom and ball with the right kind of service, it should be k pleasant voyage. men got a raw deal. and either Les or Wes is always on Trouble Solved Percy Boyer Tim McCarthy hand to keep the ball rolling To the Editor: smoothly. _ Last summer I shipped out as The Pelican Mariner, Badger steward on the Sea Legion on a Mariner and San Mateo Victory Far East run, starting July 1. On were all in Pusan while we were the way over and all the time we there and a lot of us were able to, were on the shuttle we had a lot of get together with old shipmates trouble with the captain who hardand really keep the ball rolling. timed the crew. When we g^ to J. A. Mcintosh and talking , to . themselves, but when he walks in everybody brightens up. Big Brother 'Toby will sit down to listen to" the troubles of everyone just like a big brother. After he is finished there are no more worried looks, for he assures the men that they will soon be squared away. After all business Is taken care of, he takes the boys down for some coffee and sometimes I think there are enough' of us to hold a" meeting, We never have to worry what is going on at headquarters, either, because Toby has us right up to date on qll matters. There is quite a difference in the representatives of other unions. They walk in and shout out in the wards just like they were picking workers out of a shape-up gang. And the way they abuse some of their members is a shame. A guy^ really needs a friend when he's in* a place like this, and we are thank­ ful that we ddn't belong to any­ thing but the good old SIU. Once again, a great big vote of thanks to our patrolman, Toby Flynn. Nine Seafarers Ifl Staten Island Brother Crossek Bar in Italy •« '5? ' <1 ' l :i|| M Welfare Service Hep.IsEdmded to the Editor: While reading the last few issues of the LOG it'came to mind that by now all of our brothers muist' know quite well the top benefits we receive from the fine work be­ ing done by the ynion in every endeavor. , , However, there is one instance, of service which ^ the . brothers might not all be aware of. That is the work of our "good will ambas­ sador," Toby Flynn, the "hospital patrolman" who happens to take excellent care of us fellows out here in the' Staten Island hospital, . He is more than a patrolman, espe­ cially to a lot of us who don't have people coming to see us. It sure is good to see his face coming in the ward with a big smile on it. You cim see some of the guys working r:f^r. '-sS ••-il Seaman's Club in Pusan, Korea, jurovides top serviee and pleasure tw Seafarers above. Left to right, they are Raymond Spark; Ramon Eneamaclon, E; 6. Ingelbriftsen, Ernst Oblsson, J, A. Mcintosh latandtng) and Gilbert. Parker. iu AJOJ<3 t t'lb J, iV.-—..-a,*' �SEAFARERS Pace Twenty-twe In Itaty, Agkit for SMV LOG •• '|v To the Editor: I'm presently? in Italy to see my sick parents, and I plan to be back in New York by August. ' Before leaving the States I filed an* application to have the SEA­ FARERS LOG mailed to me in Italy. So far T haven't received any papers. Please send me a LOG because I'm dying to read one. Don't forget, please. Luciano Gheno (Ed. note: The LOG is coming your way; you will receive it every two weeks, as published). t. t, Seafarer Sees Son In Korea To the Editor: This is your ol4 friend Zygie the bellyrobber on the Seamonitor. A ^few months back L wrote a letter about mj^ son who is in the Army with the Third Division at Seoul, • Korea. € saw him again this time while the ship was in Inchon. He still has six months more ^o do in the Army, and after that his ambition is to get into the SIU. I met solne of Zygarowski our former SIU members who are now in the armed forces in Pusan, Korea. They are Jimmy James, Jack An­ derson and Herbert Ehmsen. Ehmsen is an MP in Tokyo. They asked me to send everyone their regards through the LOG, and that they hope to be back with the SIU real soon. Joe Pendleton, who is on board, sends his regards also., Sylvester Zygarowski • t 4. ' Says Sea CtBest Ms Jnst Great To the Editor: Today I paid a visit to the Sea Chest supplies warehouse in New York and I was shown around the place by Sid Selzer. The neat rows of merchandise, stowed in racks and bins, are easily acce»ible for prompt preparation and dis­ patch to our ships, in order that their slopchests might be re­ plenished. Almost ^^ny item requested can be purebased by our members at the very lowest, price anywhere, form a razor to an elephant. An­ other feature worth noting is that ihat all merchandise carried is p 1^' 1^ May XS, 1054 LOG LET T EES' Says Service Ms Fine Mn Hospital New Orleans in March and the To the Editor: name-brand material and that ad-^ I am off the Steel Rover of Welfare Services Department vis­ ditional brands will be carried' ited me twice. The money came in Isthmian with a bum leg. However, upon request. very handy. I have been sailing I hope to be out of this hospital Wliile I was visiting, slopchests To the Editor: were being assembled for the ' It is very seldom that we Sea­ since Oct. '53. After spending two ir-v soon and back on Steel Fabricator, Jefferson City farers have much good to say months on the Salem Maritime I the ship. We had Victory, Robin Goodfellow and about the US Army, but neverthe­ was injured and taken off, and a fine crew and others according to their, require­ less it is only fair and fitting to now I am on the Winter Hill. I I would sort of hope to keep sailing with the SIU. ments. I am informed by Selzer give credit where it is due. like to stick with Thanks for sending the LOG home. upon joining a ship a member may the ship and the Last Saturday I spent the after­ W. D. Austin secure any article of clothing , or boys. I was reefer noon at the Presidio in San Fran­ otherwise which he may need (Ed. note: Your wife will receive engineer. merely by notifying the Sea Chefet cisco. The occasion was Armed the LOG every two weeks, as pub­ Another one qt Forces Day and it was with great and having such bill attached to lished.) our crewmembers ISi pride that I saw m his account on the ship. came in here to-" 4, j;, 4' Ellison I am sure this will benefit all the facilities for day. His name is the protection o{ of us. It is another example of L. A. Marsh, but ,I don't know the people of the seryiCe and efficiency that all what's ailing him. Bay Area. Thou­ members of the SIU enjoy. I would like to get the LOG To the Editor: sands of people John Jellette Any of the men who has missed sent here in care of Vaughn Headwere present at a ship and left all his gear on ley, Colon Hdspital, Cristobal, a program > of board knows how it feels. I had Canal Zone. I wouI(| also like to events that in­ that misfortune while aboard the add that the service here in this cluded everyBents Fort of the Cities Service hospital is vei-y good. It'Couldn't thing from a Lfpkin To the Editor: Oil Company as 2nd pumpman be betfer. Softball game to Ray Ellison Would^ you please send me the the first public showing of the when r missed her in Linden, New LOG at my home address? I like Army's new radar-controlled de­ Jersey. (Ed. Note: The address has been to keep up with the. doings of the fense weapon, the Nike. The ship %as' headed back to added to the LOG mailing list; the Union and I, can't always read all The day was brought to a climax Lake Charles on a coastwise run, LOG will be sent there every two the papers while at sea. I sure do by a parade review and the award­ so I got in touch with Welfare weeks, as'published.) enjoy reading the LOG and keep­ ing of the Distinguished Service Services in New York and asked 4> ing up with the news, i know the Cross to a GI who lost both legs in them if they could locate my gear paper has received many. compli­ Korea. All in all it was a thrill- for me. They took over fr6m these ments, but in my opinion it is the fllled afternoon, a demonstration and before long my gear was best paper that . is . put out. Keep of armed strength for peace that shipped up to New York safe and up the good'work. swelled the hearts of all present sound. To the Editor: GUbert Eller with pride at the ability of our Naturally if the gear ha* been There are a lot of advantages to lost it would have meant spending (Ed. note: Your name has been country to defend itself. our Welfare Plan, which tops all added to the LOG mailing list and The Army can make it awful quite a few bucks to replace it, so others in the variety of benefits I certainly appreciate what was you will receive the paper every^ tpugh for guys who go to sea when two weeks,.as published.). it comes to shore leave restriction done foj: me by the Welfare Serv­ and ease in collecting same, but and all that. Still, when you set;, ices Department. one benefit little is said about is ^ . 4- t * • • Paul De Witte tie down and reason things' out7 the whole SIU scholarship' pro­ one concrete conclusion is in­ 4i t gram. evitable. It is an Army that is the Few brothers realize it, but the best in the world and one to be TO the Editor: ^ SIU scholarship awards of $1,500 a JusI? a line to let you know how proud of. Even if they won't let me go ashore in Greenland or year for four years to any c^ege things are way down south, of the To the Editor: border. When I left New York the Korea, I'm still proud of them and I have been going to sea for you^oose far surpasses adding weather was on the cold and rainy happy that they stand ready at all quite a few years, 23 to be exact, most union or private awards of­ side, but now there is no complaint times and in all places to defend for my livelihood. I have seen fer. It will generally be more than in that department. A couple of liberty. some of the worst conditions a tea­ enough to pay all expenses fo'r a Max Lipkin days down here in Mexico was man could live under and had student and still leave a little somet t enough for me to forget about rammed down his neck. If you tWng over. The fact that the Union scholar­ gloomy northern weather. ' complained, you would get jerked ship stipulates- that the scholarship A Seafarer can really see a good off the ship as a troublemaker. deal of this wonderful country, The majority of the officials of winner can go to any whool he with its many picturesque sights the ISU were the biggest phonies wants and study any subject he and historical sites. There ar^4ours To the Editor: on the' vfater- pleases is a tremendous advantage I am thanking ypu aifd all the to be had and many interesting fronti SO, today over other, plans. Most of them SIU members for the opportunity guide books on the subject. I am thankful to specify a particular college or uni­ One of the bulletins says that to ask that the BEAFARERS LOG say that I belong versity and some . go further in the water down hei-e should be be serit to my home. My wife has to a Unio^- that limiting the course of study. If avoided because of impurities. I asked me to request that it be sent is run according the award happens to fit the wishes haven't tasted any, so I don't know. to her. I haVe read it iii the past to the' member­ of the applicant in those cases, he's and I find that it is one of the best ship's Wishes, most fortunate. The scotch is good, though. liapers I have ever read. I also like The no-strings-attached policy and am glad that Jack Darrell to see some of my friends pictures' we have elected, for the SIU award is typical of all ~ In It, in the past, solid our benefits, which are simple to Touart I am on the Winter Hill of Cities Union men as collect and regular in arriving. The Service. I have found.the men to our officials in the SIU. Welfare Plan was a great advance be good members and, most of all, So, let's take care of what we for the SIU. Few oldtimers around good friencls. They have been very have by living up to the Union today ever had visions of such a eager to help and to assist me in cortstitution, on aifd off the ship. step forward in the years gone bj;. every way. . C. WUUams Joseph Tonart I-was in the "marine hospital in Army is Topsy Seafarer Says Minion Welfare Services Help Ashs That LOG Be Sent Miome Hails SMMI Awards For Scholarships Finds Mexico To His Lihing Ms Thankful For SMMJ Conditions Wants MMG Sent ' Home To Wife Dishiifg Out The Victory Smiles Weary Wacostans Take Break JMonH SendrYour Baggage COB i Galley crew dishing put the smiles belongs to the Long view Vktory. Steward department just got through dishing out the goodies when< it went before camera. Left to right, top, are Thompson, Bonet, Tuthice and Moore. Men crouching are unidentified. • *»<>•>,•« ..It. ../.it, Seafarers have again been warned not to send the^r bag-> . gage COD td any Union ball. No Union hall can accept de­ livery of any baggage where express charges have not been prepaid. Men Vho send baggage COD to Union halls face the pros­ pect of having to go to a lot of trouble and red tape with ^the I^ilway Express Co. All COD baggage—^regardless of the port—goes to the local ex­ press office,^ where it is held '.by the express company until claimed. Seafarers who want to be stlye of getting their baggage when they want it, can send ft to any Union hall provided they prepay the shipping I charges. . 'J>{•»»• .'j Taking time out for a picture during moment pf leisure aboard the Waco&ta is this quintet of Seafarers. They are, left to right, Jurkowski, Hansen, Suall, Lane and McQuage. Most of the Sea­ farers to be pretty happy about the'idea, too. J �- i, - » ;,7~-:iy'' , [••' ':: liiir SEjiFAttERS LOG • • *:-• Pace Twenty-three Down ~ The prototype of "the ship that couldn't sink," designed by world Jamed spei^dboat racer Gar Wood, broke apart and Went down in the Bahamas two weeks ago, once again blow­ ing up the myth about a man-made vessel incapable of being famed by the sea. Wrecked in the Stormy At­ Venturi to slice through the waves lantic about 65 miles off the instead of riding over them, elimi­ lower east coast of Florida, nating most of the pitching and the twin-hulled'Venturi was a rolling that often makes ocean 188-fobt wooden vessel like travel a nightmare for the land­ nothing else afloat. Basically an lubber. The controls of the experi­ oversize South Seas catamaran, its mental vessel were so simple one deck and cabins were perched 22 man could operate^ them. A hand feet above the paraliel, pontoon­ lever controlled the rudder. . Further, the 120-ton vessel had like hulls in a design which Wood considerable speed, since the said would ultimately become the model for future ocean liners, camber to-the leading edge of the guaranteeing a smooth passage top deck gave the craft lift like an, airplane wing and air funnels through all kinds of weather. between the hulls pressed it upward No Lives Lost With lio loss other than the ship and reduced draft, in addition to Itself in the disaster,, the speedboat breaking the drag of water, under king indicated he still felt that the the huli. These innovations in the design ^as basically "unsinkable" design, coupled with the four and that if he ever built another Diesels turning out 4,800 horse­ one it would be made of iron. The power, enabled it to make over 20 elderly sportsman, 73, wouldn't say toots without difflculty. But Wood's claim that his Resign whether he planned to build an­ could be adapted to large passenger other one, however. Wood's radical design .for the ships and be cheaper than conven­ Venturi developed years ago, when tional designs overlooked one big between 1920 and 1933 he monop­ drawback. The major disadvantage olized world speedbbat records to the twin-hulled idea is that it with his Miss America boats. The leaves little or no room for cargo experimental craft was actually space to make the vessel pay. For launched in 1944, and had sailed passengers alone, however, it would through all kinds of weather during probably be a highly desirable change in ship design, niaking for the ten-year period. "I guess maybe< she'd become a really smooth ride. Making 22 Knots brittle," he admitted. after .the Op its final voyage, the Venturi wreck. "The waves kept pounding the port side ahd she began to was "making 22 to 23 toots in settle down in the water. There deep water when we ran into a are 20 bulkheads in each of the bad storm," according to Wood. twin hulls and they held a long The .same storm ^ front earlier had whipped Miami with 60-mile-antime," he noted. Powered by four diesel engines, hour winds and the Coast Guard the twin hulls, each carrying two had reported "very rough seas" in propellers, enabled the ill-fated the area. "Xhe waves were high," - Round and curved in almost every detail, the buss was used principally in the European herring-fishing induetrjt, and a small vessel averaging from SO to 70 tons in size, alUipugh a fdw were built as large a$ 200 tons. The bow of the ship wtus gather high and the stem piece much like a segment of a circle; tbe pood narrow, with bulging quarters, and she had a full sweeping steer. Her rig usually consisted of three masts, the after one short and fitted with a sail employed mainly for riding with her head to the The Ul-fated Venturi as she looked before her final trip to the Bahamas. Claimed to be a suitable design for a ship of the future by owner-sportsman Gar Wood, the twin-hpUed vessel did better than 20 knots and Was said to offer a passage smooth enough to please the mosL squeamish sea-goer. ' Wood pointed out, "ten feet. or more, and we came into it so sud­ denly we didn't have time to slow down. "A valve opened on the port side and then another one gave on the starboard side and we began taking water . . . When this extremely big wave hit, some of the front streamlining on the bow, sort of an airlift,., broke off and I knew we were in trouble." They were. Indeed. Three hours later, the Venturi was only five feet above water and the order to abandon ship was given. The vessel carried a captain and five-man crew, in addition to Wood and two aides. Coast Guard air and sea rescue craft picked them up near the wreck scene, at Great Isaac Light, 65 miles east of Fort Laud­ erdale, Fla. » On the way down (top photo), near Great Isaac Light In the Bahamas, about 65 miles duo east of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the wreckage of the Venturi la shown floating on the surface after breaking up in an AU lantic storm. The ten-year-old vessel was on a routine cruise in the Bahamas with Wood, its six-man crew and two others aboard. No loss of life was' suf­ fered. Below, a view taken be­ tween the twin- hulls of the vessel In better days, showing the adjustable bow propellor which can - be raised or lowered and swung In any di­ rection. It was used for tight maneuvers and docking. The deck of the Venturi was nor­ mally 22 feet above the waterline. m 11 •JSI (From o{ .Ol«I S)iia*" 0DoebIe(lay),. by Grant anAColyer.) - wind. The fore and btain masts were so equipped that they could be lowered, thus offering less resistance to the Wind when the vessel was riding on -its nets. Usually a square sail was carried on .each of the two larger masts although sometimes there was a square main topsail. In England during the 17th century the maxiimum cost of such a ship is sfud to have been about £260 (approximately $1,300). * Designer-owner Gar Wood deft) points out features of the vessel to a visitor. Two propellers were mounted on each of the hulls, one behind the other. Wood was said to be considering use of larger propellers prior to the wreck twp weeks ago. The vessel was powered by four 4,800 hp diesels. �yg' .;•;;», - FJ«« Twentjr-f^ar »BArFAKEK3lO€ ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... ROYAL OAK (Citin S«rvle«>, May 1— Chairmanr John J. Paqu«H«; Sacr«tary> Jack Sommara.' Delegatiea reported' no new business. May 11—Chairman, John J. Paquetic; Sacretary, Jack Sommara. Machinist stated that the Philadelphia agent prom­ ised to supply a new washing machine for the ship. On the suggestion that we check to find out what happened to the ship's fund,, it was discovered that it was spent on dowers to be sent to the various Union halls. Motion was passed to start a ship's fund. Two hours delayed sailing will be referred to the patrolman. Each delegate will collect money for the ship's fund from hli department and tyrn it over to the ship's delegate. Patrolman will be told about the salt washing water that was used for two days; Ship's dele­ gate will tell him of this. the way the crew waited until the lagt moment to come aboard before sailing. One man went to the hospital in Ger­ many. and $33 was given to him before the ship sailed. There were several thefts In Bremerhaven. Patrolman will see the ]>ort steward about getting cots for the ne.xt trip. Everyone is to turn in dirty linen before getting a nesh supply so it can be counted to go ashore. LAWRENCE VICTORY (Mississippi), May 9—Chairman, Nick Bathia; Secretary, Charles J. ScoReld. Washing machine mo­ tor is burnt out and the wringer is broken. Request for a new washing ma­ chine was made, last voyage but nothing was received. Delayed sailing for Port of New York and Iskendrun fs disputed. Repairs are being made by the crew. Bosun and daymen v/ere refused over­ time by the captain for this veekend. Bosun's .OT is not nearly equal to the SHOW MB MARINER (Bull), May Chairman, John A. Buzslswski; Sscratary, high man for the trip. Captain rationed John C: Reed. Ship's delegate reported the crew to three cartons of cigarettes that topside was not very happy about every' two weeks, using Sea Chest letter .c , , , », ^Can'Shaherti^ Have IXo OK The memhership is again cautioned to beware of persons soliciting funds on ships in be­ half of memorials or any other so-called "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solici­ tors have received authoriza­ tion from SIU headquarters to collect funds. The National Foundation f»r 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 as authority for this action. We recom­ mend that our smoking supply be un­ limited as promised in the LOG.~ ANCELINA (Bull), May •—Chairman, W. Kohutt Secrciary, W. H. Ludlam. Men & -5 - , :• •- : : '<• k;- '^0 • • a a Q • • a a • • • n n • D • • • a • • • • • • • • a • • surTB SPOIRX COATS SLACKS -XCPCCATS VT^GSG¥iO^ WORKeMOES PANTS KHAKI SHIRTS etUE WlORK&HlPrTS FRISKOOEEHS HICKORY SHIRTS C.PO. SHIRTS WHrrE DRESS SHIRTS SPORT SHIRTS DRESS BELTS KHAKI WEB KLTS TIES SWEATSHIRTS ATHLETIC SHIRTS T-SHIRTS SHORTS BRIERS SWEATERS UX?<SA6E WORK SOCKS DRESS SOCKS LEATHER JACKETS WRITINSRDRIR5LIO eou'WESTERS RAIN SEAR who missed Watch and ship were cleared. Water fountain needs fixing. Discussion was held on the variety of food and the question of whether there was sufficient linen for the entire trip. Laundry room should be kept clean. | FRANCES (Bull), May 7—Chairman, Francisco Coiner; Sacretary, Jimmy Jones. Conditions aboard ship are considerably improved. No communication was re­ ceived from the brother who missed ship in New York on sailing day. Motion was passed to ask for a hot plate in the messhail. An air hole should he made through the captain. Ship's delegate will try to the engine room bulkhead Discussion was held on the cleanliness that should be maintained in the laundry. Entire crew should cooperate. Disfcu^sion was held on' night lunch being eaten by men not on watch in port. Ail beefs should be taken to department delegates. Cots should be available to all cjewmemhers in hot weather around the Islands and the Dominican Republic, GOLDEN CITY (Waterman), May •— Chairman, R. Cantor; Secretary, Jim Geldcr. Repair lists have been turned over to the ship's officers and some of the items have already been repaired; others have parts that have -been put in order. Vote of thanks went to the stew­ ard department for their cooperation with the crew and their cooperation among themselves and the manner in which they worked. Vote of tl^anks went for the good chow served, on board. Safety suggestions should be referred, to obtain A customs manual from the cus­ tomhouse which may be of use to -the crew. Matter of the payoff will be left up to the patrolman or the Norfolk agent. FRENCH CREEK (Cities Service), Msrch 20—Chairman, Harry Jayncs; Secretary, Dan Baard. Crew thanked Charles Kim­ ball, the Galveston patrolman, for a Job well done'at the Houston payoff. There is a question of -longshoreman's overtime for the declE department in unloading oil drums. Steward department submitted a letter of thanks for the support of the crew and the patrolman in the beef be­ tween the old man and "Hungry" Hoover. 'Washing machine and the crew's refriger­ ator were added to the repair list. April 24—Chairman, Mont McNabb, Jr., Sacretary, Dan Baard. Floyd Pence was lected ship's delegate by acclamation, fen washing oily clothes leave -the wash­ ing machine greasy. There was discus­ sion on the proper use of the washing machine. Additional fans are needed in some foc'sies. Dishes and muga should he placed in the sink at night. Tables should be left clean for the next watch. Minor repairs should be turned in to "de­ partment delegates. Anthony McGee was elected engine delegate: Carl Carlson, deck delegate. I' S'' ALLVDUR HEEPS CAN BE FlUEp FROM,YOUR -"FROM A SOU'WESTERTD AH ELECTRIC RAZOR . WHATEVER ybo BUY FROM THE SEACHEeT/ you CAN BE SURE YDuisE ^ETTINS TOP QUALITY <SEAR AT SUBSTAN­ TIAL SAVINGS. ^SeaClieeh VMtOM'OyNMBOANO UNION-OPEQAlEP ... 4^ IHRBENgPrr OFIHB MEMBERSHIP* S&Sfea """ hall In Yokohama for threa replacementa and will aee the agent if our orders ara atlU in effect. There waa much discuaaion regarding repaira to be made in the ahipyard. Launch achedule will be posted on CHICKASAW (Walermani, May 14— the board. ' Chairman, Ralph Burnsad; tacratary, A. Na data—Chairman, W. J. Rfldy; Sac-, Danna. T. D. York was elected ship's ralary, R. t. R. Lac. Mlaslng men will be delegate. Motion was passed to give the replaced if possible. SUP will be wired steward department a' vote of thanks for replscements when we get in. Pump for ilns food and good service rendered. switch should not be used, as pump Chief cook thanked the crew for cooper­ doesn't work. Aft hatch ia in a danger­ ation on cokea. Brother Darl'ey explained ous position and ahould be fixed. There the facilities of the Sea .Chest in New should be a Utile consideration for men York. Messroom will be sougeed and off 'watch, and door clamming and loud blackboard painted. Ship's delegate wilt talking ahould be cut out. write the Mobile branch about procuring April 4—Chairman, .William Slakely; a new ice box and water cooking aystem. tacratary, R. S. R. Laa. Washing machine Repair list will ha sent in from Miami. was repaired. It anould be used in mod­ Word will be given when a draw it being eration. Bosun left sick, and was re­ put out. placed by the DM. Stdward department should do their own painting, since tbe FELICAN MABINER (Bleemfield), May deck department has aU the OT work t—Chairman, N. Larsen; Secretary, Faul they can possibly do. Complete repair Gladdan. -Wa hava one brother who haa list- will be made on arrival in dr.vdock: taken the' load of tha ship on his shoul­ Electric iron and board will be raffled off ders:. let's all hava our say and not have on ship. Vote of thanks went to the Buckets and not our beefs outside the meeting. One man steward department. was called hefora the Coast Guard be­ tubs should he used for soaking dirty clothes. cause a bottle of cognac was found in May f—Chairman, W. J. Reldy: Sacrahis locker. Steward paid off in Yokohama on account of medical reasons. Each de­ tary, R. 8. R. Laa. San Francisco hall will he contacted about medical atten­ partment wHi take beefs to the depart­ ment delegates. Ship is short of some tion, proper sailing board, improper lianstores and new stores have been brought dling' of mail and clarification of drawa aboard. This ship will be operated in while awaiting payoff. Also, hoots, while true SIU fashion, without any foui-ups. cleaning tanks and reimbursement for Department delegates will work and co­ damaged gear. Disputed OT wiii he re­ operate with the. ship's delegate. Mess- ferred to the San Francisco agent. Repair hali should be kept a little cleaner by the list was turned over to the ship's dele­ crew at night. Vote of thanks _ went to gate." Entire crew was thanked by the delegates for their cooperation in making the steward department for fine grub. this a pleasant trip. Steward department was thanked for the fine meals, delicious RDSARIO (Bull), May •—Chairman, J. pastries excellent service. Foc'sies RIsbaek; Sscratary, M. Kamlnskl. -Bosun should beand left clean: cots and blankets who missed' ship in Baltimore has been ^ould he returned and keys turned over reported to the Baltimore hall. One man to department heads. Ship's delegata missed ship overnight • from San Juan to read two letters from headquarters and Mayaguez. Remainder ot repairs will be thanked ail the officials for the prompt brought before the patrolman. Ship's action in replying to a few beefs we had fund will he started until it reaches $27. with this skipper. It really did some good. If the ship lays .up the money will he donated to the LOG, Delegates will mske out a repair- list. Baker was ask^ to be careful while making bread doligh and pastries, so that hs doesn't get any perspiration in his products as he per­ spires quite freely. Crew was told to teii the chief cook if they want any spe­ cial dishes prepared and if it is possible he will gladly make them. There was a CITRUS PACKER (Watermen), April It beef about the washing machine being —Chairman, Henry MacGinneit; Secre­ left dirty. tary, Roy Guild. A committee of three will check store orders with the steward BULL RUN (Petrel Tsnkers), Msy 10— and captain. One man will be picked Chairmen, William Click; Secretary, L. from each department, in case the cap­ P. Hagmann. Ship's delegate .advised tain makes further cuts in what the that the captain will drop any logs. An steward orders. SUP patrolman will be explanation was asked of the steward, as contacted in Yokohama. Japan. Steward to how frankfurters were 'served once was asked to vary the meats in the menu. that were off color. This was answered Steward store list was cancelled b.v a to the satisfaction ofThe crew. Some cots total of 40 quarts of milk by the captain. on deck should be brought back to tbe Water pressure in wash basins will be rooms. Crew was reminded that anyone increased. getting off should strip their hunks and bring the linen to the steward and leave STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), May S their lockers clean for the next man. —Chairman, Earl'Fancher; Secretary, Al­ Repair lists will be prepared.and turned fred Ridings. Motion was made and sec­ in at the payoff tR the proper people. onded to get clarification about work done in foreign ports by shore gangs as painters. As it is now. shore painters are doing- ship's painting outside as well aa inside quarters. Agreement should spec­ ify which parts of the ship they ara allowed to paint, it any. Chief electrician and the chief engineer had a,beef, while the ship was in Calcutta and this matter will be brought to the patrolman's atten­ CDS VICTDRY (Victory Carriers), April tion, as on this ship chief electricians 4—Chairman, A. Anderson; Sacretary, Fat have been changed once or twice a trip. Ryen. Discussion was held on fund for Vote' of thanks went to the steward de­ bookcases: they will he bought in Japan. partment for the good food during the Donations will be 'given to the ship's trip; special thanks went to the baker. delegate. Members will give department delegates repairs as we go along. Bob PENINSULAR MARINER (Waterman), Johnson was elected ship's delegate by May •—Chairman, Jeney Johnson; Sec­ acclamation. -All rooms and toilets will retary, Clarence J. Nell. Tanner waa be painted out this trip; delegate will see elected ihip's delegate by acclamation. and contact the captain and first mate Each department will clean the laundry on this. One brother volunteered to go for a week at a time and department' ashore and select a bookcsse in .Yoko­ delegates are to check on this work. A hama. IHscussion was held on the use of key will be made to keep the laundry the washing machine and laundry and the and messhall locked up in foreign ports. cleaning of the recreation room. Each member is responsible for his innerMay •—Chairman, Sigurd Andersen; spring mattress and for placing cups in Secretary, Bob Johnson. The two broth­ the sink in the pantry, not leaving them ers who volunteered to get the bookcase in the messhall and on the serving shelf In Japan were thanked. There were a in the- serving window where they can 'be few disputes on OT, launch service in broken it the ship rolls. Fans were put Korea and restriction to ship. This will aboard. he 'thrashed out with the patrolman. Hall will be contacted for a new washing machine for the crew before we sign on. Repair list will be handed over to the patrolman. Ship's delegate only will ex­ plain tha situation to the patrolman to save time and avoid confusFan. We will try to get some sort of clarification on this restriction to ship in Korea, l^atrolman and delegate will speak to the cap­ SHDW ME MARINER (Bull), April 24— tain about men off watch getting their Chairman, John J. Carroll; Sacretary, draw early. Vote of thanks went to the Jehn Stanko. J. Carroll was elected ship's deck men for getting and Mstaliing book­ delegate by acclamation. He requested cases. Vote of thanks went to Steward that pantry key be returned so pantor Walter Brown and bis department for a can be kept locked in port. Steward will job well -done. have keys made. One iRjin requested a new library. Longshoremen should ba kept out of crew's quarters and meseORIDN COMET (DM Carriers), February 5—Chairman, W. J. Reldy; Secretary, R. halls. Chief steward asked for coopersS. R. Lee. Ship'! delegate gave the cpp- .tion in keeping the garbage room clean. tain ' a launch schedule to ask if it is^ IBiRVILLE (Watarmanf, May f—Chairpossible to get replacements frbm Yoko­ hama. Everything is running smoothly man, H. C. Randall: Sacretary, Tommy as can he expected. Men who cannot-get Sahchaz. Patrolman will 'be asked to sea their sizes in the slopchest will try to if the- captain will pay off men In Mobila get what they need in the FX. Washing who joined in Mobile. There Is a balanca machine pump should not be used'until of $14.91 in the ship's fund. Suggestion it'has been repaired. After hatch on was made to donate whatever you can poop deck needs to be secured. Please afford to tha ahip't fund, in order to , take care not to bang doors as men are build It up. trying to get some rest. Vote of thanks STEEL KING (Isthmian), Dacambar S-went to the steward department. March—Chairman, J. Nereis; Secre­ Chalrman, Karrman; Sscratary, Olacchattl. tary, R. S. R. Lee. Sick man wUl aee the John Mastropavloa was elected ship's del­ doctor on arrival. Replacementa will he egate. Vote of thanks went to the last ordered; disputed OT wUl he given to ship's delegate, Henry P. Herpandez., De­ the patrolman.. Both bosuns A*"* ' loP' to fective locks should be - fixed. Heating work with despits the obstacles that were units should be properly regulated. Med­ involved by interference by topside. Vote ical chest and slopeheit are jacking many of thanks went to the steward depart­ supplies. Before shipping out for foreign ment. There was much discussion on articles In New York, the crew requested ' launch service.- ;A, Aatislactory sohaduie a patrolman to examine tha meat bog and Iteuls in .No. 3. More dishes and was arrived at. March 11—Chairmen, Jehn "Benanap" kitchettware should be ordered. A new Zlerels; Becretery, R.'S. R, Lee. At the library will ba gotten for the old one in present time wa have no jnajor beefs: New Orleans. Daccmbtr 27—Chairman, >. C. Scotlt everything ia running smpffthly 'and ell the department delegeteg are doing a Secretary, Alberta Beuten. Hesthall and iL - FADLl (Cltlas Service), April 4—Chairman, L. RaTftchuck; Secretary, A. J. Val-^ Mr 'which unitary man cleana tha recrsatlon room and tha laundry. Mambera wera adviiad to help -keep tbo messroom and pantry clean and wash cupa after use. ante. Captain aaid that articles wJIH not he broken at the final port of discharge and that no member of the crew will he paid off under mutuSl Consent. One man was left In the hospital In Yoko­ hama: one ordinary and one AB were taken as replacements in Yokohama last month. Mate says deck foc'sies will be sougeed and painted between Pedro and the Giilf. All disputed OT has been straightened out and everything is run­ ning smoothly. Ship's delegate will add up total of all OT before the deck in the crew's messhall. Delegates will add up total of all OT before tha payoff. Ship'a delegate will find out how many days the ship spent in the old mine bonus area. One delegate will see tha port agent about payment of bonus, since we signed articles while the bonus was still in effect. Discussion was held on the crew's behaviour in foreign ports—miss­ ing watches, etc. Crewmembers were advised to do their pari in keeping the messhall and recreation room clean, and cleaning the washing machine after use. Machinist volunteered to get the cre^^'s phonograph repaired in Seattle. Collec­ tion will be taken up to buy records. May IS—Chairman, Mlka Rotsli Sscra­ tary, Laroy D. Fltrion. Brother F. Reese was elected ship's delegate; J. "W. Girens waa elected ship's treasurer.' Each man should donate $2 to the ship's fund t»; ward a record player. Sanitary - men should keep out, of tbe messhall during sanitary liour^.^^^i^^j{j>^4 Of, .. caatRii^^ (Continued,00;jpage:;25> .n,. �i«w SEAFARERS head*' wUl b« locked in port. Gangway watch will keep the key to the meuhall: fhorealde persons should be kept- out of passageways by all crewmembers. Checkera are to" eat after the' crew. • • New ahower nozzle is needed for the steward's nozzle. A basket Is needed for. the launflry.' Washing machine riiould be secured PERSONAX.S * Charles Kinnke Please, contact j". T. Cassell, gen­ eral 'manager, Douglas Hotel, 15 Hili Street, Newark, N. J. x ''H'- a> , Samuel A. Bailey 'Please contact yoilr daughter, Betty*-Balley, at Box 95, Mendenhall. Miss. . i ^ i; t Mike Magal j»lease contact J. Bednar, 90 Fitch Street, Carteret, NJ, who has your Union book. t John Sheldon Stanley Please contact your sister,'Mrs; Otis Parter, at 1175 Gordon Street S.W., Atlanta, Ga., RA 1292. .4 4. 4 Robert Elie Please contact Herbert Resner, Tishman Bldg., 3480 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles 5, Calif. 4 4 4 George Cullen Please note the following writ and petition served in Brisbane, Queehsland^^ IN THE SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND — To GEORGE CULLEN formerly of 1216 Linden Avenue, Third Floor Rear, Apart­ ment 6, Baltimore 1'7, Maryland, in the United States of America, but whose present whereabouts are un­ known, Marine Engineer.' TAKE NOTICE that JUNE HAZEL CULLEN hias commenced an Action against you for dissolu­ tion of marriage Number 1425 of 1952, on the ground of desertion without cause for three years and upwards. If you wish to defend you may enter an Appearance in the Registry of the Supreme Court of Queensland at Brisbane within , Seventy-six days from the date of publication hereof. You may ob­ tain without charge a copy of the_ Writ of Summons and Petition from FRANK ROBERTS & KANE, Solicitors, 21 Adelaide Street, Bris­ bane. DATED ' at Brisbane this Eleventh day of August 1953. SECOND DEPUTY REGISTRAR L.S.' E. J. Russell *" 4 4*4 W. Wesley Ethy The; baby has been born—a girl. Please contact your sister-in-law as soon as possible. Mabel Jompay, 419 S. 12th Street, Philadel­ phia, Pa. 4 4 -4. 4 4 4 Howard Webber Please contfict Jeanie Dru, 809. North Gaffy Place, San Pedro, Calif. ' : Kay Presg Hansen Please contact your daughter, Jewel H. Kihg, at. 2148 North West 85th St.., Miami 47, Fla. 4'-^4'' ' 4 4 4 , , Martin Larsen. Please Note: "Your gear was shipped prepaid to New York. by. O. M; Jones. Wiper Donovan has your radio, E. W. Darwood Jj. Hoke" 'Will the above men contact or write the Philadelphia Marine ~ Corporation, 44 WhitehaU Street, New York City^, to colle.ct their overtime due. .them- while aboard the PotrerdfcBriilg,A, > - eANTICNY (CIHoi Service), May t— Chairnran, H.' Bucknor; Socrotary, H. Conell. There are no'beefs and no're­ pairs at the present tinie: everything is running smoothly. Brother R. Frye - Was elected new ship's delegate by acclama­ tion. Vote of thanks went to Thompson, the chief cook,"' for his time spent in securing a new radio and TV antenna for the' crew's use. Suggestion was made that ail hands donate what they can spare at the payoff to build up the ship's fund again. Treasurer reported $3 left in the ship's fund. ORION STAR (Oil Carriers), April 25— Chairman, W. L, Mason; Socratary, J. C. Lakwyk. There are no beefs and everythini aboard is OK; we hope to get LOGs in Ifokosuka. TACALAM (Soatradc), May 1—Chair­ man, P. Caipar; Secretary, B. Dornellat. Crew if well satisfied with stores, vege­ tables and meats bought . in Japan by chief steward, also with the amount of fresh milk on board at sailing time. One man was taken off at Singapore for hos­ pitalization. $18 in the ship's fund will be turned over to the LOG as a contribu­ tion from the' crew. An additional $83, won at the arrival pool, will also be turned over to the LOG. No one is to pay off without the consent of the board­ ing patrolman. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for their coop­ eration in making it a pleasant trip. It was stressed by the ship's delegate that ail members be in a sober condition for the good of the Union, also for your own personal reasons, as we will all have quite an amount of cash that wiU need aU our attention to watch over. DEL QRO (Missitilppl), April 25—Chair­ man, Keith Wipsley; Secretary, J. L. Diosce. There was a shortage of steward stores: stores wer^ later taken on board. Jo Jo Touart was'elected, ship's delegate by lacclamatidn. ° Tinie of the meetings will lie alternated. Laundry, should be kept clean. In case a man must leave the ship due to illness, three delegates will be present when bis gear If packed, in addition to the officer in charge.. Deck department offered to' let the steward department and black gang Use their electric iron. Steward has been running out of stores and when we returned to New Orleans the steward said the com­ pany would not give him rye bread, fresh njeats, crackers, etc. Upon returning to the States we will see the New Orleans port agent on this. COMPASS (Compass), April 3—Chair­ man, J. Doris; Secretary, P. Piascik. J. . . • • 4 • 4: ^ •;4 Charles Murrah Pleasg contact Mary Ferrarg, c/o St. Paul Fire & Insurance Co., 90 John Street, NeW Yprk City. Irt one place. Library books should be reiumed aftier they haVe' been redd. And not left aU over the sliip;- ' January t-^halrman, S. C. Scott; Secrotary, Albert W. Bouton. Ship's delegate asked th4 captain K he would let the cre'w know the amount of tiirie we Would be in various b'orts' and if, when leaving port wo had large' amounts of money left from the port, he would take it back. Men coming'back'from shore should not make noise In passageways: men who must get up'early in the morning need their sleep. They will close the messhall door. 4;-'8 watch should be fed early so he can relieve the lookbut. -Men going on watch shduld'be fed first. May 1—ChOtrman, ndt listed; Secretary, Albert W. Bouton. Repair list was made out and given to thd mate. Inspection was made by the captain. Three rooms were painted and the rest will he done when the ship leavea the shipyard. Siopchest wiU'be cheeked before leaving the next trip: ship's stores will be- checked. Patrolman will be asked about all the clarifications about Isthmian. -Library books- should be returned after user A Juice squeezer is needed for the crew's mess. Cooler should be put into PO niess. Checkers should he moved from the' room they now use and he put some­ where other than on the crew's deck. Hospital should be used as a hospital and not -for checkers, guards, etc. ALAWAI (Waterman), May 5—Chair­ man, William Mllllson; S«tretary, Nicho­ las Hatglmisios. Thomas Richardson was elected ship's delegate: he wUl see if. we can put an SIU slopchest aboard. Crew will keep messhall and pantry and laun­ dry clean. Ship's delegate will see if heat, can be shut off. Repair lists will be made out before leaving the States. Ship's delegate will see if rooms can be painted. Each member will donate $.50 to the ship's fund for anything that comes' up during the trip. Donate Dorreli Please Contact your home. ..• 4 Pace, TwentyrftT* of smps' MEETINGS ... . • (Contlhued from pkg0 24) . t LOG • Doris was elected ship's delegate by accla­ mation. AU hands were asked to refrain from Bushing the toilets by using the feet. Updh inquiring the reason why .oil was In the sanitary lines, it was found that due to the bilge pump out of order the sanitary pump was being used during iiow To Get Disabled Pay Any totally, disabled Sea­ farer, regardless of age, who has been employed for seven years on SlU-contracted ships is eligible for the $25 weekly disability benefit for as long, as he is unable to work. Ap­ plications and queries on un­ usual situations should be agnt to . t h e U u i 0 n Welfare Trustees, c/o SiU Headquar­ ters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32. NY. the emergency. Ship's delegate asked the membership to turn over to each de­ partment delegate aU mall gbing ashore at a certain time, and it would be turned over to the captain for mailing when he cleared the ship. The cost will be charged to' each man's slopchest account. To prevent anyone from getting hurt iff the future, glasses should not be put in the sink but left on the counter, where they can be handled without being broken. Votb of thanks went to the patrolman of the port of Philadelphia for the splendid Job they did in straightening out the various beefs brought in from the last trip, plus squaring away the many Items of repairs. Frenchy, the' deCk delegate and Pete the steward were also thanked for their efforts In getting the owners to renew and replace old and worn out equipment necessary to make any ship a happy one. May 9—Chairman, J. E. Smith; Sacrofary, P. -Piascik. Department delegates were requested to turn in repair lists. Ship's delegate explained that the cap­ tain requested a replacement list in or­ der to expedite the payoff. Subject of alien permitmen will he taken up On arrival by the boarding patrolman. There was a discussion on various Items on the repair list. Engine -delegate was promised that his department's heads and showers would be cleaned and painted. Ship's delegate was asked to speak to the cgptaiii about other heads and showers that need painting. Steward department was given a vote of thanks for Its efforts during this trip. STEEL ARTISAN (Isthmian), May 11— Chairman, Edward Mclnis; Sajcratary, Roy Pool*. Clarence Owens was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. AU hands were asked to keep screen doors closed"at aU times while in port. Ship's delegate vflU contact the chief engineer about supply­ ing drinking water to natives in various ports, so as not to interfere with the crew's watercooler. Electrician spoke of the care of the electric toaster. -.Sugges­ tion was made to see the mate about keeping peddlers .out of the passages in port, STONY-CREEK (Mar Trade), May 9— Chairman, Elmer Black; Sacrotary, Joa Barron: ' Letter received from headquar­ ters explained to the membership pro­ cedure on taking -the ship hack to the SUtes if articles expire on the next shuttle. ' One man missed ship in Japan: three replacements were secured. Motion weS passe-d to contact headquarters wel­ fare department about getting from the company W-2 forms at the payoff with a voucher for money earned from June to December of last year, for Federal in­ come tax purposes. Motion was passed to find out the standing of non-Union men signed on in foreign ports, as to vacation money, etc. Delegates will call the New York hall -to notify the company about a bonus if the ship makes another -shuttle: caU will be charged to the ship's fund. Some call signal from the hospital to the bridge should be installed, so that men in the hospital can attract attention: this would save them from getting cussed out for slamming doors. -There should be a little more cooperation with the messman at meal times, as he Is doing a fine Job. Washing machine is stUl being left dirty and not shut off after use for long periods of time. Further abuse of this may lead to serious trouble of this natiu-e. WINTER HILL (Cities Service), May 20 —Chairman, R. L. Abbey; Secretary, Jessa W. Maloney. Hamaty was elected deck delegate: Danny Sheehan. ship's delegate. One man's gear was taken out of his locker and thrown out on deck. This must stop immediately: Anyone caught breaking into lockers win be brought up on charges and thrown out of the Union. There was a discussion on wind chutes and portholes and screens. Ship's dele­ gate will see the patrolman. Repair list will be completed and patrolman will take action on this. ALCOA PILGRIM (Alcoa), May 7— Chairman, Rebert C. Drain; Secretary, R. H. Graham. Parker was elected ship's delegate. There was a discussion on the baker's incompetence and untidiness in the gaUey. Wiper should be talked to about his work. > QUEENSTON HEIGHTS (Seatrade), May STRATHBAY . (Strathmora), May 22— 2—Chairman, BUI McKenna; Secretary, K. Chairman, C. Badall; Sacratary, G. A. P. Goldman. There is $1L02 in the Mastarson. Repair list submitted from last trip will be taken care of. No ma­ jor beefs or disputed OT has been re­ ported. Ship is in good shape. William Davcy was elected ship's delegate: James Lee was elected deck delegate: Daniel J. Biedrgnski >ras elected engine delegate. There was discussion on members com­ ing in for meals later than necessary. There was some debate on the new wringer. It was decided to contact the port captain on return to the States and try and get a new washer and wringer: keys for deck department toilet and shower will be purchased in the States. If not, patrolman will be contacted be­ fore payoff and signon. WESTERN RANCHER (Western Naviga­ tion), April 25—Chairman, H.-A. Moonay; Secretary, W. Poien. Laundry is to be cleaned after use. The crew will help keep the messhall clean and put cups in the sink after use. Ship's delegate will make out a cleaning schedule for the laundry and recreation hall. SEAMONirOR (Excalslor), March 13— Chairman, T. M. Moriarity; Secretary, S. Zygarowski. R. Niedermeyer was elected ship's delegate. All hands are to clean the washing machine after using it. Ship's delegate will see the chief engineer about getting the washing machine in good working order as it was not repaired from the last trip. Two men from the crew are to wash and clean the wash room: one win do it the first week and one the next. BR will clean the crew passage­ ways. Vote of thanks went to the stew­ ard and the steward department for good food and service to the crew. MONARCH OP THE SEAS (Waterman), May 16—Chairman, Johnnie Roberts; Sec­ retary, Charles E. Spencer. Kessman Roy Steele Was left in the hospital in Puerto Rico with pneumonia. Request for new mattresses wiU be taken up with the pa­ trolman in Mobile. Gangway watches will BALTORE (Ore), May 15—Chairman, be stood in all ports in Puerto Rico. Samuel Mills; Secretary, George Prota. Formerly they were stood by company Ship's library should be obtained; there watchmen. Thanks went to the steward has only been no one here since the program was 'instituted. Steward has promised to supply more coffee to theengine department and to chill all canned desserts before serving them, in ' torrid; zones. There was a discussion on a member who threw away a Quarter of a Quiz AnsMcers (1) 44 miles per hour.. (2)/New York, Chicago, Los An­ geles, Philadelphia .and Detroit, in Puzzle Answer that order. (3) Scotland. ^ (4) (b) welterweight. He would 4ip the scales at. 140 .pounds, 7 pounds below the welterweight limit. A stone is a^tinit of 14 pounds.' (5) soften <by sojaking). •SB BffllgLira GOES (6) (b) Mount McKinley, in Alaska.,. / : ^ (7) Maine knd Vermont. eSHS 1![1H (8) 162 and 18. (9) February and March. The ex­ ception is on leap years, Mihen Feteruary has 29 instead of 28 days. «(» (») Ftaiidls'Bacon;' " * dQisagiEins inmm (affiles three-pound can of coffee because he department personnel for a job we& wanted to Use the ' can for his' own done. This is a good feeding ship with purposes. oldtimer 'Johnnie Roberts, formerly chief steward on Alcoa passenger ships, head: OREMAR (Ore), May 9—Chairman, iilg the - gang. It is getting real hot now Frank Holland; Secretary, F. H. Houck. on this run and some of the gang-will Ail OT should be checked and turned into be looking for cooler runs for the sum­ the bosun or deck delegate immediately mer. We hate to see a good gang bust ; after knocking off, and then turned in up. to mate. By doing this, arguments at the payoff may be. avoided. Mtut were ALCOA POINTER (Alcoa), May IS— thanked for keeping the ship clean. . Man Chairman, Clyde Garner; Secretary, F. on sanitary, work was . complimented. Fuilbright. Repair list was pretty well There was a report on the faulty strainer taken care of. Washing machine will in No: 2 lifeboat and a suggestion that be repaired tomorrow.. Captain stated the ship's delegate see the mate about that he is available for slopchest needs repairing it. There was a lengthy dis­ at any time. Steward statSd that,he did cussion «n the washing of. cups in the not see the man he relieved and so can: pantry, the disappearance of soap and not be responsible for anything before sink stoppers. Steward, department got he came aboard. The OT is fouled up a vote of thanks for continued good and the ship is inadequately stored. Re­ feeding. quest was made that the. crewmembers not overload the . washing machine, and SANTORE (Ore), May 8—Chalrmin, V. also that they please refrain. from put-^ A. Reid; Secretary, M. O. Ohstrom. Stew­ ting buttered bread in the toaster. Toast ard reported that 12 cots had been re­ dry bread only. ceived. Ship's delegate was directed to inventory cots now on board so enough PORTMAR (Calmar), May 4—Chairman, additional cots can be requisitioned to H. Piarca; Secretary, M. Kiluber. H. K. supply the whole crew. Fans in mess- Pierce was elected ship's delegate. Thera hails and recreation room are now be­ is a shortage of proper food. After a ing repaired. There was general dis­ discussion by all hands it was decided cussion on delayed sailing, and it was to order stores and consult the patrolurged that ail brothers he aboard anl ihan in Long Beach. New wringer will hour before aailin^^so that this OT can be obtained when the ship reaches port be collected. Ship's delegate will see of payoff. New light bulbs are needed: about having the messhalls and foc'sles deck engineer will take care of this. sougeed out where needed. Each de­ partment delegate will make out a repair list before the end of the voyage. ship'a fund. Suggestion was made that each man mark his suitcases and hand­ bags. in case of emergencies like goiifg to the hospital, or missing ship. Gal­ ley and oven doors were fixed. May 16-^Chairman, Robert Murphy: Secretary, W. Prince. There is a balance of S11.02 in the ship's fund. There was a discussion on the ship going to Montreal and on paying off there. Vote of thanks Went to the steward department for a Job well done. GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities Service), May 5—Chairman, Thomas T. Nichols; Secretary, Estel Robertson. Ship's dele­ gate reported favorably on his talk with the mate on repairing the portholes. He got no satisfaction from the port stew­ ard on better Jams aiid jellies. Talk was given on loyalty to fellow members. This was in regard to someone who likes to ruii to company men with everything that is said and done in the gaUey. No data—Chairman, E. Robertson; Sec­ retary, B. Friedman. One man missed ship in Baltimore. F. F. Nichols was elected ship's delegate. Suggestion was made that ship's delegate talk to the patrolman and port steward about an inferior brand of milk being brought aboard in Lake Charles. This suggestion was clarified to mean that the crew wants homogenized milk. Steward should also get a better supply of Jams and jeUies. Suggestion was made that new men do­ nate $2 to the ship's fund. ' ALCOA PATRIOT (Alcoa), May 1— Chairman, E. A. Grady; Secretary, O. W. Trawick. One man missed ship in New Orleans, and there was no time to get a replacement. Mobile patrolman wiU be notified by air maU from San Juan. Wiper was promoted to oiler to replace man who missed the ship. Motion was passed to purchase a bingo set from the ship's fund in San Juan. Discussion was held on putting up curtains in the mess­ hall and recreation room. Condition of the messroom in port was discussed. Ship's treasurer collected S18.20 at the last payoff. A crystal for the record player was purchased for $6.59 leaving a balance of $11.61. May 15—Chairman, Leon Kyter; Sec­ retary, C. A. Crabtree. . There is $7.76 in the ship's fund: fund will be used only for ship's recreation. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for fine meals and service. Edifor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourfh Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY ./SI A| • ..-i : 1 would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing'list. (Print Information) NAME ••ij STREET ADDRESS CITY ...........i .ZONE ..... STATE Signed TO AVOID pUPLICATldN;. If you sr* «ii old lubtcrlbtr and hav* a chanqa of addrait, plaasa qiva your format addrati balowi 2QNi STATl �v,^,? T«p;.r^.Dr.r.f,,"- Ir-T' r,mm Pace Twcnty-stz SEAFARERS LOG Seafarers Show Wide Interest in Idea Of Ship Injury Report in the HOSPITALS A growing demand from the crewmembers on SIU ships for duplicate reports covering injuries and illnesses aboard ship has been felt in recent weeks with a considerable number of Seafarers writing the Union on that score. In addition, several ships' crews have gone on record calling for the pro-"*^ cedure as the proper way to when a Seafarer was shifted from and could see to it that he was met one port to another. It took an at the dock when he arrived in the protect the rights- of injured exchange of cablegranu between SUtes and got proper medical at­ men. Beirut,. Port The request for duplicate reports was first voiced by Seafarer Stew­ art Hanks in a letter to the SEA­ FARERS LOG. As Hanks, and others since, have pointed out, the Seafarer up until now had to de­ pend on the chance that a full and fair report would be filed by the ship's officers. In some instances, such reports have been completely lacking, with the result that the Union and the Welfare Services Department often had no knowledge of the Seafarer's plight or his whereal^outs. Just recently one such mix-up occured Said, Alexandria and New York to locate the man finally. As proposed by Hanks, the forms would be for­ warded to Wel­ fare Services by the ship's dele­ Hanks gate and would make possible repatriation of the ill or injured Seafarer as soon as he could be moved. Wel­ fare Services would be able to keep tabs on his movements all the way. All of the following SIU families Jack Jacobs, 605 East 11th Street, will collect fhe $200 maternity New York, NY. benefit plus a $25 bond from the ^ Union in the baby's name. George Leonard Tolllver, Jr., Gustav Kvaale Pedersen, bom born April 11, 1954. Parents, Mr. April 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and and Mrs. George L. Tolliver, 129 Mrs. Peter J. Pedersen, 271 86th North Roman Street, New Orleans, La. Street, Brooklyn, NY. t t Catherine Castronover, born April 12, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Castronover, 1739 Ohio Avenue, Long Beach 4, Cal. i, i. Jack Angel Jacobs, born April 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and. Mrs. tention immediately, if he needed it. Record Always Available From there on, the Seafarer would have a record of what hap­ pened to him so that he could col­ lect his maintenance and cure, and any other funds that might be com­ ing to him, without difficulty. Several men in the hospital, who had been victims of the hit or miss system that prevails under com­ pany auspices, have written their strong approval of the idea. Fur­ ther reaction by" the membership to the subject is awaited. Albert Mosher, 41 Clarke Avenue, Jersey City, Kj. XXX Ines Matllde Miranda, bora March 3, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Augusto Miranda, 121 Herzl Street, Brooklyn, NY. XXX' Janet Babb, born November 1, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otho Merlssa Louise Muenster, *bom November 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. Babb, 442 Washington Avenue, and Mrs. Joe H. Muenster, Wick- Brooklyn, NY. — liffe, Ky. \X X X . • Teddy Felton Jernlgan, Jr., bora t, X Albert Moshe^, Jr., bora April March 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Teddy F. Jernigan, 822 Viers Mill Road, Rockville, Md. 4" 3^ t Baltimore Newcomers At Home X X .X Ronnie Keith Heaton, born April 27, 1954. Parents, Mr. and, Mrs. Milton Heaton, 515 St. Andrew Street, New Orleans,.La. / XXX Kathy Jane Hayes, bora April 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benja­ min E. Hayes, 224 South 14th Avenue, Hopewell, Va. - , ' X X X ''' Aaron Brahim Androh, -born March 22, 1954. Pareqts, Mr. and Mrs. Allie Androh, 39 Lewis Ave­ nue, Brooklyn, NY. XXX Maria Cabrera, born March 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Angel Cabrera, Playa De Ponce, Ponce, •Puerto Rico. XXX , Susan Marlene True, born April 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter N. True, 4101 Audrey Avenue, Baltimore 25, Md. XXX Peter Raymond Lego, bora March 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and JVIrs. Andy L. Lego, 410 Bourbon Street, New Orleans, La. X • Two newcomers to the Port of Baltimore whose birth netted their parents a $200 SIU maternity benefit^plus a $25 US bond for them. selves are shown in the photos above. At top, John Henry Emerick, Jr., bom January 20, 1954, at home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs! ' J: H. Emerick.At bottom, Wanda Lee Ledo Vargas, who arrived on Ksrch |0, 1954, at home with mom and dad, .Mr. .and Mrs. BienTenidq Ledo. Varge^. ilelive)ry,^of ihe benefits was handled by the StU Welfttre .Setviees branch in BaRimore.' v r X MnrM, 1954 X The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. While the Plan aids them financially, all of these men would welcome mail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass-away the long days and weeks in a hospital bed. USPHS hospitals allow plenty of .time for visitors. If you're ashore arid you see a friend's name on the list, drop in for a visit. It will be most welcome. USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEX. Lonzie V. Albrltton OUver S. Flynn C. Barboza Earl McKendree WiUlam Bargona John E. Markopolo John J. Boksz Frank E. Nelson James H. Brandon James M. SneU C. S. Dick A. VUlarreal Joseph H. Dudley J. L. Williams G. E. Ekelund USPHS H6SPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. Terrell Adams Samuel N. Hurst William C. Bedgood Paul Jakubcsak Paul B. Bland Herman C. Kemp Robert L. Booker Jimmie Littleton James Bush C. L. Middleton R. Carrollton F. S. Paylor John Daniels Ivey M. Peacock J. P. Douglas James B. SeUers' Arthur L. Fricks J. C. Whatley Mike Golns USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON, BtASS. Frank Alasavich James Penswlck Joseph S. Cash Robert A. Rogers Theodore Mastaler USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. Ernest 0. BeU K. Kornellusen Greth L. Harrod Lorenzo J. Lova USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. Clarence S. Baker Carl R. Johnson R. B. Barnes Stephen B. Kutzer Luke A. CiamboU Vernon Mftyo Henry Dellorfano V. K. Ming '• Kung Yu Fah W. J. Moran James J. Fontes Herbert Parks Svene Johannessen W. Westcoat USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. Henry J. Childs C. J. Neumaier Ho Yee Choe Daniel O'Rourke Thomas D. Dalley Joe Perreira Raymond E. Davis Anthony M. Rosales F. Fondila W. S. Singleton Salvatore Guiffre Sing Ah Sue Olav Gustausen Ding Hai Woo Leo J. Kennedy P. S. Vuzon Edward H. Murar USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. Tim Burke Harry J. Cronln VA HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Leonard J. Franks USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Anthony Benedict D. Korolia Leo H. Lang John Blizzard Jean Lataple Paul Boudreaux Charles E. Bradw Joseph C. Lucas James M. Lucky WlUlam R. Burch Frank Martin 0. Butler McKenley Campbell Edwin G. MltcheU WUllam G. Moore S. J. Canales Arthur I. Nelson S. C. Carregal Hugh W. O'DonneU Clarence W. Cobb C. ' Osborne P. B. Cogley ' .. Eddie A. Patterson 8. Cope Sherwood Piner Adlon Co:t • Edward N. Powell Clarence Grevier A. Qulnones WUllam J. Davis Romolo DbVlrgUeo W. E. Reynolds M. J. Rodriguwz Gordon R. Dolan AUan S. Ritchie K. EzeU WiUiam RocheU Leo Fonlenot James J. Ruth B. D. Foster Nathan L. Gardner Edward Samrock Allen W. George WiUiam E. SwiUey Clayton Thompson W. H. GUbertson Jack F. Thornburg. Jack J. Gleason Lonnle R. Tickle Peter Heuleu J. Tramontanic John L. Glnton Arthur VaUente Lyle Hipp Dolphus D. Walker Gustav Hoyzam J. E. Ward John N. HuU E. G. Knapp HOSPITAL us: ISLAND, NY STA' Jose Cortes HUarlon Aquio Eddie Driggers James Bentley Estell Godfrey John E. Brady Edwin F. Growe Camiel Caus X How to Apply For Birth Pay Applications for the mater­ nity benefit must be supported by the following documents: • Your marriage certificate. • Baby'-s birth certificate dat­ ing birth after Abril 1, 1952. • The diwharge from the iast ship you' sailed on before the baby was born. FINAL DISPATCH John David Struller, Jr., bora April 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and The deaths of the following Mrs. John David Struller, 265 Pa^' Seafarers have been reported to saic Street, Passaic, NJ. the Seafdrers Welfare Flan- and X X .X-' Kerry Lee Wlnget, born April $2,500 death benefits are being 16, 1954. • Parents, Mr. and Mrs. paid to beneficiaries. James A. Winget, 1910 Avenue Jose Cortesf Vilar, 59: On April Galveston, Tex." 14, 1954, Brother Vilar'died of a X X X ' George Hamatlon Cuenca, bora heart ailment at the Veterans' Ad­ April 3, 1954. Parents, Mr. and ministration Hospital at Coral Mrs. Benito R. Cuenca, 6433 Bacy Gables, Fla. He. was buried at Flagler Memorial Cemetery, Mi­ cich Street, New Orleans, La. ami, F15. Brother Vilar sailed in X' 'X ' X the steward department, and Michael Anthony Turner, born April 25,- 1954. Parents, Mr. and joined the SIU in Tampa in 1940. Mrs. Paul R. Turner, 1235 Leonides He leaves his yirlfe, Gloria Viihr, 430 SW First Street, Miemi, Fla. Street, New Orleans, jLa. -X :X' John B. Hass Charles Oglesby Flemming Jensen T. Papoutsoglov L. Kristiansen Donald Peterson Lai Choo Chang Thomas W. Ritson Lawrence Franklin Sidney Rivers Karl Larsen Edwin T. Rushton Tim McCarthy Stanley A. Sargeant Lloyd McGee Jose Sousa John Maclnnes > Thomas Thompson N. Mayrantonis Jose J. Valenzuela Haakon Moum Robert F. Weiker R. W. Mulholland CUilord Womack Francis R. NapoU John Zuzov Sigurd Odegaad NATIONAL INSTITUTE-OF HEALTH HOSPITAL , BETHESDA, MD. James H. Harker SAILOR'S SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY Joseph Koslusky 1 USPHS HOSPITAL PONCE. PUERTO RICO Arthur I. Nelson USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Thomas Ankerson William JCunak John Berkenkemper Robert Lambert Algot Bogren James Macunchuck John Botelho Tony Mastantlno Earl L. Brittain Joseph Michael " Carl E. Chandler Lloyd Miller Jessie A. Clarke Ralph J. Palmer Albert Colditz Claude Pattbn James R. Dodson Oscar Pearson Samuel Doyle '' George Pipinos Michael Duco Donald L. Rood Lucien R. EUie Robert W. Scales Jacob R. Gnagey Gustav V. Svensson Gorman T. Glaze Joseph TraXler Herbert Grant Linus E. Twite James E. HiUary Armando Vargas Walton Hudson Warren Whitmer Karl Kristensen Henrich Wiese VA HOSPITAL LONG REACH, CAL. Walter R. Sylvls HARBOR GENERAL HOSPITAL WILMINGTON, CAL. Euge'ne G. Plaha ST. BARNABAS HOSPITAL NEWARK, NJ Rocco Albanese PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL SAN JUAN. PUERTO RICO Charles CantweU ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL NEW YORK, NY Luis WiUlams USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, NYEugene T. Nelson Kaarel Leetmaa Percy AUred James R. Lewis Fortunate Bacomo Francis F. Lynch Joseph McCraw Thomas Bryant . Jose G. Carr Archibald McGuigan Jar Cheng David Mcllreath Frank Mackey Emilio Delgado Vic MUUzo Antonio Diaz Eugene T. Nelson John DriscoU Matthew Gardiner Arthur Rudnickl George Shumaker* Bart Guranick Robert Sizemore Thomas Isaksen Ernest Smallwood WUllam Keenan. Henry Smith Ludwig Krlstian Renato VilUta Frederick Landry VlrgU WUmoth James Lawlor ^ ^ X • Henry Beckman^ 49: On August SteViieii Patrick Meloon, bora April 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 1, 1950, Broiler Beckmah died of Mrsi Charles'W, Meloon, 77 Massa^< bronchialpneumcmia iat the: US chusetts Avenue; Arlington* MOM. Marine Hospital, Chicago^ 111. A member of the engine department, he joined the SIU in 1942 in the Port of New York. Brother Beckman was . buried at St. Joseph Cemetery, River Grove," 111. Sur­ viving is his wife, Flizabeth Ran­ kin Gilston Beckman, of 1 Mersey Street," Parr Sti,Heims, Lancashire, England. • X X X ' Edward W. Parsons: While the Alawai was enroute from San Francisco to lionolulu Brother Parsons was lost at-sea—^latitude 32 degrees 15 minutes; longitude 144 degrees 36 minutes. An SIU member since 1948, ° when ' he "joined the SIU in the Port of New York, Brother Parsons sailed as aq Oiler In the engine department. Shiviving is his mother, Chlorean M.«: :.Pamott8. 1615 f Uye ; Oak Street, Beadmont, Tex* �May 28^ 1854 SEAFARERS SEEDP THE SEAFARERS With WALTER SIEKMANN Paere Twenty-sieviefi LOG SIU BalksCompany M&C Dodge •--s A new company gimmick to forestall payment of maintenance and cure benefits bit the dust in a hurry, thanks to prompt action by the Welfare Services Baltimore representative, John Arabasz, and the Union's legal representative in that city. As a result the company, Robin L .le, had to back down' on its demand and pay the ill on their ships for releases on all medical records dealing with Seafarer in question the their medical history. If the man the seaman for as far back as the signed the release it gave the com­ company cared to go. money that was due him: The gimmick involved a com­ pany permission to go to the US If the men didn't sign the re­ (News about men tn the hospitals and Seafarers receiving SIU Weipany request to men who became Public Health Service and ask for lease the company said it uxt^Id fare Benefits will b« carried in this column. It is written by Seafarer hold payment of maintenance and Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while,he makes cure. his rounds in his post as Director of Welfare Services.) Could Be Tried Later Some of the boys wlio have been out In the Staten Isldnd hospital Obviously, once the company for a while are waiting for us to put something in the LOG about had a full medical history on a 'them. This column should catch up with all of our dry docked brothers. crewmember, it could attempt to tie in any future ailment he might James McLeod was drydqcked in the hospital for some time with Familiar to Seafarers at the Staten Island US Public Health suffer to something that happened what was reported to be stomach trouble. He got out earlier this month after being in since April 22. His last ship Service hospital for the past three years. Dr. Kenneth R. to him in the past and try to deny was the Robin Goodfellow. Nelson, medical officer in charge, is expected tojbe leaving him maintenance and other finan­ cial benefits he would otherwise Off the Steel Executive is Jesse Bentley, AB, who shortly for a new assignment has been in the hospital since April 6. He hails at the USPHS hospital in San SIU to assure the comfort of Sea­ be entitled to receive. One stubborn Seafarer in the from North Carolina and is in there for observation. Ffancisco. farers hospitalized at Staten Is­ ' port of Baltimore quickly exploded He's hoping to be out real soon and on his way Dr. John Wilson, medical officer land, he has proven to be a good the whole scheme. The man had home to the south, in charge at the USPHS hospital been off the ship for just a couple , Also in for observation are Robert Welker and at Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, is of. days with a minor illness and Artenio Fernandez. Welker was chief electrician didn't see why he should have to aboard the Ponce before he entered the hospital on taking over the Staten Island as­ signment. Well-known to the longsign a release dealing with his April 27, while Fernandez, a New Yorker, entered McLeod term Seafarer-pdtients at the whole medical history to collect on the 19th. His last ship was the Steel Age of Brooklyn institution. Dr. Wilson the few dollars due him. He Isthmian. has been at Manhattan Beach for brought his complaint to Ai'abasz, Union Got Him Transferred the past two years, originally com­ who immediately consulted legal counsel on the question. Seafarer Clifford Womack of Baltimore is a bit removed from home ing from Baltimore. His succejssor in the hospital on the Island. His last ship was the Robin Goodfellow at Manhattan Beach has not been The company was then notified that if it didn't pay the man's just which he shipped on as messman. He^'as taken off with a strangula­ named. claim, legal action would be taken tion hernia and entered St. Clair's hospital in New York City on April With USPlfts 25 Years in small claims court to see that 25. Five days later the Welfare Services Department arranged for A veteran of the Public Health its contractual obligations to pay his transfer to the USPHS hospital. service for the past 25 years, Dr, maintenance were fulfilled. As a In the hospital in order to correct a stomach disorder is Seafarer Nelson has served at USPHS facil­ result, a check is waiting for the Vincent Jones of New York. Jones was last oh the Lawrence Victory ities in New Orleans, where -he Seafarer to pick up in the Balti­ as chief electrician. He's been drydocked for about tWo weeks now and originally completed his intern­ more branch hall. Dr. Kenneth R. Nelson he hopes to be up and about real soon. ship, as well as Baltimore, Buffalo, The case again points up the Marians De Jonge Is hospitalized for observation. The New Yorker's Savannah and Boston, where he friend to the Union. Seafarers and last job was deck maintenance aboatd the Steel King. He entered the served from 1947 through 1951, be­ SIU Welfare Services representa­ importance of contacting the Union on these matters to assure all bene­ hospital on May 12, one day after Robert Mulholland, OS on the Bien­ fore coming to Staten Island. tives in New York wish "him well fits due are paid at the proper ville, entered the hospital for observation, also. He also had a previous assign­ on his new assignment. time. ment in San Francisco (1934-37) Broke Leg On Elizabeth and did a stint as chief medical Chief steward aboard the Elizabeth last time out, Charles Cantwell officer at the Federal Penitentiary broke his leg on the ship and entered the local hospital on May 18. at Leavenworth, Kansas, for a° peri­ He had some trouble before that though, but it was od of two years. He was also'at all straightened out by the Welfare Services Depart­ Manhattan Beach as medical of­ ment. At first, Cantwell entered a local ho,spital in ficer in charge from 1943 through San Juan, PR, but 10 days later was repatriated 1945. back to the states by air. He contacted Welfare and Cooperative in' all efforts by the Making life more comfortable for the men in the hospitals the Union took care of him, seeing that he ^ was is a normal, everyday Welfare Services function. Sometimes, admitted to the hospital on the Island. He's doing however, it takes unusual turns. fine now and resting ,comfortably. John Brady is back in the,hospital again after For example, this week, the"^ being , out for awhile. Last on the Chiwawa as an Welfare Services hospital rep­ combination the procedure was oiiqr, the New Yorker is in the boneyard for treat­ resentative was seen lugging a much' the_ same, with a sizeable Cantwell ment of a skin disease: TV set to Manhattan Beach hos­ price discount also arranged for by Seafarers qualify under Another brother in for observation is Tom Liies, who hails from pital for the benefit of a Seafarer the Union. the' SIU Vacation Plan every down in the Bayou country of New Orleans. He was last on the Warthere who decided he would like time they can show 90 days' Since the men at Manhattan hawk as utility messman and entered the hospital on May 12. David to have his own channel to tune discharges for worktime at on or off as he chose. The luxury Salado, hailing from Brooklyn, is right at home in the Staten. Island sea or in port after June 1, of owning his own TV set in the hospital, where the utility messman went after injuring himself aboatd 1951. Vacation pay can behospital was made possible through the Seatrain New Jersey. He's also in for a hernia operation and hopes collected four times a year to be getting out as soon as possible.' the hospital benefits he receives in cases of men with continu­ and the discounts arranged through Agnar Anderson, another New York boy, is in the hospital for an ous sailing time. Your dis­ the Sea Chest. operation on his legs to clear up a varicose veins condition. His last charges from an SIU ship Seafarer John Keenan is the job wias AB aboard the Shinnecock Bay. Sid Rivers, representative of are the key to guaranteed fortunate owner of the TV set, the Bronx, NY, was injured aboard the Steel Flyer where he was AB. vacation pay — another SIU whiie several other Seafarers at He's just had an elbow operation and is doing very nicely, expecting first in maritime! the hospital, including Emilio Delto be out real soon. gado, have ordered radio and rec­ ord player combinations or other appliances. Welfare Services, with an assist from the Sea Chest, made it pos­ sible for Keenan to get his own 17inch TV set on the basis of a very small down payment and time pay­ ments every other week geared to the amount he receives in the form of ho:$ital benefits. A sub­ stantial reduction off list price was arranged for and no charge was made for the installment financing of the set. Seafarer John Keelan passes On Delgado's record player-radio time at Manhattan Beach USPHS hospital reading in the library. Now he's got his own TV set. Staten Island USPHS Chief Assigned To San Francisco Hospital Benefits Help Bring Comforts Of Home To Seafarers Vacation Every 90 Workdays Final Rites For fi Seafarer Funeral services for Seafarer Joseph MtNulty at Golden Gatei National Cemeteiy in San Francisco on . April 15, 1954 were attended by Several Seafarers In the poVt as honorary pallbearers (left) and an Army guard of honor. McNulty, who- died three days- earlier, was. a veteran of World Wttt I. His last trip was. on'the (Nicholas CiH. (Trident) as utility messmiati. He was'55^ ' •?'!> - Beach are-all long-term patients, the availability of entertainment and recreation for tliem makes a big difference in helping pass the time of day. Other Seafarers at the hospital have indicated a keen interest in., this procedure as a .means of making their lengthy stay at the hospital a more comfortable oiie. /; �^•fe^ I- Vol. XVI No. 11 • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND OULF DISTRICT • AFL S-- More and more Jodoy, the cause of a modern US merchant fleet com­ mands support from quarters outside the maritime industry. Qoncern is felt in many places, at reports that shipyards ore laying off thousands of workers or shutting down altogether because there are no orders for new merchant vessels. The SlU has long stressed the necessity of a strong, modern mer­ chant marine, for when new ships never get* past the drawing board both ship­ yards -and the shipping industry itself suffer. A new ship program is one su­ premely important part of a merchant marine revival. • ' '• ' •. > X-.,'/v.f»•< r. :i.itf't. « iV.i. iv » X —-.ivi . ;• J •v.'-* > «--•> ' •••-- i,'- >J Z» f U »• J- 'i - 9*' ^|I � 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/. 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Title A name given to the resource May 28, 1954 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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 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. XVI, No. 11 Description An account of the resource Headlines: 60 NEW SHIPS YEARLY IS US M'TIME PROGRAM JAIL BRITISH SEAMEN IN CANADA $ BEEF THREE PRO-LABOR MEN WIN IN ALABAMA VOTE PASS STILL BILL ON DOPE TRAFFIC US LIMITS SHORE LEAVE BANS GOV'T CAN'T TOUCH RUNAWAY SHIP $ CHALLENGES AGAIN HOLD BALANCE IN DOCK VOTE RR DRAWINGS MAKE SEAFARER CELEBRITY ON STATEN ISLAND MMP BACKS DOCK UNION SEAWAY POSES CHALLENGE TO US SHIP OPERATIONS SEAFARERS SLOW TO ACT ON UNCLAIMED WAGES TRAVELERS CHECKS NO SOLD IN BALTIMORE CANADA DEEP SEA FLEET DOWN TO 21 SEAFARER-INVETOR DREAMS UP WRINKLE-FREE GEAR CARRIER THREE DAYS LEFT FOR ART CONTEST ENTRIES PLAN EXCAVATION OF HUGE HILL TO AVERT LANDSLIDE IN PANAMA TEN-MONTH HAT STRIKE ENDS; ALL 1,400 STRIKERS REHIRED MCS PLANS FOR NEW COAST STEWARD VOTE MEXICO TELLS OF NEW 'MONSTER' SCHEDULE CHANGE FORCES CREW TO CALL OFF DEL SUD PICNIC CHANGE OF CLIMATE VICTORY ON SHORE LEAVE NEW BALTIMORE HALL - GOING UP!! PERMANENT '50-50' STRONGLY SUPPORTED BY SENATE LEADER SEAFARER RECORDS CONVERSATION AFTER TOO MANY NIGHTS ASHORE 'BENEVOLENT BENNY' IS ANYTHING BUT TO ANDREW JACKSON CREWMEN OS WOULD LIKE LADDER FOR MOUNTING WARHAWK HAS OWN PRIVATE WARS WITH SEA, SHIPS AND WEATHER 'REACHES' SHIP BY DRINK THE 'UNSINKABLE' SHIP GOES DOWN SEAFARERS SHOW WIDE INTEREST IN IDEA OF SHIP INJURY REPORT SIU BALKS COMPANY M&C DODGE STATEN ISLAND USPHS CHIEF ASSIGNED TO SAN FRANCISCO HOSPITAL BENEFITS HELP BRING COMFORTS OF HOME TO SEAFARERS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 5/28/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log