http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/0f36f74c65f5dbfe45342eb8e6fd73ff.PDF ad769898ef689fc67b5ae26fbf8d3ff4 PDF Text Text LOG >; • •' • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THB SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • 3 SEAFARERS WIN SlU SCflOURSMPS • Member's Son Also 6C Winner -Story on Page 3 •i •• Winner of ah award for drawing in the l/rClHrS W fleers* Third Annual SIU Art Contest, Sea­ farer James Byrne (left) is congrati^lated by former shipmate Adolph'Kubacki at headquarters meeting June 16 where winners were announced. (Story on Page 2.) I TWCM O' three Seafarers awarded $6,000 four-year college • • • fff* scholarships under the SIU Welfare Plan, Seafarer Ed Larkin retrieves his gear out of the headljuarters baggage room for one last trip before returning to^school in the fall. He made job of chief electrician on Wacosta (Waterman) on June 22, the same day this year's awards were announc­ ed by the Welfare Plan trustees. (Story on Page S.) i. At left, flanked by former shipmates. Seafarer Guillermo Ortiz rayvWW* (center) displays check for some of the back pay owed him by Bull Lines under the new SIU dry cargo agreement, which made wage boosts retroactive to last October 1. The check, for about $18, covered time on just one ship operated by that company. Onlookers are Egbert Goulding (left), and Ramon Aguinar. (Story on Page 2.) >iKKa';M. .4^ �M- • Pace Two SEAFARERS LOG •. • •'. :'r;;;t' - Jm«lr•^S;^ igM'"-""^y1 Sejafafer Art Winners Named; 12 Get Awards rV. ••• V .f..'."- __ ' ^ Winners in the Third Annual SIU Art Contest were announced last week, bringing the 1954 art competition among Seafarers to a close. An even dozen awards were made, sev­ eral of which were presented in person to th? winning Seafarers at the headquarters branch membership meeting+ June 16 to the cheers of sev­ Lewis and Antonio Diaz. SIU lapel crest emblems and en­ Qrawings—Keith Sawvel, first graved with each man's name and eral hundred Seafarers pres­ prize. Special award to James award. ent. The winners in each" contest Byrne. The winner of a first prize in Watercolors—^Leif Hope, first category are as follows: two contest categories, Hope came Oils—John Tarkov and Leif prize. (There were no special away with two of the 12 prizes Hope, tied for first prize. Special awards in this class due to the lim­ awarded. He was a second-prize awards to Norman Maffei, Mariano ited number of entries in the di­ winner in oil paintings in both the Gonzalez, Hans Skalagaard and vision.) 1952 and 1953 contests. Gonzalez Px-izes awarded to the contest copped third prize in oils in 1952, G. L. Pitour. Handicrafts—Alfred Pfeifer, first winners are sterling silver ciga­ while Maffei and Skalagaard tied prize. Special awards to James rette lighters emblazoned with for third last year. Judging of the entries, which were on display for a full week in a roped off section of the shipping Headquarters membership signifies approval of dry cargo contract hall at SIU headquarters, took as negotiated by standing vote at last membership meeting. place on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 15, and was conducted by a three-member panel, of experts. The panel included Mrs. Hertha Wegener, assistant curator of As sponsors for the third year of the annual SILT art contest, paintings at'the Brooklyn Museum; the editors of the LOG take this opportunity to thank the Jerome Snyder, art director of SIU men who entered the contest on behalf of the Union "Sports Illustrated," published by Time-Life Inc., and Bernard Sea­ membership, and give them a-*man, SEAFARERS LOG art editor. The SIU~ formally called on the tanker operators to open hearty "well done." The fol­ a native of England, bom in 1895. Seafarers curious about the out­ negotiations on a new tankship agreement last week, as th« lowing 4s a full list of the 24 Sailing in the come, including several of the en­ Union membership en all coasts cast a unanimous ratification men who entered the 1954 contest: steward departtrants, watched closely as the —r John Antonson (drawings and m e n t he has judges carefully studied the en­ vote or the new freight con-^' tract completed earlier in the freight ships after the June 16 date handicrafts): A member of the been a member tries arrayed on tables and mount­ Sailors Union of of the SIU since ed on two walls of the hiring hall. month. The old tanker agree­ will be paid off under the new the Pacific since 1944. His prize After they had determined the top ment expired last September 30. scale. In addition. Seafarers who 1945, shipping in was for his de~ awards in each contest category, Meanwhile, several SlU-con- have shipped with freight compa­ the deck depart­ tailed pen and and pinned the first prize blue rib­ tracted freight companies Have al­ nies since October 1, 1953 are due ment, he is a ink drawings of bons on each, they next turned to ready returned signed copies of for a bundle of retroactive pay, native of Fin­ railroad locomo­ the decision on special awards. the new freightship pact to the amounting in several ratings to land, born in tives. He was a Beale It had been decided earlier that Union, which formally went into well over $200. The companies are 1904. His draw­ railroad fireman due to the overwhelming number effect the date of the membership currently readying lists for the ing was a pencil in England at one time. of oil paintings submitted for the ratification, June 16. Some ships payment of back pay, full informa­ Antonio Diaz (handicrafts): Pre­ contest, the bulk of the awards have already signed on under the tion on which will be carried in sketch of a sail­ ing ship; the sented with a special award in would be concentrated in that new base pay and overtime rates, the SEAFARERS LOG. Antonson handicraft entry handicrafts for a picture of a bowl category. Accordingly, half the which are retroactive to October Money provisions of the freight was a model of the SS Marine of flowers fashioned out of terry- awards went'to oil paintings, in- 1, 1953. agreement call for a six percent Arrow. cloth material. Brother Diaz had (Continued on page 21) i All crews which signed on boost for all ratings earning been hospitalized at the USPHS Sails Black Gang $340.73 or more and a new over­ hospital at Manhattan Beach, Robert Beale (oils): Sailing in time rate of $1.98. Ratings earning the engine department, he has Brooklyn, NY, until May 21. Sailing $298.49 and up to $340.73 will be been a member of the SIU since in the steward department, he has getting a four percent increase and New 1947. Born in Rangoon, Burma, in been a member of the SIU since DECK DEPARTMENT an ov rtime rate of $L94 per hour. Old New Over1924, he now makes his home In 1944 and lives in NY. A special feature of the agree­ Mariano Gon­ Rating Scale Scale Increase time New York City. His paintings ment,^ gives firemen parity with zalez (oils): Win­ Bosun (Mariner) ....$378.00 $447.00 $69.00 $1.98 oilers and FWTs in the wage scale were studies of Oriental figures. ner of a special Bosun 378.00 400.68- 22.68 1.98 so that they will now be earning James F. Byrne (drawings): Win­ award in oils for Carpenter (Mariner) 353.85 *386.00 32.15 1.98 $314.41 per month and $1.94 per ner of a special award in drawings, a landscape Carpenter : 353.85 *375.08 21.23 1.98 hour for overtime. Entry ratings, this Staten Island, NY, Seafarer is painting, he has AB Maintenance 330.75 343.98 12.23 1.94 those earning less than $298.49, been a member Quartermaster 302.32 314.41 12.09 1.94 get a two percent increase,- with of the SIU since Able Seaman 302.32 314.41 12.09 1.94 overtime boosted to $1.51. 1942 and sails on Ordinary Seaman . .i 239.40 244.19 4.79 1.51 June 25. 1»54 Vol. XVi, No. 13 An additional feature of the new deck. He was ENGINE DEPARMENT pact, which provides for improved bora in Puerto As I See It Page 4 Diaz Chief Electrician (Mariner)..... 470.99 518.09 47.10 1.98 working rules In all departments,Rico in 1914, and Brother Chairman Page 4 Chief Electrician 470.99 499.25 28.26 1.98 plus revisions in some of the gen­ Burly Page 9 currently lives in NY. Gonzalez 2d Electrician .....438.76 465.09 26.33 1.98 eral rules, including new provi­ Crossword Puzzle Pagp 10 won third prize in oils in the 1952 Unlicensed Jr. Eng. (Day). . 380.97 403.83 22.86 1.98 sions for crew comforts, calls for SIU contest. Did You Know Page 17 Unlicensed Jr. Eng. (Watch) 340.74 361.18 20.44 1.98 special rates for the key ratings of John K. Holakai (handicrafts): Editorials Page 11 Plumber-Machinist 390.96 414.42 23.46 1.98 bosun, carpenter and chief elec­ Foc'sle Fotographer Page 16 Sailing in the deck department Deck Engineer .... 359.32 380.88 21.56 1.98 trician on Mariner-type ships, Galley Gleanings Page 17 with the SUP, he was bom in Hon­ Engine Utility 345.96 366.72 20.76 1.98 which are also retroactive to Octo­ Inquiring Seafarer Page 10 olulu, Hawaii, and joined the SUP Evaporator Maintenance 321.46 334.32 12.86 1.94 ber 1. The new scale gives the key In The Wake Page 10 in 1945. He is currently hospital- Oiler 302.32 314.41 12.09 1.94 ratings on these vessels extra pay Labor Round-Up ....Page 11 ized at the Oiler-Diesel 327.13 340.22 13.09 1.94 ranging from about $47 for bosuns, Letter of The Week Page 11 USPHS hospital, Watertender 302.32 314.41 12.09 1.94 to $11 for carpenters. The key job Letters ....Pages 18, 19 Manh a t t a n Fireman-Watertender 302.32 314.41 ^"12.09 1:94 of chief electrician will draw an Beach, Brooklyn, Maritime Page 9 Fireman ..... 286.99 314.4f • 27.42 1.94 (Continued on page 21) Meet The Seafarer Page 10 NY. His contest Wiper 288.53 294.30 5.77 1.51 Notices, Personals Page 20 entry was a set Reefer Engineer On The Job page 9 of hand - made (When 1 carried) ..... 438.76 465.09 26.33 1.98 Port Reports Pages 14, 15 place mats. Reefer Engineer Leif Hope Quiz Page 16 (When 3 carried) Seafarers In Action Page 9 (oils, watercolChief 404.69 428.97 24.28 1.98 Ships' Minutes Pages 20, 21 prsj: Tied for First Assistant 359.94 381.54 21.60 1.98 Gonzalez SIU History Cartoon Page 7 first prize in oils Second Assistant 333.37 346.70 13.33 1.94 The memory of Andy Furuseth, Sports Line .Page 17 and winner of first prize in waterfather of US maritime unions, will STEWARD DEPARTMENT - (Continued oh page 8) Ten Years Ago page 10 be honored in August when a Chief Steward (Mariner) ....... 368.16 390.25 22.09 1.98 Top-of The News Page 5 Chief Steward . 368.16 390.25 22.09 1.98 wreath, shipborae from New York, Wash. News Letter Page 6 Chief Cook 340.74 361,18 20.44 1.98 is dropped into the North Sea near Welfare Benefits ....Pages 22, 23. Night Cook & Bahey. i... 340.74 361.18 20.44 1.98 his birthplace of Romedal, Norway. Welfare Report Page 8 Readers of the SEAFARERS Second Cook .........r........ 312.76 325.27 12.51 1.94 The wreath was picked up last Your Constitution Page 5 LOG will note that this issue **Third Cook 298.49 310.43 11.94 1.94 week by the skipper of the Empire Your Dollar's Worth Page 7 has been trimmed down to 24 Messman 237.57 242.32 4.75 1.51 State .Training Ship — Captain pages instead of the usual 28, Utilityman 237.57 242.32 4.75 1.51 Alfred F. Olivet, who was a peiv Published biweekly at the headquarters but with no loss in'the news, •f tha Seafarer} International Union. At­ sonal friend of Furuseth—and will picture or feature material lantic « Cu.'f District AFL, 67S Fourth » Receives $20 additional a month if required to provide own tools. be dropped approximately Au­ that combines to make the Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacInth ** When passengers are carried will be rated as Second Cook and gust 2. • 9-MM. Entered aa second class matter LOG one of the finest labor be paid wage of $325.27 per month. Furuseth was born March 12, at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY., newspapers in the country. sunder ihe A f of August 24, 1912. 1854 apd died^ January 22, 1938, These 2^4 Seafarers Made Art Contest Freight Pact Ratifieik . Tanker Talks Begin New Dry Cargo Wage Scale SEAFARERS LOG Sea Ceremonies Honor Furuseth LOG 24 Pages �25, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG T»ge Thre* 3 Seafarets^ Son Of SlU Man, Win 6C Scholarships - Three rank and file Seafarers, and the son of a Seafarer who has compiled a brilliant scholastic record have been selected by a committee of educators to receive the four $6,000 four-year college scholarships awarded annually by the SIU. Sea­ farers Seymour Wallace, Ed' Larkin an<l Wallace M. Simp son, and Jack Game, son of Seafarer Eddie E. Game, were chosen from 16 candidates af­ ter careful scrutiny of their The panel of educators who sifted the scholarship applications and came up with recommendations for the four winners are shown studying: the quailfyingr material submitted on behalf of ail the applicants seyerai hours before the awards were anhounced on June 22. Pictured (i-r) are: C. William Edwards, director of ad­ missions, Princeton University; Elwood C. Kastner, regristrar. New York University; Miss Edna M. Newby, director of admissions. New Jersey Colleg:e for Women, Rutgrers University; F. D. Wilkinson, 'registrar, Howard University, and Bernard Ireland, assistant direc­ tor or admissions, Columbia Colleee, Columbia Univeirsity. records. In the event one of the success­ ful candidates drops out, the com­ mittee has selected two alternates as replacements. Committee members representing five different colleges and universi­ ties were enthusiastic about the quality of all entrants. Competition was keen all the way, with the win- Permanent '50-50' Bill Gets Senate Okay, Goes To House WASHINGTON.—^The proposal for a permanent "50-50" law moved a big step closer to actuality as the Senate voted overwhelmingly in favor of the legislation. The bill now goes to the House of Representatives where action has to be taken before adjournment if the bill is to become law this year.t — In the form passed by the would apply both to Government- jVlaryland Republican, who ex­ Senate, the bill is stronger in financed cargoes originating in pressed his satisfaction with the many respects than the "50-50" provisions that have been tacked on a variety of foreign aid bills year after year. And the fact that It provides for a permanent Amer­ ican policy that at least 50 percent of Government-financed cargoes should be transported on US ves­ sels is of itself a great step for­ ward for the "50-50" piphciple. As it stands at present, the bill Win 2 -6% Pattern On Seatrains u Following the pattern estab­ lished in the new contract with dry cargo companies, the Union has completed a separate agreement with Seatrain Lines which now awaits the members' ratification. Like the new contract with the dry cargo companies, the Setatrain agreement calls for increases rang­ ing from two to six percent in wages and overtime for all. un­ licensed personnel, with all money gains retroactive to October 1, 1953. There are also similar im­ provements in. working and gen­ eral rules, including new pro­ visions for money draws in' for­ eign ports. Wage increases, ranging up to six percent, bring the basic month­ ly wages of unlicensed personnel to the following: Boatswain, $408.18; carpenter, $382.58; AB maintenance, $351.48; quartermaster, $321.91; AB cardeckman, $321.91; OS, $251.69. Electrician, $511.75; deck en­ gineer, $420.00; engine utility, $374.22; oiler, $321.91; watertender, $321.91; fireman, $321.91; wiper, $301.80. Steward, $402.75; chief cook, (Continued on Page 21) \ ning candidates coming up with ex­ He was captain of the school's bascellent scores on College Entrance I ketball team which won a local conBoard examinations and presenting ference championship, and was a fine records of past scholastic member of the all-conference tour­ achievement. nament team. In addition he wai Must Register a baseball and'football letter man, It is now up to each of the can­ president of the senior class, presi­ didates to be accepted by an ac­ dent of the student body, co-editor credited college or university in or­ of the school yearbook, and presi­ der to qualify for the first years' dent of every class he was in from scholarship payments. Their rec­ the first year through the fourth. ords will then be reviewed, year by His father sails in the steward year, to determine if they are elig­ department and has been on SIU ible for the full four year subsidy. ships since 1946. In the past year The trustees' meeting of next he has been sailing regularly on month will take up the question of Ore Line ships out of Baltimore. whether to continue aid for the Lived In China four winning candidates of last Seafarer Wallace M. Sitnpson of year, as at that time they will have Riverbank, California, who sails as a full report on their first year AB and deck of study. maintenance out AIl-Around Excellence of the West Scholarship winner Jack Game, Coast, also pre­ son of Seafarer Eddie S. Game, sented a fine rec­ presented a bril­ ord. The 23-yearliant all-around old Seafarer lived record in his suc­ in Peking, China, cessful bid for an for years award. Recently with his mission­ graduated from ary parents. Then Simpson Swain County on returning to High School in the States he attended Sparrows North Carolina, Point High School in Sparrows Game was easily Point, Marj'land where he gradu­ the school's out­ ated in the upper ten percent of Game, Sr. standing student. his class. He was editor of tho He stood first in his graduating school newspaper, editor in chief class of 73 and came close to a of the school annual and manager straight "A" average in all courses. (Continued on page 21) the United States and to offshore text of the amended measure. He purchases made by the Armed declared that the basic policy of Forces and other Government, the bill as it stands "would in­ agencies overseas. Up until now corporate into permanent legisla­ such offshore purchases, which are tion what has been proclaimed by considerable in amount, were gen­ Congress in the Merchant Marine erally handled on foreign-flag Acts of 1920, 1928 and 1936." ships. May End Problem further, the bill would apply to cargoes purchased by foreign na­ Up until now, Congress has had tions where the US has committed to act on the "50-50" principle itself to pay the dollar equivalent seven different times and on each, of the cost of the cargoes. occasion it has passed by over­ However, before reporting the whelming majorities. Each time, bill to the floor, the Senate Com­ the State Department'-and foreign The campaign of the SIU and other US maritime unions mittee on Interstate and Foreign shipowners have lined up against for a strong US merchant marine received a definite boost Commerce eliminated one contro­ the principle and the SIU and versial provision that would have other US maritime unions have this week when the Senate subcommittee on Water Trans­ allowed up to 100 percent of such fought strongly to have the bill portation put the damper on a cargoes to move on US ships under approved. If the current proposal plan to allow further trans­ subject, the subcommittee told the certain circumstances. passes, it will mean there will be fers of US ships to foreign Maritime Administration — which has been seeking an okay of the The bill was originally intro­ no future problems along these flags. duced by Senator John J3utler, lines. In a long-awaited report on the transfers — that it would be "premature" to allow any large segment of the American merchant fleet to be transferred to foreign flags until it had had a chance to consider > granting subsidies to tramp operators. Recommends Aid The Department of Commerce recently recommended direct aid to qualified tramp lines. Pending legislation to this effect, the sub­ committee urged the MA to "act cautiously, yet justly"" in ruling on applications for foreign tx'ansfers. The subcommittee did not advise a flat "no transfer" policy in cases of alleged extreme hardship, but said the national interest must al­ ways be considered. In this it agreed with the views of the mari­ time unions that foreign transfers, even though coupled with operat­ ing restrictions, do increase com­ petition with US-flag vessels. The subcommittee has been in­ vestigating the question of trans­ fers since late last March, follow­ ing the MA'S relaxation of transfer rules the month before. A former member of tfie Sailors Union of the Pacific, Carl "Bobo" Olson, world's middleweight box­ With both the shipowners and ing champion, is pictured on a reeent visit to SUP headquarters in San Francisco to talk over old the MA clamoring for the transfer times with some of the men he sailed with back in 1M6. The 'group (1-r) includes (front, at desk): approvals, the SIU and other sea Olson, Patrolman Bill Mendez, ^Assistant SUP Secretary Harry Johnson; (rear), Arthur Benjamin, unions went on record as unalter­ SUP building manager; Jack Dwyer, chief clerk; and Patrolmen A. J. Pawlick and A1 Maniscalco. ably opposing them. Senate Croup Calls Halt To Transfers Champ Visits Oid SUP Shipmates • t-' �• "^ J?»f.JPwr - • SEAFARERS LOa ' . "T"'• • - W ft. jl|S* 'vv'-^i^-'' No, It isn't A Sea Serpent, Exactly I 'i?-*.! V Mr-"--. ic^': ?':''S • As 1 Seer It FROM TIME TO TIME YOUR UNION HAS EMPHASIZED THE need to remain vigilant at all times even though past successes might have the tendency to make the Union lower the guard. But it has been shown time and again when the occasion arises, that the -shipowner will do his best to try to whittle away the gains that have been won for seamen in the past by their Unions and by those who were concerned with the welfare of the seaman. One instance of this kind of thinking on the part of the shipowner is a bill now in Congress to repeal an 82-year-old law dealing with seamen's wages. The law now provides that a seaman taking an offshore berth is entitled to a month's wages plus earnings in the event he is fired without cause before a .month is up. This bill was written back in the days when it was the common thing for skippers and ship­ owners to take any kind of action to keep a seaman from collecting money that was due him. Becolhe Anxious Now it appears that the shipowners have suddenly become anxious .No, the snake-like creature shown above isn't a sea serpent, although the amateur fisherman who about this law for some reason, although they lived with it without hooked the 12-foot baby oil Sydney, Australia, thought it was. durator of fishes at Australian Museum a complaint for 82 years, and an effort is being made to amend it ac­ later identified it as oar fish, sometimes growing 40 feet long. Men holding fish are not identified. cordingly. It appears there are very few instances in which the present law would apply in the light of today's conditions, but the shipowner ap­ parently is out to chip away this little bit of protection just the same. Naturally, your Union, along with other maritime unions, is oppos­ MOBILE.—The Port of Mobile, Alabama, will benefit from $2,809,000 proposed by the ing this move, and is confident that Congress will see no need to amend Government for three separate projects in.the area. The House of Representatives recently the law at the present time. passed and sent to the Senate a bilL authorizing a $26,951,000 Army ammunition depot in i" , 4" t the Point Aux Pins vicinity. EVER SINCE THE McCARRAN IMMIGRATION ACT WAS PASSED, a turning basin opposite the Ala­ boat harbor near the entrance to about 25 miles west of Mo­ your Union has found that some companies have been reluctant to the Mobile Ship Channel. bama State Docks. bile. This terminal will have Rep. Frank W. Boykin of Mobile Widening the present channel ship the alien membership of this Union. Indeed, the law does con­ a 20-mile ship channel, connecting said he is certain the Senate will from 700 feet to 800 feet under tain provisions which can make it difficult for all with the Gulf of Mexico. Subcommittees of the House pass the ammunition depot bill. the highway bridge and establish­ concerned in the event the alien is detained on recently approved a $5,788,000 har­ Then the next step will be to ing a turning basin 40 feet deep board by the Immigration authorities. But this is bor improvement program for appropriate the money for the and 1,400 feet long just south of something that the industry has to live with and this bridge. your Union is prepared to live with accordingly. Mobile along with a $70,000 small project.. The improvements were proposed Four Changes It's been maintained by this Union that the alien As for the Mobile Ship Channel, since larger ore freighters and oil brother who has been sailing regularly as a pro­ four major improvements' have tankers are planning to use the fessional seaman on SIU ships Is entitled to the been recommended by the Army port within the next two years. same shipping privileges as all other Seafarers re­ Corps of Engineers. These were all Rep. Boykin said. ceive, within the limits imposed by the Govern­ approved by the House Public The membership has voted U. S. Steel's Tennessee Coal and mental regulations. We have proceeded on that basis Works Subcommittee. They are: Iron Di/ision recently opened a accordingly and shipped aliens in the usual manner as before. to admit 15 permit card hold­ Enlarging the Mobile Harbor bar new ore terminal at Mobile and ers each month to membership Tried Dump Job channel to a depth of 42 feet and the company plans to import In the SIU. Permits who wish Recently out in the port of Seattle the skipper of-one ship made quite a width of 600 feet. It is now 36 South American ore with new car­ to apply for membership can a to-do about five Seafarer-aliens aboard and tried in the worst way feet by 450 feet. riers, now being constructed. get their application forms in to. dump them. When he found that the Union wpuld not go for that Enlarging the main channel in any SIU hall. The fifteen men kind of thing, he posted a notice on the bulletin board denouncing the Mobile Bay to ^40 feet deep and •will consist of five from, each alien seamen in general and/attempting to arouse the American-cit­ ship's department and will be '400 feet wide. It is now 32 feet by izen Seafarers on that ship against the alien seamen in their midst. 300 feet. •screened by a meiqbership It's pretty obvious to any Union man tha/ this kind of a tactic is the Deepening the Mobile, River committee in headquarters. bld*"divide and conquer" game that has been used in the past as a channel to 40^ feet and establishing means of weakening unions. As far as the SIU is concerned, your Union will continue to maintain that the alien brother who ha? participated in this Union's beefs, sailed this country's ships during time of war and other emergency, lived up to the contract and to the. otht obligations of membership is entitled to the same job protection aui considera­ The Waterman Steamship Com­ tion as that given to any other Seafarer in this Union. pany has announced that it plans a full, two-way intercoastal service if it gets permanent authority from ONE OF OUR BROTHERS WHO ATTRACTED A GOOD DEAL OF Three rank and file Seafarers meeting saw Terrence M- Jones Of the Interstate Commerce Commis­ attention last year by crossing the Atlantic singlehanded is back at it took charge of the last. Savannah, Charleston, South Carolina, in the sion to operate eastbound service again according to reports received at headquarters from his shipmates. Georgia, port meeting and ran chair, and Damon Newsome of from California to New York and Brother Olavi Kivikoski last year showed his skills things off in efficient fashion. Tak­ Franklin, Texas, as recording sec­ Boston. at seamanship by taking a small fishing schooner ing charge of the chair was Sea­ retary. Jones came into the SIU At present. Waterman has under sail from New York all the way to his native farer Ernest Bryant, a native of via Savannah on April 20, 1944, permanent rights to bring cargo Finland. Now, the crew of the Warrior reports that Georgia and a resident of the port which makes him a ten-year man from Washington and Oregon to Kivikoski has gotten off the ship and left for his city. Bryant, who sails in the in the Union. < He's a deck depart­ North Atlantic ports, but not from native Finland la- order to make the eastbound deck department, was born on ment man. Newsome, who is 31 California, and is operating on a crossing under the same conditions. March 17, 1919, and has been sail­ years old, was bom in Texas and temporary certificate from that As any Seafarer knows, the North Atlantic is a ing as a Seafarer since 1943. joined the Union at about the same area. In practice, the compan]»has tough ocean to handle even in a good sized merchant Recording Secretary Rupert time as Jones, on March 24, 1944. been bringing ships back from the ship, and it requires a good deal of skill to handle Pierce of Sneads Ferry, North He's married and sails in the deck Far East and then- running them , matters under sail. We certainly wish Brother Kivi­ Carolina, has ap­ department. intercoastal back to the East Coast. koski the best of luck and good sailing. weather on his return trip peared in this » 4^ ^ It has also been ~ operating a attepipt. corner before. Seafarer Floyd Fritz was chair­ limited intercoastal service be­ ^ X He's 26 years old man, and William M. Jenkins was tween Philadelphia and points and joined the NEXT ISSUE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ESTABLISHED UNION recording secre­ south and the West Coast-with a SIU in the Port tary at the last return to^Puerto Rico and the East practice, the SEAFARERS LOG will carry a reprint,.of the SIU con­ of Baltimore on stitution so that the membership will have an opportunity to re-acquaint Baltimore port Coast up Jo the Quaker City. November -2 9, meeting. Fritz Granting ''of a pernianenb-Certifi­ themselves with , the document under which the 1947. He sails in joined the SIU in cate on the California to North Union is governed. It .has been Union policy to re­ the engine d^ Baltimore eight Atlantic run would enable the com­ print the constitution every six months, afid to fol­ partihent. years back on pany to operate an express serv" low up with a full report to the membership of all Fricks Veteran Sea­ March 2, 1946. ice to California from New York trials and appeals that have been conducted by farer Arthur Fricks was the meet­ He cpmes from and back, and piclr up the slack membership committees during the six-month ing's reading clerk. Fricks joined Ohio originally from dwindling ^Far East cargo period. • the SIU a couple of months after but. now has. set­ The present SIU constitution has been in effect operations.-' < Jenkins it was founded, signing up on Janu­ tled down in Bal­ The Waterman attorney arguing for over a year and, a half, since the membership ary Hi 1939, in Savannah. He fob timore. He is 28 years old and the - case pointed out -that one by referendum vote approved comprehensive changer comes from -Georgia and lives • in married. Jenkins was born in major bperator, American-Hawai­ in the document,drafted originally in 1939.. It has . ?v v the city. Hp's 51 years ;Old, mar- North Carolina December 21, 19p9, ian, has - discontinued eastbound durihg that period-proved its wf^h |o.,the .memjbership. and , assured rie(i,,and sails in. the deck depart­ but now has his family • in New service, recently. -Waterman's ap- smooth and e|ficient Union operation at the same time. The test 6t ment on SIU ships. , York City. He joined the Union m plication--, is - -being opposed by time has shown ^t the SIU co'hstitiitioh has lived'upHo all expecta­ 'ii -ji • New York way back on February American- President Lines ' and tions and provedj.a Very satisfactory baste'law By which* the'Union liid -Lake ' Charles, Ldiiisiaha, 2, 1939. ^ ' " erates.' -t'. , . ' ,Luekenbach." Mobile Port improvements Set Permits Apply For Membership l^>:r Full Coastal Runs Planned By Waterman I' • i^'-i K'f ' �^1UI0 28, MSI SEAFARERS LOG Vare-FiVa Top of the News Line Seeks Two Manners For Orean Passenger Use TRVMAN AND PETBILLO 'SEND' l.KM MUSICIANS—Former President Harry S. Truman, on the piano, and James 0. Petrillo, play­ ing trumpet, staggered through their first rendition of "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here" in"entertaining members at the national convention Ex-President Harry S. Truman and James C. Petrillo of the Musi­ cians Union w^oop it up at union convention. of the American Federation of Musicians, AFL, held recently at Mil­ waukee, Wis. Their first performance was more or less on the sour side. The pair laughed at their miscues and suggested another try. This time Mr. Truman's solid left hand and the union chief's trills on the trumpet won an ovation from the 1,100 delegates. • t t /• WILL REVEALS EX-GOVERNOR'S 8300,000 EMBEZZLEMENT— The will of former New Jersey Governor Harold G. Hoffmtin, who died June 4, contained a sworn affidavit confessing the embezzlement of 8300,000 from the bank of which he was president, it was disclosed by his daughter. The defalcation took place between 1936 and 1938. I'he furiiicr governor also stated that naif that sum had been paid in blackmaii to a state official, now dead, whose name he did not reveal. The confession has touched off an investigation iirto other possible manipi^latiohs of state funds by the ex-governor. 3. t CHURCHILL AND EDEN MEET WITH IKE JUNE 25—Prime Min­ ister Winston Churchill and Foreign Minister Anthony Eden are sched­ uled to arrive here for a meeting June 25 at the White House with President' Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to review tensions in the US-British alliance. The ^ announcement came at a time when the British feel ail possibilities at Geneva have been exhausted. The conference will explore ways and means of dealing with the critical Communist advance in Indochina. WASHINGTON.—A bid to take two Mariner-type ships off the Government's hands and convert them for trans-Atlantic passenger operation Is likely to get some thoughtful consideration from the Martime Administration. Reviving a two-year effortlaunched during the preKorean War period, Arnold Bernstein Lines, a foreign-flag operator at present, has come for­ ward with the first concrete plan for new US-flag passenger opera­ tions between Europe and the US. The plan would at the same time put to use >at least two of the new high-speed Mariner vessels, most of which will be lying idle alto­ gether within a short time. The Bernstein proposal, the new­ est attenfpt by the company to enter US-flag passenger operations since its earlier effort was doomed by the start of the Korean War in 1950, calls for the company to undertake conversion of two Mariners to one-class passenger liners on a charter-basis. The ships would operate on the North Atlantic run, the same as was planned for the first plan put forth between 1948 and 1950. Sought Army Transport At that time, Bernstein sought to obtain Gov'ernment authority and subsidies for a conversion job on two idle Army transports to run between New Yopk, Antwerp and Rotterdam. The outbreak of the Korean fighting in June, 1950, with bids practically awarded for the conversions, doomed that effort right there.. The ships, both P-2 type trans­ ports, were 17,000 gross ton ves­ sels with speeds of about 20 knots. The Mariners are smaller, but can manage even better speeds, making them even more desirable for pas­ senger service. Planned for a potential of 850 one-class passengers per trfp, plus / . Ship operator Arnold Bernstein, who is seeking approval for charter of two Mariners in passenger service, is shown here with his wife entering, court where he is testifying on his suit against the Hol­ land-America Line. passenger cars and other cargo, voiding a 1939 sale of two ships to the converted Mariners would give Holland-American Lines formerly considerable boost to lagging US- operated by his own Red Star Line. flag passenger operations, with no new Vessels building or planned at this time. The lack of passenger ships available for possible fast troop transport in wartime has up to now found no sympathetic ears among existing US-flag operators. Bernstein, meanwhile, is currently involved in court action aimed at Seafarer Set For New Solo Atlantic Trip • Seafarer Olavi Kivikoski. who made a singlehanded eastbound crossing of the North Atlantic last summer in « 30-foot sailboat, has X^ left for Finland to take a crack at REVOLT IN GUATEMALA—Troops under the command of Col. a westbound crossing, according to Castillo Armas have risen to take over the government of Guatemala. his shipmates on the Warrier The action followed in the wake of the Guatemalan army's deman^ on (Waterman). President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman to make a firm decision on govern­ mental policy toward communism. Minor skirmishes between the rebels MOBILE—Heartened by primary run-off results in Mobile Crewmembers said that Kivikoski and government forces have taken place throughout the country. The paid off the ship well-equipped army's attitude toward the fight may well decide .the County, trade unionists here were hopeful the next session of in Mobile, Ala­ the State Legislature will repeal Alabama's anti-union shop eventual outcome of the rebellion. bama, with the law. intention of flying over to Finland which the SlU here took an active The second primary result­ YOUR: RIGHTS.ANb fRJWKSES AS and trying to and leading part. ed in a clean sweep for laborSIV MgN ARE aUAPANTEED ST duplicate last endorsed legislative candidates YOUR COMSnrUUOJ-f. THIS TEAyear'j feat when rURE (S DESIONEO TO ACOUAINT from Mobile when John Tyson and YGU WITH THESE fifOMTS AMD he made a trip of Otto Simon were nominated to the PRIVUEOES 4,500 miles from lower house. Democratic nomina­ Kivikoski New York to tion is tantamount to election in' Kemi, Finland, a Alabama. voyage that took him approximate­ Garet Van Antwerp previously ly 4Vi irionths. The biggest leg of From Article XIII, Section 6 had won nomination to the Ala­ the journey from New York to Deh bama Senate with trade union sup­ "Before assuming office, every Helder, Holland, took him &7 days. port. He defeated former State officer, port agent, and patrol­ On his return to the States, Senator Tom Jackson who success­ man shall take the following oathi Kivikoski was undecided whether fully introduced the anti-union or not to attempt a duplication of 'I do solemnly swear that I will shop measure—the so-called "righthis 1953 trip. faithfully execute the duties of to:-work" law—in the legislature. Also on the agenda for his Fin­ • •. T~. of the SlU, and I Michael T. Murphy, another land trip was a meeting with a candidate favorable to labor's will, to the best of my ability, Helsinki publishing firm through cause, also won nomination to the protect and preserve the Consti­ which he had arrang'ed for publica­ Alabama House in the first pri­ tion of a book on his voyage of last tution of this Union and the wel­ mary. The anti-union shop law was summer. fare of the membership'." an issue in all legislative races in Mobile County. James E. Folsom, who won the gubernatorial nomination, also has put himself on record against the 4aw. Folsom is credited with hav­ ing the support of the majority of Under the SIU contract, US Every elected official upon ossum the legislature, giving rise to Public Health Service, doctors ing office must take this oath, optimism that Alabama will bo the have the final say on whether, first state in the Deep South to whidt he is required ta olwy com­ or not a man is fit for duty. If i repeal the anti-union shop law and pletely. Any violdtion of m both othet* anti-labor legislation that there is any question about | woiild lead'to immediate' disci­ hat been enacted in recent yearsJ' your fitness to sail, check with It plinary oction dn^'tlw terniS off Uifcqit Judge Robert, Rr^ anil VISIT OUf^ A»ILr^I>tbe.nearest USPHS'hospital or. ITlpNCO BAKBEK S»k>P lh» Itaion CetwtHuHein.? 'V < ? > ' Tat Asse^r Bert E; "llioiaeB out-patient elinle for a ruling. • TOOAVi-Ar SIO iethto' cah^dat^' vVhO wqa'' noiiit^ •'K AVONtNl f •OOm.VN : tetfoB with AFL tinlM buppttrL In YOUandtheWm CONSYITUTION Alabama Vote Spurs 'Right To Work' Repeal USPHS Has TLoRt Say On Outy SUp ! ' ;• ,1 't �..Mw-KrllM '"HS-;.- SEAFARERS tOG «z Lunch Party Undarnaath Hudson RIvw ft: SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON The US merchant marine, during the first thr^e-month period of this year, remained about the same, numbering some 3,349 vessels as of March 31, 1954, comprising ships in the category of over 1,000 gross tons. • However, the number of active vessels continued to contract in this period, following a downward trend motion since the ending of the Korean war. Between December 31, 1953 and March 31, 1954, a net* total of 21^Govemment ships and 56 privately-owned vessels were withdrawn from active use and .either returned to the reserve fleet or temporary lay-up pending a revival of activity. , m I I r h-" rIf.!- W-' Ift. ii:-" 1^. "-h-'iv .-"v ' t ^ It now looks like Congress will give its blessing to legislation author­ izing the sale of C-1 type ships to the Government of Brazil or to Brazilian citizens. This bill was unanimously supported by the Ameri­ can shipping industry, and the ships are to be confined to the Brazilian coastwise trade, so as not to be competitive with American-flag shipping. The reason b^ind the industry support of this measure is that Ameri­ can lines feel that the legislation will be of importance in strengthen­ ing the hand of our State Department to eliminate certain statutes of the Brazilian Government which discriminate against American-flag vessels. Members of the copcrete Industry in New Xork are shown enjoying lunch served to them in one of The Brazilian discriminations take two principal forms—first, regula­ tions creating berthing, wharfage, and warehouse priorities in favor of the. concrete boxes supporting the hew Pier 57. The floor of the box Is 24 feet below river level. Brazilian shipping, and, second, a consular fee practice whereby ship­ pers using Brazilian-flag ve'ssels receive a discount of 50 percent on the consular fees otherwise payable. There have been misgivings among maritime unions over the C-1 ship sales on the grounds that once having granted the Brazilian re­ quest, it will be hard for this Government to deny similar requests, An off-beat kind of a job came up on the board at headquarters recently when Seafar­ some-long-pending, and any others that may arise in the future. Those ers were asked to crew a deep sea tug from Mobile which is under contract to the Marine Al­ who oppose the bill feel that it might lead to general reopening of the Ship Sales Act with the result that American-flag ships would be faced lied Workers, an affiliate of the SIU of North America. As a result, seven Seafarers with additional foreign-flag competion in the future. manned the unlicensed de- ^ t * • partment of the tug and three voyage this way: "She rolled all the manned, especially belov decks Congress is expected to approve the recent Presidential request for since it was a diesel job. way down and she rolled all the of them, unprepared for the an immediate appropriation of* $82,600,000 for construction of four rolling and pitching of a little 75- way back." • Since the tugs carry "It was an interesting trip," he passenger-cargo ships, experimental modernization of Liberty-type ves­ said, "but money-wise, of course, footer, had to confess to seasick­ a one-man galley gang. Miller was sels, reconstruction of Mariner-type ships which may be purchased ness -during parts of the voyage. all the galley jobs rolled into one, it doesn't rank with the kind of by private lines, and, finally, purchase of T-2 tankers that would be wages Seafarers get sailing deep Ordinarily, the tug would Jiave including the messman. traded in to the Government in consideration^ of the building of new In addition to Milleic. the tug^ sea ships." At that, the daily base tankers. been crewed by the MAW out of wage of $13.55 for the unlicensed the Gulf, but since the tug hap­ casried three ABs, three oilers, a"^ Specifically, this program would allow—the. Government to use is one of the top scales paid pened to be up North" and picked captain, mate, chief engineer and meir $44,500,000 to pay its part, in the way of construction subsidy and ; up a job in the assistant engineer, so she was well- in the tugboat business. ivational defense allowances, for the construction, of two large com­ New York area, bination passenger-cargo ships for the Grace Line, and two similar Seafarers were vessels for the Moore-McCormack Lines. called on to man Of the remaining sum, about $1L000,000 is to be used in the ex­ her under the perimental modernization of four Liberty ships in an effort to develop recipi-ocal job ar­ plans for the modernization of other Libertys in the r^erve fleet, rangement which looking toward increasing"their efficiency and speed. exists between About $26,000,000 would be used by the Government to buy T-2 all SIU affiliates. WASHINGTON.—state Department plans to sell 12 Cl- tankers, in the cases of those owners willing to use the money to con­ This calls for members of MAV-1 vessels to Brazil cleared a new hurdle last week, struct new tankers of larger size. If this program goes through, about Miller other SIU affUi- when the House Merchant Marine Committee approved a 20 older tankers would be traded in by industry and put in the reserve fleet fpr national defense purposes, and some 10 new tankers would »tes to get a call on jobs in the bill authorizing the sale. The-*event the particular SIU branch to Senate had previously passed shall be transferred to the govern­ be constructed and used in their stead. which the-ship is contracted hasn't the measure. t ment of Brazil or to a Brazilian Legislation that would have encouraged the private flnancing of men "available to man her. company for use in that country's Amendments tacked on to the new ship construction by authorizing the Government to insure 100 The tug jobs were a one-trip af­ coastwise trade. fair that arose when somebody bill by the House committee mean percent of loans advanced by private lenders, is dead for this session The measure contains a strict of Congress. needed a tug in a hurry to tow a that if the legislation passes^the barge with a 50-ton heavy lift from fuH House of Representatives, both prohibition against permitting the This is so because of opposition to the bill coibing from the Bureau Bermuda to Perth Amboy, New the House and Senate versions will ships to operate in international of the Budget, which also opposes the interest provision and other trade. This removed one of the features of the measure. Ship operators are unable to overcome this Jersey. The tug happened to be in lay-up for some time at the have to be resolved by a confer­ major dbjections by opponents to formidable opposition, so that if any legislation at all is passed along the measure, who charged that the this line, it will be completely watered down and of little use to the Perth Amboy drydock and conse­ ence committee. The House committee bill pro­ Government-owned ships, if sold •industry. quently was available for the job. • Seafarer Mike Miller, who sailed vides that within 24 months after to BrazU, would compete directly "t 4 on her as chief cook, described the the bill becomes law the 12 ships with US offshore shipping. American maritime unions have effectively blocked efforts of ship­ owners to throw out the windov/ an 82-year law relating to wages of seamen improperly discharged. The shipowners recently asked Con­ gress to approve a bill, which would bave prevented seamen from get­ ting an extra month's pay when shipowners improperly discharge sea­ men before the latter actually had received a month's wage. The existing law on the subject is,an old one—it was enacted back in 1872 for the purpose of protecting seamen from unscrupulous ship­ owners. . In addition to the stand of- maritime labor^ the proposed legislation, sponsored by maritime employers, has been opposed by the Depart­ ments of Commerce, Labor and the Bureau of the Budget. This means that the measure will not pass Congress. Tnjl Trip Real Roller Coaster • B I I p|| R Ship Sale To Brazil Moves ^ One Step Closer In Congress « A 24-hour-a-day quarantine inspection service by the US Public Health Service is being .urged by American Shipping operators^ and the bill that would provide this probably will be enacted soon because it is not controversial: The PHS, at the present time, provides this service from 6 AM to 6 PM. The industry-says that the present Public Health quarantine sched­ ule makes for inconvenience and substantial financial loss. Many ships arrive in port between 6 PM and 6 AM when no quarantine inspection la available. . It's worth while to'the operators to pay the additional money in the form of overtime that will go to Quarantine inspectors, rather than to hold an entire ship for as much as 22 hours because ho Inspectors are available after 6 PM. taster, SEAFARIRS LOO | IreeUyn 32, New Yerfc - 475 Fetiflh Avenue g Heeie tend me the feHewtnf t ^ le)• .heuna velumei ef the 1413 LOO 9 ^ **eli. p lhl......cemplete teti ef heiMd velumet ef the LOO p fer 1447 thteufk 1453 9 t25 eechu | teetefled ie e fetel- ef $• NAhfi •••eTfeeoeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere'eeeee eeeeee«eeeee*eeoe«»eeeaa«eeeeeeeeeaee*eeae ^ AMMES3•••••••••••eeeeemeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee | i • ••ee eeee •• •• be •• • e.ye e*er e e.e«e f e • a • e • oa^e e* e Oee *• e * ^ �imi jr«M tS. 1954 SEAFARERS YOUR DOIXAR*S WORTH • . s====aaaa=a8sa8a=g=fc=5g=8 •BAPARER8 GUIDE TO EIETTER BUYING Scare Selling Plafiues Families Families are being subjected to much high-pressure selling designed to frighten them into_buying expensive goods on the installment plan. One of the most widespread of these campaigns is the attempt to scare people, into believing the use of ordinary cooking utensils will injure their health. Salesmen claim that cooking in ordinary utensils destroys most of the vitamins and minerals in food, or that the use of aluminum pans is dangerous because the aluminum collects in your body. Expensive Stainless Steel The salesmen spreading these stories generally sell very expensive sets of stainless steel utensils. Their prices are incredibly high. For example, one company sells a set of three covered saucepans for $70! Larger sets are sold for as much as $250. » If a family does want stainless steel utensils, it does not have to pay these steep prices. You can buy high-quality stainless steel with copperclad bottoms fon $16 or less for the set of three covered pans, for which the scare sellers charge up to $70. But you do not need any expensive stainless steel sets, nor need you>j>e afraid to use your present aluminum pots. The Federal Trade Commission several times has cracked down on some of these com­ panies who have circulated alarming stories that minute scrapings of aluminum collect in your body. The American Medical Association, US Public Health Service, the British Ministry of Health and other authorities have all stated that aluminum ware is quite safe for ordinary cooking. Hospitals them­ selves use aluminum cooking utensils and certainly would not if there were the slightest suspicion of danger. Aluminum is present in drink­ ing water, in most foods, in baking powder, and in the human body Itself—put there by nature. ^ As for the claims for health benefits from waterless cooking—there L some truth in this. Cooking foods in as little water as possible does conserve- food values since water-soluble vitamins are ^dissolved by cooking water. Of course if you consume the water you still get most of these vitamins. But you need no special brand of expensive utensils for waterless cooking. Such cookware should have thick bottoms and sides and tight-fitting covers that reflect the heat and steam from the food and thereby baste food while it cooks. Any pot meeting these specifications will do the job. BGst Buys in Luggage Seafarers will find useful the results of tests on luggage made by the National Burdau of Standards some time ago. The bureau tested luggage both in its laboratories and by sending sample suitcases on a 12,000-mile railroad trip around the country. The tests found that the most expensive type of luggage, leather, and the cheapest, plain fiberboard, were most susceptible to damage. Plastic-covered luggage and those made of vulcanized fiberboard stood up best. It was dlso found that smaller bags break less frequently than large ones. Vulcanized Fiberboard The vulcanized fiberboard bags which survived use well in the tests, nre comparatively Inexpensive, and are thus the best choice for hard use by a man who does a lot of traveling. ^The plastic-covered luggage also stood up well, but this type is expensive. The test also found that packing suitcases too heavily makes them susceptible to damage. Another frequent cause of damage is failure to lock luggage. In buying luggage, try all the locks and catches to make sure they work easily and hold securely. Also make sure the handle is securely attached. . In shopping for luggage, always compare prices at several stores. Some of the so-called discounts offered by some stores are only dis­ counts from jacked-up prices, although real discount stores do sell luggage at reductions. The SIU Sea Chest offers luggage at special reductions for Seafarers. •..> • _ Pare Seyea Outports Okay Mariner Rule Meetings in all ports have ap­ proved the headquarters resolu­ tion covering procedures for chief electricians on Mariner-type ships. The new regulations provide for chief electricians throwing in for these jobs to pass the scrutiny of a committee consisting of rank and file electricians plus the engine patrolman in the port. The com­ mittee will check on (heir qualifi­ cations to handle the Mariner job. The resolution was passed 'fol­ lowing a headquarters member­ ship meeting discussion as to the procedure used by the Union in filling chief's jobs on these ships. In the course of the discussion it was brought out that the complex­ ity of the Mariner electrical instal­ lations and the importance of the chief electrician's job made it necessary to ship only men who had previous Mariner or AC ship experience for such jobs. Assistant electricians for these ships will continue to ship off the board in the standard rotary ship­ ping fashion. Dramatic on the spot photo shows one of 12 survivors off the sunken Anna M, a tuna boat, climbing aboard the Maiden Creek (Water­ man) which picked up survivors last week in transfer operation off SOT Pedro, Calif. The entire crdw of the tuna boat, members of the SlU-affiliated Cannery Workers Union, were originally rescued by a research vessel. Photo by Seafarer Ronald Swayne. Co's Attack 1872 Pay Law WASHINGTON-.—A maritime union spokesman, representing the SIU and 12 other nonCommunist sea unions in the US, has challenged a bill before the House Merchant Marine Committee as one designed to "start the destruction of the concept of shipping articles be­ ing contracts of employment."! — Appearing at hearings on Union opposition to the measure a breach of contract by the master the measure, a representative is based on the view that the law or the shipowner. Under the pres­ of the Conference of American as originally enacted in 1872 was Maritime Unions charged that the intended to "protect the seamen purpose of the bill was being mis­ against unscrupulous and callous represented by those supporting it, shipowners who could and did take principally shipowners' groups and advantage of the seamen who Congressmen friendly to their sailed their ships." The CAMU point of view. spokesman-noted* that the most The legislation, originally intro­ important protection the seaman duced last year, would amend ex­ receives from the statute is in the isting statutes to eliminate a pro­ proposition that the ship's officer vision that any seaman discharged is prohibited from discharging him without cause before one month's because of petty dislikes or whims. wages are earned shall'be entitled The cost which would fall to the to receive from the employer, in shipowner serves to curb such sit­ addition to wages earned, a sum uations, he pointed out. To Protect Company equal to an .additional month's wages. The provision that a sea­ "The argument mosjt often used man is entitled to one month's by proponents of this 'bill," he de­ wages if discharged without fault clared, '-4B that the shipowner must on his part prior to the commence­ be protected from paying the extra ment of the voyage would be left month's wages-for voyages which as is. are less than one month in dura­ Both the Departments of Labor tion. This argument is invalid be­ and Commerce, in addition to the cause court decisions, based on the sea unions, have registered opposi­ original statute, provide that the tion to the proposed change in the .seaman is entitled to the extra 82-year-old statute. month's wages only w^en there Is Cartoon History Of The SIU In the summer of 1948, the SIU faced a second test on the issue of American seamen and US ships car­ rying US aid cargoes overseas. Although the Union had. earlier* won approval of the "50-50" prUiciple for moving Marshall Plan cargoes, a new fight arose when a ipajor arms aid bill came up before Congress, LOG Challenge to '50-50' Eager to grab up all the shipping for themselves at the expense of US seamen and US-flag ship opera­ tors, the low-standard foreign sWpping interests provided the major opposition. As before, the SIU demanded a guarantee that US ships would carry at least half of the Government-^nanced ca|:go. ent law, the shipowner may engage in voyages of less than one month's duration without violating the em­ ployment contract and thereby being subjected to paying the extra month's wages." he continued. "However." the union spokesman added, "the shipowner could not sign articles with his crew for a voyage to a far distant port such as Australia and then divert his ship to a nearby port for which the voyage would be of less than a month's duration without breach­ ing the contract. This is clearly a justifiable case for awarding the seaman an extra month's wages . . . It is only fair that the seaman be assured of the approximate dura­ tion of employment before he signs articles." Under the bill, he concluded, seamen would be deprived of a convenient rule for assessing the amount of damages thqt could lie recovered for an unwarranted dis­ charge in such circumstances. A o. oe With the aid of many Coi^ressmen, plus labor and civic groups, the protest led by the SIU again won the day for US shipping. A "50-50" proviso was in­ cluded in the multi-billion-dollar arms aid measure, and put a halt to further cutbacks in the alreadydwindling US-flag merchant fleet for a time. t. >v.^ -V.tk J �SEAFARERS LOG rare EicU , t^- 24 Seafarers Made '54 Art Ceiitest M Joae 25. 1954 CASH BENEFITS SIU since 1952 out of New York, (Continued from page 2) colors, he is now in the Army at where he has his home. Bom in Fort Dix, NJ. He ships in the Poland in 1894, he sails as a ma­ dec'k department, sailing on SIU chinist. Utilizing his on the job rhips since 1951. Hope was bom skills, he machine-tooled two gyro­ In New York City in 1928 and lives scopes out^ of bronze which won in Brooklyn. His him the top prize in handicrafts. winning oil paint­ Another of his entries was a col­ ing was of a lapsible chair. • '-f ' small-town street Georges L. Pllour (oils): Pre­ scene; the water- sented with a special awanl in oils color, his first for his painting of a landscape ~ effort in that in his native FrancCi Pitour has field, ^as a por­ been sailing on SIU ships in the REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID trait of a young engine department since 1951. girl. He won sec­ Bom in 1910, he now lives in Long From To ^ ond prize in oils Island City, NY. Kienost in both the 1952 Keith Sawvel and 1953 SIU contests. (drawings): Win­ No. Seafarers Receiving Benefits this Period Richard Howell (handicrafts): ner of first prize Sailing in the deck department on in drawings for Averaite Benefits Paid Each Seafarer SIU ships since June, 1953, he was a pencil sketch Total Benefits Paid this Period bom in North Carolina in 1924, "The Bosun," 71. and now lives in NY. His entries sketched of the were a handcarved chain contain­ bosun on the SS WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD ing several links, all made from Fairport, he has v'SwiSiSiSsa single piece of been sailihg SIU Sawvel wood, plus a in the steward 1 carved "ball in a Hosoital Benefits 11 9/^6 oo department since 1951. Born in block" gadget 1925, he lives at Moravia, Iowa. 1 also cut out of Death Benefits Hans Skalagaard (oils): Winner one piece of 1 of a special award in oils for his e>o Disability Benefits 1 / wood. painting of a sailing ship^ he has R. C. Kienost ! Maternity Benefits 1 been a member of the SIU since (oils): Bom in 1943. He sails in the deck depart­ Switzerl and in Vacation Benefits | wmmmmrnm ment and was bom in Denmark in 1893, he has been King /' 1924. He tied for a third prize in Total ii ' / 7/^ ^76 a member of the oils in the 1953 SIU since 1938. A resident of Mt. Pleasant Beach, Maryland, he sails contest. Bert Suall WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY in the steward department. His (drawings): Sail­ painting was of a floral display. Morris R. King (oils): A member ing in the deck of the SIU since 1945, he sails in departm e n t on Hosoital Benefits Paid Since July 1. 1950 • || the engine department. Bom in SIU sljips sinc^ 195^ he is a Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950* II 97F 0/da 4<3|| Louisiana in 1926, he now lives in New Orleans. His paintings were native of Brook­ Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 * "A Portrait of Wessels," a fellow lyn and was bom there in 1930. crewmemher at" one time, and "At Maternify Benefits Paid Since Aoril 1. 1952 * Thome Monte," showing His entry this year was an abstract crayon de­ a vessel in MonVacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 * sign. He won second prize in wativideo. Total • r ' ' James Lewis tercolors in 1953. John Tarkov (oils): Tied for flrst (handic rafts): * bate Benefits Becan H ' Winner of a spe- prize in oils with his entry titled "Life of A Lfttle Boy," a landscape c i a 1 award in handicrafts for a showing a little boy romping WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS hand-made knot­ through the country, he has been ted ladies' hand­ a member of the SIU since 1943. bag, he is pres­ Born in Russia in 1908, he sails in Vacation' Mallei ently hospitalized the deck department and makes Cash on Hand ' at the USPHS hospital, Manhattan his home in Jackson Heights, NY. JtC j Sal Terracina (handicrafts): Sail­ Beach, Brooklyn, NY. Born in Mas­ . o . .. Vacation sachusetts in 1897, he has sailed in ing in the steward department on, Estimated Accounts Receiyable the deck department on SIU ships SIU ships since 1951, he was born since 1951. in New Jersey in 1911 and now US Goyernment Bonds (Welfare) JPO?| Norman Maffei (oils): Presented makes his home in NY. His en­ with a special award in oils for his tries were four hand-made masks Real Estate (Welfare) painting titled "Trouble At The of Oriental figures copied from Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) Shape-up," illustrating a water­ photographs he has taken in Asiar //9oLa front brawl, he is a member of the He has had a sideline of making 1 TOTAL ASSETS || SIU since 1947. Bom in NY in similar masks for several years. Allan Thome (oils): Sailing in 1923, he now lives in Franklinsville, NY, and sails in the deck de­ the deck department, he has been partment. He tied for third prize a member of the SIU since 1942, in oils in 1953. and was born in NY in 1923. He Jacob Malenke (oils): Sailing now makes his home in Walpole, with the SIU since 1952 in the NH. His entries steward department, he was born included a still in Parkerford, Pa., in 1930 and life composition still has his home there. His en­ and a city street ^ tries included a nude, a ship paint­ scene. Pej;er Van Wying and one study of a Javanese mother and child. gerden (watercolJohn McLemore (oils): Born In ors): A member Mississippi in 1911, he has been a of the steward member of the SIU since 1939, and dep a r t ni e n t is a member of the deck depart­ aboard SIU ships Weisbrot ment. The first man to enter the since 1951, he contest this year, he missed the was bom in Rotterdam, Holland, 1953 competition by just a few in 1926, and now lives in NY. His days. His paint­ entries were four watercolor Stud­ ings pictured ies of Oriental figures. shipboard life I. C. Weisbrot (handicraft): Bom' SukmitUd A1 Kerr, AssistmtlTXdiiiiHistrator and a study of a in New York in 1920, he has been tanker in heavy sailing in the steward department seas. on SIU ships since 1951 and now Alfred Pfeifer makes his home in New Orleans, (handic raft s): La. His entry was a hand-made Winner of the plate for printing greeting cards first prize in and samples of the finished greet­ All these are yours without contributing a single nickel on your part — Colliectlng SIU bene­ bandicrafts, 'he ing card. He won first prize in fits is easy, whether it's for hospital, birth, disability or death— You $et first-rate personal ,5 (3 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION. PLANS co\ ' ®*®ll oA aA 1 1 COMMBNTSi During the month of I;/Iay the Flan paid out lA Death Bene­ fits, making a total for the year, so far, of 92. The Plan also paid out 817 Hospital Benefits during the month of May making a jrear to date total of ^^533. The amount of Mater­ nity Benefits paid for the month was 31# which gives the Flan a year to date total of 223. The Scholarship Awards Committee, composed of 5 college professorsi will meet tomorrow to assist the Trustees in selecting U winners of the Seafarers' scholarships for the year 195A, out of the 11 eligible applicants. /K . Mf?- • and, remember this service iiriro^ately though yp^Uni^^ > I? �June 25, 1954 SEAFAREri^S Pare Nfn* LOG 1 SEAFARERS The Ward Line will soon orAer five (oreifn-buiit specially-designed freighters for Its New Tork-Mexico service, it was learned recently. The 6,300-ton doubte-rigged ships will replace the foreign-flag ships the line has recently chartered for the trade. The ships are expected to be in service by early 1956. Bids from German and Dutch shipyards are being studied now for the new ships, to be of 350,000-baIe capacity with 50,000 #ubic feet of reefer space and a speed of 16 knots. •i*. I One of the seaman's more considerable concerns, after chow and working condition;, is weather. That's one thing that the Seafarer can look forward to plenty of. For what may be just an ordinary breeze on land may become a problem offshore where the openness of the ocean and the effects of wind on water multiply the weather problem Television sets are becoming many times over. • 4> ~ Weather problems are compounded by the rotation of the earth as quite the thing it seems, both on The Italian Line has begun to book passengers on its newest liner, well, so that there are certain well defined patterns in the southern coastwise and offshore ships, with the Cristoforo Colombo, which is scheduled to make her maiden voy­ and northern hemispheres, as well as local weather patterns which age to New York late In July. Word from Genoa reports that the a good number of crews chipping are the result of warm and cold currents, nearby land masses and 29,100-ton vessel had exceeded by four-tenths of a knot the speed trial in to provide for electronic enter­ other factors. mark of her sister ship, the Andrea Doria.. The Senate Appropria­ tainment as long as the ship is Atmospheric Pressure tions Committee has instructed officials handling military ship­ running coastwise or getting into While weather prediction is still a long way from being an exact building contract awards to make allowance for cost differentials bescience, there are certain basic rules which help us understand what's twee"n"tTirE7srand"west "co"asTs7 The "a'ctTo'n'wiirincrlase within range of a TV receiver, going on. To begin with, winds, which are nothing more than air cur­ Rigged Antenna ties for West Coast operators to participate in the shipbuilding program. rents, tend to circle regions where the atmospheric pressure is above The gang on the Steel Rover or below-the average of 14.7 pounds per square inch at sea-level. 4" 4 • 4 (Isthmian) chipped in to get a set,, Where the pressure is high, the wind will blow clockwise around the The problem of visas forToreign seamen, who will need them next and chief electrician William B. An­ high-pressure regions." This is true only for the northern hemisphere. year ^ they sail on ships coming to this country, will be discussed by drews took on the job of insialling South of the equator, the directions are reversed. the Seafarers' Section of the International Transportworkers Federa­ the antenna and rigging it to the Consequently, in the northern hemisphere, when standing with back tion in London next month. The requirement that all foreign seamen king post in such a way as not to to the wind, the low-pressure area will be at the left and the highcoming to the United States must have passports and visas is part of interfere with any other shipboard pressure at the right. The reverse holds true again, south of th» the McCarran-Walter Immigration Act. It will become effective next operation. equator. June. Previously, seamen needed no more than their regular shipping The standard weather mdp is marked up with isobars, which are According to the crew he did a papers to gain permission for shore leave here. neat and permanent job which was simply lines connecting all points of equal pressure on the surface 4 4 4 to the satisfaction of all parties covered by the map. Winds will blow parallel to these isobars. Where Round-the-clock inspection of ships at Quarantine, long sought by concerned, including the men who the isobars are close together, indicating varying pressures within a the shipping industry, moved a step closer to realization as the Inter­ look for good TV reception any­ narrow range, the winds will be strong and produce rough seas. , Wind Belts state and Foreign Commerce Committee of the House repor^d favor­ where in range of a station. Because of the fixed position of the continents, the tilt of the axis Andrews, who has been an SlU ably on a bill that would provide the service. United States Public Health officers, charged with the ship examinations, now work only member for almost 10 years, and the standard orbit of the earth's rotation, the seas can be divided between 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM. Vessels arriving later are forced to wait joined the ^Union in the Port of into wind belts, which are irregular in width and shift with the sea­ for clearance until the next day; a requirement that shipowners say costs New York. He's 61 years of age sons. Well-known to every seaman, they are the doldrums, the area the industry hundredi^'of thousands of dollars annually. The new bill and comes originally from the of the trade winds and the horse latitudes. The doldrums cover a belt of 10 to 20 degrees in width centered on Emerald Isle. calls for 24-hour inspections. the equator. Throughout this area, sea-level atmospheric pressure is . -4 4 4 4 4 4 below normal and the entire area is characterized by heavy, humidity, American shipbuilders believe that President Eisenhower's budget Crewmembers of the Monarch afternoon showers, cloudiness and light winds. The horse latitudes request of $81,600,000 in supplemental funds for merchant ship con­ of the Seas (Waterman) feel they are centered at around 30 degrees north and are regions of above struction holds little promise for immediate aid to the industry's got a good thing away from the normal pressure. Here there are light, variable winds and partly present depressed condition. The request calls for the eonstruc- rival Mobile outfit, Alcoa Steam­ cloudy skies. A similar belt exists in the southern hemisphere. Be­ tion of four passenger liners and 10 tankers-,. .John J. McMullen has ship Company, when Seafarer tween the doldrums and the horse latitudes blow the northeast and been appointed chief of the Maritime Administration's office of ship John. Roberts shipped out .with southeast trade winds. Between winter and summer-the area of th» construction ana repair It was announced recently. He succeeds Capt. them as steward. Roberts, the trades will shift approximately 10 degrees, moving northward with R. L. Hicks, who resigned the post April 30. crew said, used to sail steward on the sun. Alcoa passenger ships but now is At 60 degrees north or south below-normal pressure over the oceans 4 4 4 - ' eminently satisfying Seafarers' ap­ is pretty well standard. Storms, high winds and cloudy skies are uni­ Deep sea trawling for lobsters might mean the salvation of the fast- petites on the Waterman Line versal. In tne northern hemisphere, the area of the prevailing wester­ diminishing New England lobster trade, the director of the Massa­ freighter. lies lies between the northern limit of the horse latitudes and the chusetts State Division of Marine Fisheries has reported. Fish buyers storm belt of low pressure. Their equivalents in the southern hemi­ ' ^Joined In Miami were favorably impressed by the operation of the dragger Sea Hawk Roberts is an oldtimer with the_ sphere, the_ roaring forties, are much stronger because there are noT" now engaged in deep ^ea lobstering off distant fishing grounds. The SlU, joining the Union in Miami" great land masses to block the wind. Sea Hawk averages a weekly catch of 3,500 pounds of lobsters for her way back in January, 1939, just a Monsoon Pattern five-day trips, keeping the lobsters alive in. a huge tank on her deck. couple of months after it was or­ There are also local wind and storm patterns of persistent char­ 4 4 4 ganized. acter. In the Indian Ocean near the coast, a reversible wind is found, Three Filipino cadet-midshipmen received their degrees in a special He's a native of Florida, 41 the monsoon. In the summer, it. is a strong southwest wind accom­ "pier-head" jump graduation ceremony yesterday at the United States years old, and lives in St. Peters­ panied by rain. In the winter, it is a northerly dry wind from the in­ Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, LI. The cadets were grad­ burg between trips. terior. Temperate zone storms, between the horse latitudes and lati­ uated in the presence of their entire class, which will 'not be graduated tude 60 degrees north or south, are tropical in origin. These extra4 4 4 until August 6. The three Filipino students were expedited through at tropical cyclones, as they are known, are accompanied by verj' low the request of their Government, which wants them bi^k as soon as Another steward who came in pressure and strong wind and rain. They will move 400 to 600 miles a possible for service in the Navy. for words of praise was James day traveling from west to east with a small northerly drift. In the 4 4 4 St Eichenberg of the northern hemisphere, these cyclones' blow counter-clockwise, and the Sea Cloud (Sea- reverse south of the equator. Arthur R. Kennedy, assistant to the vice president of the Bull Liner The.approach of a cyclone is shown by a rapidly falling barometer traders). C r e wreturning from a month's tour of Europe, declared that Spain offered with a pick-up in wind velocity from a southeasterly direction in the members. on the .. good opportunities for trade development, particularly in agricultural ship's last run northern hemisphere and a northeasterly direction in the southern hemi­ and road machinery, ..Traffic through the Port of New York in May , to Yugoslavia on sphere. A shift of the wind to westward heralds the end of the storm. brought less yield as compared with the previous month and a year more than one The entire tropical cyclone also tends to follow a big reverse curve. ago. The report listed 1,420 ship movements—694 ships arriving from occasion ex­ In the northern hemisphere they start out traveling toward the north­ abroad and 726 sailing to foreign .ports in May. American-flag ships pressed appreci­ west but then swing in direction to the northeast. In the southern accounted Sor only 473 of the total, ation of the fine hemisphere they head southwest and then southeast. This curve, of 4 4 4 menus and good course, is followed over many thousands of miles of ocean. Eichenberg food offered on The diameter of a storm of this kind varies from 200 miles up to A crew of thirteen men and natives was rescued from the 407-ton 1,000 mjjes. In the very center of the storm the air will be still but motor ship Nukalau five minutes before it sank 200 miles off the coast the ship. of New South Wales. Their distress signals were answered by the Eichenberg's a New Jersey the ocean stirred up by circling winds will be very confused. The most Australian steamer Fiona, which sprayed oil on the heavy seas to native, who will be 40 years old dangerous area of a cyclone, known as the dangerous semi-circle, is enable the rescue to be made... The Bethlehein Steel Corp.'s San Fran­ next week. He joined the SlU in the half of the storm to the right of its path in the north and to the cisco shipyard has been awarded the contract to convert the Evergreen Philadelphia on October 7, 1944, left in the south, because here the velocity of the winds within the Mariner to an attack transport for $6,497,150 in 334 calendar days, it and makes his home in Camden, storm and the movement of the entire storm itself are added to each was announced recently. other. NJ. Burly lit i'-: 'Fair And Possibly Stormy' ACTION Voice Of The Deep Dy Bernard Seaman i ^1 •jl I vtjl �SEAFARERS Vkge Tea m THE WAKE LOG June 25t 1954 ' MEET THE SEAFARER 'Juan Sebastian del Cano, who w»iS EEfWARD YANCEY, electrician^ captain of the only ship to last the Sailing since 1942, Edward Line runs. It's relatively clean, voyage and return to Spain, really Yancey, elecftrician, feels that the modern and offers food^nd enter­ deserves the honors, although del Question: What do you think of SIU can be credited with a lot tainment as close as you'll come to Cano did perform the feat in a having television sets aboard ship'f more than just improving the that of Stateside. single voyage. • working conditions and wages of Good Eating I. G. Cumming, cook: I think it's the Seafarer. t /t 4 The gals are pretty nice too he a fine thing for the boys, but it's • The Union has been able to admits, but he didn't dwell on the The rummage sales as we know dispel the long-time notion of the subject, switching instead to food. them today, in which odds and not practical. The general public that Seafarers were His favprite dish, which he never ends contributed to charitable and coastwise ships "just a bunch of roughnecks" that misses having when he is in civm groups are sold for the pur­ I've been on that television called no one place home and were Durban, is a heaping plate full of pose of raising funds, were first h a (i had a terrible near the bottom of the labO]:.heap. crayfish and asparagus tips for the held on piers to get rid of unclaim­ Now_.thb publie finally realizes grand sum (>f $1.25. It's really ed cargo. Rummage comes from time getting the that the average Seafarer is a "Mr. good eating iii any mAn's language the old French word argumer, sound, especially Solid Citizen," that he is a family and at an attractive price, Yancey which means tp arrange the cargo when the engine man, owns his own home in many in the hold of a ship, while run room's aft. B e says. cases, and has a little something or rum meant hold or room. The sides the picture Single now, Yancey lives in Con­ was almost never tucked away in the bank for that rummage idea carried ashore came necticut and runs up home on clear. On offshore ships it's not rainy day. from the helter-skelter arrange­ weekends when he's not sailing in Was In Navy ment and confusion relative to much use either. a big green Buick that is his pride & X^ stowing cargo aboard ship years Brother Yancey first joined the Jose Reyes, AB: It would be a Navy to see the world In 1942. and joy." You can see him often gone by.'The run today is the after part of a ship's bottom, which rises fine thing to have on coastwise After four months of boot training, times giving it a lick and a polish ships. The men the call went out for men to man outside the htill while h^'s waiting and narrows as it approaches the i 4 could see the the merchant fleet and he chose to between calls. stempost. The pinnace, a small, light vesUp To Date | baseball games go to sea as a Seafarer. ael, generally two-masted, and J. t and other shows, A fishing and hunting enthusiast His first berth was that of an •chooner-rigged, derived its name and they would oiler on a'trip to the Gulf ports. during his seaside leisure moments, Although Captain John Smith is from the lumber of which it was known best as a leader of the Eng­ be happier in One trip was enough to convince Yancey and a Seafarer-buddy own originally built, from the Latin lish colony established at James­ their off hours. him that if he had been a union a fishing lodge In Canada that they pinus, for pine tree. The pinnace town, Va., in 1607, it was he who I've seen it in op­ man on shore, there wasn't much try to get up to as often as they was often used as a tender for a also gave the group of states eration aboard sense in sailing on a non-union can. * larger sailing vessel, and was known as New England their name. ship, and the re­ ship. Not really in the wilds, it is a sometimes propelled entirely by His book, entitled "A Description ception has-been Born in Chicago, he first started fine place to get away from it all, oars .. . Scandalize, an old nautical of New En^and," which was pub­ very good. We ought to try to get working when he was 15 as an and the fishing is really good when term, haS nothing to do with scan­ lished in 1616 after he had demon­ television on all coastwise ships. apprentice tuck pointer and build­ they get around to dropping 8 line dal, in terms of gossip, but stems strated the potential of the fishing 4 t i ing cleaner. (A "tiick pointer" is in the water. Generally they go up from scantle, the short form of industry in the area, used the Henry M. Robinson, chief elec­ a man who replaces loose cement and loaf around, taking it easy and scant, short or brief. When a sailor name for the first time. New Eng­ getting most of their exercise bend­ "scandalized the mainsail," he re­ land eventually did become one of trician: It would be a beautiful on brick buildings.) ing an elbow over a good two-inch Tankers Tough duced its ^rea by lowering the the leading fishing regions in the thing, as long as the crew left the steak. Just hearing Yancey de­ peak and hauling up the tack. Yancey says he found boot train­ world, as a result of Smith's view repairs and scribe how he specially fixes his ing rather tame compared with on the prospects for settlement maintenance to I' shipping on. a tanker in some of the steak is enough to make your in New England. the radio opera­ ' convoys to the North Atlantic and mouth water. While it is true that Ferdinand tor. I think we One of the most loyal readers of 4, i t to North Africa. Magellan did not actually circum­ ought to have it He claims he was ;ust plain the SEAFARERS LOG, Yancey The triangular tract of land that on all ships. They navigate the earth because he was lucky since he never lost a ship says, he is also a helpful critic. He often forms at the mouth of a killed in the Philippines before his have television although they had a couple of runs says he .never misses an issue and famous voyage Was completed, river is called a delta because in channels in Eu­ ,for their money. On one trip to finds the pi^er brings him up to some historians argue that he did outline it resembles delta, the rope .and the go almost completely around the fourth letter of the Greek alpha­ West Indies, and we could enjoy it Africa his ship was forced to run date with what's going on of in­ and-hide in the Persian Gulf., An­ terest to the Seafarer. world—although in two separate bet, which is shaped like a small for a week or so coastwise. other time a Japanese sub was hot However, Yancey says, with .so trips nearly ten years apart. When triangle and corresponds to the let­ i t . on the ship's tail on a trip to Chitmany of the men interested in the Portuguese navigator was ter "D" in English. Delta in this Frederick Lewis, steward: In my killed in 1521, he had sailed west sense was originally applied by the opinion it's a good idea on coast­ tagong, India, and they sought basebair--and sports and not near to a point 124* -longtitude East of Greeks to the three-cornered tract wise ships, but shelter in the Indian Ocean. But a radio or newspopers for long Greenwich. In 1512, however, it of land formed by the diverging if the ship's like he says, no hits, two runs and periods at a time, he would like to, see pccasiortally printed the Is said Magellan sailed as far east mouths of the Nile and seacoast. going foreign he was really luckS^. He must like Durban, South standings of the various teams as as Banda Island, East Indonesia, The Mississippi, Danube, Rhine there probably In the Moluccas, which is about and Indus are other great rivers of wouldn't be any Africa, the wais he talks about the well as the latest happenings in the 130° longtitude East. The argu­ the world that have clearly-defined reception. Never­ town which is pretty much a uni­ leagues. ThinkA It would help a lot ' ment therefore is that he, not deltas. theless, we ought form feeling among men on Robin and really be appreciated. to try it out and see what kind' of results we get. It's- fine enter­ tainment, and it gives the menHhe 20. Speckled 30. Long knife ACROSS 4. Kind of The United States severed diplo­ platform was adopted and the feeling they're still at home. groupers cigarette 1. Kind of cargo 33. Undirected matic relations with Finland charg­ gathering was addressed by ex4. Cleaning agent 5. Musical drama 21. Region t t Endured 36. 22. What. roUIng 8. Erie or Huron 8. Breeze William A. Roesch, wiper: I'd ing the Helsinki Government had President Herbert Hoover and stone doesn't 7. Transit from 38. Every 12. Former relief gather one place to 40. Bow agency like to see television sets aboard entered into a military partnership Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce, Repre­ another 24. Covers with 42. Complain 13. Port on Upolu with Germany to fight the Allies sentative from Connecticut. Gov. all our ships, gold paint 43. Russian hemp 8. Dodger pitcher 14. Seed cover of the United States on the side of Thomas E. Dewey, of New York, Kind of cargo Russian inland 44. Very small New cargo 9. 15. whether they're ship sea amount. ships the enemy . . . Allied planes was nominated for the Presidency, coastwise or deep Outside the 46. Freezes 17. False move by 19. Murder bombed oil refineries near Buda­ receiving the Votes of all but one bulwarks Members of 49. Age pitcher 11. sea. No doubt BPOE Russian moun­ 50. No 18. Tie up pest, rail yards and ^Plants in delegate. the reception tain range 51. Definite articl* 19. Helpers of con 16. Charged Hungary and Yugoslavia. In the particles men would be better (Puzzle Answer On Page 20) 21. Egyptian deity Pas-de-Calais area they bombed coastwise, but 23. Another time 1 2 the robot bomb launching plat­ In Normandy the Allies pushed about 25. even deep sea 27. Lake fire forms which were sending buzz- across the Odon River to the west ships travel along 12 81. Eastern bombs to London. of Caen . . . "The area of Lpndon," Standard Time; the coast for a Abbr. a Berlin communique said, "is in­ 15 while, and there Governed X cessantly subjected to heavy fire 34. Vase are telecasts from countries in EUP 35. Lake Superior The battle for Cher­ The National Labor Relations by V-l's'^ . rope and the West Indies. port bourg was noted by the Allies as Board announced that the NMU 87. Bristles 4 t it 89. Accumulate practically oVer when" in the rain had failed in its attempt, to Frank Young, bosun: On coast­ seaman 41. 43. Former Italian wise ships it's a fine idea, but I'd carry the > Pittsburgh Steamship and chill wind, , Allied troops Prime Minister prefer to see us Company's.steel-ore carrying fleet. mopped up the port niaking it pos­ 45. Island in cen­ tral Azores concentrate o n The vote was 720 for the NMU and sible to. open up true .port facili­ 47. Mob fight getting , good 889 against ... A tornado swept ties for the first time. 48. Kind of ship standard short western Pennsylvania, north-cen­ 82. Poker bet • S3. Cleveland'* wave equipmeiit tral West 'Virginia and Maryland, lake A lease was signed by the SIU's oh deep sea killing 153 or more persons and 84. Cheer 85. Part of a A&G District for QeW headquar­ injuring more than1,000; it cost ships, where necklace regular 'Centact $5 million in property damage,. • ters of the district in Ne.w '^rk. 84. Datives: Abbr. •7. -Stain The new building was locate^ at with the rest of * t * 51 Beaver Street, some few blocks DOWN . the worfd is more Democrat: from the old address at 2' Stone Th* Republican National Gbnimportant. Men Abbr.. on coastwlsh ships can get a paper TcnUon met ha Chicago. Gov. Earl Street, and offered five floors of Big naihe' ln rgdto. ' ..--ri f /, f ei'CFy couple of days. Deep sea you C. " Warren, of - California;v was facilities for use by the member.{ «. Flshllljf -.is chosen temporary. ..chairman. *A ^Ipii.-,; England According to a popular story, •tateroom as applied to the pas­ senger compartment on a ship originated about 1844 when Cap­ tain Henry M. Shreve, after whom Shreveport, La., was named, had cabins 'built oOi his steamboat and named them after the states bor­ dering on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. The cabins were called "the states" at first, and finally were known as "State rooms." But stateroom was applied to a ship compartment as early as 1660 in England, so it is likely that Shreve's scheme of naming his cabins was actually suggested by the word stateroom itself. The original stateroom was a ^oom in a palace or hotel that was specially decorated and used only on state or ceremonial occasions, or on early vessels for wealthy and dis­ tinguished travelers. TEN TEARS AGO ^1 ^ 1 �June 2&. 1»S4 SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven SEAFARERS# LOG JHII* 25, 1*54 *Mfe// Done, Brofhersl Vol. XVi, No. 13 Published biweekly by the Seafarers -International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAUL HALL. Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HEHBEPT BRAND; Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff' Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, At MASKIN, NORMAN SMITH, Gulf Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. M •^1 SIU Scholars Announcement of the winners of four $6,000 SIU college scholarships this week marks another major milestone for the SIU, one of many the Union has achieved in its short history. First inaugurated last year, the program has already sent four children of Seafarers to the college of their choice for four years of study and, this fall, three active Seafarers will be €ntei;ing school with the aid of the Union grants, along with the fourth 1954 winner, the son of an SIU member. Events like this are invariably the occasion for a^ revival of comparisons between the present and "the old days," as oldtimers vie in remembering the different benefits thought "unattainable" then, many of which have, in large part, been realized in recent years. It is certainly a mark of forward progress when the sons and daughters of seamen, and seamen themselves for that matter, can have the opportunity for a college education un­ der Union auspices. Imese are the pipedreams of years ago actually come to life. Moreover, the fact that three Seafarers are among the for­ tunate scholarship award winners this year demonstrates again that SIU men have skills that go far beyond those sim­ ply required oil the job. Competing with young men and women fresh out of high school, these professional seamen have made their mark the hard way. We wish them all a smooth trip on the seas of learning. - New Passenger Run? A proposal that has come to light in Washington concern­ ing possible conversion of Mariner ships for.pasenger use is certain to attract a good deal of interest in maritime cir­ cles. It is no secret that the Government is anxious to unload some of the Mariners for commercial purposes and that few shipowners have indicated any great interest along those lines. However, now the Maritime Administration has before it a request by Arnold Bernstein, a veteran shipping operator, for a charter on two of the Mariners to be used in one-class North Atlantic passenger seryice. The Bernstein proppsal has merit from two points of view. For one thing, the; Government, particularly the Defense De= partment, has been concerned about the shortage of passenger ship facilities. Secondly, it would provide a type of passenger service that up until now has been pretty well monopolized by foreign flags. As a matter of fact, once before Bernstein had a similar ap­ plication approved by the Maritime Administration, but the outbreak of the Korean War put a stop to that. In its-previous attempts to sell the Mariners, the Maritime Administration had been negotiating With Moore-McCormack Lines to take two Mariners for their South American pas­ senger service. The plans fell through when the company decided that the Mariners would not be suitable for its pur­ poses. No doubt then, the Maritime Administration is going to give careful consideration to Bernstein's proposal to see if it measures up to the country's long-range program for more passenger ships—a program that has solid support from all sections of maritime. Opening The Door The green Jight given the House Merchant Marine Committee to a bill-already passed by the Senate to permit the sale of 12 C-l-type vessels to Brazil, is, we hope, still going to undergo a lot of scrutiny in the lower chamber before it winds lip in the hands of the President. The measure would be the first successful effort to reopen the long-expired Ship Sales Act governing the sale of Gov­ ernment owned vessels at a time when it would appear to be in the best interest of the United States to keep as many ships for its Own potential use as possible. , ;Alfhough Briizil is admittedly a jpower friendly to the US, tjie obvious fact is that in permitting'this salft th^ Congress would be. setting a precedent for equally s^enuous pleas.op, behalf of sother iaations, with the end-result .that jth^ US mer-. chant marine would be sweliorwed up wholes>»••> •: Sings Praises Of Seamen^s Ciuh To the Editor: I was very anxious to visit the new USSC in Yokohama, Japan, for that is what I call home when I happen to be here. It has been at its new location for just about one year. A huge living room is located in the main floor facing the entrance, where they boast, besides taste­ fully arranged furniture, a nice big TV set. That may not seem news to most of us back home, but since TV is just a babe in this part of the world if is quite a luxury. The main living room, counter service, souvenir shop, mail laun­ dry, and checking service, and three small offices are also located on the main floor. Ending a 35-day strike, 2,700 bus was the learning period to 160 Photo Lab and trolley operators on Pitts­ hours, at not less than 63 cents Stepping down to the basement we found the ping pong and bil­ burgh's mala transportation sys­ an hour, for all machine operations liard tables, the barber, tailor, tem gained a nine-cent increase to other than sewing machine operat­ shoe shine shop and the photo lab, put the basic wage at $2.01 an ing and all pressing operations ex­ which is in charge of Konni Okawa hour. That equals the Boston scale, cept final pressing. For the two ex­ and two of his daughters, Kitty highest in the country. The new ceptions the learning period will and Kenny. They develop and contract, ratified by the Street, continue to be 480 hours. Indus­ print all of our films as well as Electric Railway & Motor Coach try divisions included are single the ones they shoot on the club's Employees local by a vote of 1,282 pants, shirts and allied garments, to 172, freezes into the wage struc­ sportswear and other odd outer­ premises, in about one hour. ture a six-cent cost-of-living bonus wear, rainwear, robes, and leather Kenny and Kitty Okawa are to on top of the old basic rate of $1.92 and sheep-lined garments, be thanked for the good work they and adds three cents more. The did on developing the pictures re­ one-year contract is retroactive to 4" cently taken of the club and which May 1. Top minimum wage scqles were appeared in the last issue of the boosted to $115 from $113 for edi­ LOG. t 4» i torial and business department On the top floor is the enormous Wage boosts ranging from 5-27f2 employees of the Cincinnati-Post, bar and grill. There is room for cents an hour were gained by Ma­ Cincinnati, O., in a contract nego­ dancing and floor shows here, with chinists in Springfield, Mo., in re­ tiated by the Newspaper Guild. In­ the latter being performed twice cent negotiations with six plants creases ranging from $1.50 to $3 nightly by just about the best per­ for contract renewals. Firms in­ a week were retroactive to March 1. formers around town. 1 was lucky cluded Reynolds Manufacturing 4 4 4 to see some very unusual numbers Co., Acme Foundry & Machine Co. in classical dancing and in oriental and Monarch Machine Co. After a campaign extending over juggling that I would like to rec­ many months, firemen of Bingommend to TV scouts. hamton, NY, represented by Fire Two new agreements were sign­ Two Orchestras ed by the Communications Work­ Fighters Local 729, gained a 56Jimmy and the Jamboliers and ers of American with units of the hour woi'k week instead of putting the Hawaiian Band and the Melody Bell System, providing pay boosts in 72 hours on the job. The two-pla­ Sisters still pirovide the music for 7,45.0 members. A package in­ toon system in use gave way to nightly. They play a good number crease of 6.6 cents an hour, of three. Each platoon works 24 hours of requests nightly, with Besame which .7 cents was in fringe items, on and 24 hours off for three days Mucho and Japanese Rhumba still was won for 6,200 workers at 29 and then has four consecutive 24the No. 1 requests. 1 do love the distributing centers of the West­ hour days off. After a cycle of first played by Jimmy and his or­ ern Electric sales system through­ nine weeks, that averages 56 hours chestra, but when it comes to the out the country. Three distributing a week, Japanese Rhumba, 1 prefer the houses, in Philadelphia, St. Louis 4 4 4 Hawaiian Band with the Melody and Milwaukee, were upgraded. At Believed to be the first contract Sisters and their guitars. Bell Laboratories, 1,250 workers I was shown around the build­ got increases averaging 6.4 cents on the Pacific Coast containing the provision. International Brother­ ing by Mr. Williams who is the an hour dating back to May 30. hood of Electrical Workers Local head man here in Yokohama and 4" 4" 125 of Portland, Ore., won an who is the same USS officer who A pay increase of 25 cents an agreement for a day off on the opened the club in Naha, Okinawa, in . 1951. Miss Galgas, who is new hour was won by 7,500 members of birthday of any employee of the to me, was also very cooperative in nine Bricklayer locals in a new Pacific Power & Light Company. helping me get acquainted with the wage, agreement with 90 construc­ If the birthday occurs on a week­ represented by the end, the employee can take off the new surroundings and arrange­ tion firms Building Contractors and Mason following Monday or the preced­ ments'. Builders Association of New York, ing Friday; if it's on a paid holiday Roof Romance he adds the day before or after Even the roof here looks nice putting the new rate at $3.80 an to his time off and his vacation is hour. The pact, which covers jobs and they are going to make, use of lengthened by a day if the birth­ it too, for they intend to have a in Nassau County and parts of Suf­ day falls in that period. folk as well as New York City, also roof terrace so that dancing can be done a little more romantically provides for an increase of em­ t 4 4 under the moonlight during the ployer welfare fund contributions Higher wage rates and improved to 4 percent of payroll from 3V^ spmmer. . working conditions went into effect. As usual, they also handle many percent.' June 1. for about 35,006 Western • ir t seamen's problems, regardless of Union Telegraph employees repre;. their qatipnality and uhiqn affiliaLearners in most divisions of the sented by the AFL CommtrciaL tlpn. That alone makes for one pi apparel industry will come under Telegraphers Union. The pay hikes the hest .reasons why many, of uii higher wage yalies — 63 and 70; ranged from five cents to 21 cents believe.,that .this, organization, is cents an hour,in place of 60 ant^ per hour for hourly rated einployhere |pr A io.nf tjipe tp cpijnie^ , , • " " "le Pepajlment ^nd $8 pfr n^onth minimum for f Lnls RamlreoK t; �':^m Vac* Twelve If, V-- SEAFARER'S tdG JmaltrtB, 1951 Jane U, ifU. M' ' p?-'\ #' ^'-4 pi""" ii m : \\ : • ya p5'>wp'# ..... e r m ... ,, Once again the SlU has put on display the products of Sea­ farers whose talents go beyond j[heir acknowledged on-the-job skills. A representative collection of paintings, drawings and handicrafts entered in the 3rd Annual SlU Art Contest under­ went the scrutiny of a panel of judges on June 15 with the result that the winning Seafarers have been awarded fhe certificates and handsome prizes pictured on the left. y yfe O-r. :.:v- • V "; y Shown on this page are some of the Seafarers and several of -the entries which mode up the 1954 contest. II •: -^r~. ..iv^ ^ Ti . «.V,. V-'-; y • • lli^piipsii i'. Group at Manhattan Beach hospital gitthers around entries by patients, two of which were winners. Shown are James Lewis' (handbag), woven floral design by Antonio Diaz, John Holokai (place mats). Diaz (not shown) was winner, as was Lewis. '^"yiyyy -.V .*••. •• •• LOG editor Herb Brand (right, light shirt) presents awards at headquarters membership i^eting to three of the winners (left to right): John Tarkov, oils; Alfred Pfeifer, handicrafts; and James Byrne, drawings. Prizes were engraved cigarette lighters. '•••" ~ :" -V vfi iii •**- . SSSi:;® •- Ji «fi!»«iiiiiii msmsp wmm .sisiMis?® lif llflM ^ ^-1 t j jj 1 i iisif • - "'Si;'!:— L ' r' I /•' - '/ \ plllilli '"i 5 'if- ^ a '"" Seafarers at headquarters look over ome of the oil paintings on display. Oils pre* dominated in the contest with the r suit that the judges made most of the awards in that category. I > - x" I Richard Howell shows his ingenious woodenchain link carved out of one piece of wood with no joints. 'wm0 G. L. Pitour put a scene in Aix en Provence on canvas during a recent vacation visit to his native France. •1 I iiiiiiiiii iiililv liliiiir: piiilp lifiili • i.; J I-; Ij?,;/ Seafarer Leif Hope displays his two prize­ winners in oils and watercolors r e s p e c tiyely, Hope was first ' ^traht eVer tb; take '' ly^viJV-y'iyvtwo awards.^ ••••:-, '/: • -•-"-'S." -v' "• '- • • . *1 . ?;Museufn; Bernard Seaman, LOG art editor; Jerome Snyder, art t Jacob Malehke painted this familiar seafaring % i^ne showing a square-rigger vnda a full - press'of MIL """' ^v- 'c: No exhibit is complete without a sb^i model such as the one of a merchant.vessel displayed here'by John Antbhikih. �.-r-,;.' • • SEAFARERS LOC Pare Fonrten poftr juspojtiv Jane 25, 1954 Intransit hera wera tha Alcoa Mobik; bill and really tore his opponents New Orleans: Corsair, Alcoa Pennant, Alcoa to bits. Cavalier and Alcoa Pilgrim (A1 Senator Sockrider is from Lake coa); Steel Traveler (Isthmian) Charles and is a contractor, but Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana his record in dealing with labor is (Seatrain); LaSalle, Hastings, Clai 100 per cent okay. He is one of the Seafarers who expect to be in borne, Arizpa, Warhawk and Mon­ Shipping has picked up consider­ few that realize that labor put him Shipping in the port for the last ably in Galveston during the past in and can take him out. However, New Orleans during the July 4th arch of the Seas (Waterman), couple of weeks remained pretty two weeks, and it looks as if |it he is also a working man himself, weekend are all set to enjoy the iClargaret Brown (Bloomfield) and steady, with 132 men shipped to having come up the hard way from annual picnic in this city given by Salem Maritime (Cities Service). regular jobs and 106 shipped to will continue that way. Rumors Surround Seatrain a laborer's job. relief jobs in and around the har­ the crew of the Del Sud (Missis­ Paying off during this period The Seatrain New Orleans, which bor. There were 12 payoffs," seven Seafarer Of The Week sippi). were the Marie Hamil (Bloomfield) We nominate for Seafarer of the The picnic originally was has been tied in the willows at sign-ons and five ships in transit and the Julesburg (Terminal Tank­ for the two week period. All the ers). The Margaret Brown (Bloom- Week Brother C. M. Silcox who planned for May, but was post­ Belle Chasse for at the present time is enjoying the poned when the Del Sud unexpect­ several years, payoffs were in good shape with field) signed on. was the subject only minor beefs that were settled In transit during this period sunshine around these here parts edly sailed coastwise to Texas in­ of a whole fleet prior to payoff. were the Albion and Catherine while waiting for a coastwise ship. stead of spending the customary of rumors when Paying off were .the Warrior, (Drytrans); Hastings and Arizpa He ships as an AB maintenance week in New Orleans at the* end she was towed and says that under the fine con­ Claiborne, Arizpa, Hastings, Mon­ of her South American run. (Waterman); Del arch of the Sea and Andrew Jack­ The Del Sud is due to return to into drydock for Aires and Del ditions we enjoy, he can work six her annual bot­ son, (Waterman), and the Alcoa Monte "(Missis­ or seven months a year and still her home port July 1. The picnic tom scraping. have plenty of time to fish. Cavalier, Pointer, Pilgrim, Roamer, is planned for July 3 at Audubon sippi); Steel Ex­ 'We now have back with us, after Park and will be a big day for all, The rumors had Clipper, and Patriot, all of Alcoa. ecutive (Is t ha trip to the Far East, the one and with a baseball game, various con­ her crewing up Sign-ons included the Arizpa, Foster mian); Alexandra Pointer, Pilgrim, Hastings, War(Carras); South- only A. G. "Tex" Alexander, bet­ tests, vaudeville and acrobatic acts, for nearly every port in the world, with Indo China em Districts ter known locally as the Mayor of and music for dancing by Papa and Guatemala getting priority on hawk, Roamer and Patriot. IJighway 90 West. Celestine's famed Dixieland band. (Southern Steam­ In Transit Vessels the scuttlebutt. Speculation sub­ We have but one man in the hos­ Anti-Union Bill Passed ship); Republic In transit were the De Soto and Despite the vigorous opposition sided, however, when the ship was Iberville, (Waterman); the Robin (Trafalgar); Mae pital at the time of this writing, Markopolo (Bull); Seatrains Thad Foster. Foster was injured of trade unionists throughout towed back to her berth in the Gray (Seas Shipping); the Steel Texas, New Jersey, Savannah and when thrown from a horse. We are Louisiana, a so-called "right-to- willows, where she remains as a Executive (Istlimlan) and the work" bill was passed by the State floating advertisement of the Sea­ Gateway City (Waterman). New York (Seatrain), and Royal hoping for his speedy recovery. Leroy Clarke Senate, 22-14. The bill is actually train Terminal at Belle Chasse. Oak iind Logans Fort (Cities Serv­ For our Seafarer of the week we Lindsey J. WiUiams Lake Charles Fort Agent an anti-union shop measure de­ ice). nominate Brother Harry K. Long New Orleans Fort Agent signed to strip labor-management 4 4 4. Men in the marine hospital are who joined the SIU in 1945 and contracts of all union security pro­ 4 4 4 H. Strickland, T. Gutierrez, C. Las- Seattle: usually ships out of the port as a visions. siter, J. Markopolo, C. Decker, A. second cook. Brother Long is Philadelphia: • Seafarers who live in Louisiana Hancock, C. Barbosa, W. Bargone, married and has two children and and ship out of New Orleans con­ J. Brandon, C. Goodwyn, W. Bergis expecting a third shortly. At ducted a letter writing campaign guist, J. Slocum and H. Manuel. present, he is working in the Alcoa to inform legislators from their Keith Alsop shore gang while awaiting the Seattle again reports that ship­ parishes of their opposition to the Galveston Foil; Agent arrival of the blessed event. ping is in top form with the men bill and the damage it will inflict His favorite sport is watching the At this time, the bottom has 4) it 4able to pick their jobs, either on on Louisiana's economy. greyhounds run over at the Pen-" dropped completely out of every­ Lake Charles: For the information of Seafar­ intercoastal or Far East runs. The thing, yet we maintain a better sacola dog track and so far he has future looks as though it will con­ ers, Orleans Parish senators who hope for the future as we have the been pretty lucky. Long's brother voted for the bill and against labor Longview Victory (Victory Car­ is also an SIU bbokman who ships tinue to be bright for this port. Ships paying off in the past two were Senators Ainsworth, Eustace riers) and the Yorkmar (Calmar) as an AB or bosun. week period were the Ocean Nimet and Richards. Those who voted expected in shortly for payoffs and Maternity Benefit (Ocean Trans) and Kyska (Water­ against the bill were Deichmann, to the bgst pf our knowledge they Long thinks one of the greatest Reporting in from way down man). Signing on was the Liberty Howard, MacHauer, Mahoney and are Imth going to take the better benefits of the Welfare Plan is the amongst the magnolias, crawfish Bell (Tramp Cargo). Seeber. maternity benefit for it gives help part of full crews. and swamps of nature's wonderful Foster Out of Hospital Those ships in transit were the when it is needed. Southwest Louisiana, we report Alcoa Pioneer (Alcoa); the SeaShips paid off were the Logans Former shipmates of „ Brother The big news around the port that things have been awful quiet comet II (Ocean Carriers) and the Ben Foster, one of the real old- Fort and Winter Hill (Cities Serv­ of course is the recent pay increase so far as shipping is concerned. Alamar (Calmar). timers in the Union, will be happy ice), and the Seagarden (Pennin. reported in the LOG. All of the We have had quite a few ships in Navigation). to leam that he finally has been Only Minor Beefs port but the boys are still sticking Signing on were the Winter Hill brothers on the beach can be seen The majority of ships in transit discharged from the USPHS Hos­ pretty close. and,, Logans Fort (Cities Service). with pencil and paper rapidly figur­ and paying off have had only the pital here with a "fit for duty" Calling into this area during the usual minor problems which were slip. Ships in transit at the port were ing up what they have coming in retroactive wages and overthne past two weeks were the Winter squared away before they sailed. Brother Foster, who sailed as a the Gateway City, Chickasaw, An­ that has accrued since October of Hill, Chiwawa, Paoli, Lone Jack, drew Jackson and Antinous. (Wa­ carpenter, will be 69 on his next Oldtimers on the beach are C. E. Government Camp, Cantigny, Brad­ Harper, S. F. Cullison, J. A. Men- \;;irthday, Augi}^t 25. Now that he terman); the Marina, Rosario, Dor­ 1953. When all this time has been computed by the companies and ford Island, Bents Fort and Win­ ville and E. Warren. is hale and hearty once more, he othy, Suzanne and Evelyn (Bull); the Union, we hope that the list ter Hill (Cities Service). and the Robin Doncaster (Seas). Men in the marine hospitals in­ is registered to ship out again. We also had the Bull Run of clude S. Johannessen, W. F. All ships paid off in good shape of the money due will be posted in Shipping here has been fair dur­ Mathiasen Tankers and one Vaughan, Floyd Jarvis, S. Kurtish, ing the last two weeks with 172 and there were no major beefs to the LOG. In the meantime, every­ one is sitting pat and giving the that is a complete stranger to these A. Pinchook, W. A. Gaddy and men registered and 177 shipped. be settled. ' operators a chance to get this parts, the MV Excello. This ship is Kung Yue Fah. On the labor front we wish to Ships paid off here during the matter straightened out and the a converted LST and is under or­ A final word from our financial last report period included the report that the International Un­ money on the way. ganizational set-iip. adviser. The local race track opens Steel Executive (Isthmian); the Del ion of Electrical Workers have Also coming in for quite a bit We found a fine bunch of fel­ shortly and the ponies are eager Monte, Del Mar and Del, Mundo ibeen successful in their strike and lows on her, holding the line well to run. He suggests, you play the (Mississippi); the De Soto, Iber­ have now returned to work with of discussion are the applications until this tub is signed to the bek daily double—the last two num­ ville and Chickasaw (Waterman), increases amounting to a nine-cent for permit men to apply for a hook. These applications are being fixed conditions in the maritime indus­ bers on your registration card, package. and the Tainaron (Actium). up and should be available in the try, an SIU contract. All the above A. S. Cardullo The Del Mar and Del Rio (Mis-, Jeff Gellette very near future. All permit men ships took a few Fhiladelpbia Fort Agent sissippi) signed on. . ' Seattle Fort Agent are urged to get one and fill it out men so shipping so that his application can go to was not too bad. the committee in- New York for The Excello checking. called for a cou­ Fish Biting ple of men and Well, the weather keeps getting' we put some of better find the fish have started to our best men on WILMINGTON, Cam 509 Marine Ave. FORT WILUAM....11BH Syndicate Ave. bite around the bays in Mobile, so' her. Ontario > Phone: 3-3221 SIU, A&G District Ernest TlUey, Agent Terminal 4-2874 On the labor BALTmORE COLBORNE 103 Durham St. the men on the beach, while wail­ 14 North Gay St. HEADQUARTERS . 679 4th Ave., Bklyn. PORT Ontario Phone: 5501 SECRBTARV-TREASURER , Earl Sheppard, Agent Mulberry 4940 front, we find Alexander TORONTO, Ontario 272 King St. E. ing for their cards to age a little,, -Paul Hail • BOSTON 276 SUte St. EMplre 4-5710 are taking a whirl at the good fresh the building and James ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS • Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2-0140 Robert VICTORIA, BC 617t4 Cormorant St. Matthews Joe Algina construction trades council still GALVESTON in and' Empire 4531 and salt water fishing 21st A Mechanic Claude Rlmmons Joe Voipian VANCOUVER, BC. 869 Hamilton St. around the port. They are eitheT talking over things with the con­ Keith Alsop, Agent WlUiam HaU . Phone 2-8448 Pacific 7624 tractors and some progress is being LAKE CHARLES, La 1419 Ryan St. SYDNEY. S3'. 304 Charlotte St. catching a helluva lot of fish or are SUP Phone 0346 made. The metal trades council Leroy Clarke, Agent , ' Phone 6-9744 in the countjL BAGOTVILLE Queheo 30 Elgin St. the darnedest 1 South -Lawrence St. HONOLULU 10 Merchant St. also reports progress in their talks. MOBU,E •' Phone: 549 In addition, the soft shell crabfi Cal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 Phone 5-8777 THOROLD, Ontario 62 St. David! St. 'Right To Work' Bill NEW ORLEANS 523 BienvUle-St. PORTLAND ..,522 N. W. Everett St. CAnai 7-3202 and flounders are starting to hit Beacon 4336 QUEBEC .113 Cota De La Hontarae the beaches and quite a few of Over in Baton Rouge, the com­ Lindsey WUIiams, Agent MagnoUa 0112-6113 RICHMOND, CAI^....i Quebec PhOnei 3-7078 257 5th St. mittee reported out the so-csdled NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn 177 Prince WiUiam St. them are being caught and gigged . . Phone 2989 SAINT JOHN HYacinth S-6600 NB Phone: 2^5233 at night. "right to work" bill b^ a five to SAN FRANasCO. ,.450 Harrison St. 127-120 Bank St. Deuglae 2-8363four vote in favor, and then the NORFOLK Hope all you brothers, when Ren Rees, Agent Phone 4-4083 SEATTLE.....'., Great Lakes District ;..2905 let Ave. Market SL State Senate voted it In by a 22 to PIULADELPHIA,..337 they ane in the neighborhood, wilt Main 0200 ALPENA... S. CarduUo, Agent Market 7-1639 133 W. Fletcher ;.808 Marine Ave. 1'4 vote. It is at present bkwe the SAN FRANOSCO 450 Harrison'St. WILMINGTON drop in and see our hall >that- is T. Banning, Agent. Douglas 2-5479 Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY .7i*0 Main St. Hbu§e Labor Committee and from Marty BreithoS; West Coast.Representattve NEW'^ YORK..:.. 675 ^th ^^^,^JBroo^ Phone: CIev«R^ 7M1 being painted and renovated. The CLEVELAND 734 Lakeiide Ave.. NE hall is looking better already end all indications will have a rough PU^TA de TIERRA, PR PelayoSl—LaS Sal Coils. Agent ' ^lone 2-5686 PRonee Matt 1-0147 tinie there. In the Senate'wheh the SAVANNAH ; I Abercem St. DETROIT.., ,,..'......1038 3rd St; we know that she will look tops Canadian District Jeff Morrison,' Agent ^ Phone 3-1728 Headaucrtera Phone: Woodward 14857 bill hit tfie floor, Sej^atqr'Guy W. SEATTLE *700 1st Ave. MONTREAL. ,634 St. Jamoa St. W< DULurra. .....931 wrnidhigBD st. when the job Is completed. Sockrider, i Jeff 6!Uette, Agent EUiott 4334 " " i .'of 'the- comPLiteaii * • ••••.<i?C5sl-TaBr«r •• . TfUnS-lSU m >enaMla.J$k SOUra CBICAGD 331 ink the TAMPA Ray WhitOi Agen Phone S-tm Galveston: Seafarers Make Ready Fer Bel Bed's Piinic Upiurn In Shipping is Seen Conliniiing Seafarers Have Choice Of Bans In Basy Pert ft: Fori Bozziig AboHl Relroaelivo Pay Nike Look For Uplorn From Slow Shipping Status Fight Goes On Over 'Right To Worit' Bill r. SIU HALL DIRECTORY >& W-t. -W.:: W'^ •• V'-'i'. I'-- - • txci:: p: -" -: iLiys^s. �- i-V •f^', -itrc•< SEAFARERS Jimc 28^1954 ••> Page Fifteea LOG ......... POKT ttEPORXS Boston: Shipbuilding Program Watched With inlerasi hjt If Shipping interests in the port of Boston are watching with interest an attempt by the New England Senators in Washington to speed passage of an $86 million ship­ building program which will greatly benefit New England ship­ ping. The program calls for subsidiz­ ing new passenger liners with nat i o n a 1 defense features, building tankers and mod­ ernizing Liberty ships. It is said to have the back­ ing of the White House and, if adopted, would benefit the ship­ yards at Quincy, VourMumls Portland, East Boston and Bath, Me. •* Shipping Is Good Shipping in the port has been generally good during the past two weeks, with the Cantigny and the French Creek (Cities Service) each paying off twice, and the Bents Fort and Salem Maritime (Cities Service) also paying off. These four ships also signed on. Tn-transit were the Steel Maker (Isthmian), Robin Kettering (Seas Shipping) and Antinous, Fairland and De Soto. (Waterman). On June 14 and 15 the Union crewed the Evangeline (Evange­ line). It also collected wages and subsistence for the crew of the Orion Comet (Oil Carriers) after they reported back to Boston, which was the port of engagement. In the'^ marine hospital are F. Alasavich, R. Rogers, J. Penswick, G. Vourloumis, W. Tkach and J. McFerren. All are in good shape. '' James Sheehan Boston Port Agent 4- ir Son Francisco; it... Maiicious Rumors, Are Cause For Oompiainl Shipping has been fair in the port for the past two weeks but the future looks none too bright. No ships paid off during the past two week period and only one ship signed on, the Amerocean of Amerocean. Ships in-transit included the Azalea City,' Fairport and Bienville (Waterman); the Seamar (CalmarT and the Steel King (Isthmian). Lately, one of the most vicious things a person can do to a brother has been rearing its ugl^ head around the San Francisco branch —malicious talk about a Union brother. There has been some talk about one of the brothers, who is a steward, putting three entrees and other additional things on the menu which are not called for. He has also been accused 4>f askini^ for other extra items for the bak­ ers to bake, heaping work on them. Thus, some of the cooks and liakers do not want to ship with this stew­ ard. Such talk can eventually lead to serious trouble. Good Advice We ask that in the future, it is well to remember, that {f you can't say something good about a man, it is better to say nothing at all. As far as the steward putting three meats, etc., on the mequ,'lf he has that kind of stores, it is up-to the cooks to put it .out. It hSs^foeen noticed lately that some of our brothers, while check" ing throitgb.branch agents in ports tliiyjt.«bMi«r^b«ia«^iitli.' arc writing headquarters regardihg mainte­ nance, cure and welfare problems which could be taken care of Just as well in the "port where they are, after the port agent or patrolman has been notified. If they cannot be taken care in that port, the port agent himself will be glad to contact the New. York Welfare Department for any brother. The important thing is for you to contact your officials in any of these matters and give them th6 full circumstances so that they may be able to see your side of the case. Please contact your ofHcials in the port that you are in and they will help you in any way they possibly can. On the Beach Oldtimers on the beach at this time include L. Knickerbocker, W. Pennington, R. Charroin, A. Ber­ nard, J. Curlew, L. Saar, W. I"isher, H. Arlinghaus, R. Malone, J. Lavery, R. Graf, T. Moriarty, M. Hagerty, F. Votto, L. Dean and E. Bulik. Men in the marine hospitals at present are Hoyt L. Hackney, P. S. Yuzon, O. Gustavsen, J. Childs, C. Neumaior, H. Y. dhoe, W. Single­ ton, George H. Leary, E. L. Woods, T. A. Scanton, J. Perreira and T. T. Greer. Tom Banning San Francisco Port Agent mian) and the Alcoa Puritan and Baltimore: Alcoa Runner (Alcoa). Claude Simmons Asst. Sec.-Treas. New York: Shipping On Upgrade For AH Departmenis 4 Savannah: 4. Three Ship Laynps Pel Shipping On.Slow Beii 4. Baltimore, as far as shipping is concerned, is really 'on the slow bell and there doesn't seem to be any immediate relief in sight. In the past two weeks, we had the Edith (Bull); Stony Creek (AmerShipping remained just fair for the past two week period. The Tramp) and the Trojan Seaman Southstar of South Atlantic was (Troy) going into idle status. So the only ship paying off and the you can readily see this added greatly to the number of men we only ship signing on. had already on the beach. Those ships in-transit were the Best advice, at this time, is not Rosario and Marina (Bull); the to register at this port, unless you Yaka (Waterman); the Seatrains are prepared to stay around for at Georgia and Louisiana; the Robin Sherwood (Seas Shipping) and the least a month. In the meantime, w^are keeping our fingers crossed Steel Executive (Isthmian). hoping that a few of these vessels Recently, at the payoff of the which Southstar in Charleston, the State crew up.we have lying idle will of Georgia stepped in to attach At the present time we have approximately $50 each of the pay of two men for state income taxes. only one unsettled beef. It regards oilers doing wip­ The tax commissioner reports that ers' work on the this is all well and proper and the Seatiger (Coloni­ company is holding the money un­ al). It has been til a court decision is handed submitted to down. Feel Action Illegal headquarter^ and We have made a complete record we hope to have of the proceedings so far and will something in the turn it over to headquarters with near future on the request that the Union at­ this item. torneys take legal action if neces­ Ship Payoff Addison sary. We feel the action is both 4*4. . In the past illegal and improper, since both two weeks, we paid off the Wilmington: men are out of state residents. Venore, Marore, Santore, Feltore, One lives in Florida and the other Chilore (Ore); the Trinity man makes his home in South (Carras); the Seatiger (Colonial); Carolina. the Oremar (Calmar); the Paoli Our choice for Seafarer of the and Lone Jack (Cities Service); week is Thomas Arnold Benson the Edith, Evelyn, Suzanne and In Wilmington, the crew of the who started sailing with the SIU Mae (Bull) and the Trojan Seaman Maiden Creek (Waterman) were in 1948 after a somewhat colorful- (Troy). commended for their action in life ashore. Signing on were the Venore, spotting and picking up 12 men In the First World War, Benson Marore, Feltore, Santore, Chilore from a tuna clipper that had sunk received a foot injury while serv­ (Ore); the Raphael Semmes (Water­ off the California coast. • ing in the Army. . The injury man); the Lone Jack (Cities Serv­ The port has been holding its caused brother Benson to seek ice); Seatiger (Colonial) and the own as a^transit port, with 13 ships some diversified employment. He Bethcoaster and Oremar (Calmar). in-transit during first studied costume designing In-transit ships were the Ines the past two and studied hat designing under and Rosario (Bull); the Cabins weeks. The AlMadam Dufing. This proved to be (Mathiason); the Alcoa Puritan cok Planter (Al­ a rather lengthy project, so he and Runner (Alcoa); the Marymar coa) paid off and accepted bit parts in movies. Back (Calmar); the Chickasaw, Iberville, signed on for a in the days of the silent films, he Raphael Semmes and Andrew run to the Far usually played the role of a butler. Jackson (Waterman); the Steel East. Worked In Silent Films Maker (Isthmian) and the Robin During the Leaving the movies, he then Kettering and Robin Doncaster of past two weeks worked for seven years for Ger­ Seas Shipping. the port regis­ Hutcherson trude Webster. Working in defense Hall Report tered 32 men in plants throughout World War II, We would like to report that we Hhe three departments and shipped he felt the urge to go to sea in have been in constant contact with 30. 1948 and of course chose the best the general contractor and various A recent visitor was brother H. Union to- sail in—the SIU. From sub-contractors that are working C. Hutcherson, who came out to that moment on he has never re­ on the new hall and we have their California from New Orleans for gretted his decision. assurance that they are doing all a vacation. After a week. Brother Oldtimers on the beach are W. possible to enable us to take over Hutcherson shipped as deck engi­ Stoll, A. Fricks, M. Brightwell, F. on or about the first of August. neer aboard the Maiden Creek. Boyne, A. Edenfield and H. Glisson. On the political scene, I am sure Jeff Morrison E. B. Tilley the membership is aware by now Savannah Port Agent Wilmington Port Agent that the Democratic primaries are coming up and that they should be sure to all go to the polls and vote on Monday, June 28. Vote for the men you know are favorable to us and labor in general. Man Of The Week ^ Our man of the week is Brother William B. Addison, who has been Shipping Figures June 2 to June 16 an SIU member since 1946 and TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. REG. TOTAL REG. REG. sails at various ratings in the en­ ENG. STEW. SHIPPED DECK DECK ENGINE STEW. * REG. PORT gine depai-tment. He has always 14126 83 49 32 17 14 18 Boston been a very conscientious union 258 91 ^ 72 95 - 118 93 333 122 man and at various times has 21 . 7 10 72 4 ^ sailed as engine department dele­ 21 24 27 gate Md ship's delegate, 140 39 48 53 285 93 85 107 ceives from the SID. 84 30 22 77 32 25 22 30 Norfolk At the hospital are Warren Whit14 7 4' 3 9 30 10 11 Savannah mer, Otis J. Harden, Tony Mastan23 .tuno, Robert W. Standford, Ben 7 8 8 18 16 50 16 Tampa ..................... 132 Lawson, Lorenzo Brigida, Robert 43 " 44 45 132 43 45 44 Mobile .................... Scales, John T. Watt. Thomas An205 60 68 77 • 204 TO 78 56 New Orleans :. kerson, William Kenny, James 100 39 22 39 115 48 43 24 Galveston) ...». .j..."...... Dodson, Gorman Glaze, Jessie A. 112 42 SO 40 ^ 39 124 49 ' 36 Seattle . Clarke, Walton Hudson, Heinrich 80 29 22 92 29 Wlese, Patsy A. Pasquale, Robert 42 . 21 San Francisco ............ •. . 29 ' G. Cooper and Comelious Palmer 30 10 « 32 12 11 12 , WiliningtoB Earl Sheppard ,. ,. . .. .•.••^]|altl^aTa>aF* , 430 482-' Grew Of Maiden Creek Saves Tuna Fisherman As we predicted in our last re­ port, shipping in the Port of New York has contmued on the upgrade for the past two weeks with good shipping for all departments. We had two' ships come out of layup that took full crews. They were the Raphael Semmes (Waterman) and the Lawrence Victory (Mississippi). We have two more in layup that are expected out in a few days so shipping should hold up good for the coming period. We are happy to report that according to the pa­ trolmen the ships are continuing to come in with less beefs and therefore smooth payoffs. With the new agreement and clarifications coming out shortly, we believe that there will be even less reason for beefs as every one will be able to more clearly interpret the agree­ ment and eliminate some of the misunderstandings that we have had in the past. After we complete negotiations on all of the agreements |ye intend to continue to hold clarification meetings with the freight and tanker operators and eventually we should wind 'up with the smoothest working agreement in the business, ness. Port Traffic We paid off fifteen ships in the past two weeks, signed seven on foreign articles and serviced 20 ships in transit. Paying off were the Alexandra (Carras); the. Steel Surveyor and Steel Maker (Isthmian); the Ma­ rina, Kathryn, Frances and Show Me Mariner (Bull); the Val Chem (Valentine); the Ocean Betty (Mari-, time Overseas); the Bradford Island, Chiwawa and Government Camp (Cities Service); Jefferson City Victory (Victory Carriers); the Robin Kettering (Robin) and the Fairland (Watef-man). Ships signing o*n were !he Steel Surveyor and Steel Traveler (Isth­ mian); the Robin Sherwood and Robin Doncaster (Robin); Jeffer­ son City Victory; the Show Me Mariner and the Lawrence Victory (Mississippi). Ships In-Transit In-transit vessels were the Seagarden (Orion); the Government Camp (Cities Service); the Chicka­ saw,, Fairland, La Salle, Antinous and Wild Ranger ~tWaterman); the Seatrains Savannah, Louisiana, New York, Georgia, New Jersey and Texas; the Elizabeth and Bea­ trice (Bull); the Mankato Victory (Victory Carriers); the Steel De­ signer and. Steel Surveyor (Isth­ Georgia Tax Men Bid In Af Ship's Payeff v.w; 'J A&G satppma RECORD \ ,l v-«Ti. r. •' - • • I - �-• •" • \'v:,' '; - '• • , • • ' Pace Sixtem SEkPARER^ tdt^ Fire Drill The Captain Is For Burning \&•: 1- By SEAFARERS LOQ Photo Editor Things aren't done in half-measure aboard the Greece Victory, according to Seafarer Ray­ To many photographers, shutter speed is merely a mechanical- and mond Sparks, who communicates with the LOG by means of a letter in order to let the mathematical hurdle to jump in the process of making a photograph. But it can be much more than that; shutter speed is also a definite rest of the world know how firefighting is done aboard the South Atlantic vessel. artistic tool like other photographic characteristics such as depth of Unlicensed . crewmembers^ ~ and topside alike take- credit there wOre two back there and little hackwork and a lot of salt field and the cheihistry of film development. In analyzing the mechanics of your shutfer in terms of visual effect, water. They were buite happy also two fire stations, but when for the unusual technique de­ veloped aboard the Honolulu they arrived upon the scene they about their schbme, but the captain we have classified speeds into four different areas:. 1/5 of a second and slower, 1/100 of a second, 1/250 of a second and 1/500 of a second bound ship. Sparks is not quite took care of the situation wlfh a is still burning. and higher. Each of these iime areas, has a different result on film, sure whether anything like it has and quite different moods and effects may be established by each. ever been attempted aboard any Recuperating Long Way From Home The utility speed for general outdoor shooting is 1/100 of a second, other ship at sea, or elsewhere, but fast enough to stop normal action, minimize camera shake and pernilt he believes it is- quite odd and adequate depth of field. A -speed of 1/250 of a second enables you to something he is not likely to en­ getaS crisp image of more active subject matter. counter again in many future years Speeds of 1/500 of a second and faster are necessary to stop violent at sea. action such as encountered in .sports photography. The various slow Realistic Fire Drill The episode was rather short­ shutter speeds—1/5 of a second and less—are useful in obtaining de­ lived, but it made Monday, May 17, liberate motion blur and off-beat effects, but require the use of a tripod. 1954, a memorable occasion in at Motion Patterns least one Seafarer's mind. The cap­ Of all shutter speeds, the slowest, 1/5 of a second and Jess, are the tain, according to a pre-arranged easiest to use for creating imaginative pictures of action. Although a plan, had the third mate set fire slightly slow speed like 1/25 of a second may just make the picture to a waste basket on the fantail of look unpleasantly "soft," an extremely slow shutter speed can be used the vessel just five minutes before to create patterns of motion. The action of light falling on the film is a regularly-scheduled fire drill and similar to the action of an air brush on a piece of paper; the light rays boat drill. The captain, it seems, continue to fall on the negative in layers and actually superimpose went in for realism, but he was not many images on each other. At speeds of 1/5 of a second and less, use quite prepared for the succeeding a tripod to mininiize blur due to camera action. events in firefighting technique de­ veloped by his intrepid crew. A speed of 1/lOtt of a sdbond is'perhaps the most useful choice for The word spread like wildfire on general camera work. iVs available on all but the simplest cameras, is the ship. The watch on deck, ever fast enough to stop most normal human activities and yet permits a alert, proceeded aft post haste small enough aperture for convenient depth of field. when they saw something blazing Although you can leam to hand-hold your camera steady at 1/50 of back on the fantail. Muscles quick­ a second and slower, you'll reduce disappointments if you use 1/100 of ly answering the summonses of Seafarer Neal Cairns, recuperating at Tokyo Army hospital a while a second whehever lighting conditions permit. Set at this all-around their brains, the men tossed the back, poses with cherry blossoms and Yoshiko Wakabayashi. The utility speed, your camera is readrto take most types of pictures with­ offending basket and blaze over the out changing the shutter. seaman hails from East Orange, NJ| and is back home now. side, quenching the fire in the most effective method yet devised by man. There was more than enough LOG-A.RHYTHM: water to do the job. Fire Breakdown Once again the LOG's itinerant correspondent, Spider Just then, with the basket'bobbing in the ship's'wake, the gen­ Korolia, writes of the. doings in and around New Orleans, By M. Dwyer eral alarm went off for fire and adding just a bit of Korolian flavor to his Crescent City tales. boat drill. After the completion of In and out of New Orleans-* what turned out to be a routine JSPHS hospital for the past was so lazy he explained the intri­ Cecil the Seasick Serpent Once squared away in the hole, Swam the seven seas. drill, the captain notwithstanding, 1 months^ waiting for a "flt cate I He figured he'd sit tight. maneuvers, by hand, that they the skipper called all hands to the for duty" slip. Spider is well up on would have to do, without rising Well liked by those who knew him. He hadn't any gear. For he knew how to please. For he always traveled light. saloon mess for a critique. the news and idiosyncrasies of the from his position on the grass. He' started firing questions thick various wards in the institution.. Thankful, the inquirers wanted to One day he went a roaming, Then suddenly he heard the ship and fast and the first thing he Here follows - When .fed up with the sea. Getting underway. his somewhat dubi­ reward him for fiis trouble. He de­ wanted to know was why the third ous account of some of the happen­ clined the proffered ihoney, how­ Adventure within him burning,' And felt, as-many seamen do. mate hadn't run out a fire hose or He left his home and lee. The excitement of sailing day. ever, claiming he would have to grabbed an extinguisher when the ings in and around the hospital: We had a lulu of a patient on turn over to put it in his pocket. He spied a ship moored to a pier, Poor Cecil never.sailed before. basket blazed up. The mate begged Then a gleam came to his eye. So how was he to know. Own Torture off, excusing himself with the my deck, Spider says. He was a The ship (would roll and toss In the surgical ward a hospital­ If he could only stow aviay. statement that it would have been pretty lazy guy and would sleep Well, it w^ worth the try. When heavy waters flow. of no use since a couple of the ABs all the time in the day time. How­ ized man asked the doctor to re­ ever, he had the nurses trained to move all the corns from his .toes He knew he must be quiet and an OS tossed the basket over Now you see how he got his noma And not make a sound , By all the friends he knew, the side. He didn't see the sense wake him up whenever he got and put them on the soles of his y Bvery time he spies a ship. of directing a stream of water intb hungry. They were working in re­ feet. He wanted to be the only one Or surely he would frighten Anyone who might be around. His seaman's heart is^blue. the ocean, he said while the cap­ lays, because he didn't want to miss to be able to step on-his corns. out on anything-free. Someone else made a more practi­ tain muttered. cal suggestion, but it was vetoed Lazy Patient^ When the captain got through Shipmate Snaps Dei Mar Crewmen Another somewhat lazy soul was by hospital authorities. The man with the mate, he directed his fire at the other three culprits in ques­ the patient who was lolling on the wanted juke boxes placed in the tion. He wanted to know why they grass on the hospital grounds to wards for the entertainment of the didn't grab extinguishers on their pass the time away. Some passing men, but it was voted down on the way back to the fire. They said strangers asked him directions. He grounds that the music would drown out the patients' stories of their operations to the guy In the next bed. One hot summer day. Spider con­ cludes, three frozen doctors were brought into his ward. Fortunately, (1) Tom can paint a large room in 10 hours. Harry can paint.the they were alLDr. Peppers. same room in 15 hours. How long would it take them to do it together? (2) Whose story links together the tales of The Arabian Nights: (a) Aladdin, (b) Scheherezade, (c) The Queen of Sheba, (d) Sinbad? (3) Which male actor recently won the Academy Award for 1953 for the best male leading role of the year: (a) Gary Cooper,, (b) William Holden, (c) Anthony Quinn, (d) Frank" Sinatra? The LOG is interested in col­ lecting and printing photo­ (4) Hoover Dam, one of the largest in the world and located in the graphs showing what seagoing Colorado River on the border between Arizona and Nevada, used to be was like in the old days. All known by another name. What was it? you oldtimers who have any (5) Which state in the Union has the smallest abbreviation? old mementos, photographs of (6) How many feet of fencing would be required to enclose a rec­ shipboard life, pictures of tangular field 20 yards long and 14 yards wide? ships or anything that would (7) Nearly three-fourths of the cheese made in the US is made in show how seamen lived, ate one state. Which state is it: (a) New York, (b) California, (c) JVisconsin, and worked in the days gone (dl New Jersey? by, send them in to the LOG. (8) Who was the first Vice-President to become President of the Whether they be steam or sail, US: (a) Thomas Jefferson, (b) John Adams, (c) James Madison, (d) around the turn of the cen­ Andrew Johnson? tury, during the first world (») The sum of two numbers is 35. Four times one number is equal war and as late as 1938, the to ten times the other. What are the numbers? LOG is interested, in them aU. (10) What old song begins, "How dear to my heart are the scopes We'll take care of them and Tluej ctttwmembers off the Del Mar Ilna up op dqckside to have of my. childhood'?? . i; ;, .. return your souvenirs to yQi|.. their pifitura taken by,ahipma|;e Dick Martinez: Leff to right, (Qois Answer* on Page 20) aro Tosiy Civ«flJo, tony Rtis^ and Harold Trjbih. Hospital Has Many Tales Quiz Corner Olde Photos Wanted by MJOG ir^' fe^'--' fe-. pp' /".- h • Cecil The Seasick Serpent �JOM 28. 1884 SEAFARERS LOG Fate Seventeem Cavalier Crew Celebrates Shipmate's Marriage BIr. and Mr>. Randy C. Bass, (seated rlfht) get rousinr toast from fellow crewmembers and friends at the occasion of their recent marriige. Weddinc reception attracted bier crowd of well-wishers for the Alcoa passenger ship crewmember. Taste tfood? Don^t Keep it A Secret Cooks, bakers or stewards who have special recipes that . they are proud of are invited to send them in to the SEA­ FARERS LOG Galley Glean­ ings column. That way they can be used on other ships. And any Seafarer who feels his galley gang has something that really rates should ask them to do the same. It serves to stimulate good feeding on all SIU vessels. By Spike Martin A pretty uninteresting ftght be­ the one-round kayo of Willie. Pep tween two' moderately-successful by Lulu Perez caused quite a few middleweights took on added in­ eyebrows to elevate, with reports terest when it was colored by re­ that the District Attorney's office ports of an attempted fix. Middle­ was "investigating" that one. weight Bobby Jones reported that Jones On Short End he had been approached by various As far as the Giardello fight was and sundry people over the phone concerned, odd part about the and in person offering him <ub- fTx story wasthe that was a "fourstantial sums of money to "dump" to-one underdog. Jones Usually if any­ the fight. body is going to pull a fix they will As a result, heavyweight con­ want it to work the other way tender Clarence Henry found him­ so they can take advantage self in the jug under charges and around what the District Attorney's office of the long pull in the odds. In any case, Jones went out and calls an "investigation" was un­ made a good fight of it against derway. Giardello who is supposed to be -LaMotta's Performance Dump stories are nothing new in the top contender for the middle­ the fight game although this was weight crown. While Giardello won the first time in quite a long while the fight, Jones proved again what that a fighter actually rejjorted a seemed ^obvious before, that Giar­ bribe attempt. Just to name a few dello would have no business in there was the famous one-round the ring with the likes of Bobo "knockout" of Jake LaMotta by Olson. It would seem that Olson's man­ Blackjack Billy Fox. They are still looking for the punch that laid La­ agement made a mistake by sign­ Motta low in that fight, and the ing with Castellani for a title fight consensus of opinion was and still instead of Giardello. Castellani has is that the punch was thrown with the equipment to cause Olson trou­ a rubber band wrapped around it ble. Giardello who knows practical­ long before the fighters entered ly nothing about fighting inside, would be the softest touch that Ol­ the ring. Then of course, more recently. son has had in quite , some time. i Says See City, Not Judge SiSf-i Shipboard Passenger Is Observer At Meeting A rather unusual but satisfactory incident took place aboard the Alcoa Patriot, an Alcoa vessel, earlier in the month, as reported to the LOG by the medium of the ship's minutes of a union meeting aboard the-^ vessel. The meeting was Childs and his request was to be chaired by Milton Robinson, allowed to observe the goings-on who imparts this bit of informa­ at the Union meeting of the un­ tion to the paper. licensed crewmembers aboard the It seems, according to our in­ scow. Flattered by his interest, formant, that a passenger aboard the men allowed him to view the the ship made an unusual request. proceedings so that he might be­ Seafarer M. A. Stabile, right, poses with wife on other side of sign The passenger's name was Bernard come better acquainted with the on road linking Houston and Brehan, Tex., which warns motor­ way meetings are run. ists to drive slowly or see the magistrate. Daughter Kathy, eight, The visitor, it was reported, took the picure while dad was vacationing from the Trinity. needless to say, was very impressed by the thorough­ ness and the con­ duct of the meet­ ing, expressing That in 1907 the Australiana President Woodrow Wilson on its avid interest in The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, built a fence 1,000 miles long from face, is for use only in transactions the affairs of the bakers and others who'd like to shate favored recipes, little-known the north coast to the south to between member banks of the Fed­ men and the cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, keep rabbits from invading West­ eral Reserve System and the Treas­ Union and in the suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's George Gordon's ern Australia? Brought into the ury Department. tone of the meet­ recipe for southern gumbo. country-in 1788, by the middle of t 4" 4 ing. He was, ac­ the 19th century the rabbits had From deep down south comes one of the most popular That San Francisco has the only cording to Robin­ done too well and were a distinct municipally-owned opera house in Robinson dishes of Seafarers—gumbo. Almost exotic in taste, it is a son, very im­ menace to sheep raising. the US? The opera house is one of pressed to find out the men were delicious combination of Creole cookery and the succulent t l" the buildings in the Civic Center, That American naval hero David which occupies more than three so strongly organized and had such shrimp that abound in the^ The mixture should be allowed Porter (1780-1843) was & rear ad­ square blocks. In 1945, the Civic faith in their Union leaders and Gulf area. Creole to cook for about a half hour. miral in the Mexican navy? Porter Center was the scene of the inter­ organization. Child, a native CallFor Southern Fifteen minutes before the gumbo served in the war with Tripoli and national'conference that drew up fornian, was delighted to be pres­ gumbo, take six is ready to be taken from the fire, in the War qf 1812 against the the charter for the UN and also ent at the meeting and gave his onions, eight a pound of boiled rice and about British, but later, while cruising in was the site of the signing of the thanks to the membership for the green peppers 12 cups of okra are added. The privilege afforded him. and one bunch of the West IndiesI caused an incident Japanese peace treaty. rice and okra are added last and in Puerto Rico which wound up celery diced not . ^ ^ not allowed to cook too long, since with him being court-martialed too small and they have already been cooked and and suspended for six months. Be­ That St. Augustine, Fla. is the combine with a more cooking would make them cause of this, he resigned and en­ oldest city in the US? The half pound of but­ glutinous or paste-like. This recipife tered t)?e Mexican Navy as a rear Spanish settled on the site in 1565 ter in a saucepan and it has been continuously occu­ serves 40. admiral, but left three years later, and braise for pied ever since. Sante Fe, NM, is George Gordon, born in Savan­ about 15 minutes in 1829, to become a US consular Gordon the second oldest city. nah, Ga., has a home grown know­ Crewmembers of the Santore on the t<^ of the official. ledge of Southern cookery as well (Ore Line) report that they took stove. tit That children-of deceased Sea-^ Thai the SIU hall in Seattle Is up a tarpaulin muster for the Next, 15 pounds of raw peeled as 30 years* experience cooking farers who had three years' sea- now located at First Avenue and widow of Roy Justice, crewmem­ shrimp should be added and the and baking on shipboard. He Miw lives in New York and time on SlU-contracted ships are Wall Street, a block from the old ber who passed away recently. A shrimp and vegetables allowed to has been sailing SIU since 1942 also eligible to apply for SIU quarters? The new location follows money order of $62 was forwarded simmer for about 15 minutes. with time out for a stretch with scholarship benefits? Four $6,000 the opening of a new SUP building to the Baltimore hall to be passed Fish Or Chicken Stock Uncle Sam. He was a cook and scholarships are awarded each in the port last month. SIU-A&G on to Mrs. Justice along with the Now you are ready for the liquid baker for three years in the Quar­ year, which the successful appli­ offices are located on the main $2,500 death benefit from the SIU ^ Welfare Plan. . ingredients. Combine with one termaster Corps and later in the cants may use for a four-year floor of the new structure. Crewmembers expressed the pint of fish or chicken stock and Army Air Force. course of study at any college or t t a? This is Gordon's favorite recipi university they choose. That the southernmost point in wish that the contribution, together a pint of tomato juice or stewed Europe is further south than many with the Union benefit, will help tomatoes, one tablespoon of gumbo for Creole or Southern gumbo, bu That although 1^100,008 bills are places on the coast of northern make up for her loss, and give file and a tablespoon of curry pow­ he says there are numerous varia Issued by the U1& Treasury, no one Africa? The British coiony of Gi­ an idea of the respect and esteem der and add this to the shrimp and tions of this delicious dish. is allowed to use them? The $100,-" braltar is also further south than of the late brother's shipmates for vegetables seasoning with salt and Chicken, crab and numerous varie­ ties of fish may be used. e pepper to taste. him. 000 bill,^whleh has' a portrait of ahy point iq" Italy t)r GreecU. Santore Crew Aids Widow « i ..f., .Mri . • si . '^1 �SEAFARERS P«C* ElsMem Korean Vet.Set , To Ship Out Again LOG Jui* t5, UM L E T T E R S Sees Great Need Fovlnjurg Report To the Editor: T* the Editor: After being in Korea for 13 sages to be handled as speedily as In recent weeks, there have been fore, we do not expect a profit re­ months, I will be rotated shortly. possible. In emergency cases, the ra­ turn so great as a strictly commer­ quite a few letters sent to the I would appreciate it if you would dio should be used for this ihircial house." Brother Sipivey went LOG outlining and discussing the send me some information about pose. If this was put down on pa­ To the Editor: on to add, "All of our products are possibilities of the'Union placing getting my book out of retirement. per in black and white between the accident forms on all SIU contract­ During the past fifteen years, I of tbo-highest quality,^and carry ed ships. Just before I came into the ar­ Union and the companies, I think have the manufacturers unconditional been in and out of various my, I retired my book In good it would certainly be of benefit to USPHS I have followed each issue very hospitals perhaps a dozen guarantee. Naturally, they are standing in Sep­ closely and I am happy to see that the membership. It would be bet­ times with a chronic skin disorder. union made." tember of 1952. ter for the companies too, because I als? learned that any type of all the opinions expressed in the In the previous USPHS hospi­ My last ship was that way a man would get medical tals the staff has shown complete constructive criticism or sugges­ letters to the LOG have been 100 the Western per cent for the attention as soon as possible, sav­ Indifference as to tions are ^ppreciat^. I was told Farmer which adoption of such ing everybody a lot of grief and fi­ whether or not I that this is the_Sea Chest's only broke in half in a plan, but I am way of knowing what the member­ nancial trouble all around. was given any re­ the English somewhat s u rship want. Walter Reidy lief. Channel follow- prised at the lack -The Sea Chest, in my.opinion, is Since' entering 4. 4^ ^ ing a collision on of interest shown another prime example of clean, the Galve.ston August 21, 1952. by a large major­ USPHS hospital. progressive, democratic trade unIt sure will be ity of the mem­ ionism-at work. It shows what can May 3, 1954, great to sail bership who have be done for the betterment of all have had such again. I haven't even seen salt wa­ To the Editor: faUed to express concerned when the membership wonderful care I wrote you last November giv­ ter for 13 months. I met a couple themselves on Wilson and treatment and officials work in close coopera­ Brandon of SIU brothers here in Korea, ing my new address. Up to this this very importion. I believe the Sea Chest will end for the first and we have a bull session when­ point I get the LOG only occasion­ tant issue. ally, an^ still with my old address. time in my life, I received some be used as a pattern by other JPerhaps some are unaware of its ever we chance to meet. unions in the maritime industry. Some of my other buddies are I am the mother of a merchant relief. importance; the lienefits and per­ M. Darley Doctor Irion, who has shown seaman and miss the LOG very listening in as I write this letter. sonal protection such a plan would tremendous interest In my ca.se, 4^ 4^ 4^ Some of them find it hard to be­ much. offer. No doubt a great number of I had a severe heart attack a has given me a series of treatments lieve about the good conditions on our membership nev^ had the year ago and just underwent a which have proven very benefiic^al. SIU ships. misfortune of spending, time in Since I've been in the Army, even major operation a few weeks ago. Another doctor. Doctor Cooper, hospitals', either abroad or in this while in Korea, I have never failed My son's wife gave birth to a boy has also taken great interest in my To the Editor: couiitry. I have spent time in both, to receive the LOG. I want to send on May 18, but I guess you know case and at present I am enjoying As I didn't have the opportunity and at the present I am in the my thanks to the Union for keep­ about it by now. The baby's name better health than ever before. at the time to thank them proper­ Hospital. Incidentally, I would like to com­ ly, I'd like to take this means to Staten Island ing me up to date on what is hap­ is Donald Anthony Fisher. Cruel Experience . My old address was 2883 Harri­ pliment the. dietician for the won­ express my sincerest gratitude to pening. Since • being drydocked in this derful food served here. son. My new address Is 1954 Mon­ Cpl. Donald A. Rondblad the three Seafarers who voluntar­ hospital for the past few weeks, I tana Avenue, Apt. 2, Cincinnati 11, I am writing this letter to you in ily donated blood for me recently have had ample opportunity to talk APO 7 c/o Postmaster Ohio. I have been getting the LOG order that you In the home office at Presbyterian Hospital, New to and visit with several of my San Francisco, Caiif. about ten years and I would like may know the excellent care we York. brother members.. Some of their 4- t it received and how much we appreci­ to keep on getting it. The act of kindness by these experiences have been so cruel, in­ ate it. Thelma Fisher three men, Leonard C. Cherwln, human and indecent that they ara James H. Brandon (Ed. note: Your change of ad­ Jerome Pine and Eugene J. Pin- very hard to believe.dress has been noted; you will 41 4" 41 nell, who personally are strangers But they must be believedv^ for To the Editor: continue to receive the LOG to me, was deeply appreciated. you are looking at the facts, in On our last trip out we were on every two weeks, as published.) Now I know what he means when person, in the form of another the shuttle between Japan and my son-in-law, who is a member of brother member whose chances of 4. i 4i Korea when two of the brothers on the SIU, talks about the "Brother­ complete recovery have been great­ To the Editor: board needed medical attention. Thanks for sending the LOG hood of the Sea." Bless all of you. ly reduced by the negligence of One man had a bad heart condi­ Mrp. Mary M. Logan these past six months over here; some ship's officer or company of­ tion and the other one was hurt. To the Editor: it is always good to^ceive it. ficial who look upon a human life 4^ 4^ 4^ It would have been better if both About three months ago I sent I have a new address which I am as some fixture or a piece of ma­ of them had been put off right in for the LOG and as yet haven't chinery to be replaced after it has away and sent back to the States received or heard anything about enclosing. I would appreciate it if you would print my address in the served its usefulness or become ob­ as sodn as possible. it. I presume it has been lost in LOG as I'd like to hear from some To the Editor: solete. It seemed as though that the the mail. of my old shipmates such as Paul When you meet a brother mem­ skipper was in no hurry to take I,am a merchant seaman and I have been physically disabled Turner, P. E. Jemigan and Freddie care of the matter and instead of since last November and unable have followed the sea for 30 years. ber coming down the corridor in a sending a wireless message or a to get such news as the LOO car­ Tampol. At present I am homeward bound wheelchair which is hi$ only way As of now, I have ten months after a voyage of four months to of getting around, or visit a broth­ cable, a letter was sent back to the ries in its wide variety of columns been lying on his back company's offices awaiting instruc­ concerning the doings of ships and left over here before going home. 'India. I am married to the same er who PFC David Miller girl for 28 years, have a home of for eight or ten months and has tions, and the men had to stay on shipmates. US 54136339 the ship until return mail was my own, as do many merchant sea­ nothing to look forward to but an­ Would you be so kind as to send Hq. Btry. 63d FABn men, and, along with the rest, am other eight or ten months in bei received. the LOG starting with the June APO 24 c/o PM • a credit to the commtmity. As you continue your visit and It seems to me there should be meissue. San Francisco, Cal. meet other brothers who, but for some kind of form on board for Much has been said of the hard, Stanley Watlack notifying the Union that a man has careless, shiftless, drinldng life of neglect, should have been out of (Ed. note: Sorry about delay. here months ago sailing the sea become ill and arrangements made Will see to it that you seamen, putting get LOGs they love, but instead some are now with the company for these mes- from now on.) seamen, in gen­ being fitted for a different and eral, in a pretty much more permanent kind of To the EditoR low classification voyage. The hiring hall did away with and one who When you see these and many the fink, the crimp, and the shang- should always be more things hapepning because of haier; a strong militant member­ kept at a safe tlie lack of respect of one'*human ship and an enforced contract has distance. We are being for another then I think it given us economic security plus de­ human beings, is time for the complete membeiv cent working conditions, not to we seamen, and VOU ARESiCk OR INJURED ship to band together and make mention all the benefits derived like other hu­ JeUetto AND ENTER A PRIVATE HOSPITAL the adoption of this accident form from the Welfare Plan; and now man beings, we plan a must. may drink a little, but so does the the Sea Chest has made the un­ NOTIFY THE UNION ANp THE^ May I again urge the member­ scrupulous waterfront peddler and landlubber. Ask the average pub­ U.S.p. M.S. —PROMPTLY/ the shoddy slop chest dealer ' a lican what trade he depends upon ship to consider the importance of thing of the past. These vultures to stay in business. Many saloon this issue and send their sugges­ of the docks must now find other keeper's in the USA have never tions to the LOG. To each mem­ birds to prey upon. had a seaman Inside their door ber it meahs only a-few minutes of While in New York, I decided to yet, with the exception of the bars time plus a postage stamp. Cliff Wilson go down and see the much talked along the waterfront. ^ 4> 4- 4Today a seaman's calling is con­ about Sea Chest, but first I bought New York Times." I spent the sidered one of the finest and at­ greater part of one morning com­ tracts :?ouths and men of the high­ paring Sea Chest prices with those est character, many with college advertised in the "Times." In the and high school diplomas. They To the Editor: I'd like to thank my shipmates afternoon I visited some of the are to be found in every rating. Seamen get to see many lands, oh the Anniston City and also the large New York department stores for a further comparison. I was and, during their travels, go,ashore other Union brothers who wrote amazed to learn that Sea Chest to see the sights, buy presents and me while I was laid up in the prices compared favorably with meet the natives socially. They are Halifax infirmary. I.got hurt on any that I saw any place, and in ambassadors-at-large for their the ship pretty badly and it cer­ many instances were a great deal countries. With his world-wide tainly helped cheer me up to know travel behind him, there is very that the friends I sailed with were lower, especially on appliances. little left to a seaman's imagina­ thinking of me. No Secret Sister Catherine De Cecci and I returned the following day to, tion, and when he comes to choose leam the secret. Brother Price a wife, he„ invariably chooses one the rest of the staff at the Halifax Spivey, the. Sea Chest manager, from the USA, if he's an Ameri­ infirmary deserve a hand for the said to me, "There'are no secrets. can seaman. Lucky indeed the way they tdok care of me. They We buy directly from the manufac­ lady of his choice will be, for a seemed anxious to please and saw turer, thus eliminating, the 'mld- well-traveled seaman makes a to it that all my wants were at­ tended to. They are certainly topg. dleTman's' profit. Besides, this is splendid husband. Terry MoNeea - John Jelletto aAej^w to Uie metob«c^hip:-^ye-< iMuds Galveston USPHS Etospital r '• . ' i-'v V^. ' ft-'' Seafarer^s Mom EOG Reader Thanks Seaiarers For Blood Aid Hits Attitude Towards Sick Misses News Ot Ships^ Friends Wants To Hear From Shipmates Seafarers Make Good Husbands Sags Sea Chest Tops ^Em All J"'- r- Thanks Friends For Writing Him ..fy' .-• ?" •m �Jtee tS. 1*84 Expresses Thanhs To Membership To the Editor: I wish to take this opportunity to express my appreciation and hum­ ble thanks to the officials and membership of the Savannah hall for their sympathies and assistance in providing palibearers for the funeral of my father who passed away while I was at sea. Chester Yow tit Gives Thanks To Aii Who Helped SEAFARERS LOC Face Nlaeteai L E TIE E S ' mendous work that Union seamen have accomplished through the years in improving the conditions of seafarers. After eight torturous weeks of basic training at Fort Ord, Calif., and eight more of specialized (?) training in harbor craft (I sail FWT and oiler) at Fort Eustis, Va., where, incidentally, I met several SIU men, I am now In supply with the engineers. That's the army for you. At least here in the Presidio one can see the ships come and go and look forward to returning to the sea. I would like to thank Gordon Dolan for his letter from Galves­ ton and the USPHS hospital. New Orleans, which I finally received after three months and I sincerely hope he is all right by now. Also, I would appreciate it very much if you will bring my address up to date so that I can continue to get all the. news that's in the LOG. Pvt. Gordon J. Slover 521 (Ava Topo) 30th Engr. Gp. Presidio, San Francisco, Calif To the Editor: I certainly must give my thanks most sincerely to our secretarytreasurer, Paul Hall and our Wel­ fare representa­ tive, Walter Siekmann and our Union counsel, Seymour Miller and to Harry Dietch for the great battle they have fought for Whlttaker me in getting my citizenship papers, after they had been pending for years. It makes me feel proud and hap­ py to belong to such a well-organ­ ized Union as the SIU. All my thanks again, to the officers and my Union brothers and lots of luck to them all. Brothers, take care of your Union; that is what counts. To the Editor. Keep up the good work and we will My wife has asked me to request be tops. that the LOCi be sent to her at Donald Wblttaker our home. I have read it in the past and fountd it to be the best paper that I have ever read. I also like to see some of my f liends' pictures in it. I am on the Winter HiU of Cities To the Editor: Travel, good pay and adventure Service. I have found the men to with the Army is certainly a far cry be good members and most of all from the worthwhile, good living good ^friends. I hope to keep sail­ kind of travel a man does with the ing with the SIU. C. Fontenot SIU. (Ed. note: Your wife will re­ After having to put up with army life for six months, so far, ceive the LOG every two weeks, I can really appreciate all the tre- as published.) Wants Wife To Heeeive MAfG What4 With This Armp Sott Soap? Highly successful as-a bulk freight carrier during the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, and even fOir many years afterwards, the carrack was a vessel designed to carry large burdens, but was also often employed for purposes of war. As a dual purpose ves­ sel, it undoubtedly was an integral part of the shipping of all European maritime nations, and some of them were probably as laiYe as 1,000 tons. The carrack usually had four large wales. Wants A Group insurance Pian To the Editor: I, and many others, have often asked, "What does the single man get from the Welfare Fund except hospital benefits ..when he is in the hospital?" Group insurance is a plan that I have often thought would benefit the single man, mar­ ried man, his wife and children. To the membership I would like to propose such a plan now. Under group insurance, the plan would cover all members whether book or permit as long as they are in good standing. The plan would be broad enough to cover everything, which would include fillings, cleaning, extractions, bridge wJJrk and plates, dental sur­ gery, maternity and its expenses, medically anything from a scratch, cut, or infection of any kind; com­ municable, chron­ ic and incurable diseases; all in­ juries, accidents; and all special­ ists, hospital fees for room, doctors, nurses, anasthesia. X-ray, Whitlow hon^, office, and ambulance calls as well as out­ patient treatment. Loss of wages for all non-occu­ pational illnesses and injuries would be included, whether you are an in or out-patient, figured proportionately to your monthly earnings or the present mainte­ nance and cure benefits. Since the plan would be nation­ wide', seamen would choose their own doctors whether they are home or away from home. In that re­ spect, the treatment they receive would be much better than what the marine hospitals offer, and my belief is the life of the marine hospitals are short-lived as soon as the present extension expires. Aboai'd ship where the company doesn't give full coverage, the plan could cover as well as ashore. The Union Welfare Plan would still continue paying the war bond to new arrivals, death, scholarship, disability, and hospital benefits. I am sure that Welfare and head­ quarters can Investigate other plans now already in operation and enable us to have the best group insurance now In operation. Paul Whitlow (Ed note: Under the SIU Welfare Plan, all men sailing SIU con­ tracted ships, both books and per­ mits, are entitled to sederal bene­ fits whether they are single or mar­ ried. Aside from the hospital bene­ fit, there is a $25 weekly disability benefit payable at any age, and as in the case of the three Seafarers who won the 1954 awards this week, scholarship benefits as well. There is also a $2,500 death bene­ fit payable to the beneficiary of any Seafarer.) i his job on deck. His job calls for only one class of work, but the chief cook has to be an all-round cook, butcher and have a knowl­ edge of baking and pastry work. Now getting to the chief stew­ ard, this man is the head of a de­ partment with the responsibility of all foods, linens, maintenance and the serving of meals. He has the responsibility of. making a good ship and taking care of the diets of all the men aboard the ship he's serving on. Looking at the difference in the pay rates it seems way out of proportion for the work he does. Since the bosun is a workingboss under the chief mate's orders, and the chief steward is the head of a department, 'the- same as a chief mate, I believe that a chief steward's wages should be about what a second electrician's wages are. I would also like to point out that there is a lot of overtime that a chief steward does not get any more which his gang now does, such as supervising. This is not so with a bosun. I honestly believe that our nego­ tiating committee, \when looking into the difference in pay rates of respective departments, will see that the chief cooks, night cooks and bakers and chief stewards are way underpaid. Bill Hay its. Seafarer Offers Home For Sale To the Editor: This is to let any of the brothers who might be interested in buying a home know that I would like to sell my place in Brooklyn because I intend moving elsewhere. The house is a one-family, two-story frame house located about 20 min­ utes from the SIU hall. It has eight rooms, automatic oil heat, a full cellar, big yard in the rear and is on a plot about 30 feet by 100. It has no fancy frills but can be redecorated as the pur­ chaser sees fit. The price is $5,000, but I am sure I could .reach suitable terms with the person who would take it over. The house is located at 38 Garnet Street, and the telephone is ULster 8-2559. Information can be ob: tained at any time by calling that number or by seeing the place in person. There is always somebody there, either my wife or myself. Manuel Sanches Urges Action On Accident Forms To the Editor: I guess by now that our Brother members who have been reading our Union newspaper, the LOG, for the last few months must have come across quite a few articles that have been written concerning the urgency of putting our own ac­ cident forms on all our ships. I am writing to tell you Brother members that the urge is none too great. This is an­ other progressive step towards the welfare of the membership, be­ ing done so well for the members of the best mari­ time union in the world, the SIU. I have been in Hansen the hospital for some leugth of time now and when I stop and think, I realize that the idea^of protecting the welfare of the seaman, the first of its kind that I know of, is strictly'the idea of the SIU. These accident forms sure will serve a purpose for one and all of us. There will be no more laying in a hospital in some Godforsaken port in misery and wondering if the mate or some company stiff has sent in the proper company report. No more worrying about the seri­ ousness of the accident and how long it will take before you get anywhere near home and loved ones. Thank (3od the' SIU has thought of one of the best ways in the world of protecting its men in the use of these accident forms. An­ other first for the SIU. So, fellows, I urge you one and -all for your own protection, when you get aboard your next ship and have finished choosing the dele­ gates that are to represent you for the trip, make sure you impress upon your fellow shipmates the ne­ cessity of these accident forms and don't stop until you have a 100 per­ cent vote for them on all our ships. In closing I might add, that this great Union of ours has one of the greatest welfare departments there is on land or sea, barring none. You will never know until you are in the position I was in how right I am in making this statement. The attention I have had here at the hospital has been wonderful and seeing that good old smiling face of Toby Flynn is a tonic in itself. So once again, fellows, lets all vote 100 percent for those accident forms on all our ships. Einar Hansen Happy Family Group Not Camera Shy ^ Voices Stewards Department Beef witli skids strengthening the sides. The northern carrack illus­ trated here differed somewhat from those of the southern'Waters. In the latter it was customary to permit the ends of the deck beams to project beyond the planking of the vessels sides. The ships usually had three masts, with the mainmast much larger than the other Jwo. Some ot them did cany lour masts^ includ- ing-a tiny nudn-topmast, but this spar wjg. often little-more than a.ilfg-staff..: To the Editon Sir, I am writing to express my views in the LOG on the wages of chief stewards, chief cooks and night cooks and bakers, and .would like the opinion of the brothers sailing in this category. When our negotiating committee is working out the terms of our next contract, I would like to ask them to look into the matter of bringing stewards department wages up to the level of the deck and engine departments. First, let chief cooks be paid 'at the rate of pay that, bosun is paid, nite cooks and bakers likewise. The reason I say l^at, Is that, in my opinion, a chief cook has to be an all-round tradesman, as does the baker, whereas » bosun has to know only I ^I m •I Contented family of Seafarer Stephen Mehringcr gazes happily into camera. The litUr family group resides in Camden, NJ. •• I �•-v,'sy^_ :•;:TJgr SEAFARERS Par* Twenty •*«•; ;;i- ^ • -•,t- ^ LOG JTone tS, 1954 ... DIGEST of SHIPS* MEETINGS ... MOBILIAN (Waterman), May 31—Chair­ man, J. Prascott; Sacrafary, J.- Stringfallow. Ship's delegate reported that he was told by the New Orleans hall that there was no bonus on this run. up to date. Suggestion was made to see the chief mate about getting some items that are short in the slopchest. Each man will make up a list of what he wants. Ship's laundry is to be kept clean; sani­ tary man will clean the laundry for a . week in each department; an assignment list will be posted. - FRENCH CitEEK (Cities Service), May 24—Chairman, Floyd Pence; Secretary, Dan Beard. There is a .S40 balance in the ship's fund. Deck department foc'sles and passageways need painting. Men need not give notice, if geting off, until they know where the ship is going next trip. Patrolman should check the Slopchest if a the ship goes foreign. Bread on the tables will stay fresh if left in waxed wrappers. "Snowboy" soap powder is back again after a big beef two months ago. New library is needed from ^e Sea Chest. Clean linen, i^ued to tife crew is sometimes ragged and torn. Company should have linen sorted out.. Men must stay out of the messhall if they ai-e wear­ ing only shorts. Cups are to be returned to the sink at night. Repair list should be made up for the shipyard. Steward and his department got a vote of thanks for. a job well done. YAKA (Waterman), May 9—Chairman, Chester Yow; Secretary, Backrak. John­ son was elected ship's delegate. Bosun pointed out that all repairs must be made in Baltimore. Mattresses and springs aft are bad. Repair list will be made out and turned in. Washing machine should be turned off when not in use. CUBORE (Ore), May 23—Chairman Troy Thomas; Secretary, James Archie. Ship's delegate wiU' see the chief engineer about instaiiing a new part in the wash­ ing machine. Ship's delegate wUl see the chief mate about having some of the crew's quarters painted. A vote of thanks went to the steward department for their good work. STEEL EXECUTIva (MtTinilan), May 30 —Chairman, Robert A. Barrett; Secretary, E. Wiley Carter. One man missed ship in Kahuiui Maui, Hawaii. Recommenda­ tion was made to have ship's quarters fumigated so we can start the next vo.vage afresh. Some meat in the ground meat seems to be a bit sour. Steward will be notified so this can be checked. DM replacement will be ordered at the first port of arrival. Spring wire forward will be replaced, as it is a menace and a hazard to the safety of the crew han­ dling it. Recommendation was made to have the forward mess table moved over, to give a clear pass go between each table, and to have all drains and clapper valves cleaned. FAIRISLE (Waterman), May 22—Chair­ man, C. L. Stringfellow; Secretary, W. Smith. There is no hot water aft for tak­ ing showers. Joe Barone was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. There was a discussion on Union accident re­ ports. Sanitary man asked for coopera­ tion' in 'stripping .bunks of linen on linen day. Waste paper baskets are needed for foc'sles. The catwalk will be repaired. Patrolman will contact the captain about neglecting the two men aboard ship who need hospital care. Messroom chairs will be repaired and each department delegate will make out a repair list. ANN MARIE (Bull), May 16—Chairman, E. Dakin; Secretary, V. Morton. Ice box was repaired. Motion was passed that no crewmember sign the non-witness report. Discussion was held on the report. ALCOA PENNANT (Alcoa), May 27— Chairman, J. F. Kelley; - Secretary, James Purseil.. H. Ridgeway was elected ship's delegate. Suggestion was made to have the messroom sdugeed on leaving Mobile. Discussion was held on the time for hav­ ing the fire and boat drUi in port. Sug­ gestion was made to have this hgld in the morning, as the steward department is off in the afternoon. ORION COMET (Oil Carriers), June I— Chairman, A. M. Branconi; Secretary, W. L. O'Donnell. Steward and his depart­ ment were congratulated on a job well done, with special mention for coffee time extras. Pressure on sanitary system WiU be referred to the first assistant by the ship's deiegate. Library should be locked up in port. Crew shouid cooper­ ate in keeping the laundry clean;- De­ fective parts in bed springs should be inspected. Steward requested that beefs be mentioned at the meeting and ironed out, to keep the crew in harmony. Doors WiU be kept closed when loading and discharging cargo. Discussion was heid on permissibie smoking area on ship. Ship's delegate wiU confer with the mate on this and aU hands wiU . take pre­ cautions to keep sparks away from gas fumes. fe" DEL MAR (Mississippi), May 23—Chair­ man, George McFall; Secretary, Henry liv. Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY Dover Ms Still in Delaware Thanks to one Seafarer who wrote in immediately when he was crossed up on the cross­ word puzzle in the last issue of the LOG, the editors can an­ nounce at this time that Dover is still the capital of Delaware, despite allusions to the con­ trary in the SEAFARERS LOG. The capital of Maryland is also still located at Annapo­ lis. Apologies to all readers . who may have been confused by the garbled geography in last issue. slopchest. Suggestion was made to write to headquarters to find out why. Steward and his department were commended on the good food and fine menus. Sugges­ tion was made that crewmembers take only one book at a time, instead of put­ ting five or six in their lockers for the whole trip. Only some of the last trip's repairs were dope. Effort wiil be made to have the rest of the work done at sea by the crew where possible. Ship's dele­ BRADFORD ISLAND, (Cities Service), gate will see the captain about a $20 draw June 5—Chairman, Jesse W. Maloney; for each man in the port of Ccuta. Secretary, Vincent Ratcllff. Drinking DEL MAR (Mississippi), April 25— fountain has been fixed. Steward ordered new mattresses. Discussion was held on Chairman, Eddy Stough; Secretary, Henry Gerdes. After $5.92 was spent for games, getting the recreation room fixed up. Ship's delegate will see the captain about the ship's fund stood at $210.54. Station­ this. Suggestion was made that money ery was ordered, according to the last from the ship's fund be used for fixing meeting, and will be ready next time we the radio. ^ Cups should be put back in come In. The cost will be about $80. piace after use. Feet shouid be kept off Joe Wise was .elected ship's delegate. the chairs in the messhaU. Repair lists wili be made out. The ship's fuhd stands at $10.07. ^€ SHOW ME MARINER (Bull), June 7— Chairman, J. Reed; Secretary, M. Sterne. Steward department got a vote of thanks. Deck department should help OS keep quarters clean. Linen should be obtained Discussion was held on keeping the messcial grade, not first quality. *^Crew is not on time. rooms and pantries clean. satisfied with the menus that have been ROBIN KETTERING (Seat Shipping), put out. Steward agreed to try to remedy BENTS FORT (Cities Service), June 6rthis. More variety of night lunch is May 30—Chairman, D. Whittaker; Secre­ needed. Coffee wiU be locked up in tary, N. Rocco. L. Nagie was elected ship's Chairman, C. RItter; Secretary, James Kelly. Mattresses were replaced in Linden delegate. Some men failed to report for Africa. AU hands agreed that the steward should decide if the chief cook has the watch and failed to return on caU back and opinions were asked on them. Pa­ authority to give cooks time off. Shore- to secure ship. .This will be referred to trolman will be asked about the tile in side personnel should be kept out of the patrolman. No launch service was the black gang head. One man missed inside passageways, and forbidden to use provided in Mossel Bay. Crew went on ship in Lake Charles. One night's lodging the washing machine. Magazines in good record to turn in one member for walk­ is disputed.for a member. Dale E. Wil­ condition wili be turned over to a hos­ ing off watch, drunk on watch, missing liams was elected ship's delegate by several watches, entering officers' quar­ acclamation. The messhall has just been pital or a seaman's club in Capetown. ters and electricians' rooms without au­ sougeed; It was suggested, that members ALEXANDRA (Carras), May 30—Chair­ thorization, disturbing passengers by en­ cooperate in keeping it clean. All hands man, Hall; Secretary, William M. Hand. tering their , lounge but not their rooms. agreed to an arrival pool, with a third Morgan Harris was elected ship's dele­ Charges against mai^ were dropped by of the winnings going into the ship's the master, providing Union deals with fund. If menus continue under par they him in the proper manner. Certain men WiU be shown to Brother Clark in Lake were given advice and promised to mend Charles. Old man will be asked to get a their wayward ways. Steward suggested library when calling for replacements. that rooms be left clean and dirty linen We will try again for a better trade of turned in. Washing machine is in poor milk in Lake Charles, a change of coffee working condition and should be replaced and better soap powder. Cook said water­ next trip. Toasters should be replaced; a melons have been ordered. There was a discussion on new quarters for the day­ fan should be placed in the laundry. man who is now with the 8-12 watch. gate. Ship's delegate will see the mate about an awning for the poop deck,. but FRANCES (Bull), June •—Chairman, J. Suggestion was made to move the bosun the general feeUng seems to be that since L. O'JUurke; Secretary, Jimmy Jones. to the midship spare room now used by an awning was no: required it would not Ship s delegate will contact the company the port engineer. We wUl take this up be forthcoming. Request was made for about the washing machine, which needs with the Boston patrolman. As for the sinks for vegetables in the galley. Stew­ repairs. Ernie De Bautte was elected opinions on the seven foam rubber mat­ ard wlU be contacted about ice cream ship's delegate by acclamation. Discus­ tresses: One says they are too narrow: coming aboard in a soft condition. Pa­ sion was held on the food. All radios two say they are too short; one doesn't trolman WiU be' asked about a washing should be tuned do^n low at night, so like the smell; three find them the best machine—a second, new one. Steward and men can sleep. New repair list should be they've ever had. We just can't keep everyone happy; we could use four more. chief cook should check stores coming aboard to see thai a good grade is re­ I ceived and poor grades should -be re­ JULESBURG (Terminal Tankers), June fused. Several complaints were made 6—Chairman, B. KImberley; Secretary, M, against the steward's handUng of his job M. Cross. All repairs will be taken care and his excuses were not generaliy ac­ of, including the new washing machine. cepted. Steward agreed that, as he was One man missed ship twice, in Japan sick, he should get off the Ship and re­ and in New Zealand and will be turned cover fuliy before shipping again. Small over to the patrolman. One man missed beef between two : deck gang members made out. Linen locker should be put in ship and was left in Auckland, New Zea­ was settled amicably. Delegates wUl a different place. land; a man with a tugboat book was check the old repair list and try,to get picked up in Auckland. Motion was SEACLOUD (Seatraders), April 25— passed to make out a complete repair items left over taken care of. Chairman, James Eichanberg; Secretary, list. There was discussion on the men Albert Precious. A. B. Fowler was who missed ship. BEATRICE (Bull), June 2—Chairman, elected ship's delegate by acclama­ • • . N Pedro Reys; Secretary, Roger I. Hall. tion. Discussion was held on inadequate Crew messhaU was sougeed; OT beefs MARIE HAMILL (Bloomfleld), May S— from the last trip were settled. Raymond Chairman, Robert McNeil; Secretary,, W. Moran was elected new ship's delegate. E. Harper. One man got off the ship 8-12 oiler has beef about the engineer on before sailing because of sickness in his his watch; he claims the pnglneer is family. Deck delegate reported this to treating him worse than an animal. He the Union hall. H. Jones was elected is also treating the wipers the same and ship's delegate by acclamation. Ship's trying to run the engine room dayworkdelegat&.will see the chief engineer about ers. When the oiler started up his bilge James H. "Red" Smith the washing machine. Men were asked pumps the engineer speeded them up Please contact your sister in to wear trousers when in the messhaU. the moment he turned his back. Issue < Continued on page 21) will be referred to the patrolman. Stew­ Houston, Texas, ard was asked to order plenty of fresh milk. Ship's delegate and the patrolman WiU see the port steward about getting Puxzte Auawer Samuel Hutchinson more variety of fresh fruits and vege­ tables. Asks that his friends please Cerdes. Men getting off may purchase up to eight cartons of cigarettes. Captain agreed to > lift a log on a man because of a nervous disorder. We also have on board a repatriated brother, who was injured on the Del Santos, and whom we welcome. Brother Joe Spina got a vote of thanks for buUding up the ship's fund. Motion to buy a movie projector was vetoed for lack of support. Motion was passed to use a fund of voluntary dona­ tions for a picnic for members and their families. Discussion was held on the crew pantry, condition of cups and dishes, temperature of washing and rinsing MARINA (Bull), May 22—Chairman, water. Steward will check the beef. Wash­ Frank Fletcher; Secretary, E. Mbllneaux. ing machine wUl be put on the repair Crew was asked to stop beefing among Ust. themselves and bring beefs out at good and welfare. Complaints were made about ROBIN TRENT (Seas Shipping), May 30 the captain's system of giving out draws —Chairman, M. Smith; Secretary, F. S. and cigarettes. After discussion it was Simiene. A few repairs were not made decided that the ship's delegate would before leaving New York; they wiU be see him and try and work things out. put on the repair Ust again at the end Captain will be contacted about getting a of this voyage. Chief engineer will get Seafarers Sea Chest for the ship. There ice boxes in the messhaUs fixed in Africa. should be less noise in the passageway Carpenter wiU instaU toUet paper hold­ in the morning. ers in heads that need them. Motion was passed to see if better grades of JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Victory meat can be put on board in the future; Carriers), May 2—Chairman, Vernon Hall; patrolman will check this at the payoff. Secretary, H. L. Haley. Robert Prideaux Chief cook stated meats are of commer- was elected ship's delegate. Patrolman will be contacted about getting a 'new heavy-duty washing machine. The dis­ puted OT on butchering will be turned over to the patrolman. Engine delegate will be elected. I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my nome on your mailing list. (Print Information) Secretary H. L. Herdy. Washing machine was fixed; everything is running smoothly. Delegates wiU make up repair lists for each department. A vote of thanks went to the steward department. Conditions would be much improved if the chief cook, second cook, night cook and baker did not share the same foc'sles. Night cook and baker cannot sleep in day workers' room. May 31—Chairman, Roy C, Lwndqulstt llRSONALS 4 4 4 write to him at 91 South Edgeley Road, Toronto 13, Canada, 4 4 4 Dow M. Nye Important that you contact Tony Carrano at lid Royal Street, New Orleans, La, 4 4 4 John D. McLemore important that you contact L, E, Wing c/o SIU Hall, Mobile, Ala, 4 4 4 Clyde Burns Please contact Sheldon Tabak, 38 Park Row, New York City, con­ cerning your shipmate Joseph V. Richards, 4 NOTICES 4 4 Richard D. Lewis Please contact yiiiir attorney and W. J. DonBld sign releases as your case ^ been Ydur Union book and gear arc settled. being held at the Wilmington hall. NAME » 4 4 4 4 t Hugh S. Bean Robert H. Albright STREET ADDRESS ....... —..................;.. Contact the Organizing Uepart- Anyone knowing the whereabouts ment at SJU headquarters as soon of the above Seafarer please con­ tact Mirs. Hugh S, Bean at 405 as possible. Urgent. OITY .............. .....ZONE ......STATE ,...... South Westehore Drive, Port Tam­ ,, ^ » 4-,. . pa City, Tla, Frank Li Blehardsoii Rajuaond Moreg . ; :: " » t X : u ' Andre Brokrishy Manuel Gana TO AVOID OUKICATIONi H you aro on old subserlbor onrf hivB • obtnflo Please contact the . Orgiinlaing Please contact Howard SI Gil­ of oddross, piooto fivo your fprmor oddroM bolowf Department : at SXl)r headquarters lespie,' Box 432, Lewisbbrgi W. VB;; at' once i regabding. yoiir < rtl'nstate-'regMdiog the'name'add idiieii xit ment .aud. back pajr ritfiAg; In con^ an unrtb :wh» shtpimd 'aeidtb Mm iiectloi|(Withith»: bd the Sanford B, Doyle.' ,' ' /iiJu ,k</' ;'-;ir.'? •; • .).v A [sisisis smiiBois ssa BIQIS QSISBQISIE ssass Bsnssn anas [^Dao Qsias [^QS] Quiz Answers (1) Six hours. (2) (b) Scheherezade, (3) (b) William Holden, for hia role in Stalag 17, a movie about AmericaiT-POWs in Germany. (4) Boulder Dam, Originally called Hoover Dam, It was later, changed to Boiilder Dam, and then the original name was restored in 1947. \ (5) Ohio, abbreviated as O, Tha Post Office Department would be much happirt if this abbreviation wasn't used, however, and tiie full name was spelled out. : («) 294 feet. . (7) Wisconsin. (jl>(b)Jo)ln Adams, thf first yicfc.. Prttsidcni, became ffie lecond Pre**• - • ' litii^ti lih inar • . ar and;. Wn'n:;-.- mm �SEAFARERS ^ui* t5, 1954 IPG Paee Twenty-mit ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... ihent in which some strong words were (Continued from page 20) passed. After a vote, the chief cook Men ara ta clean up after eating at was told to mend his ways, or he would nlgbt. be put off. Ship needs fumigation as rats were seen on board. New refrigerator Is DiL VIBNTO (MItslislppI), May needed for the crew messroom, as the Chairman, Wilien "Tiny" Themat; Sec­ old one has been broken, the whole trip. retary, John R. Tllley. There la a total Better grade of -syrup should be ordered. of 877 in the ship's fund. Steward asked the membership to turn in any torn linen which wUl be replaced, and turned llli'LL RUN (Petrol Tankers), June i— over to the company. As In the pact. Chairman, J. McLaughlin; Secretary, L. It was decided to hold an arrival pool, P. Hagmann. One man left the ship In both north and south-bound. 60 chances Lake Charles and the hall was notlfled at S2 each, the winning minute to receive by radio the following day. One man was 860 and the two adjoining minutes 820 left In the hosplUl at Pbrt Everglades, each. The remaining 820 will go Into Fla. Anyone desiring to take off In pbrt the ship's fund. This money Will be used should make arrangements In advance for to hold a shrimp and beer parly in South someone to stand his watch, and not America each trip. Cither ships could leave the man on watch holding the bag. beneBt by this practice and raise a ship's Crew was advised that the captain would fund without any trouble to anyone and not pay transportation from Tampa, Fla. still provide a sporting proposition to to Port Everglades, the nearest port with the membership. replacements. This matter will be taken up with the patrolman at the nCxt payoff. SEATICER (Colonial), June <—Chair­ Fresh dally stores were not obtained In man, E. L. Thompson; Secretary, Story. several ports. Ship's delegate was asked Repair list was turned in. . Vote of by the steward to see the captain on thanks went to the steward department. this and the captain said the steward One man to be turned in to patrolman placed no requisition. Milk for two meals for being a rat. Men should leave the was short In Port Everglades and there ship clean and return all cups to the was no Ice aboard. Pantryman said he steward. was not ordered to make Ice as It was expected every day. Steward was asked PELTORB (Ore), Juns 4—Chairman, why niore night lunch could not be put Merle Doucatt; Secretary, Frank Pagano. out and said he would take care of the Quartermaster paid off In Canal.' Harold matter. Galley will be left open while at Thomas was elected ship's delegate by sea. Galley scuppers were stopped up: pumpman promised to fix them right after the meeting. acclamation. Water fountain will not be used as a spittoon. There is 840 In the ship's fund. MAB (Bull), May 9—Chairman, Clark Inman; Bacratary, R. M. Hammond. There Is a balance'of 824.79 In the ship's fund. F. Hipp was elected new ship's delegate. Brother Carlson tvas given a vote of thanks for a Job well done while serving as delegate. Repairman In Baltimore fouled up TV set. Suggestion was made to try and have It fixed again at Pasa­ dena. New roda for the aerial will be purchased there if possible. ROBIN 8HERWOOO' (Beat Shipping), May 9—Chalrpian, R. Anderson; Secre­ tary, Mitchell Critzf. No cigarettes were Issued In Bclra. We had to contact mas­ ter for these. Master was contacted be­ cause the purser refused to show movies. Ship's fund stands at 83.28. Repair list was turned over to the ship's delegate. Chief electrician complained that har­ mony aboard this vessel has bcen_ dis­ rupted by the chief cook. This man has been very loud In passageways, keeping men on watch awake. Also, he has been In arguments with some members of the crew. He went to the chief cook at one o'clock to get keys for the galley and the chief cook refused. There was an at^- See Mimmigration Before Landing All ships in Puerto Rican ports must be cleared by the Immigration ins^etors before erewmembers-can go ashore, . the same as in Continental United States ports. Crewmembers should make sure that Immigration has finished its business before taking off. Otherwise - the shipping com­ pany is subject to fines and the crewmeihber can be penal­ ized accordingly. ^ COB VICTORY (Victory Csrrlsrs),--May 30—Chairman, MIks Magsl; Bscrstsry Ceorgs B. Dunn. J. R. Johnson was re­ elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Bosun reported that the painting of the crew's quarters should be finished this week. Chief electrician was asked to put a timer on the washing machine so It would shut off automatically. Ship's dele­ gate asked the other delegates to get a draw list ready for Japan. CHILORB (Ore), May 9—Chairman, P. Priti; Secretary, J. C. Crsgery. There was a beef against the third cook for not performing his work. Steward asked the membership about the charges against the third cook and the membership voted to turn it over to the patrolman. A re­ quest has been made and approved that while In drydock a check be made, and aU missing wind chutes In crew's-quarters be replaced and extra fans be installed In crew's lounge. STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), May 3S— Chairman, Wayne 8. Collard; Secretary, Miguel A. Eala. This Is a good crew and everybody's behavior Is very satis­ factory. Two beefs with the captain, on Issuing soap powder and pulling Ice were settled to our satisfaction. Captain said he would not lift the logs against four men. Patrolman will be asked why the water spigot installed outside the house for shoreslde personnel cannot be left on in all foreign ports for use by them, so they don't have to use our drinknlg fountain. Company's US and foreign mailing addresses will be typed up and posted under glass in the crew messhall. All repairs* will be turned over to the ship's delegate. There was a beef on getting the electrician's foc'sle painted and heads and showers sougeed and painted out. Chief said there was no time, but we have had sufficient time to have this done before arriving In New York. Vote of thanks went to the whole steward department for a Job well done during the whole trip. Lava soap should be used instead of pumice. 16 fans jvlll be installed in all foc'sles as the 12-Inch fans are not adequate for this run. Electrician's foc'sle will be painted. New chairs will be ordered for the crew's messhall and this will be put on the re­ pair list. There was discussion on start­ ing a Union group medical Insurance plan and about Jnstalling a laundry aboard ship, "as the work done on shore has been poor. JEAN LAPITTB (Waterman), May IS— Chairman, P. B. Otyoi; Secretary, M. B. -•-.Ss'AiwKii 4Ait Crtt, .T.-j';'';,'!.'.. . Pappadakls. Minor repairs will be taken care of—some at sea and the rest in Yokohama. Motion was passed to start a ship's fund with a 82 donation per, man; this fund will be used for emer­ gencies only. After discussion on the cleaning of the crew's pantry It was agreed that the last man standing by dn each watch leave the place clean. The card players should also clean up their mess. GOLDEN CITY (Waterman), May 30^ Chairman, Jlmmle Colder; Secretary, Harry Crimes. Repair list of the last trip has not yet been completed: ship's dele­ gate will see the captain. Suggestion was made to keep the library neat and orderly at all times. Engine department should leave coffee in the pantry and not carry It below. Steward should be contacted when coffee is needed below. All linen should, be kept In rooms in Germany, and not thrown into the pas­ sageway. There Is a question of englneers freeing dogs on portholes topside and taking OT away from the deck de­ partment. Washing machine should be given better treatment; motor should not be left on overnight. No one In the black gang is to ask for time off in lieu of OT, as seemingly expected by topside engi­ neers, or charges will be preferred. PELICAN MARINER (Bloomneld), May 21—Chairman, Ncis Larson; Secretary, M. Ashlelgh. One man was hospitalized in Nagoya, Japan: after his discharge he will be repatriated back to the States. Nels Larson was elected ship's dele.-jate unanimously. Deck delegate reported that he would be hospitalized in Pusan, Korea, and said that the bosun com­ plained of difficulties with the mate, and that this matter had been satisfactorily cleared. Due to'the shortage of steward department men, the steward, ship's dele­ gate and department delegates conferred with the captain and it was decided that day workers of the engine department would be placed in the engine depart­ ment, as long as sick men are absent. One man went over the heads of every­ one, allegedly, to obtain a. hospital slip. He is reported to have gpne to the agent and obtained a slip denoting him unfit for duty. When the same was presented to the captain, the captain said his pay would stop till he was fit for duty again. The man became incensed and swore, demanding his slip back. The captain then advised that he be taken below and quieted or he would take action. Man who made the statement that the bosifn was unfit for his job apologized deeply. Sanitary work is unsatisfactory, and will be reported to the patrolman If it doesn't improve. Department dele.''ates should confer with the purser to compile a list to replenish stock In the slopchest and to obtain the stock In the first major port. Three Seafarers, Son Of SIU Man Win Scholarship Awards (Continued from page 3) of the soccer and lacrosse teams. In 1947 Simpson was accepted by Stanford University but was un­ able to enter school for lack of money. He started shipping out then first with the Ore Line for about three years and later spent a good deal of time on Waterman and Alcoa ships. More recently he has been taking Libertys out of the West Coast. Seafarer Seymour Wallace, who is 24 years old, is already attend­ ing Long Island University taking a pre-med course with* the hope of becoming a .podi­ atrist. The 24year-old Seafarer has been a mem­ ber of the SIU for six years sailing mostly on Wallace Mississippi and Bull Line ships. He has an A-minus average at LIU and previously at­ tended St. Vincent's Grammar Judges Pick Art Winners (Continued from page 2) eluding four red-ribboned special awards. The limited number of entries in watercolors and draw­ ings precluded the awarding of three prizes in each class, at any event. Tie For First Prize The tie for first prize in oils be­ tween Tarkov and Hope was cred­ ited by the judges to the excellence of both entries. Tarkov's entry, titled "Life of a Little Boy," was a landscape showing a little boy romping along a country road. Hope took the honors with a de­ tailed street scene of a small town. His winning watercolor was a por­ trait impression of a young woman. A pencil drawing titled "The Bosun" won the top award in that division for Sawvel, who sai(i the drawing was of the bosun on the Fairjport (Waterman), the ship he'd been on recently. In handicrafts, a fine-tooled gyroscope, copped the top prize for Pfeiffer, who put his skill as a machinist to work on his winning entry. (See separate story on page 2 for descriptions of all the winning entries and personal sketches of each Seafarer who toolf part in the contest.) Prior to the week-long exhibit at headquiirters, many of the en­ tries also-had a showcasing along with the works of • members of other Netir York trade unions- et a speciar display sponsored by a di­ vision of the New York Public Ll«braiy;" -I T School at St. Vincent, British West Indies, where he compiled a fine scholastic record. He's married and lives in New York City. Now On Wacosta The fourth college scholarship winner. Seafarer Ed Larkin, is cur­ rently serving as chief electrician on the Wacosta, after completing one year at the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Re­ lations, Cornell University. Lar­ kin, who is 27 years old, has been sailing for over 10 years. For a while he served on the Great Lakes as an organizer and last year won a labor scholarship to Harlech Col­ lege, Harlech, Wales, under an In­ ternational Exchange program. The committee of educators. which selected the winnei's, based their ehoices on test scores on the College - Entrance Board examina­ tion, high school achievement record, ejitra-curricular participa­ tion in school and evidences of character, ability and leadership qualities. Committee members were: C. William Edwards, director of adjnissions, Princeton University; Elwood C. Kastner, registrar. New York University: Miss Edna M. Newby, director of admissions. New Jersey College for Women, Rutgers University; F. D. Wilki.-.son, regis­ trar, Howard University, and Ber­ nard Ireland, assistant director of admissions, Columbia College, Co­ lumbia University. Seatrain Signs Contract (Continued from page 3) have contained animal or vegetable $3fi8.68; second cook, $332.77; matter or petroleum oil or creo­ third cook, $317.93; me.ssman, sotes. $249.82; utilityman, $249.82, and night cook and baker, $368.68. The new OT rates—also retro­ active to .last October 1—range from $1.51 to $1.98 an hour de­ pending on the basic monthly wage. For standby work in port, when iContinued from page 2) board and lodging are not provid­ ed on the ship, the men are to be additional $19 over the date paid paid from $1.91 to $1.98 an hour, on other dry cargo ships. Overtime depending on their monthly wage, rates, on the Mariners, however, for work done during the regular are not affected by the provision working hours. Outside those covering key ratings. Approval of the new freight con­ hours the rates range from $2.87 tract by the membership at meet­ to $2.98 an hour. For longshore work done by the ings in all ports last week followed crew, the rates are $1.91 to $1.98 on the approval of the agreement an hour for the watch above and by a representative shipowners' $2.87 to $2.98 an hour for the committee which had negotiated \^tch below. For such work done with the Union. The individual outside the regular working hours freight operators now have to sign the rates range from $3.81 to $3.96 -the agreement for their own com­ panies, a detail which is expected an hour. Similar rates have been put into to be completed shortly. In making the demand for talks effect when erewmembers are re­ quired to handle diffuser units or on a new tankship pact, following clean or repair tanks or bijges that a preliminary meeting with several of the tanker operators, the Union left it up to the shipowners wheth­ er they wish to negotiate indi­ vidually or as a group, although in previous- years negotiations have An" error in the dry cargo been held jointly. wage scale list published in It is expected, however, that the the last issue of the SEAFAR­ pattern set in the freight agree­ ERS LOG had the AB mainte­ ment will be followed in the tank­ nance and the 2nd assistant er field as well as on money items reefer engineer receiving $1.98 and general and working rules an hour in overtime pay. The where they apply. Some improve­ correct figure for these two ments in working rules keyed to ratings is $1.94. tanker operation are also likely in The dividing line, based on the upcoming talks. The traditional the old wage scale, for figuring differential on pay in favor of overtime rates is $340.73. Un­ tankermen will also be maintained. der the old scale both ^AB The freight agreement, which maintenance and 2nd assistant will run until September 30, 1955, . reefer were receiving less than Ihciiides a specified clause en­ that figure, hence they fall., abling the Union to reopen it any into the four percent increase time on welfare, vacation claiiseB categoiY. and other items. Open Tanker Contract Talks AB Maintenance at Bate $1.94 y I �• ^ .'ifaie'^enty-ti^ ' SEAFARERS ^ l»S4 IPG Seafarer'^ Son; Sleeps Through It All 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 and you see a friend's name on the list, (drop in for a visit. It will be most welcome. USPHS HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL P''; Blissfully unaware of the goings-on, John Gretz, son of Seafarer Michael Gretz, slumbers peacefully, as parents look over communication from Union with $200 maternity benefit check and $25 bond. |-,vt' v ^rW.•. .-• Wk'- '-.W# All of the follomnsf SIU families will collect the $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name. James Charlie Dial, Jr., born May 4, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James C. Dial, Sr., RFD No. 1, Livingston, Ala. $• Ruth Ellen Carpenter,, bom January 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin C. Carpenter, 118 Broad Street, Valley Falls, RI. 4- it t Daniel Perez, Jrr, born March 23, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Perez, 1808'Market Street, Galves­ ton, Tex. t it t Johanna Ruiz, born March 23, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Juan Ruiz, 447 Third Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. ii t Miguel Eugenio Cubano, born April 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jose Cubano, Palansterio Q-4, San Juan, Puerto Rico. t i i John Gretz, born May 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gretz, 90 St. Marks Place, Staten Island, NY. i a; 4^ • Amy Lee DePoo, born May 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John J. DePoo, 307 West 11th Street, New York 14, NY. t 4* 4" Walter Lee Broderick, born May 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Broderick, 507 West Cres­ cent Drive, Savannah, Ga. it 4" 3^ Vickl Yvonne Franklin, born Man. Beach PHS Patients Put Out Own Magazine April 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. WiUiam "T. Franklin, Route 2, Graham, NC. 4" 4^ it Renay Elaine Gaines, bom Febmary 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis B. Gaines, 1754 Limerick Street, Mobile, Ala. X ir ir • ••• Carolyn Ruth Sposato, born May 11, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard R. Sposato, c/o General Delivery, Sprakers, NY. 4" 3^ 4" Anita Alyce Reld, born May 29, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Msg. Glenn A. Reld, 111 West Channel Road, Santa Monica, Cal. 3^ 4" 3> Sandra. Arlene ^Greaux, .born June 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Greaux, 286 North Broadway, Churchtown Pennsgrove, NJ. "3> t 3> James Lawrence Palmer,' III, born May 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Palmer, Jr., 400 Shaw Street, New Bedford, Mass. 3^ 4" 4" Thomas Clyde Deale, Jr., born May 27, 1954. Parents, Mr; and Mrs. Thomas C. Deale, 732 Prince­ ton Avenue, Birmingham, Ala. 4« 4i 4» Thomas Harold Rood, born May 28. 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ponald L. Rood, 5022 Comly Street, Philadelphia, Pa. .. Seafarer John Driscqll and Manhattan Beach nurse look over first . issue of- "The Porthole," new magazine being published by the patients at Manhattan Beach. Patients at the Manhattan Beach US Public Health Service Hospital are now putting out ah attractive 31-page publica­ tion each month. Called "The Porthole," the newspaper is the product of combined tal-' ents of both SIU and NMU Seafarer Henry E. Smith design­ patients. ed an attractive cover for. the The June issue of the newspaper publication while other patients contains an article by Seafarer chipped In with news notes and John Dri^coll commemorating the other Items of Interest. hospital's fourth anniversary as a Hospital patients are hopeful USPHS unit and describing the that they will be able to maintain complex but wdll-carried-out mov­ a regular publication "to be dis­ ing operation Involved in shifting tributed among the patient.^ and patients from the old Neponsit possibly exchanged with other hospital at Rockaway Beach to the marine hospitals around the coun­ Manhattan Beach Installation. try. STATEN ISLAND. NY SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. Henry J. Childs C. J. Neumaier James Bentley William E. Neef Ho.Yee Choe Joe Perreira John E. Brady Joseph Neubai'er Theodore Creer Luciano 1. Ramos John J. Brennan Sigurd Odegaad Thomas D. Dailey Anthony M. Rosaies Charles CantweU Charles Ogiesby Oiav Gustavsen Thomas A, Scanlon Jose Cortes Newton Paine Hoyt Hackney W. S. gingieton Henry Currier T. Papoutsogiov George H. Leary Edward L. Woods Raymond Davis Fioro Regalado Antonio Mangao P. S. • Yiizon Marinus Dejonga George Robinson Domingo Diaz Juan Rodriguez USPHS HOSPITAL Eddie Driggers Manuel Rodr:;.'uez NEW ORLEANS, LA. W. E. Eietherion Oscar Rosenfcit Stanley A, Bailey Leo Lang Andrew Franklin Edwin T. Rushton Paul Boudreaux Pierre Leblanc Joseph Gauthier David Saigado Charles E. Brady Jean LaTapie EsteU Godfrey Stanley A. Sargeant WUiiam R. Burch Cyril Lowrey Einar A. Hansen Jerome Serrao Charles Burton James M. Lucky Vincent Jones Hendrick Swartjes Owen Butler Adam McDiarmid Thomas Liles Thomas Thompson McKenley Campbell Frank Martin Tim McCarthy James Thomson Sibastian Carregal George R. Mitchell Lloyd McGee Benjamin Trottia aip P. B. Cogley John Maclnnes Jose Valenzueia Mu S. Cope Jean Murna Perfecto Mangual Clifford Womack Arthur 1. Nelson Adion Cox Julius Martin Clifton Wilson Clarence Crevier C. Osinski Robert Mulhnllahd Arthur Wroton Ernest DesHotels Frank S. Payior Francis R. Napoli A. Quinones Gordon R. Doian W. E. Reynolds E. R. Ekiund USPHS HOSPITAL Ragnor A. Ericson James J. Ruth MANHATTAN BEACH, NY Edward Samrock Thomas Fields Percy AUred Kaarel Leetmaa Nathan Gardner John E. Sanders Fortune Bacomo 'James R. Lewis Bobby M. Slade Frank Gibas Claude Blanks Francis Lynch Golden B. GUlespie Jack F. Thornburg Joseph D. McGraw Robert L. Booker Jack H. Gleason Lonnie R. Tickle Thomas Bryant Archibald McGuigan John L. Hinton J. E. Ward Joseph G. Carr David McUreath Lyle Hipp Louis W. Wetzell Har Chong Frank Mackey E. G. Kriapp Robect T. Young John Driscoli Vic Milazzo D. KorolU Boje Bieisen M. W. Gardiner USPHS-^OSPITAL Bart Guranick George Shumaker MOBILE, ALA. John Haas Robert Sizemore Dawson Perry Thomas Isaksen Ernest Smallwood John Keenan Henry E. Smith USPHS HOSPITAL Ludwig Kristiansen Henry Tuttle GALVESTON, TEX. Frederick Landry Renato Viliata C. Barboza J&cinto Guebara William Bargone Willie B. GuiUory James J. Lawior Virgil Wilmoth W. C. Be/gguist Thomas Gutierrez YONKERS GENERAL HOSPITAL James H. Brandon Alfred A. Hancock . NEW YORK Curtis G. Decker Abraham H. Mander Aaron Sasser Joseph H. Dudley Hewitt Manuel G. B. Eilzey John E. Markopolo USPHS HOSPITAL C. W. Goodwyn Jack E. Siocum DETROIT, MICH. Tim Burke USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. VA HOSPITAL Frank Alasavich Robert A. Rogers BALTIMORE, MD. John G. Flynn Earl F. Spear Leonard J. Frank James A. McFerren Walter Tkach James H. Penswick George Vourloumis NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH USPHS HOSPITAL HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. BETHESDA, MD. Thomas Ankerson William Kenny James H. Harker Lorenzo Brigida Ben I^wson SAILORS SNUG HARBOR Carl Chandler Tony Mastantinp STATEN ISLAND. NY Jessie Clarke Cornelius Palmer Joseph Kosiusky Tony Cooper Patsy Pasquaie James Dodson Robert W. Scales USPHS HOSPITAL WUliam Etty Robert Stanford FORT WORTH, TEX. Gorman T. Glaze John T. Watt Edward J. Toolan George E. Godwin Warren Whitmer Henrich Wie-se VA HOSPITAL Otis Harden Walton Hudson CORAL GABLES, FLA. Albert L. Willis Ruby O. Vance USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. - USPHS HOSPITAL William C. Bedgood Clifford Middleton SEATTLE, WASH. Paul Bland William E. Olson J. B. Brown Stanley Kurtish James Bush Ivey Peaccck Floyd L. Jarvis V. K. Ming Lucius A. DeWitt James B. Sellers Sverre Johannessen Vincent Tocco C. C. Slater Carl R. Johnson WiUiam F. Vaughn Herman KemP' Jimmie Littletpn Charles E. Johnson Alien Seamen Must Get Visas For Future Landings In US Alien seamen sailing US-flag ships or for that matter, the ships of any nation, have one year left in which to get their 3> 3^ 3^ Linda Louise Taylor, born April visitors' visas for landings in the United States. The State 7 19, 1954. Parents,_Mr. and Mrs. Department has-set a July 1, 4 Cecil E. Taylor, PO Box 43, Clen- 1955, cutoff date after which up to handle the volume of work denin. West Virginia. that would be involved in issuing no alien seaman will be per­ the visas. 4" 3^.. 3^ Actually, the requirements for Mary Ruth Mouton, bom April mitted to land in the US without 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. either a visa for residence or a the visitor's visa apfe practically as "stiff as for an immigrant's yisa Philip D. Mouton, 3027 Music visitor's visa. Street, New Orleans, La. Since getting a first visitor's visa for permanent residence, requiring is a time-consuming and compli­ the usual clearances and a consid­ if 3^ 4" erable amount of personal infor­ Jeffrey Carl King, born May 17, cated affair, all alien seamen are mation and documents. Aliens are advised to make immediate appli­ 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gor-. advised-to find out as soon as pos­ don C. King, c/o Delmar King, cation for a visa* at any consul's sible what these documents are, office outside the United States. Steuben, Me. It's expected that it will take a as it may take some time to col­ t 3^ 3^ minimum of two or three months lect th(em. Thomas Wilton Green, born May between the time of application Wait Six Months 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. for the visa and the date the visa ^ In some instances known to the John C. Green, 1821 East Fayette is issued. This, of course, does not U'nion, alien seamen who have ap­ Street, Baltimore, Md. include the time consumed by the plied for a residence visa have had alien in traveling to a foreign port to wait as much as six months for 3> 3> 3> -Richard W. De FazI, born May to make application. Once the visa the visa to come through. It's a 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. is issued, it is good for, two years good idea then,, for . every alien in Richard E. De Fazi, 264 Havre and then can be renewed. the SIU to go about getting his Street, East Boston, Mass. Delayed Effect . visa immediately so that he is not 3J t 3> The visa requirement was .estab­ ^faced with a serious problem one Juan' Elugenip Gonzalez, born, lished when the McCarran Act was 'year from now. If he doesn't have May 26, 1954i Parents, Mr. and passed -but has not been put into the visa by then, he will not be Mrs. Gllberto Gonzalez, 133 Baltic. effect up until now, because the permitted to land in the United overseas consulates were not set States under any circumstances. Street, Brooklyn, NY. ... �'*' ' •T I SEAFARERS '-^jiiiia; IBS,-'-li54 TOE SEAFARERS With WALTER SIEKMANN I News about men in the hospitals and Seafarers receiving SIU Wel­ fare Benefits will be carried in this column. It is loritten by Seafarer Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makes his rounds in his post as Director of Welfare Services.) We've run into several instances recently of doctors giving men slips which say that they are "fit for light duty" and can. go back to work accordingly. Any man getting a slip of this kind shotild check Immediately with the nearest SIU hall because there is no such pro­ vision as "fit for light duty." Working a ship is a man-sized job and a man is either in full health and capable of the work or he isn't. What usually happens in such cases is that a man with the "fit for light duty" slip winds up having to hold down his regular job and take a lot of abuse besides. He's also running the risk of permanently damaging his health and losing out on maintenance and other money that would be due him ordinarily. So our advice to Seafarers is to be cautious when a doctor hands you a "fit for light duty" slip and check with your ITnion before going on board. t t Heading the list of hospitalized men is Manuel Rodriguez, oiler, off the Steel Designer which was his last ship before he was taken down with a recurrence of a heart ailment. Manuel lives in New York City, so he is around home while re­ cuperating from his cardiac trouble. He left the ship in Baltimore and is now in the Staten Island USPHS hospital. Another New Yorker, this time from the expanse of Brooklyn, is Perfecto Mangual. Mangual was en­ gine utility on the Beatrice when he injured his back aboard ship. He was hospitalized in San Juan, Puerto Rico, for ten days before being repatriated back to the States. Rodriguez Jerome Serrao of the Bronx is in the hospital for observation. His last job was aboard the Dorothy of Bull when he chipped out as a messman. Another Bronx boy is William Eietheriou, third cook off the William Carruth. He left the ship because of hernia trouble which was giving him much pain. He's been operated on and is doing much better now, hoping to be out in the near future. Awaiting Sawbones James McDeviti, of New York City, last shipped out as AB on the Show Me Mariner before he ran into a little trouble. He's got a hernia condition and an injury to his left elbow. He's await­ ing operations for both at the present time. Ben Trottie, who had a rare heart operation not so long ago, is back in the hospital for a checkup and observation. The doctors want to see how he's been getting along since they saw him last on the oper­ ating table. A representative from New England is Newton Paine of Woonsocket, RI. Paine, in for treatment of diabetes, was AB on the Coe Victory before be­ coming ill. „ McDevitt Jose Cortes is back in the hospital. He recently recovered from a double hernia operation, but now has come dowp with a little throat trouble and wants to see what the doctors can do with this ailment. WUliam Neef, OS aboard the Ocean Dlla last time he shipped out, is in for a look-see on his skin disease. ?af« Twenty-tjhre* LOG Company Dottor Nof Very Fussy Another case of a Seafarer being hard-timed by a company doctor came to the attention of the Uniob recently. Seafarer Lester McH ugh, who was chief pumpman on the Chivvrawa, a Cities Service tanker, is now recuperating from broken ribs and severe bruises at the Staten Island US Public Health Service hospital after being told he was "fit for light duty." Lester was on the ship working in the pumproom when he stepped into a hole cut in the floor plating and injured himself. The opening had been cut to make a valve ac­ cessible and the moveable cover plate had been left off. When the ship arrived in Lake Charles, La., he was sent to the doctor there who handles all the company's cases. The same doc­ tor is the boarding physician for the Quarantine Service of USPHS and to the best of information, handles other USPHS cases on a fee basis. This apparently is the established practice in ports where PHS does not have its own hospital or clinic facilities. Waiting For Ship The doctor x-rayed him and then left the office. After he was sitting there for quite some time, McHugh said, the nurse came in and re­ marked, "Are you still here?" He replied that he was waiting for a medical report slip. The nurse went out again and then came back and typed up a slip that he was "fit for light duty." McHugh went back on board and talked to the chief engineer, tell­ ing him that his side was very pain­ ful and he was afraid he wouldn't be able to complete the trip, but the chief assured him he would get light duty all the way up to New York. When he got back to New York NY Ambulance Chasing Under Jury Scrutiny A Grand Jury investigation of "ambulance chasing" is un­ der way in New York City fol­ lowing the seizure of records of several lawyers and issuance of record search warrants for several others. Six people have been ar­ rested as runners for lawyers and are being held in bail. The six people and nineteen law­ yers under investigation are all thought to be part of an alleged "ambulance chasing" ring, which specialized in lawsuits dealing with motor vehicle accidents. However, the Grand Jury can extend its in­ vestigation in any direction includ­ ing lawyers' activities at the Pub­ lic Health Sei-vice Hospitals. Of the 19 lawyers Involved in the investigation, names of 12 were made public by the District At­ torney's office. They were: Manuel Katz of 61 Broadway; I. Jesse Winter of 277 Broadway, George L. Bickler, Morton S. Schorr and Irvin Levine of 150 Broadway; Philip Brown, 16 Court Street, Brooklyn; Philip Weintraub, 50 Broad Street; Louis I. Rothenberg, 16 Court Street, Brooklyn; Jerome Golenbock, 225 Broadway; Albert Trepel, 141 Broadway; Irving Gordon, 61 Broadway and Joshua S. Levy, 140 Nassau Street. Seafarer Lester McHugh basks in comfort of hospital bed with aid of fresh cigar while he recuperates from broken ribs suffered in accident on tanker Chiwawa. he immediately checked into the Staten Island hospital where they found his ribs were broken and had not yet healed. Consequently, he is currently an in-patient at the hospital. Actually, there is no such classi­ fication under the SIU contract as "fit for light duty." The agreement provides that a man is either fit for duty or is not, so that the "fit for light duty" phrase has no va­ lidity, particularly since it is im­ possible to define "light duty." The deaths of the following York. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Seafarers have been reported to Marie Draper, 6046 Lawton Ave­ the Seafarers Welfare Plan and nue, Oakland, Cal. $2,500 death benefits are being 4* 4" 4James Robert Lane, 30: Brother paid to beneficiaries. Lane died on June 1, 1954 of an Armando Julian Blanco, 51: An intracranial injury which he got SIU member since 1953, when he when he was struck on the head joined the Union in Miami, Fla., by a crane. An AB in the deck Brother Blanco died of a heart department, he had been sailing ailment at the Municipal Hospital, out of Norfolk since 1951. Bui'ial Tampa, Fla., on March 12, 1954. took place at Riverside Memorial Burial .took place at Woodlawn Pai'k, Norfolk, Va. Cemetery, in Tampa. . Brother 4" 4 Blanco sailed in the steward de­ Joseph P. Coyne, 54: Brother partment. CojTie suffered a fatal attack of pneumonia on April 26, 1954 at St. 4> it t Joseph Thomas' McNulty, 56; On Francis Hospital, Pittsburgh. Pa., April 12, 1954 Brother McNulty and was buried at Calvary Ceme­ died of heart failure in San Fran­ tery in that city. A messman in cisco, Cal. He had been a member the steward department, his permit of the Union's stewai-d department was issued in New York in Decem­ since 1952, when he joined in New ber of 1952. Ruiz Family Portrait i Keep Those Letters Coming With Congress now in ses­ sion, Seafarers are urged to keep on writing their Senators and Representatives in favor of retaining the US Public Health Service hospitals. The flow of mail has been heavy up to now, but from now on in ' is the time that it really counts. • :r Young Johanna Ruiz poses with mother and big brother after re­ ceiving $200 plus $25 defense bond from Union. Dad Juan Ruiz was away on ship when the picture was taken. �lii d I h' • J I* ' "L ^ < I •' • 1I • '^ lili, F " 1 ilBim 1^ 1 K ' -.i- n . ' , i;ip:4|tifS8KS^ ' Seven times in the past few years, ever since t1ie first Mar­ shall Plan bill was proposed, the SlU-hos been in the thick of the fight for the 50-50 principle. Each, year, a new bottle has been fought on this issue in Goneness and. each time the 50-50 principle has been preserved in the face of the fiercest kind of opposition. The result has been that US ships hove carried, each year, 50 percent of all Government-financed cargoes. I I I I I I I < ' .< J .-v - -i- jigjW ; •, '' ' i I -v;-:'-. III I Ilia* iiii 'J: if at any time during these years a 50-50 amendment hod been defeated it would most probably hove been the death of the principle. But now for the first time there is a good chance that the United States will adopt the 50-50. idea as a permanent part of this nation's maritime policy. A bill to that effect has already been passed by the US Senate. It remains for the House of Representatives to act favorably on the meas­ ure and to send it to the President for signature into low. t •& U;"1 • i; I L-f • •V'Vy." • , ... ' '' ^-'v. •i' •> • ' •' .r ' I •; -f. • " •• '• T - • to. lt«Mould be hard to overestimate the importance of 50-50 to US shipping and to the livelihood of iSeoforers. The constant vigilance of the Union on this score, through the years, has . paid off in the post and will do so in the future; ..<U [HE Athntk md Gulf Pwtrici ' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource June 25, 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. 13 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SEAFARER ART WINNERS NAMED; 12 GET AWARDS THESE 24 SEAFARERS MADE ART CONTEST FREIGHT PACT RATIFIED; TANKER TALKS BEGIN SEA CEREMONIES HONOR FURUSETH 3 SEAFARERS, SON OF SIU MAN, WIN 6G SCHOLARSHIPS PERMANENT '50-50' BILL GETS SENATE OKAY, GOES TO HOUSE SENATE GROUP CALLS HALT TO TRANSFERS WIN 2-6% PATTERN ON SEATRAINS MOBILE PORT IMPROVEMENTS SET FULL COASTAL RUNS PLANNED BY WATERMAN LINE SEEKS TWO MARINERS FOR OCEAN PASSENGER SEAFARER SET FOR NEW SOLO ATLANTIC TRIP TUG TRIP REAL ROLLER COASTER SHIP SALE TO BRAZIL MOVES ONE STEP CLOSER IN CONGRESS OUTPORTS OKAY MARINER RULE CO'S ATTACK 1872 PAY LAW SIU SCHOLARS NEW PASSENGER RUN? OPENING THE DOOR THE THIRD ANNUAL SIU ART CONTEST FIRE DRILL ABOARD SHIP MISFIRES; THE CAPTIAN IS FOR BURNING HOSPITAL HAS MANY TALES SHIPBOARD PASSENGER IS OBSERVER AT MEETING SANTORE CREW AIDS WIDOW MAN. BEACH PHS PATIENTS PUT OUT OWN MAGAZINE ALIEN SEAMEN MUST GET VISAS FOR FUTURE LANDINGS IN US COMPANY DOCTOR NOT VERY FUSSY NY AMBULANCE CHASING UNDER JURY SCRUTINY Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/25/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log