http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/1959ba890339d3276eef8a7be82eaab2.PDF c540e71f7219715ccd70eff0f923ff94 PDF Text Text Vol. XVI No. 11 SEAFARERS LOG JHI]r 23 1^154 - • -.5 • ••4: • ... 4i •'SS iH • ' iV • ":-f5 i •V A . ... -Ail • -S story on Page 3 BeametTTo Germans, German maritime workers -anxious to learn about conditions under US flag get information on Seafarers and their welfare benefits from Claude Simmons, SIU assistant secretary-treasurer. David' Berger, editor of^^the German section of the Voice of America, recorded interview which was broadcast to stations in Ger­ man seaport towns. Subjects discussed included manner in which SIU Welfare Plan operates and how. various pay­ ments—hospital, maternity, disability, scholarship and death benefits — are handled. The broadcast is one of several which has featured the SIU, Seafarers and various officials of the Union. 4 -«i ^1 Wait Til Next Year. Among the youngsters who competed in the anm^il Soap Box Derby in New Orleans was Mark Schaneville, 13, whose entry was sponsored by the New Orleans SIU branch. Schaneville, who, like other competitors, built his motorless racer himself, ran second in his Class A heat race. He promised to be back with a winning mount next year. The Derby is sponsored by the New Orleans Recreation Department and the "New Orleans Item." In This Issue: Review Of SIU Trie's & Appeals January-June 1954 (See Page 6) „ i, „ „ „ .V. -.v . -S..-" Aw tA,,:;/, . , -.•Vv ... - r-- #A A ; A. finfii'j'ii i'A iin'iVi-'• >/ • i'.'.A - �Pace Tim SEAFARERS Congress Supports New Tanker Bills .fe \F - i; LOG J«|ly ?3. MM ; Double Winner Has A Problem Coast Unions Open Pacts; • Ask Raises SAN FRANCISCQ—Seeking a ~ WASHINGTON—Two major parts of the Government's six percent boost for all ratings, maritime program for this year have already cleared most plus an additional week of vacation legislative hurdles and seem likely to wind up on the statute time, the Sailors Union of the Pa­ books before the current sescific aiid the Marine Firemen, ment under this program would be sion of Congress winds up Oilers and Watertenders have retired to "the reserve fieet, and shortly. jointly reopened their agreements -would ^ovide a sizeable tanker re­ One, a so-called "trade-in-andwith West Coast shipowners. build" tanker measure, has passed serve Tn the event a sudden ship The SUP-Firemen's action -came both houses in similar form and "break-out" was required. after the companies agreed to give The second bill, passed by the requires only minor adjustments the CIO Marine Engineers and CIO before going to the President. The House last week in a form directly Radio Operators a pension plus an bill would permit private tanker opposite to that in which it pre­ additional week's vacation and operators to sell their old .T2s, to viously cleared the Senate, deals other concessions. The companies the Government and use the funds with a $150 million tanker program and unions involved will decide by thus obtained to build new ones. under which the Navy would build November 15 the contributions the Tlie object of the bill is to re­ and own 20 high-speed 25,000-ton owners will make to the pension place the war-built T2s, which are supertankers. Under this measure, funds. • " fast becoming obsolete, with larger outmoded tankers now operated by Last September, the SUP and and faster ships which would be the Navy or the Military Sea Trans­ MFOW negotiated a pension pl|in suitable for commercial operation portation Service would be re­ and a union-operated vacation plan and also valuable to the nation in placed and also put into the Gov­ in lieu of wage increases for their First Seafarer ever to win two awards in an SIU art contest, the event of a war or emergency. ernment reserve fleet. membership. The action of the ThuSr both tanker bills would Leif Hope (right) is pictured with his prizes, two award certificates The ships bought by the Governshipowners in giving additional provide a much-needed boost for and two engraved sterling silver cigarette lighters with an SIU concessions to the CIO radio .oper­ the declining US shipbuilding in­ c>mblem, for winning first prize for watercolors and tying for first ators and engineers' unions was dustry and, at the same time, cre­ i>rize in oils. In the Army, stationed at Fort Dix, NJ, he picked up citedJby the SUP as upsetting the ate a large tanker reserve. his awards during a visit to headquarters with a former shipmate, basic pattern on the West Coast The difference between the Alex Leiter, AB, who sailed with him on his last ship, the Afoundria and making necessary reopening of House and Senate versions of the (Waterman). Naturally, he doesn't smoke. unlicensed contracts. Navy tanker bill lies in the House provision for Navy ownership of the vessels to be built. The Senate NEW ORLEANS—A permanent approved a bill providing for pri­ political and legislative arm has vate coqstruction and ownership of Representatives of the SIU Sea Chest in all ports will begin stocking all contracted ves­ been created by Louisiana trade the new tankers; however, the feel­ ing in the House was that it would sels with new ships' libraries in the next two weeks, in accord with the'recommendations unionists with the formation of the United Labor Organization repre­ be more to the Government's ad­ expressed by the Union membership during a six-week poll conducted by the SEAFARERS — • senting more than 400 AFL, CIO vantage to keep the ownership of LOG earlier this year._ and independent unidns in this the vessels for itself. vote of confidence to the idea of ' The new library assort­ distributed through the facilities of Under the Heuse version, the state. ments reflect the changes the, libraries in the opinion poll the SIU Sea Chest under an ai> Establishment of the ULO fol­ ships would be operated by private urged by the membership in the which ended April 30, 1954. The rangement with Pocketbooks, Inc., lowed adjournment of the session companies on a long-term charter types of books supplied by the poll was designed to get a sampling one of the country's largest dis­ of the Louisiana legislature basis, and would be manned by civ­ SIU program, which was launched of membership opinion on the tributors of small, paper-bound which passed a so-called "right-to- ilian seamen. The Senate bill pro­ nearly a year ago, in August, 1953. quality and types of books sup­ volumes. work" law outlawing union secur­ vides for the ships to be time-chart­ Completely new 50-book library plied, as well as the idea of con­ ity clauses in contracts between ered to the Navy. tinuing the library distribution al­ A provision of the "trade-in-and packages are distributed on all together. labor organizations and manage­ SIU vessels every three months. build" measure gives trade-in pref­ ment. Only Two Votes Against The cost of the program is carried "Events of recent months taught erence to those tankers which have entirely by the Log Fund, at no Two lone votes were cast for us that political unity is essential been dociunented under the US extra cost to the membership. ending the program completely, flag for the three years immedi­ to survival of Louisiana's great la­ Seafarers gave an ^overwhelming while 42 percent of the Seafarers bor movement," said E. H. "Lige" ately preceding passage of the bill. who participated in the poll rec­ Williams, president of the Louisi­ ommended continuing the libraries ana Federation of Labor and chair­ as is, and the remaining 58 percent man of the new ULO's executive urged continuing it with slight committee. changes in the proportions of the In order to con dantly remind all SIU members of their con­ "By projecting ULO into a types of books supplied. stitutional rights in SIU membership meetings, the following state­ The first convention of tha permanent aggressive arm of all ment is read at the opening of all SIU meetings throughout the Accordingly, the 50-book pack­ American Federation of Labor's Louisiana labor, we are taking the nation. ages supplied from now on will first step toward a great statewide These are the democratic principles which guide all SIU meet­ contain 8 Westerns, 16 mysteries, longshore union, the AFL-ILA, organization that will represent ings: 12 novels, 8 non-fiction, 4 humor­ will open in Chicago Monday for 100 percent of labor's objectives Any member present at this meeting and in good standing, who ous books and 2 books on sports. the purpose of drafting a constitu­ in political elections and legisla­ so desires, has a right to nominate himself to any official meeting The poll results showed a major tion and setting up an autonomous tive sessions," Williams explained. job in this meeting. This also applies to a place on any committee demand for less Westerns and that may be elected at this meeting. more novels and non-fiction. The structure for the new union. The convention, meeting-at tha proportions were therefore ad­ Any member present in good standing has the right at any justed, from the previous break­ Atlantic Hotel, will be attended by time, if he so desires, to challenge the decision of the chair or July 23, 1954 Vol. XVI. No. 15 down of 15 Westerns, 15 mj'steries, delegates representing approxi­ ask for a division of the house on any sucii question^ Any member 10 novels, 4 non-fiction, 4 humor­ mately 50,000 longshoremen and may also request a show of books of each man present who may As I See It Page 4 craft workers from ^ the Great ous books and 2 sports books. vote on any question. Brother Chairman Page 4 Copies of the minutes of, tonight's meeting will be available-in All books supplied are of the Lakes, rivers ports, Alaska, tha Burly Page 9 advance of the next regular meeting in the business office for the handy, paper-bound size, and are Pacific Northwest, and locals on Crossword Puzzle Page 10 the Gulf and Atlantic Coast who benefit of any member -in good standing who wishes to read or Did You Know Page 17 have swung over from -the old Editorials Page 11 study same before the next regular meeting commences. In addition to tonight's minutes being made available, the mem­ ILA. Foc'sle Fotographer Page 16 bership is advised that in each SIU business office where a Port Galley Gleanings Page 17 New York Represented is maintained in the continental United States, minutes of all SIU Inquiring Seafarer Page 10 -In addition, AFL-ILA locals in meetings, regular, special, financial, or otherwise are always avail­ In The Wake Page 10 New York City are sending dele­ able to any member in good stapding who desires 'and so requests Labor Round-Up Page 11 to read and study same. SAN FRANCISCO —The AFL gates to participate in the de­ Letters Pages 18, 19 The officials and committeemen who will be elected at our meet­ Marine Cooks and Stewards won liberations. Maritime Page 9 ing here tonight as well as all of our other members present will another NLRB election when stew­ - Although the major busiheki of Meet The Seafarer Page 10 be guided in the conduct of this meeting by the following. ard department crewmembers of thn convention is the' setting tilr,pf Notices, Personals Page 20 the Harpoon voted six to one in the physical apparatus of Ihb'new li The Union constitution. On The Job Page 9 favor of the SlU-affiliated union. union, a goodrdeal of planning is 2. Majority vote of the membership. Port Reports Pages 14, 15 If was one of several recent vote slated on the future activities of 3. Robert's rules for order. Quiz Page 16 the union in the Port of New York. victories by that union. If; in the opinion of any member in good staffding present, Seafarers In Action Page 9 Control of the port is still at stake, The Harpoon- is a Liberty ship he is denied by this meeting any of the above-mentioned rights, Ships' Minutes Pages 20, 21 the National Labor Relations operated by the Shepard Lines. .[AS he is requested .to call this to the attention pf the secrfetarySIU History Cartoon .... Page 7 Board has not yet completed its MCS-AFL was the only union on treasurer, by registered mail, special delivery, return receipt re­ Sports Line Page 17 count of challenged ballots in the the ballot with Harry Bridges' sup­ quested, before the next regular meeting so that the secretaryTen Years Ago Page 10 porters urging a "no-union" vote. last port-wide election. treasurer will have sufficient time to submit copies of any such Top of The News Page 5 The ship was balloted by mail In Once the convention has com­ protest and a report on same to the membership at the following Wash. News Letter Page 6 Casablanca. pleted its^ worki the five man regular membership meeting for action thereon. Welfare Benefits Pages 22, 23 In order to establish whether or'not there is a quorum present, Welfare Report Page 8 Meanwhile, the Labor Board kas board of t^stees appointed by the thrown out objections to the re>- AFL to supervise the new. union, Your Constitution Page 5 will all of those members in good standing please hold their books up so that they can be counted. suits of the steamschooner. election will automatically pass out'of. ex­ Your Dollar's Worth Page 7 The membership count shows that there is a quorum present. which MCS=AFL won by a count of istence. The AFL itself will no Publlthatf biwttkly at th« baadquarfan Therefore, this meeting will now come to order. •f (ha aaafaierv Intarnatlonal Union. At­ 20 to 2. Certifibation of MCS-i^FL longer have, authority over the lantic « Ou'J DIttrlct AFL, «75 Fourth "The first point on the agenda tonight will, be the election of as bargaining agent is expected in actions of the organization, al­ Avanua. •raoklyn-3X NY. Tai. HYacinth Entarad as sacand clau maHar officials for this meeting. a few days, after which the union though it is expected to Offer some at tha Pott OHIca in Braaklyn, NY., form of financi^ assistance. will negotiate a contract. wndor 'ha A-.i of Aiiawat 34. Itll Unions Form CroupingFor La. Politics New Libraries Co Aboard Ships AFL Dock Union Sets Convention Your SIIJ Meeting Rights SEAFARERS LO& MC5 Winner In Shin Vote •J./ A- ' �Jnlir t», 1954 SEAFARERS PIC* Thre* LOG Peninsula Mariner Provides Sea-Llff For Aircraft Union Wins Fight For Jobless Pay An attempt by a major SlU^-contracted steamship company to fatten its treasury at the expense of unem­ ployed Seafarers has been defeated again through a Docked at the Brookley Air Force Base, Mobile, the new Peninsula Mariner has a deck cargo of 17 jet fighters brought back from the Far East for repairs and overhauling. Peninsula Mariner—spe­ cially designed with deck that permits carrying planes intact—is operated by Waterman Steamship corporation for MSTS. Dry Cargo Companies Starting Payment Of Retroactive Wages unanimous New York State court ruling in favor of the SIU. The victory for the men of the SIU involved the Calmar Steamship Company, which attempted to deny un­ employment insurance benefits to any man who may leave his ship in accordance with membershipadopted Union rules. A similar at­ tempt by another SlU-contracted company was defeated several years ago. The current attempt by Calmar to deny a permitman unemploy­ ment insurance stems from the New York State law which grants rebates to companies that have low employee turnovers. By denyingseamen who pay off their right un­ der the unemployment laws Cal­ mar hoped to increase its annual rebate of money from the State. In ruling in favor of the SIU, the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court unan­ imously held that the position taken by the SIU was "fair, rea­ sonable and just." The court ruling held further, that as far as New York State is concerned, any permit laid off a ship under the 60-day rule is en­ titled to his unemployment in­ surance in this state. This of course would apply only to com- Payment of retroactive wages under the SIU dry cargo contract is getting underway as SIU companies are setting up payrolls and office machinery for dispensing wages due. Some companies have already started to make-payments, while others expect to do so in the very near future. The-t task is a complicated one in and will make payment 'on presen- paying yet expect to begin pay­ light of the fact that retro- tation to any company agent of a ments sometime next month. Mis­ activity extends back to October 1, man's discharges, and filling out of sissippi Shipping Company is ready 1953. That means that the average a receipt for each vessel sailed on. to make payments, via the mails Seafarer will be receiving retro­ The company has a teletype system only, as of August 2 on its com(Contlnued on page 20) active pay checks from several which should make for speedy ships and in some instances from handling of checks. several shipping companies. 4U But Five Ships Among companies already pay­ Bull Lines has been mailing out ing are Seatrain, Bull, South At­ checks on all but five of its ves­ lantic and Isthmian. Seatrain Lines sels, them in alphabetical has payrolls ready for all its ships order.taking Ships remaining to be paid are the Mae, Marina, Rosario, Show Me Mariner and Suzanne. NEW ORLEANS—^Martin H. "Moon" Kouns, veteran Sea­ Crewmembers of any other Bull Line ships who have not received farer and a member of the Union staff at the New Orleans their checks should contact the company because of the possibility %IU branch died here July 17 of a heart attack. He was 42 that the .checks have come back in years old. came familiar to readers of the a change-of-address mixup. Any Kouns was stricken while SEAFARERS LOG through the ef­ Seafarers who have changed their address and have money coming^ to attempting to push his stalled forts of several brother Seafarers, automobile on Highway 11 at Irish With two companies already them should check with Bull Line's Bayou at about 7 PM last Saturday principally Percy Boyer, also of New Orleans, who appointed him­ main office. signed, the Union is making good The company reports that a He had served some time as a tem­ self "historian" on the life and progress in its current contract number of checks it has mailed out porary patrolman and was a door­ times of "Moon" Kouns, and peri­ man at the branch hall for about odically contributed anecdotes talks with tanker operators. The have already been returned be­ eight years. Before that he sailed about Kouns and ais fabulous cause the Seafarers for whom they two companies signed are the in the deck department, as an AB. career to the LOG Colonial Steamship Corporation were intended are no longer at the On Monday, July 19, at a special address given. Kouns is survived by two and Oil Carriers Joint Venture. meeting, the New Orleans member­ brothers, Frank, who sails SIU in South Atlantic Steamship Com­ ' Meanwhile, the Union is con­ ship requested the hall be closed tinuing its talks with the Cities pany has payrolls completed on its the following day, Tuesday, out of the steward department, and John ships apd the money can be ob­ (Continued on page 20) Service Oil Company and other respect for their departed brother. tanker companies. The old con­ tained by contacting the company He was buried Tuesday, following a Savannah. Isthmian Steamship tract with these companies ex­ in Company payrolls ready on funeral at Ransons Funeral Home, pired Septembet 30, 1953, and the four ships, has the Stefel Steel 7024 Elysian Fields Avenue, attend­ new contract talks call for all wage Admiral, Anniston Ranger, City and ed by a large delegation of Sea­ and OT gains to be retroactive to Hoosier Mariner, with more being farers and officials of sister unions October 1, 1953. in the area. The hall remained readied each week. . The new tanker pact is expected closed to business the entire day. August Payment Date to follow the pattern of the re­ A colorful figure, Kouns was The majority of companies not cently-negotiated freighter agree­ known to his host of friends in the ment in percentage pay and OT SIU and particularly in New Or­ boosts and changes in general and" leans, his home city, simply as working rules. Application of the "Moon." Only his intimates knew , same percentage increases won for his full name. freighter men would preserve the Early in his lifetime, he was a Regular membership meet­ traditional pay differential in professional boxer in the light ings in SIU headquarters and favor of tankermen. heavyweight division. He was famed at all branches are held every The freighter agreement calls locally for having fought a 20second Wednesday night at for wage boosts ranging from two round draw about 20 years ago 7 PM. The schedule for th* to six percent, and new OT rates with Kayo Baer on the West Bank, next few meetings is as follows: ranging from $1.51 to $1.98. The which was said to have been the July 28, Aug. 11, Aug. 25. agreement was ratified by the longest bout in the modern history All Seafarers registered on membership June 16 and the com­ Seafarer Martin H. "Moon" of New Orleans' boxing, the shipping list are required panies. are now paying the new Kouns Is shown as he spoke A master storyteller, he could to attend th* meetings. his piece dnring a membership : rates and also paying off on retro­ produce a yarn on any subject active pay. upon demand. His experiences be­ fete in New Orleans. SIU Vet Moon Kouns, 42 f Dies Of Heart Attack 2 Tanker Go's Ink New Pact -Others Due Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeh» panies that have their main office in the state. Calmar is now expected to try tn appeal the case to the Court of Appeals, the State's highest court, and eventually to the United States Supreme Court, nowever, ttie unanimous nature of the Ap­ pellate Division's decision and the strongly-worded contents of that decision make it doubtful that the company will have any success in overturning it. A.S a matter of fact, because of the unanimous decision of the Court, Calmar now will have to (Continued on page 20) SIU Witnesses To Crash Wait Tug Salvage MOBILE.—Two SIU members and three officers of the Alcoa Clipper (Alcoa), detained by Vene­ zuelan authorities in an investiga­ tion of a fatal collision involving the Clipper and a tugboat on June 26, are still waiting to testify pending completion of efforts to raise the sunken tugboat. Company officials here said Sea­ farers Joseph Busheed, who was quartermaster on the wheel watch, and Maurice Kramer, OS, who was working on deck at the time of the mi-shap, as well as Captain Yngvar Krantz, master; Clyde O. Eddy, chief mate, and Sam White, first assistant engineer, had been moved from La Guaira, scene of the accident, to Caracas. The men were being allowed complete freedom in Caracas. where they, were being lodged in first-class hotels, but were not al­ lowed to' leave Venezuela, Alcoa reported. Salvage equipment was being rushed from another Vene­ zuelan port to raise the tug for ex­ amination. Meanwhile, the Alcoa Clipper was examined in drydock here at the completion of her last voyage and was found to be undamaged. The Clipper was able to resume sailing without interrupting her schedule and is now back on her regular run to Caribbean ports. The fatal harbor accident which i^ being investigated took the lives of three persons, two men and one woman, all of them on the tug. The woman was the wife of the tug engineer, who also died. The engi­ neer's child narrowly escaped death when the pilot who had been taken aboard the tug just before th* accident grabbed the child and swam ashore. Following the mishap, which oc­ curred in the early dawn, at about 4:30 AM, the Clipper was detained by Venezuelan authorities for five days, during which various mem­ bers of the crew were taken ashore for questioning in connection with the accident. Eventually the ship was allowed to sail, but the five crewmembers were still detained. A relief skipper, Capt. J. M. Cas­ tro, Was flown down from Mobile to bring the ship back. '. I •' I M Al s I '.41 ll 'A ::^l "'''l •f I •I I .•111 ' I �Fare Four SEAFARERS LOG JolylS. 19M THE THIRD REPORT ON UNION-CONDUCTED TRIALS AND appeals since the adoption by the membership of the revised Union constitution appears on page six of this issue. The membership will note that in the past-six month period there were very few instances in which SIU men have found it necessary to bring any of their brothers up on charges. Your Union, of course, is well pleased with this state of affairs, since it reflects a considerably, degree of self-discipline on the part of the membership as well as the smooth functioning of the Union's shipboard machinery for settling beefs. Offhand, headquarters believes it is proper to draw the conclusion that the shipboard meetings and our system of ship and departmental delegates has had much to do with this favorable development. It means that the Union brothers are settling dif­ ferences among themselves in proper fashion and SlU crewmembers, ship's officers and Robin Line officials take part in presentation ceremony as the few men who. might have a tendency to break duplicate of safety award presented to company is turned over to Robin Tuxford captain, for display out and perform are being kept in line by their own shipmates. aboard the ship. Pictured U-r) are: J. Berger, Isf asst.; L. Thomas, c^ief engineer; C. Wells, assistant port captain; J. Condon, personnel head; L. Pate, viee president (presenting plaqne); Seafarers O. i5afeguard Rights Bourne, carpenter, and C. lannoli, bosun; K. Chambers, master; S. Elan, chief mate; H. Wick, Ameri­ Of course, it always can be expected that from time to time some can Bureau of Shipping; Seafarer W. Marcus, steward; S. Crane, purser; B. Alewine, assistant port men sailing SlU ships will commit some breach of our Uhion rules Steward. The ceremony took place aboard the ship at its Brooklyn pier. and-regulations. . Seamen, being human beings like anybody else, are bound to have-some bad moments; When that does happen^the melt involved are assured that their rights are fully protected by the safe­ guards written into the Union's trials' procedure. Seafarers who shipped with Robin Line during 1953 helped pile up an impressive safety •Your Union has tried very hard to make it a point of carefully fol­ and accident prevention record on the company's ships last year, according to the National lowing the kind of procedure that every American is entitled to re­ ceive when he has his day in court. From experience, it appears that Safety Council. this attempt has been a successful one. The achievement in the field 1951-52 ratings and the industry's Additional recognition in the ^ it it ^ of safety prevention has been average for tlie same period. The safety field came to Robin in the AS REQUESTED BY THE MEMBERSHIP, TOUR UNION HAS accident severity rate represents form of a certificate naniing it a recognized by the Council in the form of an "Award of Honor" days lost. The- frequency rate second place winner in the annuaL made some changes .in the selection of books placed aboard the ships. plaque presented to officials of the means the number of lost time ac­ competition among privately-owned After running this library program for a year on an e;Kperimental basis, company. Duplicates of the award cidents. Consequently, as the fig­ dry cargo and passenger ship lines it was found that the menvbership was very much satisfied by the way are being.placed aboard all Robin ures show, Robiii Line cut down as to annual accident frequency it was operating, but indicated that they would like a slightly different Line ships as they arrive in New very sharply on both the number of rates. The Matson Navigation Com­ selection of reading matter. Accordingly, arrangements have been made with the publishing York, with the Robin Tuxford first accidents and the more serious mis­ pany won first place and United house to give the membership the kind of books that they have re­ haps. States Lines took third position. to get its award. quested, and the new selections that will be going aboard from now on Each year the National Safety will reflect this. ' Council presents industrial organi­ These books, as you know, are supplied through the LOG fund, zations which demonstrate unusual and are put aboard by the Sea Chest representative when he visits the progress and significant improve­ ship. Each ship is entitled to a 50-book selection every three months. ment in reduction of accidents to As always, the membership is invited to let headquar^s know how personnel with the "Award of they feel about the kind of books being put on board, a'nd about the Honor." way the whole program is being run. Robin Line received the award in WASHINGTON—Both the permanent and temporary '50-50' the shipping field as a result of its it i 'it bills are within an eyelash of passing Congress as both Houses 1953 record showing a 94 percent MENTION HAS OFTEN BEEN MADE IN THIS bORNER ABOUT improvement in its accident sever­ attempt to wind up their business by the end of the month. the operations of the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the kind of programs ity rate and a 59 percent better­ With a favorable report from-^ that your Welfare Plan has been developing. One of the things your ment of its accident frequency rate the House Men irchant"Marine jonly remaining obstacle in the way Union has always been proud of is the fact that it insisted on setting as compared to the average of its Committee in it^ corner, the of a pemanent "50-SO" is a Presi­ up a special list when the Welfare Plan' was first agreed on with the dential veto. The bill has already operators, to take care of those ailing Seafarers who would not be cov­ passed the. Senate and seems cer­ ered otherwise. These were the Seafarers who were in the hospital at tain to~ go through the House of the time the Plan was negotiated, and consequently, had no money Representatives. paid into the fund on their behalf by the operators. Normally, under the kind of Welfare Plan administered by an in­ The -temporary "50-50" bill is the one that deals with this year^ surance company, these Seafarers would simply have been left out in foreign aid appropriations. A "50- the cold, but your Union could see no justification 50" provision was included in the in a situation whereby jthey would be in the saipe House version of the foreign aid ward in the same hospital with other Seafarers who In Wilmington, California, for •ing in the Port of New York on bill, and the Senate Committee on were receiving benefits—simply because they hap­ the moment, but probably not for October 25, 1948. He's 27 years Foreign Relations has reported the pened to get sick during the period prior to the bill to the floor of the Senate in plan's going into effect. long is Seafarer Lee De Parlier, of age. In the last four years that tiie Welfare Plan has pretty much the same shape as the who sails in the steward depart­ - Ilf 'it House did. Since "50-50" has been been operating, this special list has shrunk con­ ment, and who took a hand in the Serving as recording secretary acted on favorably in every year siderably as the Seafarers in question were dis­ running of the port meeting. De for the Baltimore port meeting is since the foreign aid program charged or went on their final voyage. But there Parlier, who served as recording secretary for the port meeting, can Seafarer William D. Kenny, who started, and the Senate has gone are still a handful of Seafarers today, more than be remembered as the man who sails in the steward department. on record for a permanent law, no four years after the Plan began, who are receiving their weekly hos­ stuck out a full 14-month rugged Kenny, who is a native of Scotland, trouble is expected in pushing the pital beneAl through the special list, just like all the other hospitalized Persian Gulf shuttle on the Fort joined the SIU in New York on foreign aid bill through in its brothers in the Union. November 28, 1945. He's 60 years present form. Certainly, these men, who have been confined for so long a period Bridger,When the trip ended he was one of age. The difficulty on permanent "50- of time, deserve the same consideration and need the same assistance, it it it • of two SIU men left aboard the 50" lies in the attitude of the or more, as the man who is in drydock for two or three weeks. The Down in the Gulf at Lake President and the adminlstsation Union considers that the establishment of the special list, together tanker. More recently his photo­ graphs of the mahogany loadifig Charles, Louisiana, Seafarer James in general. Spokesmen for the with the unlim^ed feature of our hospital benefits, is one of the sound­ F. Mapp ran the State Department, the Defense De­ est moves ever made under the Welfare Plan. operation on the Gold Coast were Lake Charles partment and other government found on the display pages of the » it it 'i . port meeting. A agencies had -attacked the bill, SEAFARERS LOG. OVER THE OBJECTIONS OF THE MARITIME UNloks, native of Missis­ principally on the grounds that it Congress has approved the sale of 12 Government-owned Cl-MAV-1 De Parlier, who is 28, comes sippi, he has his was objected to by friendly mari­ ships to Brazil. The reasons given for approving this action are thatoriginally from North Carolina, and home in the town time nations. Joined the SIU in New Orleans on It wjll help our relations with Brazil and t^ll help our ships down there of Lexington in August 31, 1948. Should the President veto the that are being discriminated against (>n berthing and in various other that state. Mapp bill, supporters of "50-50" would ways. l" t t . mwii sails in the en­ have to muster enough strength Elected chairman of the Savan­ One of the conditions "of the bill is that these ships are to be used gine department in both House and Senate for a in the local coastwise trade of that country, which means they irill nah port meeting last week by a Mapp and has been a two-thirds vote to override the not be competing in any way with American fia^ member of the President. In an election year, it's margin of 23 to operators. However, your Union's position, and that 20 was Seafarer SIU since May 10, 1941, when he Mt believed -likely that Congress of the other maritime unions, was that the sale of James Chasse- joined up in New Orleans. He is wqiild do so. ships to a foreign nation is going to increase the reau of Mount 62 years old. Further, with th^ isession draw­ pressure by other countries that are out to get,US Pleasant, North Serving as recording secretary at ing to a close, the President might surplus tonnage, and some of these other countries Carolina. Chas- the meeting, along with Mapp, was be able to veto the ^ bill after would be using ships bought from the US to com­ sereau, who sails Seaf^er Arthur A. Baker of Ma- Congress has gone home for the pete with our operators. in the engine de- dill, Oklahoma. Baker joined the summer. Consequently, the Union Intends to keep a par tmeqt, has Union In New York oti June 2, Both the maritime unions and weather-ey^ peeled dh futnrd developments dfbng been i^n SIU 1944. He celebrated his 29th bilth- the shipp'inii industry are solidly these lines. It remains to be seen if this parUcu- jaember forheai-Iy nix years, Jdin- day this past Wedhesday. ' Ut)ite<Fin suipport^'f the'blil, ^ ^ ' 4ar sale wili have any bearing on future actions by our-Governmlent. Jl;; • vi"'' Robin Crews Get Safety Award Permanent, Temporary '50-50' Bills Gain Ground In Congress I!S- k'.V |S/ It p'^' '• • I Wi/V. ... • ;,-i I."?'!" ., �WR July 23. 1954 SEAFARERS IXDO-CHINA ARMISTICE IS SIGNED—The Indo-China armistice was signed in Geneva after eight years of bitter warfare. The cease­ fire will split the big coastal state of Vietnam between pro-Western and Communist-led regimes. It will also halt the fighting in Laos. French Gen. Georges Deteil signed the two accords—one covering Vietnam and the otber Laos—on behalf of the French-Vietnamese and the French-Laotian commands, while Gen. Quang Buu signed them for the Communist-led Vietminh rebels. The signing was a signal vic­ tory for French Premier Mendes-France who had staked his govern­ ment, dedicated to making the French live within their means, on ob­ taining a truce by midnight of the day before the signing. ti i> t> US RECOGNIZES NEW GUATEMALA REGIME—The" US granted formal diplomatic recognition to the new anti-Communist government of Guatemala, following that country's orderly return to peace. Defeat for the Communist regime of former president Jacobo Arbenz Guzman by insurgent forces proved a diplomatic victory for the US, with peace once more restored in the Western Hemisphere and the sole pro-Com­ munist government In Latin America out of business. The governing military junta led by insurgent leader Lieut. Col. Carlos Castillo Armas, meanwhile, moved to ease political tensions in the country by pledging fair treatment, including land reforms, to peasant and labor groups. EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION WHIPPED ON HEALTH PLAN In Washington, the House of Representatives by a vote of nearly 2-1 turned down the President's recommendations for stimulating the growth of private and non-profit hospital and medical insurance plans. Liberals termed the program "inadequate" and "poorly drawn," while conservatives, bolstered by the strenuous objections of the American Medical Association to any form of aid for medical and hospital in­ surance plans, attacked It as a form of "socialized medicine." The de­ feat for the Administration came forur days after a national broadcast from the White House urging passage of the legislation. 4" 4" 4> LID OFF ON BEEF FOR BRITAIN—After nearly 15 years of gov­ ernment control, fresh meat—the last food to go sinc^ wartime con­ trols went into effect In 1939—went off the ration lists in Great Britain. The day decontrol began prices rose almost to the US level, but quickly tapered off as British housewives immediately shied off from buying. The weekly ration of fresh meat had been about a pound per person and, at one time, as low as a half pound. 4i 4 4" . WORLD COURT RULING AGAINST US STIRS NEW ANTI-UN FEELING—On the heels of a mild Congressional revolt against the United Nations on the issue of admitting Red China to the UN, the In­ ternational Court of Justice at the Hague stirred new resentment against the world organization by rulirig against the US on the ques­ tion of indemnity awards to 11 UN employees dismissed for having refused to answer the questions of Senate probers concerning possible Communist ties. The awards, ranging from $6,000 to $40,000 back pay and other penalties, would be paid by the UN, about a third of whose funds are supplied by the US. 4 4> 4> MCCARTHY ISSUE HEADS FOR A SHOWDOWN—with final re­ ports on the stormy McCarthy-Army hearings still weeks away. Repub­ lican Sen. Ralph Flanders of Vermont continued to press his case for etripping Wisconsin GOP Sen. Joe McCarthy of his Senate committee chairmanships unless the latter purged himself of questions raised by another Senate unit two years ago on McCarthy's financial transactions. Meanwhile McCarthy was forced to yield to the insistent demand for a staff housecleaning and accepted the "resignation" of Roy M. Cohn, chief counsel of the subcommittee on investigations. He also transferred the controversial assistant counsel, Don Surine, from the subcommittee staff to his personal payroll. YOU oiMf ffAe 8IU CONSTITUTION nge tnrm LOG Ask US Pay Channel Costs For Runaway-Flag Ore Ships En-route to the States via Venezuela, a giant 63,000 deadweight ton foreign flag ore carrier, tHe Ore Chief, is likely to become the center of much controversy in the next few weeks. The huge vessel, 794 feet long and 116 feet in the beam, is one of three ships built, or being built, in Japanese^ shipyards to carry ore from deepening the channel to 40 feet is being asked to spend almost $93 US Steel Corporation's new so that the huge foreign-flag ore million largely for the benefit of iron ore mines in Venezuela to its plants In the United States. The ships are owned by National Bulk Cargo Carriers Inc., which operates mostly under the Liberian fiag. As such the Ore Chief falls into the pattern under which many ore carriers, tankers, and other new vessels are placed under for­ eign flags in order to avoid US taxes, wages, manning scales and other stiff operating requirements. What makes the Ore Chief more controversial than other foreign flag operations is the fact that Uncle Sam is being asked to foot a whopping bill for deeper ship channels so that runaway flag op­ erators can bring their giant ore carriers fully-loaded into the ports of Philadelphia and Mobile. Draft Is 40 Feet The draft of the Ore Chief, fullyloaded, is 40 feet. The present chan­ nel up to the Fairless Steel Works, US Steel subsidiary, is approxi­ mately 25 feet. Uncle Sam is being asked to spend $87 million on boats can come in to Fairless Steel. US Ships Don't Need It No American-flag dry cargo ship­ ping at present has any need for the 40-foot depth up to Trenton, since the Delaware River is 35 to 40 feet at the ports of Philadelphia and Camden, ample depth for American fiag dry cargo operations. Dredging Recommended The Mobile Channel bill, recom­ mended by the Army Corps of En­ gineers and approved by a House committee, calls for enlarging the bar channel to a depth of 42 feet and a width of 600 feet from its present 36 by 450 dimensions, and deepening the Mobile River chan­ nel to 40 feet, plus the addition of two turning basins. Here the announced purpose of the work is to make it possible for US Steel's Tennessee Coal and Iron Division to bring large foreign-flag ore boats into Mobile. The company recently opened a new ore terminal in the harbor. In other words, the Government Leaky Raft, Seasick Crew=Cancelled US Lifts Ban, Okays 12-Shlp Sale To Brazil ;fRIGHTS -ANb: fSHVaEOSSi M' f'M !ARE^< ii#!: From Article XIII, Section 6 "Before assuminei office, ever/ officer, port agent, and patrol­ man shall take the following oatht 'I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the duties of of the SlU, and I will, to the best .of my ability, protect and preserve the Consti­ tution of this Union and the wel­ fare of the membership'." Every elected official upon ossum-, ing office must take~ this oath, which he is required to obey com­ pletely. Any violation of the oath would lead to immediate disci­ plinary action under the terms of the Union Constitution/ , • WITH THESE: runaway fiag operations.. Very lit­ tle of this harbor work has any im­ mediate benefit for American-flag operations. US Steel's Fairless plant is al­ ready being. supplied by foreign flag ore carriers of considerably smaller dimensions than the Ore Chief. Obviously a ship drawing 40 feet fully loaded could hardly op­ erate economically in a 25-foot channel such as the Delaware River now has at the site of the Fairless plant. Wants Co. To Pay To add an odd note to the pro­ ceedings, US Steel had been having a year-long argument with the Army Corps of Engineers on whether it should foot part of the bill for the Delaware River project. The Corps of Engineers had rec­ ommended that the work be done, but since US Steel is the only ben­ eficiary, the Army thought that the the company should foot half of the bill. The company indignantly re­ jected the idea that it should pay even half of its own way. Clifford Hood, president of US Steel, has been quoted as saying that to do so would be to "extend special sub­ sidy to a Government project," a statement which ignores the fact that the giant steel corporation is the only beneficiaiy of the project. As the matter stands now, all US Steel is being asked to do under the current bill in the Senate is to provide a terminal and transfer fa­ cilities, as well as a turning basin, if necessary. The rest of the bill, $87 million, would be footed by Uncle Sam, so that the Ore Chief and its siBter ships will be able to take full loads into the Fairless Steel works. fTii • Odd-looking raft on which five amateur sailors hoped to drift from San Francisco to Hawaii Is shown outside the Golden Gate on her second day out, with one of her crewmen holding up a fairsized fish caught in the Pacific. After six days and a drift of only 62 miles offshore, amid frantic radio messages for someone to "get us off this damn thing," all five were rescued by a passing freighter and returned to port. SAN FRANCISCO—Amid conflicting reports as to whether or not they were In grave danger, five amateur sailors who had set out to float to Hawaii on a raft were rescued by a United Fruit Company freighter, the-*Metapan. In six days they had it. They were always following drifted only 62 miles off shore. us." What the amateur expedition The search was on for the ship when the Coast Guard started re­ ceiving franctic radio messages from the radio operator calling for someone to "get us off this damn thing." The five men, under the leader­ ship of a 38-year-old Mormon preacher, Devere Baker, were out to prove that the raft could drift) to Hawaii and her passengers could subsist on the resources of the sea alone. . Of food • there was -plenty—all small sharksi As Bakeh ^d, "^e had shark any time we wanted failed to consider was two impor­ tant factors—the seaworthiness of the raft, and of the sailors them­ selves. The raft sprung a leak and water started coming in faster than it could be bailed. And the radio oper­ ator as well as other crewmembers became very unhappy, seasick sailors. At last , reports the Coast Guard was out to destroy the craft as a menace to navigation, although Baker declared that all he had to do was "caulk that .'seam &nd: We could try it again." The first major sale of US ships to foreign nations since a mora­ torium on sales was declared March 1, 1948, has been virtually completed. Both Houses of Con­ gress have approved legislation calling for the sale to Brazil of 12 Cl-MAV-1 ships for use in that country's coastwise trade. The bill was solidly backed by the Administration and the indus­ try on the grounds that sale of the ships to Brazil would help improve relations with that country, and would also help eliminate discrimi­ nation against US ships in Brazil­ ian ports. Maritime unions opposed the bill because it would set a precedent for the sale of ships to other for­ eign nations. The Ship Sales Act was passed in 1946 to permit both foreign fleets and American shipowners to replenish fleets that had suffered heavily from war losses. In renew­ ing the act on March 1, 1948, Con­ gress struck out the section dealing with sales to foreign nations, whila the entire Ship Sales Act expired on January 15, 1951. Consequently, the sales to Brazil will be the first US ship sales from the Govertim.ent-owned fleet in mor? thz?? six years. • -.'i �Pase Six SEAFARERS LOG MA Okays Another Transfer I'-" July 23. 1954 SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON WASHINGTON—The muddled situation regarding foreign-flag transfers of US dry cargo vessels took a new twist this month, with,the disclosure that the Maritime Administration has given permission for another ship transfer despite a previously-announced hold-up on new transfers pending comple­ tion of a Congressional in­ earlier this year, led by the SIU The latest ship for which ap­ Here's the way the emergency ship repair program would work if and other maritime unions, helped proval to transfer foreign has been Congress approves the idea before it adjourns. quiry. bring about the .temporary halt. granted is the Nicholas C. H., oper­ The Government ship agency had previously okayed transfers for three other dry cargo vessels, and has applications for 80 more still pending. Protests against the relaxation of the restrictions on transfers ated by the SlU-contracted Trident Transport Corp. which is going Panamanian. Trident, however, has promised to buy another ship as a replacement. The first three applications ap­ proved were for the Omega, oper­ ated by the SlU-contracted Omega Shipping Corp.; the Amerocean or Amersea, only one of which will be permitted to transfer, both oper­ ated by the SlU-contracted Amer­ WASHINGTON—Advised to use his own discretion on the ocean Steamship Co., Inc., and a disposition of the stern section of the ill-fated Cornhusker third vessel, the Paul Revere, Mariner, Maritime Administrator Louis S. Rothschild has operated by a non-SIU company. again ordered that the ship be-* The box score on transfer appli­ scrapped. She is now at with a report putting the whole cations, according to present in­ anchor in Sasebo, Japan. matter back in the Administrator's formation, is as follows: Applica­ Rothschild's decision calling for lap. He took it from there, order­ tions have been filed for the trans­ the dismantling of the vessel fol­ ing dismantling of the ship and fer of 89 vessels, but applications lowed on the action of the House salvage of as much of her ma­ covering five of these, all SIU Merchant Marine Committee, which chinery as possible for use as ships, were later withdrawn. With the four already approved, this left the disposal of the Cornhusker spares. completely in his hands. Earlier, One of the alternatives called leaves a total of 80 applications when he first proposed scrapping for rebuilding the ship at a cost of still pending. of the $10 million ship, the Com­ about $2 million, but this was re­ Names of the five SIU ships for mittee had asked that he hold up jected. which applications were later with­ any action pending an inquiry of The Cornhusker, which had been drawn are the following: William the situation. manned by Seafarers and operated H. Carruth (Transfuel), and Albion, A two-man House group explored by Robin Line, ran aground in the Catherine, Cecil N. Bean and the possibilities of salvage and re­ harbor of Pusan, Korea, in June, Frederic N. Collin, all operated by iDrytrans, Inc. pair of the vessel, and came up 1953. Maritime committees in both the House and Senate held hearings on the issue. A subsequent report by the Senate Committee said it would be premature to approve transfers until the question of tramp subsidies was disposed of. Junkmen Get Mariner This third review of trials and appeals con­ ducted under the SIU's new constitution shows a steadily diminishing number of such procedures since the. constitution went into effect on October 15, 1952. The review, cover­ ing a six month period from January 1 through June 30, 1954, shows just six trials and two appeals. The small number of cases is indicative of a high degree of self-discipline and responsibility by SIU crewmembers on the ships. Regular trials and appeals reports, giving the membership and the readers of the SEAFARERS LOG a full accounting of the workings of trial com­ mittees, are believed to be without precedent in the labor movement. The first report was carried in the July 10, 1953 issue, and a second report was run in the LOG of January 22, 1954. Carefully-designed trial procedures provided for in the SIU constitution call for the election of rank and file members for each trial at special member­ ship meetings. Officials are barred from service on these committees. The conduct of the trial itself follows closely the well-known pattern of American courtroom procedure. All accused members must get proper notification of charges, and the charges them.selves have to be read at the membership meetings to determine their validity under the con­ stitution. The accused member has full right of crpss-examination; as well as the right to confront accusers and to call witnesses. And he can call on other Union members who are willing to aid him for assistance in preparing his defense. The constitution also specifies certain headings under which charges can be filed as well as maxi­ mum penalties for offenses. Then each member found guilty has the right of appeal to a rank and file appeals committee elected in the same manner as the trial committee, and finally, an appeal to the international convention. Of the six cases which came up in the SIU within the six-month period just ended, the accused were found innocent in just one of the six. Two cases were appealed. In one the verdict was upheld and in the other the sentence was reduced. For purposes of publication, names of individuals involved are not used. 4 4 4^ January 28. 1834 Accused: S-365; Accuser: J-lOl. CharoK: Accused pubUcly announced to his shipmates that be would not abide by the established rules of the Union. Trial Committee: M. Whale W-30, E. B. Flowers F-118 V. H. Benner B-244, C. Palmer P-13. A. CampbeU C-217. •Jf 2 •» charged. Six months' suspension and 9vO nnCe ^ ^ » Febnuur SB, 1854 Accuseds F-188S Accusers: F-285, L-ll^ D-311. Cliargee: Accused carried sterles to eidef engineer and first gigliMer his SMB and actfAasrttfCraMr Attinst craw and la heh^i; ef eempanyi Be threatened pcnaU holders witb loss of permits and hardtiming when ship got back to the States. Trial Committee: J. Lucas L.4, A. Johnes J-57, J. Burns B-191, H. Anderson A-13. J. Falasca F-48. Findings: Guilty as charged. Six months suspension for each violation on first count; one year suspension on second count. (SEE APPEALS). 4" t> April 8, 1954 Accused: H-408; Accusers: H-1, V-l, A-1. Charges: After Union's membership officially pledged fuU support to AFL in its drive to organize longshoremen in Port of New York accused acted as informer against Union and consorted with officials of old ILA. Accused, for money or other considerations of personal gain knowingly gave them false information to be used to defeat the policies of the Union and to injure the interests of the membership.. Trial Committee: William Morris M-722, Lawson Evans E-26, Harry Nelson N-34, Arthur Gilliland G-lll, Robert BeUveau B-85. Findings: Guilty as charged. Expulsion on first count, twoyear suspension and $50 fine on second count. 4" AprU 16. 1954 Accused: V-41, S-392: Accuser: C-1. Charges: As members of standby gang on Sea Cloud, ac­ cused jeopardized Union position in obtaining future standby work when, along with rest of standby crew, they tried to coerce company into paying week-end penalty rates to get work done and caused replacement of standby crew by shore gang. Trial CommlHee: Steve Bergeria M-179, Thonlas Murphy M-648, Michael Burns B-717. Elbert B. Brown B-255, E. B. Herst H-472. Findings: Not guilty. Recommendation that guilty man or men be sought out and brought up on charges. t May 6, 1954 Accused: M-259; Accusers: S-840, L-237, D-176, W-36. Charges: Accused gave orders to BR not to clean engineer's room because of personal beef with engineer: accused carried Ules topside and threatened crewmen with losing permits or being pulled off at payoff; accused agitated crewmembers against each other by telling tales and refused to answer crewmembers' questions at shipboard meeting. Accused threatened 3rd cook with charges if he did not transfer to pantryman. Trial Committee: Richard D. McManus M-j72, C. A. Gardner G-^, Herbert D. Braunstein B-481, Daniel D. Butts B-628, Thomas Bolton B-609. Findings: Guilty as charged. Prohibited from shipping as rtief steward for one year and fined $100. (Motion made New York membership meeting June 2 to* reduce fine to $58. Carried in ali ports). 4" 4" April 22, 1954 Accused: C-419; Accusers: G-76, G-419, B-100. Charges: While steward on standby pay, accused willfully painted two utility cabinets in crew messhall, as weU. as accepting transportation to Mobile and then remaindng on board ship. Accused deliberately violated Union agreement to the detriment of the Union. ir """i;'" ®' Gfosecloso G-63, Francis W. Keeley K-24. CharUe A. Gedra G-372, Luke A. CiamboU C-12S, •Albert W. Tacey T-301, James T. Nicholson N-52. Findings: Guilty as charged. Thirty-day suspension plus $50 fine for each violation, $100 in alL ^ t. ^APPEALSgTO HEADQUARTERS APPEALS COMMITTEE Appealer: F-188. Nature of conviction: Six months suspension for each viola-, tion on one count, one year suspension on second count for informing on crew and threatening permit men with loss of permits and hardtiminEa c CommiHeoiR. G. Cowdrey C-380, John J. Cook wlSi" D ®' K-209, J. Falrcloth f. Li, Motcnan 11-839. Findings: Trial committee's verdict upheld. March 18, 1854 Appoaler: L-433 Nature ef oonvictloni oonvf lure •» Six months suspenslea and $50 Ene for ^ure to turn to to aervo meala and far tuenlng to in drunken condition. -Ai^it Comn^oot O. Paynr P>MS,-W. <F. ScSMalMni After a review by Government agencies of the latest mobilization requirements for vessels in the national defe'hse reserve, the ships deemed most desirable for repair are those presently converted to mili­ tary auxiliaries or scheduled for wartime conversion. Based on early full mobilization needs, there are about 205 ships which would be in­ cluded in any reserve fleet repair program. In this group of 205 ships, only 17 are Lihertys; 46 are large V4 sea­ going tugs; 76 are Victory-type vessels; 42 are S4s; and the remainder are made up of 2 Pis, 8 small tankers, and 2 distilling ships. The repair and conversion work, including the breakout and towing cost of these 205 ships, would cost about $45 million. The government would hand out the repair contracts to private repair yards on the basis of the lowest competitive hid. However, if particular repair yards need work and their bids are not competitive, the Government would retain authority to negotiate contracts without competitive bidding. i 4" t The move to place the Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy on a par with the Armed Service academies probably will he defeated by Congress, or, if approved by Congress, may be vetoed by President Eisenhower. The project is being pushed by shipowners. Merchant Marine Cadet Corps, and Alumni Associations, as well as the entire New York dele­ gation in Congress. However, on the other hand the Departments of Navy and Commerce and the Conference of American Maritime Unions are opposed to the move. Maritime unions recently told Congress that instead of wasting money on training of merchant marine officers, it could well he spent for ship construction and ship operations. Instead of being used to provide free college educations, the unions took the view that the money for the upkeep of the Academy could be used to help the Ameri­ can merchant marine which is sinking fast. The Commerce Department, opposing the Academy hill, believes that* a survey should he made of cadet training programs in relation to other comparable US Government supported programs, such as the US Coast Guard Academy. Commerce feels that such a survey may point the way to consolidation or other changes which would reduce the Govern­ ment expense of maintaining federally-assisted facilities for educating merchant marine officers. The position of the Navy Department on the bill to place the Mer­ chant Marine Academy on a par with West Point and Annapolis is simply that Navy, neither requires nor desires the operation of any maritime academy for the sole purpose of producing Naval reserve officers. The Navy is particularly opposed to a feature in the hill that would require that cadets at the Academy be appointed midshipmen in the naval reserve upon graduation from Kings Point. 4i 4i 4i Since World War II about 109 tankers went out from under the American flag to the Panamanian flag, of which number 72 constituted sales of Government-owned ships foreign. Thirty-seven were private transfers; eight Have been placed under the Greek flag, of which seven were sales of Government-owned ships, and one constituted a private transfer. While information is scant on the advantages of registration under the Honduran flag, information is available as to Panamanian registry. Panamanian maritime legislation is designed to encourage ship documen­ tation and provide a number of incentives in the form of tax benefits. Shipping is granted preferential treatment in the Panamanian In­ ternal Revenue Code and income obtained from internatiohal operations is not subject to taxation. Panamanian flagships engaged in interna­ tional services are consequently not concerned with depreciation rates, treatment of capital gains or losses, excess-profits taxes, or any other similar income-tax matter. As of June 1,1954, there were a total of 29 oceangoing tankers under construction in the United States. Of this number 13 are for US flag operation and seven are for foreign-flag operation. All hut two are scheduled to he completed in the next five months. ft 4 4 Once again, the Interstate Commerce Commission, which has juris­ diction over railroads, airlines, trucks and doihestic steamship lines, has shown that it is dominated by the powerful rails. ICC has turned thumbs down on a plea by intercoastal water lines to reduce freight rates on a number of commodities which would have made them more competitive with transcontinental railroads. The water carriers had insisted that the reductions were necessary to meet rail competition for westbound'intercoastal traffic, but ICC went along with the rail argument that the reductions would create destructive competitive conditions. 4 4 4 Congressional hearings on the competftion encountered by private operators from the Military Sea Transportation Service have been con­ cluded. The situation shapes up something like this—an interim report probably will he filed by the special House subcommittee which has been conducting the probe, followed up later by a full-scale report. .. Back in 1951 the Departments of Defense and Commerce approved a so-called memorandum of agreement which stated the priority in which merchant ships would be* used by the military branch of the Govern­ ment. The House subcommittee undoubtedly, as one of its major recom­ mendations, will suggest that this working arrangement between De­ fense and Commerc be reviewed and brought up to (date, in an effort to majce 'more use of private shipping by the military. In the absence of this, the subcommittee may introduce legislation to compel the Defense Department nqt to overlook the merchant marine in its broad overseas operations. Plnd^ av$»e»$tMs ndaecd *• tbiM RtotflA ( Ajf-i.w-,.; �mm m JTvIy 23. 1954 SEAFARERS ^OVf^DOJULAR'S WORTH || = LOG Fage Seven HQ Recreation Facilities Popular SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG hy Sidney Margolius, leading expert on buying. Toothpaste And Your Teeth Working families frequently have seriously bad teeth. The fact that many comparatively-young men and women you meet already have full dentures is one of the tragic aspects of the inadequate health care wage-earners often get. One reason, of course, Is the big expense of dental care in relation to a working family's earnings. But another is that the public has. been oversold on the idea that miracle toothpastes can save teeth, and there­ fore doesn't practice the proper hygiene and care that are the only possible ways of preserving teeth. Working families often tend to rely heavily on sugar products in their diets; sweets are a cheap way to fill up. Heavy consumption of candy, cakes and soda beverages are be­ lieved to play a large part in hastening tooth decay, especially among children. Dr. Willard Fleming, head of the dental college of the University of California in San Francisco recently commented that, "It's like cigar­ ettes and lung cancer. Although we have no proof, we have a guilty conscience that sugar in combination with other factors, is the cause of tooth decay." He believes that if sugar were reduced or eliminated In diets, 85 per cent of the people would have a reduction in tooth decay. Miracle Dentifrices Because serious dental troubles are so widespread, toothpaste manu­ facturers and their advertising agencies have been having a field day at the public's expense by continually introducing new "miracle" den­ tifrices. The public has been led on a costly chase from ammoniated dentifrices, to chlorophyll, then anti-enzyme pastes, and now, "sur­ face-active" detergent pastes. The truth is, no toothpaste can save teeth, no matter what chemicals It contains. Dr. Sholom Pearlman, spokesman for the American Dental Association's testing committee, charges that "the public is being led to believe that a dentifrice will prevent decay or gum disease. There Is no acceptable evidence to support such claims, and they are a seri­ ous danger to health." What's important is not what you put on the brush as much as how often and thoroughly you use that brush. The mechanical action of your toothbrush is the more important factor in preventing decay. According to Dr. Fleming, the ammoniated dentifrices, and to a smaller extent, the anti-enzyme ones, may be relatively small factors in helping to reduce decay (if the more important factors of proper brushing and other care are followed). Your dentist can teach you the proper brushing method. Basically it consists of cleaning two or three teeth at a time with a down and outward motion that cleans the spaces between the teeth, as well as the front, rear and top surfaces. You can use any inexpensive powder or paste. At one time the American Dental Association used to list acceptable dentifrices, and its list always included such low-cost prod­ ucts as baking soda (bicarbonate of soda) and sodium chloride powder available at drug stores. After Every Meal Besides using the proper brushing inelliod, it's important to clean teeth after every meal. The bacterial action of food particles can begin causing decay in as little as 20 minutes. In toothbrushes, dental ex­ perts recommend the professional style with the small level head trimmed straight, that reaches all parLs of the mouth. So you .can save both mouth and your teeth by staying away from those 50-cent tubes of miracle toothpastes. A nickel's worth of soda bicarb (baking soda), a thorough wielding of the brush, and regular visits to the dentist himself to catch cavities and pyorrhea, are what will prevent big dentist bills and loss of teeth. Actually pyorrhea robs us of more teeth than does decay. Pyorrhea is an inflammation of the sockets of the teeth, leading usually to a loosening of them. It's gen­ erally caused by malocclusion (badly placed teeth which rock and jar each other), missing teeth and tartar accumulation. Sometimes ex­ cessive smoking and drinking may cause injury to the gums and sub­ sequently pyorrhea. Being put to good use by Seafarers are the expanded recreational quarters which have been made available on second deck. Rooms formerly occupied by offices now each contain two pool tables, as well as shuffleboard taibles. PR Dock Tieup Still On, No Break Seen SAN JUAN—^Puerto Rico's longshore strike, which began June 25, neared the end of its first month this week, with still no settlement in sight. Involved in the beef are some 8,000 AFL dock workers seek--*-" — ing higher pay and improved The employer group involved in the negotiations is the Steamship conditions on the piers. The tie-up of cargo handling has also halted all shipping to and from the island, as all companies serving Puerto Rico stopped oper­ ations the day the strike began. Principally affected by the strike. Bull Lines *has laid up all of its ships indefinitely. In addition. Waterman and Alcoa service to the island has been sus­ pended. Two other companies not contracted to the SIU, Lykes Brothers and Pope and Talbot, are also affected by the dock shutdown. The Claiborne and Azalea City, both Waterman vessels, were caught in the islands by the strike. At issue in the strike are the longshoremen's demands for a 25cent pay boost retroactive to Janu­ ary 1, 1954, the date the old con­ tract expired, plus revisions in the size of gangs working sugar ship­ ments and other cargoes. Current pay rates range from. $1.23 to $1.48 per hour, considerably below the scales in the States. Association of Puerto Rico, com­ posed of Bull Line, Alcoa, Water­ man and Lykes Brothers. Some of them have been accepting cargo destined for Puerto Rico in New York and other ports, pending the end of the walkout. Otherwise, all are bypassing the island at this time. Factories Close Although some factories have been forced to shut down and workers laid off as a result of a lack of supplies and, in some cases, heavy stockpiles of finished goods which can't be moved off the island, Puerto Rico is not expected to feel any real pinch for another few days. However, if the strike should continue beyond that time, short­ ages in several commodities, in­ cluding food-, will really be felt in many communities. The strike is being conducted here, in the ports of Ponce and Mayaguez and in sev­ eral smaller ports. Cartoon History Of The SIU After much debate on the subject in the SEAFARERS LOG, in December, 1949, the SIU opened a drive for a shipowner-paid welfare fund as part of an all-out effort to win greater economic protection for the membership. The negotiations began December 2 un­ der a reopening clause unique in SIU agreements. The Union proposal called for eiiiployer contributions of 26 cents per man for each day worked beginning January 1, but left details on the type of benefits and other items hanging pending agreement on the prin­ ciple of the plan. An operator's' committee imme­ diately begali studying the merits of the idea^ Work Starts To Prevent Panama Slide BALBOA—Seafarers on vessels passing through the Gaillard Cut of the Panama Canal this week had the chance to look in on the be­ ginning of a mammoth face-lifting job, which, got underway Monday. The work is being done to avert a potentially dangerous landslide which could block all traffic through the Canal. The $3.4 million operation is de­ signed to remove an estimated 2.5 million cubic yards of earth and rock froin the top and face of Con­ tractor's Hill in the Gaillard (for­ merly Culebra) Cut of the Canal, about a dozen miles from here, on the Pacific side of the Isthmus. Contractor's Hill has the second highest elevation, 325 feet, along the 50-mile Canal route. The level of the Canal is 85 feet above sea level at this point. Fifteen-Month Job Rigs, power shovels, dump trucks and other heavy-duty ex­ cavation gear have been moved in to the site for the estimated 15month job of digging out the dirt and rock from the face of the hill. The aim is to relieve the pressure from behind a huge 60D-foot crack which could cause the face of the hill to topple right into the Canal. Heavy rains during June caused the crack to widen still further and are said to have been the cause of three minor earth slides last week on the opposite bank of the Canal south of Contractor's Hill. One of them blocked the east half of the channel in the Cucaracha Reach for a time and another one later dumped earth and rock into the Canal. Fortunately, no ships were passing these points at the time. With reasonable care, the major excavation job which started this week is not expected to interfere with normal ship traffic through the Canal. Fill That Berth If a crewmember quits while a ship is in port, delegates are asked to contact the hall immediately for a replace­ ment. Fast action on their part will keep all jobs aboard ship filled at all times and elimi­ nate the chance of the ship sailing shorthanded. An SiV Welfare Plan .Vo. 63 Signing of a welfare plan agreement by nine" compa­ nies on December 28 made the SIU the first sea union on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts to win a companypaid welfare set-up for its members. Eventually, all SlU-contracted operators signed the pact, which in­ corporated every one of the Union's demands. I �Pace Eicht SEAFARERS 51U Award Winner Aiming For MD Tag p % "When I •first heard of the SIU's Scholarship Plan, I was amazed that such an opportunity existed," said Seafarer Seymour Wallace. "After knocking myself out trying to make ends meet while going^ to school on my own, this fall was once again aroused and upoiL inquiry Into the matter he found will seem like a breeze." Wallace, recent recipient of an SlU scholarship, this June com pleted his second year of pre-med fit Long Island University in Brooklyn capping it off with an A- Shipmate took this shot of Seafarer Seymour Wallace on deck of SIU ship. minus average. An early interest In medicine and a shipboard injury he suffered helped him make his decision to go to college. He is attending St. John's Uni­ versity in Brooklyn this summer to study physics and plans to use his scholarship to enter Columbia College this fall for further premed study. This is the second in a series of feature articies on the four 1954 award winners under the SIU Schoiarship Plan. Pii , tf." Wallace was one of the three Seafarers and the son of a Sea­ farer who was chosen for the four $6,000 scholarship awards. When he resumes study this fali at Columbia he will be on the scholarship, which should ease the financial burden of going to school and supporting a family. Wallace was born in New York and raised in the British West Indies where his father still oper­ ates a plantation of sorts. "It isn't actually a plantation," Wallace says, "for he has only about 33 acres planted in cotton." Wallace attended St. Vincent's .Grammar School at St. Vincent, British West Indies, and dreamed of going to medical school. Of course, as with so many others, lack of funds prevented him from pursuing his dream. Started Sailing In '48 Only 24 years of age, Wallace started sailing early with the SIU having joined six years ago. He sailed - as an AB in the deck de­ partment mostly on Mississippi and Buli Line ships. His fgvorite run was to South America where he found good shore leave and a climate to his liking. Married now and the father of a two-year-old girl, Wallace met his bride in Argentina in 1951. He gave a lot of credit to his wife for •helping him over the rough spots of College and he says that there werie. plenty of them. Once while crossing the Atlantic on a light Liberty, Wallace broke his'arches and had to go to a po­ diatrist. His interest in medicine that if he could save enough money from his seafaring, he might be able to make a go of medical school on his own. His original intent upon enter­ ing school under his own funds was to become a podiatrist or foot doctor. The reason for this he candidly explains, was the fact that podiatry requires only two years of pre-med study and four years of medical studies. With limited funds at his disposal, he decided he could afford only the shorter course to become a podi­ atrist than a general practioner. Wallace says that even in his short stretch of seafaring things have changed a great deal. There were no such welfare benefits as there are today a short six years ago. Like Gold Mine 'When I first heard about the SIU's Scholarship Plan, it was like finding a gold mine," he says. "I couldn't imagine such a thing as a $6,000 scholarship. It was like pie-in-the-sky. When I see some of the fellows at school knocking themselves out over grades to make themselves eligible for $200 and $300 grants, really appreciate this wonderful opportunity offered me," Wallace says. Some of the fellows can't be­ lieve it when I tell them of bene­ fits offered by our Union, especial­ ly the educational benefit." With the winning of the scholar­ ship, Wallace now plans for a full medical course to become a gen­ eral practitioner. His plans for the future are somewhat indefinite but the winning of the scholarship will enable him to fullfill his child­ hood ambition. He can't thank the membership enough for the op­ portunity they afforded him. for SIU MEMBERS! E\/ef?iimf)Gybu NEBVIHSSAGBK ANPSHCWWEARFfiQMATDOjHBftlSH TOy^SOUWE&IERyU-LATSREOAU S£49(Kr PRICES July 23. 1954 LOG SBASCASH BENEFITS 5 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID Xo Froin • •••• No. Seafarers Receiving Benefits this Period Average Benefits Paid Each Seafaref Total Benefits Paid this Period WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Disability Benefits Maternity Benefits Vacation Benefits Total la. {70P f a S±2AL i. WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hospital Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * | 0€>\ Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * || Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 * ^9^ ^ Maternity Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952* Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 • fcg/-? Total 2Z Date Benefits Be£«n WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Cash on Hand Vacation Welfare Vacation Estimated Accounts Receivable- Welfare US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets — Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS ZL LCiVli SX. 1,1??,^ 2^ n4t>U £2l COMMENTS The amount of •276.10 listed under death*benefits paid in the two freek period represents a partial payment of one Seafarer's death benefit. This happens when the benefit is paid in ihs-ballments rather than in one lunp sum, as is often requested. Total deaith benefits paid since the start, slightly over A years ago, are approaching one (1) million. your SEA CHEST SHORE WEAR i SEA GEAR SEA GEAR t SHORE WEAR at SIU HEADQUARTERS 675 -4tli AVE . BROOKLYN /iZg SubmitttA AI Kerr, Assistant Administmt ... and, remember this... All these are yours without contributing a single nickel on your part —Collecting SIU bene­ fits is easy, whether it's for hospital, birth, disability or death—You get first-rate personal service immediately, through your Union's representatives. �Joly 2S, 1954 SEA'F ARERS. LOG Page Sine SEAFARERS Latest addition on the ran between England and Australia, tbe 20,000-tou passenger liner Southern Cross will be launched by Queen Elixabeth II at Belfast, Ireland, on August 17. Built for the Shaw Saviil Line, the ship is of unusual construction, with jnachinery and stack at the stern... An electronic selector dcTice that rings bells to alert olT-duty marine radio operators to emergency calls as well as reralar messages has been demonstrated by the Breico Electronics Anybody who has shaved on a Corp., NYC. The House of Representatives is considering a bill that would make this .type of device mandatory on virtually all merchant hot, humid day knows how the skin can become irritated from ships. perspiration afterwards. This is . . >4" ^ 4" Reflecting the drop In deep-sea shipping, Great Lakes vessels carried - doubly so for the black gang men 17.5 miilion.tons of iron ore, coal and grain during May, the lowest who have to go to work in a hot tonnage for that month since 1946. This year's flgure^was 5.5 miUion engine room. Ship's delegate Bob Anderson , of tons below last year's... Dutch truckers plan to start a special ferry service from Rotterdam to Britain to carry loaded vehicles in both the Robin Sherwood has an idea directions aboard former wartime landing craft. Fresh vegetables, that could help deal with the prob­ fruit, cheese, butter and bacon would thus be moved all the way from lem. He suggests that camphor ice Netherlands farms to London markets in one truck. Rotterdam has be stocked for use by the black gang so that they can shave before already built an embarkation point for the new ferries. going on watch without getting . 4. ' . A five-year, 537.5 million project to build a large drydock suitable their necks all sore. Of ^course' the only permanent for both naval and merchant vessels is being launched by the Vene­ zuelan government near the port of Puerto Cabeilo. Large savings for .solution to the problem is. to grow Venezuelan shipping interests are expected when the job is completed, a beard while on board the ship, since ships in need of repairs now have no similar facilities at home... something which many Seafarers Named for the present Secretary of the Treasury, the ore carrier are loath to do because it would George M. Humphrey has been launched at Lorain, Ohio. The 710- cramp their style. Anders o n, a Massachusetts foot vessel is only five feet shortec than the longest ship on the Grbat i^akes, but has the widest beam, 75 feet. She will, have a capacity of native, joined the SIU in the head­ quarters port of New York. 21,000 to.ns in a 24-foot draft. 4' 41 4> 4^ 4" 4" The business of television on Passengers on the" Italian freighter Andrea Gritti had' a fiew bad moments in Havana recently when oil'floating on the water caught fire board ships is getting to be quite and flames reached the ship. All jumped overboard but were quickly a major project with the Seatrain picked up. No injuries were reported .. A deep-sea diver has located New York also putting a set on board recently. a sunken Japanese aircraft carrier with about 20 planes still intact on Most of the regher deck from World War II—80 feet below the surface of the harbor u 1 a r coastwise at Rabaul, New Guinea. A New Zealand syndicate has disposal rights ships have sets for all salvage in Rabaul and Bougainville harbors. purchased by the 4" S* 4" crews out of the Largest ocean-going dry cargo ship ever built in Canada, the 12,700ship's fund, and ton. Sunrip, featuring an aii-welded aluminum superstructure, was launched at Quebec last month. She will carry refined bauxite from a few of the off­ shore ships are Jfamaica to British Columbia on Canada's west coast and return with getting into the cargoes of grain, flour, lumber, fish and newsprint to the Caribbean .. . act as well. The new Italian liner Cristoforo Colombo is due to arrive in New York Peck On the New tomorrow on her maiden voyage from Genoa. The 29,100-gross-ton vessel will remain in port a week before leaving for home on July 31. York, Seafarer-Gordon Peck, who was the electrician on board the 4" 4* 4" _ Forty-four crewmembers of the 7,346-gross-ton Panamanian freighter vessel, took care of the installation San Mardeno were rescued by a US tanker and an Indian coastal vessel of a TV speaker so that the crewin the choppy waters off Jaifrabad on the Indian coast last week. The* members could get the sound loud San Mardeno sprung a leak after she grounded and sank soon after. and clear, along with the picture. Peck, who is a native of Canada I^oring appeals to leave the doomed ship, Captain C. H. Turner, 55, went down with the ship>.. .Three ships said to have been bought at originally, how makes his home in prices well above the prevailing market price are now in service for the States. He's 29 years old, mar­ the S,oviet Union which, for the past year, has been busily building up ried, and joined the SIU in New its merchant fleet by construction and purchases of available tonnage York City on October 19, 1949. Anpther member of that same all over the world. The three new additions are a six-year-old steam turbine Norwegian freighter of 7,180 deadweight tons and two British Seatrain ship, baker Lewis Riviere, also came in for special mention cargo ships, one of them launched only four months ago. from the crew. They mentioned 4^ 4* 4' • A 10,000-ton "floating exposition" of Turkish products made with that he hadJ}een US aid has arrived at Charleston, SC, after a visit to Miami, and is doing a very fine atiii due to visit Baltimore, Washington and New York. The Turkish job 'as baker, ship'Tarsus is also carrying some 500 representatives of Turkish cul­ putting out cakes tural, social, industrial, business and government activities on its good­ and pastries that will mission... Completion of this year's construction program will give were to the sat­ Western German^ a total of 2.5 million gross registered tons of shi]^ isfaction of the ping in its merchant fleet, bdf official estimates indicate at least an­ entire gang. other million tons are needed to meet the requirements of the German Riviere c e reconomy. tainly has ex­ perience in his 4> t Riviero One of the greatest salvage operations in maritime history is near corner, since he completion, following the refloating of the burned-out liner Empress has been sailing as baker with the of Canada in Liverpool. The ship, which-burned and capsized 17 months Union ever since it was founded. ago had been lying crippled at Gladstone dock while salvage crews He joined the SIU in Boston on worked continually to get her seaworthy again.' She was righted and November 30, 1938, and has been moved to a drydock for final hull repairs recently. The job has cost a Seafarer ever since. The 63-year-old SIU man was a about $1 million to date.. .The 30-vessel fleet of Flota Mercante Grancolombiana will gain foiur more ships next year, when construction is native of the British West Indies completed on them in yards at Hamburg, Germany. The vessels are originally, but now makes his designed for speeds of 14 knots and will be able to carry 5,000 tons of home in New York City and ships cargo each. regularly out of this port. AcflON Buriy Somebody'g Gotta Lose Life Preservers It's been a little over 100 year& that maritime law has required ships to carry life preservers. The first legislation in the Steamboat Act of .\ugust 30, 1852 provided that vessels carrying passengers "shall also be provided with a good life preserver, made of suitable material or float, well adapted to (the purpose, for each and every passenger..' In the years that followed, additional regulations were written speci­ fying the kind of preserver that would be desirable. The Board of Supervising Inspectors specified that shoulder straps be provided for all preservers and subsequently, in 1855, that inflated life preservers are "not reliable that ftom various causes they become in a short time life preservers in name only." Cork Block Favored In 1857 the inspectors condemned tin or other metal for use in pre­ servers because of oxidation damage or fragility. From the outset, the inspectors favored the cork block type pointing out in 1855 that all aboard the Steamer E. K. Cbllins were rescued when the ship burned the previous year on the Detroit River. Accordingly the inspectors recommended that cork filling in the form of blocks>and pieces be used in preservers but that cork dust or cork shavings were not satisfactory. The cork block preserver was the only type used up until 1902, al­ though a number of changes in design were incorjJorated through the years. Then the kapok preserver was introduced and approved, only to have approval withdrawn two years later because it burned easily and lost its buoyancy in storage. Slocum Disaster The General Slocum disaster of 1904 in which 955 lives were lost focused considerable attention on the life preserver problem. Strict inspection of many excursion vessels which followed found that large numbers of preservers had rotted, were not accessibly located or were fastened so that they could not be removed easily. , \ Also discovered was' the fact that a number of preservers were made illegally. Instead of having the required weight of cork block, the preservers were made of compressed. #-anulated cork (in itself illegal) and were weighted down with iron bars to bring them up to minimum weight requirements. The result was that strict regulations were instituted outlawing gran­ ulated cork in any shape or form, and kapok preservers as well. Con­ gress, in turn, enacted legislation calling for a $2,000 maximum fine and up to five years imprisonment for weighting preservers with metal. Standardized testing procedures on new preserveis were set up calling for submerging the test equipment in fresh water for 43 "hours after which the jacket had to support a submerged weight of 20 pounds. The 1915 Seamen's Act, .which was the core of so much beneficial regulation for seamen, combined and spelled out all the regulations and added that jackets should be placed at readily-accessible locations which are plainly indicated. Kapok Restored Kapok came back into use as a preserver material in 1918 when under wartime conditions it demonstrated that softness and pliability were distinct assets, particularly when a man bad to jump overboard. Further, the kapok preserver was reversible and held the wearer up­ right in the water if unconscious. Shipping losses in thd first World War made it apparent that a good preserver should hold an_ unconscious person's face and head out of the water. The British made this a requirement for their ships and subsequently it was adopted by the US. The US regulations specified that the preserver should be made reversible' and the main buoyancy should be under-the shoulders and around the body in such a manner as to hold a person wearing it "In a slightly backward reclining posi­ tion when in an inert or unconscious condition." Subsequently, in 1920 the regulations were further altered to sub­ ject kapok preservers' to shipboard inspection each year. Those which did not pass muster were to be condemned. That same year, the balsa wood preserver came into use. The Vestris disaster of 1928 renewed the controversy over kapok versus cork preservers. Many bodies were found after the sinking wearing cork preservers and floating face downward in the water. There was a demand that kapok preservers be made mandatory. The result was increased use of , high grade kapok types. In 1942, during World War II, the Coast Guard which had taken over the safety function, added the 25 percent additional rule. This provides for an extra 25 percent supply over and above the minimum of one preserver for each person on board, to be stowed on the boat deck. During war years, the wearing of a kapok preserver at all times at sea was recommended. In recent years preservers have been improved considerably through use of mildew-resistant cover materials, glass fiber filler, and periodic inspection and testing of every pi-eserver on board. Additional'experi­ ments and tests are going on to develop further improvements. By Bernard Seaman '^iL yl i •:-^l �SEAFARERS IN THE WAKE gtc-'' ^fe:• . p''f • • -. w M:U. tf' ' A- • • iXt. -. '^k^r 7 LOG Jill# 2S. 1954 MEET THE SEAFARER Because of its extensive occur­ wood, rats often gnawed holes in ROY G. WILT, FWT rence throughout the globe in na the wood and then instinctively Born in Rockingham County, Va., few bucks to spare or had connec­ live form and the ease with which rush^ away ^hen water began to Roy G. Wilt has been sailing' off tions, but not everybody had. It it can be hammered or drawn into pour in to avoid being drowned. Question: Do you prefer coast­ and on for the past 18 years, and certainly was a far cry from the a desired shape, copper was known Mdreover, ifsince the rodents invari­ wise or off-shore runs? (Question for the SIU, since Match of 1946. square way the Union has of hand­ and used even in ancient times ably settled right in the bottom of asked in MobUe hail.) Wilt's first trip was on the Man- ling things now. Wilt says. Alloyed with tin into bronze, it was a vessel to avoid contact with hu­ gore (Ore) out of Baltimore. He .• During the war. Wilt worked for the first metallic compound, so mans, they \vere always the first F. A. Widegreen, eheif st^ard: sailed as wiper and ordinary sea­ a time as a crane operator in a commonly employed before the to know when a ship was begin­ I'm an off-shol-e man, myself. I man down to the Gulf. steel mill near Harrisburg, Pa., days of recorded history that an ning to draw water and would im­ It was nearly his first and last where he has lived for the past 30 never did like extensive period of early civiliza mediately seek a means' of escape those coastwise trip. Lousy foOd, bed bugs, and years. tion is known as the "Bronze Age. "by rushing to the upper decks and But the lure of the sea held and runs where you his first trip at sea made for a The Greeks called it chaikos; the often right over the side. had to be in'and rought beginning for a young fel­ it was not long before he was back sailing in the engine department to Romans named it aes and used it out of port every low of 18. i 4" 4 northern Europe and to North Af­ from early times for making coins, "We had commeal mush or oat­ day. or so. Give The foundation of a permanent rica. Wilt admits there was plenty The Roman supply came chiefly US Navy came 160 years ago when me a long voy­ meal every morning for breakfast of action on both runs, but he with an occasional piece of bacon from the island of Cyprus, in the President Washington, approved age, where thrown in for good measure," Wilt never lost a ship, although the con­ eastern Mediterranean, and to dis­ an act granting the Government have a,chance to says. "I never saw an egg served voys were plagued by submarine tinguish it from other sources, sup' authority to acquire six frigates. get some -rest to the crew, although we knew they raiders. plies of the metal from Cyprus be­ It was decided to construct new and can draw Wilt's last ship was the Wild Were In the chill box and were in­ came known as aes cyprium, and ships instead of buying and patch­ little more money to take home to tended for topside." Ranger (Waterman) which paid off later just cupnim, which eventu­ ing up old ones, and the final de­ the wife. The Union has changed all that in Mobile: He expects to ship out ally led to the present-day word. for good. Wilt says, and it certain­ soon and prefers the northern Eu­ signs provided ships that were fast i 4" t Leroy Gulley, chief cook: I pre­ ly helps to know that you are going ropean runs, especially those that sailers with high maneuverability, t 4. take in Bremen and Bremerhaven, The first ship built in the United yet strong enough to carry ord­ fer off-shore work. When I'm in to be fed well and taken care of Germany. when you start out a voyage now, States to cross the Atlantic Ocean nance which matched or outweigh­ port regularly, I His favorite stop is Bremen he added. is said to have been a pinnace, a ed any craft of equal class that just can't seem where he has. made a number of His first trip was capped with an light sailing vessel built by the they met. First of the six ships to save any additionayncident that might have good friend* that make him at Huguenots at Port Royal, South launched was the Constellation, money. On an ended his sailing days. Since it was' home when he is shoreside. The Carolina^ in 1562. They used it to now the oldest warship in exis­ off-shore run , I his first trip and he wanted to town was about 90 percent leveled return to France in the winter of tence except for Nelson's flagship, draw a larger make some money to show his by bombing raids during the war 1562-63 ... As time went on, wood­ HMS Victory. She continued in ac­ pay check, and folks, he was especially anxious to and is almost a new town now. make good and worked very hard Shipping is busy there and the dryen ship construction made it ob­ tive service until after the Ci^l have a chance to save my spendto get the position and worked docks at Bremerhaven are especial­ vious that to have the building War and now lies at Boston. This even harder when he was aboard. ly activp these days. ships roofed in was a very' great month Congress voted to return in g money- I Wilt is married and makes his Engineer Had Nephew advantage. Although it had been her to Baltimore, where she was guess it's a little in Harrisburg, Pa. He has You can imagine his disgust, home the usual custom in Venice for originally built in 1797, to be main­ hard on the family but they seem three and a daughter. The to expect it of me. when he-arrived back in Baltimore birth ofsons nearly a century, and the Swedes tained as a national shrine. his youngest was occa­ to hear from the chief engineer sion for receiving theson 4f 4' 4^ had found the practice valuable, Welfare De­ 4> 4^ » that the second assistant had a George N. Kasprzyk, electrician: the custom of building ships under partment's maternity benefit which An oddity to many people is the don't have any preference. I'd nephew that wanted to sail. Natur­ was a real help. cover was not introduced in Eng­ fact that the flag of the Secretary just as soon ally, Wilt was out of a job. land until the end of the 18th cen­ of Commerce, head of the US De­ Wilt said he can never fully ex­ The news really threw him. He make a short run had tury. Before that it had been cus­ partment of Commerce, features a given up a good job as a ma­ press how he feels about the nuas a long one. chinist's helper in a steel plant and iherous benefits afforded the Sea­ tomary to build a light roofing over white crest on a field of blue show­ What I look for had banked on making good at this farer under the SIU. His oldest the ends of the ship to protect the ing only two things: a three-mast­ boy, he pointed out, just graduated • is the type ship change of occupation. heels of the forward and after tim­ ed sailing vessel and a lighthouse. I'U be on! and For some reason that escapes from grammar school and will en­ bers while the frame was season­ Founded in 1903 as the Depart­ the men I'll be him now, he returned, and has ter his first year of high school ing. Then, when the ship was ment of Commerce and Labor and working with. been sailing since. Wilt's memo­ shortly. The boy has an interest in launched, the light roofing was re­ split ten years later to provide for mathematics and he has been talk­ There are .good ries of the old days are in sharp ing moved. to him about the SIU's scholar­ separate Department of Labor, contrast to today's conditions. and bad points 4- i t Looking around the hall. Wilt said ship plan. There are plenty of good the Commerce Department is con­ about both coast­ it was sure good to have a comfort­ technical schools near Harrisburg Seafaring people have long be­ cerned with among other things, wise and offshore runs. To me, able place to hire from, secure in and this is certainly an opportun­ lieved that rats never board a ship air and rail transport as well as the knowledge that when your book ity for the boy that he wishes he, that will have an ill-fated voyage, shipping. Yet the flag, obviously they are equal. 4> 4i 4^ gets old enough a job will come up. had. and there is another universal originated at a time when the rail­ Horace G. Sanford, oilen I defi­ Such things as the maternity In the old days a buck or two superstition that rats always de­ roads were certainly operating in sert a sinking ship as though the full swing, gives recognition only nitely like -Offshore work. . Let's handed to the shipping agents benefits, scholarships and the like, helped get a job. If you knew one fought for and gained by the SIU rodents could foresee an impend­ to shipping and coastal port activi­ face it, we have of the key ratings on a ship that for the membership, he concluded, ing disaster. Actually, in the early ties, as symbolized by the light­ to have money to came in, you could get a job also. help spell security for the working live .and on a days, when all ships were made of house. This was only okay if you had the man. nice, long off­ shore voyage I can save the maority of my pay and have a nice bundle to take ACROSS 2. Russian Inland 20. Cape at 42. Persian Gulf President Roosevelt, in a radio the iTbrth coast of Norway, known 1. Narrow Latin home. I -just sea Florida's tip port ' country 3. Washington • 21. Jumps broadcast from his special train at as "suicide alley." 44. What we can't do that 7. SIU member ballplayer 23. Lad sail on 13. 4. Manager Lopez 25. Small: Scot. ' when I'm in a different port every the Marine Corps base in San t 4) 4) 46. Close . rWaterman) 9. Full of sub27. Declares Diego, Calif., accepted his nomina­ 48. Port on Honshu few days. After announcing the loss of the 14. Colony, stance 28. Signal from 49. Duluth ship­ tion, by the'^ Democratic National Island of Saipan, Tokyo geid the W Africa 6. Swiss river 4i . 4> 4i bridge ment 19. Foe of wooden 7. South America; 29. A sighting of 90. Come ashore James M. Foster, bosun: I'll take Convention at Chicago for a fourth Premier Tojo had been succeeded ships Abbr. shore 91. Former Govt, 16. Mariners' 8. Land's either one. I love the sea and like term . . . Admiral William F. Hal- by General Yoshijiro Umezu as 30. Drift agency hobby 9. "Rock of " 31. Prober 32. Compass point to sail. A long sey, Jr., was succeeded as Com­ Chief of Staff of the Japanese 18. Discourage 10. Kind of ship 34. Be in debt 84. Wood sorrel 19. Avenue; Abbr. 11. Island chain in 36. Allow voyage doesn't mander of the South Pacific Allied Army ... Russian forces are within 96. Touchdown: 20. Director N Pacific 39.. Con, <Bs the Slang bother me at all. Forces by Vice Admiral John nine miles of Lwow and within 95 (Isthmian) 12. Near: Dialect water 58., Arrive: Abbr. Newton. miles of Warsaw . . . Adolph Hitler 22. French coin 17. Rip On the other (Puzzle Answer On Page 21) 23. of Whales 4) 4^ was slightly burned and bruised at hand, I like a lit­ 24. Old Roman The Vichy radio announced the his headquarters by a bomb which coin tle fun as much 26. Routes: Ahbr, as the next guy, assassination of Georges Mandel, an assassin, one of a group of Ger­ 28. Sloppy man 30. Kind of and therefore I former French Minister of the In­ man military officers, flung to­ freighter can enjoy a stop terior . . . United States warships ward him at short range. 32. Iowa: Abbr. 33. 12th US in most any port. and carrier aircraft of the Pacific t 4^ 4 • president Allied troOps which landed on Just give me a Fleet blasted again at Japanese39. Betting com­ ship going anywhere and I'm held Guam, shelling and bombing Guam July 19 established beach-' bination 37. Upon enemy gun position and the air­ heads on either side of Port Apra, happy. 38. Jugs field at Orote ... In Italy, Uhited blew up the Japanese defenses and 40. Coins in Japan 4i 4^ 4" 41. Symbol for Wilbur E. Coutan, bosun: Give States troops occupied mountain drove toward a range of hills in the swiftly me a coastwise trip anytime and positions within three and one-half Interior. 43. Compass point 44. What the miles of Leghorn. the shorter the » 4> t • ocean is voyage the better 49. It keeps you 'The city of Philadelphia was vir­ 4^ » » cool I like it. I The master of the William Moul­ tually paralyzed with businesses 47. West African wouldn't say I port trie of Seas Shipping Company's halting operations due to a flare 49. Symbol for get homesick, but Robin Line, manned by a full SIU up strike in Philadelphia's traction illinium I like to get 31. Made of oats crew, was awarded the Russian system. The widespread strike of 83. Horse code home to that Medal for Distinction in Actioii. 6,000 or more employees in th*. symbol sweet wile of 34. The mouth The vessel, ran into a force 8 gale traction system came about after 39. Flexible mine as often as and carried on ai running battle the hiring of eight Negroes to 37. Lighthouse possible. I just with a wolf pack of submarines and make trial runs after a training 30. Han's name Mission don't care for enemy aircraft, destroying eight period. Negotiators burned tha' • DOWN You can call me those long ha.uls, 'eneihy planes and scoring direct midnight oil in efforts to settle the C mouth. a family man.* ' ' Amazon 'hits on at least twelve others near strike as quickly as ppssible. > TEN �WU. . .. July 2S. MS4 SEAFARERS SEAFARERS Jaly 23. 19S4 rare Eievea LOG 'Dig My Ditch' LOO Vol. XVI, Na. 15 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union; Atlantic & Gulf District, -AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600, Cable Addi-ess: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Paul H^L, Seeretary-Treasurer Editor, HERBERT BRAND; Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor/'BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor/ DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR. IRWIN SnvACK, AL MASKIN, NORMAN SMITH, Gulf Area Reporter, Bnx MOODY. ISO Foreign Flag Subsidy As every one knows, American maritime has its troubles and one of the reasons is the competition suffered from run­ away flag operators. As a result, the US section of the in­ dustry has had to fight hard for some kind of Government aid so that it can keep its head above water. It's a little astonishing then, that huge billion-dollar cor­ porations like US Steel can get Congress to vote, millions of dollars for their own personal port projects designed to service their giant ore-carriers under the runaway flags. The latest word is that the Senate is considering an $87 million dollar channel improvement project on the Delaware River that for all intents and purposes is solely for the benefit of that one corporation, while the House is set to pass on a similar, but less costly project, for Mobile, harbor, also de­ signed to accommodate these same foreign-flag ore carriers. As far-as-can be determined, US ship operations have little or no nee^ for the 40 to 42 foot channel extensions involved in these expensive projects. As a matter of fact, at one time US Steel was asked by the Army Corp of Engineers to pay half the cost of the Dela­ ware project, anchwas outraged at the thought of paying half its own way. The result is that under the present Delaware bill, the company only has to provide a terminal and transfer facilities at its Fairless^ plant. Of course, every maritime body, the SIU included, is in favor of improving our port facilities. It appears though, that if Congress is beihg so kind to US Steel, the least it could ask is that the company register its ore boat subsidiaries under the US flag. 'Fair and Jnst. ' The unanin\ous decision just handed down by the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court defeating an attempt by Calmar to deny a seaman unemployment bene­ fits represents a major legal victory for the SIU and the men who sail SlU-conitracted ships. This decision, however, is more than simply a legal tri­ umph. The legality of the rules adopted by the membership governing hiring had already been established in a previous court test. What the court did was to emphasize without a shadow of a doubt that the SIU way of doing business is "fair, reasonable and just" and that Calmar had no right whatsoever to deny- a Seafarer unemployment benefits.^ Its been mentioned many times before in the pages of the LOG and at membership meetings that the steamship oper­ ator will not give up trying to find some way, somehow, of cutting corners on the Seafarer. In this case, to keep a Jew dollars in its treasury, the company fought with might and main to keep a Seafarer from collecting money enough to keep him in food and shelter until such time as he caught another ship. That the company was willing, almost anxious, to assure that the Seafarer involved went hungry so that it could collect a rebate, simply reflects an ever-present atti­ tude in the steamship industry. V Seafarers recognize that this attitude still exists. But it will not prevail as long as they maintain a strong Union. Defying The Sea With far greater frequency than we care to see, stories keep appearing in the newspapers regarding men who jeopardize their own lives and the lives of others by their disregard of the nature of the sea. Such a story is the one reported elsewhere in this news­ paper -regarding the five men who left San Francisco in an attempt to drift to Hawaii on a raft. Seafarers, like all professional seagoing men, know that the sea is no plaything. They know that safety at sea demands a knowledge of the sea, and constant vigilance, even while aboard a 1.0,000-ton ship, let alone a raft. There have been men, including members of this Union, who have braved the sea in small boats. But they had sea­ worthy craft, and years of seamanship at their beck and call. Those amateur sailors on the raft symbolize the abysmal ignorance of many shoreside people about the destructive powet-CKE poean waters; . .. . • Magazine Article Boosts SIU lAIG To the Editor: I recently came upon an inter­ esting. article in Nation's Business entitled "Labor Tells Its Story" by Booton Herndon. Mr. Herndon mainly discussed the press in the labor movement and the impor­ tant role it serves for organiza­ tional and other purposes. Being a member of the SIU, I was happy to see that our ownLOG was put in the spotlight by the author. It said, In part: Distribution Problem "The labor paper which probably comes the closest to being all things to all men is the SIU SEA­ FARERS LOG. This paper has seemingly incredible problems of content and distribution. An SIU member might ship out of an east coast port for the near east, for example, and then spend two years on-the Persian Gulf-European run without ever see­ ing an American newspaper. The Union feels it is responsible for getting to this man not only the news of this Un­ ion, but news of his country and n e w s- of the Goncalves worlds "This the LOG does. But after getting all this material in the paper, how will the Union get the paper to the man? In the case of the Persian Gulf tanker, SIU air mails ten copies to the ship at an intermediate port, say Port Said. It also airmails copies to American embassies and consulates and, to overlook no bets, it puts copies in taverns in ports all over the world." Take Notice of SIU... It's wonderful to .know "that the outside press and thus the Ameri­ can public, as well as big business, are taking notice of, and learning what goes on in a union such as the SIU. We should all be proud of this fact and thank those re­ sponsible such as our officials and the LOG staff for a job well done and wish them continued success. I can remember wha^a pleasure it was to get the LOG in a foreign port, particularly if the ship hap­ pened to be in a place where there were no English-language news­ papers available. There always was a fuss about who would be able to get hold-bf the newspaper first and find out what was going on in the Union and in the States generally. To all my past shipmates and friends in the SIU I would like to say that I just got through taking my 16 weeks of -training and am now stationed in Washington, DC, with the 3rd Infantry Regiment, the oldest outfit in the Army prob­ ably better known to you as the Honor Guard. I'm sure anxious tp get out of this Army and go back to the SIU. Oh, well, only nineteen more months to go. Pvt. Antonio Goncalves : Co. B 8rd inf. Reg. Fort Myer,- Va. - AFL printers in New York have chipped in $35,000 to provide a home for Carmine Fanelli, a lino­ type operator who was crippled in World War II. Local 6 of the In­ ternational Typographical Union has broken ground for the new home in Englewood, New Jersey, with ramps instead of stairways, and other special equipment so that Fanelli can get around in his wheelchair. i t New attempts to settle a strike of AFL and CIO lumber workers that has shut down the industry in the Northwest are now underway. The strike has been going on for several weeks in the United States and British Columbia on money matters. Business magazines have indicated that lumber interests are happy-to let the strike run on be­ cause the price of lumber has fall­ en quite a bit ^ in the past year. i i ^ labor troubles recently. Last week, two CIO unions struck the plants and then went back to work as President Eisenhower appoint­ ed a fact-finding board under the Taft-Hartley law. A few da\s later, AFL laborers at Oak Ridge went out on a brief strike at two Oak Ridge construction projects in a dispute with contractors over wage scales. The men returned to work after an appeal from union leaders. A last minute agreement be­ tween Mohawk Airlines and the Airline Pilots Association averted a strike of 73 pilots against the New York State carrier. The agreement provided for substan­ tial wage increases and changes in off-duty scheduling. The settle­ ment covers 73 pilots. 4 3^1 4^ AFL post office unions lost an­ other round in their fight for wage increases, when the House of Rep­ resentatives ' turned. „down a five percent increase for one million postal workers. The bill repre­ sents an agreement between the administration and the Post Office unions. Airline mechanics, members of the International Association of Machinists, AFL, are now taking a national strike ballot. Approxi­ mately '20,000 ground service workers at six major airlines are now voting. The Union has 4 4. charged that airline representa­ New York City's subway system, tives have refused to-negotiate on operated by the New York Transit union demands. Authority, has reached agreement with the CIO Transport Workers A 77-year-old cigar maker from Union on a two year contract. The Joliet, Illinois, estimated recently agreement followed a representa­ that he has turned out four million tion election in which the CIO hand-rolled cigars in 64 years at union won an overwhelming ma­ the trade. Cigar maker Michael jority. It provides for official rec­ A. Glennon has been a member of ognition of the union and wage the Cigar Makers' International increases as well. Previously the since 1893, three years after he authority held that it could not started work as an apprentice in sign labor contracts because it was the trade. a government agency. 4" 4i t 4 4 4 Complaining that the company A strike by 10,000 members of was trying to double the work load Dodge Local 3 of the United Auto­ for oilers in the maintenance de­ mobile Workers, CIO, has idled partment, 4,000 members of the 25,000 additional Chrysler employ­ CIO Packinghouse Workers uKion ees in petroit, due to a shortage have shut down the Ai-mour and of parts caused by plant shut­ Company meat-packing plant in downs. The walkout was called Chicago. The men are members of over the firing last week of two Local 347 of the ..CIO union. A UAW members who refused to per­ union spokesman said that the form new jobs as demanded by load doubling was part of a newly- the company. The other 25,000 established company ineentive workers became directly affected system. by the strike when drivers of inter4> 4> ^ plant trucks, who are members of Atom plants at Oak lUdge. Ten­ the striking local, joined the walk­ nessee, and Paducah, "Kentucky, out, causing parts shortages ia have been having their share of other plants. .5 �Fas* Ttrehm SEAFARERS LOG " JnlyXS. 1984 July 28. 1984 SEAFARERS Pas* Tblrteea LOG < . -.-•j.ft <. It; - • : > ' Vv-:^ 's;:,!'-?;!. V ••. ^ • J,. i ^ .. ' " >r H: US'" THE "k: v ffTS^Pfn) / -\- .' . ? % ''V0 The father oi the stern-wheeler, Jonathan Hull's steam-tugjvas tried out on the Avon in England in 1737. It had a single-acting steam cylinder; a ratchet-gear linked to the piston gave continuous rotation to the stern paddle-wheel -i On July 15, 1783, the Marquis de Jouffroy's paddle steamboat traveled for 15 minutes against the" current of the Saone River in France. The 150-foot boat had two paddlewheels turned by a single horizontal steam-cylinder. k-)T . • •• Patrick Miller's double-hulled paddle-boat, built in Scotland (1787). Five paddlewheels driven by capstans, in tandem between hulls, could be raised out of the water when sails alone were used. The speed was 4.3 knots with 30 men at the capstans. »:r ' In 1788,. a double-hulled boat fitted with a steam engine by Patrick Miller did five knots. The engine had two vertical open-topped cylinders with pistons connected by a system of chain^ and pulleys to drive the single paddle-wheel. The Charlotte jfjundas was tried on the Clyde Canal in 1801. William Symington's 56-foot steamboat had a ten hp engine with a single direct-acting cylinder driving the stern paddle-wheel. It was operated as a tow-boat for a time. • -.rs • •• - Tried out on the French river Doubs in 1802, Desblancs' steamboat had a barge-like hull whose cylinders' horizontal motion was mechanically converted into circular motion. Arranged on chains, the paddle fioats "traveled like the buckets of a dredge. Courtesy, of ••I [BOl PROPRIETORS THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS A SKETCH. Lt4. (REPRODUCED FROM ISSUES DATED MARCH 29. NDi TO JUNE S, tM«) "J. ^ The first commercially-successful steamboat in the US was Robert Fulton's Clermont, Wiuch made a 150-mile voyage up the Hudson to Albany in 32 hours, ou; August 11/ ISO?. In an 1803 exj^riment, a smaller vessel sank immediately^ - i; - Henry Bell's Comet appeared in 1812 and ran out of Glasgow a passenger-freight - steamer until she was wrecked in 1820. The 30-ton, five-knot vesselhad a four hp en«nd four jpaddle-whi^ls^^ Second steamship to cross the Atlantic, the Royal William (1833) made the vOyage from Quebec to Gravesend, England, in 25 days. She followed the American Savan­ nah, which used steam only a short part of the way across in 1819, —f ma �SEAFARERS Pare Fonrteen I?-•'• •*i. '••• Juir ies. 1954 LOG PORTKEPORW......... steer the younger members on a Lake Charles:' We have a large part of the Bull Baltimore: 'Line fleet tied up here due to the true course. longshoremen's strike in Puerto He has sailed at every rating in Rico and that has added quite a the deck department and for quite a number of years has been ship­ few men on the beach here. I: . V-'..Laynps Coming Out ping as bosun. "Shorty," as he is These men are all registered to We had-the Bull Run (MathiasThe sympathies of all the men At long last, I'm glad to report known to his shipmates, has seen at the Union hall are going out go back on their respective ships that shipping has picked up con­ our organization grow from ob­ en) in here for a couple of days to Mrs. R. E. Peck of Green Har­ and will be sent back as soon as siderably and registrations have scurity to its present high rating before she sailed for Argentina, and again we had a hassle with bor, who^ husband died recently the strike is over in Puerto Rico. fallen off. This is largely due to the in the maritime industry. our noble friend. (???), Captain aboard the Robin Trent In Africa. We had one Liberty ship come out fact that we crewed up the Edith, Earl Sheppard RachaU, over OT. We had some Mrs. Peck is the of laj^ip this week, the Transat­ Mae and Carolyn (Bull), and the Baltimore Port Agent trouble with this bird last Febru­ only policewom­ lantic (Pacific Waterways), Ship­ William A. Carruth (Transfuel) and ary and the Union won then. But an in Green Har­ ping should remain good 'for the had quite a few replacements on this time he again' thought he bor and has been coming period as there are quite a the Compass (Compass). Seattle: could get away with it just by say­ on the force for few ships due in and also a couple Even with this spurt in shipping, the past 20 years. more are expected to be pulled out we still have a few more ships ing "That ain't overtime." But he One of her fa­ of layup. finally saw the light and paid thearound here idle and several of We paid off a total of 16 ships vorite diversions OT so he could sign on. Maybe these, we unqlerstand, will be is reading the in the past two weeks, signed 14 crewin^ up within the next two some day this bird will learn to LOG. We are on foreign articles and serviced 16 weeks. Here's hoping this is true. quit disputing good OT, but we I; ^r' still awaiting in-transit ships. The boom in shipping seems to doubt it because his type never \ c :• reek There have been well over 200 have dropped off this past two Payoffs word from the learns. There is a fine crew of SIU men that have shipped in the past Ships paid off were the Beatrice, Robin Line on what ship and what week period and shipping is more men on this ship and they swear two week period. or date her husband will arrive back Evelyn and Show Me Mariner back to normal. At the they will bring her in clean if it This is approxi­ timeless in the States. We are hoping he (Bull); the Seatrain Savannah (Seaof this we do not know is within their power to do so.« mately 100 more of any morereport, ships coming out of will be brought back to Boston so train), the Val Chem (Valentine), Besides the Bull Run, the Coun­ men shipped than layup, but it is very likely that a Mrs. Peck can make arrangements the Bradford Island, Chiwawa and cil Grove (Cities Service) also sail­ in the previous Liberty or two will come out for for having him buried in Massa­ Government Camp (Cities Service); ed for Argentina, and other shipstwo week period. the Transatlantic (Pacific Water­ of lumber for the east coast tailing in here were the Cantigriy, chusetts. Paying off in aorload ways), the Robin Wentley and Rob­ Japan. R. M. Churchill was taken sick Government Camp, Logans Fort, the Port of Balti­ We had no ships pay off during Bradford Island, Winter Hill and while working as cashier on the in Goodfellow (Robin); the Choc­ more in the past this last taw (Waterman), the Steel Flyer two week period. The Lone Jack, all of Cities Service. Evangeline. He got off the ship in two "weeks were Young America (Waterman) was Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and when (Isthmian), the Seatiger (Colonial) Pumpman In Chair the Cubore, Santhe Excello (Excello Corp.). MiUer diverted to Sari Francisco, the New he was brought back to Boston he and At last week's meeting we had tore. Baltore, Ve- York of the west coast. Those ships signing on were the was so ill he had to be taken off Robin Brother J. F. Mapp, chief pump­ nore, Feltore, and Marore (Qre); Tuxford (Robin), the Bar­ We slgqed on the Coe Victory the ship in an ambulance. The bara Fritchie man, in the chair. He hails from Navigation), the Bethcoaster and Aiamar (Cal­ (Victory Carriers), that is we marine hospital ambulance was in the Show Me (Liberty Mississippi and joined the Union mar), the Steel Chemist (Isthmian) Mariner (Bull) and her on "coastwise articles back in the early days. The Re­ Providence so Eastern SS Com­ the Lawrence Victory and the Logans Fort (Cities Serv­ signed (Mississippi). only because the shipping company cording secretary was Brother A. pany ordered a private ambulance In-transit ships were the Sea- ice). said they were not going to store Baker, FWT, and both men did a to take him to the Brighton Marine trains Sign-Ons Louisiana, Texas, New York the ship in Seattle, but would store fine job. Hospital. and Georgia (Seatrain); the Calmar Sign ons were the Cubore, San- her in San Francisco for the voy­ We have no men in the hospital * Besides Churchill, we have J. and Alamar (Calmar); the Steel Penswick, F. Alasavich and J. Chemist and Steel Voyager (Isth­ tore, Venore and Marore (Ore); age. A bit of advice to all con­ here at this time. , Topa Topa - and Fairland cerned: you can't feed a crew on Garello in the marine hospital. For our Seafarer of the Week mian); the Alcoa Partner (Alcoa), the (Waterman), the Edith and Mae promises, therefore, when the we nominate Brother H. J. Abel, Shipping StiU Slow the Southport (South Atlantic) and Shipping here continues to be the Topa Topa, Antinous and Fair- (Buli), the Steel Chemist (Isthmian) "victualer" says he has plenty of better known as "Baltimore Whitand the Logans Fort (Cities Serv­ stores, then, and only after that, ey." He has been a Union member slow. During the last report period isle (Waterman). is the titne to sign, and of course, for a long time, sailing in the deck ice). . ' - we had the Alexandra (Carras) and Claude Simmons don't overlook the linen, washing department, and he says the SIU Royal Oak and Paoli (Cities Serv­ Those in transit were the Alcoa Asst. Sec.-Treasurer ice) paying off and signing on. In Partner and Alcoa Ranger (AlSda), machine and general repairs. benefits its men in so many ways Ships in transit were • the Ra- it is hard to say just what its transit were the Robin Wentley the Chickasaw, Wacosta and Anti­ (Seas Shipping), Antinous and nous (Waterman); the Steel Flyer •phael Semmes (Watermani and the greatest benefit is. Choctaw (Waterman), Steel Flyer (Isthmian), the Portmar (Calmar) Marymar (Calmar). Our noble Karl "Swede" Hell(Isthmian) and The Cabins (Cab­ and the Robin Wentley of Seas ^eattle has had plenty of sun- man went fishing the other "night slHne and the temperature has and reports he caught a tubfull. Seafarers with beefs regard­ ins). Shipping. • been between 60 and 80 degrees. He didn't say a tubfull of what, ing slow payment of monies We had a few beefs on the Alex­ The political scene in Maryland Another reason may be that some due from various operators in andra but these were all settled at the present time is in a turmoil, of the boys are feeding the ponies but we suspect it wasn't fish. back wages and disputed overto the satisfaction of the crew. The particularly on the Democratic §ide, at Longacres. (These few generally ' All is quiet on the labor frorit tim.e should first check wheth­ Evangeline has been running due to the fact,that Mahoney, the ship out pretty quick.). Finally, here at present, but we are on the er they have a proper mailing smoothly without any beefs so far. man who ran in the primaries some of the members have found alerTfor the bosses to start trou­ address on file with the com­ The delegates are "Shorty" Melanagainst Byrd, does not want to second homes for themselves. Sev­ ble now that they have got the pany. SIU headquarters offi­ son, engine; Ollie "Orion Comet" concede defeat, although it is ex­ eral got together and rented a boat "right-to-scab'^ bill passed. cials point out that reports Olson, deck, and W. Grant, stew­ pected Byrd will be ruled the win­ Leroy Clarke on beautiful Lake Washing­ received from several opera­ ard. All of these boys are doing ner. The AFL went all out in sup­ house Lake Charles Port Agent ton and are havini quite a vaca­ tors show checks have been a very good job. porting Byrd and there is no tion. 4^ Luckily, the vacationers are mailed to „ one address while We are finally getting some sun­ question that the great help that a mixed Savannah: lot. I am told they had a beef on the same score is shine after two months of rain and many Seafarers gave in this cam­ quite a port list last week and'had sent from another, thus creat­ hope this good weather will con­ paign was an important 'factor. To pump the bilges. After check­ ing much difficulty in keeping tinue. Real Old Timer ing a bit, it was found to be not accounts straight. Seafarers James Sheehan are urged to use one perma­ Our man of the week, Brother a leak, but the ice box. The ice Boston Port Agent nent address for mail so that John O. Miller, has been a member box is on the port side and need­ 4" t" i Shipping has been fair in this claims can be checked speedi­ of the SIU since 1938. A real old- less to say, it was full of beverages, New York: port during the past two weeks. causing the list. ly and payment made right timer, he has been a credit to the The Southwind and Southland away. Jeff Gillette SIU, not only "in performing his (South Atlantic) paid off and Seattle Port Agent own duties, but in his ability to Signed on, and in transit were the Southport (South Atlantic), Fairport (Waterman) and Seatrains New York can boast of having Louisiana and Georgia. The Sea­ some of the finest weather in the train Georgia called here twice. country for the past few weeks— Men in the marine hospital are no rain and temperatures in the John H. Morris, Leslie F. Swegan. low 80's. Just what the beaches, <3. F. Wilson, A. F. Meadows, R. C. Shipping Figures July race tracks and amusement park REG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL Shedd, P. Bland, J. Littleton, W. C. operators dream about. PORT DECK ENGINE STEW. BEG. DECK ^ENG. STEW. SHIPPED Bedgood, J. B. Sellers, C. Slater, The boys on the beach here have Boston L. A. DeWitt, B. Blanchard, J. C. 28 18 13 46 7 5 33 8 certainly been able to enjoy Moore and G. Menendez. New York 181 150 452 81 80 121 63 224 some outside recreation and with Jeff Morrison Philadelphia 31 31 16 14 . 11 9 34* the additional facilities we have Savannah Port Agent Baltimore 87 added in the hall, those who enjoy 61 93 63 211 87 ' 73 252 indoor recreation has found plenty Norfolk 29 11 13 7 11 91 4 24 to occupy their time. They can now Savannah 16 8 t 8 10 32 9 S 24 enjoy shooting pool, playing ahufTampa 11 16 19 46 6 9 7 18 fle board, cards, chess, checkers, Mobile 43 36 38 28 49 123 43 109 reading from a well-stocked library or watching the shows or ball New Orleans 67 65 71 79 107 253 199 V 63 - games in the television theatre. 'Galveston 24 34 32 21 23 . 81 21 74 These facilities are open to the Seattle 39 24 16 14 11 30 41 93 membership from eight o'clock in San Frandsco ....... ¥t '1, the morning until midnight. 46 32 89 27 ' 119 24 86 41 Wilmington ..... 10 6 Shipping for the past two weeks 10 28, 8 • • • e e.*« 8 ' ' has b^n fairly good for all three Total»;^^•• 612 ^ -•374^^' 491 • 457 ;• 1,960 . 419 departments,, but you would not think ro to look in the ball h?re. *Pii>rl shut down by longshoremen's strike. Boston: Lady Cop's Husband Dies On African Run Skipper Deefs Go OT Dal Ha Apis Pays Up . Shipping Improves Nearly 100 Per Cent Doom ApiMars Over As Shipping Slows :' • % MJse Only One Mail Address SoHtb Atlanlic Ships PayOffandSlgaOn ^ Shipping Fair Despite Dnil Line Fieet Laynp A €1 VByfiiDjniitfs n w?rHt%n n n %l/RLY Says: - Jn [ �July 23, 1954 Nfiw Orleans: Pelicans Kick Mcbile's Bears All Over Lei SEAFARERS LOG rag* Fmeea PORT ItEPOKJS of ships coming into Hampton Roads. Although" most of them were under foreign flags, some of them were our own contracted ships and the shipment of men was getting better. Paying off during the last two weeks were the Lawrence Victory (Mississippi) and the Royal Oak (Cities Service). Ships signing on were the Wacosta (Watermanl, the Lawrence Victory (Mississippi) and the Royal Oak (Cities Service). In-transit ships were the Coun­ cil Grove and Logans Fort (Cities Service); Southport (South Atlan­ tic), the Steel Advocate, Steel Rover and Steel Chemist (Isth­ mian); the Wacosta (Waterman) and the Alcoa Ranger and Partner (Alcoa). James A. Bullock, patrolman, re­ ports that oh his weekly visit to the USPHS hospital to pay the sea­ men their weekly welfare benefits, that only one man, Anthony ^caturro, is in the hospital at the present time. ' Philadelphia: Fori Shut Bown With Longshore Lookout signing on the various ships around the area seem to have forgotten that they have delegates aboard the ships to take up their beefs with the patrolman, but instead of that they come individually with their various beefs. A lot of times the patrolman checking on the beefs finds just a little personality complaint among the crew or some­ times against the officers ^ the ship. Personalities are things that we should not be involved with while we are discussing ship's business. You are not only making it hard on your shipmates and delegates, but also on the patrolman who has to settle these beefs. If everyone will cooperate and take their beefs to the ship and department dele­ gates they will present the beefs to the boarding patrolman. Men riding in-transit ships seem to have forgotten the procedure. Men coming into port have quite a few beefs like repairs, and other items that should have been taken care of at the last pay off and sign on. Of course, it is the same old story from the crews, they were busy ^oing home to their wives or families and did not have time to take care of them. The "next thing they know the ship has sajled and the repairs were not done. Most of these in-transit ships do not have officers out here, only an agent who is generally not authorized to spend sums of money for repairs that should have been taken cbre of on the other coast. ' Crew To Blame Most of the negligence has been due to the crew paying off without leaving an adequate repair list for the boarding patrolman or new crews. Therefore, when the ship gets out to sea the new crew does not have all the things done that should have been done. To the old crew leaving the ship, see that an adequate repair list is left to the new crew signing on, check before you sign on and see if you need any repairs. Also see that the work requested has been done. If re­ pairs have not been made, prompt­ ly report same to the boarding pa­ trolman who is to sign on your ves­ sel. He will get the repairs done for you. Oldtimers on the beach include F. Yotto, F. Martinez, W. Kramer, W. Bause, C. McKee, J. Worley, J. Early, W. Harris, C. Newton, F. Kustra, J. Lefko, P. Robertson, P. Cheklin and G. Bane. Men in the marine hospitals in­ clude G. H. Leary, S. Bunda, H. R. Fall, J. Levin, W. Singleton. P. S. Yuzon, C. Neumaier, J. Childs, O. Gustavsen, J. Perreira, V. L. Tarallo, W. Johnson and P. J. St. Marie. With the usual summer dol­ Shipping has been'slow, for the drums having set in, the principal past two we6ks due to the long­ topics of conversation here just shore strike In Puerto Rico which now are shipping, the New Orleans has tied up most of the Bull Line Pelicans, the weather and politics fleet. We are also the victims of a in that order. shut down port due to the local Shipping has picked up some­ employers locking, out the long­ shoremen over the letter's refusal what since our last report and the to work a ship where there was an outlook for the immediate future unsettled beef. The outlook for fu­ indicates it will continue to be fair. ture shipping depends on the out­ As for the Pelicans, they are come of the Puerto Rico longshore even hotter right now than the beef and the local longshore beef. weather. The birds won eight of We are sorry to their last nine games on the road report the fatal and now are only a half game out accident aboard of first place in the Southern As­ the Barbara Fritsociation. chie ("Liberty Over the weekend, tljey swamped Nav.) in which the Mobile Bears to sweep a four Joe Lupton was game series. For some reason, our instantly killed. Mobile brothers seem to have lost Joe, a former of­ Interest in baseball recently. They ficial in the Port don't even want to talk about it. of Norfolk, will Well, Mobile is still in the league, Lupton Ben Rees be sadly missed even though the Bears are in sixth Norfolk Port Agent by his many friends in the SIU. place 16 games Soon after we had received all off pace. 4. i t. the Retails on this accident, and The weather had left the ship, we were notified continues to be Galveston: that anotheT serious accident had hot with the mer­ occured on the same ship when cury hanging be­ Present' Spinney, deck engineer, tween-95 and 100 was knocked into #3 hold. Brother degrees on most Spinney was taken to the Frankdays. An occa­ Shipping has been good here ford Hospital in Philadelphia and sional afternoon shower makes It during the past two weeks, with the next day was visited by repre­ Cope • bearable at night, 79 men shipping out in the three sentatives of the SIU Welfare Serv­ departments. However, the Neva ices Department, who made sure however. West (Bloomfield) went into idle that his family was notified and Quiet Primary also saw that he had enough money A primary election will be held status after she paid off. to take care of anything he might The Alexandra (Carras) and in Louisiana July 27, but from all ^ indications it will be an unusually Fort Hoskins (Cities Service) sign­ want. Here's wishing Brother Spinney ed on, and inquiet election. The-principal races a speedy recovery.' to be decided involve the US Sen­ transit were the A. S. Cardullo ate seat occupied by Senator Allen Southern States Philadelphia Port Agent SS), J. Ellender and the Congressional (Southern office held by Representative Hale Alice Brown i t i • Boggs. Ellender is opposed by (Bloomfield), Del San Francisco: Frank B. Ellis, an attorney, and Santos (Mississip­ Maurice B. Gatlin will oppose Rep­ pi), The Cabins (Cabins), V a 1 resentative Boggs. Among the Seafarers who have Chem (Valentine been in dry dock at the USPHS Tankers), Steel Lee hospital here for extended periods, Navigator (Isth­ Shipping for the Port of San but are now reported to be con­ mian), Paoli and French Creek valescing in good style, are D. Kor- (Cities Service) and Seatrains New Francisco has been fair for the olia, E. E. Brady, S. Cope, A. Qui- Jersey, Savannah, Texas and New past two week period but the out­ look for the future looks poor. nones, L. R. Tickle, William G. York. In the marine hospital are C. Ships paid off were the Madaket Moore and E. Samrock, Hannison DesHotels, and Young America (Waterman) Those recently admitted include Barbosa, P. G. Goodman, C. W. Barnett, J. F. V. Davis and M. P. McDonald. and the Orion Star (Oil Carriers). Sign Ons On the beach are J. Lee,, R. M. McDavitt, R. L. Skinner and J. Ayers, J. Lippincitt, N. Baker, Ships signing on were the Mada­ J. Adams. L. T. Bacon and T. Fields are O. L. Fleet, W. Jones, F. Ryan, S. ket and Jean Lafitte (Waterman) back in the hospital for further Sikes, W. R. Simpson, D. Molina, and the Orion Star (Oil Carriers). Ships in-transit were the Steel treatment after being recently dis­ W. Brightwell, F. Pedraza, B. Luna, M. Plyler, R. Meadows, W. Slade, Maker (Isthmian), the Ocean Ulla charged. G. Bales, J. Glenn, E. Puntillo and (Ocean Trans.), the Marymar (CalPayoffs mar) and the Gateway City, Yaka Ships paid off here in the last P. Rogosch. Tom Banning and Raphael Semmes (Waterman). Keith Alsop two weeks were the Steel Scientist San Francisco Port Agent Lately, crews paying off and Galveston Port Agent (Isthmian), the Del Sud, Del Alba and Del Oro (Mississippi); the DeSoto, Iberville, Citrus Packer and Morning Light (Waterman) and the ^ Ml Alice Brown (Bloomfield). Ships calling in-transit included the Alcoa Cavalier, Alcoa Pennant, Alcoa Clipper and- Alcoa Pilgrim WILMINGTON. Calif .. 505 Marine Ave. FORT WILLIAM . . 118t& Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 SIU, A&G District Ernest Tilley. Agent Terminal 4-2874 (Alcoa); the Andrew Jackson and 103 Durham St. HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. Bklyn. PORT COLBORNE BALTIMORE . . 14 North Gay St. Ontario Phone: 5591 Steel Rover (Isthmian), the Del Earl Sheppard. Agent SECRETARY-TREASURER Mulberry 4540 TORONTO. OnUriO 272 King St. E. Paul HaU Sud, Del Santos and Del Oro (Mis­ BOSTON 276 State St. EMpire 4-5719 ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS VICTORIA, BC 617V4 Cormorant St. sissippi); the Lafayette (Water­ James Sheeban, Agent Richmond 2-0140 Robert Matthews Joe Algina Empire 4531 Claude Simmons Joe Volpian 2l8t & Mechanic man), the Alice Brown (Bloom- GALVESTON VANCOUVER. BC 565 Hamilton St. William Hall Keith Alsop, Agent Phone 2-8448 PAific 7824 field), the Lone Jack (Cities Serv­ LAKE CHARLES. U .... 1419 Ryan St. SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. Phone 6346 SUP Phone 6-5744 ice), the Seatlger -(Colonial) and Leroy Clarke. Agent 20 Elgin St. ...: 1 South Lawrence St. HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. BAGOTVILLE. Quebec the Seatrains Georgia and Savan­ MOBILE Phone: 545 Cal Tanner. Agent Phone 2-1754 Phone 5-8777 THOROLD. Ontario 52 St. Davids St. nah (Seatrain). NEW ORLEANS 523 BlenvlUe St. PORTLAND 522 N. W. Everett St. CAnal 7-3202 Lindsey Williams. Agent Beacon 4336 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Lindsey J. WUliams MagnoUa 6112-6113 RICHMOND. CALIF Quebec Phone: 2-7078 257 5th St. New Orleans Port Agent 177 Prince WiUiam St. NEW YORK . 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn Phone 2599 SAINT JOHN NB Phone: 2-5232 HYacinth 9-6600 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. ^ Neva West Is LaU Up, Bui Shipping is Gooll Crews Asked To Take Beefs To Delegales Norfolk: Hamptoii RMds fidls Shipping was slightly better for Ibis past- tw0 week period and liiere winw^ah Increasing number NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees. Agent Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. 8. CarduUo, Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO .... 450 Harrison St. T, Banning. Agent Douglas 2-5475 Marty Breithoff. West Coast RepresentaUve PUERTA de TIERRA, PR Pelayo 51—La 5 Sal Colls. Agent Phone 2-5996 SAVANNAH . 2 Abercorn St. Jeff Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE . . 2700 1st Ave. JeB Gillette. Agent Elliott 4334 TAMPA 1809-1811 N. FrankUn St. Ray White. Agent Phone 2-1323 Douglas 2-8363 Great Lakes District 2505 1st Ave. Main 0290 ALPENA 133 W., Fletcher WnjiuNGTON 505 Marine Ave. Phone: 1238W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. Phone: Cleveland 7391 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn CLEVELAND ... 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE STerUng 8-4671 Phone: Main 1-0147 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadian District Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 531 W. Michigan St. MONTREAL ..... 624 St James St. West DULUTH i PLateau 8161 Phone: Melrose 2-4110 3261 E. 83nd St. HALIFAX. NJB... 128U HoUls St SOUTH CHICAGO Phonoi Essex 6-84M . .. i Pbonet 3*911 SEATTLE t Mobile: •i -II' I I _ il Everybody Happy With Relroaefive Pay News Shipping in the port for the past couple of weeks was not good, but kept pretty steady with approxi­ mately 109 men shipped to regular jobs and 87 men shipped to vari­ ous relief jobs in and around the harbor. During this last two week period we had a total of eight pay­ offs, five sign ons and seven ships in-transit. Ships paying off, all in pretty good shape, were the Alcoa Pen­ nant, Puritan, Clipper, Pilgrim and Corsair (Alcoa); -the Monarch of the Sea, Lafayette and Morning Light (Waterman),' Signing on again were the Alcoa Pennant, Puritan, and Pilgrim (Al­ coa); the Andrew Jackson (Isth­ mian) and the Lafayette (Water­ man). Mississippi In-Transits In-transit ships were the DeSoto, Golden City, Iberville and Citrus 1 Packer (Waterman); and the Del Sol, Del Oro and l^el Santos (Mis­ sissippi). Brothers Willie Reynolds and William G. Moore are in the New Orleans marine hospital. Oldtimers on the beach include Charley Long, H. Kirkwood, R. Beswell, F. Kyser, G. Lewis, F. Kouns, C. Trippe, J. Waith, G. Gon­ zales, C. Prevatt, B. Locke and J. Edlund. / Retroactive Pay A report from two of the major companies made the membership on the beach feel a little better. Alcoa said that they would be ready to pay the retroactive wage increase by the first of August and Waterman said that they would be ready by t ht 15th of August. When and how to collect this ret­ roactive pay will be announced in the SEAFARERS LOG. Mobile has one of the Waterman ships presently Pisani held up in San Juan, PR, due to a strike in that area by the longshoremen. Head­ quarters is looking after the inter­ ests of the Union during the course of this strike to see that the mem­ bers and their interests are pro­ tected. 'Duke of Bourbon Street' For our Seafarer of the Week we nominate Anthony Pisani who joined the SIU in New York in 1947. He originally hails from New York, but usually ships out of the Gulf in the various engine room ratings. Tony, or the "Duke of Bourbon Street" as he is better known, says he likes this area bet­ ter than New York and that he in­ tends to make his home here. His favorite sport is bowling and walk­ ing and he usually spends about five or six hours a night walking around the town. He is single, but says he lias prospects. — In his opinion, the best of the Welfare Plan benefits is the dis­ ability benefit. Although a young man himself, Tony says it gives him something ID look forward to and the assurance that he will be looked after in the event of dis­ ability. Carl Tanner MobUe Port Agent ^1 �;5S^v'-^'- • \w^ • •.•« *.:'ri7R(;Tii;':;,- , rag* SbcteCB SEAFARERS • •*-••;•.'."'iS;' -'* Jidr 9.t, 1954 LOG France Is Host To Colden City I J |i 1^ V" V- :^r 4- The Golden City (Waterman) on a recent European run again saw many familiar scenes of World War II. Top, left, is a shot of a sunken German transport in the harbor of La Pallice, France. -Top, right, an amphibious landing craft is hoisted aboard the ship. Bottom, left, are (left to right). Sea­ farers Joe Hunt, A1 Arnold, Jim Flanagan and Henry Bilde, of the Golden City. Bottom, right, French workmen prepare cradle on the deck of the ship for the 100-ton landing craft's trip to the States. Moonlight Ship Provisioning Is Calmar's Latest Caper BJTSEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor (Editor's Note: The SEAFARERS LOG photo editor tvill be glad to assist Seafarers with their photo problems. Address any questions to the Photo Editor, c/o the LOG at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn. This includes information on how to operate certain types of cameras, advice on camera purchases, photo-finishing techniques, plus informa­ tion on a variety of camera equipment, such as enlargers, flash guns, etc. Drop the editor a line or if you are around the hall come up to see him.) Ever since Daguerre uncapped the first lens to re<rord successfully a photographic image, scientists have been looking for better and fast­ er film emulsions. For many impatient photographers who expect each emulsion to produce amazing feats of sensitivity over preceding films, progress may be slow. But it's not. In the characteristics where progress should be measured—^greater, shadow detail, unblocked highlights, finer grain structure and tonal range, plus higher emulsion speed—the scientists have done an amazing job. The two newest emulsions just introduced, Kodak Royal Pan Sheet Film and Du Pont Superior Press Film, are important steps in film progress. Both arp rated by the manufacturers at a speed of 200 day­ light and a tungsten rating of 160. Both are designed for the profes­ sional photographer who 4s limited by the relatively slow lens of press cameras as compared with the speed lenses of 35mm cameras. DuPont literature suggests that ratings up to 1000 can be obtained and.^ives methods concerning development for such, high speeds. While Kodak's information contained no such reference to higher ratings, practical tests proved that both films could yield equally amazing results with under-exposed and special development. The most significant feature of both these films is the almost start­ ling refusal to block highlights except under the grossest over-exposure and over-development. This is a key to the possibilities of increased working speq^s with the new emulsions. Negatives exposed with an estimated film speed rating of jlOOO were printable. Under normal ex­ posure conditions both films gave negatives of remarkably good quality with a grajn structure apparently jao greater than films of slower ratings. Jest quality was obtained from fully exposed Superior Press with 16-D and seven minutg development time while five minutes in DK-50 produced best results tinder similar conditions with Royal Pan. Tests made under dark green safelights' showed that one five-gecond inspec­ tion is possible without fog but any exposure to a safelight for longer periods w^ injurious. The manufacturers recommend total darkness, and if you're not used to working under a green safelight it's best to use the time and temperature method. There's no doubt that both Royal" and "Superior" will prove to be valuable additions to those who a.re after maximum speed and good quality. LOG-A-RHYTHM: LifHe Things By M. Dwyer Think of her face when you're Through starry nights or a sunset's far away, ^ glow. Tell her you haven't forgot, Remember, she hasn't forgot,Calmar ships now and then pop up with a new twist in the handling of ship's stores. A thought a day till you're home There'll not be another if you The crew of the Calmar reports the latest one is storing the ship under cover of darkness. to stay. say you love her. At a recent ship's meeting, the crew brought under discussion the topic of stores and Little things mean a lot. Little things mean a lot. the>vay they are handled on the Calmar. During the last after and thus there wasn't any are good or bad and if there is Send her a gift, a card or two, way of knowing what stores were enough. Pretend that you're swell if trip, the stores were brought put on, whether or not there was Calmar's latest after-dark storing you're not. down to the ship by moonlight and enough stores and whether they maneuver, the crew believes, is an And if you should, miss her in they were not checked by the stew- were good or bad. The telephone numbers of attempt to evade the stringent kind dreams you can kiss her. arcTbecause it was nearly midnight all New York headquarters The crew went on record to have of check-ups that these ships have Little things mean a lot. before the stores were safe in the the stores on before they sign on been receiving to make sure~ that phones were changed recently ice box. by the telephone company. All and in the daytime so that the their storing is up to SIU stand­ Long for the day you'll be sail­ Seafarers calling headquarters The ship sailed shortly there­ steward can check and see if they ards. ing back. are asked to use the new num­ Though other arms may embrace bers to get faster service. you. The new headquarters tele­ Yearn for the port you can call phone number is HYacinth your home. 9-6600. For it will never desert you. , New Numbers For Uq, Phones V- lluit Cortiei' vessel is fruit products. If there are 400 tons in the entire shipment, how many tons of canned vegetables are included? (2) Which city is the capital of Australia: (a) Sydney, (b) Canberra, (c) Melbourne, (d) Brisbane? (3) If a Fahrenheit thermometer reads 212°, what does the Centi­ grade thermometer next to it read? (4) Abner Doubleday and the Marquess of ,Queensbury played prom­ inent parts in the early history of two famous sports. With what sport was each of them connected? (5) What is the meaning of the word emolument: (a) fnedicine, (b) celebration, (c) profit, (d) tom^b. (6) Where is the Morro Castle: (a) Rio de Janeiro, (b) Havana, (c) Manila, (d) Madrid? (7) A ship leaves port at noon Tuesday and at the end of 24 hours covers 300 miles. A aecond ship heading in the same direction leaves the same port at 9 PM Tuesday and intercepts the first one .at noon Wednesday. How fast was the second ship going? (8) Which is the most densely populated state in the US:, (a) New Jersey, (b) New York,- (c) Rhode Island, (d) Illinois? (9) In what continenl is Turkey, Europe or Asia? , (10) If you cut 45 yards of cloth into one-yard pieces, and cut one yard a minute, how long will it take? (^qix Answers on Page 20) W: • K''' ft J Colden City Has Near-Miss (1) Twenty-nine percent of a mixed shipment of canned goods on a • Speaking of arriving in the States on a ship without a beef, the crew of the Golden City (Waterman) nearly arrived in the States without any beefs and with­ out a ship. While in the Straits of Dover proceeding towards the English Channel, the Golden City almost collided in the fog with a Greek coastal vessel laying at anchor. The Greek vessel lay at anchor and the Golden City was approach­ ing on her starboard beam when she was spotted Just in time. A hard right was given and then a hard left to keep the stern from swinging into the Greek ship as the Golden City passed the Greek vessel's bow. A miss is as good as a mile though and the Golden fcity headed for Mobile with the crew thanking their lucky stars. ' ~ Top Steward Dept. Poses .'"f"H Three members of the WacoSta's steward department compli-'' mented for their good food are (left to right) Peter Gonzales, Peter Loleaq and the night cook and baker, photo by tuia Ramirez. = _ -J' . '• �m July 23, 1954 SEAFARERS HurriGane Sails Again and Again; Crew Never Knows Where, When The crew of the Hurricane has dedicated the song "Blues in the Night" to the ship as their travels never seem to end. From Mobile to San Pedro to Okinawa to Haiphong. Indo-China, and back to Okinawa and then to Pusan and on to Yokohama and back to Pusan and'on and on and on.-f When they arrive in the where they may go next. Same old "That may be so, but it sure looks land of the Nipponese their stuff, it seems, awaiting the orders like Mother Nature kicked it queries to the military, company agents and MSTS are merely answered with the reply that it is a mystery to them where the Hur­ ricane is headed next. The ship is well named it seems, for it is dif­ ficult to plot the course of a hur­ ricane. The crew is at a loss to dope out their next move. No secret cargo is carried and if they had on board a load of smoked sausage, they could have guessed their destination to be Baltimore, if baked beans, it might be Boston; red beans or rice, perhaps New Orleans; corn, surely Savannah; and last but not least, perhaps a load of grits for Mobile. Lieutenant's Orders However, the ship has not had any of the above categories and yet no one knows why, when or rare sevenieen LOG By Spike Marlin Baseball, fortunately, is one sport in whieh pre-season form doesn't always hold uo. at least not this year. For the first time in six seasons there is a possibility that the American League will have a new titleholder, a welcome development. And there have been a number of other equally startling developments. The big noise this year, of course, is being made by the New York Giants who, at the moment, are snrartly out in front of the pack, with only Brooklyn close enough to make a race of it. The Giants are where they are princi­ pally because of the return of Willie Mays, who is living up to all the adjeetives lavished on Mickey Mantle a few seasons back, and a very profitable trade; the one in which they picked up two pitchers, John Antonelli and Don Liddle, from Milwaukee in return for Bobby Thomson. Antonelli has de­ veloped as the solid man of the Giant staff, living up to his early promise. Typical Brooklyn Team Brooklyn, of course, has fielded a typical Dodger team, good hit, excellent field, shaky pitch. The league's disappointments have been the St. Louis Cardinals, and to a lesser extent, Milwaukee. The Cardinals have been doing amazingly well at the plate, but the complete collapse of their pitching, with Gerry Staley the principal culprit, has mired them in the second division. Milwau­ kee's goose was cooked by the An­ tonelli trade and a broken leg suf­ fered by Thomson in spring train­ ing. In the American League, Cleve­ land has surprised by' showing strength all along, although New York is pressing the Indians hard. The Indians always featured strong pitching. This year they are being helped quite a bit. in that depart­ ment by a resurgent Bob Feller and rookie Don Mossi. The Yan­ kees are, of course, the team to beat, but a tipoff on their chances is that fact that Rizzuto, their key man, is definitely showing signs of wear. For the rest of the league, there is Chicago, an outside chance on hustle and good pitching, and five other clubs who are all battling it out for last place. It's a very weak and unbalanced league that has been further undermined by the astonishing collapse of the Red Sox. This team started the season with s.uch aces as Williams, Good­ man, Kell and Pamell, plus bright young players like Piersall and Sammy White. But it has folded completely under the impact of in­ juries and some very questionable trades. from some second lieutenant. around a bit." Lotus "Wheelchair" Stone has A new wiper was shipped to re­ decided to take a long vacation and place "SJugger" Ott, who headed may even apply to the Welfare for home under doctor's orders. Fund for a pension. If that should The new wiper had been on the fall through, he plans to open an beach so long in Yokohama, he was Oriental crockery and rug business giving his food orders to the messin the deep south. Red House, Jhe man in Japanese. He's doing better man with the platinum choppers, now, he speaks a little English has applied for the manager's job now, and his profanity is picking up. in the said establishment. Everything has been running Cigarettes are now being given smooth as possible on the ship con­ to the crewmembers at the rate sidering the fact that it has been of one carton a week and when more than three months in Asiatic some of the boys protested, they waters and so far no one has gone were informed that they should native yet. Mostiof the brothers are read the papers, wherein some doc­ getting very short financially, tors said that smoking causes cer­ though. tain illness. Holy Cow, now these It seems the captain is really C-2s have started carrying medical tight when it comes to draws and advisors. cigarettes and if he continues as Winter time is still on in Korea he has in the past, quite a few of and from the looks of things no the men will be able to buy that sun has or will shine for some time chicken ranch that all seamen to come. The crew doesn't know dream of, but so few ever see. when, but it hopes to see the. sun The crew sends their thanks for and the States soon, but they are Seafarers who purchase trav­ the receipt of the April LOGS for not taking any bets that it will in elers checks, either through it is the only way and means that the near future. the Union in the ports of New they have of keeping In touch with York and Baltimore or from their union. any other source, are advised Morning Inspection to take advantage of the pro­ Raymond "Corncob" Hodges had tective feature of the checks to go to the Army hospital because by making sure they sign the of an unfortunate accident and checks on the sPot at the time after five days he returned with a they buy them. The safety fea­ tale of woe. The patients were ture of travelers checks calls Are you underweight? Always hungry? Does nothing seem to fill you up until you fear awakened each morning at 5 AM for the purchaser to sign them you are suffering from malnutrition? for inspection. at the time he buys them and Here's sage advice for you if the above symptoms are yours: ship the Chickasaw. We then again when cashing them One merchant seamaa had both to enable a comparison be­ ankles in casts and the medics gave have it from our fat corre-4tween the two signatures as a him a large dose of salts. At last spondent that this ship is a reer, and is well versed in the culi­ aboard the Chickasaw, and before guard against forgeryj theft or report, he had two sprained wrists hamburger bandits paradise. nary art. McPherson is married, you know it you'll be doing setting loss. Failure to sign them at from doing hand springs to the Food on the ship has improved to the father of four children, and up exercises to reduce the pound­ such a degree that the mere men­ makes his home in Mobile, Ala. the time of purchase is a waste head. age after you have sampled some of the protective feature for During the story hour, Oscar tion of the word causes the crew So we say once again, if you are of the delicious chow served by which the check fee is paid, "Easy Money" Lee was telling a to start worrying about their diets feeling run down, grab your bar Brothers McPhferson and Cain, tops according to the SlU Sea bunch of the youngsters how he and the conversation turns to talk bells and set your sights to ship in the hash throwing business. Chest, which sells travelers kept young and healthy. During of the best means of losing weight. Cause of all this waist line bulg­ checks as a service to the the conversation he stated that membership in New York and Father Time had treated his face ing and pleased smiles are Broth­ Baltimore. with care. This provoked Willy ers Renshaw McPherson and Earl Egan, chief electrician, to remark. Cain who hold down the jobs of chief cook and second cook respec­ The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, tively aboard the well-fed Chicka- bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's William Smother's recipe for stewed tomatoes and potatoes, and glazed carrots, as well as A. Moshers' Korean chop suey. That Florida has the longest use the new numbers to get faster Nothing will ever replace mother's cooking it seems, and coastline of any state in the service. this is especially true in cooking for large groups. The indi­ Union? According to the method $1 i 3^ employed by the US Coast and That the custom of wearing viduality and little niceties are impossible. Geodetic Survey, the general coast engagement and wedding rings on However, each cook or^' line of Florida, exclusive of islands, the fourth finger of the left hand baker has something up his and put in a hot oven for about 20 is 1,197 statute- miles—399 on the originated in an ancient belief that sleeve that he can offer that minutes. Atlantic and 798 on the Gulf of a very delicate nerve runs directly A. Mosher, who happens to be a -*• will help. Mexico. from that finger to the heart? William Smothers, 2nd cook, sug­ bosun but has his own ideas on 4" cooking, would like to see more of That as as part of the permanent That it is estimated that there gests a dish that the Korean type of chop suey. record, NY headquarters, as well are from 14 to 18 square feet of he can remem­ Chop some pork up into small as the other ports, maintains com­ skin on the average adult human ber as a boy and cubes and braise them 6n the top plete reports of all committees and body? Of course the surface asrea that smacks of of the stove. officials? On file in headquarters of the Body, which is practically home cooking. and the SIU port offices are" rec­ equivalent to the number of It's a simple Then take a head of lettuce, Chief Cook McPherson (Left) thing. Instead of ords of all reports made in the square feet of skin, varies with chop it fine as and Second Cook Cain study Union. a side dish of sex, age, height and weight of the you would for a menu. stewed tomatoes individual. slaw. Add a stalk i" t 4 That because of' an age-old su­ saw, now engaged in the coastwise prepared in the of celery and one 4i t perstition, many persons will not That there is more copper in the trade and being run on the side as usual manner or two good sized Smothers kill a praying mantis, for the United States five-cent piece, com­ health camp for Seafarers with with bread, he carrots cut very suggests using potato instead. reason that it is holy and bad monly known as the nickel, than extra-heavy appetites. thin i along with luck will befall the one who ex­ there is in the United States oneBrother Cain has been sailing as The potatoes are prepared as one large onion. terminates it? It is also believed cent piece, commonly known as cook and baker for the past 25 whipped mashed potatoes, but are After the pork that this insect bears a charm the penny? > The five-cent piece years and has been an SIU member allowed to be a bit harder and bits have been against evil. contains 75 per cent of copper and since 1943. He is originally from buttered. Then they are added to braised, the vege­ Mosher 25 per cent of nickel, that is, 57.87 Alabama, but now calls Miami his the stewed canned tomatoes with tables are added 4 $ That the present telephone num­ grains of copper and 19.29 grains home. and the whole is simmered in a a little sugar. ber for the NY headquarters is of nickel; while the one-cent piece The Chickasaw's chief cook. Glazed carrots are another one frying pan until soft. Then chopped HYacinth 9-6600? The telephone contains 95 per Cent of copper, 2.5 Brother McPherson, is a relative of William Smothers favorite mushrooms and salt and pepper numbers of all New York head­ per cent of tin and. 2.5 per cent newcomer to the SIU but a wel­ dishes. Just slice carrots length­ are added and the mixture is al­ -•Jl' f. quarters phones were changed by of zinc, that is, 45.6 grains of come one. He joined the SIU in wise as you would French fried lowed to simmer again for about the telephone company. Seafarers copper and 1.4 grains each of tin 1952, having beemin the restaurant potatoes. Place them in a pan and 15 minutes more. Then it is ready calling headquai-ters are asked to 4nd zinc. business before starting liis sea ca- bt-ush them with sugar and butter to serve. Sign Checks Right Awag Crew Raves About Chow On Chiwawa; Recommends Ship To Ambitious Eaters �SEAFARERS Page Eighteee Uses OT Sheet . As Army Pin-Up To the Editor: I just had the pleasure of spend­ ing a three day pass with my brother and the gang on the Ocean Lotte (Ocean Trans.) on Its last trip to Inchon. It sure was a w": relief from this darn Army to eat some good SIU chow again. They, have a darn good gang on the Ocean Lotte with a steward de^ partment that's hard to beat. Anderson Headed by stew­ ard Fred Sullins, and with chief cook Charlie Foster and baker Bud Williams, this stewards de­ partment puts out chow in the typical SIU fashion. I wish to say hello to all my shipmates and tell them to keep on writing. The LOG has been coming right on time and I sure look forward to it ever two weeks. By the way, when aboard the Ocean Lotte I took an OT sheet and now have it for a pin-up. Pfc. Jack Anderson 97th Engr. Co. APO 971 c/o Postmaster San Francisco, Calif. 4- l" t Should Radio In For Rraw Money To the Editor: I think that the Union should make arrangements with the con­ tracted companies that when a captain radio's the estimated time of arrival, he also wires in the amount of money needed for a draw in case Sufficient funds are not aboard. In addition, a draw should be given out at the earliest opportu­ nity for the men that are off watch instead of at 4 PM. We arrived here at Long Beach, Calif., at 6 AM and at 2 PM there was no money yet. We will leave at 8 PM and the captain had prom­ ised us a draw. He' did not radio how much money he wanted (at least the agent had to go back after money LOG July S3. 1954 LETTERS' when he arrived here at 6 AM) and you can guess how the crew feels, especially since we are on oiur way to Saigon, French Indo­ china. I also think that the same thing should be done in the case of for­ eign ports when travelers checks run out and there is no American money aboard. At 2:30 PM the agent finally ar­ rived and said he left the money for the captain aboard the J. B. Waterman. At 3 PM the captain still hadn't shown up. M. McNabb, Jr. 4" 3) 3) Mate Tarns CooU To Save On OT To the Editor: This may be a new record for ships being tight on overtime the deck department of the Cecil N. Bean, in fact, all departments have been talking a'bout the captain, mate and chief engineer being tight on overtime. At about 2 AM on June 29th, the chief mate wished me to do him a favor by cooking for six Koreans, who were working in the ship's holds, some rice. Two hours, minimum overtime was too much to save ship's time and money by keeping them on ship. I finally ggave him, at his suggestion, about three pounds of dry rice to see ' what he was go­ ing to do with it. He later asked for a number 10 Marsh can, two five quart pans and a cover for one of the pans. He asked the gangway watch how to cook rice, etc., and he cooked it in his room for the six Koreans and brought the pans back all cleaned at about 4 AM. I told him that it might cost him two hours overtime anyway, and he has not spoken to me since. Edmund H. Marsh 'The Galleon' Almost every person unfamiliar with ships who sees a model or picture of an oldtime vessel calls it a galleon, probably be­ cause the galleon is the type of vessel most celebrated in litera­ ture. It was primarily a war vessel, and enjoyed its greatest suc­ cess during the 16th and early 17th centuries. One of the dis­ tinctive marks of the galley build was the form of her head. In­ stead of the long projecting forecastle of many of the larger ships of her time, the galleon's forecastle ended at her stem, British Seaman Reeails US Days To the Editor: I have been receiving the SEA­ FARERS LOG for some months now and eagerly look forward to each issue. I am pleased to see the tremendous improvement that has taken place aboard American ships, during the last twenty years. I only wish I could say the same for British ships. I sailed on the old George Washington end the America and numerous other American ships when conditions were really bad. Most of the old timers will remember big Paddy Brennan, Jimmy Taylor and Paddy O'Hare, who sailed in the above named ships as engineers at the time. There were different rates of pay that some ship owners paid, sometimes a difference of $10 a month. Seafaring did not appeal to na­ tive born Americans and most American ships were manned by foreign seamen. I left the US in 1931 and have been sailing in British ships up until 1950 with a few shore spells in between. I have since tried to get back to sea, but to no avail. The National Union of Seamen (most British seamen call it the National Union of Shipowners), has refused to allow me to join the union-and therefore I cannot ship out like many hundreds of other British seamen, whose only crime was trying to improve conditions aboard ship. I think we are the only maritime nation where the 44-hour-week is not in force. Instead, they give you a Sunday at sea. If you have 12 Sundays at sea, 12 days must elapse before a man can make a claim in the labor exchange. This is a great hardship for a married man. I am at present unemployed-and the outlook looks pretty black. I wonder if it is possible to become a member of your great union. This would enable me to get a relief job aboard American ships entering this port and maybe get a chance to ship out. The port of Liverpool has always been a black spot for unemployment and more and more people are becoming unemployed here. I was glad to see the stand you took in behalf of the British sea­ men who were recently sent to prison in Canada because they wanted an increase in wages. The NUS refused to do anything to help these men who are members of the* NUS, so you can see for your­ self what a phony outfit the NUS is. Incidentally, the operation of British ships on the Great Lakes and along the American and Cana­ dian coasts should, I imagine, have a definite effect on American seamen. If shipowners can operate British ships, which are consider­ ably cheaper to run, they will do so. Edward J. Kelly 3J' 3) cerned. The man in question stay­ ed on the ship and changed to the watch he was entitled to. After failing to fire the man in Belle Chasse, La., the chief engi­ neer thought he would make an­ other attempt and he again fired the man while the ship was on its way to Edgewater, NJ, little know­ ing that at that time word of the chief's underhanded tactics had already reached our New York officials.' Before the chief had time to gloat over his second attempt, the beef was again settled by our Un­ ion officials in New York. The engine room delegate wants to thank all the delegates and crew members for their concern and participation in this beef. J. Flannery Ship's delegate 3) 4> 3) Seafarers Like No. Europe Bun To the Editor: Well, here I am writing again to the LOG after completing a trip to the Mediterranean on the Southstar (South Atlantic). We are now bound for London, our first port after leaving Newport News, Va., on June 26 on our regular northern Europe run. We will stop at Bremen, Hamburg, Rotterdam and Antwerp. This sort of trip makes everyone happy although we also had a fine trip last voyage when we hit Casa­ blanca, Algiers, Tunis, Ryika, Pireaus and Leghorn. While in the port of Casa­ blanca, a few of the crew mem­ bers got taken over by the Arabs which isn't at all unusual. Otherwise, we had a fine trip. One of our Eriksen oilers. Tommy Cooper, got married in Rijeku, Yugoslavia, and we wish him all the happiness in the world. The trip was a very pleasant one and everybody was happy upon arrival in Charleston, SC, our first port and payoff port, to learn we were going back on our regular run. We were in London on July 6 and ex­ pect to be back in the States by the middle of August. I have asked before about send­ ing the LOG to my home in Savan­ nah, Ga., but so far I haven't re­ ceived it, so I'm enclosing my address again.. I would also like to obtain a copy of Seafarers in World War. II. Edmund K. W. Eriksen (Ed. note: Your requests are be­ ing taken care of accordingly.) Disabled Man Praises Welfare To the Editor: As you and the membership know, I am receiving the disability benefit for which I am very grate­ ful as it permits me to lead a happy normal life. I wish to thank Walter Siekmann and his assistant, Toby Flynn, for their kind and courteous treatment and at the same time 1 wish to thank all of the office staff of the Welfare Services Department," as they all did their very best'to help me. I once thought that the- only place a person could find sympathy and understanding was in the dic­ tionary, bjit since I have been on pension, I have changed my mind about that. I could never get the sympathy and understanding I get from the welfare board of the SIU anywhere else in the world. The SIU has made great strides since it was located on Stone Street. At^ that time, no one had any idea that the SIU would ever be the best sea­ man's union in the whole world. As the member­ ship knows, their officials are con­ stantly on the Frazer alert to better their conditions regarding wages, overtime, food. living conditions and welfare benefits. So, I wish to say to the member­ ship, just as long as we have the present officials we will continue to be the best seaman's union in the world. I have always been very proud to be a member of the SIU because there is not another seaman's union in the world that *s anywhere near as good as the SIU. Best of luck to all the officials and to the mem­ bership. Burton J. Frazer 3?" 3) 4' Ex-Seafarer Praises SIU To the Editor: - I am a retired member of the SIU and have been receiving the SEAFARERS LOG since my re­ tirement in 1949. I wish to congratulate the SIU on their fine achievements and the victories they have made in the past and I wish them even more success in the future. I am more than confident that the SIU shall set the pace for all labor unions as it has done in the past and maintain the high stand­ ards they haVe gained for their membership. I also wish to have the LOG sent to my new address. Peter Desposito (Ed. note: Your new address has been noted and the LOG will be coming along as usual every two weeks.) Seafarers Relax On Curacao 3) Chief Fires Twiee^ Draws 2 Blanhs (From "The Book of Old Ships" (Doubleday). by Grant and Culver.) while a slim long beak, similar to that of the galley, projected far forward. The transom of the stern was square, the poop nar­ row, and clench work or skids strengthened the sides, although in English ships this feature passed out of use at an early date. The fore and mainmasts were equipped with round tops and car­ ried courses and topsails. Galleons also had one and sometimes two lateen mizzens. To the Editor: The crew of the Seatrain Louis­ iana (Seatrain) went on record at the ship's meeting to have these minutes inserted in the LOG: During the last trip, while the ship was in Belle Chasse, La., the chief engineer saw fit to fire the engine room delegate after the chief engineer denied the delegate the right to change over to a va­ cant watch even though he had seniority enough to do so. A call was sent to the Ne-w Or­ leans hall and Whitey T&nnehiU came on board ship and settled the beef-to the agreement of all con­ Three happy Seafarers enjoying the beach are, left to right, Feliki Jaroclnski. Chino Soso and A^onane Benavidest - . �July 23. 1954 SEAFARERS Greenland Gi Requests LOO To the Editor: I would like very much if you could arrange to have the LOG sent to me. I was an active meniber in the Union from 1944 to 1953 when I got drafted into the army. My book is now retired, but I will be out of the army in Octo­ ber, 1955. I am at present an engineer on a Pickett 65-foot tug up at Narraskak, Greenland. We' plan to be up here until December and the LOG is one way to keep in touch with what is going on in the ship­ ping outfits. Maybe you can send a few back LOGS as I am behind the times. Pvt. Lavaiscia L. Pickett 373rd TPC Det 5 APO 858 c/o Postmaster New York, NY (Ed. note: The LOG is coming your way; you will receive it every two weeks, as published.) 4" 4> 4" Does Set Seafarer Off on Wrong Foot To the Editor: I'd like to add my two cents to the campaign to require accident forms on all SlU ships and to back up my argument with an example of what often times happens to those injured on shipboard. Brother James M. House was in­ jured in a fall from a ladder that was used as a gangway on the Southern Districts (Southern) at San Juan, PR, on the evening of May 28th. The outpatient clinic at USPHS hospital at San Juan diag­ nosed the case as a slight fracture and told Brother House to stay off the foot for a few days. At Paramaribo, House was sent to the agent's doctor (I presume) who told him after x-raying the toot to rest the foot for eight days. House followed the doctor's in­ structions and was back on his feet« again three days before entering Corpus Christi. Arriving in Corpus Christi, House had more x-rays taken which this time, showed a definite fracture. The doctor then ordered him off his feet from three to four weeks. Varied opinions of the doctors PoKT-rme ^ PiSOiARSe/ Fage Nineteen LOG LETTERS' involved probably hindered House's recovery and added to his confusion, so I urge the member­ ship to agree and recommend the idea of accident forms. Walter Browning Ship's deiegate 4" 4' 4" Crew Tahen To The Cleaners To the Editor: I'd like to call to the attention of the rest of the membership an experience I and several others on the Calmar (Calmar) had recently while in the Port of New York. The ship was contacted by one of these sharp-shooting laundry outfits which also does dry-clean­ ing work for ships in Brooklyn and the guy who collected our dirty gear from us was specifically told we didn't have any dry-clean­ ing work for him. As that is a more expensive operation, he was more interested in that anyway. He picked up the clothes and returned them okay, but the big kicker was getting our old dunga­ rees and wbm-Out cotton pants back pressed out like fancy dress pants and with a fancy 65-cent tab on each to boot. Of course, when we reminded this character that we had told him no dry cleaning and didn't intend to spend 65 cents to wash out a pair of pants he just looked at us like we spoke a foreign language and that was that. We got stung all right, but there's no need for others in thesame position to do so. The name of the outfit is Half Moon Valet, 921 Washington Ave., Brooklyn, NY. Watch out for this character next time you're in Brooklyn. John H. McEIroy t 4" 4" Thanks Company For Promptness To the Editor: Many allotment checks have a habit of arriving several days late, but those sent to us from the South Atlantic Steamship Line, Inc. of Savannah, Ga., are happy excep­ tions. We receive our checks almost on the day they are due, via air mail, and we think the company -should be commended for its efficiency and thoughtfulness. Evelynne Slebert SET CREDIT WARD VACAHCW PAY FORALLTIME WORKED ABCARD SHIP VOl/ MUST SET PISCHARSES FOR PORT T/ME . THESE AREOViyGIVEA/ U?CN RBQUFSf. TO SAVE YOURSELF TIME AND TROUBLE LATER. A5K FOR A PORT TIME. DISCHARGE WHENYCU LEAVE A SHIP. .4ir Replacement Beef On Wacosta To the Editor: The time has come when a man ships. It seems that this joker has to be a sort of a sea lawyer to sailed with MSTS, so I told him be a good delegate aboard any one he ought to be used to this lou.sy of our. ships, and it will come as chow by now. Now, this GI won't no surprise to me if most of the To the Editor: It would.please me and I'm sure even give nie the right time of major unions will come out with a a great many others in our Union day. practical course in the necessary as well as other unions if every­ The Army it seems has its share schooling for handling not only one was made aware of the ex­ of boot-kissers and brown-nosers. beefs, complaints and the tricks istence of the place I write to you While I was at Fort Dix, NJ, a that are part of dealing with un­ about. sergeant asked me why I didn't ion labor, but also important tech­ The place is Bond's at 151 Mar­ try for a stripe. I told him, "Sarge, nicalities as well. This is especial­ ket Street here in San Francisco. I came into this army without a ly true when in foreign ports. It is run by a gentleman by the stripe and I won't brown nose to For instance, while aboard the name of Tom Sullivan. He is get one, so I guess I'll leave the Wacosta (Waterman) in Japan, a known to be a gentleman by all way I came in." key man was about to be replaced Well, enough of that for a vvhile. by a Japanese, who^turned out to Seafarers as well as by all others who know him. Any cards or letters sent to me be a better union man than the Tom hag a jar on the bar of his will not only be appreciated, but man he was to replace. He had resfaurant-bar for donations for a I'll try to answer them all, believe sense enough to come down and stew pot and let me tell you, this me. check with me before starting Pvt. Albert M. Pietrowski work. money is used Hq and Hq Co. 1st Bn. The man the Japanese replaced for just that 278th Reg. Combat Team claimed to have been an SIU man purpose. Fort Devens, Mass. When you come a lot longer than myself, although in, you are not if it wasn't for the Japanese, I 4 4 4 never would have known that the asked for a nickel key man had been replaced or or how much what work had been done. money you have As it was, I did not oppose the in your pocket. To the Editor: You are only I would like very much to re­ replacement although it seemed strange to me. asked to sit down ceive the SEAFARERS LOG as I I merely asked .and eat all you am a seaman's wife and I don't the first assistant want. know too much about this kind of if the newcomer To my amazement, I found that life. in my depart­ the girl who waited on me was a , I have only been married to my ment was order­ working nurse who draws no sal­ husband six months and I have ed by him or had ary nor wants any. To top it all found five of them very lonely as his approval. The off, her husband is a captain of my husband is making that Far first assistant act­ a T-2 tanker. Something like this East run aboard the Hurricane ed as though he you don't run into everyday and (Waterman). I find it an awful knew nothing something like this should be more lonesome life, but I have memories Ramirez about the matter to keep me content and a most appreciated. although he admitted in front of The girl's name is Mrs. Penny wonderful husband to wait for. So, please send me the LOG as witnesses that he did not order Murry and her assistant in the cooking and dishwashing depart­ it will help to keep me company the replacement. However, as long ment is a chief engineer named as well as keep me in contact with as another man was there to re­ place him on the job, he gave the Jerry Awlsman. 'There are a few the news of shipping. SIU man the day off. Mrs. John J. Knowles others who I have not met as yet The Japanese, not having been (Ed. note: The LOG trill be but I intend making their ac­ sent to you regularly, 'every two authorized by the first assistant, quaintance. had no business in my department# Gentlemen, we of the SIU look weeks, jrom now on.) and I told him so. Had the first for and-appreciate places like this 4 4 4 assistant authorized or ordered the as it has always been an SIU pol­ Japanese replacement I could do icy to help everybody. When peo­ nothing about it. ple help us, we certainly let them Is this possible? I later was know, so I am asking you to please To the Editor: told by the same SIU man that I print this in the LOG and send Thought I'd drop you a line to was taking the delegate's job too this gentleman copies of the LOG see what you think about an idea seriously and that I stunk to him as a great many of our men stop of mine. because my action stopped his be­ there. On the last couple of trips, I ing replaced by the Japanese sea­ Dave Barry have been thinking of a way to man for that day. I honestly was 4 4) have us put our not too concerned about the mat­ Sea Chest to bet­ ter if the man could prove to me ter use for the he had some official permission menibership. because then it would be out of This can be my hands. To the Editor: If it is okay to replace this man I am writing this letter to ask done by having a without the first assistant's author­ you to send the LOG to me regular­ system worked ization or knowledge, I would like ly now. I am a little short of cash out for men on to see that we have it officially at present but as soon as I am the beach to be printed in our agreement so that •&/ able to send in a donation I'll able to buy any , everyone can benefit from it. I be­ try to send in a donation each of the stuff they Maehel need while lieve that if one man can do it, month. In case some of my former ship­ ashore. I mean a way whefe a man everyone should be able to. I have been told there have been mates are wondering where I am, can buy the same way as he does I signed two years articles with in the majority of stores today. In­ many cases such as this that have good old Uncle Sam in November stallment buying is what I am get­ passed the scrutiny of many Union representatives because no com­ 1953 and I have been in various ting at. This could be done without very plaints were registered topside. camps until they stuck me up much more added work then is be­ I'd like to have some opinions here at Fort Devens; Mass. I can't exactly beef too much as ing done already. A brother could on this, not because I have any­ I am a truck driver (Teamsters buy some of the stuff he needs while thing against the man involved, Union take note), but what a dif­ on the beach, either for himself or but before Hhe matter is forgotten, ference in the pay line. It is cer­ for his home, without having to I would like to know if this is tainly unlike any SIU payoff where buy the things he needs from right or wrong. This would help you walk up to the paymaster and "Mark-It-Up-Double Harry" on the any SIU delegate know where he skipper, give your name and corner. stands if this thing is repeated. Since the Sea Chest buys the Z-number and receive a few hun­ If we accept the few cases when dred bucks after a month's trip. better brands, I think this would the officers approve of these prac­ Here you have to walk up and work out fine. I think a few para­ tices for the benefit of one or two salute these 90-day wonders, give graphs in the LOG would help bat members, it is easily seen that this your name and serial number and this idea around the halls to see if situation would get out of hand. pick up a lousy 80 or 85 bucks. the membership would approve There has always been some non­ Since I joined this non-union such a setup. I also think that the union practices going on with outfit, I have bumped into several brothers should set a limit on the favoritisfh at play, but we have NMU has-beens and they were amount of credit which can be always been fighting just this type glad to see an SIU man suffering given at one time. of thing. along with them. I hope you can print a couple of Let's hear some other opinions I have been shifted around so lines on this subject as I think it on this subject. much, I don't even unpack my is a sound idea for furthering the Luis A. Ramirez duffle bags. I know when I do, Sea Chest service to the member­ VEd. note: As a general policy, ^ . they'll decide I am needed .else­ ship. time off should not be taken with- ' ' ' where. M. A. "MlkeV Maehel out approval beforehand of a de­ The other day I heard « GI (Ed. note: This problem is now partment head, and replacements, beefing about the chow. I told him under consideration, because of. if any, should be ordered through a union hoR.) I'd aeoa better chow too. ea SIU many requests.) Seafarer Finds A Sailor^s Rest Wife Lonesome^ Wants LOG Sent Urges Credit Buying Setup Ohi This Is The Army9 Mr, Jones �SEAFAkERS rac« Twen^ k . July S3,1954 LOG ^.. DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... /I r Cups should be put back In pantry after being used. Ship's delegate to see chief engineer about hot water situation and fixing coffee urn. Library books to be put back in recreation room after being read. rather than th* customary two. Motion carried not to dispose of television set in case the ship is inactive and crew is laid off. Steward department to keep recreation room clean. Deck department and engine departments to keep laundry room clean. June 13—Chairman, Vic Cover; Secre­ tary, A. Veyeuotskl. Vote of thanks to the men who instsdied television. Steward to check fruit when it is brought aboard. Ship's delegate has extra key for laundry in case one is lost. Arrival pool to be held twice a trip. Letter sent to head­ quarters regarding possiblity of men be­ ing excused from Philadetphia to Balti­ more shift. ared tl the stores, and he checked the list and it seemed all right. Steward said that he could not take the responsibility of throwing the eggs over the side. The chair then stated that he would throw them over and take the responsibility, CHOCTAW (Watermen), June 3t—Chair­ and that this was the lousiest feeding man, Pat Robinson; Secretary, J. SImlnFORT HOSKINS (CltKi Service), June ship he had ever been on. At this point, son. Ship's delegate reported ail beefs 19—Chairman, Malcolm Louney; Secre­ there were so many people talking that settled in San Francisco. Repair lists tary, M. Cllllipie. Motion made and car­ the secretary reminded the chair that it discussed. Vote of thanks given the ried for the foUowing: Submission of re­ was about time to return to proper busi­ steward department for good chow and pair lists to Include, request extra fans ness. The meeting was adjourned. service. in foc'sles, check medicine chest con­ June 20—Chairman,. C. O. Stroud; Sec­ CHILORE (Ore), June •—Chairmen, P. tents, see that slop chest is adequately retary, G. V. Thobe. G. Thobe was elected ALCOA PURITAN (Alcoa), June 13— Pritx; Secretary, O. Stone. Motion made stocked, enough cots to accommodate ship's delegate. There is no hot water that Wiliie Frank Coppage and Joseph L. Chairman, C. Parker; Secretary, M. Simon. crew, mil situation to be discussed with in the 12-4 deck foc'sle. Suggestion was Redd, steward department men, be rec­ patrolman in Lake Charles. AU crewmemmade to try to get some cots in Gal­ ommended to the agent and patrolman bers should. obtain proper medicinal OREMAR (Calmar), May 3S—Chairman, veston. In Baltimore for permits. Both these shots before leaving the states. The Elmer C, Barnhlll; Secretary, R. Martini, July S—Chairman, R, Hasklns; Sacrawashing machine needs new agitator and new washing machine should be wringer needs repairing. Discussion was The taken care of. Crew asked to turn in undertaken by ship's delegate, bookmen right after knocking off to avoid and other brothers stressing the impor­ overtime tance and continued value of regular beefs. Juna 13—Chairman, Elmer C. Barnhlll; One man missed ship in Port of Balti­ ship's union meetings. Secretary, R. Martini. Ship's delegate more. Ship's delegate having trouble will see the chief engineer about heavy SEAMONITOR (Excelsior), May 39— valve with the mate to see patrolman in Puerto Chairman, for washing machine. There is too Carl C, Lawson; Secretary, S. men shipped through the hall. They do Rico. All hands asked to wear shirts into ZygarowskI Zygle. Needed repairs were much noise in the passageway. Steward their work properly and conduct them­ messhail at' ail times. Suggestion made not taken care of in port. Cooks wiU put department given a vote of thanks for tsry, C. V. Thobe. AU repairs have been taken care of, and this is a pretty good selves in a proper Union manner. Laun­ to see inspector about station bills. out more night lunch. Crew was asked to the food served. trip. Pumpman asked if we could get a dry should be kept clean. Request the put coffee cups back in sink after they better grade of ketchup and have less CUBORE JOre), June 13—Chairman, Union for a new Sea Chest library FELTORE—(Ore), June 1(—Chairman, get through with them. Ship's delegate R. Colyer; Sacratary, W, Cain. Recreation grease on the eggs. Chair suggested more aboard. Discussion on starting ship's Bill spoke about SIU slop chest and read the Sharp; Secretary, Frank Pagane. Mo­ room to be cleaned up after all night variety in the menu. One man wanted fund. Leonard A. March and Richard made to see patrolman about insuf­ letter from union headquarters. Unauthor­ poker games. Crew asked to be more more buttermilk. Electrician was told by Foust both Union members were picked tion ized persons are to be kept out of the careful and not overload washing ma­ men who repaired ice box that it was ficient food supply and keys for foc'sles. up in the Panama . Canal and brought messroom and crew foc'sles. The deck back to Baltimore as workaways. Ihey More cups should be put in night mess. gang and the engine gang will do the chine. Steward department given unani­ not worth fixing any more. After a gen­ eral discussion on the South American want to thank the members of the wash room every other week and the mous vote of thanks lor good preparation stores, the steward was asked to see the Chiiore for their cooperation, cigarettes, steward department will do the spare of food. patrolman about having some of this etc. room every week. BALTORE (Ore), Juna 31—Chairman, stuff replaced with Stateside supplies. Washing machine in the black gang show­ TRANSATLANTIC (Pacific Waterways), WINTER HILL (Cities Service), June 3« Charles Kellogg; Secretary, George Prota. er will be used for working gear and the Discussion concerning starting a ship's June 24—Chairman, George Hays; Secre­ —Chairman, F. Adklns; Secretary, Dan fund to buy a radio for the crew's recre­ machine in the steward's shower for tary, Dargan O. Coker. The crew was Sheehan. Ship's delegate reported no room. I. W. Tanner was appointed whites. Pumpman complained about the asked to take better care of the present beefs pending and would like to resign ation take up a collection of SI per man un- cold drinks not being cold enough. Ho toaster due to the fact it had been rough and elect a new delegate to keep on the to tU it is paid off. This ship stUl hasn't had told the steward to put more Ice in them. ly used and it had Just been repaired. Job. Jess Gindhart elected new. ship's The chair reminded him that he brought Requests were made for better ventila­ delegate. Chief cook spoke on ship's any success in obtaining a ship's library. the ice up himself, and It was enough, tion in the steward department toilets. fund, building it up and reported $20 in •nie complainer's reply: "Yeah, it is MAE (Bull), June 30—Chairman, Wil­ There should be a fan placed in the the fund at present. Suggestion made to Morris; Secretary, R. M. Hammond. enough ice in, but it is not cold enough." laundry. Repairs are to be noted and have a delegate take up collection of SI liam Someone should invent colder ice. All beefs have been squared away. There lists are to be made and given to the per man for same. is 035.64 in the ship's fund. Five deck proper authorities. Thanks was given to (Continued from page 3) ROBIN WENTLEY (Seas Shipping), June the sanitary men who are keeping the WESTERN TRADER (Western Navlga- chairs to be bought out of ship's fund. laundry clean, but the crew was re­ request that its appeal be heard, tien). May 30—Chairman, C. P. Aycock; Lower passageway screen doors to be re- 37—Chairman, John Nash; Secretary, W. J, Walsh. Ship's Ubrary wUl be turned quested to help concerning this matter. and the Court of Appeals could Secretary, L. W. Pepper. G. D. Sims over to the ship's delegate for distribu­ Words of appreciation were given to the elected ship's delegate. Discussion about tion. Ship's delegate wiU contact the steward department for the preparation deny the request. If there was a crew ice box. Some of the heavy ciga­ chief mate about having security racks and, serving of the food. The steward is rette smokers asked the ship's delegate made for the crew and PO mess, to keep to take charge of the slop chest for the split decision, the appeal would be to see the captain about getting extra condiments in place during rough weath­ ne.xt voyage. He is to inquire at the New automatically accepted on the com- cigarettes to tide them over while in the er. If chips is too busy, they wiU be York office concerning this matter. port of Otaru, Japan. The crew messman parTy's request. made by^ the shoreside carpenter. One said that he would take care of the rec­ man paid off in Capetown. If the com­ reation room if he would be given the THE CABINS (Mathlasen), June 17— paired or replaced. Ship's delegate is to Company Challenged Claim overtime sougeeing same. The washing see the captain about the painting of pany exterminator is too buiiy to service Chairman, J. R. Mesres; Secretary, J. the ship, the scow should be fumigated. The case began several months machine should be secured to the deck rooms and passageways. There are still There Shorten. Motion made that each man do­ was no service on the last voyage nate S2 to start a ship's fund; motion ago when the permitman in ques­ to keep from sliding around. a few of the crew that are a little lax on in any port on the Atlantic seaboard. June 19—Chairman, C. F. Aycock; Sec­ takirg chances on the arrival pool and it carried. A steam iron will be purchased retary, L. W. Pepper. Vermin was found seems they are the first ones in the mess Locks on doors are to be fixed so they tion applied for unemployment in­ in galley while at sea and a request was hall every night to watch the teiovision can be locked in overseas ports. surance. The company challenged made for the ship to be fumigated when pi (grams. These members were asked to it arrives in U. S. port. A motion was give a donation to help meet expenses. his claim, but the unemployment made YORKMAR (Calmer), July $—Chairman, the steward that if he did not Karl Chrlslansen; Secretary, S. WImpler. insurance referee found that he make by another trip the new steward be YORKMAR (Calmar), June 37—Chair­ Captain was given the brand name and informed about checking his stores be­ man, A. Lutey; Secretary, C. Boguckl. number of the washing machine, to get was entitled to payment in New fore signing on again, and if not satisfied John Jeliette elected ship's delegate and spare parts in Long Beach. If this is not York State because the regulations to contact the SIU agent. Engineers seem he asked that ail beefs first be referred done, agent will be contacted in San very lax in their duties concerning re­ to the department delegate and if not Francisco for immediate action when wo specify that a man should not be pairs the extent that most Jobs were settled then be brought to the ship's get there. Deck engineer has the dope penalized for abiding by union done to in a school-boy manner. It was delegate. New agitator needed on the on the electrical work being done by top­ suggested the officers of the deck washing' machine. Ventilator mushrooms side and will contact the Long Beach rules with respect to taking jobs. and enginethat department be informed to need to be loosened. (Continued from page 3) ^ agent. Captain has keys for crew foc'sles: Calmar appealed the case to the stop doing crewmembers work. Each delS.50 deposit is required. There is enough pany-owned ships. Payments on Unemployment Insurance Appeals MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Carriers), meat*for the usual length trip on hand. June 20—Chairman, Clarx; Secretary, Bill Steward is making requisitions for wet Government-owned ships will be Board and lost. Then they went to Stark. Brother Clark reported that re­ and dry stores needed. Mushrooms men­ made at a later date. The company the Appellate Division and lost pairs will be made and painting of en­ tioned at the last meeting have been gine quarters was okayed and will be opened. Wash basin faucets in the stew­ requests that Seafarers send for there. Finally, the company ap­ done this trip. Steward asked that men ard department have been repaired, as applications to its New Orleans pealed to the highest court, which be careful with linen this trip as there requested. There is $94.20 in the ship's was too large a shortage in inventory fund, from the raffle, and $23 from the office, in the Hibernia Bank Build­ said that a determination would last trip. Brothers a.shcd to dress prop last trip. Locker in 4-8 foc'sle will prob­ egate will explain to the patrolman the erly ing. ably not be finished. Linen and cots in messroom. have to be made back at the low­ of cooperation by (he deck and en­ should be taken off deck before reaching Other companies that will start est level, whether the permit sys­ lack gine department heads. A vote of thanks BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service). Long Beach. Iron and ironing board will making payments on or about the tem was reasonable and fair, and was given to the steward department for June 18—Chairman, Thomas Cummlngs; be bought. Secretary, Vincent L. Ratcllff. Ship's first of the month are Alcoa whether the 60-day rule was rea­ very fine service and good chow. AMERSEA (Amerocesn), July 7—Chair­ STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), Juna 30— delegate reported that request was made Steamship Company, Calmar sonable and fair. Chairman, Charles Bush; Secretary, to tiie port steward to have the recrea­ man, Al Kassen; Saerelary, George Steamship Company and the Ore tion room fixed up. Doors should not be FInkles. Both the gashounds are to stop, Charles Heppdolng. Motion made and slammed in.the engine room, so men and will be given one more chance. Jack •fhe result was a brand new carried to have chief engineer have re­ Steamship Company. August 15 is sleeping wiif not be disturbed. Fan re­ Curlew was elected ship's delegate by ac­ pairs made In the galley and if these re­ hearing before the Unemployment the target date for the start of pairs aren't taken care of the ship's dele­ moved from the 8-12 engine foc'sle should clamation. Washing machine should be be replaced. All fans should be checked given a good overhauling and some spare payments by Waterman and Bloom- Insurance Appeals Board at which gate will see the captain about same. and repaired. There is $19 in the ship's parts ordered for emergencies. Crew is On arrival in New York ship's delegate statistics were introduced by the field. Robin Lines is aiming at a very much pleased with the steward and and department delegates will go to head­ fund. September 1 date for its retroac­ Union to show the variations in quarters with a view of having someone SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Ssatrsln), his department. Ship's delegate will call for the library and the steward has or­ employment in the industry which represent the SIU members on the beach June 13—Chairman, Dan Robinson; Sec­ dered tive payrolls. cots. in Honolulu. Steward wiU see about hav­ Reports on other SIU companies made the permit rules necessary. ing the benches in the mess hall paded. retary, A. Wllburn. One black gang beef was taken care of by Union officials in Washing machine is in bad shape and SEAMAR (Calmer), May 33—Chairman, will be forthcoming as soon as As a result, the Unemployment In­ crew needs a new one. Several arrival no time at all. There is $190 now in the W. Sibley; Secratary, N. Maffle. There ie ship's fund. headquarters receives notification surance Appeals Board found that pools to be made for the purpose of buy­ $23 in the ship's fund. John Sullivan wae the Union rules to be fair and rea­ ing a television set for the unlicensed VAL CHEM (Valentine), June 7—Chair­ elected ship's delegate. Chief engineer from them. personnel. was thanked for his special help on re­ sonable. man, not listed; Secretary, Richard V. pair matters. Recommendation was made Gelling. Comment was made on the im­ STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), May 29— Unwilling to concede, the comto see if the Union could extend the Wel­ Philip Rubis was fare Chairman, Aussie Shrlmpton/ Sacratary, provement in food. to help men financially as they ! pany again appealed the case to Charlas J. Hartman. Ship's delegate re­ elected ship's delegate. Vote of thanks leaveFlan the hospital. Cleanliness should be and confidence went to the baker, R. I the Appellate Division, this time ported a sum of $61 in the ship's fund. Geilino. He stated that, as steward dele­ maintained in passageways and messhail. made that the ship be fumi­ Men were asked to be careful of cots. testing the fairness of the permit Suggestion gated for rats when ship returns to New gate, he wanted to know any beefs about Hole in a new mattress was brought te the food, instead of beefs being kept a the steward's attention. system. The result was that the York. Juna 7—Chairman, Aussia Shrlmpton; secret until it was too late. He also said 4-^halrman, W. Sibley; Secretary, court held that the permit system Sacratary, Charlas J. Hartman, Meeting he would try and take care of special N.July Maffle. There is $20.60 in the ship's The. man who bought the cards is, in fact, fair, reasonable and called at the suggestion of the New Or­ requests. One man missed ship in Panama. union patrolman in order to make last trip will be I-eimbursed from the fund. (Continued from page 3) His gear was checked and sent on to the just, and further held that the per­ leans public aU the facts of the bosun being ship's fund. There is a total of $146 in proper authorities. Matter of fresh stores the ship's fund. The plaque has been B., both of this city, as well as two mit system in no way violated the fired in New Orleans. Vote of thanks ex­ purchased and sent on its way. was explained. Steward was thanked for tended to Charlie Tannerhill, New Or­ his efforts in this matter. Ship's fund will sisters, Mrs. Charles Hanning, New Taft-Hartley law. leans patrolman, for his handling of the SEATIGER (Colonial); June $—Chair­ be turned over to the Baltimore agent for Orleans, and Mrs. Alvin Blount, The SIU A&G District was rep­ beef in general. Delegates to make sure man, safekeeping if the ship is laid up. Mo­ D, Dickson; Secretary, G. Thobe. uncompleted repairs are taken care resented by General Counsel Sey­ that tion was passed to renew the crew's de­ Oakland, Calif. of in New York before is-ling on the O. Dickson was elected ship's delegate. mand for Seafarer slopchest, and to com­ Chairman said there was a lot of things new voyage. At Tuesday night's Ralph Dupas- mour W, Miller, pare Seafarers' prices with the ship's cur­ to be straightened out on this ship, such June 27—Chairman, W. MHehell; Sec­ slopchest prices. Vote of confidence Armand Savoie fight at municipal ratary, Charles Hartman. Suggestion that as, why isn't there some other ketchup rent went to the steward, his department and all delegates rewrite their department in the messroom and why isn't there any especially auditorium here, attended by 5,000 the baker for a Job well done. repair lists as they now stand. $80 re­ American meat aboard the ship. Stew New garbage cait is needed for the pan­ persons, the crowd stood in a mo­ ported in the ship's fund. Motion made and veal were lousy. Steward said he try. Repair lists be made out in and carried that each member write to Just Joined the ship and there were only advance. Special should ment of silence in tribute to Moon, went to the tlie union slop chest advocating that about 60 pounds of veal aboard from captain for going to thanks bat to get stores that In announcing Moon's death, South America. Chairman asked the stew­ credit be granted to dependents of sea­ With Congress now in ses­ men and their families while they are ard to tthrow some of the South Ameri­ were needed for the return trip at VanDuke Durel, official announcer, sion, Seafarers are urged to serving on board ships. Su.qgestion made can stores overboard, but the . steward couveur . said, "Moon Kouns, a boy who al­ that permit men who wish to apply for said he was not authorized to do' so, and keep on writing their Senators Electrician reported that GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities Service), books do so in writing to headquarters. would not. ways gave his best in many a pier and Representatives in favor A working arrangement ghoul 1 be made thefe was only one spare fan abokrd, and April 8—Chairman, Thomas T, NIeholsf six brawl, to the delight of the . of retaining the US Public Secretary, Eitel Robertsen, Getting a new by all bands whereby aU unauthorized that one was DC. June ls;-Chalrman, D, Dickson; Secre­ washing machine was discussed, as the persons are kept out of all crew quarters fans, and who never in his fighting Health Service hospitals. The and messhalls while the ship's in ports. tary, O, Thobe, Ship's delegate reported old one is getting troubleebme. Motion career went down for the count, that there were two logs, which he hopes was passed to raffie off the whole TV set flow of mail has been heavy INES (Bull), May 3$—Chairman, W, B. .will he, lifted in port. He personally has and (ise the proceeds to purchase a radio has been given the final count by up to now, but from now on. in Saylors; Secretary, H. . R, - Long. Ship's not seen the eap.tain, but heard that he and record player. Ship's delegate wee thd great referee, God bless ypu, - is the time that : it really delegate reported $378 in ship's fund and is a good, then to stay away from. Engine aske<| to see If he can get the messhail all Is. well. Repair lists to..De- turned in didegate ordered three toilet seat's and painted; There have been several comMoon. - You will never be for­ • counts, • t . . by each department.' Motion made and three toilet paper rollers. Other. items gotten." carried to have en* aaeetlng per payoC wlU be l^t on the repair Hit, iteward LONI JACK (CItIti Itrvlc*), Jun» •— ehalrman, Jamat A. Phillips; Secratary, Edward S. Cravlln. Engineer wiU begin to work on repair list on the trip south. $18.12 reported in the ship's treasury. Motion made and carried that sougeeing in gaUey, steward department and living quarters be done and disinfected. Sug­ gestion that fantaU be washed down more Often and that sanitary work be done properly. Library be requested in next port. in Norfolk. Repair lists to be made out by department delegates and turned in before arrival in ptfrt. After present soap powder is used up captain has agreed to order some of a better quality. •lie a Union Wins Fight For Jobless Pay Go's Readying Back Payments 'Moon' Kouns Dies Af 42 Keep Those Letters Coming .(ConUnued on page 2i) �"c.-sr^sm i W::July 23, 1954 SEAFARERS VOG Psc* Twenty-one ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... (Continued from page 20) as he didnt like the ship or the officers aboard. June 10—Chairman, nons; Secrefary, none. Night cook and baker was reported to have failed to perform his duties in Pusan, Korea. He failed to Join the ship and it sailed shorthanded. June 30—Chairman, Brown; Secretary, M. E. Pappadakls. The ship's fund was disposed of to the satisfaction of all. The food situation was discussed at the meet­ ing and it was decided to report the mat­ ter to the Union agent at the port of The department delegates are to STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), July 4— payoff. draw up a list of all repairs and hand Chairman, E. 6. Tasko; Sacratary, T. H. same to the patrolman. Cordon. Two electric fans were lost or taken from the electrician's room. Mem­ COE VICTORY Carriers), June bership Is to cooperate about aerials for 30—Chairman, J.(Victory Johnson; Secretary, radios. Crew messman promised to im­ George B. Dunn. Deck delegate reported prove his Work. Captain will be con­ that mate had work done by shore gang tacted about draws in foreign ports, in. Korea. He has kept a list of this work which should either be in US currency or and will check the patrolman in travelers' checks. Patrolman will be con­ Seattle. The shipwith needsi fumigating. Port tacted about stores. Members should re­ hole screens requested.' New cots should place the top of the washing machine and ordered as summer is here. Fresh make sure that it is clean, after use. Ma­ be chine should be run for only 20 minutes water tanks should be inspected and at a time. Machine needs a new hose. cleaned. Automatic, Shut-off was suggested. Lava DEL SANTOS (Mississippi), June 30— soap will ° replace present pumice soap. Ed Delaney; Secretary, B. E. More fresh milk is to be ordered for the Chairman, Phillips. Disputed overtime reported on passengers. Canned fruit juice is to be delayed sailing Paranagua. Change left out for members who miss breakfast. brand of beer atatnext shrimp party. All . Potato machine is to be removed. More of those who have not received checks fish was suggested for meals. Delegates from the Mississippi Shipping Company will check steward's requisition. on back wages were asked to sign on plalnta about poor chow terved aboard this ship. May 31—Chairman, 6. O. Nichols; Seeratary, E. Robertson. Brother McLaugh­ lin was elected delegate: Brother Prlmeaux, ship's treasurer. There have been complaints on the milk received in Lake Charles. It soured before we had been at sea two days. Ship's delegate asked the men to report any Items that should CO on the repair list. STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), June 3B —Chairman, R. Hunt; Sacratary, T. Stevanson.' Suggestion, was made that the Union send more LOGs to ships in for­ eign ports, so that we may know more about Union activities bac khome. There is a balance of $40.20 in the ship's fund. ROBIN TUXFORD (Saas Shipping), Juna IS—Chairman, Elbert N. Monahan; Secre­ tary, yyaltar Marcus. Repair list will be turned over to boarding patrolman in . New York. Night cook and baker will be given $35.25 from the ship's fund to get the record player repaired and get some new records. STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), June 30— Chairman, J; Hanmer; Secretary, M. Masek. Steward delegate reported a beef* about pantry man being fired and had to pay $34 for being off on the day. Wind chute to be given to rooms since they are on board. Delegate to see about the mate standing behind men while they work. Passenger utility to put down over­ time If he has to make up passenger's room' after 1:00 PM. JEAN LAFITTE (Waterman), May 4— Chairman, none; Secretary, none. Cap­ tain sent for the chief steward and told him that the saloon messman changed places with the crew messman due to the fact that saloon messman had been drunk for the past few days and was unable to serve the officers. After the beef was discussed by all the saloon messman was asked if he had anything to say. He stated that he wanted to get off the ship NOTICES J French Creek Crewmen French Creek crewmen who par­ ticipated in the salvage o{ a Ger­ man vessel in 1950 can collect their salvage money from the Union's at­ torney, Seymour W, Miller, Room 603, 26 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY. ^ if • Heber B. Guymon Your international inoculation and vaccination certificates may be picked up at the SEAFARERS LOG office, SIU headquarters. i i> Jack Lovett Pick up a package containing your overcoat at the baggage room, SIU headfiuarters. •• if t t Graciano Marllla Contact the Welfare Services De­ partment at headquarters regard­ ing your son."^ Edifbr, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourfh Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY bulletin board giving names and amount. The purser will request check for same. Keep ' recreation room locked in port. Ship's 'fund has a total of $19.20 in it. STEEL ARCHITECT (Isjhmlan), May 33 —Chairman, L. Lewis; Secretary, C. A. Kress. Ship's delegate reported captain's warning concerning logging for excessive drinking and'performing. Letter read to crew from the Sea Chest on cigarette distribution. Steward requested that cots be removed from the deck in port when not in use. Ship's delegate to see about garbage removal in port. Complaint of inadequate ventilation in messmen's foc'sle. Crew requested periodical serving of cold supper. ^ SOUTHERN STATES (Southorn), June 37—Chairman, Robert Kyle; Secretary, F. Johit Johnson. Screens for doors and port holes should be- repaired as flies were very bad last trip in Guanica, Puerto Rico. PAOLI (Cities service), July 3—Chair­ man, A. Fricks; Secretary, A. L. Hahn. Motion made and carried to refer the situation of roaches and fumigation of ship before sailing foreign to boarding patrolman. Motion to speak to new stew­ ard about qew deck cots. An electric iron will be bought out of ship's fund. WACOSTA (Waterman), June 19—Chair­ man, Luis Ramirez; Secretary, Peter Gon­ zalez. Three men missed ship in Kobe. Captain logged them and later dropped log. Motion made by the bosun to collect enough money to pay the radio officer to whom a previous bosun refused to pay $7.75. The mail should be handled only by the ship's delegate or any other dele­ gate who is not btisy. Ten men were paid off in San Francisco at the US Commis­ sioner's office and all pains and efforts were taken by the ship's delegate to have a patrolman present but they clainred they were too busy to take care of same. For the second time this trip the stew­ ard's department was complimented for the good food they prepared. FRENCH CREEK (Cities Service), June 14—Chairman, W. H. Harrel; Secretary, Dan Beard. Patrolman will see if a better brand of soap powder can be obtained. Some men are still coming into the mess­ hall in their shorts. $40 reported in ship's fund. Motion made and carried that the company put a new washing machine aboard for the crew. Depart­ ment delegates were asked to make up a repair list and turn four copies into the ship's delegate. Radio speaker in crew mess needs fixing. Suggestion made that minutes be posted after each meeting. Clarification needed on the rate of over­ time when deck department goes below gratings in pumproom. Vote of thanks given the steward department. Crew shouid take better care of messhall at night. Extra fans needed In some foc'sles. , . ' • " " I would like fo receive the SEAFARERS LOG—-please put my name on your mailing list. . (Print Information) Crew asked ship's delegate to contact the Boston hall for a new library and help in getting a new washing machine and the messhall radio repaired. "Yoko," the ship's dog. attended fire and boat drill today equipped with a made to order genuine life jacket. was passed to set up an arrival pool, rival. Vote of thanks went to the officialg with half of the proceeds going to the for getting us the raise in pay. ship's fund. Chief mate is to get fantail BARBARA FRITCHIEE (Liberty Nav.), decks washed down twice a trip for the benefit of crewmembers aft. Ship's dele­ May 33—Chairman, Robert Miller; Secre­ gate will take up this matter with him. tary, G. Everett. Enough stores should Steward thanked the crew for their coop­ be taken aboard at storing time to make eration in keeping the messhall clean and 1000 extra meals, as that many are fed in returning cups to the pantry. Crewmem­ the Philippines. A letter on the sorry CHICKASAW (Waterman), July 3 — Chairman, C. D. Mulloy; Secretary, A. bers gave a vote of thanks to the steward siopchest brought aboard in Norfolk will be sent. Ship needs fumigation. Repair Danne. Department delegates will ask department for services rendered. lists will be made out before reaching the each man if he wishes to help support a West Coast. DEL AIRES (Mississippi), June 37— movie fund. New crewmembers were June 30—Chairman, Robert Miller; Sec. brought up to date on the purchase of Chairman, Duke "Red" Hall; Secretary, cigarettes through the Sea Chest. In­ J. "Blackle" Connors. Mate stated that retary, Joseph Lupton. AU repairs were taken care of except the drinking foun­ there would be plenty of OT for anyone spection will be made to see that fans are installed as per the new agreement as who wanted to work, as the ship has to tain, Chief cook.is still not doing his job, be cleaned, up after being laid up. Vote and persists in sending choice cuts of well as the condition of the mattresses. of tiianks went to J. Lee, ship's delegate, meats tp the saloon. Deck delegate has I for a fine job. Chief stewards should see had no cooperation from the mate in tryPAOLI (Cities Service), June 35—Chair­ that night lunch is put out. Slop- 1 ing to get the OT evened up, as per conman, W. Reck; Secretary, Arthur Fricks. chest more hours should be changed, so as not I tract. One gashound deliberately missed $40 on hand in ship's fund. Suggestion to interfere with cofleetime and mealtime i ship in Wilmington, Cal. Several men made that this money be used to buy a and for everyone's convenience. I have had to do his work when he took radio or for some other worthy purpose. hours should keep the laundry and wash­ I time off. No one is to pay off until the Foc'sles and passageways left dirty by Crew Six new mating machine clean. No food should be water fountain is fixed. shipyard workers. given to native kroo boys, whose food is I tresses should be ordered. Vote of thanks went to chief steward Canonizado aiid provided by the company. SEA CLOUD (Seatraders, Inc.), June 30 ' night cook and baker Araies for a job —Chairman, James Elchenberg; Secre­ DEL RIO (Mississippi), June 4—Chair­ well done, as well as a vote of thanks to tary, R. Sanderlin. Captain to give SIC man, W. Champlin; Secretary, Carlos ! ail delegates. Crew was reminded to draw in Suda. Water to be conserved in Ibrain. George Dabronich was elected leave foc'sles clean and orderly. the laundry. Letter read from the SIU ship's delegate. Request was made for Sea Chest about Slop Chest. Most of the wind scoops for thp messhall and pantry. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), June crew think' that there should be some A regular coffee pot is wanted, as the 30—Chairman, E. H. Searcey; Secretary, one from the haU to check the old in­ silex type is inconvenient. Hatrack is A. Salty See. Everything possible shouid ventory. " needed at -the messroom entrance. Pas­ be done in port to keep out mosquitoes. sageways and mcssrooms should be ROBIN TUXFORD (Seas Shipping), June SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), June 13—Chaltman, Elbert N. Monahan; Sec­ 30—Chairman, Aubrey Smith; Secretary, retary, Walter Marcus. Motion made to Edward J. Riviere. No crewmember is to give the night cook and baker $35.25 from go into the messroom in underclothes at the ship's fund so the record player can any time. There is a total of $25.86 in be repaired and new records purchased. the treasury. Washing machine and messroom should be left a little more tidy. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), June 30— Dishes should be returned to - the messChairman, Clement Do Hospedales; Sec­ room. Spray guns should be left in the painted. Discussion was held on the up­ retary, Yt. Martinez. Deck in passage­ passageeways so that all crewmembers ways was not painted •In Mobile; all other keep of the laundry. Ship will return to can use them when needed. Repairs were made. Patrolman will be hoihe port next month and will be taken ANGELINA (Bull), no date—Cfi-airman, contacted on arrival. Men were warned care of then. about not drinking aboai-d ship. Sugges­ Richard W. McCarty; Secretary, Harry tion was made to leave milk in the crew , Thrasha, Porter was elected ship's deieFRANCES (Bull), July 5—Chairman, I gale. Discussion was held on OT for ice box. and that the steward get fresh Robert Bowley; Secretary, Monsenato niilk in Puerto Rich if possible. No fresh Saliva. Someone went to the patrolman i working in the chain locker. AH hands j agreed to donate $3 toward payment of •fruits were taken on in New York. Pa­ about the second electrician being a pertrolman will be contacted in Mobile. Sug­ mitman and having been on the ship for TV set. .Juice should be on (he table gestion to start a ship's fund will be over the alloted time. This was done every morning.^unless there is grapefruit. taken up at the next meeting. Cups without the knowledge of "the ship's dele­ KATHRYN (Bull), no date—Chairman, should be returned to the sink. gate. It was later found that this man Anthony Gonzales; Secretary, Mike Zehas a book pending or applied for. Matter DE SOTO (Waterman), June 13—Chair­ will be taken up again in New York. Icnka. Longshoremen should be kept out [ of the messhall Rico. ' Sugges­ man, William D. Burke; Secretary, Phil Recommendation was made to the .stew­ tion was made into Puerto write to the Union Reyes. Leonard Crodock was elected ard for a cold supper once in a while, about opening a Union hall in San Juan. new ship's delegate by acclamation. Mo­ the ship is in Santo Domingo or tion was passed to affirm our confidence when very warm places, to give the men in our leaders and urge them to continue other in the galley a chance to escape some of givhig every possible help to the AFL-ILA the terrific heat. Chief mate has objected untfl their organizational campatgn in to putting up an awning over the fantail every Gulf and Atlantic port is success­ because the hurricane season is so near fully terminated. All brothers were urged at hand. Matter will be taken up again to emphasize to every longshoreman they with the mate, and if no action is taken talk to the advantages they will gain the matter will be turned over to the Fred D. Lynum from joining the AFL-ILA. Crew was patrolman. Ship's delegate will see the Thomatra Scott reminded of the motion passed at the chief engineer about having a hole cut last meeting, establishing a ship's fund in the port side fidley door on the main Contact B. B. Henderson. 635 by raffling off an article from the Sea deck so the air hose can be led out on Chest, and using the profit to start a the deck without having the hot air from Hancock Street, Brooklyn, NY. ship's fund, steward agreed to provide the engine room flowing into the crew's if i i cold drinks in addition to fresh milk at quarters. We will try to get a new wash­ suppertime; he said there will be iced ing machine. James £. George tea or cold fruit-ades. Members were Contact your son, James F.. at asked to turn repairs over to delegates. Vote of thanks went to the steward and SHOW ME MARINER (Bull)-, July 3— 503 Seward Street, Watertown, NY.' his department for very good service and Chairman, Nick Swokia; Secretary, M. food served, as evidenced by many in­ Sterne. Wringer for the machine was creasing waistlines. checked and should be ready for the next Teofilo Garcia trip. Repair list should be checked. List for laundry detail Will be posted. Dis­ BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service), Contact Timothy Walsh at 222 July .1—Chairman, Alphan Fruge; Secre­ cussion was held on attaching shelves to tary, Vincent Ratcllff. Toasters have not the bunks for the convenience of the West 77th Street, NYC. been fixed and nothing has been done crew. Lack of Tresh fruit was discussed. 4" 4" t about the recreation room. J. S. Capps There is a lack of cigarettes and other was elected ship's delegate; P. Ratcliff, items. Patrolman will be asked to Benjamin W. Sumski straighten this out. Injured seaman ship's treasurer. There is a $19 balance Contact your wife at 41 Marvin thanked the crew and captain for the in the ship's fund. quick treatment he received this trip in Street, Buffalo, NY. France, where he was injured and had IBERVILLE (Waterman), July 4—Chair­ if if if man, W. C. McCuistlen; Secretary, George to be taken ashore. Injured seaman from Suarez. Treasurer reported $28.58 in the two trips hack still had not been con­ Morton Trehern ship's fund at present. Motion was passed tacted by the Union. Washing machine Contact your mother at 1105 El­ to get two swings for the fantail for should be kept clean. Locks should be the crew from the ship's fund. Motion put on screen doors to try and keep der Street, Moss Point, Miss, shorcside personnel out. I if if if IBERVILLE (Waterman), June 33— L. W. Don'ille Chairman, Charles Lee; Secretary, E. Contact your mother in Florida. Kresy. Special meeting was called to bring to the attention of the crew the 4* 4 4 antics of the third mate. This character recently got a radio and was too lazy or Victor E. Johnson too cheap to buy and install his own an­ Contact Seamen's Church Insti­ tenna. He cut the aerial leading to the crew's radio in the messhall saying it tute, 25 South Street, NYC. was his and put it on his radio, making if if if it impossible for the crew to use the radio. Boarding patrolman w-ill be no­ William D. Swain tified. to see if he cannot be kept in a Contact Mrs. E. Swain at 168 third mate's place. This man has also made anti-Union remarks. Potter Drive, Mobile, Ala. i ^. 'i'- i'. - . ' i> % .;v Puzzle Anewer I '^ SBHHUH HGOSSHH sassa sam QDS SBSi] D[2S!S]S DQ SS3 m\i\m SQSl BSSiaQS DB S&aDSIS SSD SBiiQiSja (DSQass] liuiz Augwere (1) 284 tons. The fruit products account for the remaining 116 tons, NAME which is 29 percent of the total. • • • • g^B * • • • •. g^B • i (2) (b) Canberra. (3) 100°. STREET- ADDRESS (4) Abner Doubleday (baseball). Marquess of Queensbury (prize­ fighting). CITY .V .;....r:.....t..ZONE .STATE (5) (c) Profit. (6) (b) Havana. Signed-.. ;'.v. .• (7) 20 knots. It covered the same ,' .TO AVOID'PUPI.ICATION:. if yog arg an old lubicribar and-hava a- ehangg distance in 15 hourjs that thie first one did in a full day. ' of addraM,''pl%atg qlvg your formar addrati baiowi (8) fc) Rhode Island. • .',,.'j_^^PDRES$ . •••I,, . (9) It is , li<- both. Europe and .-Wi,wv i-f:! '••••' -v-'.-tl; T----,.-; >4.' •, -..i, Asia;-' - CITV-v -.or,«i • * Ar;;. -WMI , • ' . ' • -' . • - i '•31 SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), June 3$—Chairman, T. Fales; Secretary, M. Chapman. Retroactive pay will lie given out at the payoff this trip in Edgewater, NJ. One man missed ship in Edgewater. There is $29.16 in the ship's fund. Brother Darcey thanked the entire mem­ bership for the $77 which was given to him at a special meeting, when he left the ship due to his mother's death. More fans are needed in the messman's fbc'sle. Vote of thanks went to Brother Fales. for the good job he did as ship's delegate. S. ELIZABETH (Bull), June 37—Chairman, FotI; Secretary, Robert Rivera. R. Rivera was elected ship's delegate. Tenday rule wiU remain in effect in case of lay-up. Repair list will lie made up before the payoff. Repair items should be turned over to the delegates. Individu­ al salads will be served. Spray guns should be ordered, as well as enough milk and rye bread. Night lunch should be more varied. Card players were asked to make less noise at night. SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), June 34—Chairman, Norman Kirk; Sacra­ tary, John .'Monast. Patrolman will be contacted about getting the messman's foc'sle painted. Mate has been giving the bosun and gang a hard time and using tools on board.' iBosun saw the captain about this; There aTe complaints about the blowers not functioning which will bg taken up with thg pgtrmman on at- if if ^ if George D. Smith Contact Mrs. J. C. Smith at Route 2, Box 23, Adrian, Ga. 4' 4" 4" €. Mohat George Shea George W. Owen, Jr. Contact Robert F. Reynolds, 350 Sansome Street, San Francisco, re­ garding injury to ^artin Prisamcnt aboard Steel Admiral in August, 1953. 4* 4' 4 4« 4* Martin Brack Contact your wife at 1645 84th Street, Brooklyn, NY. , . Thomas Yarbrough Contact Mrs. Frances Smith at Box 76, Denton, Ga. Tom D. Gieorge Contact Stephen R. Mehringer concerning your debt, .. J " . �SEAFARERS riffs Tweatr-tw* LOG ^ it. 1954 Alien Visa Rules Eased By US WASHINGTON—Some slight changes in the rules covering visa requirements for alien cirewmembers entering the US have been made by the Justice and State Departments in order to ease hardships. Under existing law, a 11 alien seamen entering the US either on American or foreign-flag ships-^will have to present visas for there is no US consular officer, panies are subject to a $1,000 fine admission to the States after and where there is no office at a for bringing aliens into the US July 1, 1955. However, most of the changes are for the benefit of seamen- on foreign-flag ships, and will be of little use to men sailing under the American flag. Consequently, aliens are still advised to make every effort to get either a visitor's visa, or a residence visa, in the near future. Some Waivers Permitted A waiver of the visa require­ ments will be permitted where the crewman is on a vessel proceeding to the States from a port at which f: without visas. Certain other waivers are per­ mitted between West Indian Islands, Puerto Rico and' the Vir­ gin Islands, as well as between Mexico, Cuba and tAe United States. All alien seamen not now in pos­ session of either a visitor's visa or a residence visa, are advised to make application for one as soon as possible because it usually takes several months to acquire a visa laying the ship. rv. The Immigration Service has and complete the necessary docu­ made it clear that shipping com­ ments. nearby port to which a crew list could be submitted without delay­ ing the vessel. Special Provisions Waivers will also be permitted where a vessel is not headed ^or the States but is diverted to a US port temporarily, or where a crewmember w signed on as a replace­ ment after che crew list visa was obtained and a supplementary visa could not be obtained without de­ Jimmie Michael Ailen, born Mrs. Leiand Hall, 704 Madison March 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Street, Brooklyn, NY. Mrs. Orestes Allen, General Deliv­ 4 4.4 ery, Sulphur, La. David Robert Alonzo Figuerea, born May 29, 1954. Parents, Mr. ^ 4' Daisy Anavitate, born June 9, and Mrs. Jujio Alonzo Figuerea, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clau- 1115 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, dio Anavitate, 60 Walworth Street, NY. Brooklyn, NY. 4 4 4 i t • 'Wayne Richard Griffith, born Victoria Terraiea Greeff, born 4i 4" 4 Joseph Mattioii, born June 28, June 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and June 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand C. Greeff, 4712 1954. Parents,^ Mr. and Mrs. Gae- Mrs. Ray R. Griffith, 48 Emerson Aldgate Green, Baltimore 27, Md. tano Mattioii, 2461 East First Avenue, Copiague, Long Island, NY. Street, Brooklyn, NY. 4" 4" Guy Loring Peck, bom May 23,' 4 4 4 4 4 4 John Robert Stangenberg, bom 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gor­ Joseph Charles Wysocki, born don L. Peck, 124 South Miro, New June 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and June 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Orleans, La. Mrs. Charles Wysocki, 519 East Mrs. Charles P. Stangenberg, 4204 30th Avenue, Astoria, Long Island, 76th Street, New York, NY. NY. 4 4 4 4-4 4 Benjamin Harrison Kimberiy, Linda Marina Ladd, born Jone born March 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard H. Kimberiy, PO 11, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Ladd, 1818 Donovan Ave­ Box 1018, Galveston, Tex. nue, Ballingham, Wash. 4 4 4 4 . 4 4, Miguel Gonzalez Aivarado, born Bruce Michael Spivey, bom June April 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Genaro Gonzalez, Saint Thom­ 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard T. Spivey, 350 Soufli Dal­ as, La Playa, Puerto Rico. las Court, Baltimore, Md. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Roger Leiand Hail, Jr., born Jamie Ann Harnett, bom June June 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Bamett, 313 Chatham Street, Mobile, Ala. All of the following SIU families will collect the $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the boby's name. Rebecca Diane Cook, born June 4, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Cook, 809 Keys Road, Ya­ kima, Wash. 11 !• Ii'''- • 1" It?- Wd.' [•%' - Who Gets SMV Beaetits ? J K' Hospital: Any Seafarer hospitalized as an inpatient for at least one week is entitled to a weekly benefit of $15 for the full duration of his hospitalization, providing he h|is worked a minimum of one day aboard an SlU-contracted vessel in the previous 12 months. Maternity: Any Seafarer who has become a father since April 1, 1952, can receive the $200 maternity benefit payment, plus the Union's gift of a $25 US Treasury Bond for the child. A copy of the mar­ riage certificate and birth certificate is required. If possible, a discharge from his last ship should Be enclosed. Duplicate pay­ ments and bonds will be given in cases of multiple births. Disability: Any totally disabled Seafarer, regardless of age, who has seven years seatime with companies participating in the Welfare Plan, is eligible for the $25 weekly disability benefit for as long as he is totall;^ unable to work. 4 4 4 Kathryn Grace Wray, bora July 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil­ liam J. Wray, 2643 Somnie Avenue, Norfolk, Va, in the HOSPITALS 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 HOSPITAI, MANHATTAN BEACH. NV Fortuno Bacomo Kaarel Leetmaa Claude F. Blanks James R. Lewis Robert L. Booker Francis F. Lynch Thomas B. Bryant. Joseph McGraw Joseph G. Carr A. McGuigan Jar Chonx , David Mcllreath John J. DrlscoII Frank Mackey Matthew Gardiner Vic Milazzo Bart E. Gurnaick Eugene Nelson John B. Haas G. E. Shumaker Thomas Isaksen Henry E. Smith John W. Keenan Harry S. Tuttie Ludwig Krlstiansen Renato Villata Frederick Landry Virgil Wllmoth James J. Lawlor John T. Edwards USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY Isaak Bouzin JoJtin Maclnnes John E. Brady Perfecto Manguel John J. Brennan Julius Marton Charles Wangle Charles CantmeU John ConnoUy William E. Neef Henry Cur.-ier ' Joseph Neubauer Eddie Drlggers T. PapoutSoglov Amedio Fedelle Floro Regalado Jozsef Ferenc Alejandro Reyes Andrew Franklin George H. Robinson David S. Furman Manuel Rodriguez WiUiara Gardner George D. Rourke Horace GasklU Edwin T. Rushton Estell Godfrey Mattl RuusukalUo Corolos Gomez Luis Salazar Joseph Hoffman S. A. Sargeant John Horn Jerome Secrao Samuel Howard Arthur Shaw Walton Hudson Kaare Silvertsen Jacobus Hulsman James R. Thomson Vincent Jones Benjamin Trottie Nils H. Lundquist Clifton Wilson E. W. McDavid Stephen ZaVadcson James McDevitt USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. Tim Burke VA HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Leonard J. Frank ALAMEDA COUNTY HOSPITAL ALAMEDA, CAL. William J. Gillick NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH BETHESDA. MD. James H. Harker SAILORS: SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NY* Joseph Koslusky USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEX. Harold W. Simmons TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA. PA. William J. Turk PILGRIM STATE HOSPITAL LONG ISLAND. NY Arthur-Loraas EAR AND EYE HOSPITAL NEW YORK. NY Walter Gritskl VA HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Allan S. Ritchie D. J. York GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL PORTLAND. ORE. Howard R. Harvey USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. Frank Alasavlch Joseph GareUa James H. Penswlck Seafarers Share In 9G Salvage Award Eleven Seafarers who were members of the crew of an SIU ship which participated in the salvage of a disabled German motorship back in December, 1950, have shares ranging from $235.21 to $106.41 still coming to them, following the successful settlement of their salvage t claim. The claim arose out of a tow the Cities Service tanker Daath: Every Seafarer is provided a $2,500 death benefit, which he can make payable to whomever he chooses, whether related to him or not. The Seafarer must have worked a minimum of one day aboard an SlU-contracted vessel during the 12 months prior to his death. Beneficiary cards are available at all SIU halls. The 1)eneficiary may be changed at any time. Scholarship: r' ;• / Four college scholarships worth a total of $6,000 each are award­ ed each year to qualified Seafarers under 35 years old or the chil­ dren of Seafarers who meet the educational requirements. Each scholarship provides a full four-year course of study and may be used at any college or university chosen by the scholarship student. All candidates must take the standard College Entrance Board ex­ aminations given during the year prior to beginning their college study, and present discharges showing three years' seatime for a parent or for themself, in the case of Seafarers under 35. Children of deceased Seafarers having thre.e years' seatime are also eligible. Applications and queries on unusual situations should be sent to the Union Welfare Trustees, c/o SIU Headquarters, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 82, NY. USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. William C. Bedgood G. Menendez Bothwell Blanchard J. T. Moore Paul Bland James B. Sellers Lucius DeWitt Randolph Shedd Herman C. Kemp C. C. Slater Jimmie Littleton Leslie F. Swegan Avis Meadows Gilbert F. Wilson USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. '' Walter L. Compton Anthony Scaturro Arthur W. Wroton , USPHS HOSPITXL GALVESTON. TEX. C. Barbosa M. McDonald T. A. Cousins John E. Markopold •Frederick V. Davis Murray A. Plyler H. Deshotels Blllie C. Ward USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. Simon Bunda C. J. Neumaier Henry J. Childs Joe Perreira Harry R. Fall W. S. Singleton Olav Gustavsen PhiUp St. Marie Walter A. Johnson Vincent R. Tarallo George H. Leary P. S. Yuzon Jacob J. Levin . USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. Luke Ciamboii V. K. Ming F. Fondila Max Olson William A. Gaddy Norman F. Plummer Sverre Johannessen B. L. Smith James Krohn J. Van Der End# USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Thomas ^Ankerson Otis J. Harden Alexis Benkorl Robert Lambert Aigot Bogren Tony Mastantlno Cornelius Palmer Lorenzo Brigida Colon Rose George H. Bryan Robert W. Scale* Samuel Doyie John Talbot Jessie A. Clarke George Warren Albert W. Claude John T. Watt Robert Cooper Warren Whitmer James R. Dodson Henrich Wiese •Tohn G. Flynn Paul J. Wilkinson Richard Foust John R. Wilson Eddie S. Game Gorman. Glaze USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Cyril Lowrey James J. Adams Frank Martin C. W. Barnett George Mitchell Nicolas Bastes J. C. MitcheU Charles Brady William G. Moore William R. Burch Arthur Nelson Charles Burton William D. Ott Owen Butler McKenley Campbell Stanley L. Palfrey Harry L. Parrot S. C. Cat regal Harry G. Peek R. B. Carrillo A. Quinones S. Cope John C. r.chm Clarence Crevier W. E. Reynold* J. D. Dambrino James J. Ruth Emile P. Davies Edward Samrock T. J. Donaldson Manuel E. Sanchei Eric R. Eklund John E. Sanders Thomas Fields J. P. Shaughnessy Oliver S. Flynn Andrew Stauder Frank Gibas J. D. Thomas Jack L. Gleason Roy R. Thomas John L. Hinton Lyle Hipp Jack F. Thornburg E. G. Knapp Lonnie R. Tickle D. Korclia Faustina Torres Thomas Landa Joseph P. Traxler Leo Lang J. E. Ward Jean Lataple D. C. Weaver Harold A. Laumann John P. Ziinmer First two S^eafarers to pick up their share of salvage booty earned aboard the Ffcuch Creek (Cities Service) from tow supplied a dis= abled German motorship in December, 1950, collect their checks after learning of award. Both Eduardo Martinez, fireman (ieft),^ and William Lane, FWT (center), got $125.60. Attorney I. G. Seeger, on staff of Union connsel presents checks. French Creek supplied the Ger­ man vessel when the latter lost her propeller in heavy seas some 300 miles from Aruba three and a half years ago. $9,000 For, Crew Nearly $9,000 is being divided among the ship's crew, both li­ censed and unlicensed, with the heaviest shares going to the mem­ bers of the deck department. Each man's share is proportioned ac­ cording to his rating on the ship at that time. The paperwork and details of collecting the money for the men was handled through the SIU Wel­ fare Services Department in con­ junction with the staff ot the Un­ ion's attorney, Seymour W. Miller. Men who have monej^ coming to them include the following: Erling H. Anderson, W. B. Blankenship, Joseph Dodge, Edmund L. Erikson, Robert Eschrich, Edward Farrell, Joseph P. Glavin, Leo F. Gwalthney, John Kozar, James Logan. John B. Tierney. - �m 23, 1954 SEAFARERS SEEDP TME SEAFARERS iWM LOG Page Twenty-three Seafarer Plans Quiet Rural Life NEW ORLEANS—Ernest E. Gross, veteran Seafarer who recently qualified' for the SIU's $25 weekly disability benefits, is looking forward to spending the remainder of his life in the rural Mississippi area from which he departed 17 years ago to go to sea. Gross now lives in Newt Orleans. He plans to remain here until doctors at the With WALTER SIEKMANN USPHS hospital release him from the frequent periodic medical (News about men In the hospitals and Seafarers receiving SW Wei check-ups now required of him. fare Benefits will be carried in this column. It is written by Seafarer Now he wiles away his time be­ Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makes tween hospital appointments by his rounds In his post as Director of Welfare Services.) visiting friends at the SIU hall When a man gets' hurt on a ship and statements are taken by the here, chatting with acquaintances officers as to what happened, it's the normal thing for the man's ship­ in his neighborhood at 435 Baronne mates to feel a little, anxious about the injured brother. Consequently, St. and "going to the movies," his sometimes members of the crew in their eagerness to be helpful will- principal recreation. One of the first members of the give exaggerated statements about what they saw and what happened. The result is that- contradictions will,pop up after two or three men SIU, Gross came into the Union in 1038 from the old ISU which he have given their statements. had joined a year earlier. He start­ A considerable amount of doubt is cast over the whole thing by ed his seafaring career in the stew­ these contradictions and the injured brother may wind up being de­ ard department and shipped in prived of benefits that would rightfully be his in the first instance. various ratings in that department It's been shown time and again that in the excitement of an accid§pt, until his sailing days were ended witnesses aren't always able to spot just exactly what happened. That's by recurrent illnesses which in­ v;hy it's so important to be careful about your statements and to put capacitated him from further ship­ down only those facts that you are positive of. And with some of the board duty. mates you have aroimd who are more out to confuse than get at the Started On Railroads Latest Seafarer to receive benefits under the SIU disability benefits facts, this is very important. Although a member of seamen's program, Ernest Gross, 65 (left), is informed that his application Be Careful What You Sign unions for 17 years, he has been for the weekly 525 disability benefit has been approved, by SIU . Under no circumstances should any crewmember sign anything he an AFL member since 1909 when Welfare Services representative Bill Fredericks, in New Orleans. doesn't understand or any statement that doesn't contain the accurate he started "railroading." He was a A veteran Union member. Gross had been sailing in the steward fact of the case. Remember that in 99 cases out of 100 the shipowner member of the old Order of Rail­ department until illness tripped him up. has some kind of responsibility to the injured brother. Once the exact road Telegraphers until he left facts are gotten into the record, you can be sure that the Seafarer will Mississippi and came to New Or­ found sailing was a far more fas­ ing." leans for his trip to sea in 1937 be­ cinating occupation than life as a get all that he is entitled to.' Last May 16 when he reached cause of mounting unemployment station agent and railroad teleg­ the age of 65, Gross started draw­ 4" ;'4> _ 4i in the railroad industry during the rapher. "I must admit," he ssid, ing $54 a month in Federal Old Currently drydocked in the Stamen Island marine hospital is Seafarer depression years. , "that going to sea is to some extent Age Benefits. That amount plus Carlos Gomes, fireman off The Cabins. Gomez, along with Fete FerOnce he started going to seaj he a little wilder life than railroad- the $25 a week he receives in dis­ chief cook on the Steel Chemist, and Robert ability payments from the SIU Bosworth, AB, is in for treatment of a hernia con­ Welfare Plan has him, in his words, dition. Looks like some of the boys have been run­ "all set financially." ning into trouble lifting heavy objects. "I have seen many improvements Seafarer Warren Smith, recently off the Lawrence in wages and working conditions Victory, went into the hospital on July 17 for obser­ since I started going to sea, but the vation. He was AB on that Mississippi ship. Steward disability progi-am is the finest Abram Goldsmit of the Tagalam, had to call it quite A Seafarer who mysteriously dropped out of sight leaving thing the SIU ever won for sea­ to sailing temporarily while he gets treatment for a bladder condition. He's been in the hospital about a wife and five children behind was discovered unconscious men," Gross said. "It assures a man that he doesn't have to worry four weeks now. Buhl in a Philadelphia hospital after a search by the Welfare about money matters, and that is a Joseph Pasinosky, utility man on the Rabin Hood, wonderful thing for someone in my ^ has been in the hospital since July 14, while Francis Buhl of Weymouth, Services office. As a result,"* Mass., formerly AB on the Steel Surveyor, beat him in there by a day. steps are being taken to assure scious in the hospital and the fam­ situation." Gross has no dependents other Had To Return ily destitute, Welfare Services the Seafarer's family of some helped the wife get the necessary than himself and his only living Two Seafarers who had been out of the hospital kind of income pending the out­ documents to give her authority'^fo near-relative is a sister, Mrs. Kate had to go back in again for further treatment. They are Frank Napoll and Raymond Myers. Napoli had collect hospital benefits due her Clayton of Houston. come of the husband's injury. "As soon as I can go back to Mis­ to have his shoulder put back in a cast because it The Seafarer had shipped out on husband. Other steps are being didn't knit properly from injuries he suffered while Calmar line vessel, and after taken to get her additional money sissippi I can live in fine style on fixing the television aerial on the Golden City. going ashore in Philadelphia dur­ due her, and meanwhile the family my income, although I am doing all Seafarer Harvey Morris, who lives in Brooklyn, ing a stop at that port, had disap­ will have the hospital benefit in­ rigjit now," he said. "I can take it easy, have any little extra comforts reports he is feeling better now after having to go peared without a trace. All efforts come to go on. Financial responsibility for the I want and I'll have plenty of time in-for treatment for kidney trouble. Etseban Morales, to locate him were fiuitless. AB on the Gateway City, is in for a spell of treat­ After a " couple of months, the accident has been established, and to get a cdne pole, head for the NapoU. ment for a heart condition. desperate family appealed to Wel­ legal proceedings will be under­ nearest creek and drown a can of fare Services to please try and lo­ taken by the wife to obtain x*edress worms w henever the mood strikes cate the husband, as they were from the driver of the automobile. me." without funds for the necessities of life. A notice was first placed in the Union newspaper, but with­ out results. Shortly afterwards from another source. Welfare Services learned that an unidentified seaman was in liiiiii a coma at a Philadelphia hospital Spring and summer are the seasons when the idea of a as the result of an automqbile acci­ - ^ new automobile strikes the fancy of many a citizen, be he dent. The seaman had been picked * At up and taken'to the hospital, but a Seafarer or shoreside dweller. Several SIU men have been had no papers other than a year bitten by the auto bug in re-> old SIU dispatch card with the cent weeks, judging from the and explains that the Seafarer is name of an SIU ship on it. Ap­ number of credit rating re­ entitled to ship out of the hall on parently he had left his Union quests handled by Welfare Services the ships of any SlU-contracted company. book, his seaman's papers and all during that period. The letter is usually enough to other Identification in his locker In buying a car, like In the pur­ do the trick, and the necessaxy on the ship. chase of any commodity on the in­ From there it was niatter of stallment plan, Seafarers run into credit is extended to the Seafarer getting the wife dowg to Phijgdel- the usual difficulties arising from without further delay. The x-esult is that quite a few of phia to Identify the seaman, which the fact that they do not work for the membex's may be seen riding was done. any one company. ax'ound in their new buggies which With the seaman still uncon­ In these instances. Welfare Serv­ they might otherwise have been ices writes a letter to the dealer, upable to purchase because of the the bank or whoever is involved cx-edit restrictions on seamen. •^ll "M Missing Seaman Turned Up Unconscious In Philadelphia ; -:p • : Auto Bug Bites, Welfare Services Locates 'Scratch' FAMILY SIU WELFARE SERVICES KMItMER yOUk FR081EM IS OUR BUSINESS Union Has Cable Address Seafarers overseas who want to get in touch with headquar­ ters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable address, SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Use of this address will as­ sure speedy transmission on all messages and faster serv­ ice for the men involved. FINAt DlSPATCl The death of the following farer has been reported to Seafarers Welfare Plan and $2,500 death benefit is being to his beneficiary. Sea­ the the paid a heart condition in Baltimore, Md., and was bux-ied in that city. A member of the SIU since 1938, Brother Anderson joined the Union in Nox-fulk and sailed in the deck department. His estate is admin- Carl Olof Anderson, 66: On May istered by Orbin Isaac of 1420 East 20, 1954, Brother Anderson died of Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Md. * ' �'ii ' -\-r* •. W' -v^ir \* ^.;" .-^,^• Mi ,'• ft::'-: ::^;, •• 1 >^'''-: Formed two years ago to service Seafarers in ail matters pertaining to benefits under the Wel­ fare Plan, and to assist them in a variety pf other problems of personal concern, the Welfare Serv­ ices Department has proven its value to the mem­ bership rhony times over. As such it is a fitting counterpart to the SlU Welfare Plap which pro­ vides cosh benefits for Seafarers, Wherever and whenever a Sepfqrer getj^ into difficulty, or needs help on any of a score of per­ sonal matters, contact with the Welfare Services office will produce results that are generally un­ obtainable by the individual Seafarer with limited time and resources at hfs disposal. The large number of Seafarers who received help from Welfare ServiPes at one time or another in the past two years is the best testimonial to the value of this unique Union service. � 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 July 23, 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. 15 Description An account of the resource Headlines: CONGRESS SUPPORTS NEW TANKER BILLS COAST UNIONS OPEN PACTS; ASK RAISES NEW LIBRARIES GO ABOARD SHIPS UNIONS FORM GROUPING FOR LA. POLITICS AFL DOCK UNION SETS CONVENTION MCS WINNER IN SHIP VOTE UNION WINS FIGHT FOR JOBLESS PAY DRY CARGO COMPANIES STARTING PAYMENT OF RETROACTIVE WAGES SIU WITNESSES TO CRASH WAIT DRY CARGO COMPANIES STARTING PAYMENT OF RETROACTIVE WAGES SIU WITNESSES TO CRASH WAIT TUG SALVAGE SIU VET 'MOON' KOUNS, 42, DIES OF HEART ATTACK 2 TANKER CO'S INK NEW PACT-OTHERS DUE ROBIN CREWS GET SAFETY AWARD PERMANENT, TEMPORARY '50-50' BILLS GAIN GROUND IN CONGRESS ASK US PAY CHANNEL COSTS FOR RUNAWAY-FLAG ORE SHIPS LEAKY RAFT, SEASICK CREW = CANCELLED TRIP US LIFTS BAN, OKAYS 12-SHIP SALE TO BRAZIL MA OKAYS ANOTHER TRANSFER JUNKMEN GET MARINER WORK STARTS TO PREVENT PANAMA SLIDE PR DOCK TIEUP STILL ON, NO BREAK SEEN FOREIGN FLAG SUBSIDY 'FAIR AND JUST' DEFYING THE SEA THE EVOLUTION OF THE STEAMSHIP FRANCE IS HOST TO GOLDEN CITY MOONLIGHT SHIP PROVISIONING IS CALMAR'S LATEST CAPER GOLDEN CITY HAS NEAR-MISS HURRICANE SAILS AGAIN AND AGAIN; CREW NEVER KNOWS WHERE, WHEN CREW RAVES ABOUT CHOW ON CHIWAWA; RECOMMENDS SHIP TO AMBITIOUS EATERS ALIEN VISA RULES EASED BY US SEAFARERS SHARE IN 9G SALVAGE SEAFARER PLANS QUIET RURAL LIFE MISSING SEAMAN TURNED UP UNCONSCIOUS IN PHILADELPHIA AUTO BUG BITES, WELFARE SERVICES LOCATES 'SCRATCH' Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 4/25/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log