http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/f162ad4df3606c5763a58f7cd55cbe1c.PDF 27b337694fc646f08b1f66a3b60735f6 PDF Text Text Th«^ AUti-IJnioii Medicine Show -See Page 4-r SEAFARERS LOG o F F I C I Al ORQAN OF THE S E AFAR E R S I NTER N ATt O N AL*-U N I O N • ATlANTiC AND GULF DtSTRiCT • AFL j''7 'sm' :'.U - •.t . ' ' ^An#Ar Seafarers Sea Chest warehouse employees in Brooklyn dfO|#CflC5F ^Cflf Cr• check in another shipment of first-quality brand-name merchandise for use aboard ships' slopchests. Sea Chest success in servicing ships with quality goods at low prices to seamen has caused dismay among private slopchest dealers leading to Government civil suit charging SlU-operated corporation with "monopoly." (Story on page 3.) * "Andy Furuseth sails again." SIU Welfare Fund's training l/riICrS« ship named in honor of founder.of maritime unions, gets : . ready to weigh anchor and sail out of New York,boat basin for outports where it - . Will serve as key unit in Union's training and upgrading program for Seafarers. •; ,v- --• (Story on page 3.) �SBAr'AKBRS Fit* Tw» IOC Half Of US Tramp Fleet OK To Transfer WASHINGTO-N—Despite strong objections frbin the SIU and other maritime unions, the US Maritime Administration is proceeding with plans to allow half of all US tftimp ships to transfer to foreign flags. Operating on the questionable theory that if half the US-flag tramp fleet of Liberty"*" ships is allowed to go under proved for a total of 461 privatelyforeign flag those Lihertys re­ owned vessels totalling some 2.3 maining under the-Americah flag million gross tons. .On top of this will be in a better position to com­ figure, of course, ;are more than pete for cargo, the Maritime Ad­ 1,100 ships sold by the Government ministration has added a new for foreign-flag operation under regulation to its already liberalized the .1946 Ship Sales Act. Right now approximately 100 applica­ sliip transfer policy. A portion of the idled Boston fishing fleet is shown tied up at the tions ai-e pending at the Maritime The latest MA ruling enables Fish Pier-in Boston as members of the SlU-affiliated Atlantic Administration for further transshipowners to transfer one out of Fishermen's Union continue to stay away from the boats. With every two Lihertys they own, pro­ fers; with more coming in, and fish prices at new lows, and wages affected accordingly, fishermen approval can be expected for about viding they meet the conditions prefer to stay on the beach until conditions improve. announced earlier. On the basis 60 of them. of this requirement, a flock of mergers by small outfits can be -expected in the near future. This would enable a company which owns one ship to merge with an­ other in the same condition so that between them- they could transfer BOSTON—Virtttal^Hhe en­ one of their vessels. tire Boston fishing niet- has The arithmetic of this system Continuing the ioyward progress of Union welfare services for seamen, the .SIU this been idle for the past two could likewise by applied in the case of a one-ship company and. week revealed plans under which the SIU Welfare Plan will operate the cafeteria at the weeks as fishermen, members of the SlU-affiliated Atlantic Fisher­ another owning three ships. A Baltimore hall exclusively fpr seamen. men's Union, have simply stopped Thus, both New York and , merger would enable them to put a foreign flag on two of them. One Baltimore will soon feature been caught in the net. As-seamen of its ideal location adjacent to the working because of the low price With haddock down to of the few limitations in the MA cafeterias, but each run under know, by virtue of their transient- Union hall, has been sold' to the of fish. policy concerns the foreign coun­ slightly different set-ups on an ex­ type work, they are often caught Welfare Plan for the hotel site, so three cents a pound on,the whole­ tries to which transfers will be perimental basis. In New York, the up in police dragnets through no that this project now looms nearer. sale market, the .fishermTen say it does not pay for them to bother All Recently-Won permitted. . Only Honduras, Pan'a- Welfare. Plan underwrites a por­ fault of their, own. These facilities These services, along with the to take the tmats out. -> ?• ma and Liberia will be considered. tion of the expenses of the' SIU at the SIU hall are} of course, sep­ traditional list of SlU-atranged arate from the rotary hiring baU Fishbfmen work on the 'shar* Port of Call corporation forop­ Six Already Gone for dispatching men lo jobs, which cash benefits, all seemed unattain­ Six Liberty • dry-cargo , vessels erating the cafeteria as a service the Union provides. But the Union able a few years back. Yet today system, getting a certain percentag* of the value of the cargo. Cpnto seamen. The headquarters unit were approved for transfer in midwill not stop there. As part of the our seamen have the security of a sequently the rock-bottpn^ price-of is open to the public. Plans are also August, bringing the boxscore so continuing welfare program for sea­ $15 cash benefit paid by the Wel­ far under the MA's relaxed rules afoot for operating cafeterias in men, future plans call for the con­ fare Plan for as long as they are fish has made it impos$i|le for them to earn a living on the Ashing other SIU port cities. to ten vessels transferred. The Announcement of the new serv­ struction of a hotel in NY under hospitalized for any illness Or in­ boats. latest six includes the formerly the auspices of the Welfare Plan. jury. Asking Minimum SlU-manned General Patton of the ice for Baltimore launches one Property purchased by the SIU for Another of several cash benefits, more of the many welfare services The fishermen are trying, to get National Waterways Corp., which , (Continued on page 7) of the' SlU-contracted Welfare expanding Union services, because the owners to guarantee them went Liberian.., shares based on a - minimum of Despite the fight paced, by the Plan, all of which are unique in six cents a pound, but with the SIU and other maritime unions trade union operations. Most un­ current depressed state of the here, aided by several Senate and ions generally stick to the conven­ market, only one fishing fleet House lawmakers unwilling to see tional welfare benefits such as operator, with five boats, has still more US shipping leaving the those for accidents and sickness. agreed to the guarantee. The other country's already weakened mer­ But even though the SIU has many 50 to 60 boats in the Boston com­ chant marine, the MA bowed to of these too, due to the unusual mercial fishing fleet are inactive. the pressure applied by trampship occupation of sdamen and the operators and devised an escape transient nature of their work, the A union spokesman in New York The volume of mail addressed to the "Credentials Com­ said hatch policy tailored to their needs. services instituted by the Seafarers that the chief cause of the From July 1, 1945, to February Welfare Plan go far beyond the mittee" a£ SIU headqi^ters this week indicated a heavy doldrums in the trade is the usual benefits. response to the opening of nominations in the Union's regular upsurge in fish imports, particular­ 23, 1954, transfers have been apThe program of direct aid -to the biennial election. Eight days ly frozen fillets, from such places members when they need it most remain for Seafarers to'nomi­ as Newfoundland, Iceland, Scan­ Urging the membership to run is welfare in its purest form, and the wisdom ot this type of service, nate themselves or others for for the various Union posts open,' dinavia and other foreign coun­ Sept. 3. 1954 Vol. XVI. No. 18 has been demonstrated many times any of the 49;. elective-posts, with which include all elective ofiEices tries. Fishing interests here have As I See It Page 6 over. The most recent occasion the deadline set for midnight, Sep­ at headquarters and in the 'but- been, pressing for import quotas, / ports, SIU Secretary - Treasurer but without much success. Burly Page 16 came in the recent shipping slump, tember 11. The opening of nominations on Paul Hall noted that "large-scale New York fishermen too, have Crossword Puzzle . Page 8 when each week the Welfare Plan Editorials ; ...^Page 9 w^ able to offer facilities assuring August 12 followed the procedure participation by the membership been hard hit by the slump and Galley Gleanings ,.. v. .. .'Page 15 seamen meals and sleeping quar­ prescribed in the Union constitu­ in the activities of the SIU has have abandoned regular commer­ Inquiring' Seafarer ....... Page 8" ters while awaiting a ship. As tr tion and followed' in the last gen­ been one of the pillars of our Un- cial fishing operations to concen­ Labor Round-Up ........Page 8 result sei^ral hundred seamep are eral election two years ago. -All a ion's strength." A record total of trate on scallop ^heries. At pres­ Letter of The Week ..Page 9 provided sleeping, laundry . and Seafarer has to .do to nominate 75 candidates ran for the 49 offices ent there are a dozen scallop boats active in the metropolitan area. Letters Page 16 shower facilities.*^ Initiated in New himself is tp submit a letter stating open in 1952. The qualifications of all candi­ Maritime .Page 8 York, this service is now spreading the office for which he wishes Meet The Seafarer. Page 8 to other SIU port areas and will to rim, along with proof pf three dates will be studied by i^ creden­ Notices, Personals Page 17 eventually be available throughout years' seatime as an unlicensed man, tials committee to be elected at proof of citizenship and proof of headquarters fbllbwing the end of Off Watch Page 14 the Atlantic and Gulf District. two yearsL continuous membership the nomination period. The actual Open 24-Hours A Day Port Reports Pages 12, 13 election will get underway for two In addition, the Baltimore hall,~ in the Umon. Quiz Page 14 Four months of the seatime must months starting Novennber 15, 1954. Ships'. Minutes Page 17 like NY,^wili be open 24 hours a The 49 posts open are the same SIU History Cartoon .... .Page 6 day. The'SIU offers the use of the be in the cflrrent year, except in GENOA,-' Italy—Five .-hundred Sports Line Page 15 modem, air-conditioned hall for the case of candidates iatlready as those on the ballot two years Vote of Thanks Page 9 recreation, television-viewing, card- serving as Union officials. In addi­ ago except for one change. In or­ pounds of bronze from US shipf Washington News Letter . Page 7 playing, reading and lounging. tion, each candidate should submit der to assure all departments of sunk in baffle was flown here for statement of 109 words or less representation'at the headquarters a shrine to all those who have lost Welfare Benefits ....Pages 18, 19 Thanks to this type of welfare pro­ summarizing his Union record and level, the practfoe of electing six their lives at sea. gram, sCamen don't have to choose Welfare Report Page 18 The palvaged bronze' will be Your Dollar's Worth Page 5 between a depressing hotel room a passport photo of himself to be joint assistant secretaiy-treasurers and the street. An indication pf published in the SEAFARERS will be varied to enable the elec­ made into a memorial plaque on Publfshod MwMkly at tha haadooartari of tha Seafarars Intarnatianal Union/ At­ the success of this idea is the fact LOG before the ele-ction gets un­ tion of one assistant secretary each the Ligutian coast; opposite, an 8(K lantic A Cuff District AFL, 675 Fourth- that in'^he current NY* police derway, in order to familiarize ithe for the deck, engine and. steward ton statue of Christ that was sunk Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth *-6600. Entered as sacond class matter roundKip of drifters and "unde­ membership \vith those running departments plus three joint as­ in 52 leet of water 500 yards' off­ at the Post Office in Brookivn, NY., sirables," not a single SIU man has for pffica,^ sistant secretaries. shore qn Av^ust 29. under the Act of August 34 1*11 Welfare Plan Will Run Balfimore Hall Cafeteria pr i; Loki Rates Tie Up SIU Fish Fleet ,. Many Seek SIU Office; Nominations Near End SEAFARERS LOG $A Shrine Noriors ^r i- t. ..aTt �SEAF'AHEHS L&G >Bptibi9rer'S;':''l954 PUge Thi'ite Union To Expose Ship Chandlers' Slopchesf Abuses Full proof that the SIU Sea Chest exists to service the membership and protect it from unscrupulous and mercenary slopchest dealers is being offered in answer to a legal challenge to its existence. The Sea Chest, SlU-owned and operated service that supplies slopchests to ships on a competitive basis, is confident that the facts of its operations will serve to defeat a G overnment suit obviously inspired by the complaints of ship chand-t= lers and slopchest dealers. The civil suit, filed in the What Is A Slopchest? Testing one of his stern lines while the SlU Welfare Plan's training ship Andrew Furuseth was moored at a Brooklyn yacht basin, A1 Urbelis, veteran bosun and skipper of the trim vessel, finds all shipshape. The Furuseth will be used to upgrade seamen. 'Andy Furuseth' To Sail Again NEW YORK—^The SIU Welfare Plan training ship, the An­ drew Furuseth, is preparing to hoist anchor and put to sea as part of the SIU training program to upgrade Seafarers. The Andrew Furuseth will head for SIU ports in the Atlantic & Gulf District where it It's Final! '50 50' Now Cargo Law After keeping the entire maritime industry in suspense for over a week. President Eisenhower signed the permanent "50-50" bill into'law. His action came just two days before the deadline for signing, which would have meant a pocket-veto for the measure. In signing the bill, the President disregarded strenuous objections from both the State and Agricul­ ture Departments 'to the "50-50" principle. It is believed that these objections were responsible for the President's delay in acting. • SIU Victory • The President's approval means a complete victory for the SIU, which has fought for seven years along with other maritime groups to put "50-50" into foreign aid appropriation bills year after year. With passage of a permanent bill, the "50-50" principle in foreign aid is now firmly established, which assures American shipping 50 percent of all Government .car­ goes falling into that category. Since US shipping is now carrying less than 30 percent of commercial cargoes the bill is an extremely importahL prop to private operations, particularly to non-subsidized ship­ ping companies. The President did say thtit in his opinion Congress should change the provision covering offshore purchases for the Armed Forces as well as some other minor pro­ visions of the law. While the sighing was a victory for the SIU and US flag shipping, it was a setback to foreign-flag operators who spearheaded the opposition to the measure, using their countries' diplomatic mis­ sions and the US State Department Jaa^pjaurseJlfinrSO''.^ every turn. will initiate a year-round training program. The activity undertaken by the Andrew Furuseth will carry on the training program initiated by the SIU when it moved into its new Brooklyn headquarters in 1951. The SIU at that time began a training program which resulted in the Union being in a position to man much-needed ships for the Korean war at a time when the entire nation was woefully shorthanded of rated men. Hundreds of men trained at the SIU's head­ quarters training school were up­ graded into the skilled ranks thus enabling the shipowners to meet their committments in the han­ dling of military cargoes. Trustee Survey ' At the time the SIU headquart­ ers training school was opened, a study was undertaken to improve the training program, with the re­ sult that a committee of shipown­ ers and Union Weifare Plan trustees undertook a lengthy survey which resulted in the decision to operate a training ship where facilities are similar to an actual merchant ship. The vessel which is now the An­ drew Furuseth was chosen when it was found she closely paralleled the "Avenger," the ship used by the Sailors Union of the Pacific in its shipboard training program. After selection of the Furuseth, the Welfare Plan trustees mapped out a full program of fitting out the vessel with first class equip­ ment to provide the best in train­ ing facilities. By the time the vessel was fitted and ready for sea service, the ac­ tual training was delayed because of the SIU's full-scale participation in the AFL drive on the New York waterfront. Maintain Rated Strength Despite the fact that the Korean war has ended and the industry is now in a slump, the current lull will afford the opportunity for men to upgrade themselves and im­ prove their earnings. Likewise, the upgrading' of SIU men will en(Continued on page 4) Brooklyn Federal District For those readers who have never sailed and are curious as to Court by the Justice Depart­ just what a slopchest is, the following quotation from the US Code, ment on Au^st 20, charges Title 46, is self-explanatory: "Every vessel mentioned in Section 666 of this title shall also be that the Sea Chest is maintain­ provided with a slopchest which shall contain a compliment of ing a "monopoly" and that the clothing for the intended voyage for each seaman employed, in­ Union is using its economic cluding boots or shoes, hats or caps, underclothing and outerpower to "coerce" ship operators clothing, oil clothing and everything necessary for the wear of a into purchasing supplies from the seaman ..." Union-operated service. The clause goes on to say that the contents shall be sold from Price C. Spivey, general mana­ time to time in the course of a voyage at a profit not to exceed ten ger of the Sea Chest corporation, percent "of the reasonable wholesale value of the same." ridiculed the charge of "monop­ Slopchests were first put aboard ships under the law beginning oly," pointing out that the Sea June 26, 1884. They apply only to offishore vessels on voyages to Chest has never, at any time, serv­ ports other than the American continent. (Alaska is excepted in iced all SIU ships. "There are a certain instances.) good number of SlU-contracted ships that have never taken on a Sea Chest slopchest even though through the years have been those supplying ships early last year, the in every instance, the Sea Chest about shoes whose uppers split ship chandlers and slopchest deal­ has offered quality supplies at from the soles after a few watches, ers have been out to cripple the prices below the competition. And the shirts and dungarees that Union-owned service. An organiza­ those ships that have taken our shrank several sizes after one tion calling itself the Slop Chest offers have done so on a competi­ washing or fell apart after several Dealers of America was formed tive basis. They are free to accept wearings, the waterproof gear that specifically for the purpose of com­ or reject them at any time. leaked and so on. In most in­ bating the Sea Chest. The first impact of Sea Chest stances this was because the sup­ Non-Frofit Operation . "The success of the Sea Chest plies were the poorest quality competition after its formation available or were seconds or re­ was a sharp" break in shipboard is due solely to one factor. (Continued on page 17) "Inasmuch as profit is not the pri­ jects that had been cast aside by mary reason.for existence, we have "the manufacturer because of defec­ been able to service seamen with tive workmanship. These supplies the best quality brand merchandise were funneled to the ship chan­ at reasonable prices. We have dlers and sold to seamen at prices never made a nickel in profit. The of first-quality goods or higher. The hurricane "Carol" which Cost Seamen's Lives high quality of Sea Chest goods swept up the East Coast this It is firmly believed by the has enabled seamen for the first past Monday and Tuesday, time to free themselves from the Union that these vicious practices indicting heavy damage in some grip of the unscrupulous ship undoubtedly cost the lives of many coastal areas, didn't appear to chandler who has victimized them seamen during the years of World affect shipping any, but it did War II. This was particularly true for years. taken swipe at the SIU hall in "We consider the current suit a in North Atlantic waters where Boston. The big blow belted welcome opportunity to expose the suitable cold weather gear was a the Union building there and sordid kickback and price-padding must for survival in case of a ship lifted a four-foot hatch right system whereby ship suppliers sinking. The many complaints off the roof and dropped it have been milking seamen for the about vOartime slopchests, and the four floors to the ground. No last 70 years. It was the endless unsuccessful attempts of Govern­ injuries were reported, how­ complaints of seamen themselves ment agencies to maintain their ever. There was no damage to about these practices that led to quality are sound basis for this any of the other SIU branch the formation of the Sea Chest in belief. halls along the Atlantic sea­ From the very beginning, Spivey the first instance." board. Typical of these complaints down said, when the Sea Chest started l-l ^ i\ I 4 ^CaroP Raises RostotPs Roof m , v| •h Commies Dig In As Gov't Ok's ILA Government certification of the AFL-expelled International Longshoremen's Associa­ tion as bargaining agent for pier workers in the Port of New York signalled a major victory for the Communist Party and the New York waterfront mob last week. Announcement of the certi--*" fication order by the National ture campaign. "We must now all the New York local of tugboat men, Labor Relations Board in unite behind the ILA ... to con­ formerly part of the ILA and now Washington August 27 was seen paving the way for the Communist Party to go all-out in its efforts to dominate the uneasy waterfront situation. In the face of this, the new AFL International Brother­ hood of Longshoremen made plans to continue unrelenting its 11month fight to drive the old ILA out of the port; The role of the Commies in the dock picture was symbolized by the gleeful reaction of "the "Daily Worker" to news of the certifica­ tion order. The sentiment of the CP organ was echoed on Monday in a special edition of the dis­ credited "Dockers News" which set the tone of the Commie's fu­ solidate this victory," it declared. Neither publication made mention of the mob or the shortcomings of the old ILA which they had freely criticized in the past. Bridges $10,000 The reaction by Commie West Coast longshore leader Harry Bridges followed the same pattern. In the closing days of the election campaign. Bridges provided thou­ sands of pieces of campaign litera­ ture for the old ILA, in addition to a $10,000 gift to the mob cause. John L. Lewis, another benefac­ tor of the old union, provided $100,000 or more to the ILA cam­ paign fund and has already re­ ceived his reward in the form of affiliated with his United Mine Workers. Action by the Government in declaring a winner to the May 26 pier election between the AFL union and the outfit expelled from the Federation a year ago for mob domination was based on simple arithmetic. As a result of the May balloting and the disposal of vari­ ous blocs of challenged votes, the AFL emerged with 9,144 votes, 263 short of the margin held by the old ILA. Then, with 666 challenged bal­ lots remaining, 491 were thrown out on-the ground that they were the votes of supervisory employ(Cpntinued on page 4) •I �THE ANTf'UNION MEDICINE Mention the word "shipowner" to a union seaman and chances are he will get his guard up right away. After years of defending his union against the ship­ owner, the seaman automatically figures it's best to keep on his toes anytime one of that breed coipes ^thin ten f feet. But today there's a new coalition of anti-union chicken hawks trying to torpedo seamen's unions. Taking advantage of the periodic slumps of the maritime industy, a traveling medicine show of "me firsters" ~ is swooping here and there to where, organized mobs who want inflame the minds of seamen an in on unions are a handy~ me­ • over the difficulties that their dium of operations. Whatever the local circum­ unions face in adjusting to stances, the pattern of operation is conditions in the industry. pretty much the same. The key is At the moment one —- of -- the fa the publication of an "opposition" vorite targets of these birds of prey newspaper, or bulletins supposedly •_ the A.u^ SIU's CTTT»« Canadian TriRfrirt. i_ is District put. out. •by certain rank andJ file That organization has severer prob­ members of the union or by sopie lems than most maritime unions so-called "committee." And if a because Canadian deep-sea ship­ few union m^n can be suckered ping as a result of cut-rate foreign into fronting for the operation, so flag competition has gone to pot much the better. All of these completely, and on the Canadian papers and hand-biUs have a cer­ side of the Great Lakes a dual tain sneery, negative flavor, some-' union outfit headed by a skipper thing like an egg that was fried in who once ran a company hiring last week's r^cid oil. Rather than hall is attempting ta monkey- offer any positive suggestions for wrench the district's operations. the problems that beset the union, But at one time or another nearly they prefer to swing a meat hook every maritime imion has been at personalities. All of this swing­ sidelines and the difficulties of the dive-bombed by this traveling ing is from downstairs: the lower maritime industry in Canada, the troupe—the Sailors Union of the the better, and if family members Canadian District has been making Pacific, the Marine Firemen, Oilers or other innocent bystanders get real progress by sticking to union and Watcrtenders Union and the hit below the belt in the process, business. Recently it took one of McMaster's biggest companies National Maritime Union in par­ it's just the breaks of the game. away from him by a SVis to one ticular. Public Smear Sheets vote. Line-Up Always Same Seafarers in the past have re­ Commies Attack SUP The personalities in the ceived the publications of these Out on the West Coast, its an traveling circus may change people, the "West Coast Sailors story that for many years the their spots from time to time, Journal," the "Black Gang News," old Communist Party has been putting 'and may pick up some odd the "Rank and File Pilot," and company on the way, but similar such slime sheets. With the the blast on the Sailors Union of Canadian District currently the the Pacific. ' The "West Coast basically the line-up is the same everywhere. The troupe favorite plaything of the combine. Sailors Journal" was its medium is composed of three elements, Seafarers have been "treated" to of operations for quite some time some real vicious mailings .on their and it concentrated, like all these the Communist Party, always willing to put a burr under ships, bearing the lofty name "Sic other sheets, on personal vilifica­ tion of SUP leaders as well as the saddle; lawyers whose pro­ Semper Tyrannus." members of their families. Of fessional ethics are on the One thing that the hit and run course, the waterfront section of skimpy side, commonly known troupe overlooks, though (and this the Party has had considerable aid to rank and file seamen as may be due in part to their un- and comfort from Harry Bridges shysters, and an odd assort­ familiarity with the workings of who is always happy to do the ment of phonies that can be maritime unions), is the fact that Sailors Union a bad turn. It got found at the fringe of the la­ the average maritime union, more so that in the last economic beef bor movement. The latter in­ than ynions in other industries, clude unsuccessful ex-officials, has a tradition of bringing beefs of the Sailors Union with the shipwould-be officials without tal­ out in the open and dealing with ent, and a few fastbuck boys them through membership action. who heard from someone that The practice of secret elections, unions are a good business to referendums on important policy matters and other democratic, pro­ look into. (Continued from page 3) The Communist Party's motives cedures are well established in the able the Union to furnish men in of course, are well-known to sea­ maritime field, which makes things important ratings should the need men by now. They are simply to a little tough for somebody on the for ships suddenly mushroom, a disrupt and destroy democratic outside trying to work his way in. situation very possible in light of Today's favorite target, Canada, unions, take them over and then offers a lot of interesting angles. current world crises. use them as instruments of the For one The Andrew Furuseth will estab­ thing, there is a nucleus Soviet Union's foreign policy. They of unhappy lish an itinerary throughout the ex-officials of the old aren't famous for being fussy over Canadian Sea­ A&G District so as to allow the whom they pay up with in the Commie-controlled men's Union aroimd. was the men in all ports to have the oppor­ process. The shysters also have a Communist-dominatedThis outfit that tunity to use its training facilities. simple and clear-cut motive. Com­ was put out of business by the SIU Normally the ship has a crew of petition between the ambulance Canadian District. There are peo­ one, the skipper being A1 Urbelis, chasers always gets rough when the ple in Canada who will never for­ a veteran bosun who has been with shipping industry.slumps and there give Canadian Seafarers for that. the ship since it was purchased by aren't enough injured seamen' to Then the SIU Canadian District is the Welfare Plan. While a training go around, a young union which just recently class is aboard, the ship will carry The phonies are another breed got its automony, so the promoters a full crew. altogether. They aren't smart figure that it could be an"easier In naming the training ship, the enough to go to school and become touch. Plan has honored the father of shysters, they (don't understand -In the main though, the Unholy maritime unionism and one of the what the Communists are talking trio has found a comfortable home founders of the Sailors Union of about but-they sure would like to in the arms of Captain McMaster, the Pacific, the founder of today's piecard it the rest of their lives. who ^aduated into the union busi­ SIU. It was Furuseth who singleIt isn't the base wage that attracts ness all on his own. Since McMas­ handedly broke the bonds that them, its all the sidelines they ter has been more active of late, held seamen in virtual slavery. could develop if they were "in." the CSU people have stopped try­ The fruits of his labor were the Local situations may vary of ing to operate on their own and Maguire Act, the White Act, the course. Up in Canada, the group have formed a working alliance Seamen's Act of. 1915 and the has found it convenient to make with him. Using a few ex-C^adian Jones Act of 1920. In keeping with the traditions goo-goo eyes at a dual outfit run District seamen as a front, they by a certain Captain McMaster. On have been frothing at the mouth, established by Furuseth, the train­ the West Coast, Hairy Bridges is on paper, and sending free samples ing ship will serve to carry out always their handy boy, for after in the mails to ships not only in part of the. SIU program to conall, he's gpt a few friends of his Canada, but in the States as well. stailtly improve conditions and; the Despite the sniping. from the livelihood of all Seafarers. own who can be usefuL Etee- Furuseth... i ' ; ! ' 'i • owners, both Bridges and the "West Coast Sailors Journal" did their best to break the strike How they figured this would make the membership friendly to them is something of a mystery. The shysters' activity on the West Coast has been considerably stepped up in recent months, the idea being that if the SUP can't be attacked on the ships, it might as well be harassed in the courts. Many of these same attorneys, by coincidence, can be found in the corner of one of Bridges' asso­ ciates, when they or their runners aren't chasing down a potential case. The SUP newspaper "West Coast Sailors" recently noted In referring to one of the sev­ eral devious schemes of shy­ sters: ''The point you should remember is: They (shysters) are not looking out for your interests. Their prime motive is to get their hands on you so they can make a big fat kill­ ing so they .can pay off their ambulance chasers." Another West Coast union, the Marine Firemen, Oilers and Watertenders Union, was the target of a particularly frantic attack when its members were about to vote on affiliation with the SIU. This was natural, because the MFOW move sent shivers up and down Bridges' back and his allies jn the nowdefunct National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards. Somehow though, the "Black Gang News" was unable to convince the mem­ bership that joining the SIU would weaken the union and exile them to slavery. The Commies are now waging a campaign to get the MFOW to disaffiliate from the SIU. Vincent Malone, president of the MFOW, has proved to be one of the mbst effective fighters against the combine and has kept the MFOW strong internally. CIO unions aren't exempt from this kind of stuff either. The pages of the "Pilot," official publication of the National Maritime Union, have noted many times that some of the legal "talent" on the East Coast thought the NMU member­ ship was just the group they ought to cuddle up to. The "Pilot" noted in a recent issue that the anti­ union shysters were also ac­ tive in their camp. The paper reported: "This smear Utera- • iure . . . comes from a group of lawyers, 'ambiilance-chasers,' no less, who would like to get their hands 6n some union business, and through that victimise seamen for the profit of a few. "A good part of the Uterature printed for the disrupters is being printed on the type of paper usually found around a lawyer's office, and we as­ sume that they are borrowlug the presses of printers who / work for lawyers mostly. The presence of lawyers in this con­ spiracy is clear enough." In the SIU, Atlantic & Gulf.Dis­ trict, while these matters have not been problems, the fact remains that A&G members have been subjected to a barrage of the smear-type literature aimed at the SIU affiliates and other maritime unions. Seafarers have become used to this and treat it as the ranting and raving of union-bust­ ers. However, to keep aware of the doings of the anti-union medi­ cine show, it bodes well to keep a weather eye cocked on these char­ acters. They haven't made any headway anywhere, but the old saying "know your enemy" still holds true. Old lU... (Continued from page 3) ees. The 175 ballots left there­ fore could not affect the outcome and the certification foiiowed. The old ILA victory came in the sec­ ond pier election in the port in five months. An earlier vote, in December, 1953, was voided on the ground of intimidation and co­ ercion of longshoremen by the old ILA. IBL 'Watchdog' The immediate affect of the NLRB certification order was a bid by old ILA officials to reopen ne­ gotiations with the shipowners for a new agreement to. replace the one which expired last September 30. Meanwhile, the IBL indicated it would watch the proposed talks carefully to assure that the inter­ ests of its mors than 9,000 sup­ porters would not be undermined. It also assured AFL longshoremen that any attempted discrimination against them in favor of old ILA mbn would be fought in every way possible,., - - �SEAFARE:RS LOG September S, 1954 Pace Fire Waterman Idles 15 Ships^ 'Runaways' Rates Blamed MOBILE—^The crippling effect of runawa y foreign flag shipping on the US merchant fleet was brought home sharply to Seafarers on the Gulf Coast last week when Waterman Steamship Corp. began laying up 15 of its SlU-manned off-shore ships. First of the Waterman C-2 * ships can move ore at one-half the vessels to be laid up were the organizations, to get together for cost of US-flag ships," he said. an industry-wide conference to see Arizpa, Alawai, Golden City, what can be done to relieve the Foreign Yards Busy City of Alma and Morning Light. situation." To add to the generally dismal Ten other ships were expected To illustrate his point, he said outlook, more tankers are being to go to the boneyard on their it costs Waterman, a financiaily built in foreign yards for opera­ return to Mobiie by mid-Septem­ sound company with a long experi­ tion under foreign registry than ber. They were the Citrus-Packer, ence of successful and profitable "the United States built during Lafayette, LaSalle, Maiden Creek, operation, $60,000 more to operate World War II," he said. Mobilian, Warhawk, Wiid Ranger, one of its ships on a 60-day for­ To these examples. Captain Warrior, Wacosta and Kyska. The eign run than it does a Dutch Nicholson, might well have added company owns 33 of the C-2-type operator to make a comparable the action taken by Maritime Ad­ ships. voyage. That figures out at an ministrator Louis Rothschild who Cut-throat competition from low- average of $1,000 a day competitive during the first week of August wage, cheap operation foreign flag advantage held by the foreign ship­ announced approval had been Mysteriously freed after beingr detained for 52 days in Caracas, granted for the transfer of 80 ships was blamad by Capt. Norman owner in operating costs. while Venezuelan authorities investigated the cause of a fatal As an example of what is happen­ American-flag Liberty ships to Nicholson, Waterman president, collision involving the Alcoa Clipper, Seafarers Joseph Rusheed, ing to the US merchant fleet. Cap­ "runaway" flags. for the wholesale lay-up. QM (left), and Maurice Kramer, OS (center), describe their stay tain Nicholson cited the case of As pointed ouC^by SIU Secre­ "We want to keep our ships run­ In the Venezuelan capital to New Orleans SIU Port Agent Lindsey 60,000-toa ore carriers being built tary-Treasurer Paul Hall, this ning," said Captain Nicholson, - Williams, after they flew back to the States. "but we can't keep operating them in Japanese-yards for operation action meant the loss of thousands under the Liberian flag. One, of of jobs in the industry and re­ at a loss." these, the Ore Chief, already is in sulted in setting the transferred Only unusual circumstances of operation under Liberian registry. ships up in business against legiti­ an emergency nature will make it "Manned by foreign crews, these mate American operators. possible for ships on the lay-up list to put to sea again any time in the near future, he added. Face Grave Period NEW ORLEANS—Glad to be home after 52 days of cool­ "American shipping is facing the ing their heels in a Caracas, Venezuela, hotel, were Seafarers gravest period in its history," Cap­ Joseph ilusheed and Maurice Kramer who returned to New tain Nicholson said. "It is neces­ sary for shipowners and represen­ Orleans August 22 after being •detained by Venezuelan au­ City of Caracas and were billeted tatives of all maritime unions, thorities in the investigation at company expense in Caracas including the various longshore Seafarers who were prisoners of war, either as civilians or of a fatal collision between the hotels, but were not permitted by members of the Armed Forces in World War II and the Alcoa Clipper and a tugboat at La Venezuelan officials to leave the Korean War, may be entitled to cash benefits under a new Guaira on June 26. municipal limits of Caracas until War Claims Act passed by-* August 21 when Rusheed and ' When the Clipper sailed on June 30, Rusheed, who was quar­ Kramer were told they were free Congress. A bill amending Philippines, Guam, Wake and Mid­ . SIU headquarters urges all Islands and excluded from termaster on the wheel watch at to leave Venezuela. White was per­ the War Claims Act has broad­ way draft-eligible seamen to be previous benefits; disability and the time of the crash in which mitted to leave at the same time, ened benefits of the original Act sure they keei>. their local Se­ medical benefit claims by civilians three persona aboard the tug were but Krantz and Eddy were held of 1948 and covers many individ­ lective Service! boards posted billed, and Kramer, OS, who was pending 'further progress of the uals not affected by the original as a result of detention and mis­ on all changes of address investigation. treatment in World War II as well working on deck, were held pend­ legislation. through the use of >the post as claims of American citizens who ing completion of the investiga­ Grabbed Plane The bill provides for eight dif­ cards furnished at all SIU served in the armed forces of an tion. Taken ashore at the same Rusheed and Kramer, who ferent kinds of claims, including halls and aboard ships. Allied nation during World War II. time were Captain Yngvar Krantz, caught the first available plane out one specifically covering merchant Failure to keep jour draft master; Clyde O. Eddy, chief mate, of Caracas for New Orleans, were It's expected that the new act seamen who were detained during board informed of your where­ and Sam White, first assistant en­ at a loss to explain the Vene­ World War II but were unable to will bring in an additional 14.000 abouts can cause you to be gineer. zuelans' sudden decision to free claim benefits under the 1948 act. claims and call for the payment of listed as a delinquent and be Since then the men were de­ them. Neither could they explain Other provisions call for $2.50 $25 million in indemnities. drafted into the services with­ Any Seafarers who believe they tained in Caracas despite an offer why Krantz and Eddy were still per day indemnity to Korean war out a hearing. The Union in by Alcoa Steamship Company to detained. Alcoa officials also were prisoners and benefits for Ameri­ might be covered by-the new act such cases can do nothing to can civilians interned in Korea by should contact the Foreign Claims post bond to permit their return unaware of any decision to release aid Seafarers who fail to com­ the Communists; detention benefits Settlement Commission, Washing­ to the Unite<| States. They were the men prior to their return to ply. for US citizens captured in the ton 25, DC. allowed complete freedom of the New Orleans. 4-i- 5A Crash Witnesses Free—Sfill Puzzled j 1 "i • New Claims Act To Aid War-Imprisoned Seamen Keep Draft Doard Posted YOUR DOLLAR'S SEAFARERS GUIDE TO RETTER BUYING Small Insurance Policies Costiy "Industrial insurance" Is what the insurance industry calls the policies on which wage-earners pay weekly or monthly, generally 25 or 50 cents at a time. (The fam­ ilies themselves often call it "burial insurance.") Each family generally has several policies covering papa, mama and the children, and the insurance dgent comes to the house every week or month to collect the premiums. Because the weekly or monthly payments are low, such insurance seems cheap. Actually it's by far the most ex­ pensive of all insurance. The millions of families who buy it generally pay from 25 percent to 400 percent more than if they bought the same insurance on an annual basis. And while the cost of each policy seems little, by the time a family is paying on several of them it's paying out a substantial amount but has very little real insurance to show for it. One wage-earner's family this writer interviewed had a number of these little policies. We added up the cost and found this family was paying out $130 a year for insur­ ance. The insurance was split among all four members of the family, and thwe was actually only $1,000 of insur­ ance on the breadwinner himself. That much genuine family protection ($1,000 of insurance on the breadwin­ ner) the family could have had at a cost of-$10 or less a year. This family was making three mistakes in handling its insurance: 1. It had scattered it among all members pf the family instead of concentrating it on the breadwinner. If any of the other members of the family die, the burial ex­ penses would be a financial blow, but not financial catas­ trophe. But, if the breadwinner goes, then the mother and children really are in trouble.' 2. It bought poorly-chosbn insurance on a weekly in­ stallment basis, and thereby further added to its cost. 3. It bought ordinary life insurance which has a cash refund value, but does not provide as much family pro­ tection for the same price as low-cost term insurance, and this family with young children needs maximum protec­ tion at this period when its kids are young. Actually, if the family had spent its $130 a year for term insurance on the life of the breadwinner, bought on an annual basis, he could have about $13,000 worth of insur­ ance, which would give his family some real assistance if anything did happen to him. High Administrative Cost Here's how expensive weekly or monthly installment in­ surance is: The New York State Insurance Dept. discov­ ered that several companies selling it were using more than 58 cents of each premium dollar paid in by the pol­ icy-holders for sales and administrative expense. These companies thus were paying back in benefits only 42 cents of each dollar people paid them for insurance. That's mighty poor insurance. This compaies with the more iisual 20 cents of each dollar expended by other compa­ nies for administrative expenses on industrial insurance, which is still a costly price to pay. Why is industrial insurance so expensive that at least 20 percent of the price you pay must go for administra­ tive costs? Well—the salesman must come to your house Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying to collect the 25 or 50 cents for each policy, and the com­ pany must make a separate bookkeeping transaction for each transaction, all of which you must pay for. Insurance companies argue that if they didn't sell pol­ icies on a weekly or monthly basis, many people wouldn't have any insurance, because they wouldn't put aside the money to pay the bill annually or semi-annually. That certainly is an expensive service, and any family with the knowledge and character to do even a little budgeting can avoid it by dropping the same quarter into a budget box every week and paying the insurance themselves once a year. To make it easier for yourself to buy insurance on the less-costly annual basis, instead of one large policy, take out several $1,000 policies spaced some weeks or months apart. But be careful that you don't space the policies so far apart that you go into a new highe; age rate on some of them. The SIU Welfare Plan itself pr,ovides a Seafarer's family with a $2,500 death benefit in case of his death (or any beneficiary he may design.^t'j). What additional insur­ ance a family buys should also be concentrated on the breadwinner. The only reason to buy insurance is to replace the breadwinner's earnings in case he passes away and leaves a dependent family. Often families will buy endowment policies for their children on this same weekly or monthly installment-in­ surance basis. But if you put that same money into Gov­ ernment "E" bonds, the savings will pile up faster, since there are no sales and administrative expenses deducted from the earnings of your investment. ^i Hi: 1 -.•! M ] Hi n �SEAFARERS Pare Six I4' i' flcpteabcr S. 1*54 LOG House Group Urges Curbs On MSTS WASHINGTON—Confirming virtually «very charge made by maritime unions and ship operators, a House Merchant Marine subcommittee has assailed the Military Sea Trans­ portation Service for competing directly with privately-owned US shipping. Further, the committee indicated that the+ ' ANOTHER UNION OBJECTIVE OF LONG STANDING WILL BE MSTS fleet is far larger than maintained a consistent policy of Hoover, Is also surveying the realized in the near future when the trim two-masted schooner Andrew agency. refusing to allow disputes to inter­ necessary and the bulk of its Furuseth slips her moorings in New York harbor and heads out to Ship operators have long con­ operations could easily be turned fere with the movement of military sea. The sailing of the Andrew Furuseth will mean that the Seafarers tended that privately-owned ves­ cargoes." over to privately-owned ships. Training School will have a fully-equipped sailing vessel on which At the same time the committee Meanwhile, MSTS Is already the sels could perform practically all unrated men can leam the rules and skills of seamanship. of the services now maintained by target of further Investigation as debunked a favorite MSTS argu­ It's long been a dream of the Union to be able,some day to provide ment that the ships were needed in the General Accounting Office is MSTS at less cost, and at the same a complete training course in deck seamanship. As in the past, such time keep ships running and pro­ taking a good look at its operating case labor disputes interrupted the as during the Korean War shipping emergency of early 1952, the SIU flow of military cargo in an emer­ expenses and the Hoover commis­ duce tax income for the Govern­ did establish shoreside instruction for unrated men with the result ment. They point to excessive gency period. "In fact," the com­ sion on Government reorganization, that a large number of men were upgraded and helped meet the urgent mittee said, "seagoing labor has headed by ex-President Herbert MSTS manning scales and the high need for seamen at the time. In addition, the Union has for some time overhead costs of a Government agency that doesn't have to worry now made available printed booklets that are of considerable help to men who are preparing for Coast "Guard examinations <or the various about profit and loss. The House subcommittee interim unlicensed ratings. Placing the Andrew Furuseth into service means that seamen no report raked MSTS from stem to stem in the strongest terms. For longer will have to shell out dough to private schools in order to get example, the committee pointed their ratings. Fiurther, it is insurance against revival of Governmentout that MSTS was in the habit of sponsored maritime training, which no matter how Well it might be conducted, always threatened the security of maritime unions and The hope for speedy nighttime and weekend clearance of operating over the same trade the Union hiring haU. routes as berth dperators, carrying Quarantine has been killed by President Eisenhower's pocket- cargoes that berth operators could Your Union has held from the beginning that it could, and would veto. The bill would have permitted off-hour inspections by easily handle. The result was that supply to the operators, all the trained, capable seamen they needed the Quarantine Service in all "private berth operators often to man their ships efficiently. The sailing of the Andrew Furuseth "major US ports. The bill pro­ sailed with less than full loads" is assurance that the Union's pledge will be met, and that the SIU will vided that when a ship came while "competing vessels of the be prepared for any shipping emergency that might arise. Since this ship is a key cog in the Union's program to strengthen into port after 6 PM or on week­ MSTS fleet have likewise been less itself and improve the status of its membership, it was only natural ends and the company wanted to than fully utilized." clear Quarantine, it would pay for In many instances, the Govern­ that it would be named after the father of all US maritime unions. the Quarantine officers services ment has had to make up the dif­ t 4" out of its own pocket at overtime ference to private operators CERTIFICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S rates. through its subsidies. MSTS com­ Association as the bargaining agent for dockworkers in the Port of petition also cost the Government New York has rightfully been described as a temporary setback to . Would Save Money AFL objectives on the waterfront. The chortles of glee with which The purpose of the bill was to possible recapture of subsidy the "Daily Worker" greeted the news is further proof, if any more put an end to time-consuming and profits. were needed, of the strong position which ' the Communist' Party Domestic Competition Philip Levine, well-known Sea­ costly delays that held ships up to now enjoys in the old ILA. The committee was especially farer and a member of the main­ the following day if they could not critical of MSTS competition in the In the course of the pre-election campaign between the AFL and tenance staff at SIU headquarters reach port during regular working domestic trades. It recommended old ILA in this port, there was plenty of evidence that in the closing for the past year, died suddenly hours. Paymeni of overtime to a that a rigid rule be adopted bar­ stages the Commies had moved in and made an unholy alliance with Quarantine officer would save S a t u rday, Au­ ring Government-owned ships from the waterfront mob in this port. Out on the West Coast Harry Bridges money for the operator. gust 28, of a the coastwise and intercoastal publicly lent* a hand, and quite a few thousands in cash, to couriers In refusing to sign the bill, the services as well as on runs to US sent there by Tony Anastasia. Practically from the day that the new heart attack. He President objected to the fact that territorial possessions. would have been AFL union was chartered, the "Dispatcher," Harry Bridges' publication, it would give Quarantine officers 41 years old on Among its other recommenda­ the "Daily Worker," and the "National Guardian," another Party mouth­ preferential treatment on overtime tions the committee proposed that piece, devoted a considerable amount of effort to lauding the mob December 19. over other Federal officers. He the Department of Commerce have that runs the old ILA and knocking the AFL union in the head at every Levine, who conceded that Customs and Imm^ a say in determining the size of the turn. lived at 475 Howgration men were already receiving MSTS nucleus fleet as well as the ard Avenue, To top the whole thing off, the "Dockers News," an old-time publica­ such treatment but said he didn't Department of Defense, assuring tion of the Commimist Party's waterfront section, reappeared on the Brooklyn, c 0 mwant to extend it to any other that private shipping needs would scene. And later on when the ILA ran out of the funds it had received plained of feel­ Levine group of Federal workers without be considered. It also called for a from the sell-out of the tugboatmen to the UMW, the Communist ing ill shortly after he returned home Saturday overhauling the entire Federal pay complete review of MSTS cargo Party's faithful were put to work as can-shakers for the mob. evening, and'died before he could structure for all kinds of inspec­ handling, a study of passengerSome uninformed people maintained that the reason the Commies tors. be rushed to a hospital. carrying capacity and of ways to were attacking the AFL was that they had no love for the waterfront Interment was the following day Since Customs and Immigration get more passenger ships, and mob, but hated the AFL more. However, since the AFL lost the elec­ in Baron Hirsh Cemetery, Staten officers already operate under pro­ steps to change handling of mili­ tion by the extremely narrow margin of 263 votes, the love feast be­ Island. He is survived by his wife, visions similar to the vetoed bill, tary cargo in conformity with nor­ tween the Communist Party and the mob if anything, gets chummier Yetta, and a daughter, Ellen shipping interests felt that ap­ mal commercial practices. by the day. Lee. 5. proval of the measure for Quaran­ In the hearings that preceeded All of which again proves that the AFL and your Union in helping Levine joined the Union in New tine officers would speed up ship­ the report, union and shipowner New York longshoremen who wanted no part of the old ILA were York on July 29, 1949, and sailed ping services and make them more spokesmen carried the ball for the taking positive, constructive action. The SIU has always been proud of for several years as second cook economical to operate as well as industry, with Government Bepre- the fact that it has fought every attempt by the Communists to move on the Sand Chief before joining eliminating the long and often tire- sentatives generally supporting in on the New York waterfront. The temporary victory they have gained the headquarters staff last spring. some^waiting periods. MSTS. in no way alters the justice of that fight. Eisenhower Vetoes Speedy Quarantine Death Takes Phil Levlne Of Ha. Staff Cartoon History Of The SIU New Headquarters For StiJ No. 71 yi .a':,,-.;. , :.,J ) i, . a: Late In 1949, the continued expansion of Union serv­ ices and membership facilities at SIU headquarters In New York made it obvious that the present site was inadequate. Accordingly, surveys of the port area were made to in# the besi pnsslble spot for a brand-new SeafarenT Mi The location of a suitable site across the river in Brooklyn was followed by membership approval in all ports on May 10, 1950, of the proposed new head­ quarters. Architects and builders were called in to plan the remodsUng of the threerstory former sehoUl and factory building ieicctetb A far cry from its predecessor at 91 Beaver Street, the new hall was to be a model union showplace with all possible comforts and conveniences for the mem­ bership built in. Construction get underway slowly, however; as war broke out in Korea ia June anit building: •chedulee bad to be thrown out the window. �• ., Selrt^ber S; 1054 SEAFARERS LOG Pacre SeveB .'f SIU NEWSLETTER SIU Hits Military Bans from WASHINGTON Favoring MSTS In Korea Over 65 steamship lines are pounding at the doors of the Maritime Administration in an effort to transfer their vessels to foreign registry. Most of these are the owners of Liberty dry cargo ships. Recently, the MA drastically liberalized its transfer policy so that of the approximate 130 Liberty tramp ships under the American flag, probably one half, or some 65, will be transferred to the flags of Liberia, Honduras and Panama. The new transfer poUcy of MA covering Liberty dry cargo ships is this: For every two ships owned by a company, one will be eligible for transfer. There are expected to be a number of mergers of tramp operators because those owning but one vessel must first merge with another company owning a ship so that one will be trans­ ferred and the other will remain under the US flag. Transfers of privately-owned vessels over 1,000 gross tons approved varied greatly from year to year, reaching the peak of 136 in fiscal year 1947, and dropping off to 50 in 1949, 25 in 1950 and 37 in 1951. While no statistics are kept on those transfer applications denied, it is understood that about 23 were denied during a,recent two-year period. For a while, the Government was imposing restrictive con­ ditions on transfers which tended to cut down thd applications re­ ceived. However, the doors are now wide open by the recent liberaliza­ tion of the transfer policy by the Maritime Administration. Whereas in the past, by far the largest proportion of transfer ap­ plications involved small vessels—pleasure yachts, tugs and fishing boats—the trend now has changed to the larger ocean-going class. One thing the Government is forgetting—ships are run by men as well as by machinery. Skilled maritime personnel driven from their employment will turn to shore jobs and it will be very difficult, in in times of emergency, to bring these men back to the sea. ^ Because of the age of the merchant fleet of Russia, that nation has ordered well over 50 ships in yards of Western Europe since the be­ ginning of the war. A merchant vessel, ordinarily, is supposed to have a life span of 20 years. At least 70 percent of the Russian fleet is overage, that is, more 4han 20 years old. The tanker fleet*X)f Russia amounts to 176,144 gross tons, or only 0.8 percent of the world tanker tonnage. For the benefit of American steamship operators, measures of ut­ most importance from the standpoint of the operators are (1) the socalled "50-50" shipping bill, assuring that at least 50 percent of US aid cargoes is carried in American vessels, ana (2) the private financing bill, under , which the Government assures 90 percent of the money loaned by private lenders in connection with construction and recondi­ tioning of vessels. t 4" 4" 4" 4 3^ • American shipbuilders and repairmen are swelled with pride these days. They were victorious in their efforts to have Congress ap­ prove both new ship construction and repair programs amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars. Actually the favorable Congressional action came as a surprise to the ship builders who did not believe that they would be successful in their campaign, but many bills slip through in the closing days of Congress that would not stand a chance otherwise. Although Congress approved, and the President signed, a bill au­ thorizing Government appropriations for the repair of many merchant ships in the national defense reserve fleets, the Department of Com merce will not find it smooth sailing to put this program into effect. The reason is that once again lobbyists are at work to have this work performed in their local port areas. The Commerce Depart­ ment is besieged by many members of Congress who are exerting pressure to have the ship repair work aone in their own port com^ munities. The final decision will be up to Louis S. Rothschild, Maritime Admin­ istrator, who is expected to assign most of the work as a result of competitive bidding. 4i 4> 4> In addition to its liberal ship transfer policy, the Maritime Admin­ istration continues to follow a 2-for-l policy in connection with new ship construction. That is, for every one new ship an operator agrees to build, the MA will allow the transfer to foreign flag of two older vessels. The newest cast in point involves the Sinclair Refining Com­ pany of New York. The MA formal anqpuncement merely states that Sinclair has en­ tered into an agreement to build a new large tanker, but fails to men­ tion that two of Sinclair's tankers will be allowed to be transferred to foreign flag in exchange. ^ MA states that the new i,- ^ker to be constructed by Sinclair will im­ prove the competitive picture of the privately owned US-flag tanker fleet. 4> 4> 4> Practically everyone in-Government, legislative and executive, agrees that we must have a merchant marine. It is also well known that some form of Governn^ent assistance is necessary to maintain our ships on the seas. The House Appropriations Committee now is studying the general subject of operating subsidies paid to steamship lines and will have a report on the subject ready for the 84th Congress convening next January. The philosophy of the Commerce Department on the subject of ship subsidies is that the method by which a subsidy could be arrived at might be subject to alteration from time to time, but that another subsidy system would not significantly change the amounts of money involved. Discriminatory practices by US Armed Forces in Korea that give special privileges to MSTS crews but deny them to Seafarers are being attacked by the SIU. A stronglyworded Union protest is being forwarded to the Department of Defense against regulations which impose several un--* called-for restrictions on mer­ 'But Touch Not A Hair .. chant seamen. Previously, the SIU had been succf^sful in obtaining a new di­ rective on shore leave for mer­ chant seamen which eliminated many of the absolute shore leave bans that had confined men to ships for weeks on end. However new regulations in Pusan, issued in February of this ye.ar, impose currency restrictions and limits .on the movements of merchant sea­ men that are clearly discrimina­ tory. Copy Sent To Headquarters Seafarer Adam R. Lorenz, who was a crewraember on the Jean Lafitte, sent a copy of the regulations to headquarters. The crux of the regulations are that merchant sea­ men are treated like members of the Armed Forces in terms of "off limit" areas, passes for shore leave and other military regulations, but these same merchant seamen are treated like civilians by being de­ nied access to post exchanges and military scrip. MSTS crewmembers who are also civilians, do not have to get special passes to go ashore and are allowed to have military scrip and to use military post exchanges and entertainment facilities. The result is that Seafarers are only able to take Korean hwan ashore, which are worthless at the legal rate ef exchange, 180 hwan to the dollar, and consequently they have to pay extravagant prices for any of their j^prcbases. As Lorenz put it, if the seamen are to be treated as civilians and denied access to post exchanges and other military facilities "they should be left to themselves and governed only by the laws of the Republic of Korea." Must Have Pass Under present regulations, a crewmember of a ship operated by a private shipping company has to get a pass to go ashore and has to register with US military police on the pier. Korean hwan is the only currency he may bring ashore. He is not allowed to enter any areas that are off limits to military personnel and is suuject to arrest, fines and jail sentences for viola­ tion of these rules. If a crewmemiber is carrying a package ashore the MP's can open the package, but they will take no action if it is being carried by a ship's officer in uniform., The Union is asking the Defense Department to issue military scrip to all civilian crewmembers, not only men on MSTS ships, and to make post exchanges and military places of entertainment available to Seafarers. Throw In For A Meeting Job Under the rules of the SIU, any member can nominate himself for meeting chairman, reading clerk or any other post that may be up for elec­ tion before the membership, including committees, such as the tallying committees, finan­ cial committees, auditing com­ mittees and other groups named by the membership. Since SIU membership meet­ ing officers are elected at the start of each meeting, those who wish to run for those meeting offices can do so. I • { .. •".'M V: Don't be misled by this photo because after climbing into that barber's chair at SIU headquarters. Seafarer Joseph C. Cyr changed his mind and decided to save those flowing locks and chin whiskers until he got home to Lewiston, Me. Year's growth represents time Cyr was FWT on Waterman's City of Alma. Other Seafarers, shorn and otherwise, cast admiring glances at Cyr's heady growth. The barber seemed a little disappointed. Welfare Plan To Run Balto. Hall Cafeteria (Continued from page 2) the SlU-won disability benefit is by far the broadest such benefit in the entire trade union movement, paying $25 a week to any disabled Seafarer for as long as he is unable to work. Seafarers as young as 35 and as old as 85 are currently re­ ceiving this benefit, which, in ef­ fect, amounts to a pension. The qualification of seven years aboard SIU ships is the most lenient in the maritime industry. Maternity Benefits In addition, the Welfare Plan provides a $200 maternity benefit to any eligible seaman upon the birth of a child, while the Union provides a $25 bond for the child in its own name. At the other end of the string is a guaranteed $2,500 death benefit payable to any bene­ ficiary with a minimum of red tape. Apart from the -seven year re­ quirement for the disability bene­ fit, the seatime requirement for all these benefits is one day of work aboard an SlU-contracted ship dur­ ing the previous year. In addition to the ('iher family benefits, the Welfare Plan also pro­ vides four $6,000 college scholar­ ships each year for which the children of eligible seamen or sea­ men themselves who are under 35 years of age may qualify. Eight such scholarships have been awarded, three of them to active Seafarers, in the two years since this benefit .went into effect. The record of payments made by the Welfare Plan shows a stagger­ ing total of benefits paid out and individuals aided. In hospital bene­ fits, for example, 30,731 payments totalling $549,600.00 has been paid this pioneer lienefit went into ef­ fect on July 1, 1950. Death bene­ fits amounting to $1,046,557.71 have been paid to the beneficiaries of 527 seamen since that same date. A total of 1,342 maternity bene­ fits amounting to $275,400.00 have been paid out, some of whom have collected twice under this program since it began on April 1, 1952. In­ augurated on May 1, 1952, the dis­ ability benefit program has guaran­ teed seamen, young and old, a mea­ sure of security they could not otherwise enjoy, through the me­ dium of $55,120.00 already paid out under this benefit. 1,369 such pay­ ments have been made. Special Department The size and scope of the welfare program inevitably leads to prob­ lems in administration and every­ day processing, but here too the Union has filled the gap, by the creation of a specialized SIU Wel­ fare Services Department. This unit aids in the processing of claims, answers questions and han­ dles much of the day to day pay­ ment of benefits at hospitals and at home as the situation demands. No seaman need feel that his prob­ lem is too big or too small. Other typical figures of welfare services are detailed in the operat­ ing figures for the cafeteria at headquarters, whose tremendous benefit to our people is shown by a record of 899,101 sales at an aver­ age price of $.46^i cents during the years 1952-53. All of these figures mean bene­ fits and service for seamen at the time when they're needed most and point up the advantages of the SIU Welfare Plan, first established in July, 1950. There are no "forgotten men" among our seamen, thanks to this pioneer Union service program. •3^11 |« �Pace Eicht SEAFARERS MEET THE SEAFARER The Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard at Sparrows Point, Md., has just received the first order given to any American yard in almost two years to build a new US merchant ship. The order, from the Sinclair Refining Company, is for a 25,200-deadweight-ton, fast supertanker to replace two 12,000-ton tankers just approved for transfer ta foreign registry.. . President Eisenhower has signed into law a bill giving the Government permanent legal power to take over ships of foreign nitions in US waters in the event of a national emergency. Similar leg­ islation was enacted during World War 11...Seeking to build up its merchant jleet, Turkey now has a four-man commission here in the US to buy five freighters, two of which will probably be Victory-type ships. . t t Si Forty-four ships from 12 countries caused a complete jam-up of docking and unloading facilities in the port of Rosario, Argentina, last month, when the number of ships lying in port set a new post-war record.. . The Swedish-American Line is dickering with shipyards in Ei.\ Western European countries for the construction of another 22,000gross-ton luxury passenger ship, similar to the eight-month-old Kungsholm. The ship will have a speed of 19 knots and be adaptable for warm weather cruising as well as North Atlantic service.. Latest new addition scheduled for the West African run is the 6,440-ton motorship Aquileia, built for the Lloyd Triestino. Line. Just launched: at Trieste, she will run between that city and West African ports. JOHN L. RIVERA, Electrician At 34 years of age Seafarer John L. Rivera looks like anything but a grizzled veteran of the sea, but he has been around a long time, as the saying goes. He first started sailing out of Baltimore 16 years ago, and before he went aboard his first ship he was toting an SIU membership book. It was in November, 1938, Rivera recalls, that he came into Balti­ more looking for a ship job. The SIU A&G District, just a few weeks old at the time, was already moving to protect seamen's rights. It was waging a vigorous battle against the old Shipping Board hiring halls, known popularly then as the "Government fink halls." When the Bull Line ship Lillian called for a crew at the SIU hall, Rivera was Johnny-on-the-spot. He signed up for his Union book, shipped out, and has been an SIU member ever since. Prefers Sailing • :*i .\i:. explosion blew me off my feet and I went up in the air until my head hit an overhead cable. When I came down I landed with my face first on the anchor windlass." Question: If World War III comes, would you choose to stay in the merchant marine? 9 The-crew took to lifeboats and Harvey Alexander, wiper: I'd was picked up three days later stay because you never know and landed In Cuba. Rivera was what's safe and badly cut up and lost his hearing it's best to stay in one ear as a result. with something you know. I don't After he recuperated he was know personally taken into the Army but was sub­ what it was like sequently discharged because of in the last war the injuries he received in the tor­ because I've only pedoing. It was then that he went been sailing to work in a Brooklyn shipyard. about eight years. In 1946 he went back to sea and But I guess a has been at it "most of the time 4. .4i ship is as good a place as any to since except for some spells ashore, A House Merchant Marine subcommittee headed by Rep. Thor C. be in a real shooting war. during one of which he worked C. Tollefson of Washington has scheduled hearings in West Coast ship 3^ 4" 4" in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Edward Surmeian, AB: Yes, I centers beginning in Seattle Oct. 1. The House unit will also con­ "Shipyard work when I was in think so; I don't think that would duct an inspection tour of Government-owned shipyard and reserve it was very tough," he said. "In the be any reason to fleet facilities in the area . . . Slated for scrapping, eight ships—^vic­ change to some­ first shipyard I worked in they tims of World V/ar II sub warfare—have been bought for $1,500 from thing else. I can't would keep count of how many the IMaritime Administration by the American Salvage Company of give any special times you went to the head and Brooklyn, NY. The vessels, lying in depths of up to 300 feet, were Today Rivera sails regularly as give you a bawling out if you went reason.. why I'd sunk off Florida, Virginia's Cape Henry and in the vicinity of Cape stick with the electrician and chief pumpman on" too often. Now though, I hear Hatteras. Included among them are the old Chilore and Santore, both formerly manned by Seafarers. merchant marine, SIU ships. Although he is a skilled they have a union contract in of course, be­ shipyard worker, holding a rating there." t 4" . 4" cause this sort of of ship rigger, first class, he pre­ The signing by the President of a bill authorizing a $25 million Rivera's last ship was thb Show thing puts a guy fers to sail SIU ships because as modernization program for ships in Government reserve fleets is ex­ Me Mariner which was laid up by he put it, "When you have a grow­ on the spot. I pected to give a much-needed boost to idle US shipyards. FouAeen the Government after its six of the 50 ships affected will go to NY and Boston yards, 13 more to suppose it all depends on how you ing family like mine, there's no job months' trial run. Most of the time ashore that can match going to sea other East Coast yards, 15 to the Pacific Coast and eight to the Gulf feeL with the SIU for making a living." he prefers to sail as cfaitf pump­ ... Norwegian shipowners are experiencing, on a much smailer scale, 4» t 4" man on a tanker, if he can get Milton Trotman, night cook and the same type of discomfort about the future of the industry as their Rivera came to the sea naturally one, because the overtime is al­ baker: Yes, definitely. I took an US counterparts. Norwegian laid-up tonnage comprised 55 vessels o'n because he was born in the Puerto ways good on tankers. Aug. 1, over a quarter of a million gross tons.. . New entrance rules oath when I beRican seaport town of Ponce and Overtime is an important con­ for the fall term at the Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy enable came a citizen of grew up within sight of the water­ all qualified alternates for West Point and Annapolis whose appoint­ this country to front. Subsequently, he came to sideration, Rivera explains, be­ ments have not come through to be considered, as well as those who bear arms in de­ Texas where he was issued his first cause with eight children at home, passed the entrance exam for the US Coast Guard Academy last fense of. the US, seamen's papers, and then he making ends meet could become when necessary, February. headed East to Baltimore where hb a problem without those nice SIU and I feel that caught the Lillian. He recalls that payoffs. However, shipping out 4" 4" 4" Construction of a 37,500-deadweighk-ton tanker, largest ever to be sailing a ship she was later sunk in a collision poses certain other problems for the family man, especially if the built in France, will get underway shortly on order by a US company, through a mine with a German ship. children get sick while he is away. Afran Transport of New York. She will feature steam-turbine engines zone or waters Blown Off Feet and will be able to develop a speed of 16.7 knots.. .East Asiatic Line's loaded with subs Right now, Rivera has 'an apart­ direct service between Copenhagen and New York will soon feature amounts to that, It won't be safe It was on another Bull Lines ment in downtown New York but anywhere; it's our duty to stay. two new 9,000-ton motorships, the Poona and Sibonga. They, are re­ ship, the Claire, that Rivera was he is looking forward to tlie day 3^ 4" 4" placing the familiar Falstria and Jutlandia, now in the company's torpedoed in May, 1942, and was when he can get a. place outside the Robert Friedman, AB: I would, service to the Far East for which they were built... A civilian referee lucky to come out in one piece. city that will be big enough for has cleared the skipper of the Great Lakes ore boat Henry Steinbrun- because I'm more qualified to serve "I was the lookout on the ship at his family. And the only way he in the merchant ner of all charges of negligence in the sinking of his ship 15 months the time," he said, "as I used to marine than any­ sail on deck then. We were would be able to swing it, he says, ago. A Coast Guard board of inquiry earlier had found the master is by continuing to go to sea for where else and guilty of poor seamanship in the handling of the vessel when it sank torpedoed without warning. The a living. would be doing in Lake Superior. more for the country by rem a i n i n g here than by going in­ to the service. I ACROSS 57. Make lace 33. Good buy In 9. Belonging to A temporary settlement has been Freight operations on three rail-^ MMmmrnSMiiii sailed in the last S«. God of war mariners the Sea Chest war and I know reached ending a three-week-old roads were halted 1 y the strike. 59. Creator of 10. Palestine port 34. Support for I. Stop on the SA run Demecratie 11. Chalcedony mast it's not particularly safe at sea, strike at American Airlines. The i, % donkey 19. Hit the gong 87. Light brown B. Where Bang­ Free burials for deceased mem­ 21. Summer, in 39. Large island In but at least I'd know what I'm Air Line Pilots Association (AFL) kok is doing. DOWN France Marianas and the company agreed to re­ bers have been arranged by the Diego B. 22. Give off • 42. Tropical vino 3> 4i 4i sumption of regular services while CIO Retail, Wholesale and Depart­ 1. Corn on 12. Norse port 23. Foreign: comb. 44. Port N of Jose FIgueroa, cook: Yes, I would differences are submitted to medi­ ment Store Workers, District 65. the form. Naples 13. Polish name 24. Member of 45. Gone by for Oder river 2. Custom continue sailing as I have been do­ ation. The chief issue at dispute The union purchased five acres in 3. Explode crew 46. Thought 14. Former relief ing for the last 4. Port on 27. The man in 47. Copies was the length of working assign­ a cemetery and has arranged for agency Mutsu Bay charge 50. kUneral earth 14 years. Sea­ ments on transcontinental flights. complete burial service including29. Watch face 15. Widest part of 5. A few 52. Streets men are needed ship 6. Girl's name 30. Certain 53. Three strikes The strike had grounded all of the undertaking«osts and grave main­ 7. Incoming ships 16. Kind of earth anytime there Is company's flights. • tenance. The costs will be carried 8. Mediterranean (Answers On Page 17) 17. Arrive: Abbr. a war because island by union death benefits. 18. Angry: Slang 4" 3r 4" they have a spe­ . 4. 3> 4. 20. Listed A bill calling for a five percent cial job to do A conference on labor problems 22. Additional increase for 1,750,000 Federal em­ and they are al­ 24. Egg-shaped ployees, including 500,000 postal at the Government's atomic energy" ready trainecSfor 25. Pronoun employees, has been "pocket- plants has been, called by the In­ it. Of course, 26. Where Madras vetoed" by President Elsenhower. ternational Association of Machin­ is the conditions are ists in Los Alamos, September 9-11. 28. Finishes The President said that new rev­ Representatives of the Los Ala­ better on a ship than in the Army, ai. Interest: Abbr. enues should have been provided mos atomic energy installations but there is more to it than that. 33. What «sh to make the wage increase pos­ 3> 4i 3> "breath" with and from other "atom cities" sible. AFL and CIO spokesmen Robert Stewart, OS: If there Is 35. Initials of a around the country will attend. good union a war I would stay in the merhant criticized the veto as disregarding t t 36. Blow v.tilstle marine because the needs of Federal workers 38. Pauses Further moves to cut wages in 40. Arabia: Abbr. we'd all have to whose last increase was three years the automobile industry wer# 41. Lighter in be where we're ago. color reported as the Chrysler Corpora­ 43. Our national 3^ ^ t needed most. Sea­ tion, one of the "big three." asked bird men will be need­ Railroad workers in Atlanta, the United Automobile Workers 45. Outdoor meal 47. Port • of Upolu ed the same as Georgia, who had quit work in a (CIO) to consider reductions. Pre­ 48. Commotion fsat-soldiers, of dispute over crossing picket lines, viously the union's membership 49. Above 51. Sloney in course, , but at are back on the job. Approximately had approved cuts at Kaiser-Willys Madrid least we already 1,000 men went out after, one and Studebaker to enable these Body of water Estuary of the have the training. svvitching gang had been suspended companies to meet competitioa I'd do .{letter by remaining right In foif refusal to deliver cars to a local. from the ''big three''—General Mo-. > ^lalit that Is now on ^jitrike. tnri i 1 V i September 3. 1954 LOG •' 'ill! : •V • - * •••<•'.-' • _. r- ".»- �September S, 19M SEAF4RERS LOG Pare' Nine SEAFARERS^LOG teptefflber 3, 1954 Vol. XVI, No. 18 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel HYacinth 0-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. re. .•If. a:'. PAUt HALL, Secretary-Treasurer ^1' •3 :h' /e! Editor, HERBERT BRAND; Managing Editor. RAY DENISON; Art Editor. BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor. DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers. HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, Ai MABKIN, Gulf Area Reporter. BILL MOODY. je' 130 of! d-> I • le: Sea Chest Enemies Egged on by the howls of the waterfront ship chandler who finds the working seaman slipping off his hook, the De­ partment of Justicfr<has filed civil suit against the SIU's Sea Chest on charges of "monopoly." There is no question but that these charges are the baby of an association known as the Slop Chest Dealers of America, a group which was created for the sole purpose of combating the SIU Sea Chest. The bieef of the slopchest dealers is easily understood. After all the years that ithe slopchest dealer pawned off seconds, rejects and off-brand shoddy merchandise on sea­ men at outrageously inflated prices, the existence of an or­ ganization that actually gave seamen good merchandise was a threat to his way of doing business. The Sea Chest did not ask for this fight, but now that it is in it, welcomes the opportunity to put into the record the vicious kickback system and the. victimization of seamen through the years, that is part and parcel of the slopchest business. In short, the only "monopoly" enjoyed by the Sea Chest is a "monopoly" on quality merchandise and honest-to-goodness service for the seaman. ^Seaman Of Year^ Award Suggested To the Editor: I was very interested recently in reading Paul Hall's "As I See It" column in the SEAFARER'S LOG. This was the column in which our secretary-treasurer spoke about the SIU - scholarship program and pointed out that "the ranks of the SIU contain men of all abilities and all talents." Certainly this fact has been at­ tested to time and time again in the columns of the SEAFARERS LOG. Anyone who has read the LOG regularly during the past couple of years knows, for in­ stance, of the Seafarer who un­ selfishly donated ^ his eye to another Seafarer, and of the Seafarer who BACK IN ACTION ABOARD because they insisted on reelecting braved the North the Pelican Mariner (Bloomfield) is him by acclamation. Atlantic to cross the unofficial "ambassador to News that the Baltimore hall will soon be ready for busi­ A Georgia native who makes his to Finland alone Yokohama," Seafarer Max Llpkin. home in Brunswick, Darley has ness will be welcomed by all Seafarers. But in addition to Haras in a small boat, Max spent quite some time ashore been an SIU member since March, the. modern facilities for Union business that the hall will also been many in that Japanese port city recuper­ 1947, joining in San Francisco. There have provide, it will also serve to expand the services of the Sea- stories about the hundreds of Sea­ ating from a broken leg suffered i 4. 3. forers Welfare Plan to the membership. farers who have donated blood or last December, and in the course A FEW OTHER STEWARD For example^ in Baltimore the Plan will undertake the made other generous, contributions of his sojourn there it appeared department men come in for entire operation of the Baltimore hall cafeteria. Consequently, to worthy causes, and about the that he was becoming a perma­ exceptional praisehave from their ship­ the cafeteria will not be open to the general public. This will thousands of Seafarers who, in war nent fixture. However, he is in mates recently. On the Seagarden assure good quality feeding at low prices for Seafarers on the and in peace, have gone down in service again now on the Far East (Peninsular Navigation), the crew history as unsung heroes. beach. , • run (naturally). went beyond the formal vote of Evidently his long period of thanks for the steward department Further steps to be taken in the future involve plans to It has long been my feeling that the attainments, and the unselfish idleness hadn't caused him to lose and singled out John J. Schaller provide clean, comfortable rooms ashore for Seafarers. In addition the Welfare Plan will continue to provide its contributions of men such as these his touch because the crew made for special praise for a "really su­ receive some, official recog­ a point of thanking him for the perior baking job." On the Alex­ regular benefits for men in ihe hospitals, for families of de­ should nition or reward. Therefore, way his department had operated andra (Carras) the ship's minutes ceased Seafarers, scholarships for Seafarers and their chil­ would like to suggest to the mem­ even though the ship was on short were fulsome in their congratula­ dren, disability payments for men no longer able to work bers, through the columns of the rations for a tions to the galley gang. Both offi­ and maternity benefits. LOG. that we establish another while. Then when cers and crew, the minutes said, The Welfare Plan thus performs two functions — assistance program to accompany our present he got sufficient heaped praise on the steward de­ supplies aboard, partment for excellent food with in time of medical or other emergency needs* and service to SIU scholarship program. steward L i p k i n chief cook Tom Beatty and night men waiting to ship out. Would Be Another 'First' had his gang cook and baker Bill Hand "espe­ The SIU scholarship program, turning out chow cially to be given a vote of con­ as everyone knows, is the first of that kept every­ fidence." its kind in the maritime industry. body happy. Schaller has been an SIU mem­ And the new program of which After all these ber for 13 years, joining up in The folly of the Maritime Administration's policy of per­ speak would, I believe, give us nice words were Baltimore on August 4, 1941. He's Llpkin mitting transfers to runaway flags is underscored this week another "first," and strengthen our said about him, a Philadelphia native, 41 years of by the announcement that Waterman Steamship Company position as the real pioneer and Lipkin got up and thanked the age and has his home in the will have to lay up 15 of its ships because of foreign competi­ leader in the maritime labor field. crew in turn, for the cooperation Quaker City. tion. At the same time, Maritime Administrator Louis Roths­ Furthermore, I have found from tliey had given him on getting sup­ Beatty is 29 and lives in Kentchild has gone blindly ahead with plans for transferring talking with many people that de­ plies up to snuff. If there are going wood, Louisiana. He joined the tramp shipping, despite repeated complaints and warnings spite all that has been done to to be any beefs on the Pelican SIU in Mobile on November 24, counteract this idea, many persons Mariner this trip, it's pretty cer­ 1947. Hand, a Florida native, has from the SIU and other maritime unions. still look upon seamen as drifters, tain that none of them will concern been with the Seafarers a little ~ Rothschild's latest gimmick is to permit the transfer of one drunkards and undesirable char­ the work of the steward depart­ over a year now, starting out in out of every two tramp ships. No matter how you add it up acters. I think Lake Charles, Louisiana. that publicity about ment. it means more competition for the American flag. Lipkin, who is 34, joined the the seamens' many individual at­ As a rough rule of the thumb, every ship transferred will tainments and many contributions Union in New York on October 18, EACH MONTH AT HEADtend to put another American ship out of business. And every to society would help to correct 1947. He is a New Jersey native quarters the membership elects a and was a resident of that state new six-man committee to pass on time a US-flag ship goes out of business, there are more ap­ this false impression. applications for peals for transfers. It's the old vicious cycle with a vengeance. What I have in mind is a pro­ before he took off for Japan. SIU membership 3) t 4 As Maritime Administrator, Rothschild's actions are sup­ gram to honor some Seafarer for posed to strengthen the merchant fleet, not destroy it. His an outstanding achievement. This SHIP'S DELEGATE'S CHORES, and to choose the as any delegate knows, sometimes 15 men a month policy clearly recalls the story of the man who stepped into Seafarer would be chosen once a add up to considerable additional who are best year by a committee similar to the a brand new convertible, threw it into gear—and then went jurden on a Seafarer, and even if qualified to get one which chooses the winners of backward at top speed tbrough a plate glass window. the SU scholarships. He would be things are running smoothly mean Union books. It's » ir named the "Outstanding Seafarer a certain amount of extra work. a job which re­ of the Year," and a suitable award Consequently most men don't care quires a good would be presented to him by the to be delegate for more than one deal of work and Palmer members at a meeting at head­ trip running, preferring to rotate careful searching through an appli­ the Job. A considerable number of Seafarers have already sub­ quarters. mitted their nominations to headquarters for the 49 offices I further suggest that this awand Sometimes though, the crew cant's record to determine if he is that will go on the SIU-A&G election ballot. With the nom­ be given in memory of the father feels that the delegate has done an qualified. For the month of August job and doesn't want the committee was composed of ination period ending September 11, there is still a little over of American seamen's unions and outstanding to let him go. That's what hap­ Seafarers Charles Palmer, Johnny a week left for candidates to get their names in. be called the "Andrew Furuseth pened to Seafarer Bill Darley Ziereis, Charles Stambul, Leonard Those who intend to run and have not yet submitted their Award." currently aboard the Southland Marsh, Juan Oquendo and Walter Peter Karat names are urged to do so at the earliest possible opportunity South Atlantic). Darley wanted to Retdy. Their report, as submitted Deck delegate so that they cah make the deadline and avoid being left at legate but his tqjthe membership at headquarresign as ship's delei ^ ^ .ij* J j . i 'c* t • '*11 ^ , J V 1 I' iI shiiM)Stfei-«(>am-!iav« ave ndne' bf It lonr ifts tliaeir approved. ' ' e. rle tn it le ? New Welfare Services §hip Transfer FoUies Nominations Reminder i a •* I -i ^1 •I X • 0 i: -•I �I«.'v ..-r: Fade Tea SEAPAHERS September 3. 1954 LOG September S, 1954 SEAFARERS Fage Elevea , LOG if--' ii-^v ,.vet .<;V . .i-or;!'--,> ' ' , vi, >>S. r- m it le M ' , chandlers who have :-t-:-t-:-; tt; > iili V '.. S-S:-'"• Actual the fact •' t- the lowest poss^e ^°®^.jj^^"andlers who il# iP •« "the opportunity . , gfes-z-irtiii,;:-; Pictured here are Wlant'O »"<'Jf"' .{ slopohests to Deliv.ery truck unloads supplies at Sea Chest corpora­ tion warehouse in Brooklyn. No matter what the item, Sea Chest buys well-known name brands only. Salesman's sample, in this instance foulweather gear, is carefully examined by purchasing agent Sid Selzer. Price lists are constantly checked to assure- that they aVe fully-competitive. Regular audits keep abreast of market. Office staff keeps abreast of necessary paper work on requisitions, financial records and-oUtport reports, assur­ ing fingertip control of all Sea Chest operations. -r'f i>5<; three elements eliminate the evils that plag Kfi'' the slopchest business, - . 1 r - ' 5 tJ t , ''. •:y " •^;?-' f. "..- \^ t . General manager Price Spivey keeps weather eye cm reports from all quarters, including membership requests and sug­ gestions. sw < iiiil 1 Clean, modern, roomy New York ware­ house is ideal for efficient operation and neat stowage of all necessary supplies. It stocks wide selection of goods. Plenty of open warehouse shelves make it easy to fill slopchest orders, and offer fast check when inventory gets low. Sea Chest prides itself on speedy service to ships. Fleet of pick-up trucks handles slopchest deliveries to and from ships. Sea Chest also takes care of seamen's personal orders like this record player attachment going aboard truck. ft •n liiiS Sii#: »i sgp-i piii ii mm / * i pass:?' 2' till II, fSMi mm iiSI ipll lir I a?®;w^aa:®!;sss; a mmm wmam- mmi ilili itifoijiii;;:;:; * 1 i mi-''' iiC- K:- -' / i ^ 1 f iili; .» * V V, . _,., I.'.*Ij •• ' •Y.-.>,:yf ; ' •' •. V . • rp ,• • ' ' ; 1 ..'.ji ,•• i 1 III! .Mi.iigni '•'iil-l A>iLh.aU'''?i i/f> ; jSWAA Sea Chest representative goes aboard .. - with sample case to take orders for gear • not ordint|xijlY.£9rncd ill slopchwt* Slopchest items, meanwhile, are checked by steward to make sure that they match : sMt iiijby ship.^« ' •'I Crewmember's life is not all work, so Seafarers here look over dress gear, watches, records, wallets and other iJLtem^that the>ii^l-dressedman willvweMnrand owm iiL �. . .*• September S. 195<i SEAFAJtSRiS tot Pace Twelve PORT REPORTS... a diet and Is walking aroimd show­ San Francisco: Rio (Mississippi); Marie Hamill Galveston: ing off his new slim figure. (Bloomfield), and Frederic C. Col lin (Drytrans). Keith Alsop Ships In Transit Galveston Port Agent In transit were the Alcoa Cava­ » » lier, Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Clipper Savannbh: Shipping was very good in this We are still keeping longing and Alcoa Polaris (Alcoa); Sea- It sometimes seems to me a sea­ port during the past two weeks 'es on our new building here, and trains Georgia and Louisiana (Sea- man has more problems than any­ with four payoffs, three sign-ons ost of the scuttlebutt around the train); Steel Fabricator, Steel Ap­ body else. Every day the officials and ten in-transits. The payoffs ring hall concerns this topic, prentice and Steel Architect (Isth­ in all ports and the Welfare Serv­ took practically full crews and the veryone of course is highly en- mian); Afoundria and Monarch of ices representatives are asked lusiastic as they await the biggest the Seas (Waterman); Del Valle many questions, but it seems to Shipping picked up in this-port in-transits all took some men. On some of the ships that are ling that has happened to the port and Del Rio (Mississippi), and me that one of the brothers here during the past two weeks with the f Baltimore in a long, long time. Marie Hamill and Genevieve Peter- came up the other day with the Southstar - and Southport (South coming into this port I notice that jackpot question'. This brother Atlantic) paying off and signing on the crews are bringing on board : Among the fellows we spoken to kin (Bloomfield). men who are not crewmembers About the only thing going on came into the office and wanted to again. jout the hall have been W. Huneyknow how much itt, Joseph Gill, Connor Allen, down here that is hotter than the In transit were the Southern Dis­ arid who in some cases are not money he had tricts (Southern); Wacosta and Mo- even members of the Union. As ohn Roberts, Thomas Hoar, Wil- weather or the New Orleans coming from the bilian (Waterman); Hilton (Bull); all the members should know, this am C. Biskas, Ned Remley, Dom Pelicans is the beef brewing be­ Welfare Plan for Robin Kirk (Seas Shipping); South- is a bad policy because as soon as ovosa, James Warmack, Grant tween factions on the east and west getting married. port (South Atlantic); Excello (Ex- something is missing aboard the /ilson, Elmer Kent and William banks regarding the building of He had recently cello), and Seatrains Georgia, Lou­ ship the first thing the crew does /armack. new docks on the Algiers side gotten spliced, isiana and Savannah (Seatrain). is to call the hall and tell them Things, including the weather, (west side) of the river. and had the doc­ The Seatrains Georgia and Louisi­ something has been stolen. So in ave generally been in pretty good This is only in the talking stage uments to prove ana each called here twice. ; h a p e around the future, when a ship is in port, but so far there has been a lot it, and he had lere during the of talk, pro and con, and this is When the Southport came in she the crew should not take on board read in the LOG was as clean as she could be, and anyone who is not a crewmember. last two weeks, Wallace an issue to be watched. Of course that ho could col­ the delegates shipping, h 0 w This will eliminate a lot of beefs. we are not interested what side ' '? •ver, has been Also, on a couple of ships I have of the river the docks are built on lect money when a baby was born really did a bangomewhat slow seen longshoremen who belong to so long as they are built and the and couldn't see why he shouldn't up job on her. collect for getting hitched. I had The delegates are nd doesn't look the ILWU in the messroom eating ships hit 'em. to tell him that marriage is a cal­ H. E. Pierce, s if it will imand drinking. This food is for the Lindsey J. Williams irove very much crew only. New Orleans Port Agent culated risk he had to take strictly ship's; A. J. Buion his own. uring the next Will Notify Permitmen engine; W. » I would like to report that since lard, wo weeks. I would also like to remind per­ W. Splvey, stew­ Wilmington: we moved to our new location we Paying off here mitmen who are getting books ard, and W. R. have not been bothered by the uring the last two weeks were the through thie Admissions Member­ winos and gashounds who used to Parker, deck. The .zalea City and Raphael Semmes ship Committee that they will be only beef on this Spiver hang around our old hall. The local iVaterman); Marymar and Yorknotified at their last address by a people thought these winos and ship was that lar (Calmar); Robin Trent (Seas letter from the secretary-treasurer some of the meat was rotten. Some gashounds were seamen, but they .hipping); Mae and Evelyn (Bull); Shipping has been average in were strictly neighborhood char­ of the rotten stuff was caught at headquarters. If you receive lantigny (Cities Service), and when the stores were received, but one of these letters do not fail to "eltore, Chilore, Baltore, Cubore, this port during the past two acters and since we moved we have some of it got by, and the stew­ come into the hall so we can con­ weeks. Although we had no pay­ not been bothered by them. antore and Venore (Ore). ard was instructed in the future tact New York and tell them you Signing on were the Raphael offs, we did have 23 jobs for the Shipping Remains Fair to send back any meat that he is are ready to pick up your book men who were ready to ship, and ammes (Waterman); Bethcoaster and send in your identification Shipping has been fair in this suspicious of. The company also photos. id Yorkmar (Calmar); Edith although we had 70 men on the stated it would change its pur­ shipping list we had jobs on the port and it looks as if it will con­ lull), and Feltore, Chilore, BalGetting back to shipping here, chases if there were any more de­ board for as many as three calls. tinue that way for a while. .,ire, Santore and Venore (Ore). during the last report period we It must be this beautiful Southern liveries of rotten meat. During the last report period we In transit were the Suzanne and paid off the Jean LaFitte, Kyska Performers On Mobilian tes (Bull); Antinous, De Soto and California weather that makes the paid off the Lucile Bloomfield and and Gateway City IWaterman) and ' men not too anxious to leave here. When the Mobilian wias here in Alice Brown (Bloomfield) and the lerville (Waterman); Southern For about four months we. did Steel Fabricator (Isthmian). We transit there was quite a bit of the Longview Victory (Victory cates (Southern); Alcoa Partner not a man in the hospital here signed on the Afoundria (Water­ performing aboard. The Coast Carriers). id Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa), and but have The Jean LaFitte and Gateway now I am sorry to say that our man) and Seacloud (American Guard stepped into the picture .hilore (Ore). City signed on and so did the luck has changed and we have and as usual, because of one or two Some of our ailing brothers who George Quinones in the Sea Side Merchant Marine). Mother M. L. (Eagle Ocean). bad actors, several other crewmen In transit were the Del Valle and :e collecting welfare benefits Memorial Hospital in Long Beach In transit -.were the Hastings, hile convalescing in the marine and J. W. Simmons in the* Vet­ Del Rio (Mississippi); Seatrains that weren't far out of line got Choctaw, Fairland and Fairport New York, New Jersey, Savannah racked up. ospital are Edward Spooner, JoHospital in Long Beach. and Texas (Seatrain); Afoundria On the local labor front, the Re­ (Waterman); Alamar and Calmar ;ph H. Roberts, Franciscp^Cuellar, erans' (Calmar); Steel Scientist (Isth­ However, both are doing fine and (Waterman); Chiwawa (Cities Serv­ tail Clerks Union 1604 conducted mian); teven Boides, Franklin ^Oilman, hope to be out soon. Alcoa Pioneer (Alcoa); Peli­ ice), and Marie Hamill (Bloom­ a successful strike against the heodore Phillips, Algot Begren, can Mariner (Bloomfield), and Brothers Run Meeting field). Golden Commissary, and here in Southwind (South rank S. Paylor, Samuel H. Mills, Atlantic). At our last membership meeting At the Steel Fabricator payoff the hall the membership welcomed ugene Plahn, Jessie A. Clark, Longview Victory Fouled Up we had three rank and file mem­ there was a beef about restricting the good news about passage of dolph Sadenwater, Russell Sim­ bers as chairman, reading clerk The Jean LaFitte, Kyska and the crew in Jeddah, Arabia. The the "50-50" bill. ons and Gordon Glaze. and recording secretary and they captain could produce no proof of Men in the hospital are R. F. Gateway City paid off without any Earl Sheppard really did a bang-up job. Under the need for restriction and was Roberts, L. F. Swegan, J. H. Mor­ trouble but the Longview "Victory Baltimore Port Agent good and welfare we had the open made to pay 14 hours of OT in ris, A. F. Meadows, R. C. Shedd, was really fouled up, with every­ from performers to men letter from the Sea Chest up for lieu of shore leave. i t J. T. Moore, W. C. Sanders, R. Car- thing missing ship to food beefs. Before discussion and it was well taken by On the Seacloud the company roUton, J. Littleton, P. Bland, C. lew Orleans: all the members. was reluctant to put inner spring G. Truesdale, B. W. Brinson, A. this ship signs on again, however, a lot of the beefs will be squared Oldtimers on the beach at this mattresses and fans on board and W. Lima, and W. J. Wolfe. away and there will be new inner time are E. A. Lane, T. J. Shaw, so we held up the sign-on until Oldtimers on the beach are J. spring mattresses for ^the crew William Starke, W. K. Yerke, C. this beef was squared away. Floyd, J. Brown and C. Bennett. which should make the next cruise Brown and W. J. Carey. Among the men on the beach a little more pleasant. Ernest B. Tilley Jeff Morrison Things have been running along here are H. P. Lopez and E. C. In the hospital here at present Wilmington Port Agent Savannah Port Agent petty smoothly here with not (Tiny) Wallace. Tiny has been on are P. S. Yuzon, W. Singleton, any beefs reported, and those reJ. Perreira, B. M. Foster, J. irted of only a minor nature. Childs, S. Bunda and C. D. Ander­ .Shipping here has been holding son. J own. We were just about to reOn the beach are B. Toner, H. »rt a slump, but then we heard M. Murranka, H. Monahan, M. e are getting some ships in here John, J. W. Floyd, R. W. Ulmer, i t load grain for Brazil, and this J. Kackur, R. G. Vance, C. E. Walill help out. shipping Figures August 11 to August 24 lick, S. B. Marshall, G. Chambers, This report is not one of those REG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL W. J. Westcott, E. Warren and R. ,imors that sometimes starts and POET DECK ENGINE STEW. BEG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED Theiss. len ends in nothing as we now Boston Tom Banning 16 7 46 9 9 10 28 ave the Transatlantic (Pacific San Francisco Port Agent New York 105 95 332 80 62 65 207 '^aterways) in here and the Com,1 Philadelphia ass (Compass) is definitely due 38 37 115 12 8 8 28 I here around the first week in Baltimore 64 56 205 52 51 45 148 eptember to go on this Brazilian Norfolk 13 11 2 44 3 3 8 in. The membership has voted Savannah 15 9 24 31 21 12 57 ^Paying off here during the last to admit 15 permit card hold­ Tampa 10 12 4 12 34 8 4 11 fjport period were the Alcoa ers each month to membership Mobile ' egasus and Alcoa Runner (Al­ 68 56 60 184 29 42 29 100 in the SIU. Permits who wish ia); Del Sud, Del Monte and Del New Orleans ...... 75 78 74 81 70 222 224 to apply for membership can ires (Mississippi): City of Alma, Galveston 38 37 26 23 99 18 -20 • 61 get their application forms in ntinous and De Soto (Waterany SIU hall. The fifteen men 87 38 15 25 100 Seattle .*. 4 • 2, 21 lan), and Frederic C. Collin will consist of five from each 61 36 20 41 30 San Franclsce ........ ...... 126 40 120 •Drytrans). ship's department and will be 13 13 «.*... 14. 6 : 33 S ' 6 23 TYilniingtoa . . .i. i Signing on were tlie Alcoa screened by a membership *egasu$ and Alcoa JRunner (Alji;picuBiUes la headquaiiterg. 8t6 ' 453 1,571 Md • iS"' joa); Del Valle. Del Sud miil Del altimore: Crews Urged Te Keep Onfslders Off Ship Marriage is One Risk Yea Take On Year Own ew Hall Still Major 'opic Of Sculllebult Delegates Gemmended For Job On Sontbperl Weather Here AlmosI Toe Good To Ship Out Irain Ran To Brazil . 0 Slap Up Shipping A » C SHtPPme RECOBO Permits Apply For Membership :n • �September S, 19M SEAFARERS LOG Fage Thlrteea ......... JH>JRrjR£POJRrS Mobile: Uy-U|is By Wafarman On 'Ready' Slalas though he has shipped on the pas­ senger vessels as well. Jimmie, as he is known to his friends, can boast of 30 years of seatime, of which approximately half have been with the SIU, and he says that the difference between sailing Union and non-union is almost un­ believable. He says that the SIU has been the pacemaker in the maritime field in getting benefits for its men, and he thinks the best benefit is the maternity bene­ fit. Jimmie's favorite sport is baseball and when he's on the beach he sees as many games as he can. On the beach now are George Stroecker, Lee Kane, Terrence Jones, E. Beasley, Martin Haggerty, Frank Gomes, Albert Lee, George Saucier, .George Thayer, Fritz Widegren, Leroy Gulley and William Oliver. In the marine hospital are Wil lie Reynolds and William G. Moore. Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent Lake Charles: SIU Crew On Bull Rnn Keeps Skipper in Line of offshore runs- for awhile and wants to stay close to the beach. He says there are so many good points in our contract it is hard to decide which feature is best, but he sure likes the vacation plan and the hospital benefits. He also says he intends to buy a farm and settle down there when he gets older. All is quiet on the labor front right now, but labor here is busy forming a league to work through­ out the state to defeat the clowns who are responsible for the socalled "right-to-work" law. Elect­ ing to office people who will knock this anti-labor bill to death is going to take money and hard work. But it can be Bone and labor here intends to do it. The hunting season will start here next month and maybe we can get us a meal or two. At least we will try. New York: ^•1 -reil elfi- Seagarden Crews Up; Job Turnover 'Fair' Shipping in this port for the The shipping boom we experiShipping here picked up a little past couple of weeks has been a enced during the early part of Auduring the past two weeks, but we little oh the slow side with approxi­ gust came to a halt during the last are still not having any grand rush, mately 100 men shipped to regular two weeks, but we still have a fair ' so we are advising the brothers in offshore jobs. However, we didn't turnover in jobs and only about other ports to stay where they are. suffer too much as the Marine half as many men on the beach as s Calling into this area and each Workers Division took up the slack we had two months ago. Also, durtaking on a few. men were the with some 102 men shipped to re­ ing this period, we had the SeaCities Service tankers Salem Mar­ lief jobs in and around the harbor. garden (Peninsular) come out of '®*j : itime, Bents Fort, Paoli, Winter Ships paying off during the last temporary lay-up and take on a Hill, Lone Jack and Bradford Is­ report period were the Monarch full crew, so this helped somewhat. land. We also had two Waterman of the Seas, Morning Light, Arizpa, All of the ships entering this ™ ships call in here. These were the Alawal, Fairisle, City of Alma and port during the past two weeks Golden City, re-routed back here Golden City (Waterman); Alcoa were in pretty good shape, with no from Saigon, and the Madaket, Clipper, Alcoa major beefs other than for repairs _ bound for the Far East. Polaris, Alcoa on any of them. V/e are having to (;;oming in from Argentina for Puritan, Alcoa put pressure on some of the com- 7 payoff was the Bull Run (Petrol Corsair and Al­ panics to get needed repairs, fans, ' . Tankers). This coa Pennant (Al­ mattresses and other items, so if ' ship is under the Leroy Clarke coa), and Seayou come in with any beefs of this command of Cap­ Lake Charles Port Agent cloud (Seatradtype let us have them as soon as tain Rachall, of ers). t 4 4 you arrive. Don't wait until the whom we wrote The Polaris, ship is ready to go out again. Also last February Seattle: Puritan, Pennant, make sure that the captain and when he was 3) J- 4" chief engineer have copies of your Fairisle and Seaskipper of the Boston: cloud signed on repair list before the ship gets into Julesburg and Hifham port. again. gave us a rough 20 Ships^ Paid Off In transit were the Alcoa time at the pay­ Williams During the last two weeks we Pegasus (Alcoa); Chickasaw Shipping was very poor here off. (Waterman), and Steel Architect We also paid off the Bull Run during the past two weeks, and the paid off 20 ships, signed 7 on for­ and Steel Apprentice (Isthmian) outlook for the future is poor due eign articles and serviced 19 in The word here- is that there is from a coastwise trip and then to the lumber strike and the Gov­ transit. The following were the All payoff, sign-on and in-tran signed her on for South America sit ships were in good shape with a very good possibility that the on .July 6, and as we reported at ernment moving four Army divi­ ships paid off: Kathryn, Beatrice and Elizabeth comparatively few beefs on any of Evangeline (Eastern) will run that time we again had some sions out of Korea. out of Florida this winter. During this report period we (Bull); Ocean Ulla fOcean Trans.); them. trouble with the captain. But at Shipping has been fair in this paid off the Amerocean (Black- Seagarden (Peninsular); QueCnston Out of the seven Waterman Cport during the past two weeks this payoff the ship was in fine chester) and this Heights <Mar-Trade); The Cabins 2s which paid off here, five were shape and we had only a few hours (Mathiasen); Bienville HVaterman); laid up. These were the Alawai with the Republic (Trafalgar) and of disputed OT which were settled ship then went Hill and Salem Maritime Bradford Island, Cantigny, French into lay-up. We Morning Light, Golden City, City Winter before the payoff. (Cities Service) paying off. Creek and Chiwawa (Cities Serv­ of Alma and Arizpa. Furthermore Before this ship left here the had no sign-ons. These three ships signed on and ice); Alexandra (Carras); Robin In transit were the majority of ships due in here crew swore they would bring her so did the Western Rancher (West­ Sherwood (Seas Shipping); Crack­ the Alamar (Calfor payoff during the next two ern Navigation). back clean and they did just that, er State Mariner (South Atlantic); mar). Pelican weeks are also Waterman C-2s which is a credit to themselves and In transit were the Robin Mow­ Lawrence Victoi-y (Mississippi); Val Mariner (Bloomwhich are slated to lay up How­ bray (Seas Shipping) and Wacosta, to the SIU. This captain is very field) and GhocChem (Valentine), and Seatrains ever, we will have the Puerto handy with the log book, but he Iberville, Bienville and Chickasaw Georgia, New York and New Jer­ taw and Jean Rican and passenger runs plus the was up against an SIU crew that (Waterman). sey (Seatrain). LaFitte (Water­ coastwise ships in transit and a gave him no chance to throw the Peck's Body To Arrive Signing on were the Queenstoii couple of other offshore ships that The Robin Hood (Seas Shipping) book at them. It goes to show how man). Heights (Mar-Trade): Robin Kirk For our Seafarer of the Week will go back out, so we should be is scheduled to dock here August a bang-up SIU crew can make these log-happy skippers bite their we nominate D. A. Hutto who and^Robin Trent (Seas Shipping); able to make the next two weeks 28 and should have on board the without too much trouble. nails when it conducts itself in a joined the Union in New York in Steel Age (Isthmian); Cracker body of Brother R. E. Peck who 1944. He wtis born in Tampa, Fla., State Mariner (South Atlantic); No Policy On Lay-Ups real Union manner. died in Africa. Funeral arrange­ and has been sailing out of West Bienville (Waterman), and Seagar­ Launey Is Meeting Chairman Waterman, which plans to lay up ments for Brother Peck have not At the meeting here on August Coast ports since 1950. Single, den (Peninsular). 15 to 17 C-2s within the next 30 In transit were the Marymar, been completed as yet. 25, Malcolm Launey was chairman. with no plans for getting married, days, says there is no set policy The niembers of the Atlantic He hails from Mamou, La., and Hutto sails as bosun and his last Bethcoaster and Yorkmar iCal- | on the lay-ups but that these ships Fishermen's Union have tied up ship was the Trojan Trader which mar)'; Iberville, De Soto and Wild sails as pumpman. Willie Walker, are being laid up under a ready their vessels in Boston harbor. The cook and baker who hails from recently laid up here. He says that Ranger (Waterman); Seatrains | status and are able to go back the entire Welfare Plan is very Texas, Louisiana anad Savannah fishermen are up in arms because into service within 24 hours if so much fish is being brought Tennessee, was the recording sec­ good and that 'its wide variety of (Seatrain); Robin Trent iSeas • retary and both men did a fine job. benefits aids everybody. there is cargo available. Shipping): Frances, Elizabeth, Ar- j in from foreign ports and is sell­ We have no men in the hospital The lay-ups'can be blamed on ing much cheaper than the fish In the hospital we have S. lyn and Ann Marie (Bull); Alcoa ^ here at this time. slow shipping, foreign competition, caught in American waters. Burskey, W. Drake, G. W. Flint, Partner and Alcoa Roamer (Al­ For our Seafarer of the Week the end of the Korean war and Men on the beach here include we nominate E. W. Williams who H. Harvey, S. Johannessen, V. K. coa); Coe Victory (Victory Carri­ the cease-fire in Indo China. There ers), and Cantigny and Lone Jack I J. Lapham, A. Ekiund, C. Karas sails in the engine department, Ming, G. Rassen and B. Smith. is no telling just how long the layMen on the beach include R. (Cities Service). i and B. Gordy. In the hospital are generally as an oiler or,-as he puts ups will continue, but we will keep Olson, R. We are still enjoying fine weath- : G. Perry, J. Penswick, F. Alasa- it, a "lubricating engineer." At Welch, R. Lonce, the membership advised via the Vickerman and A. Aycock. er in this big city. In fact, for a vich and J.^Petrusewicz. present Brother Williams is sweat­ LOG when things start moving. few days last week it was almost • Jeff Gillette ing out a good coastwise run be­ James Sheehan Another bad feature of the ship like winter, with the temperature Seattle Port Agent cause he says he has had his fill Boston Port Agent ping picture right now is the fact down to 55 degi-ees, which is some that Alcoa is sending its C-2s over weather for the middle of August. to Baton Rouge with high-grade Claude Simmons bauxite. -Alcoa is planning to have Asst. Sec.-Treasurer ' several ships run into this port for a while, until a storepile of bauxite Phifaclelphia.-^ * is built up, and this could take several months. A much brighter side of the pic­ WILMINGTON, Calif. .. 909 Marine Ave. FORT WILLIAM... 118H Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone; 3-3221 SIU, A&G District Ernest Tilley, Agent Terminal 4-2874 ture is the fact that there has been BALTIMORE 103 Durham St. 679 4th Ave., Bklyn PORT COLBORNB 14 North Gay St. HEADQUARTERS Ontario Phone: 5591 SECRETARY-TREASURER quite a bit of loot in circulation Earl Sheppard. Agent Mulberry 4540 TORONTO, Ontario 272 King St. E. Paul Hall 276 State St. during the past two- weeks, with BOSTON EMpire 4-5719 ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 Robert Matthews VICTORIA BC .. 617V4 Cormorant St. During the past two weeks this Joe Algina Waterman and Alcoa paying their GALVESTON Empire 4531 Joe Volpian ..21st & Mechanic Claude Simmons VANCOUVER, BC 298 Main St. port hit a slump, and the brief retroactive wages. As these are Keith Alsop, Agent William Hall Phone 2-8448 Pacilic 7324 boom that we enjoyed during the the two main companies in this LAKE CHARLES, La 1419 Ryan St. SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. SUP Phone 6;i46 last report period was shattered Phone 6-5744 area, most of the Mobile member­ Leroy Clarke, Agent BAGOTVILLE, Quebec 20 Elgin St. by the Alawai (Waterman) laying MOBILE 1 South' Lawrence St. HONOLULU 16 Alerchant St. Phone: 545 ship had money coming from one Cal Tanner. Agent Phone 2-1754 - Phone 5-8777 THOROLD, OnUrio 52 St. Davids St. up in Mobile and the entire crew •or the other. Mississippi in Louisi­ NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. PORTLAND 522 N. W. Everett St CAnal 7-3202 Beacon 4336 QUEBEC ..... 113 Cote De La Montague returning to this port and getting ana is also paying now and quite Lindsey Williams. AgentMagnolia 6112-6113 Quebec Phone: 2-7078 back their shipping cards as per RICHMOND. CALIF 257 5th St a few Mobile boys are riding Mis­ NEW YORK 177 Prince William St. 679 4th Ave., Brooklyn Phone 2599 SAINT JOHN NB Phone: 2-5232 the shipping rules. HYacintb 9-6600 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. sissippi ships and have money com­ NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Douglas 2-8363 During the last two weeks we ing from them, too. Ren Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 Great Lakes District .. 2505 1st Ave. paid off the Barbara Frietchie PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. SEATTLE Higbam Sailing 30 Years Main 0290 8. CarduUo, Agent Market 7-1635 ALPENA 133 W Fletcher (Liberty Nav.), Bents Fort (Cities 905 Marine Ave. 450 Harrisun St. WILMINGTON For our Seafarer of fHe Week .SAN FRANCISCO Phone: I238W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY r. Banning, Agent Douglas 2-5475 180 Main St Service) and Hilton (Bull), and w6 nominate Brother Armon Marty Breithoff, West Coast Representative NEW YORK Phone: Cleveland 7391 s.gned on the Barbara Frietchie and 679 4th Ave.. Brooklyn PUERTA de TIERKA. PR Pelayo 51—La 5 CLEVELAND ... 734 Lakeside Ave., NE STerUng 8 4671 Higham who joined the Union in Sal CoUs. Agent Phone 2-5996 Phone: Main l-OM? Bents Fort. We also serviced 14^. 1938. Brother Higham, who is SAVANNAH 2 Abercorn St. DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadian District Jeff Morrison, Agent Phone 3-1728 Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6657 ships in transit. married and has three sons, sails SEATTLE P70n 1st Ave MONTREAL . 634 St. James St. West UULXrrH ... 531 W Michlg.-in St Elliott 4334 I'Lateau 8161 -steadily out of the Gulf; usually Jeff Gillette. Agent Phone; Melrose 2-4110 A. S. Cardullo 1281 um Hollls St. SOU TH CHICAGO. . 3261 E. 02nd SI »5^sfewasd K.Diit 4he .ireighlMSii^l- jm^y^^nite, Ag^® "" '^^,^dSne"a"i^ HALIFAX, N.S Phlladetphia Port Agent " W' 3 891^ !M I 8-1a .(»a •'.-.i (««)>• Evangeline May Make Runs Oni Of Flerida "I - m US Troop WHhdrawais Hit Wosiern Shipping MiFMiL JT Shiiiping In Port Nil As Alawal Is Laid Up ?' 'I �SEAFARERS LOG PaiEtt Fourteen Vacosta Shipboard Meeting Gives Zrev/ A Bel yful-Of Watermelon or r- September 1. 19M WATCH This feature is designed to offer hints and information on hobbies, new products, developments, publications and the like which Seafarers may find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both ashore and rsIU shipboard meetings don't always have to be serious affairs. With ® Ifand sometimes a little generosity—they can really be made merry events. So reports aboard ship. Queries addressed to "Off Watch," SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. will be answered in the column . iafarer Ed Larkin of the Wacosta, a Waterman C-2. or by mail, tcherever possible, 4Recently, for instance, the Home or shipboard craftsmen tors, specialize in hunting around , Vacosta crew combined their for envelopes and postcards bear­ '®gular shipboard meeting who've been hunting around for ing different slogans from all parts. o.«th a watermelon party. The an easy way to remove layers of of the country. Postmasters in most ritermelons were purchased at old paint and wax finishes from localities periodically issue new slo­ vteir own expense by chief steward furniture pieces before refinishing gans commemorating local events lUter Loleas and chief cook Peter anniversaries, which are used 'bjnzales. And, says Larkin, the them again may find a new liquid and on all outgoing mail. All that is . f itermelons were but one of the product just the thing they've been to obtain the slogan is to 4ny little extras supplied to the looking for. Working on the princi­ needed send a addressed en­ liiew by these two unselfish inple of expanding the oil and resin velope tostamped, the Postmaster, Mystic, film of paint so that it loses ad­ itviduals. Conn., and request it. hesion and can be picked right ''^At any rate, after a brief period off with the fingers, this liquid is cutting up—the watermelons, said to be able to Rubble paint off ®,at is—the crew settled down to Radio hams now have a new form any finish in a few minutes. The of diversion and have branched le business of putting them away manufacturer also claims it can out of the cubbyhole shack at /jid a good time was had by all, ith no bellyaches or other ill Knife in hand, chief cook Peter Gonzales Is ready for the kill daring work through 12 coats and leave home into even more cramped wood grain like new. Priced at quarters. Mobile ham stations are %ects reported. recent shipboard meeting and watermelon feast on Wacosta. Crew- $1.29 a quart, it's made by Star no longer a novelty to many who Won SIU Scholarship men looking on include D. LeTourneau, H, J. Sperling, M. LnbieBronze, Box 568, Dept, PP, Alli­ have found radio operating from jweski, E. O. Karlsen, J. C. Codsie, V. D'Amato, O. N. Seim, T. ,a Larkin, chief electrician aboard Lee, C. E. WaUlck, chief steward P. Loleas, M. Hansen, F. X. ance, Ohio. Ask abput it at your an automobile a brand-new chal­ jpe Wacosta, is one of the four j>aint store or order it direct. lenge. A useful reference for the •vurrent winners of the annual SIU Keelan and K. J. McCullough. experienced ham who is looking college scholarship awards, and has reen sailing during the summer Although it's a fact well known to to try his skill on the open high­ jgreparatory to resuming his studies the more experienced photogra­ way is called the "Radio Amateur ,riis fall at the School of Industrial pher, beginners may ignore the Mobile Handbook," and was pub­ iind Labor Relations at Cornell fact that one of the most "dan­ lished just a short time ago. Writ­ w'niversity. gerous" places for a camera is in ten by William I. Orr and pub­ An SIU member for the last 10 the overheated glove compartment lished by Cowan Publishing Corp., uears, the 28-year-old Larkin got of an automobile. The heat just 67 West; 44 Street, New York 36, J rough shock right after the last What's the life of a seaman from New Zealand like? doesn't help things and, needless NY, it is solely devoted to the problems of setting up a mobile Aar when he found his hopes of Some comments on this, as well as some comparisons to say, this especially applies when ham shack, which greatly differ ifitering college dashed by the fact there's film,in the camera. Aboard hiat the GI Bill of Rights was not between the life of New Zealand and American seamen are ship, it's wise to keep camera gear from those of a home station. In­ ;txtended to seamen. In 1952, how- contained in an interesting away from overheated or sweaty cluded are how-to-build-and-oper"tver, he won a one-year labor letter recently sent to the LOG "In New Zealand," the captain bulkheads and lockers near heating ate data and photos. The 187-page acholarship to Coleg Harlech, by Captain M. M. McArthur, writes, "a merchant seaman is ex­ of any kind. Keep this in mind if volume is priced at $2. Vales, and he hopes the current who is the father of Seafdrer Allan empt from all military service. In you want to have "cool" pictures. iU scholarship will enable him to W. McArthur. fact, we speak of our merchant Colt has a handy 44-paKe "Shoot­ ^ lomplete his studies at Cornell. fieet as our 'merchant navy,' and Captain McArthur, who lives in Seafarer-philatelists who may ing Manual and Handbook Catalog" 1 Larkin joined the Wacosta last Wellington, New Zealand, is the a merchants seaman who has seen ,iune 23, just after she arrived master of the latest addition to war service, is entitled>to all the have missed out so far have until which the Nimrods in the SIU rom Japan via Panama. And ever New Zealand's coastal fleet—the various benefits of the Returned Sept. 15 to obtain a slogan cancel­ may find interesting to read be­ lince, he reports. Waterman has Holmwood, a 1,000-ton vessel with Servicemen's Rehabilitation Act— lation from the postmaster at Mys­ fore the fall shooting season really iieen trying to keep the ship in a speed of about an act very similar to your GI Bill tic, Conn., reading as follows: sets in. The booklet contains valu­ "Celebration 300 years/ Seafaring able information on handgun shoot­ bperation on what he calls the 12 knots. " of Rights." imarginal non-profit" paper run. Pointing out that American mer­ History/ 1654 Mystic 1954." Mystic, ing and safety rules and may pro­ On this vessel 1 The paper run is one from Port the crewmen are chant seamen did not get such now a resort town, used to be vide a few pointers you previously Jewark to Georgetown, SC, and housed in twobenefits after the war, the captain known for its clipper ships and overlooked. To get a copy, write .•facksonville, Fla., to load paper be r t h cabins, says he believes that the American whalers and currently is the site Colt Manufacturing Company, 35 'or Boston and Port Newark. merchant seaman is not given the of a marine museum. Postal slogan Van Dyke Avenue,, Hartford 15, each with a wash collectors, like matchbook collec­ Conn. honor to which he is due. I Worse Than Tanker Run basin with run­ • "The run itself," Laridn writes, ning hot and cold I'is worse than the average tanker water. There is 'un because we arrive in every also a good McArthur Sort in the morning and leave shower room and \round 6 o'clock at night. Besides clothes-washing faciltties, although 'laving no ^hore leaves, one-third there is no automatic washing ma­ »f a cargo and weekends at sea, chine on the ship. ve are also told that each trip is The working conditions of New he last one. «.nd only when we Zealand seamen. Captain MCAJ> irrive back in Port Newark do we thur states, are generally very jcnow whether or not we're going good, but wages are far below There's.very frequently comedy—and sometimes there's pathos—in the goings-on aboard SIU ships. •:o have another week of security." those for Seafarers. The difference In any event, there are invariably small, colorful items of human interest which can be culled from the The company last week put the in living costs between New Zea­ ordinary routine of shipboard life. The SEAFARERS LOG, which welcomes reports of all unusual inci­ land and the US compensates dents, here presents a few such items, gleaned from recent reports of shipboard meetings; ship in temporary lay-up. > Outside of the "lay-up blues," somewhat for this, however. We now have new innerBut although the New Zealand however, Larkin says, the Wacosta spring mattresses on this ship and seaman is paid less than his Ameri­ is a good ship, with good officers, Aboard Isthmian's Steel Director fio beefs, an excellent steward de­ can counterpart, his profession is this is fine. However, we have a partment and an understanding honored more than it is in the US, problem. Eitiher the old sheets are too short for the new mattresses Captain McArthur believes. skipper. or the new mattresses are too long for the old sheets. Since the mat­ tresses are new, we suggest that the agent In tee payoff port see it longer sheets cannot be obtained. —Southland (South Atlantic) (1) At the time of their marriage 18 years ago, the husband was three times as old as his wife. Today he is only twice as old. How old $ i was his wife when they were married? ... On this ship the skipper is (2) What was the name of the Norwegian who discovered the South so bucko that if he should happen Pole: (a) Amundsen, (b) Byrd, (c) Peary? (3) If you are a Hofosier, where do you come from: (a) Ohio, (b) by some chance to go to Heaven, he'll sure be surprised to 'find Pennsylvania, (c) Indiana? there's another God besides him­ (4) By what more familiar name is legerdemain known? (5) What Smith Is: (a) a lady US Senator, (b) a famous singer, (c) self. —Ocean Nlmet (Ocean Trans.) remembered for his friendship with Pocahontas? (6) What is the name of the "canal" which is made up of the parts $ 4) 4^ of the body through which food passes? .We telnk that more care "(7) Which ship held the speed record of the Atlantic for over 20 should bo taken In regard to the years, the Mauretania or the Lusitania? (8) Who ran for Vice President on the Democratic ticket In 1952? length of time used In washing Crewmen aboard Isthmian's Steel Director include (rear, 1-r): A. (9) If a farmer wanted to plant two seeds in every square foot of clothes. Also, we have a real Crawford, OS; A. Mir, carpenter; D. Moore, messman; Martin mystery on hoard. Who threw the ground In a field ten yards square, how many seeds would he need? Vallie, DM; Bill Brabham, DM; (center): A. E. Groover, second (10) According to Shakespeare, where was there something "rotten": single seek In the washing machine cook; Joe Brill, BR; A. Won, OS; C. P. Moore, bosun; Y. Tallberg, and washed it for hours and hours? (a) Denmark, (b) France, (c) Germany? AB; (front): C, Johnson, AB. —FeUcan Mariner (Moomfleld) '<Quig Answers on Page 17) Seamen From New Zealand Get More Honors, Less $ P Life Upon That Bounding Main Can Be A Sweet Or Sad Refrain Quiz Corner' . • '•m •Sift �ifeer S. 19S4 SEAFARERS Softball, Scooters Help SlU Men $f Not War Are Concern In Saigon Although the threat of Communist domination hangs heavily over their heads, the people of Saigon are largely indifferent to their fate. This is the report to the LOG made by Sea­ farer Harry Kronmel who, as a crewman on the Steel Seafarer (Isthmian), spent several .-••days, in this southern Vietnam port and spoke to many of the LOG-A-RHYTHM: native population. By M. Dwyer If you can't find a respectable bar at all. Try the Port O' Pall in the Seafarers Hall, Where you don't have to worry, 'bout seating your wife. Your sweetheart or mother. You can bet your life She'll be treated with pleasure and served with care. And as for being insulted—no one would dare. Oh, the atmosphere's great and the lights are dim. The entire ploc? is neat and trim. And the food is fine and the service swell. As seamen the world over tell. And the carved figurehead at the end of the bar Can't be matched near or far. Here you'll greet old buddies and clasp a hand Of someone you've met in a distant land. You'll enjoy the pictures on the wall Of foreign places and ports o' call. You'll remember this bar as all seamen do. For it's a place that leaves an impression on you. SEAFARERS ARE (^/OPERTHE BELIEF IWAT -THEY A\UST SISM A/EW VJELFARE PLAN BENEFICIARY CARDS AT EVER/ SIGN OAI, FILLING om* A BENEFICIARIT CARP IS NECESSARY CiNCE / UA/LESS-IWE SEARARvYlSHES TO CffANSE NlS -BEAIEFICIARV. -4l Time In Italy In Livomo, Italy, crewmen on the Lucile Bloomfield enjoy a lively game of Softball while (left) Bob Spencer, chief cook on the ship, tries his hand at navigating a rented motor scooter. Recreational facilities were provided by United Seamen's Service. Port O' Call Page Fif•Uaf LOG Under the terms of the recent Indo-China truce, the southern part of Vietnam, including Saigon, is to be evacuated by the Commu­ nist guerilla forces while the French withdraw from the north­ ern part of the country, which in­ cludes the port of Haiphong. Communist leader Ho Chi Minh, however, has already called for the Commiuiist occupation of Sai­ gon, and his'followers are report­ edly hard at work to attain this end. Don't Uare Who Wins This possibility seems to con­ cern the Saigon people very little, Kronmel reports. Jhey are well aware of the critical situation, but they feel they have very little to gain whichever side eventually wins out. Instead, their primary concern is in trading and in making as large a profit as they can at black market prices. The legal rate of exchange in Saigon is 34 piastres to the dollar, but the black market offers 65 to 75. Cigarettes, soap and electrical equipment, Kronmel says, are particularly in demand, and in return for these the people offer women, liquor and hashish. During his stay in the city, Kron­ mel tried to talk to people from as many different walks of life as he could. The French he found to be generally confused, with the average French soldier not know­ ing exactly what he was doing in Vietnam, except that he had been sent there by his government. The natives, as reported, were pri­ marily indifferent. But on one point Kronmel found almost all parties agreed—that if Vietnam falls, then all of IndoChina and the associated states of Thailand, Burma and Malaya are doomed. Meeting IVight Every 2 Weeks Regular membership meet­ ings in SIU headquarters and at all branches are held every second Wednesday night at 7 PM. The schedule for the next few meetings Is as follows: Sept. 8, Sept. 22. Oct. 6. All Seafarers registered on the shipping list are required to attend the meetings. By Spike Marlin Every once in a while along came from the Giant's side wherelcomes a ball game that sends the Leo Durocher injected himselfil spectator home satisfied that base­ into the picture to yank his starter,'-' .1 ball can still be well-played. One Sal Maglie, after six innings. The result of all this unusuaht of the best of such contests was a recent Giant-Dodger get-together efficiency and pitching skill was a'" fast-moving tight ball game whichy in the Brooklyn ballyard. There have been many com­ proved that baseball doesn't have'j plaints in recent years about ball to be a high scoring contest to beii games that drag, about pitchers exciting. It was all over inside of| who can't get the ball over or two hours—unusual speed for mod-^s . | waste too much time on the em-day ball games. Oh yes. The Dodgers won thef mound, about managers who make many changes or spend a lot of game, 3-2, by scoring two runs^ time in public "discussions" with after Maglie was lifted, not before.i the umpires. Giant-Dodger games, So much for managerial interfer-r if anything, are usually worse than ance. But since the rest of the' most in this respect, so that it's Brooklyn pitching staff seldom f not unusual for such contests to manages to resemble Erskine, it crawl past the three-hour mark would surprise us if it was in thecards this year for Brooklyn. : before they are over. One-Man Staff This particular game was re­ What's In A Name?! freshingly different. For ane thing Csirl Erskine was having one of 'i his better nights. Erskine is pretty '' ' • JL" much the beginning, middle and llllillll'••'"••• end of the Brooklyn pitching staff. There are better pitchers in the business for the long pull but when he is fit he is one of the best around. He was fit as a Stradivarius that night. It was a pleasure to watch him work in true storybocdc pitcher fashion. He was putting the ball on the corners where it's supposed to go. He was equally efficient with his fast ball, curve and change of pace, so devilishly so that Giant hitters were positively helpless. What was most delightful was that he didn't waste time between pitches—all business and no ba­ loney. Unnecessary Interference Erskine's performance seemed to infect both ball clubs with the We can't swear to this, but result that managers interfered according to Seafarer William with the game as little as possible. Kleimola, these are pol-ak There was just one mild argument fish. He hooked them oil Ice­ which lasted about a minute and a land while on a reeent trip half and few conferences at the pitcher's mound. The only unnec­ aboard the Mankato Victory (Victory Carriers). essary managerial participation The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, 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 Seafarer Simplicio Mansan's recipe for "Chicken.a la King." Sonietimes utilizing leftovers the day after a chicken or turkey dinner but prepared at its best when the meat is still fresh off the bird, "Chicken a la King"—as are all forms oY chicken—^is a well-liked dish-i of many Seafarers. You have cooked mushrooms, Va cup sliced to be partial to a white or pimentoes, 1-2 eup sliced ripe cream sauee, of course, because it's usually a specialty of ladies' luncheons more than anything else. According to Seafarer Simplicio Mansan, cook and baker, who's had a tour of nearly 30 years in the galley on US ships, the dish is also a favorite of seamen wlienever it turns up on the menu. Mansan, a member of the SIU for the past year and a half, Mansan has found it goes over very well with Seafarercrews, and they're used to good eating. As an assist to the house-holder who may want to try it, the recipe here is for six persons. It can be increased as necessary depending on the size of the crew. Here's what you need, providing all these ingredients are available aboard ship: 2 cups diced cooked chicken or turkey, 1 cup chicken broth or milk, V* cup melted but­ ter, cup flour, 1 cup light cream or top milk, 1 teaspoon salt, dash pepper, Vk teaspoon celery salt, 1 teaqpoon lemon Juke^ Vs cup V olives, and hot eooked rice, toast or biscuits for when you serve. Heat the broth. Melt the butter in a heavy pan, add flour and stir until combined. Gradually add the broth and cook about 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Add cream and season to taste. Now add the chicken and heat it thoroughly. Just before serving, beat 1 eggyolk combined with a little of the chieken mixture and return it to the saucepan. Cook about 3 min­ utes more and serve, with lemon, mushrooms, pimento and olives added, on the hot rice, toast or biscuits, whichever is available or preferred. Union Has . Cable Address Seafarers overseas who want to get in toueb 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 transmissioa on all messages and faster smnrtee for the meft la'vrtved. M ; • .A-a i -J ' >"^1 J vi �..,^V •..7v;tfil*--yv.-%.- Page Sixteen He Bluat» Mjueh ^Ot UeOieM Aid SEAFARERS September S. 1954 LOG L M T IE R S • Write Congress, Stop ^Runaways' To the Editor: To the Editor: ' I thought I'd never be on an active wages it owes under the new been bucking a lot of slanderous 1 see the Government has okayed American ship where a seaman dry cargo contract. My husband stories which have hurt me con­ the transfer of more ships to for­ 1 would have to beg for medical at- has a considerable amount of siderably. These stories make me eign flags. It would be a good idea z! tention but that's the way it's been money coming from this company To the Editor: out to be a real performer In ports if all Seafarers and all members 1 •' on the Steel Traveler on the Per- and has not received any of it yet. 1 saw the article in a recent issue outside of Baltimore, and they of other unions would write letters JC sian Gulf run. Is there any way that he can col­ of the LOG about the West African even say 1 got into trouble which to their Senators and Congressmen I ! First the secopposing any further sales and lect this money? 1 wish vou would mahogany run and you really did caused me to lose my ticket. The Coast Guard has taken care transfers of US ships to foreign Oj o n d electrician print something about it in the a fine job on it. got an infected of that last charge, but 1 would ap­ flags. 1 also think it a good idea LOG. You really put Vi eye but all he preciate it if any of the men 1 to ask them to pass a "50-50" law Mrs. A. E. Molier the true story (Ed. note: Since your letter wOs across. sailed with, either licensed or un­ to cover all cargo, foreign aid or Qj| got was boric ? acid and smart licensed, would write about my ac­ any other kind, so that half of it written. Waterman has begun pay­ 1 am in the Air ^ remarks from tivities. They can send the letters is carried on US ships. ment of its retroactive wages. Force now, in vet the chief mate. to me at 1217 Gleneagle Road, Bal­ Making these payments is some­ How about it, brothers? Your Texas. It was lU timore 12, Md. times a complicated matter, and it either this or the letters to your Senators or Repre­ lis Then the junior third became Edward P. Healy has taken the large companies Army. 1 am 10 sentatives might cause such a law Mitchell •ft sick and when he some time to set up the necessary years older than to be put on the books. 4 4 4 h L. Evans the next oldest ;>(), was spitting up blood the captain machinery.) de Parlier said he must have been chewing 4 4 4 member in my It, 4., 4 4 beetle nuts. There was a Dutch flight, and hoping to get assigned al ship in port with us and it is the to Scott Field, 111., so 1 can stop by To the Editor: ai' interne on this ship we can thank the hall in New Orleans. O; For the past three years I've for saving this man's life and get­ To the Editor: 1 certainly was sorry to hear been doing my shipping in the US To the Editor: ting him to an Army hospital. I'd like to pass the word along about the death of Moon Kouns. Navy. However, 1 expect to be get­ 1 am writing you to thank the The only sensible remarks I to all the brothers on the "romance Tell all the guys "hello." ting out soon and I'd like to be in­ SlU for the money 1 received after ;i ever hear from the captain and run" that they can get treated roy­ A/B Edouard Lee de Parlier formed about what's going on in the death of my husband, Henry mate is when they call each other ally,at a new bar that's opened up AF19 506 945 the Union and on the waterfront in Bechmann. • clowns in front of the crew and in Santos, Brazil. Flight 784, 3706 BMTS le gbneral. So please send me the ,1 would also like to know if I passengers. This place is the Gold and Silver Lackland Air Force Base la LOG. W. (BiU) Mitchell am entitled to anything in the way Bar and it's right near the Wash­ San Antonio, Tex. >h Robert S. Taylor of pension money because of my ington Bar. Recently the owner 3^ t 4. • rVU .4 4 4 (Ed. note: Your name has been husband. An early answer to this threw a party for the combined 00 added to our mailing list.) question will be greatly appreci­ crews of the Del Mundo and Del nfi ated. Sol, and 1 know he would do his sr (Mrs.) Elizabeth R. Beckmann best to make all SlU men happy. iri To the Editor: This is just a small place, but To the Editor: i.UD 1 wish to take this means of (Ed. note: Your letter has been 1 ^ould like to thank you for w'l thanking Captain Bailey and the it's a good place to get together for referred to the SIU Welfate Serv­ the issues of the LOG you have ices Department for reply.) crew of the Alcoa Puritan for their a few sociable drinks and listen to been sending me regularly. 1 To the Editor: ue kindness and thoughtfulness dur­ some good American music, and certainly have enjoyed reading This is to ask you if you will 4 4 4 .z ing my recent sorrow. My infant it's definitely not a clip joint. please send the next issue of the each and every one of them. John (Zero) Fedesovich ffi son arrived shortly after the death Here in England 1 have met a LOG to my mother's address. 1 am t 4 4 m of my wife and we named him number of SlU men in the armed leaving here for New Orleans or hi. Terry Lee. forces. All of them seem to be Miami and I'd sure hate to miss To the Editor: •,ix It is wonderful to have such gen­ anxiously awaiting the day when any issue of your fine newspaper. 1 would like to respectfully sub­ "ev erous friends in one's hour of need they will be out of service and 1 certainly get a lot of enjoyment mit a suggestion whereby we Union ac and words cannot express my ap­ To the Editor: from it. This is to thank the SlU Welfare back on SlU ships. And 1, too, V preciation. The SIU deserves a lot of praise members can brighten up the lives Services Department for standing am hoping for the day when 1 for being such a fine and out­ of our brothers who are in the a 1 also wish to thank the Alcoa service of their country—many of w Steamship Company for working by my little girl, Maria Ann, while can be on an SlU ship. Shipping here has been very standing organization. 1 think it's them in distant lands. » so hard to get the message to me 1 was sick. the champ in the maritime indus­ It is good to know that you have dull and 1 am hoping some day to try, and 1 hope it enjoys many •it and for arranging for me to Hy Mostly these men are there be­ p home. somebody to stand by when you be a member of your great Union. more years of good sailing. cause they have been drafted, and Fihiiik R. Sibelie need it, and an SlU member lii Robert Lee Noweil the least we can do is write them Robert Adams doesn't have to worry because he »ie 4. 4 4 letters to cheer them up when the 4 S* 4" (Ed. note: Your request has will always have someone. mail call sounds. We have no par­ been taken care of.) W. E. Swilley ir donable excuse for not doing this, 1 4 4 4 especially when these men send in h To the Editor: 1 would appreciate it very much their service addresses and they _ if you would send me the SEA­ are published in the LOG. We, the crew of the Steel Scien­ !o tist, feel it is our .duty to report FARERS LOG. Let our motto be: "A letter a day My husband has been on the To the Editor: to our Union brothers the outra­ To the Editor: drives those G1 blues away." 1 want to thank the Welfare It might interest you to know Beauregard for the past 2V& years, geous prices charged by the Wilm­ Clarence L. Cousins Services Department for aiding me ington Cleaners and Laundry of that Wallace Lowther passed away and has been in the Far East for in a personal problem which 1 !'i August 6 of a 4 4 4 the last three months. 1 don't 'I Long Beach, Calif. couldn't have concluded without heart attack at his know when he will get home and We don't mind paying more than home in Strat1 would like to have the LOG so their help as quickly as 1 did. The \r the average price for a fast and ham, NH. He had 1 can read it and save it for him. whole set-up of the SlU Welfare •u good job, but this place really Department enabled me to get been sailing on Mrs. Ramon Ferriera if gives you a cleaning. We think all the Fairland, but through this situation quickly and To the Editor: (Ed. note: Your name has been without any great expense on my Seafarers ought to boycott this VI In every port a seaman hits there when he got to added to our mailing list.) h place until its prices are brought San Francisco he part. 1 wish to thank them for their are people out to get him, espe­ ir into line. cially if he has just paid off a ship. consideration in helping me. 4.4 4 must have had a T. Jackson We often read about these people, Robert F. Dalla feeling he should Deck delegate •;o but how about the guys who help 4 4 4 return home, so Lowther 4 4 4 us out? he left the ship Such a man is George Pokwick, To the Editor: and took a plane back. It is smali I a cab driver in San Francisco. To I would appreciate it if you consolation, but at least it is some­ h( count the men that George has thing to know he reached his would print this in the LOG so To the Editor: is To the Editor: "home port." perhaps it will be seen by some of 1 want to express my apprecia­ taken out to ships in Frisco and 1 wouid like to inform you of my 1 watched the LOG grow from a the members who sailed with me tion and thank the SlU for its Oakland, on the cuff, would re­ P£ change of address so that 1 can very small publication to its pres­ at any time, between 1922 and kindness and assistance, especially quire a private secretary. ak continue to receive my copies of ent size, and 1 want you to know 1943. During this time 1 shipped for the $2,500 check I got from the 1 know that if you print this it the LOG, that reading it gave me much en­ on around 50 different ships, Welfare Fund. will interest a great many SlU Also, 1 would like to know why joyment while Wallace was away mostly out of New York and Balti­ 1 want the SlU members to know men, because so many of them the Waterman Steamship Corpora­ at sea. more. that my thanks go to all of them. know and like this cab driver. tion has not paid any of the retro(Mrs.) Dorothy Lowther For the past several years I have (Mrs.) Martha Justice. Dave Barry Liked LOG Story On Mahdyany Ban Will Soon Leave Navy^ Wants IHG Widow Grateful For SHI Benefit New Santos Bar Wins His Favor 'I' 'I Appreciates Aid <Given By Alcoa British Seaman Would Sail SIV Gets Biy Kiefe Out Of The LOG Keep That Mail Goiny To Army Welfare BepH ^Friend in Need' Laundry^s Prices Called Too High Heath Comes To Seaman At Home Seaman's Wife Wants LOG Sent Welfale Dep't. Gives Quick Aid Cabbie Rates Pat On The Back s th w P. P rc ol y g b Seeks Payment Of Back Wayes Burly Wants Shipmates ToVouch For Him Grateful To SiU For W^elf are Aid There'g No Dotibt About It By Bernard Seaman �fielttembcr S, 19S4 SEAFARERS Page Sevenfeea LOG ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... . • SOUTHERN CITIES (SeuHitrn), July 11 -^halrman. J. Pratii Sacratary> W. T. Strlcklln. Repairs made to commode in deck department. The washing machine was fixed. made and carried for the ship's delegate to see headquarters-authorities about pos­ sible compensation for clothes ruined from deck cargo of asphalt. All members were asked to return cots, dirty blankets and linen to the steward. Vacation forms DEL NORTE (Mlsslttlppl), June 27— will be obtained in Boston. Voluntary Chairman, Harold Crane; Secretary, Bill contributions will be collected to help Kaiser. Ship's delegate reported that two workaways. Brother Guggino was really very sick when he was left in St. Thomas last voy­ EXCELLO (Exctllo), July 24—Chairman, age, He >s stlli a patient in the Public Joe Le Blanc; Secretary,' 6. S. Hansen. Health hospital. Brother reprimanded tor Milk is to be served at breakfast and taking the movie projector ashore. Ship's dinner. Steward has agreed to get a bet­ treasurer reported $28.70 in the ship's ter assortment of vegetables. A patrol­ fund after expenses were taken out. Any man will be contacted about getting complaints on the food should he made enough linen aboard for regular changes to the chief steward and not to the galley and putting cots aboard. All delegates force. Any member having a beef was were asked to turn in their repair lists asked to go to his delegate and if he before ship reaches' Lake Charles. can't settle it then go to the ship's dele­ gate. CRACKER STATE MARINER (South Atlantic), no data—Chairman, Vernon L. REPUBLIC (Trafalgar), July 2S—Chair­ Porter; Secretary, M. L. White. Motion man, William Brightwall; Sacretary, Clar- made and carried to get a patrolman on anea A. Collins. Ship's delegate reported board for meeting about stores. The com­ that there is a good bunch of men on pany win not put on the supplies that board. The captain is very cooperative are needed. Several crewmembers com­ and a good man to talk to. Suggestion plained about the food. made that ail brothers keep their feet off July 4—Chairman, Jos Wallace; Secre­ the messroom chairs, and for the steward tary, William H. Mason. All hands were to see that ail chairs are washed down asked to keep the mesShall neat and before entering port. More safety pre­ clean. Only the galley crew is allowed cautions to be used in laying out work in the galley. for men cleaning tanks and using me­ July 23—Chairman, none; Secretary, chanical wire brushes. The steward asked Marvin L. White. Captain bought twenty for the cooperation of ail brothers in pounds of butter in England. The bad turning in their soiled linen and whatever taste in food comes from the butter. surplus clean linen they have in their Captain sent mate and cadet in steward possession. storeroom to take inventory. thins that pertains to the welfare of the crew. Ship's delegate to contact hail In New York about .the slop chest on ship. Each department wiU rotate In cleaning laundry and recreation room. July 24—Chairman, Pat Ryan; Secre­ tary, H. Krohn. Ail members were asked to stay sober for the payoff. New fans are needed in the foc'sle for the next • oyage. Washing machine has to be re­ paired. Dodgers should be put on the fiying bridge as there is no protection there for the. men on watch. Crewmem­ bers were asked to return aU cots to the steward. The steward department was given a vote Of thanks. June 27—Chairman, Pat Ryan; Secre­ tary, H. Krohn. Ship's delegate reported everything going along smoothly. Crew was asked to keep their quarters clean and make bunks when not in use. Library will be locked in fore^n ports or the books will be transferred to another locker. Captain wiU give draws in Amer­ ican money, and each member should declare the proper amount .on his cus­ toms sheet. MAE (Bull), July 12—Chairman, Hipp; Secretary, Berger. Repairs made except for the holes in the deck. Painting of quarters wUi be started in a few days. The purpose of the ship's fund was ex­ plained. Motion made and carried to contact New York for information on the new agreement. VENORE (Ore), August 4—Chairman, William Cluck; Secretary, Red Harris. Ship's delegate reported that he will try to get gaUey. messhaiis and recreation STEEL ARCHITECT (Isthmian), July 30 GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), hall painted this trip. Request made to —Chairman, J. Rass; Secretary, C. Kress. June 13—Chairman, Pat Ryan; Secretary, keep door of the ship's laundry closed Ship's delegate read communication from assistant secretary-treasurer, Joe Aigina. concerning slop chest prices and ration­ ing of cigarettes. Brothers who violate Union constitution and agreement will be referred to the payoff patrolman. Motion H. Krohn. Ship's delegate gave the meet­ ing a little pep talk and told the mem­ bers to behave and not have any fights as on the previous trip. Motion made and carried that crew back up steward on any orders he puts in for food or any- SlU To Expose Abuses By Slopchest Dealers (Continued from page 3) slopchest prices everywhere, and a marked improvement in quality. The cozy arrangement whereby slopchest dealers, year after year, had been victimizing seamen with shoddy, low grade slops at extrava­ gant prices was brought to an end. Today, more than a year later, the private slopchest dealer is still . unable to meet the competition. A typical slopchest for a crew of 38 men for a 70-day voyage is offered by the Sea Chest at $849.48. New Orleans private deaiers charge $929.79 for the same items. Mobile dealers, $975.56, and Baltimore dealers, $1,070.65. Offers Guarantees Further, the Sea Chest is the only organization to offer name brand items and a solid moneyback guarantee. Such guarantees are unknown from private dealers. As an example, the Sea Chest re­ cently turned back to manufactur­ ers an entire stock of work shoes which had not proven satisfactory and offered full rebates to all Sea­ farers who found that the work shoes were not up to par. The reasons for the failure of the slopchest dealer to improve his services to seamen lie-in the Gov­ ernment regulations and in the fact that each ship captain or purs­ er handles his own slopchest. Since prices are limited to a 10 percent mark-up by Ifiw, a vicious kickback system has grown in the industry to obtain preference on sales. The costs of the "com­ missions" to company men are passed on to seamen in the form of higher prices or lower quality slops. Actually, under the 10 percent mark-up rule, it pays the skipper to buy from the most expensive source, not the cheapest. The higher the wholesale price, the more the skipper or purser makes in dollars and cents. And the crewmembers on the high seas who need some gear are In no position to argue. Kickback Freely Acknowledged The existence of the kickback as a standard method of doing busi­ ness is freely acknowledged in the Industry. A recent meeting of the National Associated Marine Sup­ pliers, representing both slopchest dealers and other ship suppliers. dealt with that very subject. As a matter of fact, members of the NAMS asked if there weren't some way in which the Government would recognize these "commis­ sions" (kickbacks) as deductible for income tax purposes! In discussing the question, the organization's general counsel stated that in January, 1954, the Bureau of Internal Revenue issued a ruling that commissions were de­ ductible if they met three stand­ ards: a) that payments are normal, usual and customary, b) are ap­ propriate and helpful in obtaining business, c) are made with the knowledge and consent of the customer. The spokesman agreed that the first two standards existed through­ out the industry but it was the third that caused the difficulty. "No one doubts," the record reads, "that the owners know and consent to the commissions custom, but NAMS' problem was: how to prove it." Violating Bribe Laws Further, the counsel lamented, unless suppliers could get such proof they were violating the "bribe statutes" of practically every state in the'union which state that payment of "commis­ sions" to an employee of a cus­ tomer is illegal unless the customer consents. It was under this same bribe law that the president of a large stevedoring concern was re­ cently convicted. The SIU Sea Chest then, by en­ tering the field, is undermining the kickback system that has preyed on seamen for so many years, just as the SIU rotary shipping system did away with crimp halls and kickbacks for obtaining jobs aboard ship. A spokesman for the slopchest dealers admitted the facts of the situation as stated above—^Incleed based the dealers' case against the Union Sea Chest on them. In dis­ cussing the matter he declared that the dealers, individually or col­ lectively. were unable to eliminate the kickback: thai'tJIie Union could and would do something about it. Since the Union could eliminate the kickback, he argued, it would sell quality merchandise at a lower price. Theiiefbre, he said, the Sea Chest had an "unfair adyant^ge'^ and was a monopoly. after midnight washed. if clothes are being STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian), July 24— Chairman, John Hoggie; Secretary; V. C. Orenclo. There is at present $43 in the ship's fund after deducting expenses for keys. Repair list has been turned in and approved. Valve for drinking fountain in cross alleyway has not been fixed. Grey paint was dumped for the second time into crew's laundry sink. Crew was asked to turn in room and shower keys to de­ partmental delegate on payoff day if they aren't planning to sign on for another trip. April 23—Chairman, John Hoggie; Sec­ retary, V. G. Orenclo. Special meeting was called by the ship's delegate to dis­ cuss what should be bought in Long Beach or San Francisco with the money in the ship's fund. After many sugges­ tions a motion was finally approved that each crewmember may buy a record or records and donate same to the owner of the phonograph. April 18—Chairman, Joe Falasca; Sec­ retary, V. G. Orenclo. On hand in the ship's fund $50. Most major repairs have been taken care of. Suggestion was made to provide a njaii box for outgoing mails. Laundry room should be kept clean by ail crewmembers and each department should dump the garbage. SOUTHERN CITIES (Southern) August 3—Chairman, Jose Prats; Secretary, Ro­ land C. ReusHe. Ship's delegate will con­ tact the captain about new mattresses and secure cots for men who do not have any. General discussion about repairs. Sugges­ tion made that galley be sougeed and painted so as to keep roaches down. As the company gives little or no coopera­ tion in regard to repairs all delegates will get together and draft a letter to next US port agent before leaving Puerto Rico. LA SALLE (Waterman), August 1— Chairman, none; Secretary, none. Discus­ sion about fans for foc'sles. Electrician reported that ail fans that came aboard have been installed. Cold drinks put in crew's ice box to be left alone. DEL NORTE (Mississippi), August 1— Chairman, Chino Soaa; Secretary, B. Kai­ ser. The captain thanked the crewmem­ bers for their fine cooperation with the ship's safety program. He thanked each one of the crew for using the proper exits going on deck. He also passed on the compliments from the passengers for the crew's many fine courtesies and the way Quiz Answer in which the crew conducted themselves. "Sea Lawyer Supreme" and that patrol­ There is now $119.70 in the ship's fund. man at payoff should enlighten him. Stew­ ard will order black pepper and will noti­ LAWRENCE VICTORY (Mississippi), fy Ship's delegate if imitation pepper July 31—Chairman, M. Rogalaki; Secre­ comes aboard, also if quantity and qual­ tary, G. Marbury. A discussion was held ity of other stores are not up to par. Re­ on repairs, what has been done on board pair lists to be made up by department and what will be fixed in port. Sugges­ delegates and turned in to ship's delegate, tion made that ship should order an au­ SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), July tomatic egg boiler. 25—Chairman, Chapman; Secretary, S. U. AFOUNDRIA (Waterman), July 11— Johnson. All brothers ^were warned that Chairman, Percy Boyer; Secretary, Orvllle the chief mate and the first assistant wiU Payne. Ship's delegate reported every­ not stand for any performing or foul-ups thing working fine. Clapper valve to be while on duty. Five men were fired since fixed to toilets aft. Steam valve in aU the last meeting for various acts. Ship's showers will also be fixed. Chief mate fund now stands at $26.19. Motion made and first assistant had a fight and nothing and carried to set up a committee of one was said about it. Vote of thanks was or two to investigate the possibility of given to the steward department for a obtaining an estimate "of capacity and price of an air conditioning unit for the job weU done. messhall. A lengthy discussion was had NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Victory by entire membership concerning the air Carriers), July 29, 1954—Chairman, John conditioning unit, and the membership Catral; Secretary, Joseph Obrexa. The fol­ decided that they would contribute very lowing motions, after considerable discus­ generously towards same at the payoff sion, were carried unanimously: 1—We coming up. urge that the negotiating committee con­ VALCHEM (Valentine), June 30—Chair­ clude negotiations and submit same to the membership for approval on or be­ man, none; Secretary, Richard Gelling. fore the deadline of October, 1955, and if Ship's delegate reported that the captain the shipowners do not accept our de­ passed some very favorable reports on mands before that date that a strike vote the behavior of the crew. The captain be taken to force their hand: 2—That the in making an inspection of the ship found negotiating committee hold out for an it to be in a dirty condition, especially overtime rate no lower than the highest the crew's messroom. The steward dele­ paid any other union and that the nego­ gate wiU see about having a cool drink tiating and/or clarification committee for colfee time. A question was raised drop the present clarification regarding as to why crew had no cool water for gangway watches. There is a lot of dis­ two days. It was pointed out to the crew cussion ahout the steward and why he that the water cooler is connected direct­ doesn't give soap powder and disinfection ly to the refrigerator below, and the box for sanitary cleaning. was being defrosted. The engineers had trouble with the lines when they tried to SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), July start it up again. No date—Chairman, (not given); Secre­ 25—Chairman, Walter E. Beyler; Secre­ tary, Aaron Wilburn. Report made on tary, Richard Gelling. The steward re­ men missing ship and turned in to Union ported that there will be cots for all. hall. Ship's delegate resigned and Brother Sparks thanked the members for the Roy Ayers was elected. Ail hands were flowers for his wife. There is n balance asked to keep the laundry clean and not of $139.90 in the ship's fund, and a mo­ leave old mops around. tion was passed that everyone donate $1 to the fund. Quite a bit of thieving has ROBIN KIRK (Robin), July 25—Chair­ been going on lately, much to the disgust man, Joe Justus; Secretary, Dewey Mar­ of the members. A suggestion was made tin. Purser has disputed some overtime that the Union look into this matter and that was okayed by steward. This will be see what can be done. July 27—Chairman, none; Secretary, turned over to the patrolman. AU hands agreed that the purser considers himself Bever Walts. Suggestion made that linen be changed the day before arriving in port. Radio to be fixed wliile in shipyard and same to be paid for out of the ship's fund. Treasurer reported that there is a balance ef $163.50 in the ship's fund. wmrnwum Eugene T. O'Mara Your mother is ill and needs your assistance. Contact your sis­ ter, Mrs. W. C. Lyons, Apartment 4, 108V^ W. Main Street, Florence, Colo. i. ^ t John J. Williams Your mother is anxious to hear from you. Contact her at 101 Pem­ broke Street, Boston^ Mass. 4" 4" t Nicholas Bachoudakls or Bahountakis Get in touch with Gabrielle Umsted, 217 Mason Court, Baltimore 31, Md. i t t t 4* 4" 4i Rudolph Mixon Contact S. Diamond, 122 Mich­ igan, Detroit 26, Mich, Blackie B. Meet Chuck in Baltimore when you get off. t J. C. Arnold Your ex-shipmates on the Calmar would like to know your whereabouts so they can send your pants back to you. BENTS FORT (Cities Service), July 24— Chairman, John Schowpstik; Secretary, J. Ronald Comeaux. Crewmembers were re­ minded not to put their feet on messhall chairs and they were also asked to take better case of the washing machine. Sug­ gestion made to have a different grade of pork brought aboard next time. JOHN C. (Dover), July 17—Clialrman, J. L. Grimes; Secretary, Earl P. McCaskey. One man missed ship in Saigon due to hospitalization. Motion made that one crewmember be brought up on charges of conduct unbecoming to a union mem­ ber. He WiU be placed before the board­ ing patrolman and left up to his discre­ tion. Steward department given a vote of thanks for a job weU done with the stores they had. GEORGE A. LAWSON (Pan Oceanic), June 27—Chairman, Thomas King; Secre­ tary, J. E. Brooks. Shower heads taken off in deck department showers. Cold drink um to be kept out of recreation room and cold drinks to be put in pitch­ ers in the ice box. All doors to be kept locked while in port July 18—Chairman, Fred Israel; Secre­ tary, J. E. Brooks. New washing machine to be ordered as old one is beyond re­ pair. New mattresses that came on board in San Pedro were not satisfactory to' crew. Vote of thanks given to the stew­ ard department for the good work they did on this trip. NOTICES : Anthony Jastreliski Contact Welfare Services headquarters. at (1) 18 years old. 4" 4» (2) Roald Amundsen. Paul W. Ball 4i t 4. (3) Indiana. W. J. Donald Your father is worried about you (4) Sleight of hand. You are asked to write the Wil­ and asks you to write him at 5 (5) Margaret Chase Smith, Re­ Marston Avenue, Alabama City, mington hall which is still holding publican of Maine; (b) Kate Smith, Ala. your Union book and gear. (c) John Smith, early settler of Virginia. Edifor. (6) Alimentary canal. (7) Mauretania. SEAFARERS LOG. (8) Senator John J. Sparkman of 675 Fourth Ave., Alabama. Brooklyn 32, NY (9) 1800. (10) Denqiark. Puzxie Answer iaas] ssisB asQ gsss ODIlSadlE fim oGssnQ sisBgi DGSD saBBS sam aSSlD SSSQS ESS BQBBS [ISglBS QnamnB ESSDQ ESIES) QOSIS sssa giUQ [sass BflDB &UU ESSdS glBBB I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my nome on your moiling list. (Print Information) NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY Z^NE STATE r.i.a Signed ' ^. .. TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you aro an old subserlbar and havo • chanq* of a.ddrass, plaasa qiva your former addrest balowt _V .ZONE STATE . V �S. 19S4 SEA FA EEK9 tOC Elgb'te^n Dad In Coma, FalnUy Gets Aid 8 E A FA R E R 8 of It Vj 'e( osj A Vf( lU- lib. ft- 4 jd, It, al i ai I l" le >a Jh •vu 00 ne •sr in un w'l ue •z; Ala. lai to: :tx It's far from a happy ending for the family of a New York Seafarer,, but things are much better today for Mrs. Jose Rodriguez, and. her five children. Her husband is still struggling for life and in a coma, but at least his family is now receiving some financial assistance and can see him" • regularly. As reported previously in tKfe SEAFARERS LOG, Rodriguez dropped out of sight several months ago in Philadelphia after going ashore off a Calmar vessel. All efforts to locate him were fruitless until Welfare Services learned, that an unidentified sea­ man was in a coma in a Philadel­ phia hospital as the result of an automobile accident. Welfare Services arranged for" Rodriguez' wife to go to Philadelphia, where she identified the seaman as her husband.. Got Big Draw Subsequently, Welfare Services took steps which gave Mrs. Rodri­ guez the legai right to coliect her husband's hospital benefits. Then the Union office secured a twomonth draw on Rodriguez' pay. Both steps were urgent since the family was completely penniless and had no money for food. As a final step, Welfare Services arranged to have Rodriguez trans­ ferred to the US Public Health Service hospital in Staten Island. An ambulance was sent all the way to Philadelphia for this purpose. There his wife can visit him reg­ ularly although he is stili in a coma and, of course, is unable to recog­ nize or communicate with anybody. Doctors hesitate to predict the outcome of Rodriguez' injuries. He has been in his present condition for several weeks now. As long (ii »e bp rr 1 11 lo ( 3 i'i •I s. \r St )f VI :h ir •;o I h( is P< pi th w P« P rc ol REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID T» From No. Seafarers Receivinc Benefits this Periodll Average Benefita Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefita Paid thia Period 1 1 Death Benefits Disability Benefits Vacation Benefits Total Report liOst Baggage Cheek Seafarers who lose baggage checks for gear checked at any SIU baggage room should notify that particular hall right away so that no one can improperly claim the baggage with that check. Headquarters officials advise you 'to. do this immediately to avoid ioss of your • gear and/or trouble claiming it later on. Make sure you <notify the ball where the baggage was checked as soon as you find out you've lost the check. OA 1 WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY c liii liii - Mrs. Jose Rodriguez and two of her children leave home to visit husband in Staten Island US Public Health Service hospital along with Welfare Services representative, Mike Colucci. as he is hospitalized and unable to respond, his family will continue to receive the hospital benefit. Meanwhile his wife is undertak­ ing legal proceedings against the driver of the automobile that ran her husband down and it is ex­ pected that in the course of time she wili be able to obtain compen­ sation for the accident. All of the following SIU families •26, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pasquale Pridlb, '55 E. Mosholu will collect the $200 maternity Johnson, Star Route B, Box 341, Parkway, Bronx, NY. benefit plus a $25 bond from the Atmore, Alabama. t> it Union iri the baby's name. 4« 4^ 4Katherine Lilian Davis, born • Kenneth Kirksey Brittain, Jr., Mark Prancis Loriz, born August August 3, 1954. Parents, Mr. and born May 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Herbert Wesley Davis, 1434 and Mrs. Kenneth Brittain, 116 S. Fernando Loriz, 288 Ryerson St. Andrew Street, New Orleans, Prospect Avenue, CatonsviUe, Street, Brooklyn, New York. La. Maryland. 4" t 4" $• i 4" Katherine Darlene Culp, born Elizabeth Elaine Bryant, born Tony Ronald Johnson, born June June 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and July 20, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jessie C. Bryant, Rhodhiss, Mrs. Joseph Culp, 1122 No. Bodine Street, Philadelphia, Pa. North Carolina. SAN FRANCISCO — Dr. Ken­ neth R. Nelson has taken charge of the San Francisco PHS hospital as chief medical officer under as­ signment from the US Public Health Service. Dr. Nelson will be remembered by many Seafarers as chief medical officer at the Staten Island, New York, hospital where he served a three year tour of duty. Before that. Dr. Nelson was at the Boston USPHS hospital as well as at many other hospitals in the USPHS system. He did a pre­ vious stint in the San Francisco hospital back in 1934-1937. J A07S oo S oe>t> oo II 37 JJLbSJL J * Hosoitai Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 19S0 * 1 .SVWLoo oo Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 • 1 7/ Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 * oo .}75^VbJ oo Maternity Benefits Paid Since Aoril 1. 1952 * Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 * 23. r 5Ssf*/Ao Total r • Osce Bcnefii* Becaa WELFARE, VACATION FLAN ASSETS Vacatioo t 4" t 4^ 4> ^ Patrice Erlene Cronsell, bom Zada Minerva Singletary, bom July 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and May 11, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl V. Cronsell, 4858 Park Mrs. J. Edward Singietary, 2244 Avenue, Bronx, New York. Front Street, Siideii, La. 4' 3^ t Lee Diane Mitchell, born July 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Mitchell, Walpole, NH. $!$•$> Kathleen Margaret Doyle, bom July 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Doyle, 1242 Com stance Street, New Orleans, La. 4. 4> t Joseph P. Moore, born July 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Moore, 1306 E. 35th Street, Savan­ nah, Ga. 4^ 4- 4> 4^ 4. Al Cash on Hand Estimated Accounts Receivable Nelson Heads Coast Hospital n id WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD 10 p 6 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS ev ac V d » •iv 5 Vacation US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS r" — r /y/.09/ oo ihSo-yiL tjr fULjS //VOLo fl COMMEMTS t Some applicants for hospital benefits are not qualifying for benefits due to their failure to get notice of claim into the Welfare Office. Payment of benefits will only be made provided that the applications for benefits are presented in writing not later than fourteen (lif) days from the date the employee is physically discharged from the hospital as an in-patient, or personally contacts an SIU agent within the four­ teen (1^) day period. The assets of the Plans con tinue to grow with the present assets of the Plana combined, totaling 4^,619,21^^^^ SuhmitUi ^.1^3.?/^.........-..-..—. Al Km, AaalalM* AdmimiaMUor New Resident On Burgundy Street 4^ Juliana Peralez, born August 1, 1954.. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam­ uel D. Peralez, Jr., 521 E. 19th Street, Port Arthur, Texas. 4^ 4" 4^ Donna Lynn Edwards, born Au­ gust 4, 1954. Parents. Mr. and Mrs. George C. Edwards, 1309 Warren Street, Whistler, Alabama. 4^1 4^ 4^ Robert Dianne Schuler, bom July 20, 1954, Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Schuler, 1967 Green Street, Mobile, Alabama. Charles Denver Perkins, born July 17, 1954. Parents; Mr. and 4^ 4 4^ Mrs. Floyd Perkins, 508 E. State Eric Lawrence Libby, bom Au­ Street, Savannah, Ga. gust 4, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Libby, Linconviile, 4' 4i 4" Diana Marie Layko, bom June Maine. 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4> t ^ Robert Layko, 4820 Roland Ave­ Aurelio Reyes, Jr., born July 15, nue, Baltimore, Md. 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4> 4i 4^ Aurelio Reyes, 1018 Aline Street, Kim Lee Brown, born July *9, New Orleans, La. 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. George t t R. Brown, 5410 Bella Vista Ave­ Jeffrey l^ott Desbotels, born nue, Baltimore, Md. August 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 4" 4" 41 Mrs. Jeffery Deshotels, Route No. Julio Cesar Artega, born'Janu­ 1, Box 66, Westlake, La. ary 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. i t t Pedro^ Artega, 1823 Wallace Street, James Robert Thompson, bora Philadelphia, Pa. August 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and . Ji ' 4' 41 Mrs. James Harvey Thompson, Patricia Ann Priolo, born July Route 3, Box 172, Crichton Station, 23, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mobile, Ala. mmmm Haroline Patricia Piehet seems to welcome her new surroundings in the home of her parents in New Orleans, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Piehet. Family received the standard $200 maternity benefit plus $23 US savings bond. �1 S*»tember «. 1$M SIU Has Fine Blood Donor Record SEElN* THE SEAFARERS A r f. With'wALTER SIEKMANN *»» >: .§11 Recently it seems that quite a few of the brothers ashore in New York have been the victims of automobile accidents. The same holds true for the outports because more often than not the deaths we get reports on are from the same cause. It appears, that after being on a ship for a couple of months, the brothers are not used to city traffic and are a little out of practice with their driving too. f i.11 ^ I iliiiili iiiiiillfe ' V 1/ ' As anybody who has been in this city knows, traffic is pretty heavy all around. So if you've just come off the^hip and especially if you've just lifted a couple of cool ones, watch your step when you are cross­ ing the streets around here. ' N J -a ••-'V Over at Staten Island hospital three of the new admissions in the last couple of weeks were automobile victims. George Flood of New •' f York, who was mcssman on the Alcoa Pointer the last time out, was hit by- a car while, crossing a street near his home. He was taken to a city hos­ pital and then transferred over here. Charles San­ derson of Butler, Pennsylvania, who was utilityman Preparing for operation, Seafarer Isaak Bouzin (right) poses with three fellow Seafarers who donated .on the Robin Tuxford, was also hit by a car and blood for him, and USPHS doctor. They are, left to right. Seafarers Y. A. Yarborough, D. Gardner admitted for treatment on Aug. 23. The same was and Hansen. In front, center, is Dr. Martinez of Staten Island USPHS staff. true of Klement JutrowskI of Brooklyn who was wiper on the Steel Designer his last trip out. Although the SIU has no blood bank at the Staten Island Public Health Service hospital, p /1 Some gallstones that have been acting up put Seafarers at the hospital are assured an adequate supply of blood for any emergency need. Sanderson - Delaware Eldemire of Port Arthur, Texas, out of The same holds true atxity and private hospitals elsewhere in New York. action for a while. His last ship was the Greece The reason is that the hos-' Victory, wher? he was deck maintenance. Estuardo Cuemca of the pitals and the Union have an problem at Staten Island lies in needs is for emergency operations, French Creek had to be taken off the ship and rushed to the hospital the other day for a gall bladder operation. He was FWT on that vessel. understanding that all blciod Government funds to provide the it would be wise if ,SIU Welfare used by Seafarers will be replaced necessary storage and handling Sei-vices were notified in the case James Waldron, who was in the hospital for quite immediately, and the Union has facilities. With the Government of emergeucy, no matter what hos­ a spell, has been readmitted for further treatment, maintained its reputation by living tending to cut back on PHS ap­ pital in the city that the Seafarer while John Doherty is recovering from a shipboard up to its commitments. propriations year by year, it is might be in. In many in­ accident. He was working down on the hold of the The question of a blood bank unlikely that such funds will be stances, emergency treatment, is Mankato Victory when a hatch board fell on his was raised at the last headquarters available in the near future. given in a city hospital before the head and laid him low. A slipped disc in his spine membership meeting when a mo­ Since the major cause of blood man is moved to Staten Island. has put George Coleman of Lynn, Massachusetts, out tion was offered from the floor of action. His last ship was the Del Santos. and passed by the membership Others now in the hospital are Hussein Ahmed. that the Union take necessary OS on the Robin Trent; George Pitour. Seatrain steps to see if an SIU blood bank Savannah engine uUlity; Horace Caskill.^B on the could be established at the PHS Robin Kettering; Felix Miranda off the Show Me hospital. Several months back, the jyiariner and Earle Goosley, who was nfessman on the Ann Marie. SIU Welfare Services Department The deaths of the following sea­ Frank B. Burns, 71: An SIU had discussions with hospital offi­ farers have been reported to the member since December 5, 1938, cials over the possibility-of setting Seafarers Welfare Plan and the sailing in the deck department, up a special SIU blood bank. Brother Burns died of a heart con­ USPHS HOSPITAL WILLS EVE HOSPITAL $2,500 death benefit is being paid dition on August 1, 1954, in Bos­ Faculties Limited ^ NBW ORLEANS. LA. PHILADELPHIA. PA. MiHord ^cxander Eul L. Hodgea Unfortunately, the hospiti^ offi­ to their beneficiaries. Dpsan Deduisin ton, Mass. His place of burial is t. L. Ankerson " " - Hommel Robert E. William E. ApUn cials informed .the Union that James H. Hudson not known. Surviving is his wife, VA HOSPITAL Charies H. Bean Henry E. Humplvey Robert E. Peck, 53: Brother Peck, Annie K. Burns of 8 Armandine blood bank facilities at the hospital MIAMI. FLA. C. J. Beck £. G. - Knapp were too limited to store more who sailed in the engine depart­ Street, Dorcester, Mass. Lionel McLaughlin Claburn E. Reed Charles Burton Leo H. Lang Owen Butler H. Ledbetter than a small amount, of blood re­ ment and was a member of the JEFFERSON HOSPITAL 8. C. Carregal Jesse Lyles 4v 4 4 PHILADELPHIA. PA. serve and consequently would be SIU since December 5, 1938, died Lester J. Carver Oscar F. Maderc Jose Rodriguez Ralph Murray Churchill, 77: G. W. Champlin S. J. MarineUo unable to handle a large reserve of heart failure on June 28, 1954, Richard W. Clark William G. Moore USPHS HOSPITAL specifically for the SIU. Accord­ at Port Louis, Mauritius. His place Brother Churchill died of a heart 6. Cope Gregore Morejon MEMPHIS. TENN. D. D. Dambrino Billy Russell Arthur I. Nelson ingly, the Union has had to fall of burial is not known. Surviving ailment on July 19, 1954, at Boston, Emile P. Davis William D. Ott back on the practice of donating is his wife, Lillian Emely Peck of Mass. A member of the steward USPHS HOSPITAL Scrio M. Dedoso John C. Rehn GALVESTON. TEXAS Eric R. Eklund blood when needed and is able to Bay Avenue, Green Harbor, Mass. department, sailing on SIU ships W.- E. Reynolds Hubert CanlweU M. N. McQuiddy A. Fabricant Edward Samrock since May 11, 1951, he was buried meet the need this way. G. K. Ekelund James R. Mathews rhoraas Fields John E. Sanders i 4" E. H. Emery at St. Patricks Cemetery. Lowell, Mtrrray A. Plyler M. C. Caddy ^Hospital authorities at Staten Edward V.' Saul Duane R. Fisher H. E. Rosecrans Nathan Gardner Salbata Seric Island also make it a practice of Antonio Dans, 56: A resident of Mass. He is survived by his wife, Karl A. HeUamn E. A. Spaulding Claude H. Gilliam R. L. Skinner A. G. Knighton asking patients to give blood dona­ Charles B. Young New York, Brother Dans died of a Gerti'ude May Churchiil of 1 Jack H. Gleason Andrew Stauder. Jr. Jose E. Leston Raymond Gorju Fred O. SuUlns tions if they are in condition to do circulatory. ailment at Governeur Chauncy Street, Cambridge, Mass. Ray M. Green J. D. Thomas USPHS HOSPITAL so. They find that few patients will Hospital, NYC, on March 23, 1954. Seifert Hamilton Jack F. Thornburg 4 4 4 SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Curtis L. Hancock Lonnie R. Tickle refuse such requests, and that Sea­ C. D. Anderson He had been, sailing in the engine Charles Neumaier Joseph C. Lupton, 33: A former VirgU L. Harding B. W. Tlngley Simon Bunda Joseph Perreira farers have an excellent record of department since November 24, official of the SIU, Brother Lupton John L. Hinton J. E. Ward Henry J. Childs W. S. Singleton Lyle Hipp Ernest H. jVebb ' compliance in this respect. Benny M. Foster 1945. Burial was at the Ferncliff died in Frankford Hospital, Phila­ P. S. Yuzon Olav Gustavsen The solution to the blood bank Jemetery, Hartsdale, NY. USPHS HOSPITAL delphia, Pa., as a result of multiple STATEN ISLAND, NY USPHS HOSPITAL Paul Albano injuries suffered when he fell into Michael Lesko SEATTLE. WASH. Roeco Albanese Nils Lundquist Stephen Burskey V. K. Ming a hold aboard the SS Barbara Birdie W. Biggs Fillip Madsen A. Lawrence Craig Rene! Palmer Frietchie. A member of the SIU John J. Brennen Perfecto Mangual Woodrow Drake Ira Pedersen 1-eo D. Burino Felix kliraiKla since June 6, 1941. sailing in the F. Fondlla , . G. Rosson Ervin Crabtree Raymond Myers Sverre Johannessen Anthony Sakellis deck department, - he was buried I ranee DeBcaumont Francis O'Neill John B. McCurdyJohn J. Doherty T. Papoutsoglov at Riverside Memorial Park, Nor­ Robert Ellis U'SPHS HOSPITAL " Florq Regaldo folk, Va. Surviving is his wife, F. E. Farrell BOSTON. MASS. Charley W. Rhodes Andrew Franklin Frank Alasavich Gilbert L. Parry G. H. Robinson Annie Lorraine Lupton of 6106 Horace B. GaskiU Frank Albano J. P. Petrusewlcz Edwin Rushton Herbert Street, Norfolk. Estell Godfrey James Penswick Robert O. Smith Mattl Ruusukallio ' I ' Seafarers In Hospitals Shipmates' Gift For Sick Daughter John Horn James Hough^ Walton Hudson Albert Jarrell Chester B. Jensen Vincent Jones Noral Jorgensen Herman Sampson Ira JSandt Stanley A. Sargeant WUUam G. Sargent Warren 'Smith James F. Thomson James-^Waldron SEASIDE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL LONG BEACH, CALIF. James H. Babson USPHS HOSPITAL H. Jon^er'^^*^' . ^ USPHS HOSPITAL ^JANHATTAN BEACH. NY James Lawlor p Leetma. i.'A'"'* ?• Blanks James R. Lrels Robert L. Booker Arthur Lomas ^omas Bryant Francis F. Lynch Joseph 0. carr Joseph McGraw Wo Yee Choe Archibald McGuigan Jar Chong David Mcllreath John J. DrIscoU' Frank Mackay Matthew Gardiner Eugene Nqlson Bart E. Guranlck G. B. Shumaker John B. Haas Robert Sizcmore -v "Thomas Isaksen Henry E. Smitit Johh'W. Keuian Harry S. Tuttle Frederick Landry Virgil B. WUmoth USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Algot Bogren Samuel H. Mills Steven Boides _ Frank S. Paylor Jessie A. Clarke T. R. PhiUips Kenneth L. Collins Eugene G. Plahn F. A. Cuellar Joseph H. Roberta Samuel Doyle A. W. Sadenwater Franklin D. Gilman Russell Simmons Gorman T. Glaze Edward S. Simoner Bienvenido V. Ledo F. V. Thommen Tony Mastantuno C.' W. Mathews USPHS HOSPI^AL S.WANNAH. GA. Paul B. Bland John H. Morris Benny W. Brinson Richard F. Roberts Willie C. Sanders R. Carrollton Randolph Shedd Lucius A. DeWitt Leslie F. Swegan Albert W. Lima Jimmie Littleton G. C. Truesdeff William J. WoU« Avis E. Meadows J. T. Moore CHARITY HOSPITAL OF LOUISIANA NEIV ORLEANS, LA. Edward. H. Buckley S. V. Kilpatrick Jack N. Oows VA HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Sidney S. ,.lrby • 4^ - Illllp® JiiliilliPili fr' ' \ Crewmembers of the Peninsula Mariner are represented by ship's delegate Jim Tanner (left), carpenter, in presentation of $77 gift to J. P. Crawford, AB, and Mi-Si: Crawford for their ill daughter, Rosemary. The 14-year-old girl was stricken with polio while her father was on the Peninsula Mariner in the Far East. 4 4 Ray W. Larson, 54: A heart ail­ ment was the cause of death for Brother Larsen on January 7, 1954, at Mercy Hospital, Baltimore, Md, He had been sailing in the engine department on SIU ships since May 4, 1951. Burial was at the Baltimore Cemetery, Baltimore, Md, Designated as-his beneficiary is a friend, Charles Hoofnagle of 1635 Chilton Street, Baltimore: 4 4 4 Armando Pimentel, 30: Brotiier Pimentel died of visceral conges­ tion on November 11, 1953, in New York, NY. He had been sailing in the steward department on SIU ships for a short time in 195S. Burial was at the Municipal CemeSan Juan, Puerto Rico. • --4 -M • Vfl •'?1 f <•! :M �SEATARiaaS 4t LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND OUl> D t S T R iCt • A f I T le' i Vj I'®! o"t A Vt( lU- lib ^3 10, itv |3l ar o': lies heavily on shipboard ,dele-' gates to keep the ships up to snuff. That in a Way puts the delegare on a little bit of a spot, because the crew looks to him to get them satisfaction. So if the plumbing leaks, if the old man doesn't put out a draw on time, if the coffee runs low or the mate works oh deck, the delegate is the one who has tq^ answer the question, "What are we going to do about> it?'f The worried-looking fellow you see above sometimes has reason to frowrt, because un­ like the chairman of the appleblossom festival, his is far more than an honorary job. t • ^ e - • -T- '- ;r isv Your ship's delegate has, to represent you, the crew, some­ times thousands of miles from^ home. He has to be an expert on the Union contract with,its ^ numerous clauses (and many of your delegates know that doC' ument backwards and forwqrds). He has to be a pretty good hand dt keeping all kinds of records, and has to be. able to stand up to "ship's officers and state his case with firmness . and tact, to get you, the crew, what's your^ue without alien­ ating topside. " •*. . •" • > - . •.•A .'.l.-V -JV \\ v-5; A" , Most delegates take their ' jobs seriously and bring in''V good clean ship.' . It helps them/:;\ \ ' v'| considerably if/the crew dn-^ A derstands their problems' and " ^''/; v'-If stands-'with them at all times. Remem^r, while he'eyour del/JJ e^ate, he's also a working Sha- ' -//.f 'fdr^r, doing his part on his own to make shipboard living more , ^ cohifbrtghll^ -.for everybody. Tjie Union has never made any secret of the fact thajf jt re•J •«i; -• - * --Ft I '• 6 : .W'r, 1 ••. T-r-'- ' • * '• •* . ^i''V "'• • - • • f � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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 September 3, 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. 18 Description An account of the resource Headlines: HALF OF US TRAMP FLEET GIVEN GOV'T OK TO TRANSFER WELFARE PLAN WILL RUN BALTIMORE HALL CAFETERIA LOW RATES TIE UP SIU FISH FLEET MANY SEEK SIU OFFICE; NOMINATIONS NEAR END SHRINE HONORS LOST SEAMEN UNION TO EXPOSE SHIP CHANDLERS' SLOPCHEST ABUSES 'ANDY FURUSETH' TO SAIL AGAIN IT'S FINAL! 50 50 NOW CARGO LAW COMMIES DIG IN AS GOV'T OK'S ILA THE ANTI-UNION MEDICINE SHOW WATERMAN IDLES 15 SHIPS, 'RUNAWAYS' RATES BLAMED SA CRASH WITNESSES FREE--STILL PUZZLED NEW CLAIMS ACT TO AID WAR-IMPRISONED SEAMEN HOUSE GROUP URGES CURBS ON MSTS EISENHOWER VETOES SPEEDY QUARANTINE DEATH TAKES PHIL LEVIN OF HQ STAFF SIU HITS MILITARY BANS FAVORING MSTS IN KOREA SEA CHEST ENEMIES NEW WELFARE SERVICES SHIP TRANSFER FOLLIES NOMINATIONS REMINDER SIU SEA CHEST WACOSTA SHIPBOARD MEETING GIVES CREW A BELLYFUL OF WATERMELON SEAMEN FROM NEW ZEALAND GET MORE HONORS, LESS $ LIFE UPON THAT BOUNDING MAIN CAN BE A SWEET OR SAD REFRAIN $, NOT WAR ARE CONCERN IN SAIGON NELSON HEADS COAST HOSPITAL SIU HAS FINE BLOOD DONOR Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/3/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log