http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/51faeed0a8c7c3301b42b4e17b5926c1.PDF aee4d5ba20daf8426ed318438e57f572 PDF Text Text ,•& mm SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL �Fair«Tvr« I: oMKM-fiasnMSfitor... S E AF ARE R 3 LOG October 29, 1954 ;Vr.. *TtmTIOM! ui 5j2COA«MlTr« JusricT?! •w»o, /jT 1.1. - ^5J\1 DJO The charter Issued on October 19 by the AFL-expelled International Long:shoremen's Association to the front "union." Aim is to disrupt legitimate sea unions and return seamen to conditions of 25 years ago. IF |F' le' "Captain" BelibasaldB sits before picture of one of his "angels," Captain Bradley, head of ILA. Right, Aristotle Onassis, international shipowner, who has used the outfit's low-cost seamen. Typical of a crimp joint oper-. ation is the office of the front "union" set up in an'at­ tempt to disrupt the legiti­ mate American maritime un­ ions. Access to the dingy^three room set up is by way of the dark doorway at right. Bunt­ ing over the windows is to an­ nounce its chartering this week as Local 1824 of the mob-dominated International Longshoremen's Association. Inside, the crimp set-up spe­ cializes in supplying seamen— at $60 to $500 per man to lowcost foreign flag ships, and has announced that it seeks to move in on AFL and CIO ships when contracts expire. all ISSUES -IBS W n -vnIT !, .. - fAlU ® Scurrilous leaflets, such as above,- are typical of type being ciroiila^drhy anonymous "committees" made up of outside elements. Currently aimed at SiU, leaflets of same tone have been used in attempts to disrupt other legitiv. mate maritime unions. Who's Behind The 'Front?' This week an outfit bearing the label United International Seamen's Union opened a shabby crimp Joint over a store in New York's West 28th Street. It's program, is an ambitious one. But more significant than the crimp Joint itself is the curious array of elements for which it is a front: • The discredited International Longshoremen's Association, which was expelled by the American Federation of Labor in 1953. Said AFL Presi­ dent George Meany; "The ILA in no way resembles a trade union." He designated the SIU to lead the fight in establishing a decent union for longshore workers. • Elements in MEBA Local 33, New York, which met with attorneys and ILA officials to set up the front organization as another phase of their disruptive activity. • Individuals within the various legitimate sea unions whom this group "paid off" to serve as Trojan horses. Installed in their dingy NY westside offices, the front men for the new­ ly opened crimp joint shake hands in an­ ticipation of the fat fees they expect to collect from seamen they supply to ' cutrate shipowners. At left is "Captain" George Belibasakis with Louis LeDoulx, "union presid e n t," who until recently ran his own crimp joint at the saihe ad­ dress for runaway flag ships. • -•^ �• iV, • . •'' •* - . i ;'; '''" '• ' " " ^ ' SEAFARERS Pare Hire* ..dn»«« <I08S &CR3^ Crimp Rig Seeks To Scuttle Sea Unions' Wages, Conditions A Trojan Horse conspiracy to destroy American maritime unions across the land was uncovered by the SEAFARERS LOG this week. Intent on operating under a protective covering, a sordid collection of long-time enemies of US sea unions are attempting a new disruptive tactic hy setting up a crimp joint bearing the de­ ceptive laM of "United Interna-"^ tional Seamen's Union." Chartered by the discredited and AFLrexpelled old International Longslioremen^s Association, the new ''union^' was the brain child of a collection of designing maritime law­ yers, grasping union officials and mob elements backed by funds from vari­ ous qu^tionable sources. •fcv LOG The fantastic attempt to undermine American maritime unions was brought to light when the front men for the crimp outfit, sitting in their dingy second-story head(p]arjers on New York's West Side, bragged of their aims to a Door to newly-opened crimp joint reporter and photographer proudly proclaims its relationship they believed were from to AFL-ousted International Long­ a national magazine but shoremen's Association. "For Mem­ who, In fact, were from bers Only." means anyone who can the SEAFARERS LOG. get up from $60 to $500. The leaders of the rig identified themselves as men's Benevolent Aid Society" which was "Captain" George Belibasakis and Louis a hiring pool for runaway-flag ships, among LeDoulx. They made no bones about the which were the ships operated with cut-rate identity of one of their principal bene­ crews by international ship owner Aristotle factors. They proudly pointed to the wall Onassis. On the wall of his office, LeDoulx behind Belibasakis' desk where hung the has a testimonial letter from Onassis prais­ picture of Captain William Bradley, head ing his efficiency as a shipping master. Onassis currently is under fire for a deal of the mob-controlled old ILA. whereby he is attempting to squeeze out all Latest 'Front' Move tanker operations in the carrying of oil from The thinly-veiled attempt to move in on Saudi Arabia. and undermine the legitimate American Sale Of Jobs maritime unions by the use of "front men," The actual sale of Jobs by LeDoulx-Belisuch as Belibasakis and LeDoulx, is only basakis takes place in their furniture-bare the latest move in a series of such efforts. office at 112 West 28th Street. Usual practice In recent months, almost all US sea unions of any crimp operation is the payment by have found outride groups attempting to the steamship company of so much a head nibble, from within and without, at their for every low-cost seaman supplied, as well union jurisdictions, internal elections and as the constant maintenance of a blacklist operations. This has taken the form of anonymous committees, purporting to speak The story this week by the SEA­ In the name of the membership and scurFARERS LOO of one more method riious and libeious ilterature attempting to being used to undermine legitimate disrupt and weaken legitimate trade unions. American maritime unions does not The elements pushing the. anonymous end with this article. The LOG is leaflet campaigns against all unions are now gatheringi more evidence on this con­ unmasked as the manipulators behind the spiracy and will present the facts to false front "United International Seamen's Seafarers in coming issues. Union." Brag Of Support of men who show dissatisfaction with sub­ LeDoulx spoke in glowing terms of the standard shipboard conditions. "big support" his new."union" had. He told The crimp set-up is already in operation. of the people behind his union. Meetings Belibasakis and Le Doulx boast they have were held with top officials of the ILA', in­ supplied men to foreign-flaff ships, includ­ dividuals in the Marine Engineers Bene­ ing those flying the Liberian flag, at wage ficial Association (CIO)', trying tq seize con­ scales ranging from $100 to $125 a month trol of that organization and attorneys. At­ for AB's down to $70 a month for messtorney for elements in the MEBA, Local 33, men. in New York, is Benjamin B. Sterling. The •We'll Take US Ships' prospect of cashing in on this scheme ap­ The plan to put a knife In the back of all pears to be the motivating force for all legitimate seamen's unions was revealed parties concerned. when LeDoulx told the LOG reporter, Belibasakis and LeDoulx told the LOG "when the AFL and CIO contracts run out, reporter of . their dream to bring all sea­ we will Jump in and sign the ships. They men of all nations under their control—at will have to sign with us because If they from $60 to $500 a head. Their plans in­ don't the ILA and Bridges won't work the clude a seamen's "boarding" house," with ships." the usual crimp trappings, to accommodate Further, LeDoulx said he will take every­ 800 men for which each man would haye body (who can get up the tab) into the out­ to pay a dollar a night for a fibp. ; fit, including, licensed ship's officers. Since Louie LeDoulx is an old hand at crimping. the "union" is chartered to operate in "all He previously ran the "International Sea- ports of North America" he is eyeing the I Regular readers of the SEAFARERS LOG won't be surprised to find that a new attempt—in the form of a crimp joint—is being made to disrupt American seamen's unions. In the September 3 issue of the LOG a full report of the activities of anti-union forces at work pointed to their cam­ paign of disruption inside and outside US maritime unions. At that time the LOG revealed that a coalition of mob elements, grasping maritime attorneys and greedy, disgruntled union officials were waging campaigns, by leaflet and newspaper, to weaken maritime unionii arid pave the way for their greedy designs. The opening of a front "union" this week is but •one more move in this direction. jurisdiction of all other unions, including the disrupters is being printed on the type the Masters, Mates and Pilots, the AFL and of paper usually found around a lawyer's CIO radio operators, the Brotherhood of office, and we assume that they are borrow­ Marine Engineers, the National Maritime ing the presses of printers who work tor Union, the SIU, the SUP, the MEBA, the lawyers mostly. The presence of lawyers Marine Firemen's Union and the Marine in this conspiracy is clear enough. ' Cooks and Stewards, AFL. • . The Sailors Union of tne Pacific has Their plan for an all-coast. operation is long been a target of the Trojan Horse enhanced by the current relationship be« group. Anonymous publications and lit­ tween the old ILA officials and Harry erature have been put aboard SUP ships Bridges' West Coast longshore group. Le- and mailed to the union's members. The . Doulx was enthusiastic about meetings be­ SUP newspaper, "West Coast Sailor," re­ tween ILA officials and representatives of cently said, speaking of certain maritime Bridges. He also referred to meetings be­ lawyers, who went in for this type action, tween TLA representatives and other union "their prime motive is to get their hands representatives in an effort to strengthen on you so they can make a fat killing so the crimp outfit's position. they can pay off their ambulance chasers." Signing of American-flag ships is only 'Grab For Union* one aspect of the crimp rig. The othef phase contemplates the signing of cut-rate • The Marine Firemen's Union, now en­ deals with foreign-flag operators. LeDoulx gaged in an election of its officials, is wit­ mentioned specifically that he is receiving nessing a barrage of smear literature di­ active support from several port captains, rected to its membership by the usual anon­ who obviously are attracted by the oppor­ ymous "committee" sources. E. G. "Red" tunity to obtain crews at one-fourth the Ramsey, NY agent for the MFOW, said, wages of organized American seamen and "as was__expected, we've seen the usual to rid themselves of the "interference" of anonymous literature hitting our members, union representation and contracts. and not surprising, it is evident the groups Raid On Foreign Unions behind these leaflets are outsiders attempt­ The legitimate foreign-flag operations ing to make a grab for the union." are currently under contract to foreign • On the West Coast, defamatory and seamen's unions, such as the Norwegian, Swedish, Dapish, British and Greek sea­ libelous literature of an anonymous nature men's organizations, all of which are affili­ has descended on the SlU-affiliated Inland ated with the International Transport- Boatmen's Union In Seattle. workers Federation. This tactic is traceable to the NY ILA LeDoulx has been issuing 'membership mob and their recently-found ally, Harry books to anyone who comes to his office, Bridges. After Bridges' organization gave American or alien,'with no questions asked, $10,000 to the old ILA to help finance its provided the applicant comes up with the fight against the AFL there was a meeting required fee in cash. This is doing business in New York between Pete McGoldrick, ILA-style with membership books sold to Bridges' ILWU representative, and Tony ail comers, creating terrific competition for Anastasia of the ILA. (McGoldrick is one jobs. of Bridges' top hatchet men against the It was this style of doing business that SlU-affiliated MC&S [AFLl and is currently led to the ILA being kicked out of the engaged in trying to stop the MC&S [AFLl AFL. effort to drive the communists out of that The ILA always has-supported the shape- department on West Coast ships.) At this up which deprives longshoremen of any meeting a pledge of mutual support was semblance of job security and requires made. Captain John Fox, business man­ them to compete for work every day with ager for the Inland Boatmen's Union, said any transient who wants to work on the "all of the legitimate maritime unions here in Seattle are conscious of the significance waterfront. With the "United International Seamen's of this move and the threat upon their own Union" operating as their front set-up, the unions. This clearly is one more example anti-union elements behind the move are of outside elements attempting to seize continuing to promote Trojan Horse activi­ control of a legitimate maritime union so they can milk it for their own personal ties in the various marine unions. gain." Pattern Always The Same ILA 'Committee' The pattern is clear: in ail legitimate In the case of the SIU, A&G District, the unions in which they see the hope for profit from their illegitimate activities, the New York World-Telegram and Sun re­ schemers turn on their campaigns of anony-. ported that a combination of opponents of mous, scurrilous literature, supplemented the Union, including the old ILA, was in­ by outside publicity sources. In several in­ jecting itself into the campaign preceding stances, they have used names of indir the coming SIU election. The article called viduals with or without their knowledge or attention to leaflets, signed by an anony­ permission. In case after case, they have mous "Committee for Justice," and being been aided and abetted by persons they distributed on ships and in SIU halls. have "reached" within the organization This, then, is the rotten structure behind under attack. Where has this combination the false front erected this week on West of scheming maritime lawyers, grasping 28th St. in New York. It is composed of union officials and mob elements been at self-seeking individuals brought together work? by a common desire for an easy dollar at • Early this year, the National Maritime the expense of the ideals and conditions Union's membership was bombarded by vil- which have been achieved by the American lifyin^ leaflets from sources outside the seaman through years of bitter struggle union signed by a phony "committee" sig­ against these same forces—^the crimp, the nature. Joseph Curran, president of the finic and the shyster. These are the forces NMU, stated in the union's newspaper. The which the American seaman whipped and Pilot: left behind in his successful rise to a place "This smear literature ... comes from of dignity and first-class citizenship. There a group of lawyers, 'ambulance-chasers,' is nothing to indicate the American seaman no less, who would like to get their hands is inclined to throw himself,on the mercy on some union business, and through that of these outside leeches from whom he has freed himself by united action through his victimize seamen for the profit of a fev. "A good part of the literature printed for recognized trade unions. m I • �Fate Four SEAFARERS LOG October X9. 19S4 CollecH 3rd 5IU Baby $ r MOBILE—A record for ma-ternity benefit collections was established last month when Tommy Ray Fillinglm, second cook, of Chickasaw, Ala., was paid the $200 cash benefit, by the SIU Welfare Plan plus $25 Government bond from the Union for the third time since the plan was established in 1952. The most recent addition to the Fillingim-family was a boy, Terry Dolan Fillingim, bofn ISeptember 6. The other youngsters for whom Fillingim was paid maternity bene­ fits also were boys — Tommy Ray Jr., bom April 9, 1952, and Dewey Edward, bora September 10, 1953. Although about 100 Seafarers have collected maternity benefits twice for single births, Fillingim is believed to be the first to have collected on three separate occa­ sions under the plan, which is less than three years old. Needless to say, Fillingim thinks First SIU family to collect three times under the Union's mater­ the maternity benefit is tops among nity: benefit program, Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Ray Fillingim of the various categories of the SIU's Chickasaw, Ala., are shown with their three youngsters, all boys. Welfare Plan. "The $200 cash benefit was ade­ Seated on his dad's lap Is Dewey Edward, who celebrated his first quate to pay the hospital and doc­ birthday a month ago, while the newest addition, Terry Dolan, born tor's bills for the birth of each of Sept. 6, 1954, Is held by Mrs. Fillingim. Tommy Jr., two and half my sons," he said as he posed with years old. Is fianked by his parents. his family for the LOG photogra­ pher. „ "I don't know what we would have done without the maternity benefit," Mrs. Fillingim recalled. "The benefit checks certainly came at a time when we needed them most." Filhngim's total collections have been exceeded only by Robert G. Long of New Orleans, who had Seafarers throughout the A&G District this week paused one child two years ago and who became the father of triplets last to pay their last respects to James L. "Blackie" Carroll, wellDecember. Louis £. Hudson of known Seafarer and former Union employee, who passed Mobile matched Fillingim's total away in Hattiesburg, Miss., on* by becoming the father of twins in Oct. 25. deck and engine departments and 1953 and another child this year. Carroll, who would have had a clear Union record on all "If we have another child, I 57 years old this coming major beefs, hope it is a girl," Fillingim said. been Carroll died at the hospital in "I also hope it Is a good while be­ January, had been receiving SIU disability benefits for the past two Hattiesburg a few days after Sea­ fore we have another one." years because he was no longer farers at membership meetings in able to work. He had been an active all ports on Oct. 20 approved the cost of providing emergency oxy­ gen equipment for his use in con­ nection with- hospital treatment. He had been ill of various respira­ tory ailments for some time. He is survived by his wife, Bar­ bara, of 307 North Tipton St., Hattiesburg. 'Blackie' Carroll, SIU Oldtimer, Dies At 57 6 More Go's Ready With Back Wages SIU headquarters received word this month that six more SlU-contracted companies are now ready to pay back wages to Seafarers in accordance with the terms of the supplementary SIU agreement ne­ gotiated this past June. Seafarers who have retroactive pay coming can apply for it by writing to the companies involved. The operators concerned are the following: Coral Steamship Co., 80 Broad St., New York, NY; Eastern Steamship Liqes, Inc., 40 Central St., Boston, Mass.; Excelsior Steam­ ship Co., 80 Broad St., New York, NY; Pacific Waterways Corp., 30 Broad St., New York, NY; Peninsu­ lar Navigation Corp., 17 Battery Place, New York, NY, and Seatransport Corp., 80 Broad St., New York. NY. V Clarify Weekend Gangway Watch t''- Some ship's crews have raised questions as to who is entitled Jo stand gangway watch on weekends. All members of the deck department are entitled to stand these watches with the exception of the carpenter. ' The overtime received for weekend . gangway watches should be divided equally '* among all the members of the deck department entitled to stand these watches. ' r LAST YEAR, THANKS TO A TERRIFIC SCRAP PUT UP BY Seafarers themselves, and by your Union in conjunction with other maritime outfits, the Public Health Service hospitals were saved from plans of Government economizers to close their doors. At the time your Union was of the opinion that those who wanted to close the hos­ pitals would not give up this fight but would come bade for another round. Now the word is that the Bureau of the Budget is going to propose another cut in .the hospital appropriation when it comes up with its budget recommendations a few weeks from now to be presented at the next session of Congress. The attack on the marine hospitals has been, going on for quite a few years now, with the result that a number of the hospitals have been closed already and the hospital budget is pretty much at rock bottom. It's agreed by the people running the USPHS that even a small cut in their appropriation from now on in would have a serious effect on the quality of medical service they could give to sick and injured seamen. Administration Reversal When last year's budget recommendations came along, it appeared that it was the official administration viewpoint that the hospitals were no longer needed. It was not explained just how seamen were to ob­ tain proper medical care in light of the fact that there were no other facilities available in many areas. By the time the rank and file Sea­ farer and the unions had been heard from, there was a reversal on the administration's part, which apparently came from the very top, in the White House. And in Congress itself, the supporters of USPHS had enough strength to push the funds through even though the Adminis­ tration had not requested them in the first instance. This year it appears that a slightly different tack will be employed by the economizers. Instead of trying to shoot the hospitals the;y are out to starve them to death in slow stages. Burden On Shipowner What these economizers, fall to figure on is the fact that the burden of caring for sick or injured seamen is going to fall on the shipowner if the Public Health Service is curtailed. And when that happens Uncle Sam. will in the end wind up with the greater part of the bill. It's been pointed out many time? before that the Public Health hos­ pitals are one of the oldest institutions that this country's Government has, having been planned when George Washington was president and set up soon after he left office. It's also been pointed dut that these hospitals have trained thousands of nurses and doctors and have pioneered a considerable number of developments in medical treatment that have benefited every person in this country, not only seamen. Further, they are continuing to do so. All of these facts are knolvn to the econ^izers but they prefer to dis­ regard them on the excuse that Uncle Sam can't afford the dough. In the end, despite what the economizers in the administration Jiave to say, it will be the Senators and Representatives in Congress'who will decide the question. Your Union has no reason to believe that the next Congress will be any less sympathetic to the hospitals than the last one was—if anything it might be more so. In this respect, as in the past, the rank and file membership of this Union can help a great deal by letting their Senators and Representatives in Congress know their feelings on the subject. Your Union will have more information on developments in the near future. Just as soon as the time comes. Seafarers can expect their Union, as in the paist, will put up the best scrap it possibly can to keep the hospitals operating on a decent budget for the benefit of all seamen. Union Opens New Houston Hall Carrying out the recommendations of the 1953 port agents' conference as approved by the membership, the SIU has established a new hall in Houston, Texas, to serve shipping in that port. tivate-the recommendation derived Opening of a hall in Houston facilities in the Houston area. had long been contemplated Subsequently the recommenda­ from a resolution submitted at the New Orleans membership by the Union in view of the tion, along with others made by the last meeting and. approved in a dis­ One of the early members of the SIU, James L. "Blackie" Carroll, 57, died this week In Hattiesburg, Miss. Seafarer for many years and served as a Union employe in variops capacities in the Port of Mobile over a four-year period from 1948 to 1952. Early Member One of the earliest members of the SIU, he joined the Union in December, 1938, in Mobile, and held Gulf book No. G-14. He was one of many veteran Seafarers who came into the Union on a transfer from the old AFL Seaman's Union, which disbanded when the SIU was formed in 1938. A familiar figure to many Sea­ farers, lie had sailed in both the SEAFARERS LOG Oct. 29, 19S4 Vol. XVI, No. 22 Publlihad biwackly at tha headquartart of tha Saafarar* Intarnational Union, A^ lantle & Ouif District AFL, 675 Fourth Avenua, Brooklyn 31, NY. Tal. HYaclnth *-66M. Bntarao as tacond class mattar at tha Post OMca In Brooklyn, NY, undar tha Act at Ausbst M, ItIL fact that the Texas metropolis had port agents was approved by the been taking mor'e and more ^ship­ membership. The decision to ac­ trict-wide vote. ping play away from Galveston is­ land. With Houston approximately 40 miles from Galveston, it made it inconvenient for the member­ ship in that port which had to WASHINGTON—The US Maritime Administration's travel back and forth between the easy ship transfer policy provided several new additions two cities. The situation also made, it difficult for the Union to service for the growing foreign-flag fleet of American vessels ships properly., late this week. The Government ship agency gave its okay for the transfer of the 32nd Liberty dry cargo vessel Mlchelet Named Agent on October 27. Half of the US tramp fleet is eventually The new hall is located at 4202 expected to be swallowed up in this manner. Canal Street, telephone Preston 6558. Frenchy Mlchelet, wellThe latest ship to go is the Sealife, owned by the Sea­ known SIU steward, has been ap­ farer Steamship Corp., which will be transferred tO| pointed agent for the port. Marineros Sociedad Armadora, SA, a Panamanian com­ The Galveston hall will continue pany, for registry under the Liberian flag. The transfer to function «nd the membership of seven others including two SIU ships, were okayed there will have the option of stay­ during the past two weeks. ing on the Galveston shipping list, or transferring to the Houston ship­ The boxscore to date on the transfers is as follows: ping list. , . In the 1953 .agents' conference SIU Ships . Other Unions Total Transfers the SIU Galveston agent noted that (8) (24) " (32) the trend of shipping was toward Houston and away from Galveston, The SIU ships already transferred are the General and declared that it was evident Patton, Trojan Seaman, Strathport, Bluestar,. Purplestar; that the affairs of the Union could Greenstar, Western Rancher and Sea Wind. . be handled much more efficiently and satisfactory by.-opening. SIU Boxseore On Ship Transfers �October 29, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Pace Ffre MIU Celebrates Travelers' Check Draws 16tii Birthday Popular With Seafarers Favorable reports on the workings of the travelers check system have been received at headquarters from the first SIU ships to be supplied with them. While the experiment Active on many fronts during the past 12 months, the SIU with travelers' checks is in its early stages, the first response has been an encouraging one. A&G District closed out the year with a new milestone in SlU-contracted ships start­ maritime urtion history and will celebrjite its 16th birthday ed putting travelers' checks this coming Monday in top" aboard as a result of a new condition—aright on the eve of sels, the Union won agreement to contract provision written into the recent contract amendments. opening what is recognized as man several new vessels and broke The checks are issued to crewone of the finest union halls in the back of one operator's company union set-up to add new ships and members in foreign ports, putting the country. jobs to the roster of work oppor­ an end to . the vexing problem of The November 1 anniversary of tunities open to the SIU men. varying exchange rates for local the Union's birth finds the SIU On the other hand, the hardcurrency. With two rates, an offi­ still the most militant and vigorous fought Atlantic tanker campaign cial rate and a "free" rate, pre­ organization in the maritime indus­ was nullified by the margin of vailing in many ports of the world, try, weil able to ride out the past cast by company supervisors, crewmembers used to find them­ 12 months of a slump in shipping. votes the AFL-backed drive among selves on the short end of the stick For, despite this, the other side and New longshoremen spear­ on money exchanges. of the ledger is crowded v^ith headedYork by the SIU got just a few Crewmembers of the Frederic - achievements and improvements votes short of a majority. C. Collin report that the travelers' geared to the welfare of the SIU The year likewise featured the checks made a hit with them the man. One, announced two weeks completion of work on the new first time they were issued while ago, is the unparalleled success in Baltimore SIU port office, exten­ in Lisbon, Portugal. Ship's delegate which the SIU won a new high ot of the Union's varied welfare D. D. Story declared "We had no $176 in vacation pay for its mem­ sion program to all ports and trouble getting them cashed . . . bership, which provides most Sea­ service the beginning of a new seagoing and we had the satisfaction of farers with more in vacation bene­ SIU training school aboard a re­ Displaying traveler's checks which they drew in place of US cur­ knowing we were getting all the fits than any other union in the furbished sailing vessel honoring rency in Lisbon are some of SIU crewmen of Frederic C. Collin money coming to us." industry. the founder of the American mari­ (Drytrans). Crew reported themselves pleased with method of During this 1953-54 period the time No Left-Over Currency union movement. draws which SIU initiated in contract talks last summer. Union also reached . agreement Similar reports were received with the shipowners on two to six from crewmembers of Isthmian percent increases in wages and ships on the other side of the overtime retroactive over a nineworld. One Seafarer reported that month period to give SIU men in some ports the crew had no peak earning power and demon­ BALTIMORE—Seafarers in this port, through SIU Port Agent Earl Sheppard, this week difficulty in making purchases di­ strated conclusively that its pioneer offered their full- support to CIO shipyard workers here in their beef with the Maryland rectly with travelers checks, with­ Welfare Plan was second to none out having to change them into Drydock Company. t in benefits, coverage and cost per local currency. "If we had money dollar of the more than $2.5 mil­ The pledged support con­ workers already laid off for lack dispute relied on apparently is the left over from a draw," he said, lion in different benefits paid out. tinued the tradition of SIU of work a chance to collect state stalemate over a new contract. "it was in travelers' checks which Officials of lUMSWA Local 31, we could convert back into dollars aid down through the years unemployment compensation. Al­ Saved Hospitals though the right of the workers to which is directly involved in the The ye^r was marked also by the to the CIO Industrial Union of collect the money has been upheld beef, point out that most shipyards as soon as we got back to the US. Before this I used to be stuck with Marine and Shipbuilding Workers success of an SlU-spearheaded by examiners for the Maryland all over the country are working all kinds of foreign currencies, and of America, which was climaxed in j;ampaigh to save the US Public Employment Security Board, pay­ with reduced staff due to few con­ Health Service hospital program 1947 during the CIO union's 131- ment has had to be held up pend­ tracts and that Maryland Drydock I have a whole boxfuL of the stuff at home." day strike against major US ship­ from'extinction by Congress and ing company appeals to higher is no exception. Some snags were reported in one ^ the formation of a working alli­ yards. After winning the beef, authority. The contract beef, according to or two instances because of local ance between all non-Communist lUMSWA officials presented a The company's action has also Charles A. Russell, local e.xecutive regulations. In the Philippine US sea unions on matters of mu­ commemorative plaque hailing the drawn the fire of the Baltimore secretary, arises from the com­ Islands the checks have to be SIU's assistance Which is stili tual concern. In another field of concern to seamen, the SIU waged displayed at SIU headquarters City Council, which unanimously pany's "complete indifference to issued at sea because there is a adopted a resolution demanding seniority rules and its efforts to regulation prohibiting issuance of a vigorous campaign against the today. abusive policy of military officials At issue in the current dispute immediate action on the-pending bypass men with years of seniority US travelers' checks while in a in one department by transferring Philippine port. India, too, has regarding shore leave for merchant is the company unwillingness to cases from -the state board. Attorneys for Maryland Dry- them to a. hew one where they some regulations which have seamen in foreign ports and suc­ yield on terms of a new contract caused difficulty. ceeded in winning a ruling from despite 16 negotiation sessions. dock, meanwhile, contend that must start at the bottom." Both Russell and lUMSWA Re­ the Defense Department guaran­ Talks are now recessed indefinite­ there was an actual labor dispute Headquarters would like to hear teeing the right of seamen to un­ ly, pending a management change on and after July 23, 1954, and gional Director Jack Gerson visited from other SIU crews on the sub­ that the workers laid off since the SIU hall here recently to ject. Seafarers are asked to Write restricted shore leave in virtually of heart. all cases. An. added bone of contention is then have actually been away from outline the situation to Sheppard. in notifying the Union how the .Even with a decided dip in ship the company's legal maneuvering their jobs for that reason, and not He assured them whatever finan­ travelers' checks are being received traffic and the lay-up of many ves­ which has worked to deny 300 due to any lack' of work. The cial or other support they needed. in various foreign ports. , SIU Socks Ship Workers' Beef YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Lowdown on Food-Freezer Plans -'it- ' ^;r- \§''SK.ri "Are the food-and-freezer plans I hear about on TV any ' good?" asked Mrs. I. L., of Bronx, NY, a reader of the SEAFARERS LOG. This is a question of interest to many families seeking some way of reducing food expenses in this time of steep living costs. The sales spiels of the television pitchmen and house-to-house canvassers are very beguiling; too niuch so, as some families who are now the disillusioned, not-atail-proud owners of freezers can testify. Buying a freezer is a dubious investment for a city family. You can rarely make it pay for itself, even though the promoters claim you will be able to buy food, from them at reduced prices if you buy a freezer. The chief exaggeration is the claim that the plan supplies you with food at much lower than retail prices. The "plan" may advertise some very low prices on certain items. But in many cases it has been proved this is only bait. Short-Weighted Meats For example, in Nassau CountyTNY, there have been many complaints about short-weighting of meats sold by the food plans at what seemed low prices. County weights and measures authorities warned the public that many food-plan companies advertise that you can buy.meat at 59 to 63 cents a pound. But they bill you for 150 to 180 ' pounds, (the wholesale weight of the meat) while you . actually get only 100 pounds after the wholesale .cuts are .. trimmed down to the usual retail cuts of meat. Thus you may pay an average price of 85 cents for meat, which may be cheap for the porterhouse you get In your meat order, but expensive for the stew meat you also get. Even if a food plan is operated honestly, as some of the long established reputable ones are, and does give you a discount for quantity'purchases, the costs of buying and operating a freezer may well cancel all such savings. Owning a freezer is generally an economy only' for families who grow some of their own food, or live in rural areas where they may be able to buy food cheaply for freezing (even then, processing the food for the freezer entails a lot of work for the housewife.) A freezer also offers certain conveniences, like bulk buying and fewer shopping trips. But for most families living in larger towns, a large-enough refrigerator perhaps with a fullwidth freezer compartment, would be sufficient at much less expense. Costs of owning a freezer are surprisingly high. They include amortization, of the freezer itself, interest charge for time payments, repairs, electric power and packaging (which becomes surprisingly expensive). Government ex­ perts Estimate that the cost of owning a freezer comes to about $100-$120 a year. Depending on how much you use the freezer, its operating and ownership expenses thus add on 11 to 25 cents per pound to the cost of the food. The gimmick used by many food-plan promoters is to tell you that "food for a week" will cost you only, say "$20 a week for a family of four." But this only includes meat, poultry, fish and frozen produce. It does not include the milk, cheese, eggs, bread, dry groceries,- etc., that make up oyer hair ^.yow; iood bUL • ' Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margoiius, leading Expert on Buying Buying a freezer through a "food plan" is especially dubious because you must also pay installment charges for buying the freezer on time, and in some "plans" you pay an installment interest fee on the food too. Beware 'Tie-in' Price The worst feature of some "food plans" is that you pay $600 for a freezer you could buy for as little as $400 in any of the reliable private brands, or from retailers. Espe­ cially avoid any plan which makes a flat weekly price for the payment on the freezer and the cost of the food, and whose salesmen refuse to state how much the freezer it­ self costs. Too, there are seasons when you don't want to use frozen produce, when nearby fresh produce is reasonable or fresh fish is in season and very cheap. Or you may prefer some­ times to buy canned vegetables and fruits, which are gen­ erally cheaper than frozen foods at any season. If you do raise much of your own food (which city dwellers- don't), a freezer may save time and conserve food values better than home canning, and also save some money. For example, some small-town dwellers buy chicks during the summer for a few pennies and raise them to broiler size for the freezer. Others buy meat at bulk prices in the winter and freeze it for the warm months when the price is high. They buy a quarter of beef or a whole porker. Or they make a batch of applesauce in the fall, when apples go begging, and have it for months. But for city families, the best bet is still to look for the *cut-4:ate specials.offer.eji|.by local.supecmarkets....^.,. �SEAFARERS Page Sis K• H:- Stiffen CG Control of Dope Raps Former Diplomat Visits SlU Hq •BOSS' CRUMP DIES AT 80—One of Anierica's most powerful po­ litical leaders, £. H. Crump of Memphis, Tennessee, died of a heart ailment at the age of 80. Crump had ruled Memphis, and Tennessee, politics with an iron hand for 50 years. He suffered his first political setback in 1948 when Estes Kefauver won the Senatorial nomination over his opposition. 3) WASHINGTON — Broad power to deny or revoke sea­ men's papers of men con­ (i victed of any kind of narcotics violation have been given to the Coast Guard under the terms of a law passed in the last session of Congress. From now on the Coast Guard will have authority to pull the papers of men convicted of shoreside narcotic offenses in any Federal, state or municipal court in the land. Up until now the Coast Guard has had authority only over nar­ cotics violations- committed while the seaman was in the employ of a vessel. It could not act against a holder of seaman's papers who was involved in narcotics use or traffic while ashore. Further, the Coast Guard will have authority to deny new docu­ ments for entry ratings to anybody convicted of a narcotics crime. The discretion of the Coast Guard will cover convictions taking place on or after July 15, 1954, and the agency can deny the documents, or pull the papers, anytime within ten years of such convictions. As far as current holders of sea­ men's papers are concerned, the Coast Guard is given broad author­ ity under the law to revoke papers. Convictions for possession, sale, transportation or use of any kind of narcotics, including marijuana, in any court anywhere in the United States or its territories wUl be grounds for the Coast Guard to call a hearing. The revocation of the man's papers will be for a minimum pe­ riod of three years. After that, the man can apply for new seamen's papers which the Coast Guard may or may not issue at its discretion. The main objective of the legis­ lation was to impose drastic limita­ tions on the ability of merchant seamen to participate in narcotics smuggling — either on ship or ashore. Of course, it 4oes not apply to seamen on foreign-flag ships who are not required to carry US seamen's papers. October 29. 1954 LOG 4 LONE SEAMAN REACHES SAMOA ON RAFT—Following in the path of the famed Kon-Tiki expedition of 1947, a 61-year-old New York ' seaman, WiUiam Willis, reached Samoa from Peru after 115 days of drifting on the Humboldt current. During most of the journey on the 34-foot raft he lived on raw dolphin fish. Discussing improvements in seamen's conditions in recent years, Edward R. Dudley, former US ambassador to Liberia (right), talks with SIU Secretary-Treasurer Paiil Hall (center) as Seafarer John Clark, steward, looks on. The onetime Government official visited SIU headquarters recently with Clark, an old friend. Log Reader Offers * Mystery Man' Clue NAVY PLANS ATOM CARRIER—with one atom-powered submarine virtually completed and a second one under construction, the Defense Department announced it was preparing to develop an atomic power plant for an aircraft carrier. Sea trials for the Nautilus, the Navy's atomic submarine, have been delayed because of defective steam pip­ ing which is now being replaced. $• •HAZEL' THROWS TEMPER TANTRUM—The season's most de­ structive hurricane, "Hazel" by name, caused over 300 deaths and hun­ dreds of millions in property damage all the. way from the island Re­ public of Haiti to Toronto, Canada. Beginning around October 5 off the island of Grenada in the Windward group. Hazel headed due west and then turned northward across Haiti. From there it went northwest, hitting the South Carolina coast at Myrtle Beach and cutting through North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York state and the province of Ontario, Canada. Storm and flood damage was severe for 200 miles on either side of the big blow. 3) . 4* 4" DEMOCRATS BAG A CABINET MEMBER—Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was treed by gleeful Democrats on the scent of an elec­ tion victory following an untimely analogy between people and dogs. In discussing the unemployment problem the Secretary remarked he preferred bird dogs to kennel dogs because the latter just sit on their As a result of a story which appeared in a recent issue of fannies and yelp for feeding. The implication that the unemployed are the LOG, a possible identification of "Mr. X," an amnesia lazy and the "people to dog" comparison was pounced upon by Demo­ victim at the Boston USPHS hospital, has been made by a crats and made a key issue in campaign oratory. seaman who is himself a pa--^' tient at the USPHS hospital on Staten Island. The man is AB Joe McMurray, of the NMU, who reported that he had seen the LOG story in the hos­ pital and believes that the mystery seaman was a shipmate of his aboard the P. W. Sprague during a run to Antwerp in 1944. McMurray says he believes the man's name is Tompkins, and thinks he may have lost his memory during the buzz bomb attack on the Belgian port. Efforts to identify the amnesia victim were intensified recently when the "Boston Post" offered a $500 reward after "Mr. X" for the first time started to respond to questioning. "Mr. X," who was brought to the IHister X' hospital early in 1945 suffering from a bone disease, is qbout 65, erable knowledge of British navy six feet tall, slender, brown-eyed and merchant marine terms. In­ and grey-haired, and has a consid- cluding English sailors' slang. Cartoon History Of The SIU It took a war, the Korean action which began in June, 1950, to give shipping its first real boost in many months. The US, through the United Nations, was committed to. a major role in the fighting, and Seafarers, as in World War II, pledged overwhelm­ ing to keep the/ahipa.meyiiui and the Ktpply linear ^ » 4i 4> 4* GOV'T RAPS COFFEE EXCHANGE—The Federal Trade Commis­ sion charged the New York Coffee Exchange with responsibility for the drastic increases in the price of coffee which reached $1.45 a pound at retail earlier in the year. The Government agency said that trading practices of the Exchange, and speculation, were largely responsible. t i J RUSSIANS LEAVING PORT ARTHUR—Agreement has been, reached between the Communist Chinese, government and the Soviet" Union for Russian forces to evacuate Port Arthur in Manchuria. The Russians had occupied the base at the end of World War II. In addi­ tion the two countries have agreed to build two new railway lines link­ ing the Soviet and Chinese railway systems. The agreement is con­ sidered a sign that Red China and Russia are sticking closely together as equal partners in an alliance. 4 OWEN LATTIMORE INDICTED AGAIN—A key figure in Senator McCarthy's charges of Communists in government. Far East expert Owen Lattimore has again been indicted on perjury charges dealing with his testimony before a Senate committee. The US attorney try­ ing the case has asked Federal Judge Luther W. Youngdahl to dis­ qualify himself from hearing the case on the grounds that he is biased in favor of the defense. Judge Youngdahl had previously thrown out a key count in the Government's original indictment and was upheld by the US Court of Appeals. He refused to disqualify himself. War la Korea In July, the US began the Job of reactivating some of the more than 2JIXM World War U ehips in the reserve fleet for private operatlonr Meanwhile, with plenty of American abips atiU idle, the SIU charged tlut the Navy's Military Sea Tranq>eftatioa Servicet was still chartering 'toreign toanage to carry US eargoea No. 75 The SIU also went to bat with tiie shipping com­ panies and won war zone ooverage for Seafarers .go­ ing to the Far East. Although no one was hurt, the shelling of the SlU-manned Steel Rover near Hmig Kong in Am^ pinpointed the need to..^a88ure se­ curity lor Seafarers and their Sr^uiiUes in the midst ft m shiiotinf WW. . •^ �, .-.y yjw yy Ootober 29. 1954 SEAFARERS , ' Pagre Sevea Balfo SIU Port Office Nears Formal Opening SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON I LOG .|l i1 ii I Last year, due to the campaign put on by maritime unions, Congress appropriated about $33 miilion for marine hospitals. This was after the Bureau of the Budget had threatened to eliminate Government ap­ propriations altogether. Once again, the Budget Bureau, which passes on all Government appropriations before they are submitted to Congress, is thinking in terms of a substantial appropriation reduction for the marine hospitals. The Budget Bureau recommendation on this matter will go to Presi­ dent Eisenhower within the next six weeks. 4" t t 4> 4> 4 4 4 4 • 4 4 4 4 .f '•i Since the Greek Government eased many of the difficulties which Greek shipowners formerly met in placing their ships under that flag, more than 120,000 tons of shipping have gone back to the Greek flag. The Government of Greece has taken steps to inform interested parties abroad of all the legislative measures introduced up to this time in order to encourage the return to Greek registry of Greek-owned ships now under foreign flags. Some of the leading maritime nations of the world, particularly in Europe, are losing no time in planning for the opening of the St. Law­ rence Seaway. Unfortunately, up to this time, American lines have not shown too much interest in the subject. This is probably because US shipping companies were opposed to the Seaway project in the beginning. Whereas in the past many foreign shipping lines have gone only as far as Montreal, they are now making plans to es^tend their service beyond into the Seaway itself. Those who have indicated a desire to participate in this traffic include most of the European maritime powers. Contrary to some thought, it still will be a long time before mer­ chant ships will be propelled by atom power. Many obstacles remain to be conquered in this new field, including protection of crews and passengers from radio-activity. The maritime industry will need all the support it can get during the coming Congressional session to insure the success of shipping legislation to be introduced. This is so because maritime undertakings, like all others, are costly, and there are bound to be strenous objec­ tions raised. For example, it now appears that the keystone of the 1955 merchant marine legislative program in Congress will be a program to provide for replacement of the US merchant marine. Our fleet, in general, is more than middle-aged, and if not replaced according to a planned program, wjll become obsolete all at once. One of the big programs that will be considered by the next Con­ gress, convening, in January, will be one to authorize the construction of 60 large, modern dry cargo ships each year for 20 years. This new program probably would cost in the neighborhood of at least $400J)00,000, of which the industry itself would spend somewhat more than $200,000,000, with the Federal Government appropriating the balance. There will be substantial opposition to this program, both within and without Congress, even though the Government's share in the program would amount to less than one percent of our annual outlay for defense purposes. The main reason for opposition to maritime proposals is lack of un­ derstanding, lack of public prodding of the Congress, also a mistaken conviction, born of the costly emergency ship construction of the two World Wars, that we do not really need all this new construction, when already so many vessels are either in active service or in the reserve. Yet the Defense Department itself freely admits that the merchant marine, no matter how large it may be, and regardless of any emer­ gency construction program, will be woefully inadequate in case of Worid War III. Seafarers give the hew SIU Baltimore port office the onceover as work is rushed to complete the build­ ing in time for a scheduled opening in November. Behind them is tlje rotary shipping board for the main floor hiring hall, which duplicates the one at SIU headqijprters but is somewhat smaller. When completed, the building is expected to be one of the finest union halls in the US. SIU Strike Keeps Bull Run Tied Up BALTIMORE—^An attempt by the operators of ihe struck tanker Bull Run to get the ship worked on in the shipyard here was met with stone-wall opposition from CIO ship­ yard workers who refused to lay a hand on the vessel. Meanwhile, with the ship idled in the shipyard, picketing by^ members of the SIU crew has was later towed to this city and timore and manned the seagoing idled in the bay whiie a seagoing picketline for several days before been called off. Originally struck by the SIU in picketline manned by former crewthe Port of Norfolk, the Bull Run members circled the vessel in a cabin boat. Then, later this month, she was moved by tug to the facil­ ities of the Maryland Drydock Company. The shipyard workers, however, wouldn't touch her be­ Under the rules of the Va­ cause of the pickets. cation Plan as set forth by the The dispute is over the refusal trustees, a Seafarer must ap­ ply within one year of the- of the company. Petrol Tanker in­ payoff date of his oldest dis­ dustries, Inc., one of several SIU charge in order to collect his companies under the Mathiasen banner, to renew its SIU contract. full vacation benefits. If he The company had been under con­ presents any discbarge whose tract to the Union for several payoff date is more than a years. year before the date of his va­ As a result of the operator's atti­ cation application, he wiil iose tude, the SIU called the strike in out on the sea time covered Norfolk and the crew walked off by that particular discbarge. Don't sit on those discharges. the ship. Strike authority had 4 4 4 Bring them in and collect the been voted earlier by the member­ Thirty-five countries have accepted the 1948 International Conven­ money that is due to you. ship. tion for Safety of Life at Sea. Crewmembers later came to Bal­ The last nation to accept the safety convention was Poland in the middle of this year. The US, back in ^950, was the third country to accept the conven­ Puerto Rico Labor Chief Visits SIU tion, and in the last four years, the various other nations of the worid gradually have filed their acceptance. 4 '4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ' 4 DonH Waitf iSet Vacation Pay In the future, all applicants for merchant mariner's documents will be required to indicate on the application whether they ever have been convicted of violation of the narcotic drug laws of the United States. If the answer is "yes," the applicants will be required to state the place, date, and particulars of such conviction. Similarly, applicants for documents also must Indicate whether they have ever used or have been addicted to the use of narcotics. Failure to answer such questions, under new law, will be considered as one of the reasons for refusal to issue documents. The new law covers persons applying for any kind of Coast Guard license, certification, and documents issued to merchant mariners. Latest figures On the American merchant marine show a further drop in tonnage—21 ships less than the number in operation Just one month ago. The fleet today is 146 less than the active fleet in operation a year ago. This is the time of the year when shipping interests In the nation's Capitol are engaged in thinking of legislative programs for next year. Some have been, in talking the situation over with Commence Depart­ ment officials, but the latter take the view that it might be well to wait until the f/ovember elections before putting final touches on a legislative pro^am. On the other hand, at least one segment of the industry feels that the maritime industry has received about as much as it can get from the Government, and that it is up to the industry itself to carry on. Visiting the SIU hall in New Orleans, Fernando Sierra (wearing bow tie), secretary of labor for , Puerto Rico, chats with Seafarer Max Pitre (third from right), oiler on the Alcoa Corsair. Sierra was accompanied by Pedro E. Anglade (third from left), Puerto Rican attorney. , the ship was moved to the ship­ yard pier. She continues to be idle now and the company has indi­ cated no further move. No attempt to crew her has been made. Isthmian To Add Piers In B'klyn Seafarers shipping with the Isth­ mian Steamship Company in the Port of New fork will next- year be operating rut of one of the larg­ est'and most modern terminals on the Atlantic coast. The SlU-contracted operator has just completed arrangements for a ten-year lease on an additional ^09,000 square feet of waterfront property which wili connect with Isthmian's present breakwater ter­ minal in Brooklyn. When it is completed, the new facility will permit the simultaneous loading or unloading of six vessels, compared with the present accommodations for only four. Leaving Staten Island As part of its pier modernization program, Isthmian expects to give up its piers in Staten Island and eventually concentrate all opera­ tions in Brooklyn. The site, which extends into the Upper- Bay from Columbia Street, will house a new transit shed 750 feet long by 140 feet wide and will give Isthmian a terminal with an over-all area 3,250 feet long and up to 325 feet wide. The property's owners will undertake the actual construction. Isthmian currently operates 24 C-3 freighters and one C-2, the Andrew Jackson, on a bareboat charter from Waterman, another SlU-contracted company, in its world-wide cargo service. �m I I '.J'v • I Pare Eirht SEAFARERS LOG MARITIME All 29. crewraembers of the Llberian freighter Travel, Star were rescued last week when the ship caught fire after grounding on a reef near Okinawa. Army and Navy craft handled the rescue job . The Maritime Administration reports that the active US-flag merchant fleet suffered a decline of 21 ships during September. Only 1,308 ships of over a thousand tons were working on Oct. 1, representing a drop of 146 vessels in the last 12 months. The active privately-owned fleet Question: How do you like to has 59 fewer ships than a year ago. Government-owned ships accounted spend your time when you're on for the remainder. the beach? (Question asked in the 4 t Galveston hall.) The world's biggest tanker, the 47,000-tpn Al-Mallk Saud AI-Awal • Johnny Rielly, chief steward: I has completed her trial runs in the North Sea, following completion of construction in a Hamburg shipyard. She is going into operation try to plan my shipping so I will be on the beach shortly for the Saudi-Arabian Tanker Co., owned by millionaire ship­ during the hunt­ owner Aristotle S. Onassis . . . The Swedish-American liner Stockholm ing season., I like became the first trans-Atlantic liner to sail from a North Carolina port any kind of hunt­ when she left Morehead City this month on the first of four short ing, but shooting cruises. ducks and geese .44 4 is my favorite Efforts to salvage the 14,000-ton German liner Monte Cervantes have sport. During the ended in failure after 11 years and an expenditure of $1.2 million. season, you can The ship, with 1,200 passengers aboard, sank off the tip of South Ameri­ , always find good ca, in 1930, with no loss of life. After finally being refloated this month, . \ shooting along however, she sank once again while being towed by three salvage tugf the Texas coast. . . . Fire which raged aboard the 3,099-ton Norwegian steamer Folga 4 4 4 after she struck a mine in the North Sea caused no loss of life aboard Nick Magash, AB: I go fishing the vessel, thanks to the help of the Russian ship Tartu. One officer occasionally, but my favorite pas­ was killed when the -mine exploded, but 27 other cCewmembers were time is swim­ safe. ming and renew­ 4 4 4 ing acquaintances A total of only 16 vessels are under construction or on contract at with my. friends US shipyards on all coasts and the Great I^akes for future delivery. in Galveston. I The figure is made up of nine tankers, three dry cargo ships, two ore like to take time carriers, one passenger-auto ferryboat and one auxiliary cargo-attack off in the sum­ transport. All but six of them are scheduled for completion before 1955 mer when I'm . . . After making what is likely to be her last visit to New York, the not concerned British liner Georgic is expected to resume her old job of carrying with shipping. troops in the British Far East service. The 1932-built, 27,469-ton ship, Then I go out to currently under charter to the Cunard Line, served as a troopship dur­ the beach every day and visit with my friends in the evening. ing World War II. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Hafford W. "Red" Roberts, FWT: The Government will get $1.6 million in an out-of-court settlement Of course, I like to go home to arising from the loss of freight aboai'd the Jacob Luckenbach, which Oklahoma City sank near San Francisco on July 14, 1953, after a collision with the occasionally, but Matson freighter Hawaiian Pilot. The Luckenbach, operated by Pacific I always find Far East Lines, was carrying 12,000 tons of Army and Air Force cargo friends in any plus 87 tons of mail bound for Korea . . . The Sun Oil Company's 19port 1 happen to ship US-flag tanker fleet gained a new addition when the 30,000-ton be iff. I like to Western Sun was launched at Chester, Pa. The 641-foot sh'ip has a renew old ac­ speed of 16.5 knots and will be put in the coastwise service from quaintances and Texas to Marcus Hook, Pa. travel around with guys I know. 4 4 4 The other day I An all-time ore tonnage record for one cargo was reported at met a* shipmate I sailed with 11 Superior, Wis., after 21,762 tons had been loaded on the George M. years ago. Humphrey on its maiden trip. The new high is 705 tons more than the 4 4 4 old record set in 1953 by the Ernest Weir. Both ships are owned Henry P. Lopez, AB: I like to be by the M. A. Hanna Coal Co. The Humphrey is named after the present Secretary of the Treasury, who was a top company official before join­ ashore in the summer-when I can ing the Eisenhower cabinet . . . Forty Newfoundland seamen have quit go swimming in working ships operated by the Furness-Withy company because of the daytime and a change from Canadian to English .wage scales. A company .spokes­ go to the fights wrestling man said the switch was made In an "economy" move because the and matches at ni^t English scale is much lower. Of course, it is always fun to sit aroimd with your friends; drink a beer- or so, and watch television. ACROSS DOWN 11. Pitcher •34. Vigor I'm single, so my time is pretty Morean 36. Masterful 1. The Queens, 1. Heavy swell much my own. 19. Florida Island, 39. Spree 4. Kind of achest for instance 8. The finest 12. Ugly old 2. Consumed 3. Capital of woman Guam 13. Marbles 4. Wire to 14. Nor.se port support mast 15. Filipino 16. Money used in 5. Swedish district Bombay 6. Ship operators 17. Particle 7. Sacred song 18. Copper 8. Dory 20. Best part 9. Unexpected Values highly 22. obstacle 10. Warning sign 23. Weapons 24. Greek letter 1 Z 27. Yale foot­ ballers 29. Extent 12 31. SIU member 34. Ship 15 35. Island in Firth of Clyde 36. Endorsement IS on a passport 37. River in 22 England n. Yankee pitcher to. Port in Palestine (4. The Yanks, this year 46. Sharp tasting Kind of buoy 47. 49. Stringed instrument 51. Miss Gardner 52. The best quaUty . . 53. Island be­ tween Corsica and Italy 54. Temporary;, Abbr. < 55. .Marrlesf 56. Hawaiian . . * wreathes • 87. Bitter vetch 21. 23. 25. 26. 28. 30. 31. 32. 33. off Guadalcanal 41. Shipping of Shoals container Make public 42. The Orinoco Moor Atlantic: Abbr. 43. Dutch cheeses 45. Native earths Hankers 46. Cry of despair Father of Jacob and Esau 47. Cutting tool Not so happy 48. Author of Part of "to "The Gold be" Bug" Atlantic Island 50. Jap sash (Puzzle Answers On Page 17) ,444 William Hightower, FWT: Just relaxing with the guys I know on the beach is my idea of a gO|od tinifr. You can always find' some­ one around the hall or in the neighborhood to swap sea stories with. A little feminine c o mpanionship is in order, too, and I usually run into someone I know in Galveston. October 29, 1954 MEET THE SEAFARER HARVEY GUENTHER Orleans in a new role—that of an Electrician AFL organizer. His experience in (Interviewed in the Galveston hall.) organization work among laundry One experience with what he workers in the Crescent City describes as "management's idea brought him in contact with SIU of union" led Harvey Guenther members and officials with the re­ on a somewhat roundabout route sult that he became so interested to his first trip to sea aboard an in the SIU that he started ship­ SlU-manned ship out of New Or­ ping out. leans in 1946. Since his first trip early in 1946, This same experience introduced Guenther has ^aken part in a num­ Guenther to what he now calls his ber of major and minor SIU or­ chief hobby—studying and prac­ ganizational campaigns, including ticing trade unionism, with partic­ a successful SlU-affiliated Marine ular emphasis on the SIU brand. Allied Workers drive and the camr It all started in the early days of paign which brought the Cities World War II when Guenther was Service fleet under the SIU ban­ personnel director for a large St. ner. Settled In Houston Louis manfacturing concern. The Guenther eventually settled in St. Louis corporation took over operation of an automobile assem­ the Galveston area. He recently bly plant there for use in manu­ bought a house in Houston where he lives with his wife and 18-yearfacture of military goods. "Of course," Guenther recalled, old daughter. Another daughter "the men who had berti employed is married, and when Guenther is in the automobile assembly plant ashore some of his happiest mo­ were union members, which In the ments are spent visiting with his eyes of my employers made them three grandchildren. The SIU electrician and pump­ undesirable for work in the new operation. No one in manage­ man isn't the only member of his ment seemed to be concerned family who has more than a pass­ about the fact that conversion of ing interest in trade unionism, the automobile plant had thrown both as a vocation and as a hobby. His wife is an organizer, for the these people out of work." When Guenther was called on International Printing Pressmen the carpet for hiring too many of and Assistants' Union (AFL). "When I'm ashore it is a real the out-of-work assembly plant men, that was the last straw. pleasure to me to help Mrs. Gu­ Guenther resigned. enther in her organizational work," he said. "That, to me, is my re­ Management Double-Talks "The public shouldn't be misled creation." Both are avid readers of, the by management interests who ex­ press such grave concern for the LOG. "We get a lot of ideas from individual's 'right to work,'" Gu­ reading the LOG and studying the enther said. "What they really SIU's militant trade union policies mean is they want to deprive which we can adapt to other trade working people of the prjvilege of union lieljfls," Guentber explained. Gu'enlJiAr believes every SIU organizing legitimate trade unions: They want to put us in a position member should devote more time where we will have to belong to, to studying the tJnion'B contracts, their union of ideas to have the constitution and policies. "Every member should know the right to work." Guenther, believes his St. Louis rights that are guaranteed to him experience was a stroke of good under our constitution, contract and shipping rules," he said. "We fortune in disguise. His personal experience with should realize that along with management put him in search of a these rights, there is also an ob­ place where he could employ his ligation to do our part to help talents and knowledge of labor- maintain the fine orgainization we management relations to the best- now have. It is an organization advantage. Shortly thereafter, he which has won for us the highest was projected over to labor's side rewards in the industry in earn­ of the employe-employer relation­ ings, conditions, welfare benefits ship and found himself in New and internal union democracy." l^OUND^ A S^trike of 30,000 truck drivers in the New York City area quickly brought several hundred local and over the road truckers to terms on the basis of a 25-cents-an-hour in­ crease. Employer-negotiators had attempted to maintain a solid frcmt but the Teamsters; Union cracked it easily and .in five days .Aigned virtually every trucking operation in the area. union demands for a voice in the plan's operation. 4 4 4 Ten-thousand Ford Motor Com­ pany employees at the company's Ontario plants have gone out on strike for wage increases after sev­ eral months of negotiation between The United Automobile Workers and the company had failed to pro­ duce an agreement. The workers are employed by Ford's Canadian 4 4 4^ A "no-overilme" protest by subsidiary. Staten Island, New York, bus driv­ 4 4 4 Renewed efforts to. settle the ers slowed bus service for a few days. The men, members of the strike of Pittsburgh department Amalgamated Motor Coach Union, store employees were ^eemed un­ AFL, objected to the transfer of likely after members of Teamsters 4 4 "~-4 Leonldes Lopez, chief cook: I 29 (Irivers to other sections of the Local 249 (AFL) "rejected a five just loaf around the hall and visit city without i;eplacement. Union cent offer by a vote of 661 to 84. spokesmen contended that the The strike has been on for 11 friends in places transfers would leave Stated Is- months with inside unions affected along the coast, as well as teamsters. but I don't like lajid lines shoi^handed. to spend < much ' 4 4 4 4 4 4 Employers who have stock pur­ New York laundry workers have time on the chase plans for their workers piust opened a $l,300,0Qp .ipedical cen­ beach. I've been bargain with the upion. on the ter which .will provide outpatient^ going to sea for operation of such plans, the Na­ services for lSiOOO workers,jn thq"^ 14 years imd I tional Labof Relations Board has industry, "The center was opened like to be out on ruleid. A three to one vote of the by the Amalgamated Clothing a ship... For that NLRR instriic'ted the Ric^el'd b'il' Workers^" bl Ameiiba (ClOl^urider, reason, ,1 don't get ofl[ unless <! drc'ujiistances le- Ciim^tany tfe bargain vidtli the OH its cbnfrtict-»gAfembhtil witli Iflun-, qUlre'lift»':tt't--^»i.t-v!yO(.y kiz! WbrkeMxattt^ttlitlttgill *Uftlbil»loir^(dvy'bMplbjfbts �October 29. 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Page Nina SEAFARERS « LOG October 29, 1954 •Beffer Sfay Buried!' Vol. XVI, No. 22 Published biweekly by the Sebfarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32. NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAXJL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer ' Editor, HERBERT BRAND; Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARO SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, iRwm SPIVACK, AL MASKIN; Gulf Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. 'Don't Try It* This issue of the SEAFARERS LOG carries a detailed ac­ count of a would-be conspiracy sponsored by the old ILA and elements within the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association (CIO) to "take over" US shipping and put the SIU and other genuine trade unions in maritime out of business. The operating plans of the ILA-chartered "United International Seamen's Union" bare all the earmarks of the crimp-hall, boarding-house methods of shipping seamen that were so popular with shipowners before strong mari­ time unions came into being. While the LOG is devoting a good deal of space toward the conspiracy, the Union is not alarmed over its future pros­ pects. The purpose of the display is to call the attention of Seafarers and all other unions in maritime to the fact that - the enemies of maritime unions are still active. They still dream of the days when seamen had to crawl to get a job. The membership should note as well that among the people involved are the elements who were exposed in the LOG of September 3 as the cast of "The Anti-Union Medicine Show." Up until now these elements have been active-against indi­ vidual maritime unions. Now with the help of the ILA, they plan to attack all maritime unions at once. The SIU is confident it will be able to handle this threat as it has handled others in the past. It knows that Seafarers will-not..stQmach any attempt to return to conditions the Union overcame years ago. It knows it can count on the active support of the rank and file membership of the Union to Tneet this threat with all necessary measures. In closing the SIU has three words of free advice to the "United International Seamen's Union"—don't try it. Attacks Apathy To Blood Appeal To the Editor: Lately I have beep reading some articles in the SEAFARERS LOG about the fine blood donor record which SIU members have at the Staten Island USPHS hospital and elsewhere. But recently something happened in the shipping hall at headquarters which I would like to comment about. I believe in giv­ ing credit where credit is due. but I also believe in giving criticism when it is needed. And I think it is needed in this case. What happened was that re­ cently, while I was in the shipping hall. the dis­ patcher asked for 15 blood donors to go over to the Staten Island hospital and do­ nate blood for some of their fel­ low Union mem­ bers who were going to undergo CoiliiM There was a time when all who will be 52 years of age this operations. This blood, we were all told, was badly ship's delegate had to worry about December. He makes his home in was beefs on food, overtime and Harbor City, California. needed. Some of the other rank and file Despite this, only nine members, repair lists. Sometimes, of course including myself, responded to the these can prove a tall order. But brothers who took over meeting appeal—and tliis only after the dis­ with life on shipboard becoming posts in the various SIU ports last patcher had m^de the appeal threi more complex, a delegate can have meeting were A. G. Alexander and other things on his mind like S. C. Slaid in Lake Charles, Leo times over the loudspeaker. Now this is a sad state of affairs, ship's library, recreation supplies De Loach, who was recording sec­ As Seafarers know it has been standard SIU policy down because when a man is in the hos­ a record player and even the in­ retary at the Mobile meeting. Bill through the years for the membership to assist other trade pital and needs blood he needs it ner workings of a television set. Neehan in Norfolk, and A. Ander­ unions both in and out of maritime in winning their beefs. right away—not tomorrow or the son and F. Votto in the West Coast TV Troubles That policy has won us the close friendship of many unions next day. What's more, it takes Television troubles were dropped port of San Francisco. who have been glad to give us a hand in any way they could. only about five minutes to give a at the doorstep of Seafarer Sid 41 4 4 One such union with whom the SIU has had close and pint of blood, and it doesn't hurt The role of rank and file trial Berger aboard friendly relations is the CIO's Industrial Union of Marine the donor in any way, and so there the Mae (Bull committees in dealing with viplais no reason at all why the mem­ and Shipbuilding Workers. Line). Like many tions of the SIU constitution was bers should not have responded other coastwise pointed up by a recent trial of a Some years back the shipyard workers had a strike at better than they did. and intercoastal Seafarer in the Port of Baltimore. major shipyards which dragged out over several months. Sea­ Against Personal Experience ships the crew- The Seafarer was brought up on farers helping out on the picket lines, particularly in Balti­ What surprises me especially members of the charges after he had "invaded" the more, were instrumental in helping the shipyard workers about this whole situation is the Mae had chipped Union hall in a drunk and disor­ fact that I know, from personal win that beef. in for a TV re­ derly condition and interfered Now Local 31 of the shipyard union is engaged in a serious experience, that SIU men are in­ ceiver, but were with the orderly dischai-ge of hassle over job rights with the Maryland Drydock Company variably ready to donate blood having their duties by Union needed, even when that blood Berger in which the SIU is again giving all the assistance it can. when troubles getting officials, refusing is not for members of their Union. In return the shipyard workers have been of considerable For instance, I was in Yokohama, it to work properjy. So ship's dele­ to leave peace­ when re­ assistance to the SIU on several occasions. At the present Japan, on August 19, 1952, when gate Berger, at last word, was scout­ fully quested to do so. moment the SlU-contracted tanker Bull Run is being struck the Army doctors from the Tokyo ing out somebody ashore who could A membership by the Union because its owners have refused to renew the Army Hospital contacted all the adjust the receiver to suit the dis­ committee con­ taste of the crew. contract. The Bull Run is drydocked at the Maryland com- ships in the harbor and asked the criminating Berger, who sails in the steward sisting of James crews to donate blood to the hos­ , pany's yard, but as far as the shipyard workers are con­ Corcoran, VI npital's blood bank. And—except for department, has been a member of eent Quinn, A. cerned the barnacles will stay on her bottom. They're not one NMU man—every man who the Union for five years, joining in Bearden, Ray touching a "hot" ship. * Pomerlane responded to this appeal was an the Port of New York. He is 42 Nicholson, The Bull Run is further proof, if such were needed, that SIU member. years old and lives ashore in Balti­ Charles Moss and Robert Pomerthe SIU policy of aiding other unions pays off time and again What we should do here, I be­ more. lane heard the evidence and upheld Another delegate who has doiie lieve, is build up a blood bank the to the benefit of the membership. the charges. They recommended same as Seafarers have built up a "bang-up job"—to quote his ship­ that the defendant pay a $50 fine 4" i 4elsewhere, to draw against in time mates—is John H. Emerick aboard and apologize for his actions. the Steel Traveler (Isthmian). The of need. Thomas M. Collins ship's minutes noted that excellent 4 4 4 (Ed. note: Last month, after care was given two men who had This Sunday marks the end of the 16th year since the SIU A series of informative educa­ A&G District was chartered. It completes another year in the passage of a resolution by the been hospitalized during the course tional meetings on the Waterman which the SIU has been able to make headway in the face membership, the Union attempted of the voyage and the delegate saw coastwise ship De Soto got under­ to set up a special SIU blood bank to it that their interests were prop­ way recently on the suggestion of considerable obstacles. the Staten Island hospital. The erly safeguarded. made by steward Phil Reyes. It Despite the shipping slump of the past year which has at Union was informed at that time was agreed that a whole series of 4i t hit the entire maritime industry the SIU has been able that blood bank facilities at the Serving as an officer of the last meetings would be held both to to absorb the shock and press ahead for new contract, vaca­ hospital are too limited to store Wilmington membership meeting acquaint new men aboard with the tion and welfare gains'for the membership as well as more more than a gntall reserve supply. was Seafarer Jesse W. Puckett. A operations and structure of the new progress on the legislative field; And at the same time Therefore^ the Union has had to veteran member of the SIU (he's Union and to serve as a "refresher" it stands firm against attempts of enemies of the SIU to rely on having Seafarers donate been with the Union since 1944), course for all Seafarers aboard the blood when and as it is needed. Puckett originated the Idea of vessel. shake or weaken it in any way. However, the Union has an under­ cooks and bakers exchanging their The first meeting was held on The SIU, as i union, was born in a time of difficulty and has had to fight every inch of the way against the shipowner, standing with the USPHS hospital favorite recipes and food special­ the spot with Seafarer Otto Calla­ —and also with city and private ties through the columns of the han presiding. It dealt with Union the waterfront Communist, and other enemies of maritime hospitals elsewhere in New York SEAFARERS LOG. He's contrib­ methods of settling beefs, unions. It has survived all attacks and made tremjendous —that all blood used by Seafarers uted a few of his own to the Union history, provisions of the Union contract headway through the years in the face of them. The strength win be replaced immediately, and newspaper in the past and again and other items. It proved to be of the SIU and the secret of its success lies in the fact that the Union has always liv^d up to this week. . of considerable interest TO tiie it has always Jbeen, and i ixmtinuea; to be^ a fighting, union. Ms part of the understondiniL) Puckett is,a «l|^ve^^ Callfpin(4^'ewmembers. Lending Al Hand 16th Birthday I Vot< Thanks 'I '"f\ 1 1 rY I M I �I 1 fJ}-- VMTC Tea SEAFARERS LOG October 30. 1954 ISK- There are SlU men who ha'j years, and who are as much at pore OS they are in San Francl of the world which still remaiif complete mystery. That area US Navy expedition to Antarctic in 1946-47 (above) was largest, most mechanized ever made. Here, moored to bay ice, are three of 12 naval vessels used. Even, the frigid Arctic sec commerce. This was partici when Seafarers made runs t< the Antarctic waters—and t| sweeps of the continent of day commercially untouched] Still, scientific expeditions] tion of 1946-47, shown on the secrets of this heel of the technological advances being] Some day, in the SlU ship( question may be: "Anyone E >'••' e ^.' iff &-':• ?!••••• ;r- ;, iivi^ Although expedition was mechanized, dogs and sleds were invaluable, penetrating areas no machine could sled i» lpad«d loa,d«d M megs helJi ; J The penguin's called a funny duck, he's always dressed for a ball; but the funniest part about him is-r-he ain't, a duck< at alL Si-Cl lot Breaking ice in Bay of Whales is UJ Antarctic^—5-6 million square milei Kally aouth«rmnost aeaa of Atlantic Sftia'MH^ �October 29, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Page Elevea m ' "•iL " Being-towed by tractor from bay ice to shelf ice is Navy observer plane. Rear Admiral Byrd, expedition leader, pioneered air exploration of Antarctic. • Huskies, such as one shown here, were as important to success of expedition as were men. Here Navy man rigs dog in place in line-up to draw slied. •i |» sailed the 5even sees for lome in Soigon and Singa0. Yet there is one area for Seafarers a region of the Antarctic. have seen their share of liriy true during the war, [ports like Murmansk. But vast, silent ice-covered jntorctica—remain to this ••and untouchable. Almost buried in snow is this Husky. Antarctic has severest climate on earth, with temperatures of 80 be­ low, or about 15 degrees colder than the Arctic. \ ^ s..\ Moored at Bay of Whiles is USS Ediste. Besides 12 surface vessels and planes. Navy used subs in expedition, which it designated as "Operation Highjump." - fke the US Navy expedipages, are revebling the [rid. And with the rapid [lade by man—who knows? jg hall of the future, the Little America?" L ' J' r.' * /^ General view of expedition camp at what Rear Admiral Byrd called "Little America." Unlike Arctic, which is frozen, landlocked sea, Antarctic is land mass. Quonset huts, built by Seabees, also formed part of camp. Expedition had in it over 4,000 Navy men plus many civilian scientists and technical experts. iiiiiiili: L . in Northwin<i. 'Patera surrounding l)f' land' around Southr Pole^ar* iPacific, Indian oceans. Tested under Antarctic conditions, emergency survival [ear, here shown being inspected, later helped save es of many Navy men in other situations, ' j.Kjftvv 'r.»rT fi-j Huk J With pipe and tobacco for comfort. Rear Admiral Byrd huddles near stove in shack. Byrd led four expeditions to AntarcUe—in 1929, 1933, 1939 and . • »v i • v*-« • �SEAFARERS Pace iSrd^ LOG October 29^ 19S4 PORT JtCPORXS Norfolk: Shipping Is Showing 'Signs Of New Life' During the past two weeks in this port we paid off the Bull Run (Mathiasen) and San Mateo Vic­ tory (Eastern) and signed on the San Mateo Victory. In transit were the Ocean Betty (Ocean Transpor­ tation), Steel Designer (Isthmian), Yaka (Waterman) and Coe Victory (Victory Carriers). At the last regular meeting the port agent said shipping in t.his port is showing*signs of new life with the crewing of the Oceon Nimet (Ocean Transportation) and the payoffs of the San Mateo Vic­ tory and Bull Run, but said it was a little too early to attribute this to the "50-50" decision applying to shipments of coal from this port by the US Government. He also stated that authority had been given to paint and repair the Nor­ folk hall. . Patrolman 'James Bullock re­ ported that in the USPHS hospital at present^are Herbert M. Bumpass, George F. Leckler, Lonnie Hall and Jesse P. Brinkley. Ben Rees Norfolk Port Agent paid off the Del Sud and Del Campo (Mississippi); Alcoa Corsair and Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa); Steel Traveler (Isthmian); Chickasaw and Antinous (Waterman), and Salem Maritime (Cities Service). Signing on were the Alcoa Roamer and Alcoa Cavalier (Alcoa) and the Del Sud and Del Oro (Mis­ sissippi). In transit were the Alcoa Pa­ triot, Alcoa Clipper and Alcoa Polaris (Alcoa); Steel Advocate, Steel King and Steel Executive (Isthmian); Del Oro and Del Alba (Mississippi); Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana (Seatrain); Hastings, Monarch of the Seas, Warrior and Claiborne (Waterman), and Neva West (Bioomfield). 'SpideF Recuperating Duska (Spider) Korolia is back in the USPHS hospital and doing well after another operation, while Hal Ellis, Oscar Bird and Jesse McElreath have be6n discharged from the hospital and are waiting to ship out. Recuperating nicely, and hoping to be able to ship out soon, are Clarence Lomax, Henry Jeffrey, George Champlin, Aurelio Patingo, Samuel Cope and John (Red) Carolan. Men recently admitted to the hospital are Melvin C. Foster, Albert Volloton, George Gordano, Dixon Stroup, Edward J. Stevens and James (Blackie) Mason. Lindsey J. Williams New Orleans Port Agent Wilmington: The Gahlns Pays Off, Signs On For Far EasI Shipping was not too good in this port during the past two weeks but We did have The Cabins (Cabins) come into San Pedro for a payoff and it was a clean one. This ship also signed on for a run to Japan with Navy cargo and we are hoping she will make a few trips to the Far East from this coast. In transit during this period were the Choctaw, Azalea City, Gateway City and John B. Water­ man (Waterman); Seacomet 11 (Ocean Carriers); Pennmar and Marymar (Calmar), and Southwind (South Atlantic). Ernest B. Tllley Wilmington Port Agent S. S St New York: Shipping Hoids Up, Joh Tnrnover Steady The ships we paid off during the last two weeks were the Steel Ex­ ecutive and Steel Maker (Isth' mian); Edith, Beatrice, Arlyn and Frances (Bull); French Creek Paoli, Chiwawa, Logans Fort, Brad ford Island and Lone Jack (Cities Service); Robin Tuxford and Robin Locksley (Seas Shipping); Penin sula Mariner (Waterman); Law­ rence Victory (Mississippi); Seatrain New Jersey (Seatrain), and Western Rancher (Western Naviga­ tion). • Signing on were the Greece Vic­ tory (South Atlantic); Coe Victory (Victory Carriers); Ocean Betty (Ocean Transportation); Robin Wentley (Seas Shipping), and Law­ rence Victory (Mississippi). In transit were the City of Alma De Soto, Kyska and Iberville (Waterman); Massmar (Calmar) Alcoa Ranger and Alcoa Puritan (Alcoa); Seatrains Savannah, Louis­ iana, Texas and New York (Sea­ train); Elizabeth and Dorothy (Bull), and Steel Director, Steel Recorder and Steel Voyager (Isth­ mian). Claude' Simmons Asst. Sec.-Treasurer St i Sonth's Shipping Good, Soon Staying Thai Way Lay-Up Heel Jdned By Peninsula Mariner The latest addition to the laidup fleet in this area is the Penin-^ sula Mariner, which arrived in this port a couple of days ago. This is the latest of the Pascagoula-built Mariners which have been sailing under the Waterman banner. Despite this, prospects for ship­ ping during the coming two weeks look fair, with the following ships due to hit the port either in transit or for payoffs: Arizpa, Beauregard, Fairisle, Claiborne, De Soto and Iber­ ville (Waterman) and Alcoa Cav­ alier, Alcoa Pil­ grim, Alcoa Part­ Nickerson ner and Alcoa Patriot (Alcoa). Some of these ships might lay up but there is a good possibility that the Waterman jobs would be replaced by some of the ships that Philadelphia: are laid up here, and that have al­ ready been repaired and are ready to go, so we shouldn't lose anything on the lay-ups. Shipping here slowed , down, Shipping in this port has been somewhat during the last couple of moving along fairly well during weeks with some 54 men shipped the past two weeks and we have to regular jobs and 111 men sent shipped just about as many men as to various relief jobs in and we have registered, which of around the harbor. During this period we had eight payoffs, four course is a healthy sign. We had the Calmar (Calmar) in sign-ons and three ships in transit. here for payoff—the first since the The ships paying off were the company started air conditioning Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Clipper, Al­ the holds of their ships. Also, we coa Polaris, Alcoa Pointer and. may be fortunate in having-these Alcoa Pennant (Alcoa) and the ships in here regularly for payoffs Monarch of the Seas, Claiborne as we understand there has been and Peninsula Mariner (Water­ a change in thein operations. man). The Alcoa Patriot, Polaris, Pointer and Pennant signed on Julesborg Takes Crew again. We also had the Julesburg In transit were the Chickasaw (Mathiasen) in hwe for payoff and Antinous (Waterman) and the after a four-month trip and we Del Campo (Mississippi). shipped a full erew on her. So. Mobile Bay Boy all in all, things were pretty good in this port, with seven payoffs, For our Seafarer of the Week, five sign-ons and six ships in we nominate Terrell T. Nickerson, transit. who joined the Union ^ 1948. Besides the Calmar and Jules­ Brother Nick," as he is known to burg the payoffs were the Steel lis friends, is married and makes Director (Isthmian), Cantigny (Cit­ his home down on Mobile Bay a ies Service), Angelina (Bull), few miles outside the city limits. Southern Cities (Southern) 'and He usually ships in one of the pa^ Republic (Trafalgar). senger ratings in the steward The Steel Director, Cantigny, department, and right now is on Southern Cities, Calmar and the beach waiting for a spot on an Republic signed on, and in transit Alcoa ship. When he's on the were the Ines (Bull), Steel Maker beach his favorite sport is catch­ (Isthmian) and De Soto, Kyska, ing soft shell clams and flounders Yaka and Iberville (Waterman). in front of his house, during the A. S. Cardullo . summer. As for the Union, Nick Philadelphia Port Agent says the Welfare Plan is tops, and he thinks the disability benefit is the best feature of the Plan. Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent X s- St It looks as if all of these hurri­ canes we've been having have blown away our warm weather here in New York and it has been pretty chilly during- the past few days. 4. The only thing hot around here New Orleans: right now is the political situation and the politicians are really going at it. We only wish that shipping i> St t, around here would pick up as much momentum as these political cam­ Savannah: paigns. If it did, there would be This port has been getting its no men left oh the beach. fair share of shipping during the Shipping during the past two past couple of weeks, and from all weeks, however, has been holding indications shipping should stay up very well in this port and there good here at least for the ne.xt Shipping has been good in this has been a steady turnover in all couple of weeks. The Alcoa Corsair (Alcoa) has port'and it looks as though it will departments. .#The .only; slow ship­ ping,' in fact, has beeh for stew­ crewed up and that completes the continue that way for a while. ards. These boys seem to be hold­ We had no payoffs during the drydocking period for the Alcoa passenger ships. The Del Sud was past two weeks but we signed on ing down their jobs So I would not advise any one who is in a hurry the first Mississippi passenger ship the Royal Oak to get out in that rating to come to to go in and come out of drydook (Cities Service) New York to registw. and will be followed by the Del and had seven During these past two weeks we Mar and Del Norte, When these ships in tsansit: paid off 18 ships, signed 5 on for­ ships complete their- drydocking, the Steel Trav­ eign articles and serviced 16 in shipping will settle down to nor­ eler (Isthmian), transit. All of these ships were in Robin Kettering mal here. good shape with very few beefs on Alcoa now has the Alcoa Runner, (Seas .Shipping), any of them, and the credit for Alcoa Roamer and Alcoa Ranger Lone Jack (Cities this of course goes to th« ships' Service) and Searunning into New crews and delegates for doing Orleans every trains Georgia bang-up jobs in real SIU style. two weeks with and Louisiana, Week, bauxite, and of which each called here twice. Ocean Betty Crews Up course we hope Oldtimers on the beach are J. B. We had two ships go into tem­ they will con­ Farrow, A. Mackin, A. D. Eden- porary lay-up during this period— tinue with this field, C. B. Bennett and Leo F. the Edith (Bull) and Robin Tuxford schedule as they Weeks. In the hospital are J. (Seas Shipping). However, the will be a big help Littleton, A. W. Lima, J. T. Moore, Ocean Betty (Ocean Transporta­ to our shipping. P. Bland, James F. Lee, G. F. tion) came out of lay-up and took With two pas­ Bourdonnay Wilson, J. D. Cannady, W. C. Lee a full crew. We also expect two senger ships in and W. H, Gilbertson. more ships to come out of lay-up port at the time, our last meeting Jeff Morrison during the next two weeks so ship­ was like old home town week, with Savannah Port Agent ping should continue to be good. quite a few oldtimers around wait­ ing to get back out again on their respective ships. Among these were Sloppy Creel, Shorty Moise, Baldy Bolliiiger, Jack Bates, Major Costello, Zeke Bonura, Alton Booth, Mike Rossi, Buddy Voorhees, Frank Vivero, Pete Garza, D. D. Story, Frenchy Blanchard, Shipping Figures October 6 to October 19 Charley Crosland, Louie BourdonBEG. BEG. BEG. ^TOTAL SfflP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL nay, Frank Russo, Joe Cave, Heavy DECK ENGINE STEW. BEG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED Hutcherson, Red Truly, Scotty PORT Boston 12 8 6 26 3 0 Malvenan, Gus Brosig, Leonard 1 4 Munna, Humela Fluence, George New York m 119 113 353 81 TS 73 227 Curry, Tony Di Nicola, Whitey Philadelphia 40 17 27 84 83 28 18 79 Plunkett and many others. Baltimora iig 79 86 283 ' 118 01 76 285 Luck Isn't Good Norfolk 23 17 10 50 8 4 4 ' IS Out at Magnolia Park in Jeffer­ Savannah 15 9 2 28 10 12 13 44 son Parish the trotting races have Tampa 18 13 24 55 12 5 3 20 been in full swing for some time Mobil# 30 21 23 74 13 18 26 now but from all indications none of the brothers has been Setting New Orleans .99 70 138 807 88 <» 127 278 the world on fire out there. Maybe Galveston 21 7 10 38 81 It 18 73 the holies they've been betting on Seattlp .18 16 14 48 65 44 37 138 aren't even trotters—Just walkers. SanFrancisca 28 17 35 80 26 19 78 28 .Or maybe they'll do better when the season opena at the Fair Wilmington ........... 12 8 2^ , 1^ 8 .••8 • •••••19 Grounds here in New Orlean*. Duringiithe past twoi-weeks we • ^428'" , .Alcoa Drydoekiiig Ends As Corsair Crows Up Mobile: Port Hoping To Got Calmar Ship Payoffs A & G SHiPPnfG RECOBJO h I- m Miami: . Talks Wilh P 8 0, New Bempany Under Way We had no payoffs or sign-ons in this port during the past two weeks- but we had seven ships in transit, as follows: Ponce (Ponce Cement); Antinous, De Soto and Yaka (Waterman); Wyoming Quaker), and Florida (P Se O). The Ponce eaUed here twice. Negotiatlims with the P & O are now under way and we are also talking with a new company which adll operate three ships out of here and Key West. We hope t» be able to make a favorable report on . them soon. .BddloPaiv - �October 29. 1954 SEAFARERS Paire Thlrteea LOG PORT MtRPORTS.. Lake Charles: Tanker Visits Keep Port's Stiipping Fair well to be prepared for a slack period. During the past two weeks we paid off 19 ships, signed on 15 and had 13 in transit. The payoffs were as follows: Hilton, Mae, Kathryn, Marina and Evelyn (Bull); Steel Recorder (Isthmian); Bents Fort (Cities Serv­ ice); Seamar (Calmar); -fiull Run (Petrol Tankers); Yaka (Water­ man); Jefferson City Victory (Vic­ tory Carriers); Chilore, Marore, Santore, Feltore, Baltore, Venore (Ore), and Oremar (Calmar). Signing f on were the Alamar, Oremar (Calmar); Catherine, Albion (Drytrans); Bents Fort (Cities Serv­ ice); Trinity (Carras); Yaka and Fairport (Waterman); Sweetwater (Metro Petroleum), and Chilore, Santore, Feltore, Baltore and Marore (Ore). In transit were the Robin Tuxford and Robin Locksley (Seas Shipping); Alcoa Puritan and Al­ coa Runner (Alcoa); Antinous, De Soto, Iberville and Choctaw (Waterman); Alamar and Bethcoaster (Calmar); Rosario (Bull); Steel Maker (Isthmian), and South­ ern Cities (Southern). I am very pleased to be able to report now that we definitely will be in our new hall soon after November 1 as we are now putting the furniture in it. The following men are now in the marine hospital: Robert Scales, James Temple, Gilbert Wright, John Jung, Edward Dooley, Albert Coles, Basil Earl, John Shaw and Andrew Prodey. I'm sure all of them would appreciate hearing from their shipmates and other Union brothers. Ear^ Sheppard Baltimore Port Agent Son Francisco: Ask For Replacemenls, Ship Delegales Told October 21 on this petition, which involves the SUP, MFOW, and MCS-AFL. Shipping in this port during the past two weeks has been slow, but the future looks brighter. We paid off the Madaket (Waterman) and signed on the Ocean Lotte (Ocean Transportation). In transit were the Gateway City, Azalea City and John B. Waterman (Waterman); Steel Seafarer (Isthmian); Seacomet II (Ocean Carriers); Southwind (South Atlantic), and Pennmar (Calmar). For our Seafarer of the Week we nominate Brother Jack Surles. Brother Surles, who joined the SIU in 1946, says there is no com­ parison between sailing conditions then and now. As far as the Wel­ fare Plan goes, he does not have any favorite benefit, but says he believes every phase of it is tops. Tom Banning San Francisco Port Agent During the past two weeks the We have noticed lately that following Cities Service . tankers delegates have been lax about called at this port: Paoli, Chiwawa, calling in for replacements for Council Grove, Logans Fort, Brad­ permitmen who have been on their ford Island, Lone Jack, Bents Fort, ships over 60 days. There are French Creek and Salem Maritime. times when we are unable to make The Del Canipo (Mississippi) also a ship and' check on these men, called at this port, and over in and so it is up to the delegates to Port Arthur, Tex., we had the Del notify us. It is a good policy for Alba and Del Sol (Mississippi). In the delegates to call the hall when they arrive and let us know how Orange, Tex., we had the Val Chem (Valentine Tankers). many permitmen they have, and their ratings, so we will be able As a result of these calls, ship­ to contact the company and replace ping here was fair during the p^;st them. As bookmen know, if these two weeks and jobs are not called in they may the boys man­ be on the beach waiting for a job aged to get out. on a particular ship, and the job At our last does not materialize. meeting here, deck department We have also been having con­ i t 4. men took over versations with officials of the the platform with ; SUP and have learned that Broth­ Seattle: Brother Alexan- ii er Kim, who had been operating an der serving as g office for the SUP in Yokohama, chairman and Weems no longer has any official capacity Brother Slaid in that port to send replacements serving as recording secretary and aboard .our ships or - settle our both men did a fine job. beefs. If a man misses a ship or Shipping has been very good in " Brother Alexander hails from is left in that area, he should first this port during the past two Arkansas but is generally known report to the company agents end weeks, with four Libertys coming as "Tex," although sometimes he's the American consul. We under­ out of lay-up. called the mayor, or rather exstand they will carry a shipping Three of these mayor, of Highway 90 West. list to fill any vacancies that might have gone inter• Brother Slaid comes from coastal with lum­ occur in that area. ber and wheat to Louisiana. _Three-Department Vote the East Coast. For our Seafarer of the Week Another thing of great interest As for the fu­ we nominate Brother Leonard here, of course, is the petition by ture, the only Weems who comes from Alabama. the SIU of - North America for a thing in sight at Weems joined the SIU in 1949 dur­ three-department vote for repre­ the moment is ing the Cities Service organizing sentation on West Coast ships. the Mother M. L. campaign. He rode ' those tubs Michalik NLRB hearing's got underway (Eagle Ocean) through to the successful conclu­ which is due in here for a payoff sion of the drive and now continues this week. to ride them to enjoy the condi­ We had no payoffs during the tions that he and the others helped past two weeks but signing on to get. In fact, he says that al­ were the Cecil N. Bean -(Drytrans), though he'll sail anything that Liberty Flag (Gulf Cargo), Trojan floats he'll always prefer the tank­ Trader (Trojan) and Barbara ers. He also says the SIU cannot Michel (Norlo). . be topped for the protection it In transit were the Pennmar gives its members. (Calmar) and the Jean LaFitte and Other Men on Beach Azalea City (Waterman). Besides Brothers Alexander, Sign-On Is Okay Slaid and L. Weems, we also have The Barbara Michel, which be­ the following brothers now on the longs to a hew company which re­ beach: T. Weems, E. W. Copeland, cently signed the full SIU working M. (Fingers) McNabb,:Swede Hellagreement, signed on okay, with man, F. Reese, Ben Grice, E. Wil­ the company agreeing to install liams, R. Lyle, S. S. Lyle, Red fans and inner-spring mattresses Henry, A. (Frenchy) Hebert, Bill on the East Coast. Lowe, E. Lerma and a number of The Cecil N. Bean sign-on was Others. held up until electric fans were We have no men in the hospital installed, and on the Trojan here at this time. Trader the crew has refused to Meeting for the first time in the SIU's air-conditioned New Or­ On the local labof front, the AFL sign on until fans are installed as leans hall, delegates to the New Orleans AFL Central Trades and Boilermakers have finally settled per the agreement. Labor Council, posed for the LOG photographer. Accepting an their beef and all construction Jeff Gillette invitation extended by SIU members in New Orleans, the Council work here is in full swing again Seattle Port Agent will make the hall its regular bi-monthly meeting place. and everybody is happy except the contractors. The boilermakers got just about everything they asked. None of the other unions in this area have beefs at present and so everything is running along very smoothly. On that note I will sign off now WILMINGTON, Calif 505 Marine Ave. FORT. WILLIAM.... 11814 Syndicate Ave and get out and try to get a few Ontario Phone: 3-3221 SIU, A&G District El-nest TUley, Agent Terminal 4-2874 103 Durham St. 679 4th Ave., Bklyn. PORT COLBORNB fowls off the trees. BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. HEADQUARTERS Ontario Phone: 5591 SECRETARY-TREASURER Earl Sheppard, Agent Mulberry 4540 Leroy Clarke TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. Paul HaU BOSTON 276 State St. EMpire 4-5719 ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS Lake Charles Port Agent James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 VICTORIA, BC 61714 Cormorant St. Four Liberly Ghips CoffleOulOfLay-U|i . SIU Host To New Orleans AFL Council sm • mm-mmcrmm i t 4. Baltimore: Shipping Hits Peak; Hall Gets Fnrnilure Shipping in the port of Baltimore is still very good, and during the past two weeks; we shipped six more men than we~ registered. I think, however, that we have now reached our peak, and 1 would ad­ vise any men here-who want to ship out to do so at their fii*st-opportunity. I dbwH lilt#^to have to make'tlfife'statbilfenVf'biff it's always GALVESTON 21st & Mechanic Keith Alsop, Agent Phone 2-8448 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. Frenchy Mlchelet, Agent Preston 6558 LAKE CHARLES, La 1410 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent Phone 6-5744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent . Phono 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. Lindsey. Wllliama. Agent • MagnoUa 6112-6113 NEW YORK 678 4tb Ave,-, Brooklyn HYacintfa 9-6600 NORFOLK ;,.... 127-129 Bank St. Ren Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA..-. ..337 Market St. S. Cardullo. Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO .. , 450 Harrison St. Tom Banning, agent Douglas 2-5475 Marty Breithoff, Wes est Coast Representative PUERTA de TIERRA. PR Pelayo51—La5 Sal Colls, Agent Phone 2-5996 SAVANNAH ^ "7ANN,'" 3 Abercurn St. . JeR Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1728 . 9700 1st Ave SEATTLE Jefl Gillette, Agent Elliott 4.834 Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude Simmons Joe Volpian WiUiam HaU SUP HONOLULU Empire 4531 298 Main St. Pacific 7824 SYDNEY, NS ...304 Chariotte St. Phone 6346 BAGOTVILLB, Quebec 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD, OnUrlo 82 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Quebec Phone; 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince WiUiam .St. NB Phone: 2-5232 VANCOUVER, BC 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 822 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND, CALIF.. 257 5th St Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO........450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 Great Lokes District SEATTLE... V. 2505 1st Ave. • ' • Main U290 ALPENA 133 W Fletcher WILMINGTON .....805 Marine Ave. Phone: 12;{8W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO, NY 180 Main St. Phone: Cleveland 7391 NEW YORK .... 678 4th Ave., Brooklyn J34 Lakeside Ave., NE HYacinth 9-6600 CLEVELAND Phone: Main 1-0147. DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadiao District : Headquarters Phone: Woodward l-6857> 331 W. Michigan St. MONTREAL 634 SL James St. West UULUTH PLateau 8161 Phone: Melrose 2-4110 ;teyTH CHICAGO... E. •( PORTLAND ""P^hofef^ti Boston: Office Workers' Drive Gels Assisl From SIU Local 6, Office Employees Inter­ national Union, has been conduct­ ing an intensive drive here in Bos­ ton and the surrounding towns to get new members, and we have been handing out leaflets and as­ sisting them in their organizational campaign. The drive covers fac­ tories, business offices and stores. Also, we are watching the elec­ tion situation with keen interest, and are hoping the voters will vote right so that we can keep Ameri­ can ships for American seamen in­ stead of having them transferred to foreign flags. Shipping in this port has been very slow during the past two weeks, and the outlook is rough, since no ships are sched­ Higgins uled to come in here in the near future. During the past two weeks we paid off the Greece Victory (South Atlanticl, Alexandra (Carras) and Council Grove (Cities Service) and these three ships signed on again. The Southern States (Southern) paid off in Bucksport, Me., about 350 miles fi'om here. In transit were the Ann Marie (Bull), Steel Maker (Isthmian), Robin Locksley (Seas Shinping) and Kyska. Iberville and Chicka­ saw (Waterman). Sailing Is Delayed On the Alexandra, all repairs were settled with the exception of a few chairs in tlie messhall which were broken. This ship was de­ layed in sailing from the Mobile shipyard because the shipyard workers were not finished with their repairs on the throttle. When the Council Grove signed on she was short one man, a deck maintenance. The port engineer or skipper would not call in for a replacement until the ship was ready to sail and it was too late to clear the replacement through cus­ toms and the Coast Guard as the articles were closed. They were informed that they had better call in for replacements in time for us to get the men aboard, as we will not have these ships sailing shorthanded. For our SIU Man of the AVeek we have selected Brother Jack Higgins who is more commonly known as "Shipwreck" Higgins be­ cause he was bosun on the Cornhusker Mariner when she ran aground in Inchon, Korea. Hig­ gins, who really knows a bosun's job, just became the father of a baby girl and all the fellows in the hall are now waiting for the cigars. Welfare Benefits Given Higgins, of course, is now due to get the regular SIU maternity benefit, and another man who has jugt gotten a welfare benefit is James Galvin, who received the death benefit following the death of his brother, John Galvin, Oldtimers now on the beach in­ clude W. Canty, D. Downey, C. Krause and T. Ritson, In the Brighton marine hospital are A.. Oyhus, J. Carey, M. Lavoie, J. Keegan, C. Dudley and F. Alasavich, I guess that's all for now except to say that we are no longer hav­ ing Indian summer here in Boston. In fact, for the past couple of days it has-been real wintery. . James Sheehan sw valvj-Boston . I • 'i J •1 "1 '4 -A'i 'I i i(.:- ' "• • - J �Pace Foarteea III; SEAFARERS LOG In A Litt e Town, SIU Ship's Stopover Is A Big Event ' October iSf. IWt OFF WATCH This feature is designed to offer hints and'information on hobbies, new products, developments, publications and the like which Seafarers In Gijon, Spain, an American ship is a rarity—so rare, in fact, that the arrival of one may find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both ashore and is the signal for virtually the entire native population'to start celebrating. And that, ac­ aboard ship. Queries addressed to "Off Watch." SEAFARERS LOG, cording to crewmember Luis A. Ramirez, was just about what happened when the Western 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY, will be answered in the column or by mail, wherever possible. 4_____ Rancher (Western Navigation) hit the port With color virtually supplanting walk, try this if you have a prob­ on the Bay of Biscay, on Spain's northern black and white photography as coast. the full-time- specialty of many lem setting bolts in concrete. Drilf .. The Western Rancher, Ramirez points out, is to the depth you want, then camera fans, Kodak has come up asethole an old Liberty ship, and not much to look at. Never­ your bolt in the hole—head with Ektacolor rollfilm which can down. Hea,t theless, it was only the second American ship to hit some yellow sulphur be processed directly by the user. in a small metal Gijon in many years—and the first to hit it in the remembering The film is offered in 127, 120, 620, to shape one endcan, past three years—and its arrival was the signal for of the for a 116, 616 and 828 rolls at prices pouring spout. Then, whencan the senors and senoras to roll out the welcome mat. the sul­ ranging from 80 cents to $1.50 and phur becomes fluid, pour it into The senoritas, too. is available in both daylight type In fact, Ramirez says, the natives were keenly dis­ the hole. It hardens to the strengin and type A (tungsten). It can be of appointed over the fact that the skipper wouldn't you'll avoid the mess processed in the same chemicals as of concrete, convert the vessel into a floating museum, and let handling the actual concrete, Kodak Ektacolor sheet film. them roam it and inspect it at will. and do the job faster at the same Strikes Up Friendship ill time. If^ou can, melt the sulphur One of the highlights of his stay, Ramiree reports, Stamp collectors _wlll sanqtle the outside "so you won't get the fumes was the friendship he struck up with Don Rodrigo sixth new US issue in recent in the house. Fernandez, the impresario or manager of the Salon months when the five-cent blue in ill ill ill Srieta. This place, Ramirez says, is a sort of com­ the new regular series—featuring Seafarers who up until now have bination cafe and theatre, and one may sit at a a portrait of James Monroe—has shied away from everything except table, have a few drinks, and enjoy a vaudeville its first day of sale on Dec. 2, 1954, a plain box camera with readyshow, with a minimum charge of only 6 pesos, or at Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 2 was made settings to take pictures at 15 cents. selected for the first-day sale be­ work oi'"candids" of the family Through his friendship with Senor Fernandez, cause it was on that day in 1823 while, they're home could probably Ramirez and the deck delegate, Tony Ferrara, were that Monroe first expressed what make good use of a new 35-cent allowed backstage one night and met the show's has come to be known as the Mon­ Eastman Kodak booklet. Employ­ star performers—dancer Angelines Jiminez and roe Doctrine in his annual message ing the easy-does-it approach, flamenco singers Carmen Aparicio and Jose Luis to Congress. Fredericksburg, in its "Snapshots Exposed" explains pho­ Campoy. Later the entire cast put on a special show Flamenco sdngera Jose Luis Campoy and Car­ turn, is the place where the fifth tographic fundamentals in simple, President of the US practiced law. popular language and offers guid­ dedicated to the Rancher's crew. men Aparicio were among theatre-cafe per­ Another feature of the stay, Ramirez reports, was formers who entertained Western Rancher crew­ Collectors who wish covers com­ ance on such basics as exposure, a trip which the crewmen took to nearby Oviedo, memorating the event can send self- sighting and focusing, as well as men with special show while ship was at Gijon, which is the capital of the province of Asturias. addressed envelopes, with cash or the use of filters, close-up lenses, Spain. Here they witnessed a bull fight—and returned with money order to cover the amount flash techniques and other practi­ a bull's ear as a trophy—and also witnessed a local two kinds of wine, dessert and coffee. However, to of the stamps to be affixed, to the cal details. More than 100 pictures celebration called "America Day," featured by huge afford such a meal, the average worker would have postmaster at Fredericksburg. and charts illustrate the various to work at least two days, for an average worker floats representing New York and Brooklyn. points made. If you don't need one, ^ ^ $ Low Living Standard makes about 60 cents a day and it is not unusual to The next time you come home maybe you have a youngster who The 15-cent minimum charge in places like the find people working for 28 cents a day. from a trip and the wife latches would benefit from a( guide like Salon Srieta, Ramirez says, is typical of the price "Seeing things like this," Ramirez writes, "makes on to you to reset a fence or rig an this. Ask about it at any photog­ scale prevailing in Gijon, where the standard of me realize that in America we live like kings, and outdoor clothesline in a concrete raphy shop. living is much lower than it is in America. For 50 it is mostly due to our labor unions like our own pesos, or $1.25, for instance, one can obtain a meal SIU. Why, an SIU wiper or messman makes more LOG-A-RHYTHM: consisting of soup, salad. Paella' Valenciana (rice money and lives far better than even the so-called with chicken and clams), a meat dish, vegetables. 'rich' people here." SIU Lights Way For All Seamen The Seafarer's • O " Lillian Logan After sailing in the SIU for awhile, and then returning to his native Norway about four To the Editor: months ago to observe cqnditions there and elsewhere in Europe, Waldemar Knutsen is My son. Seafarer A. W. Phillips, has the LOG sent to me and I cer­ convinced that the conditions obtained by the SIU for Seafarers "shine like a beacon light tainly enjoy reading it Very much. Enclosed is a poem I have written for seamen everywhere. In^ about an incident which might have happened to some Seafarer's wife. fact, he says, foreign seamen of living, Knutsen writes. Never­ ever hope to obtain a decent stand­ (Mrs.) LiUian Logan would need years of intensive theless, the Norwegian seaman is ard of living. This is the important organizing before they could hope to gain even half of what SIU members enjoy. In an interesting letter written to the SEAFARERS LOG, Knutsen pays high tribute to the SIU and contrasts the conditio>ns it has ob­ tained with those of the foreign seamen he has known. In his native Norway, for in­ stance, the people have fought long and hard, sometimes against steel, to raise their wages and standards still in a state of virtual slavery, while Norwegian shipowners get fat by chartering their ships for US dollars and manning them with Norwegian crews at coolie wages. A Norwegian AB, for example, is offered about 385 kroner a month, or .$55 in American currency. Need Collective Action "Only by firm collective action and unceasing organizational ef­ forts can the unorganized searrien of Norway and the rest of Europe Quiz Corner (1) What was the name of the premier of Norway who was executed as a traitor in October, 1945? (During World War II, his name was virtually synomymous with traitor.) (2) A man sold a machine for $45 plus one-third the amount he paid for it. If he gained $12 by the two transactions, what did he pay for the machine originally? (3) Mt. Kosciusko is the highest mountain peak on the continent of: (a) Africa, (b) Australia or (c) Asia? (4) Which of these furs is the most expensive: (a) mink, (b) sable or (c) chinchilla? (5) Who owns the Gold Coast of Africa? the Ivory Coast? (6) A wooden pencil containing the softest lead is stamped- (a) No 1, (b) No. 2, (c) No. 3? (7) The Roman numerals MDCCXXVI stand for the year in which(a) the Civil War ended, (b) the American Declaration of Independence was issued, Cc) Columbus discovered America? (8) Which is the only state in the US which is split completely in two parts: (a) Louisiana, (b) Michigan, (c) Delaware? (9) A, who was talking to B, remarked: "C'a son is my father's grandson, and I am an only child." What was the relatlon'of A to C 10) What Jire considered the oldest architectural structures in the world? . oa.ffiKt lu s n iHi • thing that I learned while sailing in the SlU," Knutsen writes. Knutsen writes that he spoken to many people—and only seamen— since he returned to Norway, and when he .tells them about the accomplish­ ments of the SIU they find them al­ most impossible to believe. "I want you Knutsen to know," he writes, "that 1 consider it a great honor and privilege to have been able to sail on SIU ships and work side by side with SIU men. 1 know that in its internal structure the SIU is one of the finest examples of democracy in action I have ever seen. And I also know that the ac­ complishments which the SIU has scored for its members shine like a beacon light for unorganized sea­ men throughout the world." Oh. pity the maiden so young and so fair Who waits at the pier in utter despair. The ship has been docked, the crew came ashore;. And she has been standing an hour or more. But there's no sight of him, the one that she wed-' To think how she hurried, the way that she sped Just to be near him, to see him a whileWell. that kind of treatment wasn't her style. With a toss of her head and a twirl of her heet She started away, her tears to conceal. The dock master called her, a message he had— The tank had a leak, her husband was sad. - i :- ' V V i- He couldn't leave till the leak he repaired. Now site regretted the anger she'd aired. So. home she went dashing, sat down by the phone. For hours and hours she waited alone. Tired of waiting, the gateman she called. She asked for her husband, then loudly she bawled. Because what he told her no young bride should hear: "Mr. Phillips checked out with some dame on the pier." The maiden was heartsick but lots madder still. She dashed for a taxi, went off for the kill. The taxi pulled up'to the pier with a grind And the maiden jumped out. with murder in mind: 0 .•' ' '' Up to the gateman she ran with a shout: . ,; '• "Just shoro me the place where my husband signed outPi ^ He gave her the time sheet and to her surprise 3'' The name that she saw made her temperature rUte. The last name was the same; but what do you knouh^fj^ In place-of A.W.. the first name was Joe. , Ashamed of herself, conMte as can be, ^^ She lowered her head, saying, "Please, can't i^ou see, "It's been all a mistake. I've been such a heel.". I ;; 3^1%^ So the gateman agreed that he wouldn't squeal. ' i ] i 1 That night as beside her her husband j ..,. ,^he toy rery Stat �October <9, 1954 SEAFARERS Curfew For Choctaw Crew Doesn't Get Them In A Stew, Chief Cook Reports Despite the Army curfew, which makes them be indoors by iO PM, the Seafarercrewmen of the Choctaw (Waterman) are still finding Pusan, Korea, a pretty good port ^to enjoy themselves in. This is the report made in a letter to the LOG by the Choctaw's chief .cook, Eladio Grajales, who says the Choctaw men are finding Pusan very enter­ taining, thanks to American beer at 25 cents a can at the United Sea­ men's Service club and to the hos­ pitality of the Korean "beUa." As for the 10 PM curfew, many merchant seamen hitting the port may object to it, but he thinks it is a good thing in many respects, Grajales says. Living it up a little in Pusan, Korea, crewmembers of the Choctaw (Waterman) pose with some of the local belles. Left to right are MM G. de Jesus, chief cook E. Grajales, steward S. Escobar, R. Bauzan and L. Nunez. Man In Army uniform is Sgt. Quinones. PiekUp'Shoi* Card At Payait Seafarers who have taken the series of inoculations re­ quired for certain foreign voy­ ages are reminded to be sure to pick up their inoculation cards from the captain or the purser when they pay off at the end of a voyage. The card should be picked up by the Seafarer and held so that it can be presented when signing on for another voyage where the "shots" are required. The inoculation card is your only proof of hav­ ing taken the required shots. Those men who forget to pick up their inoculation card when they pay off may find that they are required to take all the "shots' again when they want to sign on for another such voyage. Fate Fifteea LOG "In Pusan," Grajales writes, "al­ most anything can happen to a sea­ man in a dark alley on a dark night. And so the curfew is really for the seaman's own protection." Besides, having to be indoors by 10 PM really isn't so bad; Grajales says. It depends a lot on who you're indoors with. -J By Spike Marlin We had a visitor this morning from just north of the MasonDixon line. It was that Loyal Son of Philadelphia, Del Aware. Peo­ ple in New York and other upstart cities -including Boston, are not aware of Del, but his fame is con­ siderable in the Quaker City. It seems Del is one of the few left alive who can boast of having seen the Athletics win a pennant. (One of the others, of course, is Connie Mack). "It really isn't so long ago" Del said. "Only 23 years. There must be lots of Athletic fans around who saw the team in 1931." Died of Grief We supposed that a good num­ ber of them must have died-in grief watching the latter day team or simply buried the whole affair deep in their subconcious. "Could be" he admitted, "I do recall seeing an inscription on a Bucks County tombstone which read 'suffered a fatal stroke when Bobby Schantz got a sore arm.' But- that must be a rare case. Most Philadelphia fans have learned to endure the Athletics just like the Schuylkill River ^Florida^ Hurricane?—It AM We didn't mean to do it, of course, but it looks as though the SEAFARERS LOG has unwittingly stirred up a small Florida hurricane—whoops, we mean a little tempest in the state of Florida. We did this, it seems, by tion to an article on page 13, himself hails from Tampa, so at recently referring to Hurri­ column 5, in the September 17th least Mr. Ramos cannot chalk this up as another damyankee plot. cane Carol, which kicked up issue of the LOG. "I strongly object to the term her heels quite a bit here in the New York area, as one of those 'Florida hurricane.' Being a native "Florida" hurricanes. And this has caused a number of Seafarers and others, who make the Sun­ shine State their home, to rear up on their hind legs and shout, "It just ain't so!" The spokesman for this group of indignant Florida drum-beaters is Earl Ramos, who describes himself as a retired bookmember of the SlU-affiliated MFOW, and who, in a letter to the LOG, states the feelings of his constituents as follows: Sonny, however, has an out, too. He claims he fell victim to a fasttalking ex-press agent from Los Angeles who assured him that Florida is where hurricanes really come from. Sonny says he is in­ clined to believe now that hurri­ canes are really manufactured in California, then smuggled down to the Caribbean or South Atlantic, wound up, and sent seudding to­ wards Florida in the hope that they'll wreck the joint. And he wants all Seafarers to know that— all, that is, except those shipping out of Wilmington or San Fran­ cisco. •m water which all of them drink." What, we asked him, did he think of the proposal to sell the Athletics for transit to Kansas City? Del's lips curled in scorn. "Kansas City," he sneered, "was an Indian village when Connie Mack won his first pennant. Sending the Athletics there would be like selling the Liberty Bell to Levittown or Oak Ridge." Liberty Bell? we asked. What would Oak Ridge do with a Liberian-flag tanker? The Cracked One "Not that one," Del said in an ex­ asperated tone. "The one in Philadelphia. You know, the one that's cracked and can't ring any­ more." A great light dawned. In other words, we said, Philadelphia cher­ ishes a bell that can't ring and a ball club that can't play—merely for their past glories. "Exactly" said Del with enthu­ siasm. "We have a sense of his­ torical perspective in Philadelphia. When the Athletics become too painful to contemplate we Philadelphians can glory in Lefty Grove's press clippings. You know of course that he was the last American League pitcher to win 30 games in one season. And there Was Rube Walburg, a real lefthanded speedster, and George Eamshaw, and those mighty fore­ arms on Jimmy Foxx. and AI Simmons, how he could hit, and . . ." Just a minute, we interrupted. Isn't there anybody on the present team that can arouse such enthu­ siasm? Too Painful "Well to teU you the truth," Del said, blushing, "I haven't been out to see the club in the last few years. Too painful. Much easier to catch a train to New York and watch some major leaguers." If that's the case then, we sur­ mised, the Athletics §ren't likely to do any more business under their new ownership in Philadel­ phia than they have been doing. "Oh sure," Del agreed. "No­ body wants to look at the club but we just like to keep it around for old time's sake. That will teach those Kansas City people not to tamper with tradition." • The LOG ope7is this column as an exchange jor steioards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known cooking ynd baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer Jesse W. Puckett's recipe for "baking powder bread." A frequent contributor to this column, Seafarer Jesse W. Puckett, steward, has now come up with a series of recipes for making bread with or without yeast or baking powder, and for making yeast or bak--^ flour, teaspoons salt, II2 level of that wonderful Sunshine State ing powder themselves. According to Puckett, who's teaspoons lard, 6 level teaspoons and a former member of the Junior been sailing with the SIU since Chamber of Commerce there, you can understand my posltioh. "As you should know, these 'blows' do not originate in Florida 'or anywhere near Florida. They usually form in the Caribbean or South Atlantic, a hell of a long way from the Peninsula. "There are many good Seafarers as well as other trade union mem­ bers living dowi\ here who resent such unfair and adverse publicity, and I'm sure that as one of the most constructive and leading labor papers in the field today you will see fit to correct your statement." 1944 and has a sailing career dating back 30 more years before that, he's often heard a holler from the galley — usually at the worst pos­ sible time — that the cooks were running low on yeast and what do they do? Puckett Well, says Puckett, you can make loaf bread, out of baking powder and other in­ gredients, without any yeast at all. This recipe will make two small We've Get An Excuse loaves or one large loaf, but Well, aU the SEAFARERS LOG Puckett suggests that small round can say in its def«ise is that the loaves baked in cake or'pie tins article to which Mr. Ramos re­ turn out the best. (The recipe can ferred was a New Yerk jKUt report be increased proportionately for as written by SlU assb*^^ ««eretary- nwuy loaves as you want.1 tmnunr floany . 8MiMnr..-Klia. Here's what you need; 4 cups baking powder, 2 cups milk. Sift the baking powder, flour and salt, then add the milk and lard and mix. Work the combination into loaves, put them into pans and bake in a hot oven for 30 minutes. You can use Graham flour instead of white flour in this combination also. Always on the look-out for something different, Puckett, in­ cidentally, hopes someone who reads this can provide him with a recipe for "Vinegar Pie." He says he's heard of it all his life and has talked with people who claim tO; have eaten it but no one seems to know how it is made. Just to show he means business, he'll trade his recipe for "Carrot Pie" AND "Carrot Cake"—both very tasty items en their own—for tiie secret to the elusive vinegar concoetieD. .oy 1 '4 \ •4 �SEAFARERS Pagre Stxteea Says Joining SiV Was ^Lueky Bay^ LOG October L E T T E Jl S ' 1954 Musie Peps Up !SF PHS Patients To the Editor: To the Editor: I'm sorry to say that this is the LaPallice, the agent there is really with them right now, I wish all my I am writing this letter to you first time I've ever written to the tops. friends many happy voyages, and on behalf of all the fellows at the LOG, but I think it's high time I I also would like to ask any of San Francisco marine hospital be­ The agent arranged for us to wrote and said that the luckiest visit the town of La Rochelle, sev­ them who know the whereabouts cause we all want to say "thanks" To the Editor: . day of my life was August 14, 1947, en miles away, and he also sup­ of two SIU members to let me to Ralph Baker Through the columns of the when I joined the SIU. know. These men are R. C. Bru of plied us with baseball equipment One of the things I like most and we played two games against LOG I would like to express my Mobile and R. E. Jackson of New and his Knights about the SIU is the way an SIU the Army guys. We tied one game heartfelt thanks to my shipmates York City, and I would certainly of Rhythm for man can walk 6-6 and won the other by a real and to the Union representatives appreciate it if they would contact the wonder f u1 music they played j for their many into any SIU "football" score—24-22. my attorney regarding my illness for us the night kindnesses when hall and always The agent not only arranged my two-year-old aboard the Golden City. His name of September 3. feel like he is is C. Paul Barker, 709 Carondelet This music these games and supplied us with son was struck Bldg., home. He can New Orleans, La. sure boosted our the equipment but he also supplied by a truck and always meet a *Duska (Spider) Korolia morale, and we a bus for round-trip transportation killed on Sep­ couple of his i, ^ ^ between the ship and the Army sure hope that Dawes tember 29. old shipmates or Charles H. Ken- • The ship I was buddies, spin a baseball field. nedy, president of Musicians Local on — the Maiden . "They Get Sore few yarns and i ' '• f No. 6, San Francisco, keeps it up. Creek — was 12 have a few beers, V.'e "old men with young ideas" Brown To the Editor: hours out of Mo­ The band was composed of and it's a good enjoyed very pleasant relation­ Koppersmith I'm now in the Army, in the 4th bile enroute to Ralph Baker, guitar; A1 Mariucei, feeling. ships with the Army boys and the I also think that there isn!t an­ -only thing wrong was the miserably Galveston when this, tragedy befell Signal Battalion, and I'd like to accordian; John Abbaticola, trum­ other contract that can compare sore muscles we had after the my family. Union representatives say "hello" to all my old ship­ pet; Vic Greene, saxaphone, and in Mobile immediately notified me mates. I think about them a lot Hank Micelli, drums, and our with ours. From time to time in games. by radio through the Waterman and I'm looking forward to the warmest thanks go to all of them. the LOG I have noticed members We feel that this work the USS T. J. (Aussie) Dawes talking about the part of the con­ agent is doing in LaPallice is the Steamship Co. and my shipmates day—about 101-^ months from now tract they like best, but I think best we have seen in a long time, made it possible for me to fly home —when I'll be back with them again. from Galveston. every feature is tops. and hope it will continue as long Every time I walk into the chow The Welfare Plan is another as American ships call at this port. Everyone joined in giving me a hall here I also think of the good SIU feature that is really tops. I haftd during this time of bereave­ And, incidentally, if any of you know only one welfare representa­ ment and I want all concerned to iood I used to get on SIU ships. I tive personally—Johnny Arabasz— other guys are expecting to call at know their efforts are appreciated. can't honestly say that I'm being To the Editor: undernourished, though, because but I know the SIU couldn't have LaPallice soon you'd better have Henry Koppersmith Just a few lines to let you know I'm still the same, weight I always found a better man for that kind your football team ready for a I am now on the Mankato Victory, tough tussle with the Army. was. t t of work. which has just reached Bremer­ The inspections here are really If you don't care for football the Also, a lot of credit should go to haven, Germany, after a run from something, too. We have about USS agent will make all arrange­ our newspaper, the SEAFARERS New York via Iceland. From here three or four a day. LOG. for being the finest paper of ments for you to go shopping or we go to Liverpool, England, and Well, anyway, it should all be Its kind. I know every SIU man sightseeing, and he'll see to it that To the Editor: then back to the States. enjoys reading it, whetlrer he's the "sharks" do not "lower the I am writing this to express my over by next spring and I hope I thought I was an "old hand" aboard ship, in some foreign port boom" on you or take you for a appreciation to the Welfare Serv­ then I'll have the feel of a deck in Bremerhaven, but it's been 25 under my feet again. "one-way ride." or at home. years since the Harry H. Pierce Marvin L. White ices Department and also all the Raised Seamen's Status last time I was Steward delegate members and officials of the SIU ^ 41 ^ Finally, I say ,"hats off to the here and there for the many things they did for 4have been so my husband Robert, both during SIU" for raising the seaman's many changes his lifetime and after his death status the way it has. Thanks that I have to rely largely to the SIU, seamen can no aboard the Robin Trent in Africa. To the Editor: on one of my longer be called v/aterfront bums. Proud of SIU I am writing this to let you shipmates — Al­ They own homes, raise families To-the Editor: I remember how often Robert know it is a real pleasure to read len Friend — to and rate respect the same as men I want to extend my sincerest used to say that the SIU is the the SEAFARERS LOG, which I show me how. to in shoreside occupations. thanks to the SIU Welfare Services get around. Even In closing, I would like to say Department for the prompt and best labqr union in, the world, and generally obtain at the British Na­ Litardi Allen, in fact, is this about our Union: Where else courteous service they gave me re­ how proud he was to be a member. tional Seamen's JUnion hall here can a seaman get so much for so cently. What happened was that I He never left the house without in Manchester, England. I want amazed by the vast changes that his SIU button, and when he was you to know that I think the SIU little? bought some furniture I wasn't buried I pinned the button to his is a fine example of what a good have taken place here since his last visit in 1948. Clyde C. Brown satisfied with and the store refused old Navy uniform and had it labor union should be. Incidentally, I saw the port doc­ to refund my money. But thanks to placed on top of the casket, as he Right now I am taking a four- tor here this morning and learned the Wejfare Services Department, wished. year course in how to pull teeth, I have a hernia, so it looks like I'll I got my money back in 20 minutes. I would also like to say that the but I still have the same ambition be back in the Staten Island hos­ I am a seaman's wife who is new Robin Line has treated me won­ —to make another trip on ah SIU pital again—this time for surgery. To the Editor: in this country, and I have no derfully, and that Bob often told ship. Say "hello" to all the boys in I would like to let you know that friends or relatives to turn to, so me the Rot)in ships were the best I would like to inform all. Sea­ the hall for me. this voyage on the Cracker State words cannot express how much he ever sailed on. farers hitting Manchester that Victor Litardi Mariner has been a very pleasant of a comfort it is to have the SIU they'll always find a warm wel­ (Mrs.) Lillian E. Peck one for the crew. We made our to turn to. t 4" come and plenty of cold beer in 4" 4" t first stop in St. Nazaire, France, the icebox at my address—8 West-: I have two young sons and I am and then went on to Bremerhaven, hoping that they also will be SIU minster Ave., Whalley Range, Man­ Germany, where chester 16. men. we spent a week­ Arthur W. Barrett Mrs. B. Mtgnano To the Editor: To the Editor: end. We then re­ i t I'm* now a patient'in the Seattle Well, I sure thought that by this turned to Bassens marine hospital after being hurt time I'd be on a ship again but it and LaPallice, on the Seamonitor, and I am writ­ France, for an­ seems I was wrong. After spend­ ing this to say that I think the other weekend. ing 15 months in the marine hos­ To the Editor: To the Editor: When we got pital here .in New Orleans I finally I would appreciate it if you SIU is the greatest union in the into LaPallice, I want to take this method of got out and did get a job on a run would send me the LOG as my country. we did not think saying "thanks" to the SIU for the to South America. But when I husband is aboard ship most of I've been sailing in the SIU as this port had maternity benefit check and US went to take my physical exam the time and reading the LOG a permitman, but the treatment I White much to offer us savings bond which I and my hus­ the doctor told me I had a stomach makes me feel as if I am with got from the SIU representatives in the way of entertainment, but band received recently. hernia. I told him I had just had him. here in Seattle couldn't have been to our rescue came the United Sea­ I especially enjoy reading the better if I was a full bookman. Our daughter, Diane, is now a hernia removed,-, but anyway I men's Service agent who made our three months old and I know that, had to go back to the hospital and ships' minutes. Also, that $15 a week hospital stay there very pleasant and en­ if she could, she would thank you sure enough they found out I have benefit I'm getting sure comes in Mrs. L. B. Cook joyable. another hernia. (Ed. note: Your name has been handy. too. Although the USS has no club in Ed S.. Cannon Mrs. Robert Layko Anyway, although I can't be added to the mailing list.) Shipmates^ SIU Aid Him In Need GVs Anxious To, Get Back To Sea Finds Biy Change In Bremerhaven Cites SIU Help To Her Husband Welcome Awaits In Manchester Gets Money Back^ Thanks To SIU WISS Agent^s Aid To sstr Men Told Coast Hospital Patient Aided i ^Spider^ Back On His Back Ayain Mom^s Grateful For SIU Baby $ Burl^ She Sattg, Too —Via The LOG By Bernard Seaman Welt, Looho Ain't Everything f, to tiyi: ^ ^ �Oetaier tt, 1*54 SEAFARERS LOG Page ScTentcea ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS .. ALCOA POLARIS (AICM>> SapUmbtr ia—Chairman. •. A. Yatat; Sacratary, R. Hannon. If any member haa a com Vlaint about ahoea return them and they will be taken carejof by the Sea Chest. Ship's delegate wai called to a safety meeting in the captain's room. A vote of thanks given to the ship's delegate for a -Job well done. BIENVILLR> (Watarman), Sapfsmbar U —Chairman. Oil Barge; Sacratary. J. on the northern-end of the trip. Fresh fruit and vegetables were not ordered In Houston by the captain as he was follow­ ing orders. Bosun suggested that another request to have his quarters moved to the main deck be made. ROBiN KETTERING (Sees Shipping). August 19—Chairman. Fred L. Travis; Secretary. David W. Ciark. Discussion concerning natives and stevedores coming into passageways and hanging around. Ship's delegate reported that the ship is running pretty smoothly although minor problems required calling this general meeting. September 12—Chairman. Frad Travis; Secretary. R. T. Whitiey. A few small beefs squared away to the satisfaction of all concerned. Motion made and carried to contact right parties and have them be sure that drains in laundry and toilets are fixed. The steward asked that all extra linen be turned In. A vote of thanks was extended to the steward de­ partment for fine food and oervice this trip. Keep Draft Board Posted SIU heaiiquarters urges all draft-eligible seamen to be sure they keep their local Se­ lective Service boards posted on all changes of address through the use of the post cards furnished at all SIU halls and aboard ships. Failure to keep jour draft board informed of your where­ abouts can cause you to be listed as a delinquent and be drafted into the services with'out a hearing. The Union in such cases can do nothing to aid Seafarers who fail to cojaply. tary. Bob Weils. The steward was asked about new mattresses and informed the membership that same had been put aboard last trip. A member of the black gang noted thai) the first aid kit in the engine room wax in bad shape. A hearty vote of thanks was voted to the steward department for the fine manner in which the department was being conducted. COMPASS (Compass). September 5— Chairman. C. Stack; Secretary, P. Piascik. Repair list discussed. Mattresses should be renewed and- the quarters should be fumigated. The steward department was given a • vote of thanks for their efforts during the voyage. ii Blackis Wsgner. Hat racks should be put outside the messhall. Larger blower fans in the galley need to be fixed. Ship's delegate reported two electricians were put ashore in Key West, Florida, for be­ ing UI. CRACKER STATE MARINER (South At­ lantic). August 29—Chairman, none; Sec­ retary. Walter Hantuseh. Motion made and carried to close doors tight on the inside to keep out persons not belonging in passageway. Motion made to start a ship's fund by coilecting $1 from each crewmember. Money left over when ship ties up should go to the March of Dimes. Telegram was sent to headquarters about rationing cigarettes. Vote of thanks was extended to Brother Cbips for building a bookcase and shelves for ship's library. Shuler. Ship's delegate reported that all beefs have been settled. Motion made and carried to instruct steward to con' tact captain and condemn ail eggs and . replace them with new ones in the next •; port. ' Crew decided to have meetings QUEENSTOWN HEIGHTS (Seatrade). '' inore regularly... Lengthly discussion on September I—Chairman, Kenneth P. Gold­ \ the cleaniine'ss of quarters and the coop man; Secretary. Henrik Hansen. Ship's oration of all men in keeping them ciean. delegate reported that union death bene­ August 17—Chairman. J. P. Schulari EXCELLO (Excello). September 12— fit cards are available for those that Secretary. O. Falrcloth. A motion was haven't fiUed any out yet. He also re­ Chairman, J. R. Sofaurent; Sacretary. made and carried to have deiegates check John Morrison. Overtime will be taken ported on mentaUy silk crewmember. Sea Chest when it comes aboard. Crew Proposed use of ship's fund if necessary care of when Union officials-come aboard compiained about the tomato Juice aboard to contact physician in Puerto La Cruz in New Haven. The crew voted for a ship and requested steward to try and to see that patient gets proper treat­ ship's fund. Vote of thanks to the .stew­ ' get another brand. Bosun warned all ment or gets sent home. Brother Thomp­ ard and the chief cook for the fine stores hands not to leave cots and Unen on the BENTS FORT (Cities Service). Septem­ son read an article from the LOG about they ordered and the way in which they fantalL One brother complained long and ber 15—Chairman. D. Wiiiiams; Sacratary. the proposed new issuance of union made prepared the food. bitterly about the undercooked vegetables George Hatgimlslos. A suggestion was accident report cards. and other food. made that crewmembers donate to the SOUTHERN DISTRICTS (Southern), Sep­ ship's fund at payoff. Ail donations will SEA CLOUD (Sea Traders). September tember 17—Chairman. James Sellers; Sec­ CHICKASAW (Waterman). September 11 be turned into the' department heads. A 4—Chairman. L. S. Johnston; Secretary. •tailed until he receives orders from the retary. Raymond Perry. It was suggested —Chairman. Jack Farrand; Secretary, new ship's delegate was elected. company office. A suggestion was made James Eichenberg. The ship's delegate that the sliower curtain be drawn inside David Sacher. Vote of thanks given to and the captain made a list of what the the shower when being used to keep the that the ship's library be locked up while Red Darley for a good Job done as ship's SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain). Sepmen wanted from the slopchest and sent water from going on the floor. Addi­ delegate. Suggestion that rooms be kept lember 12—Chairman. A. Gowder; Secre­ In port. the list to Pedro from the Panama Canal. tional spray guns requested. Crewmem­ cleaner and buckets placed In all rooms. tary. A. Lambert. Ship's delegate re­ Talks on Labor Day and what it stands bers requested a new ship's library. The FLORIDA (Peninsular and Occidental). for. ported everything okay and' he will try crew was asked to help keep the messhall ' THE CABINS (Cabin Tankers). Septem to get more meat this payoff. A better August 21—Chairman. H. Higgins; Secre­ cleaner at night. bar It—Chairman. 6. Everett; Secretary, fly spray is needed, as there are plenty tary. E. L. Myers. Ship's delegate re­ SEA TIGER (Colonial). September t— L. Carabedian. Frlgldaire in crew mess- of flies and bugs around. Crewmembers ported that ail beefs that could not be Chairman. A. J. Oueary; Secretary. H. handled aboard ship were turned over to YOUNG AMERICA (Waterman). Septem­ room will be repaired. Ail hands were were sked to wash feet In shower. Peterson. Beef about too many men in the patrolman. Members of steward de­ steward asked to cooperate in keeping the messdepartment sleeping in one room. ber S—Chairman. W. Cressman; Secretary. partment were asked not to remove pil­ N. Lamberi. Captain and steward have a room clean. Crewmembers were asked FRANCES (Bull). September 13—Chaii'- lows from each others beds as some of Crew wants fnesh bread in next port. to pick cups, cots. ^c. off the deck. man. Walter Newberg; Secretary. W. Or­ the •Wash water is too rusty. Each depart­ beef about the stores that were ordered. crew have two pillows, their own. One man jumped ship in Japan one hour tiz. Motion made and carried to put a ment delegate WiU get a repair list ready for next port. New mattresses wiU be ac­ before sailing. Two requcsis were made REPUBLIC (Trafalgar). September 7— lock on the messroom door to keep un­ *1.0 have patrolman board in Seattle and STEEL MAKER (Isthmian). September 4 quired in New York. Stores aboard Chairman. J. Doris; Secretary. William F necessary persons out. were not answered. Repair list has been -Chairman. E. G. Tesko; Secretary, S. Barth. The last repair list was not turned this trip very poor. Motion made and lurned in to the masccr and chief enHanks. Ship's delegate reported several in. therefore, a new one will be made up carried to get large size soap. DEL RiO (Mississippi). September 5— ;.uicer. Steward requested that hospital beefs concerning the food in general. Ail and presented before payoff of this voy­ Chairman. J. J. Harries; Secretary. be cleaned but master refused. Vote of SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain). hands were asked to cooperate and keep age. The crew was asked to put dirty thanks given to the cooks and messmen. cups and dishes in the pantry sink when September 19—Chairman. J. M. Monast; longshoremen out of quarters. Secretary. N. A. Kirk. There is $14.09 in finished with same. the ship's fund at present. Everyone is WARHAWK (Waterman). June 20— ROBIN KETTERING (Se-.s Shipping). helping to keep the laundry room clean. Chairman. Joe Wraad; Secretary. Dexter PORTMAR (Calmer). July 14—Chairman, August 19—Chuirman. Fred L. Travis; H. K. Piarca; Secretary. C. R. Johnson, Former beefs were taken up with patrol­ Warrail. A letter will be written to the Secretary, David W. Clark. S.iip's dereUnion in Wilmington to have fans ready Linen situation was discussed. Ail hands man. gate reported thai the ship is running Herbert Mclssac on arrival. The new washing machine preiiy smootbiy. One man missed ship agreed to help keep the messroom clean SANTORE (Ore). Saptambar 3—Chair­ on board wiU be used when needed. at night. The steward was asked to get Please contact your daughter, in Durban but rejoined in Beira. Dis­ cussion concerning natives, stevedores, table cloths for the crew mess, and he man. R. O. King; Sacratary. J. C. Arnold; Crew was asked to please consider men said he would order same in New York Delayed sailing time and men reporting sleeping when playing cards in messroom. Mrs. Eleanor White, at 6 Harvard etc., coming into passageways and hang­ back to the ship late was discussed. Stew­ The blower system was explained by elec­ Ave,, Wilmington, Mass. ing ai-ound water fountain, ladders and galley. Engine department brother lost STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian). Saplem- ard reported that he ordered four new trician. a suit in Durban. Discussion of ovcrsupi bcr—Chairman. K. Roberts; Secretary, refrigerators and would try to get a piy of" certain canned fruits. A vote of R. DeVirgilao. The crew was asked to large coffee urn for the pantry. Crew­ Reginald R. Paschal STEEL KING (Isthmian). June 25— thanks given to the galley force. members were asked to keep their feet cooperate with delegates. Motion made Chairman. P. Prokopuk; Secretary. P, James L. Yarbrough « and carried that the crew go on record off the chairs. Harford. Ship's delegate will see the as completely saUsfled with ship's slop Urgent that you advise me what ROBIN GOODFELLOW (Seas Shipping), engineer about the dirty, oily wash ORION STAR (Oil Carriers). July IS— chief chest as supplied by the Sea Chest and August 3—Chairman, Frank Albcrne; Secwater. A new washing machine is needed. hopes that it may continue. Permitmen Chairman, G. Ruf; Sacratary. A. W. Crewmembers were asked not to leave port you are in and how long yo"j reiary, Eric Klingvall. Ship sailed shortwere warned to cooperate further with Brown. Crew suggested that bookcases cots on the deck in port. A vote of expect to stay ashore as soon as handed one man in the deck department. be furnished for the recreation room. AU thanks was given to the steward de­ possible. crew's general welfare. Volunteer will clean the ship's librarv. Wire collect to J. D. Laundry agreed that each department wiU clean partment. will be cleaned by deck, engine Vance, New World Life Building, ALCOA CAVALIER (Alcoa). March 19 the recreation room and the laundry and steward departments alternately. AU August 31—Chairman. P. Prokopuk; —Chairman. Curley Myoed; Sacratary, room for a period of one month each. hands were asked to cooperate with the Secretary. P. Herayo. Motion made and August 1—Chairman. R. L. Abbey; Sec­ carried to report to the Union the con­ Second and Cherry, Seattle 4, crew mes.sman in keeping the messhall Harry Huston. Captain's compliment ac­ and pimtry ciean. cepted for improvement of fire and boat retary. E. L. Ramsey. Safety measures dition of the water on ship. Crewmem­ Wash. drills. Crew was asked to take better to be taken by crew on fire precaution. bers wearing shorts or a bath towel were care of library books. A vote of thanks First of all. crewmembers should know asked to stay out of messroom. their fire stations, and no smoking on GENEVIEVE PETERKIN (Bloomfield). given to the steward, department for Charlie "Red" Hall August 22—Chairman, W. Stockman; Sec­ fine Labor Day dinner. A collection was launch alongside of ship, j^eetines in fu­ FELTORE (Ore). September 2—Chair­ Write me at once. Walter Sib­ retary. J. F. Elliott. All repairs were not taken for Brother Naylor who had to ture to be held on first Sanday in month. September 5—Chairman. V. D'India; man. Jack Wise; Secretary. C. M. Bar- ley, 1305 Cambria St., Baltimore, taken care of while in port due to the leave ship sick. The balance of the movie Sacratary. J. Kosmas. Motion made and ietta. Captain and mate working on deck fact that some items were to be done fund will be added to this collection. accepted that deiegates be changed every and they were reported to the patrolman. Md. at sea by the mate. Suggestion that soap, three months. Poker table will be put Discussion on complaints- of sanitary matches, etc., be placed in a locker by TROJAN TRADER (Trader). July work. There is $27.65 in the ship's fund. In the recreation room this trip upon ar the steward so that anj-time the crew Chairman. W. Denelay; Sacratary. D. Conwants an.vthing the gang could help them­ Richard C. Johnson roy. Motion made and carried that agent rival in Yokohama. BEAUREGARD (Waterman), August 31 selves. Draws in foreign ports were dis­ check slop chest and medicine chest. The Please get in touch with me as —Chairman. M. C. Cooper; Secretary. J. cussed. WILLIAM H. CARRUTH (Transfual). pillows that were supplied smell and July IS—Chairman. J. Rudolph; Secretary. F. Austin. Master "refused to buy milk soon as possible. George Gurdon should be replaced by new ones. S. Pierson. Crew agreed on policy of unless he had a letter from the American OCEAN NIMET (Maritime Overseas). having deck and engine departments Consul, stating the quality of the milk Fay, 2324 Lincoln-Liberty Build­ clean laundry and the steward depart­ and its sterilization. Such a letter was ing, Philadelphia 7, Pa. September 12—Chairman. H. L. Hodges; a) Vidkun Quisling. Secretary, C. J. Oubint. A repair list wUl ment clean the reccreation room. A new obtained, but it wasn't satisfactory to the 4« 4» 4» be made up at tills meeting. Will see washing machine will be installed shortly. master and he still refused to buy milk. (2) $49.50. Letter wiU be sent to headquarters on captain about cleaning recreation room. Discussion of stale cigarettes sold in the The following-named men ai'C (3) Australia. It's in New South A few minor beefs will be squared away slop chest. Due to the fact that the daip situation out here as we ha"ve been di­ was laid up and then recrewed there was verted from cargo to a troop carrier or asked to write Norm Cohen, PO before reaching next port. Wales in the Australian Alps. no time to check the slopchest. but grew its equivalent. Box 902, Denver, Col., as soon as will make sure that they have Seafarers (4) (e) chinchilla. BULL RUN (Patrol Tankers). Saptambar VENORE (Ore). September 3—Chair­ possible: Gil Arnett, Charles CorS—Chairman. .John J. Kulas; Secretary, slopchest next trip. (5) Gold Coast—Great Britain; man. William Glick; Secretary. Charles A. H. Anderson. Ship's delegate reported STEEL WORKER (Isthmian). August 1 Thorpe. Mention made to repair leak in rent, Lee Parker, Fred Smith. Ivory Coast—France. that a wiper missed ship in Bridgeport, and one messman was taken off sick —Chairman. Leonard Wright; Secretary. the coffee urn. Crew requested that more (6) (a) No. 1. P. Corticllle. Suggestions were made drinking glasses be put aboard. Deck causing the ship to sail two men short. (7) (b) the American Declara­ All crewmembers agreed to donate to take care of ship's library. Messhall delegate reported that everything is run­ The following men are asked to twenty-five cents each toward a ship's will be cleaned by the standby man, ning smoothly and in a shipshape manner. get in touch with Joseph Pilutis at tion of Independence was issued. and the steward reported that he will The galley, recreation room, laundry and fund. inspect same to see that it gets cleaned. pantry were painted last voyage. St. Vincent's Hospital, 7th Ave. and The year was 1776. WESTERN TRADER (Waslarn Nsviga- It has been agreed that the distributoin (8) (b). Michigan. 11th St., New York, NY: "Citizea. of overtime will be equalized. GATEWAY CITY (Waterman). Septem­ tion). July S—Chairman. Al Oromaner; August 21—Chairman. L. Wright; Sec­ ber 5—Chairman. Charley Masur; Secre- Joe," Steve Massaros, Eugene Ci(9) Husband and wife. Secretary. L. W. Pepper. Discussion about steering from flying bridge instead of in­ retary. G. C. Reyes. Suggestion made (10) The pyramids of Egypt. cato, Frank Pescarek. side the wheel house. All members were that the names of brother members who asked to check fire and boat stations. Ice­ do not attend shipboard meetings be turned in. A suggestion was made that box needs repairing very badly. the steward put out more of a variety of Edifor, cold meats for the night lunch, and he LIBERTY FLA6 (Dover). July 2S— Chairman. Guy Whitahurst; Secretary. H. should prevent quick spoilage of fruits Albert A. Albu SEAFARERS LOG, R. Hutchins. Repair list read off. Motion and vegetables by having somebody re­ The papers left in the Welfare 675 Fourth Ave., made and carried that the captain should arrange the vegetable box soon as the be straightened out by the agent or pa­ foreign trip starts. Repair list was dis­ Services office at SIU headquarters trolman about passes in foreign ports as cussed. are being held for you there. Con­ Brooklyn 32, NY he is not cooperative with the crew. ROBiN MOWBRAY (Seas Shipping). tact that department so that they BEATRICE (Bull). September 14—Chair­ August IS—Chairman. James Rose; Secre­ I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please man. 6. McAlpina; Secretary. Roger Hall. tary. Edward Vernon Smith, Motion made can be returned to you. Men were asked not to diunp garbage on and carried that new mattresses pnd fans put my name on your moiling list. (Print Information) the deck next to quarters, 4-8 OS wants be put In all rooms. Water fountain on to know why he can't stand wheel watch port side should be taken care of. Re­ pair list was turned in and some of the as others do. A repair list was read. epairs have been taken care of. NAME OCEAN BETTY (Ocaan Transportation). WILLIAM H. CARRUTH (Transfuel). Saptambar S—Chairman, none; Secretary. R. D. Ewlng. Beefs taken up a-lth purser August 22—Chairman. S. Furtado; Secre­ and chief engineer not properly taken tary, F, Holland. Repair list from last STREET ADDRESS % care of. This will be turned over to the trip was brought to the attention of the boarding patrolman on, arrival in port. crew and many of the repairs on it have Repair list made.up abd a copy will be not been taken care of. The captain said CITY ..ZONE STATE given to the captain, chief mate and chief he would do as much as possible and promised to have the cre^s quiUrters -engineer. painted. •. " •• • . 3« 4- 4" 4" i Quiz Answers 4" 4« NOTICES Puszle Autuver ssB mm [iidSQ fflSH OHSSa SSHK SSESSOD SBIIDS saas Bn[z;][ia ) EDITH (Bui)),. September 7—Chairman. .^jKennath Bewig; Secretary, Charlas Gedeil. MAE (Bull).:.S«ptmiber.l-^halrmaii, F; -Motion made and carried that each man Hipp; Secretary. C. Stansbury, Heavy jdohate-SI for TV repairs. - A new icebox duty washing machine la needed.. A new ship's delegate was elected. At pres­ fs needed in the crew pantry. ent there is $19 in the Miip's ^hd,' . ^ ALEXANDRA Oolin M.«al;ras). Seplemser 12—Chairman..Fred Miliar; Secretary. .^. E. La'Bartera.' Statyatd informed the • iclrew that ;the cqii»a»y-b'ar(^a6lng agent 1uuij«queBtad 4M^jMlM, with the ex­ ception of milk and bread be obtained MARORE (Ore). August 37—Chairman. Bert Shshnoni Seciftary. Frank. Savoie, Motion made to see the patrolman about iuatitfUtion of jiew fans. Fan* are aboard but captain says they are not to be in- Signed EggBssgis EsafSiBasg HasnB mum EfflE ESDEg; @BEE • OSGS ^ TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you arg an old subseribar and hav« • cbtng* of addraiz, plaasa giva your former address below: .ApDPbSS CITY .J*.. .a**... . 2bN6 STATE iStsfc ii: �T»-ie Elrlite« :!< • f.- SEAFARERS LOG October i», lASli Seafarers accustomed to the hem 'n haw attitude of many shipowners when it comes to taking care of seamen's needs would have been astonished to see the speed flashed by one operator in an injury case recently. Once the. home. off ice; of the company received word of the accident, it got to work*^ on the case immediately—to repatriated to the United States. Obviously the company was fear­ do whatever it could to ward Meanwhile though, the ship went ful of the financial obligations it off claims by the injured Seafarer. Seafarer Donald MeShane, OS, was the victim of the accident which took place while his ship was in Iceland. Although weather conditions were extremely bad at the time, McShane had been or­ dered aloft to take the lashings off cargo booms. While he was atop the resistor house a strong gust of wind toppled him to the deck causing a variety of internal injuries, a broken arm, fractured heel and an injury to his back. Line ITp Statements McShane was taken ashore and hospitalized. Subsequently he was on to its next port of call in north­ ern Europe. Waiting on the dock to greet the crew were two company representatives whose first con-, cern was to line up as many cTewmembers as possible for statements as to the nature of the accident. Apparently the company had gone to no small expense to see to it that they beat the ship across. After making its European stops, the ship returned to the States, making Baltimore its first return port. On the dock, to nobody's sur­ prise, was another set of company representatives intent on picking up any information that the first two had missed overseas. might incur as a result of the acci­ dent and wasn't sparing the horses when it came to covering its ex­ posed flank. It is doubtful ih circumstances like these, whether any crewmember is obligated to issue written statements about a shipboard acci­ dent. In any case, crewmembers giving statements to anybody should make sure in the first in­ stance that they were personal wit­ nesses to the accident. They should also make sure that any statement they sign is in their own words and describes the facts as they saw them, not as they are inter­ preted by any other person. 5 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID Pfoia To No, Seafarers RecetTinf Benefito thio Period Average Benefita Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS FAID THIS PERIOD Hoaoital Benefita Death Benefits Diaabilitv Benefits J UOf ool Y S-ao t.9oa Qg pa St-.njY Vacation Benefits Total All of the follovnng SIU families will collect the $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Lisa Blanchard, bom October 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd L. Blanchard, 1337 Lesseps Street, New Orleans, La. Mrs. Robert W. Collins, 276 Sum­ Mrs. John Crowley, Box 327, Alli­ son, Pa. mer Street, Somerville, Mass. 4' 4' * it 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Robert Keith MacCammond, Myra Aline Armstrong, born August 28, 1954. Parents, Mr, and born October 10, 1954. Parents, Mrs. James Rudolph Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs. James L, MacCammbnd. Box 518, Nederland, Texas. Jarvisburg, North Carolina. 4 Stephen Eugene Martin, born Victor Manuel Castellon, born Donna Marie Gladwell, bom September 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. September 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. August 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and and Mrs. Jose A. Castellon, 221 and Mrs. Eugene B. Martin, 7811 Mrs. Rudy Gladwell, 222 B. 95 Hyacinth Street, New Orleans, La. Daniels Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 4 4 4 Street, New York, NY. 4 4 4* David Custodio Mena, bom Sep­ i> O'Pete Terry, born September 2, tember 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Louis Randolph Williamson, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Julio Custodio Ruiz, San born September 27, 1954. Parents, Charles L. Terry, 1818 Valence Lorenzo, Catano, PR. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis R. Williamson, Street, New Orleans, La. 4 4 4 5304 Magazine Street, New Or­ 4 4 Johnny Roy Nichols, born Au­ leans, La. Neil Nagle, born August 22,1954. gust 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence t 4i Mrs. Thomas T. ^ Nichols, Route Paula Louise Blanchette, bom M. Nagle, 134 President Street, No. 1, Box 353, Westlake, La. August 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Lynn, Mass. 4 4 4 Mrs. Robert Blanchette, 1567 An­ 4 4 4^ Carolyn Janette Byrd, born Sep­ nunciation Street, New Orleans, La. Sonia Justina Rios, born Septem­ tember 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and ber 21, 1954. Parents, Mi-, and 'if Mrs. John F. Byrd, 6210 Aif Line Mrs. Alfredo Rios, 358 Henry Wilfred Davila, born September Drive, Houston, Texas. 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Street, Brooklyn, NY. 4 4 4 Juan Davila, 3805 3rd Avenue, 4 4^ Terry Lee Nowell, born August Bronx, NY. Nancy Lee Thompson, born Sep­ 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. tember 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Robert L. Nowell, 2240 Jungle 4« 4" Robert Allan Prime, born Octo­ Mrs. W. Thompson, 91-22 187 Street, Lakeland, Fla. ber 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Place, Hollis, NY. 4 4 4 4 4 4> Allan Remick Prime, 92 Dudley Carol Ann Slay, born March 8, Street, Medford, Mass. Paul James SumskI, bora Sep­ 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. tember 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Gerald Slay, General Delivery, t 4i i Luis Antonio Gonzalez Monroig, Mrs. Benjamin Sumski, 41 Marvin Semmes, Ala. born July 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. Street, Buffalo, NY. 4 4 4 and Mrs. Luis Gonzalez, 720 Vine­ 4 4 4 Emalie Calhoun, born Septem­ Stephen Joseph Barry, born ber 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and yard Avenue, Madera, Calif. July 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Calhoun, 116 D 4> i Robert William Collins, Jr., born Mrs. Arthur S. Barry, 7224 10th Silsey Street, Prichard, Ala. July 29, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. _ 4 4 4 4 4 4 Wendell George Harwell, bom Walter Michael De Grey», bom August 10, 1954. Parents, Mr. and August 26, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. George E.'Harwell, 807 3rd Mrs. George E. De Greve, 159 Avenue, Chickasaw, Ala. Arlyn Drive West, Massapequa, 4 4 4 NY. Tommy Ray Kelley, bom Octo­ Despite the best efforts of 4 4 4 ber 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. the authorities, the Public Carlos Lozano, born August 20, J. F. Kelley, PC Box 91, Theodore, Health Service Hospitals are 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Ala. still plagued with ambulance Lozano, 1803 N. Calvert Street, chasers. Seafarers approached Baltimore, Md. Berry Wayne Ayler, bom Sep­ by these characters or their 4 4 4 tember 29, 1954. Parents, Mr. and front men are advised for Jose Martinez, born August 23, Mrs. Albert Ayler, 1307 McGee their own good to give them a 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jose Street, Whistler, Ala. fast brushoff. Martinez, 107 Amsterdam Avenue, It is well known that the 4 4 4 New York, NY. ranks of the ambulance chasers George Stevie Petrantes, born 4 4 4 contain many who will charge October 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and David James Crowley, born Sep­ Mrs. Stavres Petrantes, 810 S. excessive fees or simply sell tember 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and out their cliehts to the com­ Carolina Street, Mobile, Ala. panies. Most of them are _ _4 4 4 known to be pretty poor law­ Harry rairick Long, bom Sep­ yers or else they wouldn't be tember 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and digging for business the way Mrs. Harry K. Long, 1420 Robert they do. E. Lee Street, Mobile, Ala. The time to choose a lawyer 4 4 is not while you are sick or Anthony Kennedy, born Sep­ injured and being hypnotized tember 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and by a fast line of chatter. Wait Mrs. John J. Kennedy, Hotel until you are recovered and Sulphur Springs, Tampa, Fla. then if you need an attorney 4 4 4, go out and shop around for the Robert Molls, bom September best attorney and the best deal 28, ^954. Parents,. Mr. and Mrs. you can get. Antonio Molis, Jr., 14 C Magnolia Homes, Galveston, Texas. 4- t $ Ifd. WELFARE, VACATION BENEFIH PAID PREVIOUSLY Hoaoital Benefits Paid Since lulv 1. 1950 • Death Benefits Paid Since lulv 1. 1950 * Diaabilitv Benefita Paid Since Mav 1. 1952 * Matcmitv Benefits Paid Since AorU 1. 1952 • Vncation Benefita Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 • Total 5*7* srj/i ooB/.OL9 SSi i 1 • Dace Benefit! Becaa 1' 1 WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Vacation Cash oa Hand Welfare Estimated Accounta Receivable us Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Asset* - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS lEfWfPRI: 1 \mm?m 53JL CAAtJIiiJna '•jaonts of all bonoflto naintalti a atoadjr lowal, poaalblj Bided ty UOIOD piiblleltj throui^ the meaxw of the Seaflarm and the attmtlon that ie giwen to the Plana in the Dhion Mmberehip •eetings* Che aesesta of the Plana continue to grow, even thoo^ new Wieflt%are added frcai tlM to tine* Present aaaets of the Plane conblned are Inpone dealrlng Infozaatlon oa benefits due under the Plana ahould oontaet the nearest 8IV Port Agent vho will be able io aupplj than with the infomation^^^^ Smhrnitui A1 Katr, Aaaiattet'XSmMttTmtoT Beware Of Case Chasers SIU WEIFME SERVICES mnnnn YOUR PROBUM IS OUR BUSINESS m �October 29, 1954 SEAFARERS SEEW THE iSEAFARERS With WALTER SIEKMANN We've made mention before of the system of hospital delegates that the SIU has so that all of the hospitalized brothers can have assurance of somebody around to cheer them up and take care of little things for them. And of course, there's the Union hospital representative dropping in regularly with the weekly benefit and some pleasant chat­ ter. Ail of that doesn't mean though that the men in the hospitals wouldn't welcome a visit from their shipmates once in a while. So if you happen to be on the beach here and have a friend in the hospital why not grab that ferryboat over to Staten Island and spend an hour or two with him? It's still only a nickel on the ferry and a real nice ride on these sunny autumn days we've been having. The same goes too for the hospitalized brothers in the various outports. it Three brothers who all sailed on the Greece Victory (South Atlantic) wound up in the hospital recently. Brother Oscar S. Olsen of Phila­ delphia went in for treatment of a double hernia on October 5. He was 2nd electrician on the ship. Also hospitalized off her were Abe Portner with a heart condition and Albert Morse. Portner was utilityman and Morse was messman on the Greece Victory. Brother Donald McShane was the victim of a ship­ board accident on the Jefferson City Victory recent­ ly. He was unlashing booms on October *16 when a gust of-wind blew him down. McShane was OS on the Victory Carriers ship and lives in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Graddick Ramon Olivera of Brooklyn, who was firemanwatertender on the Alcoa Runner last time out has been having trouble with diabetes and Is getting treatment at the hospital accordingly. Clif­ ford Womack who was messman on the Robin Goodfellow was laid low by a spot of stomach trouble. He's from South Bend, Indiana. Brother Norman West of Sebago Lake, Maine, ran into come real tough luck when the doctors had to amputate his left leg. He was FWT on the Steel Apprentice on his last trip. All of the brothers are hoping that he pulls-through in good shape. Another hernia victim in the hospital is Gustav Holgerson, oiler off the Mary Adams. He went in for treatment on October 12. Jose Algado, who was fireman on the Seatrain New Jersey is having his leg treated. His home is back in Spain. Other Seafarers who were admitted to the hospital recently include Peter King, who was chief cook on Holgerson the Mary Adams; John Graddick, off the Steel Maker; John Karplnsky who was messman on the Kyska and BUI Logan, AB, who took the Raphael Semmes out on his last trip. Seafarers In Hospitals USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Blarcelo Arong Robert Lambert Edward Cantoral Francisco Mayo James Chew Samuel H. MUla Jessie A. Ciarke Frank S. Paylor T. J. Cunningham Eugene G. Plahn John B. Giiiespie Charles B. Rosa Gorman T. Glaze . Vincenzo Russo Einar Hansen Douglas Turner Michael Jablonski Antony J. Tursl Edward Jarrowskl Clyde B. Ward Elmer E. Lamb VA HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Fulton Hendrix USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Harold Arllnghaus Carl R. Johnson Henry J. ChUds R. T. MUton Leo Cronsohn Charles H. Neumaier Benny M. Foster Joseph Perreira Olav Gustavscn P. S. Yuzon Gleen W. Hines USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. Jessie P. Brinklcy Lonnie HaU Herbert M. BumpassB. Spinney George F. Lechler USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Thomas L. AnkersonThomas K|;yser Oscar R. Bird E. G. Knapp Perry Bland D. KoroUd Charles Brady Leo l.ang Charles Burton Knud Larsen Owen Butler Clarence Lomax John Carolan ' Jesse Lyles Sebastian Carregal Oscar Madere George W. Champlin Walter Makin Clarence Cobb Vincent Michel S. Cope William Moore WiUiam C. Cothran Francis T. Osetek EmUe Davies Amello Patingo Serio Desoso . Fred D. Peterson Robert Dewey Gilbert J. PlersaU Joseph L. Dlonne Elijah Piatt: Hal R. Ellis Randolph Ratcliff Thomas Fields Warren Reed Leo Fontenot William Biobcrts B. D. Foster Henri Robin D. Gamvrogiannis James Ruth Nathan Gardner Edward Samrock F. Green John E. Sanders Boy M. Green Wade Sexton Clifton Gullet Durand Shaw Harry Hankee Wesley Snelling E. T. Hardemahit Henry Sosa Andrew HarvUla D. R. Stroup Paul Hebert Lonnie R. Tickle Joseph Hinchey John C. Vieira Lyle Hipp J. E. Ward Leonard Kay USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS Joseph Arras Frederick E. Otto Joseph Busalacki Murray A. Plyler A. P. Copa Abel N. Salas Warren W. Currier Benjamin Seal Benjamin F. Grice William Trice Tomas Gutierrez Franklin Webb Karl A. Hellman James Winget Ernest Kolenovsky Charles B. Young Eugene T. O'Mara USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. Claudius Archer Robert Heilig Rex C. Becraft Sverre Hohannessen Bernard P. Burke Mike Michelik Roland Dean W. M. Pennington William J. Fick John W. Powers Brigido Figueroa Richard Welch USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Hassen Ahmed John Maclnnes Charles Cantwell William Malcewics Angel Carrasquillo Harold J. Moore George T. Coleman Joseph Neubauer John H. Doherty Mikade Olenchik Samuel Doyle Oscar Olsen V. J. Fitzgerald T. Papoutsoglov George W. Flood Abe Partner Estell Gpdfrey Santos Pizarro John H. Hannay Kalle Rankonen Fred Hauser Matti Ruusukallio Gaitano Interdonato Jose Salgado Vincent Jones William Saltarez Noral Jorgensen Charles Sanderson John Karpinsky Walter Sibley Theodore Katros Joseph Stanton Arthur Kavel Pedro Viilabol Peter King Robert WeUcer Fiorencio F. Letie Norman West William E. Logan Lloyd Wilson Nils H. Lundquist Clffford Womack USPHS HOWITAL BRIGHTON,' MASS. Frank Alasavich John T. Keegan Joseph W. Carey Maurice Levoie Clarence E. Dudley Arnfin A. Oyhus USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. Paul Bland . Albert Lima J. D. Cannady Jimmle Littleton R. Carrollton J. T. Moore R. L. Field J. D. Thomas William Gilbertson Gilbert F. Wilson James F. Lee USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS J. R. Alsobrook USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. Tim Burke , VA HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Leonard J. Frank USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH. NY ~ Fortunate Bacomo Kaarel Leetmaa Frank W. Bemriek 'James R. Lewis .Claude F. Blanks Arthur Lomas Robert L. Booker Francis F. Lynch Thomas B. Bryant : Joseph D. McGraw Ho Yee Choe ' Archibald McGuigan Jar Chong Frank Mackey John J. Driscoll . Vie Milazzo Bart E. Guranick Eugene T. Nelson John B. Haas Pedro Feralto Taib Hassen James C. Powell Thomas Isaksen George Shumaker Hurlburt M. Free Robert Sizemore John W. Keenan Henry E. Smith Ludwig Krlstiansen Harry S. Tuttle Frederick Landry Renato A. Villata James J. Lawlor VirgU Wilmoth Tage Nine(eea. LOG Seeks Care, Is Called 'Deserter' A Seafarer who suffered neglect of a serious injury and then was charged with "desertion" on top of it when he sought proper medical treatment, is now getting a different kind of reception from the ship operator. Back in the States and under the care of the Public Health Service, he has re­ ceived payment of his earned injury consisted of a badly crushed the doctor merely wrapped it up and unearned wages and will finger tip suffered in a shipboard without cleaning the wound and get maintenance and cure until such time as he is fit for duty again. Further, it's conceded all around that the "desertion" charge is not likely to stand up, and Welfare Services is hopeful that everything will be squared away on that score within the next few days. Refused Treatment Seafarer Robert G. Varnon's accident. When he went to the skipper and asked to be sent to a doctor at the next port, the skip­ per didn't deem it necessai-y and refused him medical treatment. After several protests and much pleading on Varnon's part, the skipper finally relented and sent him ashore to a doctor selected by the company agent in that port. Although the finger was crushed, Happy Father And Namesake Seafarer William H. Price of Portsmouth, Virginia, is the proud -ather of William Charles Pi-ice, resting comfortably in mother's arms at home. Price holds daughter Carol, 3, after receiving $200 SIU maternity benefit plus $25 US defense bond from the Union. Payoffs Rigtit In Hospifals Just Another SIU Service Welfare Services deluxe "special delivery" service on pay­ offs to injured seamen did the trick for three men who are now patients at the Staten Island hospital. " Arrangements were made in all three cases | ^ for the men to get paid off diately, completing all unfinished right in the hospital, where­ business on the spot. upon the Welfare Services repre­ sentative cashed their checks for them on the spot. Since payoffs have to be made in the presence of the shipping commissioner. It usually means The deaths of the following sea­ that the man in the hospital has to wait until he gets back on his farers have been reported to the feet again to get paid. And if he Seafarers Welfare Plan and the has a family to take care, of, this $2,500 death benefits are being can work considerable hardship. paid to their beneficiaries: Eddie T. Driggers, 47; A mem­ Consequently when Seafarers John Graddick, Theodore Katros ber of the SIU since July 21, 1942. and Jose Rodriguez entered the Brother Driggers died of natural hospital with payoffs coming to causes on Sept. 26, 1954, at the US them, the Welfare Services De­ Public Health Service hospital in partment got to work to get them Staten Island, NY. He had been sailing in the deck department. their money. Burial was at Evergreen Cemetery. Send Vouchers Brooklyn, NY. Surviving is a In Katros' case the payo.ff brother, Paul M. Driggers. of 2521 consisted of a couple of days of Lewis St., Jacksonville, Fla. unearned wages. Arrangements 4" J* i were made for the company to Regino D. Cabrera, 42: Brother mail the check directly to the Cabrera died of head injuries on hospital. Graddick, who was off Aug. 2, 1954, at sea aboard the SS the. Steel Maker and Rodriguez, Del Norte. One of the early mem­ who had been aboard the Lawrence bers of the SIU, he had been sail­ Victory, had full payoffs coming to ing in the steward department them. The companies involved since he joined the Union on Jan. agreed to send the checks and 14, 1939. His place of burial is not vouchers over to the hospitals, and known. Surviving is his father, the Shipping Commissioner's office Bennie Cabrera, of 843 NW 4 St.. sent a representative to the ward Miami, Fla. to take care of the payoff. t 4" 4* • When the checks were handed Edward W. Decker, 36:, On June over, the Welfare Services hospital 20, 1953, Brother Hecker died of a representative cashed them imme- heart condition at Belem, Para, sent the man back to work. After a day or two the pain be­ came unbearable and the Seafarer again asked to be sent to a doctor. He was again refused by the skip­ per. It was on'y after repeated protests on his part that the skipper sent him ashore, this time in an­ other port to another doctor se­ lected by the company's agents. Infection Sets In This second doctor merely put the finger in a plaster of paris cast. The result was that infection set in and the finger became badly inflamed. Varnon went back to the skipper once more but this time couldn't budge him. The captain declared that he had sent him to two doc­ tors already and that was enough. Fearful of the spread of the infec­ tion, the Seafarer asked the cap­ tain for $100 draw and informed him he was going ashore to seek treatment on his own. The captain issued him the draw, and crewmembers helped him pack his gear. Once he left the vessel, however, the skipper turned around and entered a "desertion" charge in the log. When Varnon got to a doctor of his own choosing, the physician was indignant at the neglect of the injury and immediately took steps to clean the wound and treat the infection. Not Fit for Duty Subsequently, he was repatriated on the very same vessel he had shipped on. He checked in to Staten Island hospital where after seven weeks of treatment he still was not fit for duty. Upon learning the facts of the case, the company back-pedaled from its skipper's actions and read­ ily agreed to handle the matter as it would handle any case where a man had -to leave ship in a foreign port for treatment. Of course under normal condi­ tions sick or injured men are put ashore by the captain without hav­ ing to leave a ship on their own. Desertion is a pretty serious charge, and only the obvious neglect of this man's health and the failure to provide him with proper treatment justified his leav­ ing the ship in this case. -ti I II • Yi J § -'4 Brazil. An ordinary seaman, he had been sailing with the SIU since January, 1953. His place of burial is not known. He is survived by his mother, Marie Schmidt, of 615 West Poplar St., San Antonio, Tex. t 4* 4" Peter Ley, 73: One of the early members of the SIU. Brother Ley died of hardening of the arteries at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md., on July 5, 1954. A member of the deck department, he joined the SIU on Dec. 28, 1938. Burial was at Holy Redeemer Cemetery, Baltimore. His beneficiary is Lotlie Bullock, 2402 McElderry St., Baltimore. USPHS Has Last Say On Duty Slip Under the SIU contract, US Public Health Service doctors have the final say on whether or not a man is fit for duly. If there is any question about your fitness to sail, check with the nearest USPHS hospital or out-patient clinic for a i-uling. • '•rM 1 �i:: • Keith Alaop. A-3 • Raymond E. Vaughan, V-IM SAVANNA AGSNT Vol* for On* • JMMoxrimm.Vlr3 • • • • GALVESTON JOINT PAIBOUUN Vol* for On* Charles Kimball, K-2 J.A.gin9,K-308 Van WMtaoy. W-ll Keith (Honolulu) WliMtoy.W-gSS �'•-^•.•r'^y.'j}^r''ii^}^'iri-,f{-f'yif»:^,C^/^y:y.A^.r^.ji'i^.VSliry"r;;i:y-rrf'j,^^-^^^^ ^^^SEAFARERS LOG •friAl ORGAN OP THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • As provided in the constitution of the Silly Atiantie & Gulf Districty the foiiowing men have nominated themselves for union offices, and have sub- mitted the required credentials. A brief biography of each candidate with his Union experience appears on these pages to acquaint members with their backsrounds. Secret voting on the candidates will get underway Novemher 15 and run until January 15. A sample ballot appears on the back page. Candidates For 1955-1956 A&G Posts For: Secretary— For: Deck Ass'f Treasurer Secrefary-T reas. (Vote For One) (Vote For One) O WALTER (Rusty) BEYELER— No. B-81: Joined the SIU A&G District in 1942 and sailed throughout the war in every war zone. Was active In the 1946 Gen­ eral Strike and the 1947 Isthmian Strike, and holds clearances for all SIU strikes and beefs since he joined. Has served on"every type of ship under SIU contract. 'Has served on various rOmembership committees ashore, and has also served as department llhui i oe • - • or' ship's delegate on a number of SIU vessels. JOE ALGINA—No. A-1: Trans­ ferred to SIU from old AFL Seamen's Union when SIU was formed. Sailed ac­ tively in WW II before becoming Union organizer. Served as NY deck patrolman, acting port agent, before being elected NY port agent 1948, 1949 and 1950. Elected hq representative for 1951 and 1952; asst. secretary-treasurer for '53-'54. Participated in 1946 General, Wall Street and Isthmian Strikes. Union negotiating committee member for past eight years. eral Strike. Assisted the SIU dur­ ing the Canadian beef, and repre­ sented the SIU in last spring's ILA beef in San Juan. Actively participated in Wall Street Strike and many other Union beefs. For: Boston Agent (Vote For One) For: Jf. Ass'f Secrefary-Treas. For; Eng. Asst Secretary-T reas. ooo p<^-. i)\ ;V •I I For: Boston Joint Patrolman For: New York Deck Patrolman ooo -fj ARNI BJORNSSON—No. B-34: Native of Iceland but now US citi­ zen. Sailed in all combat zones in World War 11 o n foreign-flag and WSA ships. Started shipping with SIU nine years ago and has been in good standing ever since. Elected dele­ gate and meeting chairman by shipmates on many occasions. Elected to many headquarters membership committees and active in behalf of Union in other mat­ ters. Served as master at arms in headquarters. Sails as AB and bosun. JAMES SHEEHAN —No. Sr3: Member of SIU since beginning. (Vote For Three) Served as organ­ izer in Gulf dur­ ing 1 9 3 8 and 1939. Elected to Union office in WILLAM HALL—No. H-272: 1944 and to vari­ ous Union posts Joined the SIU since, including A&G District in NY deck patrol­ 1944, in the Port man, 1947 and 1948, and Philadel­ phia agent, 1949. Returned to sea of New York. in 1950 and sailed to July, 1951, Served actively when appointed Boston agent to in many of the replace resigning official. Has Union's major MICHAEL (Biackie) COLUCCI— sailed since 1924 as AB and bosun. strikes and beefs, Holds clearances for all SIU No. C-3: Joined strikes. Elected Boston agent for the SIU in 1944 including the in New York. 1952, 1953 and 1954. 1946 General Sailed during Strike, the f94'7 war to various Isthmian Strike, the Wall Street war zones. Strike and the Canadian beef. Served as dele­ Elected asst. secretary-treasurer gate on many 4) for '53-'54. Has been elected deck ships. Served as delegate and ship's delegate on PAUL «ALL—No. H-1: Original (Vote For One) Union organizer (Vote For One) most of the ships he has sailed throughout the member of SIU. on and has represented the crew. Isthmian drive. Served as picket Holds all strike Holds clearances for all Union captain during 1946 General Strike clearances. Ac­ actions. and 1947 Isthmian Strike. Also tive in all Union JAMES E. SWEENEY—No. S-6: served as picket captain during t 4) 4JOSEPH H. VOLPIAN—No.V-1: Is Boston joint organizing since Wall Street Strike and many other Started sailing in ROBERT MATTHEWS—No. M- patrolman at beefs. Worked as New York dis­ earliest days. 1922. Active in 1: Joined SIU present. Has patcher for 1952. Elected NY Elected secretarymaritime labor when it was char­ been appointed deck patrolman for '53-'54. many years be­ treasurer 19 4 8. tered. Served as and reelected to fore joining SIU patrolman and Served on all this post for nine LOUIS GOFFIN—N o. G - 7 I in 1940 in New port agent in Mo­ consecutive terms Transferred into SIU negotiating Orleans. Served bile and later as with the excep­ SIU from old committees since as NY engine paport agent in tion of a brief AFL Seamen's then. Helped initiate Welfare, Va­ t r o 1 m a n from Jacksonville and lapse in 1948-49 Union in 19 3 9. cation Plans. Participated In fight 1943 to 1947. San Francisco. while at sea. First Participated ac­ Assigned in 1946 went to work for the Union in tively in 1941 Which broke Communist hold on While patrolman served as special services repre­ 1941. Directed General Strike ac­ bonus beef, 1946 Canadian waterfront. Named by sentative in charge of membership to NY as hq rep­ resentative. Has been on every tivities in 1946 in Portland, Me. General Strike AFL as trustee in fight to bring problems. Elected assistant secre­ Union negotiating committee from Also served as joint patrolman in and Isthmian good unionism to longshoremen. tary-treasurer 1948, 1949, 1950, 1946 to present. Was elected as­ New York in 1943. He has been a Strike. Served secretary-treasurer for member of the SIU since 1938. Union as patrol­ Sailed in all war zones during 1953, 1954 and hq representative sistant for 1951 and 1952. Has strike-clear 1948, 1949 and 1950, 1953 and Has played an active role in all man and agent in Philadelphia and second World War. record for all SIU strikes and 1954. Was elected hq representa­ Union activities. Jacksonville and as assistant sec­ beefs. tive for 1951 and 1952. Partici­ retary-treasurer. Elected deck pa­ 4« 4» .4) pated in all SIU strikes and job trolman in NY for every year from actions. RAY WHITE—NO. W-2: Trans­ 1947 through 1952. Elected NY joint patrolman for '53-'54. Par­ ferred to SIU in X X X ticipated in contract talks. Has all 1938 from old CLAUDE (Sonny) SIMMONS— clearances. AFL Seamen's No. S-1: Member (Vote For Three) X X ^ Union. Helped of old ISU in TOM GOULD —No. G-267t 1935,then worked organize P&O (Vote For One) Joined SIU in with US light­ Port of New Or­ line, one of SlU's house dept. until leans on Decem­ earliest beefs. joining SIU in ADELBERT (Al) ARNOLD—No. ber 23, 19 4 2. Was NY patrol­ 1939. Sailed untU A-147: Joined Sailed regularly man six months EDWARD X. MOONET — No. August, 1941, the SIU A&G through war when appointed M-7: Now serv­ District in 1944, and Norfolk years. Active in Tampa patrol­ ing as elected and holds clear­ Union's post-war agent for three man. Shipped joint patrolman ances for all organizing cam­ years. Active in Isthmian organiz­ again, August, 1942, and sailed strikes and beefs in New York and paigns at Isth­ ing-drive and strike at that com­ as manager of the through war. Appointed NY pa­ since that time. mian and Cities pany. Served as hq representative Port O'Call Bar. trolman, Feb., 1945. Elected Tampa Has been ship's Service. Took part in 1946 General agent for 1946 through 1948. Re­ delegate on a Strike and other major Union beefs, participating in deckT. departinent Joined the SIU in signed July, 1948, and shipped un- number of differ­ through the years. Elected to vari­ negotiations. Elected Tampa poii 1945. Served as tU Nov., 1949. Elected NY engine ent ships, includ­ ship's delegate or ous^ rank and file committees. agent ior 1949. 1950. 1951. 1992, patrolman for 1951, 1952;'elebte(^ ing freighters, tankers and Se^ Served as welfare services repre­ steward delegate 1953 and 1954. Stidke-clpw for alb on majority- of Assistant secretary-treasurer'^ for trains; and has brought in many df sentative, dispa'tcher and pa^olmaa . » . i * . » i these vessels- elefar'df atny beefs' at y.nio» stgifces/andvbetrf*,, •j.H. y ships. Was member of Food and '53-'54. ' Alsi served' as Housing Committee for 1946 Genall. Has sailed in various ratings joiju patrolman in Seattle. For: Sfd. Ass'f Secretary-Treas. SJ; . : in the deck department on all the different types of ships. At preseiit, he is serving as bosun on the Steel Scientist (Isthmian). J �Supplement—Page Two SEAFARERS Elected NY engine patrolman for FRANK BOSE—No. B-4: Joined '53-'54. Active in every beef since JIU in Baltimore joining SIU. Now serving as direc­ in 1944. Active in tor of SIU welfare services. all major Union beefs including 1946 General Strike, Wall Street Strike, Coos Bay beef (Vote For Three) and other actions. Served as organ­ izer in Union's successful campaign against Cities W; PAUL GONSORCHIK —No. Service Oil Company, and in other post-war organizing drives conduct­ G-2: A&G mem­ ed by the Union. Utilized in vari­ ber since Union ous other capacities at headquar­ was founded in ters including acting patrolman. 1938. Sailed stew­ Sails in engine department as chief ard, chief cook electrician. and baker. Mem­ JOSEPH PASINOSKY—No. 68: Joihed Sea­ farers Interna­ tional Union in Port of New York on October 27, 1941. Sailed steadily through­ out the war years to various war zones. Following war, assisted in SIU organizing drive at Isthmian Steamship Company. Took part in many Union beefs including active role in 1946 General Strike and Isthmian Strike. Holds clearances for all Union beefs. One of five brothers who hold SIU books. Sails regularly as bosun. For: New York Sfd, Patrolman For; Hew York Eng. Patrolman (Vote For Three) o -o- o TEDDY BABKOWSKI—No. B-1: Joined SIU in 19 41 and sailed in all combat zones during WW II. Was volunteer organizer in Isth­ mian drive and various tanker drives. Served on New York Isthmian Strike committee. Active in 1946 Strike, Coos Bay and shipyard beefs. Served on Baltimore committees aiding shipyard and telephone workers. Elected joint patrolman in New York for 1949 and NY en­ gine patrolman for years 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 and 1954. t 4" 4" PETER BUSH—No. B-9: Started with SIU when Union was founded and re­ ceived his mem­ bership book in February, 1939, in the Port of Baltimore, Has been in good standing ever since. Has clean record with all strike clearances. Assisted in Union organizing drives and participated in numerous SIU beefs. Has total of nine years seatime on SlU-contracted ships and for two-year period was employed in various capacities at the Union's New York headquarters. LOG ber of Union ne­ gotiating commit­ tee, 1940 and 1941. Assisted in drafting original SIU constitution. Member 1941 Bonus Strike committee. Returned to sea in 1943, then elected NY dispatcher. Served as NY steward patrolman from May, 1951, until elected Baltimore steward patrol­ man for 1952. Elected NY steward patrolman for '53-'54. if HOWARD GUINIER—No. G-3: Joined SIU at its start. Served as organizer in vari­ ous drives from 1938 to 1941. Rep­ resented Union before National Defense Media­ tion Board on contract dispute in 1941. Served as chairman of headquarters Bonus Strike committee. Was chairman of NY branch food and housing com­ mittee for the 1946 General Strike. Secured 3,000 berths for members during strike. Elected steward patrolman in NY every year from 1946 to the present. i i t> FREDDIE STEWART—No. S-8: Was volunteer or­ ganizer for SIU when it was founded. Partic­ ipated in all ma­ jor strikes includ­ ing Bonus Strike, Isthmian, 19 4 6 General Strike and other actions. Was leader of direct action to secure milk, good 4> 41 4i provisions and decent shipboard TOM CLARK—No. C-5: Has conditions for all Seafarers. been with Union Served as steward patrolman in for past nine NY in 1947 and joint patrolman years, joining in 1948 and 1949. Elected steward SIU A&G Dis­ patrolman in 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 trict in New and 1954. York, 1943. Sailed during war in all combat zones. Served as black gang delegate and ship's dele­ gate aboard many vessels. Partici­ pated actively in 1946 General (Vote For Six) Strike, Isthmian Strike in 1947 and all other Union strikes. Was elect­ ed engine patrolman in New York for 1950, 1953 and 1954. Holds clearance for all SIU strikes since ROBERT A. BARRETT—B-86: becoming a member. A member of the 4" 4" 4" Seafarers Inter­ WALTER SIEKMANN—Ntr. S-7: national Union Member of the for 11 years, he SIU for 11 years. joined the Union Served on numer­ in New York Oc­ ous ships as dele­ tober 25, 1943. gate. Sailed Since then he through last war has taken part in all combat in all strikes and zones. Served as other beefs in temporary patrol­ which the Union has been involved man. Elected and has volunteered his services at Boston port agent all times for all Union assign­ in 1948. Active on strike commit­ ments. He sails regularly in the tees for 1946 General Strike and engine department, holding a chief Isthmian Strike. Served as shore- electrician's rating among others. side organizer -in Isthmian drive. He Is 45 years of age. for; New York Joint Patrolman O o -O- i i i October 29, 1954 ALLAN L.. LAKE—No. L-41; Joined SIU in 1943 and has been sailing regularly in steward de­ partment ratings. Had shipped on various ships on and off for 18 years before that. Has deck and en­ gine experience. Served as ship's delegate or depart­ ment delegate on most ships. Holds all strike clearances. Was on Val Chem strike committee. Served as organizer for AFL Marine Cooks and Stewards in 1953 and was elected delegate to NY AFL Cen­ tral Trades and Labor Council. t> it ii E. B. (Mac) McAULEY—No. M 20: Member of the SIU since 1943. Sailed all zones during World War II in both steward and engine depart­ ments. Was an official SIU ob­ server during 19 4 6 Isthmian election. Was acting Savannah agent in 1946. Has been ship's del­ egate and engine delegate on numerous ships. Was patrolman dispatcher in Savannah during 1952-53. Served as headquarters organizer 1953-54. New York dis­ patcher 1954. Has clear record on all Union strikes and beefs. For: Phila. Agent (Vote For One) OOO A. (Blaokle) CARDULLO—No. C1: Since Joining the SIU he has been active In all Union strikes and beefs. Was Marcus Hook agent until that hall was closed. Served as patrol­ man in Philadel­ phia, as West Coast representative and as NY hq representative. During war sailed in all combat zones. Has cleai-ances for all Union actions. Active par­ ticipant in Isthmian organizing and strike. Elected Philadelphia agent for 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 and 1954. Active in Phila. port affairs. MARTY BREITHOFF—No. B-2: Started sailing with SIU in 1942 and sailed dur­ ing World War II in all combat zones in both en­ gine and steward depart ments. Served on griev­ ance committee in Tampa during 1946 General Strike. Was ship­ (Vote For One) board organizer at start of Cities Service Drive, in 1946. Served as. chief dispatcher. Port of New York, in 1951 and 1952. Elected NY joint 4 4 4 patrolman for '53-'54. Currently STEVE BERGERIA—No. B-179: serving as SIU West Coast repre­ KEITH TERPE—No. T-S: Sailed Has served a s sentative. throughout Woi-ld ship's delegate War II on West 4. 4. 4 Coast in both and deck dele­ LEOPOLD BRUCE—No. B-158: deck and steward gate on most of Has been SIU depart ments. ships he's sailed member since he Joined the SIU in oined in Port of since joining the 1949. Was head­ New York in Union. Was pick­ quarters organiz­ April, 1946. Took er during 1949-51, et dispatcher and active part in active in winning member of clear­ numerous Union successful Cities beefs and actions Service drive. Also served as act­ ance committee including 1 9 4 6 ing port agent in Lake Charles dur­ in 1946 General General Strike, ing 1950-51. Helped organize sev­ Strike in Philadelphia. Also was Isthmian Strike, eral other non-union companies. picket captain and dispatcher in Wall Street Strike and Val Chem Was New York patrolman, contract beef last year, among others. negotiator and headquarters rep­ 1947 strike against Isthmian. As­ Served as ship and department resentative 1951-52. SIU Director sisted in Isthmian polling. Wide experience in negotiating on ship­ delegate on various ships including of Organization since 1952. board beefs and other troubles. Alcoa Polaris, Andrew Jackson, Active in Phila. BME organizing. Fairland and San Mateo Victory. 4 4 4 Sails regularly in steward depart­ ERNEST B. TILLEY—No. T-2: 4 4 4 ment as cook and baker. Joined SIU A&G JOHN HETZELL — No. H-6t District in Balti­ 4) 4 4> Has been a book more, 1939. Ap­ member of the JAMES MARTIN DAWSON- pointed engine SIU since 1947. No. D-82: Became patrolman for Has served a s member of the Baltimore in hip's delegate Seafarers Inter­ 1945. In 1947, ap­ and departmental national Union in pointed P h i1 a delegate on many 1946 in the Port delphia patrol­ ships. Has taken of New York. man and later an active part in Holds clearances served as Phila­ Union beefs on for all major delphia agent. Elected Philadelphia the West Coast, Union beefs such joint patrolman for 1948. Was act­ the Commercial Telegraphere as General Strike ing agent in Boston. Served as Wil­ Union strike, the Isthmian beef of 1946 and Isth­ mington agent in 1949 and as pa­ mian Strike, 1947. Participates ac­ trolman in Savannah. Elected Sa­ on behalf of the AFL Marine Engi­ tively in shipboard affairs and has vannah agent for 1951 and 1952. neers and the Operating Engineers' been elected many times to repre­ Elected NY joint patrolman for strike in 1952. Was appointed joint sent his shipmates either as depart­ '53-'54. Now serving as Wilming­ patrolman in Philadelphia in 1951. Elected Phila. joint patrolman for ment delegate or ship's delegate. ton agent. 53-'54. Sails in deck department as AB 4 •• 4 4 4 4 4 and bosun and is 33 years of age. CHARLES L. STEVENS—No. SHOWARD WEBBER—No. W-365t 4 4 ,4 Started going to 366: Has been REED HUMPHRIES—No. H-4: sailing all types sea during World Joined SIU in of ships in both War II on De­ July, 1944, in NY. the engine and cember 17, 1943, Sailed continual­ steward depart­ and has been ly in World War ments since 1916. sailing ever since. II in deck de­ Joined the Sea­ Became Seafar­ partment. Active farers Interna­ ers International in 1946 General tional Union on Union member in Strike and Wall May 16, 1941, in New York on treet Strike the Port of Bos­ August 15, 1946. where he served ton. Shipped to all zones and sailed Has sailed on almost every type of on the grievance steadily throughout World War 11. ship under contract to the Union committee. Active in many beefs Holds all ratings in the steward de­ and has been repeatedly elected as where SIU helped other unions. partment and has been chief stew­ ship's delegate or departmental Served as shipboard organizer on ard on the ships of numerous SIU delegate by his shipmates. His last Mar-Trade tankers. Appointed NY companies for 13 years. Has a clear ship was the Steel Maker. He sails patrolman in 1952. Elected NY record on all SIU strikes and beefs regularly as AB or bosun. Has oint patrolman for '53-'54. Is now since he joined the Union. . > • clean record in Union. in charge of SIU hq maintenance. For: Phila. Joint Patrolman OO O �October 29, 1954 SEAFARERS egate on ships. Was appointed dis­ patcher for Baltimore in 1049. Was elected Baltimore engine patrol­ man for 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 and 1954. For: Balfimoro Agont (Vote For One) EARL (Bull) SHEPPARD—No. Sl: One of SIU's original members. Active in P&O strike and other early Union ac­ tions. Directed field work in Isthmian organ­ izing drive. Par­ ticipated in Great L ak e s organiz­ ing. Directed NY waterfront ac­ tivities in 1946 General Strike. Ap­ pointed New Orleans port agent in 1947. Elected New Orleans agent for 1948, 1949, 1950. Elected as­ sistant secretary-treasurer for 1951. Appointed Baltimore agent in 1951. Elected Baltimore agent for 1952, 1953 and 1954. For: Baltimore Deck Patrolman (Vote For One) o WILLIAM A. HENDERSHOT— No. H-327: Joined the SIU in 1944 after serving in the US Army and Navy. Sails bosun and is thoroughly f a miliar with all -deck department jobs and contract provisions cover­ ing his depart­ ment. Has served as ship's delegate and deck delegate on many occasions and as­ sisted in settling beefs on various ships. Participated in all Union strike activity since 1945. Has been active in SIU organizing drives and other Union beefs. iii t> LEON (Blondie) JOHNSON — No. J-2: One of first to join SIU when it was formed in 1938. Took part in major beefs such as P&O Strike, Bonus Strike, longshore beefs and other impor­ tant actions. Served as patrolman in many SIU ports such as New Orleans, Galves­ ton, New York and Norfolk. Elect­ ed Galveston patrolman for 1948. Elected Baltimore patrolman for every year from 1949 up to the present. Sailed in all combat zones during World War II. For: Baltimore Eng. Patrolman (Vote For One) AL STANSBURY — No. B-22; Member of SIU since it was or­ ganized, joining in Port of Balti­ more. Taken ac­ tive part in all strikes and or­ ganizing drives since Union be­ gan. Sailed dur­ ing the war into most combat zones. > Served SIU in various appointive capacities. Was often elected black gang del- For: Baltimore Sfd, Patrolman (Vote For One) JOE (De George) DI GIORGIO— No. D-Z: Member of SIU since 1941, joining in Port of New Orleans. Sailed to all areas in World War II. Active in all major Union beefs such as 1941 bonus beef, 1946 General Strike, Isthmian Strike and other Union actions, serving on numer­ ous strike committees and other rank and file bodies.'Elected ship's delegate and steward delegate on numerous occasions. Currently employed by SIU Sea Chest as representative. 4" J" A. W. (Andy) GOWDER—No. G - 352: Became member of the SIU Atlantic and Gulf District in Savannah in 1944. Since that time has been ac­ tive in all Union beefs, strikes and 0 r g a n i z ation drives. Partici­ pated in 1946 General Strike and in Isthmian organizing drive and Isthmian Strike. Served on nu­ merous committees In the Union's branches. Elected delegate, chair­ man and recording secretary on many SIU ships. Sailed during World War II and Korean War. G. FRANK HAZEN—No. G-386: Union man since 1937 and joined SIU in Balti­ more, February, 1939, shortly af­ ter the A&G dis­ trict was char­ tered. Has been a member i n good standing ever since then. Was appointed patrolman in Nor­ folk, 1946. Sails in steward depart­ ment and holds all ratings for the galley gang from chief steward on down. Sailed through World War II and has been active in various Union strikes and beefs since the SIU was first founded. LOG For: Baltimore Joint Patrolman Supplement—Page Threo times by his shipmates as ship's delegate as well as department del­ egate in both deck and steward de­ partments, having sailed in both. 4 (Vote For One) 4 4 (Vote For One) R. W. (Bob) MILLER—No. M360: Been sailing since 1937 in various ratings in the engine department. Be­ came member of Seafarers Inter­ national Union in May, 1949, in the Port of New York. Took part in Wall Street Strike, garment cen­ ter beef and other Union actions since starting with SIU. Has been elected ship's delegate and depart­ ment delegate on many ships in­ cluding the Longview Victory, Northwestern Victory and Atlantic Water. Maintains home in Norfolk REX E. DICKEY — No. D-6: Elected deck pa­ trolman for the Port of Balti­ more for ten terms from 193848. Sailed active­ ly on a leave of absence in the war years, 194243. Served as patrolman-organ­ izer during the Isthmian drive and returned to this position on ap­ pointment in May, 1952. Has played a key role in the Atlantic tanker organizing drive. Was ac­ tive in the 1946 General Strike. Sailed consistently as AB between 4 4 4 1948 and 1952. Has been cleared BEN REES—No. R-2: Joined SIU in all of the Union's strikes since he joined in the year of SIU's in 1938. Appoint­ birth. ed patrolman-dis­ patcher for Nor­ 4 4 4 RICHARD MAY—No. M-872: folk in June, 1945. Served in Has been sailing that post until SIU since 1943. elected Norfolk Holds both deck joint patrolman and engine rat­ for 1947. Reelect­ ings and has ed in 1948. Ap­ shipped in both pointed port departments. Has agent for Norfolk, March, 1948. been departmen­ Elected Norfolk agent for 1949, tal delegate on 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 and 1954. In various occasions charge of feeding and publicity for in deck and en­ gine departments. Served on vari­ Norfolk strike committee in 1946 ous port committees in Baltimore. General Strike. Active for strike Participated-in New York Maritime committee in Isthmian Strike and Trades Council beef and served in Wall Street beef in 1947. on picketline for SIU affiliate in Baltimore. Sailed on SS Evestar until vessel was organized. Has clearance for all strikes since join­ ing Union. For: Norfolk Joint Patrolman For: Norfolk Agent (Vote For One) o^ C. D. (Bo) ANDERSON—No. A-22: Joined SIU in Port of Tampa, June, 1942, and has been member of Union ever since. Sailed to all zones throughout World War II. Held several ap­ pointive posi­ tions in the Union in various ports, the last one being dispatcher in Port of Baltimore. Actively par­ ticipated in the major beefs and or­ ganizing drives conducted by the 4 4 4 Union through the years. Sails in ARTHUR (Artie) KAVEL, JR.- deck department in all ratings and No. K-79: Became holds endorsement as bosun. a member of the SIU in Boston, 4 4 4 June, 1946. Took GLENIOUS (Glenn) LAWSON— part in the 1946 No. L-27: Joined General Strike the Seafarers and was also ac­ Inter national tive during the Union, Atlantic Isthmian Strike and Gulf District, the following in Port of Nor­ year. Holds clear­ ances for all major SIU strikes. folk on Novem­ Has been ship's delegate or depart­ ber 4, 1944. Has ment delegate on almost every ship been active mem­ he has sailed on including those on ber of Union ever organizational status. Was ship's since then, tak­ delegate on Mary Adams last trip. ing part in the Union's major Sails various ratings In steward strikes and other beefs as well as in the Union's successful post-war dep't. organizing program. Elected many For: Savannah Agent oo JEFF MORRISON—No. M-3: Served Union in various capaci­ ties on all coasts and active in ma­ jor Union beefs and strikes. Was on strike com­ mittee in Norfolk for 1946 General Strike. Elected joint patrolman in Mobile for 1947 and 1948. Elect­ ed joint patrolman in Galveston for 1949. In mid-1949 went to San Francisco as West Coast represen­ tative. Served as Wilmington port agent, 1950-51, and Seattle agent in 1952. Elected Savannah agent for '53-'54. For: Savannah Joint Patrolman (Vote For One) JOHN S. BRAGG—No. B-313t Joined the SIU in March, 1944, in San Francisco. Served on pick­ etline during 1946 General Strike in Port of Savannah. Has shipped in deck, engine and stew­ ard departments at different times since starting to sail. Has sailed in the engine de­ partment for the past six years. Has been elected by crewmemberi as engine department delegate and ship's delegate on various ships. Fully familiar with all Union regu­ lations and contract provisions. 4 4 4 NEVIN E. ELLIS—No. E-70: Is a charter mem­ (Vote For One) ber of the SIU, A&G District, transferring t o the SIU when it organ­ JAMES A. BULLOCK—No. B-7: was first ized. Sailed a 11 Joined the SIU during the war, in May of 1939, visiting all of the various war and has sailed zones. Served as steadily since. dispatcher in the Port of Tampa in He was appoint­ 1949 and 1950. Has been active in ed patrolman-dis­ all SIU strikes and beefs. Elected patcher in the Savannah joint patrolman for '53'54. He has been elected and has Port of Norfolk served as department and as ship's in 1946, and has delegate on many of the ships he since been elect­ has sailed. ed to that posi­ tion. Has been active in all SIU strikes and beefs since he joined the Union, and holds clearances for all of them. During the Wall Street Strike, he served in the capacity of (Vote For One) area captain. He was also active in Isthmian and Cities Service cam­ paigns. For: Tampa Agent 4 4 4 JOSEPH W. JAMES—No. J-183: Has been a mem­ ber of the SIU for the past 11 years, getting his book in the port of New York in September, 1943. Was in New York during 1946 Gen­ eral Strike and took active part in it. Has served as ship and de­ partmental delegate on many SIU ships. Sails regularly as electrician with the engine department and is currently 2nd electrician and en­ gine department delegate aboard the Mississippi cruise ship Del Sud. OOO TOMMY BANNING—No. B-12i Has been an acyve SIU member since joining the Union in 1938. Took part in the early organizing drives in various shipping compa­ nies. Served for several years in the US Army in World War II. On returning, was appointed SIU representative in Puerto Rico. Worked in head­ quarters of the New Yoi-k hall in 1951. Appointed joint patrolman in the Port of New York in 1952. Elected NY deck patrolman for .'53-'54. . :v �Soppleinent—^Pa^e F«iir SEAFARERS Oetober M, im LOG Alcoa passenger ships andjreight- and ship's delegate on -sarious ers, as well as the ships of other ships. Fully familiar witK terms iSIU-contracted companies. Is pres­ of Union contracts, constitution ently sailing on the Alcoa Clipper. and other Union rules. Has clear Has clear Union record in all beefs record on all strikes and beefs (Vote For One) since becoming a member of the since joining SIU. SIU. » » ^ LINDSEY WILLIAMS — No. HERMAN TROXCLAIR—No. TW-1: Joined SIU 4: Joined SIU in (Vote For One) A&G District in March, 1941, and January, 1942, in (Vote For One) has been aotive New Orleans. in Union since Sailed in the that date in all deck department strikes, beefs ROBERT J. JORDAN—No. J-1: during the war in and organization­ Sailed since 1938 practically every CHARLES KIMBALL—No. K-2: al campaigns, war zone. Served in engine depart­ serving on many Active mem­ as Gulf area or­ committees. Dur­ ment. Was organ­ ber of SIU since ganizer during ing World War izer in Gulf area Union drive to organize Isthmian. II sailed widely in many combat Union was first for Isthmian ships Led drive on American Trading and areas. Always sailed in stewards organized in Producing. Director of organization and tugboats 1938. Sailed at for Cities Service drive and was department. Was first elected stew­ from September, all times in deck responsible for .bringing many ard department patrolman for New 1945 on. Served department until (Vote For One) new companies under contract. Orleans for 1948. Was re-elected as Mobile engine Elected New Orleans port agent for 1949 and 1950. Elected steward 1944 when ap­ patrolman, Feb­ since 1950. patrolman in same port for '52, '53, pointed patPoIruary, 1946. Was man for Mobile. '54. Strike clear. acting dispatcher and organizer in Acted as Assist­ BELARMINO (Benny) GONZA­ that port. Was . elected engine ant West Coast representative in LEZ—No. G-4: patrolman in Mobile for 1947 and San Francisco in 1945. Elected Joined the SIU reelected in 1948. Elected joint Mobile port agent in 1946 and ap­ in 1938, in Tam­ (Vote For One) patrolman in Mobile 1949-1952. pointed patrolman and dispatch­ pa. Active in or­ Elected engine patrolman for '53er in 1947 in Mobile. Sailed 1948 ganizing P& O (Vote For One) '54. Active in all SIU drives and to 1951. Elected Galveston joint Line and in sub­ has clear record in all strikes. patrolman for '52, '53, '54. Clear­ sequent P & O C. M. (Whitey) TANNEHILL— ances for all Union strikes. Strike. Helped or­ No. T-5: Joined the SIU A&G ganize Florida 4 4 4 PAUL A. WARREN—No. W-S: District in June East Coast CarOne of the oldJOHN A. (Blackie) KING—No. of 1943. Since time members of ferry in 1940. that time he was K-308: Joined the SIU, getting Was New York dispatcher in 1946active in the Isth­ (Vote For One) his book in the SIU in Tampa, 47, steward, department patrolman mian organizing Port of Mobile In 1948. Elected Baltimore steward 1949. Served as drive, and also in on November 16, patrolman in 1949. Sei*ved as AFL shipboard organ­ the Cities Service 1938. Has been organizer in Florida. Was patrol­ organizing cam­ izer during active member man in Tampa, patrolman and dis­ paign. He holds Union's drive on LEO MARSH — No. M-9: Has since that time. patcher in New York during 1953clearances for all SIU strikes and Shipped to all Cities Service 54. Has clearances for all Union been a member beefs since he joined the Union. areas in deck de­ beefs and strikes. of the SIU, A&G In 1948, elected Boston joint pa­ partment during World War II. ships and also participated in trolman. Elected joinf patrolman District, since it for Galveston '59-'51. Elected New Participated in all Union strikes organizing drives was formed and Orleans deck patrolman for '53-'54. and beefs and took part in SIU's on harbor tugs he has always post-war organizing drives in non­ such as Biscol and Terry Smith sailed in the union companies. Served in vari­ tugs. Took part in major Union steward depart­ ous appointive Union posts and is strikes and beefs. Elected by ship­ (Vote For One) currently acting patrolman in New mates either as department dele­ ment, sailing in Orleans. Has clear strike record. gate or as ship's delegate on most a 11 ratings on ships that he has sailed on. Sails almost every (Vote For One) in deck department and has bo­ type of vessel sun's endorsement. CAL TANNER—No. T-1: Charter under SIU contract. He holds member of the clearances for all SIU strikes and 4 4 4 SIU since the beefs since the Union was organ­ VAN WHITNEY — No. W-11: very beginning. C. J. (Buck) STEPHENS—No. S(Vote For One) ized and has taken an active part 4: One of early Sailed actively Joined the SIU in during war see­ 1944. Holds in all of them. Was appointed as members of SIU, ing service in Union clearances steward patrolman for the Port joining in Demost combat for all strikes and of Mobile in December of 1951. c e m b e r, 1938. zones. Active in beefs since then. Active in 1939 Elected Mobile steward patrolman Isthmian Strike, KEITH ALSOP—No. A-3: Has 15 Picketed in Jack­ Isthmian organ­ years sea time to izing drive both sonville, F1 a ., for •53-'54. 1939 Bonus his credit, most on ship and during the 1946 Strike, 1946 of it in the en­ ashore as organizer. Elected Mo­ General Strike, General Strike gine department. bile port agent for every year and was an or­ and 1947 Isth­ Sailed to all parts since 1947. Participated in vari­ ganizer during mian Strike ous A&G District organizing drives the Cities Service campaign. Sailed when company was signed. Served of the world dur­ of past years. Active in all SIU in all ratings in the engine depart­ A&G District in many capacities ing the war. Served as port beefs and holds clearances for all ment. Sailed to all war zones. Took from dispatcher to agent in New (Vote For One) strikes the Union has engaged in an active part in the SUP strike of Orleans. Sailed in all combat zones agent in Charles­ since it was first organized. 1951. Now ship's delegate on Seaduring WW II. Elected New Or­ ton, SC, and Gal­ train NY. Was on hq tallying,com­ leans engine patrolman since 1947. veston. Served as patrolman in NY, Norfolk and New mittee for Baltimore Building Orleans. Was member of general Fund Resolution. HAROLD J. FISCHER—No. F-1: strike committee in Norfolk during 4 4 4 In SIU since 1938. 1946 strike. Served as chairman of the Isthmian strike committee, in Sailed steadily in • KEITH (Honolulu) WINSLEY— Galveston in 1947. Elected port No. W-269: Has engine depart­ (Vote For One) agent in Galveston every year from been a member(Vote For One) ment during war 1948 down to the present. of the Seafarers until December, Inter national 4" 4 ,4 . 1943, when ap­ Union, Atlantic RAYMOND E. VAUGHAN—No. and Gulf Dis­ pointed Mobile WILLIAM J. (Red) MORRIS — dispatcher. Was GEORGE A. RIEHM—No. R-343: V-129: A mem­ trict, since join­ ber of the Sea­ No. M-4: Sailed Has been sail­ ing up in Octo­ drafted into US farers Interna­ ing since 1937 in since 1939 and ber, 1945, in the Army in 1944 and tional Union, the steward de­ through World Port of San FranAtlantic and Gulf partment. Served War H until d.isch ar ged in Cisco. Has sailed District, since appointed acting regularly since then in the engine 1946. Returned to sea. Served again in the Armed September, 1947, agent for Jackdepartment and holds various en­ in Mobile as patrolman-dispatcher Forces from 1942 wheii he joined sonviile in March, gine department ratings including for four years from 1946 to 1950. to 1945 and in the Port of Gal­ 1945. Was later sailing that of electrician. Has a clean rec- • Has clear record on all strikes. started veston. Has been assigned to New ord in the Union, holding clear­ Served as SIU West Coast repre­ SIU in 1946. Re­ shipping, ever York and then do ances for all SrU strikes. ' Is 35 sentative and San FrahclicO agent. ceived book,mem­ since in Hie' deck department on> Years of ^ge afid' a resident of Al- ^ Norfolk as pabership in ,the Elected Mobile joint patrolman for trolman. Served as acting ,int in :n,;,typea;j|, shiij^icohtraRted 14 ifiers, Louisiana. IIU in 1948, in the « Charleston, SC. Appointei iatriilWk. Has sailed Delist Line and le SIU. Has been deck delegate GEORGE M. EVERETT—No. E87: Has been a member of the Seafarers Inter­ national Union, Atlantic and Gulf District, since joining in the Port of Norfolk on July 12. 1947. Sails regularly in deck department ratings. Has a clean record on all Union beefs with all necessary strike clearances. Is a resident of the port for which he is candidate and is 30 years of age. man for Mobile in 1947, Was elect­ ed deck patrolman in Mobile for 1948, joint patrollmart in '49 and deck patrolman for 'dS-'Sd. Has clear record on all Union beefs. For: Mobile Eng. Patrolman For: N"^ Orleans Agent O O For: Galveston Joint Patrolman O For: Tampa Joint Patrolman -cxp- -o For: N' Orleans Deck Patrolman For: N' Orleans Joint Patrolman o cy O For: Mobile Std. Patrolman For: Mobile Agent I • For: N' Orleans Eng. Patrolman O O -Q?- OOO For: Galveston Agent For: Mobile Joint Patrolman For; Mobile Deck Patrolman OOO I V For: N' Orleans Std. 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Title A name given to the resource October 29, 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. 22 Description An account of the resource Headlines: CRIMP RIG SEEKS TO SCUTTLE SEA UNIONS' WAGES, CONDITIONS COLLECTS 3RD SIU BABY $ BLACKIE CARROLL, SIU OLDTIMER, DIES AT 57 6 MORE CO'S READY WITH BACK WAGES UNION OPENS NEW HOUSTON HALL TRAVELERS' CHECK DRAWS POPULAR WITH SEAFARERS SIU BACKS SHIP WORKERS' BEEF SIU CELEBRATES 16TH BIRTHDAY STIFFEN CG CONTROL OF DOPE RAPS SIU STRIKE KEEPS BULL RUN TIED UP ISTHMIAN TO ADD PIERS IN B'KLYN DON'T TRY IT LENDING A HAND 16TH BIRTHDAY THE ICY SOUTH LAND: EXPLORING THE ANTARCTIC IN A LITTLE SPANISH TOWN, SIU SHIP'S STOPOVER IS A BIG EVENT SIU LIGHTS WAY FOR ALL SEAMEN CURFEW FOR CHOCTAW CREW DOESN'T GET THEM IN A STEW, CHIEF COOK REPORTS 'FLORIDA' HURRICANE IT AIN'T COMPANY REPS OUTSPEED SHIP SEEKS CARE, IS CALLED 'DESERTER' PAYOFFS RIGHT IN HOSPITALS JUST ANOTHER SIU SERVICE CANDIDATES FOR 1955-1956 A&G POSTS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/29/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log