http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/3b094e82d6019bf595460e08d27fb0fe.PDF 832e42f0e4c388242ad0d0cf46f9a5e9 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS LOG D«e. 10, 1954 • OFFICiAl ORGAN OF THE S E A FA R E R S I N T E R N AT I O N A I UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL ,VC M :¥-\ M •u: I Tramp Aid -Story on Page 3 New Orleans Sets Mark, Making it official by signing a Union receipt for his check, Seafarer Floyd H. Smith, FOWT (left), receives SIU vacation benefits of $40.53 for about ICQ days' work less taxes from Patrolman Herman Troxclair at the New Orleans hall. The payment to Smith put the total paid out in nearly three years by the port's SIU branch over the half-milliondollar mark. Payments throughout the A&G District since the vacation benefits began in February, 1952, total $3,885,581.77. y< Lighf Goes Out. I' ;M'- • '• : 'H. -if:'" (iSf. fate A familiar landmark to Sea­ farers sailing to Europe, the lightship South Goodwin is shown after she became a vic­ tim of a coastal storm which took the lives of her seven• man crew. The vessel wound up resting on a sandbank „ near Deal, Kerit, England, af­ ter hurricane-like winds over­ turned her on Nov. 29. Here, frogmen from a British frig­ ate use acetylene torches to try and cut into her hull and . search for the missing crew-. ; men. Raging seas also caused -'severe' damage elsewhere in ' the area. '-V-: "'S| ''4.1 �. SlU BLAST AT BRAIN-BODY TEST STIRS WAVE OF CG DOUBlETALK <««l«4UbwnM|ilft4 Training snip NOW jn iwobii* Taken aback by the SIU's point by point demolishment of its proposed superman brainbody exam program aimed at ironclad control of all merchant seamen, the US Coast Guard was deep in doubletalk and confusion this week. At Coast Guard headquart--^ ers in Washington action on satisfactory physical examination necessary to flght any attempt to put clvlUan workers under military the proposed plan was report­ set-up. edly at a standstill and spokesmen "The admiral should be reminded controL" were hastening to assure all call­ that the improvements that have The proposals, which have now ers that the plan was just a feeler changed merchant ships from un­ been punched full ef holes by the and was nothing to get excited safe, foul, disease-breeding holes to SIU and the SUP, consist of a 60about as the Coast Guard hasn't relatively decent places to live and page "profile" system of physical even submitted it to its legal de­ work were brought about solely by mental and emotional examina­ partment for a study of its future. the unions. The Coast Guard never tions of seamen. Any seaman who Taking the totally opposite posi­ once has been on the side of the failed to satisfy the examiners on tion, the commandant of the Coast seamen. a wide variety of qualifications, Guard told a maritime meeting in such as sense of smell, education, SS Helen Case Florida this week that it will go family background, clearness oi "Perhaps the admiral remembers speech, ahead with its project despite a and a long list of other far­ storm of criticism. yice-Admiral the SS Helen case, to give but one fetched reasons would be flunked A. C. Richmond said the criticism example. In that instance the crew out of the industry as being unsafe of the proposals by maritime refused to shift the ship because for duty. The proposals were unions resulted from "general mis­ she was undermanned and unsafe drawn up in such a way as to per­ understanding of the project, to leave the pier. The Coast Guard, mit blackballing of men-who took which is to benefit the average instead of seeing to it that the com­ the lead in beefing about shippany put the proper number of beard conditions, or participated Now in Mobile following a run down from New York, the Sea­ seafarer." farers training ship Andrew Furuseth is shown plowing her way Admiral Richmond's rema^ men aboard, hauled the crew be­ in union actions. southward with a full crew of SIU men aboard. JFrom all accounts, were immediately termed a "phony fore one of their courts and at­ Two-Point Criticism both ship and crew weathered some heavy blows during the trip, bleeding heart routine" by SIC tempted to bar them from work­ The Coast Guard's varied reac­ but no damage was suffered. ing as seamen. Here it was the Un­ Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall. tions came after the SIU and SUP ion and only the Union that step­ "This is the old military alibi," Hall said, "that workers need more ped to the defense of these men analyzed and exploded its proposals and more bureaucratic controls, against unsafe working conditions. on two counts: 1.) the attempt to while completely ignoring the fact "We haven't misunderstood the impose additional military controls that the unions, the companies and Coast Guard's proposals one bit. on civilian workers, without justi­ A. the USPHS already have a totally We're going to take every action fication of any national emergency, second, the far-fetched and ridicu­ lous content of the tests which were so drawn as to offer grounds The SlU-contracted P&O Steamship Company, operators of for flunking out every human be­ the Florida, have purchased the Denali from ,&e Alaska ing that was ever bom. Steamship Company, for pse oh the Florida-Cuba run. A Coast Guard's sudden discovery skeleton SIU crew from Tam-' that the proposals have not even pany will place the Denali in serv­ been passed by its own legal de­ pa and Miami has been flown ice between Florida's Gulf Coast, partment came despite the fact Co Seattle to take the ship Key West, and Havana. This has around to the East Coast. become an increasingly-popular WASHINGTON—Apparently anxious to complete its strip­ they were printed and distributed The Denali was operated for run with tourists headed for Cu­ as an official Coast Guard docu­ ping of the US merchant fleet before the end of the year and in advance of the shift to Democratic control of the Congress ment. Nor has the Coast Guard many years in the Seattle to Al­ ban and Caribbean ports via claimed it has the legal right to aska passenger service. Recently Florida. in January, the Maritime Ad--*put these proposals into effect the Alaska Steamship Company Negotiations are now in progress ministration this week gave the registries of either Panama, Li­ without specific authorization from abandoned its passenger opera­ between P&O and the SIU as to its blessing to the 52nd for­ beria or Honduras. tions and the ship has been idle contract terms. Further details Congress. eign-flag transfer of a dry cargo At the time the MA declared its Further investigation by the SIU since. will be carried in the next issue of Liberty ship since mid-August. Of policy on the issue, it was expected SEAFARERS LOG. Reports are that the P&O Com­ (Continued on page 17) these, 18 had been manned by that about half of the US-flag Seafarers. trampship fleet would be involved The transfer balance-s h e e t in transfers, and that is the pre­ showed 13 new transfers in the diction which seems to be coming past three weeks, five of which in­ closer to reality with every new volved SlU-contracted vessels. Ob­ report of an approved switch in servers believe now that the peak registry and flag. of 60-70 transfers which was pre­ Bull Line Switch dicted four months ago will now Meanwhile, the lone bright spot definitely be reached before Janu­ for Seafarers in the whole transfer ary 1. scramble came when Bull Lipe This figure was based on the ex­ sold and transferred two of its pected effects of the MA's "one for Libertys in a deal which added two" transfer rule, which permits two C-2s to its fleet. The exchange a shipowner to transfer one out provides a few additional jobs for of every two vessels he owns to Seafarers since the SIU manning scale for the C-2s is higher than that for the Libertys. The transaction involved the sale of the Marina and Rosario to Dec. 10, 1954 Vol. XVi, No. 25 Isla Colon Naviera SA of Panama As I See It Page 6 for operation under the Liberian Burly Page 16 flag. In r'itum. Bull will operate Crossword Puzzle Page 8 the Plandome and Short Hills, Editorial Cartoon .......Page 9 both C-2s and formerly the Ward Editorials Page 9 Line's Siboney and Oriente in Galley Gleanings Page 15 Cuban service. The exchange in­ Inquiring Seafarer ......Page 8 volved a cash payment of $175,000 Labor Round-Up Page 8 by Bull Line for the more valu­ At left. Seafarer William O. Alston (standing) receives a $19 meal book from patrolman Louis Neira Letter of The Week Page 9 able C-2 tonnage. at the Mobile SIU hall. Later, at the dining room in the nearby Catholic Maritime Club, Alston has Letters Page 16 The SlU-contracted company breakfast and hands book to waitress V. Evans, who will clip out tickets for the amount of his cheeky Maritime Page 8 also gained some 70,000 cubic feet Meet The Seafarer Page '8 of refrigerated space on each of its Established recently as the newest SIU welfare service, the meal book program for SeafMNotices, Personals Page 17 newly-acquired vessels, which will Off Watch Page 14 get good use on the line's New ers waiting to ship has already proven extremely popular. The program enables SIU men to obtain a l^ok ot tickets good for $10 in meals at recognized eating places in all ports on a Port Reports Pages 12, 13 York-Puerto Rico service. Quiz Page 14 In addition to the Rosario and six-month loan. SIU History Cartoon Page 6 Marina, other former SIU ships in­ Originally tested at the SIU the tickets, which are printed in in Six months. Sports Line Page 15 volved in the latest transfers were headquarters Any SIU seaman meeting the cafeteria in denominations of 5, 10, 25 and 50 Vote of Thanks Page 9 the Christos M. (Mariner Ship­ New York, the propam was ex­ cents, to pay for their meals, and simple requirements, and who has Washington News Letter. .Page 7 ping), Holystar (Intercontinental tended as soon as arrangements the restaurant or cafeteria operator been on an SlU-contracted ship for Welfare Benefits Pages 18, 19 Steamship) and Barbara Michel could be made in other ports with subsequently redeems them for at least one day in the previous Welfare Report Page 18 (Norlo Shipping). Earlier transfers local restaurant operators. The cash from the Union or directly 12 months qualifies under the plan. Your Dollar's Worth Page 5 included the General Patton, Tro­ meal book tickets can be used as from the SIU Welfare Plan. Loans can then be repaid at the next payoff. The six-month limit Apply At SIU Halls jan Seaman, Strathport, Bluestar, cash at the cafeterias in both the Publlthod bIwMkly at Hi* hMdquarfar* of ttio Saafarar* Intamatlonal Union, At­ Purplestar, Greenstar, Books can be obtained at all will be extended in cases where Western NY- and Baltimore halls, and in lantic A Culf District AFL, 475 Fourth Avanua, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tal. HYaclnth Rancher, Sea Wind, Tainaron, Cap­ other ports at specified eating halls by an application stating a men enter a marine hospital for f-6440. EntaraO as sacond class mattar tain N. B. Palmer, Anne Butler, places close to the halls. man is registered and waiting to treatment or are on a ship when at tha Fost Offfca In Brooklyn, NY, undar ship, and will repay the cost with­ payment is due. Christine and Lucile Bloomfield. Seafarers waiting to ship, use< fha Act of Aufust- 34, 3213. MA Speeds Transfers; 52 Libertys Flee US P&O Buys Alaska Ship For Cuba Seafarers Hail Meal Book Plan SEAFARERS LOG �SKAPft REKS1 tO€ \ •' " .^r. ',. Tramp Subsidies^ Vessel Trade-ins ":-trr Amonr Seafarers and family members who celebrated Thanksrlv In; Day in SIU halls was rroup In Baltimore cafeteria (above) and in New York headauarters (below). Faclnr NY camera is Seafarer Lionel Abrainson, with Seafarer Henry Simmons across table. WASHINGTON—A freightship trade-in program and other aids for the con­ struction of new US cargo ships have been proposed by the administration as part of its lOSS-legislative program for the merchant marine. In addition, the administra­ tion intends to give official support for the first time to subsidy proposals for tramp ship operators. While containing several proposals designed to stimulate the US flag merchant marine, both^ tanker trade-in bill adopted at the Butler explained, would make it subsidized and unsubsi- last session of Congress. In the a lot easier to push a ship con­ dized, the administration tanker bill, privately-owned ships struction program because it program makes no mention of the continuing transfers of Liberty ships and some pas­ senger vessels to runaway flags. The Liberty transfers have now reached a total of 52 ships. On the positive side, Senator 4ohn Butler of Maryland, Repub­ lican, chairman of the Senate Wa­ ter Transportation Subcommittee in the last Congress, has revealed proposals which the Department of Commerce intends to make at the coming legislative session. Some of these proposals are still getting a look-see from the Bureau of the Budget. Ten Proposals The entire Commerce Depart­ ment program is a broad one, in­ volving ten proposals. The trade-in plan, while not spelled out in de­ tail, apparently would parallel the SIU Host At Turkey Day Feeds Seafarers on ships at sea, ashore in SIU halls and at their homes made it a happy V ir ten years of age or more are be­ ing traded in to the Government in return for a generous allowance toward construction costs of new vessels. The traded-in ships go into the Government-owned re­ serve fleet. A dry-cargo program would tend to upgrade the "Gov­ ernment reserve fleet considerably by adding numbers of C-type ships to the current stock of Libertys and, at the same time, giving both subsidized and non-subsidized op­ erators an opportunity to moder­ nize their ships. Nothing has been said yet as to how many ships the Government proposes to accept^ in these tradeins. Operating subsidies for tramp operators have long been talked about but never submitted to Con­ gress with administration backing. The Commerce Department propo­ sal speaks of subsidizing "certain" tramp operators, indicating a lim­ ited number would be involved in any case. Construction Funds Another proposal would author­ ize non-subsidized operators to set up special vessej construction funds which would receive more favorable tax treatment. Owners of new ships would also be per­ mitted to accelerate depreciation, a bookkeeping gimmick which would reduce taxes considerably. An important part of the pro­ gram would be reactivation and replenishment of the ship con­ struction revolving fund. This is considered essential to any longrange construction program. It was authorized originally under the 1936 Merchant Marine Act, but has been inoperative in recent years. The fund would be established by appropriations and receipts from Government mortgages as well as the" sale and charter of Govern­ ment-owned vessels. The revolving fund. Senator and festive Thanksgiving Day with traditional holiday dinners the first order of business. All SIU ports put aside the roatine of job calls and other Union business and devoted themselves to turning out holiday dinners for Seafarers, their wives and. chil­ dren. Over 300 dinners were serv­ Del Sud crew had lively time at shipboard Thanksgiving party. Here ed in the headqubrters port of stewardesses and beautician enjoy horseplay with other Seafarers New Yqrk, with the younger "gen­ in passenger ship's steward department. eration very much in .evidence and doing their share. Baltimore prop­ erly inaugurated its new cafeteria by holding open house for Seafar­ ers, while other SIU halls arrang­ ed for temporary set-ups to take care of the partying. As in previous years, trustees of the SIU Welfare Plan have approved a $25 special Christ­ mas bonus for Seafarers in the hospitals during Christmas week. This $25 is in addition to Festive Shipboard On board ship SIU cooks and the standard $15 weekly benefit paid all year round by the Welfare Plan. bakers vied with each other to The bonus is payable to all turn out memorable dinners for Seafarers who are hospitaliz­ during their regular weekly visits meet from time to time to alter the crews. The SIU>-manned pas­ ed for more than one day dur­ to the hospitals. Seafarers eligible the hospital benefits if circum­ senger ship Del Sud came up with ing the week of December 19-29 for the bonus who do not collect it stances warrant it. The practice an elaborate menu of more than inclusive.^ on the day of the representatives' of voting a Christmas bonus was 60 items, featuring such attractions Normally there are 200 oi^ more visit can get their money by noti­ instituted Initially to give hospital­ as seafood cocktail, egg nog, broil- Seafarers in the Public Health fying Welfare Services in SIU ized men a little extra cash around '•i pompano, turkey, roast beef Service hospitals at any time. As headquarters. the holiday season for personal ex­ and baked ham. Seven vegetables, such the $25 bonus amounts to The trustees' vote on the bonus tras and any gifts they might want three salads, plus an assortment of $5,000 or more in additional bene­ is in line with their authority to to buy. cheese, mince pie, ice cream and fits for hospitalized Seafarers. other desserts and beverages. The Aside from the. hospital gift, the whole dinner was topped oif with trustees also voted to provide boxes of cigars. Other SIU ships Christmas dinners for men on the put out equally attractive holiday beach in the various ports, simi­ fare. lar to the Thanksgiving Day The shoreside Thanksgiving din­ dinners. ners are unique with the SIU Distributed At Hospitals among maritime unions and have been standaid^ Union practice for SIU hospital representatives will many years. • r .distribute tbe bonus, money in cas|i Vote Xmas Bonus To Sick would reduce the amount of appro­ priations that would have to be voted by Congress each year. In other words, the Government would be able to go ahead with its construction program without hav­ ing to rely on each Congress to vote appropriations for the entire cost of the program. Other aspects of the program include revision of, methods for figuring construction subsidies, a proposal for permanent authority to provide marine war risk insur­ ance, authority to do experimental work on merchant ships such as the current Liberty modernization program, and legislation verifying (Continued on page 17) Co's Can't Blackball SIU Men e An imsuccessful company attempt to deny a Seafarer employment because of a maintenance and cure claim high­ lights an important safeguard in SIU hiring practices. The prevail­ ing practice in the SIU is that a company cannot refuse to accept a man dispatched from the hall be­ cause of any lawsuits, past or pres­ ent, or any past medical record. The only ground for rejection is the man's current medical condi­ tion. At one time it was common prac­ tice for many steamship companies to "refuse employment to Seafarers involved in lawsuits against them. Now such cases are extremely rare. In the latest instance, the Val­ entine Tanker Company, operator of the Val Chem, attempted to deny employment to a Seafarer who had left the ship previously for medical treatment. The Sea­ farer had a maintenance and cure claim pending when he was again shipped to the Val Chem, but he had not filed any suit. Union rep­ resentatives immediately went to bat for the Seafarer, pointing out he had been cleared by the Public Health Service as fit for duty. The company reversed its stand and has also paid the maintenance money due the Seafarer. Some Seafarers have been under the impression that shipping com­ panies still follow the practice of refusing to hire men vrtio have been injured on their ships in the past, or who have filed suits against them, past or present, for any reason. Consequently they have not been throwing in for jobs with those companies. Seafarers are assured they can feel free to throw in for jobs with any SlU-contracted company, as long as they are deemed fit for duty by the Public Health Service. �New Bustling With Activity Seafarers d-owd patrolmen's counter at rear of spacious shipping hall to query patrolman rni fa­ cilities of new building as well as prospects for future shipping. Behind counter, patrolmen A1 Stansbury (left) and Rex Dickey handle flurry of"~questions as men register, check rotary shipping list and get job assignments. r a THERE'S BREN QUITE SOME TALK RECENTLY; AND SOME activity as well, on the matter of niodernizing old Government-owned ships. It appears that the Maritime Administration is going ahead rapidly with plans to remake at least four Libertys into higher-speed vessels with new power plants and engine rooms and with, experimental cargo-handling equipment and other new gear on deck, ' . .. J Now andther Government proposal has come to light for ti trade-in of dry , cargo ships. Naturally If this proposal is to be seriously con­ sidered it will be welcomed by all unions. But it does raise a ques­ tion as-to the kind of ships the operators will build under this,Gov­ ernment-sponsored program. Unions Not Consnltcd So far neither your ^ion, nor any other organization i%presenting the men who actually work on the ships has been invited to give any views on matters affecting the interests of crewmembers.- The same situation existed -when the Mariner ships were built, with the result that while the ships are modern and superior in design in most re­ spects there are some obvious drawbacks, such as splitting up watchstanders in separate foc'sles, which could have been avoid^. And on some of the Mariners, Seafarers reported the profusion of equipment on deck was such as to make it extremely difficult to work cargo. Your Union wonders then whether in modernizing the Libertys the MaFitime Administration has given any thought to modernizing them for the men who will work them as well as for the cargo- they will carry. Will any changes be made in the foc'sles, galley and messrooms and will the new cargo-handling gear be safer and easier to work with? Haa anybody thought of air-conditioning the ships, a big asset to crew comfort and efficiency? And since the Coast Guard says it's so worried about the dangerous and unpleasant conditions existing on ships today, have the admirals submitted any plans of their own to make the converted Libertys safer, more pleaShnt and less of a strain on the seamen that sail them? Your Union would certainly be-pleasahtly surprised if the;^ ; v ^ Another view of the two-deck combination shipping and meeting hall in the Baltimore building, which features balcOny set-up for extra seating as well as some of the building's recreational facili­ ties. Shipping board (not shown) is identical to the one at New York- headquarters except that it is somewhat smaller. . y It. liC^. te"' \fk'- |4If ts I. SOME NEW INFORMATION HAS COME TO LIGHT ABOUT THE. ill-fated Mormackite which went down with 37 of her nien. Ih this in­ stance survivors have reported that the cargo of iron oMidiffted be­ fore she went down.. Further testimony has it that the ship was loaded in a Brazilian port by chutes and nobody was sent into the hold to trim and level off the ore so that it would not shift at sea. The practice of hand-trimming bulk cargoes like ore, coal,-phosphate, and the like is a well-established one in most places where cargoes of this type are handled. For some reason though, it has not been done in this particular Brazilian port, although many cargoes of ore are loaded there regularly by the operators of the Mormackite. "nie Mormackite sinking recalled for Seafarers the Southern Isles loss in similar circumstances three years before. In that instance there were also lengthy Coast Guard- hearings and testimony was given to the effect that the ship was overloaded. Urew 'Profile' Wouldn't Help It appears in the case of the Mormackite as in the case of the South­ ern Isles there was nothing the crew on board could have done to save the ships from disaster, but that something might have been done to see that they were properly loaded in the first Instance. It didn't mat­ ter much, oncethe ships were loaded as they were, whether any crewmember could or could not pass a Coast Guard "profile" test. In any event no matter how carefully a ship is prepared for sea, the possibility of accident always , will exist, just as the recent disaster in a coal mine in West Virginia, which blew up a half-hour after it had been inspected and approved for safety. It's for protection against the unforeseen that seamen have a Jones Act which allows them to recover for their suffering in such instances, a protection which the Coast Guard plan could eliminate. i t NOT ALL OF OUR UNION BROTHERS CAN LOOK FORWARD Recreational facilities on top deck of modern SIU building get full play from SIU men waiting to ship and killing time between job calls. The hall also boasts a television room and writing room and the innovation of a glass-enclosed sun deck on this same floor offering a good view of the en­ tire city. L- to the best of holiday seasons, but. this year as |n the past your Union's Welfare Plan Is going to do its part to smooth matters for men in the hospitals. They will be getting $25 extra In thefr Christmas stocking this year as In the past to help out over the holidays. Your Union wishes them a speedy recovery and smooth sailing for all hands in 1955. -« '/ Barber shop and shoeshine stand (not shown) are popular fea­ tures 6f building, as are shower room and laundry drop elsewhere In hall. Here, Seafarer WiUiam Monway is getting a tonsorial operation at the hands of barber John Battaglia. • ' Modem cafeteria provides meals for hungry SIU men at moderate prices, under auspices of SIU Welfare Pjan. Kitchen will also serve needs of the still Incomplete Baltimore Port 'O Call Bar, Which will be styled somewhat after the original Port '0 Call in NY, btit will be much larger, conJ -^ "• 'NJ-'I talning i roohjy stage and a dahce,floor as well as tables for sdrviie. �:D«neiiiber.]«».l«H S'E}4FA»R'EfR»3 te Mark r»g$ riv* NLRB Speeds WC Vote Bid SIU west coast affiliates moved a step closer to a three-department bargaining election when the National Labor Relations Board threw out unfair labor practice charges inspired by Harry Bridges. The charges, while ostensibly aimed at the shipowners, were an at­ tempt to wreck the hiring-' halls of the Sailors Union of ber voted "no union" under in­ by filing "unfair labor practice" the Pacific and the Marine structions from "Local 100," which charges. Normally the Labor Firemen's Union as part of an ef­ failed to get on the ballot. Board would handle these charges fort to forestall a general bargain­ The result of the "Local 100" before going ahead with an elec­ ing election on West Coast ships. tactic was to deprive steward de­ tion, and the Bridges' maneuver The SUP and the Firemen, in partment men of a union contract was obviously designed to tie mat­ conjunction with the AFL Marine for the balance of the year. ters up indefinitely. Cooks and Stewards, have filed for Once the SUP Pacific District However, in this instance the an election as the SIU Pacific Dis­ filed for a new vote. Bridges at­ Labor Board disposed of. the trict. If the vote is held, it will tempted to stall off certain defeat charges in short order. settle the union ' affiliations of steward department men on West Coast ships and eliminate the last Communist foothold in the Ameri­ can merchant marine. ^ There is no doubt that the SIU Pacific District would win such an election overwhelmingly. Opposed By Bridges The Pacific District's election petition has been opposed from the start by Bridges' longshore union which has been attempting to or­ ganize steward department men into "Local 100." The West Coast longshoremen entered the field af­ ter the collapse of the Commun­ ist-dominated National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards, now virtually defunct for all intents and purposes. In a previous election held last winter, the NUMC&S appeared on the ballot opposing the AFL Marine Cooks and Stewards. In that vote MCS-AFL won a clear majority of those choosing between the two unions, but a larger num­ SUP Annual Poll Opens Depositing his ballot in the ballot box at SIU headquarters, Sea­ farer G. DiGirolopio became the 1,000th voter to cast a ballot in NY on November 30, just two weeks after voting in the Union's 1955-'56 election for officers began. Polls committee member Wil­ liam "Tiny" McDonald stamps "voted" in DiGirolomo's member­ ship book. Voting continues until January 15. in Plan Sets Rules For Reapplying Union and shipowner trustees for the Seafarers Welfare Plan this week issued a reminder to those Seafarers or chil­ dren of SIU men who lost out in. previous bids for SIU scholarship benefits and who ' are interested in applying for Board examination and ' submit the four 1955 awards worth proof of at least one day's seatime aboard an SlU-contracted ship in $6,000 apiece. Candidates who are reapplying the current year. The next College Entrance Board for the awards do not have to submit the full set of credentials tests scheduled will be given on required of original applicants, January 8 and March 12. Late •such as high school transcripts, applications will be accepted up letters of reference and records of until January 1 on the first exam seatime for themselves or a parent. and until March 5 on the second. However, they must notify the The regular closing dates on these Administrator of the Welfare Plan tests are December 14. and Feb­ that they are competing again. . ruary 19. Further information can In addition, they wiU have in­ be gotten from the SIU Welfare take another College Entrance Plan, 11 Broadway, New York, NY. Be Sure To Get Travel Vouchers SUP member S. A. Beard casts his ballot In New York as Sailors Union of the Pacific's annual election for officers got underway In all ports on December 1. Arnold Steinberg officiates at SUP voting booth as members of polls committee. Seafarers paying off at ports other than the port of sign-on should make sure to get a re­ turn transportation receipt and a travel subsistence voucher if they are to collect trans­ portation money. The receipt and the voucher should be presented to the home -office of the company within 30 days so that Seafar­ ers can coillect their trans­ portation under Article H, Section 27 of the agreement. This does not apply in cases where a ship is sold, lai'i up or lost. The annual election of officers for the Sailors Union, of the Pacific got underway in all ports on December 1. There are 17 official posts on the ballot as well as the election of seven delegates to next year's SIU|"^ convention and five SUP SIU president, Harry Lundeberg, building corporation trustees. is running unopposed for secre­ As in the A&G District, the SUP tary-treasurer of the SUP. Other vote will run for two months. In posts on the ballot are one assis­ the latter instance, voting will end tant secretary-treasurer, four pa­ trolmen and a dispatcher for San on January 30, 1955. All told there are 48 names on Francisco, one agent and one pa­ the ballot, although some appear trolman each for Seattle, Portland more than once, as a candidate and New York, an agent for Hono­ can run both for union office and lulu, and an agent and two patrol­ for convention delegate or trustee. men for Wilmington. YOUR DOLLAR'S SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Finding Out About Pubiic Lands Can you still get homesteads and public lands from the Government? Seaferers have asked this question, and at least one already is homesteading in Alaska. The answer is that there is still Ignd available which a man can buy or lease for little money. There are still some 175 million acres of public domain in the States, plus 270 million more'in Alaska. But all of it fs not developed enough for use yet, and-the Government puts it in'the market a few thousand acres at a time as roads are laid out or irrigation completed. Most of the available public land is in the Far West, Pacific Coast and Alaska, but there is also some in the South arid Southwest, and a few tracts in the mid-West. However, you should know that much of it is in com­ paratively undeveloped country. Some of it makes good vacation sites, but there is less land available that can make suitable homesites. In fact, the Government won't classify a tract as a hotnesite unless it's near a town, schools, has access roads and a potential water supply. Land In Oregon Some of the puiblic land is in the Klamath Falls basin of Oregon, near the mining town of Baker, and also around the former range country of Lakeview and Prineville. Iii the state of Washingtonrthere are cabin and camping sites in the big public-power reservations, which have ex­ cellent facilities.for hunting, fishing and other recreational activities. In Utah there are some ti'acts available near the DiMe National Forest, not far from Salt Lake City. There ate also tracts located near the Idaho Primitive Area (which by law is kept in itf pf^tural i^tate with,,n^ ^ iii,.;;;-. dwellings permitted). There are other sites in Idaho near the national forests. In Colorado, there are some tracts in Red Mountam, overlooking Aspen (a ski resort). Other Colorado areas where tracts are available or will be soon, are near Shadow Lake, and in Grand County, located in the Colorado River valley. Perhaps the greatest number of available tracts is in Alaska, with some of them in the warmer, more accessible coastal areas. There are a number of sites in California, but they are mostly in the dry desert in Southern Cal, and along foot­ hills of the mountain chains. All are fairly accessible. In Nevada, there are some- small-tract areas near such popu­ lation centers as Las Vegas and Reno. The only trouble is, some of the tracts do not have their-own water supply. There are also some small tracts in Florida and Alabama, but these are usually sand, with a small amount of brush cover and occasional trees. Here water is available from wells, and there is a comparatively good network of avail­ able roads. There are two general classes of public lands: —Cabin or camp sites, which are generally leased for three to five year^, with option to renew, for $5 a year. Soinetimes campsites ai-e sold outright for $10 depending on size and location. Largest tracts are five acres. You can put up a cabin if the site is classified as suitable for one, or just temporary shelter for vacations or weekends. —Home and business sites, which are sometimes leased for small rentals with an option to buy, and in other cases are sold outright. Purchase prices vary according to value, with some tracts of non-mineral land listed for less than $1Q an acre, and others in more developed areas, priced as much, as ^5jb |in acr?., th^ generally lim­ Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LQG. by Sidney.Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying ited to five acres, but sometimes go as high as 80 and even occcasionally, 160. Farmsteads by this time are scarce, except in Alaska. Some farmlands are made available as the US Bureau of Reclamation completes irrigation projects. Chief agencies in charge of leasing or selling public lands are the Bureau of Land Management and the Bu­ reau of Reclamation, both in the US Interior Dept., Wash­ ington 25, DC. The reclamation bureau disposes of newlyirrigated lands as they become available, mostly in the Far West. Y'ou can also lease campsites in National Parks and Forests. Agencies in charge are Nationai Park Service, US Interior Dept., and National Forest Service, US Agri­ culture Dept., both, Washington 25, D.C. But it's the Bureau of Land Management that has most of the available small tracts for sale or lease. If inter­ ested, first write to the bureau for a copy of its booklet, "Facts on Small Tracts," which outlines the procedure for applying. Also ask for a list of regional land offices. You next have to. write the land office in the region you are interested in, asking for information® on tracts now or soon to be available. Then you have to visit the area, at which time you can stop in at the land office. You have to inspect the site, tell the office what specific tract you want, and sign a statement that you have seen it. You then sign a lease and pay a deposit which you get back if: for any reason the deal falls through or the land office turns down your selection as unsuitable. There are no residence requirements for campsites; you come and go as you please. But for homesites you must agree to build a habitable residence, move in within a certain time^ lJ^ve, there greater part of the year, etc. �SEAFARERS VmcBiber' LOG >7 500 5IU Jobs Ahd 16 Vessels At Stake In US-Onassis Duel HISS RELEASED, REMINGTON MURDERED—Two major figuras Over 500 SlU-contracted jobs are linked to the latest US Government suit against multi­ in charges of Communist iiifiltration into the Government were in the millionaire Greek shipping operator Aristotle Onassis, because of his interests in two SIU- news within a few days of each other. Former Commerce Department contracted companies, Victory Carriers, Inc. and US Petroleum Carriers, Inc. Between them, economist William Remington died after an attack by fellow prisoners at the Lewisburg, Pa., Federal penitentiary. Robbery was the apparent the two outfits operate 16 motive. Former State Department official Alger Hiss was released remainder are Victory-types. All ous maritime nations. The com­ after serving 31^ years of his sentence. Both men-had been convicted ships. plaint of the former agent, Spyri- of perjury as an outgrowth of Communist espionage charges. The newest Federal suit are idle but the Ames Victory, Coe don Catapodis, is that Onassis (em­ Victory, Longview Victory and against Onassis and some of his as­ ^ ^ ployed him to handle the negotia­ CHINA IMPRISONS 13 US FLYERS—US Mankato Victory, all operated by relations with Red China sociates is the latest in a string of and signed an .agreement to reached a boiling point after the Chinese announced troubles for the Greek shipping Victory Carriers and manned by tions they had sentenced pay salaries, commissions and 13 captured US airmen to long prison terms, up to li15, for spying. magnate which have developed in Seafarers. other benefits totalling $560,000. The men had been shot down during the Korean war. US protests were "Monopoly" Deal Attacked the past few weeks. Subsequently, Catapodis charges, rejected by the Chinese government leading to demands for sterner He is currently being sued in The swindle suit against Onassis Onassis' signature started to dis­ action, including one call for a blockade of the China coast and an­ Paris for allegedly swindling a for­ is an outgrowth of an exclusive appear from the contract and mer agent out of $560,000 by sit­ contract he signed with the Saudi Onassis failed to re-sign it after other for cancellation of the Korean armistice. The Government's an­ swer was a new treaty with Nationalist China for defense aid. ing a contract with disappearing Arabian government that would promising to do so. t t ink. Just recently, Onassis be­ eventually give his tankers a com­ Catapodis has also accused came involved in an international plete monopoly on the transport of Onassis of paying a million in SMOG PLAGUES LOS ANGELES AGAIN—Los Angeles had its incident of some proportions when all Saudi Arabian oil. The con­ bribes to Saudi Arabian Officials in second major bout with severe smog in the past month when a blanket the Government of Peru bombed tract, signed eai;lier this year, set order to get the Saudi Arabian oil of smoke and fog covered the Southern California coastal ai-ea for several days. Traffic accidents went over the 2,000 mark in the murk, and seized five of his whaling ships off a storm of protest from varl- monopoly. airlines were grounded and crime rates soared as policemen vainly for operating Off its coast. -e^ tangled with traffic jams and accident calls. The whaling vessels were reg­ t i 4" istered under the colors of one of US PLANS SPECIAL DOPE STUDY—President Eisenhower has set the several countries in which up a special committee of five cabinet members to study the menace Onassis nominally locates his of drug addiction. The committee has been directed to' come up with various enterprises — the flag of recommendations that could be used as a basis for stiffer. action against Panama. dope peddling. Committee members are Attorney General Brownell, US CivU Suit Secretary of State Dulles, S^retary of Defense Wilson, Treasury Sec­ retary Humphrey and Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, In the US action, which is in the Education and Welfare. form of a civil suit against Onassis SAN FRANCISCO—SUP members have thrown down the and nine others and is filed bythe 4" 4^ Government in the US District gauntlet to Harry Bridges and the Pacific Maritime Associ­ 'FATHER' OF ATOMIC REACTION DIES—World-famed scientist Court for the Southern District of ation by refusing to work port overtime imtil a Bridges' raid Ernico Fermi, who supervised _ the construction of the world's first atomic reactor, died of cancer at the age of 53. Ferrhi's construction New York, the Justice Department on the Sailors' jurisdiction is+ is seeking the return of $20 mil­ repulsed. As a result, no the Sailors first choice on the hatch and operation of an atomic pile in the University of Chicago which pro­ duced the first controlled chain-reactor paved the way for the atom, lion as earnings of 16 war surplus West Coast ships are being to be worked by deck hands. bomb and other atomic developments. Fermi was originally a native ships allegedly illegally bought worked or shifted in port after 5 Employers Hem And Haw of Italy but left to escape Mussolini's rule. from the Government by corpora­ PM or before 8 AM on Saturdays, tions controlled by Onassis and his S jndays and holidays. 4" t 4^ As soon as the Pacificus was tied SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICAL BRAWL SEEN—The choice of associates. The Sailors voted this course at up, the Pacific Maritime Associa­ Johannes Gj Stirdom to succeed Dr. Daniel F.~Malan as prime minister SUP membership meetings Novem­ tion was notified of the violation of the Union Weren't Citizens of South Africa is regarded as certain to produce a split of the agreement by tbe longshore­ The Government complaint de­ ber 8, as the consequence of a men. The PMA was either unable between Dutch and English-speaking residents. Stiydom is an advocate clares that, the former Maritime cargo handling beef on the Pacifi- or unwilling to take action against of an independent republic wliUe the English want to remain in the Commission made the sales '— at cus of the Coastwise Line. Fire­ British commonwealth. different times between 1948 and men, members of the Marine Fire­ Bridges. 4' • 4" t The SUP membership vote re­ PLAN MORE $$ FOR ASIA—The 1952 — following representations men's Union, have been cooperat­ Government is planning expansion that the purchasing corporations ing by refusing to provide steam fusing to work overtime followed of economic aid to Asia to help contain communism there while cut­ were bona fide citizens of the US for loading and discharging during failure of the PMA to act on the ting military aid to Europe, which is considered pretty well back on beef. and under control of American overtime hours. its feet economically. Approximately $1.2 billion is being spent in Asia Started In LA Under the Sailors' contract, the this year, a sum which will go up considerably for the year 1955-56. citizens, which was legally re­ quired of purchasers of surplus Tl;e SUP tookv action after the membership Is not compelled to t 4> 4 ships after March 1, 1948. But it Pacificus tie-up was precipitated work port overtime since the con­ MCCARTHY 'CONDEMNATION' VOTED—The great debate on Sena­ noted that at the time the repre­ by West Coast longshoremen in tract specifies a 40-hour week, tor Josefih McCarthy came to a temporary halt when the Senate voted sentations were made,. the actual Los Angeles, October 26. The long­ Monday through Friday, from by wide majorities to condemn him on two counts, McCarthy himself control of the corporations was in shore union, in an attempt to in­ 8 AM to 5 PM while ships are in moved for an early censure vote when it became apparent that he could the Onassis group, all of whom vade the Sailors' right to work port. not rally-enough strength inside or outside the Senate to change the were aliens. hatches on coastwise ships, refused Pressure is Increasing on the results. The biggest pro-censure vote was 67 to 20. Moreover, according to the Gov­ to supply the front men for unload­ PMA to take a stand on. the beef, 4i 4i t ' ernment, title to the affected ves­ ing a hatch being worked by SUP with big West Coast passenger lin­ US WILL ADMIT POLYGAMOUS KING—An American immigration sels and all their earnings ^ince men on deck. Under the coastwise ers and other ships having delayed law againsf polygamy threatened to hold up the visit of King Tribthen should be declared the prop­ contract, the Sailors can work car­ sailings because of the no overtime huvana of Nepal, mountain kindom in the Himalayas. The King has two erty of the US. Of the vessels in­ go in any hatch when directed by policy forced on tbe sailors by wives, and is coming here to consult heart specialists. He was assured that the law would not bar his visit as a non-immigrant. volved, seven are tankers and the the shipowner. In effect, this gives the. Bridges' action. Sailors Ban Port OT To Fight Bridges' Raid I' h 1 jj; I 'l Cartoon History Of The SIU With the Korean War on, in July, 1950, the SIU and other maritime unions drafted a voluntary plan with Government officials for a waterfront security pro­ gram. The plan gave the Coast Guard power to bar the sailing of any seaman suspected as a subversive, but safeguarded his^ri|Alt.to appeal. Coast Guard Power Grab In approving the security program, the unions did not retreat from their basic dislike for a system giving the Coast Guard or a . similar agency strict control over civilian seamen, ^e SIU pointed out tl^at while its ranks were clean of Commies, they were still ac<( 2Vo. 79 When the CG assumed new, broader powers over sea­ men, which was Just what the unions-had hoped to avoid by their voluntary action, the entire screening 7 ^ program came tmder lire. Finally, in Deeemb^, tho ^'' - y;; BIU got some (sf tbe ivgfdatlontveMed and avoide#? : ^ 1 further friction for a tlmew 1J �December 10, 1954 tV>i,v- Seafarers Houston Hall is A-Hummin' SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON •i . ' ' . . ' " I It now appears that the comint year will he one of constructive mari­ time legislative activity in Congress. This will be with the view of not only consolidating galQS already made, but attempting to achieve a still firmer basis of Government aid designed to help stabilize our merchant marine. The Department of Commerce, for example, will recommend that non-subsidized steamship lines be authorized to place vessel earnings in a special reserve construction fund on a tax defeiTCd basis, designed for future replacement of their fleets. In addition, that agency will recommend that the ship construction revolving fund, under the juris­ diction of the Maritime Administration, be reestablished. Into this fund would go appropriations for ship construction, and receipts from Government mortgages, as well as receipts fi'om the sale and charter of Government vessels. Still other proposals to be advanced by th^ Commerce Department for'the consideration of Congress deal with authorization forhhe Gov­ ernment to accept dry-cargo vessels ten years of age or more for an allowance of credit on the construction of new vessels; permanent authority to provide marine war risk insurance; authority to continue experimental work on Liberty-type ships; and authority to complete the reserve fleet ship-repair program. T^ese are but a few of the maritime proposals that will be advanced, and, if enacted, will be of great aid in attaining the basic needs of many operators. Government aid to tramps is still under discussion within the Com­ merce Department, an3 it's not yet known whether Commerce will be in favor of this. ^ Over a period of many years, many within Congress have been criti­ cal of the size of the annual maritime appropriations. Reactivation of the revolving fund, mentioned above, will definitely reduce the amount of shipbuilding funds required to be included in the annual budget, and thereby soften such criticism of maritime appropriations. 4 4" J" Big like everything else in the State of Texas, sign alongside SIU hall in Houston makes it plain this is location of Seafarers' branch in the port. The site is at 4202 Canal Street, a choice comer loca­ tion close to all port facilities. Rumors cannot be confirmed here that Mr. Onassis, owner of one of the largest' tanker fleets in the world, is thinking of transferring hii^ ghips to the. Italian flag. Most of the ships are now flying the Pana­ manian flag. The rumor was that he., had been offered substantial tax benefits if he would change the flag to Italy. The wholesale transfers of Liberty dry cargo ships have reached 62. Since mid-August of this year, the Maritime Administration has approved the transfer to foreign flags of that many ships. It's expected that another 10 or 12 will be approved for transfer before the new Congress comes in next month. The new Democratic Congress will certainly take a hand in the matter but it may prove too late. At the moment, it's not known whether this Congressional probe will be made by Senator Magnuson, Wash­ ington, who will head the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, or by Representative Bonner, North Carolina, who is to be Chairman of the House Merchant Marine Committee. Although it has never been officially announced by the MA, this Government agency, as of last August, had in mind that it would allow up to about 60 Liberty dry cargo ships to go foreign. Applications covering 52 already have been okayed. The MA will be called upon by Congress to give a fuller acccTimting ' of its reasoning for allowing such wholesale ti'ansfers. 4" t 4 Fix Price On Mariner -S" South Atlantic Steamship Line is gettuig nearer to its subsidy award. The Government already has found that the company qualifies under the main provisions of law. The only <|rawhack at this stage are the exten­ sive foreign-flag agencies in which Strachan Shipping Company, parent - company, is engaged in. Under law, the Government must first pass on these agencies before subsidizing South Atlantic. 4> ' 41 The downward trend in employment among US flag vessels continued during the latter part of this year, with a further net reduction of 6() vessels as compared to the period April-June 1954. Of this number, 32 ships (27 privately-owne^ and 5 Maritime Administration owned) were relegated to inactive status; the remaining 28 were among those ships sold or scrapped. On Septetnber 30, 1954, freighter vessels in the US flag fleet totalled 2,614 ships, a decline of 22 ships during the quarter. Actively employed freighters showed a net decrease of 42 ships since the last quarter period, a reduction largely the result of a sub­ stantial contraction in the number of freighters engaged in overseas foreign trade. During the three months ending in September 30, 1954, fifty-two freighters, all privately owned and comprising 12 percent of the total number of US freighters operating in foreign trade, were either transferred to other operations, sold for service under foreign flags or consigned to inactive status. . At the end of the quarter (September 3(J, 1954) the number of privately-owned temporarily inactive vessels had risen to 130, an in­ crease of 15 ships oyer the previous quarter. The tanker fleet declined by a net of 6 vessels during the third quarter of 1954. Eleven ships were lost to the fleet as a result of sales to foreign operators and scrapping, and 5 new tankers entered the fleet from construction. 4 The- response of private Industry to the MSTS and Maritime Admin­ istration for building new tankers has more than exceeded expecta­ tion. MA had estimated that its tanker program would result in the construction by oil companies of 10 super-tankers, with the trade -in to the Government of 20 older tankers. Already MA is pasf the half­ way mark on this program. Congress authorized MSTS to charter, for 10-year periods, under separate legislation, up to 19 new tankers to be built by private industry. Already the oil companies have exneeded this by offering to build up to 23 new tankers for long-term charter to MSTS. ' ri Pate Seymi SEAFARERS' LOG Interior view of newly-opened SIU hall in Houston shows some of the branch membership enjoying a game of cards with inevitable "kibitzers" looking on. TV set is at far left and meinbership polls committee is seated at table just below it. A iiniform sale price of $4,183.571 for Mariner ships has been approved by the Gov­ ernment's General Accounting Office. Originally the FMB had set a scale ranging from $4,120,000 up to $4,424,000 for Mariners de­ signed for use as cargo ships. The difference in prices represented differences in construction costs for ships contracted for at a later date. The new uniform price repre­ sents what the General Account­ ing Office calls a "weighted aver­ age" of the three previous figures. Since most of the ships would have sold at the lowest figure, it represents no reduction in price for the greatest number of the Government-owned vessels. I ^I •a -13 SIU Years Best Of His Lite When Father Time and the effects of a shipboard Injury in 1951 finally brought an end to his sailing career, retired Seafarer Ben Bailey reflected that his record of 50 years of sea­ faring was well spent, especially the years since 1938 when he belonged to the SIU. However unaccustomed he^' may have been to it before. as bad—or worse—he returned to the sea. That was when he worked Bailey found himself thrown on the New York subway, which into a life j)f ease, but "free from opened that year, and he was put­ care about his future security. The SIU Welfare Plan provides him ting in a 12-hour day for a prince­ ly $9 a week in wages. with a comfortable cushion in the form of a $25 weekly disability Sailing through World War I ^benefit for as long as he needs it and into the thirties, Bailey joined and Social Security payments by the SIU in November, 1938, becom­ the Federal Government are added ing one of the Union's original to that. At 74, Bailey's needs, how­ members in its drive to improve ever small, are well taken care of. the lot of American seamen. Lives In New York When World War II Came, he was a fixture on the old George A New Yorker since Ijie turn of Washington as chief cook and the century. Bailey lives with his spent most of the war years on wife in the city he has known most what came ' to be known as "the of his life in a small Brooklyn workhorse of the Ajtlantic." His apartment. His married daughter Ben Bailey luck held out as far as subs and lives nearby, and if he tires of the small talk of his landlubber neigh­ about 1902 and managed to catch torpedoes were concerned. In 1951, however, while aboard bors, he knows he can visit the a job on the old Morgan Line SIU headquarters building and al­ freighter Almonte. Those were a Robin Line freighter as chief ways find friends and former ship­ "different days," he points out, steward, he took a bad fall which mates with whom to swap stories and few will argue the matter. caused him to be hospitalized in A couple of years later, in 1906, Saudi Arabia, and he knew that of the past. Bailey first caine to the US froin he tried work hi n ashore, but find- time and long years of working-had Barbados, .British' 'West'"indies,' Ing that conditions'iher4^wi^44ust rftfialiy;liiken their tcdL •a 'i. I �c. MARITIME F IH-'Iv. Ie J J '- • 1''^ < •;\- Italy's merchant fleet now totals slightly over four million gross tons, the highest in its history and eight times what it was in 1945. Before the war, the fleet totalled 3.3 million tons, and by the end of it, less than 500,000. The current figure includes 680,000 tons of liners and passenger-cargo ships, two million tons of cargo ships and 1.2 million tons of tankers . . . The world's largest whale factory ship, the 44,000ton Willem Barendsz II, has been launched in Holland. The vessel was named after a 16th century Dutch whale hunter and Arctic explorer. : Questiont What's yom' view of 4> 4" Coast Guard's superman brainDamaged in a storm at sea late last month, the cracked freighter P&I Hie' body proposals? Trader finaily reached a haven in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, after several days of limping shoreward. The vessel had split across the deck and down the port side . . . Greek shipowner Stravros S. Roland St. Marie, AB: I can't Niarchos has pulled a switch. Reversing the usual practice, where dry see an^ legitimate point to the whole scheme, cargo ships, particularly Liberty-types, have been converted to tanker but one thing I operations, Niarchos has placed an order with a Hamburg, Germany, really don't like shipyard, for rebuilding the tanker Myrtpho into a freighter. In addi­ is screening out tion, two new 12,500-ton freighters will be built for him at Kiel and guys as "beefdickering over the construction of two more there is underway. ers" or complain4> 4> ers aboard ship, A successor to the former Swedish-American liner Gripsholm is still in a free coun­ on the drawing boards, but model tests will be started in Rome Very try you're sup­ soon. The new shijp will be built along the same lines as the company's L posed to be able latest addition, the Kungsholm, at a shipyard in Genoa. The old Grips-^ holm, a frequent visitor to the US during World War II when She to do that with­ served as a refugee ship, is now operated by the North German Lloyd out being called dovm for it. Line . . . Plans are afoot for a multi-million-dollar modernization pro­ '44 4 gram for the Lake Michigan shoreline of Chicago, in view of the pos­ George Liebers, steward: I think sibilities for ocean commerce that will be created by the completion they're awful. They probably won't of the St. Lawrence seaway project. At the same time efforts will be go into effect made to build new beaches, a sea harbor for pleasure craft and other because of all recreational facilities. the opposition to them anyway, * 4 it 4 The Cities Service Oil Co. has shipped a $2 million "city" aboard but I think tbe the Egyptian freighter Mohammed All El Kebir for delivery to Oman whole idea In SE Arabia, where the company will explore for new sources of oil. smells. During The "city" includes 23 knock-down houses, farm mafchinery, tools, auto­ the war when motive vehicles and even flower seeds for planting . . . The second of the chips were four cargo ships built for the Westfal-Larssen Company's service be­ down they took tween the US West Coast and South America has been launched. It everybody and is the 7,610-deadweight-ton motorship Nordanger, whose sister ship, didn't look twice. the Hardanger, entered service last July. The vessels are 441 feet long 4 4 4 and operate at speeds of 15.5 knots. Alexander Boyle, vdperi They would probably affect the old4 4 4 ' A shipment of 44,000 tons from the Black Sea is the first cargo of timers most of Russian crude oil delivered to Port Said under the new Soviet-Egyptian all, and that is petroleum supplies agreement. Following delivery, the Egyptian tanker one hell of a A1 Hurriyeh returned for another shipment . . . Now that the Dutch note. It doesn't owners and Lloyds of London have both abandoned efforts to try to seem' fair for raise the Prins Willem V, which sank about three miles off Milwau­ them to want to kee's harbor entrance two months ago, the vessel is "fair game" for knock out the anyone who wants to try. The ship went down in 80 feet of water after giiyi "Vho've colliding with an oil barge towed by a tug. SShe was valued at $1.2 mil­ given their best lion and carried a cargo worth another $750,000. to the industi^ and can still hold 4 '4 4 Port authorities at Brest, France, gave up hope of'saving the 6,908- their own, Tm not worried for ton Swedish freighter Los Angeles, after she made port with her num­ myself though; I just passed an ber three hold on fire, and had her towed outside the harbor to remove Army physical the danger from other ships. The ship had been Mazing for 60 hours 4 4 4 up to that time . . . Work on a $45 miiiion improvement program th'at L. 8. Johnny Johnston, AB: It calls for widening and deepening the Suez Canal along its entire 100- sounds like a pjiony set-up to pae. miie-route is expected to get underway next year for completion about The whole plM 1960. The work would expedite the passage of ships drawing 36 feet. sounds like a The rapid increase in the size and draft of the new supertankers n«tng scheme to put the canal is believed responsible for the launching of the program, seamen under since there have been several cases in recent months when tankers in the same type of the 40,000-ton class couldn't ease through the canal while fully loaded. military Jurisdic­ tion that Navy men and Coast Guardsmen liave. ve had my share of Navy ACROSS 3. Where 16. Sand hiU experience and 1 know I don't 39. Came ashore They man a Guayaquil is 18. What cook 40. Island off ship want any more.' • doea 4. Girl's name Corsica INizzle a. 12. 13. 14. 15. 17. 19. 21. 22. 24. 28. 29. 31. 32. 34. 35. 37. 38. 41. 42. 44. Wr:- r> rJ?vS^':V/ 46 47. 49. S2. 55. 56. 58. 59. «0.. 1fL The SIU has 5. Go by the best welfare 6. Pound: Abbr. The Navy 7. Bit of charity Costa 8. What washer A kind of should be seaman A kind of buoy 9. The SIU Sheltered 10. An oil bodies of water company A sea soldier 11. Bearing of Dried up with Bahamas from heat Miami Also Kind of auto Mrs. FDR A labor group Fielder's bloopers An exclamation Kind of stone Period of time home pay And: Fr. Girl's name Number: Abbr. You can't beat SIU on this Peruvian animal ' Chicken . Port In Fr. Morocco The Log wins these Site of a canal US soldiers Long fish Bible character Literary collection International Line Look for DOWN December 10, 1954 SEAFARERS IPG PUvEifU 20. Boston U. 43. City in Tibet footballer 45. What steamers 22. Tendon follow 23. Make happy 48. Part of church 25. Allow use of 49. Oriental title 26. Calking fibre 50. Gain victory 27. A word, or 51. What we term follow 30. Stern 83. Miss West 33. Postpone 54. Sea bird. 36. A form of 57. Long ton; mineral Abbr. (Puzzle Answers On Page 17) r 10 II 4 4 4 4 4 4 Charles Thomas; night cook and baker: I've beon sailing quite a few years now, righi through World . War II and the Korean IVar, and I nevef saw them pull anything like this in wartime, where it might possibly do some good. And this plan has almost no restrictions to it. '• Duska "Spider" Korolia, MM: The Coast- Guard should stick to inspecting ships. Seamen already have enough controls over them^ when they go up for their papers, and then there's the physi­ cal you have to take . when you sign on a ship, The whole idea recalls sh ! MEET THE SEAFARER JIM DAVIS, Steward A restless curiosity about how the other half of the world lives has long been a motive for men to take to the sea. Seafarer Jim Davis has been satisfying that curiosity for the last 11 years, but still finds it a powerful lure. Between that and the fine conditions and takehome pay sailing SIU, Davis con­ siders the life of a sea-going man just about the most satisfying he could think of. Davis jK'as born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, which he stiil calls his home. But he has a second- "home" In Port Elizabeth, South Africa, where he has made fast friends with several local resi­ dents. Right now he's hoping to grab another Robin Line ship on the South African run so he can hold a reunion and pick up the skin of a lion he bagged on a safari when last there. . The lion skin will join a house­ ful of other mementos and souve­ nirs he .has accumulated In his years of sailing. Davis started out going to the University of Alabama where he studied for. a journalism degree. On the side he got involved in radio broadcasting and did a few hitches with small local radio sta­ tions as announcer, engineer and scriflt man. In 1943, Davis left school to ship out, catching the Paul Shoup out of Wilmington, California, as galley boy. Liked To Cook "I always liked to cook" he said, "so I put it to use on a ship." Now he holds chief steward . endorse­ ments, having worked at all ratings in the steward department. Davis neverr did get .back to school again, although he managed to complete another year's study via correspondence courses. He is hopeful though of getting that de­ gree some day by taking a year off and going to school at the worldfamed Sorbonne in Paris. Davis sailed through the war years until 1946. Then he thought he would try living ashore for a while. He went to work as a sales­ man for a Hollywood outfit that specializes in elaborate leather al­ bums for wedding photographs. The outfit whs, and is, thriving and the job was a good one but after nine months he decided that goinff to sea was what he really wanted. He's been sailing steadily ever since. His particular liking for Port Elizabeth stems from the warm hospitality of the port which is proud of its reputation as a friend-^ ly city. One local family, the "Mandy gang," as Davis fondly de­ scribes them, are his hosts when­ ever he gets there. "Tiiey are avid readers of the SEAFARERS LOG, ' he says, "which really gets around in that city." Four-Day Safari On his last visit, Davis went on a four day safari with a profes­ sional guide. The first night Out they put up at the hunter's camp, a collection of thatched roof huts in the bush. Davis was sitting back enjoying his coffee when he was jolted out of his seat by the roar of a lion just outside the camp. Al­ though the hunter assured him that the lions would never invade the camp, Davis is not ashamed to admit that he barricaded the hut door that night. Subsequently ho evened the score by downing one of the bushy-maned cats. Experiences like these, he says, and meeting up with all kinds of people all over the world are what make going to sea such an inter­ esting life. All Have Problems "After you get around to quit# a few countries," he said, "you'll find that people evei-ywhere are pretty likeable. They have differ­ ent customs and ways of doing things, but they all have their problems and headaches and they all want to get along with their neighbors. "Someday in the future," he con­ cluded, "I'd like to see the SIU Welfare Plan set up an exchange program, so that each year two or three children of Seafarers could go live abroad with Seafaring fam­ ilies and their children could come .to live here with some of our peo­ ple." Something like that, he feels, would be the basis for a genuine, world-wide brotherhood of the sea. LABOR ROUND-UP After one year, the deadlock has been broken in the strike of AFL Teamsters at five Pittsburgh de­ partment stores. The members of Teamsters Local 249 voted to ac­ cept a settlement on the basis of an immediate five-cent wage in­ crease and a change in the rules igiving the stores the rights to as­ sign helpers and use parciel post. A second Increase, is provided at il later date. The settlement cleared the way for other store unions to return to work. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Abolition of the independent Transit Authority in New York City was demanded by CIO Trans­ port Workers Union president, Mike Quill. The city-owned transit system was turned over to the au­ thority via legislation passed by the state legislature. The union is seeking repeal of the legislation. An interim increase of five per­ cent 'has been negotiated for 5,000 Montgomery Ward employees in Chicago by the AFL Warehouse & Mail Order Eniployees Local 743. •The increase waf the first break in year-long hegotiations after Local company are negotiating on other contract clauses. 4 4 4 •4 4 4 4 4 4 . A complete tie-op of all Chrys­ ler Corporation production was averted one hour before deadline when agreement was reached on a union shop for 850 Chrysler office workers. The CIO United Aiito Workers union wrested the agree­ ment from the company at 6 AM, ^ permitting the day's work to go oh. ' Repeal of the so-called "right to work" laws in the 17 states where they have been passed has been urged by the convention of the Na­ tional Council of Catholic Women. The convention, meeting in Bos­ ton, criticized the "right to work" legislation as forcing conflict be­ tween labor and management "^by striking at the right of unions to organize. Limits on admission of alien ac­ tors to the US have been urged by the AFL Screen Actors Guild. The group said that alien actors should be admitted only for starring or feature roles and that an actor on a temporary permit.be allowed to ipnesr in only one picture. Simi­ lar restrictions ^xist in Great ill �Dumber 10,, lOtt . - -.. ' .' SE^AFARERS SEAFARERS # LOG Deeembtr 10, 1954 Pace NIM LOG 'Dragging The Anchor!' Vol. XVi, No. 25 Published biweekly, by tbe Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District. AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 82. NY. TeL HYacinth 8-6600. Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HERBEIIT BRAND; Managing Editor, RAY DemsoN; Art Editor, BERNABB SCAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writer*, HIUMAN AmavB, IRWIN SPIVACK AL MASKIN; Guli Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. ISO First Step News of new Government proposals to strengthen the mer­ chant marine is sure to be welcomed by everybody in the in­ dustry. The proposed freight-ship trade-in program, if prop­ erly set up and administered, could go a long way toward modernizing the merchant fleet, while other aspects of the administration's plans would certainly be of considerable aid, particularly to non-subsidized sections of the industry. Tramp ship operators, too, would come in for a share of assistance under the new program. In light of these proposals, which by the way, come from the Commerce Department, it seems even more astonishing that the Maritime Administration (a Commerce Department subsidiary) should be proceeding as rapidly as ever with transfers of US-flag Libertys to runaway flags. The Mari­ time Administration has permitted 52 ships to use this tailormade escape hatch. Only a handful of Libertys remain in pri­ vate US operation. Regardless of the Maritime Administration's argument that these ships could not operate under the US flag, the inescap­ able fact is that every transfer means more cut-rate com­ petition for US ships. The free and easy transfer policy will make it alTthe more difficult, and expensive, for the Govern. ment to come lip with a workable maritime aid prograni. The very least that could be done, as a starter, is to call a halt on any further transfers as of now. 4 ft 4. 2lid Round Coining The US Coast Guard has been tripped up in its attempt to smuggle through so-called "physical exam" proposals that could be used to deprive seamen of their livelihood. Although the sneak attack was spotted and upset by the SIU and the SUP, the Coast Guard has not given up by a long shot. Further, Cbast Guard brass have the gall to claim, accord­ ing to newspaper reports, that there is "general misimderstanding of the project, which is to benefit the average seafarer," whose life is endangered, the Coast Guard says, by his own shipmates. The Coast Guard's wool-pulling act will fool nobody. It's well understood that these plans are to benefit the Coast Guard itself, the insurance industry and the shipowner, who, as to be expected, agrees with the Coast Guard. Just recently the Coast Guard in Boston gave a sample of its attitude when it went aboard an SIU ship and scanned tile log from front to back to find something it could use against the crew. As a result nine men, civilian seamen all, were hauled before a military hearing panel. No other civilian American is subject to the exercise of so much military power. But that doesn't stop the Coast Guard from grabbing for more control iuntil it can regiment the seaman 100 percent. t t Blackball Scheme "mTS la It's been the practice of non-union companies as well as operators who did business with other unions to blackball any seaman who sued the company for maintenance or other compensation under the Jones Act. Fortunately for Sea­ farers, the Union has energetically stamped out every effort by SIU operators to do the same. Every once in a while though, an attempt to blackball a Seafarer will pop up and have to be dealt with accordingly. However, Seafarers can feel free to throw in for any job with any company, with the assurance the Union will protect them against any blackball. All this would be changed if the Coast Guard were able to put over its physical exam program. If the Coast Guard plan goes through, all the shipowner would have to do is blow the whistle. The Coast Guard would come down and do the rest. That's just one of the many reasons why the Union is fight­ ing this Coast Guard proposal tooth and nail. If the Coast Guard can, in effect, repeal the Jones Act singlehanded withr out benefit of Congress, every legal safeguard for the seaman Is imperiled. * * i Holiday Greetliigs The Christmas Holiday is still two weeks off as the LOG goes to press. But lor many LOG readers on shil» at sea and in porta the world over, this will be the last issue of the paper they receive before the holiday season. To all the Union-^xtonds bt«f tfte hdMfeyi^nd l&M." Union ^Rescueo^ Stranded Seamen To the Editor; I flm writing this letter because we, the crewmembers of tbe Cities Service tanker Logans Fort, would like all our SIU brothers to know how efficiently the Union serves its members if they , get into difficulty. The Incident I am referring to particularly occurred in Chicoutimi, Quebec, on November 19, when seven crewmen of the Logans Fort were caught ashore fogbound and without money. As ship's delegate, X asked the captain, who was also ashore, for money for the men but a draw was r e - \ fused. Then la­ ter, after it became apparent that the launch Despite what the Coast Guard could not return may think, Seafarers on the ships to the ship, an­ are on the ball when it comes to chored eight taking measures for shipboard miles down the safety. These measures, of course, Lewis Saguenay River, depend on the willingness of the 1 made another attempt to see the shipowners to cooperate and take captain but this also failed. the trouble and expense to run a Brother Willis Thompson, the clean, safe and comfortable vessel. deck delegate, and I then contacted Coast Guard opinion to the con­ the Union in New York, by. tele­ trary, ships can be made safer, so phone, and were assured that the that average human beings (not company would be told how mat­ superman) can work them without ters stood and. the captain told to unnecessarily risking injury. take care of his men. For example on the Dorothy (Bull), Seafarer Ed Abualy pro­ Captain Comes'Throngh Of course, we do not know the posed that the contents cff any message sent to company see to it the captain by the company, but we that lifejackets do know that the next attempt by are placed on the delegates was successful and a launches when draw was issued in the lobby of the ship anchors in Fajardo, Puer­ the Chicoutimi Hotel. All the hotel employees were to Rico, so that keenly interested in the happen­ seaman going ings and were amazed that a few ashore will be as­ Cummings Seafarers, through their Union, sured of neces­ could bring sufficient pressure to sary protection against capsizing or other accidents bear to win their demands. The following day, Novenj,ber 20, to the launches. Another crewwas also foggy, and the captain, in member, Seafarer Richard Cummlngs pointed out that the wiring order to get the men back to the on the ship was in dangerous con­ ship, called the vessel by radio­ dition and recommended that a telephone and ordered a crew to shoreside electrical specialist be bring a lifeboat into Chicoutimi to brought aboard to give the ship's pick up the stranded men. electrical circuits a thorough in­ Unfortunately, the lifeboat's an­ cient engine broke down four times spection. Here then, are two sound safety and after five hours of futile ef­ suggestions from the crews them­ fort in a bitterly cold rain, the life­ selves, which if followed by the boat crew had to return to the Lo­ company, would serve to reduce gan's Fort. the danger of accidents without About three o'clock that after­ the necessity of taking every noon the fog finally lifted enough crewmember's "profile" and test­ so that the launch skipper agreed ing his family background. to take the captain, his wife, the Abualy is a Mobile boy, making steward, second mate, radio opera­ his home in that city. He's 27 tor and sevhn SIU brothers back years old, and comes originally to the ship. from Mississippi. He sails as AB. These brothers, besides Thomp­ Cummings holds both bosun's and son and myself, were McGinnis, carpenter's endorsements. He is AB; Fielding, wiper; Manvel, pan­ 51 and hails from Minnestota but tryman; O'Shaughnessy, machinist- now lives ashore in Philadelphia. pumpman, and Fusilier, OS. -^ ^ ^ To top It all off, we discovered If you happen to run into any when we got back to the ship that crewmember of the Robin Kirk and we had run out of cigarettes, so note that he is wearing a spotless tempers were pretty short all set of dungarees c>«dit it to the around. Nevertheless, we on the efforts of chief electrcian Carl Von Logans Fort feel that if we can Herman and 2nd electrician continue to face things with an SIU Francis W. Edwards. smile, and continue to work It seems that the washing ma­ through our Union to make things chine on the Kirk was giving a better, we can still claim the Lo­ little bit of trouble to all hands, gans Fort la a happy ship. until the two Seafarers went to IVe bpen Thurslqii .wprkfon dt. , Sluuutiieis ItW b Shfp^B hibibltatfii!'along fine s' clisrm'(and V0t( WBmi -3 I Thanks providing everybody with properlycleaned gear. Crewmembers of the Kirk voiced their appreciation accordingly by thanking the two men for the "splendid job" they were doing in keeping the machine in order. Von HeiTman, who is 37, has been sailing with the SIU for two years, starting out of Seattle in De­ cember, 1952. He comes from Cali­ fornia. Edwards, a Union member for nine years, just recently passed his 65th birthday. He makes his home Edwards in Milton, Mass­ achusetts. 4< i 4- 4* 4 4* All seems to be going well aboard the Steel Navigator with Seafarer Joe Kramer, ship's dele­ gate, in charge. According to the crew, Kramer has done a bang-up job in that spot and they gave him a hearty vote of thanks for his efforts. Kramer has been around quite a while with the Union and obvi­ ously knows the score. He joined the SIU over 11 years ago, on October 1, 1943. Pittsburgh is his home town. Kramer is 46 and sails in engine department ratings. Ship's delegate Luther V. Myrex of the Alcoa Patriot underscored an important point when he urged all Union members aboard the ship to make sure that they cast a vote in the Union's elections. As Myrex put it, "get up to the hall and vote for your favorite candi­ dates at the end of this voyage" so that every member will have a voice in deciding who will run the Union for the next two years. Myrex has been a member of the SIU since 1945, and holds all deck department ratings including bosun. He lives in Gardendale, Alabama. Speaking of the elections, the three-man rank and file commit­ tees are still being elected daily so that the voting can go forward under their supervision. Some of the members serving on these com­ mittees recently include B. F. Lowe, J. Henry and B. Giice in Lafi i/.irles; Lcn Dwyer, E. Hrelll and V. Capltano in WilmingIMU Jobd^YUr^iorana, D. ClaiuseR and H. joiiea in New Orleah^. I ,:y •J �•-^ip'fw^fm^ Pare Tm SiBAtAkEn^^taC- DeS^itber lOt 1954 mr' Back in the ^'good old days" before World War 1, a row of stacks was the symbol of royalty for tha >; i i queens # the seas. The yi'lated Tit^i^c boasted of four» v • l|^ >-)ri. , , J i jr^'ilVn * J'V^ ^*"*'» * �•' •^rf. December 10, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven • :a- w jrwin stacks of the superliner United States also lold air-conditioning units. ^ I IHigh stacks used by coal-burning tugs provide •good draughts for the fires. . , Diesel-powered ships, which do not need big draughts, require only thin pipes. • Historic steamship Savannah was first ocean­ going vessel to have smokestack. To most landlubbers a smokestack is {ust o smokestack. But Seafarers and other seamen know that smokestacks are as varied as are women. They know that smokestacks, like women, hove their particular personalities, their particular shapes and sizes, and their particular functions to perform. There ore, for instance, the thin, spindly smokestacks of the modern diesel-driven ships which do not require a big draft or uptake for their boilers. And then there ore the stacks of ample girth, generally the hallmarks of the passenger superliners, which sometimes measure over 50 feet "fore and aft, and can contain in them machinery weighing up to 125 tons. There ore those stacks, like the sky-rakers of the coal-burning tugs, which are a throw­ back to the old "steamboat" days, and which are designed strictly for utility, and never mind the appearance. And then there are those stacks, like the-"dummies" which may be found on some passenger liners, which are primarily decorative in nature, and which serve little useful purpose except to improve the vessel's lines. As the science of ship design and building has advanced, the need for huge stacks has declined, as evidenced by the stacks of the diesels. Yet it is likely that stacks will always remain in some form—even if only for dec­ oration. For ship designers seem to feel— and most Seafarers, we think, will agree—that a ship, like a woman, is not much to look at unless she is well-stacked. .N • m ; it \ In C-3 converted to passenger use, real stacks are aft, make for smooth lines. ; •rJ f Old stem wheelers always sported two funnels Just forward of pilot house. • Stack of 34,000-ton Cunard liner Caronia is said to be largest ever built. - In old "steamboat" days, no vessel was well dressed without real "sl^ ral^or." �Pace Twelve 5EAFARER9-to 19,198# PORTItEPORXS you would take time to drop them a line: Chester Wilson, Max Felix, Ed Cznasnowski, M. Jablonski, F. Taylor, Roy Bell, Gorman Glaze, B. Deweese, Robert McKnew, Os­ wald Ergle, John Castro, Earl Mc~ Kendre, T. Lamphear, C. Chandler, John Schultz, J. Clarke, A. Smith and Lester Long. Earl Sheppard Baltimore Fort Agent pital are Lonnie Tickle, Frank Boston: Catchot, Julian Barrett, George C. Murphy, Thomas Fields, Theodore Lee and Nicholas Tala. Five Ships Pay Off During the last two weeks, five No one should get the idea that ships paid off in this port, four Shipping was fair in this port Shipping in this port was slow there is a manpower shortage in signed on and 18 called in-transit. during the past two weeks with during the past two weeks and the Payoffs were aboard the Del only the Salem Maritime and New Orleans, but shipping here outlook for the future is about the has continued at a brisk pace dur­ Aires and Del Sol (Mississippi) and Bents Fort (Cities Service) paying same. ing the last two-weeks' report the Afoundria, DeSoto and Ibeiv off and signing on here. In transit During the last two weeks we period, as we shipped out 50 ville (Waterman). paid off the Southland (South were the Anne Marie (Bull), Steel ^ # The Steel Scientist (Isthmian), Navigator (Isthmian), Ocean Lotte more men than were registered. Atlantic) and Tampa: As we pointed out during our Del Norte and Del Monte (Missis­ (Ocean Transportation), Robin signed on the last report, shipping has held up sippi) and the Afoundria signed on. Kirk (Seas Shipping) and Trojan Archers Hope Ships calling in transit were Trader (Trojan). in New Orleans despite a general and C h i W a w a slump in the industry because of the Alcoa Cavalier, Alcoa Pennant, (Cities Service). When the Steel Navigator came the continued prosperity of the Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Pilgrim (Al­ in here the Coast Guard boarded In transit were coa), the Steel Vendor and Steel her and subpoenaed nine men to port. the Steel Scien­ Shipping in this port during the Scientist (Isthmian), the Del Monte appear at a hearing for various During the first half of 1954, tist and Steel past two weeks was pretty good, New Orleans took over first place (Mississippi), Seatrain Georgia and Vendor (Isth­ reasons, such as missing ship and and we expect things to be even in the nation's Seatrain Louisiana (Seatrain mian). Robin not securing ship. better during the coming two ports in several Lines), Monarch of the Seas, Choc­ T u X f o r d and The CG is pick­ Paul weeks. taw, City of Alma, Claiborne and Robin Hood (Seas new import and ing up the log We had no payoffs or sign-ons export lines. Shipping) and Seatrains Georgia Afoundria (Waterman), Genevieve books and check­ during this last report period, but and Louisiana (Seatrain). The two Peterkin (Bloomfield), Southwind Among the items ing them for any Seatrains each called here twice. we serviced eight (South Atlantic), Southern Districts in which SI (J loggings, and Men now on the beach include in - transit ships (Southern Steamship) and Archers men are particu­ any performers as follows: Alcoa D. K. Waters, L. B. Paul, J. B. Hope (Cities Service). larly interested on these ships Christy and Mike Kavanaugh. In Runner (Alcoa), because these will he sub­ Lindsay J. Williams Del Aires (Mis­ the hospital are James Lee, R. L. cargoes are car­ poenaed to ap­ * New Orleans Port Agent Fields, Paul Bland, J. T. Moore, sissippi), Steel ried in SlU-conpear before a King # # # Carpenter Albert Lima, Ronald Carrollton, Vendor (Isthmi­ tracted ships are hearing. Houston: an) and City of Ernest Webb, Jimmie Littleton such import commodities as sugar, The Trojan Trader came Into Alma, De Soto, and George Chance. molasses, sisai and burlap. First Portsmouth, NH, and the ship's Iberville, Afounplace ranking was captured by delegate called the hall and asked Jeff Morrison dria and Choc­ Brancato New Orleans in exports of com, Savannah Port Agent to have new mattresses and fans taw (Waterman). put aboard. The company was con­ When the Steel Vendor was in wheat flour, cotton and agricultural t. t. Shipping in this port picked up tacted and promised to put these here, it sure was good to see some machinery. Baltimore: During this period. New Orleans somewhat during the last two items on board either in New York of the boys on her, including Aldo took the first place ranking in agri­ weeks but is still on the slow bell. or Philadelphia. Perini, OUe Johannsson, N. K. cultural machinery, bananas and During the coming two weeks We also contacted the Eastern Brancato, G. Condos, Joe Bucker sugar away from New York and we expect things to be even better SS'Co. about G. Weddell, who re­ and Tony Matosky, better known displaced Galveston as the fore­ because we expect to pay off the ported that the leg he injured on as "Champ." most cotton export port. Neva West (Bloomfield) and also the Evangeline last summer is still Anyway, we all spent some time Shipping here in the port of expect to have the usual amount bothering him. Weddell was sent Voting Is Heavy Baltimore has been on the "fuli at the Old Fort, a well-known bar of men getting off the in-transits to the company, which gave him a ahead" bell and it looks as if it here in Tampa, and we know the As in other ports. Seafarers here for the holidays. letter- of admittance to Brighton will continue that way through the boys all enjoyed the floor show are voting in the biennial election During the past two weeks we Marine Hospital. holidays. During the past two and will remember this visit for a of Union officials. Voting has been paid and signed on the Gene­ weeks we shipped 209 men in all long while to come. If any of you heavy during the first weeks of the vieveoffPeterkin Also In Hospital (Bloomfield) and departments, which shows that this other boys are in this area, drop election and a big vote is antici­ had the following ships in transit: is still a very good port. Also sent to the hospital was into the hall and say "hello." pated here. Royal Oak (Cities Service); Alex­ To those members who have not Ray White Several brothers who have been andra (Carras); Edith (Bull); Sea Brother J. Fawcett who became ill yet seen our new Baltimore hall, Tampa Fort Agent confined to the hospital have re­ Nan (Stratford); Lawrence Victory, in the hall and was found to be ' *< would like to ^ ceived their "fit for duty" slips and Del Aires and Del-Sol (Mississippi), suffering from extremely high say that you are Norfolk: are putting in daily appearances at and Seatrains Savannah, Texas and blood pressure. missing a real Ortier men now in the hospital the hall, waiting their turn to ship New Jersey (Seatrain). showpla'ce. Our are J. Herrold, F. Alasavich, M. out. Among these we Vfctor (Zeke) Beefs Squared Away solarium is now Bonura, who missed the Thanks­ The Genevieve Peterkin had a Stabile, J. Senneville and G. Dunn. open, along with giving Day opening at the Fair few minor beefs at the payoff but For our Seafarer of the Week our recreation these were all squared away to the we have selected Brother Alvin C. Grounds, but who now is reporte^I room, and our During the last report period cafeteria is also we paid off and signed on the "fit and fast" and ready to make c-w's satisfaction and the ship Carpenter. Brother Carpenter, who ships in the steward depart­ open now and is French Creek (Cities Service) and up for lost time. Other brothers signed on with no trouble. Among the men who have been ment, is very proud of his baking, on the fit for duty list are Leo serving excellent Felix Lawrence Victory (Mississippi) and food. We expect had in transit the Alcoa Runner Watts, Thurston Dinglear, Eaden on the beach here lately are "Tex" and says he would rather be' a the bar to be open in about two (Alcoa); Amerocean (Amerocean), King, Donald Alt and George Metting, "Red" Rhoades, J. Crep- night cook and baker than any­ pon, Santos Garcia, Johnny Byrd, thing else. Brother Carpenter weeks, and the Sea Chest will be and Steel Flyer, Steel Advocate, Dean. Joe Ranieri, "Horse" ' Grosclose made the seven-months maiden Luther Seidle, Arae V. Olsen, operating in the sales room in the Steel Rover, Steel Vendor and George Curry, Frank Martin, Vin­ and "Casey" Jones. In the hospi­ voyage of the Orion Comet and is very near future. Andrew. Jackson (Isthmian). cent Kane and Manuel Church re­ tal are James Hawkins, Robert now cook and baker on the Ocean Shipping Picture In the USPHS hospital at pres­ cently were admitted to the hos­ White, Shirely Poole, W. G. Trice, Lotte. Getting back to the shipping ent are Robert J. Caldwell, Jesse pital. We hope they are up and C. B. Young, M. A. Plyler, T. Daw­ Among the men now on the son and A. W. Keane. picture, during the past two weeks P. Brinkley and Isaac Duncan. around soon. beach are A. Eklund, E. CaUahan, we had 16 payoffs, 12 sign-ons and Ben Rees Still convalescing and looking A. (Frenchy) MIchelet W. Foster, H. Ryan and A. Vetu. 15 ships in transit. The payoffs Norfolk Port Agent for early discharges from the hos^l Houston Port Agent James Sheehan were as follows: Oremar and BethBoston Port Agent coaster (Calmar); Edith (Bull); Sf i - . it Madaket and Azalea City (Water­ man); Andrew Jackson (Isthmian); Wilmington: Amerocean (Amerocean); Govern­ ment Camp (Cities Service), and Chilore, Venore, Feltore, Steelore, Santore and Baltore (Ore). Signing on were the Santa Shipping Figures November 17 to November 30 We had no payoffs in this port Venetia (Elam); Amerocean (Amer­ REG. BEG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL during the past two weeks but we ocean); Azalea City (Waterman); DECK ENGINE STEW. BEa DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED had one sign-on and had 12 ships Steel Rover (Isthmian); Oremar PORT Boston 12 8 7 27 6 2 7 15 call in transit, and on these we (Calmar), and Chilore, Venore, were able to place 11 men. We New York 93 ' 78 78 249 82 68 57 205 Feltore, Steelore, Santore and also sent 7 men up to Seattle, Baltore (Ore). Philadelphia 15 13 15 43 24 28 20 70 which had Jobs for all of them In transit were the Robin GoodBaltimore 131 100 89 800 99 78 32 209 upon arrival. fellow, Robin Hood and Robin Norfolk 16 10 8 34 12 2 8 22 Kirk (Seas Shipping); Pennmar, Signing on during the last re­ Savannah 25 11 15' 51 18 11 12 41 Marymar and Bethcoaster (Cal­ port period was The Cabins (Cabins) while in transit were The mar); Iberville and Chickasaw Tampa 13 12 17 4H 19 11 14 44 Cabins (Cabins); Alcoa Pioneer (Waterman); Steel Flyer, Steel Mobile 38 32 32 100 57 55 80 172 and Alcoa Planter TAlcoa); PortRover, Steel Navigator and Steel New Orieana 98 57 9% 188 75 85 92 232 mar, Alamar and Seamar (Calmar); Advocate (Isthmian); Ines (BnU), Houston 28 20 12 55 30 12 7 49 Raphael Semmes and Yaka (Water- . and Alcoa Puritan and Alcoa Run­ Seattle ~ 39 29 31 99 88 47 39 152 man); Micfaaei (Carras); Steel King ner Alcoa). (Isthmian); Sweetwater (Metro)i The following brothers are now San Francisco 27 28 29 82 8* 28 29 89 and Orion Comet (Oil Carriers). in the USPH3 hospital on Wyman WUmington 18 # 12 39. -4 1 8 11 Park Drive, here in Baltimore, «nd EmeatB. TUley 1 knoijr^bFy -wottl(ii«iniMl9te It U tt luiadhitMi Piorl A|fefilr4;.;;'.;;; Savannah: 'Fair'Shim Expected To Cenlioae New Orleans: Port is Prosperon And SMpping's Brisk CS Taakere Sign OB Bat SUpplBg's Slew Happy Tims Enjoyei By Steel Vender Men Shipping Picks Up, Sees GeHIng Belter Shipping Is Reported On'Fnll Ahead'BsH CS, Mississippi Ships Pay Off And Sign On m&GSHWpme RECORD 12 iB-TraBsils Call, Provide Jobs For MOD �;---•; - '^s-'-yrr;^, Deeember 19. :1§84 SEAFARERS Pace Thlrteea LOG . . . . PORT KEPORTS Mobilei Five Laid-U|i G-2s Puf Back In Service m. Shipping in this port during the past two wee'ks Vvas good, with 172 men shipped to regular jobs and 226 men sent to various relief jobs in and around the'harbor. We had 8 payoffs, 6 sign-ons and 3 In-transits during this period, with ^ the payoffs as follows: City of Alma, Monarch of the Seas and Claiborne (Waterman) and Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Pointer, Alcoa Pil­ grim, .Alcoa Roamer and Alcoa Corsair (Alcoa). • - , • Signing on were the La Salle, City of. Alma and MobiUan (Water­ man) and Alcoa Pointer, Alcoa Pilgrim and Al­ coa Roamer (Al­ coa). ' In transit were the Southwind (South At­ lantic) and . De Soto and liierville (Waterman). This shipping York during the past couple of weeks was boosted by the fact that Waterman put five of its laid-up C-2s back into serv^ ice. Four of these have already crewed up and there is a possi­ bility that a couple of more C-2s will be taken out of lay-up within the next few days. Waterman had 11 ships laid up here for quite awhile, but the boys on the beach got quite a lot of relief work on them and that helped take up the shipping slack. Prospect For Future Good Prospects for the coming two weeks also look good, with the fol­ lowing ships due to hit the port either for payoff or In transit: Afoundria, Warrior, Chickasaw, Antinous, Claiborne and Monarch of the Seas (Waterman) and Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Cavalier, Alcoa Polaris, Alcoa Partner, Alcoa Clip­ per and Alcoa Pennant (Alcoa). Voting fot the election of Union officials has been going on at a brisk pace ever since the polls opened November 15.-'- This is a very healthy sign as it shows the brothers are interested in the elec­ tion of officials to run their busi­ ness for them. The voting will continue daily, as per the Union constitution, until January 15. Another thing of interest here is the repair and renovation of the building adjoining the hall, which is now going on, in fine' style. We are going to make the recrea­ tion half of this building a firstcla^s place for the members to relax and enjoy themselves in. Thanksgiving Dinner Seryed And speaking of enjoyment, . many of the brothers on the beach enjoyed a fine Thanksgiving din­ ner through the courtesy of"^he Seafarers Welfare Plan. This dinner was served at the Catholic Maritime Club and was really a good meal, according to the brothers who partook of it. For our Seafarer of the Week we nominate Brother Terrill D. York, who joined the Union in 1948 and has sailed steadily out of the Gulf area since that time, generally as steward or cook. Brother York, who is married and has two children, makes his home in Toulminville, a suburb of Mo­ bile, and when he's not shipping he's spends quite a bit of time fish­ ing. Brother York highly praises the disability provisions of the Seafarers Welfare Plan. He says * he has seen some of his old ship­ mates taken care of by this benO'^fit, and that it gives a man a won­ derful feeling of security to know that his Unipq vs«l)-,take care of have to depend on charity if he is disabled. Lake Charles: A few of the oldtimers now on the beach are Robert Drain, Nils Larsen, Tage Roslund, M. Wadlington, Donald Pool, Joe Denton, Mal­ colm Cieutat, Leon Jordan, Robert Thomas, P. R. Simmons, Leonard Down here in Louisiana, things Smith and Joseph Green. have been running along smoothly Cal Tanner both as far as shipping and as far MobUe Port Agent as the elections are concerned. Many brothers are casting their votes here and it looks as if a Seattle: heavy vote will be rolled up. As for shipping, we shipped more men . than we registered in the engine department, and as many as we registered in the stew­ Due to the fact that several ard department," so we had a Liberty^ came out of lay-up, ship­ pretty fair two weeks. However, ping was exceptionally good in this we still have quife a f,ew men here, port during the past two weeks so we don't advise any of the broth­ and^we had to send to Wilmington ers to come down here if they are and' San Francisco for about, 25 anxious to get out in a hurry. men. Calling in here during these past During this period we paid off two weeks were the Government the Young America (Waterman) Camp, Council and signed on the Seamonitor (Ex­ Grove, Bents celsior), Western iigiss® Fort, Archers Trader (Western Hope, Bradford Navigation) and Island, Winter Irenestar Hill and. Cantig(Maine). In tranny (Cities Serv­ sit were the ice), and over in Raphael Semmes Orange, Tex., we (Waterman), Al­ had \he Southern coa Pioneer (Al­ Cities (Southern) Grice coa) and 'Alamar, and Val Chem Seamar and Cal(Valentine Tankers). All of these Spuron mar (Calmar). ships took a few men. P & O Buys Ship For our Seafarer of the Week We have learned that the SlU- we nominate Golden B. (Tex) GilContracted Peninsular and Occi­ lispie, who is really a native of dental SS Co., which operates the Texas and makes his home in near­ Florida, has purchased the Denali, by Orange. Tex sails in the deck formerly on the Alaska-Seattle department,' and about three run, from the Alaska SS Co. months ago he took a Waterman Men now on the beach include ship bound for the Far East, but J. Spuron and O. P. Oakley, while now he's back with us again and in the hospital are S. Johannessen, keeping busy reading farm and M. Michalik and T. C. Riley. poultry journals. Tex says that as Jeff Gillette soon as he makes his stake he is Seattle Port Agent going into the butter and egg busi­ ness on a big scale, but so far he has only, one hen and no cows. Miami: However, he's hoping. Also, he's pitching in hard as far as the Un­ ion is concerned, and he says he knows the value of the SiU and is determined to help keep and im­ Sliipping has been on the slow prove what we have gained. Was Meeting Chairman bell in this port and during the Tex served as .chairman at our past two weeks we had no sign-ons and only one payoff—the Florida last regular meeting, and J. A. (P & O). In transit were the Phillips, also of the deck depart­ Florida (P & O); Ponce (Ponce ment, was recording secretary, and Cement); Ocean Lotte (Ocean both men did a fine job. Trans.); Bradford Island (Cities Besides these two men, we now Service); Steel Vendor. (Isthmian), have on the beach Sam Evans, "Big and Iberville and Azalea City Jim" Canard, "Red" Henry, p. F. (Waterman). Lowe, A. Fruge, Ben Grice, E. We expect the P & O to get an­ Lerma, "Woody" Johnson, Mont other ship soon—the Denali—but McNabb, C. Young, J. F. Mapp, we don't know just when she will Ted Jones and B. McMichael. arrive from the West Coast. We have no men in the hospital Eddie Parr at this time. • " Miami Port Agent On the local labor front all is Heavy Yolo Forocasi In Union's Eloction Uberfys Leave Lay-Up, Shipping 'ExifeptienaF P S 0 Is Expeeled To Gel Another Ship mMmJ ' SlU, A&6 District BALTIMORE. 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sheppard. Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. James Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. A. (Frenchy) Michelet, Agent. .Preston 6558 LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent Phone 6-5744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner. Agent Phone 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS ....... 523 BienvUle St. Llndsey Williams. Agent . MagnolU 6112-6113 NEW YORK......670 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn HYaclnth S-6600 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees. Agent • Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA .337 Market St. S. CarduUo. Agent Market 7-1639 SAN FRANCJSCO 450 Harrison St. Tom Banning, agent / Douglas 2-5475 Marty Breithoff, West Coast Representative PUraTA de TIEBRA, PR . Pelayo 51—La 5 Sal Colls. Agent . Phone 2-5896 SAVANNAH , : 3 Abercorn St. JeR Morrison.. Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE ....V 2505 1st Ave. JeS GlUette. Agent Elliott 4334 Samte-Air-"" WILMINGTON. Calif 505 Marine Ave. Ernest TUley. Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS . 675 4th Ave.. Bklyn SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall ASST SECROTARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude Simmons Joe Volpian WUliam HaU SUP HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND 883 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND, CAUr 357 5th Si Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 SEATTLE ......3505 1st Ave. Main 0390 WILMINGTON 805 Marine Ave. Terminal 4-3131 NEW YORK......678 4tll Ave.. Brook HYaclnth 9 Canadian District MONTREAL....:^..634 SL James St. West PLateau 8161 quiet, but the political situation is picking upland each day more men announce their candidacy for the governor's office. It looks as if by election time we will really have a gang running for this office. The quail hunting season will open here soon and a number of the boys are looking forward to it. Leroy Clarke Lake Charles Port Agent A, 4. New York: ^ $• Members Show Keen Interest In Jleelien Son Francisco: Union Acllon Saves Comet Seward's Job We had no payoffs in this port during t^e past two weeks, but we signed on the Orion Comet (Oil" Carriers) and in transit were the ^ Seamar (Calmar); Steel King (Isth- ' mian); Seamonitor (Excelsior), and Yaka and Raphael Semmes (Water­ man). When the Orion Comet paid off here we had a beef with the mas­ ter, who tried to fire the steward. The master re­ fused to give us any information as to why he was firing the stew­ ard, and so we checked with all the crewmembers, including Taylor the licensed per­ sonnel, and found this steward was a topnotch man and fed above the average during the run. Check­ ing further, we learned the master personally disliked the steward, and, of course, personalities have no place aboard ship. At any rate, this beef was settled to everyone's satisfaction, with the steward re­ maining aboard the ship. Deliver Maternity Checks During this last report period we also delivered two maternity checks, of which one went to Brother R. O. Brown. Brother Brown's baby was born in a hospi­ tal in San Francisco and when the time came for him to take his wife home he owed the hospital $98, so they released his wife but held the baby. We immediately got in touch with the welfare department at headquarters and the check was sent immediately, and we are happy to say that through this speedy action we were able to have the baby home in a few days. For our Seafarer of the Week we have selected Brother Charles Taylor, who joined the Union in 1944. Brother Taylor says that he likes the conditions on SIU ships very much, and also likes the va­ cation pay. Voting here at headquarters in New York has been going on at a very brisk pace and it is evident that the members are taking an active and interested part in the elections. As we have mentioned before, every member who has not yet voted should do so as soon as possible, as this ^voting is to elect the men who will serve for the next two years. Shipping in this port is still holding its own but 1 would not advise any of the brothers to come up here with the thought of getting right out. What they will get is a lot of real cold north winds. During the last report period we paid off as ships, signed on 3 and had 13 in transit. The payoffs were as follows: Seatrains Savannah, Texas, Geor­ gia, Louisiana, New York and New Jersey (Seatrain); Republic (Traf­ algar); Bradford Island, Cantigny and Council Grove (Cities Service); Val Chem (Valentine); Steel Arti­ san, Steel Advocate and Steel Nav­ igator (Isthmian); Robiir Kirk (Seas Shipping); Kathryn (Bull); Bien­ ville (Waterman), and Transatlantic (Pacific Waterways). Signing on werf the Sea Nan (Stratford), Steel Artisan (Isthmi­ an) and Robin Hood (Seas Ship­ ping). Ships In Transit In transit were the Pennmar and Bethcoaster- (Calmar); Carolyn, Suzanne and Beatrice (Bull); Alcoa Ranger and Alcoa Puritan (Alcoal; Barbara Michel (Norlo), and Chick­ asaw, Choctaw, Fairisle, Fairport and Antinous (Waterman). We find in the past couple of Tom Banning weeks that some of the crews have San Francisco Port Agent not been cooperating with their department and ship's delegates. Philadelphia:^ ^ The brothers should not forget that these delegates are their repre­ sentatives until the shoreside pa­ trolman comes aboard, and it makes for much quicker and easier payoffs if they cooperate with Shipping in this port picked up them. a little during the past two weeks Claude Simmons and the outlook for the future is Ass't. Sec.-Treasurer fair. During these two weeks we paid off 9 ships, signed on 6 and had 10 in transit. The payoffs were as follows: Marina and Hilton (Bull); Win-, ter Hill (Cities Service); Southern States (Southern); Maryniar anS Pennmar (Calmar); Queenston FORT WILLIAM 118VS Syndicate Ave. Heights (Seatrade); Republic (TraOntario Phone: 3-3221 and Barbara Michel PORT COLBORNE ...103 Durham St. fallar), Ontario Phone: 5591 (Norlo). TORONTO. Ontario 372 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 The Winter HiU, Southern VICTORIA, BC 61714 Cormorant St. Marymar, P e n n m a r^ Empire 4531 States, VANCOUVER. BC 298 Main St. Queenst^ Heights and Republic Pacific 7824 SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. signed oni and in transit were the Phone 6346 BAGOTVILLE. Quebce 20 Elgin St. Robin Goodfellow and Robin Kirk Phone: 545 (Seas Shipping); SteeJ Chemist, THOROLD. Ontario 82 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 Steel Rover and Andrew Jackson QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague (Isthmian), and Chickasaw, Bien­ Quebec Phone: 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince WUliam St. ville, Azalea City, Madaket and NB Phone: 2-5232 Antinous (Waterman). The Hilton paid off with the pos­ Great Lakes District sibility that she may go into idle ALPENA.. 133 W Fletcher status. The Marina has been trans­ Phone: '1238W BUFFALO. NY.../ 180 Main St. ferred to a foreign flag, but we un­ Phone:. Cleveland 7391 CLEVELAND......734 Lakeside Ave.. NE derstand that Bui; has purchased Phone: Main 1-0147 two C-^ to replace her and the DETROIT. . 1038 3rd St. Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 Hosario! . DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. ' A. S. Cardullo v Phone: Melrose 3-4110 SOUTH rniCAGO . saoyt ,9«nd st M » omUdMphtaf Poirt 'Agentf ) 11/4\ -SI m Shipping Sbows Gain, Fuiiire Onllook 'Fair' Phone; KMek ' 5-a4U> f ^ �Pafe r«iirte«l SEAFARERS tO^ Wage, Vacation JPay Booste Wilt Help Pay For This i»- I JMeendiier 11, OFF WATCH This featurs is designed to offer hints and information on hobbies, new products, developments, publications and the like tohich Seafarers may find helpful in spending.their leisure-time hours, both ashore and aboard ship. Queries addressed to "Off Watch," SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY, will be answered in the column or by mail, wherever possible, -f———— which these strains always Cameras and photographic equip­ sponse draw from Southerners everywhere," ment are not the only sure-to- With-this thought in mind, and a please gifts for the amateur lens- ready markqt in schools and such men; books on allied subjects often places where the historical signifi­ are just as much favored.' In any cance of the Civil War period can, event, what anpears to be a good help make a"best seller," Colum­ bet in this field is a volume titled bia Records recently came up with "Hints, Tips & Gadgets for the a new album called "The Confed­ Amateur Photographer," (London: eracy." "The Fountain Press; Philadelphia: -Available on one 12-inch LP disc Rayelle Publications, $2.95). It's a an^ in other speeds as weli, the collection of 120 how-to-do-it and record offers a colorful, sphited how-to-make-it ideas Sflected from The SEAFARERS LOG recent picture story, "Seafarer-Homeowner," has prompted Seafarer J. T. a popular feature in the Ikigllsh collection of music and words from, Spivey, Jr., to submit these photos of the new home which he and his .wife have just completed in weekly "Amateur Photograplter. the years 1861-65 and is packaged Shreve'port, La. A feature of the house, Spivey writes, is the cabinet-lined galley which is over Instructions for each item are spe­ with a speciaUy-produced histori­ 18 feet long and 14 feet wide. Also, he says, his wage boost, under the latest SIU contract, and his cific and detailed, and many are cal brochure describing the songs and the period. Hicluded are songs increase in vacation pay wUi come in mighty handy in helping to pay for this set-up. illustrated with drawings. like "General Lee's Grand March," ^ 3) All Quiet Along the Potomac To­ The Post Office Department has night," "The Yellow Rose of already announced its "Christmas Texas," "Lorena" and several present" for philatelists," with the others. disclosure of part of its 1955 pro­ 4) 4" 4" SIU crewmen who may be having a little difficulty putting zip into their shipboard meet­ gram of commemorative stamps. Some among the thousands of ings might take an object lesson from the crewmembers of the De Soto (Waterman). Re­ Designers of first-day cover en­ Seafarers who live along the route velopes and album publishers, as cently, for instance, the De Soto crewmen conducted a meeting at which « wide variety of well as the collectors themselves, of the Ocean Hiway between New York and Jacksonville, Fla., and are always Interested in such also know. how to use a camera, topics pertaining to the Union ^ attended, according to Phil cited a number of cases in which things. • Although the denomina­ may bo able to cash in on a photo were discussed. Many of the ever certain crewmembers, who were tions, colors^and designs, together contest vchich is already going on Reyes, who served as secretary. brothers took the floor to state For one thing, Reyes reports, not familiar with the agreement, with dates and places of first-day and will end finally next October their opinions on these topics, and Brother Lukas took the floor and lost out on their transportation it was agreed by all that this was gave a brief history of maritime money when the skippers of .the sale, are yet to be decided, the sub­ 1. The competition is sponsored by the Ocean Hiway Association the best shipboard meeting they unions, comparing the much im­ ships ' they were on discharged ject matter is now known. The four stamps, all of which which Is offering $400 in prizes for proved wages and working condi­ tlTem for cause. will probably be for domestic use,, the winning entries. tions of Seafarers with those of When several of the members will commemorate the 150th anni­ "The contest is open to all; there Seatrain Drill seamen 30 years ago. Brother disputed these statements, and versary of the Pennsylvania 'Acad­ are' no entry fees, no entry blanks Lukas urged the members not to questioned the payment of trans­ emy of Fine Arts—"oldest art in­ and no special requirements .for take all these gains for granted, portation money to men discharg­ stitution in the US," the 100th an­ entering, except that the photos but to be ever alert to keep them, ed for cause, Brother Reyes read niversary of the natioi^'s "first land subhiitted must have been taken to abide by the .contract and to the section of the agreement per­ grant colleges (Michigan State and along or near the official route of be loyal to the Union. taining to transportation money, Pennsylvania State), the 50th an­ the Ocean Hiway. A simple leaflet and said the payment of such niversary of Rotary International and highway map outlining all de­ Settling Beefs Brother Burke also took the floor money, even to men discharged for and the 100th year of the Soo tails of the competition can be ob­ and outlined the SIU method of cause, had been settled by Union Locks—the "world's busiest canal," tained by writing Dept. 3, Ocean on the Great Lakes. Hiway Association, PO Box 1552, settling beefs aboard ship. He officials and ships' captains. Brother Reyes warned, howevel:, Wilmington, Del. Entries have to pointed out that- no individual 4" t 1> . crewmember should directly ap­ that this does not give a man There are few people today, re­ be submitted to the Ocean Hiway proach his supei'ior officer on any liberty to perform aboard ship. gardless of where they hail from, Photo Contest, PO Box 267, grievance but should submit the Such a man, he pointed out, can who can't be stirred by the march­ Charleston, SC. No photographs be tried and disciplined by a fine ing rhythms of "Dixie" or the re­ will be returned. beef to his de­ or loss of his shipping rights ac­ partment d e 1 ecording to the Union constitution. gate. If neces­ LOG-A-RHYTHM: sary, he said, the Back Educational Program department dele­ All the members voiced the gate will turn opinion that more emphasis at the. beef over to shipboard meetings should be laid the ship's dele­ upon education and becoming more By M. Dwyer The Seatrain New Jersey pro­ gate, and if the familiar with the agreement, and J s h i p's delegate vided the setting for this a motion made by Brother Reyes photograph by Seafarer cannot obtain Home is the sailor, home from the sea. Reyes was i^econded and carried to devote Charles Oppenheimer, who's satisfaction from Safe from the wind and the rain, a portion of each meeting to a the officer or captain, he will sub­ discussion of the Union constitu­ much better known as "Sir . • k'.;, r!' His adventurous heart is at peace for awhile ' • - -..''-''if'' •' mit the beef to the proper shore- tion, contract or history. Charles." It shows some of his Till the day that he sails again. side Union official for action. shipmates during a fire and Such action, it was felt,'would Brother Reyes, who also spoke. help not only the permitmen on boat drill aboard the vessel. Home is the sailor to fires bright --'i board, but also oldtimers in the And the loved ongs who hold him so dear, Union whose familiarity with jhe 'Yet the sound of the ships in the harbor constitution and contract may be Forevermore. he will hear. getting a little rusty. •w -of: The meeting, which Was presided Home is the sailor,-home fo^ awhile. over by Brother^ G. Callahan, As the hunter comes home from" the hill. closed with many individual crew­ , (1) The largest city on the European continent is: (a) Rome, (b) Ber­ men, including permitmen, asking The time will pass, then he's off again lin, (c) Paris, (d) Moscow. various questions about their rights, With a craving that he"ll never still. i'r.. (2) An American, Florence Chadwick, has been in the news in re­ and benefits, and the oldtimers cent times because she successfully swam the English Channel. Who aboard answering these questions Though he kindles the fire of roaming. was the^ first woman to perform this feat? and pointing out that the rights To ashes the fire will burn. (3) Four hundred passengers boarded a cruise ship in the ports of and benefits of SIU men make the And the hearts that he leaves behind him Boston and New York, bound for three ports in the Caribbean. If 15 SIU second to none among mari­ percent of the passengers got off in Havana, and 28 percent were due time unions. • >r.'- ' Must be patient until his. return. to leave the ship in Ciudad Trujillo, hovv many were bound for San Juan? (4) In what country was Mata Hari shot as a spy in October, 1917? (5) What was the biggest real estate deal in history? (6) Is anthracite or bituminous coal more common in the US? (7) How old is a'person who is now as old as three times his age three years from now iess three times his age three years ago?. (8) Where is the famous village of Waterloo located: (a) France, (b) Belgium, (c) England,..(d) Germany? It was the site of an epic battle in the Napoleonic wars. (9) What were the names of the three ships which went on Columbtis' first expedition to the New World? (10) Which cities are Involved in >€aiarles Dickens' novel "A Tale of Two Cities"? ' ' • - \- Ships Meeting-De Soto Style Home Is The Sailor \ iv ' V' v" 11 I2|iiz Corner [[if- Iif- IM ^-fs-: • • • • - ft I �Deeember 10; 19S4 SEA^FARKRS LOG V f By Spike Marlin Out Of Seafarer-CI, And He Likes It There's a lot to be said for shipping as a crewmember on an SIU ship. But there's also a lot to be said for enoying the comforts of being a passenger, ^ven if you've got to get into Photogenic, Huh? I 'iV: - • I .?r:r-'v; This might not be the kind of makeup Marilyn Monroe would use, but it didn't stop wipers D. Flynn (left) and Sam K. I^eed from posing for FWT Everett Hord aboard the Steel Scientist (Isthmian) in Cal­ cutta. Hord got this shot right after Flynn, and Reed had fin­ ished cleaning out the ship's boilers. "Army khaki to do so. • This is the word from Sea­ Johnny, his address is: John But­ farer Johnny Butler, who's ler US 51298538, 81st Trans. Co. now serving'Uncle Sam, and (BOAI), APO 217, c/o Postmaster, who writes the LOG that a "one- New York, NY. ia-a-million" chance made him a passenger on the SlU-contracted Cracker State Mariner (South At­ lantic) when the Army sent him to France, eight months after be en­ tered the service. "Naturally," Johnny writes, "this was an exceptionally enjoyable ex­ perience for me since it gave me the opportunity to renew acquaitrtances with some of my old ship­ mates such as Myles Sterne, Henry Robinson, Eddie Van Wyck and that old belly robber. Cliff Wilson. "Everyone in the crew," Johnny says, "extended us Army boys every courtesy, from Ramon, the passenger utility, to Chips Nilsbeck, the ship's delegate, and our crossing, to La Pallice, France, was Swapping a few reminiscences really great. with an old shipmate. Seafarer "Nevertheless," Johnny con­ John Butler (right) gets to­ cludes, "I can hardly wait until my gether with Henry Robinson, Army sentence is up, and I'm sail­ second electrician on Cracker ing as a crewmember myself on an State Mariner. Butler, now SIU ship again." a GI, was Mariner passenger For those who want to write on run to LaPaiiice, France. SE Asia Seen ''Well Worth Saving' Is Southeast Asia worth saving? For the Western democracies, that area of the world is well worth protecting from the ravages of Communism, believes Seafarer Harry Kronmel. Kronmel makes this observation as the result of a four-months run to the Far East aboard the Steel Seafarer (Isthmian). During this pe­ nine years ago that thousands of seem completely indifferent to riod he visited many of the Filipinos were slaughtered and their future fate, despite the fact tinder boxes in the current -struggle between the forces of Communism and democracy, and talked to many of the native in­ habitants of these places. And from these talks he is convinced that Southeast Asia is worth sav­ ing because the majority of the people there, although not neces­ sarily pro-Western, are definitely anti-Communist, and do not wish to be ruled either by Moscow or Peiping. Here, in capsule form, are some of Kroiimel's impressions of the ports and countries he visited: MANILA: The people here still bate the Japanese. It was only i - nil;; .«• gA:V:.V-v,,' their relatives refuse to forget. The Filipinos fear an atom bomb attack but feel more secure with US bases on the islands. Inter­ nally, the people are cleaning house under the direction of a firm but liberal government; and—bar­ ring attack—they hope for a more stable future. SAIGON: The natives talk very little about the war. They simply accept the fact that their city is dying. The French servicemen and merchant sailors generally believe the US is "okay," but also feel the US should let France act in Indo-China as she pleases. , BANGKOK: Here the people CMMSIP 30ly/e UMO/i AflD^Pc^/i. BR0THm, BYNOMIHATING -^oUFSeifiM£enN& ft>STS Atio coMMffBe joe&. ev0fi^ QeAfARB/z sHoom Mine CAFfiAfOA 0F4SMOA. - v.'. \ •r. - 11 ,1 I that Thailand seems to be next on the Communist timetable of con­ quest because it is rich in rice and oil. For th> past century the teaching of English has been com­ pulsory in the public schools—a practice dating back to the days of "Anna and the King of Siam." Is 'Problem ChUd' INDONESIA:'This young repub­ lic is the problem-child of South­ east Asia, with civil war plus Com­ munist pressure causing it to "go around in circles." In the port of Jakarta there is a martial law set­ up which is strictly "bahoo"— which means it smells bad. Most of the business places are owned by Chinese and decorated with photos of the Russian and Chi­ nese Communist leaders. ~ "SINGAPORE: Here, where more order and cleanliness prevail, the population is about 90 percent Chi­ nese and 10 percent Malayan, and about the only Europeans or Ameridans to be seen are seamen. The many Chinese, however, consider themselves to be citizens of Malaya, not China, and are predominantly anti-Communist. In summing up, Kronmel says that in the seven. Southeast Asia countries" he visited he found strong nationalist feelings.. Most of the people desire independence, but right now the Communist pro­ gram is a threat to their future in­ dependence, and therefore there is an opportunity for the US to build up a strong pro-American feeling. Put Number On Meeting Excuses Seafarers sending telegrams or letters to the New York headquarters dispatcher asking to be excused from attending headquarters membership meetings must Include the reg­ istration ^ number of their chipping card in the message From now on. If the number Is not included, the excuse can­ not b» «ecep(M kar tlie dis­ patcher. It may be coincidence, or it may be that there is no other city of a million population handy on the eastern seaboard, but Baltimore has become the dumping ground for the humpty-dumpties of the sport world. Up until now, it's been assumed that Baltimoreans would crave some big-time action and come out to see it even though the home-town representative was slightly on the moth-eaten side. The promoters are discovering to their horror that it just isn't so. Of course It's always possible that Baltimore isn't the red-hot sports town it's been cracked-up to be. Nobody has really found out up to now, simply because Balti­ more has never been given an entry that could inspire anybody's enthusiasm. The tipoff on the indifference of Baltimore to second-rate goods was the failure of the Baltimore Bullets, the cellar-dwelling pro basketball club. The Bullets were in. debt for a few thousand dollars, nothing that would strain the pockets of any well-to-do business­ man. The owners of the club at­ tempted to peddle it for about two weeks but couldn't find any takers even though it doesn't require more than a couple of good play­ ers to turn a lousy basektball team into a decent one. Home atten­ dance of less than 2,000 at a few home games discouraged all com­ ers. Never Struck Oil The pro football entry, the Bal­ timore Colts, isn't fracturing, any attendance records either. The Colts found a home in Baltimore only after some extra-curricular wanderings that carried them as far westward as Dallas. There they drew as much applause as a dry-hole oil well. Texas was aban­ doned one dark, moonless night and Baltimoi-e chosen out of des^peration more than anything else. The change of air hasn't done the club much good. While cap­ able of putting up a fairly-decent front, the Colts haven't been win­ ning many ball games. The most talked-of trek to Balti­ more was last year's shift of the St. Louis Browns. The quick change of uniform and name didn't alter the dreary aspect of the club's performance. In this in­ stance though, the club did very well in the turnstile department, and even better after the season in snagging Paul Richards as gen­ eral manager. Richards promptly set the town buzzing with his daring and pos­ sibly preposterous trade of pitch­ ers Turley and Larsen for a slew of New York Yankee second-string­ ers. Despite all the brave talk about building for the future, this kind of a trade looks like a dis­ tinctly short-run investment. Rich­ ards knows very well that another season like the last would put the ball club in the deep freeze. He's hoping to get one or two years' breathing space out of old pro Woodling and pitchers Byrd and McDonald to give him a chance to develop a decent club. Real Romance Run •• , 4 • I I I .(SI I I 1 c 41 Sailing on the Evangeline proved to be the road to ro­ mance for George Svenningsen, as this photo shows. George met his bride—Marie Surette of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia—while he was on the ship last summex'. •^1 41 :^l 4i| m i The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer Frank Mailory's recipe for "Hawaiian HollandaiAe." Feelings on special sauces to be poured over meats, fish or vegetables are generally split into two well-defined camps. Some people are very partial to them, and others like their food unspoiled by anything but natural juices. Even in the face of this, however. Seafarer Frank Mallory. is willing to present the recipe for a sauce he picked up while in Hawail. Those who like this sort of thing really like it, and those who don't 'wouldn't want it anyway, so you can't get through to them, anyhow. Mallory, inci­ dentally, has Mallory been shipping for just a few years now as a cook and also worked ashore in some big-city eateries. But he finds cook­ ing for a hungry ship's crew really has its Tewards—aside from the good SIU pay and conditions. Naturally enouji^h, the Hawaiian recipe has some of the Island's principal export in it, and here's what you need to prepare it: 1 pound butter, 12 egg yolks, 4 ounces lemon Juicti 4 teaspoons salt, 1 teaspoon pepper, 1 pint un­ sweetened canned pineapple juice. Firet cream the butter, then add the yolks a couple at a time and beat well. Next, add the lemon juice and salt and pepper. Then, just before serving, add hot pine­ apple juice, a little at a time, beating continuously. Cook in a double boiler arrangement, stir­ ring constantly, until the sauce thickens {ike boiled custard. (Should yield nearly two quarts.) Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks Regular membership meet­ ings in SIU headquarters and at/all branches are held every second Wednesday night at 7 PM. The schedule for the next few meetings Is as follows: Dec. 15, Dec. 29, Jan. 12. All Seafarers registered on the shipping list are required to attend tiie meetings. J - .... M �S^E*AfAWWW%t>V^ Turkey Day Fare Wine Applause I t-; a- - To the Editor: , We, the crewmembers of the Steelore, would like to give our heartiest thanks to our steward de« partment for giving us one of the best Thanksgiving Day dinners we had in many years of SIU sailing.* The men who were responsible for this wonderful meal were Ed­ ward J. Debardelaben, chief stew­ ard; Joseph J. Padelsky, chief cook; S. S. Disharoom, second cook; E. C. Brown, third cook; Wil­ liam Matthews and Winston Jack­ son, messmen, and J. B. Malenke, chief pantryman. As you know, the Steelore is one With the kinks out of their system, and some good chow under of the oldest ships still to be in their belts, men picked up by Steel Director look happy now. service under an SIU contract. 4 The ship was in mothballs for some time, and was practically eaten up by rust, but going at her in real SIU style we have gotten her back To the Editor: in shape again. Crew of the Steelore Just thought you might be in­ terested in getting the enclosed Ji J" photo and also some information about two fishermen who were rescued by the crew of the Steel Director two hours before we hit To the Editor: Barring the outbreak of a war Singapore. These men got caught in a squall within the next two weeks, and ex­ cluding the Mau Mau terrorism in and their boat was overturned. When we finally Kenya and the constant sniping picked them up between the Chinese nationalists they had been and communists. Seafarers this sitting on the year will observe Christmas in overturned hull peace. This will be the first Christ­ for two days, and mas in 20 years told us that no­ when there has Robert E. Quinn body else would not been an ac­ pick them up. tive battlefield But anyway we somewhere or other, and it is a JBoyer P"* « lifeboat over the side and sobering thought. As a matter of got them, and I might say that we To the Editor: fact, there have got a nice compliment from the I'm a retired bookmember of the been few peace­ skipper for our seamanship. SIU, and I'm writing now to ask Incidentally, the photo I am ful Christmases Brault since 1914, be­ sending was taken by F. E. Hagin, if some of the brothers can see their way clear to give me a hand. cause for the past 40 years wars FWT. Guess that's all, so will close by As a result of three operations I have been waged on a greater or lesser scale in some country in the saying "hello" to all the boys and have had on my broken hip in the hoping everything Is mighty fine world. last few years, it appears that I You may remember that it was with them. won't be able to go to sea again. Percy Boyer not long after the end of the "war Right now I'm on crutches and still to end wars" and the birth of the 4" 4" League of^Nations that Poland got getting treatment. I'm also facing into trouble with the newly-born an operation for k catqract on my Communist Russia. Then Japan right eye. moved into Manchuria and soon To the Editor: I broke the hip in a shipboard after that long conflict ended I have been receiving the SEA­ Japan invaded China proper. Then FARERS LOG for almost 14 accident in 1949 and it didn't heal properly. The last trip I was able came the Italian war in Ethiopia, months at my to make was back in 1952 on the the Spanish civil war and the outfit here in Sea Gale. » fighting between Russia and Fin­ Pusan, and 1 want to 'thank land. Doesnt Qualify Pot Kept Boiling you for a good Unfortunately, because I had These wars—interspersed with job well done in very little seatime in the past five odds and ends of fighting in Pales­ keeping those years due to the injury, I wasn't tine, South other LOGS rolling. able to qualify for the SIU dis­ areas—kept the pot boiling until There are half ability benefit. the outbreak of World War II. a dozen ^lU men I know that many a time in the Surely, this is a dismal record, in my outfit—the pe Marco past I dug down along with but the picture has been made 501st Harbor even more depressing since 1945 Craft Company—and they all agree the rest of the gang to give an by the scientific developments the LOG is doing a great job of unfortunate shipmate a hand when he needed it. ' I'm hoping I can which might very well cause the repjirting the Union's activities. destruction of humanity if we ever Despite this, the one thing I've count on a little help myself now had another major war. been waiting for is the time when that I'm In a spot. Any of the At any rate, let us Seafarers be I could tell you to stop sending the brothers who feel they can help thankful that this Christmas, at* LOG to me. And now I can be­ me can get in touch with me at least, is one which we can enjoy cause I'm coming home. Oh, happy home, 101 West 69th Street, New York City. Thanks to all. day! in peace. Robert E. Quina Ray Brault Pasquale E. De Marco Storm \ictims GetSiU'LiW Seafarer Hopes > For Xmas Peace f t'.- fev It K" J r- ®^ Brother In Need Asks Assistance His Happy D'Day Is Diseharye Day ' '-'i. • H s- '' Fort Knox IsnH End Of Rainbow, DMtofbkr MK'IW Mother Grateful For Scholarship To the Editor: I am sending you my new ad­ dress and I hope you will continue to send me the LOG there as 1 certainly enjoy reading it, par­ ticularly , when my husband is at sea. As you know, our son. Jack, was one of the winners of this year's SIU college scholarships and is now attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I could hardly believe it when I learned he had been named one of the winners, and I want to thank all thdse concerned in his selection. Mrs. Eddie S. Game (Ed. note: Your change of ad­ dress has been noted.) To the Editor: Well, here I am at Fort Knox, Ky., where there's supposed to be gold in them thar hills. . But if you think that makes me happy, it doesn't. All I keep wishing is that I could return to sea on an SIU ship, because those days were heaven compared to this Army life. There we had plenty of good food, prepared by good SIU cooks, good bedding, and peaceful nights with the roll of the sea to lull you to ... 4> 4 4> sleep. There's nothing like that here. I think that the trouble with this man's Army is that there's no organization. You can't get To the Editor: enough guys to stick together to • Thanks very much for sending get anything decent, and when I me the LOG.; Although I'm now talk unionism to retired, due to a disability, I cer­ these boys, and tainly do like to keep up with tell them how what's going on in the Union. much good it Here in San Diego, where I live, does, they don't we are getting quite a few SIU believe it a n d wagons and I- try to visit them think it's all a whenever I can to see who I know joke. on them. I live only a couple of blocks from the watei'front and They think it's can see what ships are in the har­ a joke, that is, bor from my window.. until I show them Corriveau Thanks again to the SIU for all my copies of the LOG, and then they get real inter­ its past favors. Robert E. Van Dom ested and start shooting questions at me. 4 4 4 Speaking of the LOG, I hope you will note my new ad^ess and make the necessary change in your mailing list. I have a good buddy here, whose address I am To the Editor: I would like to advise you of enclosing, and I also hope you will the death of an old bookmember send him the LOG so he won't be of the SIU—Chester Kuplicki. swiping my copy. Brother Kuplicki, who died No­ Discharge Denied vember 1 of a heart condition, When i first got into this Army I sailed SIU ships throughout the made an application to get a hard­ war, but was obliged to retire after ship discharge as I had been sup­ a near-fatal accident aboard the porting my family while going to William Ryder in 1945 in Gran. I feel sure his old shipmates sea. Both my mother and father will be concerned to hear that this are ill, and my father, who is 60 years old, only makes $25 a week brother has passed away. Edward Hodge and cannot support the two minor children who are still at home. 4 4 4 But the Army refused to pay any­ thing because my father still made a little money, and today they turned down my application for a discharge although I had letters To the Editor: I am writing this to express my from doctors, priests and others. It's a lucky thing for me that I wils sincere appreciation to the crew of the Robin able to save a little money while Tuxford for their I was sailing SIU. kindness to me Anyway, I guess I'll just have when I was hos­ to sweat it out in the Anpy for a pitalized in Mom­ while longer. Meanwhile, I'd like basa. to isay "hello" to. all my old bud­ I would also dies ' and'' shipmates and wish like to express them happy holidays and good my sincere apsailing. preoiation to the Pvt. Joseph C. Corriveau purser and crewPanette US 54159386 xhembers of the Co. A, 240th Const. Eng. Robin Kirk, on which I was sent Fort Knox, Ky. back to the States, and would like Likes To Watch Ships Come In Reports Death Of Old Bookman He^s Grateful To Robin Crews mess, for his wonderful service. �I«/UM Pao. Serenteesr -'v . ^ .. DIGEST of SHIPS^ MEETINGS... fit NORTl (Mlululppn, OetoMr l- Chilrman, Cranai Swratary, Callahan. Traaaurcr reported fSS.BO In the ahip'a funid. Brother Acy asked the crewmemberk to please cooperate with blm and put their dirty linen in the linen bags that he had placed in strategic places gor their convenience and his. There wai a discussion about the ship's tund and what It should be used for. of thankg wag glvon to tho Itgward de­ partment. Dlacuaalon on varloua Itcmi of intereat for the good and welfare of the crew and the Union ax a whole. A dlscuxsion wax alxo held on emergency driUx, xhipboard cleaninexx, etc. BRADFORD ISLAND (Cltlef Service), October 29—Chairman, R. Lyie; Secretary, V. Ratcllff. Messhall wlU be painted. Dis­ cussion on ship'x library. The drainx are CAROLYN (Bull), October 37—Chair- stopped up in the deck department toUet. mad, Donald Rood; Secretary, Staphen New iron purchased for crew out of Muico. Ship's fund totals t42.80. Sug- xhip'e fund. - gestlon made that steward put out better MARYMAR (Calmer), October 34 — menus and meats. Also the steward aholild make sure that steak meat is Chairman, T. Suit; Secretary, A. Retko. grade A. Ship's delegate and steward A overwhelming vote of appreciation del(^gate will see captain about getting and thanks went to the steward depart­ ment for the bang up job they did. Crew steward department showers painted. reports that first class food le served. IBERVILLI (Waterman), October 33— Brother MUton Carp was taken off the Chairman, A. Varn; Secretary, Paul Cox. ship and hospitaUzed in San Francisco Motion made and. carried that delegates in September, and If any brother saw check hospital and see that it is clean. him Injured he should contact Brother Suggestion made that all beefs be taken Carp or the payoff patrolman. Chief to the department or the ship's delegate steward Andy Besko wiU contact the and not to . the hall by the men them­ port steward about obtaining new mat­ selves. tresses before signing on. CHIWAWA (Cities Ssrvlce), October 30 —Chairman, P. Hammel; Secretary, T. Cloygh. Motion made and carried to in­ struct ship's delegate to check with headquarters on payoif; status of ship when sha.. goes to the' shipyard. A vote PERSONAI.S Thomas Y. Loian Cjret in touch with your sister, Mr$, Phyllis Plasio, Box 166, Renton, Pa. Family is anxious to hear from you. : i i t John H. Murray Please contact your wife at 271 Maleleu Place, Staten Island, NY. 3« 4" ' Richard Leikas Your mother is seriously ill and in hospital. Write or call your aunt, Mrs, Victor Kauro at 1463 W. 6th Street, Ashtabula, Ohio, phone 4-8393. There is also some important m^ waiting for you at your brother's home. 4" I> 4 3^ Telly (Shorty) Vasquez Oontact Robert J. Barger, 220 North 5th Street, West Dundee, 111. •if '4" 4" John Phillip Hayward Please contact Mrs. K. Hayward, at HR 3, Verner, Ontario, Canada. ~ . .3) 3) 3) Gilford Simms Ed Lu?ui; asks you to get in touch with him through the Balti­ more hall and give him your address. . • Puzzle Anzwer DEL MONTI (Mississippi), Sepfombsr 4—Chairman, N. Funken; Secretary, C. Dowllng. Motion made and carried to post previous . minutes on, the bulletin board. Sugestion that the delegates con­ tact the first assistant about having aU scuppers and drains checked and opened. Soiled linen should be placed in laundry bags hanging in passageway. Secrstary, Thomas A. Royholdt. A hear­ ty vote of thanks was given to the crew for tho care they gave two men who were hospitaUzed during tho voyage. A certain amount of conflicting personality beefs present In the deck department, but they can be taken caro of by hold­ ing a' special deck department meeting. Motion made ibat the Union make an aU out effort to obtain air conditioning throughout all SIU contracted vessels on steady tropical runs. October 10—Chairman, A. Shrlmpton; Secretary, T. Reynolds. - Ship's fund to­ tals $40. Brother Mitchell spoke at length regarding the carrying of tales topside. Beef with steward department over painting tO bo referred to the patrolman. LIBERTY FLAO (Dover), October 32— Chairman, J. McRac; Seereiary, N. ,McGulre. A new ship's delegate was elected. Ordinary and wiper wiU take care of the laundry room and the steward depart­ ment will take care of the recreation room. CANTIGNY (Cities Service), October 24 —Chairman, A. W. Phillips; Secretary, M. G. Ohstrom. Television set is going to be repaired. New mattresses are on order. Donations for the ship's fund will be accepted by the ship's treasurer at payoff. AU brotners were urged to con­ tribute about SI each. SAN MATEO' VICTORY (Eastern), Oc­ tober 21—Chairman, Robert Miller; Sec­ HASTINGS (Waterman), October 17 — retary, L. Bruce. A cable was sent to Chairman.' Crawford; Secretary, J. Wells. the Union hall about paying off and lay­ Motion made and carried to start a ship's fund, and crewmembers will give on a voluntary basis. A vote of thanks was given to the radio operator for putting out news every morning. HILTON (Bull), October 14—Chairman, Henry Herklnhelns; Secretary, W. Ben- nerson. Request for a new Ubrary made. Soap dishes are needed in aU showers. Crewmembers suggested that a new washing machine be installed. YAKA (Waterman), August 33—Chair­ man, T. Scanlon; Secretary, Cross. Ship's delegate elected. Discussion held con­ cerning lack of consideration on part of some men. Crewmembers were asked to bring eups back to the messhaU after us­ ing same. Steward asked aU hands to stow cots away when not in use. KATHRYN (Bull), no date—Chairman, D. Mann; Secretary, A. Oonzalex. Motion made and carried to contact patrolman about lava soap situation, and the food problem. A suggestion was made to make six copies of the repair list and give same to different department heads. MAE (Bull), October 3—Chairman, A. Bokan; Secretary, C. Stansbury. Ship's delegate reported that the new fans are being installed and all other repairs are being taken care of. The timer for the washing machine was sent to the Suzanne by mistake. There la a balance of 326.70 in the ship's fund. Rods for aerial will be purchased In Baltimore. YAKA (Waterman), October 10—Chair­ man, Morgan; Sacrotary, Tapman. One man missed ship in San Juan, and one walked off the ship In Miami. Motion mSde and carried to see about new fans, ice box and the crew's drinklng-fountain. STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), Septem­ ber 19--Chalrman, Ausslo Shrlmpton; Ifuiz Anewerz . (1) ((d) Moscow. (2) Gertrude Ederle (1926). (3) 228. (4) France. (5) The Louisiana Purchase (1803). The US paid France $15 million for the territory, which was made up of all or part of 13 of the 48 states. (6) Bituminous, or soft coal, is much more common. (7) 18 years old. (8) (b) Belgium. (9) The Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria. (10) London and Paris. ing up the ship. Balance of the ship's fund wUl be turned over to the patrol­ man for the March of Dimes. The iron and poker chips were raffled out free of cost. The Steward department was given a vote of thanks. OCEAN ULLA (Ocean Transportation), October 24—Chairman, E. J. Bender; Sec­ retary, R. Hernandez. Crew was asked to take care of new mattresses and the new washing machine that was put aboard. Steward department lockers are in very bad shape. Crew mess and. rec­ reation room need painting. town. -Motion nude and carried that and were not reported to the Union. Mo­ aufficient atores be put on board to last tion made and carried to give the stew­ ard department a big vdte of thanks for at least four months. the food they served as well as their ILIZABETH (Bull). October 4—Chair­ cooperation. man. W. Lacbance; Sacratary, Robert FELTORE (Ore), October 10—Chairman, Rivera. Beef concerning firing of crew mess without being told why. Second T. Jacks; Sacratary, P. Smith. The crew cook missed ship in New York. Discus­ was in favor of contacting a patrolman sion concerning food and quality of same. to make up a price list of articles car­ October 20—Chairman. R. Barret; Sec­ ried in the slopchest. The crew voted retary* C. Oliver. General discussion on on having a sanitary list posted starting keeping laundry, working gear locker with the next trip. Each watch will be responsible for thd cleaning of the night and wash room clean. pantry. DEL ALBA (Mississippi). October 31— ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), October 10— Chairman, G. Duncan; Secretary. W. Gals. Chairman, R. Kelly; Secretary, J. Pursell. Phonograph wiU he kept locked in all Deck delegate reported that if any per­ ports. Discussion on the ILA beef. forming is done the captain will not al­ low "extras" to be brought on board. ROBIN WENTLEY (Seas Shipping), Oe- Discussion on instaUing washing machine, tobar 31—Chairman, J. Howin; Secretary, and clearing drains in the laundry. October 28—Chairman, J. Davis; Secre­ R. Kianask. Repairs and requisitions for new equipment required in all quarters, tary, J. Pursell. Messroom should be and must contain pertinent details such painted and on arrival in port this will as location, type of repairs required, etc. be discussed. Talk on proper setting up Scupper in laundry will be cleaned and of tables and of messman serving proper­ ly. A vote of thanks was given to the buzzer instaUed for the man on watch. steward and his department. A vote of thanks from the crew was given to Cap­ YAKA (Waterman), October 31—Chair­ man, M. Cross; Secretary, J. Mackenzie. tain Bulla for his consideration to a A lengthy discussion was -held on what crcwmember who needed medical at­ happens to the cups that the pantrj-man tention. leaves out for coffee at night. The crew DEL CAMPO (Mississippi), October 31— was asked to cooperate a litUe more and Chairman, Pat TruarasI; Secretary, M. bring cups back to the pantry. Macdonald. The steward was asked to WACOSTA (Waterman), November 9— put out more night limch. A new ship's Chairman, A. Prentek; Secretary. J. Bed- delegate was elected. nar. Patrolman wiU be contacted for two TROJAN TRADER (Seres), October 27— fans in each room. Motion made to see captain and have messroom used only by Chairman, N. R. Nutchlns; Secretary, W. crew and not engineers. Slopchest will N. Thompson. A motion was made and be checked in next port for additional carried that the ship's delegate and three department delegates see the captain articles. about the repairs needed now, and those STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian), November that were carried over from last voyage. 7—Chairman, Dava Barry; Secretary, V. They wlU also see that the necessary Grande. The second electrician "Jumped stores and slopchest needed for this voy­ ship in Kahului and the chief cook took age are put aboard before saiUng. Stew­ sick in the same port and was hospital­ ard department wUl take care of the ized there. Twenty dollars was collected recreation room and the deck and engine from the membership to cover cost of departments will take turns keeping the telegram sent to New York hall. Out of laundry room clean. this money only $10.80 was spent and the ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), October 7— remaining $9.20 will be tlonated to the ship's fund. Several complaints about Chairman, C. A- Case; Secretary, L. B. the mate aboard ship. A vote of thanks Moore. Ship's delegate was elected. A ^ in the bosun's' was given to the steward department dishwater canary flew and especially to Mike, the best crew foc'sle aroimd coffee time; the bosun de­ cided to let him stay as mawot. but the messman. bird died in the afternoon. JOHN B. KULUKUNDIS (Martis), Octo­ ber 17—Chairman, C. Tobas; Secretary, S. Harris. Motion made and carried to in­ form Union headquarters of slow allot­ ment checks and draws. Laundry clean­ MARORE (Ore), Odober 17—Chairman, ing detaU arranged between deck and en­ gine department sanitary men. The oiler B. Colyer; Secretary, E. Harrison. Two was t^ken off in Cuba with an injured men missed the ship in Baltimore and WiU be turned over to the patrolman. The finger. steward department got a vote of thanks GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), for 100 percent improvement in the food October 24—Chairman, J. Burns; Secre­ and baking. November 4—Chairman, R. Colyer; Sec­ tary, Demelner. In the event ship makes another voyage requested fans wUl posi­ retary, E. Harrison. Ship's, delegate re­ tively be put on. Ship's delegate in­ ported that all repairs are being taken formed crew that captain is wilUng to care of, and what repairs cannot be com­ obtain merchandise out of bond as usual pleted will be finished up in the yard. Pantry should be kept cleaner in the if they so desire. future. ROBIN GOODFELLOW (Seas Shipping), SOUTHERN CITIES (Southern), Novem­ November 7—Chairman, P. Marlnelll; Sec­ retary, A. Knowlton. Engine department ber 2—Chairman, S. Vindui, Jr.; Secre­ man was logged for missing ship in Cape­ tary, J. Merder. Two men missed ship primarily responsible for dream­ ing up this proposal and what out­ side agency was broughyn to draft the "profile" system, ^he "pro­ files" bear all the earmarks of a shoreside testing service that has no direct knowledge of conditions of work at sea. Further the SIU is still attempt­ ing to determine the role of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare in the drafting of these proposals. Further infonnation as to the background of the Coast Guard plan is now being processeiL In the meanwhile. Seafarers are urged to write members of House and Senate maritime committees as well as the House and Senate Labor Committees notifying them of the Coast Guard's plans and motives. Members of these com­ mittees, who are expected to hold the same committee posts in the new Congress, include the follow­ ing: Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee: Senators John Butler, Maryland; Charles Potter, Michigan; Warren Magnuson, Washington; Lyndon B. Johnr son, Texas; George A. Smathers, Florida. House Merchant Marine Com­ Sigiied, t .-f •#: . » «• ^ • D (t • V* mittee: Thor C. 'Tollefson, Wash­ to AVOID OUPLlCAtlON: tf you aro an eld subscribgr and hav» a ehanga ington; John H. Ray, New York; of at dress, please qlva your former addrais barowt ' " Samuel Curtis Edward A. Garmatz, Maryland; Tjjour discharge from the Can- John F. Shelley, California; Don *£SS . .. tigny, dated. August 19, 1953, is be­ Magnuson, Washington; Eugene J. ing held in the SEAFARERS LOG Keogh, New York. Senate Labor Committee: Irving office. #CiTY ZONE . StATI (soQca sinHSES sHGaacaH sna ssBs ssaog •[sa Eaos SBBQ cn «' 0 NOTICES • **tsesssaeats* • •?s| -"I'l •-II m ••iii ^1 KYSKA (Waterman), October 24—Chair­ man, P. Whitlaw; Secretary, E. Kuudisslim. Steward asked that all dirty linen be turned in. Crew agreed that the food has imprdved since the new steward and chief cook have come aboard. Ship's dele­ gate will see if a Sea Ctsest can be put aboard before leaving for Far East. SEAXRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), Oc­ tober 20—Chairman, B. Steward; Secre­ tary, John M. Galas. Motion made and carried that ship's delegate see chief mate about painting rooms. Ship's treas­ urer's report was read and accepted with a total of $79.33. Ship's delegate re­ signed and Brother Clark was elected. •^JBI ...rl SIU BLAST AT BRAIN-BODY TEST STIRS WAVE OF CG DOOBLETALK (Continued from page 2) makes it obvious that somebody in the Coast Guard hoped to sneak this one through by dead of night. Very few individuals or organiza­ QBlSSa Q3S tions receit'ed copies of the propo­ SSBBCS [IBUQSiaQ sals, including shipowner SIU DBS SSBSSa QOa headquarters got a copy only SIQQB [ISQ DQISS through a secondary source and SO SBESnSDS [ZIBfZI even the New York office Of the [laSBSQSB BBQfZilS! Coast Guard pleaded ignorance, dlKS SBSQQ referring all queries to Washing­ ton. Clearly, little attempt was made to put Copies into the hands of those most concerned with the proposals. In fact the first an­ nouncement of the ^oposals was made by the Coast Guard before Editor. an insurance group's convention. SEAFARERS LOG, While the current Coast Guard 67s Fourth Ave., proposal has been pretty well de­ molished by the SIU's exposure of Brooklyn 32, NY . its numerous and glaring defects, I would |ikMQ receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please it Is apparent by Admiral Rich­ mond's remarks that the general (Print Information) Coast put my name on ypuir mailing list, Guard objective — that of imposing new controls cn seamen, has not been abandoned by a long NAME • 9 • • • • shot. In the Union's continuing inves­ STF EET ADDRESS • •• • • tigation several questions are still unanswered. The Union is anxious to find out which bureaucrat is . . .. .ZONE STATE QoaQ •Ti Ives, New York; Herbert Lehman, New York; James Murray, Mon­ tana; Lister Hill, Alabama; Paul Douglas, Illinois. House Labor Committee: Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr., New Jersey; Graham A. Harden, North Carolina and Augustine B. Kelley, Pennsyl­ vania. Announce Govt's '55 Ship Aims (Continued from pagfe 3) a imiform sale price for Govern­ ment-owned Mariner ships. Senator Butler, who is consid­ ered an outspoken supporter of Government assistance to the mari­ time industry, expressed approval of the Commerce Department's program as aiding both shipbuild­ ing and shipping. He made special point of the experimental program designed to reduce turnaround time, and of th^ tramp shipping subsidy. Of course, all aspects of the De­ partment of Commerce- proposals will have to pass the hurdle of the next Congress; Chances for Con­ gressional approval of the entire program are slight, although some of it Is likely lo go through. -J �^Wttgtr BlflMM VV AF-n'R'BH 3'HOC Dfshini; Out Th# Matern^^ , SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS 4''"- Fr«" REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID Te../fs5t.:i^..r..>irif., No. Seafarefs Receivirip Benefits this Period Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer ; Total Benefita Paid this Period Ao WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD JkuBiuLBtASfiUL 1?^" -• ^ • SlU representative Benny Gonzales (right) counts out the $200 maternity benefit while Seafarer John Keimedy signs receipt. Tampa Seafarer is shown with wife and new son Anthony, who also received $25 US defense bond from the Union. AJJL£. Aa ^9,D0Q oo Death Beneflra DliabUltv Beaefita Maternitv Beaaflta VacatlBa Benefita IfiUL 2£ WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hoapital Benefita Paid Siace Tulv 1. IPSO ' Death Benefita Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 DiaihiiitV Benefita Paid STace May I. 1W2.' £SSL Mrs. Robert Musselwhite, 4531 Pen Mrs. Patrick O. Thompson, 2314 All of the following SlU families i2&za will collect the $200 maternity Annunciation Street, New Orleans Lucy Rd., Baltimore, Md. benefit plus a $25 bond from the La. 4> 4> 4 Feb. II. IW • Union in the baby's name: Ella Laura Waldrop, born Octo­ Vaeathwi Benefit. jji ^ Toial IISraSiHRfl James Allen Milton, born Octo­ ber 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. anc Judith Janice Finnell, born No­ vember 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and ber 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Waldrop, 129 East * Date Benefita B«..a Mrs. Arthur P. Finneli, 7837 Ford Mrs. Dewey Milton, 2227 Roanoke Avenue, South, Panama City, Fla. WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Avenue, Roanoke, Va. 4 4 4 Street, Houston, Texas.. Richard Orlanda Scarborough, ir it il> t> • 1 Vacatioo Guadalupe Rivera, bom Febru­ born September 9, 1954. Parents, Richard NOrman East, born Octo­ 97 Cash oa Hand Mr. and Mrs. Richard Scarborough, ary 14,1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. ber 3, 1954. Parents, Mr, and Mrs. f.r Vacaiioa Harry East, 450 Harrison Street, Bernardino Rivera, 288 Atlantic Box 76, Wanchese, No. Carolina. bflttlBKCeCI ACCOUOtS KCCCIVAOIC Wmiimrm Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. oo 4 4 4 San Francisco, Calif. Robert Delgado, born November us GoTcrnmeat Bonds (Welfare) $> 4" 4 Ji !• Ftf Real Estate (Welfare) Santo Fiffueroa, born November 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Patricia Marie Kotich, born No­ «:•? Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) vember 2,^954. Parents, Mr. and 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Delgado, 128 - 35tl^ Street, 97 Mrs. Stephen George Kotich, 1555 Oscar Figueroa, 58 E. 107 Street, Brooklyn, NY. 1 TOTAL ASSETS || New York, NY. 4 4 4• Jay Drive, Mobile, Ala. • COlMEMTSt Sharon Gail Ames, born October 4 4" 4" In our report of November 18, 1954, mention was made of « i Patricia Ruth Musselwhite, born 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Charles Thompson, born new type beneficiary card that would be put out by the October 29, 1954. Parents, Mr. ^d October 29, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Omar L. Ames, 106-17 101st Ave­ Plan in the near future. The new type beneficiary card ii nue, Ozone Park, LI, NY. to MM. Seafarer Unable Tp Sign Off, Union Gets Money For Wife V'-- tl f&-' Sometimes it happens either through severe injury or sud­ den illness a Seafarer is not mentally competent to sign off articles or take other steps to dispose of his assets. The result can be severe hardship for a**^ man's family under such tir- transferred to Bellevue Hospital cumstances. In one instance, from w]|ere it is expected he will Welfare Services was able to take be committed shortly to a state the necessary steps to protect the institution for an indefinite period family, subject to the approval of of care and treatment. All of this left the Seafarer's the membership. The Seafarer involved in the wife without any source of income. The Seafarer had about $500 in incident suffered a sudden nervous breakdown aboard the Warrior earned and unearned wages com­ (Waterman) while on a European ing to him from the company but run. When it became apparent was not in condition to sign off that he needed treatment he was articles. The wife had begun pro­ put ashore in Turkey and confined ceedings to be named administra­ tor of his financial affairs but these to a mental institution there. usuaiiy take some time to com­ Indefinite Period plete. Welfare services was notified by Paid To Wife the ship and took steps to have Welfare Services contacted the him repatriated. After some delays company the situation and difficulties, arrangements and askedexplaining if the company could were made to repatriate the Sea­ pay the money due directly to the farer and send him to the Staten Seafarer's wife. The company Island USPHS hospital for obser­ agreed, provided the Union would vation; Subsequently he was stand good for the sum involved in the unlikely event that any sec­ ond attempt would be made in the future by the Seafarer to collect that payment. Welfare Services won approval for this coiurse of Headquarters again wishes procedure from the headquarters - to remind all Seafarers that membership at the December 1 payments of funds, for what­ meeting and it is expected it will ever Union purpose, be made be approved in airports at the only to authorized A&G repre­ next membership meeting. sentatives and that an official In addition to the $500 in wages, Union receipt be gotten at that Welfare Services is making ar­ time. If no receipt is offered, rangements to pay the Seafarer's be sure to protect yourself by hospital benefit to his wife. This immediately bringing the mat­ benefit will cover the period from ter to the attention of the sec­ his repatriation until the time he retary-treasurer's office. was transferr'vi Qi tlie Staten Island ho»>:)itaL . . . ,,, Be Sure to Get Dues Receipts 4 4 4 4 4 4 Franklin Gary Brazell, born Sep­ tember 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brazell, No. 3 - 4th Street, Tatnal Homes, Savannah, Ga. Gloria Hilton, born J^ovember 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jo­ seph S. Hilton, 102 Jefferson Street, Hoboken, NJ. 4 4 ,4 • 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 now out and all eligiblea under the Plan are requested to fill one out as soon as possible.- These cards have been -sent to all of the offices" of the S.I.U. and are being put aboard ships so that the men-can mail them directly to the Welfare Plan office or turn them over to the Union for forwarding to the Plan office. Suhmlnti November 6, 1954 AL A1 Kerr, AasMma Admtniattaibr' Alice Faye Sanders, born August 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sanders, Box 27, Kitty Hawk, NC. « Rita-Sue Sandagger,. born Octo­ ber 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sandagger, 185 Ninth Avenue, Chickasaw, Ala. Thomas Prendergast Marshall, born November 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Marshall, 36 Chapman Street, Hartford, Conn. GregOry^Paul Gaddls, bom Au­ gust 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse P. Gaddis, 219 Temple Trailer Village, Alexandria, Va. Vina Marie Vtolante, born Au­ gust 4,1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Violante, 743 Haustey Street, Honolulu, TH. Albert Raymond Guidry, Jr., bom October 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert R. Guidry, 1436 Aztec Avenue, New Orleans, La. 4 4 4 4 4 4 David Alan Sienii, bom October 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hendrik L. Stems, 100 JeweU Street^ Garfield, NJ. Stephen Paul Mntoon, born Octo­ ber 16, 1964. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard H. Matson, Jr., Hamilton Apt. No. 2. 17 Street, N. W, CleyeJan4 SIU WElFAiE SEITICES tmniBiR yOOft PROBIEM IS PPRfUSfNiISS �'- 'liMcdiMrf ' ^mAFURERS-^iLOV SEEDr THE SEAFARERS The Christmas holidays will be coming in two weeks which makes things a little tough for the Seafarers who are hung up in the hospitals. Being in a hospital for the holidays is no great fun no matter how you add it up. The SIU hospital representatives will do their best to cheer up the gang, but the very best Christmas present they could get is that good "fit for duty" slip. Here's hoping that all men in the hospitals get theirs soon. t It _ * Not too many newcomers have been admitted to Staten Island re­ cently which is good news by itself. One of the new admissions is Brother John W; Williams of Lynbrook. Long Island, who was oiler on the Robin Mowbray his last trip. Williams went in on Novem­ ber 18 to get treatment fbr a skin condition. Brother Victor Shavroff, who broke his teg coming back to his ship, is on the mend nver at Staten Island after he was transferred there by Welfare Services, as reported in the last Issue of the LOG. Shavroff was on the Steel Artisan. Samnel Doyle, who was 3rd cook on the Andrew Doyle Jackson before he got sick, is in for a spell of treatment for a stomach disorder. He entered the -hospital the day be­ fore Thanksgiving. Also in the same ward is Edward Hillman. He was OS on the Del Sol. Brother Pedro Ancieto of New York City ran into some hernia trouble and is under treatment now. Pedro was fireman-watertender on the Robin Goodfellow. Also admitted recently were Francis Wail of Brooklyn, who was wiper on the^ Seatrain Savan­ nah, and Frank Colnan, utilityman on the Robin .,entley. Down at Manhattan Beach hospital we have Brother Daniel Ruggiano as a recently-arrived pa­ tient. He was aboard the Angelina until he took Ruggiano sick and had to go in for treatment at the Brooklyn USPHS institution. Broken Neck No Citizenship Bar Seafarer Matti Ruusukalllo still has a long way to go in his recuperation from a broken neck, but he's feeling much jjetter these days because he successfully completed his quest for US citizenship. Ruusukalllo was sworn in as an American citizen on November 24, at a "last chance" appointment ar­ ranged for him by Welfare children. It was the first time he uled to take his citizenship oath on had been home since his accident June 2, but obviously was in no Services. condition to do so. Subsequently Since Ruusukalllo is still an-in­ last May. Immigration notified hini of new Holiday Weekend patient at the Staten Island Jiospital and is confined to a wheelchair, Ruusukalllo nad been taking dates on which he could get sworn getting him over to the oath-taking things easy at home after coming in, but each time Ruusukallio had ceremony at Newark's Immigration off the Seatrain Texas when the offices presented some difficulties. family went down to the resort But SIU Welfare Services saw to it town of Long Branch for the Deco­ that he got transportation, wheel­ ration Day weekend. His nearchair and all, to the ceremony. And fatal accident took place when he while the Union had Ruusukalllo dived into shallow water. He had out of the hospital for the day, the to be rushed to the Monmouth Welfare Services representative" Hospital, and subsequently he was ran him over to his home in Ho- transferred to Staten Island. boken for a visit with his wife and Meanwhile, he had been sched- SIU Welfare Builds Fire Under 'No-Heaf Landlord Rtmsnkallio in hospital. Seafarers In Hospitals VSPHS HOSPITAI, BALTIMORE. MD. Tonuny Lanphear Marcelo Arong Roy W. CampbeU Peter Lannon Lester C, Long John Castro Earl McKendree Carl B. Chandler Robert McKnew Jessie Clarke Edward Czosnowskl John A. Schultz Buford DeWeese August A. ^mith Frank W. Taylor Oswald M. Ergle Chester B. Wilson Max Felix Chambers Winskey Gorman T. Glaze Michael JablonsU Robert A. Yeager Edward Janowskl USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON, MASS. u ' •l-} 1 Frank'Alasavlch Arnfin Oyhus George B. Dunn Joseph Senneville John M. Herrold Matthew StabUe USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS Ralph Armstrong Abel N. Salaa Lyles D. Bninson Joseph Lollean Thomas Dawson EmU J. Spodar William Fassett WllUam G. Trice James H. Hawkins Robert R. White James Yarbrough A. W. Keane Charles B. Young Murray Plyler Shurley Poole USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Paul B. Bland Rufus F. Field R. CarroUton James P. Lee George S. Chance Albert W. Lima Beware Of Case Chasers Despite the best efforts of the* authorities, the Public Health Service Hospitals are still plagued witli ambulance chasers. Seafarers approached by these characters or theit front men are advised for their own good to give them a fast brushoff. ft is well kmov^ that the '"ranks of the ambulance chasers contain many who will charge excessive fees or simply sell out their clients to the com­ panies. Most of them are known to be pretty poor law­ yers or'else they wouldn't be digging for business the way they do. The time to choose a lawyer is not while you are sick or Injured and being hypnotized by a fast line of chatter. Wait until you are recovered and' then if you need an attorney go out and shop around for the best attorney and the best deal you can get « Jimmle Littleton Ernest H. Webb J. T. Moore USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Julian B. Barrett Lyle L. Hipp James J. Battle Harold Keith Perry Bland E. G. Knapp victor Bonura Leo Lang Charles E. Brady Theo Lee John E. Brady John McDavltt S. C. Carregal Vincent Michel Frank Catchot Steve ModzelewsU G. W. ChampUn C. R. Nicholson Manuel Church William Padgett S. Cope Randolph RatcUff George Curry MitcheU Rodrlgues Emlle P. Davles John Ruszklewlcz George S. Dean Edward Samrock Joseph Denton Harry Schule'r Thurston Dingier Luther Seldle John H. Emory Wade Sexton Thomas Fields Henry S. Sosa Leo Fontenot Lonnle Tickle Gerald Fowler Arthur Vlpperman Stanley Freeman James E. Ward Paul Goodman Leo Watta Joseph Green USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Hussen Ahmed Vic Mllazzo Angel Carrasqumo WUllam E. Neef George T. Coleman Joseph Neubauer Fred A. Delapenha Oscar Olsen John J. Doherty James W. Parker Frank Fandlno Abe Partner Joseph P. FarreU Pedro Peralto Brigldo Figueroa John Quigley George W. Flood WlUlam L. Rackley David S. Furman Ik-nesto Ramirez Estell Godfrey Jose Rodriguez Fred Hauser Mattl Ruusukalllo Samuel Jonas Jose Salgado Vincent Jones William Saltarez J. Frank Keelan Frank B. Strelltz Richard Koch Chong Sun Ludwlg Krlstiansen Norman West Donald McShane N. D. Wilson Joseph Malone Clifford Womack Abraham Mander USPHS HOSPITAL JfANHATTAN BEACH. BROOKLYN. NY Fortunato Bacomo Kaarel Leetmaa Frank W. Bemrlck James R. Lewis Claude F. Blanks Francis Lynch Robert L. Booker Joseph D. McGraw Joseph Carr Archibald McGulgan Ho Yee Choe Frank Mackey Jar Chong Eugene T. Nelson Bart Guranick Daniel F. Ruggiano John B. Hass George Shumaker Talb Hassen Robert Sizemore Thomas Isaksen Henry E. Smith John W. Keenan Jack Thornburg Frederick Landry Harry Tuttle James J. Lawlor Renato VUlaU VirgU Wilmoth USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Albert H. Blrt Olav Gustavsen CharUe C. Brown C. J. Neumaler Henry J. ChUds Joe Perrelra Leo Cronsohn GUbert Promutlco Andrew Franklin W. Tlmmerman Franklin Gllman P. S. Yuzon USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. Thomas J. ConneU Lester C. Long F. J. Fletcher Hike Michellk Sverrb Joh^nnessen Linus E. Twlto JOHN DIEBERT CHARITY HOSP. NEW ORLEANS. LA. Cold, cold radiator hasn't enough in it to warm the tips of Seafarer Car! Adams' fingers. Ovbrcoat comes in handy as next best thing. The standard procedme for a New York City landlord when he's looking to cut corners is to cut down on heat, hot water and other services he's supposed to give to his tenants. When that happens, the ten­ ants start hollering, though fire under the landlord who is go­ often they can't do anything ing to find things pretty hot for about it. But if the tenant happens him from now on in. to be a Seafarer, the landlord hears about it in short order from SIU Welfare Services. Seafarer Carl Adams was one Union brother who was faced with this kind of a problem. The apart­ ment house he had lived in for The deaths of the follomng Sea­ many years was sold. The new farers have been reported to the owner, seeking to improve his Seafarers Welfare Plan and the earnings, turned the heat down to $2,500 death benefits are being the vanishing point. The result was paid to their beneficiaries: the Adams family was facing chill November days by wearing sweat­ Frank J. Devlin, 73: Brother Devlin died from drowning in San ers and coats indoors. Francisco in a fall from a pier. He Personel Attention Adams of course, raised the roof was one of the Union's earliest over the lack of service, but it got members, getting his membership him nowhere. Finally he decided book in New York on November to toke up his beef with SIU Wei- 22, 1938. He sailed in the engine fare Services. Welfare Services in department and held an electri­ turn called up the landlord who cian's rating. Surviving is a niece, suddenly decided he had better Emily Devlin, of 2463 Tremont take the complaints to heart. He Avenue, Bronx, New York. ran over personally and saw to it that the heat was turned up. John N. Hull, 45: "While aboard Things went along smoothly for the Steel Surveyor in the port of about three weeks, after which the -Calcutta, Brother Hull suffered a landlord evidently decided every­ fatal heart attack on August 10. body had forgotten about the He sailed in the engine department whole thing and went back to his and had been a Union member old ways again. In addition, the since June 24, 1942. His sister, landlord fired a part-time janitor Mrs. Gladys Powell of Box 434, who had kept the halls, stairways Warrenton, NC, survives him. and front of the building clean up t> t> Samuel D. Peralez, 22: An auto until then. Adams promptly went back to accident outside of Port Arthur, SIU Welfare Services again for Texas, proved fatal to brother Per­ further help. At last word Welfare alez on November 9. He had been Services was building a nice warm sailing for three years in the stewr. $> $• to postpone action because he was in no shape to leave the hospitaL Last Chance Finally on November 16, Ruusu­ kallio was informed that he would have to take the oath on the 24th of the month. If he failed to do so, he was warned there would be an indefinite delay, something the Seafarer didn't want to risk. How­ ever, while he had been removed from his cast, he was able to get around only with the aid of a wheelchair and it looked as if he would be disappointed in his long quest for citizenship. When the SIU hospital represen­ tative learned of his difficulties, arrangements were made with Welfare Services to pick him up at 8 AM on the morning of the 24th and take him over to Newark. He arrived in plenty of time for the oath-taking with the result that Seafarer Ruusukallio is now a citi­ zen of the USA. ^la ojejuM CUSSMHim{]5 ard department. Burial took place at the Greenlawn Memorial Park, Port Arthur. Surviving is his wife, Mary Ellen Peralez, of 521 East 19th Street, Port Arthur. t 4" Jose A. Guerra, 64: A heart ail­ ment caused the death of brother Guerra while he was under treat­ ment at the Savannah Public Health Seivice hospital. A veteran Union member. Brother Guerra joined the SIU on November 21, 1938, and sailed in the engine de­ partment. He is survived by his wife, Eunice Guerra, 509 Howard Street, Savannah, Georgia. VSPHS Haa Last Say On Haty Sttp Under the SIU contract, US Public Health Service doctors have the final say on whether or not a man is fit for duty. If there is any question about your fitness to sail, check with the nearest USPHS hospital or out-patient clinic for a ruling. �SEAFARERS > OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS I ^^T E R N AT IO N A L UNION > LOG ATLANTIC AND GULF D«e^ 10, 1954 DISTRICT • AFL m" 3' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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Title A name given to the resource December 10, 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. 25 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU BLAST AT BRAIN-BODY TEST SIRTS WAVE OF CG DOUBLETALK MA SPEEDS TRANSFERS; 52 LIBERTYS FLEE US P&O BUYS ALASKA SHIP FOR CUBA RUM SEAFARERS HAIL MEAL BOOK PLAN GOV'TS '55 AIMS: TRAMP SUBSIDIES, VESSEL TRADE-INS CO'S CAN'T BLACKBALL SIU MEN SIU HOST AT TURKEY DAY FEEDS VOTE XMAS BONUS TO SICK NEW BALTIMORE SIU HALL BUSTLING WITH ACTIVITY NLRB SPEEDS WC VOTE BID SCHOLARSHIP PLAN SETS RULES FOR REAPPLYING 500 SIU JOBS AND 16 VESSELS AT STAKE IN US-ONASSIS DUEL SAILORS BAN PORT OT TO FIGHT BRIDGES' RAID FIX PRICE ON MARINER SIU YEARS BEST OF HIS LIFE FIRST STEP 2ND ROUND COMING BLACKBALL SCHEME SHIP'S STACKS SHIP'S MEETING, DE SOTO STYLE LONG SHOT MAKES SIU SHIP PASSENGER OUT OF SEAFARER-GI AND HE LIKES IT SE ASIA SEEN 'WELL WORTH SAVING' SEAFARER UNABLE TO SIGN OFF, UNION GETS MONEY FOR WIFE BROKEN NECK NO CITIZENSHIP BAR SIU WELFARE BUILDS FIRE UNDER 'NO-HEAT' LANDLORD BEWARE OF CASE CHASERS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/10/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log