http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/a90ef023ba5fd8a7355fa3433dc06e9c.PDF 2adf32912ce19004d70b9aa76f3b7d8a PDF Text Text Vol. XiX No. 6 II- SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OP THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO • m• ON SMPTRANSFERS -Story On Page 3 Curran Lies On Coal Ship Talks •Story On Page 2 'Right Hat—Wrong Man' U/.fl C—^ J Weary, pil-spattered SIU lifeboat crew from the Steel "Cf •"fc OrflCCI If 6Sf • Admiral rests up after two-hour pull from Brooklyn anchorage to fer^ dock with wreckage of water taxi demolished when a tanker crashed against the Admiral's side. Crew includes Seafarers C. Sturgis, Doupe, R. Lightfoot, E. Riggs, D. Leberre, A. Donnelly, H. Stems, R. Miurray, H. Monohan. The taxi pilot was killed. No one else was mjured. (Story on Page 3.) In 11-;!;'!,r • ><. >• This Issue: (See Story on Page 2); • Flip-Flop lb Ship Boom May Cut Breakouts. P. 4 • CG Says Screening Setup Should Be Abandoned. .P. 5 • FMB Member Asks Union ^Restraint' On Pay P. 10 • Tanker Operators Raking bi Fabulous Profits P. 16 • • r, y't-i �Page Two SEAFARERS Lac March 15, mt Curran Lies On Coal Beef '1K: A highly-signiHcant Washington meeting February 21 on the American Coal beef had a revealing aftermath as NMU President Joseph Curran demonstrated his ability to lie open­ ly to his membership, in print, about the meeting's outcome. The meeting, held in the offices of AFL-CIO President George+ : — :— Meany, saw the SIU accept a proposal by Meany to resolve Ur\ the beef while NMU flatly re­ jected it. Yet when the story was Miy//si6 ME DP/ — I'M reported In the "NMU PUot" It ALWAYS BElMS FOLLOIVED — was presented just the other way around. ALLTF/ET/ME-T. As reported in the last issue of THF A4.H.B.A — TH/SS.I.U. — THE the SEAFARERS LOG, President CN Meany put forth a package pro­ posal as follows: The SIU was K A4£// —NIGHT asked to withdraw its case against American Coal and to pledge that THE ONLY TfZUB TRADE UNIONIST/ t it would respect the NMU's con­ tract with the company; the NMU, in turn, with this SIU guarantee, was asked to support the strike of mates and engineers against Amer­ ican Coal and District 50. The SIU accepted this proposal, in the interests of the AFL-CIO and out of respect for President Meany, without qualification or reservation, although SIU repre­ sentatives pointed out that this in­ volved sacrificing a strong legal and trade union position. The NMU, with the jobs guaranteed to it, and assurance •that legal action would be withdrawn against the company's contract with NMU, re­ fused to accept Meany's proposal. This was how it happened ac­ cording to all who were present— further hysterical attack on the Curran went to Lewis after the with, the exception of Joe Curran. SIU, charging SIU officials with meeting to inform him on the Employing typical Stalinist tactics blackmail, and accusing the SIU of AFL-CIO meeting's developments. which he learned so well at the snubbing Meany when in fact the By misrepresenting the story of feet of his Communist Party asso­ SIU went along with the AFL-GIO the meeting Curran has proven ciates for ten years, Curran saw President 100 percent, without res­ that he clings as loyally as ever to fit to lie about the meeting. His ervation. the Tactics which are so typically stories in the "Pilot" did not show The SIU and the officers unions associated with Stalinism at its SIU had accepted and he had re­ are convinced that Curran's course worst. His behavior raises serious jected Meany's proposals. They at the meeting proves unequivocal­ doubts, as President Meany put it did not even show that the pro­ ly that he is tied lock, stock and once before, "as to any effective posals had been offered in the form barrel to John L. Lewis and Dis­ contribution you [Curran] could that President Meany gave them. trict 50 against the interests of the make as a member of the Ethical Instead, Curran embarked on a Federation. It was reported that Practices Committee." ^A^'f MM.e^p. — JHEYRE AND DAY-I-I KEEP SEEING THINGS-, 1'LL*^MASH SMFAR 'm-lUe Navy tanker Mission San Francisco lies on shoUow bottom of Dela­ ware River after a midships explosion tore it apart following col­ lision with Liberion freighter EIna II. Ten crewmembers died in explosion, one of them a former Seafarer. Tanker Crash, Blast Kills 9, Ex-Seafarer PHILADELPHIA—Ten civilian crewmen, including a for­ mer SIU member, aboard the Navy tanker Mission San Fran­ cisco were listed missing and presumed dead after an explo­ sion near here. The blast fol-* lowed a collision with a into the crash would get under freighter that tore the ship in way in Philadelphia. It is just one / SIU Accepts^ Curran Kejects Meany Plan In ACS Dispute half. year ago since this same area was The tanker exploded*in the Del­ closed to navigation when another aware River and went up in flames tanker ran aground. after the bow of the Liberian The Mission San Francisco ex­ freighter Elna II rammed into her plosion is the latest of 'a rash of Jo,seph Curran, National Maritime Unfon president, has rejected proposals by AFLstarboard, igniting petroleum va­ similar ship accidents. New York pors in her empty cargo tanks. harbor alone has been the scene CIO Pre.sident George .Meany to resolve the dispute over representation on American Coal Thirty-five other crewmen were of many collisions and crashes in Shipping Cojnpany vessels. * — rescued. The unlicensed crew was the past year or so. Last Decem­ ciation beef agaftist ACS. Instead, Curran turned down a bid of the Meany recommendations supplied by the National Maritime ber, the Alcoa Pilgrim ran into the by President Meany for .the he chose to stand with the unaffili-' came after SIUNA representatives Union. African Star right off the Statue NMU's full support of the ated, catch-all District 50 of the accepted them "in the interests of Former Seafarer John L. Crow­ of Liberty and the Elizabeth col­ Masters, Mates and Pilots and the United Mine Workers and against the Federation," although they ley was shipping for the first time lided with the Chinese tanker Hai Marine Engineers Beneficial Asso- AFL-CIO marine unions. The pointed out that the SIU had a as a mate when the accident oc­ Kwang off the Scotland Lightship. UMW is part owner of the com­ "sound legal and trade union" curred. The thirty-one year-old The Alcoa Corsair had a serious pany and District 50 was given « basis for its action against Ameri­ SEAFARERS LOG seaman joined the SIU in New fire last fall and the Fairisle was contract for the ships' officers. can Coal. Mar. I, 1957 York in January, 1946, and re­ rammed by the Panamian vessel The NMU president's rejection San Jose II off Ambrose Lightship mained a memduring the summer. Other nonber in good SIU ships have also been involved Here's whaf happened at Washington meeting . . . standing until he in recent collisions. Of course, the retired his book biggest disaster of all was the i n September, open-sea collision between the 1956, to take out his license as a Andrea Doria and the Stockholm in July. mate. He had last shipped as Most of these accidents were not an SIU man on the result of poor visibility or the SS Hilton in fa:ulty radar, but have reportedly Crowley September, 1956. occurred when visibility was good Crowley is survived by his wife, and everything shipshape, as in Mrs. Mary B. Crowley, and a IV^ this case. year old son in Allison, Pa. Mrs. Crowley is expecting another child sometime in July. He is also sur­ SIU officials last week turned down a direct request by AFL-CIO vived by his mother, Mrs. Florence Mar. 15. 1957 Vol. XIX He. 5 President George Meany to withdraw their Taft-Hartley case against the Crowley, of Randolph, Massachu­ setts. union hiring hall. Just prior to this development, the National Labor Re­ The other missing men were the lations Board used the SIU captain, chief mate, second mate, Heany's request was made on willing to withdraw the cue if PAUL HALI, Secretary-Treasurer complaint to obtain a court behalf^f the merged labor moTe- they were assured a piece of radio operator, purser, boatswain's HERBERT BRAND, Editor. BERNARD SEA­ MAN, Art Editor. HERMAN ARTHUR. IRWIN mate, quartermaster, steward, and SPIVACK, order requiring the Ameri- ment in the course of a meeting present and future coal carrying At MASKZN, JOHN BRAZIL, Staff ia Washington attended by all operations. The meeting had been the pilot. Writers. BILL MOODT, Gulf Area Repre­ CM Coal Shipping Co. to do fur- martime unions involved in the called to discuss o' oil­ The collision occurred at what is sentative. th«r shipping off the docks. American Coal dispute. He indi- ing MEBA and MM&P . obtain grimly known as "Grave Yard" Publlshad biwaakly at the headquarters eated his belief that all maritime contracts with American Coal. bend near the mouth of the Dela­ ?. Ii » la'Sf* Intarnational Union, At­ District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth anion hiring halls were threat­ NMU Pilot ware River channel. It has earned lantic Si Gulf "'•ooklyn 31, HY. Tel. HYacinth For full report on the Wsshln.gened by the SIU action. It Aeo F"'"' class matter Its name due to the many similar Feb. 28, 1957 !l ***! f'V Bfoaklvn. NY, under Teloped that SIU officials were accidents that have occurred there. the Act of Aug, 26, 1912. The Navy and the Coast Guard have .:Said that a formal inquiry ... And here hew Jop Curran liecl to his membership Sars Trade Union Sokithn to Coal Shjf Beef SIU Snubs Meany's Plea To End Hiring Hail Attack SEAFARERS LOG Li �Maroli 15, 1957 Par* Tbre* SEAFARERS LOG HOW TO AID MAGNUSON BILL Stiff Ship Transfer Restriction Sought In Magnuson Bill For obvious reasons, the proposal by Senator Warren Magnuson to clamp down on transfers is sure to face tough sled­ ding in Congress. But the bill's chances would be greatly improved if it gets strong support in the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee. The SIU is out to help support this bill as strongly as possible and Seafarers can play a vital role in this area. Seafarers, especially those who have bren personally af­ fected by ship transfers and want to relate their experiences "and opinions can do so by contacting members of the com­ WASHINGTONT-A bill proposing extremely tight restrictions on foreign trans­ mittee caretjf the Senate Office Building, Washington, DC.' fers has been introduced in the Senate by Senator Warren Magnuson, chairman of If the comhaittee member happens to be a Senator from the Seafarer's home state, so much the better. The following are the Senate Foreign Commerce Committee. However, it is expected that the measure Will run into^ committee members: competition with any US-flag measure would virtually close Democrats: Warren G. Magnuson (Washington), chairman; heavy weather with indus­ the ship. the door to the transfer of any John O. Pastore (Rhode Island), A. S. Mike Monroney (Okla­ try spokesmen and the Ad­ usable US-flag vessel. • It could not release another homa), George A. Smathers (Florida), Alan Bible (Nevada), ministration both express­ SIU Secretary-Treasurer Paul foreign-flag vessel to compete with US shipping. Hall hailed' the Magnuson propo­ Strom Thurmond (South Carolina), Frank J. Lausche (Ohio), ing opposition. • It would have -to maintain sal as a realistic and concrete move William A. Blakley (Texas). to preserve the-US merchant ma­ the highest prevailing interna­ The SIU is preparing to rine from the inroads of the run­ tional standards on safety, man­ Republicans: John W. Bricker (Ohio), Andrew F. Schoepgive strong support to the aways and save the jobs of US sea­ ning scales and crew accommo­ pel (Kansas), John Marshall Butler (Maryland), Charles E. measure, dations. as it has long been men. Potter (Michigan), William A. Purtell (Connecticut), Fred­ calling for restrictions on run­ "Passage of this bill," he added, StiU, as it is, it is doubtful that erick G. Payne (Maine), Norris Cotton (New Hampshire). away operations. As it now stands. "would serve notice on the opera­ the bill will have any appreciable Admiral Crash Kills One tors that they could not duck out from under by transferring their ships any time they pleased." Hearings on the bill have been scheduled for April 9 to 11, dur­ ing which time the Government's present transfer policies will be examined thoroughly. Under the proposed bill (S. 1488) a ship operator seeking to trans­ fer his vessel would have to meet the following stipulations: • The vessel would have to be certified as having no value to the defense of the US. • It would have to be certi­ fied as being useless to US for­ eign commerce. • Its transfer would.have to be in furtherance of US foreign policy. • It could not be operated in effect on the cur­ rent drain of Libertys, "Victoryi and T-2s from the US flag. Since the whole­ sale transfers be­ gan in 1954 US seamen have lost thousands of jobs and the US Magnuson fleet has been re­ duced by many hundreds of ships. Drain Continues For example, up until Decem­ ber, 1955, a total of 298 ships rep­ resenting employment for 12,000 seamen were transferred. Then in February, 1956, the Maritime Ad­ ministration put into effect a new rule calling for construction of (Continued on page 15) Int'l Set To Tackle Major Sea Problems The eighth biennial convention of the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union of North America will open in San Francisco on March 25 to deal with major problems facing seamen and other affiliated unions. For 4' — Wreckage of water taxi it examined by fireman. SIU lifeboat crew is in background. the first time in the SIUNA's and maritime unions belonging to A small, coastwise tanker crashed into the SlU-manned Steel Admiral (Isthmian) last history, the figure of Harry the former CIO. Lundeberg, founder and president At present, all SIUNA affiliates Friday evening, punching a 4-foot hole through the ship's No. 4 starboard hatch, demolishing of the international, will be miss­ as well as many other unions in ,a 50-foot water taxi tied up at the gangway and crushing the taxi's skipper to death. No ing from the chair. maritime and in related industries One of the actions to be taken are members of the AFL-CIO crewmembers were injured, ' the delegates is the election of Maritime Trades Department. The but several who were prepar­ when he saw the Val T, a IS^i-foot ing up with bunkers for us, and abysuccessor to Lundeberg. At pres­ CIO unions at the outset of the river and canal tanker operated by that she would reverse engines and ed to go ashore escaped death Merry Queen Transfer Corp. of pull up alongside. But she kept on ent, the post is being filled in an merger constituted themselves into by a matter of minutes. Oradell, NJ, heading for the ship. The collision took place in "The tanker wa^ cutting up fast. strong winds and heavy rain at the I thought at first that she was comBay Ridge hats, where the Steel Admiral was moored while waiting for tugs t otow her to Isthmian's Erie Basin Terminal. Observers reported that the Brooklyn shore was clearly visible at the time of the crash, and the weather bureau SIU membership meet­ said visibility was four miles. ings are held regularly Lower Lifeboat every two weeks on Wed­ Following the collision crewmembers of the Admiral lowered nesday nights at 7 PM in the No. 2 lifeboat and towed the smashed water taxi, the Oscar all SIU ports. All Sea­ Gordon, to the 69th Street Ferry farers are expected to terminal, where it sank. The tow attend; those who wish to of the waterlogged launch took be excused should request over two hours. The body of Thomas P. O'Rourke, 62, of Brook­ permission by telegram lyn, skipper of the launch, was re­ (be sure to include reg­ covered by the Coast Guard. The istration number). The lifeboat crew was later towedliack next SIU meetings will be: to the Admiral by a tug. Chief Electrician William ConMarch 20 trovasilis said the crash occurred April 3 at 5:56 PM, just a few moments April 17 after the Gordon had tied up at the gangway and the night mate TeoMay J doro Castro climbed aboard. He 'May 15 said he was preparing to go ashore SCHEDULE OF SIU MEETINGS coming until she hit." Controvasilis' report was confirmed by 2nd Electrician Don Keddy, who added that the tanker appeared to swerve off course in the direction of the ship. Among the men waiting for the launch were Martin Sierra, galley utility; the second cook, and three others. ' Tears 4x8 Hole The impact tore a hole 8 feet high by 4 feet wide into the No. 4 hatch on the starboard side, ap­ proximately 25 feet aft of the gang­ way, and high above the water line. Two plates were broken, and the insulation and wood paneling on the reefer box were torn. Repair work began at the Beth­ lehem Steel 27th Street yard on Saturday. The work was scheduled for completion by Wednesday. The Val-T, which suffered a crushed bow, also went into the yard, which it had left only a .few hours earlier after drydocking. Observers noted that the gas-free condition of the Val-T's tanks had probably prevented fire, explosion, and serious damage to both ves­ sels. - acting capacity by A&G SecretaryTreasurer Paul Hall who, as first vice-president of the International, automatically moved into the act­ ing presidency under terms of the STUNA constitution. The representatives of some 100,000 seamen, fisherman, harbor workers and allied crafts wiil be faced with a number of problems which are a perennial part of the industry. Among them are the question of the runaway flags, the continued enforcement of the "5050" law, the future of the marine hospitals and the various aspects of the Government's program for new ship construction and aid to maritime. ' On the fishermen's side, the fish and cannery affiliates have been severely concerned for some time over imports of canned tuna from Japan and frozen fish fillets fromIceland. Efforts to place quotas on these imports have been un­ successful thus far. Of considerable significance is the fact that this is the first con­ vention of SIUNA to take place since the merger of the AFL-CIO. That brings up the problem of re­ lationships between SIU affiliates an AFL-CIO Maritime Committee and took differing positions on some maritime issues, notably to­ ward the Government.subsidy pro­ gram. • Since then, however, the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, an international union in its own right, has quit the AFL-CIO Mari­ time Committee as an outgrowth of the dispute over American Coal Shipping. Participating in the convention will be the A&G District, the Sailors Union of the Pacific, the Marine Firemen, the Marine Cooks and Stewards,, the Brotherhood of Marine Engineers, the Staff Offi­ cers Association (pursers), the SIU Canadian District, the SIU Great Lakes District, the Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific, the Atlantic Fishermen's Union as well as Gulf, West Coast and Alaskan fisher­ men's groups; fish cannery work­ ers upions on the West Coast and in Alaska, and various other affil­ iates. Delegates for the A&G District will be Hall, Steve Cardullo, Earl Sheppard, Cal Tanner, Lindsey Williams, and Marty Breithoff. • . ••P, v'^S �Marclr 15, 1957 SEAFARERS LOG !_ tasf Four Ship Boom Flip-Flops; US May Cut Breakouts WASHINGTON—Slumping coal chartfer rates have threat­ ened to halt the breakout of Government-owned ships for the bulk trades and to slow down the present shipping boom. First signs of the break ap-"^ it was in the nature of the peared this week when one op­ said industry to go from feast to famine erator, Isbrandtsen, cancelled and often back in a short period. Its order for four of 10 Libertys It had been authorized to charter and adopted a wait and see atti­ tude on two more. Other lines, whose costs have been boosted by the Government's policy requiring them to pay breakout costs, are likely to follow suit. The downward trend was kicked off last week with the report that European countries have cut back their plans to buy American coal. The announcement dropped coal charter rates to $8 a ton and set in motion a demand by tramp op­ erators that the Government stop the ship breakout program. Behind the action taken by the European countries was a mild winter and an early spring. Eu­ rope has also not been as short of fuel as it expected to be because of the Suez crisis. Also involved are US-goverhment restrictions on scrap exports, which has turned tramp operators to coal cargoes. The falling rates were discounted somewhat by at least one opera­ tor, who expressed the opinion that rates would go up high enough to make the coal trade profitable. He Boston CLU Fights State Sales Tax BOSTON—Meetings are being held by the Central Labor Union to discuss the new sales tax pro­ posed by Massachusetts Governor Furcolo. The unions have long op­ posed sales tax levies and are seek­ ing to substitute some other meth­ od of raising revenue. The union is also meeting with the school committee in an attempt to find a solution to the pressing teacher problem here. A shortage of qualified teachers is affecting the quality of local schools. Teach­ er organizations have been warning of the dangers of using non-quali­ fied teachers in order to cut sal­ aries. Sea-wise, port agent James Sheehan reports that shipping has picked up a little since last period but the outlook for the future is very uncertain with no payoffs exjjected. The Pan Oceanic Trans­ port (Pan-Oceanic), Cities Service Norfolk (Cities Service) and Stony Point (USPC) all paid off and signed on with all beefs settled at payoff. The Winter Hill (Cities Service), Robin Gray, Robin Doncaster (Seas Shipping) and Ames Victory (Victory) were in transit. Use Only One Mali Address Seafarers with beefs regard­ ing slow payment of monies due from various operators in back wages and disputed overtime should first check whether they have a proper mailing address on file with the company. SIU headquarters officials point out that reports received frona sev­ eral operators show checks have been mailed to one address while a beef on the same score Is sent from another, thus cre­ ating much difficulty in keeping accounts' straight. The shipping flip-flop came only one month after the Maritime Ad­ ministration announced that it would continue to break ships out of mothballs to meet Europe's needs for coal and other bulk car­ goes. At that time, officers of the European Coal and Steel Com­ munity said that Europe would need a "substantial increase" in US^ coal tonnage this year "up to as much as 40 million tons." They suggested that the Maritime Ad­ ministration approve continued breakouts. Breakouts of 212 ships have been authorized so far and 78 ships are actually under charter. Under new rules, operators of Libertys with coal and scrap charters must pay breakout costs; and keep the ships for 24 months. The opening of the fourth an­ nual Culinary Arts Exhibit in San Francisco arena was spotlighted by the "Stewards News", publication of the Marine, Cooks and Stewards this week. The exhibit offers members an opportunity of com­ paring productions (if the winners will part with them) and of seeing trends in food preparation. It will consist of entries from restau­ rants, hotels bakeries, cafeterias, clubs, air lines and educational in­ stitutions and will be judged by leading chefs and food authorities. ^ 4" 4 4 The Sailors Union of the Pacific has announced the unanimous ap­ proval of agreements with the tanker companies on the west coast calling for payments by the com­ panies into the union's pension fund. These agreements now ex­ tend pension benefits to all SUP men. They also included a 7 per­ cent increase in wages for regular time, and 6 percent for overtime. 4 4 4 Acting on a recommendation by the Executive Board, the Brother­ hood of Marine Engineers has de­ cided to issue union books to thirty permit holders. This marks the third straight year that the Board has decided to allow so many books to be issued. 4 4 99 4 Members of the SIU Great Lakes District who are residents of Ohio have been urged to throw their weight behind a resolution which would end Ohio's discrimi­ nation against seamen in unem­ ployment benefits. Seafarers in that district are presently eligible for only 20 weeks of unemploy­ ment benefits in a 40 week period each year, and are excluded for a specific 12 week period. The new legislation would make them eli­ gible all year round. 4 Nobodq is ACCIDENT - PROOF 4 The "Marine Fireman," publica­ tion of the Marine Firemen,- Oilers and Watertenders Union, announces that due to a typographical error under their election returns for the San Francisco Business AgentClerk's job, they had listed Stuart Hunt as having 227 votes and Jack Larkin as having 1,081. It should have read Stuart Hunt—1505, Jack .Larkin—1081. Housek6/6ping needs aboard ship tend to be over­ looked in port, but at sea every loose object becomes a potential hazard. "Keeping things ship­ shape" is ust another way of saying that all tools and equipment are in good working order, that every­ thing is stored in its proper place, and that the vessel is not only point-clean but litter-free also. While accidents do hap­ pen—even in the most rou­ tine operations, thy^ are less likely to occur if there are no "booby traps" aivound to help them happen. There is also just as much danger in everyday functions like walking out on deck, provid­ ing someone neglected to clean up some spilled grease, or you trip over a hammer that shouldn't have been there in the first place. Attention to these details are crucial to the successful functioning of the ship. They help to keep the vessel and its crew out of trouble. ii An SIU Sfnp ts a Safe Ship i �W- • March 15, 1957 Like What They See • 'X SEAFARERS LOG Paff« Fhr* CC Says US Court Decisions Destroyed Screening Program WASHINGTON—^The complete breakdown of the Coast Guard screening program with "suspected" subversives getting aboard US ships has been announced by Vice Admiral Al­ fred C. Richmond, Coast Guard commandant. Testifying before the House Merchant Marin® Committee, the admiral"' recommended that the pro­ the Korean War, The program pro­ tions. He was provided with an gram be abandoned because it vided that all seamen and long­ appeals procedure but was not could no longer be applied under court decisions made in 1955 and 1956. Admiral Richmond said that at present, 169 seamen are sailing who would have been barred If the screening program was applied as it had been from the time It went into effect in 1951. A Federal court ruling in Octo­ ber, 1955, ruled the screening pro­ gram unconstitutional because it did not provide for the accused seaman to be confronted by his accuser and to have the right of cross - e.\am3nat3cn. Subsequently, the court issued an injunction to compel the Coast Guard to issue validated papers to any accused seaman if the Coast Guard would not or could not produce the ac­ cuser. The screening program was first set up by executive order of then President Harry Truman on Janu­ ary 15, 1951 during the height of shoremen be screened for pos­ sible Communist connections, with screened seamen issued new pa­ pers marked "validated." These are the papers seamen now carry to this day. As the system was set up, the burden of proof was on an accused seaman to clear himself of accusa- given the right to confront or cross-examine Government wit­ nesses against him. That led to the downfall of the program in the courts. The Federal Bureau of In­ vestigation, which undoubtedly sup­ plied. most of the information against accused seamen, has al­ ways resisted proposals that it re­ veal its informants at security hearings on the ground that it would destroy the informants' fu­ ture usefulness. All told, the screening program went over some 300,000 seamen, longshoremen and other water­ front workers and ruled out 1,800, SAN FRANCISCO—A spurt of or little better than one-half of one shipping which promises to con­ percent, as being of doubtful tinue has taken 113 Seafarers off loyalty. the beach, including 19 Class C Touring new SlU Health Center near headquarters, Seafarers J. men, during the past period. Swidersici, bosun; J. Martin, wiper, and W. Polston, steward depH; Eleven ships were in port with pause at reception counter to examine decoration. Building has the Afoundria (Waterman), Law­ been decorated, air-conditioned, and lit with recessed fluorescent rence Victory (Miss.) and Steel fixtures. It will open in April. » Fabricator (Isthmian) paying off and the Afoundria and Steel Fabri­ cator signing on. There were eight ships in transit—the Topa Topa, Antinous, and Wacosta (Water­ The American Coal dispute is marking time waiting for clarification of the temporary man), Steel Advocate, Steel Direc­ restraining order issued in Federal Court against the company. The clarification is expect­ tor (Isthmian). Alice Brown, Mary ed in the next few days in the form of a temporary injunction which will define how the com­ Adams (Bloomfield) and Coe Vic­ tory (Vic. Carriers). pany is to operate its ships in BALTIMORE — Organizing ef­ the immediate future. The rul­ issued, is expected to spell out just ships. How they are to be manned The future looks very good with forts in this port are beginning to ing would apply while the Na­ what hiring practices and other is one of the questions that prob­ two payoffs scheduled so far, and pay off, reports Agent Earl Shepably will be decided when Judge more expected. Port agent Marty pard. The SIU Harbor and Inland tional Labor Relations Board acts conditions prevail. Once the NLRB disposes of the Walsh issues his temporary in­ Breithoff has the welcome mat out Waterways Division has won an 'on charges of unfair labor prac­ election covering the bargemen for'rated -men. tices involving hiring discrimina­ case and decides who has the right junction. and bridgeinen of the Western tion filed against the company by to represent the ship's crews, the Maryland Railway Company by the the SIU. union involved will be free to sign impressive vote of 28 to 0. The While awaiting the action of the a standard agreement on wages, SIU here has several other peti­ Federal Court,the Labor Board has hiring and other provisions. tions pending and is now turning At present, American / Coal is postponed the date for opening its full effort to signing up Old Bay hearings on the Sltl charges. The operating four ships, one of them Line and NBC" Line. restraining order and the expected the Coal Miner, purchased private­ Question: How well do you manage to keep up with news temporary injunction were .sought ly, and three other GovernmentThe overwhelming support en­ by the Labor Board so as to main­ chartered vessels which it man­ events while you are away at sea? joyed by the SIU in the Western tain equitable hiring and employ- aged to get out despite intensive Mai'yland vole, Sheppard com­ Federico Reyes, DM: In most Arthur Sajeviek, OS: Usually mented, shows that miscellaneous picketing up and down th& coast conditions. No Ships Or Crews since the beginning of December. foreign ports you can manage to there is at least one man on the harbor crafts in the port are an.xget hold of a US ship that has The original restraining order. Three more government ships, ious for SIU representation. He newspaper. Of short wave radio expressed confidence that more Issued by Judge Lawrence Walsh, the Thomas Paine in New York course reading In addition, if election victories would be forth­ stops the company from giving and the Harry L. Glucksman and the LOG helps anything of im­ coming out of petitions now pend­ preference to the National Mari­ Martha Berry in Savannah, were keep you up to portance comes time Union in hiring crews for its hung up at repair yard depots by ing before the National Labor Re­ date on Union up the radio op­ lations ships and from excluding Seafar­ picket line action until recently. Board. and marine news. erator will let ers from its vessels. The bas^ for Two weeks ago, the company ob­ Also there are Job Activity Lukewarm the crew know. the order^ was an NLRB finding tained an injunction against pick­ many men who For example, on Job activity has been just luke­ which heTd that the company's eting the Thomas Paine and last have short wave the Steel Tra­ warm although there were a num­ contract with NMU was illegal be­ week a similar order was issued in radios aboard veler, we knew ber of ships in port for the period. cause it was signed before Ameri­ Savannah against thd picketing ship, and we get news that way about the Alcoa Pilgrim collision Seven ships paid off, nine signed can Coal had any ships or crews there. without difficulty. • right after it happened. on and 12 were in transit. The The orders clear the way for for any union to represent. 4" 4" Oremar, Baltore, Marore, Cubore, , The temporary injunction, when the company to reactivate the "Eric Joseph, MM: The LOG, Earl Wilcox, AB: It's possible to Feltore (Ore), Barbara Fritchie get English language newspapers news magazines and the grapevine (Liberty), and Mae (Bull) paid off from topside all or magazines like while the Feltore, Oremar, Bal­ help. I have my "Life" in many tore, Marore, Cubore (Ore), Calown short wave places. I also mar (Calmar), Barbara Fritchie set and pick up carry my own (Liberty), Emilia (Bull) and the newscasts direct short wave radio Mermaid signed on. from the States. set aboard ship WASHINGTON—A perennial legislative flower, the auto­ The ships that were serviced In some ports you matic ,call signal selector is up before Congress again and is and many other were the Chilore, Venore (Ore), can get American men do the same. meeting with the same hostile reception as last year. The Then too, most newspapers, and Steel Rover, Steel Admiral (Isth­ Coast Guard^ Maritime Ad-"*you can buy mian), Alcoa Partner, Alcoa Run­ radio operators "T i m e" and ner (Alcoa), Evelyn, Jean (Bull), ministration and Federal Com­ shack. Xiie proposed'system would will post import­ little or no advantage, the ant news bulletins in the messhall "Newsweek" almost anywhere In Bienville (Waterman), Pennmar munications Commission have have ROU said, because a shore station for the crew to read. the world. (Calmar), Robin Locksley, Robin all come out against installation of would be unlikely to know the Gray (Seas Shipping). >i > tit the equipment on cargo ships. specific call numbers of any vessels James A. Browne, OS: You can't Edward J. Taylor, ch. steward: The auto-alarm proposal would that might be in the area. The I keep up mostly by reading the keep up to date very well. When enable shore stations to reach a ROU characterized it as "one more you hit port you LOG. In Japan ehip even when the operator Is off piece of complex equipment aiid can grab a on my last trip it watch by sending out the ship's a headache for the radio operator." was possible to "Time" or a Seafarers overseas who want call signal. The ship's signal would In their joint objections, the Gpyget copies of the "Newsweek" and to get in touch with headquar­ ring an alarm device to wake the ernment agencies pointed out that "N e w York catch up on ters in a hurry can do so by radio operator. any piece of equipment should be Times" and "The events. But usu­ cabling the Union at its cable The Radio Officers Union had subject to thorough testing before News." They ally if you go for­ address, SEAFARERS NEW previously gone on record against it is made compulsory. It said the were old papers eign you fall be­ YORK. the device pointing out that the new equipment was not efficient but were fresh hind excect if Use of this address will assure existing automatic call system al­ enough and might respond to nu­ news for us. They you are lucky speedy transmission on all mes­ lows every ship to respond to the merous false alarms with unneces­ also had some enough to find an international distress signal by sary annoyance . of the operator ^hil^Iphia newspapers jivailable American publication for sale when sages and faster sei-vice for the men involved. ringing an alarm bell in the radio while he is off watch. overseas. you get shore leave, i SF Welcomes Shipping Spurt Await Court Action In Coal Beef Bargemen Vote SIU, 28 To 0 INQUIRING SEAFARER US Gov't Agencies Again Rap Call Signal Selector Union Has Cable Address !. 'I �Pajro Sis SEAFARERS LOG 10,000 Protest 'Rights' Law Matvb IS, 1957 YOUR DOllARS WORTB INDIANAPOLIS—Some 10,000 union members filled the State House here in protest to the passage of a "right to work" act which would outlaw the union shop in Indiana. The act was the first such law to be "passed in a major industrial state. The members demonstrated Outside the office of Governor The governor met with leaders states which have passed such By Sidney Margoiius Harold Handley who, although of the unions but refused to change laws. he refused to sign the bill, would his stand. The Governor's action It is believed that passage of the not come out and veto it. The bill adds Indiana to a list consisting of bill was influenced by strike Living Cost Variations in US will be made law without his signa­ Iowa, Nebraska, North and South violence which has shaken the With the cost of living-having marched to new heights despite the ture Dakota and thirteen southern state. At Princeton the 116-day Bureau of Labor Statistics' predictions of "stability," some surprising old strike at the Potter-Bumfield facts about comparative living expenses have been developed by aManufacturing Co. was settled wage-and-prices expert for this department. after a four-month old daughter of The facts are, Living eosta are not necessarily smaller In small citieil non-striking parents was shot. In than big towns, are hot cheaper in the South, and are not lower in low-*1955 the national guard was called pay areas. out after nine persons, most of In the chmi with this article, you'll find estimated annual living them pickets, were wounded by costs for a wage-earner family In various cities. The costs listed in gunfire at the Perfect Circle Corp. this chart bring up to date the Bureau of Labor Statistics' famous in New Castle. "modest but adequate" budget for a family of husband, wife, and two It was also announced in Wash­ children under 15. When they said "modest" they weren't fooling. ington that an investigation would This budget allows the husband one heavy wool suit every three years,be made to answer rumors that the wife a heavy wool coat every four years, and the whole family federal employees of the Depart­ three phone calls a week. ° ment of Agriculture had lobbied This chart shows that living costs in big cities such as New York, for the passage of the Indiana Chicago, Philadelphia and Detroit, are no higher and are sometimes "righ^ to work" law. even lower than in smaller cities such as Portland. Ore., Seattle, Hous­ "Bight to work" bills outlaw the ton, Atlanta, Milwaukee and Minneapolis, it also shows the surpris­ union shop and any other form ingly high living costs in the South. In fact, a University of Pittsburgh of union security. They also compel economics professor, John F. Henderson, has pointed out that there is unions to represent and bargain no relation between eamlpgis and the cost of living in any given city. for non-members in a bargaining For example, it costs about as much to live in Atlanta as in Detroit, unit. Los Angeles and Chicago. But average industrial wages in Atlanta are 26 to 34 percent less than in these highly-unionized cities. Similarly; living costs in Memphis and Bichmond, Va., which are not shown in this chart but run close to thoSe in Atlanta according to previous sur- veys, are higher than in New York and a number of other cities in the Salvage crews worked on stricken Fairisle for months before they North and West. There are excep- • succeeded In righting the vessel. Ship sank after harbor collision. tions. New Orleans, one of the lowest-pay tpwns in .the country, WASHINGTON—One of the few American C-2s ever Al­ NEW YOBK—Shipping for the and depressed Scranton, Pa., are lowed to transfer to a foreign fiag, the former SlU-manned past period has been almost nor­ among the lowest-cost cities in the freighter Fairisle will be repaired and put into service under mal, although this area is still country. San Francisco has the Panamanian registry so she recuperating from the longshore­ average industrial wage next to can quickly earn back the cos way for full-scale work on repairs. men's strike. Many ships are still Detroit, but is also now the most of an expensive salvage expensive city on the list. Its fast Besides the MA, neither the Navy being diverted to other ports due and then start producing a profit. Department, State Department nor to the tugboat tieup. increase in costs in the past five The transaction was based on years has now made it even cost­ Agent Clyde Simmons is opti­ the Bureau of Foreign Commerce "loophole" in ' the. Government' raised an objection to the sale and mistic about the future, expecting lier than Washington, DC, which ship transfer policy, which nor transfer. a large number of ships in for pay­ previously held -the dubious dis­ mally requires replacement tinction of being the most expen- Between the estimated $800,000 off within the ne^t few weeks. transferred tonnage by new con restoration cost and the $225,000 Most of these ships, he said, were sive city. struction. However, exceptions A survey some years ago' by the sale price to Universal, the Fairisle coming in from long runs and this be made if a ship has been de will have to earn over $1 million usually means *a big turnover in New York State Department of dared a constructive total loss before the deal begins to pay off. the crews. Labor also found that variations in because of a marine casualty and Obviously this is not expected to A total of 22 ships paid off, five living costs between big cities, and small cities and villages, is not as has been abandoned to the insur­ be too difficult under Panamanian- signed on and six in-transit ships great as is popularly supposed. ance underwriters. were serviced. In addition, two These facts also do much to shatter the idea that high wages raise flag operation. Bull Line ships, the Frances and living costs. The 1955-56 BLS report showed a tjrpist in Atlanta earn­ In this case, Seatraders, Inc the Beatrice, came out of tempo­ ing $47 a week, and an auto mechanic $1.57 an hour. Figures for a. bought the disabled ship from rary lay-up and took on full crews. typist in Chicago were $55.50 and an auto mechanic $2.48 an hour. Pan-Atlantic and undertook to sal­ The Camp Namanu (USCP), one However, Chicago living costs were even a little less than in Atlanta. vage it from Gravesend Bay, New of the ships paying off, transferred York, on condition that the Mari­ Except for housing, most retail prices in most cities run about the • to a foreign flag. time Administration would even­ same, especially food. tually approve its operation by a And the price of food threatens to become this year's cost-of-living Panamanian subsidiary. The Fair­ problem. According to a recent study, a moderate-income family spends isle had been in a collision with a almost a third of Its entire income on food, alone. This.^ummer with Panamanian tanker last July and pork production low, meat's price is scheduled to go up sharply. As wound up laying capsized off the an aid to keeping the coming food-price rise from doing serious dam­ PHILADELPHIA — After com­ Brooklyn shore for several months. pleting her initial three-month age to your budget, here's how the average family has been spending its food dollar. It was subsequently raised, re­ charter for the Military Sea Trans­ floated and towed to a Brooklyn portation Service, the roll-on trailMeat, fish and poultry, 28 cents; dairy products and eggs, 20; fruit shipyard. and vegetables, 14; cereals and baked goods, 12; canned foods, 9; bev­ ership Carib Queen is going erages (coffee, tea, soft drinks), 7; sweets and sugars, 5; fats shorten­ At the time Seatraders bought the into regular commercial service on ings and baking supplies, 2; miscellaneous, 3. European run from here, the ship, it contended that restoration You'll have one help in battling rising food prices, especially of meat. of the Fairisle for US-flag service company announced. The Carib Eggs and poultry will be at their lowest prices in years.this spring. would not pay because of the out­ Queen recently returned from her lay necessary for salvage and re­ first voyage to Europe carrying a LIVING COSTS IN DIFFERENT CITIES FOR FAMILY OF FOUR MATES ATTneemkcm pairs. Some time later it sold the cargo of Volkswagens as well as 12 Increase ship to its own Panamanian sub­ trailers loaded with wines, cognacs, Budget Cost, Since '51 Relative sidiary, Universal Tramp Shipping Swiss cheese, machine parts and City Population Dec., 1956 Percent Cost* other assorted cargo. She departed Company. Atlanta 470,000 $4,462 3.4 106 ' from the same port to make an­ Last week, the Maritime Admin­ Baltimore -970,000 4,550 7.9 other trip for MSTS. istration announced its approval of Boston 805,000 4,516 7.1 this sale and transfer, clearing the A second ship, the Florida Chicago 8,760,000 4,457 6.5* 105 Queen, is now under conversion Cincinnati .......... 523,000 4,494 6.8 for trailership purposes in a Jack­ Cleveland ........... 935,000 SlVAP 4,370 6.5 Make Checks sonville shipyard. She is expected Detroit 2,025,000 4,476 6.7 105 to go on the same run as the Carib YARAiS Houston, Texas 690,000 4,489 To 'SOU-A&G' 4.3 Queen. Both vessels are converted Kansas City, Mo...«.« THEFICHTSONTV. 490,000 4,206 6.2 Seafarers mailing in checks Landing Ship Docks. Los Angeles ••••••• 2,175,000 4,578 6.2 or money orders to the Union 107 A/£W LOW PRICES In addition, TMT is "currently Milwaukee 690,000 to cover dues payments are 4,576 4.3 108 ANDVCl/READRlWVS Minneapolis ......... 540,000 4,415 urged to be sure to make all of operating two sea-going V-4 tugs, 6.1 106 the Dry Tortugas and the Som­ New York City 8,050,000 4,263 them payable to the SIU-A&G 4.4 100 muCOMSMEREAT brero Key, under contract to the Philadelphia 2,140,000 District. 4,310 5.7 101 SIU's Harbor and Inland Water­ OVN PLACE. YOUR Pittsburgh >• •«•••••• 680,000 Some Seafarers have sent In 5.1 4,417 Portland, Ore. ...... 400,000 checks and money orders in the ways Divisfon. The tugs haul LST's 4,394 5.8 omE9AfO€PEMm> 103 loaded virith truck trailers between St. Louis 870,000 4,388 names of individual headquar­ 6.7 103 Florida and Caribbean ports. BTIHE SEAFARERS San Francisco ...... 790,000 ters officials. This makes for a 4,702 10.3 108 TMT's long-range plans call for Scranton, Fa 120,000 problem in bookkeeping which INriVNm-A&S'AFL 3.0 4,122 Seattle 555,000 can be avoided if checks are a fleet of trailerships, most of them 4,515 5.5 Washington, D. CT,... 860,000 made out to the Union directly. to operate on amearby-foreign and , 4,588. 3.0. inter-island. rum «•: -; I* New York Ci|y,,^kli ,100.. ^: iSeafarer'rGuido To Better Bnyinf Fairisle to Transfer Diversions Fail To Cut NY Shipping Carib Queen To Sail On Europe Run "iitm �Mairtih 18, 19ST SEAFARERS Seafarers' Family Portraits LOG Page Seven Hq Acts In Travel Check Beef Seafarers on tankers shuttling between Japan and the Persian Gulf will be able to obtain travelers' checks at the Middle East end of the run under a new agreement between the SIU and the tankship operators. • — Beefs by the crews on the to all but US hiilitary personnel shuttle runs have been piling and authorized Government em­ up since the Japanese govern­ ployees. The move was made as Suez Opens By April's End, Maybe While Pop's at' sea, world traveler Ring keeps Fred Bruggner't sons, Andrew and Robert, smiling. Ring hod two trips to Fronee as mascot of the National Liberty under his collar before Fred decided to beach him with his family at Norfolk. The rest of the family may smile, but "I don't have to if I don't want to," thinks I'/t year old Ramon Martin in his mother's arms. Antonio holds their other son, Antonio Jr., S'/j years old, in their Brooklyn home. WO^OOO-Tonners? We've Cot Dozens WASHINGTON—The revolution in shipbuilding sparked by the trend to super-duper 100,000-plus-ton tankers should increase the size of the world tanker fleet by 82 percent by mid-1965. As a matter of fact, • if present plans hold, there of 41 million tons in the world fleet will be 24 of the 100,000-ton last January 1st, An allowance for monsters afloat. This is the conclusion of the National Petroleum Council's Com­ mittee on Tanker Requirements following a global survey of the tanker picture. The only hitch is whether the world's jihipyards can handle the assignment, in view of possible steel and shipyard labor shortages in some countries over the next several years. A staggering total of 38 million deadweight -tons of tankers is under construction, on order or planned. There were 2,353 tankers Notify Union About Sick Men Ship's delegates are urged to notify the Union immediately whep a shipmate is taken off the vessel in any port because of illness or injury. Delegates should not wait until they $end in the ship's minutes but should handle the matter in a separate communication, so that the Un­ ion can determine In what man­ ner it can aid the brother. It would also be helpful If the full name, rating and book number was sent in. Address these notifications to Welfare Services at headquarters. scrapping, conversions or possible losses, plus obsolescence, yields the 82-percent-figure. Present world tanker tonnage" is equivalent to 2,389 T-28 and would amount to 4,346 T-2 equivalents in nine years. The report contains other headreeling figures as well: • World shipyards are solidly booked right through 1961 and, if all the ships planned are actually built, will be SRO into 1966. • The projected construction averages out to at least 300 T-2 equivalents from now through 1965. • The tanker construction race produced orders or plans for over 11 million tons between November 1-December 31, 1956. • Of the gross tonnage project­ ed, 24 ships would be of 100,000 tons or more; 39 others between 60,000 and 100,000. The report noted further that considerable Work in developing port facilities, especially drydocks and repair yards, must be done to be able to handle the influx of giant new ships. Of the 27 million tons of new tankships already being built or on order, 3 million tons (70 ships) are being constnicted in US yards. This puts'the US in fourth position," behind Japan, Oreat Britain and Sweden; in ^ab'ioftdef. '' Seattle Jobs On Upgraoe ment banned the sale of the checks part of a drive against alleged black market currency operations. SIU headquarters officials urge Seafarers on ships bound for Japan SEATTLE — As predicted last from the States to check and make peiiod, job activity has continued sure the ship carried a supply of to rise for another period with six checks sufficient to cover all needs ships paying off. and signing on in during the voyage. the past two weeks. Up until now, the shuttle crews The Wacosta (Waterman), Ocean would invariably wind up being Evelyn (Ocean), Jefferson City paid in yen and generally lost oui Victory (Victory), Westport (New on any breaks in the exchange England Ind.), Seagarden (Peim. rate. The agreement by the com Nav.) and the Seamonitor (Excel­ panics to buy the checks in Bahrein sior) paid off and later signed on. The Choctaw (Waterman), DeSoto If the diplomatic-end of the Suez simplifies matters for the crews. Under SIU working agreements, (Pan-Atlantic), Lawrence Victory Canal problem Is reasonably squared away in the next few crews must be paid in US currency (Mississippi) and Calmar's Portweeks, saivage authorities expect or checks when actual cash is not mar, Fiomar, Seamar were in to have the Canal functioning fully available. The underslanding that trarsit. Contract beefs were minor or by the end of April. However, the ships will stock up on checks steamship operators are keeping in the Persian Gulf will bring, the non-c:dstent on these vessels, port their fingers crossed and are not compaines into line with the con­ agent Jeff Gillette said. But he urged crewmembers to clamp down yet committing themselves to re­ tract. Neither the Japanese Consulate on cases of performing in foreign routing their vessels through the in New York nor the Bank of ports. With jobs on a high.level in Canal. Tokyo New York branch would con­ the Seatt'e area for many months, On the salvage front, work has firm the Japanese government begun on the sunken tug Edgar clampdown on issuance of checks and manpower tight, some profes­ Bonnet, an 841-tonner sunk half­ to seamen. Eventually the exist­ sion:' Coiil-ups have been gettii g way down the canal, and on the ence of the ban was confirmed by on SIU ships and raising cain once the" a e out of the Union's juris­ Abukir, a 1,461-ton frigate sunk the American Express Company. diction. four miles from the southern end. These are the last two major ob­ stacles to shipping. Once these are out of the way, which is expected to take about a month, the salvage experts think they can swiftly resume normal Affiliation of five additional have signed a three year contract traffic with a little dredging and unions with the AFL-CIO Indus- cover at 21,000 NYC members of other repair work. Union Department has the Building Service Employees The original target dale for clear­ trial ing the canal was May 1. and it ap­ brought the total membership of, Local 32B calling for an $8 per pears that the date will be made the lUD to 7.6 million. The new week salary increase, increased affiliations are the ILGWU, the benefits, and the institution of a with something to spare. Pulp and Sulphite Workers, the The diplomatic obstructions still Papermakers, the Commercial pension fund. Under the contract, loom as large as ever. The old Telegraphers, and the Bill Posters. the numbers covered will receive imr-u '.nte raises of $3 pef week, argument over who will collect and an additional increase of $2 4< canal tolls,. Egypt or all interna­ A new booklet enmied "AFLtional authority, is blossoming CIO Codes of Ethical Practices" per week next year. '5, i again.' In addition, there are un­ has been approved by the AFLAn agreement has been reached solved problems between Egypt CIO Executive Council for general the Communications and Israel that could cause plenty distribution. The booklet covers between Workers of America and the Ohio of trouble in the area. such subjects as the codes cover­ There is just a chance though, ing local union charters, health Consolidated Telephone Company that Seafarers on the eastbound to and welfare funds, racketeers, settling their 228-day-old strike. The strike, which started last July Asia runs, and on the round-thecrooks, communists and fascists, 15, came about when the company world ships might be- docking at and conflicts of interest. It also Port Said again before long, in­ contains sections of the AFL-CIO was purchased by the General Teleohone System, which promptly stead of taking the long, grueling constitution on ethical practices | tried to do away with most of the voyage around the Cape of Good and resolutions on investigating, provisions of their old contract, Hope. procedures in such cases. j The new contract calls for a wage PHCrtB m-r£f25 W miCL£S lact Ave welcozciedW your w J. 3; I ina-ease and an agreement on the In an address before the Duluth in" •, enance of membership Federation of Teachers Local 692, .clause. AFT President Carl J. Megel; 4. t 3; sorely criticized penny - pinching; jv,ore than 1,000 delegates to the cities and states and their "cut; 20th annual convention of the rate education' as causing a gen- Pennsylvania Industrial Union eral breakdown in education stand­ Council have adopted a resolution ards in the United States. He calling for a special convention to blamed statutes in 29 states which bring about a merger of the lUC allow districts to offer lower sal­ with the Pennsylvania Federation aries for non-degree teachers as , of Labor. The resolution proresulting in a loss of qualified poses the setting up of a united teachers. Keystone State Labor movement 3« it 4" which would have some 1.5 million The Supreme Court has agreed members. to review a case testing the clause 4> 4> 3< of the Taft-Hartley act which re­ New York printers, members of quires union officials to file non- the International Typographical communist affidavits. The case Union, voted 699 to 511 to accept arose when the NLRB ordered the a new two year agreement with ti e Bowman Transportation Co. of city's major newspaper publishers. Gadsden, Ala., not to recognize The agreement calls for $9 in wage the United Mine Workers catch­ increases over the period involved all district 50 "unless and until" it and also determines the reaii ireis formally certified as bargaining men ts on proof reading. About agents by the NLRB. The NLRB 3,500 members of New York Local has refused to certify local 50 be­ 6 are affected by the contract. cause John L. Lewis and other 3. i 3. • officers have continually refused Womanpowcr is in the news with to sign the affidavits. The case is a shortage of female workers re­ on appeal from a lower court de­ ported, particularly in office jobs. cision holding that- the NLRB has The US Labor Department has no authority to Issue such an or­ been urging a survey of the pool der. of womanpower to bring about 3) t 4" more effective use of women work­ '^i'he Realty Advisory Board on ers. It is estimated that about 2t Labor Relations Inc. and the Mld- million women work at least part toWu Realty Owners Association of the year.. �face Eiglit SEAFARERS LOCT meehl5^i9S7 T HE key link between the seagoing mem­ bership and the SlU ashore, the SEAFARERS LOG is air-mailed all over the world every two weeks to catch up with SlU ships In their next port. Along with these air mail packages for every ship come blank ship's min'utes forms, repair lists, and reports and com­ munications on other routine Union business. Timing is crucial to the process. Can the LOG meet the ship in Yokohama or PusanY With the Suez Canal out, will a vessel be in Capetown long enough for the LOG to get there? Preparation for the mailing of the next LOG started as soon as this one was completed. The never-ending process is designed to keep the SlU man on a ship as well-informed as if he had sat in at the latest Union meeting ashore. TO ALL SHIPS �•P ' • v: .. Bbtrch 15. im SEAFARERS LOG At headquarters mail room, volunteers assist in stuffing-envelopes with new LOGS. Each package must be weighed. Rates run high, vary with size and destination. PC clerk shows how ships' packages have to be separated for varied destinations. In foreign port, mail is dispatched to , other planes if needed, or local PO. ^ Sacked according to destinations, mail now goes to NY area airports. . Paire MfM While special ships' mail is completed, regular mail sacks go to post office from printer. ' Leaving US, air mail sacks are put aboard planes bound all over the world. At the end of the long trail, mail call^ Seafarera aboard ship catch up on the news from home, former ships and^«hi|anates tod union affam^ 'vV,.,. '..CI i; i-i , �SEAPAREKS iOG Paffe Ten 'Restrain' Pay Demands, FMB Member Suggests Old Timers time is here when we must call upon both steamship management year by year, the way you can and labor to aid the Government beef up production in a shoreside to hold the line against unwarrant­ plant. At that rate, seamen would ed demands not supported^ by in­ ha^e to wait 20 years between creased service and productivity. wage gains." Productivity increases, he added, "Shipyard, shoreside and seago­ would not take into account the ing labor must, like all other in­ very real problem of foreign com­ dustrial components, excercise re­ petition from runaway flags. "No straint in demands that might jeop­ matter how much seamen produce," ardize stability in the marine field." he added, "they can't compete with Wage Freeze Proposals runaway operators paying $100 a Guill's remarks echo a similar month to crewmembers." program put forth by the agency and the House Merchant Marine Committee two years ago. At that time proposals were made for a wage freeze and for a system of government controls including an Under the Union constitution arbitration panel which would have every member attending a Un­ had the final say on wage scales ion meeting is entitled to Strong protests from all mari­ nominate himself for the elected time unions, with the exception of posts to be filled at the meeting the NMU, against any form of —chairman, reading clerk and wage control effectively put a stop recording secretary. Your Un­ to the plans at the time. NMU ion urges you to take an active President Joseph Curran, appear part in meetings by taking these ing at House Merchant Marine posts of service. Committee hearings, endorsed the And, of course, all members idea of outside control of the mari­ have the right to take the floor "Thanks to the SIU Brothers time industry by an arbitrator. and express their opinions on for the benefits," writes The SIU's position was that wage any officer's report or issue un­ Brother Louis Vecchiet above restraints would arbitrarily restrict der discussion. Seafarers are of New Orleans. Below, old seamen's freedom to negotiate on urged to hit the deck at these time Seafarer Thor Thorsen economic matters. meetings and let their ship­ takes in the air outside of the Guill's speech to the Kings Point mates know what's on their Norwegian Seaman's Insti-. graduates asked that they exert minds. "leadership and . . . influence . tute, Chicago. your shipmates to help fight tend­ encies that might dim the bright promise ahead . . Tying wages to productivity is a relatively new suggestion in the maritime field. In manufacturing, where increased productivity is a Many ship's delegates were men­ you would have to go far to beat product of constant improvement tioned this week for their fine Howard Menz who was the ship's of equipment and purchase of new services. Among representative on the Fort Bridger machine tools, the idea has won them were Arne for a full year. This was one of wide support. Hansen on the the US Petroleum Tankers that Newer Ships Margaretf Brown was on a Persian Gulf shuttle In the maritime industry, in­ who received a which meant the crew had no di­ creased productivity depends not vote of thanks rect contact with any Union hall on crewmembers but on construc­ "for a job well in the course of that time. tion of newer, faster ships which done on the past When the crew got back to the can deliver more pounds of cargo voyage" and who States, headquarters patrolmen per days' work. It would also mean was reelected went up to the payoff prepared for supplying ships with full cargoes. unanimously. Joe the usual heavy load of beefs that Hansen Cargo offerings, of course,, fluctu­ Henry of the would tend to accumulate in that ate widely from trip to trip and Royal Oak, Albert D. Smith of the time. To their astonishment, they cannot be foxeseen in advance. Choctaw, also received thanks for found that Menz had brought the An SIU headquarters spokesman a good job. ship in as clean as a whistle. All pointed out that the average mer­ But when it comes to delegates, disputes had been settled and an exceilent working relationship had been established between officers and crew despite the trying and difficult conditions on this run. The kicker in the story _ is that Menz is a probationary book mem­ ber holding 'B' seniority. Normally, of course,- the Union encourages men with an 'A' rating to hold delegates' jobs. But Menz' perfor­ mance proves that there are plenty of good Union men among the group that started. going to sea in recent years. Unfortunately, the Fort Bridger went Liberian, despite the sterling performance of officers and crew. Speak Out At SIU Meetings "pjir^Qr a Seafarer! ?MiMoii£AfPmiS(m.&iocAFsmi/i& VMB YoUkBATfHBhiAlL. CITIIt SKRVICI NORPOLK'(Clti** SarviM), Dae. 35—Chairman, I. Mean; faeratary# t. Kellna. Need new iron. Beefa to ba taken to delegate. Pantry man to help crew mess serve chow. Radio to be turned oB during meal hours. Vote to payoff coastwise trip after New Year's. SUZANNI (Bull), Jan. 13—Chairman, W. Tragambo; Sacratary, C. Prota. $3 "from last trip cannot be located. To start ship's fund. New delegate and treasurer elected. Gen­ eral discussion on Improving and vary(ngsmenus. Wringer on washing ma­ chine to ba replaced. To purchase new washing machine upon arrival in NY. KINGS POINT, NY—Speaking to the graduating class of the Kings Point Merchant-Marine Academy here, Ben Guill of the Federal Maritime Board has implied that sea unions should hold off on contract de-^ chant vessel is in service about 20 mands. years. "You can't improve the Guill told the cadets "the cargo carrying capacity of a ship, TUB fOOD AMT> VKlCeSAra/fiOvJM Marcfi !{?• 1957= if iSf % No matter the time nor the place, it's up to the cook not only to feed the crew, but to keep th*m happy too. It may have been around Christmas time and they may have been off the China coast, yet a hearty vote of thanks went to chief cook Earl B. Harrison of the Fort Bridger for his making "fine pizza pie for the crew." Cook C. Coudeli mjay not have made pizza, but there is no denying-the reports on his r excellent baking by the erew of the Council Grove. W. H. gARRUTH (Trans Fual), Dae. 1<—Chylrman, A. Bargantr Sacratary, J. eilHard. Bequest ice water fountain watch standers. Arrange for separate rooms for .engine department men. Only two rooms available for watch standers. Three oUers -in one and three firemen in other; Vote of thanks to steward dept. . CANTICNY (Cities Service), Jan. 31 — Secretary, Adams. Minute's si. lence in honor of Harry I.undeberg (deceased). Flag was raised at half mast where it remained until sun­ down. RION (Actlum), Jan. 13—Chairman, S. Mangold; Sacratary, C. Hopkins. Captain Passaris had promised Bro. TannehiU and Bro. Phlpps, deck del. in New Orleans, that he would put American money before arrival in Is­ tanbul. Whereas the Captain put:out the draw in. lire at the rate of three to one. and, whereas the tourist ex-, change was S.25 to one, it was moved by Spires and seconded by Landry, that we contact the American Consul and try to get a better exchange, no­ tify the Captain/of our intentions, and then write a letter to headquar-, ters. Motion carried. WACOSTA (Waterman), Jan. 4 — Chairman, R. Parady; Secretary, J. P. Baliday. A vote of thanks to the steward department for good services rendered. Also suggested that the safety committee's report be read by' every member for future reference. FEDERAL (Trafalgar), Jan. 1* — Chairmen, N. Vrlollek; Secrefery, O. L. r^ehen. Request any info on what it to happen to person who assaulted two crewmen with a meat clever on Oct. 20 while at sea. Mail situation still bad. Vote, of thanks to steward In ongino room. Communications ' department for holiday feasts. posted. Jan. 33—Chairman, R. Ewar; SeersDEL SANTOS (MIts.), Feb. 3—Chair­ tsry, A. Sargont. One man - missed H. Gaubert; Secretary, F. B. ship. Few hours disputed - overtime, man, Naely. Suggested that the patrolman to ba referred to patrolman. Repair be called and a thorough count of the list to be submitted. actual linen on board be taken and that It be brought up to par as this COR VICTORY tVletory Carriers), has been running out of towels Dec. 14—Chelrmen, C. Lewson; Secre- ship for the last two trips. tery, H. Frenklfn. Report on,' repair Hst. Chief mate missed ship: recom­ ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), Jan. 31— mended that he not be permitted to sail SIU ships in future. Short of Chairman, E. G. McNabi Secretary, F. R. Napoll. The repairs should he money for draw. Fine crew. Report about using bed spreads on decks., as brought to the attention of the board­ rugs in rough weather. Recommended ing patrolman on the payoff because strips of canvas in galley and pantry. they have been ignoring most of the Some disputed overtime. One man repairs for the last few trips. missed ship. Vote of thanks to stew­ OCEAN JOYCE (Maritime Overseas), ard department for fine Thanksgiving, dinner. Recreation room to be Feb. 3—Chalrihan, R, Oavlne; Secre­ tary, W. Lovett. There was a discus­ •ougeed. sion concerning the laundry machine. MAXTON (Pan Atlantic), Jan. 33— It was suggested that the erew and Chairman, H. Starck; Secretary, M. the officers, together should chip in Eichenko. Ship's fund $115.70. Seven and purchase a new washing machine, cases of Pepsi-Cola on hand. Reports the crew to. pay two thirds of the accepted. New delegate .elected. Del­ cost, and the officers to pay one third egate to consult patrolman about ' of the cost. This was approved by the membership present, and some blowers for tanks while mucking. donations for this purpose were re­ SBATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Sealrain), ceived. Jan. It—Chairman, J. Cohen; Secre­ TRANSATLANTIC (Pd^lflc Water­ tary, J. Fsdisw. Two men missed ship. Held meeting on food situation. Cre-.v ways), Jan. 31—Chairman, J, Kestel; Secretary, J. DIetsch. Received word wants more cheese for night lunch. Dee. 38—Chairman, W. Saltras; Sec­ from Seattle at 9:30 AM regarding the retary, D. Rundblad. New delegate observance in memory and respecte elected. Request company to supply to the late Brother Harry Lundeberg. steward on storing day. List of stores Flag placed at half-mast and all un­ being sent aboard by company to en­ necessary work stopped. able steward to check list. Discussion FENNMAR (Calmer), Jan. 4—Chair­ on new feeding system. Present one man, V, E. Monte; Secretary, Vase. unsatisfactory. Delegale asked each and every one to cooperate with the skipper and do PAN OCEANIC TRANSPORTER (Fen Oceanic Nev.) Jen. 14—Chairmen, their job in the SIU way as he it R. High; Secretary, W. Welsh. Repair with us 100%. list still pending. Repairs in engine REBECCA (Maritime Ovsrtaas), Jan. dept. are complete. New delegate 30—Chairman, H. Hernandez; Secre­ elected. tary, T. Carmlchaai. $11.35 in fund. Some disputed OT. Ship's water tanks FAIRLAND (Waterman), Oct. Chairman, J. LaCoste; Secretary, V. to be checked for contamination as Fitzgerald. One man deserted ship in result of numerous- cases of dysentery Miami. Ship's fund $25. Man who among crewmembers. Suggestion to deserted. ship to be barred from sail­ all ship's not to take on any stores ing SIU- ships in future. His attitude such as fruits, vegetables, and shrimp. towards his shipmates very intoler­ We have found out the hard way with many dysentery cases in tiia able. crewi We think it is better to use a can opener and be safe. CAROLYN (Bull), Oct. 14—Chair­ man, A. Aragonas; Sacratary, E. C. ROBIN SHERWOOD (Seas), Jan. 37 Martin. Some disputed overtime. P. Murphy; Secretary, Sidp's fund $13. Report accepted. Li­ —Chairman, R. SIroit. Ten (10) hours disputed brary to bo changed while in New overtime. Suggest speaker in York. Messhall to be kept clean at messhall be repaired that and also an ad­ night time. Cups, plates, etc. to be ditional fan is requested. placed in sink. Bathrooms to be kept clean. ROBIN WENTLEY (Seat Shipping), Jan. 30—Chairman, L. Karalunas; MORNING LIGHT (Waterman), Oct. Secretary, C. Mathews. Suggestions: 7—Chairman, C. Long; Sacratary, W, (1) men be careful not to take Morse. Repair lists to be turned in. too That time and/or overload wash­ Cook hospitalized in Japan; headquar­ ing much machiilh. (2) All crewmembers ters notified. One man missed ship In cooperate with purser in getting ail Japan. Handle washing machine with customs declarations In promptly so care. All extra change from payoff as not to delay draws. (3) Steward to be placed in ship's fund. asks all to return soiled linen prompt­ ly to avoid shortages along coast. (4) TEXMAR (Calmer), Oct. 13—Chelr­ Bosun asks that cots not be left on ,, men, L. Barch; Secretary, J. Ruttar. deck in ports to avoid damage and $10 given to brother hospitalized in theft, and hindrance to deck depart­ Seattle. Ship's fund $5,50. New dele­ ment. gate elected. Discussion on safety of ship. Vote of thanks to messman. All ROYAL OAK (Cities Service), Jan. departments to have repair list' in 37—Chairman, W. Bryeler; Sacratary, befora reaching Canal. D. Beard. Watertight doors and ports were not fixed. Unsafe conditions in MASSMAR (Calmar), Sapt. 3* — aft pumpman were not remedied. Chairman, J. RIsbeck; Sacrataryt, o. Clapper valves still out of order on Wolf. Report accepted. New delegate port side. Engine department not elected. Messroom to be kept clean— satisfied with sanitary work. n cupa to be washed. Oct. 14—Chairman, J. RIsback; Sac­ STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), Dec. 3$ ratary, P. Carllno. . Washing machine —Chairman, P. Spencer; Secretary, W. to be repaired. AU hands not as­ Thompson. New delegate elected. signed a job on fire and boat driU to Washing machine in bad shape, go . give a hand cranl^ng out life boats. easy on it. Dirty linen to be returned. Steward department shower to ba Jan. 30—Chairman, W. La Nasa; cleaned and painted. Report accepted. Secretary, W. Gillasplo. S5.20 in fund. MesstaaU to be kept clean. Request that name calling should cease. Leftover vegetables' have been MCKITTRICK HILLS (Wssforn known to be in coffee cans, in the Tankers), Sapt. 33 — Chairman, B. refrigeration room, for as many as Rllsyi Sacratary, M. CIten. Ship's five (5) days before being used again, fund $19.94. Report accepted. New some are unfit to use again. Keep fans needed In all rooms. Ship sailed passageways quiet, so that off watch short one maq. Vote of thanks ta men can sleep. steward department. Oct. 13—Chairman, R. Hampton; STEEL WORKER (Isthmian), Dsc. 30 Sacratary, O; Nichols. Repairs to ba —Chairman, W. Valazquez;' Sacratary, mada In New York. Ship's fund $3.83. H. Kllmon. Suggest that the coffee be Onei member hospitalized in Puerto made by 7:15 AM,, and also that La Gnu, Venezuela—headquartert..nor enough coffpe - be left for the men tlfled. ' Request separata rooms tor coming' off lookout. �Pace Elevea SEAFARERS LOG Manh 15. 1957 New Ship Giveaway Proposed In Senate Sff'// In TAere' \ WASHINGTON—Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota has urged the passage of a proposal which would -authorize the sale of 12 Liberty-type vessels from the US reserve fleet to India. This proposal came on the offered for sale of merchant ves­ heels of another announce­ sels to Brazil, the Philippines, ment that the Peruvian govern­ ment wax sending out feelers as to the possibility of their purchasing some vessels also. Discussions have already been held with US shipping officials here, with a view to obtaining en­ abling legislation for a new amendment to the 1946 ship sales act. In his proposal. Senator Hum­ phrey stressed the need of these ships by the Indian government and the boon it would be to IndianAmerican relations if it was passed. Although the Senator emphasized the fact" that these- ships were to be used in coastal trade only, and that they would not compete in any way with American companies, maritime unions see two danger­ ous possibilities that might result from the siale. One is the obvious fact that the use of these ships in their coast­ wise business would release those vessels now in that trade to compete with US ships. Another factor is the possibility of this sale starting a precedent for other nations to follow in securing American ships at bargain prices foi their merchant shipping. In the past, proposals have been LOff- '*• On Wednesday, March 6, the Sailors Union of the Pacific celebrated its 72nd birthday. They did it SUP style—^with an agreement providing the first genuine pension coverage for seamen sailing West Coast tankers. The few organizations that survive to the SUP's age are too often old and weary, hut the SUP is as vigorous and militantas it was 72 years ago. In the years that followed, the dynamic spirit of the Sail­ LAKE CHARLES— Shipping, ors 'under the leadership of Andrew Furuseth and Harry and activity in general, has picked Lundeberg racked up the most impressive list of gains in sea­ up in this area, reports agent Le- faring history. The SUP's accomplishments embrace the Maguire, La Folroy Clarke, between a number of ahips passing through and the lette. White and Jones Acts, the first hiring hall, and a string port's own version of the Mardi of other firsts. Gras. The pension plan for tankermen is proof that the SUP is 11 In-Transits still moving head to provide new benefits for its members and The Royal Oak (Cities Service) leadership for all seamen. Lk. Charles Has Mild' Mardi Cras paid oft while there were 11 ships In transit for the period. They were the Government Camp, Cities Service Miami, Chiwawa, Bents Fort, Bradford Island, C S Norfolk, and the Winter HiU (Cities Serv­ ice); Val Chem (Valentine); Pan Oceanic Transporter (Pan Oceanic) and Del Campo (Miss). The port also handled one SUP tanker. All ships were reported in good shape. There has been no progress in the contract talks between the Machinist's Union and,the Colum­ bia Southern Chemical Co. The strike at the company is continu­ ing. The Mardi Gras, he is sorry to say, was a mild one, unlike the rip-roaring affair New Orleans boasts. ^ Too Many Aceidentss Shipping Rise Cheers Tampa TAMPA — With an-eye to the comfort of the Seafarers on the beach in this area, and to improv­ ing the looks of the branch hall, a motion has been made before the membership to buy a television set and some new furniture. The new chairs will undoubtedly get a big play from the set-watchers. . Agent Tom Banning reports shipping was good for the last period and should continue to im­ prove.- The Citarus Packer (Water­ man) was the only ship to pay off while the Bents Fort (Cities Serv­ ice), Bienville (Waterman), and Coeur D'Alene Vic. (Vic. Carriers) came into port for In-transit serv­ ice. The recent rash of ship accidents, including the two latest collisions in the Delaware River and Upper New York Bay, point up again the hazards of navigation in heavily traveled waterways. Moreover, they emphasize the fact that ship collisions con­ John McWilliams, 52: Brother tinue to occur with distressing frequency despite the modern McWilliams died navigation and detection devices with which most ships, in­ s of a heart ail­ cluding merchantmen, are now equipped. > ment In Nor­ wood, Massachu­ It is true that the factor of human error must always be setts, on January considered in accidents. But human error is only one factor 6, 1957. He is and the recent rash of collisions would seem to indicate the survived by his need for additional studies of navigation procedures. daughter, Mrs. i Rita Werdann, of Screening Puzzle An odd situation has been revealed by the statement of the Coast Guard commandant asking that the screening program Get That SS be abandoned. The commandant said it could no longer work Number Right because he was unable to-produce witnesses to confront the Seafarers filing vacation accused seamen with. money claims, should make sure The right of accused seamen to be able to confront and that they use their correct So­ cross-examine their witnesses was upheld by the Federal cial Security number. Use of Courts, as the traditional privilege of US citizens. the vtrrong number means a cler­ If the witnesses are unavailable it is probably because the ical headache for the Vacation FBI insists that it cannot reveal its sources of information. Plan office and slows up the That being the case, one of two conclusions may be inferred handling of payments. Also, a Seafarer who uses the' as the Government's feelings on the subject: (a) Subversives incorrect Social Security num­ rsre being permitted to sail because it is more important to ber is crediting his tax deduc­ protect a witness than to punish the guilty, or (b) the Gov­ tions to some other US worker. ernment thiq^ It idQ^sn't reglly matter if there are Conunimr ists on.ships...lt':^,.'\. \ . x" • . l-V:'; : Jackson Heights, NY. Brother Mc­ Williams Joined the Union on January 2, 1951, and was sailing In the steward department. He was buried In Cypress Hills Cemetery. 4^ » James J. Crotty, 63: Brother Crotty died In Brooklyn, NY, from a Iractm-ed skull and a crushed chest. The cause of the Injuries Is not known. There was no next of kin designated. Brother Crotty joined the Union on December 1, 1951, and was sailing In the stew­ ard department. Burial took place in Holy Cross Cemetery. Trieste, Japan, and South Korea. Should the sale be approved many more such Inquiries may be ex­ pected. Although the Peruvian request did not state what type of ships they wanted, it did say that they were to be used in trade between Peru and the United States. The SIU and other unions will seek Congressional action barring these proposals to protect American ship­ ping and jobs of US seamen. Robin Line Sold, Keeps Its Identity An agreement has been reached between Moore-McCormack Lines and Seas Shipping Company for Mooremack to buy and operate the Robin Line. The Robin Line ves­ sels will be operated under the ex­ isting name as a separate division of Mooremack. Formal announcement of the purchase agreement was made last week. It will be completed when the purchase receives the approval of the Federal Maritime Board. The FMB's okay is needed because both of the companies are subsid­ ized operators. Not In African Trade William R. Moore, president of Mooremack, specified that Robin Line would not lose its identity. Mooremack does not operate in the South and West African trade which has been Robin Line's spe­ cialty. Purchase of Robin Line will give Mooremack four essential trade routes including East Coast to South America, East Coast to Scandinavia and West Coast to South America. With the addition of the Robin Line vessels, Moore­ mack will operate a fieet of 50 ships. in New Orleans, La., as a result of a lung ailment. "There was no next of kin designated. New Or­ leans was his last known address. ti t> Alfonso Olaguibel, 49: Brother Olaguibel died in the USPHS Hos­ pital in Galves­ ton, Texas, on January 14, 1957, from a cerebral hemorrhage. He Is survived by his mother, Mrs. Aracely Olagui­ bel, of Villa Las Lomas, San Juan, PR. Brother Olaguibel became a member of the Union on Jime 27, 1940, and was sailing In the engine department. i 4^ 4" Albert T. Cooper, 65: Brother Cooper died In the USPHS Hos­ pital In New Orleans, La., as a result of an Inflamatian of the bronchi and lungs. There was no next of kin designated. His last . . Hqmer Wlnbome, 46: On Decem­ known address was Thomasville, ber di-lOSei-Brotbeo-Wlnbonto-died Ga, M —,•1! �Diplomat At Work Captain Caught In Own Trap Over Water Beef Nobody "trifles" with his time, says the skipper of the Rebecca. Just to prove it, he tried to rap a $100 fine on a crewmember for "delaying the vessel" although he appar­ ently got himself caught up tend with possibly contaminated in a bight in the process. The episode took shape water as well. They urged a check after the ship left Bombay for South Africa with many cases of dysentery in the crew. Already concerned with the condition of the fresh stores from India, SIU crewmen were unwilling to con- "Bosun Charlie (top! has the diplomatic touch a bosun needs," says A. E. Auers on the Steel Maker, and bosun C. E. Lee Jr. seems to be practicing his striped-pants manner right here with a native officer in Karachi. Above, on the Sunion {I to r) are W. T. LaClair, bosun; J. H. McDonald, deck engi­ neer, and Bob "Tiny" Sullivan, wiper. They were on a trip over to to France and back from Norfolk. Breather in the messhall pro­ vided on anonymous shipmate with, a chance to grab some photos. ACROSS 1. Veteran sailor 5. Kind of snake 8. Short, abrupt wave action 12. Always 13. Kind of jacket 14. Export from Argentina 13. Source of Blue Nile 16. Put inside 18. Jimmy —, boxer 20. Water animal 21. - Silkworm 23. Iron 27. Anger 30. Spots 32. Hey. —! 33. What a ship­ mate should be 36. Turkish officer 37. On one's own 38. Indian weight 39. Discourage 41. Close to 43. Soft drink 45. Grand — 49. Party featuring music 63. Lay cobble­ stones 64. Dollar bills 53. Kind 56. Sword 57. Top of head 58. Stain 59. Damp and humid DOWN 1. 2. 3. 4. Fixes, as sails Of grandparents Siberian river. Swap 22. Charged 5. Copy particles 6. In a startling way 24. Old ships 7. Rate of speed 25. — seaman 26. Sly look 8. Deadly disease 9. Belonging to 27. Deck condition him in winter 10. Kind of poem 28. City in Itaiy 11. Pedal; Abbr. 29. Give off. as 17. Run away: slang smoke 19. Teutonic earth 31. Filet of — goddess 34. Exact 1 2 1^ 1^' 35. 40. 42. 44. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 31. Famous skipper Fabulous bird Tied up Placed Cloth from bark AU tied up Vegetable Cleaner Girl's name Group of .similar articles 52. Supplement of the tanks on arrival. (They also want to warn off all ships from taking on fruits, vege­ tables and shrimp in India. "It's better to use the can opener and be safe.") After much dickering in Cape­ town with ship's delegate W. K. Dodd, said secretary T. W. Carmichael, "the captain promised to have an analysis made that after­ noon, certainly by 8:30 . . . "But it soon became apparent he was stalling," a suspicion proved justified after shipmate C. Roosa, who was going to the American consul anyway, told the consul about the water situation. The consul later called the captain ashore, but the ship sailed when he returned. "It was 5:45 at the time, three hours earlier than his own 'dead­ line' for the water check. Even so, the captain told Roosa he would be charged' $100 for 'delaying the ship' as a result of the captain's being called ashore . . . Any ques­ tions, doctor?" French Lovely Falls Short Of'Billing' For a while there, it looked to his shipmates as if Sea­ farer Eddie D e m o s s had struck paydirt and found "the per­ fect playmate" for his hours ashore. Since the "playground" at the time was Rouen, France, Eddie earned the envy of the entire crew. Then, after a trip ashore, Eddie came back to the Oceanstar with his hands scratched up some. This 3 12 15 18 49 50 51 ^4 57 Answer On Page 14 Burly March 15. ISST SEAFARERS LOG Pawre Twelve A few of the boys checked up on ddie later and "sure enough he made friends with a 'lovely fe­ male' " in one of the local ginmills. However, the female in question, admittedly a lovely specimen. Was only a female Persian cat which Eddie had innocently befriended. Like many a dame, she had cut him up a bit for his pains. "Still, Eddie's lucky," our anony­ mous society reporter writes. "Milk doesn't cost as much as champagne, and with d can of sar­ dines begged from the steward, Eddie and the cat seem to be en­ joying themselves. To each his own, as they say." Crews Mourn Lundeberg Loss To the Editor: I am wr ting this In memory of a man who gave his all to win a place in the world, as well as the best living condi­ tions end wages, for the seafar­ ing man. He thought only for bettering things for seamen like ourselves, instead of doing things for himself. He battled hard, fair and straight down the line in every letters To The Editor All letters to-thc editor for publication in the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG must be signed by" the writer. Names mill be withheld upon request. fight with the shipowners or anyone else who tried to stepon SIU or SUP seamen or take anything away from them. Truly he was a gallant and great union man and leader, and the father of our great SIU. He was always ready and willing to help in any union beef for the better­ ment of all working people. Yes, Harry, as you take your place in the great beyond and watch over us, be assured we will miss you. You have carved a place in all our hearts and the name "Harry Lundeberg" will remain with us for the balance of our days. So long, friend, and thanks from all of us for a job weU done. May we all be just half the man you have been. J. R. Prestwood SS Alcoa Carsair 5. 4 A special meeting was held aboard the SS Cantigny in Port­ land, Maine, in honor of our deceased brother, Harry Lunde­ berg. After a report on the death of Brother Lundeberg, there was a moment's silence in his honor. The meeting was brought to a , close by raising the flag at half mast, where it remained until sundown. William Adams Ship's delegate ... A telegram of sympathy was sent to the Sailors Union hall in San Francisco to be for­ warded to the family of Brother Harry Lundeberg on behalf of the crewmembers of the SS Mankato Victory. August Lazzaro Ship's delegate 4" , 4" if . . . Special meeting called to order on the Ocean Ulla Jan­ uary 31, 1957, at 2 PM, with George F. Blackmore as chair­ man and Ed O'Connell as sec­ retary. This meeting observed g five-minute period of silence in memory of the late Harry Lundeberg, ending and ad­ journed at 2:20 PM, with 18 members present. John MacPherson Ship's delegate 4> 41 i4 (Ed.'Note: Funeral services for Brother Lundeberg, who died Jan. 28, were held on Jan. 31 in San Francisco. Memorial meet­ ings in all ports, and aboard ships in port and at sea, marked the occasion at the same time.) 4' 4i To the Editor: I just 'heard that Harry Lundeberg is dead. What a loss to Seafarers! Brother Lundeberg was' a fighter and he was honest. I recall working under him in the 1946 strike in San Francisco. His men listened to him because 'they had great confidence in him. I remember one time while the war was still on in 1944 or '45. He was telling about how there were many younger fel­ lows coming aboard the ships and how the Union.didn't have thj time to train them how to act like sailors on a ship. "When one of these boys comes up to you and asks you something, show 'em! Don't just tell 'em, show 'em," he said. "And then show 'em and tell 'em everything else about ycir union and about going to sea that you think will help them ... If you don't, you're just a goddam fool!" I hadn't followed Brother Lundeberg's career closely be­ cause I've spent my 13V2 years on Union ships ' - the SIU-A&G. But, disregardi.ig that, I have always admired, and I think I '•an say, honorably,, loved Harry Lundeberg. May God rest his soul! Thurston Lewis SS Steel Admiral 4 4,4 Hails Outcome Of SIU Voting To the Editor: Received the election report issue of the LOG and was glad to read the outcome of the vot­ ing. Everyone can be assured that all hands elected will con­ tinue to do their usual best. Special congratulations to "Mac" McAuley and "Blackie" Cardullo. Keep up the good work, boys. Hello also to Ralph Forgione out of Philadelphia. Some other outfits would be better off if they would imitate the way SIU handles its affairs, especially its elections. If yoii can, please let me know the name of the Buffalo port agent for the SIU Great Lakes District. Best regards to everyone. ^ Harold M. Shea (Ed."note: Pprt Agent for the Great Lakes District in Buffalo is David Walker.) ' Bw Bernard Seaman �March 15, 1957 SEAFARERS LOG AFOUNDRIA (Wsterm«n), Jan. »— Chairman, R. While; Saeratary, R. Walton. New delegate elected. Wipers and ordinary seaman request­ ed to do a better, job in their sani­ tary work. ALCOA PIONEER (Alcoa), Jan. 30— Chairman, C. Wiggins; Saeratary, J. Pursall. New delegate elected. Sugar canister to be ordered for crew mOssroom. Coilee mugs to be furnished to each man. BENT'S FORT (Cities Sarvica), Jan. 30—Chairman, A. Alexander; Saera­ tary, R. Coa. One man missed ship. Request that water fountain be kept clean and cups to be placed in sink. CHIWAWA (Cities Service), Jan. 13 —Chairman, H, SIkas; Secretary, W. Dickens. Request to please keep wash- any place discussing them at sea. Delegates alone to handle beefs at payoff. Jan. 30—Chairman, H. A. Moonay; Secretary, T. W. Hinson. $17.25 in ships fund. 4 men in deck department logged for falling to turn to. Name brand soap powder to be ordered. MANICATO VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), Jan. 31—Chairman, Jim Maahan; Secretary, Joseph A. Long. A telegram of sympathy was sent to SUP Hall to' be forwarded to the fam­ ily of Harry Lundeberg, by the crew^ members of SS Mankato Victory. MASSMAR (Calmar), Jan. 36—Chair­ man, H. Schwartu Secretary, H. Lahym. Books to be given patrolman at payoff failed to attend meeting Make up repair list. MONARCH OF THE SEAS (Water man), Jan. 30—Chairman, R. Ran' some; Secretary, T. Sanchey. To show mattress to patrolman in Mobile. To move planks from stairway going to ice boxes. To see abouts racks for Ubrary. OCEAN ULLA (Overseas Trans Co.) Jan. 31—Chairman, C. F. Blackmore; Secretary, Ed O'Connell. Special meet­ ing to observe five minutes of silence in memory of the late Harry Lunde­ berg. ing machine clean, also to attach light to machine. Jan. 10—Chairman, H. SIkes; Sec­ retary, J. Moloney. One wiper quit ship without any notice, also a day man quit. Request more considera­ tion for others who are sleeping. ANTINOUS (Pan Atlantic), Jan. 30 —Chairman, W. Matthews; Secretary, Broussard. Dispute on overtime. One man missed ship. DEL VALLE (Mississippi), Jan. 13— Chairman, B. Wright; Secretary. R. Irlzarry. $49.68 in fund. 50 cases of coke to be sold. EVELYN (Bull), Dec. 38—Chairman, John C. Reed; Secretary, J. Mitchell. 879.85 in fund. Fund to buy new timer for washing machine. New del­ egate elected. MARORE (Ore), Jan. 35—Chairman, M. Ohstrom; Secretary, D. Carey. Re­ quest that unrated men qualified for upgrading, do so at first opportunity. $1.05 in fund. Please do not Utter No. 9 hatch with garbage. New wash­ ing machine needed. Keep laimdry clean. MURRAY HILL (Fairfield), Jan. 10 —Chairman, C. Macqueen; Secretary, W. Shaw. Complaints about rust an(l salt in drinking water. ALCOA POINTER (Alcoa), Jan. 31 —Chairman, Ray SedowskI; Secretary, Frank Van Dusen. $40.80 in fund. New delegate elected. One man missed ship. ARMONK (New Jersey Ind.), Jan. S Chairman, R. Hampshire; Secretary, J. Heldt. Dispute on overtime. Stew­ ard spoke on too much coffee being Wasted. Ciew agreed wiU try to use less coffee. BALTORE (Ore), Feb. 3—Chairman, T. Connell; Secretary, W. Blakeslee. —$5.75 in fund. New delegate elected. Discussion of leaving cups in the rooms and on deck thereby causing a shortage at coffee time. BENT'S FORT (Cities Service), Chairman, A. Alexander; Secretary, L. Wahlln. New delegate elected. Re­ frain from hanging cloths on star­ board side of fidley. Request to have hotter coffee at i0;()0. CAMP NAMANU (USPC), Jan. 37— Chairman, W. Goff; Secretary. R. Tapman. One dollar is to be donated to fund, to buy timer for washing ma­ chine. Discussion on rusty water, to apeak to chief engineer. CHIWAWA (Cities Service), Feb. 3 —Chairman, H. L. SIkes; Secretary, J. W. Maloney. $7.22 in fund. New delegate elected. Request to have fresh bread. Discussion on why the sailing board is always two (2) or three (3) hours late. COUNCIL GROVE (Cltlea lervtce). Jan. 24—Chairman, O. Rhando; Secre­ tary, E. Gaudlll. $3.86 in fund. Dis­ cussion on evUs of drinking on Job, also tales being taken topside. EDITH (Bull), Jan. 31—Chairman, L. •evoH; Secretary, C. Stark. New delegate elected. Suggest that members help keep mea.s hall and orderly after breaks and lunch and to put used dishes in crew clean night sink. .HASTINGS (Waterman), Jan. 37— Chairman, B. BuHt; Secretary, J. Wells. Some disputed overtime. Dis­ cussion on sa^, hot water situation. Request to^^Hhp recreation room cleaner, al^ not to let cups and linen lay around, after night lunch put dishes In sink and clean up mess they made. JEAN (Bull), Jan. 30—Chairman, t. BIcfcsen; Secretary, D. Renters. Towels should not be used for sougee or shine rags. More silverware should be left out for night lunch. Messroom should be k^t cleaner by the crew during the night. Mattresses 'shbuld all have covers. LUCILE BLOOMFIELD (Bloemfleld), Jan. IS—Chairman, T. W. HInsen; Sec­ retary, H. Meeney. AU beefs to be presented to patrolman, unable to get OLYMPIC GAMES (Western Tank' ,ers), Dec. 3—Chairman, A. J. Nelson; 'Secretary, D. Leitz. Water fountain mid'Ships is out of order. Members cautioned to watch cigarette butts in passageways and mess hall decks. Captain pleased with crew's behavior in port. Dec. 19—Chairman, W. Datzko; Sec­ retary, D. Lletz. Ship not hitting port enough. Ship ran aground on Dec. 14. for 27 hours, one hour from Ras Tanura. Ship okay with help. OREMAR (Ore Nav, Corp), Jan 19 —Chairman, C. GIbbs; Secretary, E. Ponls. Ship sailed late due to 3 men in Chile. Captain refused medical at­ tention to (1) one crewmember in Canal Zone. Discussion on behaviour on shore leaves in Guayacan. Chile. Suggestion of $5 donation to ship fund for any one leaving washing ma­ chine dirty and still running. PACIFIC OCEAN (World Carriers Inc.), Jan. 30—Chairman, G. Soyga; Secretary, B. H. Amsberry. Wrote a letter to headquarters to ask if we can't get another brand of soap pow­ der to use on the ship. To see why we can't have the required amount of fresh milk aboard at sailing time. OCEANSTAR (Triton), Dec. 3 — Chairman, J. Smith; Secretary, J. Wagner. Repair list submitted. Dis­ cussion on launch service. Reporter elected. One member missed ship. Some disputed overtime. Reports ac­ cepted. Foc'sles cleaned. Ship to be fumigated. Clarification of sanitary duties in laundry and recreation room. Dec. 33—Chairman, V. Genco; Sec­ retary, R. McCannon. Some disputed overtime. One man missed ship. Re­ fer beefs to patrolman or department delegate. All night lunch to be dis­ carded before serving breakfast. Dis­ cussion on ship's linen, fresh milk In foreign ports, night Iimrh. Cups and glasses to be returned to pantry. PAN - OCEANIC TRANSPORTER (Pan-Ocean), Jan. 1—Chairman, T. Garbcr; Secretary, W. Walsh. Need keys for foc'sles. Seven hours dis­ puted overtime. Reports accepted. Bathroom out of order; to be re-' paired. Cots to be returned in good condition or charge will be made for them. ALCOA POLARIS (Alcoa), Dec. 3— Chairman, C. Parker; Secretary, J. Baxter. One man paid off in San Juan. Two hours delayed sailing. Water shortage: laundry locked. One beef to be handled by patrolman. Re­ port accepted. Washing machine agi­ tator to be repaired. Topside person­ nel to wear T-shirts in messhall. ALICE BROWN (Bloemfleld), Dec. 33—Chairman, R. Nicholson; Secretary, W. Bessellevre. Delegate took off With ships fund ($18) at payoff. Repair lists submitted; repairs being made. Need new gasket for refrigerator. Two men hospitalized. One man signed on. Sug­ gestion that each man receive one day off a month on current voyage. In cold weather, deck department to be given 30-mlnute call instead of 15 min­ utes, to dress warmly and have suffi­ cient time for coffee. Insufficient cof­ fee for all: no boiled eggs during storm. Vote of thanks to steward de­ partment for fine food and service. Complete slop chest to be put aboard with sufficient warm and water-proof gear. Dec. 3—Chairman, E. Watson; fecrstary, L. Dwyer. New steward de­ partment working agreement read. Refrigerator to be^ repaired. Vote of thanks to steward department for ex­ cellent Thanksgiving dinner. JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Vic­ tory), Nov. '39—Chairman, J. McRae; Secretary B. Richardson. Repair list submitted. New delegate elected. Li­ brary and laundry to be kept clean. Few hours disputed overtime. De­ layed sailing disputed. Ship to be properly secured before proceeding to sea. Report accepted. Food situation not satisfactory. Dec. 36—Chairman, B. Richardson; Secretary, W. Stucke. One member missed ship. Money draws reported on. New delegate elected. Few hours disputed overtime. Vote of thanks to steward department for Christmas dinner. More food to be put out at night. Keep passageway decks free of cigarette butts, etc. CANTI|ONV (Cities S^lce), Jan. 4 •—Chairman, W. Adams; Secretary, S; Feterkln. SIO.83 In fund. Page Thirteen Sextant?Just What He Needed,.. By Seafarer William Calefato The official ambassadors are followed the world over by unheralded Seafarers who, as unofficial messengers of good will, often become more involved with the native peoples than the suave State Department gentlemen. Not all seamen stop at the nearest ginmill once they reach port. Instead some wander far from the waterfront to accomplish a vari­ ety of missions—becoming ambassadors without portfolio or striped pai^s. These are not essential to the role, as every seaman knows. For wherever a seaman goes ashore in a foreign land, especially where the language and customs are far different from his own, something "unusual" in­ variably happens. The episode concerning the Sea­ farer who was asked by. somebody Stateside to get a picture story covering "the only sextant manufac­ turer in Asia" is a case in point ... At Yokohama, after squeezing through crowds at the railroad ticket booth, he was shoved into a car in a manner not unlike the way it's done during the rush- hour at New York's Time Square. It seemed like the mission was off to a good start, except that he didn't know what his station was. The signs were all printed in Japanese characters; only the bigger stations had signs in English. Enroute, the seaman gave his seat to a lady on whose back a baby was secured. That must have been unusual in Japan, because everyone stared at him. But a smile from a girl provided some com­ Seafarer Calefato's adventures are typical fort, and eventually produced instructions on how' of events in the Orient, where almost any­ to reach Kamata, the small town where he was to thing draws crowds since the people on both get his story . . . sides of the lens are interested and curious The dispatcher at the taxi stand was an old beabout each other .. . whiskered gent who bowed invitingly and motioned him to the open door of a cab. 4 The foreigner got in and showed shop, but the proprietor could not tal quality generally lasts a long the driver the instructions written locate the sextant company in the time. in Japanese. They said he was a city directory and, in true Japa­ He might have sat there all day, shimbun kaisha-Amerika noh fune nese fashion, was more than exas­ in fact, if the shopkeeper had not ho kaisha namaidi—in effect, a perated that he could not assist the mercifully shuffled across the street newshound from the States. visitor. This was the first time an to say that he had finally located But the way the driver shook his American journalist had entered the factory. With great skill, he head indicated he didn't know the his premises . . . made a sketch, complete with rail­ desired address. Neither did the In the meantime, the visitor sug­ road tracks, switches, stations and dispatcher, nor another driver who gested, he would talk to the police streets, giving the exact location left his vehicle to try and help in a booth at an intersection. oif the necessary building in a town This last one beckoned to more The commandant studied the on another spur of the rail line. drivers. They crowded around axA Japanese instructions and consult­ Most people would have aban­ peered at the lone, sullen figure ed other policemen, but the shrugs doned the task by now. Fortified of the Seafarer who was laden and gesticulations told the same by that knowledge, the visitor did withr" two cameras, two light me­ story . . . they didn't know, either. the same. Perhaps he would stick ters, a flash unit, a tripod and With military dignity, the com­ closer to the waterfront next time, pockets bulging with bulbs and mandant asked the American to after all. film. Many passersby, seeing sit in the only chair in the booth crowd, stopped to look and made while he telephoned airports, har­ it still bigger. bor police, traffic experts, import and export firms and all the other Trapped In Cab even remotely connected agencies The American couldn't get out of The following is the latest the cab because the crowd blocked he could conjm-e up. Still, nobody available listing of Official ex­ knew . . . Ah, perhaps the fire de­ the door, so he contented himself, partment could help . . . change rates for foreign cur­ while the drivers chattered and rencies. Listings are as of Was Trip Necessary? argued, with thinking how he Mar. 14, 1957, and are sub­ might manage the interview, if he ject to change without notice. The flabbergasted newshawk be­ ever got that far. A reporter gan to question the merits of his England, New Zealand. South Africa: $2.80 per pound sterling. should know what he's talking mission, tried to get up to leave, Australia: $2.24 per pound sterling. about, but because this assignment but a firm hand restrained him. Belgium: 50 francs to the dollar. was about sextants, he hadn't had A half-hour later, he goCup again, Denmark; 14.45 cents per krone. time to learn much. Besides, he but patience was urged on him. France: 350 francs to the dollar. was a wiper, and had never been When he tried to leave a third Germany: 4.2 marks to the dollar. Holland: 3.7-3.8 guilders to the near a sextant. time, and people looked at him in dollar. One of the reasons he took the his foreign attitude in the chair, he Italy: 624.8 lire to the doUar. Norway: 14 cents per krone. assignment developed after he began to sense the terrible fact Portugal: 28.75 escudos to the dollar. heard a young 3rd mate grumble that he had been arrested for dis­ Sweden: 19.33 cents per krona. about the new-fangled instrument, turbing the peace. It's very rude India: 21 cents per rupee. to stand up in a Japanese police because he didn't know how to use Pakistan: 31 cents per rupee. it. Had he known that a crude ver­ station, it seems. Argentina: 18 pesos to the dollar. BrazU: 5.4 cents per cruzeiro. sion of it was invented more than However, there appeared to be Uruguay: 52.63 cents per peso. 2,000 years ago by the Polynesians, no way out as long as the officer's Venezuela: 29.85 cents per boUvar. the mate might have changed his patience endured, and that Orien­ mind. Holes In Coconuts Edifor, If they could navigate through » SEAFARERS LOG, uncharted waters by looking at S the horizon through holes in the 675 Fourfh Ave., ! split halves of coconut shells (this : Brooklyn 32, NY was the earliest "sextant," he'd I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG— i heard), why couldn't the dumb 3rd mate use the latest Instrument? please put my name on your moiling list. The Japanese manufacturers would (Print Informeition) have liked the story if he could ever meet them . . . NAME ; The best way to get something STREET ADDRESS done is to do it yourself, the wouldbe reporter thought, especially CITY ZONE STATE when the cab drivers were unable to help. But this was a small town TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you oro an old lubterlbar and hava a change J in Japan and he wished he could of addrais, plaaso givo-your former addrait below: a find some assistance. It finally oc­ curred to him that a good way to ADDRESS find out was to ask the man who owns one. CITY ZONE. STATE. He fiiun^.tbe man In an optical Money Exchange Rates Listed • s wl I • ••••••^•aaeessastssessoseeesess.cas* �Vmg0 Fourteen SEAFAREnS LOG Heading For The Far LOG-A'RHYTHM: The Payoff By Thurston Leuns Magic words So pregnant with meaning i "He's a good shipmate!" Cuts hard talk, And prejudiced leaning: "He's a good shipmate!" Somebody waiting By the Pearly Gate, Accusers accusing, » Eyes full of hate: "Thirsty did this "And thirsty did that; "He'll never wear a hglo "Over his hat!" Seafarers on the Topa Topa are pictured in a photo by Charles Burns. The line-up (I to r) lists Perez, bosun; Bautista, baker; Snow, AB; Griggers, DM, and Villansuva, AB. Buoy, Sinking, Boom ! Highlight Planet Run Then some oldtimer, A familiar face. Spoke up From the other side of that place, "Why I sailed with him "Back in '48; "Let him on in, "He's a good shipmate." And St. Peter there A pathway is cleared, Mishaps are coming in spurts for the supertanker Orion Planet. Between them, and the endless routine of the Per­ A kind of voice firm sian Gulf-Far East oil shuttle, everything else is running But not a bit weird; Boomed out, smoothly, says reporter B.-* ^^ "That's the best to be said, hama. All hands on the ill-fated Padgett. "In this or that state were rescued. One recent incident (LOG craft "He's welcome to Heaven Two trips ago the Planet tangled Feb. 1, 1957) occurred when they "If he's a good shipmate!" rammed and sank a small Japanese with a buoy while leaving Japan and both the screw and the buoy fishing boat one day south of Yokowere casualties. "But this accident They say that love Covers many a sin. had its compensations," Padgett noted. "We got a couple of extra Like poker and women, . And a surplus of gin; days in port." But one other thing The incident which caused the Carries plenty of weight. most excitement happened some time ago, he recalled. "After the That's when someone can say, tanks had been butterworthed and '"He's a good shipmate!" . the meter showed them to be gasfree, the deck hands were standing at the tank top prepared to enter to muck. At the same time, the 1st assistant was getting ready to weld the mucking winch frame over the butter worth hole . . . "Just as he struck an arc, one hell of a roaring explosion follow­ ed, really .shaking everyone up. /Pi Rust was blown several hundred feet in the air through the tank , top and guys were running in every [l[Z!nB SSIBSI SBO direction. "We are hoping that the rest BSHES dSDSB of the shuttle will pass off in the "I guesh I had a good time usual dull manner withs^o more ashore losht night. I shpent 'incidents,'" Padgett added. Amen to that. 60 bucksh .. 'At Sea' — 1 \ Fink Puzzle Answer SQBQ BgQ aiSilS SQIilS QBB : eiQIEIl DESISQ SGSaOigiaBB] BQas [SmOKiaB n@B [USDS ./y ^ [SIHBS DBQ SSBB BOSTON, MASS. Benjamin Boudreau R. G. Guerrero G. L. Brooks Chas. R. Robinson Charles Dwyer USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Gilbert Delgado Jose Rendon Joseph Harranson Warren'W. Smith Shh'ley Poole Joe R. Stewart USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Orville E. Abrams Harvey C. Hill Marcelo B. Belen Eugene G. Plahn Wm. H. Chadburn John W. Singer Edward E. Edinger Murray W. Smith B. R. W. Guthrie Fred D. Stagner Floyd W. Haydon SEASIDE HOSPITAL LONG BEACH, CALIF. Alexander Leiner USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. H. E. McLeod Christo Prasso USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Francis Boner William S. Rudd Cecil Gaylor, Sr. John R. Small L. B. Merriam Geoi'ge R. Trimyer OlUe Purdy USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENN. Claude F. Blanks VA HOSPITAL ALBERQUERQUE, NM Charles Burton SUFFOLK SANITORIUM HOLTSVILLE, LI, NY E. T. Cunningham USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Benjamin F. Deibler John C. Palmer Siegfried Gnittke Rosendo Serrano USPHS HOSPITAL .SAVANNAH, GA. Glen Adams Edward G. Morales Leroy Drew Frank F. Nelson William E. HaU Sloan M. Orr Jimmie Littleton Bex Walker USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Felix Marciante Alvin Albritton Alexander Martin Henry Abbo William Bargone Gregory Morejon John Murry Leo Bazii James Bodden Michael Muzio Alfonse Bosarge Harold D. Napier Leon Brown Floyd C. Nolan Virgil Coash Veikko PoUanen Cioise Coats Frank Post Serio M. DeSosa Randolph RatcUS William DriscoU F. Regalado Charles Fetter Emile Roussell Cedric Francis A. Sattenthwaite Fredrick Garretson James H. Seeds Fred Gentry Toefil Smigielskl Homer Gill James H. Smith Leon Gordon Jay C. Steele James Jordon Curtis Stewart J. C. Keel Lonnie R. Tickle Edward G. Knapp Ruby G. Vance Edward Kuiichick Dirk Vlsser Walter J. LaCroix James E. Ward Leo Lang Lawrence Wessels William Lawless William Wilson Henry Lowery Stanley Wright David McCollum Demetrio Zerrudo Edward McGowan Jacob Zimmer R. E. McLamore USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Tom Ballard Roy W. BeU Carl J. Biscup Alfred Bokan Victor B. Cooper Joseph C. Cyr Henry G. Davis Peter DeVries Friedof Foridila Dan Gentry Joseph GiU Gorman T. Glaze Harold Greenwald Martin Hagerty MUton A. Jaeger Stanley T. Johns Herman Kemp Jeremiah McNiece Max C. Marcus Donald E; Murphy William Pendleton Norman H. Peppier Harry G. Reynolds Wm. E. Roberts Juan P. Taboada John R. Webb Arthur WUliamson Norman D. Wilson Ralph Youtzy WUliam Zietz MONTEBELLO CHRONIC DISEASE HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Francisco Bueno USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY Fortunato Alfonso James Lippincott John J. Cook John Michiek Hugh A. Cummins Thomas Moncho Marinus DeJonge Tadelusz Nawrockl Joseph Faircloth James A.'Needham Amado Feliciano Edward O'Rourke Percy Foster Robert Parker Arthur J. Fortner Warren Reck EmUio Gonzalez Jose Rodriguez Ralph Hayes Chas. B. Roosa Otto R. Hoepner James Sealey Theodor Humal Samuel Small Paul Jakubcsak C. Sundquist Alfred Kaju Richard Suttle Salvatore Legayada Clarence Wallace BELLVUE HOSPITAL NEW YORK, NY Loyd McGee USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH BROOKLYN, NY Manuel Antonana Michael Machusky Eladio Aris B. J. Martin Fortunato Bacomo Albert MarlinelU Frank T. CampbeU Vic Milazzo John J. DriscoU Joaquin Miniz Robert E. Gilbert W. O. O'Dea William Guenther. James M. Quinn Bart E. Guranick George E. Renale John Haas S. B. Saunders Howard Hailey G. E. Shumaker E. F. Haislett Kevin B. Skelly Taib Hassen Henry E. Smith Billy R. HiU Stanley, F. Sokol Thomas Isaksen Michael Toth Ira H. Kilgore Karl Trelmann Ludwig Krlstiansen Harry S. Tuttle Frank J. Kubek Fred West Frederick Landry VirgU E. Wilmotb Leonard Leidig Pon P, Wing ^(!hibal^,;g:cGuigan ,- March 15; 1957 Alcoa Ranger's In Good Shape To the Editor; The crew on the Alcoa Ranger would like tot give its heartiest thanks to our steward depart­ ment for the wonderful meals and the hard work: .put in to make us feel as If we were at home. All the brothers on this ship agree that we have the best cooks in the SIU; every,.le seems to be gaining weight and there's not one beef on the letters To The Editor All letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFAR­ ERS ' LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. food. We'd like everyone to know who's responsible for this job well done. ' First off, our steward is Frank Napoli, who's tops at his trade. Alvin C. Carpenter is chief cook and one of the best in the busi­ ness. Night cook and baker Lorenzo Rinaldi is a great Ita­ lian chef, famous for those pizza pies that, we get quite often. Second cook Omar O. Ames can do anything; you name it and he can fix it to your taste. Galleyman Joseph L. Springer is also tops, and our messman makes you feel you're at the Waldorf-Astoria. Settles DOBTI Brother Earl McNab, an AB who has been with the Union long time, decided this trip to settle down and get married to a fine little girl in Baltimore. We are all wishing the couple a happy voyage for a lifetime. Another good man in the crew is our bosun, William L. McCar­ thy, a fine sailor who is tops with all his boys. We also have a fine bunch of officers from the captain on down and plenty of money in every port. All of this means a good trip for all hands. Edward J. DeBardelaben Ship's reporter 4• 4 4 Fort Bridger Goes Liberian To the Editor; The crew of the Fort Bridger left the ship in Le Havre and is now back in the States after paying off at the company of­ fice in New York. The ship has gone under the Liberian flag manned by an Italian crew. It was a shame seeing that ragged bunch of guys coming aboard, knowing that we were leaving to £o home and pick up < some real loot under SIU con­ ditions, while they would be earning a fraction of that while doing the same work. We were out 12 days sho-t of a year. For the record, several crewmembers and I would like to thank five alien seamen who were among our crew for con­ tributing a total of $170 to the SEAFARERS LOG as a volun­ tary donation. This was their way of saying thanks for the good deal they enjoyed while the ship was operating under American conditions. These men were James Phillips, Hub­ ert Lewis, Louis Pederson, Nils Gustaffson and Olaf Sorgard. The chief engineer on the ship, S. L. Norton, would also like to publicly thank the crew and officers of the Fort Bridger for their generosity in contribut-. Ing toward a wreath for hit : mother when she passed away during the trip. This letter is also signed by Nils Larsson, deck delegate; Benjamin C. Bengert, engine delegate; Leslie Barnett, stew­ ard delegate, and brothers Pablo Barrial, Jack Trosclair and Roque Macaraeg. Howard Mews Ship's delegate ir ^ i. Skipper's Wife Draws Cheers To the Editor: The unlicensed personnel of the Sea Comet II would like to extend their thanks and grati­ tude to Mrs. Brennan, our Cap­ tain's wife, for assisting in nursing the crew through its various ills and pains during ' * the voyage. Thanks also for her help on shopping matters and for show­ ing many of us how to save in this respect. The steward also wishes to extend his personal thanks to Mrs. Brennan for her valuable assistance in his typ­ ing, due to the fact that his typewriter broke down. The Sea Comet II originally headed for Hampton Roads from Rouen, France, but was diverted to Philadelphia. This brought on the blues for some of the crew who come from Norfolk and extra wires had to be sent. We all enjoyed a good trip and good food due to the work of the steward department, which was given a vote of thanks. Among those aboard are Faf Frango, chief cook; H. O. Carney, steward, and "Pearly" Earl Gates and Charles "Squarehead" Neuby, as they are known to all their friends. Philip B. Livingston Ship's reporter 4) t 4 , Freighter Trip An Eye-Opener the Editor; I am writing this to thank the crews of the SS Lucille Bloomfield and the SS Margarett Brown for the many courtesies shown me while I was a passen­ ger on them. I can .ot even find words to express my gratitude to the men on these ships. Although I've never been aboard a regu­ lar passenger liner as a tra­ veler, I know I couldn't have been treated any better than I was on those vessels. The food was truly marvelous, and I found the men of the mer­ chant marine quite a different lot than I had read about. In fact, these seamen were fine gentlemen. Each and every one of them went out of his way to help me, a young student from Austin, Texas, to adjust to the ship and feel exactly as I would have felt at home. You have a real American un­ ion, and a grand bunch of men as members. Aside from my personal gratitude, I cannot he-p ' i feel better iirthe know­ ledge that there are still people in this world who are not so tied up in person^^nd business affairs that they^hnnot take y^hr time out to advise, assist and give a total stranger like my­ self a helping hand. Although I'm only a young­ ster you can rely on me to spread the word on how I was treated on these vessels. If all the other ships are like those, then God has given each mer­ chant seaman a great heritag^. F. E. Harvick Jr. �]llarch IS. 19S7 » SEAFARERS LOG' Page Fifteen TO SHIPS IN ATIANTIC - SOUTH AllAIRICAN • EUROPEAN WATERS All of the following SlU families will collect the $200 maternity" benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: THE FIRST DIRECT VOICE BROADCAST TO SHIPS' CREWS Rose Suarez Martin, born Jan­ Robert Joseph Leavy, born Feb­ uary 8, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. ruary 14, 1957, to Seafarer and Antonio Suarez Martin, Brooklyn Mrs. Robert N. Leavy, South NY. . Ozone Park, LI, NY. 4 4 4 Ronald Joseph Leo Paradise, Mary Elizabeth LaFleur, born bom January 18, 1957, to Sea­ December 31, 1956, to Seafarer farer and Mrs. Leo Paradise, Swan­ and Mrs. Hennes.ion LaFleur, sea, Mass. Oberlin, La. EViRY SUNDAY * I620.0MT t 4 4- 4 4 4 4 4 4 Pamela Ann Wilcox, born Jan­ Keith Allen Spivey, bora Feb­ uary 28, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Earl P. Wilcox, Englewood, NJ. ruary 5, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Leonard T. Spivey, Balti­ 4 4 4 Dawn Leigh Harrison, born Feb­ more, Md. ruary 13, 1957, to Seafarer and 4 4 4 Mrs. Stokes H. Harrison, Houston, Efrain Feliciano Pacheco, bora Texas. February 17, 1957, to Seafarer and 4 4 4 Mrs. Julio Feliciano Pacheco, N JC. Charlotte Ann Cooley, born Feb­ ruary 7, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs Benjamin F. Cooley, Citronelle, Ala. Foiei «/* Mr WFK-95, 15700 kCt Shlpi In AAediterrantan orao, North Atlantic, European and US Eoit Coost. Patricia Ann Casey, born Jan­ uary 23, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. George Joseph Baka Alfred H. Casey, Amherst, Mass. Please contact your sister, Mil4 4 4 : H. Balca, WAC, at G-4 Div. Juan Hernandez Serrano, born i Hq Com 2, US Army Europe, APO February 16, 1957, to Seafarer ' 58 New York, New York, and Mrs. Juan Hernandez, Tierra. | 4 4 4 PR. i 4 4 4 4 4 4 I Rosemaria Brancato, born De­ cember 30, 1956, to Seafarer and I Mrs. Nicholas Brancato, Fort I Eustis, Va. A 4 A travel wages and subsistence,^ check for Robert A. Statham has been returned to Drytrans, Inc. A check, for Edgar (Red) Starns, SS Jean, has been returned to Bull Line. Roy B. Wingard Jr,. born Jan­ uary 8, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Roy B. Wingard, New Orleans, La. Richard Brown Urgent that you contact your wife, Mrs. Richard Brown at 1014 4 4 4 Debbie Mary Orr, born Feb­ Druidon Ct. as soon as possible. ruary 15, 195'7, to Seafarer and Your son is ill and entering the Mrs. David Orr, Philadelphia, Pa. hospital. 'BROUGHT TO ^OU BY TH£ OHP $5A UNIONS Of THg 4 MARITIME TRADES DEPARTMENT SlU-MG DISTRICT • SUP • MFOW • MCS • ROU • MMRP • RME • SlU-CRNADIAN DISTRICT 1 MONDAY, 0315 GMji Meanwhile, MID Round-The-World Wireless Broadcasts Continue... • EST Sunday) Australia VMM 25-15607 KCs Northwest Pacific WMM 81-11037.5 I I I I I Bill Limits Transfers SlU, A.&G District BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. 4 4 4« Edward Hubay Jr., born Janu­ ary 1, 1957, to Seafarer and Kirs. Edward Hubay, Dover, NJ. Robert Martinez Contact your wife in care of Mrs. J. Lipitz, 154 Na'^^^au St., New 4 4 4Juan Hernandez Carter, born York, NY. February 15, 1957, to Seafarer and i 4. 3Mrs. James Carter. Efthimios Ntentakis 4 4 4 Get in touch with your wife at Michael Richard Meeks, born 550 6th Ave., Bro^k'yn 15, NY. December 21, 1956, to Seafarer 4. 4) and Mrs. James O. Meeks, Grif­ M. J. Wil'iams fin, Ga. Important that you contact Rass4 4 -4 Timothy Mullins, born January ner. Miller & Roth, Admiralty Avenue, 25, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Mar­ Lawyers, 20 S • ' vin E. Mullins, Bremerton, Wash. Miami, Fla., as soon as possible. 4 4 4. 4 WILMINGTON, Calif 505 Marine Ave. PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. Reed Humphries, Agent Terminal 4-2874 Ontario Phone: 5591 HEADQUARTERS ...675 4th Ave., Bklyn. TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. EMpii-e 4-5719 SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall VICTORIA, BC.... ..61714'Cormorant St. ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS EMpire 4531 J. Algina, Deck C. Simmons, Joint VANCOUVER, BC.... 298 Main St. J. .Volpian, Eng. W. Hall, Joint Pacific 3408 E. Mooney, Sid. H. Matthews, Joint Earl Sheppard; Agent EAstern 7-4900 (Continued from page 3) new tonnage for ships transferred BOSTON 276 State St. foreign. This has not slowed the James Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2-0140 outgo of ships. iffOySTON ..4202 Canal St. Capital 7-6558 Under the tanker trade-out and A. Michelet. Agent build program alone. Maritime LAKE CHARLES, La 1419 Ryan St. HEmlock 6-5744 has given tentative or actual ap­ Leroy Clarke, Agent SUP 1 South Lawrenee St. HONOLULU proval to transfer of 70 Liberty.s, MOBILE 16 Merchant St. Cal Tanner, Agent HEmlock 2-1754 Phone 5-8777 seven •Victorys and 96 T-2s at last 912 Front St. PORTLAND report, in return for construction MORGAN CITY 211 SW Clay St. Phone 2156 CApital • 3-4336 of some 76 new tankers. This alone Tom Gould, Agent NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. RICHMOND, Calif....510 Macdonald Ave. represents a loss of an additional Lindsey WUliams, Agent Tulane 8626 BEacon 2-0925 3,000 jobs. • NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn -SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. While the majority of Liberty HYaclnth 9-6600 Douglas 2-8363 and Victory ships are lost as far as NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. ' transfers are concerned, the ef­ Ben Rees, Agent MAdison 2-9834 Main 0290 fect of the Magnuson bill, if PHILADELPHIA 33t Market St. WILMINGTON . 505 Marine Ave. passed, would be to prevent trans­ S. CarduUo, Agent Market 7-1635 Terminal 4-3131 fer of the more modern C-type PUERTA de TIERRA PR.. Pelayo JSl—La 5 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn Phone 2-5996 HYaclnth 9-6165 ships which currently form the Sal, Colls, Agent FRANCISCO :...450 Harrison St. backbone of the nation's dry cargo SAN Marty Breitholf, Agent Douglas 2-5475 Canadian District fleet. SAVANNAH 2 Abercom St. HAIJFAX. N.S.... 12814 HoHis St. The bill has been referred to the E. B. McAuley, Agent Adams 3-1728 Phone 3-8911 Senate Foreign Commerce Com­ SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave MONTREAL.. ... .- 634 St. James St. West Jeff Gillette, Agent Elliott. 4334 PLateau 8161 mittee of which Magnuson is chair­ 1809-1811 N. FrankUn St. FORT WILLIAM man. ,.,..130 Simpson. St. lorn Banning, Agent Phone 2-1323,: Ontario ' ' ^ PhoASs 3'3221 4. Will the following brothers who Martha Alexis Ben-Kori, born January 22, 1957, to Seafarer and were discharged from the SS Flor­ Mrs. Alexis Ben-Kori, Miami, Fla. ida when she changed to the Liberian flag please contact Rassner, Miller & Roth, Admiralty Lawyers 20 SE First Avenr , Fla.,' regarding their suit for wages: SYDNEY, NS BAGOTVILLE. Quebec 304 Charlotte St. Phone; 6346 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD, Ontario 52 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC Quebec 85-St. Pierre St. Phone: 3-1569 SAINT JOHN NB 85 Germain St. Phone: 2-5232 Great Lakes District ALPENA Bclisario .Alonzo, J. Atwell, Genero Bar­ rios, G Billberi-y. Richard Birmingham, Luis Bonillia, Earl Cain, M-nuel Carmona, D. Channell, R. Ch.azarra, H. Chemel. Robert Collado, Manuel Coto, C. E. Dandridge, Manuel Deal, Wilson Deal, Ignacius Delafe, J. Seara Deus, Fidel Diaz, F. Mena Felix, Manuel Ferreiro, Antonio Garcia, Weneeslao Garcia, Emilio Godinet, Alberto Gonzalez, Arthur Gonzalez, Evelio Gonzalez, Jorge Gonzalez, Ray Gonzalez, H. E. Hansen. John Henning. R. Kaduek, Ismael Lopez, Placido Diaz, J. E. M. Lourido. Carlos Machado, L. P. McCoy, Anthony Mike, Homer Miller, D. Minervino, H. Miranda, Antonio Molina, Mike Muzio, C. S. Nelson, H. C. Parker, Ernest Perdomo. M. Plummer, Hector Reyes, Albert Rlvero, Luther Roberts. Wilbert Roberts. Raymond Roque, Aurelio Sanchez, Aurelio Saurez. M. H. Sedeno, H. Leonard Shaw, Alfredo Someillan, Pedro Sosa, H. Therrien, J. R. Thomas, Jr.. J. R. Thom­ son, Jr., Royden Vandervoot, Nick Villaverde. E. Waldorf. M. Ygleslas. 1215 N. Second Ave. Phone: 713-J BUFFALO, NY 180 Main St. Phone: Cleveland 7391 CLEVELAND..,...734 Lakeside Ave., NE Phone: Main 1-0147 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Headquarters Phone; Woodward 1-6857 DULUTH. 5.31 W. Michigan St. Phone: Randolph 2-4110 SOUTH .CHICAGO..,. .. j^l E. 92nd St. Phone;- Essex 5-2410 USPHS Has Last Say On Duty Slip Under the SIU contract, US PuljJic 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. �•f •'r- Vol. XiX No. 6 SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO • Tankship Trade Nets Fabulous Cash Rewards February 20 Through March 5 Registered Many large-scale investors are turning from stocks and bonds to ships—tankers in particular—for the "quick, safe profit" that every investor dreams of. The reason is obvious. Net profits of from $3,750,000 single tanker on voyage charter to better than $4 million year are being realized at cur­ . The figures quoted are on a 20,- rent rates on the employment of a single 20,000-ton tanker in the Persian Gulf to Europe trade. The higher figure, of course. Is realized under' runaway flags such Film actor Edward G. Robin­ son's art collection was pur­ chased by multi - millionaire Greek shipowner Stavros Niarchos recently for a sum. report­ edly in the vicinity of $3 million to $4 million. Niarchos previously had been reported as paying $500,000 for a single painting, ^e is one of the "big three" Greek shipping operators — Niarchos, Onassis and Goulandris — who control millions of tons of shipping under various flags. Most Niar­ chos foreign-flag operations are in the supertanker field, usually registered Liberian. as the popular Liberian flag. What's more, the operator of the runaway ship need pay no taxes to the US Government as long as ho keeps the money out of the States. Gross $1 Million Per Trip Last week, a Senate investigating committee announced that some tankers were grossing almost $1 million per trip for hauling oil around Africa to oil-starved Eu­ rope. Subsequently, "Business Week" magazine, a publication which circulates widely among businessmen and ' investors, pub­ lished figures which indicate a minimum annual net profit of $3,750,000, after all expenses, for a -rort Deck A Boston New York Philadelphia .T, Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Tampa Mobile New Orleans ... Lake Charles .. Houston Wilmington .... San Francisco .. Seattle Dock B Eng. A Eng. B Stow. A Stew. B Total A Total B Total Bog. 2 21 4 28 14 5 3 4 10 11 18 5 13 13 8 57 20 46 12 IJJ 6 17 33 7 18 4 17 15 4 13 5 17 15 6 2 12 13 12 11 5 14 16 4 64 23 44 13 6 5 26 47 8 0 8 21 9 0 7 4 17 10 5 4 12 6 3 6 9 9 10 21 204 70 133 , 43 45 21 74 130 25 51 27 67 38 6 41 13 62 39 16 9 28 29 26 35 19 36 39 27 245 83 195 82 61 30 102 .159 51 86 46 103 77 * 000-ton supertanker which can run from Bahrein to the Atlantic Coast of France and back in some 64 days. Taking into consideration the time spent in loading, unload­ ing, repairs and overhaul, plus un­ foreseen delays, such a tanker could make a minimum of five trips annually. Faster ships could go higher, between six to eight .. 14 trips. Deck Eng. Eng. Deck Stow. Slew. Total Total Total With present oil haulage rates A B A. B A B Reg. A B quoted at $50 a ton on this run, the Total 151 275 145 287 102 398 949 1347 operator would gross $1 million a trip for her cargo. .Bunkers and Shipped other expenses would run about Port Deck Deck Deck Eng. Eng. Eng. Stow.^ stow. stow. Total Total Total Total $125,000 while labor costs for an Ship. A B C A B B B C A .C A C American-flag operator are quoted Boston ... 8 2 5 3 5 2 1 1 3 12 8 10 30 at about $75,000. New York 8 9 216 15 8 62 64 7 27 25 268 5 That would leave a net profit of Philadelphia ... 10 24 7 12 89 22 136 8 0 30 10 25 almost $750,000 a trip. At five Baltimore 9 7 13 18 42 15 37 29 220 43 4 154 trips a year an operator could roll 17 17 9 . 14 8 8 18 8 34 125 ... 26 51 40 in gravy to the tune of $3,750,000 Norfolk .. Savannah 17 6 6 8 3 4 16 5 6 54 14 84 a year. 1 1 1 0 4 2 1 • 13 19 5 4 2 Transfer the ship to the runaway Tampa 9 21 7 93 5 3 22 6 58 18 17 5 flag and the figures become even Mobile more impressive. Runaway wage New Orleans ... 10 1 11 6 3 2 115 24 30 35 9 148 bills would be anywhere from one- Lake Charles .. 7 10 3 3 33 7 9 0 10 4 22 62 third to one-fifth the American Houston 9 12 18 13 3 19- 79 16 49 144 4 33 cost. Split it down the middle Wilmington 7 6 9 0 5 6 1 22 22 7 2 51 at one-quarter and you get a wage 7 7 '20 12 17 8 7 67 San Francisco .. 5 27 19 113 bill of around $19,000 a trip. On 14 18 15 12 12 8 17 11 35 37 47 119 the five trips a year basis, that Seattle Eng. Eng.' Stew. Stew. Stew. Total Total Total Total Deck Deck Deck Eng. ups the operator's take to $4,030,A B c• Ship. B C B C A B A A C 000—plus the fact that he escapes ... 432 115 31 96 998 321 293 1612. Total 81 295 125 116 271 the tax bite. A period of busy shipping activity produced the second l,600-plu5 job total in the last 39 Of eourse, these figures assume he owns the ship free and clear. months during the past period. A total of 1.612 jobs were dispatched from SIU halls while But even if he is paying off the registration lagged far behind. mortgage, there's pienty left in the The last time shipping soar­ poeketbook. ed over the 1,600-mark was More than 2,000 jobs were filled "The prospect of so bright a fu­ just before Christmas last during that two-tveek period, how­ ture has brought a boom in tanker year. It hit a total of 1,656 jobs. ever. building," the publication notes. Prior to that, the high was scored Ali SIU ports except New Or­ It's no wonder. in the 1953 pre-Christmas rush. leans were affected by the job surge to some degree. The Cres­ cent City serviced only a handful of payoffs and sigh-ons, which ac­ counted for the relative slowdown. The end of the East Coast dock The- Social Security Administra­ strike also restored full operations to the affected ports from Boston tions has warned that, in some to Norfolk. Had this period not cases, failure of disabled workers covered the last three days of the to file before June 30, 1957, for the dock tie-up as well as the now- new Social Security disability ben­ I ended tug strike in New York, efits may result in the loss of this shipping might have set a real protection. I record. This warning was issued to per­ I As it was, registration and ship­ sons over 50 years old, who have ping for classes A and B were vir­ been disabled and unable to work tually even, for the two weeks, as for more than 6 months. They class A men accounted for 62 per­ should check their local Social cent of the jobs and class B for 20 Security office to make sure they percent. The class A proportion have met the necessary require^ remained as is,'but the B portion ments to be eligible for these ben­ showed a decline from 24 percent. efits. Seafarers affected are urged The following is the forecast to file immediately just to be on port by port: Boston: Fair . . . New the safe side and not rutr the risk York: Good ... Philadelphia: Good of being one of. the borderline . . . Baltimore: Good . . . Norfolk: cases. Good . . . Savannah: Fair . . . Under the new Social Security Tampa: Fair . .. Mobile: Good . . . benefits, totally-disabled Seafarers, New Orleans: Fair . . . Lake age 50 to 64, starting July 1, 1957, Charles: Good . . . Houston: Good will be eligible for a maximum . . . Wilmington: Fair . . . San benefit of $108.50 per month. This Francisco: Good . . . Seattle: Good. amount is already in force for any of the disabled who are 65 or over. Under the SIU welfare plan, dis­ abled Seafarers with enough sea time are entitled to benefits of $150 each month. If they are elegible under both plans, it would mean a combined benefit of up to $258.50 a month. at cost price *8^ File Now For Gov't Disability per copy T Now on Sale J 1956 BOUND VOLUME of the SEAFARERS LOG � 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 March 15, 1957 Description An account of the resource Headlines: BILL ASKS LIMITS ON SHIP TRANSFERS CURRAN LIES ON COAL BEEF TANKER CRASH, BLAST KILLS 9, EX-SEAFARER STIFF SHIP TRANSFER RESTRICTION SOUGHT IN MAGNUSON BILL ADMIRAL CRASH KILLS ONE INT’L SET TO TACKLE MAJOR SEA PROBLEMS SHIP BOOM FLIP-FLOPS; US MAY CUT BREAKOUTS CG SAYS US COURT DECISIONS DESTROYED SCREENING PROGRAM AWAIT COURT ACTION IN COAL BEEF 10,000 PROTEST ‘RIGHTS’ LAW FAIRISLE TO TRANSFER HQ ACTS IN TRAVEL CHECK BEEF SUEZ OPENS BY APRIL’S END, MAYBE ‘RESTRAIN’ PAY DEMANDS, FMB MEMBER SUGGESTS NEW SHIP GIVEAWAY PROPOSED IN SENATE CAPTAIN CAUGHT IN OWN TRAP OVER WATER BEEF TANKSHIP TRADE NETS FABULOUS CASH REWARDS 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 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/15/1957 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. XIX, No. 6  1957 Periodicals Seafarers Log