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On the last ship alone, the Coal Miner, the company fired three SIU men for transparently flimsy reasons and at­ tempted to fire a fourth in order to give the NMU an edge. (Story on page 3.) SIU Fights Strike Ban In La. Town -Story On Page 3 "I IBL Asks Curran Ouster From Labor Ethics Body Story On Page 2 a •£ -As C Seafarer aboard Jean Lafitte Lite At (above) leans anxiously over rail as motor launch crew of MSTS transport General Pat­ rick takes Lafitte's stricken third mate aboard for trans­ fer to transport. Mate had suffered stroke at sea. Photo by William Calefato. At right, lifeboat crew of Robin Wentley rows back to ship after picking up canister of medicine dropped from Coast Guard plane. Medicine was for AB James Girolami who suffered asthma attack. Photo by Charles Matthews. (Wentley S-tory on Page ,15).,, • , ' . M:-: '-SI :-S �•^ -I •ft !• i-f t • r- ' •t - I SEAFARERS :Pa*®. Tifir®:. 'Oust Curran' IBL Demands; Lakes Drive On CHICAGO—A full-scale organizing drive in the Great Lakes area has been voted by delegates to the convention of the International Brotherhood of Longshoremen, AFL-CIO. At the same time, the assem-^ bled delegates called for re­ dores operating the main piers in moval of Joseph Curran, presi­ Milwaukee. Toledo, Cleveland, Chi­ dent of the National Maritime cago, Detroit and Buffalo, and has Union, from the AFL-CIO Ethical long been active in the Great Lakes area. It hopes to have every long­ practices Committee. The convention on the motion of shore worker on the Lakes carrying a rank and file delegate charged an IBL book aftea the St. Lawrence that Curran was "unfit to continue Seaway opens. as a member of the Ethical Prac­ The organizing drive will be pro­ tices Committee" because of his moted by MTD port councils, which open support of the AFL-ousted are being set up international Longshoremen's As­ throughout the sociation against the IBL in the last region. Councils ^ew York dockworkers election. have already Curran had come out with a public been established statement on the eve of that elec­ in the head of tion urging dockthe Lakes region, workers, to vote Buffalo, Detroit for the discred­ and St. Louis, ited ILA. and are being or­ The MTD-affilganized in Chi­ Slaughter iated dockwork­ cago, Milwaukee ers union has set and other Great Lake ports. its sights on in­ Full support for the IBL drive creasing its mem­ was pledged by leaders of the bership in Great Maritime Trades Department and Lakes ports from high officials of other AFL-CIO Long 8,000 to 20,000 imions. Among the speakers ad­ when the St. Lawrence Seaway is dressing the convention and pledg­ completed next year. ing cooperation were MTD Secre• The IBL has contracts with steve- tai'y-Treasurer Harry O'Reilly and SIU of NA President Paul Hall. The IBL also heard from William Lee, president of the Chicago Fed­ eration of LabolFand vice-president of the Int'l Brotherhood of Team­ sters. Lee pledged the IBL his support "now and in the future" because he said, "it stands for clean and wholesome trade union­ LAKE CHARLES—Seafarers and ism." ether union members in this area Hall reiterated the SIU's "un­ •re still at work assisting victims qualified support" of the IBL as oi Hurricane Audrey who lost their authorized by niembership action. homes in the big blow. Union build­ In other actions, IBL President ing tradesmen are putting up new Larry Long and IBL Secretaryhomes on the weekends for storm Treasurer E. L. "Buster" Slaughter victims who are unable to replace their dwellings and port agent Le- were reelected to another term. roy Clarke reports good progress toward the goal of the campaign. Seafarers on several ships in this area have contributed heavily to the relief of the hurricane victims. Prominent "among them was the Lucille Bloomfield out of Houston which raised over $400 for this purpose. Shipping has been moderate in WASHINGTON—A 12V^-percent the past two weeks with tankers pay increase for the nation's SOO,supplying all of the business there was. The Chiwawa, Royal Oak, 000 postal workers was voted by Council Grove, Bents Fort, Cities the House of Representatives last Service Norfolk, Winter Hill, Gov- week by a margin of 379 to 38 after enrment Camp and Cities Service a union-sponsored drive for a dis­ Miami kept things hopping for charge petition was successful. The discharge petition was made Cities Service. The Val Cfiem, (Valentine); Maxton (Pan Atlantic) necessary by the fact that the and Mermaid (Metro) also called House Rules Committee had bot­ tled up the bill. The petition was In the area. signed by 218 House members, a sufficient number to get the bill out of committee and onto the Aug. 2,1957 Vul.XIX No. 16 floor of the House. President William Doherty of the National Association of Letter Carriers had asked ' AFL-CIO unions to write to members of the PAOT. HALL. Secretary-Treasurer House urging them to sign a dis­ HEBBERT BRAND. Editor. BERNARD SEA- charge petition. Accordingly, SIU VAN. i4rt Editor. HERMAN ARTHUR. IRWIN SPIVACX. AL MASKIN, JOHN BRAZIL. Staff Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall sent Writers. BILL MOODT. Gulf Area Repre­ personal letters to all of the mem­ sentative. bers of the House on behalf of the Published biweekly et the headquarters •f the Seafarers International Union, At­ postal workers. lantic • Gulf District, AFL-CIO. *75 Fourth More than 100 of the Represen­ Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYaclnth f-4<00. Entered as second class matter tatives acknowledged the letters at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY. under and affirmed that they would sign tha Act of Aug. 24, 1912. or had signed the discharge petir . Avrqst 2, 1!!57 LOG Speak Out At SIU Meetinge Hire Panama Crews To Sail US Ships Under the Union constitution every ihember attending a Un­ ion meeting is entitled to WASHINGTON-:^A strong protest against the use of Paiianominate himself for the elected manian crews'to move picket ships for the US Air ForcG Has posts to be filled at the meeting b^en registered with the Defense Department by Rep. John F. —chairman, reading clerk and Shelley (Dem.-Calif.). Shelley recording secretary. Your Un­ has called on the Department at "'established local rates" in ion urges you .to take an active to hire American seamen for Panama and flown back to, that part in meetings by taking these the remaining five ships which are country after delivering the ship. posts of service. 1Q his letter Shelley declare'd"I being employed in guided missile serlouMy question the policjr of And, of course, all members test operations. have the right to take the floor The ships in question are beiu? having a vessel operating under a and express their opinions on moved from the Rodman Air Force United States; Government contract any officer's report or issue un­ Base in Panama to Patrick Air manned by a foreign crew, not sub­ der discussion. Seafarers are Force Base in Florida. The latter ject to security clearance. . . . Fur­ urged to hit the deck at these base is a guided missile testing ther I question the propriety of meetings and let their ship­ center and the vessels are stationed using- such a crew at substandard mates know what's on their as picket ships in various parts of pay scales, undercutting American minds. seamen, in any activity supported the missile-firing range. The Panamanian crew was hired by the Gtfvernmcnt." SINK... orSWIM (or, 'How To Make A Six Out Of A Nine') Written by: "Big Joe." Starring: "Big Joe." Produced by: "Big Joe." Directed by: "Big Joe." Sound Effects: "Big Joe." The following item appeared in the NMU "Pilot" of July 10: JOE,/ THE MOSff Howooyou voir? 'Audrey' Aid Work Cains In Lk. Chas. House Hikes Postal Wage SEAFARERS LOG 1'^-' v^- tion.: - 'i,-,',/'. I Big Joe is on the ball. Ya know what I mean?" Here's how the above story CHARACTER: "Yeah, gee Big may have come about: Joe, you're wonderful. How (Big Joe is hunched over a do ya do it? But as I was typewriter, pecking out a letter saying, we gotta do somewhich reads: "Dear Big Joe: thin'. The LOG keeps We the crew of the SS Wind­ printing the American Coal jammer are behind you ICQ per­ score and the boys are ask­ cent because you're the greatest ing how come. After all, and the most. Signed ."). the company is breaking its BIG JOE (to himself):"Man, back for us and w^re still that's what I like to hear. on the short end." Those boys know what BIG JOE: "Never mind the they're talking about." LOG and the facts. Facts (There is a frantic knocking . is for phonies. I'll rally on the door). the membership with the old hoopla." BIG JOE: "Come in!" CHARACTER: "But whadda (Door opens and a character we gonna say in the 'Pilot'?" comes running in). BIG JOE: "Big Joe will have CHARACTER: "Big Joe, Big the answer in a minute. Joe, we just got the latest It's right here in this book, score on American Coal. It writen by another guy ain't good. The skipper named Joe, a guy with real fired four SIU men, but talent." they were replaced by four (Big Joe reaches into a more SIU men. We're be­ book shelf and pulls out a hind 103 to 94! Whadda well-thumbed volume en­ we gonnado? The company titled, "How to Answer the sux-e is giving the SIU the Facts, or. People is Meat­ business but they're still balls Who Think They're out front. I'm getting People," by the old master worried." himself—Joe Stalin). BIG JOE: "Like I said, we'll "Now we'll see how to handle whip 'em down on the this situation. This boy was docks." good. Remember when I CHARACTER: "You said that said 'Hail the great and before. But what do we wise leadership of Comrade "tell the members now, Big Stalin?' Big Joe knows the Joe?" real ones from the phonies, BIG JOE: "You tell them Big don't I?" (Big Joe then flips the pages quickly, Joe is on the ball. And • < stops on ^ one of-- the pages when Big Joe is on the ball, headed, "Why give it to them straight, when you can lie abcmt it?" Big Joe reads the page). BIG JOE: "Here it is. Just what we need. Give me the .dictaphone, quick!" (Big Joe then ,starts dic­ tating from the book). (Curtain) (Scene two.- Big Joe is read­ ing out loud from the July 18 "Pilot"). BIG JOE: "The 'Pilot' stopped publishing its count of men aboard American Coal ships several weeks ago... why get the BlU brass any more scared than they are? ... The fact is that the NMU has the. lead and that is why the SIU has been stalling. As for the figures published by SIU to show otherwise, they aiTive at _ those, by a very simple method — they're . lying." BIG jpE: (looking doum at the character): "See, Big Joe always finds a way." CHARACTER: "Yeah, Big Joe. You're the most." (Curtain) (Ed. note: The American Coal shipping scores printed by the LOG are based on the numbers of SIU and NMU men shipping aboard the company's vessels. The latest figures are SIU 103; NMU 94. The NMU 'Pilot' has the same figures. Apparently that's why it doesn't publish them.) •' • I : �• .f' ' • . '•• :>r,•^../. " ^.'t95T SlSAFAtiEltS 1,000th Seafarer Gets Check-Up LOO ,P!»r» Ttry. Co Firing Of SlU Men In Help NMW Plan The well-developed pattern of partnership between the National Maritime Un­ ion and the American Coal Shipping Company emerged more clearly this week with additional firings of Seafarers aboard the Coal Miner. The stepp^-up bar­ rage of firings of SIU old103; NMU, 64, as oldtimers Coal Boxscore timers, with no comparable SIU, from all SIU affiliates are stand­ The full effects of the NMUaction against NMU men, ing firm under company pressure. company partnership on the However, if the company had not made it plain that the com­ embarked on the campaign of fir­ standings on American Coal pany is intensifing this at­ ings and other discrimin|ition it is ships are shown by the following tack to strengthen the clear that by now the SIU would figures: • NMU was given an original Lab technician John Gearrity prepares oldtimer JaMes Hamilton for his physical check-up at the SlU health center. Hamilton was the 1,000th Seafarer to be examined at the center. Now on the beach in NY, Hamilton was one of the many SlU oldtimers fired by American Cool. He was aboard the Thomas Paine. had a solid majority on the NMU position and try to have coal ships which the NMU could destroy the SIU majority on not have overcome under any cir­ the coal ships. cumstances. The company effort edge of six frozen jobs on the Coal Miner. e Even before the current Coal Miner firings, the SIU had. documented 25 instances of fir­ ing or other discrimination against SIU men which deprived, them of coal ship jobs. Yet de­ spite this situation the count) stands at SIU, 103; NMU, 94, counting the six frozen jobs in' NMU's total. In even-steven competition: then, the SIU would be holding somewhere around 130 jobs by now out of a total of 196. But the company just wouldn't have it that way. Despite this situation, the SIU then, has staved off certain defeat has maintained its lead on the coal for the NMU. ships with the count standing at American Coal's current tactics make it obvious that the company hopes to press the firings, ship by ship, in a campaign of attrition against the SIU's supply of oldtimers. The SIU, of course, is doc­ umenting these instances and filing charges with the National Labor Relations Board accordingly. Admiration for the tenacity of the oldtimers in the face of these NEW ORLEANS—^Refusal of a county sheriff to permit picketing or a strike at an in­ obstacles was voiced by the mem­ dustrial installation in Plaquemines Parish in Southeast Louisiana was under attack by the bers of the four-man coordinating SIU in US District Court here as the LOG went to press this week.. committee — Morris Weisberger, The SIU appeal to the+ Sailors Union; Ed Turner, Marine we are particularly proud of the courts resulted from the jail­ charged. Sheriff'Wooten informed SIU representatives and the em­ Cooks; Sam Bennett, Marine Fire­ way members of all the affiliated ing of SlU-HlWD representa­ ^lU representatives "that when ployees of Superior Derrick of men, and Paul Hall, Atlantic & unions are seeing this beef through tive Martin Gould and Seafarers Superior Derrick Corp. came their civil rights as guaranteed by Gulf District. The committee de­ in the face of company-NMU pres­ Edward Rosen and Louis Camara. down there he had assured them the US Constitution and by Fed­ clared that: "While this develop­ sure. It is obvious by now that (Continued on page 10) ment is not entirely unexpected The three were arrested while that there would be no strikes and eral and state law. picketing at the entrance of a bulk no picketing in Plaquemines Par­ cargo loading facility operated by ish." Superior Derrick Corp., a sub­ Wooten then ordered the pickets sidiary of Atlantic and Gulf Steve­ "to remove the picket line entirely, dores, Inc. to disperse their peaceful assem­ Caught short by the surpirise revelation of its secret blacklist deal with the American SIU attorneys asked the court bly, to stop publicizing their dis­ to restrain Sheriff Chester Wooten, pute and to'leave the vicinity of Merchant Marine Institute, the National Maritime Union was still in process of covering his chief deputy Albert Cosse and the plant under penalty of arrest up last week. Far from revealing the nature of the blacklist dieal, which has been in effect other Plaquemines deputies from and imprisonment." for three months now, the Interfering with SIU members and The employees and the SIU rep­ NMU "Pilot" was conspicuous­ hiring procedure would be a matter rid of a seaman he dislikes is to employees of Superior Derrick in resentatives then removed the of great newsworthiness to seamen, dig up a reason for firing him. exercising their right to picket and picketline, left the vicinity and re­ ly silent on the subject. but the last "Pilot" saw it other­ From there on, the record goes into The only hint of anything re­ assemble peacefully. District Judge assembled at a rural store about the" central files of Marine Index, wise. Herbert W. Christenberry delayed one mile from the plant entrance. motely relating to this taboo sub­ an outfit that makes a specialty That situation is expected to ject was contained in the New York his ruling pending presentation of "At 1:30 PM," the petition con­ port agent's report, buried back on change with the upcoming issue of reporting on personal injury additional sworn statements of tinued, Chief Deputy Co.sse and an­ cases and also was involved in a witnesses. District Attorney Lean- other deputy ordered SIU repre­ page 9 of the July 18 "Pilot." The which no doubt will contain more labor spy apparatus. blood and thunder attacks on the der Perez appeared as attorney for sentatives "to disassemble aU the report stated in an offhand manner Once a man's name winds up in that "A special meeting was held SIU. It can be expected that NMU the sheriff. employees and to leave Plaque­ in the Port today for the purpose President Joseph Curran will work Marine Index' file, any NMU-conFiled on behalf of SIU repre­ mines Parish within five minutes up a fever pitch in a vain effort to tracted company now has the right sentatives Tom Gould and Martin and not stop until outside the Par­ of voting on an amendment to the apologize and defend a system to refuse to liire him, no matter hiring clause. Details on this will Gould and employees of the Su­ ish limits." These orders were ac­ which threatens to deprive all NMU what the circumstances. There is perior Derjick Corp., the SIU companied by "vile and abusive be carried elsewhere in the 'Pilot'." members of their job rights. no hearing procedure and no ap­ For some reason, no details were petition pointed out that prior to language," the court was told. peal. The innocent are hurt along carried anywhere in the issue. Nor­ Attack Under Way the strike, ail but two of the some The petition then recounted that mally, any changes affecting the with the guilty, with the full ap­ In fact, one line already making proval and cooperation of the 60 employees of Superior had ap­ while Tom Gould engaged Cosse the rounds among the unhappy NMU. plied to the SIU Harbor and In­ and the deputy in conversation, NMU-AMMI clique is that the SIU land Waterways Division for mem­ Martin Gould, Camara and Rosen is "defending the performers." bership and representation. The returned by automobile to the road company operates heavy lift float­ leading into the loading plant and As every Seafarer knows, the ing derricks in New Orleans har­ "again began peaceful picketing." SIU for years has had a system of bor and a coal loading installation self-discipline which is written out Almost immediately Cosse and at Wood Park, on the west bank of the deputy "drove up at high in detail in the Union's constitu­ SIU membership meet­ tion and which provides "punish­ the Mississippi River, south of New speed" and demanded to know by Orleans. what authority the picketing was ings are held regularly ment to "fit the crime." What the After repeated unsuccessful ef­ being conducted. When Martin every two weeks on Wed­ AMMI and NMU do not like about SAN FRANCISCO—There was a such a system is that it spells out break in the temporary lull that forts to arrange a meeting with the Geuld said the picketing was being nesday nights at 7 PM in the rights of the membership and has hit shipping on the West Coast company 'to talk contract terms, carried on according to Federal the men on the floating derricks and Louisiana law, Cosse replied: all SIU ports. All Sea« permits a man to defend himself during recent weeks. Shipping has went on strike the night pf July 12. "I am the law in Plaquemines farers are expected to before his Union brothers against almost tripled in the last two week charges. As a result, it often hap­ period in the port and it is hoped The following Monday morning Parish." He then arrested Martin (July 15) employees at the Wood Gould, Rosen and Camara and took, attend; those who wish to pens that such charges have been that it will continue to improve. Park coal facility went on strike. them to the parish prison where be excused should request thrown out as being the product of There were 10 vessels in port they were held under $500 bond permission by telegram personal grudges. Just Two Pickets The NMU-AMMI blacklist on the during the past period. The Kyska, A "peaceful picket line" consist­ each until the SIU finally obtained (be sure to include reg­ other hand, simply condemns a sea­ Maiden Ci'eek (Waterman) and ing of "two striking employees" their release at 8:30 o'clock that istration number). The man to lifetime exile from the Rebecca (Intercontinental) paid was set up, the SIU petition pointed night. The petition pointed out that next SIU meetings will be: shipping industry^purely on the off. The Jean La F^tte, Kyska, out. Some 30 to 35 other employees say-so of the skipper and the com­ Wild Ranger and Maiden Creek were "peacefully assembled" and the Sheriff's deputies threatened August 7 pany hiring boss. The NMU ];as (Waterman) signed on. sitting near a road leading into the to repeat this course of action if The Steel Scientist (Isthmian), nothing to say, one way or another, August 21 Installation. About six Superior the SIU representatives returned Chickasaw, Madaket (Waterman), having washed its hands of re­ employees went to work through to Plaquemines Parish. September 4 sponsibility for defending its mem­ were in port to be serviced. There SIU attorneys contended that the the picket line "without molesta­ September 18 were no reported beefs and all bership's job rights. tion or interference." t ;!.• Plaquemines sheriff and-his depu­ All a skipper has to do to get vessels were in good shape. Shortly thereafter,, the-petition ties had conspired to deprive the SIU Fights La. Sheriff's Ban On Right To Picket Silence Reigns In Blacklist Deal SCHEDULE OF SIU MEETINGS V, •| -'Sv ''\ 5F Shipping Bounces Up "1 N • '^1 ^1 • i\ • :-?\l -I �rajre rour J - i•r; M rl^i SEAFARERS British Builders Plan 65,000-Ton Atom Ships Two British firms have announced plans for construction of giant 65,000-ton atom-powered tankers within the past week. At the game time, an American maritime publication has called for discarding of plans for atom-powered dry- ments of the warship. Funds for a cargo ships as prohibitively nuclear merchant ship "Pacific expensive and offering no commer­ Shipper" believes, could better be applied toward immediate needs of cial advantage. The British tanker plans were maritime for current replacement announced by the HawhMr Siddely programs. Group, a major aircraft producer, and by the British branch of Babcock and Wilco.x, a leading engi­ neering firm. The Hawker Siddely plans are being drafted in collaboration with John Brown and Company, which built the two huge Cunard passen­ ger ships, the Queens Mary and Elizabeth. Few details were made Jn the announcement. Subsequently, Babcock' and Wil­ cox said they had similar plans in Veteran Seafarer Curt Starke, the works and stated, "In view of the high capital cost of nuclear in­ well known to many sailormen as stallation, the nearest approach at the biggest little man in the mari­ the present time to economic com­ time industry, passed away in his petition with conventional power Sarasota, Florida, home last April, is, of course, the large oil the SEAFARERS LOG learned this week. His death from unspe­ tanker. . . ." cified causes came at the age of 57. Skepticism as to the outlook for Once seen, Starke was never to atom-powered freightships was ex­ pressed in a recent is^ue of the be forgotten because he stood just "Pacific Shipper." The magazine four feet tall, making him the called preliminary expenditures on smallest man by far ever to work the subject "a wild goose chase but aboard an SIU ship. But his size dimly related to the American was no index to his strength or aWllty. A circus acrobat by trade, merchant marine." Starke could hold up his own end Nuclear powered-shipping, the on a ship with the best of them, magazine declares, is in the "kin- although he often had difficulty dergarden stage." A ship which can convincing mates of that fact when circumnavigate the world without they first caught sight of him. refueling is "a complete commer­ A native of Germany, Starke cial absurdity" . . . The second 'ad­ vantage' is another lulu: 'quick turn-around in port'—no delay while bunkering! Why doesn't some old-fashioned inventor come jip with an oil barge that could come alongside while the ship is dis­ charging and loading cargo? Oh well, who cares about a nasty thing like cargo?" A cargo carrier it adds, does not need the high speed, the capability of sharp turns and other require- Attenst Z, l9Si LOG cepted. Classes not to be placed In •Ink. Vote of thanks to steward for work well dona while man was ill and one man misains in galley. Dis­ cussion about washing machine] to retain present one. WILLIAM H. CARRUTH (Tran^fuall, Juna 30—Chairman, J. Sandars; Sacratary, P. McNabb. New deleeate elected. Locka on foc'sle doora to ba repaired. Return all cupa to pantry. STEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian), June 36—Chairman, R. Knowles; Secretary, A. Shrimpton. One man missed ves­ sel last voyage; headquarters notiBed. Letter to headquarters regarding dis­ continuance of travelers checks; let­ ter to be posted on bulletin board and comments pro and con invited by crew members. Most repairs com­ pleted; other repairs to be taken up with dept. heads. Ship's fund $4.76. Discussion regarding locking messhall when in port; vaiious small items regarding stewards dept.—steward cooperation in all cases. Function ,bf safety delegates explained. Steward ANDREW JACKSON (Waterman), July 1—Chairmen, W. Moore; Secre­ tary, P. Lepei. Slop chest lacks many items; poor selection of sizes in work gear. Suggestion to make list of re­ quired items and submit to captain. Captain wiU order from Sea . Chest. Ask voluntary donations to purchase magazines for library. Reporter elected; will buy magazines and ex­ change library books. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for fine food and •election of menus. Need more pil­ lows; messroom to ba kept clean; return cups to pantry. Mailing meiiu of 4th of July. CANTICNY (CIHasService), June 1« —Chairman, A. Alexander; Secretary, J. Phillips. Some disputed OT. Deck delegate to see about equalizing over­ time. Report accepted. Change idilpping rules for B and C men from M to 90 days. Motion defeated. Need better variety of food. Suggestion made that safety' goggles, rubber gloves and suijta ba furnished by thecompany for men washing paint with acid. Curt Starke Dies; Starred With Circus HURRICANI (Waterman), July 7— Chairman, T. King; Secretary, H. Carv urged members to return linen andexplained proper procedure of issu­ ance. miehaal. Wringer for washing ma­ chine purchased; machine 4n good working condition now. Draw to be made every five days. Report accept­ ed. New reporter elected. Locker In fireman's room to be repaired. Dis­ cussion to have kcya made for aU foc'sles. ROYAL OAK (Cttlaa Service), July 6—Chairman, J. HIggins; Secretary, ROBIN COODFiLLOW (Rebln), June 33—Chairman, E. Cpuldlng; Secretary, J. Wright. Delegate spoke on general bchaviqr during entire voyage. Beef regarding mate working on deck. Sink in laundry to be unplugged. Laundry to be kept clean. Table to bo re­ served for men on watch. Steward requested to order Simmons innerspring mattresses. D. Beard. Noticeable improvement in menus and food. Foc'sles wiU be painted after leaving shipyard. Ship's fund S2.68. Report accepted, 'Vote ef thanks to T. Babkowski for good work in Bridgeport. Steward to put out hot rolls and cold plates. ' Ice box needs repairing. CUBORB (Ore), July 7—Chairmen, 6. Cass; Sacratary, B. Buck. Beef RION (Actlum). June 33—Chairman, S. McCormtck; Secretary, H. Cerdes. about buttermilk and galley clock. Refrain from whistUng and loud talk­ ing in passageways. New delegate elected. Washing ma­ chine to be repaired. Continue to spray as roach situation is pretty bad. ARLYN (Bull), July 1—Chairman, J. Lundy; Secretary, J. Olive. Water pressure In bathrooms low. Ship's fund S3.09. Some disputed OT. One man fired In PR; one man quit dn arrival. Reports accepted, ALCOA PILGRIM (Alcoa), May 35— Chairman, F. Shandl; Secretary^ W. Scott. Discussion on launch service in Maracaibo and St. Salina. Some disputed overtime. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for fine food served. Vote of thanks to delegate. Need new washing machine. July 7—Chairman, W. Raid; Secre­ tary, F. Shandl. Repair list submit­ ted. Man missed ship in NO. Hall notified man wag Injured In Trinidad, made return voyage. Safety meeting school for fire fighting, one-man from each dept.. all voluntary. Reports ac- DOROTHY (Bull), July t—Chairman, H. Brannan; Secretary, F. Oreaney. Few hours disputed OT. Report ac­ cepted. T-shirts to be worn during meals. Paint out all foc'sles. Need new fans. STEEL ADMIRAL (IstHmlsn), June 33—Chairman, F. Keller; Secretary, E, Conrad. Good job done by all dele- gates. All rooms except engine dept. painted. ,Check on Suez bonus; re­ pairs: quaUty of food put aboard. Considerable overtime disputed. Quar­ ters not painted as yet. Reports ac­ cepted. Order more supplies, soap, etc. Need new fansL spare parts, new wringer for washing machine. Water fountains to be repali'ed; keys to be left in foc'sles: all cots to be re­ turned. Need new. Ubrary. CECIL N. BEAN (Dry Trans), June 10—Chairman, J. Mays; Sacratary, D, Collins. Few hours disputed over­ time. Repair list made up. One man to be reported to patrolman for bring­ ing troubles topside Instead of dept. delegate. Report accepted. AU cots and Uhen to be turned in. Repairs to be taken up with patrolman. Need lockers in bosun's foc'sle. Vote of thanks to steward dept. FELTORE (Ore Navigation), June 30 —Chairman, J. Webe; Secretary, 'W. Strickland. Request bulletin board for recreation room. One man mi.ssed •hip in Baltimore. Need fan, for fire­ man's room. Report accepted. Laun­ dry room to be kept clean. Pantry to be auppUed with more food and kept more orderly. IDEAL X (Pan Atlantic), July 4 — Chairman, R. Bryan; Secretary, HcluIne. Fresh milk question settled. Re­ port on firing chief cook in Houston. Firing of Bryan settled In Houston. Report accepted. New delegate elect­ ed. Night lu^bh beef. Inspect stores as they come aboard—to be taken up with patrolman. PLYMOUTH VICTORY (Isthmian), July 3—Chairman, B. McCaskay; Sec-' retary, J. Balder. One man missed ship in Houston. Repair lists com­ pleted. New reporter elected. Need new washing machine; water cooler for new passageway; new refrigera­ tor; 20-tcay ice machine; chairs for foc'sles. SIU slop chest—see steward for special orders; re-ordering safety wind scoops. Catwalk requested over deck load aftt which is deadly poison acid. Steward dept. given vote of thanks for Job well done. Twenty fans obtained. OCEANSTAR (Triton), June 17 — Chairman, T. Nlll; Secretary, C. ear­ ner.' Minor beef about baker using ovens after 8 AM settled. New, dele­ gate elected. Coffee to be made in small pots. ROBIN SHBRWOOD (Robin Line), June 16—Chairman, W. Kohut; Sec­ retary, S. Johnson. Ship's fund S14. Spent S3 for telegram. Report ac­ cepted. Things not to be thrown out of port holes. One brother injured as a result of this practice. Crew to be careful when dumping garbage on deck. Same to be placed in box be­ fore disposal. Mops not to be washed in laundry room sink. Coffee to be used more carefully in engine I'oom —all to share equally as ship has 7-lb. allowance. See Sfep-Up Iff Savannah SAVANNAH — Shipping opera­ tions have been on the quiet side in this port for the last two weeks with a few in-transits providing all of the action there was. However, the port is preparing for stepped up activity in the coming period. The TMT Carib Queen is ex­ pected to take on a full crew in the next few days whjle the Bull Line Liberty John Chester Kendall is due in Sunny Point, North Caro­ lina for a payoif after a long off­ shore run. The port is looking for quite a few replacements aboard her. The late Curt Starke shown on a visit to SIU hall some years ago. quit that country when Hitler came to power. He had been a member of a traveling acrobatic team since 1919 and upon coming to America he joined an American circus group known as the Royal American Midgets. As an acrobat, the powerful four-footer usually served as the bottom man on the Seafarers who have to enter pyramid. When the war clouds gathered. a hospital from a ship are en­ titled to get a shipping card Curt went to the SIU hall in Tam­ dated the day of entry to the pa to help out his adopted country. He grabbed a ship in the spring of Jiospital, up to 30 days, provided 1941 and sailed throughout World they report to a Union dispatch­ er within 48 hours of leaving War II. With the end of the war, Starke the hospital. However, men who go to the hospital only for out­ signed a contract with Ringling patient treatment are not en­ Brothers and in the next ten years sailed off and on in between tours titled to these cards. Seafarers already registered with, the circus. He owned his own at SIU halls who have to be hos­ home in Sarasota, the circug^ win­ pitalized for over 30 days, can ter quarters. get a new card for 30 days . Starke was buried in the Hack­ ney Cemetery, Hillsboro County, only, from the dispatcher. Florida. Only in-Patlents Get 30-Day Cards If -, • fji.,. Being muscular is an asset, no doubt about it. But it's wise to realize that every man, no matter how strong, has his timits. The man who abuses his body by try­ ing to hoist more than he con handle, or who bends from the waist instead of letting his legs take the strain, is buying himself o fdst ticket to the hospital. Instead of playing Superman, get o shipmate to give you o hand when the load's too heavy. Ploy it safe and leave the muscle ex­ hibitions for the professional othletes. ; • - I - '/•» • .. .. ' -v •).— AN SIU SHIP IS A SAFE SHIP �Auirusi tf 19S9 SEAFARERS Pare Five LOG l«?:•'• ; • '. <•: V-, • •v;-;: V.••'•>.».,;X--;• i-: •->';ft:. ivi, 4 'Arabs Spat As We Passed' After Kern Hills Israel Visit "When we got off in Algiers, everybody in the town seemed to know who we were. The Arabs spat on the street when we passed." That was just one of the little incidents which Seafarer John Farming, AB, described from the now-historic voyage of,the 1-^ tanker Kern Hills, the first US-flag ship to"* enter the Israeli port of Elath. Fanning caught the ship on a pierhead jump in Aruba in Jan­ uary, just as she was about to start on her transatlantic voyage. She went from Aruba to Genoa to discharge, and as the Suez Canal was closed at the time, made the long haul around Africa to get to the Middle East oil fields. Photo gbove shows, signs which skipper removed from midship After loading at Bandar Shahpur, house When ship enfered' Gulf ~ " of Aq' Aqoba. Iran, the Kem Hills started its run jip the Red Sea iiito the Gulf of Aqaba. Chief cook Nelson Norwood re­ called that when the ship got to the Strait of Tii-on at the entrance to the Gulf, UN forces on the heights overlooking the strait waved them on and an unidentified naval vessel signaled "good luck." WASHINGTON-^The apologists for large-scale runaway Going up the Gulf, the skipper transfers have been mechanically repeating "effective con­ took no chances. There was an trol" as the answer to objections against the transfers. Now it eight PM curfew after which every­ appears xthat legislation de--t ; body kept off the deck in the event signed to hiake "effective con­ here to vessels that do not coop­ anybody started pot-shooting at-the ship. As an added precaution, all Tanker Kern Hills takes sea across her deck during course of one of trol" effective is quietly wind­ erate. the ship's name signs were removed ing up in the wastebasket. her voyages into Elath. Photos on this page by Nelson Norwood, The bill was introduced in Feb­ The "effective control" gimmick ruary, but so far nothing has from the superstructure. chief, cook. Once they got to Elath, the atmo­ has been paraded out before Con­ happened. Meanwhile, the Ad­ gress each time the SIU and other ministration is stil maintaining sphere changed. The whole popula­ host of Israeli army and govern­ said, "but everybody wound up on maritime groups have warned that that "effective control" is some­ tion of the tiny frontier town ment officials. "We were supposed the ship and we ended up bis^ serv­ runaways threaten to weaken and thing more than just a quotation. turned'out to greet "them plus a to have a party ashore," Norwood ing a buffet to more than 200 guests." undermine US shipping to a dan­ Both Norwood and Fanning gerous degree. The Defense De­ agreed that the treatment the crew partment has made use of the ar­ received in Elath was nothing but gument to show that even if we the best. They were also impressed don't have a large and flourishing with the energy and determina­ merchant fleet that the US can In a strong statement on behalf of maintaining an American Merchant Marine, "William tion displayed by tiie townspeople "count on" the runaway-flag ships "Whitey" Benz, Portland port agent for the SlU-Sffiliated Sailors Union of the Pacific, in the tiny frontier outpost. in an emergency. While the voyage into Elath To assure "effective control" a has called for amendment of Federal law to permit organization drives on runaway flag passed without incident, the Is­ bill had been thrown in the hopper, ships. Benz, who is also chair' the ship warrants bill, which would of package legislation to redress all other US steamship companies raelis were taking no chances. In have given the Government stand­ man of the Portland Maritime the inequality between US ship­ that have chartered ships from the addition to armed patrols on the by authority to deny port facilities Trades Council, urge^ passage ping and foreign and runaway op­ MariUme Commission. . . Also here beaches, the Israelis had two skin divers checking the bottom of the erators. The statement was sent in are two other ships owaed by West ship every day to make sure that the form of letters to several West Coast Steamship Company that Coast Congressmen and to Su­ cannot get cargoes. On the other Arab frogmen hadn't attached time preme Court Justice William hand, as I write this, there are at bombs to the hull during the night. Leaving Eiath the Kern Hills least half a dozen foreign-flag ships Douglas. put into Djibouti, French SomaliCiting the Sailors Union fight in this port getting a bellyful each land, for water and bunkers. "The on the Liberian ship Riviera, Benz way of Government and commer­ French were in charge there," Fan­ pointed out that the case was lost cial cargoes. . . "If we sit idly by and let this ning said, "but the work gangs when the Svipreme Court ruled Each year five Sea­ vital industry of ours be destroyed were Arabs. The word about us that the Taft-Hartley law and other must have spread pretty fast be­ farers or children of Sea­ legislation did not apply to dis­ by want-to-be-popular politicians, cause they kept sliutting down the people who cater to the foreign farers are chosen by a putes with foreign shipowners. bunkering line, losing the keys and \ board of college admin­ [Many of these "foreign" ship­ shipowners' lobby... and exploiters little things like that designed to under the runaway flags then we istrators as winners of owners, of course, are Ainerican delay us. But we got out of thers tlie $6,000 four-year col­ operators masquerading under a are guilty of criminal negligence to without any trouble." our own people. . .After all, it is foreign flag—Ed.] ~ lege scholarships. The From Djibouti the ship made an­ our duty to ourselves to protect program gives them free He argued then that Congress our own people and our own other run into Iran and back to rein to study at any should act to amend the Taft- economy first. No other country Eiath. Then the vessel picked up a Hartley and Norris-LaGuardia acts gives preference to foreigners— third oil cargo destined for Haifa. college or university of so that they apply to disputes with why should we?" their choice, as long as it Bypassed Suez foreign shipping when such ship­ is a recognized institu­ By this time the Suez Canal was ping is engaged in trade with the tion. open for traffic again but the ship United States. Benz also called for Candidates for the didn't dare go through. Instead of enactment of Senator Magnuson's an eight to ten day run from Ban­ scholarship must have a bill limiting sales and transfers dar Shahpur to Haifa, she detoured superior high school rec­ foreign and Rep. Pelley's bill call­ around Africa again. It was 62 ord and must compete in ing for 100 percent preference for days at sea punctuated by brief the standard college en­ US ships on Government cargoes. stops at Capetown and Aigiers. trance board tests. Now In nth Rank A 30 day referendum vote is be­ In Algiers, all they had in cur­ Requirements are three Bern pointed out that the US ing held this month by the SIU rency was Israeli pounds which years' sea time on SIU has slipped from the second to 11th Great Lakes District to elect of­ made them unpopular right off tha ships for the Seafarer or spot in merchant fleet tonnage. ficers f.r the coming year. Up for bat. It was here that the crew en­ the Seafarer-father of the Large numbers of ships construc­ election are candidates for the post countered considerable hostility candidate, 90 days of ted by the US were given away or of secretary-treasurer and for although there were no incidents which must be in the sold to foreign nations which use seven port agents to cover port of­ of molestation. them in the carriage of American fices maintained by the District on After delivering her cargo to previous calendar year Government cargoes while paying the American side of the Lakes. Haifa, the Kern Hiiis headed back and one day in the crews rock bottom wages. Seamen on the Canadian side are to Corpus Christi, Texas, where last 90. . "As I write this letter there is represented by the SIU Canadian she paid off. All in all it was a 6tilaying idle in this port of Poi-t- District. month trip with just 17 days shore land a ship, the Clarksburg Vic­ Incumbent officers of the union, leave, so the entire crew from tory, which has been chartered h e a d e d by Secretary-Treasurer skipper on down took off in Texas. from the US Government for an Fred J. Farnen, are all candidates The ship is now running in the annual charter fee of $185,138 per for reelection. coastwise trade between the Gulf year. Under this charter the op­ Ballots can be cast by union and the northeast coast, because erator. .. . has to pay the fee members either aboard ship or In it has been put on the Arab blackwhether they run or not and so do any SIU Great Lakes hall.' ' . , llB*, 'Runaway' Controls Bill Heading For Scrap Pile Seeks Right To Organize Transfers YOUR SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN 14-Yr. College \ I Scholarships: Gt. Lakes SIU Vote Underway SEAFARERS INTL UNION, A&G DISTRICT r V't'' , �Fiwe Six SEAFARERS IPG Unions Await Action On 'Vital' Ship Fleet! Shelley Hits Delay 1 i]: Jf. Aociut t, 1957 QUESTIONi What would you like to see as the next forward step "WASHINGTON—While encouraged by the Navy's official statement to the effect that of the Seafarers Welfare Plan? US merchant shipping is still considered vital to national defense, the SIU and other unions are still waiting for signs of implementation of that policy. Joe Thomas, Deck: As far as I Coner Haynes, FWT: Something Navy Secretary Thomas S. am concerned, everything in the should be done about the out­ Gates, Jr., put. an end to un­ haps a large part of the reason for your aggressive and construc­ plan is fine. But patients. They certainty and rumors when he why Maritime Administration re­ tive sponsorship of an AmericanI think, especial­ should be able to declared that the Defense Depart­ quests for funds for fiscal 1958 did manned Merchant Marine." ly for the men collect medical Commenting on the present sit­ ment had not changed its concept not receive more sympathetic at­ with families benefits, as well uation, SIU Secretary-Treasurer of the merchant fleet. There had tention. . ." that the Union asone in the hos­ A companion letter to Rep. Bon­ Paul Hall remarked; "We have been stories to the effect that the ought to see if pital. Most of Pentagon was ready to write off ner congratulates 'him for "having long held that there is only one they could lower them can't work, laid on the line the whole sorry merchant marine, not two or three, merchant shipping in the guided the Initial pay­ and yet must pay story of Administration failure to and that merchant marine is com­ missile-nuclear warhead age. ment a man must their bills. I However, there is still no clear carry out the policies laid down in posed of all the ships that sail un­ make when he don't need any­ evidence coming out of Washing­ the Merchant Marine Act" of der the American flag. For practi­ goes Into the hos­ thing more my­ cal purposes it is our firm opinion pital. I think $50 is kind of steep, self, but for men with big families, ton to the effect that the Admin­ 1936 . . ." An important aspect of the prob­ that this means Government aid and $25 would be more realistic. istration intends to take the neces­ I imagine this would make quite sary measures,—including the lem, in the view of the SIU, lies in should be extended without dis­ a big difference. ^ needed requests for funds—to as­ the subsidized lines' willingness to tinction or discrimination to all 4 4„. 4 sist all segments of the merchant discard the American flag on their those who are -willing to operate 4 4 4• Jan^es D. Paricer, Eng. DepH.: fleet, including non-subsidized old ships for temporary financial under this country's flag, pay taxes think that the Welfare should do Moses A. Lucas, Steward: The shipping, tramps and other miscel­ advantage, plus their desire to to the US and employ American something about Union should bring the time laneous operations. Nor is there monopolize the benefits of Govern­ crews. needed under the "That, in our way of thinking, cutting down the any indication that Maritime will ment aid to the exclusion of out­ pension down to siders and new operators who are is the way to assure a healthy and time required for give up its plans for permitting a pension. I think seven years seatransfer foreign of present subsid­ not part of the "family." On the stable merchant ship fleet." it should be that time, or set a Government side, there has been ized fleets. any man, with 20 fixed age, say 65 Should such transfers be per­ an absence of determination, in the years of seatime, when a man can mitted in addition to the contin­ face of the budgetary outcry, to whether he is disretire. It Is very uing transfers of tramp and come forward and openly spell out a b 1 e d or not, good the way It tankers, then in the Union view, the costs and. the needs to Con­ should be allowed is now, but some the Defense Department's "vital" gress. to retire and take people may be The SIU of NA position, as de­ merchant fleet will be greatly it easy for the rest of his life. He disabled, but not tailed by SIUNA vice-president weakened. deserves it. in a manner that qualifies them The basic contradictions and Morris Weisberger in a letter to under the present plan. confusions in Government circles Shelley, recalled that Congress 4 4 4 on the issue have been under­ adopted a firm declaration.of pol­ 4 4 .4 George Bjnnemans, Eng. Dep'L: scored in a letter written by Rep. icy on maritime back in 1953. That go along with what the rest of John F. Shelley (Dem.-Calif.), a declaration called for a "sufficient" John P. Doyle, Eng. Dep't.: I am the men said, very content with what the Union staunch maritime supporter, to merchant marine able -to service BALTIMORE — With shipping especially about Secretary of Commerce Sinclair both domestic and foreign routes is giving me now, lowering the pay­ Weeks. Shelley urged "quick ac­ and "owned and operated under stili on the sleepy side in this port. and am sure that ment a man must tion to resolve the confusion which the United States flag by citizens Seafarers in the harbor are con­ if there is some­ tinuing the organizing push which make before he seems to exist and to eliminate the of the United States ... ." thing more they can fiie for bene­ Weisberger remarked that in has been so successful up until contradictions ^jetween adminis­ could give us, fits. The same trative action and national pol­ light of this statement, "This now. Port agent Earl Sheppard they would see with lowering the Union has repeatedly protested reported encouraging progress be­ ice . . ." to it that we ing made among the remaining retirement age, He added, "I am sure you are the unjustifiable sale and transfer would get It. so a man can en­ aware of my long standing concern of American ships to other nations unorganized outfits in the Balti­ After all, they are joy himself. But over the future of our Merchant . . . Just how this sale can be con­ more harbor area. the ones who The port" had 11 payoffs in the I am very well-covered and have Marine and of my personal efforts strued as a means to foster and have to figure out to bring about a solution to the encourage an American merchant previous two week period with the no complaints about the way things what it is going to cost, and the vexing problems faced by the sev­ marine ... is utterly beyond com­ future looking like more of the are now. best way of getting it. same for the coming two weeks eral segments of our maritime in­ prehension . . . "Yes indeed, our merchant ma­ at least. The payoffs included the dustry. . . I have tried to further such a solution by supporting the rine policy, as laid down by Con­ Cubore, Chilore, Santore and Veappropriation of funds for the pur­ gress . . . has been kicked around nore (Ore); Pennmar (Calmar); Jean and Emilia (Bull); Robin pose. , . the conditions which Con­ and flaunted as of no account. "Please accept our appreciation Doncaster, Robin Kettering (Rob­ gressman Bonner outlines are perin); Young America (Waterman) and Orion Planet (Colonial). Seafarers and their families, as well as the rest of tha Signing on were seven ships, the Cubore, Chilore, Santore, Venore, population, are continuing to pay more for almost everything Pennmar, Young America and the they buy, according to the latest information from the Labn* Bethcoaster for Calmar. Seventeen Department's Bureau of Labor'" in-transits for Alcoa, Bull, Cities for the setting up of a special com­ Over a 100 former Kohler Co. Service, Isthmian and other com­ Statistics. The BLS reported employees, now employed in Cali­ mittee in the different areas to panies added to the port's business. that the cost of living in June ^eAGARetlS fornia, held a reunion recently and make a fast on-the-spot check of Beefs were on the routine side. rose another .6 percent to 120.2, pledged greater support to the boy­ such disputes. Sheppard urged Seafarers in the the highest level to date. The cott against the Wisconsin manu­ 4 4 4 port with those old-time discharges figure represents a 20.2 percent facturer. The strike is entering its The House has passed a bill sup­ to line up for American Coal jobs increase in living costs since the fourth year. The strikers downed ported by the Amalgamated Meat so that the SIU could take the fleet base period, 1947 through 1949. Sheboygan-style bratwurst and Cutters enforcing compulsory in­ despite the tie-in between the com­ . The largest Increase In living beer, sang songs familiar to the pany, its stooge company union and costs took place during the Kor­ picket line, and tape-recorded spection of all poultry. The bill the NMU, required the inspection of all poul­ ean War period, when prices rose ^ dow IN gap/ messages to the members of UAW approximately IS percent. Follow­ locai 833, who are still picketing try sold in interstate commerce ing the end of hostilities, living the company's plant. Guest speak­ and in major consuming areas de­ signated by the Secretary of Agri­ Turned Down 0T7 costs Inched up another 2 percent, ers informed the attending former strikers of the events now going on culture. It also calls for inspec­ Don't Beef On $$ fell off briefly in Juno 1955, and! tion both before and after resumed their climb by June 1956, and of future plans for the boycott. Headquarters wishes to re­ slaughter, and establishes the au­ All of the strikers are members of thority of the Secretary to promul­ mind Seafarers that mqn who when the level was 116.2. Since that time the cost of living has California unions and most of gate rules for sanitation in the are choosy about working cer­ gone up steadily to the current them are doing the same type of poultry Industry. tain overtime cannot expect an level of 120.2. work. equal number of OT hours with 4 4 4 Among major items, the cost of 4" 4 4" the rest of their department. In The Amalgamated Clothing some crews men have been housing has gone up most, while AFL-CIO President George Meany has announced an agree­ Workers of America has strongly turning down unpleasant OT clothing has registered the smallest ment designed to settle jurisdic­ protested the granting of a $2 mil­ Jobs and then demanding to advance. Total housing costs are tional disputes between buildings lion federal contract to a non-union come up with equal overtime now 25 percent above the 1947trades, and Industrial unions. The clothing firm in Tennessee. The when the easier jobs come along. 1949 levels, while rents alone are agreement recognizes that new con­ order for 180,000 air force jackets This practice is unfair to Sea­ 35 percent higher. struction should be handled by was Tranted to Southern Athletic farers who take OT jobs as they Food, which was pegged at 101.1 members of the building trades Co. of Knoxville, Tenn. The com­ come. in June 1949, rose 13 percent dur­ while production and running pany is headed by "Breezy" Wynn, The general objective Is to ing the Korean War, and then re­ maintenance should be the work of brother-in-law of Robert Tripp equalize OT as much as possible mained fairly steady until this Industrial union employees. As to Ross, foi^aer Assistant Secretary of but if a man refuses disagree­ June. Then it jumped to 116.2, the the difficult areas, namely major Defense. Ross was forced to re­ able jobs there Is no require­ highest level to date. repairs, alterations and relocation sign last February after a Congres­ ment that when an easier job Clothing prices, which have ad­ of existing facilities, the past prac­ sional investigation into charges of comes along he can make up the vanced less rapidly, are now at tice in a plant, area or injclqstry conflict of interest .with federal overtime he turned down before. 106.6 or 6.6 percent above the 1947iRootavN RAaMoeecoi , ' will govern,^ l949 1ieveli(.• S' I »cf J--. < Sir Bait Pushes Harbor-Wide Union Drive VJ Living Costs Take Upward Leap; Rise 20% Since '49 lUmMm rr i �idst' SEAFARERS LOG Pate S^eii^'' YOUR DOllAR'S WORTH ScRlarer's Guide To Better Buying By Sidney Margoliua Salesmen in Your Living Room Working families hava been subjected to (credit abuses-not only from credit stores but from house-to-house canvassers selling goods of all des'criptions on time-payment plans. Such "in-home" selling has expanded to phenpmenal nevir proportions , in recent years, already 4otals about four billion dollars a year and is growing fast, One reason for the sudden girpwth is television advertising, which has given pitchmen new access to family living rooms. One "in-home' selling organization operating in several large cities depends almost wholly on TV advertising to gain entry to people's homes. Another factor has been the increasing size of families, which has made out­ side shopping more difficult for young mothers and fathers. For low-income families, unscrupulous canvassers have proved to be another source of misrepresentations and deceptive practices leading often to real financial tragedies. In some large cities, where new housing developments have sprung up in recent years without established shopping facilities, the invasion . Italian passenger liner Andrea Doria shown as she was about to go under lost year. Plans are afoot to salvage the ship, but no progress has been made to remedy lax safety conditions exposed by the of door-to-door salesmen has been especially costly to residents, says sinking. William Kirk, a leading settle­ ment-house worker who has been bringing this problem to the at­ tention of municipal authorities in large cities, and to working fam­ ilies themselves. He reports that Lax safety regulations that led to the Andrea Doria disaster are still in effect today, one the canvassers are selling not only costly items as television sets and year after the Italian luxury liner collided with the Swedish liner Stockholm and sank off freezers, but even clothing and Nantucket Island on July 26, 1956. Fifty lives were lost in the acfcident when the 30,000home furnishings. The canvassers ton Doria was struck by the'*-" keep many families in perpetual Stockholm in foggy weather by side and steel chains passed NO, chairman of the House Mer­ debt by persuading them to buy on one of the most-traveled underneath the wreckage from chant Marine Committee. Rep. new goods before they have paid sea lanes. one ship to another. Then the ore- Bonner said the committee would for previous purchases. Subsequent investigations ships would take in sea water as consider the possibility of requir­ Even when the selling organiza­ brought out testimony that the ballast in their holds and when ing "foreign flag ships that come tion is completely honest (and Stockholm was off its course and they were riding as low in the in to our ports ... be subject to there are established house-to- virtually in the track rested to water as they could go, .the chains the same rigid inspection for safe­ house firms which do not engage inbound ships. Both vessels were would be tightened up. ty imposed on American flag in trickery) merchandise bought also believed to have been travel­ Theoretically then, when the sea ships." this way generally costs more than ing at top speed and relying al­ water was pumped out and the ore in retail stores. Stanley Kempner most completely on radar for in­ ships gained more buoyancy, they an authority in this field, has re­ formation about the presence of would pick the Doria off the ocean ported that house-to-house selling other vessels. bottom with them. From there, But despite reams of testimony according to the proposal, the .organizations need to take a mark­ up of "three for one," compared to a markup of two for one, or less, and the findings of a committee of sunken liner would be dragged to exacted by retail stores. Thus you often pay $3 for an item which costs American experts, no action has shallower waters where her hull the seller,$l ab wholesale, and which carries a tag of $1.60 to $2.00 been taken as yet to amend the could be sealed up by divers and 1948 International Convention on eventually refloated. at retail stores. This is logical, because door-to-door selling is the Safety of Life at Sea to bring costly and inefficient distribution system. An investigation last year con-, it in line with present safety Stores Get In Act ducted by a committee of Ameri­ needs. Now even the largest department stores and chains are establishing Meanwhile, it was reported that can experts placed the blame for WASHINGTON —The St. Law­ "in-home" sales departments for such household equipment as drapery accident claims arising out of the the loss squarely on international rence Seaway will accoinmoclate safety regulations for ship con­ and upholstery, rngs, home freezers, sewing and knitting machines and disaster were being cleaned up ships that are up to 7.10 feet in struction and operation, and called other goods. They secure their leads through television commercials with final settlements expected to length and 75 feet in beam, it was on foreign governments and ship­ and newspaper ads. In the case of the big local stores who send sales­ total $6 million or better. announced here last montli. The men to your home, the prices are the same as charged in the store for The anniversary date brought ping lines to bring their vessels most efficient use of the passage the same goods, and service is usually reliable. But there also'are forth another proposal for salvag­ and practices up to US standards. The committee's sharpest criti­ will be made, however, by ships risks in this growing method of buying, although they are more subtle. ing the Doria. which still lies on cism was aimed at the construction that are less than 715 feet long and For one thing, you are likely to spend more. The department stores the ocean floor off Nantucket. The plan it this way. In a recent report to a merchants' group, Robert latest proposal would involve the of the Andrea Doria. It said the 72 feet wide. The dimensions for ships using Lauter, executive for one of the country's largest stores indicated the use of two Lakes-type ore-carriers. Doria met the subdivision require­ technique is (1) to get into the customer's house, generally when she The ships would be lined up side ments of the 1948 Safety of Life at the new inland waterway were re­ Sea Convention "by a very narrow ported by the St. Lawrence Seaway requests some specific service advertised on TV or in the papers and margin." These standards are con­ Development Corp. and the St. (2) to pre-select the salesman's samples, as in drapery, slip covers or siderably below the compartnien- Lawrence Seaway Authority of other upholstery, so that the customer is more inclined to buy highertation required aboard US-flag Canada. priced goods. ships. If the Doria had been built The authorities said tliat ships ;Mr. Lauter himself reports that "often a call to re-cover a chair has WASHINGTON—If you pay a to US standards, the report said, exceeding 715 feet in length or 72 ended in a complete refurbishing job.'' rakeoff, kickback or bribe, its "she would have survived." feet in beam would be subject to Another pitfall to watch out for in responding to television and news­ perfectly okay with Uncle Sam. special handling, and would have The report also called for more paper ads for drapery and upholstery goods is that these sometimes are What's more, you can deduct it» adequate training of deck officers to be scheduled so as not to inter­ poorer-quality fabrics, in less desirable colors and patterns, deliberate­ from your income taxes. for utilizing radar, direct bridge- fere with the passage of smaller ly offered at a low price just to get the salesman into your home. Once This unusually tender treat­ he has his foot in the door, he has an opportunity to sell the house­ ment is reserved for American to-bridge radio communication and vessels. They also announced that wife a better-quality product; one which is far more costly than the corporations. It doesn't apply observation of the recognized fixed bridges over the Seaway will lanes. The Stockholm, which be at least 120 feet above the advertised item. to the average American who struck and sank the Doria, was water surface of the navigation Buying at home from a reliable store does have advantages of con­ would most likely be jugged channels. venience,' and with draperies and upholstery fabrics, enables you to •twice for the act—once for the admittedly traveling eastbound virtually on the westbound track The report indicates that the visualize hoW these look with your other furnishings. But you still get payoff and the second time for and about 20 miles off the recom­ Seaway will be open to C-3 type the widest choice of the more moderate-priced goods if you go to the income tax evasion. mended course. There is no legal ships, and other offshore cargo stores, themselves, and are more likely to buy only what you can But what's criminal for the compulsion requiring ships to fol­ vessels, with plenty of room to afford at the time. individual is treated as a "neces­ low the recommended tracks. The spare. It will also be able to ac­ sary business expense" by the Swedish-American Line and the commodate most of the large Great August Fabric Sales Treasury when corporations do Italian Line, which were not par­ Lakes ore carriers, which run to August actually is one of the best months to shop the stores for so overseas. Bribes and other curtains, draperies and household fabrics, with most stores offering payoffs to foreign Government ties to the tracking agreement on greater lengths than the average special values in the August sales. For draperies, cotton is the mate­ officials have been excused by the North Atlantic at the time the cargo ship. rial voted most preferable by housewives in a survey by the US De­ the Treasury on the ground Doria sank, have still not adopted partment of Agriculture, with blends of cotton and rayon next choice that "the Service [Internal Rev­ the agreement. Furthermore, the committee flat­ and all-rayon lagging behind in third place. Cotton and cotton-rayon enue Service—Ed.] would find it blends are comparatively easy to launder and thus save on dry clean­ difficult to sustain the position ly stated, the collision "could have ing. Nor do cotton or cotton-rayon blends shrink or stretch as much that the expenses were not or­ been prevented if the information or need cleaning as often as costlier all-rayon. Chief advantage of dinary and necessary to the tax­ provided by radar had been prop­ erly used." rayon is that it drapes well and has a dressy appearance. 'These char­ payers' business." acteristics also appear in cotton-rayon blends, with an added advan­ Committee members included The information about the tage of easier cleaning and resistance to stretching. Cotton also makes unusual ruling was revealed by high Coast Guard officials and a the most durable drapes with less tendency to rip or split than rayon. Senator John Williams .of Qela-; professor of marine engineering. # The ndtural fiber thehiv. has;* many advantages over ballyhbqpd wn•^ ivare. The investigation was authorized thetics; . by Rep. Herbert Bonner (t)em.. No Safety Gain Since Doria Sank Set Size Limit For Seaway US Okays Bribes As Tax Deductible ,m - -.Ti •'.4' ' i'l /?• 'd cl .:3 r- -•( • •| ''i\ 'V«| -ill '^m �Pace Elcht SEAFARERS Every day on the world's well traveled sea lanes scores of SIU ships' crews gather together in shipboard meetings. Similarly every second Wed­ nesday thousands of Seafarers on the beach meet in the Un­ ion's various branch halls to dis­ cuss and*act upon the Union's business. Whether the meetings consist of a gathering of 30 men on ship or 1,000 in port, they are all part of the same process and serve the same purpose. It is at these meetings that Seafarers bring their opinions and experiences directly to bear on the function­ ing of the Union. In turn, the decisions of the meetings have considerable effect on the lives of every Seafarer. The way in which these meet­ ings are conducted is all impor­ tant, and knowing the rules can count for just as much in the Seafarer's life as knowing the skills his rating calls for. The Union wants every Sea­ farer to become thoroughly fa­ miliar with the standard meet­ ing rules, so that he is fuUy competent at hitting the deck and chairing a meeting. A heads-up membership and a wide-awake crew is a guarantee of business in a truly demo­ cratic fashion. bership is away at sea, the quorum established at shoreside meetings is seven members. Aboard ship the quorum is no problem inasmuch as all crewmembers not on watch attend the meeting. Meetings On Ship Aboard ship, meetings should be held regularly to take care of the ship's routine Union busi­ ness. Special meetings should be called when any disputes be­ tween individuals or depart­ ments arise that,cannot be set­ tled by the departmental dele­ gates. If the dispute is entirely within one department, a meet­ ing of the personnel of that de­ partment only should be called and should not involve the other two departments. There is no specified meeting time aboard ship. The usual procedure is to fix an hour at which the greatest majority of the crew is off duty. Time Of Meeting Rules Of Order ajmct w Senaibr andjh&s&oman... Robert's Rules of Order are the accepted rules governing meetings of all types through­ out the English speaking world. Special rules are adopted to fit special needs. fi The Quorum '.i The word quorum simply de­ notes the number of members in good standing necessary to constitute a working attendance at a meeting. Due to the fact that the majority of our mem­ Aucust,2, 1957 100 Meetings ashore are held every other week on Wednes­ days. The meeting hall opens at 7:00 PM at which time the., meeting is called to order. All SIU men are allowed to attend meetings. All have a voice, but only full members in good standing have a vote. All officials are requir-ed to at­ tend all meetings unless occu­ pied on official Union business. Masters-At-Arms As many masters-at-arms as are necessary may be appointed to act as ushers, doormen and to keep order at all meetings ashore. ott/er'^ bashess The agenda is simply the order in which the business of the meeting is conducted. At shoreside meetings it runs as follows: 1. Call to order. 2.. Election of meeting officers. 3. Action on minutes of previ­ ous port meetings. 4. Presentation of financial re­ ports. 5. Branch agent's report. 6. Reports by committees, pa­ trolmen, auditors; other re­ ports. 7. Communications. 8. Charges and appeals. 9. Action on written motions and resolutions. 10. Secretary's verbal report. \ 11. Obligations. 12. One minute of silence. 13. New business. 14. Good and v^elfare. 15. Adjournment. Shipboard meetings, too, need an agenda to keep the meeting going on an even keel. "Since many things that are taken up at shoreside meetings will not occur aboard ship, the following agenda should fit the bill: 1. Calling the, meeting to order. (ship's delegate). 2. Election of officers — chair­ man, etc. 3. Action on previous minutes. 4. Ship's delegates' reports, re-' ports of committees, etc. and action thereon. '5. Old business. 6. New business (motions and resolutions only). 7. Good and welfare. 8. One minute of silence. 9. Adjournment. Election Of Officers The meeting is called to order by a .temporary chairman for ship's delegate) who calls for the nominations for chairman. He recognizes only those who raise their hands. Names shouted from sections of the as­ sembly are not recognized. To nominate a brother for chair­ man after you have been recog­ nized, you rise and state, 'T nom­ inate Brother . . . ." After a suitable number of nominations have been made, the nominations may be closed by a motion. The temporary chairman asks for acceptances or declinations. Those wiaO accept are voted upon by a hand vote and the one re­ ceiving the largest number of votes is declared chairman. The chairman then follows the same procedure in the elec­ tion of other meeting officers. , The Right To Spealc 'ihs yibhf jv The chairman is the conduc- I tor and regulator of the meeting. | Every" member has a right to speak but no member has the right to infringe upon the rights of any other members. For that reason no one should speak until he has been recognized by the J chair. He may obtain this rec­ ognition by holding up his hand or by rising, as the chair shall direct. Malcing A Motion The method of bringing any­ thing to the attention of the membership or crew for action| is to make a motion. This is : an orderly way of initiating ac- ij tion by , a proposal, written or^/j verbal. |j If everyone started flipping || lids and sounding off at once || every time a report was made, nothing would ever be accom­ plished. The making of a mo- -jl Note: As a guide for shipboard meetings, SIU crews are urged to remove this section and post it on the bulletin board. v..- , �A««iist< 2, 1957 SEAFARERS Tnge Nine LOG ¥" ..ri -a The democratic meeting Is the pleasure of the democratic union tion is the way to initiate dis­ cussion oh any giyen point of the agenda or any issue that arises. D ISCU S SION CAN ONLY TAKE PLACE AFTER A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED, EXCEPT IN THAT PART OF THE AGENDA ENTITLED GOOD AND WEL­ FARE. A motion is "in order" when it has something-to do with the fixed order of business, such, as motions "to accept" or "to re­ ject" a report. The same holds for resolutions which should be acted upon with motions "to concur" or "to non-concur." If you are in doubt as to the con­ tent of any report you are al­ ways in order to make the mo­ tion, "I move to refer this mat­ ter to new business." The object of such a motion is to permit the regular business of the meeting to continue accord­ ing to the agenda or order of business, and then later to dis­ cuss the issue. No motioif is valid until it has been "seconded." The procedure is to be recognized by the chair and then to rise and say, "I sec­ ond the motion." Chair's Authority f/e aht It is the chairman's duty at all meetings to decide whether or not a motion is in order. It is well to remember, however, that a chairman may be wrong and therefore the voting mem­ ber always has a right to appeal the decision of the chair. If any member disagrees with the decision of the chairman all he has to do is to rise and state, "I appeal the decision of the chair." After this • motion is made and seconded, the chair­ man turns the gavel over to the recording secretary. No discus­ sion is permitted except by the maker of the appeal and the chairman, who are allowed to explain their points. The re­ cording secretary then takes a vote as temporary chairman by asking, "Shall the decision of the chair be sustained?" The vote is taken by "ayes" and "noes" and if the chair is sus­ tained by, an "aye" vote major­ ity, the appeal is lost and the meeting continues under the de­ cision of the chairman. Discussion ^^iejrs cbse Hie discussion A motion is open to discussion only after it has been seconded and entered in the minutes by the recording secretary. Before any. discussion takes place the chairman requests the recording secretary to read the motion as entered and then opens the fioor for discussion. Discussion should continue only so long as the pro and oppo-^lte '' viewpoints are clearly ex­ pressed by the membership and then a motion "to close discus­ sion" should be acted upon. Discussion on the motion can also be closed by any member being recognized and saying, "I call'for the question," meaning that it's his wish that the motion be acted upon by the member­ ship at the meeting. Generally, motions are acted upon by those in favor answer­ ing with "ayes" when called upon, and those opposing an­ swering with "noes." In close counts where the voice is uncer­ tain, a show of Union books can be called for at the discretion of the chair. The chair determines the re­ sult by announcing that "The ayes have it—the motion is car­ ried," or if the motion is lost, "The noes have it—the motion is lost." amendment will be amended. This creates general confusion and can be eliminated by some member taking the fioor and in­ corporating the whole thing into a single motion" not con­ flicting with the original motion or amendments. The vote is 'taken on the substitute and if it is carried it becomes the regu­ lar motion, replacing the regu­ lar motion offered at first. Substitutions Often a motion will be made, seconded, amended and the To Postpone If something comes before the meeting which you think is un­ wise to have brought up, you can make a motion to postpone the matter indefinitely. Specfo/ Privilege • Jv* Limits On points of sharp debate where the matter is liable to consume the entire meeting if unhampered, a motion can be made to limit the number of speakers and the time allotted to each. To Table A motion, to "table" means simply that you do not desire to take action at that time on the subject being discussed. It may be because information is in­ adequate or because it is not an immediate issue. This should never be used to kill action or discussion on any matter but merely to postpone it for later consideration. It can be moved to table temporarily or to table until the next meeting. To Refer Another way of stopping too much tonsil bursting on any subject is to move to refer it to a committee. The committee is elected and reports on the en­ tire matter at a later time. Point Of Order Amendments A motion may sound good but it may be weak because it does not clearly express its intent. In this event an amendment to the motion is in order. No amendment is in order, however, if it destroys the meaning or the force of the mo­ tion. In other words the amend­ ment must in,no way replace or change the original intent of the motion as the vote on the aimendment carries the motion automatically. In addition there can always be an "amendment to thd amendment" which is limited simply to clarifying the word­ ing, to add clarity or to broad­ ening the scope so as to lend force to the original motion and amendment. :m\ Point of Orkn!' This is the headache of the chairman — the most misused privilege of all meetings any­ where. A "point of order" can never be used as a pretext to gain the floor. It is simply what it calls for. A "point of order" is a question on procedure. For example, a motion is under dis­ cussion and a speaker starts to discuss something else. A "point of order" can and should be called for to have the chair­ man clarify the rules of. order so that the business in issue can • be handled. This holds good in all matters where there is a question as to whether or not the proper procedure is being followed. . -'m J: "Privilege" is the right of any Union member but must never be used except where it benefits the members as a whole. If the room is too hot, a point of "priv­ ilege" can be called for to have the fans turned on or the port­ holes opened. If some drunk has slipped past the doorman, then it is in order to call for a point of "privilege" to have him removed from the meeting. In plaip words, "special privilege" is a -point to be used in any event where the entire assem­ blage can be aided and never used as a pretext to stifle any point of business. Good And Welfare Good and welfare is that part of the meeting where you can get up and talk about what you think should be done by the Union and in the Union, and forthe benefit of the Union. This is a good place for the oldtimers to clarify issues and give the score to the newcomers. No motions can be made or actions taken during good and welfare. It is strictly a discus­ sion period where the member­ ship can clear .the air; and give and get information. Prepare Your Talk An old and wise philosopher once wrote: "It is not enough tp know what we ase to say. We must say it the right way." In other words, all of Robert's Rules of Order will not put your point across to the membership. The rules will/only provide for an orderly meeting so that you can be heard. How effective you are when given the floor— depends upon yourself. And Remember • Keep to the point. Convince with facts. Don't become personal. Keep it short. A pint of tact is worth more than a case of scotch. • 1%: •, J.' -ji "i! �,v: • ;• i- SEAFARERS Par* Ten * ;•, Auffiist 2,' 19llf LOG Rest For Weary Visitors At Health Center f1 i! JIAN LAriTTI (WaUrmin), May M—Chairman, J. Touarti Sacratary, F. Amora. Dlacussed repair Ust. US currency draw, ateward dept. com­ plaints: disposal of mattresses. Ship's fund SIS.SS. Pantry shelves to ha cleaned. Mattresses to be sprayed. InstaU hand wringer in wash room. May as—Chairman, J. Touart; Sec­ retary, F. Amora. Throe mattresses put aboard. Need new percolator. Dis­ cussion on use of iron: work rules: feeding system. New delegate elected. June If—Chairman, C. Smith: Sec­ retary, F. Amora. US currency draw unsatisfactory. Stores missing. Repair list submitted. Ship's fund $16.99. One MFOW man picked up in Yokohama. Report accepted. Pilfering ships' stores Is against Union prac­ tices and anyone caught will be. put on charges. Repair Usts reviewed by mate stop practice of securing gear for saUing ^th only five men a good eight hours before letting go. Need bigger and better slop chest. , ALCOA CORSAIR (Alcoa), June U —Chairman, G. Meting; Secretary, M. T. Costello. One man missed ship in Ciudad TruJiUo, rejoined in La Guaria. Men to dress properly when showing famiUes ship on saUing day. No gambling in cross-passageway. Next man missing ship wiU be fired. Ship's fund S182. Some disputed overtime. Few minor beefs. Commu­ nications for hq. jread to member­ ship. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), June It —Chairman, T. Watiluk; Secretary, S. Bernstein. Locks fixed. One man missed ship ' in Ponce. Ship's fund S9. Report accepted. Would like to get moving picture projector. ANDREW JACKSON (Waterman), Chairman, C. White; Secretary, I. Llenos. Electric fans obtained. Some repairs made. Few minor beefs,—to be settled in Boston. Few hours dis­ puted overtime. Report accepted. Need more night lunch. June 11—Chairman, C. While; Sec­ retary', P. Lopez. Repairs to be taken care of. No slop chest before arrival in Panama Canal. Ice to be ordered In Tampa. Need new water pump for cooler. Members of a Japanese trade union research team rest in the lounge of the SlU health center after a tour of the headquarters hall and facilities. Members of the team are Z. Kinoshita, Seaman's Un­ ion; K. Koi, Mitsubishi Workers' Union; S. Kammoe, Shipbuilding Union; H. Sakuma, Heavy Indus­ tries Union; T. Takemoto, White Collar Union, and K. Taniguchi, Chemical Workers. NMU, Company Now 'Partners' (Continued from page 3) • American Coal is operating in the classic union-busting pattern like the operators did back in the. 1920's and 19?0's. We urge , men who want to keep this company from turning back the clock to step for­ ward and volunteer for this fleet." The company's action on behalf of the NMU emerged when the NMU filed its election petition even though it was trailing in coal ship jobs. At the time of. the filing, the NMU announced it was assured "victory" by supposed "defections" of SIU men, thus tacitly admitting that NMU was, in fact, behind in the fleet. The NMU even made gestures toward obtaining defections by em­ barking on vote-buying efforts, but these moves fell through in the face of the determination of the oldtfmers to stand by their Union despite lush offers of NMU "Hiring Hall Defense Fund" cash. It was then that the company turned on the steam. With the arrival in port of such ships as the Martha Berry, Cleveland Abbe and Coal' Miner, it started bouncing SIU men for a variety of irrelevant reasons, incliicling one black gang man who was fired for asking the mate to take off his hat in the crew's messroom. When the Coal Miner came in last week with more NMU men quitting than Seafarers, the com­ pany quickly moved to shift the balance in NMU's favor. As re­ ported by SIU representatives on the spot, here's what happened: • One SIU fireman, L. P. Hogan, was fired because he missed one watch even though he made ar­ rangements for the engine dayman to cover the watch for him. SIU representatives attempted to sign Hogan on the ship again after the skipper was reported to have said that "no one was fired to his direct knowledge." However, the com­ pany representative was furious at the skipper and declared he was willing to put up an extra month's pay to get rid of Hogan. He barred Hogan from the ship and put up the month's wages. • Engine ulilityman W. C. Sim­ mons, who stood Hogan's watch, was also fired. The reason given was that he "wouldn't take orders" from the second assistant. • prdinary seaman James Stu­ art was fired for taking seven days off in Yugoslavia on doctor's or­ ders. This flagrant action was sud­ denly reversed when SIU repre­ sentatives came up with the evi­ dence. "The company rppresent^ tlve," SIU men reported, "got hot as a pistol" when he heard of the SIU's success-in this instance. • SIU wiper K. P. Bane was also fired. Bane had a reputation of being a very hard worker but he was bounced anyway, the reason being that he missed all of one day in the course of two trips (bet­ ter than two months). Normally speaking, all Bane would have been subject to would be a logging, but American Coal is apparently embracing the AMMINMU blacklist system of "Don't log 'em, just fire 'em." • On the other side of the fence, two NMU deckhands, who, in the words of the mate, should have been fired were permitted to quit the ship. The result is that they are eligible to compete for future coal ship openings without any questions asked. The company's action is not un­ expected because it has staked its whole operation on being, able to set up a company union rig from top to bottom. The shabbiest as­ pect of the picture is the manner in which the NMU has crept into the company's corner. One reason for NMU's action is Its failure to live up to its loudly-proclaimed promise that it would "whip the SIU" down on the docks. State Dep't Caught Short On Ship Act Violation WASHINGTON—A State Department plan to move two diplomats abroad on foreign-flag ships has been slapped down by the Comptroller General because it violated the US Mer­ chant Marine Act. The incident involved plans which was also opposed by foreign for transporting the new am­ maritime interests. They have bassador to the Netherlands, and his predecessor's return at Govern­ ment expense. The State Depart­ ment asked for permission to let them travel on Holland-American Line ships, arguing that the gesture would improve American relations with thr Netherlands. The Comptroller General ruled that the request was in violation of the Merchant Marine Act, which requires US officials to travel on American ships unless "necessity" requires them to use foreign ves­ sels. He then ordered the diplomats to use American-flag ships in travelling to and from their Gov­ ernment posts. The gesture, which would have amounted to a $5,000 handout to Holland-American Lines and some free publicity for the company, was regarded by maritime representa­ tives as a typical State Department scheme to buy good will abroad at the expense of the US shipping industry. The plan might also have led to demands by other foreign maritime countries" that American "diplomats be permitted to use their ships when traveling at the Gov­ ernment's expense. The State Department's attitude towards US-flag shipping has been under frequent union attacks. In recent years, the unions have been especially critical' of State Depart­ ment opposition to-the "50-50" act, noted with alarm the Department's pressure to let countries use ships they bought from the US in their offshore trades, although the sales contracts called for exclusive use in domestic trades. Ship Pick-Up Cheers Seattle SEATTLE — Shipping in this area, as in most of the West Coast ports, has picked up greatly during the past period and shows signs of continuing to do so. There was some difficulty in filling jobs for Class "A" men in the engine de­ partment as shipping in that group ran ahead of registration. There were 13 vessels in port during the last two weeks. The Wild Ranger, Fairport (Waterman) and Samuel F. Miller (Boston Shipping) paid off and signed on. The Sea Garden (Penn. Nav.) also paid off but was laid up tempo­ rarily. The Ocean Evelyn (Ocean. Trans.), Rebecca (Intercontinental), George A. Lawson (Penn'. Ship­ ping), Portniar, Kenmar and Maryrifeir (Calmar) were in transit dur-. ihg the period reported. BENTS FORT (Cities Service), May 30—Chairman, A. Herbert; Secretary, delegate. Magazines and books to be circulated. Let delegates handle pay­ off only. Variety of slop chest articles requested. Medicine chest to be re­ plenished. DEL VIENTO (Miss.), June >—Chair­ man, H. Hunt; Secretary, C. Tresclair. Shi£'8 fund lost ($29). Repairs not completed. Report accepted. New delegate elected. Sea delegate about repair list. Catwalk to be put up if deck cargo Is carried. ROBIN DONCASTBR (Robin), June 30—Chairman, J. Toro; Secretery, M. Dclaney. Few hours disputed over­ time: also, restricted ship in Luderitz Bay and Walvis Bay. Few men missed ship. Companies carrying dangerous cargo to have better safety measures. Delegate to take this up. Delegate paid $7.28 for telegram to hall and asked members to donate 25c or 35c -each for ship's fund. SEATRAIN TEXAS ($ealraln), June 10—Chairman, W. Hall; Secretary, K. Pappan. New delegate elected. Ship's fund $70.79. Twelve houi's dis­ puted overtime. Report accepted. To ger new TV antenna .and rotor motor. Vote of thanks to steward dept. STEEL ARTISAN (Isthmian), June 20—Chairman, D. Grant; Secretary, M. White. Reports accepted. Contact patrolman about shortage of milk on coastwise. Steward claims there were- 200 quarts on^beard when ship left port. MV PONCE (Pence Cement), June 22—Chairman, H. Goodwin; Secre­ tary, G. Knowles. Sliip's fund S2Z.43. New delegate elected and new secre­ tary. Steward to supply bug bombs for crew. Need larger drain line in washing machine. ROYAL OAK (Cities Service), June 2—Chairman, R. DaVlrgilee; Secre­ tary, D. Beard. Delegate to contact company representative about cots. Ship's fund S2.68. One man missed ship in Boston. Two hours disputed overtime. Reports accepted. Stew­ ard to prepare menus with chief cook. Need more variety in menu.s—sug­ gest another vegetable, canned fruits, ice cream, fresh salads (to dress up evening meal), fresh fruit drinks, omelette and cheese items lacking in hot weather. JOHN B.. KULUKUNDIS (Mar Trade), May 3S—Chairman, H. Sojak; Secretary, G. Bellenelt. Repairs being completed. No American money available for draws. Some dis­ puted overtime—^to be settled at pay­ off. New delegate elected. Bath­ rooms and showers to be painted. All members to be properly attired in messhall. Wiper and OS on sanitary to keep laundry clean. Coffee cups to be placed In sink after using. Let­ ter enclosed regarding cargo. Vote of thanks to steward dept. WILD RANGER (Waterman), June 1 —Chairman, B. Mclnis; Secretary, D. Ruddy. Repairs attended to except two items to be finished in Japan. New reporter elected. Ship's fund S7.69. Purchased new clothes line and magazines, postage. Each mem­ ber to donate SI to ship's fund. Dele­ gate retained and given vote of con­ fidence. Discussion on gafety meet­ ings. Advised to declare a small amount of American money at Keelung. AFOUNDRIA (Waterman), June I— Chairman, W. Kumke; Secretary, J. Guard. Repair Usts to be made out in duplicate: to be turned In weU before 72-hour period for ship-side work, and checked for Items not taken care of: additional safety suggestions to be added to list. Letters concerning safety meetings to be mailed after discussion with patrolman in Port­ land. Ship's fund S19. $7 spent for shipping gear and maUing letters to headquarters. Soma disputed .over­ time and delayed saUing from Port­ land. One man Joined vessel at Yo­ kohama to replace wiper who was promoted to oUer. New reefer to re­ place present one secured by Une in messhall. To see captain about port draw. No chipping after 9 PM aft near crew quarters. Suggest chief R. Alston. Few hours di.sputed over­ time. Replacement for mcssman taken off ship due to illness. New delegate elected. Good food served. Return used cups to pantry. CALMAR (Caimar), June U—Chair­ man, J. Kain; Secretary, A. Bryant. Some disputed overtime. Repair list to be submitted. Coal beef commu­ nications received. Fans to be re­ paired. CARIB QUEEN (TMT), June i — Chairman, R. Brown; Secretary, E. Eriksen. Report ship's payoff 'about every 28 days: draw list not up to date: air conditioning on ship. Need more fans. .Some disputed overtime. Delayed sailing in .Jacksonville dis­ puted. Repair list to be submitted. Vote of thanks to steward dept. CHiLORE (Ore), May U—Chairman, W. Thomas; Secretary, C. Borti. >ihip's fund S21.71. Larger fans to be placed in foc'sies. Fan installed in laundry. Patrolman to investigate cold drink situation. Recreation room to be painted.. Crew's mess tg^ be sougeed. Steward refused to put out night lunch for fireman. Vote of thanks to radio operator for typing and posting news bulictiii daily. Pay­ master not to shoulder crew away from patrolman. ANTINOUS (Waterman), June 23— Chairman, G. Champiin; Secretary, C. Elizey. Good crew. Captain to try to have coastwise articles signed in Port Newark so permits getting off ship will be able to ride to Gulf. Sug­ gest reimbursing cook for movies. Cooperation urged in preparing re­ pair Ust and items. Ship's fund $90. To check rate of 90P per hour for work removing grain fittings from holds. Reports accepted. $2 each do­ nation suggested for movies. Need Lifebuoy soap. BENTS FORT (CS), June 22—Chair­ man, F. Nelsen. (no Secy.). Reports accepted. Insufficient milk aboard. Repair list submitted. CLAIBORNE (Waterman), June 2— Chairmen, C. Batson: Secretary, T. Sanchez. Wiper to sougee engine dept. rooms. Disputed OT from, last voyage wiU be paid off on this payoff. Some additional disputed OT. Day's lodging disputed for fireman while In port. Couldn't sleep—chipping around portholes. FLOMAR (Caimar). May S—Chair­ man, R. Henry; Secretary, K. Morgan. New delegate elected. Steward to vary vegetables. Undated — Chairman, R. Frazier; Secretary, C. Welch. Need more vari­ ety In night lunches. OT to be paid up In full at payoff. Beef on locking up stairway from engine room while In port. FLORIDA STATE (Ponce Cement), June 13—Chairman, S. Varn; Secre­ tary, J. Cersey. Ship's fund S18.10. Fine food served. Coal hoat discus­ sion. New delegate elected. To see about scuttlebutt as workers In Ponce using water to fast; also to keep same out of passageways. Need more cots: also "No Admittance" sign on door. Vote of thanks to steward dept. and chief cook for fine food. KATHRYN (Bull), June 22—Chair­ man, A. Gonzalez: Secretary, L. Vile, Ship's fund S6. Report accepted. Ven­ tilator system to be fixed. Need cold water in showers. KENMAR (Caimar), April 12 — Chairman, J. Rice; Secretary, S. Kar- lak. New delegate elected. One man missed ship at Baltimore. May 25—Chairman, J. Rice; Secre­ tary, S. Kerlak. Dlsoiission on door locks. Crew asked not to ask captain for more money day after putting out drqw. Discussion on washing ma­ chine; oldtimers: ship's fund. MARORB (Ore), June 12—Chairman, 8. Centreii; Secretary, D. Carey. One man missed ship In Baltimore: one man left ship In Panama for hospital. Repair list to be submitted. Ship's fund S9.02. Donations requested. Some disputed OT. Mate refused to give water palls to deck dept. for laundry. To be put on repair list. Pantry to be kept elean. Change rags In pantry occasionally. S^.md by at end of each watch. Place "cups In soap water. Need plug for sink. �Anciuil; SEAFARERS 1957 Pace EICTCB lOG Heat Frys New York; Shipping Warmer Too NEW YORK—^With this town steaming in summer heat reaching up close to 100 degrees,, for the past few days. Sea­ farers have been looking for something on the "iceberg run." Fortunately, Claude Simmons-, assistant secretary treasurer Georgia; Steel Seafarer (Isthmian) reports, shipping has been and the Ames Victory (Victory Reveal New Details On SS Atlantic Raymond Loewy, the well-known Industrial designer, has been com­ missioned by Arnold Bernstein to handle the interior decoration for Bernstein's passenger liner, now under construction in the Ingalls yard at Pascagoula, Miss. The new passenger ship, a converted Mari­ ner, will be christened the Atlantic. Loewy has done interiors for 12 •hips including the three passen­ ger ships of the Panama Line. The plans for the ship's rooms call for Installation of upper berths that fold back into the walls and lower berths that convert into sofas. The main dining room can handle 500 diners at one time out of a total passenger list of 900. All rooms will be air-conditioned and offer private bath In the one-class tour­ ist set-up. , Present schedules call for In­ galls to complete the conversion next winter and for the ship to enter the transatlantic service on March 29. She will run between New York, Zeebrugge, Belgium, and Amster­ dam. The fare schedule announced by the company calls for an in-season rate ranging from $207.50 to $220 for a one-way crossing tourist class. The ship will also carry 50 pas­ sengers in first class accomodations to conform with the North Atlantic Passenger Conference regulations. First class fares are $315 and $335 respectively in season. Off-season rates are $187.50 to $300. A seven-day sailing schedule will be maintained eastbound with an exfra day' in Amsterdam. A possible way out of . the dilemma posed by foreign-flag transfers has been proposed by William "Whitey" Benz, Port­ land port agent for the Sailors Union of the Pacific and chair­ man of the Maritime Trades Department port council in that city. Benz says in effect. "These ships are American-owned, carrying American, cargo, very often, US-Government cargo. Under such circumstances, the Taft-Hartley and Norris-LaGuardia Acts should be amended to allow American maritime unions to organize these ships." Of course the experts in international law and the State Department would throw up their hands in horror at such a thought. These people insist on the polite legal fiction that Liberia, for example, is an "independent sovereign" country (about as independent as Monaco) and that the runaway ships are in fact "Liberian" corporations which are to be recognized as under foreign law and not our own. Everybody else knows of course, that this legalistic stand has absolutely no relationship to the reality of the situation, which is that the Liberian registries are the purest kind of fake and fraud by Americans on their own Government; fakery which is tolerated by that same Government for the benefit of over-greedy shipowners. Liberia, of course, has no more control over these ships than the man in the moon. Yet in the past, when the Sailors Union and others have at­ tempted to overcome this legalistic difficulty they have found that they have been butting their heads against a stone wall because the courts have held that this legal fiction is valid, no matter what the underlying hypocrisy of the situation. The remedy, Benz says, is up to Congress. • • * State Vs. Maritime Speaking of the Government's attitude on maritime, two recent incidents prove illuminating on that score. One was the State Department's effort to violate the Merchant Marine Act by having its diplomats travel on foreign-flag ships. The other was the action of the Air Force in hiring Panamanian crews for ships that are to perform picket duties in connection with guided missile tests. The State Department's action, while inexcusable, is pretty much what one would expect. It is no secret that the De­ partment regards US shipping as some kind of nuisance which interferes with State's tender concern for the well-being of the foreign shipowner. Such an attitude may have had some justification 12 years ago when European industry was on the rocks, but it is laughable today. As for the Air Force behavior, it sounds like a typical brass hat snafu,. The Defense people, the first to holler about "security," hire unscreened foreign nationals for missile test duties. It jiist'doesn't make sense.' ' ' f running at a good rate in the porf for the past two weeks with the dispatcher hard pushed at times to secure black gang replacements. "Most of the boys are ready to go and are looking for ships headed for a cooler climate," Simmons added, "so we shouldn't have much trouble securing replacements for cmything except the Persian tlulf run which some of the men always back away from." Seventeen ships paid off during the past two weeks, two signed on foreign articles and another 17 ships were in transit. All of the ships were in good shape with only minor overtime and repair beefs which were quickly settled at the point of production. Simmons looks for equally good shipping for the coming two weeks as there are a number of ships due in for payoff. A couple of vessels in temporary layup are also ex­ pected to take on crews shortly. Despite the scorching heat, the organizing drives of the Marine Allied Workers Division and of the Harbor and Inland Waterways Di­ vision have been pressing forward without let-up. Ships paying off here were the Frances, Elizabeth, Beatrice, Arlyn, and Kathryn (Bull); Coalinga Hills (Pan Atlantic); Topa Topa (Waterman); Robin Kirk (Robin); Cantigny (CS); the Alcoa Pegasus, Runner, Puritan and Pilgrim (Al­ coa); Seatrains Savannah and New Orleans Upturn NEW ORLEANS —Although job activity has quieted down during the past two weeks, shipping has continued to be good in the engine department. All but two of the Class "A" men registered in the black gang obtained berths. Be­ sides crewing vessels, there were some 40 relief and HIWD Jobs to be filled by Seafarers in tliis port. Reports indicate that shipping should be better next period. There are two scheduled payoffs, four signing on and some 15 vessels due in transit. The Del Mundo will be taking on a full crew next week and should help boost ship­ ping. Money Exchange Rates Listed The following Is the latest available listing of official ex­ change rates for foreign cur­ rencies. Listings are as of July 81, 1957, and are sub­ ject to change without notice. England, New Zealand. South Africa: $2.80 per pound eterling. Auatrallai S2.24 per pound aterling. Belgium: 80 franci to the dollar. Denmark: 14.48 centi per krone. France: 360 francs to the dollar. Germany: 4.2 marks to the dollar. Holland: 8.7-3.8 guilders to the dollar. Italy: 624.8 lire to the dollar. Norway: 14 cents per krone. Portugal: 28.78 escudos to the dollar. Sweden: 19.33 cents per krone. India: 21 cents per rupee. Pakistan: 81 cents per rupee. Argentina: 18 pesos to the dollar. Brazil: 8.4 cents per cruzeiro. Uruguay: 82.63 cents per peso. VeMiuqlaj 98,88 .cents. per -bollvu. Ti J —r Carriers). The Pegasus and Steel Seafarer signed on again. The in-transits during the period included the Seatrains New Jersey, New York, Texas and Louisiana; Hastings (Waterman); Ideal X, Almena, Maxton and Coalinga Hills (Pah Atlantic); the Cities Service Norfolk; Val Chem (Heron); Steel Admiral and Steel King (Isthmi­ an); Losmar and Massmar (Calmar) the Orion Planet (Colonial) and the Cabins (Terminal Tankers). Waterman Alters Bid For Aid WASHINGTON — Waterman Steamship Company has announced the withdrawal of its request for a Government subsidy on the com­ pany's US Gulf - Mediterranean service. The action was revealed by FMB examiner Edward C. Johnson during a prehearing con­ ference. 3 The FMB had previously re­ ported that it could not prepare the statistics necessary for the for­ mal hearing before March 15, 1958. This would mean that the public hearing on the subsidy requests would have to be put off until after that date. It was also disclosed that Isth­ mian Lines withdrew from the FMB proceedings when Waterman asserted that it was not interested in operating a subsidy service be­ tween Hawaii and the US Atlantic. This service, an Isthmian spokesinan said, was the company's only interest in the case. Waterman, an SlU-contracted operator, had originally filed re­ quests early this year for a Gover.nment subsidy on five trade routes. They are: • Atlantic and Gulf-California service to the Far East, some 18 to 30 sailings annually. • Pacific Coast to the Far East, 30-42 sailings annually. • US Gulf to the United King­ dom and northern Europe, 30 to 42 sailings annually. • Northern Atlantic to Northern Europe, 18 to 30 sailings annually, • US Gulf to the Mediterranean and Black Sea, 18-39 sailings annu­ ally. Fair Shipping, BostonReports BOSTON—Shipping is just jog­ ging along in this port, doing pretty fair but nothing to get ex­ cited about. Port Agent Jimn.y Sheehan had no payoffs or sign ons, but eight in-transits gave the port enough action to^go by. The usual run of tankers in­ cluded the Winter Hill and Royal Oak (Cities Service); Pan Oceanic Transporter (Penn. Nav.) and Orion Planet (Colonial). Freight ships hit­ ting the port were the Robin Kirk and Robin Wentley (Robin); Grain Shipper (Grainfleet) and Water. man's La Salle. ' n. -t r (.•: ' :: ; f•r>T , i' ' i' i i| �Pagre Twelve SEAFARERS Short Takes LOG-A-RHYTHM: Approaching Storm By WBliam I. Terry From south to north, Has no course of its own. A golden radiance Atop sky-blue velvet. Flaming red at break of daum. A storm approaching With black horizon. Blows a gale. My ship a pawn. August t, 1957 LOG MATTHIW THORNTON . (OralnRest), Juns IS—Chairman, D. Murphyr Secratary, C. Carlson. . Beef about mattresses to be taken care of in Baltimore. Shower and bathroom to be painted. Discussion on foulups to be referred to patrolman at payoff. Repair list to be submitted. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for Job well done. PORTMAR (Calmer), Juna <-«halrman, W. Yorka; Saerafary, N. Robin­ son. Not enough food aboard. Repair list tui-ned in. Delegate to call hall in - NY because of large number of men paying off. Some disputed over­ time. Patrolman In NY to glarlfy work for engine room members. Re­ ports accepted. New delegate elected. Try to procure ice on west coast. Shelves in wiper's lockers to be re- When at dawn The SU71 arises. With deep affection I see it come; • Clouds in swift Race 'cross heaven. Fugitives on the run. Chariots in close formation, Rollmg thunder; Bolts of lightning flashing down. A chilling breeSe, A sign of warning. The wind, quickly shifting The clouds will open up the lock; Humidity an exit. Falling drops of rain H^ sweating bodies loith a shock. The membership is again cau­ tioned to beware of persons soliciting funds on ships in be­ Farewell to darkness Soon again half of memorials or any other Brilliant daylight gains one more; so-called "worthy causes." No Fast arriving, "can-shakers" or solicitors have Fast departing. been authorized by the SIU. Another day, an encore. 'Can-Shakers' Have No OK paired. Ice box to be repaired. Soapwater backa up In galley — to be checked ' when in port. Jurie U—Chairman; O.' PalrcloHii Secratary, J. Smith. New delegate elected. Report accepted. Comment made on coal beef. To set np ship's fund at time of first draw. By 'Red' Fink SUZANNE (Bull), June 1—Chair­ man, C. Baback; Secretary, C. CHI. Moat repairs ' completed. Delegate advised there Is sufficient money aboard for draws. In foreign port*. Request for library. Report accepted. Suggestion for use of coffe at night time. Temperature of meat boxes too high. "I can hardly wait for you to ship out, so I can get my first allotment...« USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Howard Abell Albert Esnino Feiicito Aponte Claudius Fisher Ludwik Borowik Gorman T. Glaze Edward Broadus William McHveen Victor B. Cooper Robert O. Smith MONTEBELLO CHRONIC DISEASE HOSPITAL BALTixMURE, MD. Francisco Bueno USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. Francis J. Boner Frank Peskiir'.c A. Czeczemski Maximo Tangalin Lucien F. Drew Chas. T. Taylor USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Fred L. Comerford Sung C. Wang lohn J. Morrison G. L. Warrington Chas. T. Nangle David A. Wood USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. lose Blanco Jimmie Littleton Grover Duncan W. M. Stanley J. H. Ferguson Leslie F. Swegan USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Leo Lang William Bargone John W. Bigwood Harry R. Lewis Joseph McCabe Daniel Bissett George McFaU Dennis Bohler Simon Morris Henry Chemel Michael Miizio Joseph Curtis Chas, R. Nicholson Rosfoe Dearmon Winford Powell Serio M. DeSosa Randolph RatuUS William Driscoll Toxie Sam ford Harold Ducloux Toefii Smieielski Lucien Elie Jan Englehardt Herman Smith Leon Gordon Wert A. Spencer Herbert E. Grant Gerald Thaxton William Haekett Lonnle R. Tickle James Hutison James E. Ward Samuel Hurst Charles Williams John Jakubaszek Clifford Wuertz Oliver Cendriek Robert Young Edward G. Knapp Jacob Zimnier USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS H. M. Bumpass F. G. Lafcwyk M. N. Gendroft Harold J. Romero Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., ^ Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG— please put my fiame on your mailing list. (Print Information) NAME ^ STREET'ADDRESS CITY .....ZONE STATE TO AVOID DUPLICATION: II you are an old subscriber and have a change of address, please give your former address below: iii. ADDRESS k I CITY K ...; ". X. 20NE . , KATHRYN (Bull), July 6—Chair­ man, L. Vila; Secratary, S. Ortiz. Water beef to be taken up with pa­ trolman again. Ship's fund $6. Re­ port accepted. See first assistant about cold water and blowers for bathrooms. Request salads and cold drinks at each table. Suggestion to change to Lifebuoy or PalmoUva soap. Liquid soap dispenser to ba installed in steward dept. bathroom. ROBIN KETTERINO ($aas Ship­ ping), Juna 30—Chairman, L. Ames; Secratary, J. Hsnnay. Repair list to be made up. Crew's radio to be raffled off. Ship's fund $18.50. Some disputed OT. One man- missed ship in Mombasa. Chief cook drunk In galley and had to be removed by chief mate and captain. Reports ac­ cepted. Motion to dispense of shjp's fund; to buy refreshments for cte\7. Request that man who- missed thlp In Mombasa pay debts, incurred be­ fore shipping out. STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), July J .—Chairman, B. Werthlngton; Secre­ tary, C. NIchy. One man missed ship in PI; returned to ship in Saigon. Reports accepted. Food not up to par—too many starchy foods on menu; members prefer jced water to iced .coffee, tea and cocoa. Night lunch is poor; request more baked goods, ham sausage or minute steaks for breakfast. Suggestion to draw up petition to remove steward. t 'Sea-Spray' cated. Cups to be returned to pantry. Pantryman thanks crew for aasistanca and contribution when wifa passed away this voyage. Concentrating to hard on lighting up a smoke, James Terry, deck engineer on the Charles Dunaif (top), never caught on that he was snapped by a shipmate's comera. The photog was equally secretive about his name. Above, William Kieswetter, AB on the Sunion, takes a lensing in his stride during coffeetime. Steward Fred Hicks sent this one in. USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. Frank J. Bradley John L. Grimes Michael Delano Eugene G. Plahn USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENN. Claude F. Blanks Charles Burton VA HOSPITAL NEW YORK, NY E. T. Cunningham USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS B. F. Deibler W. E. Orzechowskl Siegfried Gnittke John C. Palmer James Hodges A. J. Panepinto VA HOSPITAL HOUSTON, TEXAS J. P. WiUIamson USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY Genaro Bonafont Thomas Moneho G. F. Crabtree Jens P. Nielsen Raymond M. Davis Pedro Pudro Isidore Dongen Robert A. Parker David B. Dunn . Frank S. Paylor Antonio Fernandez Markos Potiviaflis. Rufus Freeman James W. Risr Burl Haire Salvator Rivera Hans R. Hanssen Joso Rodriguez Lowell Harris Manuel Rodriguez Henry Herkinhein Antonio Russo Oskar Kaelep John Sander Alfred Kaju Cooper E. SavpfrtSimon Keudall P. W. Seider.oerg John Klepadlo Thomas Toonii Mauro J. Matunta Alfred Yarborcugh USPHS HOSPIT.\L MANHATTAN BEACH BROOKLYN, NY Manuel Antonana B. J. Marti-i Eladio Aris Albert Martinelll Fortunato Bacomo Vic Milazzo Juan Deoopra Joau'.iin Miniz John I. Driscoll W. P. O Dea Robert Gilbert C. Osinski William Guenthcr George G. Phlfer Bart E. Guramek G. A. Puissegur Howard Huiley F. Regalado Percy Harrelson Winston E. Rerny Taib Hassen S. B. Saunders Billy Tt. Hill G. E. Shumaker Thohias Tsaksen Kevin B. Skelly In H. Kilgore E. R. Smallwro.t Ludwig Krlstiinsen Henry E. Smith Frederick Landry Michael Tolh Leonard Lcidig Harry S. Tiittle Patrick McCann Virgil E. Wjlmoth Archibald McGulgan Don P. .Wing H. C,. Melesao ^ ^ . Dexter Woyrell. . MAROARET BROWN IBIoomfleld), June M—Chslrman, A. WhWmen Sec­ retary, W. Thompson. Crew can draw on wages. No liquor or beer to be taken aboard: if there Is there wiU be a shakedown of crew quarters and ship. New feeding system started on ship. Request for safety meetings. Headquarters reports to be posted. Ship's fund $8. Inform engineer when oilers and firemen change watches. Reports accepted. Fund to be built up by donations of tl. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for fine Job. Each watch to clean up messroom before going pff watch. Safety meeting to be held going to and from Europe. Make safety suggestions. ORION PLANET (Orion), June JO— Chairman, A. Browni Sacretary, J. Dunn. New delegate elected. Two men short. No payoff until all beefs arc settled by Union. Delegate to sea captain regarding difference in trans­ portation to Japan and Honolulu be­ tween first class and air cpach. STEEL EXECUTIVE (Isthmian), April 27—Chairman, None. Secre­ tary, None. Meetings not called reg­ ularly due to work in evenings. Short­ age of cigarettes and draw in Capo Verd. Steward requested to be in messhall at meal time. Some disputed overtime. Delegate's report to be re­ ferred to patrolman on arrival in NY. Go on record that this vessel is the worst feeder in Isthmian fleet; bad menus; no baked meats; steward not present at meal time. May 26—Chairman, W. Helms; Sec­ retary, A. Brodie. Some disputed overtime. Ail non members to be kept out of house and foc'sles. Each department to take turns at cleaning laundry. Vote of confidence for stew­ ard dept. . WACOSTA (Waterman), July 7 — Chairman, C. Nalla, Jr.) Secretary, E. Ray. Expect payoff in Mobile. Day­ man hospitalized In Japan; NMU re­ placement missed ship, San Pedro. Expect to stay in NY three days. Good cooperation among crew. New reporter elected. Ship's fund S18.5S. Repair list turned In. Some disputed overtime. Report accepted. Thank all old-timers helping in ACS beef. Donate ship's fund to LOG. Any member going to hospital to be checked at clinic first. Crew to re­ port back one hour before sailing time—otherwise replacement may be ordered. Members to pick up shot records when leaving ship. - Vote of thanks to steward dept. for fine food served this voyage. -t STEEL RECORDER (Isthmian), Juno 23—Chairman, J. Nash; Secratary, D. Swicker. Repair list to be turned in. Food and store shortages. Garbage to be dumped aft: Keep mess rooms clean. Few hours* disputed overtime. Ship's fund $11.40.. Discussion on food shortage. DEL NORTE (MiiS.), June IS—Chair­ man, G. McFall; Secretary, M. Sporich. One man left in Montevideo; one man signed on in Buenos Aires. Members not on duty in passenger area to keep out of same. On sailing days the promanade deck, outside rails, etc. are for passengers only—not for crew. Telegram sent for deceased mother of crew member. Ship's fund $155.18. Have $96 for movies. Some disputed OT. Report accepted. To purchase new movie screen from fund. Receipts to be issued for Union books—not carried. No member to attend meeting Intoxi­ r • p". If" «'•« «. e's .Vi.--A '• SANTORE (Ore Nay.), July 1 — Chairman, C. Kellogg; Secretary, E. Debardelaben. Eight new mattresses put aboard; also new washing ma­ chine. Repair lists to be made up. Letter for LOG commending baker for beautiful birthday cake baked forlnember. Vote of thanks extended to all old timers for work they are doing on the American Coal beef. Ship's fuiid S8.10. One man missed ship; reported to hospital. Third cook missed ship; refused to pay two days' pay to man who was fired. New delegate elected. Patrolman to check meats; woui'd like more steaks; at least . twice a week. Check on new mattresses and washing machine— promised this trip. Strainer to be re­ paired in galley under sinks. ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), July 10— Chairman, J. Torras; Secratary, M. Simon. Some repairs accomplished. New delegate elected. Coffee cups not to be used for cigarette butts. See patrolman for repairs not made. FAIRPORT (Waterman), May 20— Chairman,,T. Tucker; Secretary, W, Stark. No beefs; smooth sailing. To take entire load in Seattle area. Chips and-cards purchased. Ship's fund $28. Vote of thanks to delegates for work done on behalf of crew. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for fine work. Turn in soiled linen. Clean lockers before leaving. Repair lists submitted and most of work has been done. Discussion about transportation money from various parts in this area. ARMONK (NJ Industries), April 2» —Chairman^ C. Cantwell; Secretary, D. O'Connor. Captain to issue US currency. No expectorating on deck. Doors to be kept closed during cold weather at meal time. One promo­ tion. New delegate elected. Linen to be distributed on Friday instead of Sunday. Canned fruit to be served for dessert. June 9 Chairman, C. Cantwell; Spcretary, D. O'Connor. If payoff not made on arrival day there will bb a draw. Refrain from throwing ciga­ rette butts in passageways. Request pay statements to speed payoff. CITY OF ALMA (Waterman), June 30—Chairman, J. Nolsenbeck; Secre­ tary, K. Brock. Steward to put canned fruits, juices, chocolate syrup, canned soup aboard. Supply slop chest with all necessary items. Min­ utes of last meeting posted. Request cooperation In conserving water: all faucets to be turned off after using. Purcliased new .steam iron from ship's fund. Crew instructed on operation of same. Pictures sent to LOG for printing. Ship's fund $.33.41. New delegate elected. Reports accepted. ACS beef and Magnuson hiring hall bin discussed: membership concurs and gives headquarters full backing.Wind breaker to be secured on after poop deck so men can sleep and use day and night. Delegate re-elected. Soiled laundry to be taken midship— not to be left on benches. Suggestion to leave pathway when slushing decks. Need screens for all portholes. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for fine service; Pantry and messhall to be kept clean. CHIWAWA (Cities Service), July 1 —Chairman, L. Hagmann; Sacretary, F. Keelan. One man Injured, sent to doctor. Ship's fund $30.15. Replace one man. Reports accepted. Reports from headquarters to he posted be­ fore meeting. Motion to donate ship's fund to hurricane victims. Vote of thanks to L.ike Charles agent for radiogram regarding welfare of crew's families during hurricane. ARTHUR M. HUDDELL (Bull), June 24—Chairman, W. Young; Secretary, R. Tapman. New delegate elected. Crew agreed to donate 50c for emer­ gency fund at next draw. New re­ porter & secretary elected. Messhall to he kept clean in port. Request for special dishes to be referred to stew­ ard who will prepare same. BEAURESARD (Waterman), June 23 —Chairman, P. Ca|iao; Secretory, J. Myers. One member hospitalized In Bremerhaven. One man missed ship ifi NO. Wash' room to be cleaned. Repair, list to be turned in. �Auinist 2, 195T STEEL KINO (IsthmUn), Jun* 33— Chalrmarf, J. Purcall; Sacratary, J. Kaaviiay Three men paid off without . proper relief in Honolulu. Ship'a fund $16. Garbage to be dumped aft. Food beef.to be discussed at meeting. Ship­ ping rulca to be posted in mcssroom. JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), June 23—Chairman, B. Crawford; Secretary, A. Aronlca. New treasurer elected. Ship's fund $10.72. Few hours di.sputed overtime. Crew requc,sled io read headquarters communications. Laundry room to be cleaned after using. Linen to be carried forwtird. Delegates to square away beefs at payoff. Vote of (hanks to slcward department for fine meals. Juno 2—Chairman, B. p-rker; Secreiary, A. Aronlca. ,Ship'.« fund S10.70. Report accepted. Vote of tiianks to SEAFARERS ber hospitalized. Report accepted. Vote of thanks to cooks for fine cookink and baking. OREMAR (Ora Navigation), Jung 16 —Chairman, C. Parker; Secretary, R. Bullock. New delegate elected. Ship's fund $39.85. Report accepted. Need new refrigerator. .Water cooler to be repaired. Submit repair list. IRENESTAR (Triton),June 16—Chair­ man, R. Hay; Secretary, J. Tomllnson. New delegate elected. Ship's fund $11.52. Report accepted. New sec­ retary-reporter elected. Razor blades not to he thrown in shower room. SEAMAR (Calmer), June 10—Chair­ man, J. Eichenberg; Secretary, C. Inman. Ship's fund $17. Report ac­ cepted. New delegate elected. No beefs. Smooth sailing; hope to bring ship in clean. CHICKASAW (Pan-Atlantic), June 16 —Chairman, D. Beck; Secretary, H. Hastings. Sink stopped up: will be repaired in Baitimare. Some dis­ puted OT. Man missed ship in San Juan. No book and regular foul up; paid off on consent. New delegate elected. Money should be available before arrival in port. Catwalk to be made over cargo on deck. Need first aid kit in galley: no equipment. Bath­ rooms to be checked for leaks. Beefs to be settled in own department. STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), June 14—Chairman, E. Parr; Secretary, C. Carr. Some disputed, OT. Reports accepted. Need more' dishes, fresh fruit: repair list to be made up; mos­ quito netting- or repellent next voy•age. steward dept. for exceUent mCals. Cots to be stored away before arrival In port. Cups to be . relumed to pan­ try. Proper attire to be worn in pan­ try. Garbage to be carried aft, not to be thrown over side midships. MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), May 26—Chairman, J. Meehan; Secretary, J. Long. Two disputed hours cleared at payoff. Two men mi.ssed ship in Baltimore, fines paid. New seats for messhall ready for next trip. Ship's fund $44. New delegate elected. To check on milk in foreign ports. Use ship's fund for expenses such as buying checker board and other amusement games. June 26—Chairman, J. Meehan; Secretary, J. Long. Beet' concerning chief mate being on deck too much to be discu.ssed with patrolman. Part of fund used to pay line of one man in Iceland. New members to donate $1 toward ship's fund. Fund now $22.40. Some disputed overlimd; Re­ pair Ust submitted. Votf of thanks to ' steward dept. JOHN C. (Atlantic Carriartb Juna *—Chairman, M. Bartan; Sacratary, R. Aguiar. - One man miss(^d ship. Sliip's fund $19.30. New delegate elect­ ed. Few rooms have been sougeed, others will be taken care of. SEAGARDEN (Penn Nay.), May If— Chairman, R, Merrisette; Secretary, H. KnaflUh. Ship sailed short a few Items. Repair work not completed. New treasurer and delegate elected. Bathrooms to be kept clean; cups to be returned to pantry. No perform­ ing while In Japan and Korea, YAKA (Waterman), May 26—Chair­ man, J. Danalt; Secretary, S. Jeseph. Benches to be made for crew back aft. Screen doors put up back aft. Money draws to be put out in green­ backs and yen. ExceUent safety rec­ ord. No injuries. Ship's fund $14.55. Some disputed OT. Reports accepted. Suggestion to stop chipping around messhall during luneh—^refcr to head­ quarters for approval. Bad sanitary conditions in bathrooms. Recreation and mess rooms to be kept clean. Wash cups after use at night. JEFF.ERSON CITY VICTORY (Vic­ tory Carriers), June 26—Chairmen, E. Goodwin; Secretary, C. Makuch. Repair lists to be submitted. Members requested to keep off topside deck after hours. Short one 2nd electrician. Communications read. Rep,ort ac­ cepted. Request for air conditioning on all ships. Need duplicate set of keys. Request exterminator. Cots to be put away upon arrival in port. Locksmith to repair all locks and make kj:ys. Steam to be left on urn to keep water hot for coffee. Fan' for deck bathroom requested. CITY OF ALMA (Waterman), May 11—Chairman, A. Sirignano; Secre­ tary, F. Airey. All repairs completed. Ship's fund $31.41. When leaving ship LA SALLE (Waternian), May 12— ail foc'sles to be stripped and left Chairman, T. James; Secretary, A. clean. Slop chest to be checked and Foster. New delegate • elected. New more variety of clothes carried. Vote man taken on in Fusan. Ship's fund of thanks to cooks and messman for $7. Communications read. Discussion fine service. regarding time off in lieti of OT. June 16—Chairman, J. Burke; Sec-, Laundry hnd washing machine to be ratary, P. Whitlow. Men desiring to cleaned after using. pay off in Tampa may do so on mutu­ June 17—Chairman, T. James; Sec­ al consent. Class B and C men en­ retary, J. Bailey. Six men missed ship titled to mnke another trip as 60 days —various reasons. Ship's fund S7. are not up. One electrician caused Lost two daymen. One beef—to be confusion—missed and delegated du­ referred to patrolman. One man ties at most ports. Ship's fund $31.41. missed ship, re.iolned in Kilo: logged. ' Members to contribute at payoff to Report accepted. Need larger fans build up fund. Some disputed over­ in rooms. Steward to be custodian time. Communications read and dis­ of iron. Ship to be fumigated. Vote cussed. Suggested another foc'sle for ,of thanks to steward and speedy re­ engine room watch. Suggested hos­ covery from operation. pital room. Vote of thanks to dele­ gate for fine cooperation. Suggestion C S NORFLOK (Cities Service), May that a better slop chest be carried 12—Chairman, M. Fyke; Secretary, R. with all needed items. Set time Ruttksy. No first aid kit in engine.for slop chest opening. Suggestion room. Report accepted. New delegate that all seasonal fresh fruits be cur­ and treasurer elected. Need OT, ried. Temperaure of ice boxes to be Sheets and library. Messroom to be adjusted—not cold enough; need bet­ cleaned; garbage cans to be emptied ter grade of bacon. Messhall to ba after every meal. Shower heads to locked in port. Key to be hung in be replaced after removal. Safety pantry for crew members. When meeting held. decks are slushed, boards to be laid June 26—Chairman, A. McCullen; down, from quarters aft to midships Secretary, D. Shields. Food not up to to keep passageways cleaner. standard. Ship's fund $7.32. Few hours disputed overtime. To check port­ SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), holes.'' June 27—Chairman, J. Cole; Secre­ tary, D. Wagner. Repairs to be taken PENNMAR (Calmar), June 23—Chair­ care of. Ship's fend $8.37. Some dis­ man, V. Monte; Secretary, J. Clarke. puted O.T. Reports accepted. New Few hours disputed OT. All foc'sles delegate elected. Repair list to be to-be left clean. Good trip, no beefs. sent to headquarters. Need fresh milk. Report accepted. Pantry.man to co­ Cold drinks to be served with meals. operate. BRADFORD ISLE (Cities Service), June 2t—Chairman, W. Thompson; Secretary, M. Hitchock. New washing machine and mattresses ordered. Re­ frain from making unnecessary noise which distrubs men sleeping. Few hours disputed OT. Report accepted. Fans to be repaired and one replaced in quarters. ALMENA (Pen Atlantic), June 23— Chairman, W.. Snell; Secretary, A. Janes. Some disputed OT. One m:in short. Union to bo contacted regard­ ing taxi in Port^Nueches from ship to gate—continuous trouble. No.smok­ ing on dock. Report on cooking. New delegate elected, FORT HOSKINS (Cities Service), June 13—Chairman, J. Lanahan; Sec­ retary, R. Shaynick. Few hours dis­ puted overtime. Lost fireman due to illness: picked up one in Australia. Ham steaks too big: string beans too stringy. ^ OCEAN DEBORAH (Ocean Trans.), June 9—Chairman, O. Haskell; Sec­ retary, C. Slovcr. Some disputed over­ time. New delegate elected. Quality of food to be improved. Garbage to be kept aft in port. Schedule to he made for cleaning laundry. Discussion on special agreement allowing man an wheel to work while on gyro-pllol. Members ere not In favor of this practice. MORNiNO LIGHT (Waterman), June 16—Chairman, W. Waidrop; Secre­ tary, W. Morse. Linen to be changed when new linen is issued: turn in soiled linen. Vote of thanks to .stew­ ard dept. and delegate for job well done. Need new library. TEXMAR (Calmar), June 22—Chair­ man-, J. Bowman; Secretary, J. Nuckols. Ship's fund $3. He.tdquarters com­ munications read. Report accepted. Crew to donate 50c to buy gteam Iron, ALCOA PIONEER (Alcoa), June 12 —Chairmen, C. Wiggins; Secretory. C. Gregory. Safety meeting held. Trini­ dad shore gang working in engine room—disputed overtime. One mem­ Rourka. Reports accepted. Suggestion, to hold meeting every other trip. Not enough business - to warrant meeting every twelve days unless there is a beef, Dl.scusslon on garbage disposal. I ELIZABETH (Bull), July 1—Chair­ man, L. Ramirez; Secretary, B. O'- -m Paire Tbirteen LOG Sorry, No Souvenirs This Trip -By Seafarer William Calefato- Cabbies and other driversfor-hire everywhere in the world seem pretty much alike to a seaman. The guy who jockeys a hack around a stateside port and his Oriental namesake who pedals a rickshaw are brothers under the skin. They'll haggle over the amount of a fare and/or tip like a fishwife and seldom take you where you want'to go unless you spell it out out in simple A-B-C Btyle. Very often this doesn't turn the trick either. For Danny, a carefree wiper, -things started to happen right away when he met Tommy at the gate in Moji, Japan. Tomniy is a Jovial rickshaw driver, who talks fair English, sprinkled with Brooklynese, Hobokenese and Alabaman. Danny told him he wanted to go shopping for souvenirs. With prodigious bows, smiles and all kinds of gesticulations, he seated Danny in the ramshackle vehicle and buttoned the canvas cover securely. Enroute to the shopping district where Daimy thought he was be­ ing driven, he wondered, if the canvas shield was a device used when people were "taken for a -r-; Bosun Norman Kirk (left) and Joke Powell, AB, take a turn around th» deck before heading in to the messhall en the Frederic C. Col­ lins for coffcetime. From the looks of things, that oil drum has to go. The ship already has. It transferred foreign soon after this was token by Calefato. go shopping. I don't care to waste time with a snaggled-toothed geisha girl." Tommy pedalled around for i while. When he stopped to unbut­ ton Danny out of the rickshaw Danny saw they were back at the same hotel. Tommy whistled into the doorway, and now another girl shuffled out. "This one—good teeth," Tommy announced proudly. "Look, Buster. Now you can take your old wagon and—and junk it. I'm walking." That was a grave insult to a con­ servative Japanese gentleman, even if he was a rickie. Still, bewildered and exasperated, he followed for numy blocks until Danny was lost. Now, when Tommy waved toward the rickshaw, it was a sign that a foreigner had to depend on a public servant, especially since Tommy was the only one in the area at the time. Resigned to his fate, Danny let Tommy fasten him under the canvas hood again, on the condi­ tion that the next slop would definitely be the town s, shopping Chief cook Charles Pitchard center. They wound up outside the - (left) and Herbert Pomeroy, cocktail lounge of a high-class saloon MM, team up to give hotel. Tommy ceremoniously let the glad-eye to cameraman Danfiy out and motioned toward William Colefato on the the door. Frederic C. Collins. They "Ship-friends inside,'" he said, must hove had a run-in with still smiling and bowing. the rickshaw boys, too. By this time, the wiper was too tired and thirsty to argue. The ride." He couldn't see where he was going in spite of the two small bar looked like a good refuge, and squares of celluloid; the way a chance to get away from it ail— Tommy was pedaling his figure blocked the entire view and made tl:e whole affair seem not quite right. That was what it turned out to be when Tommy stopped at a hotel and told his passenger it was a good place if he intended to stay • -A. i in town overnight. "Damn it, Papasan, I told you to take me shopping," Danny pro­ tested, "not to a hole in the wall." Just then, the proprietress came out. Her manner, when she asked him to stay for a beer, was too hearty for him to refuse so he stayed on and had one. The girl who brought it tried to tell him she was one of the hospitable geisha girls that he had seen pic­ tures of in "Life" or one of the otier nice big American publica­ tions. She would be glad to shop with him. In the meantime, Danny looked around for a 1000-yen note he had put on the table. There wasn't Considering the evidence of even any change, but for polite­ hand, Bill Soucfer stacks up as ness' sake he searches himself any­ a _ pretty good fisherman. way. Then, in a gentlemanly fash­ Souder caught this fair-sized ion, he accused her of being an dolphin on tho intercoostal run accomplice in a clip joint and left aboard tho Texmor. Ho the premises. ;• ' "Look here, Tommy, I want to • lent tho picture in to' prove it. Any Questions? and Tommy. And, as a discussion with various shipmates bore out, it was a custom in Japan that once you sit in a rickshaw, that driver is yours as long as you're in town. So Danny realized he was trapped. The next time out, he sat back and let Tommy have full rein. After three more stops like the others, he'd found he didn't really want any Oriental trinkets anyway. He'd send a postcard instead. DelSudFunds Ease 'Audrey' Relief Chores The open-handed generosity of Seafarers in the face of all kinds of calamities is no secret, but the case of the Del Sud in the wake of Hurricane "Audrey" rates special mention. Mindful of the havoc and loss of life left behind by the big blow along the Texas-Louisiana mast, SIU men and officers on the New Orleans-based cruise ship acted to help out. Many had families and friends ashore in the devastated area; others just felt grateful that "Audrey" hadn't touched them personally. At the ship's meeting following the disaster, ship's delegate Joe Cave reported that a fund of $446.50 had been gotten together in contributions from all over the ship and would be turned over to relief authorities. With the crew's authorization, another $50 was added to this kitty from the ship's fund, and $50 more from the special baseball funtl. In addition, Cave urged that a second collection be t-aken up later to supplement this contribution. As far as the Del Sud is concerned, "Audrey's" victims won't be for­ gotten. --wl m •?i| M •M 1! ^ •'jj .51 .4 Use Only One Mail Address Seafarers with beefs regard­ ing slow payment of monies due from various operators in back wRges and disputed ovei-time should first check whether they have a proper mailing address on file with the company. SHJ headquarters officials point out that reports received from 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. d •M\ �SEAFARERS Pair* Fourteen Rebecca Takes 'Em In Stride LOG Suggests Change On Money Draws To the Editor: I am writing on behalf of the crew and myself in regard to Article II, Section 28, of - the freightship agreement, regard­ ing money draws in foreign ports. During the previous voyage a meeting was held here on the Steel Advocate and a lengthy discussion erupted on travelers' H- Letters To The Editor ?)• • Sailing on the Rebecca, Seafarers get accustomed to female com­ pany, so they also take it in stride while ashore for a cool one at Inchon, Korea. This particular spot is "Mary's" on 4th Street in Inchon, which is said to be a familiar hangout for SlU men. ,On hand, besides the gals, are Malyszko, Grooves, Sol, Thompson, Martin and Casey. Malyszko submitted the picture, and has ar­ ranged for LOGs to be sent there in the future. SUP SlU, A&G District BALTIMORE . . 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sheppard, Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 ' HOUSTON 4202 Canai St. Robert Matthews. Agent Capital 7-6558 HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND ail SW Clay St. CApital 3-4336 RICHMOND. Calif... 910 Macdonald Ave. BEacon 2-0925 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. Douglas 2-8363 Leroy Claike, Agent HEmlock 6-5744 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Main 0290 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner. Agent HEmlock 2-1754 WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave. . Terminal 4-3131 MORGAN CITY 912 Front St. Tom Gould. AgentPhone 2156 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6165 NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. Lindsey Williams. Agent Tulane 8626 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-btiOO HALIFAX. N.S laOVi HoUis St. NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Phone 3-8911 Ben Rees, Agent MAdison 2-9834 MONTREAL 634 St. James St. West PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. PLateau 8161 S. Cardullo. Agent Market 7-1635 FORT WILLIAM 408 Simpson St. PUERTA do TIERRA PR 101 Pelayo Ontario Phone: 3-3221 Sal Colls. Agent Phone 2-5996 103 Durljam St. SAN FRANCISCO ... 450 Harrison St. PORT COLBORNE Ontario Phone: 5591 Marty Breithoff. Agent Dougias 2-5475 272 King St. E. SAVANNAH 2 Abercorn St. TORONTO. Ontario EMpire 4-5719 E. B. McAuley. Age>nt Adams 3-1728 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. VICTORIA. BC 617Vi Cormorant St. Jeff Gillette. Agent Elliott 4334 EMpire 4531 TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. 298 Main St. Tom Banning. Agent Phone 2-1323 VANCOUVER. BC Pacific 3468 WILMINGTON, Calif ... 505 Marine Ave. Reed Humphries. Agent Terminal 4-2874 SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. Phone: 6346 HEADQUARTERS. . 675 4th Ave.. Bklyn. BAGOTVILLE. Quebec 20 Elgin St. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall Phone: 545 ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS THOROLD. Ontario 52 St. Davids St. J. Algina. Deck C. Simmons. Joint CAnal 7-3202 J. Volpian, Eng. W. Hall. Joint 44 Sault-au-Matelot E. Mooney. Std. R. Matthews. Joint QUEBEC Quebec Phone: 3-1569 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince William St. NB OX 2-5431 Canadian District USPHS Has Last Say On Duty Slip Under the SIU contract, US Public Health Service doctors have the final say on whether or not a man is fit for duty. If there is any question about your fitness to sail, check with the nearest USPHS hospital or out-patient clinic for a ruling. Great Lakes District ALPENA 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. Phone; Woodward 1-6857 DULUTH 621 W. Superior St. Phone: Randolph 2-4110 SOUTH CHICAGO 3261 E. 92nd St. . Phone: Essex 5-2410 All letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names' will be withheld upon request.- checks. A letter was written giving all particulars. Now this crew and myself wish to go on record as proposing a change in Section 28. To the knowledge of the crew and myself. Isthmian is the only company that makes a practice of issuing travelers' checks in foreign ports. In view of this fact it would not be a hard, long struggle to negotiate this issue. Any and all immediate action, without waiting for the official negotiating date of the agree­ ment, would be deeply appre­ ciated by the crew of the last voyage, and of this voyage, and many others, I'm sure, who have not taken the time to write about it. Offer Proposal We ask that a proposal be offered at the next official headquarter's meeting and sent to all outports for action, as fol­ lows: "Whereas, Article II, Section 28, of the freightship agreement reads: 'Monies tendered for draws in foreign ports shall be in United States currency, fail­ ing which, travelers' checks shall be issued at the company's expense'; "Be it resolved that this be changed to read: 'Monies ten­ dered for draws in foreign ports shall be optional to the crew in United States currency or travelers' checks, if available, which shall be issued at the company's expense. Travelers' checks or local currency shall be optional when the issuing of United States currency conflicts with the existing laws of the country'." It has already been stated in the letter by the crew and my­ self of the last voyage about the inconvenience, hardship and loss involved in cashing travelers' checks. In many small ports the Auirtui X. 1957. banks or agents will noi cash them. You might wonder why-we do' not ask that the travelers' checks be eliminated altogether. The fact is many brothers have committments back,: home and, in ports where American money conflicts with the existing laws of the country, travelers' checks are legal and can, be used to send money home. I know it is hard to realize these facts because travelers' checks are advertised as "good anywhere in the world" and "the best means of currency when traveling." They probably are in Tokyo, Rome, Paris, etc., but try to cash them in Semerang, Java. Luke A. Ciamboll Ship's delegate (Ed. note: This question has been " brought up at. various membership meetings and re­ ferred for action to the nego­ tiating coinmittee since d num­ ber of companies besides Isthmiasi issue these checks. The provision for travelers' checks was originally negotiated to cover cases where US currency could not be issued legally or where Seafarers lost out on dratvs in local currency. Since draws in local currency were given at the official rate but everything the crew bought ashore was at black -market rates, crewmembers were often at a serious disadvantage. Add­ ing a new option of draws in local currency may be deemed advisable _ if black market con­ ditions have really eased up so that no one will be short­ changed. The negotiating com­ mittee invites more comment on this subject so that it can determine how to handle it.) t> Says 'Pitcher' Rates Picture To the Editor: Enclosed is a snapshot of Gerald Guy Gage, son of Sea­ farer Guy G. Gage, who sails with the SIU in the " stewward depart­ ment. I am Guy's father and grand-dad of • Jerry. Jerry is a pitcher in the Babe Ruth league; he's a Jerry 150-pound fel­ low and only 14 years old. I just wondered if you could run his picture in the LOG which our son sends to us reg­ ularly. It's the way we've kept track of him during the 20 years he's been sailing as a union sea­ man. I think it would make tiiiA happy to see the kid's face in the LOG. We certainly enjoy bur LOG and watch for it regularly. Jay A. Gage (Ed. note: Yes!) To the Editor: Some of our Union brothers sail in ratings such as bosun, carpenter and deck maintainance so as to work during the daylight hours at sea as much as possible, and especially to es­ cape the trick at the wheel and the lonely lookout required of a watchstander. On the other hand, some chief mates complain about the way the crewmembers walk all oyer each other to break out or stow lines when they have the added advantage ' of the windlass. About the only company con­ tracted to our Union which has bee known to use the quarter­ master system of manning is Seatrain Lines. But it is my firm conviction that the quarterrrtaster system could be p*iplied to our manning scale in such a way as to specialize this particular job aboard all ships. This .is the age of specializa­ tion anyway, and would permit men who are experienced helms­ men, but of an age too advanced for climbing the mast or going aloft in a bosun's chair, to do the work which is required of a wheelsman on the bridge in its stead. I'd also like to suggest that if and when this plan is adopted, and wherever feasible, men of 40 years of age or over who ar* in good standing, be given these openings as they come up un­ der the rotary shipping system. In any case, I know there are other of my Union broth­ ers who will approve of this suggestion. I know it would work out especially well on the fleet of Pan-Atlantic "containerships," the TMT trailerships, Calmar Line vessels and com­ bination passenger-cargo ships. What do you think. Brothers? C. L."Buddy" Cousins Yokohama Bar To Hold LOGS To the Editor: We are a firm dealing in souvenir items,, conducting a saloon on the side. We are the H. Ono Trading Se Company, exporters and manufacturers, and the saloon is the "Club High Society" in Yokohama, opened on the North Pier side f the bridge near the customs check point. Many seafaring men come to our establishment and very often ask for your papers. We would like to have your papers on hand to distribute to them upon request. Therefore we would be pleased if you could supply us with them regularly. H. Ono (Ed. note: Copies of each is­ sue of the LOG mill be furn­ ished regularly from now on.) By Bernard Seaman Burly LOOKS LIKE ( THEM DODGERS BIROOKLVAJ ^WlUUlVlN-^ THIS i> Urges Using QM Manning System ITS BROCHCM! J �SEAFARERS AittWt 2. MM ARRIVAIS Pare Fifteen LOG i.' ~ Gonzalez Family At Home. Linda Cheryl Brannon, born SZerry Alynt Thomas, born June 27, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Mel- July 2, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. George L. Brannon, Collingdale, vin £. Thomas, Mobile, Ala. 4" 4* 4" PiU. I EVERY I SUNDAY IDIRECT VOICE IBROADCAST i : I I TO SHIPS IN ATLANTIC EUROPEAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN WATERS "THE VOICE OF THE MTD' WFK-39, 19850 KCs Ships in Caribbean, East Coast of South America, South Atlan­ tic and East Coast of United States. WFL-65, 15850 KCs Ships in Gulf of Mexico, Carib­ bean, West Coast of South America, West Coast of Mexico and US East Coast. _ WFK-95, 15700 KCs Ships -in Mediterranean area. North Atlantic, European and US East Coast. Meanwhile, MID 'Round-The-World Wireless Broadcasts Continue ... Every Sunday, 1915 GMT (2:15 PJM EST Sunday) WCO-13020 KCs Europe and North America WCO-16908.8 KCs East Coast South America \ WCO-22407 KCs West Coast South America Every Monday, 0315 GMT (10:15 PM EST Sunday) WMM 25-15607 KCs Australia WMM 81^1037.5 Northwest Pacifia MARITIME TRADES DEPARTMENT Wentley Crew Aids Shipmate All of the following SIU families have received a ^200 maternity benefit phis a $23 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Btchard Thomas Edwards, born 4 4 4 May 23, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Charlene Fay Cooper, bom June Howard A. Edwards, Gulfport, 28, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Rob­ Miss. ert Lee Cooper, Port Arthur, Texas. t i Vivian Sue Moser, born June 22, 4 4 4. 1957 to Seafarer and Mrs. Pat L. Jan Elizabeth Bontwell, bom Moser, Norfolk, Va. May 2, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. ,• 4. . 4i ^ Colon H. Boutwell, Bayou La Batre, Mark Anthony Sorei, born June Ala-. 28, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jo­ 4 4 4 hannes Sorel, Brooklyn, NY. Carolyn .Kendrick Lewallen. 4. 4i bora April 20, 1957, to Seafarer Lee Ander Burrowes, born June and Mrs. Joseph C. Lewallen, Ashe14, .1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. boro, NC. -Clarence Burrowes, Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4 4" 4 i Kyle Lee Clouse, born July 12, Mark John Williains,,born June 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Albert 27, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Row­ L. Clouse, New Orleans, La. land Williams, Baltimore, Md. 4 4 4 4> 4 4 Juliette Hannibal, bom July 15, Susann Marie Roxbnry, born 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Roberto May 21, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Hannibal, Bronx, NY. Roland P. Roxbury, Middle Village, 4 4 4 NY. * Charles Kevan Shirah, born July $ $ Janimie Cecile Brannon, born 6, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. May 21, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Charles L. Shirah, Mobile, Ala. James C. Brannon, Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4 Debra Linda Gendron, bom June 4 4 4 Rita Faye Buck, born March 20, 28, 1957, lo Seafarer and Mrs. 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. John W. Maurice N. Gendron, Manchester, NH. Buck, Jr., Blounts Creek, NC. -•>• '• 11))-'.. Mrs. Carmen Gonzalez holds baby Myra while other children Frances, Mario Jr. and Danny look-«n. Dad is Seafarer Mario Gonzalez. file deaths of the following Sea­ farers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the SIU death benefit is being paid to their beneficiaries: farer William F. Healy of Philadel­ phia on July 11, 1957. Death took place in the Public Health Service Hospital in Baltimore. Brother Healy had been a member of the Union for the past two years, sail­ ing in the deck department. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edana M. Healy. Burial was in Holy Cross cemetery in Philadellihia. Seafarer Jkmes Girolami, AB, is resting comfortably in the Boston Public Health Service Hospital thanks to the efforts of his ship­ mates on the Robin Wentley and to the Coast Guard. Girolami was brought ashore in Boston after a'sticeessful attempt to deliver badly-needed medicine to the ship en-route to port. He had suffered a severe attack of asthma and was having diffiedlty breathing. Ship's reporter Charles Mktthews said that Girolami had been troubled off and on during the trip but had been ajble to work most of the way. However on Saturday morning, July 20th, he was in bad shape. The ship had used up its own medical supplies in treating him and was still some 400 miles east of Bermuda. The skipper radioed the Coast Guard in Bermuda and the latter sent out a flying boat with a canis­ ter containing badly-needed medi­ cine. The canister was dropped to the ship Sunday morning, July 21, by parachute, but blew into the water. Immediately the Wentley sent a boat-crew which picked it up and brought it aboard. The medi­ cine gave Girolami immediate relief. Matthews had high praise for the skipper, Harvey MacDermid, and for members of the crew who main­ tained a 24-hour watch on Girolami while he was ill. Samuel Comogr, 56: Heart failure was the cause of death of Brother Cornog on May 5, 1957. He was aboard the Robin Hood in Belra, Mozambique, at the time. Brother 4 4 4 Cornog sailed in the engine depart­ Clarence R. Haun, 52: An ap­ ment and had been a member of parent heart attack at sea aboard the SIU since May of last year. the SS Oceanstar Place of burial is not known. proved fatal to 4 4 4 Brother Haun on John 6. Glenn, 43: Serious fire May 13, 1957. Injuries on bis head and body The burial took proved fatal to place at sea five Brother Glenn on days later. Broth­ er Haun sailed in October 10, 1956. Death took place the steward de­ Retired Seafarer Charles Son­ partment and was in Hickory, Mis­ wald was the victim of a fatal acci­ a member of the sissippi. Brother dent on Friday evening, July 19, Union for the past 12 years. He is when he was run­ Glenn sailed in survived by his wife, Mrs. Willie down by a train the steward de­ V. Haun of Fairfield, Alabama. partment joinlng^ in Paoli, Penn­ the Union in sylvania. He was 4 4 4 William V. Horton, 54: A liver 53 years old. March, 1955. He « was burled in Pleasant Ridge ailment caused the death of Sea­ Sonwald had farer William V. apparently taken Cemetery, Newton County, Missis­ Horton in Balti­ a short cut across sippi. more, Md. Broth­ the tracks when 4 4 4 er Horton sailed he was struck Francisco Garcia Delgado, 65: in the engine and One of the veteran SIU members instantly Sonwald department and killed by the on the disabilityjoined the SIU in pension list. train. His body was found on the August, 1948. He station platform the following Brother Delgado was buried in the morning. Authorities theorized that passed away on Moreland Memo­ he had made it to the platform July 4, 1957. A rial Cemetery in safely but had been pulled intd'the lung ailment was Baltimore. Surviving is Mrs. Jo­ side of the train'by the suction of the cause of his death. He joined seph Valdez of Atlanta, Georgia. its high-speed passage. the Union in its Sonwald had joined the SIU in early days on De­ November, 1945, and had sailed for cember 20, 1938, many years out of the Port of New and sajled in the engine depart­ York. Three years ago he had to ment on SIU ships. His body was quit the sea as the result of an eye interred in Colon Cemetery in ailment which barred him from Lawrence R. Edwards Tampa. He is survived by. Elena deck department jobs. Since then Get in touch with your mother. Garcia of that city. Your letter sent to Paul was wait­ he had been working ashore in the 4 4 4 ing a month for him. Mail sent trucking bitsiness. Daniel W. Fischer, 38: Brother you was returned as you had al­ He is survived by his wife, Helen Fischer died as the result of an ready left. Tel. ER-1-3731. Sonwald. accident in Bal- , * 4 4 4 boa. Canal Zone Crewmembers, CS Miami on June 26. De­ Seafarers who were aboard this tails of his death ship in October, 1956, are re­ were not known. quested to get in touch with Albert • Seafarers mailing in checks Brother Fischer J. Hart, 61 Old Kings Highway or money orders to the Union had been a mem­ South, Darien, Conn. Important. to cover dues payments are ber of the SIU 4 4 4 urged to be sure to make all of for 18 years, join­ Ernest L. Magus them payable to the SIU-A&G ing the Union on Contact Mrs. Ada Bishop at 7008 District. January 28, 1939. Homestead Dr.-, Louisville 14, Ky. Some Seafarers have sent in He sailed in the engine department. 4 4 4 checks and money orders in the Surviving is his mother, Mrs. Eliz­ George Elliott King names of individual headquar­ abeth Fischer, of Mobile, Alabama. Your property in Nanainio. Brit­ ters officials. This makes for a Burial took place in New Orleans. ish Columbia can still be redeemed. problem in bookkeeping which Contact Charles A. Macbeth, Town- can be avoided if checks are 4 4 4 , William F. l^ealy, 55: A, blood site Realty J^d-i 71 Front Street, made ou,t tp the Union directly. «ell'Mlllicnt proved Jatal to Sea­ Nanaimo, . _ 7 , i Night Train Kills Seafarer Make Checks To 'SlU-A&G' �SEAFARERS .August 2 1957 • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF.THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO • Bill Offers Tax Aid For Non-Subsldlzed Ship Operations WASHINGTON—A bill designed to help unsubsidized op­ erators replace their present fleets with new 'tonnage has been introduced by Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (Dem., Wash.), chairman of the Senate For--* eign Commerce. Committee, shipowners could deduct as much 10 per cent of the cost of their The measure (S. 2568) would as new tonnage from their annual offer help in the form of rapid tax write-offs. Under the Magnuson proposal, non-subsidized operators would be allowed to depreciate their new tonnage in 20 years instead of the 25 now allowed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Subsidized op­ erators already have the right to depreciate the cost of their new ships at the rate of five per cent a year. In addition to the five per cent permitted by the 20-year de­ preciation, the Magnuson bill would allow unsubsidized opera­ tors to take an additional five per cent a year in depreciation. The result is that in practice Scholarship Winner On Dean's List Now entering his third year in Lafayette College under the SIU Scholarship plan, Lembhard "Lem" Howell, son of Seafarer Cleveland Even while resting, Howell keep's a book handy. A. Howell, is compiling an impres­ sive scholastic record. The elder Howell was recently notified that his son has been named to the dean's list "as a result of his fine record during the spring semester." Howell made the .list by grading three 85s and two 90s in the five courses he took during the past term. He is currently majoring in history at Lafayette. Before winning the SIU $6,000 scholarship, award in June, 1955, Howell had a year at the New York City College. Howell's college honors are of a pattern with his high school rec­ ord when he garnered five awards at graduation including a general award for scholarship, character and ability, and separate citations in science, social studies and school service. Howell's father has been sailing with the SIU for the past ten years in the steward department. Lem is the third in a family of five, chil­ dren. earnings before taxes until the ship was fully depreciated: The reductiin would permit them to pay substantially lower taxes, and to put money aside for additional construction. A bill similar to this proposal was introduced in the 83rd Con­ gress, but was not acted upon. The legislation is considered one of the simplest plans to aid unsub­ sidized" lines. It is also regarded as of particular value to opera­ tors in the domestic trades, who are not eligible for subsidy. Up to this time, rapid tax-write offs have been restricted generally to defense industry, though they have been given to operators building tankers for MSTS opera­ tion. While ships usually are not considered defense plants, a num­ ber of people believe ship opera­ tors should receive additional help because they must compete with foreign competition. Past Aid Given In the past. Congress has recog­ nized the special needs of the maritime industry by offering op­ erating and ship construction i^ubsidies and mortgage insurance. The present administration has tried to solve the construction problem' by permitting owners to transfer their ships for^eign in re­ turn for new toonage. The SIU and other maritime unions have pointed out that the major saving in transferring ships is in evading US taxes. The Magnuson bill, in effect, might provide a substitute for the transfer program, by permitting owners of subsidized vessels to build new tonnage, at lower costs. It would also be a companion to Sen. Magnuson's proposal halting virtually all foreign transfers. At the same time it would not destroy US tax income from shippinft'or the jobs of American seamen the way the transfers do. Pick Up 'Shot' Card At Payoff Seafarers who have taken the series of inoculations required for certain foreign voyages are reminded to be sure to pick up their inoculation cards.from the captain or the purser when they lay off at the end of a voyage. The card should be picked up by the Seafarer and held so that it can be presented when signing on for another voyage where the "shots" are required. The ino­ culation card is your only proof of having taken the required shots. Those men who forget to pick up their inoculation card when they pay off may find that they are required to take all the "shots" again when they want to sign on for another such voy­ age. 7..V July 10 Through July 23 Registered Port DOCK B Dock A Boston New York Philadelphia ...... Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Tampa Mobile New Orleans Lake Charles Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle _ Total .. 6 17 4 21 5 0 4 3 13 10 13 12 10 20 86 Deck A - Dock B Eng. A •ng. Stow. Stow. Tetol 10 73 21 37 4 9 3 19 37 11 23 12 29 14 3 12 9 27 5 2 2 4 20 9 10 9 10 17 9 65 20 29 5 5 8 25 42 5 19 18 21 15 31 224 80 114 21 24 20 74 138 30 78 53 81 . 51 eng. A Eng. B Stow. A 3 12 7 10 4 4 2 4 10 7 12 6 9 8 stow. 302 128 ... A B 139 B B 286 98 Total A Tofal B Total A 1019 Reg, 12 41 20 58 14 6 8 11 43 26 35 27 29 45 43 265 100 172 35 30 29 85 181 59 113 80 ' 110 96 Total B Total Rag. 374 1394 Shipped Port Boston New York. Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Tampa Mobile New Orleans Lake Charles .... Houston Wilmington . .< San Francisco...... .... Seattle Dock • A Dock B Dock C fng. A 7 3 17 5 15 0 2 2 2 7 2 11 2 15 6 3 14 5 4 0 2 3 1 0 0 19 0 2 0 5 60 15 26 7 6 3 16 35 7 31 3 17 16 Deck C Eng. A 8 34 17 Dock A Total .... 314 Deck B 89 53 247 Eng. B 4 16 7 12 2/ 2 0 6 14 7 8 4 8 9 Eng. B 99 . Eng. Stow. c A 2 4 13 54 6 11 6 25 17 1 ]L 1 6 2 17 5 29 14 10 19 0 1 5 18 1 9 Eng. C 54 Stew. A 205 Stew. B 1 5 1 6 1 0 1 4 6 2 10 2 8 7 Stew. B 54 stow. Total c A 16 3 191 6 46 1 3 86 . 0 29 0 10 1 11 8 55 104 4 19 0 6 84 8 0 7 66 3 42 stow. Total c A 767 42 Total B 8 38 13 33 3 4 3 12 27 11 29 8 31 22 Total B 242 Total Total c Shin. 8 . 33 12 13 1 3 5 11 9 1 35 0 14 4 32 262 71 132 33 17 19 78 140 31 148 16 111 68 Total Total Ship. C 149 1158 The shipping picture brightened somewhat in the past two weeks as the West Coast bounced back and Houston especially continued strong. The outlook for the coming two week period is just fair to middling, with some slackness in the tramp and tanker trades show­ ing up in the shipping picture. -• All told, the District ship­ ped 1,158 jobs, a considerable WC Cooks Plan Housing Facilities For Oldtimers improvement over the prior two v/ceks. But registration continued to rise, touching 1,394 class A and B men. Eight ports were up over the previous two week period with SAN FRANCISCO—Proposals for construction of housing San Francisco making a very strong comeback and Baltimore facilities for retired members and for joint negotiations with coming up from an abnormally-low the Sailors and Firemen on forthcoming wage reviews high­ figure. New York just about held lighted the agents' conference its own, while small increases were vided under California law. The recorded in Boston, Norfolk, Mo­ of the SlU-affiliated Marine action would have the effect of bile and Houston. Seattle showed Cooks and Stewards Union. establishing uniform' standards all good improvement. The port agents, meeting at the along the coast for men working On the downside were Philadel­ MCS Training School center, made for companies whose headquarters phia, New Orleans and Lake are in other states. Charles. Wilmington, Savannah several recommendations for fu­ Minor changes in the shipping and Tampa were pretty much the ture union action. They reviewed rules were called for including same. Registration ran pretty much plans for building facilities for re­ more frequent job calls on Satur­ ahead of shipping for all depart­ tired members, vacationers and days when large passenger ships ments including the black gang convalescent union men at the are in port. which usually shows a big turn­ training center site which has am­ over in the summertime. ple space for such facilities. It is Figuring it by seniority classes. expected that actual groundbreak­ Class A showied a very considerable ing will get under way shortly. gain, class B stood about the same Wage Review and class C dropped off during a The MCS agents noted that the period of rising shipping. The West Coast unions haye a wage figures indicate that the class A review coming, up on September men who have been hanging back 30th and voted to get together be­ during the summer are bidding for forehand with the SUP and the jobs again. As a result, class A MFOW to present joint demands shipping accounted for 66 percent to the shipowners. The agents of the total, up from 61 percent in .noted that a fine working rela­ the previous two weeks. Class B tionship has been established be­ got 21 percent and class C, just 13 tween the three West Coast unions percent. which promises added benefits for The following is the forecast the membership. An immediate re­ sult of this relationship is ex­ port by port: Boston: slow. . . New York: pected to be an increase in pen­ Steady. . . Philadelphia: Fair. . . sion benefits for retired members Baltimore: Slow. . . Norfolk: Slow of all three unions. The pension . . . Savannah: Good. . . Tampa: now stands at $100 a month. Slow. . . Mobile: Fair. . .New Or­ Also in the area of welfare, the leans: Improving. - Lake CJharles: agents went on record to obtain Fair. .... Houston: Slowing down compensation, disability and death \U/VEWYOfiK IN dAiriMlUB . . . Wilmington:. Improving. . . benefits under the Steward Sdn Francisco:- t?opdr V . Seattle; DepartmeujvSecujity' Agreement Which are'e^ual td those'now pro­ Good. 'A ^BAPA^BR^ \ WRr&aLL � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource August 2, 1957 Description An account of the resource Headlines: COAL CO. UPS SIU FIRINGS TO AID NMU SIU FIGHTS STRIKE BAN IN LA. TOWN IBL ASKS CURRAN OUSTER FROM LABOR ETHICS BODY HIRE PANAMA CREWS TO SAIL US SHIPS HOUSE HIKES POSTAL WAGE SILENCE REIGNS IN BLACKLIST DEAL BRISTISH BUILDERS PLAN 65,000-TON ATOM SHIPS ‘RUNAWAY’ CONTROLS BILL HEADING FOR SCRAP PILE UNIONS AWAIT ACTIONS ON ‘VITAL’ SHIP FLEET; SHELLEY HITS DELAY BALT. PUSHES HARBOR-WIDE UNION DRIVE NO SAFETY GAIN DORIA SANK STATE DEP’T CAUGHT SHORT ON SHIP ACT VIOLATION HEAT FRYS NEW YORK; SHIPPING WARMER TOO WATERMAN ALTERS BID FOR AID REVEAL NEW DETAILS ON SS ATLANTIC BILL OFFERS TAX AID FOR NON-SUBSIDIZED SHIP OPERATIONS 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 8/02/1957 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. 16 1957 Periodicals Seafarers Log