http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/89f84f83272a5eaface6adf321677e81.PDF a959fc0b6abacac1f66e47b6b9ab111b PDF Text Text - - LOG .>-• 1. .. Aiigusf 29 1958 • OFFICIAL ORQAN OP THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UN ION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO • 1 NLRB Dumps NMU's Charges Story On Fage 3 Farm Bill Seen Shipping Boost Story On Page 2 New 51U Freight^ Tanker^ Passenger Ship Pay Scales Effective Sept.I 1958 See Pages 3,10 Tomorrow's Cargo Ship? No artist's daydream, this design for an un­ derwater cargo ship (above) is now being Studied by a contractor' for^e US Maritime Administration. The submerged torpedoshaped hull would carry cargo only. Above the waterline, the gondola-shaped structure would house the crew and navigational gear.. Propulsion would be an imderwater jet ex­ haust system. Nuclear power might eventpidly be used. (Story on Page 2.) / \ pfseoss ffew Pad Go/ns. Seafarers aboard the Bienville hold ship's meeting in advance of payoff at Port Newarl^ NJ, to go over terms of new SIU aCT??ment, including 8 percent wage rise and. ad­ ditional 6 percent in overtime pay. At right, standing (1 to r) are Winan T. Walker, wiper . (holding cup); Jesus Araya and J. M. LaPointe, ordinary seamen. Facing camera L (seated, center) is Joe Barron, oiler. SIU patrolmen are seated (left). Membership ratified pact terms at meetings ashore last (Story dn Page 3.) 's 1 �Pare iri» TV SEAFAttisRS tne A^ciwi jt l»8f Appi^ntM CAIttcis Hoinf US Ship Cargo I'' ffi • it'-ii., I ' •' • fv Uil't:;'-''" ' . US To Spur Binlding Of Atoiii Ships WASHINGT(iN — Government aid to shipownen Interested in building nuclear ships will be called for In the next session of WASHINGTON—The last two bread and butter programs (Congress, the Maritime Adminis­ for US merchant shipping—foreigh aid and the farm surplus tration has announced. Under-SeOretary jtf Commerce Ldttis Roth­ disposal program—have Jseen passed by Congress'and seem schild told A symposium ort nu­ sure of approval by the Presi-^^ clear ship propulsion that the Ad­ an immediate boost Jn dent. Earlier, the reciprocal to result ministration is in the process of trade program, considered the cargoes tor UE shipping. It was drafting such a measure. In addi­ learned eariier that pending agree­ backbone of American foreign tion, Government officials are trade policy, was extended for four ments for dUposal of a whopping holding discussions with various $600 million in farm surpluses had years. unnamed steamship Companies on been held up, waiting for npyi leg­ A Senate-House compromise ex­ Iheir Interest in operating such tended the farm aurplus program islation to extend the program ships. whieh expired oiUeially on Jime for ,18 months, the longest exten­ New legislation'will be needed sion so far, and' authorized dis­ 30. The program now will remain for private operation of such ves­ in effCet at least untilDecember posal of $2.25 billion in surplus sels because of the extremely high ^ agricultiu-al commodities. Under 31, 198K^ initial cost of nuclear propulsion. Because of the bulk nature of provision of the "50-50" law, However, once the initial con­ under which |he disposal program much of the farm surplus cargo, struction costs are out of the way,, operates, 50 p^cent of the farm consisting of such items as wheat, the Government maintains that nu­ Biuplus cargoes must be trans­ rice and cotton, the program is clear-powered ships could compete particularly Important to US-flag ported in US-flag sblps. on an equal cost basis with con­ Passage of the bill was expected tramp shijiplng. Liner services4also ventional steamships. benefit under the program which Competitive Speeds aids such under-developed, coun­ The shipowners were told that tries as India, Pakistan, Turkey, the puclear-powered ships could Korea and others, compete on long trade routes Congress also voted $3.3 billion where high speed would be a com­ for foreign aid to US allies over­ mercial factor. Ore carriers anff seas. The sum was $600 million tankers are favored for this pup> less than the President asked for BALTIMORE—Although no new in his budget message In January. pose. records have been set, shipping in The funds are used to pay for US In this area. Aerojet General, this port for the past two weeks military, economic, and technical a corporation specializing in mis­ has been good. Earl Sheppard, assistapce to -foreign nations, and siles and rocketry, has come up SIU agent, reports. All beefs aris- also provide a considerable amount with a proposed design for a com­ Ing on the various ships serviced of cargo for US-flag shipping, un­ mercial nuclear-powered ship In here have been squared away, and der the "50-80" law. which the crew would ride above all business affairs are in order. the surface but the cargo would be The new reciprocal trade bill ex­ Paying off during the two week tends the Government's foreign carried in en underwater subma­ period were ~ the Joan, Dorothy, trade policies for four years, the rine-like section entirely separata Mae, Emilia and Edith (Bull); the longest extension to date. Previous and apart from the navigation and Baltore, Venore, Oremar and Ma- extensions had been for three living quarters of the vessel. ^ rore (Marven); CS Baltimore and years or less. It also permits the Construction costs of a nu­ Council Grove (Cities .Service); President to cut tariffs 20 percent clear ship would be 10 to 15 per­ Ready for payoff on orrlvol-of Steel Apprentlco In New York, SIU the Transatlantic (Pacific*Water­ below present levels. In the view cent higher than for a^convenUonal ways) and the Armonk (New Eng^ of proponents, passage of the mea­ crewmen (top, i to r) Louis Vige, Morlo Mprcelino ond Temos ship at present, but this differen­ land). tial Is expected to diminish as tha Romirez listen to dis^lon ot ship's meeting. Above, Leonord sure assures a continuation of com­ years go by. The Oremar and Marore (Mar­ mercial foreign trade at least at Boiley signs off ortlcies ofter long trip. The ship Is hooding'cut As a result, one report held that ven); Jean (Bull); Pacific Star its current lexpls. ogoin to Jopon ond the For East. within five to 10 years, a nuclear(Compass); Atlantis (Petrol Ship­ ping); Irenestar (Traders) and powered tanker could become eco­ nomically-competitive. Transatlantic (Pacific Waterways) IGNORES RUNAWAY TIES: signed on. . Among those present .at the sym­ posium were representatives of the A total of 14 ships stopped by SlU-contfacted Cities,- Service Oil In transit. They were the Robin Company. Cities Service is one of Sherwood and Robin Hood the companies which reportedly is (Robin); the. Steel Traveler, Steel The nature of the relationship between NMIT President Joseph Curran and the Amer­ studying the possibilities of con­ Recorder and Steel Worker (Isth­ ican Merchant Marine Institute was underscored In the August 14 "NMU Pilot" in its story structing an operating nuclearmian); the Feltore, Santore and Cnbore (Marven)f the Alamar on Suez surcharge payments for nmaway ships. While attacking the decision by the State tanker. (twice), and Portmar (Calmar); Department that the United' the Seafair (Orion) and the Al­ States would pay the addi­ which appeared in the August 26 Lines president General * John coa Runner (Alcoa). Franklin and Curran serve as co"New York Times." tional taxes on Americanchairmen of-the "Labor-Manage­ By contrast, Cnrran's last re­ owned runaway tonnage using the ment Maritime Committee" which maining ally in maritime labor, the Suez Canal, the "Pilot" made no is merely another aspect of the mention of the fact that the AMMI American Radio Association, made company's many-sided Waslilngton it clear where it stood on the carried the ball for the runaways SAN FRANCISCO The trend AMMl's pro-nmaway role in a eon- political machine. on this issue. toward carriage of cargo in trailer vention resolution. The resolution As reported in the August 15 truck bodies Is being carried one SEAFARERS XOG, the US govern­ denounced Balph Casey, the AMMI step further by the Matson Navi­ SIU membership meet­ ment had agreed to pay the extra iwMdeat, for his role as a defend­ August 99,1958 Vol. XX, No. 18 gation Company, under contract to er of runaways and< declared, "We ings are held regularly charges on US ships using the (Wom efforts by Casey and the the SIU Pacific District. Matson is canaL The surcharges Will go to having S50 container units manu­ every two weeks on Wed­ defray the United Nations expense AMMI to seuttie the US Merchant factured lor use in Its service, from nesday nights at 7 PM in in clearing the canal following the Marine.'^ California to Hawaii, wUch is The August 15 LOG, in a page PAVI. HAIX. S«cr«(arv-Tr«a«iir«r all SIU ports. All Sea­ Suez War In the fall of 1956. expected to get underway very The Government's decision to in­ one editorial, declared that ~the Bum, tditor. BUKARB SU- shortly. . farers are expected to. clude runaway vessels as benefi­ AMMI action reflected thp under­ XAH. Art Bditor. HEBMAM ^XBOB. IRW» For the time being, Matson will;^ SnvAcac. AL JoaM'BuuL. BCR. attend; those who wish to ciaries of Government tax assist­ standing between United States UAS UAxun. ICASxnr. Staff Wrttert, Bnx MooDT. handle the containers' as deck cargo, btit is considering plaiu to be excused should request ance followed vigorous activity in Lines and major oil companies Oulf Arta RAprcnntotiv*. this direcUon by the AMMI, which with heavy forelgn-fiag operations Letters ......... Pages 12, 14 convert some of its C-3s into "iiftr permission by telegram ostensibly represents American to support each other's proposals. Pe^rsonals, Notices 15 on" ships similar to . the. Pan-At­ (be sure to include reg­ ship operators who are in direct With US Lines apparently In com­ Shipping Roundup ...., . Page Page 4 lantic operation. The cbntp^fra istration number). The competition with the runaways. plete control of AMMI machinery, Unions Of America ..,. Pages 8, 9 under order are aluminum and Any honest attack on this poUcy American shipowners have no way Your Dollar's Worth .,, .. Page 7 capabIe,^of carrying a load o^ about neict SIU meetings will be: decision would necessarily have to of voicing their views on this and. 22 long tons. include an attack on 4he AMMI other subjects.' To handle the boxes, the com­ September 3 ^Jlthad blwaalcly at tlia aMdmciCwa tha saafarara IntarnatSonat wt Unl^ „ .. Ai^ pany is ordering a dockslde crano. since it waa the organization that It was US Lines, In cooperiiltlon ireA Oult Oiatrict, API..CIO, «TS F«urth f L September 17 was the pri^e mover in the State with Curran, which embarked nn. Avanna. Broaklyn 12, NY. .Taf. HYaclnth with a 25-toh lift strength. TWs Departmeut's decision. But Curran the ill-fated venture of setting up at flia PoB Offica In iraoklyn, NY,maitar October I wndar will be necessary In light of the was silent on the AMMI role both a scab engineers' union to bretik MM Act af AUS. 24, ItlS. fact that existing Matson frei^tert October 15. in the MMU newspaper and in a the recent strike of the Marine Endp not . have cargQ-handling jmar; subsequent irtatement on runaways g^eers Beneflci^ A^qclation, US Bait. Reports Good Shipping Curran Mum On AMMI Polky SCHEDULE OF SIU MEETINGS Matson Buys 350 Trailers SEAFARERS LOG ^ �sEAWAkknd LOG PMr« Tbre# W New Dry Cargo Wage Stale* DECK DEPARTMENT V . * 'X Old New OTer* Ratinr Scale Increaae Seal# time Bosun (Mariner) ;$478.74 $38.30 $517.04 $2.23 Bosun 429.13 34.33 463.46 2.23 tCarpenter (Marinel-) 413.41 33.0/ 146.4$ 2.23 tCarpenter ............... 401.71 32.14 433.85 2.23 . AB Maintenaifce .......... 366.40 29.47 397.87 2.18 Quartermaster .............. 336.73 ; 26.04.' '363.67 2.18 Able Seaman .............. 336.73 26.94 363.67 2.18 ; Ordinary Seaman ......... 261.53 20.92282.45 .1.70 ENGINE DEPAIKTMENT . ' ' .' Chief Electrician (Mariner) . 554.87 43.39 598.26 2.23 Chief Electrician 534.70 42.78 577.48 2.28 2nd Electrician 498.11 39.85 /537.98 2.23 Unlicensed Jr. Eng. (Day) . . 432.50 34.60 ' 467.10 2.23 UnUcensed Jr. Eng. (Watch).; 386.82 30.95 417.77. 2.23 . Plumber - Machinist :...... 443.84 35.51 479.35 2.23 , Deck Engineer 407.92 32.63 . 440.55 2.23 Engine UtUity ............ , 392.76 31.42. , 424.18 . 2.23 Evaporator Maintenance ... 358.06 28.64 386.70 2.18 Oiler 336.73 - 26.94 363.67 2.18 Oiler - Diesel 364.38 ' 29.15 - .393.53 2.18 Watertender 336.73 26.94 363.67 2.18 Fireman - Watertender .... 336.73 26.94 363.67 2.18 Fireman .. 336.73 26.94- 363.67 2.18 -Wiper 315.20 25.22 340.42 1.70 • Reefer Engineer— • • • . , (When 1 carried) 498.11 39:85 537.96 2.23 Reefer Engineer— (When 3 caiMed) Chief. .... 459.43 36.75 496.18 2.23 1st Assistant 408.63 32.69 441.32 2.23 2nd Assistant 371.32 29.71 401.03 2.18 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Chief Steward (Mariner) ... 478.74 38.30 517.04 2.23 Chief Steward 429.13 34.33 463.46 '2.23 Chief Cook 392.18 31.37 423.55 2.23 Night Cook & Baker ...... 386.82 30.95 417.77 2.23 Second Cook 348.36 27.87 378.23 - 2.18 Third Cook 332.47 26.60 359.07 2.18 Messman 259.52 20.78 280.28 1.70 . Utilityman 259.52 20.76 280.28 1.70 The SIU's drive for exclusive representation rights on the SS Atlantic took a major forward step as the National Labor Relations Board's regional office threw^ out Taft-Hartley chargOs filed by the National Maritime Union. NLRB Regional Director Ivan C. McLeod,| in dismissing the NMU's charges, stated, "It does not appear that further proceedings are warranted inasmuch as there is in­ sufficient evidence to sub­ stantiate the charge. I am, therefore, refusing to issue complaint in this matter." . As a result of the 6nding, it ap­ pears likely that the SIU will soon be in a position "to establish its rights to represent SS Atlantic crewmen and .to sign a Union con­ tract with American Banner Lines, the operators of the new transatthe ship on the eve of the vessel's maiden voyage out of New York, letting SIU men get the jobs. Big SIU Edge The SIU established a command­ ing majority on the ship in com­ petition for job openings back in Successful applicants for jobs in hiring for SS Atlantic last May May when the crew was hired. At wait for ferry to take them out to the ship at Alabama State the time some 500 qualified Sea­ * For new Seatraln Line wage scale, add $7.50 to new scale Drydock in Mobile. Most of the Seafarers who mode jobs are farers showed up for job openings above on all ratings carried except chief electrician and stil aboard the Banner Line ship. as compared to well under 200 -deck enginer. New Seatrain scale for chief electrician is NMU men. The SIU majority was $589.98; for deck engineer, $479.67. widened subsequently when the be considered in such cases, not failed to help it overturn an over­ whelming SIU majority as estab­ t Receives $20 additional a month if required to provide own NMU. puUed most of its men off unsupported aUegations." tools. lished in a collective bargaining The NMU has ten days from the the ship. Standby rates liave been increased to $2.14, $2.18 and $2.23 for The regional director's decision, date of the decision in which to contest with NMU the year before. The Atlantic, whichls the first , the respective overtime groups. which is subject to appeal to the file an appeal at NLRB headquar­ tourist-class venture in the trans­ ters in Washington. NLRB in Washington, was made atlantic service under the Ameri­ Second Use of T-H on Taft-Hartl6y Act charges filed by the NMU back in May even be­ The original NMU charge, ac­ can flag, is the fir.st of two ships fore Banner Lines started hiring a cused the SIU of acting in collu­ the company is obligated to oper­ crew. The finding was followed by sion on hiring. It was the second ate under the terms of its subsidy what has become a standard NMU instance in which the NMU had agreement with the US Govern­ reaction to such defeats, an out­ filed Taft-Hartley charges against ment. burst accusing the Board of "cor­ the SIU, the first being in Phila­ ruption" and a "cover up" of a delphia when the NMU attacked The NMU Way: the legality of the union shop "smelly deaL" SIU membership meetings in all ports hav« voted their ap­ Regional Director McLeod's re­ clause In an attempt to raid the ' No Evidence proval of the memorandum of agreement reached with SIU- sponse to the accusation was a SlU-contracted Willis fleet. The NMU's angry cry of "we contracted operators on Augiist 8. The memorandum, which statement that, "only evidence can There too, the NMU's use of T-H wuz robbed" which followed covered all dry cargo, passen- • the NLRB ruling on the SS At­ ger and tanker companies un­ lantic is the standard Curran der SIU contract, calls for an reaction to every organization­ eight percent wage increase, six al defeat administered by the percent overtime increase and a The NLRB order throwing out the National Maritime Union's Taft-Hartley complaint SIU. Back in November, 1957, boost of 30 cents per day in the against the SIU was another serious setback in its long-term campaign to wreck the Banner when Curran was attempting to operators' contribution to the SIU raid SIU Robin Line jobs, he Vacation Plan, effective Septem­ Line operation. Picking up where US Lines left off, the NMIThas undertaken a series of ac­ characterized as "criminal" and tions beginning last March ber 1. "anti-labor" the NLRB order for The 30-cent increase will make which were designed to put ship construction. It had the sup­ It was then (hat the company ap­ an election to give Seafarers in possible'a sizable increase in Vaca­ the-company out of business port of the Maritime Administra­ pealed to the SIU for finannial a.s- the fleet the right to choose the tion Plan payments to Seafarers, and destroy new job opportunities tor, the US Navy and the maritime sistance, to avert collapse of the union they wanted. gomewhere in the neighborhood of in the American merchant marine. industry at large, as well as strong whole operation, and the SIU mem­ After taking a bad shellack­ bership approved a $500,000 loan $100 over the present $260 annual The apparent motive for this ac­ support from the SIU. ing in the election, the NMU Although this, measure would to make up the additional 5.1 per­ payment. The trustees of the Sea­ tion was the preservation of the then went to coxu-t trying to create many more iob opportuni­ cent. long-time US Lines monopoly on farers Vacation Plan, at their next ties for US seamen, the NMU did In this area, it is interesting to overturn the results by alleging meeting. on September 2, will de­ transatlantic passenger service. not testify pro or con on the issue. note that US Lines was successful an unconstitutional disregard of The NMU action came after op­ cide oh the amount of the Vaca­ (Two years later, when US Lines in obtaining Government subsidy evidehce by the Board. position by US Lines to the grant­ tion Plan increase and the effec­ Federal Judge Sugarman an­ was seeking direct Government of 55 percent or better, some 15 tive date for payment of the In- ing of construction and operating swered that "The NMU has no­ financing of Its new passenger percent more than Banner Line, for subsidies to Banner Line had failed Creased vacation benefit. As is the practice imder the SIU and it seemed that the company ship BO as to get lower interest its projected new passenger ship where in the record indicated Vacation Plan, any increase in the would be successful In. starting up rates, as opposed to a mere mort­ in the same service. The NMU vig­ that its claim is buttressed by Cnnual benefit will be pro-rated for a low-cost tourist class service on gage guarantee "provided in the orously supported the special treatr anything more than<the conclu­ sion that, because it lost, the 1956 bill, the NMU actively lobbied ment for US Lines. Seafarers who wish to collect vaca­ the North Atlantic run. Board ignored the record."—in Consequently, with the Banner for such preferential treatment for At the initial Banner Line sub­ tion pay at intervals of 90 days or more. This ineans, for example, sidy hearings in 1956, US Lines had the company and is still doing so.) Lines having succeeded in finan­ other words, there was no evi­ The passage of the 100 percent cing a new ship, the next step was dence to support the charges. that Seafarers' with six months' led the opposition even though it Now comes the NLRB ruling ceatlme can collect exactly half conceded that its passenger vessels ship mortgage in August, 1956, en­ the NMU's. Far from showing any the annual benefit, and are not did not provide service to Holland abled Banner Lines to bid for the interest in competing organization­ in the Banner Line case, and penalized because they did not put shd Belgium; This opposition was Badger Mariner for conversion Into ally for available Banner Line jobs, once again the finding is that passenger ship. The company's the NMU's first step was to fire off there is no evidence to support overruled, but the question of fi­ In a full year's work. bid was made on the assumption a telegram to AFL-CIO President the charge, just as the AFLnancing the service then became Other provisions of the memo­ that it would .get approximately 45 George Meaay, demanding that the CIO executive couucll found no randum of agreement call for an paramount. In June, 1956, the House Mer­ percent Government construction SIU withdraw its loan. The effect evidence to support NMU's additional five cents per man per day contribution to the Health and chant Marine Committee opened subsidy. But in December, 1956, of such withdrawal, of course, charges against SIU in that Administration would have been to bankrupt the area. Changes without evidence Safety Program, a five-cent daily hearinga.on a bill, which- was sub­ the' ' Maritime lopped 5.1 percent off the amount company, and wipe out the em- seem to be the NMU wav of life.' sequently, passed, for 100 percent contribution'to establish a standing (Cointihued on page 11) US mortgage' 'InBuranca on nev/ Banner Lines thought it would get (Continued On page' 10) ' New Wage Terms Win Approval in All Ports NMU's Wreck' Drive Failing ^^1 �T^$^ rw it'-"-. La. Labor Plans Storm Memorial LAKE CHABLES—Labor In this trea, under the sponsorship of the Central Trades Council, Is plan­ ning to erect a mmorlal to the unidentified dead of Hurricane Au­ drey which hit here June 27, 1957. Following the storm, SlU members from the Lake Charles and New Orleans halls along with other un­ ion men, helped to reconstruct five communities of Cameron Parish, Louisiana, after they had been obli­ terated by the hurricane. If plans go according to sched­ ule, the memorial will be dedicated on Juhe 27, 1959. The cost of about $1,000 will be home by all the labor unions In the area, Leroy Clarke, SIU agent, reports. Elsewhere on the labor front, the Plumbers and Fitters Union has signed a new contract which Includes a wage Increase and ad­ ditional fringe benefits. All but five of the big construction con­ tractors have been signed up, but all members are working. The Butchers Union has started an^organizlng drive for which it is get­ ting full labor support. Shipping picked up a little In this port, but it is far from boom­ ing with plenty of A and B men in all ratings and groups on the beach. The outlook for the next two weeks Isn't any better since the tankers are going into drydock for their annual overhaul. Calling into this area over the past two weeks were 11 ships; OS Baltimore (twice), Royal Oak, Brad­ ford Island, Bents Fort, Cantigny, Winter Hill, Royal Oak and Chiwawa (Cities Service); Del Monte (Mississippi); and the Petro Chem (Valentine). All ships were in good shape. p • -• I*-; Little Action For Tampa - TAMPA—Maybe it's the fault of the hurricane season, but ship­ ping is still in the doldrums, and there is no sign that it will im­ prove during the next two week period.There were no sign-ons or pay­ offs, but seven ships stopped in transit They were the Warrior and La Salle (Waterman), Del Monte and Del- Mundo (Missis­ sippi), the Gateway City and Ra­ phael Semmes (Pan-Atlantic i and the Alcoa Pioneer (Alcoa). Pick Up 'Shot' Card At Payoff 1l£s^ f^ iL 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 pay off at the end of a voyage. The card should be picked up by the Seafarer and held so that it can be presented when sign­ ing on for another voyage where the "shots" are required. The inoculation card is your only proof of having taken the re­ quired 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 tor anbther such voyage. SEAFARERS SEAFARERS ROTARY SRIPPINO ROARD From August 6 Through August 19, 1958 (Editor's note: Under the new reporUng system for SIU ship­ ping, the summaries below give the complete picture in each de­ partment by seniority class, |ob group and port, including the num­ ber of men remaining on the beach. Seafarers coming into port to register can pick their spots by cheeking the "registered on the beach" totals alongside the shipping totals for their department.) SIU shipping fell off a bit last period, but the drop was only in the deck and engine departments. Steward depart­ ment shipping was up. Total shipping for the two Weeks was 1,083. Registration during the period was 1,102, down for both class A and class B seniority men. However, by the end of the period, the total number of A men registered on the beach was up slightly. These figures combined to uphold the steady job ratio of one SIU man shipped for every 2.1 top seniority (class A) men registered on the beach. The ratio for class B by Itself is one man shipped for every 2.2 men on the beach. Both these figures are above the average for the past five months. Four ports rode out the slight decline in district-wide shipping to show increased activity during the last two weeks. These ports were Boston, Norfolk, Savannah and Lake Charles. In addition. New York and Houston remained the same as before: good. Philadelphia and Tampa stayed as is and continued slow. Besides these ports, Balti­ more, Mobile and New Orleans fell off slightly, and* the West Coast ports slowed up also. Of the three, San Francisco fell way off. The breakdown by seniority grbims shows xlass A men accounted for 64 percent of thr total Jobs shipped, while dass B men took 2ff percent of the Jobs and class C an even ten percent. The drop fof^ both B and C men was offset by a rise in the class A portion. These^ figures show that class A 'men have been taking roughly two but ofevery three Jobs diurlng a period and class'B^men better than one out d every four Jobs available. ' ^ In terms of the men pn the beach, seven ports—Boston, Norfolk, Savannah, Tampa, Lake Charles, Wilmington and Seattle—have 100 men or less on hand In all departments. Philadelphia is close behind with only 102. In the same fashion, Savannah, Tampa, Lake Charles and Wilmington have BO or less class A men on the beach, followed by Boston and Seattle with 51 and 52 respectively. These figures should always be watched as'a key to the Job potential in any port. The following is tiie forecast port b^ port: Boston: Fair . . .. New York: Good . . . Philadelphia: Fair , .7 Baltimore: Good and steady . . . Norfolk: Slow ... SavanBsh; Fair ^ . . Tampa: Quiet . . . Mobile: Good . . . New Orleans: Should be good ... . Lake Charles: Fair .,. Houston: Steady ... Wilmington: Fair .. ; San Franoiscp: Slow . • • Seattle: Fair. " : DECK DEPARTMENT X . Port Boston ........ New York Philadelphia ... Baltimore Norfolk Savannah ...... Tampa Mobile ........ New Orleans . .. Lake Charles . . Houston Wilmington San Francisco .. Seattle Registered Registered Shipped Shipped CLASS A CLASS B CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 3 1 3 S 1 S 1 1 2 2 2 2 7 2 2 2 9 2 2 1" 7 1 31 58 8 _ 5 12 18 41 7 16 — — 3 _ 7 1 7 2 1- — 36 10 4 > 9 22 6 7 8 14 24 10 4 3 12 5 1 1 _' 1 — 2 4 2 — — 1 2 —- — 1 2 3 2 2 — — — — 2 1 1 1 — — 2 — — 9 . 6 — — 8 1 2 5 1 6 2 3 15 4 5 12 20 3 22 __ 1 4 1 6 3 9 1 2 1 2 7 20 10 9 11 12 15 9 1 7 3 1 4 3 8 1 4 4 1 1 2 8 5 1 12 1 5 2 1 2 4 6 2 1 8 8 — — 5 1 1 2 4 - T Shipped CLASS C GROUP 3 1 2 1 8 7 2 — — _ 3 — - — — 1 — — a.. 1 7 — — 2 — _ — I — _ 1 —1 RegMered On The Beach TOTAL CLASS A SHIPPED CLASS B GROUP CLASS GROUP C AU 1 3 1 A B 2 2 2 13 9 10 1 17 2 4 1 5 1 66 24 17 107 103 178 55 2 25 80 12 1 — 8 — 13 14 1 1 19 100 23 6 40 19 3 62 13 40 9 ll 13 3 6 — 5 6 1 1 7 11 4' K 3 4 4 — 1 1 '6 ' 1 — 1 , 3 2 •— 2 8 3 7 18 26 35 5 ti 2 — 38 8 2 48 43 57 9 — ' 4 7 11 16 8 3 2 2 2 7 36 8 — 44 2? 38 5 18 13 13 7 1 21 6 11 — . — 2 4 9 6 1 • 16, 14 ir — 3 2 2 7 1 1 131 13 11 2 — 7 2 •— i ENGINE DEPARTMENT Port Boston New York Philadelphia ... Baltimore .' Norfolk Savannah Tampa Mobile New Orleans ... Lake Charles ,. Houston Wilmington .... San Francisco .. Seattle Registered CLASS A1 GROUP 3 1 2 3 6 12 42 — 4 2 8 31 12 13 1 1 — 6 —2 6 — 10 1 1 16 2 4 ,— 1 4 12 2 6 2 4 4 — 2 — 1 9 Registered Shipped Shipped Shipped TOTAL CLASS B CLASS A CLASS B CLASS C SHIPPED GROUP 1 2, __ 5 15 — 1 13 1 — 3 — — — 1 3 11 2 1 — 3 10 1 2 3 1 4 GROUP 2 3 3 1 3 5 1 41 7 6 12 — 8 1 12 1 27 5 2 3 — — — 11 1 _ 1 4 1 — .19 — — 18 4 5 6 3 1 3 2 7 3 22 2 — 3 n* — 1 1 3 — — 2 6 , — •MB GROUP 1 2 2 1 7 — — 11 1 — 3 — 1 . — 21 2 — 4 1 2 3 1 3 _ 1 — 3 3 5 1 12 1 2 2 3 7 2 ,— ^ CLASS GROUP B 2 8 A 1 6 5 S 9 60 13 ... 9 1 — 24 — 1 33 4 — 1 3 — ~ 12 — mmm 6 —1 . — 19 23 6 1 1 28 6 — ' 1 6 — 27 11 — — 7 8 ^ 2 "• 4 .... 8 — z s , —" •"— s •i*. Registered On The Beach C vAU — 11 87 14 — 10 58 1 8 1 15 — — 6 3 45 2 38 13 1 38 . 12 9 2 — 8 —• GLASS A CLASS B GROUP 3 1 2 9 — 1 45 165 24 19 ' 5 2 7 13 81 19 1 '2 .— 7. 1 8 — 1 17 42 2 5 21 40 6 — 3 18 1 6 3 12 2 6 -17 2 3 1 11 GROUP 1 2 3 5 1 1 10 39 23 2 1 25 22 1 •= 9 4 — — — 1 t — • .4 . 8 1 • -J* 9 — 6 7 16 10 2 4 4 3 "8 2 4 1 1 —1 .( STEWARD DEPARTMENT Port Boston ........ New York Philadelphia ... Baltimore Norfolk ....... Savannah Tampa Mobile New Orleans ... Lake Charles .. Houston Wilmington ,.v. San Francisco .. Seattle TnTAfC E wf Mfci# DECK ENGINE STEWARD GRAND TOTAL Shipped CLASS B GROUP 2 8 1 — 1 1 13 3 — 1 _ — 16 — 5' — 2 — — 2 4 1 2 — 14 14 _ ' — 11 _ — 6 1 — ' «— — 2 Shipped TOTAL SHIPPED CLASS C CLASS GROUP c 8 A B 1 2 1 2 2 1 -2 20 52 17 22 1 4 . 16 1 1 80 5 1 —* ~ ; 1 3 2 1 1 5 .— 8 2 — 7 18 8 10 — 15 _ ~ ' 5 42 14 5 3 5 >- 17 11 MM' " 6 1 1 9 >— 6 ' M 1 — — 2 1 1 7 Registered CLASS A GROUP 3 1 1 30 11 31 3 3 15 6 20 2 1 2 2 1 1 3 2 6 5 2 13 1 18 3 3 2 4 3 3 2 6 1 3 — 3 Registered CLASS B GROUP 3 2 1 2 1 7 3 1 _ 1 _ 1 15 2 .r-—- - 3 . 1 2 2 16 4 1 1 7 *2 1 1 ~1 4 1 Shipped CLASS A GROUP 3 1 2 " 1 21 .6 25 — . 1 3 3 14 ' 13 1 2 1 3 1 1 '_ 2 1 8 6 10 . 4 21 1 2 — 8 5 .4 1 4 4 1 1 8 5 2 .— Registered CLASS A GROUP 1 2 3 99 197 46 47 155 28 92 31 89 Registered CLASS B GROUP 8 1 2 20 39 60 23 57 39 11 6 83 Shipped TOTAL Shipped SMpiM ClASS C SHIPPED CLASS B CLASS A GROUP CLASS ^ • GROUP GROUP C 8 A B 2 8 1 2 3 1 2 1 11 16 263 90 36 1 70 147 46 13 - 29 48 9 39 40 5 4 15 228 104 24 1 49 155 , 24 25 6 78 8 32 196 90 52 ; 12 95 8 29 72 238 , 1 883 163 64 .102 162 191 MM 784 • •— MM • MM MM ' •• • ,r 818 >• - Reghfered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 3 1 All 1 2 2 8 2 1 4 8 ,-4 91 107 42 129 3 28 — . 5 9 6 14 2 47 ,52 15 27 1 7 81 9 9 6 3 I 3' 7 8 8 8 1 1 —• 8 5 8 -, —, 1 8 —- 12 "40 33 12 23 — 61 26 11 41 — 1 25 8 4 1 1 1 0 5 28 14 4 1 1 8 16 4 4 4 2 2 6 16 « 15 2 0 6 10 9 2 A •• • Registered C IB The Beach CLASS B : CLASS A GROUP ! GROUP 2 AU 1 2 8 1 9 90 121 389 307 618 115 16 356 121 454 63 18 127 91 338 306 106 272 19 127 91 68 687 284 112 jlOjBS 734 1078 440 49 '• ' / 831 165 44.- 74 160 28 a. , -A,4,1 A, 4 Aociut t9. IMI LOG 1083 A h: . A-;-;. •• •'.44 . - ?252 ^ 'L . - . /• .. -• 353 / �Aaraai 29,1968 SEAFARERS OuasHoni What It your Idoa of a good brookfost with which fo •fart fho day right? Alonco Bryant,^ eUef stoward: Most men, Including myself; eat a pig breakfast, so Is keep them hapt>y not holding miything back, for example, I gee to It that there 10 a choice "Of two cereals, two meats, two hot breads,, syrup or honey with hot cakes as well as the usual ^tems such as juice, potatoes and good coffee. Topped off by a good took, who could ask for more? i -s t Edwarf Heaeox, deeki .1 eat a hearty breakfast, usually pancakes when i 'come oil the 4 to 8 watch. Before going to work on deck in bad weather, though, I make it a point to have a bowl of hot 'cereal for the en* ergy and proteo* tion from the cold it provides. Also,^ke most seamen, I'm a heavy coffee drink­ er, so a cup of good, hot coffee is always welcome. ^ » * * J. Charon, steward depti Up to now, all the ships I've saiied on have had good food and I make the most of it. For, example, I start with juice, then cereal, eggs or French toast, sausage, , bacon or sweet buns with butter and jelly and a good cup of coffee. Even when rations are short, I manage to get a bal­ ance* but not fancy meal which 4 a> Jackson Fong, steward ntflity: satisfies me. I.shoot the works just like miost $ ^ i. guys. I don't / know why Frank Panette, wipen I'm not they're always different from most guys so I complaining, usually have the' though. The works. My ap­ food's about, the petite is' the best same as they get if I get up be­ at home. Most tween six and companies put seven o'clock, out the same and I go through menu so it's usu­ the juice, eggs ally juice, bacon and eggs, toast and cereal with or hot rolls with butter and jelly no trouble. An­ and good coffee that suits me fine. other, item to me Of course, some of it depends on which is very important Is fresh milk. ^e cook. Anthony Timas, deck] I hardly oat breakfast aboard ship, as a .,rrule. But It de­ pends^ on my mood. Some­ times, at home, I'll have the beef stew that I had the night before tor supper. But other times I can't stand - the sight of the stuff. Since beef stew isn't on the break­ fast menu aboard ship, if I'm hun­ gry, I settle for the bacon and eggs with all the trimmings. AFL-CIO Rules Against Pacts With Ousted Uiuons FOREST PARK, Pa.—The AFL-CIO has ordered its affili­ ated unions to end all dealings—formal and informal—on a national level with the expelled International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The ban, cover-> Ing agreements on joint organr izing, bargaining and other ac­ tivities, also applies'to other ex­ pelled unions. However, the Executive Council's decision left room for working day-to-day relationships on • local level. The council, by a 22-1 vote, made clear that the directive would ap­ ply to both existing alliances and agreements and to new alliances, including a proposed Conference on Transportation Unity jcoverlng -teamsters, sdamen, longshoremen and other transport workers. The sole -dissenting vote was cast by KMU President Joseph Curran, a co-sponsor of the CTU. "Obviously," the Council said,, "there are situations which arisein the day-to-day relationships be­ tween various workers which would call for understanding and cooperation based on elementary trade union principles between these workers at the local level. The Executive Council of the AFLCIO has no desire to interfere with such relationships or under­ standings." However, the Council-nikde it l.'i' «Ieprl^b.at "«hy euienc* or agpOft- ment, formal or Informal, between an affUiate of the AFL-CIO and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters be cancelled." In other actions, the Council criticized Secretary of Labor James Mitchell and the Eisenhower Ad­ ministration for contributing to the defeat of the Kennedy-Ives bill to amend the Taft-Hartley law. LOG Revive Tjalk of Conffols On Maritime Bargaining WASHINGTON—Renewed talk of some form of Government limits on collective bargain­ ing in maritime has emerged as a result of the annual meeting of subsidized steamship op­ erators with the Maritime Administration on August 12. Maritime Administrator Clarence Morse indicated that the Board would lijke to see imified bar­ likely prove controversial would negotiate independently of these gaining by all subsidized call for over-all uniformity in agencies. steamship operators through a com­ negotiation on the management There would most certainly be mon shipowner group, uniform con­ side with one group representing objections both on the part of tract termination dates and pos­ all subsidized operators. shipowners and unions if one sibly soma control over manning At present. Pacific Coast opera­ agency such as the AMMI were scales, L tors negotiate through the Pacific given exclusive authority over all The procedures outlined by Maritime Association, and most collective bargaining on the ship­ Morse parallel in part proposals East Coast subsidized operators owners side. The last issue of the first put forth in^lDSS' by Rep. thtough the American Merchant SEAFARERS LOG outlined the Herbert Bonner (Dem.-NC), chrlr- Marine Institute. SIU A&G-con- SIU's criticism of the A^BJI ai man of the House Merchant tracted operators, including three being opposed to the basic inter­ Marine Committee. At that time. existing subsidized companies. ests of American-flag shipping. Bonnes proposed that a ceiling be set on wages, manning and fringe benefits. He subsequently made efforts to secure conunon expira­ tion dates on all maritime con­ tracts. The SIU and other SIU of NA WASHINGTON—A bill authorizing certain foreign-owned affiliates at the time objected vigorously to the proposals as in­ companies to carry their own cargoes in the US coastwise volving limitations on their rights trade has been passed by Congress. Passage of the measure to bargain for their membership. sets a precedent for large- • The tentative proposals by scale domestic operations by loiew of no other US industry ex­ Morse, while milder in form, cept shipping that restricted alien would appear to meet with the foreign companies and a pos­ ownership of stock. He suggested same kind of objections. For ex­ sible boost in job opportunities for that this policy should be reversed. ample, on manning scales, the US seamen. Morse proposed that aliens be Maritime Administrator indicated permitted to buy into "all but the The bill applies specifically to he would like to establish a basic the Bowater Southern Paper subsidized lines. To assure Gov­ scale for various ship types, after Corp. and the Shell Oil Company, ernment control of their vessels, which the operators would have which had sought permission to he suggested that the ships should to justify employment of men in carry paper and oil in barges and be manned by American crews and excess of the scale. This, in turn, other small coastal vessels manned officers and the directors of the would affect the union's right to by US crews. Shell's parent com­ operating companies should be negotiate on manning. pany is Royal Dutch-Shell, the American citizens. He said the Other proposals that would most biggest corporation in existence new policy should apply to all ship|ping, domestic or in-, the outside the United States. The measure may pave the way foreign trades. for open operation of the SIUcontracted Victory Carriers fleet CG Moves by Aristotle Onassis, Greek ship­ ping magnate. It might also en­ The Coast Guard has an­ courage other foreign companies nounced that its Certificating with American plants and opera­ Unit willimove fr^m its present WASHINGTON- -A new type of tions to carry their own cargoes in location. Pier 9, East River, NY, to 21 Trinity Place (near Rector bond issue, US Government-in­ the coastwise ti^de. Proposals to encourage foreign St.) on or about August 16. The sured merchant marine'bonds, will be available for public sale shortly. investment in US shipping was telephone number will be Shipowners building new vessels supported earlier by Maritime Ad­ WHitehall 3-8000, extensions with Government-insured mort­ ministrator Clarence F. Morse. In 108, 109 and 110. gages will be issuing the bonds as House testimony, Morse said he a means of financing new ship con­ struction. 294 New Ships It's expected over the next IS years existing subsidized com­ panies are obligated to replace 294 ships at a total cost of more than $314 billion. These figw-es (This column is intended to acquaint Seafarers with important could go higher if subsidies are provisions of the SIU contract and will deal with disposition of approved for Waterman, Isthmian and other bidders who are now various contract disputes and interpretations of the agreement. If Seafarers have any questions about any section of the agreement which unsubsidized. they would like to have clarified,: send them in to the editor of the The Government Insurance will, SEAFARERS LOG). in effect, guarantee the bond-hold­ ers against default, and conse­ Article V, Section 3(c). In port of payoff, all work performed by quently, it is expected that the the steward department between the hours of 5 PM and 8 AM. Monday bonds will have a ready market through Friday, shall be paid for at the overtime rate. The spread of particularly in investments by pen­ hours shall be as provided in this agreement. sion and welfare funds and other L L L QUESTION: If, due to unforeseen circumstances, a crew is paid oH trusts. In a port other than the one intended by the company, are the membera of the steward department entitled to overtime for work done between S PM and 8 AM while the ship was tied up in that port? Two Foreign Co's Get Right To Operate In US Waters ::-i\ Gov't To Back M'time Bonds PORTO'CALL 675--,4mEAv9SMCF *12/6 e.BM3U«aeE BAin/zwioce \ • . v- JUL , !• Pare FIv« n"' v'-f KNOWING YOUR SIU CONTRACT The SlU-manned Arlyn left Philadelphia recently bound for Puerto Rico for the purpose of taking on a sugar cargo. While in Puerto Rico, the ship fan aground. After refloating, the vessel was laid up in a Puerto Rican shipyard for repairs and the crew was kept on for about twenty days, when the company decided to pay them off. After doing so, they provided the crew with transportation back to Philadelphia, according to the provisions of the contract. However, the members of the steward department were not paid overtime, according to Section 3(c) of the contract, for the twenty days they were held aboard ship in Puerto Rico. The company held that the intended port of payoff was Philadelphia, and since only the unforeseen emergency made IJie payoff in Puerto Rico necessary, the men had no overtime coming. The Union argued that sinfce the company did, in fact, pay off in Puerto Rico whether it intended to or not. Section 3(c) applied, and consequently, the Arlyn's steward gang was entitled to overtime for the lime that the ship was tied up. The company has* honored the Union's intention with the result that the men involved aUtuild he reoeiving their overtime checks, sotpv i V- 'M m — '• ^i-JJ • V:0i| . jj �w SEAFARERS Pare Six NY Shipping Steady; Cains Please Crews NEW YORK—the number of ships calling ,at thus port dropped off after the previous week's rush of 50 vessels, but there was still plenty of action for the men on the beach who were looking to ship out.* In fact, the port shipped a to­ for cla~ss A men who want to ship tal of 285 jobs, exactly one job in a hurry. SIU Assistant Secretary-Treas­ more than the previous two-week period. Of these, 111 went class B urer Bill Hall reported a total of and C men, so.'there Is no problem 16 payoffs, four slgn-ons on foreign articles and 24 l.i-transit vessels liiaking 44 ships serviced In all. The one sour note was the lay-up of three Bull Line ships, the- Hil­ ton, Ines and Angelina. However, he reports, shipping should continue to hold up for the coming two weeks." Crews on ships comlpg Into the port were reported as being wellA new joint East Coast to Far pleased with the terms of the new East service will be opened by SIU agreement and looking for­ Matson Navigation and the SIU- ward to the wage and vacation pay contracted Isthmian Lines, Inc. Increases that resulted from the The new combined service will negotiations. They are ready to be under the operation of Matson give full backing to Union efforts Orient Line, which has applied for to wrap up job security provisions an operating differential subsidy and other Important clauses still on the trade route. under negotiation. For the time being, three Isth­ The 16 ships paying off Included mian ships and three Matson ves­ the Elizabeth, Suzanne, Beatrice, sels are scheduled for the run. Frances and Hilton (Bull); Alcoa Tiie Isthmian C-3s are the Steel Pennant and Alcoa Runner (Alcoa); A^'chitect, Steel Maker and Steel Steel Fabricator, Steel Worker and Executive. However, If an operat­ Steel Designer (Isthmian); Seaing differential subsidy agreement train Texas (Seatrain); Azalea City is reached, the company proposes (Pan Atlantic); Robin Sherwood to,offer 20 to 26 sailings a year (Robin); La Salle (Waterman); and may purchase additional ton­ Charles Dunaif (Colonial) and nage in the opten market as well Bents Fort (Cities Service). as contracting for the construction Sign ons were the Steel Fabrica­ of new vessels. tor, Steel Worker, Robin Sherwood The trade route would Involve and Andrew Jacksoi\ (Waterman). the entire Atlantic East Coast and In-transit ships included the ports In the Philippines, Formosa, Seatralns New Jersey, Georgia, Japan, Korea and elsewhere In thfr Savannah, New York and Louisi­ Far East. ana; Steel Architect, Steel Age, Steel Traveler and Steel Worker (Isthmian); Azalea City, Bienville, Gateway City, Raphael Semmes, Fairland and Beauregard" (Pan At­ lantic); Angelina and Ines (Bull); Alamar (Calmar) Robin Hood (Robin); Andrew Jackson, and Wacosta (Waterman); Alcoa Polaris (Alcoa); The CaWns (Texas City Refining), and Val Chem (Heron). Isthmian On New Service To Far East :.".v J.-* •• Aocut is, »n. LOG Seafarers In Action IM MRViai WNm UNITED STATES SHIPPINO lOAIID The new erew on the Seatrain Texas-which recently came out of lay-up, voted Its .thanks to the foi> mer gang on the Texas for leaving their television set aboard. "It's a swell television and we are get­ ting much enter­ tainment out of it," Charles LgLaResa Rosa, chalrmaiv said. to CUsfbtr.' M AM*. Rntr. Z MO«ie«r DmkCmitU MOMk l>«k ¥ CU. lUdUO^.! _L eurfOMk . ...L ttCMk ./i^ ^ I Wsf TPidMs It •± Sample of what the "good old days" wore like Is provided by this US Shipping Board order for men needed by the bS Kishacouquillas on a trip from Dupont, NJ, to Cuba in 1934. The going scale for ABs was $45, and the high man here is the 2nd cook and baker at $70 per month. The documen| was submitted by o Philadelphia brother. Phila. Thinks Back To Pre-Union Days PHILADELPHIA—News of the new wage and overtime increases in the SIU contract brought out some nostalgic me­ mories in oldtimers in this port, Port Agent Steve Cardullo noted.. "The oldtimers around here can recall very well that about equaling the number of reg­ roughly 20 to 25 years ago jobs istrants. were at a premium with ABs draw­ Next to the terms of the newlying the large sum of $45 or $50 s negotiated contract, the favorite month and the firemen and oilers topic of the men on the beach here making the same rate of pay with Is the outlook on the new SIU hall no overtime. This on top of the which Is coniing in this port. The deplorable conditions that existed new hall will be located at 2602 in those days." South Fourth Street and will offer On the shipping /side, the port ample facilities for shipping, re­ has continued to hold Its <own, creation and parking, as well as Cardullo reported, with the num­ easy access |o major dock areas ber of replacements' called just on the Delaware River. Withont a beef or even an hour of overtime to argue about, the crew of the Bradford Island (Cities Service) spent m o 81 of their time at the last meeting discus­ sing cbntract rules and hiring procedures, An­ thony Melanson, meeting secre­ tary, reported. Melanson, who is Melanson also ship's dele­ gate, contributed a talk on ship­ board safety as part of the SlU's Industry-wide safety program. $ 4 Most parents have given up try­ ing to drag their children mvay. irom the TV set at meal time. They just bring the food to the kids. Although the ar­ rangement Is a bit different on board the Val Chem with the set located right in the mess room, the crewmembers voted at their last Harris meeting to have the set turned off during meal hours in order to give full atten­ tion to 2nd cook Lowell Haivls' fine culinary talents. I I Watch the Gangway IV^' • v'> m . '=-^'• ,y •• •- •; V Gangway' watch in port is never something to be considered lightly, however- routine the job may seem. It's not enough just to keep an eye out for who's coming aboard or going ashore, or to keep undesirable or unauthorized persons away from the ship. The job is much more than that, as many a man who's token a liasty tumble from 0 badly-rigged or unsafe gangway can testify. -/• •/ , - J' ••'f- .. 5'.- /.''-A ,3- ,v I I I Anm m imAk'i if W i is a Safe 1*".-ii " The duties of the gangway watchmpn call for him To keep a sharp eye at all times on whether the rigging is secure, the lines are fast and all the steps and treads ore in good condition and where they're supposed to be. The shipmate toting a heavy or outsize parcel piso should be cautioned as he hurriedly heads for shore since his mind invariably is on where he's going and not where he's coming from. The gangway man has to be traffic cop, safety man and security watch all rolled into one, for the safety of the ship and the entire crew. I ,L 1- .A. W V, r-.g . . . -f. �iaitmi»,wt» SEAFAK)ikB~ t Faff* jBerea TOm iKHMR'S WORTH T'H Law Changes Dead; Seafarer's Guide To ^tter Buying Welfare Fund Bill Passes fitf Sidnev Margoliua How Some Salesmen Get By I ^. V WASHINGltJN—Opposition by the Natidnal Association of Manufacturers and other business interests toward any disclosure of th^ "labor relations" operations has helped kill the Kennedy-Ives amendments to the Taft-Hartley law. The Kennedy-Ives bill, which had passed the Senate as. a labor ^ reform bill with the qualified operations of any welfare iflan. ment from being included under Such reports are already made the legislation. The measure had support of the AFL-CIO, was defeated in the House by 198-190. iby the Seafarers Welfare Plan to the support of organized labor However, another measure, th* the New York State Department which was critical of the NAM and bill establishing Federal controls of Insurance under state legisla- other business groups for seeking special exemption from regulation over welfare plans, whether oper­ tlod which took 'effect last year. Business groups had fought so , that they could run their plans ated in part by unions or other­ wise, has passed Congress over the tooth and nail to exempt plans as they pleased without super­ financed apd operated by manage­ vision. opposition of the NAM. The death of the Kennedy-Ives bill was assailed by the AFL-CIO Beating The Heat in Abadan Executive Council in a statement which apportioned the blame on the NAM, and the White House, as well as on John L. Lewis and the leadership of the Teamsters Union. The statement said that the bill was a much needed reform measure despite its imperfections. The AFL-CIO said that the NAM ". . . evidently found un­ acceptable even the slightest regu­ lation of management . . . wrong­ doing in the labor-management field." This view was substantiated by Senator Irving Ives (Rep.-NY). a sponsor of the bill, who said that the House had been misled by "false. propaganda from the Na­ tional Association of Manufactur­ ers, the United States Chamber of Commerce, "^he American Retail Federation, the Teamsters and the United Mine Workers.' One major reason for business opposition to. the bill was a provi­ Ocean Dlnny crewmembers (I to r) Santos Reyes, 3rd cook; George sion calling for business to report Bowden, AS and J. W. AHen, AB, watch shipmates cooling off in expenditures designed to Influence teamen's dub poo! in Abadan, Iran. employees. This would have brought out into the open heavy business spending #n union-bust­ ing operations and for so-called labor consultant"-set-ups such as the Sheffeiman flrm created by Sears, Roebuck to break-up union organizing campaigns. Another provision disliked- by the NAM A National Labor Belktloiis ly the union had won an NLRB would have given economic strikers Board examiner has upset a la^r election at the plant. the right to vote in a collective agreement" between the assistimt t t t " bargaining election, eliminating district attorney of Rensselaer A weekly 15-mlnute television County, New York, and ihe Grand what unions ,regard as one of the series is now being produced by nrnst vicious features of the Taft- Union Company. The attorney, the AFL-CIO to be offered for use Robert E. Gray, said he had been Hartley law. designated as tha bargaining agent by local television stations around Other provisions' of the measure for the country. The series will con­ some 200 employees who were sist would have called for secret ballot forced of film presentations under the to pay him duel or lose elections in unions, union reports their jobs. The NLRB examiner title "Americans at Work" and will on finances to IJie Secretary of show American workers on the job Labor and limited the terms of declared that the attorney was not in various Industries. The first films a "labor organization" and oidered will be available around Novem­ union officers. The welfare plan measure pretty the payments returned by the com- ber 1. much parallels legislation now pany^ t t 4" » » » existing in New York State. It calls on all welfare plans, whether run Runaways are causlnff trouble In General Eleetrle and Westingby employers, unions or union- the motion picture industiy as well house, the two giants of the elec­ employer groups jointly, to file as in maritime. The 44th conven­ trical equipment industry, are now financial reports with the Secre­ tion of the Theatrical Stage Em­ In talks with the International Un­ tary of Labor, effective January 1. ployees Union has gone en,rec­ ion of Electrical Workers over job •The Labor Department will supply ord as strongly opposed to the security provisions. The security standard forms for this purpose practice of making motion pictures Items are the sole topics for dis­ requiring detailed reporting of the abroad as a devtce for escaping cussion permitted in this year's reopener of the five year agreement. US taxes and wages. Union demands include provisions ' it. • • for severance pay, guaranteed an­ Money Exchange A similar sort of problem is be­ nual, wage, seniority rights where Bates Listed ing faced by the International Ty­ piapts. are shifted, a shorter work • The following is the latest pographical Union, ^ti lOOth con­ week and elimination of area dif­ Available listing of free ex­ vention in San Francisco last week ferentials. change rates for foreign cur­ heard that the University of CaUrencies. Listings are as of fomia is having a mathematics August 28, 1958 and are subjournal publishedln Japan because - Ject ta change without notice. of cheaper printing costs. ITU rep­ EnxUnd. New Zealand. SonUi Africa: resentatives protested the. action . sa.SO per pound iterllns. by the tax-supported institution. When families are limited in their purchases by high prices , and unemployment, and selling-competition'is< keen, sellers resort to all kihds of hoaxes to jnake prices seem low. One of the most widespread tricks of the day is the fake list price. Here the wholesalers and retailers often connive to put indate'd price • .tags on goods so the actual price asked by the store seems like a bargain. Another trick now being used in the appliance trade as in the auto business, is exaggerated trade-in allowances. Dealers often add the trade-in allowances to the price of the appliance, or^charge extra for otherwise free services as delivery and installation. The trade-in prob­ lem is complicated by the fact that unlike used cars, second-hand appliances haVe little resale value with the possible exception of t^evision sets.r A leading trade paper in the ain>liaace business, "Home Furnishings Daily," has Just pubiished a series of frank articles by an appliance salesman exposing the tricks he and other sellers use. The revelations may make your plood boil, but a so will serve" to warn you agahist these practices. Worthless *FreeV Gifts One of the tricks used to close a sale is the "free gift.*,' The salesman points "impulsively" to a table lamp landing on one of the TV sets and says, "Give me the order now and you can have that lamp free. I'll make it up with the manager.". Actually, the trade paper reveals, the lamps are spotted around the store for exactly that purpose, and are worth all of 89 cents. Other cheap items often used to close sales are water pitchers. Inexpensive television tables and salt-and-pepper sets. With the public conditioned to expect price increases, the threat of "a price rise tomorrow" is another device for pressuring a hesitant customer. The salesman even may produce a sheaf of news clippings and manufacttu:ers' bulletins announcing impending rises. But the announcements are undated and may be years., old, the trade paper reveals. J ^ When you walk in off the street and ask the price of a particular model and brand, the-salesraan generally realises you have shopped several stores. Hence he may quote a very low price. But he will disparage the make you are shopping and-try to switch you to another. If it's an automatic washer, he may pull out a rusty filter, or show you a letter of complaint about excesrtve vibration from another buyer. In the case of a refrigerator, he may say that a particular make with a magnetic door closure loses its ability to grip after a year, or pull on a gasket until it stretches. With TV sets, one device is to keep a wellknown brand on th» floor oh a bad hook-iip, show you the poor recep­ tion, and attempt a switch to a more profitable set. But trade-ins are a genuine problem. None of us likes to throw out a refrigerator, washer, range or TV set that still seems to have some life. The fact is, used appliances are hard to sell in the second-hand market. TV se^ do have soqie resale value if the cabinet is in good condition. But here too, the new portable TV sets have reduced the 'demand for used consoles. One technique used by appliance stores to solve the trade-in dilemma Is to offer no more than $10 or $16, and then try to get the allowance back by making a service and delivery charge. Or^tf-you initially hinted ' that you have a trade-in, the store simply may quote a higher price. Since dealers sometimes merely junk traded-in appliances, you often can get much the same price with or without a trade-in. Your best bet is to sell your old appliance yourself, either to a private party or a second-hand dealer, and then shop for the lowest price without a trade-in. A used refrigerator or washer in good c'bnditioo- may be worth $15-^25 to a second-hand dealer. Or-if you give the appliance to one of the charitable organizations that renovates and re-sells used goods, you at least can take a tax deduction for the organization's appraisal of the market value. "Home Furnishings Daily" reveals that salesmen also mislead cus­ tomers about finance charges. A customer buys a washer and refrigeraator for $390, and pays $50 down. The balance is to be paid over 24 months. If the customer asks what the finance charge is, the salesman \does some quick figuring, then replies, "Two dollars and change a month." He.avoids saying that the total finance charge will be gSSf or that the stated interest rate is ten per cent a year, which is actually a true rate of about 20 per cent' on an installment debt. If the ^stomer insists on knowing the interest rate, rather than tell him ten per cent a year, the salesman says it's less than one per cent a month. Here the salesinkn is actually giving incorrect informa­ tion, although perhaps not ddiiberately. The rate would be under one per cent a month only if this charge were figimed on the impaid balance. Hut since the ten per cent la CaSplated on the original debt, and the customer really owes, during ^^e Ufe of the debt, an average of about half the original amount, the tine interest rate is approximately double. It's worth knowing the ways shady appliance stores try to tack on ejEtra charges. On TV, for example, if a customer has forced the sales­ man to cut his price by $20, he will counter by charging $19.95 for the manufacturer's warranty, or $4.95^ for the rabbit-ear antenna which the Auetrallai SS.SS per pound aterlins. fftore normally may give free, or $10 for a swivel base which costs the • * » BelatuBti 80 franca to the doUar. sti^re only a couple of <dpl!w isnd often is throwU in with a sale. Uenmaik: U.SS cents per krone. • The first breakthreuffh in the France- dSfit franca to the doUar. J', ' Concealed Charges '' ^ ~ ' southern hat industry has been Germany: -t marks to the dollar. jbu washing machines, the concealed charge ma^ be an extra fee for HoUandi 8.7-3.8 suUdera to the scored by the Hhtr Cap and Mildollar. ptais warranty, service and normal installation. Tlds; of course, is linnery Workers Union with the Italy: 634 lire to tJie dollar. supplied by the manufacturer and is already included in the price the signing of the Teim-MiUw Com­ Norway: 14 eeats per Juvue. • retailer paid for the machine. With ranges, the usual inslalialion charge pany of-Corsicana, Texas. The con­ Spain; SO pesetas per dollar. by the store is $5. In turn it pays $3 to the plumber. But if the store cern Is the countiT's fifth largest, Sweden: 10.33 cents per krone. wants to conceal an extra fee, it may charge $10 to.$15. supplying the Adams Hat chain. India: 31 cents per rupee. Another potential concealed extra charge is a credit-inyestigation fee The agreement provides a abc-cent Pakistan: 81 cents per jnipeo. Arfentlna: 40 pesos to the dollar. of $5. To prove his slncertty, the salesman offers to refund this fee if hourly increase, five paid holidays, -Braall; .008 cents per cruzeiro. . the application doesn't pass. This "sounds like a sporting proposition," Pjsid vacations, cost of .llvi|if Vrusnay: 14 cents per peso. hijit "the bank will pass, anyone whose pulse still can be detecteti.. » ^^Veneiuclai nuses and overtime payments as 88.ae^ew^ ^var. and thk hank does-h<rt.oh*r^ -for -aiv lnvefdlgaHeis.« • - • - - - • • - - - • W41I as welfare benefits.' Fir^isus-* SF Reports Dull Outlook SAN FRANCISCO—Without a payoff scheduled for the next two : weeks, Marty Briethoff, SIU port agent, reports that shipping here ^ is at a "standstilL" There were no "payoffs during the last two week period, but there was one sign-on, Uie Maiden Creek (Waterman). . , Stopping in transit' were the J. H. Wateima,n anfi..Afi>mt^a (wa- ; terman), %e Steel Admiral, (Irth^ j mfah'l'and l&e Losmim'((^linarii • "' •M -ll i\ "•rsl - .^^1 J| :s\ /'il �%' • •?. •'^ -: '*'V, ..-V Ta««lli»l 'C'" -;.••' .* •^-- •. • ' T' ••V "X -f • i V:< ^Atinift'MiatM ^SEAFARWKS^ ihc ••- UNIONS \. tKWi lh« itxrii«)! a i«r^ en American;'{-\^y%^ In Irade untont'fe app^or ai In the SEA.. FARERS LOO. The MFIM It pretenf. fng a^ett-teetlon el American unions, ' their members and alms. X> ' of AMERICA -1 Air Line Pilots Association . ii ii" :'• Typical professional airman, TWA Captain Roger D. Rae, veteran pilot and former AL^A treasurer, is pictured in cockpit. i I^LAGUED like everyone else by 1^the depression, seven veteran . pilots whose flights happened to put them in Chicago one night conceived what became the Air Line Pilots Association in 1931. Part of a yoimg, hazardous indus­ try, they had neither fmancial security nor any safeguards for life and limb. . Recognizing that gains for its members hinged on the safety of air travel and technological ad­ vances, ALPA quickly made its voice heard in Washington. Its ef­ forts are largely responsible for Federal laws, safety codes and practices that have helped make air travel commonplace. The union's motto "Schedule with Safety" shows its concern in this area. The first real protection for pilots came in Decision 83 by the Na­ tional Labor Board in 1934, which fixed an 85-hour monthly flight time limit, set the base for. pay rates and avoided a major strike. » US cancellation of private air mail contracts, when for a time the Army flew , the mail, produced another crisis. But a series of ^ -- •sjXnf'H - , ^ |^ The Air Line Pilots Assocloflen was informally organized 28 years ago by seven men meeting secretly in a Chicago hotel room. Since then, its growth has paralfeled world progress in civil aviation. ALPA today has 15,000 members employed by regularly.schednled American lines. They are divided into five geographical regions composed of 142 local councils based here and overseas, plus a master council for each of the S2 carriers under contract. Clarence N. Soyen, a former pilot for Branlff Airways, has been ALPA president since 1951. Union headquarters are In an ALPA-owned building at 55th Street & Cicero Avenue, Chicago,'111., adioeenf to Chicago's Midway Airport. It publishes a monthly magazine, "The Air Line Pilot." 5¥^' • • J:: I J , ;j:-• -- Eastern airliner-on night flight comes into Newark Airport, Newark, NJ, aided fey centerline • <iUnl®lwnaiataii»S«ui'Engineeping and< Air Safety Department, has piop?erj^ TOa3<>E f(^^^ in the industry;, 5 X disastrous accidents brought thu return of private contracts, helping to stabilize the infant industry. ALPA's first formal contract was signed with American Airlines in 1939 and has been followed by vast improvements in conditions. Air­ line. pilots today are highly-paid professionals. ALPA's greatest growth, like the industry's, came after World War H showed how air power had shrunk the world. Its members were the backbone of the famed Air Trans­ port Command when war broke out in 1941. ' Now the union has full-time Washington representation, a head­ quarters in Chicago and regional offices in New York, Miami and Los Angeles. It has its own credit union and insurance plans that provide substantial income even for members who lose their li­ censes. Its engineering* and Air Safety Department is top-notch. Chartered by the AFL in 1931, ALPA is also,part of the ITF, and its current president, Clarence N. Sayen, has h^ded the world pilots organization Since 1952. �iiAatrntU. 19<S SEAFARERS LOG \ \ ;; 'V -s Master executive^ council for American Airlines crewmen in yi cities ineets at ALPA home office in ChicagA Sixth annual air safety forum at Chicago this March brought airline safety experts together under union sponsorship. Abuses arising from early air mail flights in 1930-vintage crates like this helped spur growth of pilots union. Detailed realism of Unfted's DC-6B electronic flight simulator enables observer to check out "flying" technique of crew. ^ "Middle ground" in airliner development,- twin-engine ship has largely given way to four-engine jobs, faces jet (below) next. "-3 I "'.'•if ,.Jj ' a; " s; ^^smi v:r US cpinmercial jet, Boeing 7:07 will be in service this falh Adi^^f^%«yances in p^«»e,d^ign adi^td. problems on flightfcdeck.or:->a^i^}<£^i«e« 'vV •'.••. tt.k... T-.v, David Behncke (front), with Ethel Dare In 1922, iT, CT founders and president frona 1931 tp 1951, 4 > 1u: v, » : ^« s �-,-••4 SEAFARERS Paa* TMI 'Wreck' Law Brings Back Speed-Up Days What life is like under "right-to-work" laws was presented by a letter-writer to the "Indianapolis Star'' on August 14. Mrs. Patricia Bolen, whose husband is a carpenter, described the legislation as a "right-towork - a - man - to-death" law see that the company provided which has resulted in bring­ fresh drinking water, tojlet facili­ ing back all the old evils of speed­ up and total insecurity on the fob which unions have fought, for so many years. * In Indiana, a "right-to-work" law was passed in March, 1957, and was permitted to become law by Governor Harold Handley, who said he opposed the measure but refused to veto it Seafarer Eugene A. Stanton, himself a carpenter, sent in the item, which reads in part as fol­ lows: "As a ilfe-Iong Republican . , . I pooh-poohed when the right-towork law was first called a 'mankiller.' But it is—^the man I love is being killed by it He is a car­ penter. a strong, capable, hard­ working man, capable of doing three men's work, which he does, thereby keeping his Job—^luckier than most carpenters these days. "He retains his job by doing man-kllllng work, but the rest of his crew is fired each Friday. A fresh group is bronght in on Mon­ day; fresh, like horses. "There is no longer a union steward whose job it used to be to 1^*' ties, a place to change and keep dry clothes, safety precautions among many other nwessities. So my man comes home^ each day, thirsty' (for lack of water), consti­ pated (for lack of a toilet), soaking wet. (for lack of g change of clothes), alive (by accident) and heartsick because the eager, hard­ working family men on the Job are being laid off because they can't double or triple their output. "As a schoolteairher, I have lis­ tened to older teachers talk of days when, to acQuire a Job, one had to attend the trustee's church, buy from his store, vote his politics, make large contributions, conform to all his beliefs, grovel in the dust, beg for a Job and then be dismissed without notice for rep­ rimanding his child. Could we teachers go back to that in one day? Labor did. "I address this to other teachers, office workers, business people and others who may not have a chance to know first-hand lyhat the 'Handley law' really is—a 'rightto-work-a-man-to-death' law. 1 plead for repeal" New Passenger Ship Wage Seale* DECK DEPARTMENT New Old: New ' OverRaUng " Scale Increase Scale time Bosun $504.19 $40.34 $544.53 $2.23 Bo.sun'a Mate 396.77 31.74 428.51 2.23 Carpenter . 422.51 33.80 456.31 2.23 Deck Storekeeper 375.42 30.^3 ' 405.45 2.18 Watchman 836.73 26.94 363.67 2.18 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Chief Electrician (Del Mar) . 576.72 46.14 622.86 2.28 2nd Electrician (Del Mar) .. 498.11 39.85 537.96 2.23 3rd Electrician (Del Mar) .. 447.54 35.80 483.34 2.23 Chief Electrician (Alcoa) ... 534.70 42.78 577.48 2.23 STEWAltD DEPARTMENT Chief Steward ............ 577.35 46.19 623.54 2.23 2nd Steward 405.89 32.47 438.36 2.23 Headwaiter 362.04 - 28.96 391.00 2.18 Sipoking Room Steward, i... 259.52 20.76 28Q.28 1.70 Bartender 297.72 23.82 321.54" 1.70 Deck Steward 259.52 20.76 280.28 1.70 Linenkeeper 267.17 21.37 288^54 1.70 Storekeeper T 363.95 29.12 393.07^ 2.18 Chief-Stewardess 297.72 23.82 321.54 1.70 Stewardess ....*:. ..... 259.52 20.76 280.28 1.70 Chief Cook 497.97 39.84 537.81 2.23 2nd Cook 425.72 34.06 459.78 2.23 3rd Cook 394.75 31.58 426.33 2.23 4th Cook ;.... 340.58 27.25 ^ 367.83 2.18 Larder Cook 425.72 34.06 459.78 2.23 Ch-ew Cook 404.89 32.39 437.28 2.23 Butcher 438.83 35.11 473.94 2.23 Chief Baker 486.06 , 38.88 524.94 2.23 2nd Baker 420.57 33.65 454.22 2.23 Chief Pantryman 386.82 30.95 417.77 2.23 2hd Pantryman 332.47 26.60 359.07 2.18 Night Pantryman 282.44 22.60 305.04 1.70 Night Steward ........ 259.52 20.76 280.28 1,70 Bedroom Steward 259.52 20.76 280.28 1.70 Bath Steward 259.52 20.76 280.28 1.70 Officers' Bedroom Steward . 259.52 20.76 280.28 1.70 Waiter 259.52 20.76 280.28 L70 Saloon Porter .............. 264.12 21.13 285.25 1.70 Night Portet .......... 264.12 21.13 285.25 1.70 Messman .. .......... 259.52 20.76 280.28 1.70 Steward Utility ........... 259.52 20.76 280.28 1.70 Assistant-Cook 332.47 26.60 359.07 2.18 Dishwasher 259.52 20.76 280.28 1.70 POtwasher 259.52 20.76 280.28 1.70 Assistant Pantryman 282.44 22.60 305.04 1.70 Assistant Baker 259.52 20.76 280.28 1.70 Rellman •...•• 25d.52 20.76 280.28 1.70 Gloryhole Steward ^ 259.52 20.78 280.28 1.70 Night Cook 405.89 32.47 438.36 2.23 Galley UUlitiy 259.52 20.76 280.28 1.70 Saloon Steward 274.81 21.98 296.79 1.70 Printer-Porter ....i....... .' 264.12 21.13 1,70 Porter ..; ....^.'...7... 264.12 21.13 285.25 1.70 "'.gundrypaaii 282.44 22.60 305.04 l!70 .•.Wlien Uie resjpectiye ratings are carried. Ratings not listed .V follow the standard- dry cargo'wage scale. • - ' " •' J-- • '•• i®;.' 1::-; ;• M.'iiii^ LO€ Get Poilo Shots, PHS Urges Tha Publln Healtb Servie* urges Seajfarers who have not already done so to get their polio shots ai soon as pcssible. The shots can be gotten at any PHS hospital without charge. Plenty of vaccine is available so there Is no delay in the admin­ istering of the shots. The few minutes a Seafarer takes to In­ sure himself against the erl^ pling disease by getting the shots are well worth the saving of time, money, and most of all, the avoidance of suffering and possible disability. End Onassis Quiz, Turn To Niarchos WASHINGTON — Healings on the transactions involving the transfer foreign of 14 SlU-contracted ships owned by the Aris­ totle Onassis Interests have come to an end. A report on the con­ clusions o7 the House Merchant Marine Committee on the transac­ tions is to come out shortly, with the expectation that there will be different views expressed on the subject by committee members. The hearings dealt with the failure of the SlU-contracted Vic­ tory Carriers company to build three supertankers as part of an arrangement under which 12 T-2s and two Libertys were transferred foreign. It was 1>rought out that the earnings of the transferred ships, which were supposed to be earmarked for new construction, were diverted for other purposes including payment of back taxes and fines. Not CanceUed Both the Maritime Administra­ tion and the company have insisted that the construction program has not been cancelled, but has simply heed postponed. A "draft" letter had been sent by the company to the Maritime Administration de­ claring the shh>s would be can­ celled, but Maritime Administrator Clarence Morse Insisted that the cancellation was not acceptable to his agency. ^ The three ships to be built are two 46,500-ton tankers and one of 106,000 tons. •Rep. Herbert Zelenko {Dem.-NY) who has been the leading critic of the transfer-and-build program, declared that he would call for fur­ ther hearings into similar transac­ tions on the ~ part of the Niarchos interests. He was critical of tactics on the part of the independent tanker operators involving trade-out of T-2s on promises-of building new ships, and then trade-outs of the new ships on promises of building still larger ones. Ports Approve New Scales (Continued from page 3) Food Pro^am stewards committee to administer, the SlU shipboard feeding program, and Increases in room and meal allowances to $1.50 for dihner, $2 , for supper and $6 for room. The memorandum is to take ef­ fect this coming Monday irrespec­ tive of the disposition of other contract items, still under aegotiatioh. These ihcliide provisions af­ fecting Job security arising out of transfers to foreign .fiags and-fieet addithn:^, or ,subtractipns. Roll-On PriM $4 Milliim Rrst true US "roN on-roH ofP' ship^the TMT Cdrib Quean b shotvn being eased out of Brooklyn Army Base for maiden voyage to Europe lost year. The former SlU-manned ship was taken: over ' by tne Government when the company. defaulted on mortgage . payments. US has been trying to sell it ever since. WASHINGTON—In an apparent effort to recoixp ita losses on niortgaga insurance, the'Maritime Administration has put the trailer ship Carib Queen up for sale for $4.1 mil­ lion. ^ Industry observers ex­ pressed doubt that Uie ship, TMll failed, there were-^xumors which was operated for a that the, ship might be taken over short while by the SlU-contracted TMT Trailer Ferry, will bring that price in the open market. The first true roll-on, roU-off ship under the American flag fell back into the Government's hands last April, when TMT failed In its efforts to operate the ahlp on the trans-Atlantic run. The Govern­ ment picked np the tab for the mortgage insurance that had been provided to convert tge ship from a Navy LSD to a commercial car­ rier. Tha Carib Queen is now In the reserve fleet at Wilmin^on, NO. The Carib Queen measures 8,050 gi OSS tons, and is 438 feet long and 72 feet in beam. She made a num­ ber of trial runs to Europe, carry­ ing cargo for the Navy's Military Pea Transportation Service. Bids for tho ship open Septem­ ber 17. Indostiy observers believe the Government may hava a prospectiva buyer in mind. Before by some'other company, but these repoxte never materialized. . MM&P Gets New. Trustee In Local 88 The International Executive Committee of the Masters, Mates and Pilots has named Charles Crooks of Wilmington, Califomis,. to succeed Captain Roy D. Lurvey as .trustee of the New York Local "88. , The committee also approved^ the appointment of Captain Carl' C. Jurgensen to act as secretary- , treasurer and business manager of .. Local 88. The New ToA local union has been imder tiruirteeship since March of this year following an unsuccessful bid Iqr an insurgent group to forcibly seize possession of the union's offices and control of its operation. The insurgent group was ousted by the courts in May following which the trustee took over the headquarters of the local union at 105 Washington Street. The previous local union officials had been suspended by the trustee and replaced by appointed officers. New Tanker Wage Scale DECK DEPARTMENT New New Over­ Old . Rating Scale Dicreasa Scale time Bosun .......jc. I $441.35 s $35.31 $476.66 $2.23 2.18 30.38 . 409.89 AB Maintenance • aac/saaees 379.53 27.83 375.68 2.18 -Quartermaster .. a-a a • • a • • e • 347.85 367.68 2.18 27.24 Able Seaman . ... I a'»« s a'a a a a 340.44 290.31 1.70 21.50 Ordinary Seaman vaaaaaaaaa 268.81 315.20 25.22 340.42 1.70 OS Maintenance/. •NGINB DEPAB'TMENT 42.78 577.48 Electricien iS34.70 2.22 37.10 500.83 Chief Pumpman 463.73 37.10 500.83 2.23 2nd Pumpman/Maintenance, 463.73 37.10 500783 2,23 - 1^. 2nd Pumpman/Machinist ... 483.73 30.83 416.18 385.35 2.18 ' Engine Utility 340.44 27.24 367.68 2.18 ' Oiler I a a ea• a 340.44 27.24 367.68 2.18 Fireman/Watertender 315.20 25.22 - 340.42 Wiper 1.70 ^STEWABD DEPARTMENT 476.66 35.31 Chief Steward -.......... = v 441,35 2.22 439.91 32.59 2.23 Chief Cook ..... V • 407.32 434.13 32.16 2.23 401.97 Cook and Baker 28.38 383.10 2.18 3rd Cook 354.72 20.76 280.28 1.70 Messman ....... 259.52 20.t«; ^^2605# Utilliyman: 7v... . ......... ^ ,n' v.-'w / n / V ..-SI.- •.VV; . •>/») �•(' ^ '• :^AiiCM{ M.^fU •"' A SEAFARERS hOQ Pace Wvrem Bauxite Stockpile Seen Boosting Mobiie Shipping 'Bigger Edition' MOBILEI—There is a great deal of activity in this port which indicates that the already steady shipping picture should improve even more in the future. " For one, Alcoa has contracted with the Govern-"* ment to store approximately crease deep-sea shipping from this port. two million tons of bauxite at Members at the Mobile branch the Theodore Ammunition Depot. Present plans call for the ore to be brought into Mobile by ship and then hauled to the depot by truck or barge. It is not known at the moment whether additional Alcoa ships will be needed to han­ dle the operation, but it is a pos­ sibility. Grain Elevator Working Also, after several months of inactivity, Alabama's dockside grain elevator is finally operating again with the elevator officials looking forward to a banner month in September. .Nine ships hauled grain out during July and August, but only one of them, the Ocean Joyce (Ocean Clippers), bound for Yugoslavia, was SIU. In another area, construction has begun on the state's system of river docks. When this system is completed, cargo previously shipped by rail at a tremendous cost will be handled by barge at a great saving in both time and money, which in turn, should in­ are mourning the loss of SIU oldtimer Sidney Ghale, who died on August 17. Brother Ghale, who was one of the first men in this as^a to qualify, for the disability bene­ fit, spent the last year and a half at a rest home here. He is sur­ vived by his sister, Mrs. Frank Smith of Charleston, South Caro­ lina, to whom the membership ex­ tends its deepest sympathies. Shipping in the port remains steady although most of it comes from the coastwise trips. Last week there were nine payoffs, four signons and one ship in transit, all of which were handled with a few minor beefs. Prospects for the coming period look good with the following ships due to hit port either for payoff or in transit within the next two weeks; the La Salle, Hurricane, Yaka, Claiborne, Monarch of the Seas and the Hastings (Waterman); the Alcoa Clipper, Roamer, Ran­ ger and Corsair (Alcoa); and the Steel Ranger, Rover and Vendor (Isthmian). ••I • I NMU Failing /n Campaign To Wreck Banner Line m *1 t>f ^ Ordinarily, items like feeding, safety and health are lumped under the heading of "fringe benefits" in a union agreement. The word "fringe" implies that they a^e frills attached to the more basic sections of the agreement. Actu­ ally, the SIU's health, safety and feeding programs are far more than "fringe." Rather they involve areas which are extremely fmportant to every Seafarer's well-being and job security. The increased shipowner contributions negotiated for these programs, which will enable them to be run on an expanded •scale, represent a major gain in the SIU contract. 'Hie fact A freeze has -been put on specu­ is that both sides—thp Union and the operators—^are agreed lation that a commercial -polar that these programs have made a valuable contribution to route would soon he opened up as shipboard harmony and to the health and welfare of the a result of the voyage of the Nau- crewn. tilds under the North Pole from X i 4 the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean. No Chance Seen For Polar Route The dramatic feat of the atompowered submarine tended to ob­ scure geographical facts which would make such a seaway not only impracticable but extremely hazardous. The Bering Strait — the only entrance from the Pacific to the Artie—-is not only narrow but it is also shallow. Charts show water . depths as shallow as 78 feet. It is completely iced over in winter months and pack ice often piles up in the strait to great thickness in spring and early summer. Ice floes sixty to, 120 feet thick are known to have grounded in the shoal water which extends some 500 miles northward from, the Bering Strait ' into the Arctic Ocean. The period of safe transit dur­ ing the summer months is also unpredictable since ice thickness defends' in part on the direction ofji the wind. " I |n view of these facts, the com­ mercial development of the route se^ms- unlikely. Although nuclearpowered submarine tankers or freighters are feasible to construct from the. engineering point of view,' with the Northwest Passage reasonably safe for only three months of the year, use of them on the. polar route would not offer ai^ adyantag^-jpver cpnyentional trade rbiites. ^ ' " ^ ;;•• . International Test Even before the International Ti-ansportworkers Federa­ tion sets upTproposed machinery for an international boycott of runaways, a major test is facing the world's maritime unions over the sale of the struck Canadian National ships. By. selling the vessels to Cuban ownership, the strikebound company- is hoping to accomplish what it failed to do up until now—to get the ships -registered under a foreign fiag and sail them with imported crews, leaving the striking Can­ adian SiU seamen on the dock. This attempt flings down a major challenge to the world's maritime unions who are equally determined to face it. The SIU Canadian District has received world-wide pledges of support from the AFL-CIO, the Canadian Trades and Labor Congress, the ITF and, of course, from the SIU of NA. This then, will be a crucial showdown in the ability of the world's maritime unions to put a stop to cut-rate runaway ship practices. (Continued from page 3) ployment opportunties involved. At the same time, it would have preserved the US Lines monopoly of American-flag service in this area. In the choice between jobs and the US Lines monopoly, the NMU clearly picked the latter. This tactic too, was a failure when the SIU conclusively docu­ mented the reasons ..for the loan and established it is proper ^vithin the ethical practices codes. The next logical step was for the NMU, if it was interested in manning the ship and not destroying it, to com­ pete for jobs when hiring was opened. As it turned out, the NMU put in little more than a token appear­ ance at the hiring sessions, with well under 200 NMU men showing up for some 300 available berths as compared to some 500 SIU ap­ plicants. The result was that the SIU won an overwhelming ma­ jority of the open b^ths. Even before the hiring began, on May 27, the NMU had already filed Taft-Hartley charges against the SIU that the hiring—which had not yet taken place—was unfair. It was these charges which were rejected by the NLRB regional of­ fice as unsupported by evidence. The NMU had more cards to play in its attempt to destroy the oper­ ation. The evening before the maiden voyage, it ordered its mem­ bers off the SS Atlantic and start­ ed picketing. No economic griev­ ance was involved in the picketline. By pulling key men off the ship, the NMU hoped to throw the first sailing hopelessly off sched­ ule, but the key men were replaced and the ship left. By this action the NMU for­ feited any opportunity it had to obtain a majority of the crew in subsequent hiring of replacements for the vessel. At the same time that the NMU was picketing Banner Lines, it was attempting to^ set up a company union of licensed engineers on US Jnes, in collaboration with the company, to forestall legitimate economic demands by the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association. The action was further evidence of the partnership between the NMU and the company. r ,-,:g Whose Rights?. Aj By now a few million words have been written pro and con on the "right to work" issue, but none of them have stated the case as forcefully as those of the carpenter's wife whose letter to an Indianapolis newspaper appears in this issue. She clearly points out that, since passage of the law in that state, conditions for working men have nose­ dived and all of their job security has disappeared. Right to work" then, is simply nothihg more than turning back the clock _to conditions which existed before unions were born. Under those circumstances, the upcoming votes on this issue in Ohio and .California assuttie great importance fq union men eyerywhere..^ In the hospital? (rill fil Hill immediately! • i: .. V ••'.."•I ... I 4 L ^ Ja «»;SSrf A «-W*i - • • ••it'Jfr. Aii �£22. Twelv* SEjtFAHtEKS too Asks 360-Day ^ Shipping Rule SEAFARERS IN mYDOCK .•?•- ' *, pv,/' Teamwork by the Union's welfare department and the ship's delegate and others of the Frances finally got Brother Joseph Wohlitz comfortably settled at the Staten Island PHS hospital last week. Wohlitz, in a fall on the ship, broke his leg in three places and was hos pitalized in San Juan for three daya^ before returning Stateside with the Frances. The only kink was that the company hadn't made any arrangements for him to enter the hos­ pital on arrival here. Fast action by the ship's delegate enabled the Union to get the paperwork ironed out quickly. Georgios Mastoras Is another nqwcomer to Stateh Island after repatriation from Yokohama. He was hospitalized for illness there after getting off the J^aSalle. Double hernias have both Richard Broomhead, ex-Steel Flyer, and M. E. Wright Peacock Reld,;ex-Shinnecock Bay, laid up in New York also. Breomhead Another new arrival is Henry Sojak, yrho devel­ be Improving already. He oped back trouble while sunbathing on his roof at condition and seems home. It wasn't the sunburn at all. Sojak Just was on the Steel Traveler as bosun the last seven twisted his back while trying to get up' and had months. In and out of the hospital over the past to lay there until someone came along to help him. -two years sinpe he suffered chest injuries from an oil drum explosion on the Alcoa Pennant, Robert The back can be mighty tricky sometimes. Lone SIU man on the Seattle hospital roster is jfoLamore is back in again. However, the last surLeo Freundllch, ex-oiler on the Portmar, who had ' gecy on him seems to have been successful and he a little trouble with his thyroid gland. He should should be on his way to recovery. Hospitalized two months ago after getting off the be out by the end of this week. New arrivals at the Savannah drydock include Thomas M. Peacock, Del Valle, Jack D. Feralta is coming around okay ex-Government Camp, who's having some glandular although they may have to amputate one of his trouble, and Charles Bennett, off the Ocean Dinny fingers. Peralta suffered a pinched nerve in the due to a back condition. Eugene Blanchard, pump­ spinal region which affected his circulation and man bn the Royal Oak, is also in there trying to get then was complicated by gangrene. his teeth fixed up. All of these brothers and others in the hospitals Cleophas "Butch" Wright just checked in at the always appreciate a visit or mail from their ship­ New Orleans PHS hospital for treatment of a chest mates. It's good medicine for all concerned. i ^ ''•i" ' i' * fe {(,. yy • The following USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Joseph T. Arnold James W. Qrant Conway Beard Eslie HaU Robert H. Belyea Ronald Hannigaa Daniel Butts Donald Hewson Peter DeVrles Henry Machllnskl Stephen Dinkel Harry L. Oakes William DriscoU Anthony Plnchook Oswald Ergle Vincent J. Rizzute Clarence Gardner George Rode. Stanley Gelak Joseph RoU Gorman T. Glaze Calvin A. Rome tOG-A-RHYTHU; Shadowy Sea By M. DWiniB. Purple shadovDs in the hay. Night will soon be on the way. . Shining star that i^er fails. Guard the men who tend the sails. ii^: Foaming waves that leap and roar. Ripples that caress the shore. Silver fish that swim the sea. Men in ships—so shall it b«. Chipel bells at evening tide. Sunset on the ocean wide; ' Women who weep as their men sail Foam that beats against the rail my' P"; •.ft?',. Sfv, £-:• . "•• - ivf. Cr' v^- T:y •:.<.' I 1^ •' Beacon lights that gleam and. glisten Winds that whisper, if you listen; Salty tales of days of yore Is there such magic on the shore? Oh seamen's women are ever yearning. For their beloved ones' returning. Purple shadows, while they roam. Guard them till they're safe at home. Is the latest available list of SIU men In the hospitals: Juan "P. Perez Frank L. BradUey Richard G. Sohl John Van.Dyk Anthony Plsanl Joseph Tagliaferre Joseph Zeschlts R. Broomhead George Pltour Robert" Bunner USPHS HOSPITAL Francis Regan Robert Delgado BOSTON, MASS, M. E. Reld Domenlc Di Sel George Atcherson Robert W, Oslln Jdsr Rodriguez Leonard Ellis L. J. CampbeU Ernest TraUmavlcb Frederick Fulford Michael Romlho L. G. Melanson Victor Shliapin Charles Goldstein USPHS 30SPITAL Ignatrus P. Gomes G. Slversten GALVESTON, TEXAS Adrian Guns '' Warren Smith Max W. Anderson Fuella Scroggins Henry Sojak Richard Hamdan John W. Graves John H. Spearman Noral Jorgensen Jose Sousa Claude B. Pickle V. E. Wllkerson Harry Jurgerson James Skarvells USPHS HOSPITAL John Keegan ' Edward Telechla NEW ORLEANS, LA. Georgios Masters Ignaoio Tirado * Chalmers Anderson Edward Knapp Roy Lee McCannon Ramon Varela Louis Bartron Antolne Land^ Samuel Merkerson Archibald Volkerts John W. Bigwood Leo Lang Marcel MitcheU John Williamson Claude Blanks A. Lyrlardoppulos John H. Morris Joseph Wohlitz Richard Bowman Wm. A. MarjenhoS R. S. Nandkeshwar Nelson Wood Daniel Byrne Alexander Martin Turner Parker WlUlam Crawley Robert McLamore USPHS HOSPITAL _ Louis Dutour Joseph F. Mendoza NORFOLK, VA. Ben D. Foster William E. Nelson Francis J. Boner William C. Dowdy George W. Flint Dominic J. NeweU Henry Foy Kenyon F. Parks USPHS HOSPITAL • Monroe C. Gaddy Jack Peralta SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. James C. Glisson Jerry Pontiff Joseph H. Berger W. J. Kramer Joseph Harmanson Henry Robinson Joseph V. Blssonet Albert M. Morse Wa:me F HarrU James H. Shearer Michael J. Coffey Jose Neubaurer ^me Homday Thomas A. Stevens F. B. McCoUlan J. S. O'Byme Jolm Hrolenok Joseph W.< Stocker John J. DeCuIty A. J. Schevlng John HoweU Thomas L. Teears George B. Dunn H, J. Schreiner James Hudson Gerald L. Thaxton J. R. Ebbole I^on Irlzarry Patrick Thompson USPHS HOSPITAL Henry A. Janicke James E. Ward SAVANNAH. GA. ^ford Johnson Charles Welbom Charles B. Bennet Jlmmle Littleton Chas. W. Johnson George Williams Eugene Blanchard T, H. Peacock I^Mrd Kay CTeophas Wright Elmer G. Brewer Woolrldge King Charles Wynn USPHS HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. MANHATTAN BEACH Leo FreundUch J. W. Walte BROOKLYN. NT SAILORS, SUNG HARTOB Lewis R. AkIns Antonio Infante STATEN ISLAND. NY Manuel Antonana Claude B. Jessup Thomas Isakseh El^o Arls Woo^row Johnson Oscar J, Adams Fortunate Bacoma Ludwig Kristtansen Victor B. Cooper £• B»w Kenneth Lewis USPHSi HOSPITAL Melvin W. Bass Leo FT. WORTH. TEXAS M A, S. MartlneUl J. R. Alsobrook * Harold J. Panebst Matthew Bruno W, e. Mclntyre Lawrence Anderson Edourdo PlscopoJames F. Clarke H. C. Mclssac H. LedweU Jr. P. W, Seidenberg Juan penopra Joaquin Mlnlz John C, Palmer John J. DrlscqU WUUam P. ODea VA HOSPITAL Frledof O. FonoUa C, Osinskl , ^HOUSTON. TEXAS Odls L. Glbh George O. Phifer i°"Pfc GOlard Winston E. Renny R. J. ArpeMuIt ST. ELIZABETH HOSPITAL . E. Guranick Gaorga Shumakar WASHINGTON. DC Henry E. Smith George Chaudoln Talb Hassan Pon P. Wing Cl^arence Hawkins Royce Yarborongb VA HOSPITAL Frank Hernandez Jens Madsen FIRST AVE., NY, NY USPHS HOSPITAL K. T. Cunningham STATEN ISLAND, NY BALTIMORB CITY HOSPITAI. Hassan All Dollar Ben BALTIHOBE. MD. Frank Andrews Edward Boles Simon Eftfane , VA HOSPITAL % a RUTLAND. MASS, B Daniel Fltzpatrlek VA HOSPITAL KBCOUGHTAN. VA. Joseph GUI VA HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS, Thomas K, KllUon ? VA HOSPITAL . " v BUTLER. PA. 'i James F, Markel USPHS HOSPITAL WINDMILL PT. DEEROIT, MICK , Eugene Boazko USPHS HOSPIT^ ; MEMPHIS, TENM. BUIy Russel \ Editor, ^ I . SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., ! Brooklyn 32. NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG— | put my name on your mailing list. ; (Print Information) i NAME s S I STREETADCRE^ ..y....." i CITY ^: ..... ZONE. STATE TO AVOID DUPLICATION, It yea sr. an old zub.crlba, and h.v, ".Vblng.' I ef address, plaass giv# your lormor addratt balowi • i ADDRESS I CITY ^ ^ \ iONE,,..,,,..... $UTE...„..........„.. . I ABgwi t9/l9iB 1040V)f To tho Editor: This letter Is in reply to out from tho Seatrain Georgia (LOG, August 1, 1958) regard­ ing a motion for an SIU retire­ ment plan. The motion was as, follows: "JResolved, that tho ofdclals of our Union, in future negotia­ tions seek in liehalf of tho membership the establishment of a retirement fund so that a member may retire after IS letters To The Editor AW letters to the editor for publication in the 5EAF4ABBS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names tolll bo withheld upon request. • the tables (no booths) Have in­ timate, subdued lighting. Most of smiling Maxle's'kueiii are civlilan workers "Yind their wives who live nearby, and h> does a hell of a damn good busi­ ness. This is the kind of a place you can bring your wife or girl friend and know she wiU not 'feel out of place or be insulted. I didn't see so many Seafarers when I was there, though sev­ eral of cur SIU ships were In port. But Maxie tells me that quite a few of the boys do drop In from time to time.. However, as we say aboard ship, "she's a feeder," and believe me the food Is tops and prices are rea­ sonable. Maxie sends his best to ail also. Geetire B. Diom Locksley Crew Draws Thanks To the Editors: The family of the late' Yin-' MBzo Vola, father of Qreste Vela, acknowledges with grate­ ful appreciation the kind ex­ pressions of sympathjr from' the crew of the SS Robin Locksley. Many thanks to these wonderful men for their consideration. Mrs. Vincenzo Vola $ ^ ^ years' seatime on contracted ships, such retirement plan to be based on seatime alone and not have . qualifying require­ ments such as old age, disabili­ ty, etc., where it becomes com­ pulsory." Grandpop Knows I say this mqjUon only per­ tains to certain members of the Who's The Boss Union who at the present time To the Editor: Enclosed is a picture of the may have obtained 12 or more years seatime on SlU-contracted boss of my life, who U my shipx These brothers are home­ grandson. I would like it Very steaders who stay on one ship much if you would put it in the for a period of five, six or ten LOGjlor me. I have a lot of shipmates who years. I have known certain know him and think a lot of brothers stay oh one ship for ten years and still maintainjthey are unable to take a vacation. Brothers, I ask if you can answer this question: If every SIU man homesteads his ship like the brothers who made this motion, where will the Union find Jobs for all its member­ ship? I suggest Instead the fqiiowIng motion which I and many others would be - willing to vote on.^It is that we adopt the same measure as the Sailors Union of the Pacific did not long ago. Under that rule, SUP members now ^end a maximum of 210 days rather than 380 aboard the "Newton's Boss," Soniiy, same ship and then have to give 4, fakes d whirl around ' up their berths to a fellow the,^ porch on his new member. scooter. If the SIU were to adopt such a measure on a 360-day basis him. They all call him "New­ there would be, more Jobs, the ton's boss." You see, he is all homesteaders would have to the reason I have to go to sea, take a vacation aUd they would as I have raised him since he also get acquainted with the was boim. His^ama is Sonny, Union hail again, and he will He four on AuFrancla A. Femandes ^gust 23. James E. Newton SS Marore Maxle's Eatery Rates With Him To flie Editor: In a recent copy of the LOO (May 23. 1958), I read an inter­ esting article by, the bearded besun, Johnnie "Bananas" ZeIreis, the uld bard of the spUt infinitive, about another old pal, Maxie Lipkin, who Is fast be? coming the Toots Shor of Yoko­ hama. Hnowing Maxie from New York and Beaver Street days, and of his many years in Japan as ft "big" bar operator and sou­ venir sfaoppe proprietor, I dropped into his latest enter­ prise, the Marco Polo Restau­ rant in the Chinatown section of Yokohama. It is really a firstclass place, featuring ItalianAmerican cooking and everythiiig fioiu mliiieBlrone to spu-^ moni. The walls are all covere4. with dark, sea-blue drapes from' the overhead to the deck, and all - '^ • _Li_ tit Urges Guarantee On Weekend OT To the Editor:' I have a suggesitlon I think should be put In the new con­ tract for the passenger ships. It seems the wash-down gang is classified as watch-standers. Our hours are from 4-8 AM and 9 AM-12 noon, but on Saturday and Sunday the mate knocks us off at 8 AM, giving us Just four hours of overtime. However, during the week, rain or shine, between 9 AM and 12 noon they always find lots of work for us to do. The other watches make their eight hours Saturday and Sun­ day and the buU gang always works the eight hours OT. Why can't we? Clifton G. McLeilanDeck delegate • SSDel Norte •"P* �Ami t». U88 SEAFARERS ALCOA PIONflit (AlcM). iVM •— efMlmub R. iokeO/ Cacratary. W. •fana.' Propar atUra ta ba worn Curing maala. Bamat itaatry or oooUaa at coSaa &a. VoU e< thanka to atairard Capt for Job wan Coaa. Diacuaaion to Improva condittona aboard °wp. Jvna 14—Chairman, C. Oragoryi Sacratary, W. Ctona. No boOfa. ovary thing running amoottaly. Raqueat only pwaonaal oparata wabUng maeblna. Haatera mlaalng from batlirooma and ahowara to ba placad on repair Uit. Craw to eonaolt dept. delegata in lieu of ahip'a delegate. Cooperation raUueated in keeping meaahan clean. . July IS—Chairman, D. Parkari Saeratary, W. Siena. To purchase new part for waahlng machine. No beefs. Meetings to ba alternated ao men absent from previous meeting can at­ tend. Inquire why cigarettes in- Xaquaat biU eoverlng ilop diait. Chlal pumpman auggasta mora man on 4Mi during loading A discharging. Motion to' sea American consul In Aden If no reply from Unioh. Request Ameriesa coffee. WELLiSLEY VICTORY (Itthmfan), July 37—Chairmsn, J. Steekman; Sac­ ratary, A. Lorani. All disputed OT ready for submission. Also repair lista. OT worked on main engine re­ pair. pay rata wlU be dlacuaaed with atrolman and company officiala. Few oora disputed OT. Status of utility man to be squared away with patrol­ man. Notify USPHS officer and Union patrolman condition of drinking water. Request patrolman check reason for meager supply of fresh fruit and vagatables at Port .Said. Rcquise better mailing and distribution of LOGS to ships at sea. e WARRIOR (Watarman), July <— Chairman, P. Blankenbarg; Secretary, M Elliott. Some disputed OT—to be taken up with patrolman.. Motion to rotate ship delegate's job. Discussion on repair list. Need many repairs.-. Aug. 3^halrwn, B. McCasksy; Secretary, M. ^Ilott. Three men loggedt'two missed ship and rejoinedi Capt. cannot life logs. Some disputed OT. Do not disturb patrolman until after payoff. Suggestion that one man of steward dept. be put on OT at night in foreign ports to watch pantry and meashalls to keep out stevedores ..and atrangera and also try to prevent stealing. When washing garbage buckets throw dirty water Overboard not in sinks. Take trash aft. Repair list submitted. creased in priced. Rationing to be cheeked by patrolman, and limit on draws'. Request less seasoning in food; more fresh fruit. All garbage to be thrown over atem. Vote of thanks to delegate for job well done. Cooperation with ship and dept. dele­ gates urged. JOHN C. (Atlantic Carriers), June 3*—Chairman, R. King; Secretary, T. Buckley. Several men logged. Ship's fund $40. Grievance committee elect­ ed. Moved to have LOG article on donations. Request Public Health analyze water. Suggestion to donate ship's fund to March of Dimes. JEAN (Bull). July 30—Chairman, D. DIeksoni Sacratary, W. Ludlam, Jr. - " I iTr--|-iT iif ' - ' Pace TUrteea ROYAL OAK (Cities Service), Aug. 3 —Chairman, S. Senak; Secretary, E. Kratz. Steward beef settled. Some dis­ puted OT. Baking not up to par. Shore leave to be straightened out. Request nMre variety of food. PACIFIC STAR (Compass), Aug, I— Chairman, F. Hughes; Secretary, J. McGlann. Few repairs made.' Few hours disputed OT. Xmas In Springtime Doesn H Help Schedule Since he's given her "a fair trial"—19 months, 9 days and 18 hours at the last count— Seafarer Jbse.M. Melendez is now ready to concede that the Topa Tcpa measures up to 1953, which was the last time he was aboard Melendez says he's **enjoyed every single minute" of his latest stay, and is happy to echo the praise he wrote to the LOG about the ship and her crew five, years ago. "She's still the 'Queen of the Seas'," he adds, "and as far as food is concerned, my trip's wages are open for wager to anyone, who can produce a better menu with such plentiful variety." Thanks and praise for the happy state of affairs should start at the top, Melendez says, with Capt. Wallace Royal, Chief Mate Whittaker, the chief and *first assistant engineers, and on down. They have gone out of their way to show con­ sideration for the welfare of the crew, he notes. "We should be proud to hive officers of this cali­ bre aboard SIU ships." Chief steward Herb Knowles likewise comes in for some lavish praise as "one of the best—if not the cream of-the best—stewards you ever want to meet ... He is always on the ball when it comes to having a clean galley, pantry and mess-room." Melendez rates as some kind ot an "authority" on this subject, since he had been aboard what h* classed as "the hungriest ship" on the seven seas just before he went on the Topa for the first time. That ship was the Seavictor, which soonafter went Liberian. Unlike many a story that has a happy ending, the Topa Topa had some bad luck this trip, with tho death of Brother Maurice A. Webre, who had come aboard a few days earlier in New Orleans. Webre suffered some heart trouble on the way to the Panama Canal and had to be left off at Acapul(X» for treatment. The ship was in­ formed two days later that he had passed away. ^ " Melendez added praise for the ship's delegate and officers who cooperated in helping to keep Webre comfortable aboard the ship. The best-laid plans don't always work out on schedule, as the Pan-Oceanic Transporter found out on a recent trip to Karachi. At the present time, the Trans­ Somebody just neglected to figure that "Christmas" or its porter is on Its fourth shuttle be­ Moslem equivalent would tween the Persian Gulf, Japan, come up in the middle of Spring Okinawa and Manila. One other —^four months late or eight months bit of, incidental Intelligence offer­ early, depending on your point of ed by King was that the Persian view. Of course, most Americans Gulf "is not as hot as its reputation don't have a working familiarity makes It. Our hottest day so far with the Moslem holiday calendar; has been only 112'," he said. so it's hard to know Just who to ^ By comparison, newspaper re­ ports from way up north-in Athens, hlame. What happened, basically, is that Greece, list temperatures of 114 tlic Transjporter, a T-2 tanker, left degrees in a local heat wave. Houston last March with a load of grain for Pakistan. The plan was Notify Union On LOG Maii to expedite the discharging with As Seafarers know, copies of each issue of the SEAFARERS six vacuum pumps that were to LOG are mailed every two weeks to all SIU ships as well as to tried out for the first time in numerous clubs, bars and other overseas spots where Seafarers KarachL It was expected that the congregate ashore. The procedure for mailing the LOG involves pumps would discharge about 4,000 calling all SIU steamship companies for the itineraries of their tons a day so the ship could be shipa. On the basis of the Information supplied by the ship oper­ emptied out In four days. ator, three copies of the LOG, the headquarters report and min­ HoUdaya interfere utes forms are then airmailed to the company agent in the next The element that nobody counted port of caU. on was the arrival of the Moslem Similarly, the seamen's clubs get various quantities of LOGs holidays, which stretched out the at every mailing. The LOG is sent to any club when a Seafarer discharging to 19 days anyway. so requests It by notifying the LOG office that Seafarers con­ However, on the days when work gregate thmre. went on, it did proceed smoothly, As always the Union would like to hear promptly from SIU, Seafarer T. W. King reported. The ships whenever the LOG and ship's mail is not delivered so that' grain was pumped on the ground, the Union can maintain a day-to-day check on the accuracy of sacked up by native workmen and its mailing lists. then loaded In railway cars. -f 'Sea-Spray' -v. Topa Topa StiU Tops' In His Book Looking a mito sk^tical (photo at right), Seoforor T. W. King watches a notivo snake charmer do his stuff with a cobra on tho dock in'i Karachi. Below. Ray Bunch, DM (lefu, and Bill Hemple, OS, pose with one of -tho vocuum pumps brought over from US to expe­ dite dischorg^g. ROBIN HOOD (Robin), July 37— Chairman, S. Deyla; Secretary, E. McOarry. Chief cook incompetent. Repair list turned in. Few minor beefs—to be tajcen up with patrolman. Locker to be repaired. Vote of thanka to delegates and steward dgpt. except chief steward and chief- cook. Some disputed OT. Report accepted. Foc'sles to be painted. Letter to be written covering clearance of Milp MAIDEN CREEK (Witerman), July upon arrival. New delegate elected. . 39—Chairman, R. Mayeantsson; Sacra­ Insnfflclent ice for cold drinks. Dis­ tary, J. Bsllday. Minor repairs being cussion on rearranging men's room made. Injured brother on way hack for greater convenience. Request to US. Ship's fund, $11. To have raffle mora variety of ice cream. on heaters. Some disputed OT. Discussinn on brother's Injury and how DEL ORO (Miaa.), June S Chair­ he was left behind In Korea—^to be man, J. B v-tlar; Sacratary, H. Oardas. No penalty cargo—to ba taken up referred to patfohnan. with patrolman at payoff. Report on LOSMAR (Calmar), Aug. 3—Chair­ no shore leave at Island. Soma logs to be cancelled. Ship's fund $6.68. man, J. Faircioth; Secretary, W. Earth. 64 longshore hours disputed ot. S4V4 Reports accepted. New delegate regular hours disputed ot. Motion elected. Motion re; change of work­ that members be permitted to remain ' ing rules pertaining to cleaning of on vessel only one year. I.ocker to cargo holds In continental US. porta. ba built in passageway for bad IRENESTAR (Triton), Aug. S-«halrweather gear. Flowers sent to de­ ceased mother of brother. Fatrolman man, C Jennctte; Secretary, W. Deal. to see chief aitd 1st engineer about Beef re: eno crowmembcr with chief treatment of njen in engine room. mate—to be turned over to patrolman Electrician requests clarification ret —also about transportation rate, subshore leave. slstcnco pay and travel pay. Some disputed OT concerning longshore MICHAEL (Carras), Aug. 4—Chair­ work. Request special meeting with' man, A. Wilson; Sae'raiary, 8. Padgett. patrolman before payoff. See patrol­ Ship's fund. $9.09. Few hours disputed man about SIU feeding plan on ship: OT. New treasurer- elected. Need two also fresh fruit in foreign ports. mattresses. CITIES SERVICE BALTIMORE'tCitics ALCOA ROAMRR (Alcoa), July 37— Sarvice),'July 30—Chairman, R. Fink; Chairman, V. Alford; Sacratary, T. Sacratary, T. Ouarraro. Baker fired— Sanchai^ Two men missed ship—one justified. Do not use messroom as bar in hospital! one in Jail. Change brand room or flop house. Money owed to of milk. Order sufficient milk to last crew by missing pantryman sent to until NO voyage. Vote of. thanks to delegate. Vote of thanks to delegate steward dept. See what can be dona for job well done. Crew mess to eat tJlQUt ventilation. . after" crew is served. See patrolman for clarification on OS contract. Ice OCEANSTAR' (Triton), July SO— trays for crew mess. Use own cotA Chairman, J. Barrett; Sacratary, R. Morrisatta. New delegate elected. ANDREW JACKSON (Waterman), Ship's fund, S16.2S. Some .disputed. OT. July 36—Chairman, T. Hill; Sacratary, All rooms to be songeed. Return eoffee V. Hopkins. Ship's fund. $23.17. Re­ cups to pantry. Place dirty dishes and pair list to be submitted. Reports ac­ silver in pantry sink. cepted. Motion capt. issue one day discharge for day's pay received In CUBORE (Marvan), July 34—Chair­ NY. Change brand of coffee. Washing man, J. Coniay; Sacratary, W Strick­ machltto to be repaired. To buy-Iron. land. Flowers sent to deceased father of member. One man missed ship. OCEAN DEBORAH (Maritime OverVents in passageways to be kept open seas), July 30—Chairman, B. Burton; for ventilation. Purchased some books sacratary, L. Thomas. Few minor and games. beefs. Galley fan needs new motorengineer will' Qraer same. Notify headDEL NORTE (Mist.), July 10—ChaliP. quartera—Insufficient drinking water man, J. Tucker; Secretary, H. Ellis. aboard In order to take on mora Movie projector to be purchased in caiKo. Suggestion to make evap­ NO.~Ship's fund, $198. Doctor's office, orated water for drinking purposes. door to ba fii^d to prevent slamming. Vote of thanks to steward dept., Donations for movies WIU be ae-< esFk^ially the cooks. ceptad. ALCOA RANDER (Aleaa), July 4— IBERVILLE (Waterman), July 14— Chairman, C. Crabtraa; Sacratary, J Chairmaiw A. Ortega; Secretary, P. Faircioth. Discussion on food. Sug­ eiaddan. Need more cigarettes for gestion steward get more 'variety of slop chest In Honolulu. Few liours lea cream and obtain watermelon and disputed OT. Discussion about - short­ grapes. Also mora chocolate syrup. age of some fpods at meal time. July 3S-i-Chairman, J. Stswsrt; SeeBequest coffeetlme sweets. Repair lists rotary, O. Annls. New detagata to be prepared by delegates. Discus­ elected. One man fired. Crew pantry' sion an left-over foods, meat^ eta, and.jnesshall to be cleaned at least once a month. Spray messhall while ALCOA PENNANT (Alcoa), July 17— In port to keep down files and bugst Chairman, A. Abramt; Sacratary,, H. place vinegar into, pepper saube bot­ Rfdgaway. Ship's fund, S44.iS0. W^- tles; .fresh fruit placed In pantry logmachine to be repaired. One man .during coast trip same as topsldei hospitalized in SJ. Motion to go an cups to. be. cetumed to pantryi leave recofSl next neg. comm. ''to be able safety lights on in cross-passsgeway to retire after so many years at sea for safety. Keep ice box closedi re­ regardless of disability. Report ae- pair washing machine. capted. Need new waMdng machine. PlaM catwalks on top of deck loads FAClFie EXI^LORER' (Compass), not on side. Proper atUre to be worn July 37—Chairman, J. McKrath; Sac­ in messhall. Keep vrashlng machine ratary, B. Rosangat. Repair list to be clean at all times. mhda out. Ship fumigated; fans or­ dered; desks te he sprayed. New dele­ WANO DISPATCHER (North AHsil- gate eleoted. Stewards will takr care tlc), July 3S-Chalrman, E. KliiEf Of locroation room, oagino dept. YrlU •aaretary, O. Van ilten. Donation to dpan laundry. sMp's fund to bo ho made next draw for ahip'a fund. atertod. •i L6G -By Seafarer 'Red' Fink -M '•-'i •••4 J- - c' •n I �St rMoieea •< SEAFARJSRS LOG Pennant Gang Keeps Things in Trim Aoffiut 2», l«5t More On Changes In Pehsien Plan T* fh* Edltort Durlnfi a recent meeting on the Chickasaw, I started a dis­ cussion on a pension plan based on actual aeatlme. My suggestion Is that a pension plan be set up entitling any member to a paid pension if he can show 20 years actual seatime on ships for which the SitJ funilshed crews. The member letters To The Editflir IBERVILLE RINGSIDER AT H-BLAST Pleased with the way things are going this trip, tho steward depart­ ment on the Alcoa Pennant gangs up for a photo. Pictured (kneel­ ing, front, l-r) H. Ridgeway, steward; W. Hamby, 2nd cook; E. Colon, saloon MM; (standing), T. Walston, crew MM; Mike LaFontaine, crew pantry; M. Howell, passenger utility; J. Cubano, salon pantry; (on hatch) Carlos Mojica, steward utility; J. Rioux, galley utility. At right, bosun F. A. Pehler keeps a watchful eye on W. T. Mathews, AB, as he maneuvers motorized wire-brush around deck. Both photos by W. R. Cameron, MCB. Seafarers aboard the SS Iberville who were up and about at the time had them­ selves quite a show when they hap­ pened to be a mere 600 miles from the scene of a hydrogen bomb test near Johnson Island pn July 31. The test involved the use of a hy­ SIU, A&G District drogen warhead in the missile pro­ BALTIMORE UlS B. Baltimore St. gram. Earl Sheppard. Asent IlAstern 7-4900 276 SUte St. Ship's reporter Paul B. Gladden BOSTON Sr., said A1 Ortega was on lookout James Slieehan. Axent Blchmond 2-0140 4202 Canal St. when the blast went off several HOUSTON Robert Matthews. Agent Capital 3-4089: 3:4080 minutes before midnight while the 1419 Ryan St. ship was ^00 miles north of John­ LAKE CHARLES. La.. Leroy Clarke. Agent HEmlock 6-S744 son Island. MOBILE 1 Sooth Lawrence St. "The first flash was so brilliant Cal Tanner. Agent HEmlock 2-1734 that he did not know how far away MORGAN CITY 912 Front St. Phone 2196 the explosion Tom Gould. Agent NEW ORLEANS 823 BlenvlUe St. was," Gladden Llndsey Williams. Agent Tulane 8626 said. "He started NEW YORK 678 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYaclnth 9-6600 to pick up the NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. bow telephone, J. Bullock. Acting Agent MAdlson 2-9834 337 Market St. but decided he PHILADELPHIA S. Cardullo. Agent Market 7-1635 had better hunt PUERTA da TIERRA PR......101 Pelyro a hole. Sal CoUs. Agent Phone S-aSoo 430 Harrison St "The only SAN FRANCISCO M^y BrelthoH. Agent Douglas 2-3473 holes on the SAVANNAH 3 Aberconl St. Adams 3-1728 foc'sle head be­ B. B. McAuley. Agent Ortega .........SS03 1st Ave. ing the hawse SEATTLE Jeff GUlette. Agent Main 3-4334 pipes, and not much protection, he went down on the main deck and into the forepeak locker. Looking Moving? Notify out through a crack In the door SIU, Welfare he observed the rest of the display. Seafarers and SIU families "After several erupting balls of fire had climbed out of the first who apply for maternity, hos­ mushroom and the display was pital or surgical benefits from over. It was learned that some of the Welfare Plan are urged to the crew had heard over the radio keep the Union or the Wel­ of the test to take place on John-"^ fare Plan advised of any changes of address while their son Island.'The explosion was so strong that applications are being proc­ it shook the city of Honolulu and essed. Although payments are caused considerable alarm there often made by return mall, changes of address (or Illegible until the situation was clarified. return addresses) delay - them The Iberville was en route to when checks or "baby bonds" the Hawaiian Islands at the time are returned. Those who are to pick up sugar for the East moving or plan to move aro Coast. Before that,, while one day advised to Immediately notify out of Korea on June 30, she had SIU headquarters or the Wel­ suffered a badly-dented propeller fare Plan, at 11 Broadway, New and had to drydock in Japan for York, NY. repairs. i SIU HAU DIRECTORY S:' I':* '! jy :• • m r m-' kit .1 TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. Tom Banning. Agent Phone 2-1323 WILMINGTON. Calif 803 Marine Ave. Reed Humphries. Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS....673 4tb Ave.. Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS J Aleina. Deck W. HaU. Joint C. Simmons. Eng. R. Matthews. Joint E. Mooney. Std. 3. Volplan. Joint SUP HONOLULU c/o MM&P. Pier 8 PHORB 3-8777 PORTLAND 211 SW Clay St. CApltal 3-4336 RICHMOND. Calif....810 Macdonald Ave. BEacon 2-0928 SAN FRANCISCO 430 Harrison St. Douglas>8363 SEATTLE ...3803 1st' Ave. Main 0290 WILMINGTON ...BOS Marina Ava, Terminal 4-3131 NEW YORK 673 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn HYaclnth 06163 Great Lakes District ALPENA 1218 N. Second Ave. Phone: 713-J BUFFALO. NY..:-? 180 Main St. Phone: Cleveland 7391 CLEVELAND 1410 W. 20 St. MAln 1-0147 RIVER ROUGE . .10228 W. Jefferson Ave. River Rouge 18. Mich. Vlnewood 3-4741 DULUTH 621 W. Superior St. Phone: Randclph 2-4110 SOUTH CHICAGO ..3»1 E.' 92nd St. Phone: Esses 8-2410 Canadian District HALIFAX, N.8. 128M HoUls St. Phone 36011 MONTREAL 634 St. James St. West PLateau 8161 FORT WILLIAM .406 Simpson St. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone:-8801 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. EUplra 4-niO VICTORIA. BC......617M Cormorant St. moire 4931 VANCOUVEBs BG • o. .398 JHein St. Paelllo 3468 SYDNEY* N8 804 Charlotte St. Phone: 6346 BAGOTVILUE. Qaih«6........n^^^in^ THOROLD. Ontaido QUEBEC Quebeo SAINT JOHN NB 82 St. Da^ds St. CAnal 7-3202 44 Sault-au-Matelot Phone: 3-1360 177 Prince WUllam St.^ OX 26431 All letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG must be signed by the toritcr. Names tviil be withjield upon request. would get this pension regard­ less of age or disability. A large majority of the Chick­ asaw crewmembers voiced their approval of this proposal, and said they ^ould like to see such a plan provided for in the future. I One brother pointed out that no one stood to benefit under this plan now because the Union was only 20 years old. But told, him—assuming that such a plan will be provided—a fund would have to be accumulated and the sooner this plan could be set up, the. better our chances of accumulating the necessary funds. 1 figure that the average member would have to go to sea approximately 30 years to ac­ cumulate 20 years" of actual seatlme and when one thinks of this It doesn't seem too un­ reasonable to suggest this plan. This plan, of course, Is not to be confused with our present disability plan. Thomas A. Bronn (Ed. note: Basic provisions on seatlme for the existing $150 monthly disability-pension ben­ efit are 12 years on ships of companies now under SIU contraot. If the time was spent on the ship before the company was contracted to the SIU, all the way back to 1934, it still counts toward the benefit. For full details on disability-pen­ sion eligibilty, see box on eligi­ bility requirements on page 15.) ir ^ X Want Bonus Or Air Conditioning To the Editor: This Is something that should he brought to the attention of all the membership. It arose at a ship's meeting aboard the Steel Voyager In Che Persian Gulf during the month of July. To us It Is one of the best mo­ tions we have heard. Tho motion was that all ships hot alr-condltloned that make Saudi Arabia and Persian Gulf porta during tha s u m m e r monthi should bo required to pay crewmembers a bonus of $5 per day for their Inconvmilence and discomfort due to the heat. There are a few reasons why this motion was brought forth. For one, our ventilation system doesn't work. For another, tha captain caught someone mess­ ing up the boat deck and after­ wards refused to allow the crew to sleep up there. The reefer boxes are also outlawed for us, as there Is cargo In number three and four holds. R. Hunt Ship's delegate ii i. ji ' : Offers Thanks For SJU Help To the Editor: I would like to have this ^ piece put In our paper.^Flrst of ; ,all, I want to thank our welfare| officials for the assistance they ]' gave me In helping me obtain my disability benefits. As always, the officials of our | Union were right there to help and no time was lost In approv­ ing my claim. I was permanent­ ly put In the boneyard on account of my heart, after I went through the Staten Island US Public Health hospital. Now with my disability from the SIU and the Social Security I hope I can enjoy things for a while. Thanks agaln~ to all the of­ ficials of our Union that I had the pleasure of meeting aboard ship and In the hall, and to all the Union brothers I sailed M'lth. Best of luck aiid good sailing to all. I hope to drop' In at the hall once In a while to see some of you. Adrian Guns 4 4 4 'SS Vincent Jlr.' ^Arrives in Port To the Editor: My husband sails with the SIU out of New Orleans and Is at present an ordinary seaman aboard the SS Josefina. Perhaps you could reprint the birth an­ nouncement for our new baby so that his frlentls could see it It reads this way: Mr. and Mrs. Vincent T. Tividad Announce The Launching of their Newest Addition to the Family Fleet By the Birth of Vincent Aubrey Tividad, Jn On Tuesday, July 24, 1958 ~ Displacement: 8 lb. ox. Fuel: Milk Moisture-proof Hatch Covers Construction Cost a Military Secret By Authority of Married-Time Commission • Smooth Sailing Expected After Shakedown Cruise At New Orleans, La, Thank you In advance, and please send us a copy ol the SEAFARERS LOG, with my son's statistics. ^ Mrs. Yineent A. Tividad . �SEAFARER9 ifWiftW.MSt MARVMAR (Calmar), ^uly «— Chairman* J. Labann Saeratary, • RWdglla. OM hrothar iiijurad. hoavUaliaad Balbaa. Kaad mia& clwlaa. •cfaena for port holaa. Kay seat to KT. tod. 9tt.tr. Rapwrta gaaaptad. Jwiaatoeina and Niowara in Rack dept. aaad r%. paUlAi, eeawBltog, paUktlBg.. PhlBt or aougaa foc'alea. RRADRORD ISLAND (Cttla* Sarvfca), July' SI—Chairman, •. Phllllpi; Sacrotary, A Malanson. Deleiate gava aafety talk; also dlscoksed workings of Unlois pertaining to "B" and "C" earda. i ' SIASTAR (Trltan), Abff. S—Chair­ man, M, Bugawani Sacratary, C. Caudlll. Repair list to be made up. To sea Mtrolman about food stores and cof­ fee. Motion to concur with haadquartera organising drive. Vote of thanks to ataward dept. for azcallaat aarvlea and Job vary wall done. Diaenasion about mattress. Snggaatioa to ardor wind scoops. VALCHRM IHaraii), Jgn* SS—Chair.man, ML Drayi Sacratary, W. Nasta. fitalp'a fimd. SSP: Some dlspdted OT. Raqueat awning overhead' outside ' above galley. New delasate elected. Crewmembera to donate aSe to get TV aet rapaireC. Bblrta to be worn in meaahan. Place screens in all port holaa and fcaap aeraen doora closed while in port. Turn off TV at mtal hour. . July It—Chairman, T. Daly; Sacrafary, W. Nasta Repairs to be made. Ship's fund, S40.90. Some disputed OT. One member missed ship. Mesa'hall to be sougeed and painted. Make up repair lists and submit to delegate. Vote of thanks to baker. DEL SUjD (Delta), Aug.-S—Chairman, W. Perkins; Secretary, V. CBrlant. Crew to use crew gangway only not passenger gangway. Saloon steward left in Rio. Shlp'i fund, S9.87. MoVto fund, S212.46. One man hoq>ltallzed. one man logged. HoWes to be pur­ chased with fund. To show-movies every other night Instead of nightly. Get latest Information on pay raise. CS MIAMI (Cities Service), July 14— Chairman, J, Nash; Secretary, A. ' James. Pictures sent to LOG for pubUcation. Ship's fund, 3700 Yen. S3. Crew requests information on action taken regarding raise in wages. Re­ port accepted. Notify Union re; medi­ cal service and supplies. Report on air venta to he taken up with engi­ neer. . Do not take tales topside. STllL WORKIR (lalhMlan), May 4 —Chairman,-C Rvmv tactatary, J. Rarnai. Ship's fund, tMJt. Baaf rai • Sparks painting foc'da an own tima. To bo refenrad to patrbtanan. Soma disputed OT. Disenaalon rat alactrleian'doing welding an OT. Chief olactrieian refuses to teach Sad alectridan how to hook up welding out­ fit. Request elarificatian. Aug. S—Chairman, C. Rumai Sacra­ tary, L. Zwarilng. Repair list sub­ mitted. Ship's fund. g30.39. Soaaa dis­ puted OT. Repairs being made. Ong man logged. Two alaetriciang' beef to be referred to patrbbnaa. Diluted delayed sailing. Reports acceptedr Amer. Merchant Marina Library Assoc. contributions to ship treasurer. ' Suggestions to air beef before payoff. Washing machine on repair list. WM. H. CARRUTH (Pann Shipping), Aug. t—Chairman, J. Part) Sacratary, S. Butler. Radiogram and letter sent headquarters re hospttalluUcs in Poland of 3rd oook, also letter to his wife. Repairs being mada and mesa-, room chairs ordered. No hoots. Some disputed OT. Motion to investigate men missing ship, also personal con­ duct aboard ship. Motion to recom­ mend men mlsdng Ship be barred from Union. MUk in-Poland apoUcd on both occasloni ordered. SEAMAR (Calmer), Aug. S—Chair­ man, R. Laffbbn; Secretary, J. ilchcnbcrg. New delegate to be elected. Ship's fund. S300. Leteer read from headquarters about Mck AB. Crew thanks headquarte'rs for prompt ac­ tion. Good care to be taken of new washing machlna; tlmar to be ordered. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for flno food and service. PLORtOA STATE (Pence Cement Ce.), Aug. 11—Chairman, O, Lee; Sec­ retary, R. DeMartlne. Ship's fund, S20.43—report accepted. IMsputs pend­ ing concerning dismissal of oiler. Dis­ puted OT. New washing machlna to be Installed, 'Buggest head be more carefully cleaned. SS APOUNDRIA (Waterman), Aug. 10—Chairman, C. Hall; Secretary, J. Puller. Cheek with patrclman ea American money draws, radio mesCHARLES e. DUNAIP (Colonial). •age to headquarters, men being per­ Aug. S—Chairman, J. Piter; Secretary, mitted to miss ssillngs. and hbcf over W Walsh. New delegate elected. testing cluster lights. R and C men Three aUotments mailed by company. with over 80 days pay eft on Wast Men who fouled up will, be reported Coast. Bast coast B and C man to . to headquarters. Report accepted. return to area of sngagament as per • Request better grade washing powder - new ruling in LOG. One man loggsd. , hboird. New mattresses and pillows" Ship's fund, S1.78. Disputed OT. ' needed) also.. lava soap Instead of Shortage of soap and matches, also ; pumico soap now being Issued. Need milk. No bsefs. Thefts reported. new Washing machine. Vote of thanks Renew or repair crew's waAlng mato steward dept for Job well dona. AZALEA CITY (Pen AHentIc), Aug. •UZANHR (Bull), Aug. 11—Chair­ man, W. Ortis; Sacratary, J Pratts. No 17—Chairman, W. Ranks; Secretary, major beefs. Report accepted. Dis­ J. Austin. Bvarytblng OK. Two men cussion on food and general cleaning. took off In San Juan, Usputed OT. New delegate elected. Water to be PORT HOSKINS (CIttoa Sarvica), put on table during meals. Stsam to Aug. 3—Chairman, A. Reiarlo; Sacra­ be cut off aft for'hot watar. Suggest tary, C. MIddlaten. One man missed gattlng vralkway bosr^ Soution of •kip. Affidavits re: OS taken off In 80 cents per man to ship fund. y" It's Hot Whatever Name Yeu Call It One result of the coup in Iraq has been an announcement by the Iraqi government that as far as they are concerned, from now on the Persian Gulf will be known as the Gulf of Arabia. This has drawn a protest from the government of Iran which declared (bat-the Iraqi decision was not binding and must be considered an unfriendly, atti­ tude toward Iran. As far as Seafarers are con­ cerned, whether its Persian Or Arabian, it still Is one of the hottest spots on earth'with temperatiures often going well above the 100 degrc^ mark. ^ Some Seafarers may have their own names for the place," but they are not likely to get into an atlas. Personals And Notices Harold George Beleford Contact your wife at 235 W. 102 St., NY 25. NY. • -4 t , Tom Heeney SS Steel Apprentice Get in touch with Joe DiGeorge at SIU hall in New York for the money due you. t ^ t Frank Parsons It is urgent that you contact your former wife, Mrs. Barbara McKun, 42 Pine St., Laconia, NH. 3; 3^* 3^ John A. TonanI Walter Ammann wants you tO' get in touch with him at 816 S. Bond St., Baltimore 31, Md. - t t t Salvatore Sbrigllo Your wife Bita asks you to send money for the children to her new address, 18833 Rayen St., Northridge, Calif. 3i ^ t Harold W. Lawrence Contact your wife Doris regard­ ing some important papers to be signed. 4 t t .Pwejnffefii LOG Tom Hodney Get in touch with M. McLaugh­ lin, 38 White St., East Boston, Mass. 3> Si 3i ' George Mills - Contact James O'Neill, 15 Lib­ erty St., Poughkeepsie, NY. Keeping in Toaeh WITH SIU OlDTIMERS This year the SIU celebrates Its twentieth year of existehc'i^ but for retired Seafarer George Guy Gordano it marks the end of twenty years as a member of the SIU. ; Joining the Union in the^ year of its organization, 1938, Gordano can account Jor over a hundred ships he has sailed on since he started shipping in 1918 on the Great Lakes passenger ship, Frank E. Kirby^ During World War I he served on a variety of Navy vessels including a battleship, the USS Arkansas; an ammo ship, the USS Nitro; a copper-bottomed gun­ boat, the USS Galveston, and even a couple of submarines. He also managed to put a stint in with the US Engineering Department on s Mississippi stern wheeler, the SS Douglas. After the war, Gordano went ^ack to the Great Lakes passengers until he,-started to make the deep sea rung, shipping as an AB^and Oldiimer George G. Gor­ bosun on tankers, freighters and dano, wife Pauline, sons deep sea tugs. Gordano, who is 54 years old, Kery Lee and George Jr., lives at 3040 Music Street, New line up for family photo out­ Orleans, La. with his wife, Pauline, side home in New Orleans. two sons, George, Jr., and Kerry Absent is daughter, Sylvia Lee and a daughter, Sylvia Lynne. Lunne. Even though he has settled to the ease of the retired life, he remem­ bers vividly the rigors of seafaring. sea. The English and Germans In 1944, while aboard the John were always hospitable and Gor­ L. Sullivan, all hands were called dano especially "enjoyed their on during a heavy gale to lace the ways of joking about life in gen­ starboard foredeck with runners eral." With the SIU haU just a stone's and spring wires after the ship had cracked in a storm. Another time, throw away, the retired Seafarer while rounding Cape Horn on the has no trouble in keeping In touch Josiah PaNier during a storm, the with many of his old buddies. deck gang was called on to save LeRoy Clarke, port agent in Lake the deck load whiqh had broken Charles, D. Horn, C. Miller, W. R. Thompson, C. J. Stephens and loose. But the times Gordano hit the Charlie Kimball are Just a few of English and German ports more the Seafarers who keep him up to than made up for the hardships-at date. Eligibility requirements for the $35 weekly SIU disability-pen­ sion consist of the following: — Seafarers physically unable to work, no matter what their age, who have 12 years of seatime plus the Plan's sUmdard ell^billty requirement, can apply for and recelye the benefit. The seatime has to be lylth SlU-contracted companies. Seafarers who are of age 65 or over, and also meet the 12-yeaF seatime requirement plus .the Flan's standard eligibility pro- : vision, can also obtain coverage under this benefit. SIU BABY ARRIVALS 3^ 3^ 3^ All oj" the following SIU families have received a $200 SIU mater­ Walter Scott nity benefit. Paul Widener asks that you con­ Raul Aguilar Jr., born August 4, 14, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. tact him at 115 Wooley St., South­ Tilg deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported to the hampton, NY. 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Raul Gabriel Bonefont, New York City. Seafarers Welfare pirn. Aguilar, Brooklyn, NY. 3; t 3; Isaac Brown, born July 29, 1958, -• James C. Turner John L. Madden, 47: Brother Brazil, where hla death occured, to Seafarer and Mrs. Isaac Vega Katrina Fritz, born May 24,1958, Madden of Salem, Alabama, died but the place of burial is unknown. Get in touch with O. J. Esser, to Seafarer and Mrs. Floyd W. Brown, Playa Ponce, PR. on May 21, 1958, Brother Wedberg lived in Jackson­ Iowa National Mutual Insurance Willie Mldgette Jr., born June in New Orleans. ville, Florida. He is survived by a Co., Florida Branch Office, 1451 Fritz, Baltimore, Md. E. 4th Ave., Hialeah, Fla., or phone ' Tina Marie Murphy, born June 20, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. The cause "of brother, Walter F. Wedberg. 80-2042 regarding your claim. death was a ^ 16,1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Car- Willie G. Mldgette, Lowland, NC. WilUam Roohell, 78: Brother stomach aliment. Vincent Tividad Jr., born July melo Murphy, New Orleans, La. Charles O. Lynsky He b e c a m e an Rochell died of a 22, 1958, to Seafarer and lifos. Victoria Durmo, born July 7, Vincent A. Tividad, New Orleans, SIU member' in malignant tumor Your mother asks you to get In 1958, to Seafver and Mrs. John La. 1943 and Satied Auguat L 1958, touch with her at home. Durmo. Bronx, NY, in the engine dein New Orleans, V ,4 4 4 Kathryn Wallace, born August partm^t. Broth­ La. He jdlned Seafarer and Mrs. John P. HayLawrence Hitchcock, bom July 12, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Earl er Ma d,d en is the Union at its ward of Little Falls, NY, wish to 13, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Co­ C. Wallace, La Marque, Tex. survived by a sister. Mrs. Esther organization in announce the bbUt of Barbara lumbus Hitchcock, Baltimore, Md. Antbtmy Ferrer, born July 10. M. Pajme, of Colombus, Georgia. 1938 and saUed Jane Hayward, on May 11, 1958. He was burled In the Salem Ceme­ in the steward Susan Rome, bora July 22, 1958, 1958, to Seafarer S. B. Ferrer, . 4 4 4_ . Gene Berger tery. department. Sur­ to Severer and Mrs. Calvin A. Bronx. NY. : Engine Dep't ^ viving is his sirt ' Rome, New Orleans, La. William Agnlar, born July 19, Write Mary Ann Picking, 2933 . tl^ahelg,j. Herr, 39: Brother Herr ter, AlicO De SUva of New Orleans. 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jose Herman Mlelke Jr., born August Madera Ave., Oakland 19, Calif; died oh August 8, 1958, in Baltic- He was buried in the Holt Ceme­ 4, 1958 to Seafarer and Mrs. Her­ Aguiar, Bronx, NY. more, Md., of a brain hemorrhage, tery, New Orleans. -4-44 man C. Mlelke, Baltimore, Md. Joel Thomas, born July 9, 1958, Robert Prideaux ^e is survived by his wife, Mildred » » John Flynn, gli Brother Flynn ,Tom Griffith would like you to DennlDr Nettles, born July 19, to Seafarer and Mrs. Joseph E. Aniui Herr, of Baltimore. Burial took place in the Oak Lawn Ceme- died on May 23, 1958 it the, Medl- mail his repaired watch to him at 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Johnny Thomas, Alameda, Calif. oal Center, jpraey City,-NJ. The 58 Elder Place, Potomac Heights, Nettles, Baltimore, Md. teipy, Baltim<»«.. H Michael 3. Hayes, born May 2, cause of death was eaneer. Brother Md. -3?• w 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. George Boland-I. Wedberg, A cere­ Flynn started sailing with the SIU 4 4 4 John Eftimiou, born May 9, L. Hayes Jr., Vancduver, Wash. , Edmund K. W. Eriksen bral hemorrage Was the cause of in 1957 iind was last aboard the 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Nicho­ Jolm Howland, born May 23, Please write your wife, Betty, or las ^timipu, San Francisco, Calif. Brother WedbO!^'s death pn June Ocean Neva. He was interred, in 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. John 13i 1998, His body hR4 been re- tiie Mpnti^e, Cemete^, MontviUp, phone her at AD* ?:7444. Very R«f«elR ^oneftm^ born Ail|9>sl Upwhmd, Luther/lUe, M(|.^^ > Important. tv^fned to^ the . VS from Becife«- NJi irhere are no survivors. 7.;^ T.';jn i r • - •% •k �^ Tt.' SEAFARERS • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATION AL UNION •ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT * AFL-CIO • Congress Boosts Old Age Benefit 1^ w. I i-v Gosy Spot For Rolaxatlon In 'Frisco WASHINGTON—A seven percent increase in Federal So­ cial Security benefits has been voted by Congress and is ex­ pected to be signed by the President. The-new pensions for retired workers would go into-f The SEAFARERS LOG is effect February now in the process of obtaining The increased benefits will full details of the new benefits be financed by higher payroll from the Federal Security taxes on employers and 75 million Agency. These details will be workers, starting January 1. Max­ presented in chart form in a imum tax levels will be increased future issue of the LOG for the on that date from $94.50 to $120 information of the membership. a year. In addition to Increasing deducted up to $4,800, or $400 benefits for 12 million workers month average earnings, and a hew now on .the retirement rolls, the categoiy of benefits is set up on bill sets up a new category which the $400 level. Therefore, as It now stands the will lead to still higher benefits for some workers retiring in the bill provides: A) A maximum of $110-for future. Up until now, benefits Newly-refurbished library al Sailors Union hall In San Francisco provides comfortable spot for reading were based on average monthly presently-retired single work­ and relaxation. SUP members, Seafarer* shipping from West Coast and men from other SIU affilK ers and future retirements at earnings up to a maximum of $350 otes utilize the facilities. At front table (I to rj are Tom Banich, Pete Nielsen and Ben Gagliasso, aH the old top figure of $350 a month or $4,200 a year, and pay­ SUP men, frying out the new captain's chairs and some of the 1,100 new volumes added tb the library roll taxes were deducted up to average monthly earnings. This collection. . is'an increase of $7.50 a month. that figure. For a man and wife in the Workers averaging more than $350 a month In earnings got no same bracket it goes up $11.20 a month to $174. For a widow credit toward retirement pay for their additional income as they and two children it goes up to • a top $232 monthly — a $32 did not pay taxes on any earnings increase. over the $4,200 figure. B) In the brand-new bracket Now though, the taxes will be of $400 monthly average earn­ ings the maximums will be $127 a month for a single HALIFAX—A showdown appears' to be In the'offing in the SlU-Canadian District's 14worker; $190.50 a month for a man and wife and $254.10 a month strike against the Canadian National Steamship company^ Troy Browning, Lakes month for a widow with two operator who is handling the ships on behalf of the new Cuban owners, has announced that children. he wiU attempt to get the — ^ For practical purposes, most since . the SlU strike began, demands to 20 percent, and the Seafarers will probably qualify oi ships out Of port in the face of July 4, 1951 company countered with a twothe $400 monthly average and bi an SIU picketline. The ships step 15 percent tajce-it-or-leave-it It had been expected then that entitled to the top figure for retire­ were sold to the Cuban interests the' company would attempt tq offer. This would have kept CNS ment. In combination with the SIU undier a Canadian government- sail the ship for Havana, although wages way below prevailing standf disability-pension, a single retired sponsored strikebreaking move. neither she nor any of the other ards, as they have been all aW^ There is still some time left for Seafarer would then be entitled to At week's end, the Canadian struck ships have had a going-over Rejection by the SIU of the com­ Seafarers who wish to be candi­ $277 a month, a married retired strikers had the full support of the in the shipyard since, being idled. pany's meager offering prompted dates in the forthcoming Union Seafarer to $340.50 monthly. world labor movement, including Like pother lahor groups. Local 1 CNS to transfer the ships to Trinaelections to nominate themselves. Payroll taxes will go up on the AFL-CIO, Canadian Congress of the Industrial Union of Marine dad in order to break the strike. The nominations period will wind January 1 from 214 to 214 percent of labour, the Internationid' and > Shipbuilding Workers has re­ However, worldwide labor solidar­ up as of midnight, September 12, on both workers and employers Transportworkers Federation and fused to handle the '«hoV' ships. ity forced the company to back for the 38 union posts which will and the taxable wage base will be the International Confederation of This month's sale of the CNS down when It was unable to obtain be open in the voting. Balloting increased from $4,200 to $4,800 a Free Trade Unions, and were ships, which have been operated scab crews anywhere. will get underway on November 1 year. The tax increase, which will awaiting further moves by the new Two planeloads of 100 men from by a Canadian government-owned amount to more than the Govern­ owners. and . dose December 31. Jamaica turned back in mid-flight subsidiary, was the latest in a The nominations procedure calls ment needs to cover the benefit series of sixikebreaking maneuvers and other seamen from England Report Steam Up for a candidate to nominate him­ increases,, has been enacted to •by the operators and the govern­ refused to bqard the ships on ar­ On Monday, news reports in­ ment self for any Union office simply by provide long-range stability for the to smash the SIU strike. rival in Canada when they learned dicated that some crewmembers Waterfront submitting proof of his three years' Social Security fund. observers have echoed of the SIU strike. Three of the saatune, four months of which has The final bill also provided for had gone aboard the Canadian the imion contention that the ships have been tied up here since to be in the current calendar year; a $197 million increase in Federal Cruiser, largest of the CNS ves­ bargain sale of the ships was engi­ the strike began. Five others have his two years' continuous Union public assikance grants - to the sels, and that steam was up. How­ neered ^prlmadly in retaliation for been anchored in Bedford Basin membership and US citizenship. states for the needy aged, blind, ever, this was presumably done by the union's determination not to since December, when they were Those seeking departmental posts disabled and dependent children. soab ship's officers, who"^ Have knuckle under. sliifted from Montreal manned must show seatime in that depart­ The increase, will raise Federal been maintained aboard the ships only by ship> officers, and water­ Opposition members of Parlia­ front workers here wouldn't tie ment. Candidates should remem­ contributions for the blind, aged ment have, sharply criticized the them to the dock. ber to specify the port and office and disabled from $60 to $64 or government for letting the CNS $65 a month, and for-a'dependent they are seeking. Unable to obtain crews, CNS fleet go foreign, particularly when chad to $30. transferred the ships back to After all nominations are in and sv-Jie of the Canadian bids came Payroll taxes will be increased have been deemed valid by a mem­ again at three year intervals until within $200,000 of the $2.8 million Canadian registry and put them-bership-elected credentials commit­ 1969. There will be an increase sale price and one, late by a few up for sale a short time ago. tee. the SEAFARERS LOG will to 3 percent in 1960, to 3V4 percent hours, topped the Cuban bid by publish a special supplement cbnr in 1963, to 4 percent in 1966 and $200,000; . taining photos- and statements of to 4^ percent in 1969; Experts SEATTLE-^Meetings with the The government's action was each candidate. All Seafarers who beUeve that by 1960 the present crews of all ships hitting this port . criticized because the are candidates are asked to submit deficit in the Social Security were held in order to inform them further actual moffey issue between the such statements" of not more than system wiU be wiped out and the of the new wage increase, Jeff GUc. SIU and th'e in company amounted 100 words, with a photograph. lette, port agent, reports. Need­ system will be in the black from to barely $24,000'yearly. Not even' The 38 offices open were listed then on. less to say, the news vvas well re­ taken into account, says the union, in the last issue of,, the SEAFAR­ ceived by all hands. is the Canadian loss in wages, ERS LOG. They are largely the Shipping for the two week period taxes and other Items as a result same as in the' previous election continued to be good and is a good of the "outright foreign sale. ' with the foliowihg exceptions: < If a crewmember quits while bet that it will continue that way. Crews Locked Out : Two assistant secretary-treasur­ a'^hip is in port,': delegates Two ships, the Mankato Victmy ers joint will be chosen as against (Victory Carriers) and the Alcoa The. SIU beef arose last year are^ 'asked to contact the ball three the previous time. , Partner (Alcoa), paid off and when CNS Id'cked out its seanien immediately for a replace­ The ports of Norfolk, Savannah signed on. Over a SO percent wage increase and Tampa will elect agents only. ment. Fast action on their part In transit were the Penmar and demand. At the t(me, ABs drew will keep ail jobs aboard ship The ports of Wilmington and at all times and elimi­ Losmac (Calmar), the Maiden $204 a month. When a govern­ Seattle will be on the ballot for filled nate the chance of the ship Creek and Afduhdria j (Waterman), ment conciliation board- recom­ the first time for the election of sailing shorthanded. the Ocean Jlv^lyn (Ocean Trans­ mended a ten. percent award, the •r.;.7 port agents. port) and the Orion Star (Oridnl. union membership scaled do^'Its Showdown Seen Near On Struck Canadran Ships Union Office Nominations End Sept 12 • • -•'4 V':"! Seattle tikes Gontract News Shorthanded? m I � 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/. 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Title A name given to the resource August 29, 1958 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU PUSHES DRIVE FOR SS ATLANTIC FARM BILL SEEN SHIPPING BOOST US TO SPUR BUILDING OF ATOM SHIPS CURRAN MUM ON AMMI POLICY SS ATLANTIC HIRING OK’D, SIU PUSHES FOR PACTS RIGHTS NEW WAGE TERMS WIN APPROVAL IN ALL PORTS NMU’S ‘WRECK’ DRIVE FAILING LA. LABOR PLANS STORM MEMORIAL REVIVE TALK OF CONTROLS ON MARITIME BARGAINING AFL-CIO RULES AGAINST PACTS WITH OUSTED UNIONS NY SHIPPING STEADY; GAINS PLEASE CREWS ISTHMIAN ON NEW SERVICE TO FAR EAST T-H LAW CHANGES DEAD; WELFARE FUND BILL PASSES UNIONS OF AMERICA AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION ‘WRECK’ LAW BRINGS BACK SPEED-UP DAYS END ONASSIS QUIZ, TURN TO NIARCHOS BAUXITE STOCKPILE SEEN BOOSTING MOBILE SHIPPING NO CHANCE SEEN FOR POLAR ROUTE CONGRESS BOOSTS OLD AGE BENEFIT SHOWDOWN SEEN NEAR ON STRUCK CANADIAN SHIPS 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 08/29/1958 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. XX, No. 18 1958 Periodicals Seafarers Log