http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/320e7f9d955beada2d0537a29ec5dd43.PDF c002c0120497af09e4c4641998be3e3d PDF Text Text -- See Centerfold SEAFARERS i LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THI SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO • State Dep't Move ttit: RAP US BID TO SHIELD RUNAWAYS -/ %\ -Story On Page 3 Fund Lock Hits Ship Sanitation -Story On Page 2 One Seafarer Dead, Three Missing, 18 Hurt On SS Vaichem The Grace Line cruise ship Santa Rosa rammed the SIUmanned tanker Vaichem at 3 AM yesterday morning off A&m^ City. The following are dead and missing: Dead, Ismatd J. Romo, Idissirig, >tes^ Wiper, Charies S.^: Butter, wiper, and an as yet unidenti­ • ••• .. .-j ",>.ry->-ijir"'--'-•• fied ship's officer. The 18 injured, all. Sea­ farers, were taken aboard the Santa Rosa. The Vaichem was empty at the time, be­ ing outbound for Baytown, Texas. For fuller details and com­ plete crew list of injured and uninjured men see story on page 2. •'I•4 �SEAFARERS LOG Pare Tw* y' bi March 27, l»Sf SS VALCHEM IN COLLISION; ONE DIES, 3 MISSING Hit Mobile; Shipping Up MOBILE—Two harbor accidents . ATLANTIC CITY, NJ—One Seafarer died, three crewduring the Ipast few weeks in the members, including an engineer, are missing and 18 others harbor has resulted in the loss of were reported injured aboard the SlU-manned chemical two lives, considerable property tanker Valchem after it. was-t ^ damage and the disruption of struck by the cruise ship Valchem until she was taken in water commerce along the main Santa Rosa 22 miles offshore tow by a commercial tug. Coast ship channel for a couple of days. here. The accident took place at Guard cutters and a Coast Guard Port Agent Cal Tanner reports. 3 AM, Thursday, March 26. helicopter were also on the scene. The first of the sinkings came The dead man was Seafarer There were no reported injuries about when a barge load of shells Ismael J. Romo, 41, FWT, of Los on the Santa Rosa, which suffered suddenly sank, dragging its tug a gash in her bow just about five Angeles. Missing are Joseph A. down with it. The master of the Mora, 48, wiper, of New York and feet above the waterline. tug and his engineer went down At the time of the accident, the Charles S. Butler, also 48, a wiper, with their vessel. The second sink­ from Houston, Texas. The second Valchem was in ballast, headed ing occiured when a barge load of south to the Gulf from New York engineer is also missing. Another With striking woodworkers thrown into {oil, often without formal wet logs went under in the main 18 Seafarers are reported injured, City. The ship is a diemical car­ charges, wives and daughters have taken over Newfoundland ship channel, threatening to close rier, hauling liquid industrial but aboard the Santa Rosa and the channel to navigation for a picket lines in many instances. Newfoundland government has were being brought to New York chemicals from Texas to the East couple of days before salvage gone all-out to smash the strike and set up a government-sponCoast as the LOG went to press. crews were able to clear the wreck. sored company union. The Santa Rosa, heading nortii Meanwhile down on the Ala­ from a cruise to the Bahamas, bama State Docks, the heavy bulk struck the Valchem on the port loading machinery broke down side aft and her bow penetrated while unloading a cargo of iron halfway into the fireroom. She ore from a Lykes Brothers' vesseL sheared off the stack, two ventila­ It is expected that it will take tors and part of the cabin deck about a week to repair the ma­ which fell on the Santa Rosa chinery before it will be back in When the two ships pulled apart operation. Unloading equipment t after it was determined that they could both float. The two ships The SIU of North America and the SIU Canadian District have contributed a total of was borrowed from another tipple were locked together for two hours. $6,500 to 12,000 striking Newfoundland loggers as organized labor in Canada has rallied across the river and unloading con­ tinued on this vessel and others The dead man was reported to have been taken off by Coast to the defense of the strikers. Members of the Canadian District approved a $1,500 contribu- in the harbor with bulk cargo. Drydook Being Shifted Guard helicopter and rushed to a tion.at their March 11 meeting"^ The SlU-contracted Waterman hospital in Atlantic City, but died and international headquar­ primitive camp conditions and get­ union, even though It had formal before medical attention could be ters gave the balance, SIU of ting $1.05 an hour. But the com­ cei-tificatlon under Canadfan law, Steamship Company has an­ pany refused to make any changes formed a company union called nounced the leasing of the drygiven. He was badly-burned, ap­ the Brotherhood of Newfoundland dock which formerly served the parently in a Are which broke out NA Vice-President Hal Banks re­ in the loggers' conditions. The matter was then referred to Woodworkers, and is enrolling Gulf yard here to a shipyard in aboard the Valchem following the ported. collision. The fire was brought . The call for aid came as the a government Conciliation Board strikebreakers and vigilantes to Jacksonville, Fla. The di^dock is undOr control shortly afterward. government of the province of which, in a unanimous report, smash the union. capable of handling vessels up to Newfoundland organized a corps called for a 54-hour week, and a 18,000 tons, and will be towed over Probe Demanded $1.22 wage rate. With the hours The Canadian Labor Congress' to Jacksonville in the near future. of sirikebreakers and vigilantes The following is the latest cut, the raise amounted to about available list of dead, missing, and declared it would oust the five cents an hour. The union ap­ reaction has been to call for finan­ An eight-man crew will be dis­ striking union, the International contributions from its one mil­ patched from the hall here for injured and uninjured Seafarers proved the report, but the company cial Woodworkers of America, from lion members to support the 12,000 the nm. on the Valchenu rejected it and would not budge. ~ strikers the province. Shipping for the port during the and to demand a national DEAD Company Got Injunction The Newfoundland loggers'- beef government investigation of the past couple of weeks was on the Ismael J. Romo, FWT is one of two bitter strike battles When the union called for a strike. The government has agreed good side. Tanner reported, keep­ MISSING in widely-separated areas which in­ strike vote, the company got a and has appointed a royal commis­ ing well ahead of the number of Joseph A. Mora, wiper dicate a hardening of government court injunction to halt the polling sion to deal with the dispute. men registering for the same Charles S. Butler, wiper attitudes towards unions in both of the membership. Nevertheless The North Carolina strike of the period. INJURED Canada and the United States. An­ the union went ahead and got a textile workers has been on for The following were the vessels Hans Richardson, AB other major strike, this one in 98 percent vote for a strike, al­ over 16 weeks now, and state high­ calling into the area either for I. De Nobrlga, AB North Carolina, shows a similar though some of the members were way police have been giving the payoff, or in transit: the Alcoa H. Won, OS pattern with the North Carolina hauled' into court for holding the strikebreakers an escort in and out Pegasus, Alcoa Comir, Alcoa Cav­ G. Malensky, OS government supplying 135 high­ vote. Claude Blanchard, bosun of the plant daily. Both the Justice alier, Akoa Ranger, Alcoa Roamway policemen to escort strike­ The strike started December 31, Departmene and the McCIellan er (Alcoa); Monarch of the Seas, A. Dokeris, oiler breakers in and out of the Harriet- 1958, and since then both the com­ Committee are reportedly looking Young America, Claiborne (Water­ B. J. Martin, FWT Henderson Cotton Mills in Hen­ pany and the provincial govern­ into the heating of the union of­ man); Frances, Suzanne (Bull); Dd . Ernest C. West, FWT derson, NC. The Textile Workers ment have organized strikebreak­ ficer, one of many such incidents Viento (Mississippi); Ocean Evelyn William M. Safos, oiler Union of America has been strik­ ing activities. The provincial legis­ which have taken place since the Ocean Trans.) and the Mankato John J. Tobin, oiler ing the plant for over 16 weeks lature voted to "decertify" the strike began. William Nesta, steward "Victory (Victory Carriers). and in the process, the regional A. Perez, cbief cook vice-president of the union, Boyd Lowell Harris, baker E. Payton, has been hospitalized B. B. Henderson, 3rd cook Albert Castro, Jr., utility as the result of a severe beating John Kavanagh, utility he received. WASHINGTON—Right after Maritime Administrator Clarence Morse testified that sub­ Rafael Bertram, MM Condemns Strikebreaking William Todd, MM In Newfoundland, the province's sidy appropriations should go up to handle pending applications, the House Appropriations REPORTED SAFE government, headed by Premier Committee voted a cut in subsidies for the balance of the year. Peter D. Sheldrake, DM Joseph R. Sihallwood, has been de­ Gerald L. Kersey, AB Morse had told the commit-1" nounced by Canada's Prime Min­ Ravaughn Johnson, AB appropriation of $10 million to prior appropriation last year for ister, John Diefenbaker, for its tee that the Government handle obligations for the balance existing subsidies. Charles V.-Tyler, AB strikebreaking tactics. The prime would need around $200 mil­ of this year untU July 1. This The House Committee promptly Elmer D. Baker, OS minister, a member of The Con­ lion a year should all pending ap­ money was to make up for a lack of cut the $10 million figure in half. Gene Pasphali, AB Had it been approved, it would George G. Baka, ch'f pumpman servative Party, declared that the plications be approved. This would have provided the same total W. J. Westcott, 2nd pumpman chartering of a strikebreaking or- involve some 2,600 voyages and gEnizaiion has "greatly aggravated cover applications • made by the amount this year, $130 million, as H. L. Trahan, oiler the situation" and represented ac­ SIU - contracted Waterman and the Administration is asking for tions which "go greatly beyond the Isthmian Steamship companies and Mar. 27, 1959 Vol. XXI, No. 7 next year. Similarly, a fire broke out in the usual role of government." He re­ The action of the House Indipaint locker of the Santa Rosa. fused to send additional contin­ Great Lakes District-contracted T. -cates that farTrom increasing the J. McCarthy company. The Santa Rosa, which was gents of the Canadian Mounted Po­ budget anywhere near the $200 companies who hu've ma­ earring 1265 passengers plus a lice into the province. It had been jorOther million that will be needed for all subsidy applications pending PAUL HALL, S«eretarv-Treaturtr crew of 150 NMU men, took charged that the famed 'IMoun- are- Isbrandtsen and State Marine subsidy applicants, Congress may Hcaaraz BsAini. EdUor. BNMABD SCAaboard the 18 survivors, three oi ties" were being utilized by Small' Lines. In addition, existing sub­ Ai.iN, Art Editor. HnxAii AaxBtm. IRWIN cut present subsidy operations whom are reportedly in need of wood to assist strikebreaking, SPIVACK, Al, MAHKIN, Jam. BRAZIL, ANA- down in the coming year. sidized operators, among them tout Lzvxorr, Staff Writers. BILL Moonr, hospitalization. Four of them had The loggers' strike began after Bloomfield and a number of West Chili Area Representative. This would' affect US shipping shipped on the Valchem on Tues­ the Woodworkers Union had or­ Coast companies, have applications seeking to enter the Great Lakesday and Wednesday. Santa Rosa ganized the Anglo - Newfoundland in for expanding their present PuMlihad biwecklf Bf nw baBequartart Seaway trade, since the only sub^ of the SMfanrs intMnaHenal Union, Ab sidy allowances V not now being crewiuembers spent seven- hours Development Company,'-lyas certi­ subslzed services. lanfic a Ooir District, APL-CIO, 4rs Fourth battling the fire in the paint locker fied by the Canadian Labour Re­ Brooklyn Sh HY. Tol. HYoclnth used are some 75 voyages for this As compared to the $200 mil­ Avonuo. 9-MM. BocoM dan .pestofio paid which at one time threatened" to lations Board and started negoti­ lion dgiire, the Administration had at trade, which was based"on the as­ tha Poit Offica In Brooklyn, HV, cause the removal of passengers. ations. Act of AuB- M. WIS. sumption that $130 millipn would requested $130 million to operate lit The Santa Rosa and her sister be forthcoming for sabsidif jpurAt the time, the men were work­ the program for the fiscal year be­ ship,, the Santa Clara, stood by the ing a 60 hour week, living under ginning July 1 plus a supplemental poses. •: •' SlU Backs Loggers' Fight On Newfoundland Scabs House Body Cuts Subsidy Fund &: • ^3* SEAFARERS LOG If''.'•£; lif :• •• IK: �Mareli 27. 1959 SEAFARERS ilExce^pis From Protest To State Department (Thie following are excerpts from the protest sent to Under-Secre­ tary of State Christian Herter dealing with reports that the State Department might attempt to overturn NLRB and court decisions on runaway ships. The NMU sent an identical protest.) "We believe it would be most inadvisable for the State Depart-. ment to intervene in what is essentially and simply a labor dispute between American maritime unions and American maritime man-agement . . . (which) . . . uses Liberian and Panamanian registry as a purely ^technical and legalistic device to evade American wages, scales and conditions and American taxes . . . . . The National Labor Relations Board has found these ships , are American-owned, operate in the commerce of the United States at the service of American industrial corporations ... Both the Department of Commerce and the Defense Department regard these ships as American ships. The only excuse offered for register­ ing thhm under another flag is admittedly to take advantage of low labor costs. This is conceded by the staunchest defenders of this arrangement ... "Liberia and Panama by permitting free and easy registration under their flags are peddling wage discount cards to shipowners ... seeking to escape union organizing . . . Hence the efforts of the owners to__use the US State Department and the navigation treaties as a shield . . . from the legitimate demands of their crews. ". . . Panama and Liberia have abused the navigation treaties by selling these wage discount cards at a trifling fee . . . Whoever uses the navigation treaties as an excuse to justify this practice is guilty of hypocrisy and In-sincerity ... ". . . The State Department has a long record of coolness toward an American-flag merchant marine . . . We trust that the State Department will not formally associate itself with the above-men­ tioned hypocrisy and insineefily by using the excuse of 'navigation treaties' to intervene in a pure and simple domestic labor dispute ... ". . . The legal issues at stake are at present before the Federal courts . . . We urge that you ... let the appropriate agencies—the courts and the National Labor Relations Board—make the decisions that fall within their jurisdiction." Budget Threatens Sanitation Service An inadequate budget appropri^ition which threatens to undermine enforcement of shipboard health and sanitation rules is under attack from the Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO and the SIU of NA. Writing to members of the House Appropriations Com­ mittee, MTD Secretary-Treas­ urer Harry O'Reilly, pointed out that collapsd of the sanitatiotf program would open the United States to the spread of com­ municable diseases, rat and insect Infestations from foreign countries. It would also endanger the health of American seamen. SIU port agents and MTD port councils are being alerted to notify the Appropriations Committee members from their area as to the seriousness of the situation. O'Reilly pointed out that the Sanitation Service has only 20 In­ spectors and 18 engineering in­ spectors with the result that it is impossible . to inspect ships and other common carriers as often as they should be. He suggested that the inspection service work force would have to be doubled to per­ form its job properly. The PHS Interstate Carrier Gen­ eral Sanitation Program performs several important functions. One, with which Seafarers are familiar, involves inspection of sanitary conr ditions aboard ships including food handling, general shipboard clean­ liness, freedom from rat and insect infestation, assurance that heads and sanitary lines do hot leak and contaminate other areas of the ship, assurance that drinking water is free of contamination and other matters vital to the health of crews, as well as to passengers on TJS-flag passenger ships. In addition to inspecting vessels and other carriers, the service has an important function to perform in ship construction. When a new ship is built or an old one modifled, it must get a certificate of sanitary construction to assure that all facilities are properly Installed. The Sanitation Service also is called in by the Quarantine Serv­ ice from time to time to check on foreign vessels calling at US ports from the shipboard engineering point of view. For these functions the service has a recommended appropriation of $350,000. While this is pretty much the same as in previous years, it actually represents a cut­ back, because Federal employees were granted a five percent raise last year, and other costs of oper­ ating the program have gone up accordingly. Pare LOG SlU.NMUHitState Dep't Move To Balk Drive On Runaways • 31 .q \ J WASHINGTON —In what appears to be another move by runaway ship­ owners to block unionization, the US State Department is reportedly "looking into" National Laibor Relations Board and US court findings that runaways are subject to US labor law. picketing on the ground that the American ships. The only excuse Both SIU of NA President case properly belonged before the offered for registering them under Paul Hall and NMU Pres­ NLRB as a straight labor dispute. another flag is admittedly to take trial on the merits of this issue advantage of low labor costs. This ident Joseph Gurran have isA still is conceded by the staunchest pending. protested to Under-Secre­ The latest State Department defenders of this arrangement." Runaway shipowners, he con­ action then, is seen as an attempt tary of State, Christian to intervene on behalf of the run­ cluded, are trying to use the "US Herter, objecting to the de­ aways in further court proceed­ State Department as a shield to partment's interference "in ings dealing with the right of protect them from the legitimate what is essentially and simply American unions to organize Amer­ demands of their crews." a labor dispute between American maritime unions and American management ..." The "Journal of Commerce," a New York business newspaper, reported last week that the State Department Investigation "stems from a concern that these decisions might be contrary to treaties of navigation which this country has with nations which provide flags of convenience for Americanowned ships." The implication was that the Department would attempt to overturn NLRB rulings that US unions can organize Amer­ ican-owned runaways. The two sea union officers, in their protests to Herter, declared that, "Panama and Liberia have abused the navigation treaties by selling wage discount cards" to American shipowners. The State Department move derives from the SS Florida case in which the SIU petitioned for an election on the Liberian-flag cruise ship last May. In that instance, the NLRB ruled that the SIU was justified in its bid because the ship was^ American-owned and con­ trolled and operated in the com­ merce of the United States. Subsequently, in December, when the NMU, SIU and other sea unions picketed runaway-flag ships the Federal District Coiut in New York refused to enjoin the ican-owned runaway ships. In his letter of protest to Herter, Hall cited the findings of the Board and the courts and also pointed out that "both the Department of Commerce and the Defense De­ partment regard these ships as The involvement of the State Department is only one of a series of developments in the runaway arena. Others include the follow­ ing: • A leading runaway operator (Continued on page 15) Lakes SIU Wins Isf Welfare Plan MILWAUKEE—The first comprehensive welfare coverage for seamen on Great Lakes ships has been won by the SIUGreat Lakes District with the signing of the Clark Oil and Refining Corporation. As a result, Lakes Seafarers on tions, so that its adoption on the Clark ships will be covered by Lakes will meet the problem Welfare Plan benefits which are patterned on those in existence on deep-sea ships contracted to the Atlantic and Gulf District. Of particular significance to Lakes seamen is the provision for year-round coverage for them and their families, even though all Lakes operations are suspended four or five months in the winter­ time. However, the SIU deep sea requirement calling for one day's seatime in the last 180 days and 90 days in the previous year, is tailor-made to cover such opera- Standing Guard On 'Squatter's Rights' posed by the seasonal nature of shipping. Normally, Lakes ships lay up in December and come out again in April, a span of time which falls well within the 180-day limit. Virtually all of the deep-sea benefits have been included in the Lakes plan including the $4,000 death benefit, the $200 maternity benefit, $15 daily hospitalization allowance for dependents, and for seamen the $21 weekly hospital benefit and $35 weekly disability pension. Signing of the Clark agreement has paved the way for bringing other Lakes companies in under the SIU Great Lakes plan. Lakes Secretary-Treasurer Fred Famen said that meetings with other SIUcontracted companies are being arranged to include them in the pace-setting agreement. SCHEDULE OF SIU MEETINGS SIU meffibership meeN ings are held regularly every two weeks on Wed­ nesday nights at 7 PM In all SIU ports. All Sea­ farers are expected to attend; those who wish to be excused should request permission by telegram (be sure to include regis­ tration number). The next SIU meetings will be: April I AW (sssort^ "salvageri" heid mad® off with lines, typewriters, fittings, food supplies and other equipment, the stern section of the wrecked tanker African Queen is now under armed guard. It has been claimed for solvdge following its abandonment as a total loss by owners. Tanker is on reef off the coosApf Maryland. April 15 April 29 I •i| d m ^1 �IPace Fonr SEAFARERS LOG House Votes To Extend Jobless Aid 1 '-ly Mmh ». 1W» EVOiHG mum WASHINGTON—With unemployment again up close to five million, the House of Representatives has voted to extend temporary Federal employment benefits for three more QUESTION: Do you find thot ships oxercist proper speed precou* months. The program, which is due to run out on April 1, provides benefits for those work­ lion in fog or in congested waters? ers who have exhausted their"* T" ~ ~ 77 ~ very low benefits, and benefit pe- valid claims by March 31 will ben­ regular state benefits. Edelmarto Albarran, deck: No. M, G. Lopez, bosun: Ships I've riods of as little as 16 to 20 weeks. efit by the extension. Why, the last ship I was. on was sailed on have always taken ut­ Meanwhile, President Eisen­ Designed to provide a general The bill is a watered-down ver­ hower has called for legislation to tapering off of temporary benefits, sion of an earlier Democratic plan cruising about 14 most precautions. provide benefits for three million the bill passed by the House' would to extend the benefits for one year knots—and that They always slow fog was thick. more workers that are now not assist an estimated 405,000 work­ and have it cover all the jobless. down in a fog or Sometimes it covered by state unemployment ers. These benefits take effect When it met with resistance, ef­ go to "stand-by," seems as If the where they could ^ benefit plans. These would include when a worker has used up his forts to push it through were •skippers are change course workers in small operatiohs and regular state, benefits. However, it abandoned in order to assure the more interested with a flip of the workers for non-profit organiza­ will" not provide payments for three-month extension, which was in meeting their wheel. The horn tions. those who had exhausted the bene­ backed even by conservative Jleschedule than in is blown every However, it would not make any fits to which they were originally publicans. s.af eguarding two minutes and provision for extending the pres­ entitled, under the temporary ex­ Finances for the extension will their ship and a lookout Is put ent temporary Federal program, tension, nor to those whose reg­ come from a $665,700,000 fund, of which was passed last year as a ular unemployment benefits run which $218 million is left, ap­ the crew. Relying on radar is not on the bridge. A good skipper will too safe a practice, since the read­ also stand watch; one-shot measure during the re­ out later. propriated last year for the emer­ ings are often deceptive. 3^ 3, 3< cession. Only those already receiving the gency program. It will cost $78 Luis Polanco, deck: The ships t 3^ 4" Union spokesmen In Washington special benefits or those who file million. Clandio Pineyro, deefcr in my ex­ I've sailed generally slow down. have advocated continuation of the perience, the skippers have always If the fog gets temporary program because of the taken utmost too dense, they'll failure of unemployment to show precautions. As even drop anchor anj' decline up until now. The soon as a fog be­ as has happened unions are also calling for a Fed­ gins to settle, the on a number of eral minimum unemployment ben­ ship cuts its occasions. To efit law, because many states have speed, sends an warn other ves­ extra lookout on sels, the whistle, "WASHINGTON—The apparent low bid for the construc­ the bridge and is constantly tion of three cargo ships for Mississippi Shipping Co., an blows its horn blowing. Many skippers will also SlU-contracted operator, was $9,561,000 each, submitted by regularly. That's as much precau­ stay on the bridge while the go­ Avondale Marine Ways, Inc.,-* ing's rough. the Maritime Administration are intended for'* use in the com­ tion as you could ask for. 3^ 3^ $ t 3i 4. The bids are not pany's Gulf to "West Africa run and WASHINGTON—In a letter to reported. Joe Bucher, deck: Sometimes Joe Zuccaro, deck: I've just fixed and are subject to change to the east coast of South America. members of Congress, Secretary of in case of an unforeseen increase The 10,930 deadweight ton vessels they slow down, sometimes they come off one of the missile ships Labor James P. Mitchell, has re­ in labor or material costs. don't. I think and I'll tell you, will be 503 feet long and will have quested a delay in raising the $1 their schedule's it's the last ship According to the MA, the 10 accommodations for carrying 12 an hour minimum wage law, and bids submitted ranged from the passengers. They will tiave a speed their guide. H I'd want to be on they don't want instead asked for an extension of low Avondale bid to a high of of 18 knots. Among other new during a fog. its provisions to "several million slightly more than $12,000,000 for features will be the use of me­ to lose a day, I've seen captains additional workers." they go right on go right on chanical hatch covers and full aireach vessel, with fixed price bids through at speeds tiirough without In support of his position, running even higher. Two of the conditioning in all-dining quarters. of 15 knots slowing down. .Mitchell said that when the statu­ next lowest bids were $9,750,000 Additional bids on the three They use radar tory minimum was raised back in from Newport News Shipbuilding ships and believe me, were made for various de­ and other safety 1356 from 75 cents to |1 an hour, the crew was con­ Corp., and $9,650,000 from the In- fense features which will have to devices, but T cerned. Without it resulted in some "disemploy- galls be analyzed before final determi­ wonder if they're foolproof. Shipbuilding Corp. a lookout, no less. ment" in the low-wage industries, The three Missi^^sippi vessels nation of the award can be made. which did away with many jobs by tightening up their operations. Studies by the Department, he A West Coast Ship Comes Out said, "suggest that the $1 minimum had substantial impact in the lowwage industries and that there is still a heavy concentration of workers" at or near the minimum in these areas. A further raise at the present time, would only re­ ALBANY—The New York State legislature has overwhelm­ sult in running the risk of "sub­ ingly passed an anti-racketeering bill, designed to eliminate stantially curtailing employmenf or earning power" among these some of the abuses in labor-management relations. The bill, industries. in effect, sets up a code of"* "The minimum ought to be ethics for union officers and possible fines of up to $1,000, one raised as -rapidly as possible," year in jail, or both. Mitchell agreed, "but with due re­ agents, requiring annual fi­ Recognizing the need for such gard for the economic capacity of nancial reports from unions, em­ a reform bill in the light of recent low-wage industries to make ad­ ployers and employer groups and abuses, the legislature did not ex­ justments to progressively higher clude employers from fault The labor consultants. standards." Although the provisions of the preamble notes that some employ­ In commenting on Mitchell's bill are generally approved by ers and labor relations consultants proposals, AFL-CIO President : abor forces in the state, objections "participated in or induced such George Meany said that he was were raised by the state AFL-CIO abuses." glad to see the Administration sup­ to the date's action in the labor port for extension of the coverage regulation area. Labor officials but that organized labor would not argued that union activities cross give up its fight to boost the mini­ state lines, and that if New York's mum to $1.25 an hour. action were repeated elsewhere, unions might find themselves oper­ ating under up to 50 different state Turned Down OT? agencies. Such legislation is for The International Executive Com­ the Federal government, not the mittee of the Masters, Mates and Don't Beef On $$ states, they concluded. Pilots has appointed Floyd Silver­ Headquarters wishes to re­ Actually the State bill is con­ man as trustee of Local 88, New mind Seafarers that men who sidered to be milder in tone than York. Silverman, a Local 88 mem­ are choosy about working cer­ the Kennedy-Ervin bill In- the ber, succeeds Charles Crooks, who tain overtime cannot expect an Senate or the Eisenhower adminis­ is returning to his home in San equal number of OT hours with tration's bill which is even more Pedro, California. , the rest of their department. In stringent. The trusteeship was set vp in some crews men have been The bill prohibits an officer or Local 88 after a group in the union turning down unpleasant OT agent of the union from having seized possession of the Local's jobs and then demanding to any financial dealings that conflict headquarters in March, 1958, and come up with equal overtime with his responsibility to his union attempted to take over the opera­ when the easier'jobs come along. or acting in a way that favors his tions of the union, until they were This practice is unfair to Sea­ personal .profit over the welfare ordered by the courts to return farers who take OT jobs as they of his union. possession to the MM&P trustee, come. One provision forbids union Silverman has been working with The general objective is to officers from holding more than -Crooks for seve^l months in rei equalize OT as mucp as possible one percent of the regularly-traded organizing the aiftiirs of Local 88; but if a man refuses disagree­ stock of a company with which the Consequently he was considered able jobs there is no require­ Newly-converted Mariner comes out of yards, as President Gar­ union is negotiating and bans more well-qualified by the MM&P to ment that when ap easier job field for SlU Pacific District-contracted American President Lines. than $100 worth of gifts from em­ succeed Crooks, who wished to comes along he can make up the Below, Doug Crute, bosun, explains winch operation to Davo^ ployers in any one year. Most of return to his home local on the overtime he turned down before. the provlsion^of the' statute carry West Coast •' • McAdoo and D. Buoni, ordinary seamen. v'7-^ • ' Delta Line Receives Bids On New Ships Gov't Opposing $1.25 Minimum NY Passes 'Mild' Curb On Union-Boss Dealings Af MP Names NewTrustee - • ; . II �h- ' Mtfek n; 1959 SEAFARERS 3 Pare Fiv* LOG ^ -.3 For some time now, the SIU has been hammering at the use of Liberian and Panamanian registry by Ameri­ can shipowners. However; the use of the Liberian and Panamanian flag is but one of many moves by Ameri­ can ship operators and shoreside American businesses to escape US wages and taxes. Other areas are also being exploited for this purpose, seme of them British posses­ sions, often in combination with Liberian registry. Among the most favored areas are the Bahamas and Bermuda, both British colonies, which are already welldeveloped as escape hatches. They . offer a unique ad­ vantage in that they fly the flag of Great Britain, a legiti­ mate maritime power, thus offering respectability which is lacking in other runaway nations. The following de­ scribes how US firms have been exploiting this opening, and what this development means in light of the Ameri­ can unions' fight on runaway shipping. ONG-FAMED as handy vacation resorts for American tourists, the Bahama Islands (a hop, skip and jump from Miami) and Bermuda in the Atlantic proper have more to offer th^ sunshine, beaches and good fishing. As a special L gressional curiousity, but others frankly admit, as RCAWhirlpool did, that the tax advantages are "exactly" what attracted them. Of course, some corporations do represent direct Amer­ ican investment in local entei^rises, which, incidentally, gives them an opportunity to exploit the prevailing wage scales. However, other companies simply set up admin­ istrative offices which are handy in juggling tax obliga­ tions. Shipping companies fall into the second category. i. i. X. MANY US COMPANIES INVOLVED Shipping companies include US Steel's foreign-flag subsidiary, the Navios Corporation, which operates four 60,000-ton Liberian-flag ore carriers plus other foreignflag oreboats; Bethlehem Steel's Interocean Shipping Company, also in the bulk cargo trade, and National Bulk Carriers. As previously mentioned, Naess has set up shop in Bermuda, while British operators are found in both places, utilizing their own home-made tax haven. Shoreside companies here include subsidiaries of Owens-Illinois Glass, Crucible Steel, Outboard Marine, Whirlpool and other leading American corporations. HOW TAXES ARE JUGGLED feature in the "Wall Street Journal" of March 11 indi­ cates, "An increasing number of American firms are find­ ing the clime here in the Bahamas is irresistible—the tax climate, that is." Those companies in the Bahamas for tax purposes work it this way: ^ sales or management office is set rip in the islands to handle the proceeds from foreign shipping or sales operations. The profits can be accumulated in the islands or re-invested overseas to produce more profits. There is no need to bring them into the US where they would be taxed at 52 cents to the dollar. Should the parent US company want to return its profits to the mainland for any reason, it can liquidate its island subsidiary and consequently pay at the capital gains rate (a nuudmum of 25 percent) instead of at the 52 percent income tax rate. Actually, there is no need to do this since a subsidiary shipping company caq re­ ADVANTAGES TO US FIRMS For those American concerns who seek to flee the 52 percent corporate income tax in the United States, the Bahamas offer many advantages. They are close to the United States, making communication easy. The weather Is good. British rule offers as respeclable a front as any low-paying businessman would want. There is an ample low-wage labor force available which speaks English and is forced by circumstances to work for from 30 to 70 cents an hour. While union-minded, as they have proven on several occasions, the Bahamans find themselves hamstrung by severe restrictions on union activity. Businesses investing in the Island find the Island legislature eager to cooperate in keeping labor in. its place. With conditions such as these prevailing here and sim­ ilar conditions in Bermuda, both American and British shipping firms are operating out of the islands. Just last week, Erling Naess, a leading American runaway-ship operator, announced he was setting up a Bermuda-reg­ istry firm which will operate 250,000 tohs of bulk ore and oil carriers. TAX SETZfP IS IDEAL The "tax cUmate," Of which Jthe "Wall Street Journal" spoke, is as cozy as can be. The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce points out to all comers that, "It has never been found necessary to introduce an income tax." In­ heritance taxes exclude real estate and are only four per­ cent on persMial property. Even income duties we often bypassed through special arrangements with incoming businesses,... — Most'US corporations oh the' islands would just as soon not talk about the tax picture lest they arouse Con­ 'ft, turn profits to the parent In the form of ridlculously-low freight rates on carriage of the parent company's raw materials. A Bahamas or Bermuda operation then, works very well in a tandem .with Liberian or Panamanian ship registration^ The British tinge given to an American company in the islands is designed to help duck American unions as well as American taxes, by claiming that the controlling interest lies in a "British" corporation. down. However, attempts to organize have been crip­ pled by government restrictions. When the Bahamas Federation of Labor called a general strike last year, the legislature passed an act as follows: o No local union could affiliate with the Federation or pay it per-capita. The Federation conld not bargain for any local union. o Dues checkoff was made illegal, o Unions must register with the government. Failure to do so subjects union officers to heavy fines and Jail terms. The government can reject such registration, in effect outtawing the union. o Strikes In essential services are outlawed. Other sfa-ikes can be ruled illegal on the ground that they cause "hardship to the community." In addition, the president of the Bahamas Federation was imprisoned on a "sedition" charge, but was subse­ quently released by the courts. Since then there has been no more "labor trouble" in the Bahamas, despite relatively-high living costs. Milk, for example, costs twice as much as in the United States and other commodities are equally expensive. UNION COURSE OF ACTION In light of the wide-open loophole now existing, Amer­ ican unions see a need to act in this area. Otherwise the trend will cdntinue and American workers in both shoreside and ship industries will suffer. Consequently, the Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO, has already endorsed the formation of a Caribbean Federation, de­ signed to bring American, West Indian and Central and South American maritime groups together to decide on common courses of action. There are many problems to be overcome in this area, but, judging from past experience, the SIU is confident that there will be no difficulty in enlisting the support of seamen and shoreside workers. For example, in November, 1957, the Canadian Na­ tional fleet attempted to switch to Trinidad registry to escape a strike by the SIU Canadian District. Upon being alerted by the SIU and the International Transportworkers Federation, seamen's unions in Jamaica and Trinidad, refused to man the ships. When the ships were sold to Cuba, Cuban seamen likewise balked at working the struck ships and had to be forced to do so by guntoting guards. In September, 1958, the SIU ^truck the SS Yarmouth in Washington, DC, and the West Indian crew, many of them from the Bahamas, walked off the ship down to the last man. The SIU still has unfair labor charges pending before the National Labor Relations Board be­ cause this crew was fired for its union activity. The SIU is convinced then, that given the opportunity. West Indian workers will be solidly pro-imion in any drive on the runaways.^ Since the ITF has agreed that American ownership determines the jurisdiction of American unions, under any flag, the effort to escape unions by registering in a .ilI >^ KBSTRlCriONS ON LQCM LABOR Low-wage island labor is undoubtedly a lure for ship? owners and other corporations. Bunaway-flag cruise ships such as the SS Yarmouth and SS Evangeline tecruit crews in the Bahamas as well as in Jamaica, Trini­ dad and elsewhere in the Caribbean. English-speaking crewmembers at ^30 to 70 cents an hour are unobtainable elsewhere. IndustrM and hotql operations on the is­ lands also like the wage climate. The islanders have not accepted the situation lying British colony does not bring with it immunity from organization. But certainly, the problem would be sim­ plified if Congress acted to close existing loopholes, so that American owners would be compelled to recognize their taoc responsibilities to the United States and their obligations under US labor law. �SEAFARERS Fage Sfz LOG March Zfi IBSt'' US Labor BUI May Curb Boss WASHINGTON—A requirement that employers, as well as unions, be required to fur­ nish non-Communist affidavits along with financial reports to the US Government has been written into the proposed labor reform bill. The requirement, which is strongly opposed by employer groups, was ap-'*' proved by the Senate Labor the building industry and an ab­ (Dem.-NC), chairman of the House Committee which is now in solute ban on secondary boycotts. Education and Labor Committee. process of shaping up the Kennedy-Ervin bill. The proposal calls for the affidavits to be furnished under the section requiring "financial and other reports" to be sub­ mitted to the Labor Department. It would be required of either unions or employers seeking to utilize the facilities of the National Labor Relations Board. At the same time, the commit­ tee rejected pre-hire contracts in Meany was particularly critical of proposals which would spell out the details of how unions are to hold meetings, sanction strikes and the like. He pointed out that the Barden bill would require an absolute majority of all eligible employees voting in secret ballot to call a strike. Such a vote, he said, would count every non-voting em­ ployee as a "no" vote. He also attacked a provision compelling unions to grant un­ limited debate at membership meetings on all issues as well as secret ballots on each and every motion at a union meeting. 'Such legislation, he said, would be tailor-made for Communists and other political groups who would take charge of meetings by a proc­ ess of exhaustion of the rank and file. In another area, the committee acted to speed up National Labor Relations Board machinery by voting to^do away with the pre­ election hearing procedure except in cases where there are major issues of fact or law to be re­ solved. Raps Harden Bill Meanwhile, in the House of Representatives, AFL-CIO Presi­ dent George Meany assailed a bill proposed by Rep. Graham Barden La. Anti-Union Forces Bidding For State Controi NEW ORLEANS—Anti-labor forces in this state have started on their drive to take over the governorship in the coming elections. Port Agent Lindsey Williams reports. This time they are not trying to hide behind an unknown, he pay off and crew up without any noted, but have come out into anticipated lay-ups, Williams re­ the open by nominating a wellknown anti-union figure. Local newspapers have carried articles concerning some 1,100 let­ ters which were sent to politicians, business firms and others, asking for contributions to the campaign fund to fight the "labor bosses' bloc of votes" in the state. If the anti-labor candidate de­ cides to run, Williams said, he can rest assured that all of the state's local and international unions who want to keep the harmonious labormanagement relationships as tiiey are, will give him a good fight. The first step in labor's drive to stop this campaign is to speed up local COPE activity to keep all of the state's union members and their families informed on the latest happenings. Shipping for the past period picked up somewhat, Williams noted and, from the outlook, the future should be just as good. So far there are six vessels sched­ uled to pay off, five to sign on and more than 20 in-transits due in the area during the next tw^ weeks. All of the vessels due in are to P ported, which should mean a good turnover in jobs for the men on the beach. There was a total of 37 vessels calling into the port during the past period. Five ships paid off, six signed on and 26 were in tran­ sit. Five Ship Payoffs Paying off were the Del Viento, Del Alba, Del Valle, Del Mar (Mississippi) and the Steel Age (Isthmian). The Del Viento, Del Mar, Del Alba (Mississippi); Alice Brown, De Soto (Waterman); Mankato Victory (Victory Carriers) were signed on. In transit were the Alcoa Rang­ er, Roamer, Corsair, Pegasus (Al­ coa); Seatrain Louisiana, New Jer­ sey (Seatrain); Del Mundo, Del Viento, Del Mar, Del Alba (Missis­ sippi); Steel Traveler (Isthmian); Hastings, DeSoto, Monarch of the Seas, Young America, Claiborne, Morning Light (Waterman); Raph­ ael Semmes, Gateway City (PanAtlantic); Suzanne, Frances (Bull); Ocean Evelyn (Ocean Trans.); CS Baltimore (Cities Service) and the Mankato (Victory Carriers). SlU SHIPS AT SEA A word of appreciation was ex­ tended to the crew of the Robin Goodfellow from the gang on the Robin Locksley for being such fine hosts while the two vessels were in East London, East Africa. Some of the Locksley's gang were "treated fine" while visiting the Goodfellow, Charles Stambul, meeting chair­ man, reported, and they wish to say thanks. As February was "March of Dimes" month, the crew of the MEBA Strike Cains: One Million So Far The MEBA's new Atlantic and Gulf District contract has netted MEBA engineers $1 million more than the former contract, according to a preliminary report released last month. Figures published in the freighters and other dry cargo Local 33 newspaper showed ships came to $1,466,840.18 as that MEBA engineers on A&G contract ships received $1 million more in welfare benefits and vaca­ tion pay from June 16 to Decem­ ber 31, 1958 than they got in the comparable period in 1957, when they were working under the for­ mer agreement, Norfolk Business Manager Jesse Calhoon, chairman of the A&G Ne­ gotiating Committee, said that ad­ ditional monetary"gains of 40 per­ cent had been won through con­ tract enforcement provisions such as licensed personnel boards, ar­ bitration, etc. The figures showed that welfare payments to engineers totaled $236,408.23 in 1958, as against $30,339.38 in 1957, a gain of $206.068.85 or 67.9 percent. Vacation pay for. engineers on ^ Did Sam Make 'Em If .doesn't take much to trip a man up on the deck of a ship. Sometimes it's an obstruction like a padeye or door sill, or a misplaced item of ship's gear. Sometimes it's clothing that's too billowy or doesn't fit right. Over- long trousers with big cuffs fall Into the latter category. If the only jeans you can get hold of are slightly oversize in the shank, roll them up, or better still, trim them down. You'll be more comfortableiLtoo. /•: , , 'Hi i.i,'.v.-; • . '• iVj • .'iV • t- V-;;! 1 4" t 4" Another vessel reporting a very smooth trip is the SS Producer, enroute to India with a cargo of grain. According to meeting chair­ man L. Schmidt, it has been a long trip with plenty of sea time for all hands. Any minor beefs that might Schmidt have come up, he said, have been settled in an orderly manner and to the satis­ faction of all concerned. 41 4" 4" Safety and cooperation were the main topics at the last meeting in February aboard the Hurricanej according to Jessie J. Cabral, meet­ ing chairman. The first order of business was to see if it is pos­ sible to have lad­ ders made for men who sleep in the top bunks. Thanks to the close cooperation on the part of all Cabral departments, Ca­ bral wrote, everything is running smoothly. There are no beefs and no disputed overtime for this trip so far, and, with'the steward de­ partment going out of its way, life is much more pleasant for.all hands. against $823,756.24 under the old contract, a gain of $643,083.94, or 78.1 percent. The new tanker vaca­ tion pay was $675,260.37, as against $526,374.53, or a gain of $148,885.84 or 28.3 percent. The new contract was negotiated after a five-day strike on the At­ lantic and Gulf coasts. Welfare Increased Under the MEBA's new welfare program, engineers receive pay­ ments of $50 a week for up to 39 weeks when they're unfit for duty or hospitalized, plus $12 a day for the first 20 days of hospitalization. MEBA contracts call for 48 days of vacation a year on dry cargo 4^ 4" 4 ships until June, 1959, and 60 days The report from the Barbara thereafter. Tanker vacations are 75 days a year now, and will be Freitchie was as short as could bt —"no beefs, everyone happy." increased to 90 days in June. i' li Cities Service Baltimore decided to do its share in aiding this worthy cause by' a donation of $20. �SEAFARERS Manh 27, 19M Page Severn LOG T"r5 Low Seaway Toll Rates Hit By NY YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH Seafarer's Guide To Better Buying By Sidney Margolius Beware Health-Insurance Hoaxes Better watch more carefully than ever for misrepresentations when buying accident and health policies or hospital insurance sold by commercial companies. The FTC had issued over 40 complaints against various accident and health Insurance companies for misrepresentation. Then the Supreme Court ruled that the McCarran-Ferguson Act left regulation of insur­ ance company activities to the states, where the states xmdertake to regulate. Since then, hardly a month has passed wittiout an announce­ ment from FTC that it has dismissed, for lack of Jurisdiction, its previons charges of fabe advertbing against one after another of the offending companies. Thus the public now is out in the rain with a very leaky umbrella. For it was the failure of state insurance departments to police the mis­ representations of accident and health insurance ads that led the Fed­ eral Trade Commission to intervene. The FTC had gotten after insurance sellers especially on these points: Failure to reveal policies were cancellable at the company's option,, and to dbclose limitations on beneffts, exclusion of benefits for pre­ existing illnesses and age limitations. Many companies refused to re­ new policies when the Insured person became 111. The compulsory age limit was and still Is another serious defect. Many policies cancel or reduce benefits drastically when people reach 60 or 65. Thb is gener­ ally when they need sickness insurance most, not only because of the Ills of old age, but because their incomes are reduced at this time. For example, FTC found that a big direct-mail insurance seller had represented that Its policies remained In force at an lnsiu*ed person's option, as long as he paid the renewal premiums on time. This was false. Many of the policies could be terminated by the company at the end of any period for which the premium had been paid, for any rea­ son or none at all. This particular case exposed a gimmick used by a number of Insur­ ance companies that sell by sending out mail circulars. They really only insure against Injuries caused by accident and not Illnesses from other causes. While their rates seem to be low, actually there Is little protection against the com­ mon illnesses. In another typical case, the FTC found a company had misrepre­ sented the duration of coverage, amounts payable, the amount and duration of monthly benefits. For example, the company had adver­ tised: "Special Coverage: ages one month through life; your benefits never get less—regardless of age," and, "Lifetime Hospital Plan for husband, wife and child." The Impression created by these claims was that the Insiured re­ ceived full coverage for life. But the examiner found that the policies provided that coverage b renewable at the company's option only, and some policies specifically reduced benefits by as much as 50 per cent when the Insured person reached an advanced age. With the FTC no longer able to defend you, your only protection now is your/ state's Insurance department. Some states have Improved their regulation of health Insurance companies a little since these deceptions were first exposed by the labor press. New York, for example, passed a law stating that Insurers must renew hospltalizatlon-lnsurance policies that have been in effect two years, unless the insured has reached the age limit or other expiration limit In the contract. Nor, In that state, can health and accident policies (as distinct from the hospitalization type) be cancelled during the term for which sold. In New York, buyers now also are entitled to a ten day "free look" at a poUcy. This gives them a chance to get back their money if they discover more limitations than they first realized, or for other reasons. These are the minimum safeguards any buyet In any state should insist on in writing when buying a policy, whether or not state law requires It. But don't delude yourself that this Is complete protection, or that commercial health insurance policies In general are reasonable for. what they give you. For one thing, the New York law has a big, glaring loophole, if the. company decides you don't look like a good health risk after all. It can't cancel during the term of the policy, generally one year. But -Jt can refuse to renew at the end of the term (except for hospitalizatlon-type policies already In effect two yearsY. Moreover, there is nd effective way to prevent companies in other States from flooding strictly-regulated areas with mail-order circulars. The reason lyhy commercially-sold policies are generally not good value. Is the high proportion - of your premium going to selling and administration costs, generally about 50 cents of every dollar. Even the new policy for older people recently advertised widely by Con­ tinental Casualty Co. an.d touted as an answer to the Forand bill seek­ ing to provide hospital Insurance for. people on Social Security, turns out to give little protection. The new Continental plan has been described as the best commercial Insurance Industry has been able to offer so far. But it costs $78 a year compared to a representative Blue Cross standard-contract charge of $29.50 for an individual once he's In the plan. Moreover, the Con­ tinental plan's benefits are very limited. 'The allowance per hospital day of $10 is about half the average hospital room: afid board charge in the states where thCTpdlicy is offered. Nelson; ^uitehank, AFLCIO Social Security dlrectdr, has ported out. In contrast, a representar tlve standard Blue Cross plan provides 21: days (HI ^fullvhospital-irdom <ri.i.^Spdyhient idus lSd half -^ays.:. The Gonttoentai plan pcpvldes f^^ %:c;^^um'-'or'only-/21^dayx''df.i|:bspita^ covbrafe.^;' ' ' '• Public Health Service sanitation award is presented to H. W. Warley, president of SlU-contracted Calmar and Marven Steam­ ship Companies by Joseph B. O'Connor (left) regional director of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Twenty-one ships of the two companies scored ratings of 99 and 98 percent respectively on a fleetwide basis. Marven, Calmar Ships Win Sanitalion Awards Two more SlU-contracted companies have been cited by the US Public Health Service for outstanding shipboard san­ itation in the past year. Marven Steamship Company (for­ merly Ore Line) and Calmar Steamship Company received years for Marven and the second citations following the 168- straight for Calmar. The presen­ Item inspeclon of shipboard sani­ tation was made on March 20 at tation on the 21 ships involved. the companies' New York offices The award was the third In three to President H. W. Warley. The Marven and Calmar awards follow similar citations previously given to other SIU companies. Bloomfield Steamship scored a near-perfect rating of 99 percent on Its four vessels, and the SS At­ lantic of American Banner Lines also received a citation recently. Last year, the SlU-manned Sear HOUSTON—Although reglstra. train Line was also cited by the tion continued heavy, shipping was service for high standards of clean­ extremely good for the two-week liness aboard ship. period and looks as If It will hold Marven Steamship was given a up for some time to come, Bob 99 percent rating, which for prac­ Matthews, port agent, predicts. tical purposes, is the highest rat­ Registration, at 195, was 32 ing that can be achieved, while greater than men shipped, which Calmar's score was 98 percent. Is a switch for this port since The Marven ships are all ore car­ shipping generally has matched or riers while Calm&r operates in the outstripped registration recently. intercoastal trade. All the jobs came on in-transit ships, 20 in all, since there were no sign-ons. Four vessels paid off, namely, the Steel Advocate (Isth­ mian); Helen (Olympic); Neva West (Bloomfield) and the Hurricane (Waterman). The following were in transit: Seatrains New Jersey, New York and Texas (Seatrain); Del Valle, WASHINGTON—A ban on the and Del Alba and Del Viento (Mississippi); Alcoa Pegasus and use of carbon tetrachloride fire Alcoa Planter (Alcoa); Eagle Tran^ extinguishers and specifications for porter (Terminal Transport); Alice use of inflatable liferafts are on Brown (Bloomfield); Bienville and the agenda- of a public hearing Beauregard (Pan-Atlantic); • Atlan­ called for April 27 by the Merchant tic (Petrol); Fort Hoskins (Cities Marine Council of the United Service); Steel Traveler (Isthmian); States Coast Guard. The Cabins (Texas City Refining); The healings will .deal with a Almena (Clover Carriers); Ideal X host of technical revisions on ship (Penn_ Shipping); Val Chem specifications and regulations gov­ (Heron); and the Michael (J. M. erning firefightlng and other shlpCarras). : . bdai:d .safely procedures. ' Under the proposed regulations, the use of carbon tet extinguishers would be permitted on ships up If a crewniemher quits while until January 1, 1962. a ship.is in port, delegates While effective in fighting certain are asked to contact the hall types of fires, the carbon tet ex­ immediately for. a replace^ tinguishers are deadly in enclosed _meot. Fast action on their part spaces slnc?(rthe fumes are highly will keep all jobs aboard ship ' poisonous. - The SIU contract ^s filled at all times and elimi­ long discoufaged the use of carbon nate the chance; .of the sfalp tet aboard ships through specific S^ilinjg khort^anded; ' provisions in the working rules. • Slight Drop In Houston CC To Ban Carbon Tet Fire Gear Shorthanded? 7,3 WASHINGTON —Loud pro­ tests were heard last week when the governments of Canada and the United States released their long - awaited announcement on the toll rates to be charged ships traversing the St. Lawrence Sea­ way. Opposition to the tolls, which are Identical to those pro-, posed last June, was voiced by port, rail, shipping and other civic Interests. Unfair Competition Charged A spokesman for the Port of New York Authority said toll rates for the world's largest waterway are unrealistlcally low and the estimate of income unrealistically high, and that they give tlie Sea­ way an unfair competitive posi­ tion over the port. Lakes ship operators, on the other hand, said the tolls were too high. According to the final figures released, the basic charge on the registered tonnage will be four cents per ton for the MontrealLake Ontario run, and two cents a ton for the canal. The rate on general cargo will be 92 cents per ton, and 42 cents per ton for "bulk" cargo going the distance. Passengers will be charged a $7.50 toll for the entire trip. Re-classlfy Freight Of major importance in the announcement is the classification of domestic package freight as "bulk" cargo. Ujider this ruling a shipment between US ports by way of the Seaway can move at the 42-cent "bulk" rate, instead of the 95-cent rate applying to packaged cargo for export. The Port Authority warned that the diversion of cargoes from the port of New York "as a result of the unfair competition resulting from subsidized Seaway tolls" could mean a possible loss of some 3,500 waterfront jobs for the port. Lake Charles Forms COPE LAKE CHARLES —Final ap­ proval for the formation of a local branch of the Committee on Po­ litical Education was voted here last week at a meeting of the Cen­ tral Labor Council, Port Agent Leroy Clarke reports. . The first task before this com­ mittee Is to get all of the port's union members and their families to register in time In order to be eligible to vote In the coming elec­ tions. It is only by use of this vot­ ing power, Clarke said, that labor can protect itself against the antilabor forces who would like to bring/back a "right-to-wprk" law In Louisiana. • . Shipping for the port during the past period was not too good, Clarke said. A total of 22 men were shipped to permanent, berths, which- Is small compared to the number of men registered on the beach here. Among the vessels calling here during the past two weeks were the Royal Oak; Bents Fort, Brad­ ford Island, Cantlgny, Chiwawa, CS Norfolk, Winter Hill, CS Miami (Cities Service!; Del Mundo (Mis­ sissippi); Eagle Transpprter (Ter­ minal Transport) and the Ocean Evelyn (Ocean Transpoii;). All of the vessels \vere in good shape, with no;major beefs , reported. • ' - .^1 \.rm • • .1 • • -'-Si •• ^1 J 75^ '•? «] �m: k-> i: ' fate Eicht ' vCe • -^-.V SEAFARERS LOG »Iai«h 27, 1959 .^.1—A N P'r if':.,. '4 • 0; • • ^'' -; THESE RVLES INCLUDE THE RULES PREVIOUSLY PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED, TOGETHER WITH AMI Every seaman shipped through the hiring halls of tlie Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic and Gulf District, here­ inafter called the "Union," shall be shipped pursuant to the following rules: 1. Seniority A. Without prejudice to such other legal conditions and restrictions on employment as are contained in the agreements between the Union and the Employers, seamen shall be shipped out/On jobs offered through the hiring halls of the Union in accordance with the class.of seniority rating they possess, subject, nevertheless, to the other rules contained herein. B. Seniority shall be determined in the following manner: A class A seniority rating, the highest, shall be possessed by all unlicensed personnel who have shipped regularly, up to December 31, 1954, with one or more of the companies listed in Appendix A, since , before January 1, 1951. On and after October' 1, 1956, a class A seniority rating shall be possessed by all seamen with ratings above ordinary seaman, wiper, or messman, who have shipped regularly, up to December 31, 1954, with one or more of the companies listed in Appendix A, since before January 1, 1952, subject, however, to rule 9. On and after September 1, 1958, a class A seniority rating shall also be possessed by all seamen who have shipped regularly-with one or more of the com^janies listed in Appendix A, either (1) up to Decem­ ber 31, lv55, since before January 1, 1953, or (2) up to December 31, .1956, since before January 1, 1954, subject, however, to rule 9. A class B seniority rating shall be possessed by all seamen who have shipped regularly up to December 31, 1954, with one or more of the companies listed in Appendix A, since before January 1, 1955, and who do not have a class A seniority rating, subject, however, to rule 9. On and after September 1, 1958, class C personnel who possess a certificate of satisfactory completion of the., Andrew Furuseth Training School course and who, after obtaining such a certificate of satisfactory completion, have completed 60 days of sea service with any of the companies set forth in Appendix A, shall be entitled to a class B seniority rating. A class C seniority rating shall be possessed by all seamen who do not have a class A or class B seniority rating, subject, however, to rule 9. Notwithstanding anything to .the contrary herein, no seaman shall b? deprived of the seniority to which he would be otherwise entitled by virtue of service with the armed forces of the United States. C. A seaman will be deemed to have shipped regularly with one or more of the companies listed in Appendix A if he has been employed as an unlicensed seaman no less than ninety days (90) per calendar •year on one or more American-flag vessels owned or operated by the said companies, subject, however, to rule 3 (A). This latter provision shall not operate so as to reduce any seaman's seniority if the require­ ments therein were not met during the first calendar year in which the seaman commenced to ship but, if not met, the said calendar year shall not be counted insofar as seniority upgrading is concerned. D. Employment with, or election to any office or job in the Union, or any employment taken at the behest of the Union, shall be deemed to be the same as employment with any of the companies listed in Appendix A, and seniority shall accrue accordingly during the period such employment, office, or job is retained. E. A class A seniority rating shall be the highest, class B, the next highest, and so on, and priority as to jobs shall be granted accordingly, subject, nevertheless, to the rules contained herein. F. Within each class of seniority, a seaman shall be shipped in accord- • ance with the length of time he has been unemployed, the one unemployed the longest to be shipped the first, subject, nevertheless, to tfie rules contained he^rein. G. It shall be the responsibility of each seaman to furnish proof of seniority and length of the period of his unemployment. Notwith­ standing any other provisions herein, the failure to produce itiequate proof of seniority or length of unemployment shall be grounds for denial of the job sought. An appropriate seniority rating card dulyissued by the Union shall be deemed sufficient proof of seniority, for the purposes of shipping, without prejudice to the right of any seaman to furnish different proof of his seniority in reasonably legible and, . easily ascertainable form, such as official Coast Guard discharges. Unem­ ployment periods shall be ascertained solely from shipping cards issued by the Union. H. Seniority rating cards will be issued by the Union only upon written and personal application made and accepted. These will be valid only for the calendar year in which issued. No seniority rating card will be issued after October In each calendar year, unless the remaining time is not needed to preserve the seniority rating of the applicant, or is mathematically sufficient'to enable him to retain .his seniority. J.ach seniority rating card, shall be based upon entitlement as of the date applied for. Shipping cards issued by the Union shall be valid for a period of 90 days from the date of.issue subject to the other rules coritained herein. If the 90th day falls on a Sunday or a holiday, .national or state, .or if the hall in which registration has been made is closed on that day for any reason, the card shall be deemed valid until the next succeeding business day on which the hall is open. The period of validity of shipping cards shall be extended by the number of days shipping in a port has beeri materially affected as a result of a strike affecting the industry generally,, or other, similar circumstances. Shipping cards shall be issued to all those requesting the same, provided the seaman has all the necessary documents and papers required by law and is otherwise eligible. I. Seniority shall be calculated on the basis of employment without regard to department (deck, engine, or steward), without prejudice,' however, to the application of any other rule contained herein.-A seaman may not change the department in which he usually ships without permission of the Seafarers Appeals Board, which permission shall be granted only upon proof, deemed satisfactory by the Board, that medical reasons, insufficient to prohibit sailing altogether, warrant the change. J. Seamen with a class B or class C seniority rating may he shipped on a vessel for one round trip, or sixty (60) days, whichever is longer; in the latter case, the sixty (60) day period may be extended, where necessary to insure practicability insofar as leaving the ship is con­ cerned. This rule shall not be applied so as to cause a Vessel to sail shorthanded. No transportation shall be due by virtue of the applica­ tion of this rule. The words, "round trip," shall have the usual and customary meaning attributed to it by seamen, whether it be coastwise, intercoastal or foreign. On coastwise voyages, if the schedule of the vessel is such that it is to return to the area of original engagement, a seaman shall not be required to leave the vessel until the vessel reaches the said port or area. On intercoastal and foreign voyages, where the • vessel pays off at a port in the continental United States other than in the area of engagement, TT the vessel is scheduled to depart from the said port of payoff within ten days after arrival, to return to the port or area of original engagement, a seaman with a" seniority rating of less than class A shall not be required to leave the vessel until it arrives in the said port or area of original engagement." 2. Shipping Procedure A. No seaman shall be shipped unless reglstefed ifor shipping. No seaman shall register for Shipping in more than one port of the Union at one time. No shipping card issued in one port shall be honored in another. B. No seaman may register for another, or use another's shipping card or seniority rating card. All registration must be in person, and, seamen must be present, in person, when a job is offered them. C. No seaman may register for a job so long as he is employed on any vessel, \ D. No seaman shall have'the right to reject more than two jobs, after throwing in'for them, within the period of validity of his shipping card. 'Rejection of more than two jobs during this period will require re-registfation and the taking out of a new shipping card. E. Every" seaman who accepts a job, and who quits or is'fired after one day, shall not be permitted to retain the original shipping card on which he received his job, but must re-register to ship. If he quits or is fired within one day, he must ryjort back to the dispatcher on the next succeeding business day or else give up the oritfinal shipping card on which he received his job. F. No seaman shall be allowed to register on more than one list (department), and in not more tl^n one group, as hereinafter set forth. No seaman shall be shipped out' on a job off a list (department) other than that on which he'is registered, except under emergency circum­ stances, such as insuring against a vessel sailing short in a department." No seaman shall be shipped out on a job outside the group In which he is registered, except as specifically set forth herein. The following are the groups within the lists (departments). In which" classified seamen may registei'. Within one list (department), those possessing a higher seniority rating may fake priority in the obtaining of jobs over those with lesser seniority rating even when not registered in the same group, "^subje'ct, however, to the provisions of rule The following is a breakdown of the list (department) group: DECK DEPARTMENT Greu^ I—Day Worliers Bosun Deck Maintenance Bosun's Mate Watchman—Day Work Carpenter Storekeeper Group ll-Raled Watch Standers •> Quartermaster Car Deckman Able Seaman Watchman—Standing Watc Group III Ordinaries on Watch ENGINE DEPARTMENT Group I Chief Electrician 1st, 2nd, 3rd Ref. Eng'r. 2nd Electrician Chief Storekeeper "Unlic. Jr. Eng'r.—Day Work. Evap. Mainteriance AAan Pumpman, 1 and 2 Unlic. Jr. Eng'r.—Watch Plumber-Machinist Engine Maintenance Chief Ref. Eng'r. Group II Deck Engineer Watertender Engine utility Pireman-Watertendar Oiler—Diesel Fireman Oiler—Steam Group Jll Wiper STEWARD DEPARTMENT Group I—Rated Man Chief Steward—Passenger Chief Cook' 2nd Steward—Passenger Night Cook and Baker Steward 2nd Cook and Baker Chef Group II 2nd Cook and 3rd Cook Group III—Messman . Utility M^issman Messman G. No seaman shall be tendered any job unless he It qualifii therefor in accordance with law and can furnish, on- demand, t^ appropriate documents evidencing. this qualification. H. No man shall be shipped while under the influence of alcol| or drugs. I. All seamen shipped through the Union shall be given two assid ment cards. One of these cards shall be given by the seaman to ^ head of his department aboard ship, the other to his departn delegate aboard ship. J. Subject to the other rules contained herein, a seaman receivil a job shall give up the shipping card on which he was shipped.| 2. Hospital Cases A. N6twithstanding_anything to the contrary hereiit contained, period of employment required during each year to constitute reguj shipping, or for the maintenance of class B or class C seniority withd break, shall be reduced, pro rata, in accordance with the proportion s bona fide in- and out-patient time to each calendar year. Example: If. man has been a bona fide in- and out-patient for four (4) months in o] calendar year, the yearly employment required for seniority purpos' shall be reduced by-one-third for that year. B. A seaman who enters a bona fide hospital as an in-patient ail remains there for thirty (30) days or more, shall be entitled, if otherwif qualified, to receive a thirty (30) day back-dated- shipping card. If has been such an in-patient for less thapj thirty (30) days, he shall entitled, if otherwise qualified, to a shipping card back-dated to til day he first entered the hospital. This rule shall not apply unless til seaman reports to the dispatcher vvlthin forty-eight (48) hours after hi discharge, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, and producf his hospital papers. 4.. Buimess Hours and Job Calls A. All , Union halls shall be opep from 8:00 AM until SjOO PNI On Saturdays, the halls shall be open from 8:00 AM to 12:00 Noorf On SaturdSy afterrioons, Sundays, and holiday^, the hours of bu'sinesl shall be determined by the port agent, upon proper notice posted ol the bulletin board the day before. B. Jobs shall be announced during non-holiday week days, including Saturday mornings, on the hour/ except for the 8:00 AM and Nooj calls. On Saturday afternoons, Sundays, and holidays, or under excec �-MlKh 27. 1959 SEAFARERS ic-n-: Pace Nine LOG Ml SEAFARERS INTEKNATIONAL UNION A AG District • AFL-CIO And CONTRACTED EMPLOYERS ''^il -'•^1 JMEiVTS, DECIDED l/POiV BY THE SEAFARERS APPEALS BOARD, VP TO Am INCLVDIISG MARCH 3, 1939. I '<4 '•..n tional circumstances, the job may be called out at any time after it comes in. In no case shall a job be called out unless it is first posted on the shipping board. steward on passenger vessels, shall be given on the same basis as that of steward on cargo vessels, in all cases with one or more of the companies listed in the aforementioned Appendix A; C. There shall be. a limit of Eight (8) job calls in which the priority of class A and class B personnel may be exercised in obtaining a particular job. If the eighth job call does not produce a qualified seaman possessing either a class A or class B seniority rating (in the order prescribed herein), that seaman with a class C seniority rating, Otherwise entitled under these rules, shall be selected for the job. This rule shall not be applied so as to cause a vessel to sail shorthanded or late. G. The above preferences shall obtain notwithstanding an/ other prq.visioti to the contrary contained in these rules. D. The five major ports are declared to be New York, Baltimore, AAobile, New Orleans, and San Francisco. In halls- other than .those therein located, if three (3) calls for a job do not produce a qualified seaman possessing a class A or class B seniority rating, the job shall be placed in suspense but only with respect to class A and class B personnel who are registered for shipping, and not with respect to class C personnel. The nearest major port shall .be notified, and the suspended job offered there. A qualified class A or class B seaman (In that order) in the major port so notified shall have the right to bid for these jobs but only within the remaining, five (S) job cells. In the event these jobs are not bid for, that seaman with a class C seniority rating, otherwise entitled under these rules and registered in the notifying port, shall be assigned the job. This rule shall not be applied so as to cause a vessel to sail shorthanded or' late, and shall not be deemed to require any employer to pay transportation by virtue of the transfer of the job call. The provisions of rule 4 (C) shall be sub-' ordinate hereto. 5. Special PreferencesA. within each class of seniority rating, seamen over fifty (50). years "-of age shall be preferred in obtaining jobs of fire watchmen. B. A seaman shipped on a regular job, vvhose ship lays up less than fifteen (15) days after the original employment date, shall have restored to him the shipping card on which he was shipped, provided the card has not expired. C. If a ship lays up and then calls for a crew within ten (10) days after layup, the same crewmembers shall have preference, providing they are registered on the shipping list. Such preference shall be extended by the number of days of layup resulting from strikes' affecting the industry generally, or other similar circumstances; D. A seaman with a class A seniority rating shall not be required to throw in for a job on the seme vessel after first obtaining a job thereon, so long as he has not been discharged for cause or Kas quit. E. Class C personnel • with a certificate of satisfactory completion from the Andrew Furuseth Training School shall -be preferred over other class C personnel. F. (1) Within each class of seniority, preference for the job of bosun shall be given those seamen who either have- actually sailed as AB for at least 36 months in the deck'department, or, have actually sailed in any capacity'm the deck department for at least 72 months, or, have actually salled'as bosun for 12 months, in all cases with one or more of the companies listed in' the aforetrientloned Appendix A, . (2) Within each class of seniority; preference for the job of chief electridan shall be given those seamen, who have actually sailed for af least 36 months in the engine department, including at least 12 rnonths as second electrician, with one or more of the-Companies listed in the - aforementioned Appendix A. (3) Within each class of seniority, preference for the job of steward on cargo vessels shall be given those seamen who either have actually sailed for at least 36 months in the steward department in a . rating above that of 3rd cook, or, have actually sailed, as steward (or as .. 2nd steward on passenger vessels) for at least 12 months, in either. ' case with one or more of the companies listed in the aforementioned Appendix A. (4) Within each class of seniority, preference for the job of chief steward, on passenger vessels, shall be given those seamen who have .actually sail^ for at least 12 months as chief steward or as 2nd steward on passenger vessels, and preference for the job of 2nd 6. Standby Jobs • Standby jobs shall be shipped in rotation, within each class of seniority rating. No standby shall be permitted to take a regular job on the same vessel unless he returns to the hall and throws In for the regular job. His original shipping card shall be returned'to the standby when he reports back to the dispatcher unlesy it has expired In the interim. 7. Relief In the event an employed seaman wants tirnp off and secures permis­ sion to do so, he shall call the hall and secure a relief. No reliefs shall be furnished for less than four .(4) hours or more than three (3) days. The one asking for time off shall be responsible for paying the relief at the regular overtime rate. Reliefs shall be shipped in the same manner'as a standby. This rule shall not apply'when replatements are'not. required by the head of the department concerned. 8. Promotions or Transfers Aboard Ship No seaman shipped under these rules shall accept a promotion or transfer aboard ship unless there Is no time or opportunity to dispatch' the required man from the Union hall. 9. Change in Seniority A. Unless otherwise specifically entitled thereto by these rules, all those who possess a class B seniority rating shall be entitled to a class A seniority rating eight (8) years after they commenced to ship regularly with the companies set forth In Appendix A, provided they maintain their class'B seniority rating without break. B. All those who-possess a class C seniority, rating shall be entitled to a class B seniority rating two (2) years after they commenced to ship regularly with the companies set forth In Appendix A, provided they maintain their class C seniority rating without break. C. Shipping with one or more of the companies set forth in Appen­ dix A-for at least ninety (90) days each calendar year Is necessary to maintain without break a class B or class C seniority rating, subject, however, to rule 3 (A). This latter provision shall not operate so as to reduce any seaman's seniority If .the requirements therein were not met during the first calendar year in which the seaman commenced to ship but. If not met, the said calendar year shall not be counted Insofar as seniority upgrading is concerned. 0. The same provisions as to military service as are contained in rule 1'(B) shall be analogously applicable here. E. In cases where a seaman's shipping employment has been inter­ rupted because of circumstances beyond his control, thereby prevent­ ing the accumulation of sufficient seatlme to attain eligibility for a ..higher seniority rating, the' Seafarers Appeals Board may. In Its sole discretion, grant him sueh total or partial ienlority credit for the time lost as, again in its sole discretion, it considers warranted In order 'to prevent undue hardship. For purposes of .Board procedures, whether a matter presented to the Seafarers Appeals Board Is an appeal as a result of a dispute over -shipping or seniority rights, or Is an appeal for the exercise of the Board's discretion, shall be Initially determined by the Chairman, who shall thereupon take such administrative steps as are appropriate in connection with this determination, subject, however, to overruling by the body hearing the matter. If the Chairman is overruled, the matter shall be deemed to be a dispute appeal, or a discretionary matter, in accordance with the determination of the Mid body,'and It shall there•upon 'be subject to disposition under the rules corresponding to the type of case it has thus been .determined to be. The applicant shall, at his election, have a right to be heard in person, but only at the place vyhere the Seafarers Appeals Board Is meeting to consider the same. The CJialrman shall insure that the applicant shall receive fair notice thereof.' . 10. Discipline A. The Union, although under no indemnity obligation, will not ship drunks, dope addicts, and others whose presence aboard ship would constitute a menace or nuisance to the safety and health of the crew. Anyone claiming a wrongful refusal to ship may appeal to the Seafarers Appeals Board, which shall be a board of four (4), two (2)-to .be ' selected by the Union, and two (2) by that negotiating committee, representing Employers,, known anei commonly referred to as the Management Negotiating Committee. This Board shall name a Hearing Committee of two (2), to sit In the port where the refusal to ship takes place, if practicable, and If not, at the nearest available port where it Is practicable. This latter Committee shall arrange for a prompt and fair hearing, with proper notice, and shall arrive at a decision, unani­ mously, to be binding and final. If a unanimous decision cannot be reached, an appeal shall be taken to the Seafarers Appeals Board. Where a specific company Is Involved In the dispute, a representative thereof must be appointed to the Committee by the Board unless waived by the sa|d company.^ B. Where a seaman deliberately falls or refuses to join his ship, or is guilty of misconduct or neglect of duty aboard ship, he may lose his shipping card for up to thirty (30) days. For a second offense, he may lose his rar^ ijp to sixty (60) days. In especially severe cases, or In case of a third offense, he may lose his shipping card permanently. Before a seaman may lose his shipping card under this sub-paragraph B, a complaint shall be filed, by either the Union or an Employer, with the Chairman of the Board, who shall thereupon name a Hearing Commit­ tee, which Committee shall arrange for a prompt and fair hearing thereon, with proper notice. The manner of appointment of the Hearing Committee, and the procedures to be followed by It, shall be those specified In the last paragraph of section 9 (E) and section 10 of these rules and, without limiting the effect of any olher provision In these rules, hearings may be conducted, and decisions reached, whether or. not the seaman Is present. Pending the hearing and decision, the seaman may register and ship In accordance with his appropriate seniority and registration'status. Appeals from decisions of the Hearing Committee, may be taken to the Board, and shall be mailed by the seaman to the Board within fifteen (15) days after written notification of the Commit­ tee's decision. The Board shall have the power to extend this time for good cause. Such appeals shall be heard by the Board at the next regu-^ lar meeting after receipt thereof, provided the appeal has been received in sufficient time for the Board to give five (5) days' notice of the meet­ ing to the seaman of the time and place of the meeting. Pending any appeal or decision thereon by the Board, the decision of the Hearii.j Committee shall be effective. C. The Board of four (4) shall be a permanent body, and each member shall have an alternate. The selection of the alternates, and the removal of members or alternates shall be set forth In the agreements signed by the Union and the Employers. Members of the Board may serve on a Hearing Committee, subject to sub-paragraph A. The Board shall act only If there participates at least one Union member and one Employer member, while the collective strength of each group shall be the same, regardless of the actual number in attendance. The decisions of the Board shall be by unanimous vote, and shall be final and binding, except that. In the -event of. a tie, the Board shall select an Impartial fifth member to resolve the particular issue Involved, In which case, a majofily vole shall then be final and binding. Where no agreement can be reached as to the Identity of the fifth member, application tnerefor shall be made to the American Arbitration Association, and its rules shall then'be followed In reaching a decision. D. All disputes over seniority, and transportation disputes arising out of seniority rule applications, shall be dealt with In the same manner as disputes over shipping rights. E. It Is the obligation of the one aggrieved to initiate action. No particular form Is necessary, 'except that the complaint must be in writ­ ing, set out the facts In sufficient detail to properly Identify the situation complained of, and be ad " ess-ed to the Seafarers Appeals Board, 106 North Jackson Street, Mobile, Alabama. 11. Amendments These rules. Including seniority classifications and requirements, may be amended at any time. In accordance with law, contracts between the Union and the' employers, and to the extent perttiiUed by law and contract, as aforesaid, by the Seafarers Appeals Board. I n - r/'''S'".v.;','. 'T-' I.'.V-;,. '''"1l'il ' T I �SEAFARERS ROTARY SHIPPING ROARD March 4 Through March 17, 1959 SIU shipping fell off to 1,031 jobs last period to hit an eight-week low, but the decline was all in class C activity. Class A shipping was exactly the same as in the previous period and class B jobs increased slightly but the class C job total this time was cut in half. At the same time, the total registration dropped off a bit, but all of it in the class B column. The only rise this period was in the total number of men still registered on the beach, due to the fact that the drop in shipping was a little higher than the new registration. The actual registration figure for the two weeks totalled 1,127, and there were 64 payoffs, 28 sign-ons and 141 in-transit visits. New York accounted for 48 calls. New Orleans for 37 and Baltimore for 27. Five ports (Boston, Savannah, Tampa, Houston and Wilmington) had no sign-ons at all and four others (Philadelphia, Lake Charles, San Fran­ cisco and Seattle) had only one each. The only ports where this wasn't really reflected in the shipping totals were Houston and San FranCTsco. (See "Ship Activity" summary at right.) Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Wilmington and San Francisco were the only ports showing increased shipping over the last period, but although it represented a 50 percent gain, the rise in Wilmington was just five jobs. Norfolk and Houston showed no real change (they actually declined by 2-3 jobs) and the rest all dropped off also. How­ ever, since the difference between shipping last period and this one was only 52 jobs—split among nine ports—^job activity generally is still good. Seniority-wise this period, class A shipping represented 70 percent of the total, class B 23 percent and class C handled the remaining seven percent AU ports except Tampa and Lake Charles shipped at least one class C man. Half thfi class C shipping was in the steward department in group 3. None, were shipped in group 1 in any depart­ ment. Boston, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Savannah, Tampa, Lake Charles, Wilmington and Seattle all had 100 or less men on hand in all depart­ ments at the end of th~e period. All of these except Philadelphia and Seattle also had fewer than 50 class A men registered on the beach. The West Coast port had 53 "A" men on tap. The following is the forecast port b> port: Bo.ston: Slow . . . New York: Good . . . Philadelphia: Fair . . . Balti­ more: Good . . . Norfolk: Fair . . . Savannah: Quiet . . . Tampa: Slow . . . Mobile: Improving . . . New Orleans: Good . . . Lake Charles: Fair . . . Houston: Good . . . Wilmington: Fair , . . San Francisco: Fair . . . Seattle: Fair. ' Ship Acfiyify ray Sign IN Offt Oar Trcnu. TOTAL 3 22 4 13 2 — — 8 5 — 4 — 1 2 — 4 1 4 2 — — 4 4 1 — — 1 1 TOTALS ... 54 21 Botloa ...... Now Yorii... rhiladolphfa.. BOIfimers ... Norfolk Savanhah .... Tampa Mobilo NowOrioans.. Lake Charles. Houston .... Wilmington .. San Francisco. Soattia ..... 3 20 10 8 4 11 4 4 24 11 20 , 7 • 2 141 4 43 15 27 • 11 4 14 37 12 24 7 11 8 233 DECK DEPARTMENT Port Boston New York. Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Tampa Mobile New Orleans Lake Charles Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS Port Boston New York Philadelphia. Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Tampa Mobile New Orleans Lake Charles Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTAIS Registered Registered CLASS B CLASS A GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 2 3 ALL 1 1 2 4 2 2 4 33 12 32 7 51 3 19 11 13 3 3 12 1 — 6 29 3 14 9 23 c 4 76 5|11 1A 2 4 5! 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 3 3 -60 7 14 2 9 26 6 40 1 3 8 2 6 1 4 4 9 1 2 3 39 4 10 27 2 17 6 27 2 2 2 2 4 20 6 13 1 6 2 8 6 2 1 5 S 9 48 182 29 *259: 9 75 48 132 as! - Registered On The Beach TOTAL Shipped CLASS B CLASS A SHIPPED CLASS C GROUP GROUP CLASS GROUP 3 Al.T. C ALL 1 2 2 3 ALL 1 B ALL A 1 2 — — ... ... —^. 3 4 6 5 6 1 J12 1 5 1 — 24 23 49 16 4 113 98 142 35 275 2 4 93 4 — 3 3 —' — 23 — 10 10 9 1 42 — 1 I 8 1 — 35 — 62 18 121 2 11 22 2 51 41 19 2 2 30 —' 6 9 15 9 —13 7 4 1 1 1 5 1 — 1 — 1 11 14 -— — 7 2 1 1 1 1 5 1 —.. — 2 2 — 1 — — 6 9 — — 1 1 2 r 3 36 1 34 28 5 69 — 4 8 1 1 25 1 — — — 26 70 19 139 — 7 19 — 39 3 — 42 50 4 8 11 16 2 2 — — —- 4 9 1 4 5 — — — 23 52 7 11 17 87 — 10 — 71 28 — 61 — '—• 3 2 5 7 6 7 1 14 — — 5 2 — — — 3 4 7 26 39 — 4 — 17 5 — 22 9 8 1 9 13 25 1 3 — 8 11 — — 5 196 7 80 109 474 110 L 875 75 10 1 388 291 5| 10 303 6 Shipped Shipped Registered CLASS B CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP 5 ALL 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 1 1 5 1 2 1 — 1 2 2 1 16 3 12 93 1 47 18 8 13 22 28 1 . 1 1 2 8 6 19 9 17 6 30 1 - 9 7 2 9 7 1 1 5 4 6 10 1 4 1 5 — 4 1 I . — 1 1 7 8 3 25 1 15 3 4 7 1 — 3 3 39 — 18 13 9 9 8 . 2 2 5 1 1 1 4 2 3 2 1 10 61 1 « — • 9 34 14 2 6 11 19 13 — 2 2 5 — 4 1 2 3 1 _ 2 2 •^5 17 1 7 4 3 2 5 6 3 2 3 — 5 6 2 2 2 17 49 1 75' 34 50 1 88' 77 162 64 3031 9 4 Registered CLASS A GROUP 3 ALL 2 1 5 1 2 2 23 26 15 64 18 2 12 4 14 22 7 43 6 3 3 7l 1 5 1 1 2 3 1 6 18 2 26 30 53 14 9 1 2 1 4 46 10 70 14 2• 1 1 7 5 9 21 1 2 4 5 11 I 91 183 ~59 r?.'i3 '• • • a •— —• —• ENGINE DEPARTMENT Shipped Shipped CLASS B CLASS A GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 3 ALL 1 2 2 1 2 2 7 15 23 52 1 11 36 5 9 5 4 3 8 11 __. 18 10 7 2 18 2 22 1 . 3 3 7 7 1 1 ' 1 2 1 1 1 __ 7 5 3 2 5 14 22 6 26 10 50 2 4 14 ; 3 3 2 8 .... 6 8 15 5 12 24 41 1 _ 3 3 5 4 1 3 9 4 16 —— 3 3 6 4 1 5 57 43 51 53 1.53 3Z 1 238l 3 Registered C In The Beacfr TOTAL Shipped CLASS A CLASS B SHIPPED CLASS C GROUP GROUP CLASS GROUP 3 AI.T. C ALL 1 2 B S ALL 1 2 3 ALL A 1 Z 2 3 5 5 — 3 4 1 1 1 2 ... 1 .. ' 56 27 23 77 43 124 14 181 6 23 2 2 2 52 2 2 — 20 5 25 — 9 1 21 — 1 1 11 .! _ 16 19 35 84 — 72 5 18 4 44 7 1 4 22 3 7 4 14. 13 2 16 7 3 2 12 1 1 1 2 ... 4 5 12 14 1 2 1 1 — 1 _ •—i _ 10 — , — — 10 — 3 — 2 — _ 33 8 15 4 51 — 7 5 34 14 7 5 22 4 1 ... 15 12 27 70 11 95 — 61 14 6 5 5 50 5 — — 8 — 4 6 2 13 4 21 — 8 4 SO 22 5 40 1 49 3 57 8 15 1 1 41 1 — — — — 3 3 ' 6 9 — 6 1 3 — 3 2 6 8 14 :— — 16 33 44 — 4 5 — 21 7 3 —. 13 1 4 t 9 1 3 6 14 3 2 1 3 5 97 24 359 103 459 55 617 13 U1 161 225 12 12 ,24 238 — ..--i a —• STEWARD DEPARTMENT Port Boston . . New York Philadelphia Baltimore ............ Norfolk............... Savannah ............ Tampa ......... i.... Mobile New Orleans......... .. . Lake Charles:......... Houston . ...,........ Wilmington........ San Francisco* ...... Seattle TOTALS ii'.- TOTAL Shipped Registered Shipped Registered Shipped ' SHIPPED CLASS C CIASS A CLASS B CLASS B CLASS A CLASS . GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP C ALL 1 3 ALL . 1 2 3 Al.l. A B 2 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 AI.I. 1 2 3 AIX i 1 1 ~ 1 1 —1. 1 ""a 4 IS 13 83 27 64 16 43 8 29 1 18 2 14 1 17 18 18 6 24 1$ 4S 42 1 11 4 4 8 ' 2 2 8 2 1 • —^ 2 1 1 6 8 1 5 4 13 33 3 13 — 4 4 23 29 6 5 1 7 10 3 10 1 4 23 2 8 2 4 1 1 2 2 2 4 3 3 10 4 4 1 1 3 2 — 2 2 1 • 2 li 1 2 1 1 1 1 'j - .J ._ «... i-i —i ;• 5 51 • 2 2 27 6 2 8 4 10 2 22 2 19 6 6 5 5 6 1 12 19 ; . .M' . 41 15 29 4 27 46 . _ • 12 — 7 7 5 — 12 i 12 4 20 29 , 2 3 5 1 1 2 4 2 2 1 2 —,'2 3 2 85 10 7 13 4 33 1 7 13 2 12 4 24 IS 6 8 10 — 7 • 7 24 • 2 5 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 — 1 Z 1 1 — .•a. 3 7 3 2 21 4 14 1 • - 2- ••-•2 16 5 6 3 3 1 5 16 8 1 12 1 2 1 1 •-•'•I Itt 11 — 1 1 1 4 2 4 10 "l 93 35 116 1 2441 6 -85 it 184 62 33 8 57 62 71 57 31 l84 5 2 55 • . •• smm ^RANDTOTAl* ... ; • i Vs" ,• m. •— _•— • '• — ««i.^ • v.L' I Regisfdred On The Bedeh JOTAt SftlppiKf. Registered Shipped. Shipped CLASS A CLASSB SHIPPED CL ASS C CLASS B CLASS B aASS A GROUP GROUP CLASS GBOHP •I'i. ' .-'rf"''.;". >V. • ' GROPP""^ GBQUP GROUP IIROUP 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 S ALL r 2 3 ALL i: 8 y ALL A < If C ALL i ALL. 91__183 59 1 333 4 34_50 I 88 J7_162 WftB !f t7 49 I 75 — 4 10303 75 10 I 588 291 474110 875 7 80 109 I 196 V ^8 162' ^vj 259 9 75 48'|'"i32 ^3 153 32 I 238 12 12 .^24 238 .97. 24 j 3^ 103 459 55 617 13 111 IB I 225' r "-'•ri. 97 -• -iV ' ' 93 as 116] Mi 6 38,184~T62 38 I 284 297 99 267 663 10 11 121 1 142 3 85 8 57~l 71 57 sr'otf 1^184 :^v:v.2..S5n v 51- •72 6311032 432 i2155 80 202 soil 863:,.: 23i;<06 204 I 3381 ^ 117 155 i 291 187 346 192 1 ^8# i7 r48t5S 1,234 Registered CLASS A .. m'wecK-ry: • Registered On The Beach CLASS B CLASS A GROUP GROUP 3 ALL'2 2 J ALL 1 1 2 4 11 1 — 5 2 37 it • 33 98 227 1 96 19 — ,.— 4 .41 7 11 13 86 41 10 29 y 4 4 : 4 2 12 4 6 4 I 1 2 1 16 4 6 - -1. 9 -..i64 — 18 • IST: 24 14 26 1 20 :• •2i..v...r.-.y10 64 122 18 8 2 — 6 3 2 3 37 — 20 8 9 1 10 .—-/ 6 4 1 1 23 8 U 42 1 ^— — 5 10 3 2 3 ¥ 99 267 663 10 11 121 .I43.-:K: �JHUrth 27, 1959 SEAFARERS Pare Elevea LOG CG Balks At SlU Demand For Lakes Safety Action WASHINGTON—^Asking for a full investigation of the sinking of the steamer Carl D. Bradley on the Great Lakes last November, and seeking the recovery of the 15 bodies still missing, SIU Great Lakes District officials received little only reveal the circumstances of encouragement from Coast the accident, but might show the it * way to prevent similar occurrences on other Lakes ships in the future. Such data could only be furnished through a study of the vessel or whatever sections of it that are recovered. The SIU cited the determination of the Civil Aeronautics Board, which spends huge sums of money, sometimes combing an area for weeks, in" the hope that some clues to a given air crash might be found. They also cited similar ef­ forts by the Government to recover the bodies of servicemen killed during the Second World War and return them to their homes for proper burial. Seamen merited similar treatment, they said. Harry O'Reilly, Executive Sec­ retary-Treasurer of the AFLrCIO Maritime Trades Department, stated that the MTD will continue to press for the recovery of the bodies and for a complete investi­ gation. Declaring that the talks made it obvious that existing Coast Guard facilities are inadequate for the preservation of safety at sea and the accomplishment of rescue, he urged Congressional action to remedy the existing shortcomings. SUP Secretary-Treasurer Morris Weisberger has notified San Fran­ cisco officials that if labor does not receive a seat on the proposed Golden Gate Authority, "we will withdraw our support" (from the body). Pointing out that not a single labor representative was on the Board of Directors of Frisco's rapid transit authority, Weisberger warned, "The same mistake must not happen again." the house, intends to go on figur­ ing out the different combinations possible in a pibochle deck. ^ The SIU Canadian District's Li­ censed Division brought its num­ ber of new contract agreements to 20 with successful negotiations with six companies. They are N. M. Paterson & Sons, Mohawk Naviga­ tion, Beaconfield Steamships, Sincenees McNaughton Lines, Ahearn Shipping and Toronto Tow­ ing & Salvage. The last is a dredg­ ing outfit and it is noted that the dredging industry was never or­ ganized until the Licensed Division stepped into the picture. With negotiations proceeding full ahead with several of the smaller com­ panies, it is hoped that the entire fleet will be under contract by the opening of navigation. ^e«c> C/S Tankers Hit '50-50' Charter Fix WASHINGTON—A new way of bypassing the objectives of *50-50' was uncovered recently. The American Independent Tankers Owners' Association has com­ plained that foreign supply mis­ sions, who have been purchasing surplus American farm products, have been giving charters only to those US-flag companies who agree to charter certain foreign-flag ves­ sels to carry part of the cargo. All of the sales of surplus Amer­ ican farm products come under the "50-50" provisions of the Cargo Preference . Act which requires that at least half of the cargo pur­ chased be carried by Americanflag vessels. < , "When the owner of an Ameri­ can-flag tanker is obliged, by the particular foreign supply mission involved, to furnish a foreign-flag tanker before his American-flag tanker can be accepted for the car­ riage of Public Law 480 gi'ain cargoes, he is forced to take a floss on the foreign flag fixture," the tanker spokesman said. These manipulations, he charged, are defeating the pur­ poses of the act. Instead of help­ ing promote the American mer­ chant marine,- it is being used to supply employment, in a time of a depressed charter market, to for­ eign-flag vessels. The AITOA spokesman appealed to Secretary of Agriculture Benson to -give immediate attention to these so-called "back to back" deals. Know ! . XolNBU^ Guard officials in talks between the two groups here last week. The talks revealed what Lakes repre­ sentatives described as serious shortcomings in Coast Guard facil­ ities and services on the Lakes. The Bradley split in half during a storm leaving only two survivors. Thirty-three bodies were recovered, shortly afterwards. Not only did Coast.Guard offi­ cials indicate they were unin­ formed as to the proceedings of the Coast Guard Board of Inquiry looking into the matter, but re­ ported there will be no effort to recover the vessel since the Coast Guard does not have the equip­ ment nor the funds to either sal­ vage the vessel or conduct an un­ derwater survey. They went on to state they had neither the legal responsibility, authority nor funds to conduct a search for the missing seamen. SIU representatives pointed out that without an examination of the vessel itself any inquiry would be limited in value. To rely on state­ ments, records and speculation would be of little assistance in furnishing data which might not Alarmed that their Shangri-La set-up is coming to an end, American operators of runaway shipping now appear to be enlisting the State Department in their frantic efforts to evade payment of union wages to their crews. At least that is the clear implication of a recent "Journal of Commerce" story stating that the State Department was "looking into" the SS Florida decision of the Natiohal Labor Relations Board to determine whether it conflicted with treaties of navigation. Reversing The Courts Since in the SS Florida case the NLRB recognized Amer­ ican union jurisdiction over the runaways, and since a number of court decisions since then have tended to reinforce that finding, the only purpose of State Department intervention here would be to rule out the NLRB's findings. That is be­ cause under the US constitution, treaties usually prevail over domestic law. Such action by the State Department could only serve the purposes of the runaways who have been attempting to escape American union wages by running up false flags of registra­ tion, thus disguising the nature of their operation. It's-«o secret that over the years the State Department has been less than friendly to the American-flag merchant ma­ rine. In fact, time and again, the Department has been eager to sacrifice a US-flag fleet on-one excuse or another, notably whenever the "50-50" issue came up. However, by getting into the runaway area, the State Department is meddling where it has no business intervening. Bread And Butler Beef The dispute between the US sea unions and the runaways is, purely and simply, a labor beef over basic bread-and-butter issues—wages and working conditions. That is the position of the unions, and that position has been affirmed in every courtroom to date and in the Labor Board. Still pending are further coUrt hearings and findings Oh this basic issue aris­ ing out of the successful protest against runaway shipping, last December 1 to 4. Since this matter is now before the courts, and since no­ body pretends that the runaways are anything but American operations in US commerce using a foreign flag for conven­ ience, it would appear the better part of wisdom for the State Department to keep its hands off. Otherwise, it is leaving it­ self wide open to the charge that it is intervening on the side of management in a domestic labor dispute. The American runaway operator has washed his hapds of any obligation to his crews and to his Government and wants iio American contads except US dollars for carrying cargo. It would be unique, to say the least, for the State De­ partment to support this Mnd of "anti-Americanism" oh the part of the runaways. The Sailors Union's pensioner list grew last week with the addi­ tion of Raphael Perrella, 78; Wil­ liam Donnelly, 72; G. K. Gregoriou, 69, and Murdo McKay, 68. Perella, a stamp and coin collec­ tor, and-McKay, a huntsman and fisherman, plan to pass a good deal of time with their hobbies. Donnelly will continue to keep a sharp eye on the horses while Gregoriou, when not puttering around Seattle Sees Ship Upturn SEATTLE—Shipping for the port remained on the fair side although there were only four vessels in the area during the past period. Port Agent Ted Babkowski reported. There was a number of beefs with the skipper on one of the ships, the SS Transatlantic (Tak), but they were straightened out to the satisfaction of all hands. As the vessel was sold to Alaska Steamship, the ship's crewmen re­ ceived their transportation back to the port of original engagement. Shipping for the coming period should improve as there are h fair number of vessels scheduled to hit the area, including four pay­ offs. The only vessels in this port during the past period, for payoff were the Transatlantic and the Myrtam III (Int'I. Nav.). -The Myriam III later signed on. In transit were the Marymar and the Texmar (Calmar). • i 3) Spring is just about here and the registration rolls in the Can­ adian District are being, to swell. Some of the ships have started to show signs of life again after an inert winter. In several more weeks activity is expected to be in full swing. 'm Remember: Tax Bite Bs Higher A word to the wise now that 1959 is underway is offered by "Sir Charles" on the Seatrain Georgia. He notes, despite stories in the LOG and else­ where, that some brothers get­ ting slightly smaller paychecks than expected this year are get­ ting hot under the collar for no reason. The difference is the extra Social Security tax bite, which went up on January 1 to percent of the first $4,800 of annual'earnings to pay for higher benefits. It used to be 214 percent of the first $4,200 of earnings. The rise is the first of a series of boosts slated over the, next ten years. 'S| 'Nl �r > • z"'- s:;- Jl • ru* Twtirm SEAFARERS SEIIFUEIS IIIITIOC LOG A Critic? Home-Fire r.|f-V-'...','J: ! '• V--'" IR Clifford C. Womack USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Richard Cetchovich Manuel E. Sanchez Kermit H. Dotson MOBILE INFIBHARY MOBILE. ALA. W. D. Thiemonge U£a>HS HOSPITAL BROOKLYN. NY Manuel Antonana Frank Hernandez Eladio Arls Ludwig Kristiansen Fortunate Bacomo Thomas R. Lehay Joseph J. Bass Kenneth Lewis Matthew Brtmo Leo Mannaugh Leo V. Carreon Jeremiah O'Byma James F. Clarke C. Osinski Joseph D. Cox George G. Phifer Juan Denopra Winston E. Renny John J. Driscoll George Shumaker Friedof O. FondUa Aimer S. Vlckers Otis L. Gibbs Luther E. Wing Bart E. Guranick Pon P. Wing Taib Hassan Royce Yarborougb USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY John Cabral Paul Norton Tranquilino Cordova Wm. C. Palmer Hugh Curran Frank Przybska Joseph Domino Joseph Ricclardl Peder Espeseth Emeterio Rivera Arthur Fortner Jose Rodriguez George Grlswold Bernard Rosenski Edward Heacox Chow Song Keith Hubbard Charles Taylor Patrick T. Kelly Julio Valentin Nils Lundquist AmieUo Verdemara Leonard B. Heeks John WestfaU Harold J. Moore "Remember me to Cod," you said,| The day you sailed away. And pray, pray for me each night, \ you asked, A year, a month, a day. Oh, I remembered, I remembered. Through many months and years. To ask Him for your safe return To guard the hand that steers. The house is ready for the night. Revealing light so starry bright. Its doors are open, letting, in The cool night air. My soul to discipline. Fire casts a shadow 'cross the — floor. I listen eagerly for your step, To hear your step outside the door. When sun strikes glass With coming of day. The dreams I dream tonight Will rise . . . swell . , . crest And fall away. Members Of The Wedding Shipmates on the Ideal X were on hand to wish Eddie and Blllie Yeamans (seated) a happy future at their wedding reception in Galveston recently. Pictured (standing, I to rj are: Floyd Walker, BB NCB; D. Nwnn, steward; B. Omeianchqkr BR, and Fred E. Otto, MM. Yeomont was 3rd cook on the ship. MM ti, imz TOune' AMIIUCA Ct/aHsrmtm}, Jan. KHtchiiar. SMACi In ship's fund. Seme-dbvutad OT. No beof*. DIaputs between bos'a and panfrynum ra cleaning of coRoo pota. SRATRAIN TRXAC (Saafratn).- Fab. SI—Chairman, P. PaVrlcfci Sacratary, J. Hadgas. Air^onditlanlng equip­ ment ta ba repaired. SmeU ef hides on main deck strong in hot weather. Some disputed OT. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for preparation and serving of meals. Beefs to be. settled with cooperation of all concerned. . SANTORH (Marvan), Fab. fl — • CliBtmn. H. Sfiapatw Sacratary, W, StrlBklaml. Soma OT disputed. Everything running smoothly. Ono man in ship bospltal. See patrolmaii about new washing machine. •SS^bairmaB, R. -Rtant; SaerWary, J. Raux. No baafs. Naw dalagato alected. Naw atoppara far laundry aink obtalnad. Seafarers checking into any of the marine hospitals around the country—especially in an emergency—are reminded again that it's important to have their seamen's papers arid latest discharge with them to facilitate the admission procedure at the USPHS facilities. These documents are essential to avoid trouble­ some delays. Among the latest arrivals reported in drydock this period are three SIU brothers at the Norfolk hospital: Lucian F. Drew, Romie Castellow and Swindell W. Lewis. Castellow, whose last ship was the Atlas, is progressing very well under hos­ pital treatment after suffering pneumonia. Drew is also in good shape after a hernia operation. He was on the LaSalle last trip. A head injury has sidelined Broth­ er Lewis and will keep him out A pair of ABs, Guernsey (left) of action for a while. He was in­ and Ohannasian, are hard at jured ashore after shipping on it on paint job aboard the the John B. Kulukundis. , . V J Mobile reports one man in layCities Service Miarni as the Lewis Kennedy „p the Mobile Infirmary since ship bowls along pn her oil the marine hospital in the Azalea City has been shut down for several run. It's not clear whether years. He's W. D. Thiemonge off the Ocean Joyce. Thiemonge is mak­ Guernsey was skeptical of the ing slow progress following an automobile accident. photographer or the paint Carey J. Beck and John Kennedy are a pair of newcomers at the job. Photo by Charlie Burns. New Orleans hospital. Beck is in for the second time due to an old in­ jury that seems to be causing severe headaches and eye trouble. He was electrician on the Alcoa Corsair before that. Kennedy is laid up with a broken foot after he slipped aboard ship and dropped some ice LOG-A-RHYTHM; cans on his foot at the same time. Shipping as messman, he was In­ jured while the Yaka was in Greece. He's doing pretty well now. A shipboard fall has also laid up Francis R. NapoU, now at the San Francisco PHS hospital. He's due to be transferred to the Stdten Is­ By M. Dwyer land drydock which is nearer his home. Napoli suffered a fall on the Ocean Dinny and was fiown Stateside from Japan a few weeks ago. Oftimes across the room you come. Leo Cronsohn, also in -'Frisco, is coming along nicely after he suffered To press a kiss against my hair; [ a fracture of his left arm and shoulder. He was on the Orion Star. You hold me William R. Seibert is also on the West Coast, off the Producer. He had For no cause at all, save love, an operation to remove a small growth and is getting a general check­ I almost see you, standing there. 1 up while he's in there. All the brothers in the hospitals appreciate visits and mail. Drop in All seasons I recall before a /ire,| or write them when you can. The following is the latest available list .All time reverts within the flicker­ of SIU men in the hospitals: ing stir Of light in darkened caverns of\ VA HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL BUTLER. PA. BALTIMORE, MD. desire. James F. Markel Francisco Argenal Anthony Maiello As I pile high the logs— VA HOSPITAL Maximino Hemes Domingo Orbigoso DENVER. COLO. Millard E. Byron Norman Peppier Logs of applewood and fir. Clyde Carlson Henri J. Robin Jr. Francis M. Clawson John Ross E. L. Freburger Leonard Russl Clarence Gardner Wm. F. Smart Jr. Robert Smith Gorman Glaze Dolphus Walker Emanuel Jones John J. Kearney Thomas R. Walston Edward McGowan George Warrington Manuel Madarang Carlie White USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. E. F. Broussard Raymond L. Perry Lester N. Larkin Ho'^ard J. Watts Chas. A. McCarthy USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS Mervil H. Black L. V. Springer Harold J. Romero USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. O. W. R. Kristiansen Joseph Pendleton USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Herbert AUman Wooldridge King Robert G. Barrett Edward Knapp Carey J. Beck Leo Lang Claude Blanks Terral McRaney Isauro Cardeal Wm, Marjenhoff Adie Coleman Alexander Martin Arcanjo Crastro Michael MUler Fess T. Crawford Michael O. Muzio Eugene CroweU William E. Nelson Adolph L. Danne Dominic NeweU GuUlermo DeJesus Edward Northrope James Douglas J. W. Patterson OUver Flynn Wlnford PoweU Henry Gerdes William RoUlns James Glisson Ernest Sauls Herbert E. Grant James Shearer James E. Guy Paul P. Signorino John Hrolenok Ernest Smallwood James Hudson Thomas H. Stevens Sidney Irby Oshor Theisen Jasper Jones James Ward Nicholas Katoul Clifford Wuertz John Kennedy USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. Romie CasteUow SwindeU W. Lewis Lucien F. Drew Norman W. Sawyer John J. Harrison Donald L. Willis Widdie C. Hinson USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Joseph S. Barron Francis R. NapoU Michael J. Coffey Wm. Pussinsky Leo Cronsohn A. J. Scheving Joseph R. Ebbole Wm. R. Seibert F. Melguiades Norman West Michal Michaltk Joseph Neubauer USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS Lawrence Anderson Horace LedweU Jr. B. F. Delbler Woodrow Meyers James Lauer John C. Palmer VA HOSPITAL HOUSTON. TEXAS R. J. Arsenault VA HOSPITAL RUTLAND HGHTS.. MASS. Charles Bartlett Daniel Fitzpatrick SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY Vietor B. Cooper Thomas Isaksen VA HOSPITAL PnoOKLYN, NY R. T. Cunningham VA HOSPITAL KECOUGHTAN, VA. Joseph GUI VA HOSPITAL * BOSTON. MASK ntpmas W. KUHga ; OCEAN DINNY (Maritime Overseat)/ Jan. 31—Chsirmsn. C. Malette/ Secretary, T. Delaney. Steward in hospital—headquarters notified. Ship's fund $8.82. Man rejoined ship. 40 hours OT claimed by wipers involving work in machinery spaces done by CITIES SERVICE MIAMI tCltlei Service),. March 5—Chairman. J. Ward; Secretary, C. Wood. One man missed ship in Lake Charles. Ship's fund tl. Few hours disputed OT. GATEWAY CITY (Fan-Atlantic), March X—Chairman, W. Bruton; Sec­ retary, J. Dolan. Everything running smoothly—no beefs. S8.13 In ship s fund. Few hours OT disputed. New delegate elected. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for Job well done. Vote of thanks to old delegate who is get­ ting off. E42-183y (Suwannee), Feb. 3—Chair-' man, DIckerson; Secretary, R. BIyth. No beefs. New delegate elected. See about draws Sc hot water in galley. Shortage of salt tablets. Cleaning ' gear & other storea . ordered for Trinidad. TIMBER HITCH (Suwannee), March 1—Chairman, W. Newsem; Secretary, O. Cullen. No beefs. Ship's fund $7.55. Some disputed OT. One man short. Suggestion made to put up bulletin board for Union notices. Korean labor at Pumn to ba disputed —to be handled by patrolman at pay­ off. Present delegate to remain un­ til payoff. Repair lists to be pre­ pared. Text of telegram re; minutes read to crew and receipts offered for exhibit. EDITH (Bull), Feb. 11—Chairman, J. Parker; Secretary, M. Curry. Mo­ tion to post all letters. Vote of thanks to steward dept. TIMBER HITCH (Suwannee), Feb. IS—Chairman, S. Scales; Secretary, O. Cullen. Ship's fund S7AS. One man In hospital—sailed one AB short. Let­ ter re: steward dept. difficulties read. New delegate elected. Return cups to pantry—cooperation with messman urged.ALCOA RAHOER (Alcoa), Feb. IS— Chairman, W. Barnas; Secretary, T. Sanchsz. Repairs made to washing machine. Crew recommended new machine. Repairs made in messman's room. Motion to clarify ruling on man leaving ship due to illness or Injury and right to claim Job back after being released. Request better ••lectloa is night lusch: sss patrol­ man about paying off at sea. Have phone connected to ship in Mobile to that men can be kept informed of change in sailing board time. VALCHEM (Heron), Feb. •—Chair­ men, J. Rewllns; Secretary, B. Ferry, TV to be repaired. Shlp'e fund $30. Some disputed OT. DiscusMon -to have patrolman settle diapnted OT; inferior quality of beef. Eng. dept. claims replacements not being called in time. Discussion on safety anij repairs. Request ventilators In crew's quarters, which are sealed up at present. JOSEFINA (Liberty Nav.), Feb. «— Chairman, E. Seeley; Secretary, C. Canalet. New delegate elected. OT to be equalized. DEL AIRES (Mississippi), Feb. 1— Chslrmin, I. Morasvl; Sacratary, F. KHtchnsr. Ship's fund S14A0. New delegate elected. Departments to alternate cleaning ship's laundry and slop sink. ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Robin), March 1—Chairman, C. Stambul; Secretary, R. qretsky. Captain spoke to dele­ gate about draws. Some OT disputed. No l>eefs. Complaints on cooking and not enough' fresh fruits—to see about ordering. IOEAL X (Fenn), March 8—Chair­ man, D. Nunn; Secretary, D. Lletz. One man died in Texas City. Ship's fund $4.15. No beefs. Return drink­ ing glasses on drainboard and not in sink. Cans installed to take cigarette butts at doors. Discussion re putting pipes from overboard discharges mid­ ship to water line. KATHRYN (Bull), March 7—Chair­ man, J. Turntr; Secratary, J. Lakwyk. One man hospitalized in San Juan. Putting out draw before payoff. No beefs. DEL ALBA (Miss), March 1—Chair­ man, L. Harvay; Sacratary, O. Parkar. Few men logged. Ship's fund $21.50. OT disputed. Vote of thanks to delesate for Job well done. ALCOA PILGRIM (Alcoa), March 1 —Chairman, R. Qussn; Sacratary, L. Mayan. One man miawd ghin in gng Juan. Delegate elected trea^er. SS in ship's fond. Restriction to ship ta­ bs taken before patrolman. Patrol­ man to check and see who needs new mattresses. DOROTHY (Bull), Feb. 11—Chairman, J. Bergsstrom; Sscrstsry, W. Walsh. No beeb. Few hours dis­ puted OT. One man missed ahip oa. departure from Phila. Drain in laun­ dry to be placed in good working order. Chairs to be returned to rec­ reation room. Request more hot cakes. Repair Usts to be. made up. Request new mattresses for bosun A carpenter. BIENVILLR (Fan Atlantic), March >—Chairman, W. Hanver; Secretary, E. Eriksen. Two men hospitalized in Houston. Ship's fund •32.15. New delegate to bo elected. Fans to be fixed in recreation room. EVELYN (Bull), Feb. 2»—Chairmen, J. Muchleck; Secretary, F. Macklln. Repair list turned in. $22 in Ship's fond. No beefs. Sailed short one AB COEUR D'ALENE VICTORY (Vie- from Boca Grande. New delegate & tory). Fab. IS—Chalrmsn, E. Zsbrow- . treasurer elected. Vote of thanks to •kl; Sacratary, H. Krehn. Travelers* steward dept. for Job well done. checks to be obtained in ^rachi. Soma disputed OT. Need new wash­ WINTER HILL (Cities Ssrvles), Feb. ing machine and water fountain. 14—Chairman, J. Daclnqus; Sscrstsry, Draws not forthcoming when in port. D. Rood. Two men missed ship. No Insufficient miflc. Doors to be kept beefs. Motion seconded and carried closed in passageways while in port. ,to elect C. Bogga ship's delegate by acclamation. SANTORE (Marven), Fab. 11—Chair­ man,- H. Shspsta; Sacratary, J. WagMICHAEL (Carres), March 1—Chair­ nsr. Some disputed OT. Two men man, J. Wunderlich; Sacratary, 0. walked off ship in Bait.—patrolman Forrest. Request repair Usts be made notified. Need new agitator for wash­ up and turned in. Some OT disputed. ing machine. No beefs. One man missed ship at Magpetco. New delegate elected. NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Vic­ Need new- inattrcSaes. Deck dept. tory), Jan. •—Chairman, S. FItlak; cited for cleanliness A cooperation. Secretary, J. CRourke. Most repairs Vote of thanks to steward dept. for made. Urge support of blood bank. exceUent Job. New delegate elected. Request great­ er variety of salads, more rye A COASTAL CRUSADER (Suwannes), wbeat bread. To form arrival pool— Feb. 15—Chairmen, O. Foley; Sacra­ •30 to ship's fund—$90 to winner of tary, D. Wagner. New delegate elect­ pool. ed. Request heads be left in sanitary condition. Don't pour coffee in scut­ ELIZABETH (Bull), Feb. 13—Chair­ tlebutt. Proper attire requested in man, F. Casper; Secretary, R. Her- messhaU. nendcz. Some beefs not settled. Soma disputed OT. RoBOOilnated ship's ALCOA PIONEER (Alcoa), Fab. IZ delegate. Washing machine needs re­ —Chairman, J. Stawart; Secretary, E. pairing. Do not overload. Awning Canonlzado. Ship's fund—$40. No back aft to be replaced. beefs. New delegate elected. Motion made and seconded to have Union JOHN B. KULUKUNDIS (Marfis), officials meet with operators to nego­ Feb, 23—Chairman, O. Hansen; Sec­ tiate with improvement of agreement retary, F. Rakas, Jr. No beefs. . Vote for transportation rider—that men of thanks to steward dept. for Job paying off ship shoidd get transpor­ well done. tation within 200 mOss or over Com­ port of paying off or signing, on. PANDORA (EPtphany Tankers), Feb. 23—Chairman, A. Turnar; secretary, ALCOA FURITAH (Alcoa), Jaii, 13 B. RIggs. Discussion on loggings. Few —Chairman, R. Plercs; Secretary, A. hours OT disputed. Men getting off Fsrrara. Beef about launch service requested to leave quarters clecni in RUeka. YugosUyla. to be takto up. One minute of silence for departed Ship a fund Sl.TS. 57 hours disputed. brothers. Washing machine to be cleaned after use. Request less noise in passage- r , DEL AIRES (MIsNsslppI), Fab. >3-> way. Need pump for washing ma-''-'. Chalrmsn, N. RldrMge; SecrstarW F. chine. Foc'sles to be jwtotad.. �March 27.195f SEAFARERS Sees Big Danger in Homesteadlng of the union and its progress. If we all were "deadheads" this would be one hell of a Union. In discussing this job-Umlt issue, let's not fall to recognize the danger of a "Let-GeorgeDo-It" atUtude which, I think, must follow the practice of permanent homesteadlng. Art Lomas. To the Editor: Again I'd like to add my bit to the discussion of a time-limit on shipping. It se^s that all those In favor of limiting a man's time on a ship have the basic argument that this would produce a fair distribution of jobs for all hands. Gangway Watch I also believe this to be so and would like to point to one Poses Problem facet of homesteadlng which Is To the Editor: generally, overlooked and which I have-been thinking about this for a long time and I would like to hear the other members' views about it. I think the gangway watch should be done away v/ith now and forever. It's unfair when a man is at sea 15 or 16 days with just a matter of hours be­ fore the ship is underway again, that he should have to worry All letters to the editor for about a gangway watch and publication in the SEAFAR­ have no real time to relax. ERS LOG must be signed He should be able to put In by the writer^ Names will his eight hours and then go be withheld upon request. ashore the same as other' people can when they finish their eight is of great Importance. This hours' work ashore. This is concerns the individual num­ especially true on a run like ber's contribution to the Union I am on, such as Pan-Atlantic. other than just the payment of In every port except one, and dues. a lot of times not even In that Some while back. I made a one, sea watches are never few trips coastwise. On this broken. There is no such thing ship was a brother who had as time off. been on her steady for over six If they keep sea watches In years. We were back in home port. It should be that only one port every two weeks and we man has to be aboard for each were only ashore for about 26 watch. hours before putting out again. Robert Lasso Because of this I don't think SS Axalea City that the classification of "sea­ ^ ^ $ man" applied to this man any more than It would to a guy Sees Big Risk who takes the Staten Island ferry every day back and forth in High Speeds to work, say, In a box factory. To the Editor: This whole business of en­ Now the Umon never had any couraging ship safety is a good major trouble with this partic­ Idea, bbt as long as these ship ular company, so this member captains run at full speed in had never engaged In any beefs bad weather and count on radar In any way, had never hit the to save them, we're still In bricks on a plcketllne or experi­ enced a period of unemploy­ trouble. We can work to bring the ment which, unfortunately but ships themselves up to standard necessarily happens at times and we can get the crews safetybecause of a beef, and he had conscious but we've still got the never attended a shoreside un­ skipper to contend with. He's ion meeting' (at least not for got the company, on his back over six years). His only con­ and a schedule to keep, and he's tact with the Union was by pay­ going to take chances whatever ing dues to the visiting patrol­ anybody says. man. We haven't had a serious ac­ Under these circumstances cident involving an SIU ship what interest can an individual lately, but who wants to wait have in the Union to which he that long? There has to be belongs? None, that is, except a solution so that the skippers to anticipate and accept bene­ and mates too won't run hogfits in the form of additional wild. A guy who breaks a leg wage Increases and conditions" on a ship due to faulty gear or fought for by his Union and even his own carelessness some­ brother members while he goes times Is one thing. But it's a pleasantly homesteadlng along. different matter when the I am sure this viewpoint Is whole ship and its entire crew shared by the majority of our is In danger. And a collision members. To belong to a un­ means at least two ships and ion, to be a bona fide Interested two crews. It'§ a lucky thing member. Is to be one who wants the Constitution had no pas­ to have a share of his union's sengers and that the tanker It activity, who doesn't want to hit was empty. I'd hate to have be on the receiving end all been around If that tanker had the time, and Is ready and will­ been full and there were pas­ ing to give a little of himself sengers on the other ship. W. Feibel In union action for the weKare Letters To The Editor LOG Pace TMrtcca King For A Day On Confederate $ '^1 M Anybody who's ever had a yen lo toss cash around like a money-stuffed millionaire can appreciate the latest yam making the rounds of the SIU ships on the Atlantic missile range these days. The story concerns one missile range, he began showering He was attracting considerable brother—who shall remain the population of Recife, Brazil, attention eveiywhere until the lo­ nameless—^who nibbled the with "C-notes" In exchange for cal gendarmes got wind of what was going on. Some of the local bait in one of those newspaper and a little bit of applause. magazine ads offering a million Although the lettering on the banks may have had a hand in that bucks in Confederate currency of money doesn't mention the when someone tried to cash one of various denominations for an In­ "United States of America" the the bills for cruzeiros. vestment of a few genuine US Spanish and Portuguese-speaking Eventually the poUcia collared treasury notes. The "Confederate" citizens of Recife could make out our man, confiscated his boodle money In the offering Is fresh stuff something about "Confederate and lectured him about undermin­ riglit off the press but it's supposed States of America" and, that was ing the currency of their country to look like the genuine 186(^vlnt- enough for them. The "States ot —not only with Confederate age material. America" part was the convincer money but counterfeits to boot— As soon as our hero received his and they laid out the red carpet and his millionaire's holiday came package -of bogus bills, things got for the "loco Norteameiicano" who to an end. But it was a grand one out of hand. With a couple of days brought prosperity wherever he while it lasted, according to aU off In port after a stay out on the went. reports. 4- A"'- I At Day's End lOG-A-RHYTHM: Before Sailing , By John F. Wunderlich . "Where are you going, my friend. To the land of coffee and sugar­ So late at night cane. In such freezing weather? Where the days are long. My fire is a-light. And the nights are short. And the coffee is boiling. Where it never snows." Can't you stop for a while?" * * • goodbye, my lad. "I am hurrying up 'to the mountain "Well, Go in peace to the distant lands top. And the sugar cane. Where the Northern Lights flash. May you travel far. Where skies are aflame May your life be great. As a million searchights As a Viking's son From a city awake. In a myriad of colorful lights." From this land of ice." * • • "So many a time in the past you "Thanks, Old Man, And God's peace to you. have seen The Northern Lights flash 'cross I am going to see the' Northern Lights the sky. So in years to come Why tonight in a hurry?" 4> • * I'll remember them and the Mid­ night Sun. "At the first break of dawn. The night is growing old. Over hills in the east, Soon dawn will be here; r am leaving for the sea. I must be gone." For the starlit nights. And the tropic breeze. My seabag is packed; The ship awaits her crew." • • « "So you are leaving us, Olaf, 'Cross the ocean blue To the distant lands. For how long?" day's work over, crew messman J. Mclyszko (left) and steward Ben Rucker on the Portmar team up for a photo sent in by ship's dele­ gate E. Bayne. Ru«er is a lensman too. That's a midget camera dangling from the chain around his neck. '• " I: • "My articles say she'll be gone for long, To the islands in the south. Throw in For A Meeting Job Under the rules of the SIU, any member can nominate him­ self for meeting chairman, read­ ing clerk or any other post that may be up for election before the membership. Including com­ mittees such as the tallying committees, financial commit­ tees and other groups named by the membership. Since SIU membership meet­ ing officers are elected at the start of each meeting, those who wish to run for those meeting offices can do so. '^Sr&rdi^edSsxeYi lUE focfD AMr> vaicesAXoif^ mmo^SA^NB/^ytmsiucAFPrj^/As THE OF UNlOM. /A/75^fVMB YoUkBATfHEAAlL. K Of,THAT WAS, eosH.^HE WAS PRETTY/ CMRISSE... . V. --n-- ' ' - H- . ONE OF THE 6UYS ON THE too STAFF... •• , �SEAFARERS Pace Foorteea March 27, 19SI LOG Whaddya Mean Camera-Shy? LOG Rated 'Tops^ Urges ID Card in News Field For SIU Wives To the Editor: If the enclosed coupon from the last Issue of the LOG does not include non-members of the SIU, would it be possible for me to subscribe to the LOG? I promise a check by return mail. For a long time I have man­ aged to read the LOG by steal­ ing or borrowing copies, reading over someone's shoulder when I should be out on deck taking Li^tters To The Editor All letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFAR-' ERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. "Horrors! A camera!" is what Andy Mir, DM (above, right) seems to be saying, but a close look shows he left a bit of one eye uncovered so he wouldn't appear too camera-shy. Messman Bob Trippe stays right out in front in this scene from the Yaka. At right (top) Tony Michaelski shows a shipmate the albacore tuna he caught on the Paclficus during trip to India. The two gents under the whiskers (left) are R. Fulghum, wiper, and J. Gilbert, reefer engineer, enjoying a merry tune on the Steel Seafarer. So far, there's been no offer from a recording company, but the boys are hopeful. Shipmate G. Glendenning is caught in the act during clean­ up job in the role of crew pantryman. Photo by Vernon Douglas. ?• DIRECTORY OF SIU HALLS SIU, A&G District BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sbeppard, Aeent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. A1 Tanner, Agent Rlcbmond 2-0140 HOUSTON . . 4202 Canal St B. Matthews, Agent CApltal 3-4089; 3-4080 LAKE CHARLES, La. 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke, Agent HEmlock 6-S744 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler SL Louis NeiTa, Agent FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent lOhnlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 BienviUe St Lindsey Wiiliams, Agent Tulane 8626 NEW YORK 075 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn HYacintb 9-6600 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St J. BuUock, Agent MAdison 7-1083 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. S. CarduUo. Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Marty Breithoff. 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Second Ave. BRoadway 2-3039 RIVER ROUGE .. 10225 W. Jefferson Ave, Mich. VInewbod 3-4741 '! • r •• / ct Photo Recalls 5-Man Rescue Disputes Beef Dver Card Game To the Editor: This is an open letter to the brother who complained about the captain's interference in a card game aboard the Valiant Faith (LOG, Mar. 13). Apparently that card game was so noisy it kept the rest of the crew awake. And presum­ ing you do your daily stint of eight hours and sleep 16 hours as stated in yokir letter, you probably Don't bathe Don't shave Don't go in for chow And your quarters look like those of a sow. There are only 24 hours in a day, you Icnow. When you took the job you knew the ship was a Liberty, so quit griping about her speed and just be thankful you have a job. And, last but not least, re­ member the captain has to work for a living too, and. he also has his orders regarding overtime. J. J. Byrnes "On the Beach" To the Editor: Enclosed are some photos of the boat from which we rescued five men off the coast of Vir­ ginia last December. It is the 101' Diesel yacht "Kyma" out of New York. • You carried a story in the LOG (Dec. 10, 1958) and 1 thought you might like the prints of photographs taken by third assistant-Hanralh here on the Cities Service Baltimore. ' We had tried to salvage the 3) 3^ 31" yacht by lashing her to the sidO; • V but she broke loose twice. The ^nds 8 Months second time was the last as she later smashed into our stem On Missile Run after drifting for a while. She. TQ the Editor: capsized after a 12-hour strug­ After we come back from this gle hut the crew was safe. missile mission and after being John'^H. Elliott eight months on this vessel, the Ship's reporter M/V Rose Knot, I airi going back home to the good old USA. I also will do a little vacation­ ing in old Mexico, and would like to have the SEAFARERS LOG sent to, me there. Best wishes to ail brothers of the SIU, ' Humberto Vera 3!'- BUFFALO, NY 4" 3) Retiredg He's Found Security Canadian District ..408 Simpson SL Phone: 3-3231 128V(i HoUls St. Phone 3-8911 Signed; ......... MONTREAL 634 St. James St. West Victor 2-8161 QUEBEC 44 Sault-au-Matelot TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you aro an old iubtcribar and hava a change Quebec LAfontaine 3-1569 THOROLD. Ontario 52 St. David St. of address, please give your former address below: CAnal 7-5212 TORONTO, OnUrio . . 272 King St. K. EMnire 4-57'9 AODRESS ...•Aefecnaaaeeaeaeeaaeaaaaeeaeeeeee'eai '•-Seeeeeaeaeaeaaeta* ST. JOHN. NB ... .177 Priuca WUUam St. OX 2-5431 VANCOUVER. ^C... Mam ^ ciry w. • • ZONE UU l'34oO STATE .(t;- pictures of passengers or cargo, or minding my upstairs neigh­ bor's mail (which includes his LOG) while he's out oji a trip. But this is not too satisfactory because sometimes I miss out ail around, which makes me most unhappy because, honestly, I'd rather miss- the morning newspaper than miss an issue of the LOG. Compared not only to other union papers hut to trade papers in general, your SEAFARERS LOG rates top of the list. . Mona MacMurray (Ed. note: As you requested, your name is being added to the mailing list. There is no sub­ scription charge but contribu­ tions are always welcome.) To the Editor: I agree with the mpny people who have written to the SEA­ FARERS LOG about giving out SIU identification cards. Be­ lieve me, this would be a great help for the dependents of SIU members. I'm one of the wives who would like to have one of these cards. I know from experience it would he much easier cashing allotment checks, which can be a problem. The card would also he very, very useful for such pur­ poses as visiting the SIU clinic for a check-up and would avoid trouble in making proper identi­ fication. It would also he a big help in an emergency when we have to seek information at the SIU halls. I believe that if all Sea­ farers' wives who read the LOG would write in to the Union on this matter something would be done for us. I pray to God that lie bless this organization, its officers and members and it may continue giving its wonderful services tor years to come. Mrs. Carmen Negron t it FORT WILLIAM ' Ontario HALIFAX, N.S Phato by third assistant pictures the Kyma -along­ side the CS Baltimore before she brok^ fre« and capsized. To the Editor; ;Being a retired Seafarer is a rdugh tough go, but the know­ ledge. of unionism that I had learned from being an SIU sea­ man softens the blow. Having had the union educa­ tion and brotherhood of SIU ships' crews I knqyv. I, have reached a level of security and contentment In unionism that I never will feel again, Gerald MiteheU �1959 SEAFARERS fINAl DISPATCH ' Jan Kozersfci, 54: Brother Kozerski died of a heart disease in John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on February 7. A member of the Union since 1943, he sailed in the steward depart­ ment. Surviving him is his wife, Mrs. Martha Kozerski, of Balti­ more, Md. Burial was in Meadowridge Cemetery, Baltimore. $ SF Turnover SAN FRANCISCO —• Shipping was slow during the last period wdth little improvement dn sight, reports Port Agent Marty Breithoff. With only one ship paying off and one signing on, most of the activity came via the in-transit route. Nine vessels were in transit, including the Steel Scientist, Steel Rover and Steel King (Isthmian); La Salle and J. B. Waterman (Waterman); Alamar and~Texmar (Calmar); Jefferson City Victory (Victory Carriers), and the Ocean Eva (Maritime Overseas). The Steel Fabricator (Isthmian) paid off while the Choctaw (Water­ man) signed on. The Welfare Plan eyeglass pro­ gram, which has recently been ex­ tended to this port, is being pro­ cessed and will be available for the members in the near future. 4) From Down East Israel Hits Egypt's Seizure Of Cargo At Suez Canal 4> 4^ t Alvin Dyer, Jr., is enjoying life back home in Corea, Maine, while dad's aboard SS Cal­ mar. Junior was born May 26, 1958. t John Bellard, 71: Brother Bellard died of suffocation when a fire broke out in his Newport, NY, home on Febru­ ary 3. He had been a Union member since 1942, sailing in the steward de­ partment. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edith Bellard, of Newport. Brother Bel­ lard was cremated. Bill Thompson Ben Martin Frank Murphy, who sailed with you on the Compass in 1952, would like to get in touch with you. His address is 162 Grand St., Middletown, Conn. 4> 4) 4) Joseph BevUl Your gear left aboard the SS Yaka is in the baggage room in the New Orleans hall. Please call. 4> t t Frank Kumelga You are requested to contact >«. t 4 your mother at 287 Coal St., Wilkes John Allmon, Sr., 43: An SlU Barre, Pa. ' man since 1944, Brother Allmon 4) t 4) died in the Newman Hospital in Richard Asmont Atlanta, Georgia, on March 6 of Please send your address to Edi­ a coronary ailment. He had son Walker, Eight Mile, Alabama. sailed in the deck department. ir Surviving is his daughter. Miss l^om Hodney Martha Allmon, of Washington, Anyone having any information DC . on the whereabouts of the above please write Mary McLaughlin, 27 Norfolk St., Roxbury, Mass. Your Gear.. for ship ... for shore Whatever you need, in work or dress gear, your SlU Sea Chest has it. Get top quality gear at substantial savings by buy­ ing at your Union-owned and Unionoperated Sea Chest store. Sport Coats Slacks Dress Shoes Work Shoes Socks Dungarees Frisko Jeens CPO Shirts Dress Shirts Sport Shirts Belts Khakis Ties Sweat Shirts T-Shirfs — Shorts Briefs Swim Trunks Sweaters Sou'westers Raingear Caps Writing Materials Toiletries Electric Shavers Radios Television Jewelry Cameras Luggage the P^e Fifteea tack in front of his New Orleans home on January 8. A member of the Union since 1957, he sailed in the deck department. He is sur­ vived by his wife, Eugene Jacobus, of New Orleans, La. Ted W. Marley, 35: Brother Marley died at his home in Asheboro. North Car­ olina, January 3, 1959. A Union member since 1957, he had worked in the 4. t t engine depart­ George Jacobus, 51: "Brother ment. His mother, Jacobus suffered a fatal heart atMrs. Rhoda Marley survives him. Burial was in Pleasant Cross Cemetery, NC. Still Slight LOG SEAGHEST 4 4^^ 4> ^ 4) 4) 4) 4) Raymond Queen You are requested to contact General Motors Acceptance Corp., 4th Ave. &: 9th St., Huntington 19, Va. James E. Johnson, Jr. Important you contact your aunt, Mrs. Helen Coleman, at 6711 36th Ave. SW, SeatUe 6, Wash. Giles Glendenninr • Urg;ent you get in touch with Attack State Dep't Move (Continued from page 3) announced that he was forming a Bermuda-registered British sub'sidiary. This is seen as an attempt to test the recent agreement be­ tween the world's maritime unions that ownership, not registry, would determine which union has juris­ diction. • The International Transportworkers Federation has scheduled a further meeting in London on April 13 to proceed with its cam­ paign against the runaways. • The International Chamber of Shipping also has a meeting set for London, the first week of April, t J discuss the runaway issue, among other items. • A Joint statement issued hy Curran and Hall attacked the de­ pletion allowance provisions of domestic lav/. These provisions allow large oil and metals concerns, to escape a considerable portion of domestic tax obligations. Despite this tax loophole, these companies are the largest operators of run­ away-flag shipping, which also gives them considerable tax ad­ vantages. Israel has filed a formal protest with the United Nations, charging the United Arab Republic with seizing and remov­ ing Israeli goods from two foreign vessels passing through the 4Suez Canal. Said, and impounded the cargo. The incidents, involving a Three weeks later the incident Liberian and a German ves­ was repeated with the German sel, occurred within a three-week vessel Leglott. Carrying 6,300 tons period extending midway through of potash, she was headed for March. JThe Liberian ship. Cape- Malaya, Hong Kong and the Phil­ tan Manolis, left Haifa with 400 ippines. Vessels carrying oil or other tons of potash and five tons of cargoes to and from Israel have fruit Juices bound for Ceylon and been hampered in passage through 1,120 tons of cement for Malaya, according to Abba Eban, Israel's the canal on the grounds that a UN representative. UAR authori­ state of war still exists between ties detained the vessel in Port the Arab states and Israel. A num­ ber of SlU-manned ships have been put on the biacklist for en­ tering Israeli ports, which, in ef­ fect, denies to them the use of conventional port services in Arab countries or access to cargoes there. your mother at 3900 Clifton Ave., Baltimore 16, Md. Will anyone having any information on the above, please write to the same address. 44" 4)1 Raymond Ruppert Your sister requests that you get BOSTON — Although the city in touch with her at 378 Weirfield was going through its worst snow St., Brooklyn 27, NY. storm in many years, the luck of 4 4 4 the Irish held true on St. Patrick's James Dyess Day, as the sun came out and It is important that you contact brought on perfect weather for the your wife at once. marcherst As was expected, the 4 4 4 following day saw more snow, rain Bill Thompson and slush. Your^wife saw your ad in the It may have been because of the paper and asks that you get in cold weather and the snow, but touch with her as soon as possible. only a handful of replacements Her phone number is still the same. were needed for the six vessels 4 4 4 calling into the area during the John (Dutch) Merkel past period. The outlook for the Please contact Rajrmond Moore coming period is just about the at PO Box 4508, Philadelphia, Pa. same. Acting Pert Agent Gene Dakin said, unless some un­ 4 4 4 Walcy Thomas scheduled vessels come in for serv­ Anyone having any information icing. on the above is urged to contact Paying off during the last couple his wife immediately. Her address of weeks were the Ideal X (Marine is Route No. 1, Box 128, Alton, Va. Tankers), Bents Fort and Cantigny (Cities Service). There were no 4 4 4 Jack Sirles ships signing on. In transit were Plea.se contact John Arabasz at The Cabins (Texas City); Eagle the Baltimore hall for your money. Transporter (Terminal) and the Henry E. Fossett. Steel Flyer (Isthmian). Hub Weather, Jobs Gloomy Sill BABY ARRIVALS All of the following SIU families- have received a $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Diane Marie Arndt, born Janu­ Peggy Denise Robinson, born ary 21, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Febi-uary 17, 1959, to Seafarer and Orville Leo Arndt, New Orleans, Mrs. Harry C. Robinson, Mobile, Ala La. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Mark Andre Anger, born March Vicky Lanette Gatewood, born 1, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jean February 22, 1959, to Seafarer-and J. Auger, Bellmar, NJ. Mrs. Woodrow W. Gatewood, Baker, 4 4 4 Fla. ChrisHna Elaine Casarez, born 4 4 4 • October 6, 1958, to Seafarer and Glenn Frederick McArthur, born Mrs. Calixto Casarez, Houston, Tex. February 23, 1959, to Seafarer and 4 4 4 Lauri Jean Daigle, born Febru­ Mrs. Allan W. McArthur, Brook­ ary 13, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. lyn, NY. 4 4 4 Paul Daigle, Somerville, Mass. Glenn David Pederssen, born 4 4 4 Daniel Dean Grimes, born March March 7,1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. 4, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. John Sverre Pederssen, Brooklyn, NY. 4 4 4 L. Grimes, Chickasaw, Ala. Albert Sierra,/born February 27, 4 4 4 Michael Nerosa, born December 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Efrain 20, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Tony Rivera Sierra, Bronx, NY. Nerosa, Philadelphia, Pa. Bobby Lee York, born March 9, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Terrill D. York, MobUe, Ala. Elizabetii Rodriguez, born Febru­ ary 21, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Eusebio Rodriguez, Mayaquez, PR. Ernest A. Trader, born February 7, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ernest Trader, Baltimore, Md. 'm �SEAFARERS#LOG Moreli 27. 1959 0T:FICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UN ION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT » AFL-CIO • Firefighter To The Rescue Shipping To Gain With Hawaii in As 50th State Stepped-up shipping for SIU members 'on both coasts and an increase in maritime industry influence in Congress seems assured as the result of the action by Congress in voting statehood for Hawaii. Immediately following the District members man the passen­ Congressional action, Isth­ ger ships on the tourist run and 'j- •M- mian Lines and Matson Navigation announced they were going to in­ crease their joint service to Ha­ waii from the East Coast of the United States. The new schedule calls for sailings every 12 days as a result of increasing interest stemming from the statehood de­ velopment. The addition of Hawaii will mean two more Senators and one or two Representatives who can be regarded as being in the "mari­ time bloc." Similarly, Alaska, wh'ch was voted into the Union last year, also has an overriding interest in maritime matters and her Senators and Representative can also be counted to show con­ cern in this area, along with leg­ islators from such states as New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, California, Washington and Oregon, among others. Rapid Senate Action The 56-ygar struggle by Hawaii for admission to the Union was voted with startling swiftness as the Senate approved the statehood bill 76-1-5 and thr, House 323-89. President Eisenhower then signed the measure and all that remains is for the Hawaiian people to rati­ fy it in a vote tentatively sched­ uled for-July. The lush, tropical island group with its famed beaches, hula danc­ ers and ukeleles has always been a tourist attraction and the tour­ ist industry ranks as Hawaii's 3rd leading occupation, next to sugar and pineapples respectively. All three of these major indus­ tries depend directly on shipping to a very great degree. SIU Pacific Map shows islands that will make up the 50th state, over 2,000 miles off the US West Coast in the Pacific. Major islands are Oahu (center, where Honolulu is located, and Hawaii (right), which contains the major sugar port of Hilo. Overall area of the state-to-be is about the same as Rhode Island and Connecticut combined. both Pacific District and A&G Dis­ trict companies are active on the pineapple and sugar runs to both coasts. No other state in the union has as cosmopolitan a population as Hawaii's. The population is partly European, Asiatic and American. The original Hawaiian, descendent of the Polynesian, is in the process of becoming extinct, and composes only three percent of the population. The leading group is now of Japanese descent, making up 38 percent of. the .^population. Americans and Europeans com­ prise 25 percent, Hawaiians and partly Hawaiian 15 percent, Filipinos 13 percent, Chinese seven percent and small numbers of Puerto Ricans and Koreans. The original foreigners to flock to Hawaii were Chinese, imported in the middle of the nineteenth century as a source of cheap mi­ grant labor to work in the sugar fields. A wave of Japanese fol­ lowed, making them the domi­ nant group by 1900. Hawaii's first contact with Americans was through New Eng­ land missionaries who went to the islands in 1820. Ties between the two nations grew closer as the United States helped block moves by Britain and France to annex the islands. On its own request, Hawaii was formally annexed by the US in 1898 and became a territory in 1900. From 1903 to the present, 23 moves were made through Con­ gress to win statehood. Hawaii produces one-fourth of theyworld's pineapples-and onefortieth of the world's sugar cane. British navy helicopWr is shown lowering firefighter to deck of burning German freighter Vormann Rass off Devon coast. Air­ borne firefighters brought the blaze under control. Robin May Go Into Lakes-Africa Service WASHINGTON—Moore-McCprmack Lines has applied to the Government for permission" to amend its present subsidy contract to divert vessels from South African, South American and Scandinavian runs"*^ through the St. , Lawrence outlined wfiy it sought to amend Seaway for occasional calls at the present subsidy contract in Great Lakes ports. If permission is granted, it might mean the SIUmanned Robin Line ships, oper­ ated by Mooremack, would go on the Seaway run. Grace Gets Okay News of the bid came on the heels of the announcement of a subsidy to Grace Lines to operate a service from the Great Lakes to the Caribbean. This will be the first US-flag service to be provided from the Great Lakes to a foreign port and the first subsidized serv­ ice on a US essential foreign trade route from the Lakes. In a letter to the Federal, Mari­ time Board, Moore-McCormack 4- Oceojc f£A/lL Chief crop of Hawaii is sugar, shown being loaded in Honolulu (left) on SlU-manned S$ Hurricane when it was under cherter to Matspn in I955._ Photo shows giant gantry erdne positioned .over hold, Sugar- is loaded unde^Lilfessura itito thehol^ ^' ''-J"V' order to provide this service. At the present time, the com­ pany does not Jtoresee any great diversion of traffic from the North Atlantic ports to the Great Lakes. Neither MSTS nor any other large shipper have plans for handling cargo via the Lakes. In addition, most of the major auto manufac­ turers have assembly, lines on the tidewater from which they fill, for­ eign export orders. Need Subsidy For Service Under these circumstances, Moofemack said, a service from the Great Lakes to the Scandinavia and Baltic areas and African ports' could best be met by an amend­ ment to the present subsidy con­ tract to permit occasional calls at Lakes ports as cargo permits. Under the Grace Line subsidy, the company must provide a min­ imum of 24 and a maximum of 34 sailings per year, or approximate­ ly three to four a month during the open season between the Lakes ports and Venezuela, the Nether­ lands West Indies and the North Coast of Columbia. The. company also agreed to in­ crease its replacement obligations to a total of 31 vessels at an esti­ mated cost of almost $480 million, over the next seven years.; Six C-2 type freighters wiil be used in the service until they can be replaced by new, more modern ships. This replacement obligation is in addi­ tion to the company's present ob­ ligations to build nine combina­ tion and 16 cargo vessels to re­ place Its present subsidized fleets. Halt British SF-Hawaii Cruise Trip WASHINGTON—An advertise4 round-trip cruise between San Francisco, Honolulu, . Vancouver, British Columbia, and back to Trisco,' by the British passengei* vessel Chusan, has been found iil violation of a law prohibiting fpr^ eign-flag ships from carrying pas­ sengers between US, ports. Acting on a complaint of Sen­ ator Warren -Magnuson (Dem., Wash.), chairman of the Senatd Commerce Committee, the US' Customs Bureau found that the stopover at Honolulu constituted'' transpQi'tation between US ports,' in violation of the law. . The British-owned Orient ani Pacific Lines, which planned the cruise, argued that the cruise was not domestic since the ship was only docking in Honolulu over-^ night and the passengers would not be allowed off the ship. The stop at Vancouver did not alter the complexion of the trip,' the Customs Bureau ruled. Deadline On US Welfare Report Near' \> WASHINGTON —The US De^. partment of Labor has announced that April 1 is the deadline for fil­ ing descriptions of welfare and pension pians required by a law passed by the last Congress. Un­ der the law, all welfare and pen­ sion plans covering more tban 2$ workers, whether employer or imion-administered, must be filed with the department. The provt sions of this law apply to the'Sill Welfare Plan, and a description of the Union plan has already beeil filed in accordance with the law. The law was passed last year in an effort to protect beneficiaries of the plans from abuses, wasti and mismanagement. It has been estimated that some 80-90 million workers and their families and de­ pendents, and beneficiaries art covered by the act. ^ in addition to filing descriptions: pf the plans, the act also calls for the filing of annual financial re­ ports. The reports must be filed with the Labor Department withiii 120 days from the time the policy' or. fiscal year of the plan ends in 1959. ; ; Has WlLMINGTON--Shipping dur­ ing the past period remained ahead of registration with the dis­ patcher having a hard time finding men to take the jobs, ac-: cording to Reed Humphries, port agent. Although there were no payoffs or sign-ons, 13 men shipped as re-' placements on the seven ships that were in port in transit. There wPrp 15 jobs open. '' 'The following vffssels Were jhi transit; John Waterman, Wild' R a n g e r .(Waterman); Calmar's Te.wmar, Massmar and Marymar; and the Steel Fabricator (Isthr; niian).":":'-'''v •ii � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource March 27, 1959 Description An account of the resource Headlines: FULL TEXT OF SIU SHIPPING RULES RAP US BID TO SHIELD RUNAWAYS FUND LACK HITS SHIP SANITATION ONE SEAFARER DEAD, THREE MISSING, 18 HURT ON SS VALCHEM SIU BACKS LOGGERS’ FIGHT ON NEWFOUNDLAND SCABS BUDGET THREATENS SANITATION SERVICE LAKES SIU WINS 1ST WELFARE PLAN HOUSE VOTES TO EXTEND JOBLESS AID DELTA LINE RECEIVES BIDS ON NEW SHIPS NY PASSES ‘MILD’ CURB ON UNION-BOSS DEALINGS US LABOR BILL MAY CURB BOSS LA. ANTI-UNION FORCES BIDDING FOR STATE CONTROL MEBA STRIKE GAINS: ONE MILLION SO FAR MARVEN, CALMAR SHIPS WIN SANITATION AWARDS CG BALKS AT SIU DEMAND FOR LAKES SAFETY ACTION ISRAEL HITS EGYPT’S SEIZURE OF CARGO AT SUEZ CANAL SHIPPING TO GAIN WITH HAWAII IN AS 50TH STATE ROBIN MAY GO INTO LAKES-AFRICA SERVICE 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 03/27/1959 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. XXI, No. 7 1959 Periodicals Seafarers Log