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Issue Date
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• OFFICl~L OR&AN OF -TH.E S -~AFARERS INTERNATIONA.i AND GULF DISTRICT• AFL-CIO •
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S,IU ·Pr.otests .Cutback In Service
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-All Seafarers .- Rescued
. In: Valley Forge· Sinking
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Sl·U Sef$ Pay' Talks
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US-FlagTanke(s Submit
Case-For Import Quotas;
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- AMMI, · Big Oil Hostile
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.Tank er .. · GrouP.~·-:Pr.eSel1fS;_:. ·
-case-For US-FJOg lntpf;,rfS;
Defense Offiee Sludi1is Bid
American-flag independent tanker ·operators, backed' solidly by the SIU and the NMU
have put in their detailed bid for a 50 pe~cen.t quota rule on oil imports. · As requested b;
the Ojfi£e of Defense Mobilization, the Joint Committee of American Flag Tankers has sub-
mit-led a 91-page detailed ·
1;tatement as· to why a 50 per- annually now, are expected to ships of their own registry. France,
C!ent quota rule is essential µiore-than-double by 1969. ~or example, requires two-thlr~s of
both for an American tanker • DeSpite our growing ·dep_end- her imports to come in on French-
industry and {he nation's se- ence ·on outside oil, only 4.6 per- flag tankers. · .
curity. cent of imports were carried by In lig~t of the a}?ove, and other -
The tanker group baa submitted American-flag tankers in 195s:·and data, the ·commitee has requested
its initial plea to the ODM last the percentage will continue to th~ President to issue a ruling that
fall. After considering the bid, the shrink year by year, without a at least 50 percent of all imports
ODM requested additional suppol't- quota rule. · ·be carr,ied on American-flag vessels ·:
ing data including statistics, which • 'the long-term trend is · to which hav~ coastwise priviliges. _
have now been turned in. · leave the United States industrial Should sucb a ruling be · put Into
In its presentation, the tanker economy 'ntlrely at · th~ mercy of effect, the t1nited States ·would
'committee brought forth the fol- foreign-flag and runaway-flag tank- need a minimiam of 1,860,000 dead
lowing facts: er operators. weight tons of tanker capacity to
• The United States is becom- • The lack of an adequate· tank- handle 50 percent of American
ing increasingly dependent on for- er fieet is recognizeCI by both mill- needs_,_ At present, all tankers un-
Seafarer Frank CanneHa accepts vaeation I-benefit" che·d for .
$343.-23 from dispatcher Ed Mooney. Th• disbu"rsement"represents
the $20 millionth SIU benefit-aollar paid OL!t under Vacation ·and
eign oil to supply essential fuel for tary and· civilian authorities as a (Continued on page 10)
its industrial machine. US imports, danger to US security. -"""-------_;_-::---------------....::..-----------""'--------
Welfare Plans. . . - · '
running at a.tiout 80 million tons ad!q:.~uot~n~~~e ;:~lda~e~:r~:s~ SS ·Val·lev Fo~-0 B . _. •~ . U
Men St'rl.ke-· ::!~~"::.~··~~:."·::;.-·!~ · . . . 1 . , . .,e rea"s . p
. would bring In additional revenues, N · · · · /
Us 0 . d :;;~~~:::::~:~::·:::d :: ear Singapore; Crew- afe • wne . :::!::d~~~~::a!~~~~1:/n~~:!ii!;, Seafarers. who were aboard the freighter Valley Forge, which br-0ke up on a reef ·in
have to be additions to the fleet to the. South. <;hma Sea off Singapore, were pajd off in Seattle last week and reunited wi~h
L•b • sh•. carry half of America's oil imports. their fam1hes after undergoing a. New Year'~ holiday which will ·stand out in their mem-1 erla. IP •In periods of 'emergency, the ories -for years to--come. • - .
US consumer now has to pay It began Thursday, Decem- the sa~ day. :A -tug, the . Griper~ rendezvous with any of .the rescue
through the nose for oil~witness ber 31, after the ·vessel ran reached the scene _as the Valley ships -its occupants ended up on PHILADELPHIA-A runaway
flag Liberty ship, the Madison Bell,
was hung up here by her crew on
Wednesday, January 13, ;(s an in
itial step by the recently-fGrmed
International Maritime Workers
Union to win decent conditions on
escape flag ships.
The Greek crew of the vessel,
which is owned by a New York
company, World Seas Shipping of
·17 Battery Place, walked off the
ship in protest against unsafe
working conditions, inadequate
wages and other mistreatment.
The ship was formerly the SIU
manned Christine.
Norma\ly, a Liberty ship under
the American flag carriers a. man
ning sca~e of 28 crewmembers in
the unlicensed capacities. The
Madison Bell had only· 17 unli
censed men, 15 of· whom have
signed pledge cards. The excessive
undennanning renders the ship
dearly unsafe in the view of the
IMW:µ. . .
The IMWU was formed through
jo;nt. action by the . SIU and Na
tional Maritime Union for the pur
pose of organizing among runaway
ship crews.
It is expected that the owners
of the ship will challenege the right
of IMWU to organiie in the Fed
eral Courts.
The Madison Bell was loading
ecrap iron, eventually destined for
.Japan.
wha.t happened during th~ Suez hard against Barlang Kap. Rock-a Forge .... began to break up. A life a re~f 8 few hundred yards from
crisis of 1956 when tanker rates reef .which, according to the ship·s ·boat manned by four seamen was · - , ·
went up 300 percent. . skipper Peter F. Petrone,- was not lower.ed despite the ' angry seas, nearb)' .... Bintan Island, Indonesia.
• The US has no way of assur- listed on his charts. . · · ~nd transferred eight' men to the Reports have it that the. men swam
ing that the operators of runaway- SOS messages were transmitted waiting tug. It returned, picked ashore safely, and received a food·
flag tankers would place their ship~ to the·' effect that five holds were up 18 more crewmei;i, but couldn't. and clothing drop New Yea;'s Day
at US disposa_l ' in the ' event of awash and the hull was splitting make 'It back to the tug. Later, from a British military aircraft.
emergen·cy. They can be freely- (probably due to the expansion of .however, they were .rescued by tbe
transferred, in most instances, to the wheat cargo as it became wet).' British mine-sweeper Fisherton. No . lnjurl~ ·
ather flags. . _. A~ the_ time, the seas were -mo~m- Meanwh!le, back at t-he ship, an- There' were no . reported i°iijuries
• All other maJor nations have tamous and winds had reaghed otlier lifeboat with seven aboard- among th~ 37 aboard-. The men
taken steps to assure that th.eir oil gale force. including the skipper-went over later· were - moved to hotels in
n_eeds are.· met in large part by Rescue operations got 'Underway the side. Apparently· unable_ to Sfngapore and given fresh cloth-
ing and foo~. • . . .
AM
· · A chartered plane ·fiew the crew
MI, .Big Oil Gan9::Up :t~;;:;.~~~£·!=:~
- - · and a representative of Per)inaular on US-Flag -T(Jnl<er F_leet ,;:r:~~:::~::-:.r:~::;:
M · ·1 · h' h I · ' " · · · According to the company's own
. a}or 01 com~ai:ues w 1c . op~rate. .arge numbers of runaway-flag Ships are . now moy- crew list, here is an alphabetical
mg to destroy ex1stmg Amer~can-flag mdepe~dent tanker operators with the• help and ap- listing of· the unlicensed personnel
proval of the American Merchant Marine .Jnstitute. - · · ·_ _ b d a oar : •
The oil companies have . . Ande~n. Rlcihar( w., oiler
moved against American-flag into . bankruptcy and "if . for any tors' as an oreanized aroup. By" so Baker. Clarence J •• deek .eDll'.
tanker operators in two areas reas.on, the vessels are not· sold by doing; th. e oil com!Panies would ' •~ -w.a w AB
f 11 the Government .after foreclosure Beaton, ,..,n_ ·• as o ows: ~lim!nate the possibility of ·a 50: Belerl-, Fr~iik .L. Jr •• n
• A meeting of the tanker com- they should; be placed in . the re- percent quota on oil imports ever #-
mittee of ;AMMI on November 24, ser\re fleet and not withdrawn from being imposed by the VS. Such a Brady, John, OS -
1959, including representatives of the fieet-for oper.ation ·or charter quota would compel .the· oil com~ Bi:own, Artbar. W. aUll&y
such companies . as Sinclair, Atlan- except in the cast of a national panies elther_io charter American- Datuo, WIWam, -bd~r
emergency." l . tic Refining, Tidewater, Esso, , f ag tankers for their import busi- Delmen"cto, Tranqulllao A., ·MM.
StandJlrd of California-, Amoco, · The mortgage moratorhnns -by· ness or transter shipa. back tcf the
Texaco, Socony, Gulf ._and Cities Maritime. involved Government Ameri~an. flag from the runaway. Dyer, Charles 'J'.·• oiler · .
Service, has gone on record to mortgage guarantees to new tanker flags. ,, ~itb~i;, ltep would me•n a Francilleo, .O.and~ .m""'aa ·
• force newly-built tankers into · constx:~ction.:· , 'llhe newly.~built sharp ~incriase in the ·employment Hemen, Paul t'>., decik' lhlnt.
SEAFARERS LOC bankruptcy and Government· lay-up Americ~n-flag s~ips, up.on c·~ming of Ainericaii tarikermeil. Haya, 'ix~nneth··a .• 14ewud
fleets. out of the ,. yards; ·have had diffi- The ·oil c9mpanies .. ire int~r.ested . 'Hierro, Perfect4; II{., FWT
Jan. 15, 1960 · Vol. XXll, No. 2 e The tanker committee and the culty in ioa~ng ~JldS meet. Co{!- in maintairiing the "smallest pos- Hant.' J, ~hn c., chief oooll
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- AMMI are fighting hard to prevent s~queptly the Government IJlOVJ?d sible fteet · \(pder ·the US· flag for
any build-up . of American-flag to get ·a postponenient on their "coas.twise· purposes. .They want to Karman, Per, AB -
' "'" tanker operations by imposition of mortgage payments so as to enable carry, alL of the ~owing Im.port Kolf~hotea, John Jr., wiper
a 50 percent quota rule on US oil the OVl.ners t~ -ke!W' t!te ·ships .volume o~ IJl~a\f~Y •ships. · · . ~Krlel', Stanley, AB
PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer
HEllllEllT BRAND, Editor. BDNARD SEA
MAN, Art Editor. HERMAN ARTKtJR,
!RWIN SPIVACK, AL MA.SKIN, JOHN BRAZIL,
ARTHUR BERGER, CHARLES BEUMflT, StafJ
Writers, Blll. MOODY, · Gulf Area Repre
aentattve.
imports. The proposed quota- operating und_er the American . (l~I· . . . ~OW!DCH , Cite.I_ . ·~ · . . Llind, Pred K., wiper
would call for half of all imports Among· the -objectlv~ of the m.a- · T!te' most. ironic ·-a~pe~t 9f } he twciDevH• • .Tames T.~ :AB
to. come on American-flag tankers. jor oil cop.ipanies in opposing the ·:whole,$ftuatJori, ttom. the SIY, ~1~~ ·. Mesaros Earl E. oiler
The November 24 meeting, in moratorium ts their liope of buy- of, view is ·that. the 011· coml>lnie~ .. • ' ·
which the officers of AMMI partic- ing the ships at bargain price11 and tbe .l\MMI whtqh ~re protest- . Mltc!ot.~l, James C., bosun
ipated, reiterated and approved an after they have .been forced io!o ing any k,in,d of' Gov~rn.ment assl~-:- MHsl1, Nlkola'oe; 3d. cook,.
PuDllsneo DtwHkty ., tn• nHdqu.rters action by the AMMI board of di- bankruptcy, ' or" e'l~e keepiilg them apce to . hJdepeJide~t ~JMlrato11 are . ·. Petterien, Norman R., OS
f:nt'i'c• a5~~~r~~:,~.~~i:;r~~. ff~C:.':;u~t rectors denouncing Maritime Ad- in lay-up 1nde"fini~e1Y; so· as to de-;;: tli;emselves •.t}1e· recipients o.f all'- 111, Sharp Jos. FWT · .'
~:G.· ar~"Jl;/2'ct~s~ ~:!t.~:·~~f~ ministration assistance to operators s~roy a~l .co~~it'it-fo~ to their ,copi- kinds ' of special prMlege, .. f.nclud.. sriead~ Del~s,' me8sman
et tne Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under of newly-built US-flag tan'rters. pany-.owned fleets. ·· , . · • Ing' oil- deP.letlon:..allowances. On ·•' · . ··.-.- 1
·'99 Mt°' Au9 24• 1911. ,The resolution called upon 'Tkese objectives are sec,ondaty · the dli;.cargo .side, th~ ·Al\JMI . re.P··,. ~~er, ~-e~ald• ~.; , ~i:;\' "'i4., •
~ 121 Maritime to disr.ontinue mortga~e to the oil cqmpanies' desire to ·de- re~~ts ·~~~d1zed ~eric~ste~- ·, ;·lJ/,~~qwl~: ·K~~: '8 ;~ :
~·~ " .1 ,· .J; ... ~:.!i. ~?r,atoriums, th~ . ta~ke~ . p.tt;~~'.~ ~~f~~t.!i·.~~!:i p~i~r ,;tlii~t:~~~: i~~. ,· . _1 c ,,;c !: va1~~~~.,~1~J.'tlf~~~~,~ ,
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l1B1WT 11, 19 .. SE .4 P ..f· R ER S L 0 G PQ'e Three
:Bu·dget . AX . Hits TB Hospital
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SIU S~hplarshlp Candidates
Can Stlll Make Applications
There la still time for Seafarers or children of Seafarers to applf
for an SIU 1ebolarsbip, the Seafarers Welfare Plan Jiu announced.
WHh two more Collece Entrance-. Examinations slated for February
8 and March 12, candidates for the scholarship who cet their appll
ca&lons in now will be able to compete for five four.-year $6,000 SW
. . oollece· scholanhlPfi; . ·
_ The baste reqdtreinent for a scholarship candidate Is three years' , ' . seatlme for a Seafarer on SIU ·ships, or for the father of a echolar-
lhlp applicant. · . .
Interested - appl~an&a -should contact the Seafaren Welfare Plan
now at n .Broadway, New York 4, NY, so as to be able to complete
all requirements in time for the March 12 .examination. Those appli
cants 1\'hO have _not submitted all their qualifications yet are urged
to~~ .. . . .
The five winners" of the acholarshiP& are selected by a &'l'OUP of
university adminl.stra&On on the basis ot qualifications and College
Entrance t~st J:ellUlb; The latter is elven considerable weirbt in the
final determination.- · · ·
Since the Scholarship Plan baa been functioning, a number of
SIU men and children of Seafarers have completed their studies
and are now en&'a&'ed In medicine, dentistry, teaching and other
professions.
He Proves· It: · Better
Chow Via Food PlaD
An 'outstanding record as a top feeder· in a good-feeding
fleet has been credited to Seafarer William R. Stone, chief
steward aboard the Margarett Brown until recently. Stone,
who was on the ship for al-+--..----------
most a year until he got off. ages he made, the crew had fresh
in December, was hailed by milk almost every. day. The ship
the crew for running one of the also gained a perfect score of 100
best-feeding ships afloat. This was percent from the US Public Health
done through ·his adhering to the Service, winning a sanitation cer-
feeding· plan set up by the Union tificate. 1
with its contracted operators aad This is quite an achievement
his use of the SIU steward · depart- since there were only five freight
ment guide. • ers which have ever scored 100
To top off Stone's accomplish- ~~rcent on the sanitary inspec-
ment, he was hailed by the com- boo. ~. .
pany for having done a remarkable Stone's outstandi~g per{ormance
job of top-notch feeding while at s~ows that, • workmg in ao_cord
the same time keeping waste down with the feeding plan, he can k:eep
to a bare minimum and getting the the men well fec;I at a saving in
most o,ut of the food dollar. cost to the companies. The feed-
The gourmets and chow-hounds ing plan, which was designed to
aboard the Margarett Brown are cater to the individual tastes of
reported to have Seafarers, replaces the .. institu-
watcheci Stone's tional style, "big-pot" school of
departure with cookery with "to order" food
great d ism a y. preI?aration. The res~lt is f~esher,
when he left the t;1sber food plus ~hminabon of
ship to be with the waste involved i~ mass cook-
his -family for· the Ing.
Christmas vaca- · The feeding plan and _steward's
tion. guide are all part of· the program
Stone spent al- to brlng professional food prepara-
most a year ·on Ston'e tion and good food to shipboard
the Margarett Se:~~rers.
Brown, and during the six voy- " mce ~he feeding plan was de-
· British Push
Plans For. ·"
Gas· Tanker
The British have had "spectac
ular · succ~ss·" with a system for
carry~ng dangerously expfosive
metha11e gas>: after experimenting
for one year. As a result, the chair
man of the British · Gas Council
soon will seek permission to build
a 20,000-ton tanker or two 10,000
tank~rs to carry the cargo, thereby
capitalizing on their efforts. .
During 'the course of one year;
the British tanker' Methane Pio
neer, capabl~ o~ carrying 2,000 tons
of the gas-which is lowered to a .
temperature of about minus 258°
Faren~eit dur.ing transportatio~
thereby increasing greatly the'
safety margin. - reported highly
successful -results.
veloped, an ever-increasing number
of shipping compan.ies have been
using it. ·
Manhattan Beach To Close;
SIU Protesting Cutbacks
WASHINGTON-The annual attack by budget-cutters on the Public Health
Service facilities . for seamen is already underway. The Pµblic Health Servic~ has
already announced plans to close the Manhattan Beach TB hospital and ship the
patients elsewhere, possibly
contract~g them out to
New York City or other
private hospitals for care.
The closing.of the hospital
is set for June 15.
In addition, it is unofficially
reported that the Savannah
Public Health hospital, long
the target of the budget-cutters,
is due for the ax. ·The news is
expected in the forthcoming bud
get which is to be published
shortly.
The projected closing of Man
hattan Beach has brought prompt
reaction both from the patients and
the SIU, demanc;ling in the event
this h~s to take place, that the
patients get appropriate care at
another PHS facility.
"We would like Manhattan
Beach to be kept open if at all
nossible," SIUNA President Paul
Hall declared in a communication
to the surgeon general of the Pub
lic Health Service, "but whatever
the final. decision, we emphatically
oppose any plan which would give
second-rate medical care to sea
men by contracting them out to
institutions where they will suffer
a loss in quality of treatment and
attention."
Hall noted that, "if there is
room, as we believe there is, else
where i!l the Public Health system
to care for . these patients, then
that room should be made avail
able to the men at Manhattan
Beach. If there is no room for
them, then that proves there is a
definite need for keeping the · Man
h~ttan Beach hospital open."
He pointed out that there are a
number of beds available at the
Staten I!iland hospital which could
be used to accommodate TB pa
tients. Many of these beds, in fact,
are in an unused wing formerly
utilized for that purpose. The Sa
vannah hospital, he noted, had ap
proximately 300 beds all told, and
here too, some of them could be
set aside for TB purposes.
The reason given by the service
for closing Manhattan Beach't is a
decline in the patient count from
.339 in 1955 to 185 today. Th·e de-
cline is ·attributed to improved
methods of treating TB. It is ex
pected that by June 15 the pattent
population will be down to around
150.
Manhattan Beach has been at a
disadvantage since the Air Force
closed its adjoining base. 'Ehat
left the hospital with the full ex
pense. of maintaining Us heating
and power plant which it formerly
shared with the Air Force. The
General Services Administration
has declared the area surplus
property and would undoubtedly
peddle it off to a housing developer
or for similar purposes once the
hospital is closed.
As far as the patients them
selves are concerned, the general
consensus is that if the hospital is
to close they would be better off
in a general PHS hospital such as
Staten Island because of the avail
ability of general care and surgi
cal treatment. Patients now at
Manhattan Beach who need sur
gery have to go over to Staten
Island for it. . _
the others would have to go to
outside hospitllls.
Both the patients and the Un
ion are emphatic in opposing any
contracting-out to New York City
hospitals. The quality of medical
care given at city hospitals is ad ..
mittedly inferior to that of the
Public Health Service. As every
one in the city administration·
agrees, there is not enough money
available to properly staff city
hospitals. In fact, the situation in
city hospitals is such that last Feb
ruary Mayor Wagner appointed a
committee to find ways to improve
patients care and cut costs, and on
June 19 this past summer, a com
mittee of . internes and resident
physicians at the city hospitals as
sailed th~ quality of care given and
the severe shortages of both doc
tors and nurses.
The interne shortage is such that
city hospitals have been forced to
rely upon medical trainees from
foreign countries who do not have
medical education on a par with
that in the United States. · The service has indicated that
a limited number of patients • In addition, the city has been
could be accommodated at other actively cutting down on its treat
PHS tiospitals such as Seattle, S.an I men~ of .TB patients in hospitals,
Francisco and New Orleans, all of seeking mstead, as a money-sav
which handle TB patients, but that ing measure, to treat them as out-
patients whenever the disease has
~ · been arrested and the patient can
S I U S t safely stay home without danger e S to his family or neighbors. In the
process, it has been closing down
its facilities at Seaview hospital,
P · T lk one of the hospitals mentioned as ay a S a,, possibility for the TB patients.
Contracting-out the patients has
several other disadvantages. The
SIU-contracted companies have (Continued on page 10)
been notified by the Union of its
desire to reopen the existing agree-I
ment for the purpose of discus~ing I JObS
increases in wages and overtime . Surge
In Baltimore
rates. ·
The SIU agreement has provi
sion for such reopeners during the
life of the contract.
A negotiation meeting has been
set up for February 3 at Union
headquarters · to discuss proposed
contract changes. Details will be
carried In future issue1 of the
SEAFARERS LOG.
BALTIMORE - Shipping has
been good here during the pre
vious two weeks, with some 227
men getting. berths and expecta
tions for mo.l'e job opportunities
being available with the possible
crewing of five more ships.
The membership was strongly
urged at the last meeting to make
appointments for their wives' and
children"s annual medical check-up.
It was also reported that Union
attorneys are hopeful of obtaining
back monies very soon-perhaps
by the middle of this month-for
the crew of the Pacific Carrier.
The ship was sold at auction here
for back debts.
The follo·wing ships paid oft
during the preceeding shipping pe- ·
riod: Emilia, Mae, Jean Carolyn
and Angelina (Bull); Bents . Fort,
CS Baltimore (Cities Service); Bal
tore, Chilore, Marore <Marven).
Signed on were: Marore, San
tore, Chilore, Venore (Marven); ·
Edith (Bull).
. The British theorize that a 20,
ooo:ton tanker m~king 14. trips a
year would carry the equivalent of
the bousehold gas made from 2,-
. OQQ,OOO·'tchts .. bt toal." ;• .;:. ~' ~
Workmen are shown in ·process of paving lot up . the block behind SIU headquarters hall to provide
additional parking space. Job has now beeri complet~d and 75 spaces marked off for convenience '
of Seafarers. [bwer· parking ' ldt"(not sh6wnt handles: 55' vehicles. ' ' " - · · - • -· ·· · ·' 1
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In transit: Ames Victory (Vic
tory Carr.); Steel Advocate, Steel
Worker <Isthmian); Calmar, Beth
coaster (twice), Flomar (Calmar);
Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Pofaris (Al
coa); Oremar (Marven); Afoundria
(Waterman); Mt. Evans (Tramp
Ship.); Irenestar <Traders), ' and
Robin Gray '-<Rilfin).
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ROTARY ·SHIPPING· BOARD
:December 23, 1959 Through.January 5, l960 ,\ Ship Acli,i
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As has been the trend in the ·past, everything slowed down over ' the their ships to spend the holidays with their families will be registering Par lft• ..
Jong Christmas and New Year's holidays, 'including shipping from SIU for berths ·again. · - Offa 0.. Tra11s. TOTAL
))orts. The end of the holiday~ ·saw only 929 men being shipped, a Most of the hQliday decline can be !lased on the fact that there has lolfo• .:.......... J - . 1 6 11
sizable decline from the prior period;s 34-month record high of 1,486 been • drop in the number .of ships calling at por~. Many ports re- New Yori! ...... 20 . ~ 'J 7 ·'"'JI
ported little or no ship acf:!vity for the period. · . Phffadel-"I• .. 1 1 1 o 1.1
men. How.ever, a shipping slump after a long holiday has been ~e There was a total of 195 vessels ca•Ung at SIU ports o~er the past I
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general trend in past years and· it is expected to be short-lived. - period. Of this total, 48 paid off, 25 $lgned on and the remaining 122 ~ltlmoro ...... 11 .. ..,
All of the -major SIU ports with the exception of Baltimore reported were in transit. As compared JP the pre-holiday report, this is a de- Norfolk ·.. .. ..... · I ., 1 · 1 • ·
big drops in their shipping totals for tlie past two weeks. However, cline of , 61 vessels. • · - · .. Jecll....Ule . ... -:- 11 11
there were four ports, Boston, Balthnore, Norfolk and Tampa, all re- Leading the list in ship activity was the port of Houston which re- Ml..a .... ~.. ..... I 2 i
porting improved shipping for the period. · ported 3~ ships, with New York and Baltimore close behind. These ,_,. ...... ,..... .... I 6
Hardest hit in the slump were .New York, Mobile,' New Orleans and p'orts serviced 30 and 29 vessels respectively. There were two .ports, MOW.. .. ........ . 6 .· I ' 1~
Houston, shipping only 454 men among them. This represents a de- Jacksonville and Tjmpa, with no v.essels signing on or paying off, and New .. Orlea••.. .1 · 11 , ·21
Cline gf over 850 men from the previous two wee:ts. Even the West one port, Wilmington, with no ships slgnl.ng on. . • Homsto• • • . . .1 21 Jl
Coast ports, which have been enjoying fine shipping for some time. Percentage-wise, class A men picked,.UP an a.ddltional one percent ·wu.a~ 1 · _ 6 _. -.~·'1.
now, felt the holiday dec~ine. Seattle, for exam~le, shi~p_ed only 48 of the t!)tal n~mber ~f .jobs shipped. Oo~ ~f tJt~ 929 jC?bs, 'dass. )!. ICllt Fr ci .. ~· · _.. - 1 , 4 . I
men as compared to. 110 Just before the start of the hohdays. accounted for 553, which ·ls 59 percen~ of the total, class II for a10,-· • IC · •. • ,.,
While registration remained fairly . constant, . it Is . expected . to ·in- or over 23 percent, ·and class C for' 168, just under Ill pe'r~nt-a llHttto • • • • • • - J >, 4 . ~ I
crease somewhat in the c~ming weeks as many' Seafarers who got off ·healthy .figure for class C men. " . ·ret~I~ .. ; •• :. ~41 -zi· ·w · HS
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Seafarer Bill Mitchell (top photo) does the honors as Santa Claus-in
the New ~rleans hah, distributing toys to chilClren of SIU men.
Above, Seafarer Jack Meyer and family relax after dinner at hall.
Around tabl~ are Brenda, Meyer, Mrs. Meyer, , Rickey, Eddie.
Baltimor~ s · Sci~tcl , Cla~1 (top) was Seafare.r.. Chest•~ Wilson.
Above, Seafarer )os,ph L1nfiart1 ·off the Bethtex, enjoys dinner
with Miss Catherine Nicely. Below, cafeteria gang consisting of
L Walthroup, H. Wheel.er mnd W. Minton prepare tht food.
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SIU Holid~y
BeRefits Up
To $8,500
Approximately $8,500 ·was paid
out by the. SIU Welfare Plan in
Christmas benefits, a tally of the
benefit 'figures show. Christmas
bonuses of $25 given ·to Seafarers
· fn the hospitals, · totaled approxi
mately $4,000. A similar amount
was spent for men who are on dis
ability-pension, each man getting
$25. Another $415 went for cigar
ettes distributed in the hospitals.
Christmas Dinners
Hid · Esso Men's Finance Data: -
Law ff ifs· Collins,
Anti-Union Front
Man.,n Oil Fleets . ' ,
The New York State Supreme Court has ordered John Col
lins, professional promoter and operator of "independent as
sociations" in the tanker field, to surrende~ financial z:ecords,
cancelled· checks and similar.-------------, .
data which he has been with- ETMA cancelled checks in h!s pos
holding from the Esso Tanker session Cthe Esso union had for
Men's Union, aµ autonomous affili· merly been known as Esso Tanker
ate of the SIU of North America. Men's Association).
The court action was the outcome During the questioninl', Collins
of a suit by ETMU demanding that suffered a sudden loss of memory
Collins give Esso tankermen their when as~ed bow much ETMA paid
property back. Collins has been him for his services, but did. recall
withholding the records for over ih~* Mrs. Collins prepared his pay-
a year and a half, ev~ since he was checks on occasion. - -
fired by the tankermen back in the Another admission by Collins
summer of 1958. concerned his failure to pay with-
in another development, the Na- holding and Social Security taxes
tional Labor Relations Board New for employees of the so-called
York regional office has thrown "ETMA office" for the year 1957.
out an election petition for the He conceded !hat he had personal
Esso fteet by a Collins-created "in- ly paid some of the penalties In
dependent association," _ the Esso volv~d for failure .to pay the taxes.
Seamen's Association on the The office involved was suppos
ground that it . is :'supervisor- edly operated by Collins' string of
tainted." The ESA was created by "associations" including groups in
Collins in an effort to deprive. Esso Texaco, Socony, Tidewater, Esso
tankermen of their control of their -and Cities Service.
own union affairs and force them When not running the affairs of
back again into a Collins-domin- all these so-called "independent as
ated "association." sociations" Collins serves as a pro-
The successful ETMU ..suit fessor at Fordham University
against Collins came about when where he teaches labor history and
Collins, after being ousted by the labor law, among other subjects.
tankermen, refused to turn over ' Seafare.rs will remember Collins
all of the tankermen's records. as the man who tried to set up a
Also, as is the long-established Among the many items missini company union in Cities Service to
custom , within the SIU, S~afarers, were financial reports and financial block SIU certification in the fleet.
their families and friends all over data for two fiscal years, 1951-52 His effort failed when the Collini
the country were gue,sts of the ,and 1954-55. In both years, ETMU association was found to be com-
h
Unlion at Chrbistmas dinners in the rep~rts there' were ·unexplained pany-dominated by the NLRB. ,
a ls or near y restaurants. Sev- ' .
eral ports provicfed gilts for chil- heavy de~lines in accumulated sur-
plus totaling some $18,000. . u # 1 /I
dren distributed by fully-equipped 1· ti f th ·t ETMU rge Q y
S • n ie course o e sui ,
anta Clauses. AU told, mo!-'e than learned that Collins had a secret •
3,000 guests were served, with New agreement - providing him with a
York, Baltimore, New Orleans and rr t ~ . b d pe . ell O·f T1eps For Houston accounting for two-thirds i_ e ime JO an ~ nsion as. w • . .
f th t ·t 1 B lti h d th his salary to continue after his re-i ~ 0 a · a ~ore a. e tirement. The costs of the pension
argest turnout, 615 ~iners, fol- were paid fo~ by ETMU at the rate Age Benef1·1s
lowed by New Orleans; 475; Hous- of $l ,500 annually. Apparently,
ton, 4.39 and New York 435· ETMU said, Collins had moi;e than . WASHINGTON - The SIU has
Of course, many of the-diners in one such arra.ngement in the string
A · joined four other AFL-CIO unions
· &G halls included men from of "independe.nt associations" he in urging the-Government to count
other SIUNA affiliates. Similarly, controls in the tanker field.
S f h tips as a part of wages jn corn-
ea arers on t e West Coast were During the pre-trial examination,
te b puting Social Security benefits.
en rtained y ijie SIU Pacifiic Collins made several damaging ad-
Di t i Under the present set-up, Uncle
s r ct. missions under oath. He conceded am takes · an income tax bite out
Probably the most unusual din- that he had no written agre~ment of the money a worker gets in tips.
ner was the one held in Tampa for for years as to the amount of But these same tips don't count
100 guests. It was at the Las Nove- money he took from Esso men for toward Social Security benefits,
das Restaurant, · which as Port his services; ·that he kept various and it is this double standard to
Agent Bennie Gonzalez noted "is union books and records in the eel- which the unions object.
the only Spanish restaurant to ever Jar of his home; that the Esso men's With Social Security benefits
win the academy award for · fine office rent was paid in his name getting bigger and broader, Sea
cooking." Naturally, the menu 'had and the lease was in his name al- farers and other union members
a Spanisn tinge to it, being a de- ' though he maintained that it was who draw gratuities are losing out
partute from the standard Amer!- no~ .his office. in ever-increasing · amounts as the
cap Christmas menu. He also conceded that he had years roll by. ·
The five ,unions tnvolved esti-
ff o .. s-p,-,· a/Pat1ee·· ntsApple1ud mate that counting tips toward So-cial Security would ·benefit about
l lh million of their members.
U • I ·ch e f Ch These include hotel and restaurant n1oli s r1s mas eer employees, bartenders, building
· · service employees, barbers and
Hospitalized,.. seamen at the Manhattan Beach TB, h_ospital beauticians, as well as seamen
1 have expressed thanks to the Union for the SIU's contribu- represented by the SIU and Na-
• · · . . · tional Maritime Union.
-t1ons durmg the ChristmB:s season. A; letteJ" frOIJl Thomas _ Meanwhile, President George
Daisey, .head of the patien.t's• Meany, of the AFL-CIO, has di
council stated the patients' ap- Daisey, who fa a shipyard rected the AFL-CIO legislative de-
. . · - . worker, expressed bis "sincere partment to press for Congres-
prec1ation for flora~ decora- thanks for _the contribution made sional adoption of a bill that would
• tl.ons placed in the hosp1-tal for the by · the Seafar~rs International permit Social Sec.,urity credit for
holidays. Union toward brightening the tips in one of two ways~
Seafarers at the hospital re- Christmas season •. . • I know of I-Workers would report their ·
ce-ived $25 hospital bonuses as course that the· SIU has been do- tips to their employer, _who would
voted · by the trustees .of the Sea- Ing humane and friendly .things then deduct their share of the
farers Welfare Plan plus cigarettes. like this for years; not only at Social Security tax and match it
In addition, as Dai.sey's letter Manhattan Beach hospital, but at with his own share. _
noted, the Union arranged for an points throughout the world." 2-Iu the absence of a direct re-
18-foot · decorated C.hristmas tree, Thanks also came from Seafarer port by a worker on his tips, his
wreaths for the front of the build- John Driscoll on behalf of the employer would use a fixed form
ing "and plants for the hospital's SIU riien at the hospital. <See 11la tQ determine his tax deduction,
chapel- "Letters to the editor" page 14.) and then match it . ..
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Right· To-Work. Promoter
Feeling US Tu Heat
One of the leadfog advocates of the National Right to Work
Committee is in hot water with the Internal Revenue Service
because they claim he failed to pay taxes on property acquired
ill~ 1954. .
E. S. Dillard, a "champion was involved in some transactions
of the compulsory open shop" with the Brown Dynalube Company
S.ea Safety . .
Awards Due
For 1959
from which tne Government says
he owes more than $92,000 in back
taxes. A claim has been filed
against him with the US Tax Court
in Wash_ington.
In 1954 when he purchased. the
Brown · Dy.nalube Co. he also ob
. tained the outstanding common
stock and accounts payable, for a
dollar. He advanced $1,800 to the
firm and accepted from them $85,-
000 in bonds payable in 20 years.
· .Government Claims
The Marine Section of the Na
tional Safety Council is expected
to announce the winners soon of
the 1959 Beet safej.y contest awards.
Last year, the . contest was won by The Govetnmerit claims these
the SIU-contracted Alcoa Steam- bonds were worth their face value
ship Company. and should have been reported as
The awards are given in several income and been taxed. · Dillard
~ategories. One category consists says they 'Yeren't worth anything.
of priyately-owned d.rY cargo ships, The situation is complicated by
· another of privately-owned tank- the fact that .Dillard donated $10,
ers, since accident rates on tankers 000 to a church, which then sold
are ~ually less because of the ab- the bonds for the same amount,
sence of cargo-handling gear. A receiving cash for them. He de
third category consists of Govern- ducted this· from his taxes as a
ment-owned opE:rations. Awards ,$10,000 contribution; as well as an
are also given in shipyard, tug other $20,000 which he donated to
and b'arge · operations and other the Dillard Foundation, Inc., a tax
groupings. exempt charitable foundation
Awards are based upon the which be incorporated himself.
amount of time lost in accidents in He donated another $10,000 to
relation to the number of hout s the same church and half of this
worked, rather than on actual acci-
dent totals, since many minor mis- was purchased by a Minor Foun-
haps do not cause any loss of dation, Inc., a foundation incor-
work time.- porated by Dillard's tax lawyer.
- Dillard says · the bonds were
Sign· Name On
LOG Letters
For obvious reasons the LOG
cannot print any letters or
other communications sent in
by Seafarers unless the author
signs his name. Unsigned
anonymous letters will only
wind up in the waste-hasket.
If / circumstances justify, the
LOG will withhold a signature
on request.
worth their full value When he
contributed them, though they
were worth nothing when he
acquired them. The ' Government
believes the opposite is true; that
they were worthless when ~on
tributed (and so the tax credit for
the contributions should be voided)
but were worth the full face value
when acquired.
The tax court judges will have
to decide who is right about the
value of the bonds at each stage of
the various transactions.
SB.4.l.4.RERS ,. £0C
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SS Oe·l .Mundo-Way Baek In 1938·
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Ex-Seafarer Fred' Farmer submitted this photo frotn his. scrap book showing the first .
baseball team on an SIU ship. This gang was off the old 8$ Pel Mundo on Thanks
giving Day, 1938 .. Fourth ffom left, standing, is the late Eugene Nobles, whom Farmer
describes as a "real Union man." He adds, "Men like him and several others in this
picture helped make the SIU strong." Standing second from right is John Clark, then
deck cadet, but now president of Missis~ippi Shipping Company. Farmer is at. right.
See_ Early-ApprovQI Of P/Qrl
For English Channel Tunner
LONDON-The way has been cleared for . a long-dreamed-of and controversial tunnel
project, which the tunnel would be constructed under the English Channel, connecting Eng
land and France. The project, a 3~-mile engineer's "dream problem" has been tentatively
approved by the British Minis- · · ·
try of Transport. · Also, the construction of' such a tunnel authority, providing fop the
link would be a major political working out a number of legal de-
It had to overcome the objec- step signifying the desire of · the tails_ and other matters.
tions of the Defen~e ,Ministry, British to draw closer to Europe 'fhe Suez .canal company, look
which didn't want the tunnel for politically, Announcement of the ing for a significant undertaking
strategic reasons, and the Ministry official accepta·nce of the plan is in which to reinvest its enprmous
of Finance, which had reservations being 'delayed for political reasons, assets (fr~<;I by the Egyptian ria-
about the financing of the tunnel. it is believed. tionalization of the Suez Canal),
The project was supported by the France An:s.loua has a 30 percent interest in the
Board of Trade, for economic rea- The French have· wanted··a tun- tunnel combine. ·
sons. With the amalgamation of nel to England for a long time, The ventilation problems wlll
Western European countries into and when the expected approval is bar automobile traffic. Cars will
two large trading blocks, severe announced, will no doubt, enter have to be transporte(\t on railway
strains have been put upon the into immediate negotiations wit.h flat cars while the passengers _ride
British economy, and the · in- the English. A treaty between the up ahead in a lounge car. It is esti
creased transportation facilities of two countries will be drawn up_ mated that the construction of the
the tunnel will be important. · estlblishing some kind of a joint dual ..rail tunnel will take six yetil'8.
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Engine room ladders are usually steep enough ·
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the weather is acting· up. Consequently, ·it g~es
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·:- ·invitation to accidents.
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YOUR DOLLAR'S rWORm ,Steelworkers' Victory Stifles.
· hfarer's Gme· To Better Buying Big Biz Union•Crippling Drive
B1I Sidnev MargoHua
W is Phony Ad Champ
Settlement of the steelworkers' contract. beef last week for an estimated 40 percent more
than it would have cost the companies six months ago marks· a severe setback to a big busi
ness drive to cripple union contract conditions-specifically, work rules and grievance pro
C!'etiures. The United Stee1.-.------------------------
A spokesman for television challenges this department's recent
report that 'JV advertising has become ~he No. I deceiver of t~e buy
ing public.' In effect, -says Louis Hausman, <Ur¢ctor of the Tele'lision
• lnfotmation Olfice of ·the National ·Association of.Broadcasters, this
ta ·, a.n· unfair charge; other forms or , ,,f'.lvertising ~uch as newspapers
·carry the s~me misleading claim$ ,for which we critJcized TV. , - ·
. .Hausman sb.ould have &-.chance to tell his side. But there is growing
evidence that.-1 false TV ·Mis bave ,. be~ m0$t effective 1.n- misleading
many, families Into. _unnecessary ·expenditures, especially for patent
medicines, c08tnet1Cs and tol,letrles.
Hausman writes: '"''The Arthritis & Rheumatism Foundation report
~o whlch-_y.ou referred : • made ··it cl~ar that . 'all forms of media were
used extensively'. .
· ".Yo'<'r co~entl .. m,ake no disti~ction' between advertisements ·!or
pro4ucts· or services which tile . report describes as .'not harmful in
themselves, and may even give :t~mporary rellef: and 'those which are
worthless and may l>e harmful, and 'for which patently false and mis-
leading claims are made.' · ·
· "You quo'te- Dr. Hlllenbrand of the American Dental Ass0ciatlon
as saying that television toothpaste commercials are rigged and mis
leading. He did aay .. thia but he · 'Yent on tp- say 'unsupport-ed adver
tising claims continue to give television viewers as well as readers
a false sense of security'. No one can defend misleading advertising.
But it is important to remember that advertising claims' are not mater,i
ally changed· from one medium to another. 'fhe . same claims are em
ployed as copy themes in ·All media which are used. If, In · fac~ they
are false 1lnd mlslea1Hng, they are equally so in all mecJ:ia. ·
It's true that newapa~r.s an~_, other medJ.a·- al.so publish misl,adlng
adf4 But the Arthrit1s & Jtheumatism Foundation survey did show that
of the arthritis sufferers who had bought falsely-advertised products,
23 ·percent did so because of TV, 21 percent through newspaper · ads,
· 1~ percent th.rough _maguines; 10 percent through radto.
ln general, advertising of drugs and toiletries has become one of
the inost deceptive .areas. No less ~ an experf than ·Kenneth Wlllson,
president of the National ~etter BQsiness Bureau, has said that the
· current use of adv~rtislng "to further medical quac)fery is a serious
1etback". · ·· · - ·
Workers of America won a
package that will add up to 41
cents' an hour by 1962.
'fhe_ Irony of the situation la
such that if the ste.el companies
had "offered tbe µnion last spring
just what they spent in advertising
the "inftation"-issue, the bitter 116-
day steel strike - probably never
would have occurred. As it worked
out the responsibility for any infla
tion that result.s from the steel
strike can be placed ·squarely
upon the companies for their ob
stinate a·ttitude before, during and
after the strike.
· 1''or Seafarers, the agreement
means no likely Interruption of
offshore or Great Lakes oreboat
movements tor the next 30 months.
This Is particularly significant Jn
light of the drive· by the SIU Great
Lakes District to sign u~ non
union Lakes ore fleets. Tlie drive
was hampered by the lay~up of
shiPs during last summer's strike,
although,. the Lakes Union did suc
ceed in winnin_g a signal election
victory In the l~ship Reiss fteet.
Th• lesson of .the strike for the
steel companies Is that you can't
holler "inflation" to keep down
workers' wages ·and at the same
time refuse to reduce your own
prices while S>our profits are boom
ing and ev"1')' management exec
utive la pulling down a siX-figure
salary plus fancy stock options
and bonuses.
tive is to destroy long-standing celled business contracts. The
work rules. - company eventually broke away
The "inflation" argument falls from the leash, defying retribn
flat on its face every time bu·sinesa tion. The pact Kaiser settled for
concerns jack . up their rates above involved less cost than the rest of
and beyond increases in labor the industry now has to .pay.
cost&, and widen their profit mar- The collapse of the steel com
gins. A. steel price hike is a cer• pany's "inflation" · posi-tion is also
tainty within three months or so, underscored by the fact that a far
although the mills are operating smaller cash offer would have
at th~ir peak, and profitably. produced a settlem~nt without a
Prlees Didn't Drop strike in the first instance_
Ironically enough, it is widely While the companies yielded a
round to the lfnion, it was done
agreed that ·if the steelmakers had in part with . an eye to future ·ad-
any detr.ee of sincerity In their .
"inflation" pitch they could have Yant~ge. At stake in ~ quick ~et
convinced the public simply by .tlement was. the prestige of Vice
the tiniest drop in steel prices. President Richard Nix~n, who had
Such a move would have sand- personally-i?terve~e<J. in the con
O.gged the union's wage demands tract talks m thei~ late stag~s. .
'without a strike. The unwilling- . Appare?tly convmced that their
ne88 of the . firms to make any ~!erests. ca~ be adva.nced by the
price concession exposed the total n~ht kind of Preside~t In th.e
fraud of the "inflation" tactic. White H~u~, the s~eel mdll;8try •
• sudden wllhngness to make sizable
Another totally-deceitful tack· concessions to the union can i>e
employed by _the steel companies regarded as a huge campaign con
was to ~omplaln ab_out union in- tribution. l'h~ companies may bt!t
dustry-wide bargairiin1. At the looking forward to reaping somtt
same time, the major producers dividends not only in the form of
exerted treme~dous ~ressure on a new Republican President, but
smaller steel comparuec to keep more importantly, a possible swing
them In line. This repfy of the old to the right In Congress. Such a
Army game known as-"do-as-1-say- Congress might be calJed upon to
not-as-I-do" was exposed when a fetter union bargaining strength
smaller producer, Kaiser Steel, All of the statements following th~
moved . to settle on its own With settlement took pains to point up
the union. Nixon's role and to emphasize the
Kaiser was browbeaten into line boost the settlement gave hi•
by US Steel with threats .of can- Presidential prospects.
The mislead1Jig . nature of the. TV commercials showing one aspirin The shrieks C)f alarm about "ln-
dissolving quicker, and givliig "faster relie~·~ -than others, has just fJation" were also viewed with a Blue C· rOS"'S· Rate M'oves
·beeri criticized. by an •rticle in the New York County ~Medical So- certain amount of skepticism be- -
ciety's mag;;azlne. If one type -or brand takes only one second to dis- cause of the· failure of the indus-
1olve, and an<>ther as much a's ·four; there's no practical difference. try. to cu~ .its prices d~ring the
TV ads can be. especially ·misleading because they are dramatic, can _1958 recession, wh~n mills. were Spur· -Un1·on Hosp1·tal Plans
show pseudo-scientific demonstrations, can ,rig demonstrations, and running at about half capacity.
can "doctor" products to make them look better. TV commercials '~flation' is Cry
present actors who convincingly talk like docfors, dentists and scien- · -
The industry's calculated strat- Soaring increases in hospital costs in t_he New York area · tists; General ·Motors and Libby-Owens-For~ could claim in other ads egy was to use . the "inflation" cry
that "the view through thefr car 'windows is clearer. · In TV commer- as a cover for its move to tear the may prompt unions within the- city to activate programs to
cials tliey were. able to "prov~" it. But, the Federal Trade Commission heart out of contract -work rules establish their own hospital and medical care systems. The
1ays, they first' r(!lled down the windows before showing the "clearer" and seniority protection This Id t
. '"'few. · . : programs wou op e r a e " combination forced the strike. The
· Other advertisers have been reported using . shaving cream instead only resurt was that the strikers · through uniqn-negotiated_ wel-
of icing to make the!r cakes look better, salt tablets to make their ;recouped all their wage losses out fare plans. For s ever a 1
beer foamier; 'hot wine in · the cup of just one contract clause, which months now, New York City un
' instead Of the coffee they're actU• assures . each work~r a cash pay- ~ODS have been studying a proposal
aliy selling, and bleach,.not cleans- ment of $1,300 to $1,500 upon re- to build and operate hospttals for
Ing· powder, UJ!der the sponge· that tii'ement. · ,the benefit of union members and
wipes away tlie hard-to-clean spot. 'f.h.e insincere "Inflation" pitch their families. ·
Nor is anything more. convinc- of the steel companies is also be-.. This proposal was discussed by
fng than the annoucer protected by Ing soun.ded by the railroads now, New York unions last September,
an "invisible shield" in the TV bringing up a full-scale rail strike when hospitalization insurance
-· commercial for Colgate's Gardol. this April. Here, too, the objec- rates were boosted 26.IS percent.
. The combination ·of sight and
· sounci on TV' has· proved to be . al
. most .. hypnotic in its power to per
suare. Dr. Arthur Shapiro, a Pro
. -~es1Jor of Med-kine at the State
.. ,University for ~esearch hi lfypno-
\ sis, has said that "the · smoking
habit is . being established and re
established all the time in adver- ·
" A Famlly Affair
Last week, Blue Cross announced
it is thinking of boosting the cost
of its insurance each" year for the
next four years. The increases
will run rates up 58y~'-95 percent
higher during this period, accord
ing to the firm.
Outline Reasons
Though the hospital · associatio11
let it be known that no final de·
cision had been made yet on the
rate increase, there was littl•
doubt that the company would pe
tition the State Insurance Depart- ·
ment for high~r rates.
. Blue Cross gave several reasons
for the proposed increases. These
were: the need for increasing
wage and salary scales of hospital
employees; rising cost, and hospi
tals' requests for increases in Blue
<;_!oss payments.
tisernents everYWhere ... The man
selling cigarettes on television ·1s
a spellbinder. His 'si)iel is 'repe!l-
. tious, suggestiv.e, _ mo·notonous,
· · · While rate hikes were being
' being contemplated, so were ex-
-soothing, reassuring." . ·
. . More evidenie. _Qf the power of
TV ads . has come. ·from the - Bureau. of Labor Statistics· Its price ' .
eheckers liave reported greatly-increased consumptJon of ·deodorants, .
nail polish,· lipstick and. other toiletries, which ·they· attrib~ted tO ·
heavy TV adver'tisipg; , .:.. . .. . · . . · " · · :::- . · - • -' -,
, Nor · can the ·public-.}be · satisfied ~f. ·so~e of the medical product~
1old tlirough --TV and· other ad\iertisf-Qg · pt"edia, are· not ·a~tually li-ar.m-:
, f.ul al)d· "may. _ev~ ,gl~e ~~l!lPOf~ry relief" . . It's .harmft.U to, the pc)ck~t"I · ~
i book to pay $3 -for ,an "arthritis· m~dicine"·· which is basically aspirin. .
;1 The aspiriil-its_elf ls available for as .uttl'e,as;li5 cents for a bottle of 1007· ·_
F; .EveQ , ~ine ~dv~rt~sin~ lne,n 'ihems~lv~S:-' 'i~e .. getti.n~ _cri.tl~al~ ol the .
• •. 1, , Jfti~leadin~ cla~~· .; cutr~n~l~ ·l>~lnlJ°~'n,tade.:..,..J:!ot . ~~ly . i~- ·TV:~ ads, of· :
tensions of benefits, according to
the hospital service. One prn
posal brought forth was that room
and board allowances for a semi
private patient be extended to 120
days at full credit from a present
21 days at ~till pay and 180 days
at half rate.
Short;hanchtd? .,
~ 4iQune;.• JFaiPf.X ~e«>ne; ,91;:the ..Jbt1.::Foot~i· ,con'e· •&. Heidi.DJ .advei;tis!ng.
· . · / ~ agency, · ---~~gtlY,-... sai4. ;tbA( - ~~'ewai)ap~i@,,..gi-a~zlnes;-' -~ _ ~d- :radt.o : :
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If a crewinember -quits while"
a ship is In porf, delegates
are asked to contact the ball
immediately fo_r a replace.
.m~nt. Fu~ actioq on their part
·will teep all jobi aboard ship: ·.
:,,ailed .at alf times and elimi.:·
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MDs Serenaded··-·Viil Records,
.SenOtf! D.rug Piobers Report ,
. Senate investigators looking into price-fix~ng and "payola" pr'actices in. the drug indus
try have come up with something that beats everything yet-in this case to · three-quarter
time. One ,drug company has taken to sending out phonograph records to physicians with
music· on one side and adver
tising on the other.
Sil)ging Violins
One such record has the
noted Russian violinst David Ois
trak.h playing a concerto on one
side and a ·blurb for Miltown, a
brand name tranquili.:zer on the
other. Another one of these "free
bies" (a disk-jockey term for a
.. gift") features the "Twelve Days
of Christmas" on the one side and a
message from "Appetrol," a drug
to control appetite, on the other.
- For the benefit of those not
familiar with the song, "The
Tweiv·e Days of Christmas" is ·a
carol about some · lavish gift-giv
ing.
The drug company bas not come
out. with anything like "Music to
Prescribe Our Medications By,"
but this expected shortly. The mu
sical advertisements were mailed
to physicians by Wallace Labora
tories, a division of Carter Pro.d.:.
ucts, the firm, which markets Mil
town.
The investigations are peing con
ducted by a Senate subcommittee
under the direction of · Sen. Estes
Kefauver. The group is trying to
show that high drug prices . are
caused in part, by the expensive
promotion campaigns used by· drug
companies to inQ_uce doctors to
prescribe by brand name rather
than technical name.
The technical n·ame is' the sci
enl ific name given ·to the drug;
ILA Shl.ppers St1.ll Ta. lk · :~:r::rd t~:n:i~u~. :.~ ~~n:i~~~r;;
• much more expensive. For exam-
' . - pie, if a physician said "Take two
0. n ·Pirem' 1·um ·car· go ~· a·te ~:p~~:s~~~:in~ot~: ;:~~;~::r~~~~~ nical name. If he said, however,
two two 'Bayers' and go to . bed,"
Although longshoremen are now working again all along he wi11Id be prescribing by brand
the Atlantic and Gulf coasts under the terms of their new name. Medical investigators have
proven that all aspirin is tile same,
t~re.e-year contracts, tI:ie lntern~tional Longshoremen's Asso- and the least expensive brand of
c1abon and the New York · · aspi~in is just as good as .the . most
Shipping ·Association are con- with their. plans for new contain- expensive brand.
tinuing fo ·negotiate on the ership operations. · Kefauver Pryinr
major issue. left unresolved by tlie Sen Kefauver est1·mated that The SIU-contracted Bull' Lines, ·
agreement. . for instance, plans to expand its "one-third" of the ret.ail price of
This issue is the payment of pre- containership service to Puerto drugs is spent for "advertising and
mi um rates on cargo shipped Rico next spring, and has ordered promotion." The . money spent ·by
through the port_in containers that 196 ah,1minum · cargo containers the companies does not make the·
are loaded or unloaded away from and 166 tandem chassis trailers market any larger. "It just gives
the docks. for aelivery next March and April. ~hem a larg~r sh?re of the exist
. The longshoremen's contract The containers-ao of which will .mg market, if it is successful.
with tile NYSA, which also served be refrigerated-wiil be used on The new hearings, ~hich ar~ to
as a model for contracts in the the company's six c-2 freighters start Januar~ 21s!, wil~ .be .solely
South Atlantic and Gulf p'orts, operating between New York, Bal- concerned · w1~h. tranqmhze~s. Al
stipulated that premium rates timore and the island though tranquilizers were originul
t;hould b~ paid on container car- Grace Line also is. kicki~g off ly develop_ed for use in mental hos'
go, but left the amount of _the pay- its new- "Seatainer" service with pitals, they have lately become
ments to· future negotiation or pos- very popular with people who are
13ible arbitration. the Santa Eliana, which will sail suffering from anxiety tensions
Union Research
from New York on January 29 for and emotional disturbances.
:Venezuela. Curr.ently, at the manufacturers
The union is now doing research
_to determine how many men are
likely to be displaced as container
cargo expands in volume.
Meanwhile a number of shipping
companies, apparently heartened
by the signing of the . new long
ghore contracts, are going ahead
The Santa· Eliana, formerly a tevel, $Bl.es amount to sQme 200
standard C-2 freighter, has been million dollars per year. Retail
converted to a containership and sales proeably push this figure up
will be the first US ship of its to around a half-billio·n dollars.
kind to engage in foreign trade. The subcommittee is trying to find
Next month the· Santa Eliana out whether prices are comp'eta
will be joined in the Venezuelan tive, ·or whether new anti-trust leg-
trade by the Santa Leonor. islation is needed.
PANDORh <Epiphany) Dec. 6-
Chairman, Luke J . Wynbu Secretary,
John Jellette. John Jellette was
unanimously elected ship's delegate.
Delegates from each department will
submit repair lists to ship's delegate
who will, in turn, submit them to cap·
tain. Wringer needed for washing
machine . Steward will fssue linen
piece by piece on linen "day. Cleaning
of laundry and recreation rooms
agreed upon by delegates.
FORT HOSKIN CCltles Service> Dec.
I-Chairman, R. T. Gazle; Secretary,
J ~ mes Roberts. 1st assistant to repair
wa~ertight doors. J,Jala nce in ship's
fund $20. lt was suggested that trans
por~ation clause be clarified by patrol·
man at payoff, a nd also to check Ar
t icle 2, Section 55, No. 2 Ca). Jt was
requested that eoi;ppany notify crew
24 hours in advance ·of foreign trip.
The majority of crew voted that the
food needs imprq,ving.
closed, Steward will look into the
matter of steaks twice a week. Vote
of thanks to steward dept. for fine
job.
not completed ln shipyard. Vote of
thanks for steward dept.
ZY~HEllHILLS <l"enlnsular Nav. Ce.)
Nov. 21-Chairman, c. Martin, Secre-
PENN VANGUARD lPenn Marine tary, L. D. l"ierson. Charles Martin
Co.l Nev. 29-Chalrman, H.""Zern; sec· elected ship's delegate. Lists should
retary, A. J. Nelson. Dave Miller · be made up of things needed from
,,·- 'NJ •hin's dele)!ate. Deck dept.. slop chest in Honolulu. · List will 'be
lockers to be repaired and all othcu maQe up ef men that did not get
l v .:~ cllecked. Need clotheslines for transpertatlen.
lower passageways. Guards for radia· - •
tors to be fabricated. Men shipped on ELIMlll <Marine Carrler.s>, Dec.-2'
Chalrnian, P. Shauger; Secretary, G. 25th to receive Hnen all,ewance 9f S6 .
each. Launch schedule. to be arranged
before arrival to coincide with various
departments' working hours.
JOHN B. WATERMAN) Dec. 13-
Chalrman, Howard Berglne; Secreta ry,'
L. A. Brown. Repairs progressing.
Digest
' Hair. ' Two men failed .to :loin ship.
One missed . Jn Norfolk, the . othei:
after getting ltls job asslgnmeht . from
Houston. Mack D. Brenple resigned
as shlp:s delegate, M._ Welcli elected
new ship's delegate. Locker broken
· int• Dec. 13 and SlOO stolen. - .
VAKA <Waterman>, Dec. 27-Chalr·
m;i,n, W. It. Mcllveen; Secretary, How·
ward F. Mem:. Repair work requested
was done: .ship sprayed, hospital
painted, medicine chest checked and
in good order, new washing machine
aboard, all beefs squared away. Coffee
cups not to be left on deck. To ' be
brought back to pantry and pantry
, ·1...U, II, IHI
Dreulns Up For Holldays
Alcoa Ra~ger. saloon gets ll~rgl dec:oration
McAll, saloon m·essman, does the honors.
eve of C~ristm~s sailing. . ., ··
as Seafarer Richard . ·
Photo ·;.vas taken on
N.Y Suffe_rS l/sual
Post-Holiday Decline
NEW YORK--:Shipping dropped quite a bit during the last
.period, yet de~pite the .decline, many ~'A" men didn't . grab
jobs :off.the .board as they were postep; accordi~g to ~ill-Hall,
port agent.. .:
There :were . yery few beefs fo~k, Council ·Grove <Cities. ~erv•
f · ice; Thetis <Rye Mat1ne>; Steel Ex.
rom men who were paid ?ff ecutive (Isthmian> and Afoundria
here last we~k, with the exce_pbon <Waterman).
of an OT discrepancy aboard· the , Sig~ on: · Robin Hood <Robin);
~obin Gray, - w~ere $200 of o~e~- Steel Woi~ker (Isthmian) and
time pay .was disputed, but eventu- · Kathryn (Bull).
ally doled ouL The. money col- In transit: 'Azalea CitY. (Pan-At·
lected involved a restnction-to-ship !antic); Seatra1n New Je.:sey (Sea•
beef. . trai'nl; Alcoa Pointer <Alcoa); Long.
NLRB Hearin&: · . view Victory (Victory Carriers), an4
Hall reported that the upgrading Ga.pt. N. Sitinas <Tramp _Shipping).:
school is coming along well . He
also noted the. Marine Allied Work
ers Division has . National Labor ·
Relations Board hearing coming
up oµ the 20th. This involves' some
450 employees of a company now
Union H~s
Cable Address
Seafarers~ "verseas who. want
to get in· .touch with hel\dquar· '.
ters in ·a hurry can do so by .
cabling the Union- at tts ·cable ·
under organization. '
The following ships paid off:
Robin Gray <Robin); Kathryn, Bea
.trice; Carolyn, Elizabeth, Dorothy
(Bull); Seatrain Texas, · Seatrain
Louisia.na, Seatrain Texas, Seatram
Savannah (Se~train); -1'"'airland,
Bienville, .-Raphael Semmes, Gate
way City <Pan-Atlantic>; cs Nor-·
. ··t?ss, 'SEAF A&ERS NEW
YORK.
Use of this addr.~ss will assure
::>eedy transmission on all me~ :
sages and faster -~rvice for· the
men 1m·-'ved.
Charles. Agreed to make coffee in
the urn only for morning meals.
Steward department given a vote of
thanks.
VENORI <Marven), . Jan. 5-Chalr·
. man, R. J. Brown; Secretary, M. Klel·
ber. New repair list made up and
presented to captain. Ship's delegate
resigned, Stanley M. Wojten elected.
Crew extends thanks to the steward
department ,for an excellent New
Year'• meal. ·
·was elected. A suggestion was made
that the ship be equipped with new
mattresses and pillows. PatrohTI.,n
commended the manner In which the
last payoff was conducted. Captain
informed the ship's delegate to tell
the crew that the slop chest wlllbe
paid in cash on your last draw., Ship's
fund ls Sl9. One man missed ship.
Nb beefs.
DEL SANTOS (Mlsslsslpp.I), Oct. 20
-Chairman, L. Antoine; Secretary,
Zlellnskl. 112 in ship's fund. No food
ts to be given kroo boys and any
memb~r doing so ls to be brought up
on charges. ·
COALINGA HILLS <Marine), Jan: '
· -Chairman, Peter' DI Capua; Seer..:
_ tary, Albert W. Dykes. Special vote
of thilnJts to steward department~ es·
' peclally chief cook and baker, for COEUR D'ALENE VICTORY . <Vlc-
splepdld service and best df foud. :.._ tor.yl, ~ec. 5-Chalrman,. w. R. Lay·
Have liad trouble with galley, range ton; Secretary, ' F. G. McQuagge. .Re·
and captain will not take proper steps pair lists submitted. Chief cook's room
to get it reJ'iilred. No money on needs painting. same lor deck' maln·
board for draws in Midway. Captain tenance. Fight between wiper and
only allowed $5, claimed he had no oiler to be handled by shore authos:l·
. mqney, ~uinps discharge gas, they ties, very little cooperation from cbiet
leak so baoly, and almost killed the engineer witR deck department. i -
pumpmari. who was sent down with· '
. out a ga's mask to' set valves. AB DEL SANTOS (Ml;';ls~l~pll, b,c: 20
.went down to get him and gas was so -Chairman, L. Antoinei Se:cretilr.y,
MARYMAR <Calmar) Dec. 6-Chalr·
man, Guy Walter; Secreta"ry, Elmer .
Barnhill. Elmer Barnhill elected ship's
delegate. Christmas decorations were
discussed. Attempting to get a library
from one of the West Coast halls. Of SIU Ship
Meetings
left clean. · ·," . ·
_,,strong, he co~ld11't do so. ReqlJired Mont. McNa!lb. $12 In ship's fun,d,, tfew .
• special medical equipment .fr11m Mid· hours of OT dlsp'uted. .Mutibn .. .nuUle
-'way to save his life . . · Captain wouldn't to have ship lumlgated. to get new ,·
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ELIZABETH <Hum Dec. 6 - Chair·
man, Vellinga; Secret•ry, R. H·ernan·
dez. Minor repairs should be reported
so as to allow sufficient time for the
engineers or mate to order require·
ments while the ship ls at sea. Two
men were 111iid off at P'uerto Rico.
Vote of thanks to t he steward dept,
for a job well done. ,.
, CS MIAMI <Cities Service>; Dec. 1-
Chalrman, D. E. Shields; Secr.etary,
H. C. Wirtz. Joseph Bldzllya :elected
ship's delegate. Messroom and laundry
are t'o be kept clean. · "
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' DEL AIRES • <MlssJsslppl) Nov • . 22.....,;
Chalrm~n, A. ·F. potY'< '5ecr•l.11ry, .John
WlilJed. One • ·man ~ ;b,ospltallzed • ;in
Buenos- Aires.' .Some.· disputed · ;OT. ' It
. was 1uggcsted that a b.uzzer be ·Jn·
.~sta'tled in / cre.w.s '!'es~room for stand·
by man and to initall a whl1tle which
.-:in b• hear«l_ when · · porthole. lire
Ship's · fund 16.25. R. F. · Kennedy
elected as new ship's delega te. Bosun
· 1uggests all members contribute to
purchase necessary Ingredients for
eggnogs a•Chrlst;naa ,md New Year.
Dayman's gear should be packed and
left at the hall.
ANTI NOUS , (Waterman>, Ja!I. 3- giye men a hospital slip or allow a gangway as present port side one 11-.
Ch-airman• Fre~ . Travis; Secrfitary, . doctor ' aboard. Later ordered men rotten.:_ Lifeboat ·situation ·to be
Eugene itay. I . B. Ducan, wiper. taken off the 'shil>' so that gas leakage could brought to attention of pat rolman.
m. paid off in Genoa. One man· in· 'be • ,fixe<f. ·: When "meri 'returned they Starboard boat hasn:t been able to be
jured in mess hall ·fight. Crew m:ess· .were -restricted tii -shlp for ·r 'emalnder lowered in two·· trlps. Very unsafe. ¥
man logged one .. day.+ $tew&..rd depart- ," ,of ahip•s 1tay ln "Midway. -. · -- .., ·
ment thinks its unf'ustlfied. Men gei; _. - . . '."'· . --,;--; ., . , , · JOSEFINA <L.'I be.rt Y Na\'.lgetl(!.!i),
ting off are • requested to strip all . BAL T-ORE <Marven>,· Dec. 31 - Dec. 19-Chalrman, J. E. Tann.,, lee• ·
bunks and. leave rooins clean. - ' , Chalrmafi, Stanley' H!>14erv~.~itcretary, r~tafY1 .. Yf• D. Loma?': 'Due ·to lhe
· :,.._...,;.- . ~ B. We!'ltworth. »i:erythl.ni Tunnln& , re.fusal of the captal~. to issue a draw
WINTER HILL 'CCltlH Service), Jan. smoothly. No beefs, •one man· was ·- in Ceuta. the crew ')>Ut in 'for ' OT for •
~Cti_alrman, w. R: James; Se~retary, hospltal,ized 1n· Ven~uela. Cr.ew ·ex· • tlie, watc.h l>l!low, ·alnce no . dral( t• .
A. frl. f>letrowskl. '.Drain under coffee tend• a vote of thanks ; to t~e chief equal to~ restrlctlon aboard the vessel.
urn to be le~t open ~Ince It. cl~gs .up · cook for donatlng ·· oysters which were A: few hours '.of 'iUaput~d Q'l!. Be.ef _
and has to be taken apart. Qne man . 1erved. l\t the .Chtlstmaa dinner: · on 'enelne.er's worklne without 11· call· .
mls11ed, ship in· Lake . 'Charles. .sailed . · ·. ;• --. -· .• . out {>f unlicensed ,Pe/:'sqnnel, and chief
thre~ men short last · two trips, be· DEL AL:BA ' (Mi11l11lppll; ·Dec. 1s.:- · · and Jti'lt llsst. - yellhll at wipers. 'Res~ .
cause no rei!lacements came frem Chalrm11n~ Jr. E. barvllle1 . Secretary, .· ' l~tlon :·made that·· a · draw shollld .be' .i
Houston. Stores discussed ,and atew· 0. · O. l"arker. · R •• G: Schram ,wll.9 · Juued •an)!tJme p.n IJfU ehlp dqcks ·and' •·
..,,ard ha~ order~il •plenty of' everythln& !!Iected -•~P . de~egate, ~oir).e, ~lls~ute_!!' . -;ahore l~~v~ 'i• :1rlinted. ~.ant !o. 'have ·
now ·• ~ · • · . • ." · OT • . It. ,,a1, au11e1te4 ttiat leach mem··~ ·• -,rept enntatlve ofi' • tl)e Food Plan•
. PE_NN SHIPPER <Penn Shipping c~} .. ·· ·.,:~ ·:A' 1 ·~,·~~·· ,.~ • .~ . . 1 _b'e~ 'ot, _th,e · crew. :c1etu,i r(the w'~~ ... check_ t!J.e ,_,lt,or.ef. •: .l;l!totJ! sal!Jn'g:; to .. ~.'
• Dec. '-;-Chairman, A. · Landry; s.,ci:• -_ .. , 'r.HI,. CA•JHl ·l't~1·1 . Clt.~m _Jan~ J.::io' 1
- .ina_5hlne •ttei; . U¥.:~ : · ~ " . ,'; < , .make·. aur-~ of *!te quality and quantlt:r
tar~!. D.uke Gardner. Sh!p's fund ,13.10., . • ~palri,lan, ;JH1e · w. Mll.loney1 leer• ·~ · ... - · · x, -- . ' ' : of prOYlldone. Seat in llbrari '1eedJi .
; No b'eefs. steward dep't tq clean tar_y, Jo~ph s. "'°ore. ,Ship;•. i!Uid '" -~L,Cp~ ~ION.lilll- <Alco~>, Dec .. U"'T r.~!'alr. Weevlla rn ·chow.01no ~w:eet · ·
recreation room: black gang apd ~~ek ·126,44, S~p"I .deleeate want•. t" h~ve.-~ ~C:hlilr"!•n, t1( • • w. ~~llil ~cret.a~,. . ,P,,lck) e.1 .. _or hot n.iustar,d. nl11ht-~u.n.c!J , ·
, to clean laundry room. Repair ll1t , a patrolman meet the ablp .. 1n l.lil(e · • ; Cancml~do~ ·A new· 1hlp'1 .<delepte ·Of. f poor ' quality." 1
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Six Seafarers take a coffee breather aboard the Steel Architect while
ship is at Brooklyn dock.
Recently three Isthmian
ships were berthed in one
day of the Erie Basin ter
minal in .Brooklyn. He're
are some of the crewmen
in action aboard them.
A pair of deckhands wave greetings from their lofty perch aboard
S•teel Surveyor. Nobotj.y seems to be diz~y up there.
.. L; . )3 r, a,c e; oiler, gets
'!needle.d" py: Dr. · L. LiP
pe~t .aboard Architect.
Steel Age pantryman Frank Stirk
taps a cup for Hubert Goley, DM .
Ralph J. Smith, messman, pours for
Angel Valdez (left) and John Bo9in,
Steel Surveyor. ~hip's delegate.
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:TB Ho~pitalS~t :T'! ,Cl~se; /_- INQUIRING .-SEAE!RER
SIU ff1,fs 'Contraet1ng-Out'
-Houston.Still
Prosperou~
Are , you waiting for a 'particular run at this time Ti
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Some time back, the SE.AF ARERS LOG suggested that the
American Merchant Marine ·Institute chapge the "A" (for
American) in its name to "R" (for· Runaway) in view of the In Dold ruins Institute's constant support of runaway operators. Just re
- NEW ORLEANS-Shipping ' was cently the Institute showed once ag.ain that it is inimical to
in the doldrums duririg the previ- an American merchant piarine and is serving as the catspaw·
N'-Orleans
· ous period, with only 90 men get- of the major oil companies.
ting regular jobs, though some of ,
the~e were · "B" and "C" men. A 'meeting of the AMMI's tanker committee, which con-
Payoffs reached an all-time low, . ~isted of representatives of virtually all the big 4.merican
but the -Outlook for the coming
period is much better. owned international oil companies and officers of the AMMI,
One · ship paid oft during the called upon the Maritime Administration to deriy any ~ind of
previous shipping period: tha An- assistance to financially-troubled independent tanlrer opera-
drew Jackson <Waterman), ~
Two ships signed .on: Alcoa Puri- tors under the American flag. Instead, the group asked that
tan <Alcoa> and Andrew Jackson the independents be driven into bankruptcy and their ships
(Waterman). b l · h fl d b k t · In iransit were: Alcoa Puritan, e ·put ~to t e reserve eet an .never ro en out. excep m
Alcoa Corsair <Alcoa); Seatrain cases. of extreme emergency. (For details, see story on
Georgia, Seatr~jn Louisiana, <Sea- page 2.)
train); Steel Worker, Steel Fabri- "
cator, Steel Artisan, Steel Vendor Further, just this week, th~ AMMI made it known that it is
(.Isthmian>; Gateway City, Raphael unalterably opposed to any administrative ruling which
Semmes ·<Pan Atlantic>; Suzanne would give American~flag tankers a reasonable share of
(Bum: Andrew Jackson, Monarch
of the Seas, wacosta, Madaket, America's oil impor~. At present, that share is down to less
Claiborne <Waterman); Ames Vic- than five percent. Dozens of ~S-flag tankers are in lay-up or
tory and Mankato Victory <Victory carrying grain cargoes to keep out of bankruptcy.
Carr.>.
The irony of the situation is !hat the companies squawking
about minimal G~vernmen_t assistance to.American-flag tank
ers are the very 1ame outfits which have all kinds of buil~-in
special"privilege provided by that same Qovernment. AmQng
them are the· special on depletion ·allowances, whch cuf their
taxe~ far below those of oth~r industries; a free hand to bring
oil imports lnto the States on tax-free, low-wage r\Jnaw~y
- sh~ps "plus insurance guarantees from the US in the event
of emerge~cy and ·proteetion of the · US Na\,y and US State
Departµient for their ships. -
For that matter, ')the l~stitute represents to large degree
those companie$ which are the most heavily-subsidized by
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the US, both as to construction and operation,_yet they would
deny moves. to s~rengthen an Ameri~-flag tanker fleet at po
cost wpatso'evei: to . the ps _taxpayer. - . .
-: In · the last . analysis,- its clear that · the AMMI executives
and major oil ~ompanies BJ."~ among ~he nu~Jler one enem~eS
of !. .strong merc~ant marine; . _ . . · . .
Pase Blena
_Reds May Hunt
Own Nose Cones
S~afarers manning Suwannee missile ships in the South
Atlantic may soon have Russian counterparts hunting nose
cones in the Central Pacific. This is one of the implications
of. a recent announcement in
which the Soviet Union said
it would fire a ser.ies of new
and "powerful" space rockets into
the Central Pacific sometime be
tween now and February 15.
Another factor, as far as Seafar
ers and other US seamen are con-
cerned,- is· the Soviet's warning to
all ships and planes to steer clear
of the designated area during the
test period.
Although the US-with Seafar
ers playing a prominent role_:_has
recovered a number of nose cones
and data capsules fired from Cape
Canaveral, the Moscow announce
ment did not specifically say that
Soviet ships in the area would at
tempt to recover rocket sections.
missile range which would lie on
the other ~ide of the globe,
but which would almost exactly pa
rallel the US missile range run
ning from Cape Canaveral to ·As
cension Island.
Lakes Outfit
Asks OK On •
Ore Haulage
The Reds did say, though, that
after each launching a special fleet WASHINGTON - The T. J.
of Soviet ships would cruise into McCarthy Steamship Company, a
the target area to make "necessary Great Lakes District contracted
measurements." This increased operator, is asking the Federal
the likelihood that some attempts
at recovery might be mal:ie, wtth
the . possibility that Red seamen
may soon be engaged in their own
rocket-recovery competitions, just
as Seafarers now are.
No Official Prohibition
The Soviet announcement urged
all governments· to instruct their
air and sea craft to stay ·out of the
target area, but so far there has
been no official US Government
prohibition. On . previous occa
sions, during its own tests in the
Pacific, the G o v er n m e n t has
warned ships and planes to stay out
of the test areas.
The target area delineated in the
Soviet announcement is about
1,000 miles east of the Marshall
Islands, where the US has' also
tested nuclear devices.. It is
about halfway between Hawaii and
New Guinea and about 3,000 miles
from the nearest Soviet territory
the port of Vladivostok and the
Kamchatka Peninsula north of
Japan . .
The announcement did not
identify the launching site for -the
tests, but it was generally believed
that the launching site would be
somewhere in eastern Siberia.
This would give the Soviets a
Vote Benefit . '.•
To Andersen
Seafarer Lawrence Andersen, 59,
a charter member of the SIU and a
sea-going man since-1931, has been
approved by the SIU ·Welfare Plan
Trustees for a disability pension,
' effective retroac
tive to January 3,
1960.
Andersen will
receive the $35
we e k 1 y benefit
check, as ap
proved by the
trustees at the
last meeting.
Andersen The veteran
. Seafarer, w h o
ships as AB, last went to sea aboard
the Wacosta . <Waterman). Ill
health prevented him from return
ing to his job; as a result he was
found· unfit /or duty. - Consequent
ly, he applied for the disability
pension.
The .retired Seafarer resides in
Mobile, Ala. Down through the
years he · had· shipped on a wide
variety of SIU "\tessels, sailipg
throughout World War II.
Maritime Bo·ard to allow it to con
tinue hauling ore on the Great
Lakes until present contracts have
expired. McCarthy. is seeking a
Federal subsidy enabling it to
operate in the Lakes-to-Europe
trade which the FMB holds would
conflict with its ore-hauling rights
in domestic service.
-The Maritime Board had earlier
decided that, in light of the sub
sidy request, the firm should stop
hauling ore for the Wilson Transit
Co. McCarthy, however, argues
that the domestic trade in which
the firm is engaged is not com
petitive with other non-subsidized
domestic operators on the Lakes.
The steamship operator also
stated that it has an agreement
with the Wilson firm whereby the
latter won't insist on full perfor·
mance of the contract and won't
exercise its option to keep the
agreement in effect provided that
McCarthy performs under the con
tract during the open seasons of
1960 and 1961. ~
It was noted by the FMB, how
ever, that McCarthy had purchased
four ore ships from Wilson to han
dle the trade, and if . M<;Carthy
can't contin.ue to carry. the cargo.
then Wilson will be obligated to do
so. Thus the ore carriage in ques
tion will not be available to other
carriers, the Maritime Board stated.
McCarthy is seeking operating
subsidies for 16 to 24 sailings a
y·ear to the United Kingdom and
the Continent. It has already won
approval for continuance of its
auto-ferrying operations.
Pick Up 'Shot'
Card At Payoff
Seafarers who have taken the
series of inoculations required
for certain foreign voyages are
reminded to be sure to pick up
their inoculation cards from the
captain or the purser when they
pay off at the end of a voyage.
The card-should be picked up
by the Seafarer and held so that
it can be presented when sign
ing on for another voyage where
the "shots" are required. The
inoculation card is your only
proof of having taken the re
quired shots.
· Those men who forget· to pick
up tlieit' inoculation card when
they pay off may find that they
are required to· take all the
"shots" again when they want
to sign on for_ another s~ch voy
age.
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SfomaCh trouble sent Seafarer Michael "Mike" Miller to 'the USPHS
Hospital in New Orleana, and no·w it looks like he'll have to have an
opera"tion. Mike. la~ sailed as ·a .cook and steward on llie SS Alice
Brown, and before that shipped• on the Atlantic.. Very stoically, he
says "What is to be, will be." . _ . _
- Also down New Orleans are Seafarers Leroy Clarke, Jtlchfr4 Caril
lo, Accurso Bontl and Nelson Wood.
Brother Clarke's last · ship ·was the Del Norte-. He's doing fine after
having a 16-lnch cut on his stomach for an operation, and ls up and·
around talking about being an outpatient soon. ·
Bonti _ Wood Clarke .
In for a thorough examination after having taken sick on his last
voyage is Seafarer Richard Carrillo. His last ship was the SS Del Mar.
An oldtimer, he has sailed mostly on passenger ships with tJte excep
tion of trips on freighters during the American Coal beet As Brother
Carrillo s·ays: "It's probably the mileage." .
A broken leg sent Seafarer Accurso Bontl to the hospital. His· last
ahip was the Waldo. "Things wouldn't be too bad if I get Inl> :Jst pay
off from the Waldo ... but its a W~rld Tramping ship." The payoffs
have been delayed by US seizure of the ships. Seafarer Nelson Wood,
whose last ship was the Steel Admiral, had a heart attack but is now
doing fine. He looks forward to being able to get UIT"and around soon.
Seafarers on the beach or on shore leave are asked to remember
their buddies in the hospitals and visit them, or drop a line to say
hello.
USPHS HOSPITAL
BALTIMORE, MD.
Leonard Davis .John Nordstrom
S . Fauntleroy Dennis Pierce
Eusebie Gherman Edgar Smith
Gorman T. Glaze .Jose Soares
Robert Godwin A . Stracclollnl
James Macunehuck John ·Zohll
Anthony Maiello
VA HOSPITAL
BALTIMORE, MD.
· Maurice J . Flynn ·
USPHS HOSPITAL
• llRIGHTON. MASS. .
Bartolo Cr11.~ William McKenna
Elmer Grose Raymond ,Perry
Peter King
USPHS HOSPITAL
GALVESTON, TEXAS
William Brown George Trapeza1
Lawrence Floyd .JOR Valenzuela
George Howard .John Ward
Herbert Kennedy
USPHS HOSPITAL
SAVANNAH, GA.
Ernest Bryant David McCollum
Cleo Copeland Andrew Sproul
Carl Hargraves
JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
MI.\j'fU, FLORIDA . ·
Arthur King · .
USPHS HOSPITAL
NORFOLK, VA.
Cecil Batts . Edwin Thomas
Farris M. Jones
USPHS HOSPITAL
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
Hilarlon Aqulo Roland Hicks
Edward Atkins Edward Hulzenfa
Eugene Ben( Richarll Kohls
Richard Carter Abraham Mander1
Norman DuBois Frank Schembri
:""!'.\Diel Gemeiner Norman West
USPHS HOSPITAL
SF..ATI'LE, WASH.
I. P. Balderston Cornelius Meher
USPHS HOSPITAL
FT. WORTH, TEXAS
Richard Appleby Max Olaon
B. F . Deibl~r Joseph P. Wi.M
Woodrow Meyers Peter W . Sotlre
Albert Ogletree .
USPHS HOSPrl'AL
MANHATI'AN BEACH
BROOKLYN. NY
Matthew Bruno
G. Caratlallo -
Leo V. Carreon
Wade Chandler •
.Joseph D. Cox
.John .J. Driscoll
Otis L. Glbbs
Bart E. Guranick
Taib Hassan
John J. Hazel
William D. Kenny_
Ludwig Kristiansen
Thomas Lebay
PrimlUvo Muse
.Jeremiah O'Byme
George G. Phifer
Henry E. Smit h
Almer S. Vicker1
Lu&her .E. Wlnf
Pon P . Wi.ilg -
R. E. Waterfield
USPHS HOSPITAL
_ STATEN ISLAND, NY
Ake Anderson Frank .llazet
Allie Androh Marco. E. Medina
Oscar J . Adams Felix Muniz ·
Charles Berpgna Ray 0. Noak
Robert W . Bunner_ Eugene OJeca
.Joaquin Cortez Chao A. Pao
Claude L. Davis Wallace Perdue :Jr.
William M. Drew William R. Phi}ip
Wm. P . Driscoll · PhWip Pron
Jesus Fernandez Angel Reyes
Michael A. Filosa Peter Richter
Walter Gustavson John L. Roberts
Luis Gutierez Manuel Sanchez
Alfred Kaju Juan "Jll. Soto
D. -Kambano1 . T. A. Spencer
James Kelly Fernando Tiaga
Edward Lane Benjamin Trot&le
·chas. A. MacDonald Claude A . Virgin
Carmine Mancino Pedro A. Viruef
Ernest G. Manley
USPHS HOSPITAL
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Thomas E . Andrews Leo Lang
Edward P. Avrard Clyde P. Leggett
Accurso Bontl Irvin mtthew1
Roderick Broqlts Michael MUJer
Sevando .J. Cll'nale1 Amtel Mitchll:e
R. B. Carrillo Cleo Mixon
G. W. Champlin _John Naugle
Leroy Clarke George Pease
Lavern -Coats Francis Regan
William Coj111t1 Edwin Reynoldll
Hugh Dick M. -Rodriguez
.John Fr.ench Gosta Roupe
Charlie A. Gedra Antonio Santiago
Calvin Cr.a.btree, pantryman
aboard the Alcoa Ranger, loolt1
after something on the range.
Seafarer- Crabtree lives in Mo
bile, Alabama, when he's not
shipping._
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In the cotirse of a little more . /
than a month, we have,. 11:1 rapid
succession, celebrated Tha11ksgiv
ing, Chris~mas and the New Yef!!'.
The LOG has rece.lved a large
number of menus from well-stuffed
Seafare~s with requ~sta to reprint
said menus for the benefit of all
to see.
Unfortunately, there are so many
on · hand now that if they were
printed they. would make In edi·
tion larger than the New York
telephone directory. So as the nex~
best measur-e, we are .,r,hiting the
names of some· of the ships that
sent ·in outstanding 'menus.
Th~ menus were q~i~. similar
... turkey and roast beef were Jn
cluded on all of them • • • and
fr.om the '"looks and size of the
shipboard ·feasts, from the· shrimp
cocktails to the ·after dirtner minti,
the .)!Q.Oks . ~ust have , pro.d'!ced
monum~ntal dinn~ that would be
the envy of patrons of the more
e~pensive restaurants ashore ..
· Some. of the menus received:
were from:
SS Ble~vllle; SS Pandora;· ,SS HARBOR GENERAL HOSPITAL
TORRANCE, CALIF.
Edward 0. Johnson
US SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL
W A~HINGTON, DC
· Wm. H . Thomson
VA HOSPITAL
CENTER HOT SPRINGS. SO. DAKOTA
W. L. Griffin Cyril Sawyer
Wade B. Harrell Henry St . Germain
Harry R. Hebert Chu. Summerell
Ner es Johnson David William•
Edward Knapp Nelson Wood
Norman Krumm
MT. Wll.SON ST4TE HOSPITAL
- BALTIMORE, MD.
· Alcoa Corsair; US~ Roeeknot't
and SS Peon Voyager. All of the
galley gangs on. these ships re:.
ceived hearty thaiiks from the
crews for top-notch holiday feed
ing.
George Davhl
· LOG-A .. RHYTHM: ''
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b too slow, 'for thosti who
wait . . .
Too swift for tho1e wh:o f ear
Too . long for those who griev1
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Too short jo'I' those who. ·rejoic~. .
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But. for those . iuhi> sail, ·a'{t.f ~.' , ·
Time is eternity.
To the Editor:
I have read 'Mlke Gottschalk'•
article and 'several othen ·about . I . .
the homesteaders and I thought
I'd add -a few of my own, per-
sonal ideas. ·-
I would like · to ask what a
married Seafarer who has a
famui to support, a home, chil·
dren in school, etc., Is to do?·
And what about the :Seafarer
who might ,be tryµig to ·save
Letters -·To ·
, The Editor,
All lette'l'1 to · the editor fO'I'
publication in the SEAF AR·
ERS J .-OG 'mwt be afgned
b11 the writer. Names t.Oill
be withheld upon f'~quelt.
in)urles, both Internal and· ex
ternal, af •the USPHS .hospital
· on Staten Island, wJ)icli has all
the faclllties forrauch ·an exami
lfation. _
In the meantime I want o
take this opportunity to thank
:Brother Skaggs for visiting me . wliile. in the hospital overseas.
Honorable mention should also
- go to all my shipmates on tbe
Suzanne for their many kind:
nesses~ Brothers Horace Mobley
and Israel Echeverria iri par
ticular, were especlaHy helpful.
Also, thanks to·-the crewmem
he.rs who had the rare pr~sence
of mind, to-. take candid shots at
the scene of th~ accident. ,
Most of all I want to wish all
my brother Seafarers i Very
Merry Christmas· and a 1fappy
New Year.
Clarence L. Co~ ,, .
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Broken Wrli&t
Stops. Seafarer ·
To the _Editor: ' .1 ! '
My New Years ,Resolution ls -
enough money to buy. a home or to stay· 'out of bori"e war!!s; ·a1'
small business or some money ' tbougli we are all well treated
for a few comforts after re-. here .. The feeding .plan leans
tirement? pretty heavily on fats, - gravies
No one, who stops and glv~11 and pretty waitresses.
th_ought to the matter, would Whil.e carrying a mo'tol' and
. say that a man is not entitled to pump frame, I slipped on a
the above if he - ls wlHlng to ladder. ·I was okay but · the
work and sav~ and not hurt his- frame and 1ngle·lron came down
brothers while · accomplisliing across my forearm and wrist. I .
his aim. broke one wrist bone and "dislo-
Well you sure can't accom- cate somi;} others. ·Fortunately,
plish any of the above if you I am ht-aling nicely. ·
have to pile <5ff a ship every few The plaster cast Is no ·handl
months. Can It be that a l:Jnion • c·ap and I am now able to write
brother is ~rying to trump up a letter with my right band.
something to knock eyery m!ln The df>Ctor 1nlbts that wrist
off a ship after - ~ year? There ·bones recluire more time to
are Instances, but ~hey are very · heal than straight bone breaks
rare, in which a man should be so unless I knit unusualiy fast'
taken off a ship, ~~ I'm quite the doctor says I'll be . In he~
sure th"at H it is legiti~ate , and for two ·months. The accident
. properl:y handled by the crew . occurred · 10:30 AM at Bremer·
· use~,-the Union ~ffic.als wlll go haven, while the s.h.lR w~B ~ady-:-·
· along with Sl!~h. • Ing itself for its c!epartua:e to
In the SIU, 10· an~ port in the New Orleans. The port captain
·East or; West coast, or Gulf, a~y said tha~ I wiU be able to return
member can make one, tw.o or on a company ship. Needless to"'.'
any number of trips, pay off and say th.iS hospital business is a
register, !lnd sjtip wi~ln a few ne.; experience.
weeks, or eve~ a few days if lie John P. Forsette . ,
. is lucky. . .. · .. ..
Personally; I :be 11 e v•e our - . . ... -:: ... ...
who1e set-up•1s the best, as ·far. . Penn Voyager
. as shipping rules, 8 hip p Ing- H ••. 'ste . . ..
. turnover, benefits, vacations a1 • war-us
ana everythiiig else is con- To ~he Editor: -_,
· cerned. I see no reason for any I am the ship's delegate and
chang~ whatsoever. , am· writing this letter on behalf
Dick SimPIOD of the crew and myself. We :
would like to praise itie steward
· ~ ~ t depar:tment for being' tops . in
Praise~ Ne11YS, l their field and for J)eing won-
<ie'l'ful, not onty at c'hristmas
Sends· R•gards and. Thanksgiving, but through-
To the Editor:' out the whole trip.
I wish to 'thank you so very ·The members of the stewar.d
much for sending me your won- department are: . Steward, B • . 'A,.
detful .Paper. I sure do look for- Baa; chief -cook, J. A. Shear
ward to,receiving it and reading baker .. J. wmonghly; 3rd cook,
It, as I have· to stay fo the house E. Ba)'be;· crew mess, R. Dalley;
most of ·the ·time on account-of pantry . utility; ·J. Ji0mor; RO
a heart condition brought on mess~a~. S. Ginsberg; and BR,
by my late husband's death~ T •. Tonucle. 1
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Again, I than~k you so very Harry Diddlebock
·much and good luck t9 you and o\; t. 4;.
~0~a!~~··M~rry -Christmas . and . Likes. LOG;; · - ~.
a Happy New l'ear to all~. Prais.es. s1v~ I
· . ·Mrs. c. R. Y.ackes To the Edltorj . , · · . , ,
t ' t , t · Sure enjoy ~getting the LOG
I I. ·s +d ~' \.. regularly ... :· .',keep u.P .. the' good
COUS_ ns en S " . work· l et all Seafarers back atfd
yule Gre·etl ngs ; , ' SUPP,,~'rt a fine.., oi:ka11-i~atio~ . iike
~~ th!' t;dHor:, . _ . - ·. t~r SIU-: ,<\ .. cJ;l~erf~~ }o.lJ~ay ..
Ha~ng rett~rned home .~ter .. . s~.son _t,o ~Jl.. · ... , .
a three-week stay at the hospital *' W.- IJeDl'J'
m Aden, Arabia, -I am conv.alesc- _ «- t · ., t ·· .
t~(( i r.9m -. i,r~ken anklt:, a bit- . Seasdn ~s Best: ,.
. t~n to~~tt~ ,~nd ~n ipj':'1'ed tan: "-:;.. ... 1.1 • t i. ·1 ·0 ~, .. ·'.'
_,one suSj;ained ·while a ' crew- ,__ I '~, :Ill& . 1' • -·. 1. .
m ember abpard the Suzanne.. . "To ' the~, :gdltor: , . I ··. I . '
, At my first ·oppo,:-tuh ity, I ex- · .. Mer,cy .,Ch'r~stmas ,, 1md,. H~ppy
pect to'· teturn •to New York for N.ew Y~a1" to 'tlie'110fftcers and ·
a thorough ·check-up .to deter- ,) !;embers of ojlr UniQn. ; .:· · .
:,.mine".-the full r extent of my ~. ·: ". " Morris !M. SCha plro
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LOG-A-Rl;IYTHM:
Atlantic "City
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---B:r Walt Bentkowlld __ _,
The Atlantic
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Cit11
Wu a rust11 old pot
That sailed the seas
With the f'est of her lot.
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She'd caru a loqd
Wa11 ouer her decks
And 1tiU keep in time
With all the old wreckl,
The .. 1mokestack tuas dirt11,
The ~int waa all -r>ots
The engin~ .{iroaned,
She made but eight -knot•
The wheel on the bridge
Appeared to be 1tuck .
Some even .wore _ .
It tO<U from a Mack truck •••
While 1ome 1ailor1 acorn,
2'he 1eaa ma11 1tm mourn
·An aging hull;
With a~nuty old m:aat , .
With nothing left
But a f orootten put •• : .•
:New.Haltln
:Jacksonvilltt·
The office at the left is that of
the Port Agent William "Red"
Morris •. - At the righ~ top i1
hardworking Union secretary
Mrs. George Truesdale and
at-the right bottom is Charlie
, .Thompson, Morris' assistant,
qnd Mrs. Truesdale. The SIU
set up an office in Jacksonville
because of the heavy traffic in
.that port ~gYH<f by th, missile
· ships.: ·
The "SIU-contracted Suwannee
Steamship Company, which
operate the mi55ile-ship fleet ·
·on the South Atlantic range,
has its company headquarteri
in Jadcsonville. Ph~tos by
"Big John" W,;nderlich.
Tank-Clean.ipg_? TheY've Had It
Seafarer Charlie Wiggins Reports On Dirty Work
It" happens that I am on greeted with· good news · - we different port and there was ·no knots, mumbling the news and
a tanker that has mucked were to muck tanks once more. need to clean tanks. trembling in cold sweat from
tanks two trips in a ·row. 'As might be well · imagined, Can you see us there? All the night breezes and the cha-
in a wand .. waving message from the enthusiasm had somewhat sopped with oil, sweat, cuts, grin within us; even from the
headquarters we were called diminished. There was more bruises and nerves strung like Most Exacting Taskmaster to
upon to clean the tanks three time though, or so it seemed, missiles at Canaveral ... ready the lowly ordinary.
days 1rom Aruba. The deck gang and we agreed to bring out any to explode at the least rumor? See us now gathered in a
group on the deck, and at the
peak of our exasperation one
of the wipers calls out:
turned to, working day and of the ·crew who cared to .work Can you se'e us getting this
night and made it just ln time which mollified the "deck gan$, news, we gallant messengers to_
to tie up at San Nicholas. whose nerves had begun to wear Garcia? Can you imagine the
Wheh the pay off came, the a little thin. messenger to Garcia being re- "What do we do with this
aches and pains, sweat and - By the time we had butter- called a few minutes before his
blood, became djm memories worthed and bottom-washed and arrival?
crap on the deck?"
A high-humored deck hand
replies: "Hen; · we'v~ got to
shovel It all back into the
because it was ~ job well done were ready to muck we were . Perhaps you can understand
and this was easily conftrmed as ru·nning the Florida straits. Be- then how we felt. Perhaps you
10 even by the MET <Most Exac- cause f'f the risk of black-oiling can see us gathered in little
ting Taskmaster). It can also, ... u those "tanfastic" fannies in + .. -----------'----------·-------.
tanks."
as In most cases, line this a play-land, we were _forced to
job to put behind you as not dump our buckets of rich, black
likely to happen agafn for a ooze on the deck.
while.
'Good Newa! ·
We discharged at a northem
port and some us happily
handl!d over the money we
collected to our several (or one,
· darling) loyalties and then back
to ship it was where we were
· by Ben. Graham
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Stop What You Did.
We worked all that day and
Into the night and had ourselves
. a sizable load · along the bul-.
warks when around ten . o'clock,
the wand-wavers sent a chaf!ge ·
' of orders: we · were to go to a
Knows His Peas
AndBarbeques·.
When seafarer ffugo .Murray, a
bosun, ls ashore, he spends a lot
_of his time in the kitchen cooking,
so when he beefs about the chow
aboard ship, he knows what he's
talking about.
He cooks by choice, and not be
cause his -~ife, who may, be busy
. tak!ng care of. thefr three daugh
. tei:s. ilJBists on it.
Murray : jlJst enjoys fooling
~round with fancy dishes and ad:
mits, "I do.n't claim to be a pro
fessional, but I -can make a mean
barbecue sauce." Murray has never
worked as a cook and, in fact, has
refused to sail as a member of the
galley because that would "take ·
the fun ·out of cooking."
· The most interesting thing that
Murray has seen during' his 20
LOG-A-RHYTHM:
.Ghosts
By M. Kehrwied.er
You've .sailed f'O'und the world and found it exotic
When you· ~w what y'ou liked, you walked up and
Life was ' exciting, each day brought anew,
More ginmills to frequent, more new things to do.
You lived ' ·t~ the fullest, .drank dregs from the cup
And promised youraelf you would never giVe up.
bought it;
The fun J/ou were having, the conQuctSts you ni.ade,
Were kic~ to rem.ember, ( liou forgot that you paid).
One day you discovered no new place to go
Besides you_ were .busted, had been rolled for youf' dough.
Y~m. decided to visit a hou~ you'd once been
Although you had StoOrn you would never again.
You were made welcome :t>µt the scene was all wrong
No . blar ing tnusic, n~ risque song .
You wanted to drink, but her bar wa&n't there
The <;orner was taken by a crib and high-chair.
You walked over to peek, and chanced to behold
Yourself staring back, so "brazen ·and bold,"
You wanted . o $Wear, or maybe to Cf'l!•
I really suspected a· tear in your eye._
You ioef'e told very gently, but firmly as could be
' 'Though you · planted an acorn, you won't harvest the tree,"
Sail your ships in the gimnills and have your wom en at aea,
This crib . holds seven:wonder s-of-the-world, and he belongs to n~.
years·at sea was a r ecent sea r escue .. --------·--------------------
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He saw· an injured man removea
from the Bents Fort by a heli- '
copter for the first time.
Stay Put For Jobless Pay
seafat_ers who are collecting state unemployment benefits while
on the beach . waiting to ship are urged to stay put and av.old
changh1g their mailing addresses if they want to continue re-
··ceiving their checks regtrlarly. Several Seafarers have al.ready
experienced interruptions of- from three to five· weeks in getting
their next check after they notified the state unemployment
offices ·that' they had moved and changed their mailing address.
, An average delay of a month is reported in most cases, causing
con!'liderable hardship to th~ ,men involved. _
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Says Welfare
Plan 'Tops'
To the 'f:ditor:
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The membership hospitalized
here at the USPHS, Manhattan
Beach wish to express their
sincere thanks to the Union for
the many contributions the SIU
has made to them ttiis past
Christmas s e a s o n. The $25
gifts,- the cigarettes which were
given to each of us, and the
beautiful ·fl or a i decorations
which graced this institution
Letters To
The Editor
All Letters to the editOT for
publication in the SEAFAR·
ERS LOG must be signed
by the writer. Names will
be withheld upon f'equest.
went a long way in bringing
about a great. deal of happiness.
It is unfortunate that you
could not personally have seen
the 18-foot tree and l i g h ts
which were set up on the hos
pital lawn. To see it at night
against a background of snow
was something none of us will
forget for a long time. Two
large wreaths adorned the front
of the main building, but in the
opinion of many, the beautiful
plants on the chapel altar wera
the best donation of alL
Gestures such as this are by
no means new to the SIU, and
we know that it is mainly your
devotion to our Union and your
love for your fellow men that
makes our · organization the
leader in its field.
In closing, I would be remiss
if I did not tell you · that we at
this hospital are fortunate in
having for our Headquarters
representative Brother E. B.
McAuley. "Mac" has been
coming here all year and in our
opinion has done an outstand
ing job. We are also aware that
his performance is typical of all
. th~ members of your excellent
staff.
Again, our sincere thanks and
best wishes for a happy and
·prosperous New Year.
John Driscoll
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Says Blood Bank
A 'Must' For All
To the Editor:
My mother arid I wish to ex
press our sincere thanks and
appreciation to the Seafarer's
Welfare Plan for their prompt
and considerate attention per
taining to my mothers hospital
and doctor bills.
She underwent a kidney-stone ,
operation and is now doing fine.
Another important factor is the
prompt replacement of blood
used. Many 'thanks to the Sea
farer's Blood Bank. All the
·. S E .4. P A. R E R S ·-£ 0 G ·luUtT 11, HM
brothers should make It a
"must" to contribute b 1 o o d
whenever possible, for you
never realize how important it
is until one of your family ~ ill
and is in need of it.
'Buttering-Up' A Rc:i~eid ·Cap·tOin
Also many thanks to Joe
Campo in the port of Philadel
phia. He is untiring in his ef
forts· to ~elp anyone who comes
to see him. Without his help,
many of us would find the go
ing rough.
Mrs. Sophia San.Ir
Alexander Szmlr
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Wants JD Cards
For Dependents. .
To the Editol':
I feel that the Welfare Plan
should issue identification cards
to all our dependents. I say this
for simple reason that if one of
ihem has to go to the hospital
and says that ·be or she belongs
to our Welfare Plan, many
times the people at the hospital
say they never heard of it and
· then a lot of telephone calls and
red tape becomes necess~ry.
(~d. note: Th• following
f'eminiscenc~ waa submitted -bt1
R. J. Peterson a veteran seaman
and retired skij>per.J
Reading your drydoek column
makes me recall the time that
I escaped from a hospital in
Peru back in 1913. We had been
away a long time on a voyage
from London to Santos to New,.
castle, Australia io Mixillones,
Chile, and to Callao, bound for
Lobos de Tiena to load guano
for Antwerp ~ound the Horn.
In the bark Dovenby it Cal-
· 1ao, lying at anchor in tl~e 9pen
roads, I was then somewhat of
a leader of the seamen on •
b9ard, the ringleader of sorts.
Then one morniDg, lUce a bolt
out of the blue, we refused to
tum to!· Our butt~r was rancid.
The chief mate hurried for
ward and, armed with a big fid,
went for us like a bull. We sat
on the fore hatch, swung our
legs and hummed the old
chantey ''The times are hard,
the wages low. Leave her
Johnny, leave her." The chief
mate, with the fld under his
arm, went aft with a rolling
gate.
Then I went aft too, and
asked the captain to see the
C<!_DSUl. He re·f{141ed.
· "All right,'( I said, "I have a
piece of rust in my •eye and
have to see the doctor.."
"All right,'' he said, and Jn
conspiracy with the chief mate,
put me in a hospital at sundown . .
I didn't have a particularly
pleasant night there in the hos
pital . . • a dying man groaned
all night, bells tinkled every
ho.ur on the hour, nuns and
nurses prayed at the altar there
all the time . • •
Early the next morning, the
doctor came Jl)aking his rounds.
He looked at my eye, .said
nothing, and quickly passed on
to the next patient. The head
nurse then came ~y. gave me a
hospital shlrt and put me to bed
•. -. "por una semana,'' as ah•
satd, which means for ·a week.
It then struck me that the
ship was leaving the next day
and that I was to be left behind
and paid off. I watched for mY
chance, jumped out of the bed,
ran to the locker, got my
clothes, dressed in a hurry, and
sneaked out of the gate. By the
time they discovered I b<1d left
the . hospital, it was , too late to
stop me. · .
At the . waterfront I called up
the consul and told hi"' about
the butter and the trouble. He
told me to go to the ship ·chan
dlers to meet with him and re
turn witJ:t him to the ship in the
captain's boat. .
The captain, when he saw ml,
was extremely disappointed. My
~hipmates received me with ex
clamations of joy . . . they said
· they got fresh butter.
Why not make it _easy for
everyone by having the Welfare
Plan issue an identification
card. I would like the member
ship to vote on this.
. Tree At Sea SIU. HALL DIRECTORY
G. Castro
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Seaf are rs Help ·
Indian Union
To the Editor:
Please r e p r i n t this letter
demonstrating our assistance to
the Seafarers of India.
National Union of Seafarers
of Indi~.
4 Goa Street, Ballard Estate
Fort, Bombay I, India
Dear Sirs:
We wish to donate 166 rupees
to your Union, hoping that it
will help your organization in
its difficulties.
Respectfully yours,
Crew
SS Bulk Leader
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Seafarer Praises
Jersey Bar
To the Editor:
Several members have aske:f
me to write recommending a
newly-opened bar in Union City,
New Jersey and asking that a
copy of the LOG be sent there.
It is ·a family operated affair,
owned by Tom Reilly and his
daughter Edith-a friendly wel
come is pi-omised to all, fair
prices, and he has a heavy hand
with the night lunch.
· J. C. Arn-old
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Del Muodo Men
nonate Gifts
To the Editor:
Would you please print a
note ·of appreaiation for the
gifts donated to the tubercular
patients here at the Hospital at
New Orleans from the crew of
the SS Del Mundo.
The Patients
Seafarers on the Calmar Line
·freighter Alamar set their
Christmas tree up in a rather
unusual place for this season's
festivities, and the word "up"
is used advisedly, or so Sea
farer J. 0. Miller tells us.
They set the tree in the fore
mast truck, where it towered
high above all the other tre~s
around in the harbor. The
deck department rigged it up,
and the engine room took
care of the lighting. Photo
by L. 8. H?gge.
Turned Down OT?
Don't Beef On SS
Headquarters wishes to re
mind Seafarers that men who
are chposy about working cer
tain overtime cannot expect an
equal number of OT hours with
the rest of their department. In
some cr:ews.. men have been
turning down unpleasant OT
jobs and . then demanding to
"OTT!e up with equal overtime
when the easier jobs com,e ·101 :,.
This prac~ce is unfair to Sea
farers who take OT job!" as they
come.
The general objective is to
equalize bT as mur:~ as possibJe
but if a man refuses disagree
able jobs there is no equire
ment that . when an easier job·
comes along he can malr · up the
overtime he turned down before.
.BERMUDA SNOR'IS/
YOU LOOK GREAT - I
OIDN1T THINJ{ YOU'D
WEAR 'EM •••
SIU, A&G Distrid
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Paul Hall
ASST. SECRETARY·TREASURERS
W . Hall, Deck
c. Slmmon1. Ena.
E. Mooney, Std. I. Volplan, Joint
BALTIMORE .. . ... . . 1218 E. Baltlmore St.
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BOSTON .. . ... . ..... .. .•.. . . 276 State St.
G. Dakin, Aeling Agent Richmond 2-0140
HOUSTON ... . . . ...... . . .. . 4202 Canal St.
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MOBILE . .... . . .. .. • I South Lawrence St.
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NEW ORLEANS . ... . .. .. 523 Blenvme· St.
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NEW YORK . ...••. 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn
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· Stop 20
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WILMINGTON, Calif . .. .. 505 Marine Ave.
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MC&S
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MFOW .
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DlSPAJ:CH _
. The deaths of the . foUOwtng Seafarera ha~e been ieporte~ to the
Seafarera Welfare . Plan:
- Louie T._ MeGo,ran, 56: .Brother tal, Staten Island, NY, last Septem
McGowan passed away from injur- ber, of thrombosis. He is survived
ies Jn - Savann.ah, by his wife. Place of burial was
Ga., last Octobew St. Mary's Cemetery, New Bedford,
28. He h a d Mass., which was Brother Moriar
~ _'Served Jn the en- ty's home town;
l gine department . . ' ~ ~ ; ~
• of the SIU since . · Luther; R • . Miiton, 53: Br9ther
1955. Surviving .Milton died . of a
him Js his . wife~ heart attack this
Euclise,,ot S~van-' 'j, a s 'i November
, h1th, Ga. -Buri~~ .17- while 7at sea
....,.~~~~._. was in . the same aboard· the SS
city. . ·Azalea City. A
~ ;\; ;\; native of Roa-n-'
Frederit1k ·Dfekow, "17: An SIU 0 k e, v a., he
ateward i,ince ' l9.~9, Brother Diekow joined the SIU In
died of cerebral '1947, serving in
thrombosis, in Ft. the · engine de-
Lauderdale, Fla., partment. Survtving him Is his
I.as t September. . wife. lie was laid to rest at Roan-
He was buried at oke <Va.) Cemetery.
D a d e Memorial
Park, Miami, Fla.
. His · wife, Eliza
b e t b~ survives
him. · ·
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er Moriarity had sailed in the en
gine department since ·1955. He
passed away at the USPHS hospi-
In order to assure accur~te
digests of shipboard meetings
in the LOG, it is desirable that
the repOl'ts of shipboard be
typed if at all possible.
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Well-Traveled. Strikebreaker
Oregoh unionists snapped. photo of prof,ssional scab William
IBeano) Glover as he was h·eaded for work on the · strikebound
'Portland Oregonian" with his wife Justine (14fft) and strikebreaker
Patsy Moore. Glover has a long record of scabbing on struck
newspapers in such far-flung places as . Westchester County, New
York; Zaneiville, Ohio; Ypsilanti, Mich.; Haverhill, Mass. and
H.ouston, Texas.
. PERSONALS AND· NOTICES
John L. Whisman
Please contact your wife at ·2089
Market ·St., San Francisco , 14,
Calif. ..
John Price
Please contact Miriam · and
.Whitey Benzuk, formerly of 1204
Louis St., Camden, NJ, at 1562
Bradley Ave., Camden 4, NJ. Tel.:
WO.odlawn 6-2125.
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Paul E. Sabo
Please contact your mother. Ad- ·
dress: 2277 W. 4lst St., Cleveland
13, Ohio.
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Rudy Maples
Write Floyd Williams, 1170
Union, Mempbis, Tenn., or call
BR ,i-8143 in Memppis.
if. ~·t
Crewmembers
SS Steel Advoea&e
Feb. 6 to May 15, 1958
Donald J. Wagner, . Enrique Tor
res, Kenneth Olsen,' James Mc
Mahon, Desil"e Le Berre, Kenneth
K. Kem1Jl!s, Arthur G~etaniello,
Raymond Buckman, Benjamin S.
Fine, Ernest T. Squires, Guillermo
O'Neill, Charles Henkenius, Ger
ald 0. Blegel.
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, Frank Sarmento .
Please ge.t ·in touch with Mr.
Salano, 1581 Pitken Ave. Tel: DI
2-0971. .
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John H. Murray
Important you contact your son,
care of Gerner. ·Same address as
previously.
Wilmingt~n
Slows Down
WILMINGTON - Shipping was
slow here during . the previous
period, but so was registration, ac
cording to Reed Humphries, port
agent. -
SIIJ BA'BI.
~RRIVALS~
All of the following SIU families
have received a $200 maternity
. benefit plus ci $25 bond from the
"!Jnion in the baby's name:
1 Ana Elena Collazo, born Decem
ber 16, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs.
William Collazo, New York City.
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· Ning Vally Lin, born August 13,
· 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Quey
Sing Lin, New York City,
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Donna Marie Cole, born Decem·
ber 14, 19!)9, to Seafarer an·d Mrs. ·
Robert Lee Cole, Jacksonville , Fla.
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Anne Roper Houehins, born No
vem ber 8, 1959, to Seafarer · and
Mrs. Clarence M. Houchins, Axton,
Va.
Patricia Ann Howton, born De
cember 6, 1959, to Seafarer and
Mrs. Marshall V. Howton, Houston,
.Tex.
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Kenneth Lee Hugg, born No
vember 30, 1959, to Seafarer and
Mrs. Newton A. Hugg, Jr., Slidell,
La .
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Perry Alan McLemore, born No
vember 17, 1959, to Seafarer and
Mrs. Casper McLemore, Phila,
Miss.
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Remy Joseph Maas Ill, born De
cember 6, 1959, to Seafarer and
Mrs. Henry J. Maas Jr., New Or
leans, La.
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Rita Ortiz, born December 15,
1959, · to Seafarer and Mrs. Albert
Ortiz Jr., Galveston, Tex.
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Steven Craig Smith, born No
vember 10, 1959, to Seafarer and
Mrs. John F .. Smith, Covington, La.
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Norman Stanley Noian, born No
vember 17, 1959, to Seafarer and
Mrs. Stanley W. Nolan, Galveston,
Tex.
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Joseph Edmund Klondyke, born
November 27, 1959, to Seafarer and
Mrs. Joseph Klondyke, New Or
leans, La.
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Celes.te Lorraine Pizzitolo, born
December 9, 1959,. to Seafarer and
Mrs. Vincent P. Pizzitolo, New
Orleans, La.
Please contact Seafarer Perry
Martin Pederson -as soon 'as pos
sible. Urgent. He can be reached
at 356 55th St., Brooklyn 20, NY.
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Conditions _should improve, how- Linda Catherine Strauss, born
ever, during the- coming span with December 8; 1959, to Seafarer and
nine ships due to hit port, adds . Mrs. Benjamin Strauss, Rockaway
William Henry Johnson
Please contact Mrs. Mary Ison,
RFD No. 1, Bx. No. 298, Penning
ton Gap, Va. "tour wife is seriously
ill.
San&lqo Martines
Please get In touch with your.
wife.
Hµmphries. Beach, · NY. • ·
·At a meeting of the local Mari':' t t t
time Trades Department, Port Joseph Andrew Sullivan, born
Council -of Southern California, September 29, 1959, to Seafarer
Humphries: was elected president and Mrs. Frederick R. Sullivan,
of that body, representing the SIU, New Orlieam;, La. ·
A & G District. Also elected were: t t t
William M.cClain, Vice President, Dale Wayne Oakley, bor.n June
Laborers; Les Parnell, Treasurer, 11, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Ernest C. Anderson Radio Operators' U~ion. ·· Oliv.er P .. Oakley, Olyphant, Pa .
Claudtl D. Berry Paying off during the preceding
Donald L. Chris&ensea period was the Ky~ka- (Waterman).
Arthur L. Crate, Jr. No ships signed on .. ·
Bernado Tomboeon In -· transit: Ocean Deborah·
Joseph Yonlck -<Ocean Trans.>; Transeastern
Income tax· refund . checks are
being held for you by Jack Lynch, (Transeastern); Kenmar, Alamar
r~m 201, SUP building, 450 Har- (Calmar) and Kyska, Yaka (Water-
rison Street, San Francisco, Cal. man->.
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Jax Reports
All's Well
JACKSONVILLE - Shipping
held steady in the port here dur
ing the last two weeks. The missile
Anyone who happened to have T St dy ships are still requesting replace-
been in Brlghtwell's Tavern on ampa ea ments and the arrivals of in-transit
December 23, 1957,-, get in touch vessels were at . a steady pace, re-
wlth Walter Brightwell at once TAMPA-Shipping held steady ports William Morris, port agent.
at _ 1559 Tele.~h~ne .. Roa~, Houston,, in this port during the last span, There were no payoffs or sign-
Texas. ... _. . ... with. 19 jobs taken out of a regis- ons, but 11 ships were serviced in
"" "" ... tration of 31 men. transit. These were: Sword Knot, •
~ ' · Anthon M. Evensen There .were no payoffs or sign- Coastal Crusader, Coastal 'Sentry,
Please contact Edvald Johannes- ons·. These ships were serviced in- and Rose Knot <Suwanee>·; Fair
-sen, Furuboth EidsvlIDtes, Asane, .transit: .Alcoa Patriot (AICoa>; Topa land, ~zalea City <Pan A·tlanticl;
Norway. Topa, Madaket <Waterman>; Beth- Bradford Ishmd (Cities Service>:
.• : .. r- · ·t- t . ~ , tex <Ore Nav.); Raphael Semmes Longview- Victory <Victory Carr.>;
' 'f)l~ follo-wing me~ snguld" con- <Pan-Atlantic) and Bradford Is- Robin Grey· (Robin) and Seatrain
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Vol. Xxll
No.2
•"OFFICIAL ORG·AN·op THE SEA FAR.IRS INTElNATfO,~AL UNION• ATLA_NTIC ' AND GULP DISTRICT• AFL."CIO e
Tramps ·Make Bid
Fcir· Share Of US·
Operating Subsidy .
Pr~ssed hard \>Y a declinin1g charter market· and cutthroat
runaway-flag competition, the American Tramp Sb.ipowners
Association is pleading for Government assistance to keep a
US-flag tramp fleet alive . ...-----------
The . association has called
·upon Congress to act swiftly
to provide legislative relief for
tramp shipowners, including provi
sion for operating subsidies. Its
bid has · the active support of the
SIUNA . . ·
The operators note with · respect
to the latter item that at the ilme
the 1936 Merchant Marine Act was
passed liner ships carried the bulk
of the nation's trade in the form
of package cargo. Now the trade
pattern· has shifted to bulk cargo
operations, so that the 1936 Act
is unable to satisfy the need for.
a · well-balanced merchant fleet
, SCHEDUlE· OF
SIU ~ MEETllGS
' ·Sll.f membe,rship. meet- 1
if1g• are · held · r~gularly i
every two weeks ori W'ed-.
nesday nights at 7 P~ in·
all Sl.U ports. All Sea
farers are expect.ed 'to
attendi those who wish to
be exc~sed should request
permission by telegram
(be sure· to inctude regis
tration number). The next
SIU meetings wiU be:
Jan·uary 20
February :r
February 17
Mobile ·Haven.
For Runaways
MOBILE-Shipping .was a little.
on . the slow aide ~qring the lut · ,
t~~ , w~ks,, but almost every man
who wanted to sign on durinl the~ '
h0Jiday1 was able to do so. · · , .
Durln1 . th~ . coming two weeb
. the outlook Ui good, with two shlpa
due to crew up after undergoing
repairs, -
Even though tonnage hai fallen
off, the Allbama State Decks ts op
eratliig in the black, due to . the
·large amount of petroleum and ore
'carg9es arriving, mostly · in the bot-
tQ~s of runaway-flag ships. '
The following ships paid off:
. Barbara Frltchie (Liberty); Alcoa
C~rsair, Alcoa _ Cavalier, Alcoa
Roamer (Alcoa);. Monarch of the
Seas •. Claibourne <Waterman).
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In their plea- for assistance, the
tramp operators cite- the fact that
today about 75 percent of US for
eign trade consists of bulk cargoes,
including . one-third of the US
steelmakers' iron ore, almost all of
the bauxite the aluminum indus
try uses, and heavy exports of coal
and grain. .
Practically all of this cargo
moves on foreign-flag ships. The
only business keeping tramp ship
operators going consists of farm
surplus cargo carried under the
50-50 act.
Runaway 'Luxury'·· Tour Vessel
Breaks Down· On Maiden Trip
MIAMI-Back 11gain as a runaway ship operation; the old SS Puerto Rico, ·now known as
t.he Bahama Star, had to be towed into port on her · maiden v.~yage. En-route to Miami
~rom Nas~au. the. Bahama Star suffered a turbine breakdown. There ·were 735 passengers
ff'RIME MINl61i'R-UM
_a: ~17'411' ~A -
M~-/.rriS, 1S~M·~111K
7#fJJJC)_GH Afi(IC4 .• -:f'o erwy
P~SO/! es.F4lVJ.S.·
~AFRICAN M1101'?•
The tramp operators' group
points· out that no tramp ships
have been built in the US since
World War J.I, and the tramp fleet
of war-built Libertys ls unable to
compete with larger, faster aitd
more modern foreign ships, irre
spective of wage differences.
To .meet this· problem, the tramp
committee requests the following:
• A ruling that lJS-flag tramps
get as much gral,n as foreign-flag
tramp~ unde·r "50-50," aside from
what liners or tankers might car
ry.
• Permission to form tramp con
ferences which would enable the
tramps to set basic cargo rates at
a stable and profitable level, in
stead of the present wild rate
fluctuations.
• A trade-in system enabling
tramps to turn in their Libertys
for newer vessels ln the lay-up
fleets. ·
Encouragement for the con
struction of new tramp ships and
expansion of operating subsidies to
cover tr~mps.
aboard at the time. . ·
The operators of the Ba- "full load." The ship weighs in at . cally enough, the companies that
hama Star are none other than .7,ooo gross tons. . · were stuck with the bunker bills
Eastern Shipping, which also oper~ The Bahama Star. has had ' long included Es 1 o · and California
ates the runaway.:ftag SS Yarmouth and somewhat-unhappy hiitory. Standard. both major runaway op-
and SS Evangeline. All thPee ships After operating it for a. number ~rators ttiemselves. ·
were formerly-maimed by Seafar- of years as the Puerto Rico ~e- _ It was then that Eastern Shl1>4
ers when they were under the .tween ·"!'lew :York .~n~ San Juan, ping stepped into the picture and
American ftag. · · Bull Line was force.d to abandon bought the- so-called "plush multt-
The · SIU has a . set of ·Labor the operation in- good part because million dollar" vessel "for use in
Board charges pending against the o_f heavy comp~tltion from the air- the Caribbean cruise trade out of
operators for firing the crew of · Imes, which~ mcid~mtally, rec.eive Miami. E·astern gets $54 per head
the Yarmouth after they sought many direc~ and indirect Govern- for the round trip betweeo Nassau
Union representation in protest ment SJ1bs1dies in the do~estic an,d Miami. If the crew wages are
against runaway wages Rnd condi- services. . on a par with the Yarmouth's, the
tions. · · The s ·h i p was -. subs~quently "plus inultl-mlllion dollar" phr.ase
Described • in· the releases as a transferred foreig~. ~nd purchased relates to the profits-not the ship.
"plush multi-million dollar" ves- bY th.e Arosa ·Line, a Swiss, con.:· - .------
sel, and a "lUX:ucy ocean liner," .cern which ra~ a Panl!Jllanian:-ftag - ·•.. · . , . • · ·
the Bahama Star is _now 29 yeai.:s passenger serviee. A~osa used ft , Me·. d Ship· 's
old, being built back in ·1931 as on the transatlantic run "'and in
the Borinquen. When it was op- Caribbean tour service, With ap- . ·,
erated by the SIU-contracted Bull proximately the saine nurr•ber -0f · ·,
Line as the SS Puerto Rico, Jn the berths as it now has~ around 750. F1·rst ·stop.·,,
late 40's and e.arly 50's ~ its maxi- Arosa Line la~er went broke .
mum practica1 passenger capacity with , all three of its passenger
was less than 200 berths. The 735 ships being seized for ,non-pay- . '
passengers it now carries was de- ,ment of (}ebts, including· ov~r-. 1·· do· n' e l!la'
scribed. , accurately-enough. as a· a well-balanced m~rchant fl.eet. · n SI
WASHINGTON-Indonesia will
be the first stop for ·the new SS
. Hope, . the floating medical center
to be ·I.aunched this spring by vol
untary· contributions from Ameri
cans everywhere. The ship will
be operated by American President
Lines . under contract to the SIU
Pacific ·District. ·
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S,IU ·Pr.otests .Cutback In Service
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-All Seafarers .- Rescued
. In: Valley Forge· Sinking
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US-FlagTanke(s Submit
Case-For Import Quotas;
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.Tank er .. · GrouP.~·-:Pr.eSel1fS;_:. ·
-case-For US-FJOg lntpf;,rfS;
Defense Offiee Sludi1is Bid
American-flag independent tanker ·operators, backed' solidly by the SIU and the NMU
have put in their detailed bid for a 50 pe~cen.t quota rule on oil imports. · As requested b;
the Ojfi£e of Defense Mobilization, the Joint Committee of American Flag Tankers has sub-
mit-led a 91-page detailed ·
1;tatement as· to why a 50 per- annually now, are expected to ships of their own registry. France,
C!ent quota rule is essential µiore-than-double by 1969. ~or example, requires two-thlr~s of
both for an American tanker • DeSpite our growing ·dep_end- her imports to come in on French-
industry and {he nation's se- ence ·on outside oil, only 4.6 per- flag tankers. · .
curity. cent of imports were carried by In lig~t of the a}?ove, and other -
The tanker group baa submitted American-flag tankers in 195s:·and data, the ·commitee has requested
its initial plea to the ODM last the percentage will continue to th~ President to issue a ruling that
fall. After considering the bid, the shrink year by year, without a at least 50 percent of all imports
ODM requested additional suppol't- quota rule. · ·be carr,ied on American-flag vessels ·:
ing data including statistics, which • 'the long-term trend is · to which hav~ coastwise priviliges. _
have now been turned in. · leave the United States industrial Should sucb a ruling be · put Into
In its presentation, the tanker economy 'ntlrely at · th~ mercy of effect, the t1nited States ·would
'committee brought forth the fol- foreign-flag and runaway-flag tank- need a minimiam of 1,860,000 dead
lowing facts: er operators. weight tons of tanker capacity to
• The United States is becom- • The lack of an adequate· tank- handle 50 percent of American
ing increasingly dependent on for- er fieet is recognizeCI by both mill- needs_,_ At present, all tankers un-
Seafarer Frank CanneHa accepts vaeation I-benefit" che·d for .
$343.-23 from dispatcher Ed Mooney. Th• disbu"rsement"represents
the $20 millionth SIU benefit-aollar paid OL!t under Vacation ·and
eign oil to supply essential fuel for tary and· civilian authorities as a (Continued on page 10)
its industrial machine. US imports, danger to US security. -"""-------_;_-::---------------....::..-----------""'--------
Welfare Plans. . . - · '
running at a.tiout 80 million tons ad!q:.~uot~n~~~e ;:~lda~e~:r~:s~ SS ·Val·lev Fo~-0 B . _. •~ . U
Men St'rl.ke-· ::!~~"::.~··~~:."·::;.-·!~ · . . . 1 . , . .,e rea"s . p
. would bring In additional revenues, N · · · · /
Us 0 . d :;;~~~:::::~:~::·:::d :: ear Singapore; Crew- afe • wne . :::!::d~~~~::a!~~~~1:/n~~:!ii!;, Seafarers. who were aboard the freighter Valley Forge, which br-0ke up on a reef ·in
have to be additions to the fleet to the. South. <;hma Sea off Singapore, were pajd off in Seattle last week and reunited wi~h
L•b • sh•. carry half of America's oil imports. their fam1hes after undergoing a. New Year'~ holiday which will ·stand out in their mem-1 erla. IP •In periods of 'emergency, the ories -for years to--come. • - .
US consumer now has to pay It began Thursday, Decem- the sa~ day. :A -tug, the . Griper~ rendezvous with any of .the rescue
through the nose for oil~witness ber 31, after the ·vessel ran reached the scene _as the Valley ships -its occupants ended up on PHILADELPHIA-A runaway
flag Liberty ship, the Madison Bell,
was hung up here by her crew on
Wednesday, January 13, ;(s an in
itial step by the recently-fGrmed
International Maritime Workers
Union to win decent conditions on
escape flag ships.
The Greek crew of the vessel,
which is owned by a New York
company, World Seas Shipping of
·17 Battery Place, walked off the
ship in protest against unsafe
working conditions, inadequate
wages and other mistreatment.
The ship was formerly the SIU
manned Christine.
Norma\ly, a Liberty ship under
the American flag carriers a. man
ning sca~e of 28 crewmembers in
the unlicensed capacities. The
Madison Bell had only· 17 unli
censed men, 15 of· whom have
signed pledge cards. The excessive
undennanning renders the ship
dearly unsafe in the view of the
IMW:µ. . .
The IMWU was formed through
jo;nt. action by the . SIU and Na
tional Maritime Union for the pur
pose of organizing among runaway
ship crews.
It is expected that the owners
of the ship will challenege the right
of IMWU to organiie in the Fed
eral Courts.
The Madison Bell was loading
ecrap iron, eventually destined for
.Japan.
wha.t happened during th~ Suez hard against Barlang Kap. Rock-a Forge .... began to break up. A life a re~f 8 few hundred yards from
crisis of 1956 when tanker rates reef .which, according to the ship·s ·boat manned by four seamen was · - , ·
went up 300 percent. . skipper Peter F. Petrone,- was not lower.ed despite the ' angry seas, nearb)' .... Bintan Island, Indonesia.
• The US has no way of assur- listed on his charts. . · · ~nd transferred eight' men to the Reports have it that the. men swam
ing that the operators of runaway- SOS messages were transmitted waiting tug. It returned, picked ashore safely, and received a food·
flag tankers would place their ship~ to the·' effect that five holds were up 18 more crewmei;i, but couldn't. and clothing drop New Yea;'s Day
at US disposa_l ' in the ' event of awash and the hull was splitting make 'It back to the tug. Later, from a British military aircraft.
emergen·cy. They can be freely- (probably due to the expansion of .however, they were .rescued by tbe
transferred, in most instances, to the wheat cargo as it became wet).' British mine-sweeper Fisherton. No . lnjurl~ ·
ather flags. . _. A~ the_ time, the seas were -mo~m- Meanwh!le, back at t-he ship, an- There' were no . reported i°iijuries
• All other maJor nations have tamous and winds had reaghed otlier lifeboat with seven aboard- among th~ 37 aboard-. The men
taken steps to assure that th.eir oil gale force. including the skipper-went over later· were - moved to hotels in
n_eeds are.· met in large part by Rescue operations got 'Underway the side. Apparently· unable_ to Sfngapore and given fresh cloth-
ing and foo~. • . . .
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MI, .Big Oil Gan9::Up :t~;;:;.~~~£·!=:~
- - · and a representative of Per)inaular on US-Flag -T(Jnl<er F_leet ,;:r:~~:::~::-:.r:~::;:
M · ·1 · h' h I · ' " · · · According to the company's own
. a}or 01 com~ai:ues w 1c . op~rate. .arge numbers of runaway-flag Ships are . now moy- crew list, here is an alphabetical
mg to destroy ex1stmg Amer~can-flag mdepe~dent tanker operators with the• help and ap- listing of· the unlicensed personnel
proval of the American Merchant Marine .Jnstitute. - · · ·_ _ b d a oar : •
The oil companies have . . Ande~n. Rlcihar( w., oiler
moved against American-flag into . bankruptcy and "if . for any tors' as an oreanized aroup. By" so Baker. Clarence J •• deek .eDll'.
tanker operators in two areas reas.on, the vessels are not· sold by doing; th. e oil com!Panies would ' •~ -w.a w AB
f 11 the Government .after foreclosure Beaton, ,..,n_ ·• as o ows: ~lim!nate the possibility of ·a 50: Belerl-, Fr~iik .L. Jr •• n
• A meeting of the tanker com- they should; be placed in . the re- percent quota on oil imports ever #-
mittee of ;AMMI on November 24, ser\re fleet and not withdrawn from being imposed by the VS. Such a Brady, John, OS -
1959, including representatives of the fieet-for oper.ation ·or charter quota would compel .the· oil com~ Bi:own, Artbar. W. aUll&y
such companies . as Sinclair, Atlan- except in the cast of a national panies elther_io charter American- Datuo, WIWam, -bd~r
emergency." l . tic Refining, Tidewater, Esso, , f ag tankers for their import busi- Delmen"cto, Tranqulllao A., ·MM.
StandJlrd of California-, Amoco, · The mortgage moratorhnns -by· ness or transter shipa. back tcf the
Texaco, Socony, Gulf ._and Cities Maritime. involved Government Ameri~an. flag from the runaway. Dyer, Charles 'J'.·• oiler · .
Service, has gone on record to mortgage guarantees to new tanker flags. ,, ~itb~i;, ltep would me•n a Francilleo, .O.and~ .m""'aa ·
• force newly-built tankers into · constx:~ction.:· , 'llhe newly.~built sharp ~incriase in the ·employment Hemen, Paul t'>., decik' lhlnt.
SEAFARERS LOC bankruptcy and Government· lay-up Americ~n-flag s~ips, up.on c·~ming of Ainericaii tarikermeil. Haya, 'ix~nneth··a .• 14ewud
fleets. out of the ,. yards; ·have had diffi- The ·oil c9mpanies .. ire int~r.ested . 'Hierro, Perfect4; II{., FWT
Jan. 15, 1960 · Vol. XXll, No. 2 e The tanker committee and the culty in ioa~ng ~JldS meet. Co{!- in maintairiing the "smallest pos- Hant.' J, ~hn c., chief oooll
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- AMMI are fighting hard to prevent s~queptly the Government IJlOVJ?d sible fteet · \(pder ·the US· flag for
any build-up . of American-flag to get ·a postponenient on their "coas.twise· purposes. .They want to Karman, Per, AB -
' "'" tanker operations by imposition of mortgage payments so as to enable carry, alL of the ~owing Im.port Kolf~hotea, John Jr., wiper
a 50 percent quota rule on US oil the OVl.ners t~ -ke!W' t!te ·ships .volume o~ IJl~a\f~Y •ships. · · . ~Krlel', Stanley, AB
PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer
HEllllEllT BRAND, Editor. BDNARD SEA
MAN, Art Editor. HERMAN ARTKtJR,
!RWIN SPIVACK, AL MA.SKIN, JOHN BRAZIL,
ARTHUR BERGER, CHARLES BEUMflT, StafJ
Writers, Blll. MOODY, · Gulf Area Repre
aentattve.
imports. The proposed quota- operating und_er the American . (l~I· . . . ~OW!DCH , Cite.I_ . ·~ · . . Llind, Pred K., wiper
would call for half of all imports Among· the -objectlv~ of the m.a- · T!te' most. ironic ·-a~pe~t 9f } he twciDevH• • .Tames T.~ :AB
to. come on American-flag tankers. jor oil cop.ipanies in opposing the ·:whole,$ftuatJori, ttom. the SIY, ~1~~ ·. Mesaros Earl E. oiler
The November 24 meeting, in moratorium ts their liope of buy- of, view is ·that. the 011· coml>lnie~ .. • ' ·
which the officers of AMMI partic- ing the ships at bargain price11 and tbe .l\MMI whtqh ~re protest- . Mltc!ot.~l, James C., bosun
ipated, reiterated and approved an after they have .been forced io!o ing any k,in,d of' Gov~rn.ment assl~-:- MHsl1, Nlkola'oe; 3d. cook,.
PuDllsneo DtwHkty ., tn• nHdqu.rters action by the AMMI board of di- bankruptcy, ' or" e'l~e keepiilg them apce to . hJdepeJide~t ~JMlrato11 are . ·. Petterien, Norman R., OS
f:nt'i'c• a5~~~r~~:,~.~~i:;r~~. ff~C:.':;u~t rectors denouncing Maritime Ad- in lay-up 1nde"fini~e1Y; so· as to de-;;: tli;emselves •.t}1e· recipients o.f all'- 111, Sharp Jos. FWT · .'
~:G.· ar~"Jl;/2'ct~s~ ~:!t.~:·~~f~ ministration assistance to operators s~roy a~l .co~~it'it-fo~ to their ,copi- kinds ' of special prMlege, .. f.nclud.. sriead~ Del~s,' me8sman
et tne Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under of newly-built US-flag tan'rters. pany-.owned fleets. ·· , . · • Ing' oil- deP.letlon:..allowances. On ·•' · . ··.-.- 1
·'99 Mt°' Au9 24• 1911. ,The resolution called upon 'Tkese objectives are sec,ondaty · the dli;.cargo .side, th~ ·Al\JMI . re.P··,. ~~er, ~-e~ald• ~.; , ~i:;\' "'i4., •
~ 121 Maritime to disr.ontinue mortga~e to the oil cqmpanies' desire to ·de- re~~ts ·~~~d1zed ~eric~ste~- ·, ;·lJ/,~~qwl~: ·K~~: '8 ;~ :
~·~ " .1 ,· .J; ... ~:.!i. ~?r,atoriums, th~ . ta~ke~ . p.tt;~~'.~ ~~f~~t.!i·.~~!:i p~i~r ,;tlii~t:~~~: i~~. ,· . _1 c ,,;c !: va1~~~~.,~1~J.'tlf~~~~,~ ,
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:Bu·dget . AX . Hits TB Hospital
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SIU S~hplarshlp Candidates
Can Stlll Make Applications
There la still time for Seafarers or children of Seafarers to applf
for an SIU 1ebolarsbip, the Seafarers Welfare Plan Jiu announced.
WHh two more Collece Entrance-. Examinations slated for February
8 and March 12, candidates for the scholarship who cet their appll
ca&lons in now will be able to compete for five four.-year $6,000 SW
. . oollece· scholanhlPfi; . ·
_ The baste reqdtreinent for a scholarship candidate Is three years' , ' . seatlme for a Seafarer on SIU ·ships, or for the father of a echolar-
lhlp applicant. · . .
Interested - appl~an&a -should contact the Seafaren Welfare Plan
now at n .Broadway, New York 4, NY, so as to be able to complete
all requirements in time for the March 12 .examination. Those appli
cants 1\'hO have _not submitted all their qualifications yet are urged
to~~ .. . . .
The five winners" of the acholarshiP& are selected by a &'l'OUP of
university adminl.stra&On on the basis ot qualifications and College
Entrance t~st J:ellUlb; The latter is elven considerable weirbt in the
final determination.- · · ·
Since the Scholarship Plan baa been functioning, a number of
SIU men and children of Seafarers have completed their studies
and are now en&'a&'ed In medicine, dentistry, teaching and other
professions.
He Proves· It: · Better
Chow Via Food PlaD
An 'outstanding record as a top feeder· in a good-feeding
fleet has been credited to Seafarer William R. Stone, chief
steward aboard the Margarett Brown until recently. Stone,
who was on the ship for al-+--..----------
most a year until he got off. ages he made, the crew had fresh
in December, was hailed by milk almost every. day. The ship
the crew for running one of the also gained a perfect score of 100
best-feeding ships afloat. This was percent from the US Public Health
done through ·his adhering to the Service, winning a sanitation cer-
feeding· plan set up by the Union tificate. 1
with its contracted operators aad This is quite an achievement
his use of the SIU steward · depart- since there were only five freight
ment guide. • ers which have ever scored 100
To top off Stone's accomplish- ~~rcent on the sanitary inspec-
ment, he was hailed by the com- boo. ~. .
pany for having done a remarkable Stone's outstandi~g per{ormance
job of top-notch feeding while at s~ows that, • workmg in ao_cord
the same time keeping waste down with the feeding plan, he can k:eep
to a bare minimum and getting the the men well fec;I at a saving in
most o,ut of the food dollar. cost to the companies. The feed-
The gourmets and chow-hounds ing plan, which was designed to
aboard the Margarett Brown are cater to the individual tastes of
reported to have Seafarers, replaces the .. institu-
watcheci Stone's tional style, "big-pot" school of
departure with cookery with "to order" food
great d ism a y. preI?aration. The res~lt is f~esher,
when he left the t;1sber food plus ~hminabon of
ship to be with the waste involved i~ mass cook-
his -family for· the Ing.
Christmas vaca- · The feeding plan and _steward's
tion. guide are all part of· the program
Stone spent al- to brlng professional food prepara-
most a year ·on Ston'e tion and good food to shipboard
the Margarett Se:~~rers.
Brown, and during the six voy- " mce ~he feeding plan was de-
· British Push
Plans For. ·"
Gas· Tanker
The British have had "spectac
ular · succ~ss·" with a system for
carry~ng dangerously expfosive
metha11e gas>: after experimenting
for one year. As a result, the chair
man of the British · Gas Council
soon will seek permission to build
a 20,000-ton tanker or two 10,000
tank~rs to carry the cargo, thereby
capitalizing on their efforts. .
During 'the course of one year;
the British tanker' Methane Pio
neer, capabl~ o~ carrying 2,000 tons
of the gas-which is lowered to a .
temperature of about minus 258°
Faren~eit dur.ing transportatio~
thereby increasing greatly the'
safety margin. - reported highly
successful -results.
veloped, an ever-increasing number
of shipping compan.ies have been
using it. ·
Manhattan Beach To Close;
SIU Protesting Cutbacks
WASHINGTON-The annual attack by budget-cutters on the Public Health
Service facilities . for seamen is already underway. The Pµblic Health Servic~ has
already announced plans to close the Manhattan Beach TB hospital and ship the
patients elsewhere, possibly
contract~g them out to
New York City or other
private hospitals for care.
The closing.of the hospital
is set for June 15.
In addition, it is unofficially
reported that the Savannah
Public Health hospital, long
the target of the budget-cutters,
is due for the ax. ·The news is
expected in the forthcoming bud
get which is to be published
shortly.
The projected closing of Man
hattan Beach has brought prompt
reaction both from the patients and
the SIU, demanc;ling in the event
this h~s to take place, that the
patients get appropriate care at
another PHS facility.
"We would like Manhattan
Beach to be kept open if at all
nossible," SIUNA President Paul
Hall declared in a communication
to the surgeon general of the Pub
lic Health Service, "but whatever
the final. decision, we emphatically
oppose any plan which would give
second-rate medical care to sea
men by contracting them out to
institutions where they will suffer
a loss in quality of treatment and
attention."
Hall noted that, "if there is
room, as we believe there is, else
where i!l the Public Health system
to care for . these patients, then
that room should be made avail
able to the men at Manhattan
Beach. If there is no room for
them, then that proves there is a
definite need for keeping the · Man
h~ttan Beach hospital open."
He pointed out that there are a
number of beds available at the
Staten I!iland hospital which could
be used to accommodate TB pa
tients. Many of these beds, in fact,
are in an unused wing formerly
utilized for that purpose. The Sa
vannah hospital, he noted, had ap
proximately 300 beds all told, and
here too, some of them could be
set aside for TB purposes.
The reason given by the service
for closing Manhattan Beach't is a
decline in the patient count from
.339 in 1955 to 185 today. Th·e de-
cline is ·attributed to improved
methods of treating TB. It is ex
pected that by June 15 the pattent
population will be down to around
150.
Manhattan Beach has been at a
disadvantage since the Air Force
closed its adjoining base. 'Ehat
left the hospital with the full ex
pense. of maintaining Us heating
and power plant which it formerly
shared with the Air Force. The
General Services Administration
has declared the area surplus
property and would undoubtedly
peddle it off to a housing developer
or for similar purposes once the
hospital is closed.
As far as the patients them
selves are concerned, the general
consensus is that if the hospital is
to close they would be better off
in a general PHS hospital such as
Staten Island because of the avail
ability of general care and surgi
cal treatment. Patients now at
Manhattan Beach who need sur
gery have to go over to Staten
Island for it. . _
the others would have to go to
outside hospitllls.
Both the patients and the Un
ion are emphatic in opposing any
contracting-out to New York City
hospitals. The quality of medical
care given at city hospitals is ad ..
mittedly inferior to that of the
Public Health Service. As every
one in the city administration·
agrees, there is not enough money
available to properly staff city
hospitals. In fact, the situation in
city hospitals is such that last Feb
ruary Mayor Wagner appointed a
committee to find ways to improve
patients care and cut costs, and on
June 19 this past summer, a com
mittee of . internes and resident
physicians at the city hospitals as
sailed th~ quality of care given and
the severe shortages of both doc
tors and nurses.
The interne shortage is such that
city hospitals have been forced to
rely upon medical trainees from
foreign countries who do not have
medical education on a par with
that in the United States. · The service has indicated that
a limited number of patients • In addition, the city has been
could be accommodated at other actively cutting down on its treat
PHS tiospitals such as Seattle, S.an I men~ of .TB patients in hospitals,
Francisco and New Orleans, all of seeking mstead, as a money-sav
which handle TB patients, but that ing measure, to treat them as out-
patients whenever the disease has
~ · been arrested and the patient can
S I U S t safely stay home without danger e S to his family or neighbors. In the
process, it has been closing down
its facilities at Seaview hospital,
P · T lk one of the hospitals mentioned as ay a S a,, possibility for the TB patients.
Contracting-out the patients has
several other disadvantages. The
SIU-contracted companies have (Continued on page 10)
been notified by the Union of its
desire to reopen the existing agree-I
ment for the purpose of discus~ing I JObS
increases in wages and overtime . Surge
In Baltimore
rates. ·
The SIU agreement has provi
sion for such reopeners during the
life of the contract.
A negotiation meeting has been
set up for February 3 at Union
headquarters · to discuss proposed
contract changes. Details will be
carried In future issue1 of the
SEAFARERS LOG.
BALTIMORE - Shipping has
been good here during the pre
vious two weeks, with some 227
men getting. berths and expecta
tions for mo.l'e job opportunities
being available with the possible
crewing of five more ships.
The membership was strongly
urged at the last meeting to make
appointments for their wives' and
children"s annual medical check-up.
It was also reported that Union
attorneys are hopeful of obtaining
back monies very soon-perhaps
by the middle of this month-for
the crew of the Pacific Carrier.
The ship was sold at auction here
for back debts.
The follo·wing ships paid oft
during the preceeding shipping pe- ·
riod: Emilia, Mae, Jean Carolyn
and Angelina (Bull); Bents . Fort,
CS Baltimore (Cities Service); Bal
tore, Chilore, Marore <Marven).
Signed on were: Marore, San
tore, Chilore, Venore (Marven); ·
Edith (Bull).
. The British theorize that a 20,
ooo:ton tanker m~king 14. trips a
year would carry the equivalent of
the bousehold gas made from 2,-
. OQQ,OOO·'tchts .. bt toal." ;• .;:. ~' ~
Workmen are shown in ·process of paving lot up . the block behind SIU headquarters hall to provide
additional parking space. Job has now beeri complet~d and 75 spaces marked off for convenience '
of Seafarers. [bwer· parking ' ldt"(not sh6wnt handles: 55' vehicles. ' ' " - · · - • -· ·· · ·' 1
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In transit: Ames Victory (Vic
tory Carr.); Steel Advocate, Steel
Worker <Isthmian); Calmar, Beth
coaster (twice), Flomar (Calmar);
Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Pofaris (Al
coa); Oremar (Marven); Afoundria
(Waterman); Mt. Evans (Tramp
Ship.); Irenestar <Traders), ' and
Robin Gray '-<Rilfin).
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ROTARY ·SHIPPING· BOARD
:December 23, 1959 Through.January 5, l960 ,\ Ship Acli,i
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As has been the trend in the ·past, everything slowed down over ' the their ships to spend the holidays with their families will be registering Par lft• ..
Jong Christmas and New Year's holidays, 'including shipping from SIU for berths ·again. · - Offa 0.. Tra11s. TOTAL
))orts. The end of the holiday~ ·saw only 929 men being shipped, a Most of the hQliday decline can be !lased on the fact that there has lolfo• .:.......... J - . 1 6 11
sizable decline from the prior period;s 34-month record high of 1,486 been • drop in the number .of ships calling at por~. Many ports re- New Yori! ...... 20 . ~ 'J 7 ·'"'JI
ported little or no ship acf:!vity for the period. · . Phffadel-"I• .. 1 1 1 o 1.1
men. How.ever, a shipping slump after a long holiday has been ~e There was a total of 195 vessels ca•Ung at SIU ports o~er the past I
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general trend in past years and· it is expected to be short-lived. - period. Of this total, 48 paid off, 25 $lgned on and the remaining 122 ~ltlmoro ...... 11 .. ..,
All of the -major SIU ports with the exception of Baltimore reported were in transit. As compared JP the pre-holiday report, this is a de- Norfolk ·.. .. ..... · I ., 1 · 1 • ·
big drops in their shipping totals for tlie past two weeks. However, cline of , 61 vessels. • · - · .. Jecll....Ule . ... -:- 11 11
there were four ports, Boston, Balthnore, Norfolk and Tampa, all re- Leading the list in ship activity was the port of Houston which re- Ml..a .... ~.. ..... I 2 i
porting improved shipping for the period. · ported 3~ ships, with New York and Baltimore close behind. These ,_,. ...... ,..... .... I 6
Hardest hit in the slump were .New York, Mobile,' New Orleans and p'orts serviced 30 and 29 vessels respectively. There were two .ports, MOW.. .. ........ . 6 .· I ' 1~
Houston, shipping only 454 men among them. This represents a de- Jacksonville and Tjmpa, with no v.essels signing on or paying off, and New .. Orlea••.. .1 · 11 , ·21
Cline gf over 850 men from the previous two wee:ts. Even the West one port, Wilmington, with no ships slgnl.ng on. . • Homsto• • • . . .1 21 Jl
Coast ports, which have been enjoying fine shipping for some time. Percentage-wise, class A men picked,.UP an a.ddltional one percent ·wu.a~ 1 · _ 6 _. -.~·'1.
now, felt the holiday dec~ine. Seattle, for exam~le, shi~p_ed only 48 of the t!)tal n~mber ~f .jobs shipped. Oo~ ~f tJt~ 929 jC?bs, 'dass. )!. ICllt Fr ci .. ~· · _.. - 1 , 4 . I
men as compared to. 110 Just before the start of the hohdays. accounted for 553, which ·ls 59 percen~ of the total, class II for a10,-· • IC · •. • ,.,
While registration remained fairly . constant, . it Is . expected . to ·in- or over 23 percent, ·and class C for' 168, just under Ill pe'r~nt-a llHttto • • • • • • - J >, 4 . ~ I
crease somewhat in the c~ming weeks as many' Seafarers who got off ·healthy .figure for class C men. " . ·ret~I~ .. ; •• :. ~41 -zi· ·w · HS
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Registered
CLASS A
Registered
CLASS 8
·DECK DEPARTMENT
Sltlpfied
CLASS A ·
Sltlppecf
CLASS 8
Sltlpped
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SHIPPED . CLASS A ' 1 CLASS I · 1
GROUP GROUP . GROUP GROUP GROUP ., GROUP - GROUP _GROUP
='o_rf...,-____ _.._ , 1 2 3 ALL l · z 3 ALL 1 2 s ALL - 1 . 2 3 ALL I I . I ALL A • c ALL 1 I 3 ALL ' 1 · z I ALL
Boston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -:-2 -3 3 8 - 1 1 2 2 · 3 1 8 1 3 1 . 5 2 3 2 7 6 5 7 18 4 14 7 25 - 1 ·1 I
New York ... .. ... .. . . 19 42 17 78 - 16 14 30 8 34 5 t7 1· 4 6 ll - 5. 8 13 47 11 13 '11101 · '202 48 351 2 41 52 95
Philadelphia.. ... .. . . 3 9 1 13' - 1 - 1 3 2 2 '1 - 3 2 5 - 1 - I 7 5 1 I u · 14 14 9 37 - 2 - 2
Baltimore .. .......... 9 36 14 59 3 3 14 20 15 36 10 81 4 7 14 H 8 5 1 I 61 .- 25 ·9 95 28 74 17 llt 3 6 22 31
Norfolk .. .. . . . . .. . . . 3 9 2 ' H .. 4 3 7 5 6 - 11 1 1 2 C - 4 - t 11 4 4 11 10 15 2 ... t'f . t ·"· .6 · 8 11
~i~~~~~-i~l~ .. :::: _::: : : . 23 63 2 151 1 21 : 21 52 - 21 . 181 . . ·= = -= ~ ~ ~. = ~ . .:!. _.! . 1~ = ·.:~~ = -- = =
Tampa . . . . .. .. . .. .. . . "' I - - - "- - 8 - - I 5 9' -:-~' . H ·:__ .. :· 1 ' ·JI C
Mobile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 13 4 %9 - .1 2 3 - 4 3 7 1 ' - 1 I - - - - 7 2 - t, 44 · 4~ 7 Ito _ ;; · 1 14. , 11
New Orleans ........... 15 21 . 13 49 1 1 2 t i · 9 • 7 4 %01 3 1 2 6 2 8 4 ·1! 20 8 12 Sii Br 76 33 IH _3 , 8 21 H
Houston .. .. .. .. . . .. . . 16 31 8 55 2 8 8 18j 9 14 16 39 4 6 9 19 1 2 1 t 39 19 · 4 82 35 . 51 .14 -lH . 1 - 7 · 10 11
Wilmington . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3 - t - 3 .1 t · 1 3 - t i 1 - 2 . 3 - - 2 I 4 3 .2 9 10 9 · 3 ft ' - 3 i 1 &
San Francisco . ... .. .. . 1 6 3 18 1 2 1 41 3 3 2 ° W - - 1 1 - - - - - 8 1 - t · 15 23 5 '' ._2 4 1 'J
Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 3 9 - 3 1 t i 3 4 1 I 1 - - I - 4 3 · 'I 8 1 1 18 12 5. 2 19 '3 3 . t
IOTALS ,-95 -1u- '10 IU9 7 .... -51 ·1 Tul61~347Tt3llt'i-Zs-.. -o...;.--n 8 st. 13 I tlUI II ·11 11'.37' 512-1.M lt7S 11 i3 1u .1129
Port
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New York .......... ..
Philadelphia ..........
Baltimore ....... : ....
Norfolk .. . . ·' · . .. ... ..
Jacksonville .... .. ....
Miami .. .....•.. .....
Tampa . ......... .. ...
Mobile ..... .. . .. . ....
New Orleans .. . . ......
Houston .. ....•.•..... .
Wilmington ... . ....... .
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Seattle . . . . .. . . .
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Boston . ... .......... .
New York .. .. .. . .. .. .
Philadelphia ......... .
Baltimore ........ .. . .
Norfolk . .. .. ..... . .. .
Jacksonville ....... . . .
Miami. ............. .
Tampa ....... . ... .. .
Mobile ....... . .. . ., .. .
New Orleans . . ....... .
Houston . .......... . · ..
Wilmington . .. . ...... .
San Francisco ........ .
Seattle .... .... ~ . . ... .
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Registered legllfered Sltlpped Sltipped '.~··· . . r,orAi . lf•llfere4•p• Tlee' ... • . .
CLASS A CLASS 8 · CLASS A CLASS I SHIPPED CLASS A &Uss ·a ..
"'lfROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP · G~UP GaOUP ' GllOOP .
1 - ~ 3 ALL I 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 I ALL 1 t · I _.u. A • c ALL 1 2 · I ALL I . I .I AU
-:· I i -- ----- ti - 5 - 2 3 }' 51 1 3 1 51 - - - - · 1 5 4 . · 5 - 10 15 - ·8 . - t - · - 2 s· 'J
14 49 91 72 - 16 13 291 3 25 3 . s1! 1 8 . 3 12 2 '2 7 · 11 31 12 11 M 47 148 . 37 tit · 5 37 32'
. "' 1 15 - 11 1 ~ 4 8 1 6 2 t- 2 3 .. 5 - - - . - I .s - H . 1 28 2 11 - 4 2 • 3 24 3 31 1 .9 12 u - 33 7 -ft l 1~ 10 II - .5 3 ·I 40 ·21 · . " • 10 ea 11 ... 1 11 20 12
3 8 2 13 - - - - 1 6 · - 7 - 1 3 . -.: - - 2 i 1 _., :t.~ ... 2 11 ,3 . -1~ 3 11 ,-- 1 · - ·- .. ·1
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3 16 2 21 ~ 2 2 4· - . 3 1 t i - 1 3 c - - 1 1 4 4 ~ •• 14 58 4 ,. ,. '1 " 4 ii
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Seafarer Bill Mitchell (top photo) does the honors as Santa Claus-in
the New ~rleans hah, distributing toys to chilClren of SIU men.
Above, Seafarer Jack Meyer and family relax after dinner at hall.
Around tabl~ are Brenda, Meyer, Mrs. Meyer, , Rickey, Eddie.
Baltimor~ s · Sci~tcl , Cla~1 (top) was Seafare.r.. Chest•~ Wilson.
Above, Seafarer )os,ph L1nfiart1 ·off the Bethtex, enjoys dinner
with Miss Catherine Nicely. Below, cafeteria gang consisting of
L Walthroup, H. Wheel.er mnd W. Minton prepare tht food.
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SIU Holid~y
BeRefits Up
To $8,500
Approximately $8,500 ·was paid
out by the. SIU Welfare Plan in
Christmas benefits, a tally of the
benefit 'figures show. Christmas
bonuses of $25 given ·to Seafarers
· fn the hospitals, · totaled approxi
mately $4,000. A similar amount
was spent for men who are on dis
ability-pension, each man getting
$25. Another $415 went for cigar
ettes distributed in the hospitals.
Christmas Dinners
Hid · Esso Men's Finance Data: -
Law ff ifs· Collins,
Anti-Union Front
Man.,n Oil Fleets . ' ,
The New York State Supreme Court has ordered John Col
lins, professional promoter and operator of "independent as
sociations" in the tanker field, to surrende~ financial z:ecords,
cancelled· checks and similar.-------------, .
data which he has been with- ETMA cancelled checks in h!s pos
holding from the Esso Tanker session Cthe Esso union had for
Men's Union, aµ autonomous affili· merly been known as Esso Tanker
ate of the SIU of North America. Men's Association).
The court action was the outcome During the questioninl', Collins
of a suit by ETMU demanding that suffered a sudden loss of memory
Collins give Esso tankermen their when as~ed bow much ETMA paid
property back. Collins has been him for his services, but did. recall
withholding the records for over ih~* Mrs. Collins prepared his pay-
a year and a half, ev~ since he was checks on occasion. - -
fired by the tankermen back in the Another admission by Collins
summer of 1958. concerned his failure to pay with-
in another development, the Na- holding and Social Security taxes
tional Labor Relations Board New for employees of the so-called
York regional office has thrown "ETMA office" for the year 1957.
out an election petition for the He conceded !hat he had personal
Esso fteet by a Collins-created "in- ly paid some of the penalties In
dependent association," _ the Esso volv~d for failure .to pay the taxes.
Seamen's Association on the The office involved was suppos
ground that it . is :'supervisor- edly operated by Collins' string of
tainted." The ESA was created by "associations" including groups in
Collins in an effort to deprive. Esso Texaco, Socony, Tidewater, Esso
tankermen of their control of their -and Cities Service.
own union affairs and force them When not running the affairs of
back again into a Collins-domin- all these so-called "independent as
ated "association." sociations" Collins serves as a pro-
The successful ETMU ..suit fessor at Fordham University
against Collins came about when where he teaches labor history and
Collins, after being ousted by the labor law, among other subjects.
tankermen, refused to turn over ' Seafare.rs will remember Collins
all of the tankermen's records. as the man who tried to set up a
Also, as is the long-established Among the many items missini company union in Cities Service to
custom , within the SIU, S~afarers, were financial reports and financial block SIU certification in the fleet.
their families and friends all over data for two fiscal years, 1951-52 His effort failed when the Collini
the country were gue,sts of the ,and 1954-55. In both years, ETMU association was found to be com-
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Unlion at Chrbistmas dinners in the rep~rts there' were ·unexplained pany-dominated by the NLRB. ,
a ls or near y restaurants. Sev- ' .
eral ports provicfed gilts for chil- heavy de~lines in accumulated sur-
plus totaling some $18,000. . u # 1 /I
dren distributed by fully-equipped 1· ti f th ·t ETMU rge Q y
S • n ie course o e sui ,
anta Clauses. AU told, mo!-'e than learned that Collins had a secret •
3,000 guests were served, with New agreement - providing him with a
York, Baltimore, New Orleans and rr t ~ . b d pe . ell O·f T1eps For Houston accounting for two-thirds i_ e ime JO an ~ nsion as. w • . .
f th t ·t 1 B lti h d th his salary to continue after his re-i ~ 0 a · a ~ore a. e tirement. The costs of the pension
argest turnout, 615 ~iners, fol- were paid fo~ by ETMU at the rate Age Benef1·1s
lowed by New Orleans; 475; Hous- of $l ,500 annually. Apparently,
ton, 4.39 and New York 435· ETMU said, Collins had moi;e than . WASHINGTON - The SIU has
Of course, many of the-diners in one such arra.ngement in the string
A · joined four other AFL-CIO unions
· &G halls included men from of "independe.nt associations" he in urging the-Government to count
other SIUNA affiliates. Similarly, controls in the tanker field.
S f h tips as a part of wages jn corn-
ea arers on t e West Coast were During the pre-trial examination,
te b puting Social Security benefits.
en rtained y ijie SIU Pacifiic Collins made several damaging ad-
Di t i Under the present set-up, Uncle
s r ct. missions under oath. He conceded am takes · an income tax bite out
Probably the most unusual din- that he had no written agre~ment of the money a worker gets in tips.
ner was the one held in Tampa for for years as to the amount of But these same tips don't count
100 guests. It was at the Las Nove- money he took from Esso men for toward Social Security benefits,
das Restaurant, · which as Port his services; ·that he kept various and it is this double standard to
Agent Bennie Gonzalez noted "is union books and records in the eel- which the unions object.
the only Spanish restaurant to ever Jar of his home; that the Esso men's With Social Security benefits
win the academy award for · fine office rent was paid in his name getting bigger and broader, Sea
cooking." Naturally, the menu 'had and the lease was in his name al- farers and other union members
a Spanisn tinge to it, being a de- ' though he maintained that it was who draw gratuities are losing out
partute from the standard Amer!- no~ .his office. in ever-increasing · amounts as the
cap Christmas menu. He also conceded that he had years roll by. ·
The five ,unions tnvolved esti-
ff o .. s-p,-,· a/Pat1ee·· ntsApple1ud mate that counting tips toward So-cial Security would ·benefit about
l lh million of their members.
U • I ·ch e f Ch These include hotel and restaurant n1oli s r1s mas eer employees, bartenders, building
· · service employees, barbers and
Hospitalized,.. seamen at the Manhattan Beach TB, h_ospital beauticians, as well as seamen
1 have expressed thanks to the Union for the SIU's contribu- represented by the SIU and Na-
• · · . . · tional Maritime Union.
-t1ons durmg the ChristmB:s season. A; letteJ" frOIJl Thomas _ Meanwhile, President George
Daisey, .head of the patien.t's• Meany, of the AFL-CIO, has di
council stated the patients' ap- Daisey, who fa a shipyard rected the AFL-CIO legislative de-
. . · - . worker, expressed bis "sincere partment to press for Congres-
prec1ation for flora~ decora- thanks for _the contribution made sional adoption of a bill that would
• tl.ons placed in the hosp1-tal for the by · the Seafar~rs International permit Social Sec.,urity credit for
holidays. Union toward brightening the tips in one of two ways~
Seafarers at the hospital re- Christmas season •. . • I know of I-Workers would report their ·
ce-ived $25 hospital bonuses as course that the· SIU has been do- tips to their employer, _who would
voted · by the trustees .of the Sea- Ing humane and friendly .things then deduct their share of the
farers Welfare Plan plus cigarettes. like this for years; not only at Social Security tax and match it
In addition, as Dai.sey's letter Manhattan Beach hospital, but at with his own share. _
noted, the Union arranged for an points throughout the world." 2-Iu the absence of a direct re-
18-foot · decorated C.hristmas tree, Thanks also came from Seafarer port by a worker on his tips, his
wreaths for the front of the build- John Driscoll on behalf of the employer would use a fixed form
ing "and plants for the hospital's SIU riien at the hospital. <See 11la tQ determine his tax deduction,
chapel- "Letters to the editor" page 14.) and then match it . ..
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Right· To-Work. Promoter
Feeling US Tu Heat
One of the leadfog advocates of the National Right to Work
Committee is in hot water with the Internal Revenue Service
because they claim he failed to pay taxes on property acquired
ill~ 1954. .
E. S. Dillard, a "champion was involved in some transactions
of the compulsory open shop" with the Brown Dynalube Company
S.ea Safety . .
Awards Due
For 1959
from which tne Government says
he owes more than $92,000 in back
taxes. A claim has been filed
against him with the US Tax Court
in Wash_ington.
In 1954 when he purchased. the
Brown · Dy.nalube Co. he also ob
. tained the outstanding common
stock and accounts payable, for a
dollar. He advanced $1,800 to the
firm and accepted from them $85,-
000 in bonds payable in 20 years.
· .Government Claims
The Marine Section of the Na
tional Safety Council is expected
to announce the winners soon of
the 1959 Beet safej.y contest awards.
Last year, the . contest was won by The Govetnmerit claims these
the SIU-contracted Alcoa Steam- bonds were worth their face value
ship Company. and should have been reported as
The awards are given in several income and been taxed. · Dillard
~ategories. One category consists says they 'Yeren't worth anything.
of priyately-owned d.rY cargo ships, The situation is complicated by
· another of privately-owned tank- the fact that .Dillard donated $10,
ers, since accident rates on tankers 000 to a church, which then sold
are ~ually less because of the ab- the bonds for the same amount,
sence of cargo-handling gear. A receiving cash for them. He de
third category consists of Govern- ducted this· from his taxes as a
ment-owned opE:rations. Awards ,$10,000 contribution; as well as an
are also given in shipyard, tug other $20,000 which he donated to
and b'arge · operations and other the Dillard Foundation, Inc., a tax
groupings. exempt charitable foundation
Awards are based upon the which be incorporated himself.
amount of time lost in accidents in He donated another $10,000 to
relation to the number of hout s the same church and half of this
worked, rather than on actual acci-
dent totals, since many minor mis- was purchased by a Minor Foun-
haps do not cause any loss of dation, Inc., a foundation incor-
work time.- porated by Dillard's tax lawyer.
- Dillard says · the bonds were
Sign· Name On
LOG Letters
For obvious reasons the LOG
cannot print any letters or
other communications sent in
by Seafarers unless the author
signs his name. Unsigned
anonymous letters will only
wind up in the waste-hasket.
If / circumstances justify, the
LOG will withhold a signature
on request.
worth their full value When he
contributed them, though they
were worth nothing when he
acquired them. The ' Government
believes the opposite is true; that
they were worthless when ~on
tributed (and so the tax credit for
the contributions should be voided)
but were worth the full face value
when acquired.
The tax court judges will have
to decide who is right about the
value of the bonds at each stage of
the various transactions.
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Ex-Seafarer Fred' Farmer submitted this photo frotn his. scrap book showing the first .
baseball team on an SIU ship. This gang was off the old 8$ Pel Mundo on Thanks
giving Day, 1938 .. Fourth ffom left, standing, is the late Eugene Nobles, whom Farmer
describes as a "real Union man." He adds, "Men like him and several others in this
picture helped make the SIU strong." Standing second from right is John Clark, then
deck cadet, but now president of Missis~ippi Shipping Company. Farmer is at. right.
See_ Early-ApprovQI Of P/Qrl
For English Channel Tunner
LONDON-The way has been cleared for . a long-dreamed-of and controversial tunnel
project, which the tunnel would be constructed under the English Channel, connecting Eng
land and France. The project, a 3~-mile engineer's "dream problem" has been tentatively
approved by the British Minis- · · ·
try of Transport. · Also, the construction of' such a tunnel authority, providing fop the
link would be a major political working out a number of legal de-
It had to overcome the objec- step signifying the desire of · the tails_ and other matters.
tions of the Defen~e ,Ministry, British to draw closer to Europe 'fhe Suez .canal company, look
which didn't want the tunnel for politically, Announcement of the ing for a significant undertaking
strategic reasons, and the Ministry official accepta·nce of the plan is in which to reinvest its enprmous
of Finance, which had reservations being 'delayed for political reasons, assets (fr~<;I by the Egyptian ria-
about the financing of the tunnel. it is believed. tionalization of the Suez Canal),
The project was supported by the France An:s.loua has a 30 percent interest in the
Board of Trade, for economic rea- The French have· wanted··a tun- tunnel combine. ·
sons. With the amalgamation of nel to England for a long time, The ventilation problems wlll
Western European countries into and when the expected approval is bar automobile traffic. Cars will
two large trading blocks, severe announced, will no doubt, enter have to be transporte(\t on railway
strains have been put upon the into immediate negotiations wit.h flat cars while the passengers _ride
British economy, and the · in- the English. A treaty between the up ahead in a lounge car. It is esti
creased transportation facilities of two countries will be drawn up_ mated that the construction of the
the tunnel will be important. · estlblishing some kind of a joint dual ..rail tunnel will take six yetil'8.
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YOUR DOLLAR'S rWORm ,Steelworkers' Victory Stifles.
· hfarer's Gme· To Better Buying Big Biz Union•Crippling Drive
B1I Sidnev MargoHua
W is Phony Ad Champ
Settlement of the steelworkers' contract. beef last week for an estimated 40 percent more
than it would have cost the companies six months ago marks· a severe setback to a big busi
ness drive to cripple union contract conditions-specifically, work rules and grievance pro
C!'etiures. The United Stee1.-.------------------------
A spokesman for television challenges this department's recent
report that 'JV advertising has become ~he No. I deceiver of t~e buy
ing public.' In effect, -says Louis Hausman, <Ur¢ctor of the Tele'lision
• lnfotmation Olfice of ·the National ·Association of.Broadcasters, this
ta ·, a.n· unfair charge; other forms or , ,,f'.lvertising ~uch as newspapers
·carry the s~me misleading claim$ ,for which we critJcized TV. , - ·
. .Hausman sb.ould have &-.chance to tell his side. But there is growing
evidence that.-1 false TV ·Mis bave ,. be~ m0$t effective 1.n- misleading
many, families Into. _unnecessary ·expenditures, especially for patent
medicines, c08tnet1Cs and tol,letrles.
Hausman writes: '"''The Arthritis & Rheumatism Foundation report
~o whlch-_y.ou referred : • made ··it cl~ar that . 'all forms of media were
used extensively'. .
· ".Yo'<'r co~entl .. m,ake no disti~ction' between advertisements ·!or
pro4ucts· or services which tile . report describes as .'not harmful in
themselves, and may even give :t~mporary rellef: and 'those which are
worthless and may l>e harmful, and 'for which patently false and mis-
leading claims are made.' · ·
· "You quo'te- Dr. Hlllenbrand of the American Dental Ass0ciatlon
as saying that television toothpaste commercials are rigged and mis
leading. He did aay .. thia but he · 'Yent on tp- say 'unsupport-ed adver
tising claims continue to give television viewers as well as readers
a false sense of security'. No one can defend misleading advertising.
But it is important to remember that advertising claims' are not mater,i
ally changed· from one medium to another. 'fhe . same claims are em
ployed as copy themes in ·All media which are used. If, In · fac~ they
are false 1lnd mlslea1Hng, they are equally so in all mecJ:ia. ·
It's true that newapa~r.s an~_, other medJ.a·- al.so publish misl,adlng
adf4 But the Arthrit1s & Jtheumatism Foundation survey did show that
of the arthritis sufferers who had bought falsely-advertised products,
23 ·percent did so because of TV, 21 percent through newspaper · ads,
· 1~ percent th.rough _maguines; 10 percent through radto.
ln general, advertising of drugs and toiletries has become one of
the inost deceptive .areas. No less ~ an experf than ·Kenneth Wlllson,
president of the National ~etter BQsiness Bureau, has said that the
· current use of adv~rtislng "to further medical quac)fery is a serious
1etback". · ·· · - ·
Workers of America won a
package that will add up to 41
cents' an hour by 1962.
'fhe_ Irony of the situation la
such that if the ste.el companies
had "offered tbe µnion last spring
just what they spent in advertising
the "inftation"-issue, the bitter 116-
day steel strike - probably never
would have occurred. As it worked
out the responsibility for any infla
tion that result.s from the steel
strike can be placed ·squarely
upon the companies for their ob
stinate a·ttitude before, during and
after the strike.
· 1''or Seafarers, the agreement
means no likely Interruption of
offshore or Great Lakes oreboat
movements tor the next 30 months.
This Is particularly significant Jn
light of the drive· by the SIU Great
Lakes District to sign u~ non
union Lakes ore fleets. Tlie drive
was hampered by the lay~up of
shiPs during last summer's strike,
although,. the Lakes Union did suc
ceed in winnin_g a signal election
victory In the l~ship Reiss fteet.
Th• lesson of .the strike for the
steel companies Is that you can't
holler "inflation" to keep down
workers' wages ·and at the same
time refuse to reduce your own
prices while S>our profits are boom
ing and ev"1')' management exec
utive la pulling down a siX-figure
salary plus fancy stock options
and bonuses.
tive is to destroy long-standing celled business contracts. The
work rules. - company eventually broke away
The "inflation" argument falls from the leash, defying retribn
flat on its face every time bu·sinesa tion. The pact Kaiser settled for
concerns jack . up their rates above involved less cost than the rest of
and beyond increases in labor the industry now has to .pay.
cost&, and widen their profit mar- The collapse of the steel com
gins. A. steel price hike is a cer• pany's "inflation" · posi-tion is also
tainty within three months or so, underscored by the fact that a far
although the mills are operating smaller cash offer would have
at th~ir peak, and profitably. produced a settlem~nt without a
Prlees Didn't Drop strike in the first instance_
Ironically enough, it is widely While the companies yielded a
round to the lfnion, it was done
agreed that ·if the steelmakers had in part with . an eye to future ·ad-
any detr.ee of sincerity In their .
"inflation" pitch they could have Yant~ge. At stake in ~ quick ~et
convinced the public simply by .tlement was. the prestige of Vice
the tiniest drop in steel prices. President Richard Nix~n, who had
Such a move would have sand- personally-i?terve~e<J. in the con
O.gged the union's wage demands tract talks m thei~ late stag~s. .
'without a strike. The unwilling- . Appare?tly convmced that their
ne88 of the . firms to make any ~!erests. ca~ be adva.nced by the
price concession exposed the total n~ht kind of Preside~t In th.e
fraud of the "inflation" tactic. White H~u~, the s~eel mdll;8try •
• sudden wllhngness to make sizable
Another totally-deceitful tack· concessions to the union can i>e
employed by _the steel companies regarded as a huge campaign con
was to ~omplaln ab_out union in- tribution. l'h~ companies may bt!t
dustry-wide bargairiin1. At the looking forward to reaping somtt
same time, the major producers dividends not only in the form of
exerted treme~dous ~ressure on a new Republican President, but
smaller steel comparuec to keep more importantly, a possible swing
them In line. This repfy of the old to the right In Congress. Such a
Army game known as-"do-as-1-say- Congress might be calJed upon to
not-as-I-do" was exposed when a fetter union bargaining strength
smaller producer, Kaiser Steel, All of the statements following th~
moved . to settle on its own With settlement took pains to point up
the union. Nixon's role and to emphasize the
Kaiser was browbeaten into line boost the settlement gave hi•
by US Steel with threats .of can- Presidential prospects.
The mislead1Jig . nature of the. TV commercials showing one aspirin The shrieks C)f alarm about "ln-
dissolving quicker, and givliig "faster relie~·~ -than others, has just fJation" were also viewed with a Blue C· rOS"'S· Rate M'oves
·beeri criticized. by an •rticle in the New York County ~Medical So- certain amount of skepticism be- -
ciety's mag;;azlne. If one type -or brand takes only one second to dis- cause of the· failure of the indus-
1olve, and an<>ther as much a's ·four; there's no practical difference. try. to cu~ .its prices d~ring the
TV ads can be. especially ·misleading because they are dramatic, can _1958 recession, wh~n mills. were Spur· -Un1·on Hosp1·tal Plans
show pseudo-scientific demonstrations, can ,rig demonstrations, and running at about half capacity.
can "doctor" products to make them look better. TV commercials '~flation' is Cry
present actors who convincingly talk like docfors, dentists and scien- · -
The industry's calculated strat- Soaring increases in hospital costs in t_he New York area · tists; General ·Motors and Libby-Owens-For~ could claim in other ads egy was to use . the "inflation" cry
that "the view through thefr car 'windows is clearer. · In TV commer- as a cover for its move to tear the may prompt unions within the- city to activate programs to
cials tliey were. able to "prov~" it. But, the Federal Trade Commission heart out of contract -work rules establish their own hospital and medical care systems. The
1ays, they first' r(!lled down the windows before showing the "clearer" and seniority protection This Id t
. '"'few. · . : programs wou op e r a e " combination forced the strike. The
· Other advertisers have been reported using . shaving cream instead only resurt was that the strikers · through uniqn-negotiated_ wel-
of icing to make the!r cakes look better, salt tablets to make their ;recouped all their wage losses out fare plans. For s ever a 1
beer foamier; 'hot wine in · the cup of just one contract clause, which months now, New York City un
' instead Of the coffee they're actU• assures . each work~r a cash pay- ~ODS have been studying a proposal
aliy selling, and bleach,.not cleans- ment of $1,300 to $1,500 upon re- to build and operate hospttals for
Ing· powder, UJ!der the sponge· that tii'ement. · ,the benefit of union members and
wipes away tlie hard-to-clean spot. 'f.h.e insincere "Inflation" pitch their families. ·
Nor is anything more. convinc- of the steel companies is also be-.. This proposal was discussed by
fng than the annoucer protected by Ing soun.ded by the railroads now, New York unions last September,
an "invisible shield" in the TV bringing up a full-scale rail strike when hospitalization insurance
-· commercial for Colgate's Gardol. this April. Here, too, the objec- rates were boosted 26.IS percent.
. The combination ·of sight and
· sounci on TV' has· proved to be . al
. most .. hypnotic in its power to per
suare. Dr. Arthur Shapiro, a Pro
. -~es1Jor of Med-kine at the State
.. ,University for ~esearch hi lfypno-
\ sis, has said that "the · smoking
habit is . being established and re
established all the time in adver- ·
" A Famlly Affair
Last week, Blue Cross announced
it is thinking of boosting the cost
of its insurance each" year for the
next four years. The increases
will run rates up 58y~'-95 percent
higher during this period, accord
ing to the firm.
Outline Reasons
Though the hospital · associatio11
let it be known that no final de·
cision had been made yet on the
rate increase, there was littl•
doubt that the company would pe
tition the State Insurance Depart- ·
ment for high~r rates.
. Blue Cross gave several reasons
for the proposed increases. These
were: the need for increasing
wage and salary scales of hospital
employees; rising cost, and hospi
tals' requests for increases in Blue
<;_!oss payments.
tisernents everYWhere ... The man
selling cigarettes on television ·1s
a spellbinder. His 'si)iel is 'repe!l-
. tious, suggestiv.e, _ mo·notonous,
· · · While rate hikes were being
' being contemplated, so were ex-
-soothing, reassuring." . ·
. . More evidenie. _Qf the power of
TV ads . has come. ·from the - Bureau. of Labor Statistics· Its price ' .
eheckers liave reported greatly-increased consumptJon of ·deodorants, .
nail polish,· lipstick and. other toiletries, which ·they· attrib~ted tO ·
heavy TV adver'tisipg; , .:.. . .. . · . . · " · · :::- . · - • -' -,
, Nor · can the ·public-.}be · satisfied ~f. ·so~e of the medical product~
1old tlirough --TV and· other ad\iertisf-Qg · pt"edia, are· not ·a~tually li-ar.m-:
, f.ul al)d· "may. _ev~ ,gl~e ~~l!lPOf~ry relief" . . It's .harmft.U to, the pc)ck~t"I · ~
i book to pay $3 -for ,an "arthritis· m~dicine"·· which is basically aspirin. .
;1 The aspiriil-its_elf ls available for as .uttl'e,as;li5 cents for a bottle of 1007· ·_
F; .EveQ , ~ine ~dv~rt~sin~ lne,n 'ihems~lv~S:-' 'i~e .. getti.n~ _cri.tl~al~ ol the .
• •. 1, , Jfti~leadin~ cla~~· .; cutr~n~l~ ·l>~lnlJ°~'n,tade.:..,..J:!ot . ~~ly . i~- ·TV:~ ads, of· :
tensions of benefits, according to
the hospital service. One prn
posal brought forth was that room
and board allowances for a semi
private patient be extended to 120
days at full credit from a present
21 days at ~till pay and 180 days
at half rate.
Short;hanchtd? .,
~ 4iQune;.• JFaiPf.X ~e«>ne; ,91;:the ..Jbt1.::Foot~i· ,con'e· •&. Heidi.DJ .advei;tis!ng.
· . · / ~ agency, · ---~~gtlY,-... sai4. ;tbA( - ~~'ewai)ap~i@,,..gi-a~zlnes;-' -~ _ ~d- :radt.o : :
"' . . --~ ,foJild; c ... ~n: u~ -,aa!~s~~·~!th~.tne~~¥,eacJ~l~ea· sl~~;, ·.~y7~~Jrl~n" ~" ·
. ' ,( tng .proOf .·cft, clatms>:''- : .. .,. .., .. ~ .. , ... '· .. . • . . ''"'-·' ..... ~,- . ' . .. '" 1 ,. . " ~ :t\''"l' ' r
If a crewinember -quits while"
a ship is In porf, delegates
are asked to contact the ball
immediately fo_r a replace.
.m~nt. Fu~ actioq on their part
·will teep all jobi aboard ship: ·.
:,,ailed .at alf times and elimi.:·
. . .. . . . ~ . , ,"' 1rr i , , ~,,.., .. ..... ... ..... T v ., ~ . ~ .... .. , . .
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. -~ , . -~·.; .. : : ~cotlaer~ .uit11ihMi. ·~)~4 ... ~f~"'11--:W~·ihWt1• .. < •J.Wift.i:Ro.clr.~:•~~!fatitily ·~-pi~ed;ln ~,S_lU .hall. ~·
-~·~ .. -·.:' T.he. ·-!PV,...in~u1tcy.'•;~ 1atoP· ,411• "'.(lri{idbiD,~-e~l.tw··•~ ·~W . . · ~· · -~ .. 11e·rWir~-r-R~•••; ·an~ hil·.-.'!.ife ~ ........ : . IMa~ - Ev~~- ·
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O • nat• ih- 'ebm!ca·· or ilie lhip ~'·
. -Utllnc lhorlhanded. • , · ·-· · , " •
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MDs Serenaded··-·Viil Records,
.SenOtf! D.rug Piobers Report ,
. Senate investigators looking into price-fix~ng and "payola" pr'actices in. the drug indus
try have come up with something that beats everything yet-in this case to · three-quarter
time. One ,drug company has taken to sending out phonograph records to physicians with
music· on one side and adver
tising on the other.
Sil)ging Violins
One such record has the
noted Russian violinst David Ois
trak.h playing a concerto on one
side and a ·blurb for Miltown, a
brand name tranquili.:zer on the
other. Another one of these "free
bies" (a disk-jockey term for a
.. gift") features the "Twelve Days
of Christmas" on the one side and a
message from "Appetrol," a drug
to control appetite, on the other.
- For the benefit of those not
familiar with the song, "The
Tweiv·e Days of Christmas" is ·a
carol about some · lavish gift-giv
ing.
The drug company bas not come
out. with anything like "Music to
Prescribe Our Medications By,"
but this expected shortly. The mu
sical advertisements were mailed
to physicians by Wallace Labora
tories, a division of Carter Pro.d.:.
ucts, the firm, which markets Mil
town.
The investigations are peing con
ducted by a Senate subcommittee
under the direction of · Sen. Estes
Kefauver. The group is trying to
show that high drug prices . are
caused in part, by the expensive
promotion campaigns used by· drug
companies to inQ_uce doctors to
prescribe by brand name rather
than technical name.
The technical n·ame is' the sci
enl ific name given ·to the drug;
ILA Shl.ppers St1.ll Ta. lk · :~:r::rd t~:n:i~u~. :.~ ~~n:i~~~r;;
• much more expensive. For exam-
' . - pie, if a physician said "Take two
0. n ·Pirem' 1·um ·car· go ~· a·te ~:p~~:s~~~:in~ot~: ;:~~;~::r~~~~~ nical name. If he said, however,
two two 'Bayers' and go to . bed,"
Although longshoremen are now working again all along he wi11Id be prescribing by brand
the Atlantic and Gulf coasts under the terms of their new name. Medical investigators have
proven that all aspirin is tile same,
t~re.e-year contracts, tI:ie lntern~tional Longshoremen's Asso- and the least expensive brand of
c1abon and the New York · · aspi~in is just as good as .the . most
Shipping ·Association are con- with their. plans for new contain- expensive brand.
tinuing fo ·negotiate on the ership operations. · Kefauver Pryinr
major issue. left unresolved by tlie Sen Kefauver est1·mated that The SIU-contracted Bull' Lines, ·
agreement. . for instance, plans to expand its "one-third" of the ret.ail price of
This issue is the payment of pre- containership service to Puerto drugs is spent for "advertising and
mi um rates on cargo shipped Rico next spring, and has ordered promotion." The . money spent ·by
through the port_in containers that 196 ah,1minum · cargo containers the companies does not make the·
are loaded or unloaded away from and 166 tandem chassis trailers market any larger. "It just gives
the docks. for aelivery next March and April. ~hem a larg~r sh?re of the exist
. The longshoremen's contract The containers-ao of which will .mg market, if it is successful.
with tile NYSA, which also served be refrigerated-wiil be used on The new hearings, ~hich ar~ to
as a model for contracts in the the company's six c-2 freighters start Januar~ 21s!, wil~ .be .solely
South Atlantic and Gulf p'orts, operating between New York, Bal- concerned · w1~h. tranqmhze~s. Al
stipulated that premium rates timore and the island though tranquilizers were originul
t;hould b~ paid on container car- Grace Line also is. kicki~g off ly develop_ed for use in mental hos'
go, but left the amount of _the pay- its new- "Seatainer" service with pitals, they have lately become
ments to· future negotiation or pos- very popular with people who are
13ible arbitration. the Santa Eliana, which will sail suffering from anxiety tensions
Union Research
from New York on January 29 for and emotional disturbances.
:Venezuela. Curr.ently, at the manufacturers
The union is now doing research
_to determine how many men are
likely to be displaced as container
cargo expands in volume.
Meanwhile a number of shipping
companies, apparently heartened
by the signing of the . new long
ghore contracts, are going ahead
The Santa· Eliana, formerly a tevel, $Bl.es amount to sQme 200
standard C-2 freighter, has been million dollars per year. Retail
converted to a containership and sales proeably push this figure up
will be the first US ship of its to around a half-billio·n dollars.
kind to engage in foreign trade. The subcommittee is trying to find
Next month the· Santa Eliana out whether prices are comp'eta
will be joined in the Venezuelan tive, ·or whether new anti-trust leg-
trade by the Santa Leonor. islation is needed.
PANDORh <Epiphany) Dec. 6-
Chairman, Luke J . Wynbu Secretary,
John Jellette. John Jellette was
unanimously elected ship's delegate.
Delegates from each department will
submit repair lists to ship's delegate
who will, in turn, submit them to cap·
tain. Wringer needed for washing
machine . Steward will fssue linen
piece by piece on linen "day. Cleaning
of laundry and recreation rooms
agreed upon by delegates.
FORT HOSKIN CCltles Service> Dec.
I-Chairman, R. T. Gazle; Secretary,
J ~ mes Roberts. 1st assistant to repair
wa~ertight doors. J,Jala nce in ship's
fund $20. lt was suggested that trans
por~ation clause be clarified by patrol·
man at payoff, a nd also to check Ar
t icle 2, Section 55, No. 2 Ca). Jt was
requested that eoi;ppany notify crew
24 hours in advance ·of foreign trip.
The majority of crew voted that the
food needs imprq,ving.
closed, Steward will look into the
matter of steaks twice a week. Vote
of thanks to steward dept. for fine
job.
not completed ln shipyard. Vote of
thanks for steward dept.
ZY~HEllHILLS <l"enlnsular Nav. Ce.)
Nov. 21-Chairman, c. Martin, Secre-
PENN VANGUARD lPenn Marine tary, L. D. l"ierson. Charles Martin
Co.l Nev. 29-Chalrman, H.""Zern; sec· elected ship's delegate. Lists should
retary, A. J. Nelson. Dave Miller · be made up of things needed from
,,·- 'NJ •hin's dele)!ate. Deck dept.. slop chest in Honolulu. · List will 'be
lockers to be repaired and all othcu maQe up ef men that did not get
l v .:~ cllecked. Need clotheslines for transpertatlen.
lower passageways. Guards for radia· - •
tors to be fabricated. Men shipped on ELIMlll <Marine Carrler.s>, Dec.-2'
Chalrnian, P. Shauger; Secretary, G. 25th to receive Hnen all,ewance 9f S6 .
each. Launch schedule. to be arranged
before arrival to coincide with various
departments' working hours.
JOHN B. WATERMAN) Dec. 13-
Chalrman, Howard Berglne; Secreta ry,'
L. A. Brown. Repairs progressing.
Digest
' Hair. ' Two men failed .to :loin ship.
One missed . Jn Norfolk, the . othei:
after getting ltls job asslgnmeht . from
Houston. Mack D. Brenple resigned
as shlp:s delegate, M._ Welcli elected
new ship's delegate. Locker broken
· int• Dec. 13 and SlOO stolen. - .
VAKA <Waterman>, Dec. 27-Chalr·
m;i,n, W. It. Mcllveen; Secretary, How·
ward F. Mem:. Repair work requested
was done: .ship sprayed, hospital
painted, medicine chest checked and
in good order, new washing machine
aboard, all beefs squared away. Coffee
cups not to be left on deck. To ' be
brought back to pantry and pantry
, ·1...U, II, IHI
Dreulns Up For Holldays
Alcoa Ra~ger. saloon gets ll~rgl dec:oration
McAll, saloon m·essman, does the honors.
eve of C~ristm~s sailing. . ., ··
as Seafarer Richard . ·
Photo ·;.vas taken on
N.Y Suffe_rS l/sual
Post-Holiday Decline
NEW YORK--:Shipping dropped quite a bit during the last
.period, yet de~pite the .decline, many ~'A" men didn't . grab
jobs :off.the .board as they were postep; accordi~g to ~ill-Hall,
port agent.. .:
There :were . yery few beefs fo~k, Council ·Grove <Cities. ~erv•
f · ice; Thetis <Rye Mat1ne>; Steel Ex.
rom men who were paid ?ff ecutive (Isthmian> and Afoundria
here last we~k, with the exce_pbon <Waterman).
of an OT discrepancy aboard· the , Sig~ on: · Robin Hood <Robin);
~obin Gray, - w~ere $200 of o~e~- Steel Woi~ker (Isthmian) and
time pay .was disputed, but eventu- · Kathryn (Bull).
ally doled ouL The. money col- In transit: 'Azalea CitY. (Pan-At·
lected involved a restnction-to-ship !antic); Seatra1n New Je.:sey (Sea•
beef. . trai'nl; Alcoa Pointer <Alcoa); Long.
NLRB Hearin&: · . view Victory (Victory Carriers), an4
Hall reported that the upgrading Ga.pt. N. Sitinas <Tramp _Shipping).:
school is coming along well . He
also noted the. Marine Allied Work
ers Division has . National Labor ·
Relations Board hearing coming
up oµ the 20th. This involves' some
450 employees of a company now
Union H~s
Cable Address
Seafarers~ "verseas who. want
to get in· .touch with hel\dquar· '.
ters in ·a hurry can do so by .
cabling the Union- at tts ·cable ·
under organization. '
The following ships paid off:
Robin Gray <Robin); Kathryn, Bea
.trice; Carolyn, Elizabeth, Dorothy
(Bull); Seatrain Texas, · Seatrain
Louisia.na, Seatrain Texas, Seatram
Savannah (Se~train); -1'"'airland,
Bienville, .-Raphael Semmes, Gate
way City <Pan-Atlantic>; cs Nor-·
. ··t?ss, 'SEAF A&ERS NEW
YORK.
Use of this addr.~ss will assure
::>eedy transmission on all me~ :
sages and faster -~rvice for· the
men 1m·-'ved.
Charles. Agreed to make coffee in
the urn only for morning meals.
Steward department given a vote of
thanks.
VENORI <Marven), . Jan. 5-Chalr·
. man, R. J. Brown; Secretary, M. Klel·
ber. New repair list made up and
presented to captain. Ship's delegate
resigned, Stanley M. Wojten elected.
Crew extends thanks to the steward
department ,for an excellent New
Year'• meal. ·
·was elected. A suggestion was made
that the ship be equipped with new
mattresses and pillows. PatrohTI.,n
commended the manner In which the
last payoff was conducted. Captain
informed the ship's delegate to tell
the crew that the slop chest wlllbe
paid in cash on your last draw., Ship's
fund ls Sl9. One man missed ship.
Nb beefs.
DEL SANTOS (Mlsslsslpp.I), Oct. 20
-Chairman, L. Antoine; Secretary,
Zlellnskl. 112 in ship's fund. No food
ts to be given kroo boys and any
memb~r doing so ls to be brought up
on charges. ·
COALINGA HILLS <Marine), Jan: '
· -Chairman, Peter' DI Capua; Seer..:
_ tary, Albert W. Dykes. Special vote
of thilnJts to steward department~ es·
' peclally chief cook and baker, for COEUR D'ALENE VICTORY . <Vlc-
splepdld service and best df foud. :.._ tor.yl, ~ec. 5-Chalrman,. w. R. Lay·
Have liad trouble with galley, range ton; Secretary, ' F. G. McQuagge. .Re·
and captain will not take proper steps pair lists submitted. Chief cook's room
to get it reJ'iilred. No money on needs painting. same lor deck' maln·
board for draws in Midway. Captain tenance. Fight between wiper and
only allowed $5, claimed he had no oiler to be handled by shore authos:l·
. mqney, ~uinps discharge gas, they ties, very little cooperation from cbiet
leak so baoly, and almost killed the engineer witR deck department. i -
pumpmari. who was sent down with· '
. out a ga's mask to' set valves. AB DEL SANTOS (Ml;';ls~l~pll, b,c: 20
.went down to get him and gas was so -Chairman, L. Antoinei Se:cretilr.y,
MARYMAR <Calmar) Dec. 6-Chalr·
man, Guy Walter; Secreta"ry, Elmer .
Barnhill. Elmer Barnhill elected ship's
delegate. Christmas decorations were
discussed. Attempting to get a library
from one of the West Coast halls. Of SIU Ship
Meetings
left clean. · ·," . ·
_,,strong, he co~ld11't do so. ReqlJired Mont. McNa!lb. $12 In ship's fun,d,, tfew .
• special medical equipment .fr11m Mid· hours of OT dlsp'uted. .Mutibn .. .nuUle
-'way to save his life . . · Captain wouldn't to have ship lumlgated. to get new ,·
' r.
ELIZABETH <Hum Dec. 6 - Chair·
man, Vellinga; Secret•ry, R. H·ernan·
dez. Minor repairs should be reported
so as to allow sufficient time for the
engineers or mate to order require·
ments while the ship ls at sea. Two
men were 111iid off at P'uerto Rico.
Vote of thanks to t he steward dept,
for a job well done. ,.
, CS MIAMI <Cities Service>; Dec. 1-
Chalrman, D. E. Shields; Secr.etary,
H. C. Wirtz. Joseph Bldzllya :elected
ship's delegate. Messroom and laundry
are t'o be kept clean. · "
,/' ;-~ -· - ·
' DEL AIRES • <MlssJsslppl) Nov • . 22.....,;
Chalrm~n, A. ·F. potY'< '5ecr•l.11ry, .John
WlilJed. One • ·man ~ ;b,ospltallzed • ;in
Buenos- Aires.' .Some.· disputed · ;OT. ' It
. was 1uggcsted that a b.uzzer be ·Jn·
.~sta'tled in / cre.w.s '!'es~room for stand·
by man and to initall a whl1tle which
.-:in b• hear«l_ when · · porthole. lire
Ship's · fund 16.25. R. F. · Kennedy
elected as new ship's delega te. Bosun
· 1uggests all members contribute to
purchase necessary Ingredients for
eggnogs a•Chrlst;naa ,md New Year.
Dayman's gear should be packed and
left at the hall.
ANTI NOUS , (Waterman>, Ja!I. 3- giye men a hospital slip or allow a gangway as present port side one 11-.
Ch-airman• Fre~ . Travis; Secrfitary, . doctor ' aboard. Later ordered men rotten.:_ Lifeboat ·situation ·to be
Eugene itay. I . B. Ducan, wiper. taken off the 'shil>' so that gas leakage could brought to attention of pat rolman.
m. paid off in Genoa. One man· in· 'be • ,fixe<f. ·: When "meri 'returned they Starboard boat hasn:t been able to be
jured in mess hall ·fight. Crew m:ess· .were -restricted tii -shlp for ·r 'emalnder lowered in two·· trlps. Very unsafe. ¥
man logged one .. day.+ $tew&..rd depart- ," ,of ahip•s 1tay ln "Midway. -. · -- .., ·
ment thinks its unf'ustlfied. Men gei; _. - . . '."'· . --,;--; ., . , , · JOSEFINA <L.'I be.rt Y Na\'.lgetl(!.!i),
ting off are • requested to strip all . BAL T-ORE <Marven>,· Dec. 31 - Dec. 19-Chalrman, J. E. Tann.,, lee• ·
bunks and. leave rooins clean. - ' , Chalrmafi, Stanley' H!>14erv~.~itcretary, r~tafY1 .. Yf• D. Loma?': 'Due ·to lhe
· :,.._...,;.- . ~ B. We!'ltworth. »i:erythl.ni Tunnln& , re.fusal of the captal~. to issue a draw
WINTER HILL 'CCltlH Service), Jan. smoothly. No beefs, •one man· was ·- in Ceuta. the crew ')>Ut in 'for ' OT for •
~Cti_alrman, w. R: James; Se~retary, hospltal,ized 1n· Ven~uela. Cr.ew ·ex· • tlie, watc.h l>l!low, ·alnce no . dral( t• .
A. frl. f>letrowskl. '.Drain under coffee tend• a vote of thanks ; to t~e chief equal to~ restrlctlon aboard the vessel.
urn to be le~t open ~Ince It. cl~gs .up · cook for donatlng ·· oysters which were A: few hours '.of 'iUaput~d Q'l!. Be.ef _
and has to be taken apart. Qne man . 1erved. l\t the .Chtlstmaa dinner: · on 'enelne.er's worklne without 11· call· .
mls11ed, ship in· Lake . 'Charles. .sailed . · ·. ;• --. -· .• . out {>f unlicensed ,Pe/:'sqnnel, and chief
thre~ men short last · two trips, be· DEL AL:BA ' (Mi11l11lppll; ·Dec. 1s.:- · · and Jti'lt llsst. - yellhll at wipers. 'Res~ .
cause no rei!lacements came frem Chalrm11n~ Jr. E. barvllle1 . Secretary, .· ' l~tlon :·made that·· a · draw shollld .be' .i
Houston. Stores discussed ,and atew· 0. · O. l"arker. · R •• G: Schram ,wll.9 · Juued •an)!tJme p.n IJfU ehlp dqcks ·and' •·
..,,ard ha~ order~il •plenty of' everythln& !!Iected -•~P . de~egate, ~oir).e, ~lls~ute_!!' . -;ahore l~~v~ 'i• :1rlinted. ~.ant !o. 'have ·
now ·• ~ · • · . • ." · OT • . It. ,,a1, au11e1te4 ttiat leach mem··~ ·• -,rept enntatlve ofi' • tl)e Food Plan•
. PE_NN SHIPPER <Penn Shipping c~} .. ·· ·.,:~ ·:A' 1 ·~,·~~·· ,.~ • .~ . . 1 _b'e~ 'ot, _th,e · crew. :c1etu,i r(the w'~~ ... check_ t!J.e ,_,lt,or.ef. •: .l;l!totJ! sal!Jn'g:; to .. ~.'
• Dec. '-;-Chairman, A. · Landry; s.,ci:• -_ .. , 'r.HI,. CA•JHl ·l't~1·1 . Clt.~m _Jan~ J.::io' 1
- .ina_5hlne •ttei; . U¥.:~ : · ~ " . ,'; < , .make·. aur-~ of *!te quality and quantlt:r
tar~!. D.uke Gardner. Sh!p's fund ,13.10., . • ~palri,lan, ;JH1e · w. Mll.loney1 leer• ·~ · ... - · · x, -- . ' ' : of prOYlldone. Seat in llbrari '1eedJi .
; No b'eefs. steward dep't tq clean tar_y, Jo~ph s. "'°ore. ,Ship;•. i!Uid '" -~L,Cp~ ~ION.lilll- <Alco~>, Dec .. U"'T r.~!'alr. Weevlla rn ·chow.01no ~w:eet · ·
recreation room: black gang apd ~~ek ·126,44, S~p"I .deleeate want•. t" h~ve.-~ ~C:hlilr"!•n, t1( • • w. ~~llil ~cret.a~,. . ,P,,lck) e.1 .. _or hot n.iustar,d. nl11ht-~u.n.c!J , ·
, to clean laundry room. Repair ll1t , a patrolman meet the ablp .. 1n l.lil(e · • ; Cancml~do~ ·A new· 1hlp'1 .<delepte ·Of. f poor ' quality." 1
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Six Seafarers take a coffee breather aboard the Steel Architect while
ship is at Brooklyn dock.
Recently three Isthmian
ships were berthed in one
day of the Erie Basin ter
minal in .Brooklyn. He're
are some of the crewmen
in action aboard them.
A pair of deckhands wave greetings from their lofty perch aboard
S•teel Surveyor. Nobotj.y seems to be diz~y up there.
.. L; . )3 r, a,c e; oiler, gets
'!needle.d" py: Dr. · L. LiP
pe~t .aboard Architect.
Steel Age pantryman Frank Stirk
taps a cup for Hubert Goley, DM .
Ralph J. Smith, messman, pours for
Angel Valdez (left) and John Bo9in,
Steel Surveyor. ~hip's delegate.
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:TB Ho~pitalS~t :T'! ,Cl~se; /_- INQUIRING .-SEAE!RER
SIU ff1,fs 'Contraet1ng-Out'
-Houston.Still
Prosperou~
Are , you waiting for a 'particular run at this time Ti
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Some time back, the SE.AF ARERS LOG suggested that the
American Merchant Marine ·Institute chapge the "A" (for
American) in its name to "R" (for· Runaway) in view of the In Dold ruins Institute's constant support of runaway operators. Just re
- NEW ORLEANS-Shipping ' was cently the Institute showed once ag.ain that it is inimical to
in the doldrums duririg the previ- an American merchant piarine and is serving as the catspaw·
N'-Orleans
· ous period, with only 90 men get- of the major oil companies.
ting regular jobs, though some of ,
the~e were · "B" and "C" men. A 'meeting of the AMMI's tanker committee, which con-
Payoffs reached an all-time low, . ~isted of representatives of virtually all the big 4.merican
but the -Outlook for the coming
period is much better. owned international oil companies and officers of the AMMI,
One · ship paid oft during the called upon the Maritime Administration to deriy any ~ind of
previous shipping period: tha An- assistance to financially-troubled independent tanlrer opera-
drew Jackson <Waterman), ~
Two ships signed .on: Alcoa Puri- tors under the American flag. Instead, the group asked that
tan <Alcoa> and Andrew Jackson the independents be driven into bankruptcy and their ships
(Waterman). b l · h fl d b k t · In iransit were: Alcoa Puritan, e ·put ~to t e reserve eet an .never ro en out. excep m
Alcoa Corsair <Alcoa); Seatrain cases. of extreme emergency. (For details, see story on
Georgia, Seatr~jn Louisiana, <Sea- page 2.)
train); Steel Worker, Steel Fabri- "
cator, Steel Artisan, Steel Vendor Further, just this week, th~ AMMI made it known that it is
(.Isthmian>; Gateway City, Raphael unalterably opposed to any administrative ruling which
Semmes ·<Pan Atlantic>; Suzanne would give American~flag tankers a reasonable share of
(Bum: Andrew Jackson, Monarch
of the Seas, wacosta, Madaket, America's oil impor~. At present, that share is down to less
Claiborne <Waterman); Ames Vic- than five percent. Dozens of ~S-flag tankers are in lay-up or
tory and Mankato Victory <Victory carrying grain cargoes to keep out of bankruptcy.
Carr.>.
The irony of the situation is !hat the companies squawking
about minimal G~vernmen_t assistance to.American-flag tank
ers are the very 1ame outfits which have all kinds of buil~-in
special"privilege provided by that same Qovernment. AmQng
them are the· special on depletion ·allowances, whch cuf their
taxe~ far below those of oth~r industries; a free hand to bring
oil imports lnto the States on tax-free, low-wage r\Jnaw~y
- sh~ps "plus insurance guarantees from the US in the event
of emerge~cy and ·proteetion of the · US Na\,y and US State
Departµient for their ships. -
For that matter, ')the l~stitute represents to large degree
those companie$ which are the most heavily-subsidized by
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the US, both as to construction and operation,_yet they would
deny moves. to s~rengthen an Ameri~-flag tanker fleet at po
cost wpatso'evei: to . the ps _taxpayer. - . .
-: In · the last . analysis,- its clear that · the AMMI executives
and major oil ~ompanies BJ."~ among ~he nu~Jler one enem~eS
of !. .strong merc~ant marine; . _ . . · . .
Pase Blena
_Reds May Hunt
Own Nose Cones
S~afarers manning Suwannee missile ships in the South
Atlantic may soon have Russian counterparts hunting nose
cones in the Central Pacific. This is one of the implications
of. a recent announcement in
which the Soviet Union said
it would fire a ser.ies of new
and "powerful" space rockets into
the Central Pacific sometime be
tween now and February 15.
Another factor, as far as Seafar
ers and other US seamen are con-
cerned,- is· the Soviet's warning to
all ships and planes to steer clear
of the designated area during the
test period.
Although the US-with Seafar
ers playing a prominent role_:_has
recovered a number of nose cones
and data capsules fired from Cape
Canaveral, the Moscow announce
ment did not specifically say that
Soviet ships in the area would at
tempt to recover rocket sections.
missile range which would lie on
the other ~ide of the globe,
but which would almost exactly pa
rallel the US missile range run
ning from Cape Canaveral to ·As
cension Island.
Lakes Outfit
Asks OK On •
Ore Haulage
The Reds did say, though, that
after each launching a special fleet WASHINGTON - The T. J.
of Soviet ships would cruise into McCarthy Steamship Company, a
the target area to make "necessary Great Lakes District contracted
measurements." This increased operator, is asking the Federal
the likelihood that some attempts
at recovery might be mal:ie, wtth
the . possibility that Red seamen
may soon be engaged in their own
rocket-recovery competitions, just
as Seafarers now are.
No Official Prohibition
The Soviet announcement urged
all governments· to instruct their
air and sea craft to stay ·out of the
target area, but so far there has
been no official US Government
prohibition. On . previous occa
sions, during its own tests in the
Pacific, the G o v er n m e n t has
warned ships and planes to stay out
of the test areas.
The target area delineated in the
Soviet announcement is about
1,000 miles east of the Marshall
Islands, where the US has' also
tested nuclear devices.. It is
about halfway between Hawaii and
New Guinea and about 3,000 miles
from the nearest Soviet territory
the port of Vladivostok and the
Kamchatka Peninsula north of
Japan . .
The announcement did not
identify the launching site for -the
tests, but it was generally believed
that the launching site would be
somewhere in eastern Siberia.
This would give the Soviets a
Vote Benefit . '.•
To Andersen
Seafarer Lawrence Andersen, 59,
a charter member of the SIU and a
sea-going man since-1931, has been
approved by the SIU ·Welfare Plan
Trustees for a disability pension,
' effective retroac
tive to January 3,
1960.
Andersen will
receive the $35
we e k 1 y benefit
check, as ap
proved by the
trustees at the
last meeting.
Andersen The veteran
. Seafarer, w h o
ships as AB, last went to sea aboard
the Wacosta . <Waterman). Ill
health prevented him from return
ing to his job; as a result he was
found· unfit /or duty. - Consequent
ly, he applied for the disability
pension.
The .retired Seafarer resides in
Mobile, Ala. Down through the
years he · had· shipped on a wide
variety of SIU "\tessels, sailipg
throughout World War II.
Maritime Bo·ard to allow it to con
tinue hauling ore on the Great
Lakes until present contracts have
expired. McCarthy. is seeking a
Federal subsidy enabling it to
operate in the Lakes-to-Europe
trade which the FMB holds would
conflict with its ore-hauling rights
in domestic service.
-The Maritime Board had earlier
decided that, in light of the sub
sidy request, the firm should stop
hauling ore for the Wilson Transit
Co. McCarthy, however, argues
that the domestic trade in which
the firm is engaged is not com
petitive with other non-subsidized
domestic operators on the Lakes.
The steamship operator also
stated that it has an agreement
with the Wilson firm whereby the
latter won't insist on full perfor·
mance of the contract and won't
exercise its option to keep the
agreement in effect provided that
McCarthy performs under the con
tract during the open seasons of
1960 and 1961. ~
It was noted by the FMB, how
ever, that McCarthy had purchased
four ore ships from Wilson to han
dle the trade, and if . M<;Carthy
can't contin.ue to carry. the cargo.
then Wilson will be obligated to do
so. Thus the ore carriage in ques
tion will not be available to other
carriers, the Maritime Board stated.
McCarthy is seeking operating
subsidies for 16 to 24 sailings a
y·ear to the United Kingdom and
the Continent. It has already won
approval for continuance of its
auto-ferrying operations.
Pick Up 'Shot'
Card At Payoff
Seafarers who have taken the
series of inoculations required
for certain foreign voyages are
reminded to be sure to pick up
their inoculation cards from the
captain or the purser when they
pay off at the end of a voyage.
The card-should be picked up
by the Seafarer and held so that
it can be presented when sign
ing on for another voyage where
the "shots" are required. The
inoculation card is your only
proof of having taken the re
quired shots.
· Those men who forget· to pick
up tlieit' inoculation card when
they pay off may find that they
are required to· take all the
"shots" again when they want
to sign on for_ another s~ch voy
age.
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SfomaCh trouble sent Seafarer Michael "Mike" Miller to 'the USPHS
Hospital in New Orleana, and no·w it looks like he'll have to have an
opera"tion. Mike. la~ sailed as ·a .cook and steward on llie SS Alice
Brown, and before that shipped• on the Atlantic.. Very stoically, he
says "What is to be, will be." . _ . _
- Also down New Orleans are Seafarers Leroy Clarke, Jtlchfr4 Caril
lo, Accurso Bontl and Nelson Wood.
Brother Clarke's last · ship ·was the Del Norte-. He's doing fine after
having a 16-lnch cut on his stomach for an operation, and ls up and·
around talking about being an outpatient soon. ·
Bonti _ Wood Clarke .
In for a thorough examination after having taken sick on his last
voyage is Seafarer Richard Carrillo. His last ship was the SS Del Mar.
An oldtimer, he has sailed mostly on passenger ships with tJte excep
tion of trips on freighters during the American Coal beet As Brother
Carrillo s·ays: "It's probably the mileage." .
A broken leg sent Seafarer Accurso Bontl to the hospital. His· last
ahip was the Waldo. "Things wouldn't be too bad if I get Inl> :Jst pay
off from the Waldo ... but its a W~rld Tramping ship." The payoffs
have been delayed by US seizure of the ships. Seafarer Nelson Wood,
whose last ship was the Steel Admiral, had a heart attack but is now
doing fine. He looks forward to being able to get UIT"and around soon.
Seafarers on the beach or on shore leave are asked to remember
their buddies in the hospitals and visit them, or drop a line to say
hello.
USPHS HOSPITAL
BALTIMORE, MD.
Leonard Davis .John Nordstrom
S . Fauntleroy Dennis Pierce
Eusebie Gherman Edgar Smith
Gorman T. Glaze .Jose Soares
Robert Godwin A . Stracclollnl
James Macunehuck John ·Zohll
Anthony Maiello
VA HOSPITAL
BALTIMORE, MD.
· Maurice J . Flynn ·
USPHS HOSPITAL
• llRIGHTON. MASS. .
Bartolo Cr11.~ William McKenna
Elmer Grose Raymond ,Perry
Peter King
USPHS HOSPITAL
GALVESTON, TEXAS
William Brown George Trapeza1
Lawrence Floyd .JOR Valenzuela
George Howard .John Ward
Herbert Kennedy
USPHS HOSPITAL
SAVANNAH, GA.
Ernest Bryant David McCollum
Cleo Copeland Andrew Sproul
Carl Hargraves
JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
MI.\j'fU, FLORIDA . ·
Arthur King · .
USPHS HOSPITAL
NORFOLK, VA.
Cecil Batts . Edwin Thomas
Farris M. Jones
USPHS HOSPITAL
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
Hilarlon Aqulo Roland Hicks
Edward Atkins Edward Hulzenfa
Eugene Ben( Richarll Kohls
Richard Carter Abraham Mander1
Norman DuBois Frank Schembri
:""!'.\Diel Gemeiner Norman West
USPHS HOSPITAL
SF..ATI'LE, WASH.
I. P. Balderston Cornelius Meher
USPHS HOSPITAL
FT. WORTH, TEXAS
Richard Appleby Max Olaon
B. F . Deibl~r Joseph P. Wi.M
Woodrow Meyers Peter W . Sotlre
Albert Ogletree .
USPHS HOSPrl'AL
MANHATI'AN BEACH
BROOKLYN. NY
Matthew Bruno
G. Caratlallo -
Leo V. Carreon
Wade Chandler •
.Joseph D. Cox
.John .J. Driscoll
Otis L. Glbbs
Bart E. Guranick
Taib Hassan
John J. Hazel
William D. Kenny_
Ludwig Kristiansen
Thomas Lebay
PrimlUvo Muse
.Jeremiah O'Byme
George G. Phifer
Henry E. Smit h
Almer S. Vicker1
Lu&her .E. Wlnf
Pon P . Wi.ilg -
R. E. Waterfield
USPHS HOSPITAL
_ STATEN ISLAND, NY
Ake Anderson Frank .llazet
Allie Androh Marco. E. Medina
Oscar J . Adams Felix Muniz ·
Charles Berpgna Ray 0. Noak
Robert W . Bunner_ Eugene OJeca
.Joaquin Cortez Chao A. Pao
Claude L. Davis Wallace Perdue :Jr.
William M. Drew William R. Phi}ip
Wm. P . Driscoll · PhWip Pron
Jesus Fernandez Angel Reyes
Michael A. Filosa Peter Richter
Walter Gustavson John L. Roberts
Luis Gutierez Manuel Sanchez
Alfred Kaju Juan "Jll. Soto
D. -Kambano1 . T. A. Spencer
James Kelly Fernando Tiaga
Edward Lane Benjamin Trot&le
·chas. A. MacDonald Claude A . Virgin
Carmine Mancino Pedro A. Viruef
Ernest G. Manley
USPHS HOSPITAL
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Thomas E . Andrews Leo Lang
Edward P. Avrard Clyde P. Leggett
Accurso Bontl Irvin mtthew1
Roderick Broqlts Michael MUJer
Sevando .J. Cll'nale1 Amtel Mitchll:e
R. B. Carrillo Cleo Mixon
G. W. Champlin _John Naugle
Leroy Clarke George Pease
Lavern -Coats Francis Regan
William Coj111t1 Edwin Reynoldll
Hugh Dick M. -Rodriguez
.John Fr.ench Gosta Roupe
Charlie A. Gedra Antonio Santiago
Calvin Cr.a.btree, pantryman
aboard the Alcoa Ranger, loolt1
after something on the range.
Seafarer- Crabtree lives in Mo
bile, Alabama, when he's not
shipping._
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In the cotirse of a little more . /
than a month, we have,. 11:1 rapid
succession, celebrated Tha11ksgiv
ing, Chris~mas and the New Yef!!'.
The LOG has rece.lved a large
number of menus from well-stuffed
Seafare~s with requ~sta to reprint
said menus for the benefit of all
to see.
Unfortunately, there are so many
on · hand now that if they were
printed they. would make In edi·
tion larger than the New York
telephone directory. So as the nex~
best measur-e, we are .,r,hiting the
names of some· of the ships that
sent ·in outstanding 'menus.
Th~ menus were q~i~. similar
... turkey and roast beef were Jn
cluded on all of them • • • and
fr.om the '"looks and size of the
shipboard ·feasts, from the· shrimp
cocktails to the ·after dirtner minti,
the .)!Q.Oks . ~ust have , pro.d'!ced
monum~ntal dinn~ that would be
the envy of patrons of the more
e~pensive restaurants ashore ..
· Some. of the menus received:
were from:
SS Ble~vllle; SS Pandora;· ,SS HARBOR GENERAL HOSPITAL
TORRANCE, CALIF.
Edward 0. Johnson
US SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL
W A~HINGTON, DC
· Wm. H . Thomson
VA HOSPITAL
CENTER HOT SPRINGS. SO. DAKOTA
W. L. Griffin Cyril Sawyer
Wade B. Harrell Henry St . Germain
Harry R. Hebert Chu. Summerell
Ner es Johnson David William•
Edward Knapp Nelson Wood
Norman Krumm
MT. Wll.SON ST4TE HOSPITAL
- BALTIMORE, MD.
· Alcoa Corsair; US~ Roeeknot't
and SS Peon Voyager. All of the
galley gangs on. these ships re:.
ceived hearty thaiiks from the
crews for top-notch holiday feed
ing.
George Davhl
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wait . . .
Too swift for tho1e wh:o f ear
Too . long for those who griev1
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Too short jo'I' those who. ·rejoic~. .
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But. for those . iuhi> sail, ·a'{t.f ~.' , ·
Time is eternity.
To the Editor:
I have read 'Mlke Gottschalk'•
article and 'several othen ·about . I . .
the homesteaders and I thought
I'd add -a few of my own, per-
sonal ideas. ·-
I would like · to ask what a
married Seafarer who has a
famui to support, a home, chil·
dren in school, etc., Is to do?·
And what about the :Seafarer
who might ,be tryµig to ·save
Letters -·To ·
, The Editor,
All lette'l'1 to · the editor fO'I'
publication in the SEAF AR·
ERS J .-OG 'mwt be afgned
b11 the writer. Names t.Oill
be withheld upon f'~quelt.
in)urles, both Internal and· ex
ternal, af •the USPHS .hospital
· on Staten Island, wJ)icli has all
the faclllties forrauch ·an exami
lfation. _
In the meantime I want o
take this opportunity to thank
:Brother Skaggs for visiting me . wliile. in the hospital overseas.
Honorable mention should also
- go to all my shipmates on tbe
Suzanne for their many kind:
nesses~ Brothers Horace Mobley
and Israel Echeverria iri par
ticular, were especlaHy helpful.
Also, thanks to·-the crewmem
he.rs who had the rare pr~sence
of mind, to-. take candid shots at
the scene of th~ accident. ,
Most of all I want to wish all
my brother Seafarers i Very
Merry Christmas· and a 1fappy
New Year.
Clarence L. Co~ ,, .
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Broken Wrli&t
Stops. Seafarer ·
To the _Editor: ' .1 ! '
My New Years ,Resolution ls -
enough money to buy. a home or to stay· 'out of bori"e war!!s; ·a1'
small business or some money ' tbougli we are all well treated
for a few comforts after re-. here .. The feeding .plan leans
tirement? pretty heavily on fats, - gravies
No one, who stops and glv~11 and pretty waitresses.
th_ought to the matter, would Whil.e carrying a mo'tol' and
. say that a man is not entitled to pump frame, I slipped on a
the above if he - ls wlHlng to ladder. ·I was okay but · the
work and sav~ and not hurt his- frame and 1ngle·lron came down
brothers while · accomplisliing across my forearm and wrist. I .
his aim. broke one wrist bone and "dislo-
Well you sure can't accom- cate somi;} others. ·Fortunately,
plish any of the above if you I am ht-aling nicely. ·
have to pile <5ff a ship every few The plaster cast Is no ·handl
months. Can It be that a l:Jnion • c·ap and I am now able to write
brother is ~rying to trump up a letter with my right band.
something to knock eyery m!ln The df>Ctor 1nlbts that wrist
off a ship after - ~ year? There ·bones recluire more time to
are Instances, but ~hey are very · heal than straight bone breaks
rare, in which a man should be so unless I knit unusualiy fast'
taken off a ship, ~~ I'm quite the doctor says I'll be . In he~
sure th"at H it is legiti~ate , and for two ·months. The accident
. properl:y handled by the crew . occurred · 10:30 AM at Bremer·
· use~,-the Union ~ffic.als wlll go haven, while the s.h.lR w~B ~ady-:-·
· along with Sl!~h. • Ing itself for its c!epartua:e to
In the SIU, 10· an~ port in the New Orleans. The port captain
·East or; West coast, or Gulf, a~y said tha~ I wiU be able to return
member can make one, tw.o or on a company ship. Needless to"'.'
any number of trips, pay off and say th.iS hospital business is a
register, !lnd sjtip wi~ln a few ne.; experience.
weeks, or eve~ a few days if lie John P. Forsette . ,
. is lucky. . .. · .. ..
Personally; I :be 11 e v•e our - . . ... -:: ... ...
who1e set-up•1s the best, as ·far. . Penn Voyager
. as shipping rules, 8 hip p Ing- H ••. 'ste . . ..
. turnover, benefits, vacations a1 • war-us
ana everythiiig else is con- To ~he Editor: -_,
· cerned. I see no reason for any I am the ship's delegate and
chang~ whatsoever. , am· writing this letter on behalf
Dick SimPIOD of the crew and myself. We :
would like to praise itie steward
· ~ ~ t depar:tment for being' tops . in
Praise~ Ne11YS, l their field and for J)eing won-
<ie'l'ful, not onty at c'hristmas
Sends· R•gards and. Thanksgiving, but through-
To the Editor:' out the whole trip.
I wish to 'thank you so very ·The members of the stewar.d
much for sending me your won- department are: . Steward, B • . 'A,.
detful .Paper. I sure do look for- Baa; chief -cook, J. A. Shear
ward to,receiving it and reading baker .. J. wmonghly; 3rd cook,
It, as I have· to stay fo the house E. Ba)'be;· crew mess, R. Dalley;
most of ·the ·time on account-of pantry . utility; ·J. Ji0mor; RO
a heart condition brought on mess~a~. S. Ginsberg; and BR,
by my late husband's death~ T •. Tonucle. 1
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Again, I than~k you so very Harry Diddlebock
·much and good luck t9 you and o\; t. 4;.
~0~a!~~··M~rry -Christmas . and . Likes. LOG;; · - ~.
a Happy New l'ear to all~. Prais.es. s1v~ I
· . ·Mrs. c. R. Y.ackes To the Edltorj . , · · . , ,
t ' t , t · Sure enjoy ~getting the LOG
I I. ·s +d ~' \.. regularly ... :· .',keep u.P .. the' good
COUS_ ns en S " . work· l et all Seafarers back atfd
yule Gre·etl ngs ; , ' SUPP,,~'rt a fine.., oi:ka11-i~atio~ . iike
~~ th!' t;dHor:, . _ . - ·. t~r SIU-: ,<\ .. cJ;l~erf~~ }o.lJ~ay ..
Ha~ng rett~rned home .~ter .. . s~.son _t,o ~Jl.. · ... , .
a three-week stay at the hospital *' W.- IJeDl'J'
m Aden, Arabia, -I am conv.alesc- _ «- t · ., t ·· .
t~(( i r.9m -. i,r~ken anklt:, a bit- . Seasdn ~s Best: ,.
. t~n to~~tt~ ,~nd ~n ipj':'1'ed tan: "-:;.. ... 1.1 • t i. ·1 ·0 ~, .. ·'.'
_,one suSj;ained ·while a ' crew- ,__ I '~, :Ill& . 1' • -·. 1. .
m ember abpard the Suzanne.. . "To ' the~, :gdltor: , . I ··. I . '
, At my first ·oppo,:-tuh ity, I ex- · .. Mer,cy .,Ch'r~stmas ,, 1md,. H~ppy
pect to'· teturn •to New York for N.ew Y~a1" to 'tlie'110fftcers and ·
a thorough ·check-up .to deter- ,) !;embers of ojlr UniQn. ; .:· · .
:,.mine".-the full r extent of my ~. ·: ". " Morris !M. SCha plro
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Atlantic "City
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The Atlantic
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Cit11
Wu a rust11 old pot
That sailed the seas
With the f'est of her lot.
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She'd caru a loqd
Wa11 ouer her decks
And 1tiU keep in time
With all the old wreckl,
The .. 1mokestack tuas dirt11,
The ~int waa all -r>ots
The engin~ .{iroaned,
She made but eight -knot•
The wheel on the bridge
Appeared to be 1tuck .
Some even .wore _ .
It tO<U from a Mack truck •••
While 1ome 1ailor1 acorn,
2'he 1eaa ma11 1tm mourn
·An aging hull;
With a~nuty old m:aat , .
With nothing left
But a f orootten put •• : .•
:New.Haltln
:Jacksonvilltt·
The office at the left is that of
the Port Agent William "Red"
Morris •. - At the righ~ top i1
hardworking Union secretary
Mrs. George Truesdale and
at-the right bottom is Charlie
, .Thompson, Morris' assistant,
qnd Mrs. Truesdale. The SIU
set up an office in Jacksonville
because of the heavy traffic in
.that port ~gYH<f by th, missile
· ships.: ·
The "SIU-contracted Suwannee
Steamship Company, which
operate the mi55ile-ship fleet ·
·on the South Atlantic range,
has its company headquarteri
in Jadcsonville. Ph~tos by
"Big John" W,;nderlich.
Tank-Clean.ipg_? TheY've Had It
Seafarer Charlie Wiggins Reports On Dirty Work
It" happens that I am on greeted with· good news · - we different port and there was ·no knots, mumbling the news and
a tanker that has mucked were to muck tanks once more. need to clean tanks. trembling in cold sweat from
tanks two trips in a ·row. 'As might be well · imagined, Can you see us there? All the night breezes and the cha-
in a wand .. waving message from the enthusiasm had somewhat sopped with oil, sweat, cuts, grin within us; even from the
headquarters we were called diminished. There was more bruises and nerves strung like Most Exacting Taskmaster to
upon to clean the tanks three time though, or so it seemed, missiles at Canaveral ... ready the lowly ordinary.
days 1rom Aruba. The deck gang and we agreed to bring out any to explode at the least rumor? See us now gathered in a
group on the deck, and at the
peak of our exasperation one
of the wipers calls out:
turned to, working day and of the ·crew who cared to .work Can you se'e us getting this
night and made it just ln time which mollified the "deck gan$, news, we gallant messengers to_
to tie up at San Nicholas. whose nerves had begun to wear Garcia? Can you imagine the
Wheh the pay off came, the a little thin. messenger to Garcia being re- "What do we do with this
aches and pains, sweat and - By the time we had butter- called a few minutes before his
blood, became djm memories worthed and bottom-washed and arrival?
crap on the deck?"
A high-humored deck hand
replies: "Hen; · we'v~ got to
shovel It all back into the
because it was ~ job well done were ready to muck we were . Perhaps you can understand
and this was easily conftrmed as ru·nning the Florida straits. Be- then how we felt. Perhaps you
10 even by the MET <Most Exac- cause f'f the risk of black-oiling can see us gathered in little
ting Taskmaster). It can also, ... u those "tanfastic" fannies in + .. -----------'----------·-------.
tanks."
as In most cases, line this a play-land, we were _forced to
job to put behind you as not dump our buckets of rich, black
likely to happen agafn for a ooze on the deck.
while.
'Good Newa! ·
We discharged at a northem
port and some us happily
handl!d over the money we
collected to our several (or one,
· darling) loyalties and then back
to ship it was where we were
· by Ben. Graham
•
Stop What You Did.
We worked all that day and
Into the night and had ourselves
. a sizable load · along the bul-.
warks when around ten . o'clock,
the wand-wavers sent a chaf!ge ·
' of orders: we · were to go to a
Knows His Peas
AndBarbeques·.
When seafarer ffugo .Murray, a
bosun, ls ashore, he spends a lot
_of his time in the kitchen cooking,
so when he beefs about the chow
aboard ship, he knows what he's
talking about.
He cooks by choice, and not be
cause his -~ife, who may, be busy
. tak!ng care of. thefr three daugh
. tei:s. ilJBists on it.
Murray : jlJst enjoys fooling
~round with fancy dishes and ad:
mits, "I do.n't claim to be a pro
fessional, but I -can make a mean
barbecue sauce." Murray has never
worked as a cook and, in fact, has
refused to sail as a member of the
galley because that would "take ·
the fun ·out of cooking."
· The most interesting thing that
Murray has seen during' his 20
LOG-A-RHYTHM:
.Ghosts
By M. Kehrwied.er
You've .sailed f'O'und the world and found it exotic
When you· ~w what y'ou liked, you walked up and
Life was ' exciting, each day brought anew,
More ginmills to frequent, more new things to do.
You lived ' ·t~ the fullest, .drank dregs from the cup
And promised youraelf you would never giVe up.
bought it;
The fun J/ou were having, the conQuctSts you ni.ade,
Were kic~ to rem.ember, ( liou forgot that you paid).
One day you discovered no new place to go
Besides you_ were .busted, had been rolled for youf' dough.
Y~m. decided to visit a hou~ you'd once been
Although you had StoOrn you would never again.
You were made welcome :t>µt the scene was all wrong
No . blar ing tnusic, n~ risque song .
You wanted to drink, but her bar wa&n't there
The <;orner was taken by a crib and high-chair.
You walked over to peek, and chanced to behold
Yourself staring back, so "brazen ·and bold,"
You wanted . o $Wear, or maybe to Cf'l!•
I really suspected a· tear in your eye._
You ioef'e told very gently, but firmly as could be
' 'Though you · planted an acorn, you won't harvest the tree,"
Sail your ships in the gimnills and have your wom en at aea,
This crib . holds seven:wonder s-of-the-world, and he belongs to n~.
years·at sea was a r ecent sea r escue .. --------·--------------------
·. H.
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He saw· an injured man removea
from the Bents Fort by a heli- '
copter for the first time.
Stay Put For Jobless Pay
seafat_ers who are collecting state unemployment benefits while
on the beach . waiting to ship are urged to stay put and av.old
changh1g their mailing addresses if they want to continue re-
··ceiving their checks regtrlarly. Several Seafarers have al.ready
experienced interruptions of- from three to five· weeks in getting
their next check after they notified the state unemployment
offices ·that' they had moved and changed their mailing address.
, An average delay of a month is reported in most cases, causing
con!'liderable hardship to th~ ,men involved. _
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Says Welfare
Plan 'Tops'
To the 'f:ditor:
•
The membership hospitalized
here at the USPHS, Manhattan
Beach wish to express their
sincere thanks to the Union for
the many contributions the SIU
has made to them ttiis past
Christmas s e a s o n. The $25
gifts,- the cigarettes which were
given to each of us, and the
beautiful ·fl or a i decorations
which graced this institution
Letters To
The Editor
All Letters to the editOT for
publication in the SEAFAR·
ERS LOG must be signed
by the writer. Names will
be withheld upon f'equest.
went a long way in bringing
about a great. deal of happiness.
It is unfortunate that you
could not personally have seen
the 18-foot tree and l i g h ts
which were set up on the hos
pital lawn. To see it at night
against a background of snow
was something none of us will
forget for a long time. Two
large wreaths adorned the front
of the main building, but in the
opinion of many, the beautiful
plants on the chapel altar wera
the best donation of alL
Gestures such as this are by
no means new to the SIU, and
we know that it is mainly your
devotion to our Union and your
love for your fellow men that
makes our · organization the
leader in its field.
In closing, I would be remiss
if I did not tell you · that we at
this hospital are fortunate in
having for our Headquarters
representative Brother E. B.
McAuley. "Mac" has been
coming here all year and in our
opinion has done an outstand
ing job. We are also aware that
his performance is typical of all
. th~ members of your excellent
staff.
Again, our sincere thanks and
best wishes for a happy and
·prosperous New Year.
John Driscoll
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Says Blood Bank
A 'Must' For All
To the Editor:
My mother arid I wish to ex
press our sincere thanks and
appreciation to the Seafarer's
Welfare Plan for their prompt
and considerate attention per
taining to my mothers hospital
and doctor bills.
She underwent a kidney-stone ,
operation and is now doing fine.
Another important factor is the
prompt replacement of blood
used. Many 'thanks to the Sea
farer's Blood Bank. All the
·. S E .4. P A. R E R S ·-£ 0 G ·luUtT 11, HM
brothers should make It a
"must" to contribute b 1 o o d
whenever possible, for you
never realize how important it
is until one of your family ~ ill
and is in need of it.
'Buttering-Up' A Rc:i~eid ·Cap·tOin
Also many thanks to Joe
Campo in the port of Philadel
phia. He is untiring in his ef
forts· to ~elp anyone who comes
to see him. Without his help,
many of us would find the go
ing rough.
Mrs. Sophia San.Ir
Alexander Szmlr
t ;.\; - .to
Wants JD Cards
For Dependents. .
To the Editol':
I feel that the Welfare Plan
should issue identification cards
to all our dependents. I say this
for simple reason that if one of
ihem has to go to the hospital
and says that ·be or she belongs
to our Welfare Plan, many
times the people at the hospital
say they never heard of it and
· then a lot of telephone calls and
red tape becomes necess~ry.
(~d. note: Th• following
f'eminiscenc~ waa submitted -bt1
R. J. Peterson a veteran seaman
and retired skij>per.J
Reading your drydoek column
makes me recall the time that
I escaped from a hospital in
Peru back in 1913. We had been
away a long time on a voyage
from London to Santos to New,.
castle, Australia io Mixillones,
Chile, and to Callao, bound for
Lobos de Tiena to load guano
for Antwerp ~ound the Horn.
In the bark Dovenby it Cal-
· 1ao, lying at anchor in tl~e 9pen
roads, I was then somewhat of
a leader of the seamen on •
b9ard, the ringleader of sorts.
Then one morniDg, lUce a bolt
out of the blue, we refused to
tum to!· Our butt~r was rancid.
The chief mate hurried for
ward and, armed with a big fid,
went for us like a bull. We sat
on the fore hatch, swung our
legs and hummed the old
chantey ''The times are hard,
the wages low. Leave her
Johnny, leave her." The chief
mate, with the fld under his
arm, went aft with a rolling
gate.
Then I went aft too, and
asked the captain to see the
C<!_DSUl. He re·f{141ed.
· "All right,'( I said, "I have a
piece of rust in my •eye and
have to see the doctor.."
"All right,'' he said, and Jn
conspiracy with the chief mate,
put me in a hospital at sundown . .
I didn't have a particularly
pleasant night there in the hos
pital . . • a dying man groaned
all night, bells tinkled every
ho.ur on the hour, nuns and
nurses prayed at the altar there
all the time . • •
Early the next morning, the
doctor came Jl)aking his rounds.
He looked at my eye, .said
nothing, and quickly passed on
to the next patient. The head
nurse then came ~y. gave me a
hospital shlrt and put me to bed
•. -. "por una semana,'' as ah•
satd, which means for ·a week.
It then struck me that the
ship was leaving the next day
and that I was to be left behind
and paid off. I watched for mY
chance, jumped out of the bed,
ran to the locker, got my
clothes, dressed in a hurry, and
sneaked out of the gate. By the
time they discovered I b<1d left
the . hospital, it was , too late to
stop me. · .
At the . waterfront I called up
the consul and told hi"' about
the butter and the trouble. He
told me to go to the ship ·chan
dlers to meet with him and re
turn witJ:t him to the ship in the
captain's boat. .
The captain, when he saw ml,
was extremely disappointed. My
~hipmates received me with ex
clamations of joy . . . they said
· they got fresh butter.
Why not make it _easy for
everyone by having the Welfare
Plan issue an identification
card. I would like the member
ship to vote on this.
. Tree At Sea SIU. HALL DIRECTORY
G. Castro
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Seaf are rs Help ·
Indian Union
To the Editor:
Please r e p r i n t this letter
demonstrating our assistance to
the Seafarers of India.
National Union of Seafarers
of Indi~.
4 Goa Street, Ballard Estate
Fort, Bombay I, India
Dear Sirs:
We wish to donate 166 rupees
to your Union, hoping that it
will help your organization in
its difficulties.
Respectfully yours,
Crew
SS Bulk Leader
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Seafarer Praises
Jersey Bar
To the Editor:
Several members have aske:f
me to write recommending a
newly-opened bar in Union City,
New Jersey and asking that a
copy of the LOG be sent there.
It is ·a family operated affair,
owned by Tom Reilly and his
daughter Edith-a friendly wel
come is pi-omised to all, fair
prices, and he has a heavy hand
with the night lunch.
· J. C. Arn-old
i i ~
Del Muodo Men
nonate Gifts
To the Editor:
Would you please print a
note ·of appreaiation for the
gifts donated to the tubercular
patients here at the Hospital at
New Orleans from the crew of
the SS Del Mundo.
The Patients
Seafarers on the Calmar Line
·freighter Alamar set their
Christmas tree up in a rather
unusual place for this season's
festivities, and the word "up"
is used advisedly, or so Sea
farer J. 0. Miller tells us.
They set the tree in the fore
mast truck, where it towered
high above all the other tre~s
around in the harbor. The
deck department rigged it up,
and the engine room took
care of the lighting. Photo
by L. 8. H?gge.
Turned Down OT?
Don't Beef On SS
Headquarters wishes to re
mind Seafarers that men who
are chposy about working cer
tain overtime cannot expect an
equal number of OT hours with
the rest of their department. In
some cr:ews.. men have been
turning down unpleasant OT
jobs and . then demanding to
"OTT!e up with equal overtime
when the easier jobs com,e ·101 :,.
This prac~ce is unfair to Sea
farers who take OT job!" as they
come.
The general objective is to
equalize bT as mur:~ as possibJe
but if a man refuses disagree
able jobs there is no equire
ment that . when an easier job·
comes along he can malr · up the
overtime he turned down before.
.BERMUDA SNOR'IS/
YOU LOOK GREAT - I
OIDN1T THINJ{ YOU'D
WEAR 'EM •••
SIU, A&G Distrid
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Paul Hall
ASST. SECRETARY·TREASURERS
W . Hall, Deck
c. Slmmon1. Ena.
E. Mooney, Std. I. Volplan, Joint
BALTIMORE .. . ... . . 1218 E. Baltlmore St.
Earl Sheppard, Agent EAstern 7-4900
BOSTON .. . ... . ..... .. .•.. . . 276 State St.
G. Dakin, Aeling Agent Richmond 2-0140
HOUSTON ... . . . ...... . . .. . 4202 Canal St.
R. Matthews, Agent CApltal 3-4089; 3-408<
MIAMl . . r ·· ..... · .... . 74' W. Flagler St.
Louis Neira, Agent FRanJtlln 7-3564
MOBILE . .... . . .. .. • I South Lawrence St.
Cal Tanner, Agent HEmlock 2·175'!
NEW ORLEANS . ... . .. .. 523 Blenvme· St.
Llnd4ey WWlam1. Agent Tulane 8626
NEW YORK . ...••. 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn
. HYacinth 9-6600
NORFOLK : .. . : .. ........ 418 Colley Ave.
J. Bullock. Agent MAdison 7-1083
PlULADELPHiA . .•• , •••• . 337 Market St.
S. Cardullo, Agent Market ·7-1635
SAN FRANCISCO . ... .•. . 450 Hamson St.
>Marty Brelthoff, Agent Douelas 2·5475
SANTURCE, PR . . 1313 Fernandez Juncos.
· Stop 20
Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep. Phone 2-5996
JACKSONVILLE .. 920 Main .St., Room 200
William Morria, Agent l!:Lgin 3-098'1
SEATl'LE .. ...... .. ...••..• 2505 lit Ave.
Ted Babkowskl, Agent Main 3-4334
TAMPA .. . .•. .. . 1SOS:.1e11 N. Franklin St.
B. Gonzalez. Acting Agent Phone 2·1323
WILMINGTON, Calif . .. .. 505 Marine Ave.
Reed Humphrie1, Agent Terminal 4-2528
HEADQUARTERS . . . . 675 4th Ave., Bklyn.
SUP
HONOLULU .•• . 51 South Nimitz Highway
PHorie 502·777
NEW ORLEANS .. . ... ~ . 523 Bienville at.
· Jackson 5-7428
NEW YOR~ . .•••••. 875 4th Ave., Brooklyn
· HYacinth 9-8605
PORTLAND •••••••••••. 211 SW Clay St.
· - CApitol 3-4336
SAN FRANCISC0 . ...... . 450 Harrison St.
Doug)A1 2-8363
SEATl'LE ................. . 2505 lit Ave.
Main 2-0290
WILMINGTON ••••••••• . 505 Marine Ave.
Terminal 5-661'1
MC&S
HONOLULU :..:..· .51 South Nimitz High"taY
PHone 5·1714
NEW ORLEANS ...•••. . 523 Bienville St.
· RAmond 7-428
NEW YORK .•••.. 875 4th Ave .• Brooklyn
HYaclnth 9-6600
POR'!'LMrn . , •••• •• •••• . 211 SW Clay St.
CApltol 7·3222
SAN FRANCISCO .•••••. 350 Fremont St.
· EXbrook 7-5600
SEATI'LE . .• •••••••••••· .lsos - 1st Ave.
. MAio 3-0088
WILMING'.ror-· . . ..... - •. 505 M;irlne Ave.
TErminal 4-8538
Great Lakes Distrid
ALPENA ..•.•••••••••••. ... 127 River S&.
· ELmwood 4-3616
BUFFALO, NY .• •••••••• .. . 914 Main St.
GRant :1728
CLEVELAND- ••••••••••. . 1420 W. 25 St.
llAin 1-0147
DULUTH ..• •••••• .. . 821 W. Superior St.
• Phone: R.andolph 2-4110
FRANKFORT, Mich. . .... . : . PO Box 281
ELgln 7·2441
MILWAUKEE ..••. .. . 833 S."" Second Ave.
, BRoadway 2·3039
RIVER ROUGE . . 10225 W. Jefferson, Ave.
Mich. Vlnewood 3-4'141
SOUTH CffiCAGO .•••• •. 9383 Ewing Ave.
SAglnaw 1-0733
TOLEDO . . . .......••••.•. 120 Summit St.
CHerry 8·3431
Canadian Distrid
FORT WJLLIAM .. . .•. . 406 Simp1on...St.
Ontario- Phone: 3·3221
HALIFAX N.S •• . .. . ..•.. 128~ Hollis St.
Phone 3-8911
MONTREAL . .••.. 834 St. James St. West
· Victor 2-8161
QUEBEC ... . ... • ... . 4' Sault·au·Matelot
Quebec LAfonlalne 3-1569
THOROLD, Ontario . .••. . 52 St. David St.
CAnal 7-5212
TORONTO, Ontario .••• .. 272 King St. E.
EMplre 4-5719
ST. JOHN, NB ... . 177 Prince William St.
ox 2·5431
VANCOUVER, BC . . . . . . .. . 298 Main St.
MFOW .
BALTIMORE . . . . . 1216 Ea1t Baltimore St.
EAstern 7·3383
HONOLULU .. . . 58 North Nimitz Hlghwa)'
PHone 5-60'1T
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MAenolia CMot
NEW YORK •••••••••. 130 Greenwich St.
COrtland 7·709'
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CApltol 3-7297-8
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DOugla1 2-4592
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. The deaths of the . foUOwtng Seafarera ha~e been ieporte~ to the
Seafarera Welfare . Plan:
- Louie T._ MeGo,ran, 56: .Brother tal, Staten Island, NY, last Septem
McGowan passed away from injur- ber, of thrombosis. He is survived
ies Jn - Savann.ah, by his wife. Place of burial was
Ga., last Octobew St. Mary's Cemetery, New Bedford,
28. He h a d Mass., which was Brother Moriar
~ _'Served Jn the en- ty's home town;
l gine department . . ' ~ ~ ; ~
• of the SIU since . · Luther; R • . Miiton, 53: Br9ther
1955. Surviving .Milton died . of a
him Js his . wife~ heart attack this
Euclise,,ot S~van-' 'j, a s 'i November
, h1th, Ga. -Buri~~ .17- while 7at sea
....,.~~~~._. was in . the same aboard· the SS
city. . ·Azalea City. A
~ ;\; ;\; native of Roa-n-'
Frederit1k ·Dfekow, "17: An SIU 0 k e, v a., he
ateward i,ince ' l9.~9, Brother Diekow joined the SIU In
died of cerebral '1947, serving in
thrombosis, in Ft. the · engine de-
Lauderdale, Fla., partment. Survtving him Is his
I.as t September. . wife. lie was laid to rest at Roan-
He was buried at oke <Va.) Cemetery.
D a d e Memorial
Park, Miami, Fla.
. His · wife, Eliza
b e t b~ survives
him. · ·
Type ~lnutes
When. Possible
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Lawrence G. Moriarty, 31: Broth
er Moriarity had sailed in the en
gine department since ·1955. He
passed away at the USPHS hospi-
In order to assure accur~te
digests of shipboard meetings
in the LOG, it is desirable that
the repOl'ts of shipboard be
typed if at all possible.
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Well-Traveled. Strikebreaker
Oregoh unionists snapped. photo of prof,ssional scab William
IBeano) Glover as he was h·eaded for work on the · strikebound
'Portland Oregonian" with his wife Justine (14fft) and strikebreaker
Patsy Moore. Glover has a long record of scabbing on struck
newspapers in such far-flung places as . Westchester County, New
York; Zaneiville, Ohio; Ypsilanti, Mich.; Haverhill, Mass. and
H.ouston, Texas.
. PERSONALS AND· NOTICES
John L. Whisman
Please contact your wife at ·2089
Market ·St., San Francisco , 14,
Calif. ..
John Price
Please contact Miriam · and
.Whitey Benzuk, formerly of 1204
Louis St., Camden, NJ, at 1562
Bradley Ave., Camden 4, NJ. Tel.:
WO.odlawn 6-2125.
.t ~ ~·
Paul E. Sabo
Please contact your mother. Ad- ·
dress: 2277 W. 4lst St., Cleveland
13, Ohio.
. t t t
Rudy Maples
Write Floyd Williams, 1170
Union, Mempbis, Tenn., or call
BR ,i-8143 in Memppis.
if. ~·t
Crewmembers
SS Steel Advoea&e
Feb. 6 to May 15, 1958
Donald J. Wagner, . Enrique Tor
res, Kenneth Olsen,' James Mc
Mahon, Desil"e Le Berre, Kenneth
K. Kem1Jl!s, Arthur G~etaniello,
Raymond Buckman, Benjamin S.
Fine, Ernest T. Squires, Guillermo
O'Neill, Charles Henkenius, Ger
ald 0. Blegel.
t t t
, Frank Sarmento .
Please ge.t ·in touch with Mr.
Salano, 1581 Pitken Ave. Tel: DI
2-0971. .
t t t
John H. Murray
Important you contact your son,
care of Gerner. ·Same address as
previously.
Wilmingt~n
Slows Down
WILMINGTON - Shipping was
slow here during . the previous
period, but so was registration, ac
cording to Reed Humphries, port
agent. -
SIIJ BA'BI.
~RRIVALS~
All of the following SIU families
have received a $200 maternity
. benefit plus ci $25 bond from the
"!Jnion in the baby's name:
1 Ana Elena Collazo, born Decem
ber 16, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs.
William Collazo, New York City.
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· Ning Vally Lin, born August 13,
· 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Quey
Sing Lin, New York City,
;\;. ;t. <\:.
Donna Marie Cole, born Decem·
ber 14, 19!)9, to Seafarer an·d Mrs. ·
Robert Lee Cole, Jacksonville , Fla.
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Anne Roper Houehins, born No
vem ber 8, 1959, to Seafarer · and
Mrs. Clarence M. Houchins, Axton,
Va.
Patricia Ann Howton, born De
cember 6, 1959, to Seafarer and
Mrs. Marshall V. Howton, Houston,
.Tex.
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Kenneth Lee Hugg, born No
vember 30, 1959, to Seafarer and
Mrs. Newton A. Hugg, Jr., Slidell,
La .
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Perry Alan McLemore, born No
vember 17, 1959, to Seafarer and
Mrs. Casper McLemore, Phila,
Miss.
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Remy Joseph Maas Ill, born De
cember 6, 1959, to Seafarer and
Mrs. Henry J. Maas Jr., New Or
leans, La.
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Rita Ortiz, born December 15,
1959, · to Seafarer and Mrs. Albert
Ortiz Jr., Galveston, Tex.
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Steven Craig Smith, born No
vember 10, 1959, to Seafarer and
Mrs. John F .. Smith, Covington, La.
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Norman Stanley Noian, born No
vember 17, 1959, to Seafarer and
Mrs. Stanley W. Nolan, Galveston,
Tex.
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Joseph Edmund Klondyke, born
November 27, 1959, to Seafarer and
Mrs. Joseph Klondyke, New Or
leans, La.
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Celes.te Lorraine Pizzitolo, born
December 9, 1959,. to Seafarer and
Mrs. Vincent P. Pizzitolo, New
Orleans, La.
Please contact Seafarer Perry
Martin Pederson -as soon 'as pos
sible. Urgent. He can be reached
at 356 55th St., Brooklyn 20, NY.
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Conditions _should improve, how- Linda Catherine Strauss, born
ever, during the- coming span with December 8; 1959, to Seafarer and
nine ships due to hit port, adds . Mrs. Benjamin Strauss, Rockaway
William Henry Johnson
Please contact Mrs. Mary Ison,
RFD No. 1, Bx. No. 298, Penning
ton Gap, Va. "tour wife is seriously
ill.
San&lqo Martines
Please get In touch with your.
wife.
Hµmphries. Beach, · NY. • ·
·At a meeting of the local Mari':' t t t
time Trades Department, Port Joseph Andrew Sullivan, born
Council -of Southern California, September 29, 1959, to Seafarer
Humphries: was elected president and Mrs. Frederick R. Sullivan,
of that body, representing the SIU, New Orlieam;, La. ·
A & G District. Also elected were: t t t
William M.cClain, Vice President, Dale Wayne Oakley, bor.n June
Laborers; Les Parnell, Treasurer, 11, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Ernest C. Anderson Radio Operators' U~ion. ·· Oliv.er P .. Oakley, Olyphant, Pa .
Claudtl D. Berry Paying off during the preceding
Donald L. Chris&ensea period was the Ky~ka- (Waterman).
Arthur L. Crate, Jr. No ships signed on .. ·
Bernado Tomboeon In -· transit: Ocean Deborah·
Joseph Yonlck -<Ocean Trans.>; Transeastern
Income tax· refund . checks are
being held for you by Jack Lynch, (Transeastern); Kenmar, Alamar
r~m 201, SUP building, 450 Har- (Calmar) and Kyska, Yaka (Water-
rison Street, San Francisco, Cal. man->.
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Jax Reports
All's Well
JACKSONVILLE - Shipping
held steady in the port here dur
ing the last two weeks. The missile
Anyone who happened to have T St dy ships are still requesting replace-
been in Brlghtwell's Tavern on ampa ea ments and the arrivals of in-transit
December 23, 1957,-, get in touch vessels were at . a steady pace, re-
wlth Walter Brightwell at once TAMPA-Shipping held steady ports William Morris, port agent.
at _ 1559 Tele.~h~ne .. Roa~, Houston,, in this port during the last span, There were no payoffs or sign-
Texas. ... _. . ... with. 19 jobs taken out of a regis- ons, but 11 ships were serviced in
"" "" ... tration of 31 men. transit. These were: Sword Knot, •
~ ' · Anthon M. Evensen There .were no payoffs or sign- Coastal Crusader, Coastal 'Sentry,
Please contact Edvald Johannes- ons·. These ships were serviced in- and Rose Knot <Suwanee>·; Fair
-sen, Furuboth EidsvlIDtes, Asane, .transit: .Alcoa Patriot (AICoa>; Topa land, ~zalea City <Pan A·tlanticl;
Norway. Topa, Madaket <Waterman>; Beth- Bradford Ishmd (Cities Service>:
.• : .. r- · ·t- t . ~ , tex <Ore Nav.); Raphael Semmes Longview- Victory <Victory Carr.>;
' 'f)l~ follo-wing me~ snguld" con- <Pan-Atlantic) and Bradford Is- Robin Grey· (Robin) and Seatrain
a .......... """"""_.. ..... ~ ......... ..,. ... l""i!ll .... "'!ll"W'W!!ll~ .... -~ ..... _tac:,t _ ~:tro~!'!;,_ &/- •• !~a,?qua~~~s~_ ~n ... ~~~e~ ~~~4c~i!. ..... ---- .. ,;;:~~na ·~'~ >
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Vol. Xxll
No.2
•"OFFICIAL ORG·AN·op THE SEA FAR.IRS INTElNATfO,~AL UNION• ATLA_NTIC ' AND GULP DISTRICT• AFL."CIO e
Tramps ·Make Bid
Fcir· Share Of US·
Operating Subsidy .
Pr~ssed hard \>Y a declinin1g charter market· and cutthroat
runaway-flag competition, the American Tramp Sb.ipowners
Association is pleading for Government assistance to keep a
US-flag tramp fleet alive . ...-----------
The . association has called
·upon Congress to act swiftly
to provide legislative relief for
tramp shipowners, including provi
sion for operating subsidies. Its
bid has · the active support of the
SIUNA . . ·
The operators note with · respect
to the latter item that at the ilme
the 1936 Merchant Marine Act was
passed liner ships carried the bulk
of the nation's trade in the form
of package cargo. Now the trade
pattern· has shifted to bulk cargo
operations, so that the 1936 Act
is unable to satisfy the need for.
a · well-balanced merchant fleet
, SCHEDUlE· OF
SIU ~ MEETllGS
' ·Sll.f membe,rship. meet- 1
if1g• are · held · r~gularly i
every two weeks ori W'ed-.
nesday nights at 7 P~ in·
all Sl.U ports. All Sea
farers are expect.ed 'to
attendi those who wish to
be exc~sed should request
permission by telegram
(be sure· to inctude regis
tration number). The next
SIU meetings wiU be:
Jan·uary 20
February :r
February 17
Mobile ·Haven.
For Runaways
MOBILE-Shipping .was a little.
on . the slow aide ~qring the lut · ,
t~~ , w~ks,, but almost every man
who wanted to sign on durinl the~ '
h0Jiday1 was able to do so. · · , .
Durln1 . th~ . coming two weeb
. the outlook Ui good, with two shlpa
due to crew up after undergoing
repairs, -
Even though tonnage hai fallen
off, the Allbama State Decks ts op
eratliig in the black, due to . the
·large amount of petroleum and ore
'carg9es arriving, mostly · in the bot-
tQ~s of runaway-flag ships. '
The following ships paid off:
. Barbara Frltchie (Liberty); Alcoa
C~rsair, Alcoa _ Cavalier, Alcoa
Roamer (Alcoa);. Monarch of the
Seas •. Claibourne <Waterman).
.
In their plea- for assistance, the
tramp operators cite- the fact that
today about 75 percent of US for
eign trade consists of bulk cargoes,
including . one-third of the US
steelmakers' iron ore, almost all of
the bauxite the aluminum indus
try uses, and heavy exports of coal
and grain. .
Practically all of this cargo
moves on foreign-flag ships. The
only business keeping tramp ship
operators going consists of farm
surplus cargo carried under the
50-50 act.
Runaway 'Luxury'·· Tour Vessel
Breaks Down· On Maiden Trip
MIAMI-Back 11gain as a runaway ship operation; the old SS Puerto Rico, ·now known as
t.he Bahama Star, had to be towed into port on her · maiden v.~yage. En-route to Miami
~rom Nas~au. the. Bahama Star suffered a turbine breakdown. There ·were 735 passengers
ff'RIME MINl61i'R-UM
_a: ~17'411' ~A -
M~-/.rriS, 1S~M·~111K
7#fJJJC)_GH Afi(IC4 .• -:f'o erwy
P~SO/! es.F4lVJ.S.·
~AFRICAN M1101'?•
The tramp operators' group
points· out that no tramp ships
have been built in the US since
World War J.I, and the tramp fleet
of war-built Libertys ls unable to
compete with larger, faster aitd
more modern foreign ships, irre
spective of wage differences.
To .meet this· problem, the tramp
committee requests the following:
• A ruling that lJS-flag tramps
get as much gral,n as foreign-flag
tramp~ unde·r "50-50," aside from
what liners or tankers might car
ry.
• Permission to form tramp con
ferences which would enable the
tramps to set basic cargo rates at
a stable and profitable level, in
stead of the present wild rate
fluctuations.
• A trade-in system enabling
tramps to turn in their Libertys
for newer vessels ln the lay-up
fleets. ·
Encouragement for the con
struction of new tramp ships and
expansion of operating subsidies to
cover tr~mps.
aboard at the time. . ·
The operators of the Ba- "full load." The ship weighs in at . cally enough, the companies that
hama Star are none other than .7,ooo gross tons. . · were stuck with the bunker bills
Eastern Shipping, which also oper~ The Bahama Star. has had ' long included Es 1 o · and California
ates the runaway.:ftag SS Yarmouth and somewhat-unhappy hiitory. Standard. both major runaway op-
and SS Evangeline. All thPee ships After operating it for a. number ~rators ttiemselves. ·
were formerly-maimed by Seafar- of years as the Puerto Rico ~e- _ It was then that Eastern Shl1>4
ers when they were under the .tween ·"!'lew :York .~n~ San Juan, ping stepped into the picture and
American ftag. · · Bull Line was force.d to abandon bought the- so-called "plush multt-
The · SIU has a . set of ·Labor the operation in- good part because million dollar" vessel "for use in
Board charges pending against the o_f heavy comp~tltion from the air- the Caribbean cruise trade out of
operators for firing the crew of · Imes, which~ mcid~mtally, rec.eive Miami. E·astern gets $54 per head
the Yarmouth after they sought many direc~ and indirect Govern- for the round trip betweeo Nassau
Union representation in protest ment SJ1bs1dies in the do~estic an,d Miami. If the crew wages are
against runaway wages Rnd condi- services. . on a par with the Yarmouth's, the
tions. · · The s ·h i p was -. subs~quently "plus inultl-mlllion dollar" phr.ase
Described • in· the releases as a transferred foreig~. ~nd purchased relates to the profits-not the ship.
"plush multi-million dollar" ves- bY th.e Arosa ·Line, a Swiss, con.:· - .------
sel, and a "lUX:ucy ocean liner," .cern which ra~ a Panl!Jllanian:-ftag - ·•.. · . , . • · ·
the Bahama Star is _now 29 yeai.:s passenger serviee. A~osa used ft , Me·. d Ship· 's
old, being built back in ·1931 as on the transatlantic run "'and in
the Borinquen. When it was op- Caribbean tour service, With ap- . ·,
erated by the SIU-contracted Bull proximately the saine nurr•ber -0f · ·,
Line as the SS Puerto Rico, Jn the berths as it now has~ around 750. F1·rst ·stop.·,,
late 40's and e.arly 50's ~ its maxi- Arosa Line la~er went broke .
mum practica1 passenger capacity with , all three of its passenger
was less than 200 berths. The 735 ships being seized for ,non-pay- . '
passengers it now carries was de- ,ment of (}ebts, including· ov~r-. 1·· do· n' e l!la'
scribed. , accurately-enough. as a· a well-balanced m~rchant fl.eet. · n SI
WASHINGTON-Indonesia will
be the first stop for ·the new SS
. Hope, . the floating medical center
to be ·I.aunched this spring by vol
untary· contributions from Ameri
cans everywhere. The ship will
be operated by American President
Lines . under contract to the SIU
Pacific ·District. ·
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