Seafarers Log: Vol. 22 No. 8 (1960-04-08)

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• ' OFFICJA1L 0R6AN o 'F THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION• ATLANTIC AND 'GULF DISTRICT •Afl.,IQ •

U d rw v First ship in 1960 to begin passage through the . n e a, · ·crreat Lakes' Welland Canal, the 5,000-ton freighter
Burlington, manned by SIU Canadian sailors, passes under raised draw-

. bridge as she slips into lock at Port Weller, Ont.'

R.lnnside Newsreel and teievision cameramen set. up gear on
.. . ~ . ~the SIU-manned missile · ship Sampan Hitch for the

1 ; , , ~launching. oi . the1 first inerti~lly-guided Polaris missil~ : fr.om the USS
. . .. ·. . ~ . ·- Observation Island, lV2 miles· away in. the South Atlantic. ~.. .. ·

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Seam.en Target
.Of 'Test' Move . .

To Control Jobs
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State Dep't Moves
.To Scuttle '50-50'
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f • · Seafarers in New York hall begin ba1loting on pro­
~ . 0 Ing. posed .' new SIU constitution in secret re~erenduni

that will last through April 29 in all ports. .Group pictured here was
among first to cast votes on the proposed document. (Story on Page Z.) · - ' I



-To:,Control :seamen
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An attempt is underway to revive a d~credited "SChemEt which would require seamen:
to meet arbitrary physical and mental standards to keep their jobs. The scheme harks
back to . a 1954 proposal by the US Coast Guard to set up a set of requirements, enforced
by the Government~ 'rhich . . _ .
seamen would have to meet discredited ·Coast Gua~ · scheme. s!up and active ship delegates who
on a regular basis or else lose "Some y~ara ago," h~ said, "they~· fight for the r.Ights of the ~rew. . · . ·

.. their seamen's papers. (the Coast G~~rd) · attempted to Since fhe original Coast GJ.iard
At that time the scheme was establish . -certam physical· . stand- proposal came out, the Union and

denounced by the SIU and other ards for s.eamen which . were re- SIU-contracted shipowners · ' have ·
T . as subjecting s~ted . vigorously and successfully set up examination and detection

man ime umo~s .. by the maritime unions ••• I sug- · ·
seamen to harsh and unrealisti.. t it i ht be th hil · climes in major SIU ports. . Th~
standards an}! destroying their j~ gt es a1 ~ .,,g.vi twhisor wtt ~. • • clinic progrm.Ji provides thorough
security. As a result, it was 0 ag n £e ~w ma ~r. physical che~k-ups of seamen at
dropped hastily, but has· now ~een Among the items for w.bi.ch sea- lell§t once a year, or moi:e often
picked up by both _the operator11 Jlle~ ~uld h~ve been deprived of in SO¥.instancE!s. It has had con­
and some segments of Government. their seamen s papers under the siderable success in reducing tlie·

. Rigid Standards ' Coast Guard proposal were: incidence of many serious ailments.
• Defective. sen.c1e of smell such as. tuberculosis and diabetes,

The initial impetus for the new anli in detecting numerc;ms physi-:-
move apparently came. from report • Stammering and speech de- cal defects before they become so
to the Department of · Commerce fects lar advanced as to deprive seamen
on shipboard personnel. The · re- • Unpleasant-looking, non-eon- of ' their ability to work.
port recommends "rigid standards tagious skin diseases
for· screening" of individuals en- • Divorced or 'separated parents,
titled to -the classification of . sea- or any record of criminality
men; as well as declaring that among a seaman's ancestors

Seafarer signs. vote register under eye of ~alloting committee
member as voting gets underway on proposed new S.IU constitu.
tion: NearJy 1,000 '!'en voted !n all ports on the first day.

there is an "urgent need" for the
.. establishment of complete physi- • Absence of educational ad-
cal and mental standards to be ai>- vantages --
plied to all persons wis~ing to • A record of. juvenile delin-
serve in any unlicensed position quency
()D an American merchant marine • . A record ·as a "complainer"
vessel." Such physical standards on ship ·
should be .applied not only for new • Frequent changing of j,obs
applications, but "on ·a recurrent
basis, not to exceed every other • Past head injuries

,, • Religious attitudes. year ...
This demand was echoed by a The strong union objections to

ghipowner representative at the the proposed 1954 Coast Guard
recent meeting of the Marine Sec- . Prog~am w~r~ based not ·only on
tion of the National Safety Council. the 1mposs1b1e standards set for
W. Lyle Bull, formerly of the Mili- seamen but, as the LOG .Put it at
tary Sea Transportation Service the time, the proposal would in­
but now with American Export volve "sweeping new · bureacratic
Lines · called for revival of the controls over the livelihood and

' shipboard actions of seamen."

SIU VOting~A.f,, Brisk Pace_
A heavy vote is in sight M Seafarer!J :bi~ ports. started voting on ~arch 31 on a pro­

posed revision of the constitu~lon for the A & G District. The yoting, which was a~thor­
ized at a headquarters meeting on March 2 and at outport meetmgs on March 16, will run
from, March 31 to April 29 in- ~

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elusive. · - At 'the March 16 meeting mo- slons for these divisions and for

Nearly ·a thousand men tions were carried in all ports to certain structural changes made in
voted the first day according to place the constitution on the ballot the Union. , ~ , . .
the all port tally. New York 'bad for 30 days, be~inning March 31. Among the various divisions are:
the heaviest turnout with 275 men The amending procedure for the the Marine Allied .WorJcers Divi-
casting ballots. SIU constitution calls for a two- sion, the Puerto . Rfcail Division,
. Recommendations of the consti- thirds majority -in a secret b~llot and the HarbOr and Inland Water'•
'tution committee and the entire referendum. The six-man rank and ways Division. The new constitu­
text of the proposed aew coristitu- ftle constitutional revision com- tion ls necessaty also because of
tion were read · at all meetings on mittee noted that the current con- the recently passed Landrum;
March 2, at which titne Seafarers stltution, written before the· A&G Griffin Act; which sets certain re­
voted the · revised version •of the district established its affiliated quirements for elected officers of
constitution on the ballot: divisions. does . ot contain provi- Union8, conditiOD$ tor union mem­

ILA Starts .,~~·II~~:!~·~~~;~;: :: s· tate Dep't· ·s·ta· rts Move Coast Guard in knocking seamen · . .
out of their jobs. Ship operators · . _ ~ · . ·

Container $ f~~e~~i~:et~~ti;:,~~~s:::t~o~.:~:i To S-cu· tt. le ·-'·5· 0-50' Law·

bership and similar · matters ..
The constitution also ·sets up an

executiv~ board .structure in the ,
Union for more effective -admiilis­
tration.

. were advised to have their skippers •
make entries in the fog hooks • . . · , .

Arbl.trat· 1·0· n . about ~eame.n's "behavior." The . WASHINGTON-Maritime .industry leaders voiced alarm
compames -win then turn over the . ' al to · "th ·
log entries to the Coast G ard d this week at the State Departments propos waive e

(For the complete text o, the
committee's report, ~e the March•
11th issue of the LOG>.

. NEW YORK-A three-man· arbi- the Coast Guard wiU th:n ca~y 50-50 proviso of- the Cargo Preference .Act which allows half
tration board opened hearings the ball from there on assertedly of all foreign aid cargoes t ,_ ,: ·
here to determine the amount of on the ground that the seamen be carried in American flag 50-50 pro~ision as It has done ·in
premium pay to be paid to long- involved are neurotic or ~uffering vessels. the past, It is almost guaranteed
shoremen who handle container from mental illnesses. ' . Some 15 shipowners who met 'a . large chunk of new business L ., b - t
ships. The, }\earings Qn .the load- In effect then, this device gives with Douglas Dillon, Undersecre- spread out for as long as the . I e . oa men ...
ing ancl · .. unloading of general th.e skipper a weapon with which to tary of State, told the official that Indus project lasts. But if the . Forty-One Seafarers have up­
c>.irgo ._ .i~ · ·~ontafners are· taking h~i:Jel crewmembers· a11 "psychos," any departure from the 50-50 pro- State Department •. 1omehow, can graded themselv~s and 278 have
pla.c.e ·at the ~ offices · of the New aiter which the Coast Guard can vision would cause a drastic eco- klll the benefit of the. 50-50 law obtained lifeboat tickets by attend-

27.-Union
Grads N~w

Yorl( Shippin~ Association. try to yank his pa·pers. nomic crisis . for American ftag for US ships in. this case, America~ Ing the .Andrew' ~useth Training
'I'he New' York hearings have The logbook en fries would serve i;hips. · operator~ will ·not ~e able ~~ match School, according to . school figures

l>eep C!lUed for jointly by the NY as a substitute for the old Cope- The State DepartmeJ!_t has con- the
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ch~P_ oper;tlog level of at the end of March.

Shipping Association and the In- land continuous service book which sistently been opposed to the ef- fore gn ag opera OYS. • The 278 men receiving lifeboat
ternational Longshoremen's Asso- the .operators . tried to foist upon fects of the ~0-50 rule mainly due After tJ_ie latest meeting with tickets were out .of a .total of 287 ciation to , take up negotiation seamen 25 years ago. to diplomatic pressure placed on Mr. Dillon, one m~mber of the Seafarers who ·enrolled in the life.
items omitted from previous con- The -tipoff : on the pr~posal was It by foreig~ ~ations w~ich want shipping group rem~ked that ·"ad- boat ·training,'. giving the ··sebool a
tract-talks. the assertion by· the Export Line to run the ' American, ship opera- mittedly we won -a deferment of record -Of 'just under 97 . percent.

The bo~rd, which has been spokesman that psychoneurosis ail- tor -out of. business _by usn;ag ~heap any im~edlate Unposltion of the The figures invqlved ·on lifeboat
mutually agreed . upon by both ments are up by 31 percent. An cargo rates. . Europ~an countries waive!: . but the threat is still trai~ing ;. cover- th~ periQd . ~rm~
NYSA and the ILA, is composed examination of the Marine Index have always clamored . against there. · ' · ' May 5; -.1959; wllen. the progra~
of · Admiral Frank McCarthy, figures which he was quoting "'50-50.'.' . L • began, through · March · 25, 1960.
~YSA: Thomas Gleason, ILA; and shows that he took 1955 figures Indus River PtoJed SEAi' ARERS '.LOG Upgrading · fnstruction was ini;ti- ·
:Or.-· Emanuel Stein, Professor of ·<259 reports out of a total of 19,- The Department's mention of · ., .,., t'Mted at 'a later d~te. Of those up..
Economics·, New York University. 051 reports dealing with illnesses) the waiver was connected with the April 8, 1f60 · Vol. XXll, No • . 8 graded, 35 , ordinlµ'Y seamen got
· · Container operations involves and compared them with 1959 ( 342 10-year, $410,000,000 . Ind~ River ·•··. · · their AB ·tickets, five men passe.d

· the movement . of cargo, in single ~eports out of 2~,5Q2). In , both Project in· which the · U.S hopes " for 'FWT endorsements aild one
\'an~Hke shipments. The containers mstances, the percentage of so- to participate · jointly with ·Aus- . - Seafarer got ari' electrician's rating.
.are designed to be loaded or un- called "psychoneurosis" wai; ).4 tralia, Canada, ·we$t Germany, PAw. HALL, ·Sect'eta~-rreaaurer _

0 The lifeboat •class itsel~. has now
loaded· away from the piers. This .percent of total illness reports. In New Zealand ·and Britain • . The Hl:imarr B~n . J!cittor: B~An 'sU. graduated 26 ~ classes, · with each
operation involves loss of work actuality, tlie Marine Index figures, US's share in the program will MAH, Art Editor; ·· :JIJlniAH • .Aarna, lifeboat training, course ~l'UD.Ding
for longsftorcmen. The same. ques- for what~v~i:_ t.hey are worth, sh9w cost $280,000,000 .. and will involve AL MAs1nN, ~ BlllKl•, ~· for two weeks. Both C:lassroom in­
tion had aris~n at the Decemb.;'.r, that 1959 s 10c1dence of 342 reports one of t~ largesi cargo move- .::_u~~n~~:it-::'·R::! .. ~;;!!:;!: sti:uct•on an~ actual pra.~ii~e. · in
1959, contract tnlks between New was way .below the 462 of 1957 ments in ·peacethite ·fol'.eJ:in aid, · ... the boat ls provided. The facllt­
York shipowners~ ~!1d the. l~A. and the 579 of 1958. . quite a l>it ·of which will be spent' Pullllllled 6JwHklr et .the llHdclU.rteri tl~s afe rnainptlned on tbe. prem­
. It · was mutuall.x -agreed fn _ The SIU had taken particular for transportation costs, of equip- ot th• s.1t111re.-. 1nterMllo1M1I Unlon, At· ises ·,of' t&e ', Butl ,Line , !~rminal,

lentlc & Gulf Dlltrlct.,A~L.CIO, 671 ~Ourth ln h December that if ·.no 'decision· was cxceetion to 'the "mental traits" ment such as building materials, Avenue, Brooklyn 32. NY • . T•,t.. .HY•clnth near, SIU's Droc;>klyn eadqutrters,
forthcoming in ~ negotiations~ ' then aspects of the proi>osed standaros trucks, trailers,. tractors' and.hydro- ·'""'°· . Second cleu> post•••· lteld •t "" c. Lifeboatmed ~ ha\re 'to pas~ ~ ' row-
t . '· ' b !... • • ~ t . ' . ' , !,01t Office ri. •r~ldfn.. ,._y, u._tt.r th• i . ~ t ' t ! d .... '""i t ' . Td 'b' ,, • 'th', lie mattel' would : be su ntit~c:d to · ·as .. g1ving th~ shipowner ~ perfect electric :equipment. · ·' " Act ot Aut. 14, ,,,,.. n5 ' es . a ... '"sere ._ · y · •
impartial arbitration<: t9 declde.' the· wellpon with 'whi'ch to dispose of " 'If the ~e.r~carr:"fti.-g 'carg~ fteet ;; .;' " Coast'"Guarcl t~ qllallfy fo\1 1 ari'ieh'..
1.ssue. · -. ·· . • ~ ' · aggressive pro-union men on the can continue to · operate under the• . i , " '· ~ , dors~µieli~ ·

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~prll 8. 1980

US~Frag ShipoW.ner~-:
Rap 'Anti~J,,mbo' Bill

W ASHINGTON~hip op.er'ators are testifying in opposi­
~ion to a· bill which would. prohibit the use of ioreign-built
i;hip midsections in "jumboizing" American-flag ,vessels in
tl:ie domestic trade. The bill; ·

SE..41'...fRER! L(JC Pa&'e Three

SIU-M a·nned -F lee·t
Wins S·afety Tit/·e
Second Year In Row

stipporfed by the US shipyard verle(l .vessels will be · considered
industry, is up for hearings in to have been rebuilt in the us
the Senate. . and will retain whatever coastwise
· .The bill, designe~ . to "further privileges that' they maY. have had
amend the s~lpping laws to pro- prior to rebuilding. '

For the second year in a row, the SIU-manned Alcoa Steamship fleet has cap­
tured top honors as the safest dry cargo fleet under the American flag. This was
ttie first t~e that any company had won the annual National Safety Council con-

hibit operation in the coastwise Pacific Group Opposed
trade of a rebuilt vessel . unless A spokesman for the Pacific
rebuildl~g is effected within the American St.ea . hip Assnclatlon
US and for other purposes" ·was stated that although his organiza­
fntrodµced last month. tion has always been opposed to

test two years ru_nning in \etter than Alcoa's top score last to miss work -for one or mor~ days
the dry Cargo and passen~ year. The over-aff performance following the accident.

t of ships in the contest was 5.12 The figures show that among

Amendments- to the laws on actions that would take trade from
coastwise trade came. as . a counter- the US shipyards, he felt that the
measure to a Customs Bureau okay new amendment would be "un­
that will permit . a tis operator to necessary" ai; the inip.orted sec­
import a foreign-made midbody tions offered no threat io'our econ­
section for installation here in the omy because of the vast di(f er­
US and use in the domestic trade. ence in the construction.

ger f;a egory. compared with 5.89 in last year's the companies in the contest,
Alcoa won the 1959 Ma- contest, showing a consistent im- fifteen in all, the industry-wide

provement in shipboard safety. accident rate has been diminish-
r.in e Section contest with Alcoa had finished second in the ing every year, from a 7.30 in
a 1.62 rating which is be- 195'i contest. The competition 1957 to 5.89'" rating in 1958 and
. ' • covers all shipboard ratings Ii- 5.12 rating in 1959. These rec-

The SIU-contracted Sea-Land The hearings ' being conducted
services is reported planning to use by Senator Bartlett of Alaska, also
the converted container vessels in heard from a Weyerhauser Steam­
the intercoastal trade. The opera- ship Company representative. He
tion involves the midbody secUons, termed the bill as "one-sided" as
being built abroad and then floated each ·one of the vessels in the
to the US. domestic trade is rapidly reaching

heved to . be -the ~ow~st score_ censed ;md unlicensed. ords contradict the figures pub­
ever registered m its cate- · SIU headquarters hailed the per- lished ·by the Marine Index
gory. In the competition for formance of Seafarers on the Al- Bureau. They also counter indus-
1958 the company won with a coa ships. Messages were sent to try spokesmen's complaints about
2.94 era_ting followed by United all ships in the fleet congratulating "~ccident prone" and "claims­
States Lines and United Fruit the · crews on their outstanding happy" seamen.
Company-. These two companies safety performance. In the Alcoa fleet , . for example,
finished in 2nd and 3rd spots this Contributing to the top record rEcords indicate that there were >

year as well with scores of 2.04 scored by Alcoa ships this year 28 lost-time accidents in 1957, al­
and 2.37, both of them doing and last are the accident-free though three ships had none. The The Bureau ruled that such con- the 20-year mark in age.

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MSTS Sta-·-es Ex-lus1·ve. Cla·1·m Roamer, which stretched its with six ships without a lost-time K. .. skein to 1,489 days as of the accident. This year the number of
. _ . beginning of April, the Alcoa accidents fell to 12, with seven

T M • •1 s e I R She , Partner with 972 days and the ships reporting no lost-time acci-

0 'SS' e Pe"'IQ un 1ps Alcoa Polaris with 751 days free dents at all.
. • ~ .. · of lost-time accidents. Alcoa, which has participated

• The Military Sea Transport Service has served notice that it considers all future
missile range and other special service functions as its private preserve. Admiral Roy
Gano, commander of MSTS, told a meeting of shipping executives that MSTS is shifting
the special service field as -the
result of cutbacks in its pas­
senger and cargo - car:rying
operations. ·

MSTS has long been under fire
frc,m private ship operators and
seamen's uniQlls for competing
with the private ·shipping industry.
As a result, the service has been
Cllmpelled to cut back some of the
operations of its own shipping in
favor of privately-owned US-flag

Santa Maria, C:tlif., the SIU Pa­
cific District and the SIUNA pro­
tested vigorously but to no avail
against a decision to bar private
companies from bidding on this
range-despite the fine record
compiled· by the Suwannee com­
pany, which- is under SIU A&G
District contract.

Similariy, · privately-owned ship
operators used to contract for

some of the radar line supply mis­
sions to Thule, Greenland, Goose
Bay, Labrador, arid other , Far
North bases. Now all these supply
operations are handled on MSTS
ships. ·

Gano indicated that in the years
·ahead, MSTS will be moving more
,and more into the special project
area, ·with specially-built ships or
remodeled merchant vessels.

··::~ .. ~~·;:·;·: .. ~~:£ ··~···- Chile Union Gets Pcict
back, MSTS has been lookin_g for · · s
other areas in which to maintain On Two Runa -way hi·ps ships · and employees and has
chosen the missile ranges and
"'Dew Line" supply operations as
the most likely fields of activity.
. As a result, ' outside of the sin­

gle contract of Suwannee Steam­
·ship Company on the South At­
lantic missile· range,· all other
ships on these ra·ngcs are either
Navy vessels or MSTS-operated
ships. When the Pacific Ocean
missile range was opened out of

BRUSSELS-An important breakthrough on wages and
manning standard_s aboard runaway-flag ships has been
scored by the ITF-affiliated Maritime Confederation of Chile,
the International Transport-• ·
worker's Federation has an- When the ves,sels arrived in Chile,
nounced. The Chilean mari- the company attempted to operate
time union has succeeded in ob- them at wage scales and manning_
taining Chilean scales ·and condi- levels below those of e~isting
tions aboard t\vo Liberian-flag ves- Chilean coll~ctive bargaining
sels operated by a Chilean com- agreement. · • k pany. · ' . The Chilean union raised a _beef

Frelgh~ Tan .er 1 - The agreement was significant and ~btained an increas~ in the IL, because of the precedent set, manning scale and workmg con-
. · . namely, that runaway sfiips would ditions. The terms are parallel to

P t P .. ii -d agree to pay· the wage scales of those existing in the agreement ac S · r1 n ,e the count11y in which ownership or between the Seafarers Union of
. - - control of the vessel resides. This Valparaiso and the National Asso-
The. newly completed freightship

and tariker agreements ate ready
In prin'ted form and are - being
distributed 'by the SIU to all ports.

Wages, overtime· and penalty
rates set forth between the SIU
and the various SIU - contracted
freightship companies became ef­
fedive February 15, 1960. The

' agreement highlighted a new wage
scale for all r atings along 'with new
overtime and · penalty rates for
each respective pay grade. _
' A similar agreement Wias reached

· J>etw2en - t)le A~G District a.n.d·
companies o~ the tanker industry.
The effective date for the tanker
agreement. was March 1, · 1968.

is the policy which American mar- ciation of Shipowners, with minor
ifime unions have proposed and changes in bonus arrangements.
which has been adopted officially Tax payments. and welfare regu-
by the ITF. lations will be identical with

IMWU Campaign those imposed on Cbilean-flag
The agreement could have a ships.

bearing on the legal right of the Once the runaway operators con­
International Maritime Workers cede that they can sign Chilean
Union to organize and obtain con- union contracts fpr ships operated
tracts on other runaway ships op- out of that country, they would
erating in American commerce un- have difficulty coming into the
der Americ~n ownership or con- Natiooal Labor Relations Board or
trol. a US court and claiming that

. In this case, a Chilean concern, American-owned runaways could
Cta Navlera del Pacifico, had not sign with American unions.
chartered .the two '.ships, t11e By- Tlw agreement to pay Chilean
lal and Joancy: Both of them, ·in- taxes could also have a bearing, on
cidentally, had been American-flag the tax obligations of ·Ame'rican­
Libertys and were furmerly oper- owned runaways to the us Govern~
ated by the Isbrandtsen companv. ment.

In all, .seven ships of the Alcoa actively in the industry-wide
fleet did not have a single lost- safety program through the Sea­
time accident in 1959. They were farers Safety Department, offers
the Roam~r. Partner, Polaris, Cor- safety incentive awards to its
sair, Pioneer, Pointer and Puritan. crews. All ships which go 500 days ·
Lost-time accidents are those in without an accident receive movie
which the injured man is forced projectors.

Alcoa Roamer, still going strong, has boosted its safety record
to 1,489 consecutive days since this_ photo was taken.

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lsthm_ian Skippers
To Man Atom Ship ·
. WASHINGTON - Two Isthmian Line captains - one of
whom recently commanded the Steel Director-are among
the maritime officers chosen to run the new nuclear-powered
v e s s e 1 Savannah accord­
ing to the Mari time Adminis­
tration.

A master, chief officer, second
officer, chief engineer: and three
alternates were selected to man the
a-powet·ed ship. Six of the seven
are former unlicensed crewmen,
and all are career mariners.

Chosen as chief mate of the
ship was Captain William W.
Meyer, who joined Isthmian in·
1946 and was appointed master in
195jJ. He has continued to' serve
with that . company since.

Another Isthmian employee who
was named alternate deck officer

aboard Savannah is Captain James
L. Gregory, w·ho most -recently
skippered the Steel Director. · He
.was anl.ong the group taking tlie
full training course which qualifies
them as deck officers aboard the
nuclear ship. Two other alternates
were chosen also, according to the
MA and States Marine Lines, which
will operate the ship for M;,rit.ime -
under General Agency Agreement.

savannah's keel was laid in the
spring of 1958. She hit the water
for the first time in July, 1959. Ex­
tensive tests and trials are in stot·e
for the ship before she starts regu­
lar runs.



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.no·rABY-·SHIPPJN·G BOARD
March 16 Through March 29, 19~0 · . ~ · Ship Acfivi.ty '

The ·past four shipping reports, ' together wfth tbis ·report, have Registration also flourished and took a. sharp "°creaee 01 · 245 _men. Pay -Sit• Iii ·
appeared like a bouncing ball on a cement walk, UP. and down-up The previous period had seen 1,054 men resistei;ed ii compared to 1 Offl OQ '"""·TOTA&;
and down-and now up again over the past two weeks. New York, the 1,299 registered this period. All departments have ahown · an ln· ...,.. .. , •• .-. z _ 4 6
New Orleans, Baltimore, and Houston combiped to ship 778 of the crease with 505 men in deck, 416 in enaine, 378 in steward. The last New,.,. •••• 21 4 14 Jt
l,254 SIU crewmembers shipped. This is an increase of 252 men period had 432 registered in deck, 327 in engine and 295 til steward 24
shipped and represents the widest margin of increase since the be- departments respectively. At the end of this period there ~ere 2,765 ,..~,.,. • •' 1-- : ~: .

16 ginning of winter. · registered on- the beach, a decllne from the last tot~l of 2,BU men on laltf•ore • • • • 12

Ship activity was also up for the. period as 24 more vessels were the beach. .._ , ......,. • • • • • • 2 1 10 11.
11erviced-251 as compared to 227 .for ~he previous two _weeks. _The Boston, Philadvlphia: Norfolk, Jacksonville, Miami and Wilmington J.cbHYllle · ... 2 1 12 11
actual breakdown as shown at the right is 74 payoffs, a gam of thirty; all had less than 100 men in clisses A & B regi1tered on the. beach. Miami ' ,• .. •••• I J 4
38 si~n-o_ns, . 8 ga1n of twelve; aqd 141 ships Ip transit, ft dr.l)p of Boston, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Jackllonville iftd Miami had le81 than Moblft • • • • • • • • 2 ' 4 U
18 .. Wtlmmgton was the ~nly port to have neither a payoff or sign-on 50 ."A" .men registered on the beach. ~ · New OrlMltl •. t 3 21 H
while Boston and Miami had no slgn-ons. New York led the way HHttoll •••••• 4 J 27 M
with 39 vessels serviced. . The following is the outlook for the next period por.t by port: ·

A rise in shipping was shown in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Bos&on, Steady • • • New York, remain the same • • • i'hll•delphla, Wllml""911
• • - ' :

1
:

Norfolk, Mobile, New Orlf ans, Houston and San Francisco. Boston, Fair • • .Baltimore, busy • . . Norfolk, steady . . • Jae•nvllle, the ... l'r.acftc•. • 1 2
Jacksonville, Miami, and Wilmln~ton all registered 11lght drops in same . . . Miami, slow . . . Mobile, islim ·• • • New Orleau, ' lower SHttfe ...... • 6 I 4 11
1hlpping while Seattre shipped only one less than the last two weeks •.•• HoUltol!, good ••• Wilmlqton, steady ••• San Franelseo, movin&
period. : : • SeaUle, dim. · ·

--, ....... ~ •••• 74 141 -111

DECK DEPARTMENT .
legistered Regllferetl -shipped Sltlpped Sltlppetl · fQTAl' · - leg15'eretl 011 Tlte here"
CLASS A CLASS I CLASS A CLASS B CLASS C .$H,,,EO , CLASS A CLASS ·a

GROUP ,
GROUP GROUP - GROUP GJtOUP ·Gaovp · GROUP GROUP ,0,, - 1 z I ALL 1 % I ALL 1 % SALL 1 2 SALL l 2 3 ALL ~ . B C ALL 1 z s ~LL l .z I ALL

1 4 1 6 . . 2 2 ' '. 8 ,· 15 . 2 - 3 Boston .......•••••••• - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ·- - 25 - 5 8
New .York . ...... ..... 19 35 . 15 ..:1 · 9 11 21 19 28 8 55 ...... 11 7 18 - . . - 1 · l 55 18 ·-. 1 71 82 . 29 . .49 160 a -26 44 73
Philadelphia . ....•..•. 8 7 ,8 ZI - 1 s 'I 7

16 5 u 1 3 6 10 3 1 3 ., 28 10 7 fb 8 7 8 23 - 1 3 • Baltimore ............ _9 20 7 36 l 7 7 15. 12 . 29 7 48 3 11 17 31 2 - 2 2 8 48 31 ' 6 85 30 64 19 113 4 10 .26 40
Norfolk ... . . .••..•••• s 4 4 111 1 4 4 9 5 12 1 18 1 4 5 10 - 3 ' 4 'I 18 10 7 15 3 5 4 13. 1 4 4 • Jacksonville .. ....•.•• ' 5 2 11 - • 1 I - 2 3 I - 1 1 z - 1 - 1 5 2 1 I 9 11 1 •t 2 2 ' Mia.ml ... .••••••.••••. - 2 - 2 - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 l • ' 1 I - - 2 - 2
Mobile ... .. ...••....• 14 20 3 371 - - 7 'I - u 4 15 - 3 5 8 - - 3 3 15 - 8 3 26 30 '26 5 11 - 2 . 7 9
New Orleans ......•••. 28 28 12

181
2 3 8 13 17 30 9 H 3 3 8 H 1 l 1 a 56 14 3 '7S 69 s-a 25 1'71 8 .4 19 •29

Houston .. . . ... . ••••.• 15 32 10' 57 1 '1 14 zz 14 30 10 54 - 3 10 13 1 1 - z 54 13 2 19 27 40 9 '16 3 . 9 .13 .:u
Wilmington ....• ...•.. 8 6 2 11 1 2 2 5 2 2 - t 1 2 3 6 - 1 2 3 . 4- 8 3. IS 11 13 2 le :s 3 '., .
San Fran'cisco . .....•.. fi , 14 4 ZS - 1 4 5 4 11 6 %1 - - 1 - 1 - - 1 . 1 21 1 1 IS 9 20 2 31 - 4 8 10
Seattle ...... ...•..•••. 6 14 4 u j - 7 5 ft 4 14 2 zo 1 3 s I · to - - 2 z 20 10 2 ·sz 15 21 4

. " - 10 2 11
T07AU . lit -18112 · 1-asa· 1 ,, .. r122 H ~186_51_1126 10 14-89 -l IH 7 10~19 IH.321 123---U-!-fl& SOl-337- lllT 'l'IO. 1'J 12- 13t- l- 1U

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ENGINE . DEPARTMENT .. ,,,,.,.,, ... ,,,.,.,, - Shipped Shipped Shipped TOTAi. 1 .. 1ster•d On ru leacll
CLASS A CLASS. I CLASS A CLASS I CLASS C SHll'l'EO CLASS A . ' ewsa · ~

- oaoup GROUP GROUP GBOUP . GROUP, GBOOP GROUP Giour
Port I 2 I ALL 1 z I ALL 1 z SALL 1 z I s .ALL . 1 2 I ALL A B c ALL 1 t I ALL 1 % I ALL
Boston .....•..•• ••••• - - 1 1 ·- 2 1 . I - 2 - 2 - - - - - 3 - a % - 3 & - 4 1 5 1 3 3 ' N·ew York ..••••.• •••• 15 39 3 17 3 7 11 21 7 35 1 '3 2 10 9 Zl '· 43 21 6' 40 124 22 lM '8 S'1 39 11 - - - -
Philadelphia' ....••..•. 3 7 3 11 - 7 3 lt 3 11 2 16 J 10 4 15 .,..... 4 5 · . 9 16 15 9 40 • 3 7 3 13 - 7 3 11
Baltimore . ....•••• .•. 5 27 6 II 1 12 12 ZS 2 28 6 H -I 14 13 28 - 3 · 1 ' 34 28 •• .. -o . 61 7 '1'I . 1 . 20 19 &O
No!'.{olk . . .. .•......•• 1 8 2 • - 1 s ' 2 19 3 21 1 • 3. • - 2 ... • 21 8 8 1$ 1 5 ., 8 - 1 3 ' ..
J•cksonville .• •.•••••• 1 1 . - I 1 a· 1 I 1 1 1 I - - 1 1 - 1 1 z 3 l - 2 •• 2 "I l 1t - 1 3 ' Miami ......••••.•••• . - - - - - - - - - 1 - l - - 1 1 - 1 - 1 1 1 1 ·I - 1 ~ ·1 - - - -Mobile . .. . . .......... 1 14 7 2Z .- - . 10 · 1t 2 8 3 11 - 2 7 9 1 3 - ' 13 9 4 ZI 10 32 9 11 - 6 s· " New OrleaqJ . ...... . . ., 8 38 3 ,., 1 7 8 11 9 32 3: " 1 8 10 19 - 1 1 z 44 19 2 "I 27

67 7 111 2 27 19: • Houston . . ....•••..... 8 42 2 Ii 1 . UI 8 ·II 8 39 .4 11 1 5 15 I 11 1 1 - 3 51 21 2 7' 16 30 3 ... - 8 • • ll
Wilmington . .•.••••••. 2 4 - • - 4 3 '1 - - 1 1 - 1 -- . 1 - - 1 1 1 1 1 . 3 2 13 - 15 - 7 2 • San Francisco ....•.... 2 10 1 1J - • 3 , 3 12 3 18 - 1 2 I - - 3 3 18 3 3 "I ,, 18 3 21 - ·3 2 I
Seattle ..... ........ ... · 4 12 - 11 1 5 1 7 2 8 4 H' 1 2 ·- -3 - - l 1 14 3 1 18 4 ·22 - H - 't . 2 ••
rnT.4H -u- 200 -ZS I 271 ~.-•• M ll&0,39 191 si~1ze1 I 57 15 -i3o z 19 l'1 38261 l3t 3i- lt29121 - 39i 58 570 9 ·iz1 101 r"ica

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STEWARD DEPARTMENT

Registered Re;,iateretl Slt!pped Shipped Slilpped TOT AL· Ra9i1tered On Tit• 8.aclt
CLASS A CLASS a CLASS A CLASS 8 Cl.ASS c . SHJPPED Cl.Ass· A Cl.ASS I

Port
GROUP , GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP - .GROUP
1 2 3 ALL . 1 2 S ALL 1 2 3 4-LL 1 2 3 AI,.L 1 2 3 ALL A B C ALL 1 . 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL

- 1 1- - . -2 - - - - - - . 1: 1 _:... ..... 1 ~ - - - - 1 1. - 2 -5 - 2 'I . 2 ' - I( 3 - •
16 -- 5 33 54 i 1 - 22 23 10 · 1 17 211 - 1 · 5 6 - __, 4 f ·28 6 4 31 94 42 108 Hf 1 8 82 11
4 3 6 . 13 ~ - - 3 3 9 1 7 .. 11 - - .. 5 5 - - 9 ·; 9

1

17 -5 9 31 4 3 6 13 - - · 3 s
12 4 10 26 - 1 10 ii 14 6 12 . 32 1 4· 8 13 1 1 15 1'1 32 . 13 17 62 40 11 17 . 88 2 4 79 '15

3 2 - 5 - 1 4 5 7 2 .4 13 - 1 '1 8 1 - 5 I i3 8 , 6 2'1 . ..-3 ' . 2 - I - 1 4 · ...
2 1 4 i 1 1 1 3 1 - 2 3 2 - 1 S - - - - 3 3 .,.__ 8 3 s' 5 J1 - . '2 l- . I
2 - 1 3 - - - - - ·- - - - - - - - · - - -=- - - - · 2 - a· s - - •. 2 ·21

11 2 17 30 - - 15 15 1 4 l1 11 - - 6 I - - - - 18 .. 8 - ·22 21 5 31 17 - - 13 13
13 3 35 51 - 1 18 19 9 5 33 '' - 1 10 u - - - - 47 .. 11 - 58 !50 14 80 14' 1 1 4!f ,1
14 5 17· 38 1 3 15 19 9 6 lfl 33 - _,. . 12 - 12 - ' 1 4 $ SS 12 5 II 22 · 6 12 40 8 2 12 21

6 1 6 13 1 ...... 2 - 3 2 - 3 ·5 - - -. -... - - - - 5 - - 5 9 1 4 H · .1 - - . 3 f
5 . 4 4 13 - - 3 · 31 5 2 5 1Z - - 3 3 - - 1 ·1 .. 12 3 1 16 12 4 11 H - 1 5 •
5 __ -. 1 6 _ 12 _ 1_2 - 6 . 91 6_ 2 6 .. 14 - 1 4 . 51· 1 . 4 5 ' 14 5 5 2f. 9 ·2 6 l'I ·2 2 7 11

93 32,HO I 265 5 ,9 99 I 113! 73 . 29 U9 I 2Zl 3 8 62- 1-73 - 3 - z-62 1-,, Z~7S-4.7 I 3'! ' 27'-93°185-j6~z l'I . __ u 2~9 J ~91

Boston ... .......•.•..
New York . .. ....... ..
Ptftladelphia . ........ .

, Baltimore . ...•.......
Norfolk , .. . ... ~ ..... .
Jacksonville . .•... : . . .
Miami . . .......•... : . .
Mobile . ...... . .• . '. .. .
New Orleans . ........ .
Houston . . . ~ ..•.......
Wilmington . . . : . ..... .
San Francjsco . ....... .
Seattle . .. ... .... . . . .

JOTALS

SUMMAR~
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Re9i5tered- Registered . Shlppotl Sftlpp•tl Shipped T01AL lteglstered On The leac'le
CLASS A - CLASS B CLASS A ('.LASS I CLAS~ C SHIPPED - CLASS A CLASS I

~ROUP- .-- GROUP . GROUP - . GROtJP. . I, "GROUP . . • CLASS (;ROUP GROlJf .
----------· . 1· . 2 . 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 S ALL 1 · "2. ' S ALL t ! S ALL A . B C ALL 1,. 2 3 . ALL l . 2 3 A.~L
11.~E~C;;.'IC::.::-. =----- J20 19T~2 I 383 7 _ 47 68 I i22

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841aa · 5!5 I 32s 10 44- ·ag" I 1%3 7 10 1,, I , ss·32~-:r-f23 ·3-cf,..j:-414 31)2~37 i3rn10 17 82 134 I ·233
:1NGINE· · :Js= ~oo -;-281 -276 .s=_6s 64_! uo a·9 :~ 191_~ a1j_2G• ~ a_:_s7:~65J_l.ao _2 1e ~17J.1..-~~12Qf., 1~o~a~:.J t2ej~t: ~9.1 . s~1_~1~ e 127- 1071 .. w
n::.;:;,.::E=W~A.;R=D~---~- · 93 32 140 I 2651 5 9 99 r 113: 73 29 119 I zu 3 8 · 62 L :11· 3 " 2 . 42 I '41221·• .. : 73 47 I 3U2?:,4 .93 285 I 612 1'1 : 21 2Strj 291

, GRAND •. lOJALS ,. 261 - 'P .HO J 924 20 12' 231 I 375.il~§ . •t6 205 I 807 21 _ f09 196' T 32f;r' U ... n ' '1&, ·1. ~21 te1 a~s1 11l- jfiN:6~ .. 82l '41t7Jlt•I -ta 110 aet· f1U
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When H~1ting1 (top) ran into Antfnous (bottom)' this was the
result-two gashed bows. Nobody wa~ ir,jured as the two. Water~
man ships collided with each other in Houston ship channel. Looks
like Antinous ~as riding lower in the water and upper-cut her
sister ship. ·

future Rosy
In-Baltimore

Ship Operators Told: l. ·1 ,JI . . !!-!" . .. ill
~

Union Vo:iCe In Ship Safely
·ts ODIY P~sitive Approach
. . Str~ng ,s~pport for the joint la~or-management approach a~ the only p~sit.i~.e method of
1mprovu~g shipboard safety was voiced at last week's convention of the National Safety
Coupcil's Marine Section. At the .same time, the convention, meeting in New York, ~as
warned that management can •
no longer t~am l4p with other ger ship. operators. <See storJ OD of those present on the discredit•
agencies to use the safety ·is- Pa•e 3.) ed accident data for mai:ittme sup.
sue u an exC1Jse to bludgeon un- This year's spring safety meet· plied by the National Safety
ions and . their members on the in1 also marked the first time that Council, with which the Marine
waterfront. labor spokesmen were sharply in Section is affiliated, and by the

One of the keynote ·speakers at evidence to urge a voice with man· Marine Index Bureau of New
the ship operators' se11lon,. Captain agement on accident prevention York. As noted on several occa•
Milton R. William11, operating man- prosram! in maritime. Joe Algina, sions in the SEAFARERS LOG•
ager of ,tlit SIU-contracte~ Bull Director, Seafarers Safety Depart- the NSC ftgures on maritime cover
Line, had warm praise for the ment, apotlighted the issue for the a tiny handful of ships in the in•
SIU's Joint Safety Program and audience of shipping executives as dustry - and seamen least of all.
the Union's "aggreaslve" role in one of direct, mutual interest a~d Yet, oddly enough, at every gath·
the campaign. ·He declared: concern. ering of the Marine Section, whicll

;'As a matter of fact, the union He warned, bowever, that Do has its own specific data on ship
has been more aggressive in push- union would .tand ldlJ' by If man- safety, the inferior NSC - figures
Ing the program than some of the a•emeDt kled to "team up· wl&b are the only ones alluded to or
companies. Apparently some of other ag-encies" to pn 1eamen mentioned.
the companies- have not yet over- and other maritime worker• "a bad In the same manner, t1te Marine
come- their reluctance in working · Ume." Thia Yiew wu also affirmed Index still continues the practice
closely with the union on any mat- bJ' Joe Leonard, nle&J' director of of lumping together unevaluated
ter. They could not be more wrong &be In&ernational Loqshoremen's illness and injury reports and
in this attitude." Auocla&ion, who ealled for a projecting them as industry-wid;f

A highliglit of the convention chance to . work tosether with statistics. Another speaker at the
was the announcement at its close stevedores and ahlp operators ln ship safety panel, W. Lyle Bull, ex­
that the SIU-manned Alcoa Steam- dealinr with the nfetJ' problems ecutive vice-p.resident of Ameri·
ship Company fleet, for the second of dock labor. can Export Linea, used the Marine
year In a row, had won the 1959 One aspect of the gathering that Index figures to revive interest ill
award for ·the best accident record followed the pattern of previous the proposed Coast Guard "profil­
~mong US dry cargo and passen-' meetings was the reliance by many ing" system to impose loosely-de-

fined physical and menta.J. stand-

1

,----------------------------- ards on merchant seame\}. (See

LABOR R-0 UN-, D-. -UP sto~~1i°~1:0a~ee:it with "th~ mutu-
- · ality of interest between the in-

. dustry and the unions" in pro-
moting ship safety, and went on
to rap "racketeering lawyers''

·cG Seeking
Hit-Run Ship

NEW YORK-The Coast Guard,
New York police an.d a. marine
towing ' company are trying to run
down a hit-and-.run ship which did
ab<>ut $100,000 worth of damages
.b1 a chain re.action aci;:ident at
Wltte's Marine Basin, . Rossville,
Staten Island, near the Arthur Kill
channel.

According to investigators, the
"runaway" ship caused damage to
six barges, sank a small tyg ~oat
and almost wrecked a floating
derrick.

$1,000 Reward . Offered
An executive of the flrm ·which

owns one of the four barges said he
was surprised the ship did not re­
port the accident. ·A $1,000 reward
has been offered by the firm for
iqformaUon which will enable it to
collect -damages.

Police have found some frag­
ments of red paint which they
believe may have' been scraped
from ' the offending ship ·as it
plowed into one of . the barges.

Coast Guard investigators have
come up with clues t hat reveal the
ship in question had to be of very
shallow draft - perhaps a small
ship which may have been empty
at th~ time of the accident. This
conclusfop rules out the possibility
that a tanker or other large ship
was involved. Tankers and other
large craft us·e the Arth.ur Kill
channel, which is close to the
scene of the accident.

while making no distinction be-
tween valid and so-called "fake''
claims under the . Jones Act. How•
ever, be did pointedly blame man•
agement for · not taking "ambu­
lance-chasers" · into court 1nsteacl
of making "lush" settlements.

Joe Algina, director, of the Se.a•
' farers Safety Department, blunt•

ly .informs ship operato.rs that
unions must be considered on
safety matters. ·

In pressing the case for uni­
form, centralized ship safety plans
such as the joint program of the
SIU and its contracted operators,
Capt. Williams noted that "the
crews, when properly approached
and made part 'of the team .will
not only cooperate but go out of
their way in the matter of .safe·
ty."

He criticized situations where
training is wasted after a seaman
moves from one company to an·
other and "is considered a trouble
maker or· told to mind his own
b.qsiness" if he points out an un­
safe condition on a vessel. He
lauded the LOG for "promoting
safety to the union members at
every opportunity ...



April I. ltlt

50-50 0;1 ·Ruling
Is Expected Soon

Record Vacation Benefit. Russia Ships
To Lead US:

' WASHINGTON- A decision should be forthcoming short­
ly on the proposal for a 50 percent rule . on US oil imports as
the Qffice of Civil and Defense Mobilization indicated· it
would not call public hearings
on the proposal. The OCDM move toward switching from Amer­
r;_losed out the subject after ican to foreign-flag tankers when
all of the 'big international bil it petitioned for an increase in its
eompanies, dutifully following Es- oil import allotments. The· petition

.... so's lead, filed ·statements · object- was flatly rejected by the GO:vern­
ing to .any proposal that they carry ment.
their oil imports on American-flag The strategy of the major ·com-
1hips. · panies · was clearly to create the

Meanwhile, Esso made another impression of overwhelming accu­

Magnuson
WASHINGTON-Russia is not

only racing to surpass this cou·ntry
in the pr.oduction of satellites, but
it's also attempting to outdo us
in new shipping tonnage, says Sen •
Warren Magnuson <Dem., Wash.).

He called· for more US support
of the Merchant Marine Act of
19361 maintaining that this coun­
try must build 25 to 26 "Ships a

. year to keep the Merchant Marine
on a phased~out basis and thereby
keeping our shipyards operating
at a productive pace. Mobile Gets

Ship Money·

mulation of opinion against any
50-50 import rµle. This was done
by the simple process of "changing
hats." The so-called "American
Committee for the Flags of Neces­
si~y;" an organization of runaway
operators representing all major
oil companies, plus a number of
other oil company fronts all duti­
fully filed the same objections to
the proposal.

Seafarer E. P. Dwyer, OS (left) accepts his vacation check for
$598.51 from SIU. Welfare services representative Jeff Gillette.

"America has slipped badly by
letting only 19 contracts for new
ships in 1958 and 15 contracts in
1959," he declared.

MOBILE - After 1tbout five
months of waiting, the crews of
the Pacific Explorer and Pacific
Tide have finally received their
back monies covering base wages,
overtime and transportation. Next
on the agenda is legal action
aimed at obtaining unpaid allot­
ments due Seafarers' dependents,
reports ag ent Louis Neira. The two
ships wer~ sold. at auction here
after the owners went bankrupt.

Dwyer was last on a missile ship. • Reb~l~nc Needed

Among companies lining up to
get their objections in the record,
besides Esso, were Texaco, Socony,
Gulf, and Standard .of California.
The companies have also rung in
the State Department, long known
for its support" of the runaway
flags, and other Government agen­
cies in objecting to the proposal.

Sa,fe.fy Incentive Awards
Announeed ·By Bull.·Lines

, Magnuson, who heads the Senate
tnterstate and Foreign Commerce
Committee, held that a "realistic
re-building" of our merchant ma­
'rine is dependent upon the Mer­
chant Marine Act of 1936 and .the
assistance it •gives. He called at­
tention to the fact that in 1958, to­
tal operating expenses of lines un-
4er subsidy contract-including de:.
perciation and overhead-were

The SIU-contracted Bull Lines has inaugurated incentive
awards for ships which compile the best safety records. This
brings to three the numb~r of SIU-contracted shipping firms
which offer such awards for
high safety performances. · After a good shipping period

during the past two weeks, this
port is faced with slimmer pros­
pects during' the upcoming span,
Neira added. Twelve vessels called
Jiere during the period......:.of which
1ix paid off, two signed on crews
and four were serviced in transit.
. The vessels paying off were: Al­

eoa Corsair, Alcoa Pioneer, Alcoa
Pilgrim <Alcoa); Monarch of the
Seas and Claiborne <Waterman).

Signing on was Council Grove
(Cities Service) and Alcoa Pilgrim
(Alcoa).

In transit: Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa);
·John · B. Waterman <Waterman);
Longview Victory <Victory Carr.)
and Fort Hoskins (Cities Service).

Under the 50-50 rule, which is
supported by the SIU, NMU- and
other maritime unions as well as
independent tanker owners, half
of all oil imports coming into the
US would be carried oil American­
flag ships.

This would have the effect of im­
mediately reviving the dwindling
US-flag tanker fleet, and requiring
the transfer back to ·American reg­
istry of considerable runaway-flag
tonnage, plus the construction of
new ships in American yards.

The oil companies' opposition
results from their desire to carry
their· oil on tax-free, low.wage
Liberian-flag tankers at the ex­
pen~ of an American-flag tanker
fleet and American seamen.

According to a -Bull Line
safety bulletin, cash prizes of $25
will be placed in the ship's fund
of vessels which have the longest
continuous number of days with­
out a lost time accident, or for th&
lowest number of such accidents
during the calendar year. A grand
prize worth $250 - a gift to be
chosen by the crew-goes to the
vessel having 500 continuous days
without a lost-time accident. ·

Safety Ideas

Bull Line safety representatives
who has visited several of the
firm's vessels during the past few
weeks report that seve~al good

Handy OhJe~t

• I

. ;

- A Guard Rail
A simple, easy-to-install guard rail is the

,,._ best way to keep crewmembers from bump­
ing into fixed installations, particularly
down in the black gang's working areas.

The .guard rail enables crewmembers to
service equipment, when necessary, anCI at
the same time protects · against damage,
particularly if a crewmember should suffer
a slip or be pitched off his feet in ' the
~cini~ ·

Some SIU ships have "installed such rail­
ings and have foun~ · them a desirable
means of adding to· shipboard. safety.

ideas came out of these safety dis- $712,607,165, explaining that of
cussions. One suggestion was that this amount subsidies payable were
pressure-sensitlve non-skid .tape be .• 139,770,672-or 19.6 percent of the
used on the tile · in front~ of · the total.
galley range .and on the l~undry He called for a continuation of
floors. The tape, which comes in . subsidies for 4merican shipowners;
various widths, 'is water-and-steam-· otherwise, ·he ad~ed, the us will
repellent. The use of another 'pres- ~efault to a Soviet system which
sure-sensitive tape for marking ob- "confidently· expects to have 13,­
structions (such as low overheads, 000;000 tons of merchant shipping
valves in the engine room and --or about 8 percent of world, ton- ·
telegr~ph handles) )98 urged at nage-by 1975."
the discussions. ------'-----~~--

' The other SIU-contracted ship­
ping l i n e s · offering incentive
awards are Alcoa and Isthmian
Lines, which give movie projectors
and a $250 cash award to winning
ship's crews, respectively.

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Health Plans Can't Fiil BJll
Part of the formula is that Col·
lins never goes on the ballot to
be voted on by the memberships
involved, but is listed as an "ad­
visor."

Seattle Sees
Slack Ahead

SEATI'LE - Shipping was good
here during the past two weeks
but prospects for the coming peri­
od look dim, reports Tep Babkow­
ski, agent. Only one ship thus far
has been scheduled to hit here for
a payoff, he added.

There were six payoffs, five
ships signed- on and four were
serviced in-transit during the past
two weeks.

Payoffs included the Fairport
(Waterman); Natalie (Maritime
O'seas); · Almena (Clover); Intei.-·
ocean (lnterocean); Nortpweste~

Victory, Couer D'Alene Vict.ory
<Victory Carriers).

·signing on were the Fairpoi;t
(Waterman>; Natalie (Maritime
O'seasl; Almena (Clover); North·
western V i c t o r y and Couer
D'Alene Victory (Victory Carriers).

The Massmar, Kenmar and Sea­
mar (Calmar) an·d Cho~ktaw (Wa·
terman), were in-transits.



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SE.4.1'.4.RERS ~OG April I. u•

Rails ·On Griddle. Agiin . Lifeboat Class Number 28 . . .. -... . . . HY S1-iRping
was Steat/y .. ) . For Destroying Shipping For Period

WASHINGTON -A Congr~ssional subcommittee heard
charges that the nation's railroads are in · a concerted effort .
to destroy independent water carriers, including coa::;twise,
intercoastal and inland rnari- ·
time carriers. The attack on I allowed to continue carrying 'cargo
the rails sterns from the ship- at a loss · in competing with the
ping industry's and the unions' water carriers, the near-extinct
charges of ~CC-railroad . collusion coastwise and int~rcoastal trade
in the reduction of cargo rates, would fold completely.

NEW YORK..:..._Action in the port
·Of New York was steady this pe­
riod with 176 men shipping, and
the outlook is for the same to .
hold for the next two-\\jeek period,
Bill Hall, port agent, reports.

During the last period 21 ships
paid off, 3 signed on and 14 were .
ser\'.iced in transit. A total of 245
men registered for the period and
there were 835 men registere<t on

leaving the shipping industry Since labor's presentation, all
without cargo . iri the domestic forms of transportation have
trade. voiced similar charges to the legis- the beach. -

.At hearings before the Merchant lative group. All have charged
Marine subcommittee of· the Sen- that the railroads have taken se­
ate Committee on Interstate and lect areas and reduced their cargo
Foreign Commerce every ri¥al rates to drive out water carriers
form of transportation was unani- and truckers.
mous i condemning ICC-rail- The Shipb'1ilders Council of

The lifeboat school is continuing,
with great success. Since it began, .
278 out of 287 men tested have
passed, which is an exceptfonally
high percentage. '

road collusion. . America told the subcommittee . Posing, for a LOG photographer are the ·latesl graduates of the
Andrew Furuseth lifeboat School. Class #26 was held in New
York. (L-R, Standing) Thomas. Maley, R. H. MacDonal~, Patrick

. Morrissey, Eugene Sieradzki, John . Adams and , A~· Miranda.
. (Seated) A. Strawinski and J. T. Cr~ig~ · ·

Replacements for the Eagle Voy­
ager in Rhoda, Spain, were flown
there on Monday. The men are
signing on for one year.

Spokesmen from· trucking firms, that the mere existence of flour­
barges, ports and steamship agen- ishing domestii.: services. by ships
cies an voiced the general alarm is '.'the most potent insurance we
at the railroa~s proc,edures in com- have" that there will be imme­
peting with· the water carriers. diately available for -national

SIUNA president Paul Hall made emergency a nucleus fleet of mod­
his charges- of collusion known . ein vessels.

Those returning to the US from
the Eagle Voyager arrived in New
York on April 7., ·

· before the same Senate group It was pointed· out by the Ship­
in February. Hall, rep.resenting builders Council .that there were a
labor, placed the blame squarely total of 694 vessels registered
upon Uie shoulders of ICC as well (3,785,0QO tons) in the domestic
as on the railroad· industry. He services on June 30, 1938. Twenty­
asserted that if the railroads -were one years later (October l, 1959)

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Crewmernbers of'the last of the bankrupt ships ·- th~ ss· Vali\lllt ·'F-aith, which went

broke in i:i~rt Said, "Egypt-are on their way b.ack to the US aboarc,i an MSTS ship sch.eduled
to arrive in New York next Monday. From the time the ship hit Port Said' on February 11,
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there were 374 such vessels or
3,568:000 gross · tons. "T·his sub­
stantial decrease in the number
of vessels wculd appear at first
glance to merely indicate· an in­
crease in the size of vessels, but
little loss of tonnage. But further
analy!"is show!" that much more is
involved than increased size of
vessels."

from going ashore. January 18 with · a. ·load of grain men scurrying to send ·messages
Meanwhile, payments are for India. At the time . the crew home to see "if their · dependents' ·

going out on wages due Seafarers had assurances from Ocean Car- allotments had arrived. Returned
9'om several other vessels, and riers, the shipping firm, that cablegrams informed them that
court orders on wage payments are money was available for allot- none had been received.
expected momentarily on the re- ments and draws. But things start- After the ship arrived at •Port
maining bankrupt ships. ed when the ·vessel hit Ceuta, Said, repatriation · arrangements

Upon arriving in Port Said, the Spanish Morroco, for bunkers. The w~re made by ' the Union through · ·
Valiant Faith was slapped with a crew had been advised that mail the State Department.

Of the total presently reported
as eng:iged in domestic services,
tanker operations constitute ap­
proximately 73 percent of the
gross tonnage. The dry cargo
operation represents onl:v 26 per­
cent of the domestic trade.

To properly defend the nation,
which requires both passenger and
cargo ships capable: of moving
troops and c;upplies, vessels are
needed in the active service that
could be immediately available,
toe Council argued. Their flourish­
ing and remaining in operation js
being directly affected by railroad
activity.

lien for $36,000 •worth of bunkers from home awaited them upon ar- It was useless for the crew to
previously received. Word of the rival a.t the port. But there was attempt to place a lien on the ship
shipping firm's financial condi- none. Three days later, one man as Jong as it was in an Egyptian
tion followed shortly when it was got a letter from a source other port. However, the vessel is sub­
learned that allotments had not than the shipping company. In lt ject to lien should it hit any US
been . sent home. )Vhen attempts he was informed by his wife that port. The Union is ma~ng ar·
were made to have. the ship at- she had not received her allotment rangements to have the crew sent
tached for back wages, allotments, check. This _ news sent other. crew- _home when the· MSTS ship arriv~.

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etc., it was discovered that, under
Egyptian law; the proceeds from
the sale of the ship.-if this were
effected-could not · be converted
into American money and there­
fore could not be taken out of that
country.

The Valiant Faith left -Norfolk

George F. Immel, 81: Brother Immel retired December 1, 1957 after
some 16 years as a member of the SIU. His last
ship was the Del Mar (Delta). Brother Immel first
got his sea legs in 1936 on the Great Lakes. When
he .sailed under the SIU banner he preferred runs

. on Alcoa ·ships because, as he puts it, ."I had very
fine shipmates- and it's a good company to sail
with.'' An<.1. ' !iPee..IQng Qf !!hipmate!i. Seafarer Immel
reports he's keeping in touch with several of them.
He welcomes a visit from former sailigg mates, too.
Presently he resjdes in New Orleans with his daugh­
ter, Velma Gamble, who's caring for him.

t i t, ' . .
Maurice Kopenhagen ••• 56 ••• became a member of the SIU in 1941,

shipping initially aboard the Raphael Semmes.
When war was declared in December of .the same
year, he was at sea in the old west Madaket ••. the
ship got lost in fog and bad weather at the time,
he recalls. Brother Kopenhagen, who sailed in the
stewar~ de_partment, will live in New York during
his retired life. He comes down to the hall regular­
ly at preseut,-and rehashes "the goo<) old days" when
he and his buddies were at sea together.. Addition­
ally, he has side interests in photography and classi-
cal music. ·

,Regi$fer 'SCreenoes,'
Court Tel·ls Unions

The National Maritime -Union :and rn@rnJ)er cmµpanies of
the American Merchant Marine Ins'titute have been corn ..
pelled to offer tOP, ~eniority ratings to 8 group of "$creenbes"
under a rulin_g_ of the .US Dj.s-+. . · ' ' · ,,. .
t:r:ict Court. The ruling came worJcers. was unconsutuiional. The
about because of· the . refusa ;court based.its ruling on the use ot
of the-Coast Guard and the admin- anonymous accusers {Ind informants
istration to confront. -the . scre~ned . wh~ch it said denied ,the accuse"d
seamen . with witnesses who had seamen the right to confront and
supplied the Government with m- cross-examine their . accusers. · .
for~ation. about the _men's ties to -· In Octobe~;. 10.sa · fhe.Coast Guara
the Communist Party and alli~d . apparently ·gave · it~ its stand of ie­
organizat~ons. ,taining t,he screened" 'seamen" arid

US District Court Judge Alex- the US .Court"'_ 6£ Appe~ls ruled ···
aqder Bi~k!!. lumded down the deci- tbat the Coast Guard must retm•n
sion that apparently will end a their seamen's papern. T~e Coast
41h year dispute between the Coast Guard could have ·Pro c e e d e.d
Guard and the seamen." against the men had· the Govern.

In October, 195S, .a tliree-~an merit .been willing . to . i::om·e fo~th
Federal Court of :Appeals had vo'ted'" w~th witnesses · ~an.~ .... subjec~ ·the
two to one . that -·Coast Guard .w1tn,esses to cross:.e~aplinatioo. t
screening of seam.en- ~nd marltirne- : ., ~he Co~~~ ~uard · scFe·erihig pro­
-------.,.., --'-~. ·'---·---· .grar;n.. wa,· s~t· up •under.·. aq -ex-ecu·

'di T
. · '. ·k ·; ·· "' . tive. ~or~er ... -;by foriner Ptejlident

A ,'· . . ' an ers , _,"=_ · "'f~~111~n 9l:l~ing the Korean· ~<inflict.
~ ,, • .. . u~der ~e-, author;ty cori.ta'med fn

·~ . . · '•. ' '. ,.. , ,i" -·;, ~t~~-;·e~~.~~~ ord~r . the ,cG was

Plenty :-.Qf .~ ~,, :Em ,:._, ::~~~:~~;a!;~~;;o~ s~~ri~~nrhe8·i::s
· .. ~ . · · · · ·.,, ''<-':' . -me~J1ani in~ri~e -fie.et. ' , ,. 1

Ther:e are 38l' ·~r1vate1y · ow~-:d .~ l'!te. ~9~t-·i~cent decision wm •re- ; ·
tank~r~c:i~alli;'1g~p;_868,~H "t~~S?, .s_tpre th;~;;: ~efr~~).i_~d-oµt seamen· to
now ·idle.,: 00~~ Iai<l:·:UP ·- u~de~- ~()Ii"'' · · ~Group·, l~' .fs'e~iib'. _rjJhfs; in the
Comm~-nist ~ftfJff~. · JlC~or.c\ing .to-··it '~/hl,ri~l· l~:illllJ• .. ~ 1"ourteen sea• '

Eligibility requirements for the $35 weekly SIU dlsablllty i,enslon ~urrent ~ar1ne ~rokerage. sur".~Y· m-en are eJfected· l)y , the 'latest
consist of the followinr: . · · .'J'.his ·.sum . d~e.~ tnot include .61 US .fin'dihgs; .·· 4

• • ' - , ,..._: • • ~ :
Seafarers physically unable to work,~ no matter ·what their ue, qo".ernJl\~J;it t~nke.rs~ pf , 1,006,052 . The _e~~ect of, the i:uling ~is· lo ".

who have.JZ years of·seatime plus the · Plan'• atatndint•ellllblHty re-- grpss ·to~s now l~id !JP in r~serve cpmp~ _. seam~n·s'. un_i~n~ ,to-"re•l~er: •.
qalrement, -can "PPly for and receive ·the tiestefli·' The ff"attme ·hal ·fleets;· t'1~ ·simvey J)oted: ·: · ·: ·'.': .roen ; w,h·o ' were ~creened off·, t'tte: '
k>" be w{th ~IU-e~n,tacted companies. . ; · . . • · . . _ . . Another survey ma~e ·last· June ships, 'bee.ause of .the refosal of the'.' . : .

.; -~m~_;w.Jio are ot; ·~' &5: o~ OTef, .. and al.a : iu~we· .... e ~1-2!iemr .slrow~d ·~hat 1447 prt~.--tel:v.· ·OW.l\'ed"&JVe.i'~m·~nt -' ti$' 'coine ' :foith,,.Wlifi ' ' . ' ::
_', ••'!Pl!~, ~"~~~~~ _ p~~ t~e ~Pia~·· ·~t.Manl ·e~lpltl~~· _.,~m~on, '. ;taDk.shJJ>t•·· totaJJJoa·. ~~86162& r tom.: wttn~~ses, a~, ···to· ~tte-·~ €offibl~I~· . . •.. ·; ~ ~
&a ·~ :•b!-11' ~~r·c~· und!llt. . .th .. beJJ,efl•·~ ~ • ,7. •. -': ,, :;,~ ·: •. ~~'-' -~.':.' .. 5 ·~ ._ :-- •• • • .-,vpre_ ~,J~l~d:' ; b~•Clle :i. 'ot:'•lac,k>•,"<Of:· iB-.rtY: :.allj!IO(!latfon,s ,:.of,"th~ t.nte~ilf"~ , ~ . "·. ;-.., i ' \:

.... :.i.: ••• .1~ ~· ' . , · '· . 4 \ I'"-,.. :-.l : ·· ~·?.~ _, .. •: '.! .• ·.1, .. ,.. : .. ., ~ -- .. · , •. 1 .. . J...Car.1oei. 71 .1 .. ... ~ £,. ... ,, "' I. :. • ..- • • • ·.vt>lved;, ;!·,. ·:t ~ · .. , ... . ··1·.-. i .~,..,~~,.:it;"' .. .. ~.



April I. 1981 S E ,4· P ,4 RE R S l 0 c· Pase Nine

SHIPBOARD 'SAFETY: A .:COMPA·NY:, SPOKESMAN'S VIEWPOINT
Ed. note:-Th.e foliowing comi~ts of.,_ ~°i~~r~ts f~~. t~e. ot~r~ship ope;at~~' · '..J'h~~e -cq~.,a~ies ~~ve_- prov~d that _on .a jointly-sponsored un!on and man~gement Saf~ty

paper presented by Captain Milton Wi'Uidms, . op~rating the l:rewS' when· properly ~pproach-:d an~ ~made part of Committee 'for the sole purpose of promotmg, formulatin1
manager, A. H . Bull Steamship C9'Jnpany., at tlie ·marine the te&Jl! will no,t .only _coopeiate·bul go . o.ut of their way and adopting shipboard safe'ty. This program has al-
1ection· meeting of the National Safetti Council. ) '· · · . in tl~e matter o·( s~fety . .A,IJ!O_that !he av~r;:ige American ready produced some very pleasant results and it is our

·• .. · · . seaman today is an ) ndividual with a high l.Q. who de- · feeling will result in much greater cooperation with the
". • · We are all for ~afety ·E'llch i~ his· own " f'ashl~~; no .&jres like most Americans, security, .a home, family and resultant reduction in our accident claims cost . ; . With

one can be against safety, just as In tl).e Great American an opportunity to improve his position • , '·• backing of the union, management does not encounter
Tradition no one can be against the Constitution_.:...T,h-=. · "We are all familiar with the fact that seamen do not the indifference and hostile attitude which obtained until
Stars and Stripes-Mothers--Babies: The question then remain too long on ·any one vessel and when the seaman a short while ago .
arises why when everybopy is for safety does the ship- ships on a ship wliere safety ' is consiClered to be very im- "Since the establishment of the Joint · Safety Committee
ping industry have such aQ unenviable record? · · .the portant and subsequently ship§ out" ·1>n a vessel where the 'Seafarers Log,' which is the union's organ, has been
statistics · · · ten · us what our accidents cost each yea!." safety · is not practiced ·and the seaman because of his conducting a vigorous and continuous campaign in pro·
both in time and ' money. They do not and canno.t tell training in safe~y points out uns11fe. coi:idition~ or other motfng safety to the union members at every opportuni·
us what the accidents mean in depleted skill ana what~ hazards pn this sec_ond vessel, he is constdered a trouble- ty • . . Articles and editori.als in this publication are
they represent in misery and suffering not Only for the maker and told to mind-his own business .. : · widely read and have a great influence on the members
Jnjured but his loved ones . . • '(If is recognized by all side.s; though grudgingly by some. and their thinking.

"Safety campaigns on shipboard,.... have t>eel'l undtfrway .. that . a small_ gr~UJ?. of1 seJtmen, by°.,~hemselve~ produc~ a • . . co"mmittee representatives visit ·various vessels
to iny own personal knowledge since 1919. when I started:to burden.some number of ac:e!dents or if .. ~ou -wish accident and discuss with. the officers the problems arising in con­
sea in merchant ships after a tour in the: US, Navy. The claims. The pictur~ ·painte.d so far has' been -all black and nection with shipboard accident prevention. We are happy
progress for the industry has been ver y unsatisfactory -.one which is . all .too well known to you. !t would· appear to say that our fears of these representatives stirring up
despite all the efforts and money expehded. In chec ki'ng that . our approach has been all wrong . . .. It is my opin- resentment among the officers were groundless and they
about to determine the cause and reason for this lack · ion t}Jat the only. way we can m~ke our safety program are ·helpful to the ship's officer ...
of progress, failure to sell safety to the crews on the produce results on all ships is to adopt a uniform policy "As a matter of fact the union has been more aggres­
ships and to take corrective measures to improve the of training and e.ducating our crews .•• This, however, sive in pushing the program than some of the companies.
records, ·we find . there appears to be only a few basic· callS' for cooperation· from the individual crewmember . • • Apparently some of the companies have not yef overcome
reasons for our . poor showin~. ' Th.: Seamen Have Great Loyalty To Their Union' their reluctance in working closely with the union on any

" . .. Even the most modern shjp . with .a. most· efficient . "Management of ships hasdt, appears always felt that matte.r~ They could n·ot be more wrong in this attitude.
crew however has its handicaps. Tlie sea, the weather, safety . was its perogative . and felt the crews should abide Top union leadership is vigorously behind the plan and
one or the other or both to.gether have a very specific by its doctrine and programs without so much as a ques- anxious to make this Joint Committee· Plan function to
effect (1n our accident rates, frequency charts, severity tion. It was felt that to invite union participation wollld the advantage of both · sides. The union is aware of the
figures and cost tables. The elements,.often uncontrollable resu! t _ ii} B;dditional cl~shes between management and costs of our accidents, real or "phoney", and is anxious
govern the performance of the be-st se aman and the best ~ labor and· had, therefore, best b~ left· alone. No operating to do something about it ...
ships. That is th.e nature of our industry; it can never be m~n wanted a patrolman from the union -to tell him any- "Here again records indicate that the union is very
the 'safest nor however should ·it be the least safe. - thing.about the safety condition on his ship. It is my sin- cognizant of what is going on and I believe will take

. . . The National Safety ·Council ·has over th.e past . · cere conviction that this attitude has been responsible ·to steps to correct a very unsatisfactory situation through
many years made a· .determined effort to improve the Jn- 'a great degree in ·our inability to reduce shipboard acci-· their training program •..
dustry without any marked success. As a matter of fact dents. / · · . "One thing lacking in the past. which now has made its
som.e of its material and information Was received1 on . "Let's face it the seamen have great loyalty to ·their appearance is competitive spirit among the various ships
board in a hostile attitude as something put on board upion and not to the company that employs them. The of the fleet. This spirit is becoming very real and is keen.
by "Frankenstein" the Shipowner . . . unions have brought about vast changes in the lives, We, together with some other companies are trying to

" .•• Excuses for failure of the program ... were of economics and working conditions of the men who go keep this competition going by giving fleet-wide publicity
ccurse easy to find-changes in crew, lack of time, over- to sea. This the unions have accomplished in relatively • and making awards to the vessel with no lost · time acci­
time Fequired in some instances, the caliber of the crews, few years ... I have had a goodly share of differences, dents during a given number of days ...
the mental ability of cre.wmembers· and so forth . None disputes, · rhubarbs "and even strikes with various ship- "It is my sincere feeling that the union can and will
of these a)lbis were, of .course, valid but· in a number of board labor uniom; in my dealings with them and these do more in reducing shipboard accidents in the next
companies they were accept~d by the office. and the dealings go back to 1937. With the passing of the years decade than all that management, by itself, has been able
safety program was allowed to deteriorate by manage- both labor and management have grown, despite all the to accomplish. Just as improved wages, hours, quarters,
ment. Let me say at this point a number of shipping differences, points of friction, opposing points of view, food, health care and ·similar conditions ar~ ·the basic
companies have been successful in their shipboard safety t,here is a common ground . ; . . · concern of the labor organization in its dealings with
program. As a result they have established records which "Several years ago the Seafarers International Union . . . management so too in a very real way is the matter of
are outstanding when compared to records established by and the companies with which it has a contract agreed safety of its members "

.Sidelights On .Safety Meeting I
Interest at the · ship operators'

session of last ·week's Ma1·ine Sec­
tion safety ·convention centered at
one point on the details of the
navigational maneuver known as
the "Williamson Turn." Properly
executed, this is an .oval turn that
makes it possible for a vessel
moving at ·full speed to / return to
the exact spot · where someone has
fallen into the sea. It was spot­
lighted in 1958 after being used
succe~sfu1ly by the SIU Pacific
District-manned liner Mariposa to
get a victim back on the ship 17
minutes aner he fell over the
side.

;t. ;t.
Discomfited by material in the

SEAFARERS LOG discrediting his
pose as a senuine &ouFce of safety
data, the· head of the Marine Index
Bureau took a new tack at the con­
vention. Seizing on the release of
detailed accident statistics by the
SIU Welfare Plan's Safety Depart­

bright arrow in the proper direc­
tion when a vessel is ab9ut to
shift course.

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So-called "safety problems" are

.not always what they seem. Use of
new winches and special anti­
corrective coatings by soD_le tanker
fleets is talked about as an added
saf~ty factor but · really is a means
of reducing manning scales. Tile
compaaies save both ways, accord­
ing to the remarks of an Esso
spokesman--echoed by officials
from Socony. When some listeners
questioned . the overtime problem,
the Esso speaker was quick to
point out the virtues. of the s1s-

tem-Esso pays very little OT.
Instead, Esso, Socony and some
other tanker fleets have contracts
negotiated· by John J. Collins,
promoter of "independent" asso­
ciations.

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The joint luncheon of the Marine

Section and Propeller Club that
closed out the spring convention
was a "bubbly" affair horroring the
comm3nder of the Military Sea
Transportation Service, Vice Ad­
miral Roy A. Gano. Using typical
Madison A venue advertising tech­
·nique, the guest of honor .plugged
MSTS with slogans and lantern-
slides.

SIU Safety Report
Gets C/.ose Attention

ment, he alluded to "many" in- A favorable reaction -from all segments of the shipping in­
stances-and · produced one iso- dustry has been reported by . the Safety Department of the
i!lted_ .case-:-wher!" the SIU's and Seafarers Welfare Plan following its recent release of a de­
~llB's r.eports_ ~eet head-on and_ tailed analysis covering acci-•·--------------­
bst i~_ei_atical .i:e~ults. (There are no dent information· supplied by consequence.
others-Ed.) · SIU t t d · Th" t" h ·ned · H · t d ~ ·. di t i d t _,.....con rac e companies is propor ion as rema1 e nex ocare. y r e o swap . t
I . b I th . . ,. bli h d SIU fi last year. fixed for mo1e than wo years re-
a e s _ on . e pu s e g- · . . f t"" b f ·•
· •- k 1 •t · Labor management and Gov gardless o ue num er o acc1 ures . .... ma .ea P .us-1 em come up · • . . . . - d t . ·t d d · (r ts that·

necatlve. :A shlp. operaior linaUy ernment officials_ and agencies . e? s iepoi_ e .' an. m. ica e · ..
came to th°e :· rescue of the floun- dealing With Safety, 'particularly It IS a . contmumg .1 elatwn COVeI_mg.
dering· MIB spokesman, ·,~rging ship safety, indicated keen inter- all . slupboa~d accidents. ~ost-time
'11m -to 1dop sending anything ·to est in (h.e. findin~s noted in the re· acciden~s aie the key to msurance
"the unions" .. because they. must port, th~ first .of its .kind issued by and claims costs.

·be "plagiarizlnc'~ his ·stuff. the department. One other aspect of the report
· · · · · · ;t. · · ¢.: . ;t. · . . Much of the .. da,ta deals with spe- was its findin.g that older, ~xperi-

·, A· s'afety innovation .tha.f :appears ~ifi(} detaHs · about shipboard . ~cci- enced professional s~amen, m pr~
.. fo · 6e •takjng. "·Jiold· ·is:. Ute us~ .: c;f fien~ . an~ Jnjurie~~ pr~viQ1!5lY 1;11_1- port!on to their numbe.rs. in the

.,· .• . ... , • .r. · . ., , .., • · ':. • 1 i" . "' · .; • . • -.. , .. , directional signal . lights to . indl- available from: o·ther . squrces, Of m :1ic;i
1
n, generally ha':e l~"fttf ¥~i:.

~'}:e,f}' . ,~Pn•C!'~"' ,,~egtpr.1.~~ .~~~.~· .R,.~!!' ~ rr~~" ·(t~Pi : P~~t~) · G~· 7 · . cate ·: ship . turn~1i;· $in)jJar to ' th~ 'th~ ' 971 lieci.«J:~nt); · ~l!o~~e:~ .o~'. !~~. d~~ th,n others: This diiia ·i s ~iliei
jc91~-;, fr4tlft ~~.d9,~GY.:..,. IJ'l~J,• .. .-... b. /.,et~ .:. I~ '"'~!'!h'•'-'•·<~~1'11': ', · (-8D1~l.iar.:'.di~ettiQnail1 ' d~~lc4?• "tiS'ed co1_11p'ames., t~ jh~: d~pa~~ment. -~~r:7 ly, tQi· be :helpful-in weaken~n'K. bias
php~ .. ~~!lnvat lrooHyn pier,-~/pei:ile.~i·rout~·;t~.ieh.:mu~~~,: ~· ;a~ ;autom~bilet-HlJese· U1ht st,n.rs- -ilig 1959. . .0ni;:~~lit!· out bt' .tti~e. rep~ ·apin~t .:older wor~e~. !n ~ar.1time .
tak~ by cr.ew .. :· Jim-'WarckOS, aecu·..s ia~der. :. . .. :i. : ·~ .. 1 .: . ;, -activated ··from ·the · ~r~d&e. ·flashr A' ~esented lost-time .. misbap& of• any a~d other industries. ·. ·

'



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.... !l'ea -

Sea Law Meeting/ -Stalef!ltiteif' ··
GENEVA-1,.ittle pl'(>greSs has been . made. ~,t the· curren{lJnit~ Nations Coriferenee

()n the Law 'of the Sea. which has se~n ·the United: St~~ and :t;hitaiD . opposing a Canadian
move to establish a new 12-mile boundary on territorial waters. . " '·' · · 1

Under the Canadian plan, a
nation would have exclusive fishing industry in the Pacific and
fishing rights for 12 miles be- the jobs' of the Union's 2,000 mem-
yond its shores instead of the hers would be jeopardized. '

by an· int~UODal law. whiclt can­
not fit local coDditioDs, but must
be dealt .with in respect to the in­
dividual nature ·or any controve~. three-mile limit now in operation Both America and Britain are

Were the Cana~an proposal ac- fighting for a "sh-plus-six" ·rule.

cepted, claims The Alaska Fisher- whicli would _allow foreign vessels A-nt1·-Un1·on men's Union, · an affiliate of the to fish in the outer six miles.. ff
SIUNA, the traditional rights of they bad regu.U6-fished there pr~-

..American fishermen off the coast viously. •
of Canada . would be nullified and The Canadian delegate said that l . u· h Id
the future of the American salmon the American reservation would aw· P' e

only benefit 15 nations ~d its ef- · ·

N, Or •e-ans feet "would not be to reconcile con- . f 1 flicting fLshfng interests. of states . '

Busy,• Slo" w· ;:rons:e~:: ::L~i::~~ !utp~~~o!! In Canada
international law." · ·

T • Ah d Secoad Canadian Ailempt _ OTTAWA. o~t-'.J'be Govem-lme ea Canada attempted to get a 12- me~t __ of Cmada has refused to.

NEW ORL~ANS.- The employ-
. ment situation here was steady
during the las~ period as six ships
-two of which were supertankers
-signed up erews and 21 vessels
ealled for servicing, reports Lind­
sey Williams, agent. A slight
slackening in the number of jobS
is furecast for the next period, he
added. .
· The supertankers National De­
fender (National Tralh'l.) and Trans.
eastern ( Transeastem) called for
crews at this port and loaded grain
for Uruguay. The' Atlas (Tankers
Ir Tramps), another supertanker,
was serviced en-route on a coast­
wise . rnn. In all there were 21
ships in-transit.

Statistics For Period
· Nine payoffs were · registered
during the last period: These were:
Del Santos; Del Sud (Miss.}; Lu­
ctile Bloomfield, ·Margaret Brown
<Bloomfield>; Steel Age < Isth·
ciao) ; Anfinous, Hastings, La
Salle, De Soto (Waterman). ·

In af)dition to the Transeastem
·and National Defender, the Del
Sud <Miss. l signed on crews.

Serviced 1n trarisit: Alcoa Roam­
er, Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Puritan,
Alcoa Ranger. Alcoa Corsair
(Alcoa>; Seatrain Savannah, Sea­
train New York, Seatrain Texas
(Sea train l ; Lucile Bloomfield
<Blooinfieldl; Steel Voyager, Steel
Navigator, Steel Age (Isthmian);
Gateway City (Sea-Land l; Mon­
arch of the Seas, John B. Water­
man and Claiborne (Waterman);
National Deiender (Na t i o n a 1
Trans. }; Atlas ( T an k er s &
Tramps); Ocean Ulla (M'time
O'seas) and Longview Victory
(Victory). ·

ALCO. PATalOT <Akoil). Feb. 1&­
Chairman, Wm. Brightwell; Secretary,
T. J. Hou. One man started beef with
&hip's delegate In Aquadilla.. Left ship
just before sailing. Ship's fund '5.60.
New lockers arc needed - in some
foc' stes. The messl!all needs painting. ·
Vote of thanks to steward dept.

MAXTON (Marine Carriers), Feb. 2l
-Chairman, E. J. alvi.n; Sea.tary,
M. F. Kramer. Letters are posted in
messhall regarding Ameriean money.
Declare all you have before entering
port. No ~jor beefs. $4 in ship'a
fund. · Ship°s delegate-R. O'Noadl:.

SEAMAR (Calmar), Jait. '17-C:halr­
ma.n. John a. ~rshall; Secrttuy, A.
Szmlr. No beefs. Ev.erythin,g r unnina
running smoothly.

CHOCTAW (Waterman>, March 19-
Chalrman, John Der; S.Cretary, J.
O'R-ke. 117.11) in the ship's flind.
Payoff in Bay area. Talked to radio
o)>H'at.or eO!lcerning ope-nting his ham
set. Fresh milk abould be divided
between topside and crew. Suggest.
that ship°s delegate see patn>lman
repN,ing lOngsboremen in house
while ship ts In Far East. ·Pump on
waslling -m~ needs. fixing.

mile rule adopted at a s~ilar .con- disallow the ant\-union legialatim
ference last ;year,. but was unaue- outlawing the Woodftrken Union ·
cessful. The Canadians coneede which waa P~ a year ago by . , N~reel , ~og ahoarG".th• SIU-coiatracled Sampan · Hitch
that if they can't pressure the mat- the Newfoundland House of 1iJJ.. L-...... i_ __ • 1..:...:.. of r--f ' R•..I.. I -..i. __
ter through- this time, they prob. sembly, said PJ'eSi.OOu~ . Claude s~-a ~ tr'.Vmes ~ °"'· -:.1 De oksiere. ""'"""mem-
ably never wilL , Jodoin of the Canatimi- ·Labor bers . Of the. ~s cqfi>s' we~. 'aboard fo obs~rve the faunch!ng of __

.The Alaska Fisliermen's Union Congress. ' - · a Polaris missile 'from another 51,ip. Other. pictur• on page 1.
position was stated by their sec- Ullcler Canadian law, the M
ret.ary-treasurer George Johansen. eral government. can, in effect, set • . ·

13 8
.. I w ·

\iiho declared that problems involV- aside legislatiolii pused in any of . 8--.-p· 0-... ,.·t - . C:··;; ~ 0-ur·· _J- · ag· ·e
ing fisheries cannot be solved the provinces if a nallonal issue ls

. . at stake. It must, however, actA.
thi.S within one year:· .The deadfin·e . . I ' • ••

;.;~s;:E:E ;:: .: Iii 'NOR-Union· lumbering SF Predicts
'

Downturn fenbakel". ·The legislation in 'Ill.....• · PORTLAND, Oregon-Some pulpwood ·· workers in the
SAN ~CISCO·- Shipping tton was aimed at banning the Southern states make as little as 13 cents an hour, it ·was

h~ been pretty good during the Woodworkers. hi ~he ~prov~ce b_e- d" lOsed b , the- 1 t tn ti , ii W~ tenf. . f Am
last period with nine ships sertr- cause of _a strike by some 6,500 loe- ISC _ .· . y·_ ' -· n e , ll ona I '.~ . "'.".'"!"-;-;-; ·l'l't r l / ,,;o I • epca, _as
iced in transit, one for a payuff i~ Alainst, two paper fi~ over th~ result ~f a. study - ~I,l-+ __ , - ;--.. :i.r . ~ . _.. - ~,: -~· + .,i,,.. -t
and one for a sign on. But PJ'CIS- ~er wages _and better liVlnl con- ducted by oi;ie of the urii0n's saw takes' holli~ f2.lj '"a month after
pects don't look particularly good diti~ ~ ~ woods. In its place, organizers . . ·. · ~- . , . · payfn&;.. .,~ Ji~er .ind ~e.ducting
for the forthcoming period. warns the provm~ ~t ~~ a gov~t- Statistics-4!ona _with signed a~tual. expdses: The helperF.lngs
Port Agent Walt Sibley. sp~nsored union to break the and notarized aftadavil&-gathered hnme $50 t.a· mont,Q.. That 'ci>nies

During the last period, the strike. . by J. c:• Garvin,· an organizer for to 13 cents and 35 cents an hour, ~
Choctaw <Waterman> paid off,· tbe The Canad~ -Labor Congress the union's Southern States Region , respecUvely for the team. ..
Natalie (Intercontinental) signed r~ferred the bill to t~e lnte~na- 5, showed tbat workers are falling, Workers may not organize
on, the Steel King, Steel Fabrica- ttonal Labor· Organ~ation · on. the lOading .ad baullDg plywood in against Iarae ··pulp companies .. -lif­
tbr, Steel Flyer (Isthmian); Mass- ~round th~t i~ constituted a viola- . Mksissippi for as litUe as 13 cents cause t¥~ ,.,,.ork for ~dlViduals
mar, Yorkmat· (Calmar); Madaket, lion ~.the rights of fr~om qt an hoar. Some of the wor.ken in clanifiecl bt the compaDJet is· "In
Iberville <Waterman}-' Ema Eliza- associa.tj.on .and of organJzation. ~e- ~ staie toil .for an ave~e of :10 dependent contnctors"-=-t hough
beth <Albatross>; and Northwestern ported the CLC oificial. Jodoin hours a day. five dQS a week for they have. no actual contract. The
Victory. (Victory) were serviced in also stated that after a year of a ~. montllly income. of about eontraetol' "sella to a dealer or
transit: , delay by the federal ·govemment. :$'75--or 35 cents per hour. They agent wbo ,Is acting (or the pulp

.Type Minutes
When P-.ible_
In orde-r to asstrre accurate

digests of shipboard · meetings
in the LOG, it is desirable that

. the -reports of shipboatd meet­
'ings be typed if at all possible.

the CLC made an appeal dlH-tt:ly ·are not paid any overtime, n0r do mW1. thereby separating the
to Prime iilinister Diefenbaker. they receive insurAnce. other bene- workers from the c0mpanies, and
The apPeal was acknowledged, be fits. or pald holidays. unemploy- leaving ·the. . "~ndependent eoiitrae•
sai~ but n~ ever ,,.as done · ment insurance or workmen•s com- tor" 11!..the·mlddle. · · . ~ ~
about it. pensation. Mos' of __ the c.utters ~ IWA members were asked to

Jodoin also said that his organ- on public -relier in order to sup- contact their Congresmen and
1'mtion believes that the lLO will ·.,Ort their families. · Senatoni and request Uie repeal of
not absolve. the Canadian Govern- A tDieal e.iample of ~ow work• the section of. t4e Pair" LlbOr
rrient of its l'eS)lbnsibility. in seeing men are retained for their semces Stndards Act which suppll~ the
the right to OrganiZe and freedom '.in,Olves teams which work ·pieee- loophole now largely ·responsible
of association "are protected in all meal for International Paper. Co. for the ·standards of income for
parts of Can~tta..·~ One man. ""who uses his own power southern wood workers. · ·~ _____________ _. ' ,-p- "' II

-
Secnhlry, Dick Snllt. lher~
r1m~ smoothly. Ship in good order.
S2'7.83 in ship's fund. A new ship'•
de.lepte waa eleded.

PANDORA <Eplthany) March 6-­
~halrman, Luke Wymbs; Secretary,
R. MltclMll. Captain had no Amede:an
mu.uey &Itel' liist draw m ll,.,,.pt -.ii
crew had to aceept fGl"eian m011ey.
Bfffs wlrlell cannot be Rttl~. will
be presented to patrolman at payoff.
Ciew advlsed to keep rooms loc:ked

Digest
Of SIU Ship

Meetings.

made for the TV wllicb eaet ST.l.45. •
There la a ,balance of MO wbkb will
be contributed to at payotr. Some
badly-nee.~ed worlli. .ls being done. ·TM

• crew mentioned tltat ·ae ship was
&ivea vay .&.ood •rvlce by Many
Breithoff at san .,)'reneiseo end by
Tml B&bltowali IUld Baney lhsford
•• ~awe. ~ wue hand!Ca~P!~ ~
men not waBtfn!r to liiiketlds trip
and oab' &o lo .Japan. saiip's deleOt•
ha.I d.DDe a aood job and i& to be cem­
mended. Very good crew and e xcel·
len& saDeY · fGl'ce.

S:Olt'F- .. O'SKINS · (CltiH Servle9),
March S-Chalrman. Jolin Seltllln111
Secrefllry, C. Hu.....,.. S4.82 in aMl>'s
hnd. :n JS ~aesud thU. tbe ae'tf
not eve beefs dir«ily to patrolman·
at payafl'~ ni. Is the dtrtT of · the
llbiP'a deleeate. .



SE.4F.4RERS toe

Scandinavian Sea Unioris
Blast · Egyptian Blacklist

;

GOTHENBERG, Sweden - The Seamen's Section of .. the
Scandinavian Transport Workers' Federation has gone on
record denouncing the treatment of crewmembers -of the
Danish-flag Inge Toft by the·
United Arab Republic. The Said as well as the blacklisting of
International Transport Work- Scandinavian ships.
ers Federation reports that a meet- The Inge Toft was held up for
ing of Danish, Finnish, Norwegian nine months at Port Said and re­
and Swedish seamen's representa- fused passage through the Suez
tives in Gothenberg protested the Canal becaust; it had Israeli cargo
detention of the Inge Toft at Po'rt on board. The ship was released
---~---------·'----- only after the owners had agreed

,. s. A t ·~·· a.

Shippjng Ai
·Texas Port
Rated High

HOUSTON - Shipping in the
port of Houston has been good in
all departments during the past
two-week perioa and indications
are that it will continue to run
well for the next period.

During the past period · four
ships paid off, three ships signed­
on. anti twenty-seven were serviced
in transit. There was an OT dis­
pute on tlie Penn Challenger but
it ~is beini settled to the satisfac­
tion of ·al[

Paying off during the last
perield were: Penn Challenger,
Penn Vanguard <Penn>: SeagardeQ
<Peninsular); Steel Age (Isthmian);
and Margaret Brown <Bloomfield).

Serviced in transit were: Bien­
ville, ·Gateway City, Beauregard
(Pan Atlantic); Steel Navigator
(Isthmian); Mount Ev~m; <Ameri­
can Trnmping); Fort Hoskins, Nor­
folk, Miami, Royal Oak, Chiwawa
<Cities Service); Del ·Norte, Del

Six years ago, the Coast Guard hastily withdrew a proposal Santos <Delta); seatrain La., Sea-
w}:iich would have required seamen to go through a wringer train N.J., Seatrain Ga. <Seatrainl;
of physical, mental and personality tests in order to sail. Suzanne, Mae mum; The Cabins
The outraged protests of the SIU and other unions quickly <Texas City); John B. Waterman,
killed that proposal. Now, however, there are stirrings of Hastings, Antinous <Waterman);
revival, with an olficial of one steamship company' calling for Lucile Bloomfield !Bloomfield);

Under-Sea
I

Tunnel OK'd
By Experts

· Debard~leban Marine I (Debar-
a second look at the discredited 1954 scheme and a staff study delebanl; Norfolk, Miami, Royal
for the Department of Commerce also ::recommending regular Oak, Chiwawa <Cities Service);
Government physical and mental ·examinations for seamen. Thetis <Rye): Denton <Penn); and

The original 1954 proposal collapsed of its own weight after B.ethtex <Orel.
th_e SIU pointed out the_ preposterous, and upconstitutional, , -------
natm:e of the requirements. Among other items th1ey would Norfo/'- ff as

The possibility is good that a
channel tunnel connecting Britain
with the continent will be built

have penalized seamen ~ for the marital behavior of their K
parents and other blotchgs on the family escutcheon. But p 1- A •
even if the standards proposed were reasonable--which they eaK Cf IOD

according to a study. group which were not-:-ihe· underlying p)\inciple was 100 percent wrong. ·
has been looking into the economic What it amounted to was giving a Government -agency full
and technical feasibility of such control over employment rights of men working in private

industry, and full authority fo determine, on its· own hook,
• project. who could or could not work. · Seamen are not in the

The ' group-consisting of US ' Armed Forces. They are not Government employees. They
British and French partners-is are civilians, working for privately-owned shipping compa-
due to give a detailed · report on nies. ·
their findings at an early date.
so far, · they agree that such a Even without such Government-imposed standards; some
tunnel makes technica-I and eco- shipowners are seeking to , use the Coast Guard (lji a tool with
nomie sense. . which to knock seamen off the ships . for "ment~_l health"

Twin-Tub/s Envisioned reasons. Captains are being instructed to make entries in
such a tunnel will cost about log books as t~ seamen's shipboard- behavior whenever it de-­

$30o',ooo.ooo. One end of it will parts from what they consider normal. From there on, the
be near Calais, France; the other, Coast Guard will carry the ball.
near Dover in ·Jiritain . . It . prob- I\Tobody disput~s the skipper's right to act if somebody
ably will have _a twin-tube rail- takes· to a 'fire ax, which is what captains have been doing
road tunnel, to be used by spe- since time·immemorial,-but if ship operators .think that skip­
cial electirc trains that will ferry
about 300 cars . a' trip abroad pers are qualified_ to p

1
ass psychiatric judgements on crew-

double-decker flat cars. Express members' mental healtli then they had better take a look into
passenger trains, Punning between a mirror to. find out who is screwy. Next thing you know,
London and Paris via. the tunnel s~mebody will suggest a mental .health examination for ship
in a little more than four hours operators, and then where would w~ be?
one way, also would be utilized. Despite it all, nobody has yet suggested that a neurosis is.

. Freight cars als~· are envisioned. the basis for disqualifying a man from working, for at that
Such · an operation · would no rate; probably ·25 percent of the population would be un-

doubt cut into air .travel between employed overnight. · -..
the two points, not to · mention The proper apprqach to seamen's health is that which has
what. it would do to regular ferry been undertaken through the Seafarers Welfare Plan at the
service now in operation. ,

diagnostic clinics in all major ports. That approach is to pre-If the project is approved by all
,eC.unt.ries concerned, an interna- v~nt disease, to help the ~ean;ian k~~p in the best of condition,
lti~>nal . company--;more likely ~he to P.reserve his ability to work and suppo~~ . h!msel~ and his
: pre~e'nt- study grouP-will build family. It makes a lot more sense than pumshmg him by d~-

·: and oper11te the tunnel. , priving him of his right to employment because ~e _is iH. ·

NORFOLK-Shipping has been
very good over the last two weeks.
A total of 97 men shipped from
this port according to Port Agent
Paul Gonsorchik. Thirty-five· men
in all classes shipped in the deck
department, 35 in the engine de­
partment and 27 steward depart­
m~nt ~r~wrn~mbers . .

Port action was heavy with two
ships paying off, two . signing on
and eight vessels - serviced in­
transit. The Penn Explorer (Penn)
paid off and signed on, while the
Josefina <Liberty-Nav.) paid off
and the Thetis (h,Ye) signed on.

Ships serviced in transit were
the Alcoa Pennant <Alcoa), Cariyn
!Bull,, Ocean Evelyn and Ocean
Eva Ocean Trans), Longview Vic­
tory (Victory), Antinous and
Hastings <Waterman), and the
Orion Clipp·er <Orion> ..

Sign 'Name On
LOG Letters

For obvious reasons the LOG
cannot print any letters or
other communications sent in
by Seafarers unless the: author
sigiis his name. Unsigned
anonymous letters will only
wind. up in the waste-basket.
If circumstances justify. the
LOG• will withhold a signature
on request.

to unload the cargo at their own
expense and· permit th!! Egyptian
autlrnrilies lo confi&cate it.

In addition to the Inge Toft case,
the Scandinavian seamen protest­
ed the blacklisting of other mer­
chant vessels by the Egyptians be­
cause the ships had carried Israelt
cargo or touched at an Israeli port.
The group sent a protest to Presi­
dent Nasser of · the United Arab
Republic and has also called upon
the United Nations to assure that
Scandinavian vessels are riot de­
layed at the Canal or blacklisted
from carrying cargo to Arab ports.

The United Nations has been on
record for free passage for ships
of all nations through the Suez
Canal as per a long-standiilg in­
ternational agreement dating back
to the 19th century. However,
Egypt has refused to abide by in­
ternational agreements on this
score, as well as blacklisting large
numbers of ships, American-flag
and others, for trading with Israel.
Up until now, the United Nation·s
secretary-general has been unable
to persuade the Egyptians to alter
their stand and the UN has been
powerless to retaliate against the
violations.

It's RunaWay
Liquor Now

First it was runaway ships when
man,Y shipowners switched flags to
beat .American wages, taxes and
regulations. Now, the fever has
spread to the very beverages we
drink. Kentucky bourbon, long fa­
mous for its bouquet,-and kicks­
will now become Paiiamanian­
Kentucky, bourbon. This new trend
in runaways was announced re­
_cently by a whiskey company
spokesman. ,

In a statement issued to the
press, the spokesman said, "The
belief that bour;bon has to come

from a distillery in the Kentucky­
Tennessee area to be good is just
a myth."

Obviously the firm has the ship­
owner's outlook on marginal prof­
its. More can be had in the pocket
when there is cheap labor, tax dif­
ferentials and government foans to
pay for runaway factories. Next to
follow suit will undoubtedly · be
Honduran vodka and Liberian
scotch.



·.

SElfllEIS II--llJIOC

Among Seafarers are ·laid · up · in the · USPHS -hospital ln Staten
Island, reports welfare representative -Jell Gillette. ari-... II. 'Ablao.
C. W. BeaN. J. D. EseeNr, F. N. LW~ Gara ..... ..._. and
F~ Qlllatayo. . . . .

Alvioo, who last ship~ ~n the deck 4~pal'tmeat of the Cq.t.jn
Nicholas Sitinas. was hospitalised With a double b.enua -and will .be
undergoing treatment for some -time.

Beard, a member or the black gang on the Steel Seafarer <luring
his most recent voyage, has a hver aliment but is maldni . &ood

·.Alvino

progress, and expects to _be back ~lth his buddies in . the near luture.
Escobar, who -was on the Alcoa Patriot his last time out. was hos­

pitalized with back injuries sustained when liftin& heavy equipment .
in the engine room. He is recovering slow4'.

·Lambert shipped in the elliine department of the Beatrice on hls
l•st voyage. He was stricfen with kidney· stones and is Iriaking fair
progress. ·Brother Pietrantoni off the Ines, ~as treated for cataracts
and is making slow progress recuperating from_the operation. . Brother
Quintayo who last" sailed as a steward on the Steel Ro'\'er. injured
his. jaw, but is making good progress and should be back to work
soon. Also in Staten Island in serious condition is WllDam J ... Ch11bb,-
Morrls. ..

Seafare.rs on the · beach or off° their ships nn. shore leave should
take time out to visit their buddi"es in the hospital. A visit from
shipmates is always appreciated by Seafarers cooped up in a tiospi-
tal. ... . .

USPHS HOSPITAL
STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK

Oscar J. Adams Antllfte E. Johnsoa
Daniel M. Alvino Fttd N. Lambert
Conway W. Beard Thomas Lauer
George E. Berry · Thomas R. Lehay
Joseph Blake James M. Mac Crea
Arthur J. Camara J . Olabarrieta
James R. Egan Carl Pletrantonl
Ramose N. Elliott Felipe Quintayo
A. N. Fernandez Warren W. Smith
Thomas Heggarty William A. Turk
Juan Hernandez Tadashi Yatogo

USPHS HOSPITAL .
MANHATTAN BEACH

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
Joseph J. Bass John Jos1eph Hazel
Matthew Btuno William D. Kenny
Gregorio Caraballo Henry E. Smith
L eo V. Carreon -A~r S. Vidten
Wade Chandler R . l!!';.;Watertield
Bart E. Guranick Pon P. Wing

USPHS HOSPITAL
NORFOLK. VIRGINIA

Henning Bjork Rufin.i Camantiq\ae
J. W. Blankenship . Steven E. Purifoy
H. H. Bro~hon Henri Robin
Dennis c;:anoon James E . Rogers

US SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL
WASHINGTON 25, DC

Wm. H. Thomson .
USPHS HOSPITAL

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF
Michael G. Brown Boward J. Watu
Edw. H. Huizenga David L. Wllliamt
Lloyd J. Thomas

USPHS HOSPITAL
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

Sam Bowser George B. Little
Arthur W. Brown .. IUtles C. Mitchell
Edw. E. Edinger Anthony. Petrillo
Cecil M. Gray Wilson H. Deal

VA HOSPITAL
'KERRVILLE, TEXAS

Wlllaid T. Calalll
USPHS HOSPITAL

BALTJMOR& MARYLAND
E . A. Ainsworth Frederick Leedt
Ricardo Armesto Charles · Locke
Ben L. BOne Georee R. Luca1
,Joseph Booker Robert ~cCorkef
Arthur E. Bnnell Delslclert'Us %. Nan
John De Vall& .lolm E. ·Nel'1lstrom
Ollie En&lish Mack B. Singleton
George Forrest Jose Soares
Gorman T. Glue Samuel 'hte
George Graham Frank Taylor
Jesse V. Grimes Wward P. Tralner
Wllltam Kitb7 .lohn Yllknas
William E. . Lane

VA HOSPITAL
BALTIMORE. MARYLAND

Maurice F. f1ynn
USPHS HOSPITAL
BRIGHTON, MASS. ·

Jemu B. kine Tommy E . Lanphear
USPHS HOSPITAL

GALVESTON, TEXAS
?te~(! I!), .pg~~ Robert · E. Pi~~
Gerald L. Kersey Deni1 Sltoubs
Henry P. Meyers Bobby Stalsworth
A. PhillipplUe Charles ft. Youn•

VSPHS· HOSPITAL
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

Reamer C. Grimes Ernest B. Webb
Louis Cevette 1

MT. WILSON STATE HOSPJlI'AL
BALTIMORE. MARYLAND

George Davi• '
USPHS HOSPITAL

NEW ORLEANS, LA.
carleton Amandaon, Kennetb .Kiq
Thomas E. Andrein Norman W. Kirk

SEASIDE MEMORIA:L HOSPITAL
' LONG BEACH, CALIF.

Accurso Bontl Edward Knapp
..,.. Grady K. Brown Leo H. l.ant

Howard C. Oberg William W. Walker
USPHS HOSPITAL

FORT WORTH, TEXAS
Bozo G. · Zelencic George Doherty
Peter W. Sotire B. F . Deibler
Max Olso~ Richard B. Appleby
Woodrow Meyers

SAILOR SNUG HARBOR HOSPITAL
STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK

A. B. Gutierre& Thomas Isaksen
TRIBORO HOSPITAL

PARSONS BLVD. & 82 DRIVE
JAMAICA 32. LONG ISLAND

lames Russell .
VA HOSPITAL

XECOUGHTAN, VIRGINIA
· J:oaeptr GUI

Frederico Bucayan Clyde R. Leuett
Glenn B. Calhoun Lawyer McGrew
Antonio Capo John Maples
Joseph A. Cave F. P. Marciante
Virgil L. Coash John W. Morris
Angelo D' Amico ..John G. Naugle
Donald Dambrtno Rubin C. Noland
Aden Ezell Louis W. Peed
George W. Flint ~enld Pemomo
Benjamin D. Foster l:lqene G. PlahJl
Claude Fowle.r Hlllh C. Randall
Ira W. Gtlggl!r-. Chas. R. Robinson
Chas. Hablgborsl &nlle ROIUlell
Willie Hallada,. , Trilby G. Safford
B. R. Huggins Charles Saranthu1
Chn. E. Johnaon Lutber E. Wine ~
.Joseph KamleMki Cleophu WrJcht

VA HoSPITAL

SS Allee-.......
Not.A Frqwn
h 8Mt Edi1or: ~ . _

. I wlll now· take th'ts ~
· tunlt;' t. report thiat as '*ip'1
eJepte .0 th~ SS Allee Brown
tlais ii one of the mteSt ~ 1
-~ ever had tile~ t'o
re~t. .

'l1le · deck - th!pat ent .la
headed by Erenchy Fruge, who
sails out· or RouSton •ntl lie bas
a tOp.notch crew of .l'ffl .sailors~

a•• ........ &e11,,, ...
Bat Wlill!a .a _.. ta p.- tbM
.. ~Jail -~ Jiead and
._ •• ........... to 1*tdl tile
._ a -. .m ~ r Wilk

· dab~ •wld be allo"4.
~...._ tu nn wween tit•

·two ~ ls£ aot' IODI« than H
-.._ ·•1ad the -department -de1'­
pl'e b ·m .~ with the •l'·
raqement made. l belleve tu.r­
ther, that the Ualon will not
dlsaJ>prove .Or prohibit its ow,n
members .from :recelvble breaks
Web as thl•. 'Time olb. thouib . °Dl'ey are ~ au the ti.~ cet­

tiq their ftpa~t in lood
slaape.

· The . $~"'.n1 department 1s . " J htte· fS. . · fa
' lteaded by pod old Bill Thomp. ,. IAj U

soil., who also comes · from .. ~ .

Wtlliama, saloon ' mess;
Meehan, bosun. .

"!'be erew of \he Penn Vgy­
qer loots .lite tt has been mas- ·
sacred •.• Ut wu a touch .apt
mom, but we won~. our -shtp ' ll
he~ ltl! for Calc,atta,1tndia. and
surely, · belore we &et there, the
barber will have---scalped a -goocl

Houston, and he .is constantly ' ··
' trying to please all hands. The . ,, The· Editor
chief ciooc is Fnnk Haleml and
t mean he is a coot, as well as
·a meat-cuttini .and .stak-fryiftl
wizard. He has the backinc of
_every man OD" the ~l. The.
babr is Brown Huzar frnm
New Orleans .and he is forever

_ trYing out different -little good­
ies to serve the c~w at coffee
time. The rest of the steward
department are tip.top ""men
aJso.

The black gang is unexcelled.
We· haw a Pill that's always
trying to m~, thiftP. pleasant
for their fellow crewmen. The
4 to 8 'Oiler is Gur barber and he
~ps the entire crew~s hair ·

·l()()king shipshape. His name Is
J. M. B11own and he is also the
delegate. Th~ officers are well
liked· by tlie entire crew and it
is a .plea·sure tO sail and be
ship's delegate for such fine
~eople. ·

Cl7•e L. Vaa Epps
4o $ $. .

Mermaid crew
Wins Thanks

AU ~tten to d!.e editor ffw
JNblication in t'ie SEil.F Aft·
ERS LOG __ Ymllt be ~I _ many mGre of the men. due to

·the hot weather.
The Pean Voyag~ arrived in

Pbrt Arthur 1m Feb.· IO, 1960
and we had a iew beefs, .aucb

not ln ' the contract.·~ a .time- as~ no fans, no crew reh1pra-
honorecl traditiGD of the seaman tor, dlputeci OT, no cold wal'er
and when the only chance one eomtng from the drinking. foun•
has to obtain that. time otf Is to tatn. etc. Mickey, the patrol•
join \he sbll In the next poJ:t. man there, did a pod job and
then, by all means, the Uilton aot us all but the ne.v _ coollq -
should not -cllsapPl'Ove nor 419- '>'Stem for the ship. our thanks .
~age .such pracliC?e. Bqt for to Mickey and Ch'rlle Xhnball
those who miss the ship without for the eood work they have

br the ·~. N1UM1 toiU
" ~Id ~ rqaest. .

permission., partkularly when ·
thq miss it in the last domestic done. BarOli o.: 1'eraa ·

' por.t, cau~1.... the ship to sail
short-banded: tJ1ey should be $ · $ ~
pena.1uec1 to the run ~nt or Wellare ·serilce· .
the rule. -
. The· . above suggestion will Pl••••• Him
meet the' approval of most of ..,. Ute ~ .... ' ' • . .:

·:our members who cberlslt. and I want to than\ the Se-afarers :
ppreciatf! any little time they ,lntemaUona\ Unton ,:for · u.9· '

can spelid wttb their family. . paclous, Pr'om"Pt, ,efficient way ...
Those who have . no· family tleS in. which my teUrement· 'WU ~
woqld not appreciate nor concur ~and led and. the timely delivery

Te ~_Editor: with the above suggestion and of my check every week.
I want to thank the Union and may even suggest thet we · l. cannot begtn to tell you of

all members for the lnsura·nce h uld •t t1 t be · h - . s o qw · ~1e sea o wit my deep appreciation.
- and vacation ·pay benefits I re- · our family U we love them SG a,Jpla A,., Ktrellaer Sr.

ceived. If I may, I would also ~iach. but when we are given $ ;t. ~ ·
lite to put a notice in the LOG or can. acquire the opportunity
to captain Platt, and au mem- to ,be with them in 'between Thanks Cr..ew
hers Of tlij crew and ·officers of tri Ith t ·h I

pa w Ol\ arm ~ anyone, •' Fo'r. •uppo' r.t the Merma d for their kind tele- · and surely the Union is not 4a
grams and thoughts at the time being harµted ia this Instance, ·To the . N&or:
of my husband's death. ..then we should be allowed this I wish to take ·this · opportu-

Mn. Natline K. MacDonnel break, in our jobs. . . · nity to thank the unllcensect
t t . t. - .f11u ltaeda members .o1 ·the cre_r of the· SS

-Wants New · ~ t.- ~ · .. :;.ei;:Y :~~:~~0~:ie :~~~~~,::
Shipping Rulea SIU "Subs As abo~namec1 shtp. .
To tlae Edl&ei: Mod~rn - ·. oses I . es~llllly want to thank ~·

The article· by brother 3. C. - . .. BrotJte~ · E~er . A. Hancock, ,
, Stewud In a recent Issue of the To the Eclltor: · FWT, who was on my watch and ·

LOG in which Jie proposed cer·' ' I wish to thank officers of O\lr who$e testlmon~· before the US '.
lain changes in our shipping Selfarers International Union Coast GUard.'cleared me of fats,, «

·- rules is very timely. Now that for the kindness and courtesies charges prefer.re·I against me by ;,
our constitution will be changed shown my wife and family whll• the chief englnet'r. : fl

to comply with the present la- we were vlrtu,al political prison• Again I want to Ulattlc . the '
bor laws, I wholly agree ·with ers hr Suez, Egypt, . crew for the tJna~cial '45 well aa '
him· that our shipping rules We. tbe' crew, had Just about .. moral . support' elven to me at
should also be revised to fit the _ deci<ted to call upon Moses to . Gibraltar and· also Newport
present trend in f>hipping, The le;id ~s out, like he. did the News, Va. _
extension of the IO-day limit to ctiildren of Israel, but' when we It has be~n a ·pleasure -to sail
·redaim our" jobs when our shtp got• a me~sa~ through to the: ' with a good militant crew and
lays Up should meet tl'te approv• SIU we were soon delivered and • I hope,.. (e;iccepC fefr.. one bad ap•

'. al with the membership- as It ls 01;1 our Wat bo~e.. . pie in the bar~n to· sail ·with .
consistent with the basic prtn- ~ My -wile and f~mily wrote and tb11 floe crew again, .sometime··
.ciple of trade- u nions; job se- told me what h•d been done. so in the future.
curity. l .eaill say *1!1Ulk you and thank , Amo. Volalne&
~nother systei:n in our . ship- God fovthe SIU, $ ¢: $

ping rule§ . which should . be E. Z. WhHtlnstoa , . · · · · ·
change11 ts th~ .. regtstrauon by $ $ ·ot. SeaJarer BQys . :1

groups. I believe we 'Should reg- ,!I 8
Isler in the pat'tlcular rating· we Messman Busy versey ar :_

d I · h . To .t. .. 'e Edl~or ...
J.nten .te ~hp-• . We ave .many Seal I p .... • ~ .~
mem~n who can ship ·only in p ns ••• This, ls to inform my feltow

· one· cate&Orf rating and who To Rte• Editor: _. Seafarer~ that 1 l ~ now land.-. ,
find it hard to get out because ErJclosed is a photo of,\a few locked . for ... a· · while, havln1
they are.,beat by men who can o( the .~oy1 who seerµ to. have bought a ~ar i~ New ;!ers~y ..re­
throw · ih for·· any two or three been scalped .••• About a thtrd C!ll-,tl~. Th~ n11m, . of t~~ place ,
jobs in his gtoup. The system bf • of the cr~w tla1i. been so treated is "fabby an~ Joe's, ,Bar 11nd
rt!glsterl,ng only bi on'! 'categony by otir crew meas Pete. Sealy,' G~ill ... tt·~ a ~Qm~ln~tio.n o! bar
rating will he . more equitable . who is the only Ob~ Wltti hll abd state j>a<!:i~ge ' s.tor~, afid ls
anl:l tafre ti>\' every 'mernberL htlr in the ptcture: S.ome of th~ ot>en from ~ A?.f to s 1AM..

In the ·lft'oposecl .new constttu· m~h w.ho na,ve been 1bJ&tb,erouaiy, · ·' I sailed tn the fteward dei>art- , '
tion, ·I beite've~ tlie claµae where · barbeijjl are, <L. to R.>; stand .. · ' ment in J.fi5~ 'and WQuld lik~ to · .
mem'bersti-e ·penaliled tiy firit!s· '·· ini: Terry - ~cR~e¥, ... oner;, see_ ani · ~t my .'old sa~.f.tlg_ p~ls. 1
ff>r mis~ine · the. ship ·~h~~l<Y.o~e . Douel~s De .Walt, '0$;_and Pe,te . 'l'b'.e 1'ddress .1is ~6~ · ~onroe , .
clarUled alld -def!.ne~.~ It _a ;ma11: ' ... s~aly, cr~w , pi~s,!I; k~eelln,:,. · , ~tre~t, Passalci 'NJ. -r- · . ,,., · . ' ,
neglliently .or l>UtPo~~lY. m.•.~s~s .. llaro~d G~ W~l'ns; AB; : ~esse • ; ',·~ ~oe-~Rl.~h~ftl ' r

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r -·~t ~Se.a He's .AB;
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Ashore, A · C-·o.p·
The stories of the unusual today. He'1t chief lnvesttt~tor for

eareers Seafarers have chosen th~ sheriff's department -Of' Hoa-

S•~F .4&aas l.OC

tiil©>M
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lil~~~~

. . -'llilllo..

•. ~ roe County, K.ey West, Plorida.
when tpey go ashore an Brown's eicellenee at poltte "IOl'k 'Jeh Jne8ti-v• ·
liegioe. Thffe•was. the: fellow irom won him a sehola.rship •to the Virtue, a~ ev~ry-one. tnows. ls its:
Mobile who de,cided to ' homes.tead Southern Police Institute at the own reward ·. • • but neve.rtbeless,,
tuts,fde of Ancltorage Alaska of University of ~uinille, Kent~, a bit of ineentive hel~ immeasur-•

. .' ' where he studied. pellc,e &elenc.e ably in. aetting reople to do things:
all places; the electr1c1aa w)H) runs and police administration. - ' ... and se it is, informs Wlllial L.

a fr• lea furn Brown's record as a Hawkshaw Is McBride, meeting secretary of the
down in Caroli!"'~ such that he was voted the out,. Seatrain Ne:w Jerse-:y, that the.
the literary agent~ standing law-enforcement officer lood sool who takes care of the

·a eoupl& of min- of Monroe County by the local coke machine will receive a bonus
isters and pries.ts. Junior- Chamber ef Commeree. In of 20 ee-nts a case for doiAI the
and, aJ ~urs.. 1959, he received the key to the · job. DQn't laugh • • • Carnegie
the Sl~ men whQ city of New Odeaas. started the s.am& way; •
. we•t to se-hool H• comes from a Seafaring fam­
a~d are. now doc- ·n.r, as his father, :a. B. Brown is

...;;:"'-'-~~ ten, dell tis t S. salllq with the Uaien. now, having
8 t!ft&ineers I! n d'. pre'dous.b nn.M. a hitch in the

rown what have y.u. Marine Corps back in ttie old da)fS
Seafarer R. L Brown, who in. Nlcaraaua. : A brother. J. D.

Joined the Union hack in 1950, Brown. also sailS. w.ith the ,SIP
•as a different k.l_nd ef occupaUan in the blaek PDI-

S~afarers -Who Work On
Portmar Food ChorBs

TGU.et Tl'aialaC
Former Seah.ret Fred Costella

had the f~wing .x~rie.nee dur-.
ln& his sailing d~ wbicll h~
thinks rates a good ~Uib..

"I was on my firs.t trip on a
tanker in 1937 <and was as green·
as seaweed) in the steward dept.
as cFew's me.ss... The ship was going.
to have a life-but drill, but since
I had nev.er been Qn one be.IQre,' _
the stewani gave me advice and
Instructed' me on my duties.. H&
told me to get about 10 rolls of
.toilet pap&", pu.t a stdrig, t!u'iiugh
the holes, and ma.Ce a bandQ!ier
of them t0 sling e-ver my s'1oulder,
whi'!h I did. He ex.plained that, the
paper was a neeessaFj'i thin1 to
ba,ve if we were adtift at. s.ea.

' '.I believed him. .
"When I C<lt t.Q the number Qlle

11.febo.lt the eap,tain, mat.es and
erew had a fit, laughing like crazy
at me. I got red as a beet, but I
can still laugh t..bout. it. te t.his. ilay."·

WaslUJI&, Maelllaes: -

Uttte ·Glrl, •Is' Doll •••

Littl. tr&, Oorhl, l~ Y"l'S old, f~s witPi astanisht\'lent Qt the t.1.­
size dol - lather brought hei: for Christmas. s~ is the daughter
of Seofcnr LeRoy Jones, AB on th• Alcoa Ranger, and li¥eS in
Mobil-. In ~ you're having a hard ti~ figuring out which is
wh~ th- cloll il .On the left. loolt l~e · rris has get hersetf a com-

LOG-A.RHYTHM: \

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The Lif!ing Sermon Some memben ef th• 'Steward department on t.be PoftMar-. .~ ft

t. r.) Leo CNllsolan.. seloe. IMSSt . ~ Hua;.~ I.~:- J'oqpll
RelMrts, crew "'•: Toni. wttite, pantr.yt att:d Jot.Ms A. Re1.y1, 1..W..

tn this. aae- ot sdeatifie W&nws~
when we ue ~dinA missiles intQ
the far reache,s; of the t.8-v.ens,. and
have me.chanized. the. lcitchen. also,
QD(l t.bill( se~ to hav~ ~aped
the- eye of whoeY<el'-it-is in eharge;
et 11e..rft;e.tin& rad&e:ts, • . . and
that is tee washing- maclline agi- By w. G. BatT-6-

..cf. . .

Food p,re,p.aration sktff 0.., tlie ·Portmar tales a ~ent to pose
for a LOG photo., They a11• tl to r .).J.Mt A.. i\ey.· cl.i9' slewed~

- M. M~ Cw!le.ti,. dt* ~-i Edward Gar.den. bcakei::. ·and -Adl!Km.
lri4dte11, thtrcl cool. ' '

tatm-~ I'd rathetl' s~ • 1:eti11011 , I soQn can lecnt to do it
S.veral ~- incl~ the Than hear one, any day; If you'tl !et 'me see it dtme;

Losmar, Choctaw aad oth~., have.
neteS; ill tlleif s,bip's minuteS; eem- N r.ather <me 100ttt« wcdlt with me l can watch yoo'1' hemes m adw•
plaininc abQut. plastJc. atitat.ors Thcln. merel?i tell the way; But yottr" t~ng1u1 too fast m.aY run;
bir~ ·i:ubllier. a&it.atQf'S ~tiek- The eye's a bette.,. pupil The lec-tllires y,e,u d.eli~
ing,,_ steel agita.ters. UQ.t Wotking, .A'l\d m~ ,wi~li-Rg tftan the ear; May, t>,e. tie·'l:"Y wise w~-.t ~~;
One CJ:eW 1M1te.d taat il s~ as , . .
if tae ~ d~'t :realize that there F\tt:~ ce,unre~ tr8' .~fusmg But l'd ra~h~ get my les.$01i.s
Lt o~ o~ a&ltitcg MI"~te~ t~ &t e:rampl~S- alt.t"e!/8 dear; ~ observin" what ,yoNi de;
never stop atitatiaa . . . th• aam& The best of! 0tH tlw preadlellis 1 may n0t uiiderstcti~d. iOQ we·U
Qf tb.is p.rad\lcl ~= WQliWU\. A\'e t.h~ 11~. who live their cr~4.t; 'The high. advice ~-0.'l,4 give;

Send 'Ht lo the
. _ ..... , ••• ·--i ·LOI.

But there's :no misunderstandinQ

H9,w. y,eu aei "" ho,w ~it live-~

StaY' Put For J_.,less Pay ·
Sea.Earers wha ar& eotti!cting state: uttempioyment bene-nt-s while

on the- bltae{I) waiting te. ship <l1't! Uti,ed tQ st.~ put and avo,id
c.h~in·g: tA.eir l'.Q-llilln& ad~e:s&eS if th~Y' want to continue re- .
iceivUig. the.ir check~ ~laxly. Severat Se.afare.1.:s have. already
.~xp,e.de-n.ced interruptions of from three te five weeks in getting
t~&il"' ne~ chec·k after t~y· notUi.-etl , th·e state unemployment
offices tba.t they bad ?I}Qved and change.d the.ir mailing addre~.
• AB aveFag-e oelay· of a month iit· l'~p&rted i-n most cases, causing
oo.ItSide.ra~t~ hardship- tc;i tbe men tmt1:>lved.

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' ._e l'ourteea

Seafarer ·Has Kicks:
Too Many Toothpl~ks

(The following item was
' submitted ~o the Seafarers

LOG by Seafarer Morris J.
Danzey, currently on the SS
Eagle Voyager. )

I would like to bring up the
subject of fresh milk, and see what
other members think of it • .. • I
know that it's a question that crops
up pretty often aboard ship.

I think that a supply of 40 gal­
lons of milk on sailing day is a
small amount for a ship on this
type of run.

We are now on our eleventh
month' on thi$ Persian Gulf ·run,

and we are at sea most of the t\me.
I think that 40 gallons of milk is
a pretty smail item compared to
the rest of ·the overchead of a
tanker and think that others Win
agree with me tlfat we should have
80 or 100 gallons of milk when we
sail. As long as milk doesn't spoil,
I don't See why we shouldn't be
allowed more.

Our supply of milk ·didn't last
three days after leaving Sasebo.
The Captain squawks about milk
but he doesn't say . anything about
putting on ' a fiv.e year supply Qf
toothpicks-and there are ·no grits,
either;

SHIPBOARD SKETCHE$ by Ben Graham

"I bet you forgot my case .oh;oke ••• "

SIU HALL DIRECTORY
SIU, A&G District
SECRETARY-TREASURER

Paul Hall
ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS

W. Hall, Deck C. Simmons, Eng.
I:. Mooney. Std . J . Volpian, Joint
HEADQUARTERS .. . . 675 4th Ave., Bklyn.
BALTIMORE '. . .. .. . 1218- E. Baltimore St.
Earl Sheppard, Agent EAstern 7-4900
BOSTON . . ..... . . . .. .... ... . 276 State St.
John Arabascz, Acting Agent

Richmond 2-0140
HOUSTON . .. . ... . . . . ... . . . 4202 Canal St.
R. Matthews, Agent CApltal 3-4089; 3-408(
MIAMI. . . . ....... . . . . 744 W . Flagler St.
Ben Gomeales. Agent FRanklin _ 7-3564
MOBILE . . . . . . . . . . 1 South Lawrence St.
Louis Neira, Agent HEmlock 2-1754
NEW ORLEANS .. . . . . . .52:i Bienville St.
Lindsey Williams. Agent Tulane 8626
NEW YORK . . . . . 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn

HYacinth 9-6600
NORFOLK ... . . ..... . . . .. 416 Colley Ave.
Paul Gonsorchik, Acting Agerit

MAdlson 7-1083
PHILADELPHIA .. ...•... . 337 Market St.
S. Cardullo, Agent Market 7-1635
SAN FRANCISCO .. . .. . . . 450 Harrison St.
Walter Sibley, Agent Douglas 2-4401
SAN'fURCE, PR 1313 Fernandez Juncos,

Stop 20
Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep. Phone 2-5996
JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St.. Room 200

. William Morris, Agent ELgin 3·0987
SEATTLE . .. .. -. . ... .. . . . . . . 2505 1st Ave.
Ted Babkowski, Agent Main 3·4334
Wll.MINGTON, Calif . .. . . 505 Marine Ave.
Beed Humphries. Agent Terminal 4-2528

SUP
HONOLuLU . . . 51 South Nimitz Highway

,P.Hone 502-777
NEW ORLEANS . . . . . .. . 523' Bienville St.

Jackson 5-7428
NEW YORK . . ..••. . 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn

· H ¥ acinth 9-6605
PORTLAND . . . .. .. • • ••. 211 SW Clay St.

. CApltol 3-4336
8AN FRANCISCO . ••••••. 450 Harrison St.

~ ~ Douelas 2-8363
s.£ATTLE ... . . , • •• • , • •••.. . 2505 lit Ave .

Main 2-0290
WJLlllNGTON . •••• -••. .. ll05 Mar ine Ave.

· Terminal 5.6617

NEW YORK . .... . 675 4th Ave., Brooltlyn
. HYacinth 9-6600

PORTLAND . ....••••••• . 211 SW Clay St.
CApltol 7-3222

SAN FRANCISCO ....... 350 Fremont St.
EXbrook 7-5600

SEATTLE ............... . 2505 - 1st Ave.
l\IAln 3-0088

. Wll.MINGTO!'" .•• , ••••••. 505 Marine Ave.
TErmlnal 4-8538

Great lakes District
ALPENA . .•..••••••• ;-,., . . . 12'7 River St.

'ELmwood 4-3616
BUFFALO, NY ............. . 914 Main • St.

GRant 2728
CLEVELAND ... . . . .... .. 1420, W. 25 St.

MAin 1·0147
DULUTH . ........ , . .. 621 W. Superior St.

Phone: Randolph 2·4110
FRANKFORT, Mich • . . . .... . PO Box 287

ELgin 7·2441
MILWAUKEE .. . .. . . . 633 S. Second Ave.

BRoadway 2·3039
RIVER ROUGE .. 10225 W: Jefferson. Ave.

Mich. Vlnewood 3-4741
SOUTH CHICAGO . ..••. . 9383 ·Ewing Ave.

SAglnaw 1·0733
TOLEDO . ._ . ... . . ....•.... 130 Summit St.

CHerry 8·2431

Canadian District
FORT WILLIAM ... • ..•. . 408 Simpson . St.

Ontario · Phone: 3:3221
HALIFAX N.S •••... . . • •. 128~ .Hollis St.

, Phone 3-8911
MONTREAL ..•.. . 634 St. James St. W.est

Victor 2-8161
QUEBEC . ....•...•• . 44 Sault·au-Matelot

Quebec LAfontalne 3-1560
THOROLD, Ontario . •••• . 52 St. David St ..

CAnal 7·5212
TORONTO, Ontario ...•.. 212 · K;lng St. E.

EMplre 4-5719
ST. JOHN. NB . . .. 177 Prince WllUaDI St.

- . ox 2-5431
VANCOUVER. BC • . .... .. . , .298 Main St.

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ITHL ltOVElt (l~hmliln>, Muc~ 12
-Chairman, '· . F. Gouda1 Secretuy.__
It. A. Sipsey. All -hands are asked to
donate $1 to ship's fund. · Bosun
bought ·old TV for 120. U 11 asked
that everyone cooperate in keeping
screen doors closed. Ship's delegate
will see captain regarding whether
safety minutes are sent to headquar·
.ters in NY for action.

PORTMAR (Calmar), March 13 -
Chairman, Joe Simmons; Secretary,
Leo Cronshohn, No bee fs. E verything
going smoothly. A motion was made
and seconded that no chipping bllm·
mers be used until noon so that the
twelve to four watch can sleep. The ·
following items were dJscussed: clean
wash ing machine after use, clean r.ec·
reation room, draws should be given
earlier in all ports, food should be
prepared more carefully and be of
better quality: '

ELEMIR <Marine Carrlersl, March •
-Chairman, C. L. Shirah; Secretary,
C. Stringfellow. Some disputed ·OT.
No beefs. A letter is to be written to
headq.uarter11 fer clarifica tion:i and
agreements for T2 tankers. Company
ls to be contacted to see why the1·e
is . no money for draws In foreign
ports. C. L. Shirah elected shlp's
delegate.

MASSMAR (Calmar), March 12
Chairman, Gibbs; Secretary, M. Green•
weld. Brother Pepper elected ship's
delegate. It is asked that the pas­
sageways be kept quieter. The,re was
a request made that lights be place d
above mirrors so that there Is enough
light for shaving.

STEEL FABRICATOR <Isthmian),
March S-Chairman, G. Finklea; Sec•
ratary, H. A. Orlando. All repairs
were taken care of except painting
of the roomlr. $41 in ship's ftlnd. L.
Paradeau elected ship's delegate. Vote
of thanks given retiring delegate
Finklea. Crew Is still complaining
about the aluminum paint in the
water which bas been there for quite
a ·while.

Galveaton. $'7.12 In ship'• tund. It b
recommended that ·a new , washlnir
machine be Installed, for next voyaee.

·Captain told ship's delegate that any
foul-up1 would be loireed . . Report any
unsafe com:Utlona to your delegiale.
Everyone's cooperation Is "asked in
order to briqJ in a cl~an ship at
payolt.

MOUNT WHITNEY CCatgo & Tank•.
ship), March 13-chalrman, H. M. Con·
nell; Secretary, C. Alaniz. Crewmem·
bers wlll be reported to union on
ihelr conduct ot m issing • woi;k and
watcl1. Flat draw to l;le given In port.

MOUNT WHITNEY (Cargo & Tank•
ship>, Feb. 7-Chalrman, E. W. Kln11
Secretary, D .. White. Captain wilt try

Digest
Of SIU Ship

Meetings
to get American money for draw. If
unsuccessful, then will give It in lires;
he will accept back whatever ls left .
It wa:;; felt that if enQugh food was
se r ved the firs t time, there would not
be so many requests for seconds and
tl:tirds.

Dec. 26-chalrman, Downs; Secre­
tary, Gage. ·one man · missed ship in
Philadelphia: one man left In .Genoa
hospital; ARB utility was hired from
the beach in Genoa. Steward thanks
crew for cooperation in keeping every­
thing clean and ship-shape. Crew
voted thanks to stewards' dept. for
eood food.

Dec. 30-Chalrman, Joseph Carri
Secretary, A. Richards. Ship's dele·
gate A . D. Mauldin was newly elected.

April •~ \t8t

durin. meal hours. All hands an
· requested to flush tollet1. Few houri
of disputed OT. -

PINN IXULOltllt (Penn lhlpplntl1
March 20-Chalrman, I. a. Sander11
Secretary, W. Wentllri1. Everythlnl
running smoothly. Repair list has
been turned In. . Wiii see engineer
about putting more pressure on waah
water. The water i1 dirty because
tank needs cleaning.

PeNN EXPLORER <Penn ShlP.Pll'!gl,
Aug. 21-Chalrman, Jesse Puckett1
S•crefar y, F. Sawyer. Elecle'tl sh lp'a
delegate. Certain Items are Jacking
such as fans, porthole wind scoops
and screens. It is suggested that the
laundry be cleaned by wiper and
ordinary and the recreation hall by
the m l'ssmen.

PENN EXPLORER <Penn Shipping),
No date-Chairman, S. H. Mlll11 Sec·
retary, J. w. Thomas. Evcrythlne ·

·running smooth,ly. Lights In the rec·
reatlon room and mess h:rtl are not
bright enough. Coffee urn to be re­
paired. Slopchest to be opene d at a
mol'e convenient · time. Nb beefs.

Dec. 13- Chalrman, J, E. Parks; Sec·
retary, P. Walsh. It is requested that
the port agent take · action ' on jobs to
be .done on ship. The vegetable box
Is to be repaired, a new Icebox shou.ld
be Installed and cold water should be
avallable at all times. Some bunks·
nee d new mattreDses. A vote of
thanks to the steward deparl ment.
Two men we re taken oft the ship.
One had a crushed finger.

Jan. 31-Chalrmin, s . . B. Sandersi
Secretary, E. Miiier. The water cool·
Ing syste m has been on the repair list
about nine months. Nothing is being
done. It ls requested that Egyptian
longshorem en be kept out of passage·
ways and messrooms. Everything run­
nlng smoothly.

STEEL APPRENTICE <11thml1n),
March 20-Chalrman, Nicholsen; Sec·
rotary, Daniels.· It Is reported that
the weekly Issue on cigarettes wlll be·
two cartons. , Brother Holmes was
hospitalized at Midway Islands. Cap- -.
tain forwarded the mall to Honolulu.
Jt will be malled from that port.
Would like to request a 30-mlnute
coffee time In the next negot111tlons.

HASTINGS (Waterman), March ' 11-
Chalrman, Ramon Fer.relra1 Secretary,
John Wells. This has been a (_ood
trip. All the men were most coopera·
ttve. Votes of thanks went to the
captain and chief mate for their co·
operation; to the steward dept. for a
job well done: the baker who doubled
as a chief cook because the cook left
the ship in NY due to illness; all de·
partment delegates who did a fine
job In the performance of their duties.
It was mentioned that the few old·
timers on board helped to keep things
running smoothly.

j Crew was asked to check all !ans to
see If in working order. Steward
asked crew to help take cue or coffee;

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IBERVILLi: tWate'rman), March 13-

Ch.•lrman, J , , s. Lewis; Secretary! • r
Henry .Leiby. Two men missed ship • .
There Js $24.28_. In the ship's fund. It

MICHAEL CJ. M. Carras), Feb. 28-
Chairman, R. K. Wardlaw; Secretary,
W. B. Yarborough. So~e disputed
OT. It is requested that the engine
room door be fixed and kept closed.
See captain for US money in Turkey.
It is requested that the engineer have
bot water regulated. The cooperation
of everyone 'is asked In keeping the
new washing mach~ne clean and .on
"off" when not in use.

EDITH <Bum, March' IS-Chairman,
F. Sawyer; Secretary, Mike Michalik.
A new washing machine and a new
Jacob's ladder were purchased for
!!hip, The. 11teward dept. is now doing
a fine job. Ship's. delegate asks that
messroom and pantry be kept clean .
at night. A discussion was held re·
garding 1the spreading of false rumors
and If they perslSt, the one respon·
sible will be reported to the patrol·
man and charges placed against him.
The 12 to 4 watch was thanked by the
steward dept. for keeping the mess·
room and pantry c~ean before leaving.

GULFWATER <Metro p'etroleumJ,
March 1"3-Chiilrman, G. ·Annis; Sec­
r~triry, J. M. · Fisher. Brother S. L.
Cantrell was elected new ship's dele·
gate. n was requested that the pas· .
sageways l'e kept quiet.

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CHIW.AWA (Cities Service), Marci. ·

20-Chalrman, It. Koch; Secretary,
John McLemore. One man walked
off the ship for unknown reasons.
Ship's delegate asked that the mess­
room be kept clean. Patrolman wlll
b @ ll!!k@!! fgr ~l11rlftgaUon 01\ 1hlp'1

· sale.

' MARORE <Marvin), March 21~halr·
man, L.. R. Smith1 Secretary, ~ W.
Strickland. Some disputed OT. Galley
needs sougeelng overhead. Vote of
thanks to steward dept. for job well
done. It 11 requested that the dayman

•room gets painted.
' MOUNT RAINER (Cargo Tankshlp),

March 1t-Ch.:1lrman, J. L. Hodges1
Secretary; L. F. Myers, Captain states
he will allow $20 worth of souvenirs to
crewmembers. All letters are to be
given · to ship's delegate for malllng.
It Is· requested that dirty linen be
turned in at' the time .new linen is
taken.

Y AKA <Waterman), March 20 - ..
Chairman, H. A. Belglne; Secretary,
R. L. Godfrey. There is a shor;tage of
certain items In slop . chest. Disputed '
OT is to be given to · patrolman in "
New York. A discussion was held on
the Welfare Plan. Need definite clar­
ification of -salllng : boar d agreement...
·when ship is taking J>unkers.

TE>CMAR CCat-;;;;;l,'" Feb. 2~halr•
man, D. Stone1 Secretary, E. Berg.
Captain said new mattress~!I are or­
.dered and foc'sles wlll be painted
next: No .beefs. One man ml11ed ship
in 'Ftlsco. Light bulb• !<";;om ehlet
mate are requested to e~glrie room.

ALIC• B.ROWN <Bloomfleld), Feb. lll
-Chairman, ·w..,. Thomp.1on1 Secre• ·
tary, ''ohn D. C•ntr~ll, J~. ~eadqu_ar·
ter.a ~ere notified· that . some men
missed the ,ship , In. , New Orleau and ~

by doing this he would have enough
to last out the trip without having to .
pick up bad coffee in Eg:i;pt. Crew is
asked to see steward If something is
Wl'ong, not the messma,n. ·

FORT HO_SKINS (Cities Service),
March 22-Chairman, L, LaSaya; Sec·
retary, P. Gazlc. One man missed

· ship. $4.92 In ship's fund. No . beefs,

HILTON Clum. March 6~Chalrm1n,
R. Vaughan; Secretary, v. Douglas.
Vote of thank11 to steward dept. No
beefs.

MOUNT EVANS <Cargo & Tankshlp),
March 7-Chairman; Abuaby; Secre•
tary, Gage. Captain Is· pleased with
crew. It is requested that new fans
be checked and placed · into proper
ci:ew's q~arters.

COASTAL SENTRY <Suwannee>,
March 13-Chalrman, Vaii Whitney;
5ecretary, Clayton Bruce. Morale of
crew is splendid considering the fact
they have had so much seatlme. $27
in ship's fund. Ship's delegate wlll
consult with . captain to see If there
will be any government's objection to
shore leave at Ascension- Island. It is
suggested that action be taken to see
that the wipers get their fair share
of overtime as it ls reported th.at the
1st and · 2nd engineers are taking · it
all. It is asked that a physician and
not a medic take care of the sick.

PACIFUS (Orlon), Feb. 21-Chalr·
man, J. O. Dewall; Secretary, Kenneth
Foster. J. 0. Dewell elected ship's .
delegate. Del~gate requested to ask
for draw in Couta. Fans will be
checked. Lock will be cheeked In 8 to
12 deck foc'sle; keys for 8 to 12 deck
and 8 to 12 engine.

DEL ALBA. CMlsl lHlppll, March s­
Ch1lrm11n. R. A.- H11m11!•tf1 $•1;r1t11ry,
G. Parker. All rooms wlll be painted "
thin trip, C. V. Dyer elected shlp'I
delegate. .

Mjrch U - Ch•lrman, R. E. Darvlller
Secretary, G. G. Parker, Ship's dele·
gate and engine delegate went to see •
master regarding• tbeft8. It 11 re­
quested that messroom be kept clean • .
Put all food ba.ck in ice box. .

'.
BETHTEX <Ore Navigation), March

17-Chalrman, It. E .. Stobl; Secretary,
None. One man was hospitalized In ·
Houston. To iake on new man. In·
tend to discuss cargo hole! cleanlnlt
in next contract neirotlatlon. No
beefs.

Is suggested tha t linen be cha,ngecJ at
8 AM to 9 i\M and 4:30 to -5 PM.

SEATRAIN- NEW YORK (5Htraln),
March 17-Chalrman, G. Lee; Secre­
tary, Julian T. Lellnskl. Man missed
ship fn Texas City. Frank Leonard
elected ship's delegate. Meetings. will
be held a doy or two before payoff.
Ship'~ fund is $2.50. No beefs.

DEL AIRES <Delta), March 17
Chairman, L. J. Balllngeri Secretary,
M. L. Olvera. Steward suggested that
milk be saved for bcakfast due to
ehortage. Cap tain wishes to h1we
radio aerials removed. It is suggested
that heaving' ·lines be inade up after
Ueing up. ,,

ORION STAR COrlonJ, March 6-
Chairman. G. M. Craggs; Secretary,
Jose .Sanchez. Two men taken . oft'
vessel due to heart conditions. Letter
dispatched to Orion concel'ning mig­
gestlons for the negotiating committee
regarding new tanker agreement.
Chief engineer wlll not recognize dele··
gates. Delegates will - go .· to captain
concerning chief pumpman not Tecelv­
fng help. Delegates wlll request one
case .of beer per week for each un:
licensed man. Steward wlll see cap­
tain about better night lunches and
thee purchasing of new te>aaters.

DEL ORO CDelta), Mer.ch 2~hal_r·
man, Wiiiiam Ekins; Secretary, Frank
S. Paylor, Jr • . One _man missed ship
In Santos and rejoined in :Montevideo
and one in. Buenos Aires. Draw to be

· made after arrival in Tampa for New
Orleansl and Tampa. $18 donated to
man lll in hospital. $2 to ship's dele·
gate for fares to visit man in hospltal.
12.70 spent tor correspondence. - Bal·
ance In ship's fund ls 16.70. Members
vat'd anln• t bqumur Pr.!lJ!!gt .

VENORI CMerven>, March 13 -
Chairman, . Y.. Applewhite; Secre_tary,
Charles Appleby. Complaint sub­
mitted that the captain is tnterferlna
with ·the work in the deck department.
Some foc'sles are not provided with
enoueh chairs. Chief cooR did · not
report aboard ship due to sickness in
his family. Jaime Hllda elected ship's

' delegate. B9sun volunteered to r..e··
plenish the ship's llbray.

SEATRAIN SAV~NNAH, (IHtraln),
March , 21-Chalrman, F. G. Oestman1
s,cretary, Sinclair. Ship's delegate
explained time off proposal made by

--- crew of Seatraln NJ. Objections to
SANTA VINITIA U!lam), March 11 Seatraln waae scale: ·Sign on and off

-Chairman, J. Purcell1-- Secretary, T. procedure to save time discussed. One ·
-'ackson. Drinking water tanks being man fo steward department pointed
cleaped. Pantry and galley sipks to out that they . double up to 'get time
be retlnned In Turkey. Inserts put on ·ott without paf -' It is ·requested that '
in Philadelphia for sinks do not fit. men do not slam doors to mess and
¥en wa'rned about drinking at sea. .. quarters. _ •
Vote of thanks to 11hlp's delegate and· ' -1 --
Baltimore patrolman for job well done BET:HCOASTER (Calmar>, M1rch 21
at };ayoff. A vote of than~s also for - · .-Chairman;. !I., Arnold; Secretary, R.

, the ste.ward department. Some dill· Plonk. , Elecli!"d a shlp'1 delegate. 1\
puted OT. '. · :tl!quest was made to con tact the

· patrolman· concerning meashall . i lnk
.l,.TLAS- <Cargo & TankshlpJ, March repair. -ahow'er head~ -and galley f au·

2:Jl-Chalrman, A. Bourgot1 Sacr.-ary, cets. Crew to keep cups In the sink
. I. M. Slmos. The -captain ,llild · thiat in after µse. ·Wlll see about aougeelng

Goo!1 HOpe he . will not be ' able to foc'llles. No Jb~efs.
paycilf anyb ody due to the fact that !l'LOltlDA STAT E <Ponce), March 25
the ship ardvea on Sunday. However, . .-Cha.lrman, Jerome Kllgore1 Sacre·
'anyone wishing to ·get off In Baton ' tary, Wllllam H. Dunham. AU :departo-
Rouite wlll be paid off. A tape :te• mental beefij to be brouicht t'o• patrol~ ·
corder or a television will be pur· man. Ship's delegate will i&1ue repair

', chased with the cola fund. One .man 1 llst:,to , d~eartment delegates. · Steward.-.'.
bos,Pltallzed,- on the west eo'list. Man was " allked' :t(> aerve ·auorted d~

._O!'I watch to ":.t pr~f~~ence :an _,table cereals. , :: " .• :1



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.-;Back WO.ge List -SlibDtitted __ .
For DeltC:i' Llne:'seafarers F'l 11 L Almost $4,000 in unclaimed ~ages awaits ~ S~ :nc, sailed on MiHissipPi Shipping Co.'1 ves.
* before De~m'ber 31, .19591 the company has announe8d. · .

The badt money-ranging as high as $17i.7.,_~ be .daimed by writing the company and furnish­
ing them with your Social Security Number, rating and t~e' name of the vessel you shipped on. The ad.
dress is: 1300 Hibernia Bank Bldg .. P.O. Box l 16, New Orlec:ins, La. DISPATCH

Hert's the alphabetical list of names and amounts due, as lurnislted by Mississippi Shipping: The dmth1 of the following Sea.faren P,tczve been TepoTted. to the
Sea(attn WelfaN Pkm: · • · . . -

A F ~. A1t11ur v.. .• 67-81 8

AMOUNT
Abbey, JUdaard L. •••. I 5.811
Acy, 1-pb. ......... 8.'7!1
Adams, .l.unea I... . . . . 3.!58·
~an, JlaJ'lllOnd I... 9.'IS
.AJdridse, lllwia .. . . • • • 2.70
Allen, Raymond R.. . • 5.81
Alatatt, John W •. . • • • ~
Alfti. F; A. .. . . . . . . • 1.00
Amlt>erry, Boyd H.. • • 1.83
Amuedo, Mark .. ; • • • • U.6'

· Anderan, G. Y. . . ; . . . • 8.38
Annis, Geo11te . . • • • • • • ' 4.08
AnUl(!llJ', Walter. , • • • • 4.35
Arthorer, Paul F...... 6.S'f
Attard, Cumelo...... 4.06

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Baltazar, F. E.. . ...... ,
Banllaton, Claud . •••••
Banbton, Clyde . •••••
Bamtter, Harold ..•.•
Baron, Henry . . .. .•••
Barone, JORph A • . •••
BaniUea1.1x, W. I ....••
Barry; David M ......
Bart.low, Robert H. •••
Barton.. Marlow C ••.••
Bast.es, Nicola• . . •••••
Bat.on. Jamea R. .••••
Beato, Charles M •.••••
Bennett.. Jewell . ....••
Bennett, Rodney L ....
8enoett. Slpnson B ..•
Bentley, Loula L . .. . . .
Berg. Erik I . .. _ .. ... .
Bernard, George H .. •
Beyer, J'oJm M . . . .. .. .
Biedrzycke, Edward ..•
Biedrzycki, E. C .... .••
Bla~edge, T. L. . .•••
Blair. Kenneth E. . • •••
Blanco, Salvador ...•••
Blaylock, John F •.• •••
Bolo, · Berm rd . ..• •••
Booth, .John E •....•••
Bordonnay', Loul1 . . . , •
Botelho, .Arthur . . .. . ..
Bourceoill, W. C. B •.•
Boyer, Percy J. . . .•
BoJ'ette, Doyle H . .. ••
8ranch, Charles c ....
Brazil, Francis E . . ..•
Breck, Frank P ..•••••
B~wer, Jack E . . .•• , ,
Brocbetta, Rocco ..••••
Brooks, John P . . .... ..
Broou, Roderick . ••••
Brown. Ernest c .....
Brown, lra C. . . . .. .•
Brown, Robert P • . • • ;.
Brwuon. Ly lea D . . •••
Buckelew, Jacob L. .• ;
Barch, George A ••••••
Butler, Robert ~ .. , •••

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1.58
3.29
L45
9.78
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5 .33
2.48

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10.81
5.50
1.00
6.38
1.35
2.70

3{1.04
5~0
4 .55
1.74

10.44
' 21.40

6.5"1
7.81

• 3.47
4.07
6 .56
3 .19
9 .59
l.!JO

16.'16
L'll
2 .56

11.49
10.77

1..64
.2 .70
9..22
l.li8

13.54
1.07

1-::48 .•
4 .19

Fahm, Alfrell . .• : . ••••
. Faircloth, C. O. Jr ••••
Fal&oat. Henry L. ••• ,
Fazio, Joe .. .. ....... .
Jl'letahman, Walter .•••
ntnn, R11bert JI •• •.••
Ford, Georce T . .... ..
Fanbers, Tonten J •••
.Fonytbe, StdnQ w ...
Foll.er, Mel\'lil . ••.••••
Fountain, H. H •.. • ..••
F-. Georce 1 •.••••••
F.ruac~ Luis G .... . . .•
Fraone, France- F ..•
Frey, Charles J ...... .

- Fnqre, Adelln . .. , . , ••
Fruge, Wilbert . ... .••
Fuertate, James D ...•
Funkea, Nicolas W .•••
Furneb. Edward H ...•
Furr, .John H .... · ......

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Galbraith, Cline .... ;:
Galorza, Jose c .. . ... .
Gault, C. W . .. . .... .
Gardiner, James Ill .. ..
GawkoskJ. Be1117 . •••••
Garret.Ion. F, B . . •.• •
Gana, BolQCiO . •••• •••
Clites, Jolla . ... . . ... .
Gaubert, Hubert R •. •
GaTIJio, Peter . .. . ...•

·Gawkoskl, Henry . ....
Glerc!zic, George C •• • •
Gillis, Edward L ....•
Giove, · Sinton .. . ... •••
Gonialez, .Juan M .... .
Go0'1wln, Harry F . . ... ·
Goroflnlde. Joseph .••
Gouldman, .James 1 ...
Governale, Liborio ..••
G ret>n, .John E.. • ••••••
Green, Jesse T ... ...•
Gregory, John G •..••
Guarino, Bennie ... ••
Guerre~. Gustava P ...
Guzman. Hector . ....•

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2.70
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5..21
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5 .30.
2.73
1.35
3.19

Hagerty, Martln . . . • . • 9.89
Haldeman, W:. W . . .. , 10.!1'1
Hammock, G. N . . ..• ~ . 4.05
Hand. -William M. . ... :;?-!.!!!
Hardeman; -E. P . . T. ::: 8.17
Hannon, lames . • • 5.41
Harper, Wilmer E. . .. 2.03
Harris, Ed S . . . . . : . . . • 1.95
Harvey, Lee J. . . .. . .• 3.47
Hauke, Ada m .. . . ....• · 15.52
Heate.r, Wllllam G.. . • 14.61
Rebert, Roland . .... , 4.05
Hernandez, AJbaro... 5.11
Hicks. John T •..... , • 4.9'7
Hollen, Jamea A. . • • • 2.70
Holshouser, Dwight... il.'3
Hood, Harver H. . . . • • • 1.74
Horrliran, Roy ·J.. . . • • Ul2
Humble, · Chester L.... 2 .03

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Lombardlne, L. P..... 1.27
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llM!Daaald. WJD. R.. .. 2.T7
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McClory, Michael..... 1 .92
McCJoskey, A. A...... 4.05
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McChary, D. IL ,. ..... 9.S7
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lllcGoey, Geranl C.... 11.80
McKee, Charles N . .. , • I.~
McKinney, Hellr>' C .. , 2.68
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M11nca, Leonardo . .•••
Manntas, Jerome ..•••
Manuel. Rolin .• ••••••
llariJlello, S. J ... .• .•
llarjeaboff, W. A. G ..•
Karktlam, Tbornaa E ..•
Martinez, Alfonso . ..••
Martblez. R. G ..•.••••
Marullo, T. .J .... . ... .
Mathis. Ted . . . .... ..
Kattair. Georce W •.•
M:alo•e, Clarence . ...•
Max, Erwin B. . . ...•
MaJtwell, Everett M •.•
Maynard. Karion B : .••
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Menz, Boward F . . , .•
lletzlter, Lero,. E ...••
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Mina, John R. . . ..••••
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Moore, W. W •.•. • • •••
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J4orrealle, Peter J ... .
Moni•, John H. . ... ..
Morris, John W •.•••••
Morda. R. B. Jr ..... .
Moye, Bernard M. ... .
llallins, Marvin . .••• ,
J\furphy, Bobby R. ....
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Carver. I.eater J . . ..••
Cassard, Charles R .. .•
Catalmotto, Joseph .. •
Chalmers, Georg~ T ..•
Champlin. George W •.•
Chason, Bernard R ..••
Cheramie, Jack. B •.• ••
Chrbtolo!I, Dan M •.•••

4.73 Hume, Peter .... .. .••• 14.60

C!ery, Alec R. . ..• • , •
Clau11en, Douglaa. . . . .•
Clotord, George H ..••
Clofort, G. H . . ..•.•••
Clouse, Albert L • ...••
Cocell:, Raymond .• ••••
Colca, PhWp , . .. .••••
Collette, Keith B. 1 • •••

Collins. Donnie W . . • :.
Cook. Robert . . . . .••••
Cormier, John T ......
Cortes, Vincente . . • •••
Crane, .John ~B . . .. •.••
Crawford, Jamea A .••
Crawford • .J. A. Jr •..•
Crawford, James E ..••
crur,, .Juan A. G ......
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Jarrett, Walter T ...• ,
Jensen, Robert . . . . ;
Johnson, Charles P • . .
Johnson, E-n A . . ...
Johnson. Samuel . .••••
Jones, Ralph L ....... .

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Keenum, J;Sobby L.. .. 6.93
Kemp, Joseph J.. . . • . . · 6.38
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Kennedy, Andrew E .. . 24.65
Kennedy, Robert N.... 2.'1'.)
Kieff,. John · .Jr:. ·.. . .. . ' 8.06

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Kirwin, Arthur H. . . • • • 1.31
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KnauCf', Albert • . • • • • 3.83

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Korolia, Duska P..... 5.46
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Nettleblad, Hana . . . • • • 6.93
Newman, John G. . . • • 4.'1'1
Norwood. Nelson JC.. • 132.38
NyberAr. C1areDce C... U'I

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O'Hare, James J .....•
O'N~na. Douglas w ...•
O'Neil. Joseph W . . •.•
Oddedbal, Peter B •. .•
O'Sulllvan, Edwin E. ••
Ott. James D ..•••••••
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Pacqulng, N. A... • • • • ' 7.66
Padilla, Frank .. '....... 1.72
Painter, Elton ...... ~. 3.19

· Paris. Wm. C.. . .. • • • • 11.80
Parker, Jlarie::-. . .. • • • 8.07
Pucball, Homer F1 •• • . 1.31
Patip, Luther J. : . • . • • .55
Pea,sey, Geo. A....... 11.86
Pederson, .Martin..... 2.46 ·
Peeler, llArl'l' · c.. . . . . . i.78
Perez, Manuel R . .. . '.. 1.64
Perkinson. Henry L . . 1.27
Peteaaity, George ... .. 4.'l'f
Pettus,· Joseph P ,. ... 10.03
Pickett. Rob'ert E. . . • .6'1
Plaza, Ignacio . . . . . • • 5.33
PrlA ent, Martin.... ' 13.'18
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Landa, 1 'hamaa .. ... • • • 1.7'1 A ;

I.;anerl, Milton P .. . . . • '10.::U • Jt
Lanford, Randall G.. •. l'l.(18 · · - · : ~ ·'I
Lange, Carl R. ... .... 7.23 . Ramsey, David A..... 16.17
Langley, Fay W .•• , ... 2 .30 Reantes, O. ·L .. : • .. .. .6

'Lanza, Anna A. . • • • • • tl.80 Reed, ·Charles E. . • • • • 1.64 -
Lataple. Jean . . . . . • • • 11.lm Rihn, Ew.lns A. . • • • • • • • 11.26

, Lavelle, James E ...... 171.78 Ringo, Bomer L....... 1, 18
E · Lea, James B.. . • . • • • • 41J.93 Rh•era, Manuel . • . • . • • 19.39 .

Leary,_ Wm. R. . . . : .•• • 1.74 Riviere. Edward .J •••• · 5.30
. • ·. ~ . Leasgana •. E. F . . .•••.• · 6.93 JUzzuto. Jennie ... ....... , · 4.47
Earhart,.. rRobert N ... · ' 25.53 · Lee, Theodore E ..... · 5.14 Roberts, Ro,.. D....... 3.47
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ebart., E .;- B. .••• ;. 1 14.781 - Leonard, Wesley. ....... 3.11 Rouw, -Oeorse . Ii!. : .. : , 5.20
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Saa~edn. .Jote A •••••
Samel, Jolw W .......
Saadera, .loba E ..••••
San1one, John ....• · •••
Sauerhaber. John "R •••
Sama., .1-pla .Jr ... ..
Sance, lames c. . ... .
Savant, Cooper !: ....•
S,wp,r, a..~ R ... •
Sawyer. v- L .•••
Saylors. qar1 P ••••• ,
Sbriglio. s. .J •..••••••
'Sa.Dlaa. Patrick . •••••
Scblelder. Edward J ...
Schultz. .John A . .•. ••
SchlUDllder, Frulcia .•
Selley. Mark E . . .••.•
Semple, Frank .•••••••
Sercv. John B. .......
Shep be rd, Jlllton C •••
Sherman. ln\:,ill . .....
Short.. Artftr C. ••••••
Sle&lach, Samuel L. .•
Signorino. Paul P •.•••
Skinner, RUS8ell • •••• ,
Small, Beva:ly a. .•.••
Smitb. Cbarlea .. ••••••
Smith, Charles· S ......
Smith, FloJd H . . •••• ,.
S..Uta. ~ F •..••••
Smith. Benl7 K. .•••••
Smitla. LJrna . ....... ..
Slnith, W-tllle .••••••••
Snodgrass, Lee .. .•••••
Soadergeld, M. C ......
Soriano, Aristides •••••
Spiegel, . Ham ......•.•
Spires; Token B. . .•.•
SPorich, Michael M •.•
Stark, Eugene L . ... ••
Stennett. Charles D •••
Stocklnaii. W. W ......
Straw, Warren E . . .••
Suarez, JORpb •. . • •• .'.
Sullivan, Robert L •..•
SammereO, C. B. ....•
Swilley, Wm. E. ......

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Talley, Laaftnce G •. •
Tangatin, Kaximo B ...
Taylor, .J. l . .Jr • . . .• •• ·
Terrington, Michael .••
Teny, Charles L ....••
Thenlen. Bomer D •.•
Therrien, Homer . ....•
Thomas, Roy R •••••••
Thompson. C. D ..• • ••
Thompson, Rarry J •.•
Tbompscm, Wm. E. . ••
'J'bompson; Wm. .J •••••
Tbrallter, Gay .. • .. ..•
~. Allan G. Jr ....
Thornburg, Jaclt F ..••
Thornton. !l'homu Z. ••
Todd.. Ralph K. .•.•••
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Towns, Nollie . ...... ..
Traba. Manuel IL ... ..
T~vino, Alberto ... ..
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Milton c. Sbephera, 21: Brother
Shepherd an SIU deck department

Burial senices
Lake Charles
..Charles, La.

member since
July. 1957, suc­
cumbed of acute
gastritis in New
Orleans, La, on
F e b r u a r y 24,
1960. He is sur·
vive d by his
mother, Mary E.
Shepherd, of
New 0 r I e a n s.

were l\eld at 1he
~metery, Lake

.... .
u.va Wllllam C. BroWD Jr., SS: Bro-
1.00 thee Brown died of a lung infection i: at the USPBS
s.s5 Hospital. Galves-

. 1::: · ton, TeXa.s. on
'10.21 Fe};»ruary 7. 1960.

5·41 He had sailed in 'I.OS ·
7.84 . the SIU engine

1i:; department since
3.19 November 1954.

2 L 39 He is survived by 1.519
11.1s a sister. Bernice

1·'1l5 D o n a 1 d s o n. of 25.?6
24.26 Montgomery, Alabama. Formerly

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of. Houston, Tex.as. Brother Brown
was buried in Montgomery, Ala.

Personals , .

And Noti~es
Claarles Sdaerltana

Contact Mrs. Dollie Claunch
imm~t~b'. Business matters,
very urgent.

t.
Barr,r A. E. Jlll'Cell90ll

Jou Tns&
Pick up your discharges and

various papers at headquarters.

t. t. t.
Umholtz. Fred ·z...... 7.81 CUrles 1..7askey

We have gone back to Califor­
nia and will send address to the
LOG when .we .find a place. Har­
riel:.

UDS•il, Franll:.. ...... 2.03
Ureta, Simeon . ....... -.a

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\'accaro, Gius$epe .• :. 23.05
Valentine, Peter. • • • • · 5A9
Values. Angel .. ...... 18.66
Vasquez, Alex R...... H .74
Vaughan, R. E. . . . • • • • 10..H
\'each, Charles E..... 29.'13
Venelda, Frank S.. ... -1.44
Verdillant,. R. L...... 3.55
Vial .• Erwin. . . . .. ..... 1.a
Viiro, Jo.o;e l , A..... . L35
Volk, Charles L . . . . . • • 5.07
Von Loften, Lionel... 10.28
v ,oreJ, Edward . ....... 7.76

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Wactor, Anton C .....
WauliJigton, Ill. . •••••
Walker, Elias B ......
Walsh, Peter E. . •••••
Ward, Clinton H. .• •••
Watson, Walter G ..... ·
Watts, Leo .. ........ .
Webb, Leon J .. . ••••• ,
West, Norman I.:·;-; •••
Wheaton, · Alex ...• .•••
Williams.- August .J ....
Williams, Hugh K. ..••
Williams, K. H. ........ .
Willls, Thomas · L ..•••
Wilson. Spencer . .••••
lVinslow. ~bert D ••••
Winterly, Paul A •••••
Witchen, John A. ••••
Wolf, Phillip . . . ..... .....
W(l(ld, Jack B •.•• •• • •
Workman, Bomer •••••

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Yacllll.vn. ·Nlcholaa • •••
Yale Walter ... , • ••. ;
Youn(, Charles .•.••• ,

· Youl1g, Enrl H •. : ••.•• 1
• Zalch, Anthony. .J •.•••

Zagt.,!tyn. Nicholas. • ••
Zeuler. StPnley •.••••
Zellfer, Walter . •••••• ·
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B)'l'lle JeDSP.n
K. W. Kelley

Carlos Flaries
T. A. Pe4ersen

Write- tu John Der, c/o Neil V.
Pardo. Box 37, 2420 1st Ave .•
Seattle 1 •. wash.

t. t.
William R. Parb Jr: (Wiper)

Please contact yoµr sons iinme­
diately. Same address as previ­
'ously used . .

;t. ;t.
William W, S&eveDS

Your family has moved to 1217
East 49th St., Bklyn. Same phone
number aS' before.

t. t.
. Reese Oliver

You have a letter waiting
you in the LOO- office. ·

;t. t. t.

for

Jolu1 K. ·sweeney
.. ; . Gene Pap.,ache

Contact George ..E. O'Brien at
your earliest convenience.

·t t t
I

. John B. Mwray
·. This ' ls 'fifth .. notice. Jtriportant
you contact tour son, c/o Gerner.
Same· acJdress , as prel'iously.

~.-. .... ,J ,~-~ • . ~ •

WllUam A. Mastenen, 37: Bro­
ther Masterson died November 29,

1959, aboard the
SS steel Designer
<Isthmian}. Bro­
t b e r Masterson
bad sailed in th•
SIU deck depart­
ment since July
8, 1944. He ii
sufvived by his
mother, Mrs.
George E. Wall,

of National City, Calif.

B4llile Perry, l'J: Brother Perry an
SIU steward department member
stnee April 1H5,
.died of a heart
ailment at his
home in Mobile,
Alabama, on Jan­
uary 27. .1960'.
B a r b a r a Jane
Perry was ap­
pointed adminis­
tratrix of t h e
Perry estate. In­
terment was in the Oaklawn Ceme-
tery, Mobile, Ala. ·

. ViTiaa E. Wilkerson, fS: Brother
Wilkerson had sailed as an SIU

engine depart­
ment member
since March 1944.
He died ·of a pul­
monary ailment
w hi I e at sea
aboard the Penn
Shipper, on Jan­

.;:; uary 25, 1960. He
is survived by his
mother. Mrs. J.

W. Wilkerson, ·of Bronson, Florida.
Place of burial was not indicated.

sm BABY
AlllVAI.S~

All of the following SW familie•
have received a $200 ffl.(#ernity
ben.efit pt us a $25 bond from the
Union. in the baby's name:

Stella Kane, born January 31,
1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. William
J. Kane, Brooklyn. NY. ·

;t. ;t. it
Manuel Valentin '()rtls. born Feb­

ruary 11, 1960, to Seafarer and
Mrs. Andres Maldonado Ortiz.
Brooklyn, NY.

t
Donald Jonathan DuBose, born

March 21, 1960, to Seafarer and
Mrs. Jonathan N. DuBrise, Savan­
nah, Ga.

· Carl Anthony Fletcher, born
September 28, 1959, to Seafarer
and Mrs. Ferdinand Fletcher, Los
Angeles, Calif.

;\.
~iana Jean Gilbo, born Febru­

ary 1, 1960, to Seafarer and ·Mrs.
Donald J. Gilbo, Long Beach, Calif.

<\:. . .t. ;t.
Beetc.r Lugo Torres. bom ·March

16, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Rafael Lugo Torres, Playa Ponce,
PR.

.to· ~ · t
Israel Rosario, born March 22,

1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Efrain
Ro~ario, ,New OrleaQ.&, I,.a... , . '.
f~. ·I ' 1;>.1r , ; .ti ., .

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Vol. XXll
No.I SEAi' w,·~· , 'Aprill . .... -~ ... _-_1,_,._- ~---I

• OFJ=ICIAL OR6·AN·OF THE S.EAFARERS INTE~NATIONAI.: UNION ' • ATLANTIC AND GULP DISTRICT• AFL:c10 •

'Voluntary Quils-' Are Ouf SCHEDULE OF

U d N- y· J bl. · · p- . · L ·. , SIU MEETINGS n : er . 0 ess. · . ay aw . SIU -membership meet-
. 1ngs are held ,regularly

ALBANY-Under the guise of "improving" the unemployment compensation . system, every ,two weeks on Wed-
the New York' State administration :has. pushed through an amendment to the state sys- d h P"''
tern which will malfo it extremely qifficult for seamen to collect unemployment benetits. nes ay nig . ts at 7 M in

The amended unemploy- all SIU ports. .All Seq-
ment insurance law takes the.ir headquarters are in oth~r chance to b~ ashore . with his farers- are expected to
away an employee's right to states. family. attend: those who wish to
collect benefits after voluntarily The $200 requirement (or three.. The new legislation was pushed be excused should request
leaving a job. Under present law, days' work for four _successive .through by the administration of
a seafarer could pay off a ship weeks) will apply to anybody who Governor Nelson Rockefelier over permission by telegram
·which was not laid up and still quits a· ship voluntarily. It "Will not the objections of the state AFL- (be sure to include regis­
collect benefits after a six-week apply if _a Seafarer pays off for CIO. ,It narrowly passed the State . tration number) •. The next
penalty period. Now, the six-week reasons of health, family emer- Assembly with just two votes more
penalty pei*iod is elimina~ed, and gency or because the ship is laying than the minimum required. The· SIU meetings will be:

. in its stead, no benefits will be up. . Rockefeller family, of course, . has- ·
paid at all to "voluntary -quits" It is not clear as yet, but appar- long . b~en identified with Standard April 13

·until such time as they return to ently the new law does not affect Oil, of N~w Jersey, which is . the April 27
work and earn at least $200. class B or C seniority group men leajler of the runaway-flag group

In a typical instance, a .seaman who pay off under the 60-day rule. of ship operat_ors. · - May 11
coming off a long-run ship after New . York State and other states
&everal months aboard to spend consider that "B" or "C" men pay- ·
some time ashore ·is able. under ing off under the 60-day rule in Aided By Bl~od Bank:
present Jaw, to collect benefits pro- the contract are not "voluntary · - · · ·

vided he is registered to ship and quits'." However, should a "B" or ·se· .. af a· re r's Chi.Id ' Hea· 11·ng has been on the beach for over six ''C" man pay off before his 60 · · ·
weeks. Under the new system, he days or one ·round trip is up, : · · · '. · ·

~~~ :~~!·:~: .~"::~~ ::~~~:.~ ~~~~~:~~r.:;~:!~:£u~· .:::: ~ .A. ,: t· .. :t· e~ r. s·u· -rge· .. : ry on··· H. ·e: ar·t·
. fits on the basis of earnings on th_e In add1bon, . it appears that a . ·

lo~1n~r~p~ Seafarer, in many in:. ~;a:=~~~gw:os!~~~fij~;0;n~e:::~ .The co~!iition o~ Margaret Rodrigu~z, daug~ter of Sea-
stances; is not likely to be any- ing the $200 minimum may have far.~r Adrian Rodriguez Tex~dor, cont~nues to improve .fol:
where near a us port on his sec- to stay on that job in order to be lowmg · her recent Often heart surgery at Mount Sma1
ond job, his benefits can :be de- eligible for benefits. Should he Hospital, New York City. She·+-------------­
layed until such time a·s he is quit the second job he again be- received 10 pints o_f blood between- the two- chambers. The
pliysically able to file for them. comes ineligible according to from the SIU Blood Bank for upshot of the affliction was

The' new law applies only t9 available information. In a typical the operation, one of the lai:gest over-taxation of the lungs by the
those companies who have their instance, a seaman paying off a single blood gifts ever made by abnormal amount of ·blood being
main offices 'in New York State, long-run ship might gfab a coast- the Blood Bank. . forced through them. ·
but this includes . a considerable wise run to retain his eligibility. Margaret's affliction consisted To prevent strangulation, suf-
number of SIU-contracted compa- But then he would have . to stay of an opening between the left: a'nd focation or complete collapse of
nies, including Bull, Calmar, Ore, on the coastwise ship t~ qualify right chambers of the heart ·that the lungs, the surgery was ·deemed
Isthmian, Robin, and Cities Serv- for benefits. instead of getting a allowed the blood to flow fl".eely necessary.
ice. Other major companies, such The Jleart surgery took. approxi-
as Waterman, Alcoa and Missis- mately four hours. Margaret's ·r.e-
sippi, are not affected because~ covery is listed as satisfactory al-

... though she -is still on the critical

US Weather
Satellite Will
Aid Shipping

list. ·
Hospital spokesmen hav~ stated

- that any number ·of difficulties are
· encountered fpliowing the opel'.a­

tion requiring heavy . blood do.na­
tions. . Miss Rodrig~ez was furn-" ·
!shed with ten pints of blood from
the Seafarers SIU Blood Bank.
The Blood Bank program provides
this aid to Seafarerp and their ·
families all over the country. · The

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. .
NIWS H'IADLINES IN Rl_VIEW I

WASHING TON - United States
shipping will soon share weather
pictures and meteorological read­
ings by virtue of Tiros I, a space
&atellite that covers the ·globe.
The detailed weather information
obtained from the · satellites will
be distributed through normal
weather channels to forecast
weather around the world.

bank has an e~change arrange- ~OWiUNIE:Jra-llNAMCOI~...-.
.·, ment with a national blood b~nk ~· ,, oe·A· -:- . 1.:.J
~\ · clearing agency enabling it to se~ . l~ · lfS . ~~i~P~AKV
~ 1 up credit .accounts for blood when · ~M .:.·. ~ASIN9 ~~
l. · and where needed. . · a: ("O~~.UN6'· J;.1.v1/IJ&;%Rl$S.ii

BlooCt. credits in the mood Bilnk . . 11'(; AGRfCOL.1tl~t.:·olitRlr1flie .
a're built up through donations of sm40-0F MACHIN.1g::>'-5.
blood by Seafarers and m'emQers of · · · · · · · "'

... .
The cooperation at first will be

limited to distributing the cloud
cover pictures taken by the ·Tiros
satellite. This announcement was
made by Dr. H. L. Dryden, deputy
administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space Adminis­
tration, to the House Science and
Astronautics Committee.

their families at the...SIU's clinic in
Brooklyn. Seafarers p a s s i n g
through· the port Of ~ew York are
reminded that their · urgen·t 'help
is always ·needed to ~uild up 'ti.le

High Quality Photos
Since the Tiros I was launched

Man :h 25, the satellite has sent
back about 1,200 pictures cover­
ing regions as far apart as Com­
munist China and Central Amer- ;;.
lea. Scientists are literally amazed
at the clarity and quality of the

.Pictures. Two TV cameras in the
vehicle transmit the photographs.
· Scientists are just beginn'ng to

. grapple- with. the problem of how
· • _ to fit '.the· wealth· of new data to

be'-Q&tal.n'ed ".t rom the world satel- ·
· lites;, Ev:entua11y one · nation will .

·:- : · . • ·,be; :able'; to v.iew .·the weather of
: , · ; :a;n,other ·iip~~~il tti~usands of mil~s

. supply thr~ug~ donatiotis. : ·

.. . ;· awar. 1 T}1e1J1f glqba1 · forecasts Will

' .. : . :81so enitil• ye5sel navigators to
, -a.teer~ around ·storms plotted by the

Workmen'· give q _ fin~I i chec~ to Tir~~ ·.I, ifw• ni~-1 global .. satel~it•
that will ph9tograp~ . tf:te. w.o,rld w~athe~ p~re -.f~r lJS . scjent~ts.
The new device w.iJI· ev_entually· ~e a l>oon to al~ . ships at sea··when

· yecy• same .foreciast. sc: .1 •
• , - - - j

. storms can . be foi;ecast in advanC. for· nQ¥igatiooal purposes. · · . '