http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/ab3620d937641aad254e773a5f4b1f24.PDF 6e1ca66898ff08d9dee79e7d41bb40c2 PDF Text Text ._:. -. .:"=;.___..~ .._ - . - . SE - .._ -BRS·•~LOGI ~..__.&.f ••----....,;----~------....--------..;.------------------------..:..,;;I . • ' OFFICJA 1L 0R6AN o 'F THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION• ATLANTIC AND 'G ULF DISTRICT •Afl.,IQ • I Seam.e n Target .O f 'Test' Move . . To Control Jobs -----------------~tory On Page 2 State Dep't Moves .To Scuttle '50-50' 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Story On Page I 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 SIU-manned missile ·ship Sampan Hitch for the ; , , ~ launching. oi . the1 first inerti~lly-guided Polaris missil~ : fr.om the USS 1 . . . ·. . ~ . ·- Observation Island, lV2 miles· away in.the South Atlantic. ~.. .. · .. • 'I ~ .. ~the - • ~ • .. ) • • · Seafarers in New York hall begin ba1loting on pro8 ~ . 0 f Ing. posed.' new SIU constitution in secret re~erenduni that will last through April 29 in all ports. .Group pictured here was ''first to cast votes on the proposed document. (Story on Page Z.) · among I - ' �-To:, Control :seamen • • 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. At that time the scheme was denounced by the SIU and other T . as subjecting man ime umo~s .. seamen to harsh and unrealisti.. standards an}! destroying their j~ security. As a result, it was dropped hastily, but has· now ~een picked up by both _the operator11 and some segments of Government. . Rigid Standards ' (the Coast G~~rd) · attempted to establish . -certam physical· . standards for s.eamen which . were res~ted . vigorously and successfully by the maritime unions ••• I sugt it i ht be th hil · gtes a1 ~ .,,g.vi twhisor wtt ~. • • 0 ag n £e ~w ma ~r. Among the items for w.bi.ch seaJlle~ ~uld h~ve been deprived of their seamen s papers under the Coast Guard proposal were: • Defective. sen.c1e of smell Since fhe original Coast GJ.iard proposal came out, the Union and SIU-contracted shipowners · ' have · set up examination and detection · · climes in major SIU ports. . Th~ clinic progrm.Ji provides thorough physical che~k-ups of seamen at lell§t once a year, or moi:e often in SO¥ .instancE!s. It has had considerable success in reducing tlie· incidence of many serious ailments. such as. tuberculosis and diabetes, anli in detecting numerc;ms physi-:• Stammering and speech de- cal defects before they become so Seafarer signs. vote register under eye of ~alloting committee fects lar advanced as to deprive seamen • Unpleasant-looking, non-eon- of ' their ability to work. member as voting gets underway on proposed new S.IU constitu. tagious skin diseases tion: NearJy 1,000 '!'en voted !n all ports on the first day. • Divorced or 'separated parents, or any record of criminality among a seaman's ancestors The initial impetus for the new move apparently came. from report to the Department of · Commerce on shipboard personnel. The · report recommends "rigid standards for· screening" of individuals entitled to -the classification of . seamen; as well as declaring that there is an "urgent need" for the ..establishment of complete physi• Absence of educational adcal and mental standards to be ai>- vantages -plied to all persons wis~ing to • A record of. juvenile delinserve in any unlicensed position quency ()D an American merchant marine • . A record ·as a "complainer" vessel." Such physical standards on ship · • Frequent changing of j,obs should be .applied not only for new 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 inbut 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 proposed 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~ 1 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 the all port tally. New York 'bad the heaviest turnout with 275 men casting ballots. . Recommendations of the consti'tution committee and the entire text of the proposed aew coristitution were read · at all meetings on March 2, at which titne Seafarers voted the · revised version •of the constitution on the ballot: place the constitution on the ballot for 30 days, be~inning March 31. The amending procedure for the SIU constitution calls for a twothirds majority -in a secret b~llot referendum. The six-man rank and ftle constitutional revision committee noted that the current constltution, written before the· A&G district established its affiliated divisions. does . ot contain provi- ILA Starts .,~~·II~~:!~·~~~;~;: :: s · tate Dep't· ·s·ta·rts Move -cu·tt.le ·-'·50-50' Law· Container $ f~~e~~i~:et~~ti;:,~~~s:::t~o~.:~:i To S Arbl.trat·1·0·n . ~eame.n's Coast Guard in knocking seamen · out of their jobs. Ship operators . · ._ . ~ · . · the Union. , ~ ,. . Among the various divisions are: the Marine Allied .WorJcers Division, the Puerto . Rfcail Division, and the HarbOr and Inland Water'• ways Division. The new constitution ls necessaty also because of the recently passed Landrum; Griffin Act; which sets certain requirements for elected officers of Union8, conditiOD$ tor union membership and similar · matters .. The constitution also ·sets up an executiv~ board .structure in the , Union for more effective -admiilistration. (For the complete text the committee's report, ~e the March• 11th issue of the LOG>. o, • were advised to have their skippers • . . · , . make entries in the fog hooks about "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 . 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 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 ships. The, }\earings Qn .the loadIn effect then, this device gives with Douglas Dillon, Undersecre- spread out for as long as the . 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 upc>.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 attendYorl( Shippin~ Association. try to yank his pa·p ers. 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 CopeThe State DepartmeJ!_t has con- the 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 1gn ag opera OYS. • The men receiving lifeboat 278 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 to diplomatic pressure placed on Mr. Dillon, one m~mber of the Seafarers who ·enrolled in the life. ciation to , take up negotiation seamen 25 years ago. items omitted from previous conThe -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 _b y 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 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, $410,000,000 . Ind~ River ·•··. · · their AB ·tickets, five men passe.d " for 'FWT endorsements aild one · the movement . of cargo, in single ~eports out of 2~,5Q2). In , both Project in· which the ·U.S hopes \'an~Hke shipments. The containers mstances, the percentage of so- to participate · jointly with ·Aus. Seafarer got ari' electrician's rating. .are designed to be loaded or un- called "psychoneurosis" wai; ).4 tralia, Canada, ·we$t Germany, PAw. HALL, ·Sect'eta~-rreaaurer _ 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 intion 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 ·p eacethite ·fol'.eJ:in aid, · ... the boat ls provided. The faclltand 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. premYork shipowners~ ~!1d the. l~A. . 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.hydroSecond cleu> lteld •t "" c. Lifeboatmed ~ ha\re pas~ ~ ' row. mattel' would : be'· su' b ntit~c:d !... • t . ' ,._y, u._tt.r th• i n. ~ ' t es' t . ! a d... .... '"sere '""i t ' .T d ._ ·'b'y,, ·• 't h',• t lie to· ·as ..• ~g1ving th~ shipowner ~ perfect electric :equipment. ·. ' ·', " !,01t Act otOffice Aut. ri. 14, •r~ldfn.. ,,,,.. 5 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~ · '~ jO " f ' "- r. .. .a i'£ , ·4W 1 -si£.~,~J"- LV , .1u •• u • ~ , /') .~ .v .,fiJJ i .,.1. ··1W 4 it , ~ ) ~: f• - .... i.·, ·J ~ ~..n't;_ t Jo.. . as 27.-Union Grads N~w LI.,eb. oa - t men. . SEAi'ARERS '.LOG 0 .. ·'""'°· . 1 i. • I -1 1. i ' l ( • - 'to post•••· • 1 .. fr,I .• _r.',"1J l., 1I ' I '" I ii • �~prll 8. 1980 SE..41'...fRER! US~Frag ShipoW.ner~-: Rap 'Anti~J,,mbo' Bill W ASHINGTON~hip op.er'ators are testifying in opposito 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; · stipporfed by the US shipyard verle(l .vessels will be · considered industry, is up for hearings in to have been rebuilt in the us ~ion the Senate. . · .T he bill, designe~ . to "further amend the s~lpping laws to prohibit operation in the coastwise trade of a rebuilt vessel . unless rebuildl~g is effected within the US and for other purposes" ·was fntrodµced last month. Amendments- to the laws on coastwise trade came. as. a countermeasure to a Customs Bureau okay that will permit . a tis operator to import a foreign-made midbody section for installation here in the US and use in the domestic trade. The SIU-contracted Sea-Land services is reported planning to use the converted container vessels in the intercoastal trade. The operation involves the midbody secUons, being built abroad and then floated to the US. The Bureau ruled that such con- and will retain whatever coastwise privileges that' they maY. have had prior to rebuilding. ' Pacific Group Opposed A spokesman for the Pacific American St.ea . hip Assnclatlon stated that although his organization has always been opposed to actions that would take trade from the US shipyards, he felt that the new amendment would be "unnecessary" ai; the inip.o rted sections offered no threat io' our economy because of the vast di(f erence in the construction. The hearings ' being conducted by Senator Bartlett of Alaska, also heard from a Weyerhauser Steamship Company representative. He termed the bill as "one-sided" as each ·one of the vessels in the domestic trade is rapidly reaching the 20-year mark in age. L(JC Pa&'e Three SIU-M a·n ned -Flee·t Wins S·a fety Tit/·e Second Year In Row For the second year in a row, the SIU-manned Alcoa Steamship fleet has captured 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 contest 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 ger f;a egory. compared with 5.89 in last year's the companies in the contest, Alcoa won the 1959 Mar.in e Section contest with a 1.62 rating which is be- contest, showing a consistent improvement in shipboard safety. Alcoa had finished second in the 195'i contest. The competition . ' • covers all shipboard ratings Iiheved to .be -the ~ow~st score_ censed ;md unlicensed. ever registered m its cate- · SIU headquarters hailed the pergory. In the competition for formance of Seafarers on the Al1958 the company won with a coa ships. Messages were sent to 2.94 era_ting followed by United all ships in the fleet congratulating States Lines and United Fruit the · crews on their outstanding Company-. These two companies safety performance. Contributing to the top record finished in 2nd and 3rd spots this year as well with scores of 2.04 scored by Alcoa ships this year and 2.37, both of them doing and last are the accident-free ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ reror~ ~ llie Ale~ -·-es Ex-lus1·ve. Cla·1·m K. .. MSTS• Sta •1 s "'IQ I Run She1ps, T0 M'SS' e Pe . _ . e . • ~ .. · • 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- Santa Maria, C:tlif., the SIU Pa- some of the radar line supply missenger and cargo - car:rying cific District and the SIUNA pro- sions to Thule, Greenland, Goose 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 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 company, which- is under SIU A&G District contract. Similariy, · privately-owned ship operators used to contract for Roamer, which stretched its skein to 1,489 days as of the beginning of April, the Alcoa Partner with 972 days and the Alcoa Polaris with 751 days free of lost-time accidents. In all, .seven ships of the Alcoa fleet did not have a single losttime accident in 1959. They were the Roam~r. Partner, Polaris, Corsair, Pioneer, Pointer and Puritan. Lost-time accidents are those in which the injured man is forced fifteen in all, the industry-wide accident rate has been diminishing every year, from a 7.30 in 1957 to 5.89'" rating in 1958 and 5.12 rating in 1959. These records contradict the figures published ·by the Marine Index Bureau. They also counter industry spokesmen's complaints about "~ccident prone" and "claimshappy" seamen. In the Alcoa fleet , . for example, rEcords indicate that there were 28 lost-time accidents in 1957, although three ships had none. The numb~ drop~d ~ ~- ~ 1~~ with six ships without a lost-time accident. This year the number of accidents fell to 12, with seven ships reporting no lost-time accidents at all. Alcoa, which has participated actively in the industry-wide safety program through the Seafarers Safety Department, offers safety incentive awards to its crews. All ships which go 500 days · without an accident receive movie projectors. 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 s back, MSTS has been lookin_g for other· areas which to and maintain ships and in employees has chosen the missile ranges and "'Dew Line" supply operations as the most likely fields of activity. . As a result,' outside of the single contract of Suwannee Steam·ship Company on the South Atlantic 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 On Two Runa -way hi·ps · · 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 obtaining Chilean scales ·and conditions aboard t\vo Liberian-flag vessels operated by a Chilean company. · ' . ~ 1The agreement was significant IL, because of the precedent set, . · . namely, that runaway sfiips would ii agree to pay· the wage scales of the count11y in which ownership or . - control of the vessel resides. This The. newly completed freightship is the policy which American marand tariker agreements ate ready ifime unions have proposed and which has been adopted officially In prin'ted form and are - being by the ITF. distributed 'by the SIU to all ports. IMWU Campaign The agreement could have a Wages, overtime· and penalty rates set forth between the SIU bearing on the legal right of the International Maritime Workers and the various SIU - contracted Union to organize and obtain confreightship companies became ef- tracts on other runaway ships opfedive February 15, 1960. The erating in American commerce un' agreement highlighted a new wage der Americ~n ownership or conscale for all r atings along 'with new trol. overtime and · penalty rates for . In this case, a Chilean concern, each respective pay grade. _ Cta Navlera del Pacifico, had ' A similar agreement Wias reached chartered .the two '. ships, t11e By· J>etw2en - t)le A~G District a.n.d· lal and Joancy: Both of them, ·incompanies o~ the tanker industry. cidentally, had been American-flag The effective date for the tanker Libertys and were furmerly operated by the Isbrandtsen companv. agreement. was March 1, · 1968. • k.er Tan Frelgh .. n,e-d r1 · PactS P them at wage scales and manning_ levels below those of e~isting Chilean coll~ctive bargaining agreement. · The Chilean union raised a _beef and ~btained an increas~ in the manning scale and workmg conditions. The terms are parallel to those existing in the agreement between the Seafarers Union of Valparaiso and the National Association of Shipowners, with minor changes in bonus arrangements. Tax payments. and welfare regulations will be identical with those imposed on Cbilean-flag ships. Once the runaway operators concede that they can sign Chilean union contracts fpr ships operated out of that country, they would have difficulty coming into the Natiooal Labor Relations Board or a US court and claiming that American-owned runaways could not sign with American unions. Tlw agreement to pay Chilean taxes could also have a bearing, on the tax obligations of ·Ame'ricanowned runaways to the us Govern~ ment. Alcoa Roamer, still going strong, has boosted its safety record to 1,489 consecutive days since this_ photo was taken. --~~---------------=-.~---,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,......,._ 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 according to the Mari time Adminis- aboard Savannah is Captain James L. Gregory, w·ho most -recently tration. skippered the Steel Director. · He 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 .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. Extensive tests and trials are in stot·e for the ship before she starts regular runs. > �~ ... . ,,. --------;.-. ·.sEAFAl.EBs _ ~ .· .· . ~~ .n o·rABY -·SHIPPJN·G BOARD . . .,.. March 16 Through March 29, The ·past four shipping reports,' together wfth tbis ·report, have appeared like a bouncing ball on a cement walk, UP. and down-up and down-and now up again over the past two weeks. New York, New Orleans, Baltimore, and Houston combiped to ship 778 of the l,254 SIU crewmembers shipped. This is an increase of 252 men shipped and represents the widest margin of increase since the beginning of winter. · Ship activity was also up for the. period as 24 more vessels were 11erviced-251 as compared to 227 .for ~he previous two _weeks. _The actual breakdown as shown at the right is 74 payoffs, a gam of thirty; 38 si~n-o_ns, . 8 ga1n of twelve; aqd 141 ships Ip transit, ft dr.l)p of 18.. Wtlmmgton was the ~nly port to have neither a payoff or sign-on while Boston and Miami had no slgn-ons. New York led the way with 39 vessels serviced. . A rise in shipping was shown in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk, Mobile, New Orlf ans, Houston and San Francisco. Boston, Jacksonville, Miami, and Wilmln~ton all registered 11lght drops in 1hlpping while Seattre shipped only one less than the last two weeks period. 19~0 ~ ·. Ship Acfivi.t y ' · Registration also flourished and took a. sharp "°creaee 01 · 245 _m en. The previous period had seen 1,054 men resistei;ed i i compared to the 1,299 registered this period. All departments have ahown · an ln· crease with 505 men in deck, 416 in enaine, 378 in steward. The last period had 432 registered in deck, 327 in engine and 295 til steward departments respectively. At the end of this period there ~ere 2,765 registered on- the beach, a decllne from the last tot~l of 2,BU men on the beach. .._ , Boston, Philadvlphia: Norfolk, Jacksonville, Miami and Wilmington all had less than 100 men in clisses A & B regi1tered on the. beach. Boston, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Jackllonville iftd Miami had le81 than ~ · 50 ."A" .men registered on the beach. The following is the outlook for the next period por.t by port: Bos&on, Steady • • • New York, remain the same • • • i'hll•delphla, Fair • • .Baltimore, busy • . . Norfolk, steady . . • Jae•nvllle, the same . . . Miami, slow . . . Mobile, islim ·• • • New Orleau, ' lower •.•• HoUltol!, good ••• Wilmlqton, steady ••• San Franelseo, movin& : : • SeaUle, dim. · · Pay -Sit• Iii Offl 1 · OQ '"""·TOTA&; ...,.. .. , •• .-. z New,.,. •••• 21 ,..~,.,. • •' 121-- laltf•ore • • • • ......,. • • • • • • 2 J.cbHYllle · ... 2 Miami ' ,• .. •••• I Moblft • • • • • • • • New OrlMltl •. t HHttoll •••••• 4 _ 4 4 14 : ~: 6 Jt . 1 10 11. 1 12 J 11 4 U H M 2 ' 4 3 21 J 27 · Wllml""911 • • ... l'r.acftc•. • 1 ' : 2 I -- SHttfe ...... • 6 24 16 1 - 4 , ....... ~ •••• 74 : 11 141 111 DECK DEPARTMENT . legistered CLASS A ,0,, , - Boston .......•••••••• New .York . ...... ..... Philadelphia . ....•..•. Baltimore ............ Norfolk ... . . .••..•••• Jacksonville .. ....•.•• Mia.m l ... .••••••.••••. Mobile ... .. ...••....• New Orleans ......•••. Houston .. . . ... . ••••.• Wilmington ....• ...•.. San Fran'cisco . .....•.. Seattle ...... ...•..•••. T07AU . Port -shipped CLASS A Regllferetl CLASS I GROUP GROUP z I ALL 1 % I ALL 1 6 . . 2 4 1 2 1 19 35 . 15 21 9 11 8 7 ,8 1 s ZI 15. 7 7 7 20 _9 36 l 9 4 4 s 4 4 1 5 2 1 I 11 2 2 'I 14 20 3 7 371 28 2 13 3 8 28 12 32 10' 15 57 1 '1 14 2 2 2 8 6 11 1 5 1 4 5 fi , 14 4 ZS ft 7 5 6 14 4 ujlit-18112· 1-asa· 1 .. r122 111 -' - zz ,, ..,,,,.,.,, ...,,,.,.,, - Boston .....•..•• ••••• N·e w York ..••••.• •••• 15 3 Philadelphia'....••..•. 5 Baltimore . ....•••• .•. 1 No!'.{olk . . .. .•......•• 1 J•cksonville .• •.•••••• Miami ......••••.•••• . 1 Mobile . .. . . .......... New OrleaqJ . ...... . . ., 8 8 Houston . . ....•••..... 2 Wilmington . .•.••••••. San Francisco ....•.... 2 Seattle ..... ........ ... · 4 -urnT.4H - -39 7 27 8 - 1 14 38 42 4 10 12 200 I ALL 1 1 1 ·3 17 3 3 11 6 II 1 2 .I 1 •- -ZS 3 6 17 5 1 11 4 1 - 3 3 3 -1 32 -1 -3 - Shipped GROUP 1 -7 3 2 2 1 . 4 -10 3 1 31 10 .. 2 - - 8 H 13 6 1 8 10 3 1- ., 3 2 3 2 '4 s I · to 14-89 -l IH 3 1 1 1 - 1 -- -7 28 10 31 10 2 C ALL '. -1 -· l -55 -18 ·-71 ·-. 1 -z --- --1 -- 1 l -5 .B - 2 1 8 48 'I 18 1 5 -3 1 15 a 56 54 3 . 4. 1 21 z 20 z 2 10~19 I H.321 - 7 fb 85 7 1 15 3 3 '7S 2 3. 1 19 IS IS '6 - -8 14 13 8 1 10 I 1 26 ·sz 2 123---U-!-fl& GROUP z s ~LL 1 8 ,· 15 . 2 25 82 . 29 ..49 160 8 7 8 23 30 64 19 113 3 4 5 13. 9 11 1 '1 l I 30 '26 11 5 25 1'71 69 27 40 9 '16 11 13 le 2 20 2 9 31 15 21 4 SOl-337- lllT . 'l'IO. GROUP .z I ALL l - 5 3 8 a -26 44 73 1 3 4 10 .26 40 4 4 1 2 2 -2 2 2 . 7 9 8 .4 19 •29 3 . 9 .13 :s 3 '., 4 8 10 10 2 11 1'J 12- 13t- l- 1U - - • •' •t - - • s-a . .:u " -- On ru leacll ' ewsa · ENGINE . DEPARTMENT z 2 35 11 28 ' -7 -,.,2Z .-- -- -10 · -1t -2 3 1 9 2 Ii 1 39 ·I I '1 -1 • -1 •5 1 ,7 2 128 8 8 3 3 18 I 1 15 1 3 1 Shipped CLASS I CLASS A I ALL 1 . I 2 7 11 21 7 lt 3 12 12 ZS 1 s a· 1 I 7 . UI 4 9 48 - - oaoup z GROUP u - u ·Gaovp · ~ · - leg15'eretl 011 Tlte here" CLASS ·a CLASS A , .$H,,,EO GJtOUP 3 ALL l 2 -8 -55 ...... - -11 -7 -18 5 7 1 3 · fQTAl' Sltlppetl CLASS C GROUP SALL 1 2 17 30 H 14 30 10 54 2 2 t 11 6 %1 4 4 2 14 zo H ~186_51_ 1126 10 CLASS. I CLASS A 2 28 16 7 . 29 12 5 12 2 1 19 - --• - - --- 181 I GROUP 1 % SALL ''I - - ..:1 · Sltlpped CLASS B 19 1 1 8 32 11 8 1J 3 11 I 271 ~.-•• M ll&0,39 191 . GBOUP SALL 2 1 '3 2 16 6 H 3 21 1 I - -3 3: .4 1 3 4 l 11 1 -2 J -I 1 - -1 "11 1 18 H' si~1ze1 1 - 1 I z I s .ALL -- • ---- -• -- I 28 3 2 1 1 9 19 11 1 1 1 -1 3 1 1 - - -i3o . 1 -- -a . . •'z 5· . ·1 1 - z 1 21 3 l l'1 38261 -1 -1 19 % 43 9 16 34 1 13 z 44 3 51 1 1 3 18 1 14 3 I -3 TOTAi. SHll'l'EO GROUP, GBOOP .1 2 I ALL A B -Zl '· - -3 4 15 .,..... 10 9 10 4 14 13 3. 1 -2 1 7 8 10 5 15 1 1 2 2 ·57 15 Shipped CLASS C ' c -21 -3 15 9 28 8 8 1 4 2 2 1 3 1 l3t 3i- . ~ GROUP Giour t I ALL 1 % I ALL 1 4 5 1 & 1 3 3 6' 40 124 22 lM '8 S'1 39 11 7 3 13 40 • 3 7 3 11 - o . 61 7., '1'I . 1 . 20 19 &O 5 1$ 1 8 1 3 2 "I l 1 3 1t 1 ·1 ·I 32 9 ZI 10 11 6 s· 67 7 111 2 27 19: 7' 27 16 30 3 8 • • ll .3 2 7 2 13 15 ·3 18 3 2 21 I 't . 2 18 4 ·22 H lt29121 - 39i 58 570 9 ·iz1 101 ALL •• .. •• l - 2 1 9 19 21 1 3 3 1..1ster•d CLASS A - ' .. - - - ... - - ~ "I "I ,, -'' - •" •• --- - r"ica .. STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port , Boston ... .......•.•.. New York . .. ....... .. Ptftladelphia . ........ . Baltimore . ...•....... Norfolk , .. . ... ~ ..... . Jacksonville . .•... : . . . Miami . . .......•... : . . Mobile . ...... . .• . '. .. . New Orleans . ........ . Houston . . . ~ ..•....... Wilmington . . . : . ..... . San Francjsco . ....... . Seattle . .. ... .... . . . . JOTALS Re;,iateretl CLASS a Slt!pped Shipped Slilpped CLASS A CLASS 8 Cl.ASS TOT AL · SHJPPED c. Ra9i1tered On Tit• 8.aclt Cl.ASS I Cl.Ass· A 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 ' 3 - • 16 -- 5 33 54 i 1 22 23 10 · 1 17 21 1 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 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 '1 5 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 I( 1 -=- - - - · SUMMAR~ Re9i5tered- Registered . Shlppotl I On Shipped T01AL lteglstered 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 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 1 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' T32f;r' U ... '1&,·1.~21 te1 a~s 1 11l- jfiN:6~ . 82l '41t7Jlt•I 110 aet·f1U Sftlpp•tl , n' ., ..• ,•, 1 ~ ·. • ' ljl 1· : •"'.' -ta r , t , .1 �l. ·1 ,JI Ship Operators Told: . . !!-!". .. ill ~ Union Vo:iCe In Ship Safely ·t s ODIY P~sitive Approach for the joint la~or-management approach a~ the only p~sit.i~.e method of 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. . . Str~ng ,s~pport 1mprovu~g 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. · sue u an exC1Jse to bludgeon unThis year's spring safety meet· ions and . their members on the in1 also marked the first time that waterfront. labor spokesmen were sharply in One of the keynote ·speakers at evidence to urge a voice with man· the ship operators' se11lon,. Captain agement on accident prevention Milton R. William11, operating man- prosram! in maritime. Joe Algina, ager of ,tlit SIU-contracte~ Bull Director, Seafarers Safety DepartLine, had warm praise for the ment, apotlighted the issue for the SIU's Joint Safety Program and audience of shipping executives as the Union's "aggreaslve" role in one of direct, mutual interest a~d the campaign. ·He declared: concern. ;'As a matter of fact, the union He warned, bowever, that Do has been more aggressive in push- union would .tand ldlJ' by If manIng the program than some of the a•emeDt kled to "team up· wl&b companies. Apparently some of other ag-encies" to pn 1eamen the companies- have not yet over- and other maritime worker• "a bad come- their reluctance in working · Ume." Thia Yiew wu also affirmed closely with the union on any mat- bJ' Joe Leonard, nle&J' director of ter. They could not be more wrong &be In&ernational Loqshoremen's in this attitude." Auocla&ion, who ealled for a A highliglit of the convention chance to .work tosether with was the announcement at its close stevedores and ahlp operators ln that the SIU-manned Alcoa Steam- dealinr with the nfetJ' problems ship Company fleet, for the second of dock labor. year In a row, had won the 1959 One aspect of the gathering that award for ·the best accident record followed the pattern of previous ~mong US dry cargo and passen-' meetings was the reliance by many ,------- - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -0UN-, -UP LABOR R D-. -· . 1 future Rosy In-Baltimore plied by the National Safety Council, with which the Marine Section is affiliated, and by the Marine Index Bureau of New York. As noted on several occa• sions in the SEAFARERS LOG• the NSC ftgures on maritime cover a tiny handful of ships in the in• dustry - and seamen least of all. Yet, oddly enough, at every gath· ering of the Marine Section, whicll has its own specific data on ship safety, the inferior NSC - figures are the only ones alluded to or mentioned. In the same manner, t1te Marine Index still continues the practice of lumping together unevaluated illness and injury reports and projecting them as industry-wid;f statistics. Another speaker at the ship safety panel, W. Lyle Bull, executive vice-p.resident of Ameri· can Export Linea, used the Marine Index figures to revive interest ill the proposed Coast Guard "profiling" system to impose loosely-defined physical and menta.J. standards on merchant seame\}. (See sto~~1i°~1:0a~ee:it with "th~ mutuality of interest between the industry and the unions" in promoting ship safety, and went on to rap "racketeering lawyers'' while making no distinction between valid and so-called "fake'' claims under the . Jones Act. How• ever, be did pointedly blame man• agement for · not taking "ambulance-chasers" · into court 1nsteacl of making "lush" settlements. ·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 report 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 fragments 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. 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 uniform, 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 unsafe condition on a vessel. He lauded the LOG for "promoting safety to the union members at every opportunity... �April I. ltlt Russia Ships To Lead US: Magnuson Record Vacation Benefit. 50-50 0;1 ·Ruling Is Expected Soon ' WASHINGTON- A decision should be forthcoming shortly 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 Amerr;_losed out the subject after ican to foreign-flag tankers when WASHINGTON-Russia is not only racing to surpass this cou·n try in the pr.oduction of satellites, but all of the 'big international bil it petitioned for an increase in its it's also attempting to outdo us eompanies, dutifully following Es- oil import allotments. The· petition in new shipping tonnage, says Sen • .... so's lead, filed ·statements · object- was flatly rejected by the GO:vernWarren Magnuson <Dem., Wash.). ing to .any proposal that they carry ment. He called· for more US support their oil imports on American-flag The strategy of the major ·comof the Merchant Marine Act of 1hips. · panies · was clearly to create the 19361 maintaining that this counMeanwhile, Esso made another impression of overwhelming accutry must build 25 to 26 "Ships mulation of opinion against any . year to keep the Merchant Marine 50-50 import rµle. This was done on a phased~out basis and thereby by the simple pr ocess of "changing keeping our shipyards operating hats." The so-called "American at a productive pace. Committee for the Flags of Neces"America has slipped badly by si~y;" an organization of runaway letting only 19 contracts for new operators representing all major Seafarer E. P. Dwyer, OS (left) accepts his vacation check for ships in 1958 and 15 contracts in oil companies, plus a number of $598.51 from SIU. Welfare services representative Jeff Gillette. 1959," he declared. other oil company fronts all dutiDwyer was last on a missile ship. • Reb~l~nc Needed MOBILE - After 1tbout five fully filed the same objections to , Magnuson, who heads the Senate months of waiting, the crews of the proposal. tnterstate and Foreign Commerce the Pacific Explorer and Pacific Among companies lining up to Committee, held that a "realistic Tide have finally received their get their objections in the record, re-building" of our merchant maback monies covering base wages, besides Esso, were Texaco, Socony, ' r ine is dependent upon the Merovertime and transportation. Next Gulf, and Standard .of California. chant Marine Act of 1936 and .the on the agenda is legal action The companies have also rung in assistance it •gives. He called ataimed at obtaining unpaid allot- the State Department, long known The SIU-contracted Bull Lines has inaugurated incentive tention to the fact that in 1958, toments due Seafarers' dependents, for its support" of the runaway reports ag ent Louis Neira. The two flags, and other Government agen- awards for ships which compile the best safety records. This tal operating expenses of lines unships wer~ sold. at auction here cies in objecting to the proposal. brings to three the numb~r of SIU-contracted shipping firms 4er subsidy contract-including de:. perciation and overhead-were after the owners went bankrupt. Under the 50-50 rule, which is which offer such awards for ideas came out of these safety dis$712,607,165, explaining that of · After a good shipping period supported by the SIU, NMU- and high safety performances. that this amount subsidies payable were cussions. One suggestion was during the past two weeks, this other maritime unions as well as According to a - Bull Line port is faced with slimmer pros- independent tanker owners, half safety bulletin, cash prizes of $25 pressure-sensitlve non-skid .tape be .• 139,770,672-or 19.6 percent of the pects during' the upcoming span, of all oil imports coming into the will be placed in the ship's fund used on the tile· in front~ of · the total. He called for a continuation of Neira added. Twelve vessels called US would be carried oil American- of vessels which have the longest galley range .and on the l~undry for 4merican shipowners; floors. The tape, which comes in . subsidies Jiere during the period......:.of which flag ships. continuous number of days withvarious widths, 'is water-and-steam-· otherwise, ·he ad~ed, the us will 1ix paid off, two signed on crews This would have the effect of im- out a lost time accident, or for th& and four were serviced in transit. mediately reviving the dwindling lowest number of such accidents repellent. The use of another 'pres- ~efault to a Soviet system which . The vessels paying off were: Al- US-flag tanker fleet, and requiring during the calendar year. A grand sure-sensitive tape for marking ob- "confidently· expects to have 13,eoa Corsair, Alcoa Pioneer, Alcoa the transfer back to ·American reg- prize worth $250 - a gift to be structions (such as low overheads, 000;000 tons of merchant shipping Pilgrim <Alcoa); Monarch of the istry of considerable runaway-flag chosen by the crew-goes to the valves in the engine room and --or about 8 percent of world, ton- · Seas and Claiborne <Waterman). tonnage, plus the construction of vessel having 500 continuous days telegr~ph handles) )98 urged at nage-by 1975." the discussions. ------'-----~~-Signing on was Council Grove new ships in American yards. without a lost-time accident. · (Cities Service) and Alcoa Pilgrim The oil companies' opposition ' The other SIU-contracted shipSafety Ideas (Alcoa). ping l i n e s · offering incentive results from their desire to carry In transit: Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa); their· oil on tax-free, low.wage Bull Line safety representatives awards are Alcoa and Isthmian ·John · B. Waterman <Waterman); Liberian-flag tankers at the ex- who has visited several of the Lines, which give movie projectors Longview Victory <Victory Carr.) pen~ of an American-flag tanker firm's vessels during the past few and a $250 cash award to winning and Fort Hoskins (Cities Service). fleet and American seamen. weeks report that seve~al good ship's crews, respectively. a Mobile Gets Ship Money· Sa,fe.fy Incentive Awards Announeed ·By Bull.·Lines Handy OhJe~t - A Guard Rail . ; A simple, easy-to-install guard rail is the ,,._ best way to keep crewmembers from bumping into fixed installations, particularly down in the black gang's working areas. to The .guard rail enables crewmembers 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 railings and have foun~ · them a desirable means of adding to· shipboard. safety. • I ... - !!"""' . - - - - ... - -- - - - - - ...;. __,_ . _ .,_ ~~-· ~ ·~-~~-J·---~~'An~Os~~A~~~~'~~ ,. .. .i -.... ' ~ ~ . 111!'9 . - - -- - ~-- -- --- -- �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 "advisor." Seattle Sees Slack Ahead SEATI'LE - Shipping was good here during the past two weeks but prospects for the coming period look dim, reports Tep Babkowski, 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 Seamar (Calmar) an·d Cho~ktaw (Wa· terman), were in-transits. �......... !... SE.4.1'.4.RERS : '. April I. ~OG Class Number 28 .Lifeboat . .. -... . . . Rails ·On Griddle.Agiin . .For Destroying Shipping u• HY S1-iRping was Steat/y .) 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 Iallowed to continue carrying 'cargo the rails sterns from the ship- at a loss · in competing with the NEW YORK..:..._Action in the port ·Of New York was steady this period 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 the beach. 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. ' Replacements for the Eagle Voyager in Rhoda, Spain, were flown there on Monday. The men are signing on for one year. Those returning to the US from the Eagle Voyager arrived in New · York on April 7., 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. 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.At hearings before the Merchant lative group. All have charged Marine subcommittee of· the Sen- that the railroads have taken seate 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-railThe Shipb'1ilders Council of road collusion. . America told the subcommittee Spokesmen from · trucking firms, that the mere existence of flour- . Posing, for a LOG photographer are the ·latesl graduates of the Andrew Furuseth lifeboat School. Class #26 was held in New barges, ports and steamship agen- ishing domestii.: services. by ships York. (L-R, Standing) Thomas . Maley, R. H. MacDonal~, Patrick 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- . Morrissey, Eugene Sieradzki, John . Adams and , A~· Miranda. peting with· the water carriers. diately available for -national . (Seated) A. Strawinski and J. T. Cr~ig~ · · SIUNA president Paul Hall made emergency a nucleus fleet of modhis charges- of collusion known . ein vessels. · before the same Senate group It was pointed· out by the Shipin February. Hall, rep.resenting builders Council .that there were a labor, placed the blame squarely total of 694 vessels registered Crewmernbers of'the last of the bankrupt ships ·- th~ Vali\lllt ·'F-aith, which went upon Uie shoulders of ICC as well (3,785,0QO tons) in the domestic broke in i:i~rt Said, "Egypt-are on their way b. a ck to the US aboarc,i an MSTS ship sch.eduled as on the railroad· industry. He services on June 30, 1938. Twentyto arrive in New York next Monday. From the time the ship hit Port Said' on February 11, asserted that if the railroads -were one years later (October l, 1959) there were 374 such vessels or the cr~w had been restricted•--~,,-.----------,.-----------=--~ 3,568:000 gross · tons. "T·his sub- from going ashore. January 18 with · a.·load of grain men scurrying to send ·messages stantial decrease in the number Meanwhile, payments are for India. At the time . the crew home to see "if their· dependents' · I of vessels wculd appear at first going out on wages due Seafarers had assurances from Ocean Car- allotments had arrived. Returned glance to merely indicate· an in- 9'om several other vessels, and riers, the shipping firm, that cablegrams informed them that EVERYSUNDAYI crease in the size of vessels, but court orders on wage payments are money was available for allot- none had been received. DIRECT VOICE little loss of tonnage. But further expected momentarily on the re- ments and draws. But things startAfter the ship arrived at •P ort analy!"is show!" that much more is maining bankrupt ships. ed when the ·vessel hit Ceuta, Said, repatriation · arrangements BROADCAST involved than increased size of Upon arriving in Port Said, the Spanish Morroco, for bunkers. The w~re made by ' the Union through · · I vessels." Valiant Faith was slapped with a crew had been advised that mail the State Department. Of the total presently reported lien for $36,000 •worth of bunkers from home awaited them upon arIt was useless for the crew to as eng:iged in domestic services, previously received. Word of the rival a.t the port. But there was attempt to place a lien on the ship tanker operations constitute ap- shipping firm's financial condi- none. Three days later, one man as Jong as it was in an Egyptian proximately 73 percent of the tion followed shortly when it was got a letter from a source other port. However, the vessel is subgross tonnage. The dry cargo learned that allotments had not than the shipping company. In lt ject to lien should it hit any US operation represents onl:v 26 per- been . sent home. )Vhen attempts he was informed by his wife that port. The Union is ma~ng ar· cent of the domestic trade. were made to have. the ship at- she had not received her allotment rangements to have the crew sent To properly defend the nation, tached for back wages, allotments, check. This _news sent other. crew- _home when the· MSTS ship arriv~. which requires both passenger and cargo ships capable: of moving etc., it was discovered that, under troops and c;upplies, vessels are Egyptian law; the proceeds from needed in the active service that the sale of the ship.-if this were I To Ships in Atlantic could be immediately available, effected-could not · be converted South American toe Council argued. Their flourish- into American money and thereand ing and remaining in operation js fore could not be taken out of that European Waters · I being directly affected by railroad country. The Valiant Faith left -Norfolk The National Maritime -Union :and rn@rnJ)er cmµpanies of activity. Every Sunday, 1620 GMT Last ..Abandoned···c rew Ref.u rns· ss· I "THE VOICE of the MTD'' ,R egi$fer 'SCreenoes,' I I I Court Tel·l s Unions <11 :20 ,AM EST Sunday) e WFK-39, 19850 KCs Ships in Caribbean, East Coast of South America. South Atlantic a;id East Coast oi United States e WFL·65, 15850 KCI Ships in Gulf of Meii:ico, Caribbean, West Coast of South Amer· ica, West Coast of Mexico and US East Coast e WFK-95, 15700 KCs Ships in Mediterranean area. North Atlantic, European and US East Coast - I I . I ~ I I I I I -1 I I Meanwhile, MTD Round ..the-World Bruadcasti continue .•• Every Sunday, 1915 GMT (2 :15 PM EST Sunday) WC0·13020 KCs Europe and_ No. America WC0·16908.8 l<Cs East Coast So. America WC0-22407. KCs West C~st So. America Every Monday, 0315 GMT (10:15 PM EST Sundal/) WMM 25·15607 KC1 Australia WMM 111-11037.5 Northwest Pacific MARITIME _TRADES -·DEPARTMEIT ... • ' 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 .U S 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 PENSIONERS~ ot CORNER 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 ieorganizat~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 t i t, ' . . two to one . that -·Coast Guard .w1tn,esses to cross:.e~aplinatioo. t Maurice Kopenhagen ••• 56 ••• became a member of the SIU in 1941, screening of seam.e n- ~nd marltirne- : ., ~he Co~~~ ~uard · scFe·erihig pro-------.,..,--'-~ . ·'---·- - -· .grar;n.. wa,· s~t· up •under.·. aq -ex-ecu· shipping initially aboard the Raphael Semmes. tive. ~or~er ...-;by foriner Ptejlident When war was declared in December of .the same year, he was at sea in the old west Madaket ••. the A ,'· .. ' , _,"=_ · "'f~~111~n 9l:l~ing the Korean· ~<inflict. ~ ,, • .. . u~der ~e- , author;ty cori.ta'med fn ship got lost in fog and bad weather at the time, ·~ . .· '•. ' '. ,.. , ,i" -·;, ~t~~-;·e~~.~~~ ord~r . the , cG was he recalls. Brother Kopenhagen, who sailed in the 8 stewar~ de_partment, will live in New York during his retired life. He comes down to the hall regular· .. ~ . · · · · ·.,, ''<-':' . -me~J1ani in~ri~e -fie.et. ' , ,. 1 ly at preseut,-and rehashes "the goo<) old days" when Ther:e are 38l' ·~r1vate1y · ow~-:d .~ l'!te. ~9~t-·i~cent decision wm •re- ;· he and his buddies were at sea together.. Additiontank~r~c:i~alli;'1g~p;_868,~H " t~~S?, .s_tpre th;~;;:~efr~~).i_~d-oµt seamen· to ally, he has side interests in photography and classinow ·idle.,: 00~~ Iai<l:·:UP ·- u~de~- ~()Ii"'' ··~Group·, l~'.fs'e~iib'. _rjJhfs; in the cal music. · Comm~-nist ~ftfJff~. · JlC~or.c\ing .to-··it '~/hl,ri~l· l~:illllJ• .. ~ 1"ourteen sea• ' Eligibility requirements for the $35 weekly SIU dlsablllty i,enslon ~urrent ~ar1ne ~rokerage. sur".~Y· m-en are eJfected· l)y , the 'latest consist of the followinr: . · · .'J'.his ·.sum . d~e.~ tnot include .61 US .fin'dihgs; .·· ~: Seafarers physically unable to work,~ no matter ·what their ue, qo".ernJl\~J;it t~nke.rs~ pf , 1,006,052 . The _e~~ect of, the i:uling ~is· lo ". who have.JZ years of·seatime plus the · Plan'• atatndint•ellllblHty re-- grpss ·to~s now l~id !JP in r~serve cpmp~ _. seam~n·s'. un_i~n~ ,to-"re•l~er: •. qalrement, -can "PPly for and receive ·the tiestefli·' The ff"attme ·hal ·fleets;· t'1~ ·simvey J)oted: ·: · ·: ·'.': .r oen ; w,h·o ' were ~creened off·, t'tte: ' k>" be w{th ~IU-e~n,tacted companies. . ; · . . • · . . _ . . Another survey ma~e ·last· June ships, 'bee.a use of .t he refosal of the'. ' . : . .; - ~m~_;w.Jio are ot; ·~' &5:o~ OTef, ..and al.a :iu~we· .. ..e ~1-2!iemr .slrow~d ·~hat 1447 prt~.--tel:v.· ·OW.l\'ed" &JVe.i'~m·~nt -' ti$' '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 ~ ~· ' . , · '· . I'"-,.. :-.l :··~·?.~_, ..•: '.! .• ·.1,.,.. :..., ~ -- .. · , •. 1.. . J...Car.1oei. 71 .1 .. ... ~ £,.... , , " ' ·.vt>lved;, ;!·,. ·:t ~ ·.. , . . . ··1·.-. i .~,..,~~,.:it;"'.. .. ~. 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 daughter, Velma Gamble, who's caring for him. ·; · "'. .· '. ·kers an 'di T Plenty :-.Qf.~ ~, :Em ,:._, ::~~~:~~;a!;~~;;o~ s~~ri~~nrhe ·i::s 4 • - . . . ... ; ; 4 \ I. :.•..- • • • • ' - , ,..._: • • �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. paper presented by Captain Milton Wi'Uidms, . op~rating manager, A. H . Bull Steamship C9'Jnpany., at tlie ·marine 1ection· meeting of the National Safetti Council. ) '· · · . 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 the l:rewS' when· properly ~pproach-:d an~ ~made part of Committee'for the sole purpose of promotmg, formulatin1 the te&Jl! will no,t .only _coopeiate· bul go .o.ut of their way and adopting shipboard safe'ty. This program has alin 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~~; .&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 t he 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 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 motfn g 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; t hough grudgingly by some. and their thinking. 1 "Safety campaigns on shipboard,.... have t>eel'l undtfrway .. that . a small_ gr~UJ?. of 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 consea 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 .t oo 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 mor e aggresships and to take corrective measures to improve the of training and e.d ucating 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 ' Th.: Seamen Have Great Loyalty To Their Union' their reluctance in working closely with the union on any reasons for our . poor showin~. " . .. Even the most modern shjp . with .a. most· efficient . "Management of ships hasdt, appears always felt that matte.r~ They could n·o t 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.g ether 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 gr eat 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 r eal 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 accitime 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,h ere 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 " no a .Sidelights On .Safety Meeting I Interest at the · ship operators' bright arrow in the proper direc- tem-Esso pays very little OT. session of last ·week's Ma1·ine Sec- tion when a vessel is ab9ut to Instead, Esso, Socony and some tion safety ·convention centered at shift course. other tanker fleets have contracts one point on the details of the negotiated· by John J. Collins, ;\'. ;t. navigational maneuver known as So-called "safety problems" are promoter of "independent" assothe "Williamson Turn." Properly .not always what they seem. Use of ciations. executed, this is an .oval turn that new winches and special anti;\'. ;\'. ;\'. makes it possible for a vessel corrective coatings by soD_le tanker The joint luncheon of the Marine moving at ·full speed to / return to fleets is talked about as an added Section and Propeller Club th at the exact spot · where someone has saf~ty factor but · really is a means closed out the spring convention fallen into the sea. It was spot- of reducing manning scales. Tile was a "bubbly" affair horroring the lighted in 1958 after being used compaaies save both ways, accord- comm3nder of the Military Sea succe~sfu1ly by the SIU Pacific ing to the remarks of an Esso Transportation Service, Vice AdDistrict-manned liner Mariposa to spokesman--echoed by officials miral Roy A. Gano. Using typical get a victim back on the ship 17 from Socony. When some listeners Madison A venue advertising techminutes aner he fell over the questioned . the overtime problem, ·nique, the guest of honor .plugged side. the Esso speaker was quick to MSTS with slogans and lantern;t. ;t. point out the virtues. of the s1s- slides. 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 convention. Seizing on the release of detailed accident statistics by the SIU Welfare Plan's Safety Department, he alluded to "many" inA favorable reaction -from all segments of the shipping instances-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.e ports_ ~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.) ·~ ·. di t i d t SIU _,. . .con t rac t e d companies · Th"is propor t"ion h as rema1·ned · H e nex · t d ocare. y r e o swap . t . b I th . . ,. bli h d SIU fi last year. fixed for mo1e than wo years reI 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·t her . squrces, Of m :1ic;i1n, 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,•.. .-... /.,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~.. ~~!lnv at 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. ·. · SIU Safety Report Gets C/.o se Attention b. ' �• .:: :.. .J 'I,' ·i· : •• ; , • . . . . !l'ea - Sea Law Meeting/-S talef!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 ·t he United: St~~ and :t;hitaiD .opposing a Canadian 1 move to establish a new 12-mile boundary on territorial waters. . " '·' · · Under the Canadian plan, a nation would have exclusive fishing industry in the Pacific and by an· int~UODal law. whiclt canfishing rights for 12 miles be- the jobs' of the Union's 2,000 mem- not fit local coDditioDs, but must yond its shores instead of the hers would be jeopardized. ' be dealt .with in respect to the inthree-mile limit now in operation Both America and Britain are dividual nature ·or any controve~. Were the Cana~an proposal ac- fighting for a "sh-plus-six" ·rule. cepted, claims· an Theaffiliate Alaska Fishermen's Union, of the SIUNA, the traditional rights of ..American fishermen off the coast of Canada . would be nullified and the future of the American salmon A-nt1·-Un1·on whicli foreign vessels to fishwould in the_allow outer six miles.. ff they bad regu.U6-fished there pr~viously. The Canadian delegate said that the American reservation would only benefit 15 nations ~d its ef· feet "would not be to reconcile conflicting fLshfng interests. of states . l aw· . u· heId N, Orf•e-ans Busy,• Slo"w· ;:rons:e~:: ::L~i::~~ !utp~~~o!! • Ahead Tlme 1 international law." Secoad Canadian Ailempt _ Canada attempted to get a 12mile rule adopted at a s~ilar .conference last ;year,. but was unauecessful. The Canadians coneede that if they can't pressure the matter through- this time, they prob. ably never wilL , .The Alaska Fisliermen's Union position was stated by their secret.ary-treasurer George Johansen. \iiho declared that problems involVing fisheries cannot be solved .. • · P' In Canada . ' ·· OTTAWA. o~t-'.J'be Govemme~t __of Cmada has refused to. disallow the ant\-union legialatim outlawing the Woodftrken Union · which waa P~ a year ago by . , N~reel , ~og ahoarG".th• SIU-coiatracled Sampan · Hitch the Newfoundland House of 1iJJ.. L-...... i _ __ • 1..:...:.. of r--f ' R•..I.. I -..i. __ sembly, said PJ'eSi.OOu~ . Claude s~ - a ~ tr'.Vmes ~ -:.1 De oksiere. ""'"""memJodoin of the Canatimi- ·Labor bers .Of the. ~s cqfi>s' we~. 'aboard fo obs~rve the faunch!ng of 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 LindCongress. ' -· a Polaris missile 'from another 51,ip. Other. pictur• on page 1. sey Williams, agent. A slight Ullcler Canadian law, the M slackening in the number of jobS eral government. can, in effect, set • . · is furecast for the next period, he aside legislatiolii pused in any of . ~ _J- · added. . the provinces if a nallonal issue ls · The supertankers National Deat stake. It must, however, actA. fender (National Tralh'l.) and Trans. thi.S within one year:· .The deadfin·e . . eastern ( Transeastem) called for crews at this port and loaded grain ' for Uruguay. The' Atlas (Tankers Ir Tramps), another supertanker, fenbakel". ·T he legislation in 'Ill.....• · PORTLAND, Oregon-Some pulpwood ·· workers in the was serviced en-route on a coastSAN ~CISCO·Shipping tton was aimed at banning the Southern states make as little as 13 cents an hour, it ·was wise . rnn. In all there were 21 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 ships in-transit. last period with nine ships sertr- cause of _a strike by some 6,500 loe- ISC _ .· . y·_ ' -· n e , ll ona '.~ . "'.".'"!"-;-;-;·l'l't r l / ,,;o epca, _as Statistics For Period iced in transit, one for a payuff i~ Alainst, two paper fi~ over th~ result ~f a. study - ~I,l-+ __, - ;--..:i.r .~ . _.. -~,: -~· + .,i,,..-t · Nine payoffs were · registered 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 during the last period: These were: pects don't look particularly good diti~ ~ ~ woods. In its place, organizers . .·. · ~- . ,. · payfn&;.. .,~ Ji~er .ind ~e.ducting Del Santos; Del Sud (Miss.}; Lu- for the forthcoming period. warns the provm~ ~t ~~ a gov~tStatistics-4!ona _w ith signed a~tual. expdses: The helperF.lngs sp~nsored union to break the and notarized aftadavil&-gathered $50 mont,Q.. That 'ci>nies ctile Bloomfield, ·Margaret Brown Port Agent Walt Sibley. During last period, the strike. . by J. c:• Garvin,· an organizer for to 13 cents and 35 cents an hour, ~ <Bloomfield>; Steel Age <Isth· ciao) ; Anfinous, Hastings, La Choctaw <Waterman> paid off,· tbe The Canad~ -L abor Congress the union's Southern States Region , respecUvely for the team. .. Salle, De Soto (Waterman). · Natalie (Intercontinental) signed r~ferred the bill to t~e lnte~na- 5, showed tbat workers are falling, Workers may not organize In af)dition to the Transeastem on, the Steel King, Steel Fabrica- ttonal Labor· Organ~ation · on. the lOading .ad baullDg plywood in against Iarae · pulp companies.. -lif·a nd National Defender, the Del tbr, Steel Flyer (Isthmian); Mass- ~round th~t i~ constituted a viola- .Mksissippi for as litUe as 13 cents cause t¥~ ,.,, .ork for ~dlViduals Sud <Miss. l signed on crews. mar, Yorkmat· (Calmar); Madaket, lion ~.the rights of fr~om qt an hoar. Some of the wor.ken in clanifiecl bt the compaDJet is· "In Serviced 1n trarisit: Alcoa Roam- Iberville <Waterman}-' Ema Eliza- associa.tj.on .and of organJzation. ~e- ~ staie toil .for an ave~e of :10 dependent contnctors"-=-t hough er, Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Puritan, beth <Albatross>; and Northwestern ported the CLC oificial. Jodoin hours a day. five dQS a week for they have. no actual contract. The Alcoa Ranger. Alcoa Corsair Victory. (Victory) were serviced in also stated that after a year of a ~. montllly income. of about eontraetol' "sella to a dealer or , delay by the federal ·govemment. :$'75--or 35 cents per hour. They agent wbo ,Is acting (or the pulp (Alcoa>; Seatrain Savannah, Sea- transit: the CLC made an appeal dlH-tt:ly ·are not paid any overtime, n0r do mW1. thereby separating the train New York, Seatrain Texas to Prime iilinister Diefenbaker. they receive insurAnce. other bene- workers from the c0mpanies, and (Seatrain l ; Lucile Bloomfield The apPeal was acknowledged, be fits. or pald holidays. unemploy- leaving ·the. . "~ndependent eoiitrae• <Blooinfieldl; Steel Voyager, Steel .T ype Navigator, Steel Age (Isthmian); 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 Gateway City (Sea-Land l; MonJodoin also said that his organ- on public -relier in order to sup- contact their Congresmen and arch of the Seas, John B. WaterIn orde-r to asstrre accurate 'mtion believes that the lLO will ·.,Ort their families. · Senatoni and request Uie repeal of man and Claiborne (Waterman); National Deiender (Na t i o n a 1 digests of shipboard · meetings not absolve. the Canadian GovernA tDieal e.iample of ~ow work• the section of. t4e Pair" LlbOr Stndards Act which suppll~ the Trans. }; Atlas ( T an k er s & in the LOG, it is desirable that rrient of its l'eS)lbnsibility. in seeing men are retained for their Tramps); Ocean Ulla (M'time . the -reports of shipboatd meet- the right to OrganiZe and freedom '. in,Olves teams which work ·pieee- loophole now largely ·responsible O'seas) and Longview Victory 'ings be typed if at all possible. of association "are protected in all meal for International Paper. Co. for the ·standards of income for (Victory). · One man. ""who uses wood workers. · ·~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ . parts of Can~tta..·~ ' his own power southern ,-p- "' °"'· . -ur·I -8-.- p·0 -.. ,.·t - .C:·; 8 13 0 wag···e SF Predicts ;.;~s;:E:E ;::.: Iii 'NOR-Union·lumbering Downturn I ' • •• I I hnme the • t. a· Minutes When P-.ible_ 1 semces II 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 19Chalrman, 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. - Secnhlry, Dick Snllt. lher~ smoothly. Ship in good order. S2'7.83 in ship's fund. A new ship'• r1m~ de.lepte waa eleded. PANDORA <Eplthany) March 6-Luke Wymbs; Secretary, ~halrman, 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 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 cemmended. 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. Of SIU Ship Meetings. . �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 meeting of Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish seamen's representatives in Gothenberg protested the detention of the Inge Toft at Po'rt ---~---------·'----- Shippjng Ai ·Texas Port Rated High ,. s. Under-Sea Tunnel OK'd By Experts I The possibility is good that a channel tunnel connecting Britain with the continent will be built according to a study. group which has been looking into the economic and technical feasibility of such • project. The ' group-consisting of US ' A t ·~·· a. 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 signedon. anti twenty-seven were serviced in transit. There was an OT dispute on tlie Penn Challenger but it ~is beini settled to the satisfaction of ·a l[ 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: Bienville, ·Gateway City, Beauregard (Pan Atlantic); Steel Navigator (Isthmian); Mount Ev~m; <American Trnmping); Fort Hoskins, Norfolk, Miami, Royal Oak, Chiwawa <Cities Service); Del ·Norte, Del Santos <Delta); seatrain La., Seatrain N.J., Seatrain Ga. <Seatrainl; Suzanne, Mae mum; The Cabins <Texas City); John B. Waterman, Hastings, Antinous <Waterman); Lucile Bloomfield !Bloomfield); Debard~leban Marine I (Debardelebanl; Norfolk, Miami, Royal Oak, Chiwawa <Cities Service); Thetis <Rye): Denton <Penn); and B.e thtex <Orel. Six years ago, the Coast Guard hastily withdrew a proposal w}:iich would have required seamen to go through a wringer of physical, mental and personality tests in order to sail. The outraged protests of the SIU and other unions quickly killed that proposal. Now, however, there are stirrings of revival, with an olficial of one steamship company'calling for · a second look at the discredited 1954 scheme and a staff study for the Department of Commerce also ::recommending regular Government physical and mental ·e xaminations for seamen. The original 1954 proposal collapsed of its own weight after th_e SIU pointed out the_preposterous, and upconstitutional, , ------natm:e of the requirements. Among other items th1ey would have penalized seamen ~ for the marital behavior of their K parents and other blotchgs on the family escutcheon. But 1even if the standards proposed were reasonable--which they CfIOD were not-:-ihe· underlying p)\inciple was 100 percent wrong. · NORFOLK-Shipping has been What it amounted to was giving a Government -agency full very good over the last two weeks. control over employment rights of men working in private A total of 97 men shipped from industry, and full authority fo determine, on its· own hook, this port according to Port Agent who could or could not work. · Seamen are not in the Paul Gonsorchik. Thirty-five· men Armed Forces. They are not Government employees. They in all classes shipped in the deck are civilians, working for privately-owned shipping compa- department, 35 in the engine denies. · partment and 27 steward depart- British and French partners-is due to give a detailed · report on 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 . probI\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 skipcial electirc trains that will ferry about 300 cars . a' trip abroad pers are qualified_to p1ass psychiatric judgements on crewdouble-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 undoubt 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. , If the project is approved by all diagnostic clinics in all major ports. That approach is to pre,eC.unt.r ies 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. · Norfo/'- ff as p eaK A • The Inge Toft was held up for nine months at Port Said and refused passage through the Suez Canal becaust; it had Israeli cargo on board. The ship was released only after the owners had agreed 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 protested the blacklisting of other merchant vessels by the Egyptians because the ships had carried Israelt cargo or touched at an Israeli port. The group sent a protest to President Nasser of · the United Arab Republic and has also called upon the United Nations to assure that Scandinavian vessels are riot delayed 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 international agreement dating back to the 19th century. However, Egypt has refused to abide by international 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 famous for its bouquet,-and kickswill now become PaiiamanianKentucky, 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 m~nt ~r~wrn~mbers . . Port action was heavy with two ships paying off, two . signing on and eight vessels - serviced intransit. 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 Victory (Victory), Antinous and Hastings <Waterman), and the Orion Clipp·e r <Orion> .. On Sign 'N ame 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. from a distillery in the KentuckyTennessee area to be good is just a myth." Obviously the firm has the shipowner's outlook on marginal profits. More can be had in the pocket when there is cheap labor, tax differentials 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 SS Allee -....... Not .A Frqwn a•• ........ &e11,,, ... p.- tbM . . ~Jail -~ Jiead and h 8Mt Edi1or: ~ . _ ._ •• ........... to 1*tdl tile . I wlll now· take th'ts ~ ._ a -. .m ~ r Wilk · tunlt;' t. report thiat as '*ip'1 · dab~ •wld be allo"4. eJepte .0 th~ SS Allee Brown ~...._ tu nn wween tit• tlais ii one of the mteSt ~ 1 ·two ~ ls£aot' IODI« than H -~ ever had tile~ t'o -.._ ·•1ad the -department -de1're~t. . pl'e b ·m .~ with the 'l1le · deck - th!pat ent .la raqement made. l belleve tu.rheaded by Erenchy Fruge, who ther, that the Ualon will not sails out· or RouSton •ntl lie bas dlsaJ>prove .Or prohibit its ow,n a tOp.notch crew of .l'ffl .sailors~ members .from :recelvble breaks . °Dl'ey are ~ au the ti.~ cet- Web as thl•. 'Time olb. thouib tiq their ftpa~t in lood Bat Wlill!a .a _.. ta •l'· slaape. $~"'.n1 htte· fa Wtlliama, saloon ' mess; · The . department 1s . " fS . .· Meehan, bosun. . ' lteaded by pod old Bill Thomp. ,. IAj U "!'be erew of \he Penn Vgysoil., who also comes · from .. ~ . qer loots .lite tt has been mas- · Houston, and he .is constantly ' · sacred •.• Ut wu a touch .apt ' trying to please all hands. The . ,, mom, but we won~. our -shtp ' ll chief ciooc is Fnnk Haleml and he~ ltl! for Calc,atta,1tndia. and t mean he is a coot, as well as surely, · belore we &et there, the ·a meat-cuttini .and .stak-fryiftl AU ~tten to d!.e editor ffw barber will have---scalped a -goocl wizard. He has the backinc of JNblication in t'ie SEil.FAft· men. due to ERS LOG__ Ymllt be ~ I _ many mGre of _every man OD" the ~l. The. ·the hot weather. babr is Brown Huzar frnm br the ·~. N1UM1 toiU The Pean Voyag~ arrived in New Orleans .and he is forever " ~Id ~ rqaest. . Pbrt Arthur 1m Feb.· IO, 1960 _ trYing out different -little goodand we had a iew beefs, .aucb ies to serve the c~w at coffee time. The rest of the steward not ln ' the contract.·~ a .time- as~ no fans, no crew reh1prahonorecl traditiGD of the seaman tor, dlputeci OT, no cold wal'er department are tip.top and when the only chance one eomtng from the drinking. foun• aJso. The black gang is unexcelled. has to obtain that. time otf Is to tatn. etc. Mickey, the patrol• We· haw a Pill that's always join \he sbll In the next poJ:t. man there, did a pod job and trying to m~, thiftP. pleasant then, by all means, the Uilton aot us all but the ne.v _coollq for their fellow crewmen. The should not -cllsapPl'Ove nor 419- '>'Stem for the ship. our thanks . 4 to 8 'Oiler is Gur barber and he ~age .such pracliC?e. Bqt for to Mickey and Ch'rlle Xhnball for the eood work they have ~ps the entire crew~s hair · those who miss the ship without · ·l()()king shipshape. His name Is permission., partkularly when thq miss it in the last domestic done. BarOli 1'eraa · J. M. B11own and he is also the 1 delegate. Th~ officers are well ' por.t, cau~ .... the ship to sail $ · $ ~ liked· by tlie entire crew and it short-banded: tJ1ey should be is a .p lea·s ure tO sail and be pena.1uec1 to the run ~nt or ship's delegate for such fine the rule. ~eople. · . The· . above suggestion will meet the' approval of of ..,. Ute ~ .... ' ' • ..: Cl7•e L. Vaa Epps ·:our members who cberlslt. and I want to than\ the Se-afarers : 4o $ $. . ppreciatf! any little time they ,lntemaUona\ Unton ,:for · u.9· ' can spelid wttb their family. . paclous, Pr'om"Pt, ,efficient Those who have . no· family tleS in. which my teUrement· 'WU ~ Wins Thanks woqld not appreciate nor concur ~and led and. the timely delivery Te ~ _Editor: with the above suggestion and of my check every week. l. cannot begtn to tell you of I want to thank the Union and may even suggest thet we · for the lnsura·nce s h o uld qw•t· t1~1e sea t o be wit · h my deep appreciation. - all members . - and vacation ·p ay 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 mem- to ,be with them in 'between Thanks Cr..ew to captain Platt, and hers Of tlij crew and ·officers of tri Ith t ·h I pa w Ol\ arm ~ anyone, •' •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. ..t hen we should be allowed this I wish to take ·this · opportuMn. 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 J The· Editor the ·.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 hospitalized 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.r s 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 tiospital. ... . . 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 SEASIDE MEMORIA:L HOSPITAL ..,.. ' LONG BEACH, CALIF. 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 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 Mack B. Singleton Ollie En&lish 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 1 Louis Cevette MT. WILSON STATE HOSPJlI'AL BALTIMORE. MARYLAND George Davi• ' USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. carleton Amandaon, Kennetb .Kiq Thomas E. Andrein Norman W. Kirk Accurso Bontl Edward Knapp Grady K. Brown Leo H. l.ant 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 ""men o.: Wellare ·s erilce· . most Pl••••• Him way . . Mermaid crew au -Wants New Shipping Rulea Fo'r. · ~ t.- ~ · SIU "Subs As . :;.ei;:Y :~~:~~0~:ie :~~~~~,:: abo~namec1 shtp. . To tlae Edl&ei: Mod~rn I . es~llllly want to thank ~· The article· by brother 3. C. . .. BrotJte~ · E~er . A. Hancock, , · FWT, who was on my watch and · , Stewud In a recent Issue of the To the Eclltor: 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,a l 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 ·w ith . ~ My -wile and f~mily wrote and tb11 floe crew again, .sometime·· consistent with the basic prtn.ciple of trade- u nions; job se- told me what h•d been done. so in the future. , Amo. Volalne& curity. l .eaill say *1!1Ulk you and thank ~nother systei:n in our .shipGod fovthe SIU, $ ¢: $ ping rule§ . which should . be E. Z. WhHtlnstoa , .· · · ·· $ $ ·ot. SeaJarer :1 change11 ts th~.. regtstrauon by groups. I believe we 'Should reg,!I Isler in the pat'tlcular rating· we . To .t...'e Edl~or ... I ·• .We h ave .many J.ntend .t e ~hp~ .~ mem~n who can ship ·only in p This, ls to inform my feltow _. Seafarer~ that 1 l ~ now land.-. , · one· cate&Orf rating and who To Rte•Editor: ErJclosed is a photo of,\a few locked . for ... a· · while, havln1 find it hard to get out because they are.,beat by men who can o( the .~oy1 who seerµ to. have bought a ~ar i~ New ;!ers~y ..rethrow · 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 1 anl:l tafre ti>\' every 'mernberL htlr in the ptcture: S.ome of th~ ot>en from ~ A?.f to s AM.. 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 ·p enaliled 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 - ·. oses Messman Busy Seal Ins p ••• versey .... • 8 BQys . ar :_ ; • �S•~F .4&aas l.OC ~· ·~t ~Se.a -- - He's .AB; Ashore, A ·C-·o .p· . ,• . r - ' I Uttte ·Glrl, tiil©>M •Is' Doll ••• ~~ The stories of the unusual today. He'1t chief lnvesttt~tor for eareers Seafarers have chosen th~ sheriff's department -Of' Hoa•. ~ roe County, K.ey West, Plorida. when tpey go ashore an Brown's eicellenee at poltte "IOl'k lil~~~~ . 'Jeh . -'llilllo.. Jne8ti-v• · 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 fama~d are. now doc- ·n.r, as his father, :a. B. Brown is ...;;:"'-'-~~ ten, dell tis t S. salllq with the Uaien. now, having TGU.et Tl'aialaC 8 t!ft&ineers I! n d'. pre'dous.b nn.M. a hitch in the Former Seah.ret Fred Costella rown what have y.u. Marine Corps back in ttie old da)fS had the f~wing .x~rie.nee dur-. Seafarer R. L Brown, who in. Nlcaraaua. : A brother. J. D. ln& his sailing d~ wbicll h~ Joined the Union hack in 1950, Brown. also sailS. w.ith the ,SIP thinks rates a good ~Uib.. •as a different k.l_nd ef occupaUan in the blaek PDI"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. liegioe. Thffe•was. the: fellow irom won ' , . . S~afarers -Who Work On Portmar Food ChorBs ' '. 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."· Some memben ef th• 'Steward department on t.be PoftMar-. .~ ft r.) Leo CNllsolan.. seloe. IMSSt . ~ Hua;.~ I.~:- J'oqpll RelMrts, crew "'•: Toni. wttite, pantr.yt att:d Jot.Ms A. Re1.y1, 1..W.. t. ..cf. . . WaslUJI&, Maelllaes: 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 agitatm-~ S.veral ~- incl~ the Losmar, Choctaw aad oth~., have. neteS; ill tlleif s,bip's minuteS; eemplaininc abQut. plastJc. atitat.ors bir~ ·i:ubllier. a&it.atQf'S ~tieking,,_ steel agita.ters. UQ.t Wotking, One CJ:eW 1M1te.d taat il s~ as if tae ~ d~'t :realize that there l~ Y"l'S 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- Littl. tr&, Oorhl, old, \ LOG-A.RHYTHM: • The Lif!ing Sermon By I'd rathetl' s~ • 1:eti11011 Than hear one, any day; w. G. BatT-6, I soQn can lecnt to do it If you'tl !et 'me see it dtme; N r.ather <me 100ttt« wcdlt with me l can watch yoo'1' hemes m adw• Thcln. merel?i tell the way; But yottr" t~ng1u1 too fast m.aY run; The eye's a bette.,. pupil The lec-tllires y,e,u d.eli~ .A'l\d m~ ,wi~li-Rg tftan the ear; May, t>,e. tie·'l:"Y wise w~-.t ~~; , . . F\tt:~ ce,unre~ tr8' .~fusmg But l'd ra~h~ get my les.$01i.s • Lt o~ o~ a&ltitcg MI"~te~ t~ &t e:rampl~S- alt.t"e!/8 dear; ~ observin" what ,yoNi de; never stop atitatiaa . . . th• aam& The best of! 0tH tlw preadlellis 1 may n0t uiiderstcti~d. iOQ we·U Qf tb.is p.rad\lcl ~= WQliWU\. A\'e t.h~ 11~. who live their cr~4.t; ' The high. advice ~-0.'l,4 give; But there's :no misunderstandinQ H9,w. y,eu aei "" ho,w ~it live-~ StaY' Put For J_.,less Pay · Food p,re,p.aration sktff 0.., tlie ·Portmar tales a ~ent to pose for a LOG photo., They a11• tl to r.).J.Mt A.. i\ey.· cl.i9' slewed~ - M. M~ Cw!le.ti,. dt* ~-i Edward Gar.den. bcakei::. ·and -Adl!Km. lri4dte11, thtrcl cool. ' ' Send 'Ht lo the . _..... , •••·- -i ·LOI. Sea.Earers wha ar& eotti!cting state: uttempioyment bene-nt-s while on the- bltae{I) waiting te. ship <l1't! Uti,ed tQ st.~ put and avo,id c.h~in·g: tA.eir l'.Q-llilln& ad~e:s&eS if th~Y' want to continue re- . iceivUig. the.ir check~ ~laxly. Severat Se.afare.1.:s have. already .~xp,e.de-n.ced interruptions of from three te five weeks in getting t~&il"' ne~ chec·k after t~y· notUi.-etl , th·e state unemployment offices tba.t they bad ?I}Qved and change.d the.ir mailing addre~. • AB aveFag-e oelay· of a month iit· l'~p&rted i-n most cases, causing oo.ItSide.ra~t~ hardship- tc;i tbe men tmt1:>lved. �,.4 ' ' ._e l'ourteea Seafarer ·H as Kicks: Too Many Toothpl~ks (The following item was ' submitted ~o the Seafarers LOG by Seafarer Morris J. Danzey, currently on the SS Eag le Voyager. ) I would like to bring up the subject of fresh milk, and see what other members think of it • .. • I know that it's a question that crops up pretty often aboard ship. I think that a supply of 40 gallons of milk on sailing day is a small amount for a ship on this type of run. We are now on our eleventh month' on thi$ Persian Gulf ·run, ' 'i ' ,\ .. S E A:F A RE R S 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 > •. April •~ ' t 0 c- 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 ve rythi ng 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: ' Digest Of SIU Ship Meetings MASSMAR (Calmar), March 12 Chairman, Gibbs; Secretary, M. Green• weld. Brother Pepper elected ship's delegate. It is asked that the passageways 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. MICHAEL CJ. M. Carras), Feb. 28Chairman, 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 'i s asked In keeping the n e w washing mach~ne clean and .on "off" when not in use. "I bet you forgot my case .oh;oke •••" EDITH <Bum, March' IS-Chairman, F. Sawyer; Secretary, Mike Michalik. 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. 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 ELEMIR <Marine Carrlersl, March • -Chairman, C. L. Shirah; Secretary, C. Stringfellow. Some disputed · OT. No beefs. A letter is to be written to headq.ua rter11 fer clarifi ca tion:i and agreements for T2 tankers. Company ls to be contacted to se e why the1·e is . no money for draws In foreig n ports. C. L. Shirah elected shlp's delegate. HASTINGS (Waterman), March ' 11Chalrman, 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. 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. j 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 first time, there would not be so many requests for seconds and tl:tirds. Dec. 26-chalrman, Downs; Secretary, 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 everything 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. Crew was asked to check all !ans to see If in working order. Steward asked crew to help take cue or coffee; 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. A SIU HALL DIRECTORY NEW YORK . .... . 675 4th Ave., Brooltlyn . HYacinth 9-6600 PORTLAND . ....••••••• . 211 SW Clay St. SECRETARY-TREASURER CApltol 7-3222 Paul Hall SAN FRANCISCO ....... 350 Fremont St. ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS EXbrook 7-5600 W. Hall, Deck C. Simmons, Eng. SEATTLE ............... . 2505 - 1st Ave. I:. Mooney. Std . J . Volpian , Joint l\IAln 3-0088 HEADQUARTERS .. . . 675 4th Ave., Bklyn. . Wll.MINGTO!'".•• , ••••••. 505 Marine Ave. BALTIMORE '. . .. .. . 1218- E. Baltimore St. TErmlnal 4-8538 Earl Sheppard, Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON . . ..... . . . .. .... ... . 276 State St. John Arabascz, Acting Agent ALPENA . .•..••••••• ;-,., . . . 12'7 River St. Richmond 2-0140 'ELmwood 4-3616 HOUSTON . .. . ... . . . . ... . . . 4202 Canal St. BUFFALO, NY ............. . 914 Main • St. R . Matthews, Agent CApltal 3-4089; 3-408( GRant 2728 MIAMI. . . . ....... . . . . 744 W . Flagler St. CLEVELAND ... . . . .... .. 1420, W. 25 St. Ben Gomeales. Agent FRanklin _7-3564 MAin 1·0147 MOBILE . . . . . . . . . . 1 South Lawr ence St. DULUTH . ........ , . .. 621 W. Superior St. Louis Neira, Agent HEmlock 2-1754 Phone: Randolph 2·4110 NEW ORLEANS .. . . . . . .52:i Bienville St. FRANKFORT, Mich • . . . .... . PO Box 287 Lindsey Williams. Agent Tulane 8626 ELgin 7·2441 NEW YORK . . . . . 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn MILWAUKEE .. . .. . . . 633 S. Second Ave. BRoadway 2·3039 HYacinth 9-6600 .. 10225 W: Jefferson. Ave. NORFOLK ... . . ..... . . . .. 416 Colley Ave. RIVER ROUGE Vlnewood 3-4741 Mich. Paul Gonsorchik, Acting Agerit SOUTH CHICAGO . ..••. . 9383 ·Ewing Ave. MAdlson 7-1083 SAglnaw 1·0733 PHILADELPHIA .. ...•... . 337 Market St. TOLEDO . ._ . ... . . ....•.... 130 Summit St. S. Cardullo, Agent Market 7-1635 CHerry 8·2431 SAN FRANCISCO .. . .. . . . 450 Harrison St. Walter Sibley, Agent Douglas 2-4401 SAN'fURCE, PR 1313 Fernandez Juncos, FORT WILLIAM ... • ..•. . 408 Simpson . St. Stop 20 Ontario · Phone: 3:3221 Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep. Phone 2-5996 HALIFAX N.S •••... . . • •. 128~ .Hollis St. JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St.. Room 200 , Phone 3-8911 . William Morris, Agent ELgin 3·0987 MONTREAL ..•.. . 634 St. James St. W.est Victor 2-8161 SEATTLE . .. ..-. . ... .. . . . . . . 2505 1st Ave. Ted Babkowski, Agent Main 3·4334 QUEBEC . ....•...•• . 44 Sault·au-Matelot Quebec LAfontalne 3-1560 Wll.MINGTON, Calif . .. . . 505 Marine Ave. THOROLD, Ontario . •••• . 52 St. David St.. Beed Humphries. Agent Terminal 4-2528 CAnal 7·5212 TORONTO, Ontario ...•.. 212 · K;lng St. E. EMplre 4-5719 ST. JOHN. NB . . .. 177 Prince WllUaDI St. HONOL uLU . . . 51 South Nimitz Highway . ox 2-5431 ,P.Hone 502-777 VANCOUVER. BC • . .... .. . , .298 Main St. 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 · SIU, A&G District Great lakes District Canadian District ~· SUP MFOW GULFWATER <Metro p'e troleumJ, March 1"3-Chiilrman, G. ·Annis; Secr~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. 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. \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•c refa r 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,l y. Lights In the rec· reatlon room and mess h:rtl are not brig ht enough . Coffee urn to be repaired. Slopchest to be ope ne 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.l d 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 me nt. Two men we re taken oft the ship. One had a c rushed 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 E gyptian longshorem e n b e kept out of passage· ways and messrooms. Everything runnlng smoot hly. 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. . ' --- . IBERVILLi: tWate'rman), March 13Ch.• lrman, J , , s. Lewis; Secretary! • r Henry .Leiby. Two men missed ship • . There Js $24.28_. In the ship's fund. It 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; Secretary, Julian T. Lellnskl. Man missed ship fn Texas City. Frank Leonard elected ship's delegate. Meetings. will be held a doy or two before p ayoff. 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 6Chairman. G. M. Craggs; Secretary, Jose .Sanchez. Two men taken . oft' vessel due to heart conditions. Letter dispatched to Orion concel'ning miggestlons for the negotiating committee regarding new tanker agreement. Chief engineer wlll not recognize dele·· gates. Delegates will - go .· to captain concerning chief pumpman not Tecelvfng help. Delegates wlll request one case .of beer per week for each un: licensed man. Steward wlll see captain about better night lunches and thee purchasing of new te>aaters. DEL ORO CDelta), Mer.ch 2~hal_r· PACIFUS (Orlon), Feb. 21-Chalr· man, Wiiiiam Ekins; Secretary, Frank man, J. O. Dewall; Secretary, Kenneth S. Paylor, Jr • . One _man missed ship Foster. J. 0. Dewell elected ship's . In Santos and rejoined in :Montevideo delegate. Del~gate requested to ask and one in. Buenos Aires. Draw to be . CHIW.AWA (Cities Service), Marci. · for draw in Couta. Fans will be · made after arrival in Tampa for New 20-Chalrman, It. Koch; Secretary, checked. Lock will be cheeked In 8 to Orleansl and Tampa. $18 donated to 12 deck foc'sle; keys for 8 to 12 deck John McLemore. One man walked man lll in hospital. $2 to ship's dele· off the ship for unknown reasons. and 8 to 12 engine. gate for fares to visit man in hospltal. 12.70 spent tor correspondence. - Bal· Ship's delegate asked that the messDEL ALBA. CMlsl lHlppll, March sroom be kept clean. Patrolman wlll ance In ship's fund ls 16.70. Members b @ ll!!k@!! f gr ~l11 rlftgaUon 01\ 1hlp'1 Ch1lrm11n. R. A.- H11m11!•tf1 $•1;r1t11ry, vat'd anln• t bqumur Pr.!lJ!!gt . · sale. G. Parker. All rooms wlll be painted " thin trip, C. V. Dyer elected shlp'I VENORI CMerven>, March 13 Chairman, . Y.. Applewhite; Secre_tary, ' MARORE <Marvin), March 21~halr· delegate. . Mjrch U Ch•lrman, R. E. Darvlller Charles Appleby. Complaint subman, L.. R. Smith1 Secretary, ~ W. Secretary, G. G. Parker, Ship's dele· mitted that the captain is tnterferlna Strickland. Some disputed OT. Galley gate and engine delegate went to see • with ·the work in the deck department. needs sougeelng overhead. Vote of master regarding• tbeft8. It 11 reSome foc'sles are not provided with thanks to steward dept. for job well quested that messroom be kept clean • . enoueh chairs. Chief cooR did · not done. It 11 requested that the dayman Put all food ba.ck in ice box. . report aboard ship due to sickness in •room gets painted. his family. Jaime Hllda elected ship's '. ' BETHTEX <Ore Navigation), March MOUNT RAINER (Cargo Tankshlp), ' delegate. B9sun volunteered to r..e·· 17-Chalrman, It. E .. Stobl; Secretary, plenish the ship's llbray. March 1t-Ch.:1lrman, J. L. Hodges1 None. One man was hospitalized In · Secretary; L. F. Myers, Captain states Houston. To iake on new man. In· SEATRAIN SAV~NNAH , (IHtraln), he will allow $20 worth of souvenirs to tend to discuss cargo hole! cleanlnlt March , 21-Chalrman, F. G. Oestman1 crewmembers. All letters are to be s,cretary, Sinclair. Ship's delegate in next contract neirotlatlon. No given · to ship's delegate for malllng. explained time off proposal made by It Is· requested that dirty linen be beefs. turned in at' the time .new linen is --crew of Seatraln NJ. Objections to SANTA VINITIA U!lam), March 11 Seatraln waae scale: ·Sign on and off taken. -Chairman, J. Purcell1-- Secretary, T. procedure to save time discussed. One · man fo steward department pointed Y AKA <Waterman), March 20 - .. -'ackson. Drinking water tanks being cleaped. Pantry and galley sipks to out that they . double up to 'get time Chairman, H. A. Belglne; Secretary, be retlnned In Turkey. Inserts put on ·ott without paf -' It is ·requested that ' R. L. Godfrey. There is a shor;tage of men do not slam doors to mess and certain items In slop .chest. Disputed ' in Philadelphia for sinks do not fit. • OT is to be given to · patrolman in " ¥en wa'r ned about drinking at sea. .. quarters. _ Vote of thanks to 11hlp's delegate and · ' -1 - New York. A discussion was held on Baltimore patrolman for job well done BET:HCOASTER (Calmar>, M1rch 21 the Welfare Plan. Need definite clarification of -salllng : boar d agreement... at };ayoff. A vote of than~s also for - · .-Chairman;. !I., Arnold; Secretary, R. Plonk. , Elecli!"d a shlp'1 delegate. 1\ , the ste.w ard department. Some dill· ·when ship is taking J>unkers. puted OT.'. · :tl!quest was made to con ta ct the · patrolman· concerning meashall . i lnk TE>CMAR CCat-;;;;;l,'" Feb. 2~halr• .l,.TLAS- <Cargo & TankshlpJ, March repair. -ahow'e r head~ -and galley f au· man, D. Stone1 Secretary, E. Berg. 2:Jl-Chalrman, A. Bourgot1 Sacr.-ary, cets. Crew to keep cups In the sink Captain said new mattress~!I are orafter µse. ·Wlll see about aougeelng .dered and foc'sles wlll be painted . I. M. Slmos. The -captain ,llild · thiat in Goo!1 HOpe he . will not be ' able to foc'llles. No Jb~efs. next: No .beefs. One man ml11ed ship paycilf anyb ody due to the fact that !l'LOltlDA STAT E <Ponce), March 25 in 'Ftlsco. Light bul b• !<";;om ehlet the ship ardvea on Sunday. However, . .-Cha.lrman, Jerome Kllgore1 Sacre· mate are requested to e~glrie room. 'a nyone wishing to ·g et off In Baton ' tary, Wllllam H. Dunham. AU :departoRouite wlll be paid off. A tape :te• mental beefij to be brouicht t'o• patrol~ · ALIC• B.R OWN <Bloomfleld), Feb. ll l -Chairman, Thomp.1on1 Secre• · corder or a television will be pur· man. Ship's delegate will i&1ue repair 1 llst:,to , d~eartment delegates. · Steward.-.'. tary, ''ohn D. C•ntr~ll, J~. ~eadqu_ar· ', chased with the cola fund. One .man bos,Pltallzed,- on the west eo'list. Man was " allked' :t(> aerve ·a uorted d~ ter.a ~ere notified· that . some men missed the ,ship , In. , New Orleau and ~ ._O!'I watch to pr~f~~ence :an _,t able cereals. , :: " .• :1 --- ·w..,. ":.t �SE.4P..4RERS > ' ioc · .-;Back WO.ge List -SlibDtitted _ . For DeltC:i' Llne:'seafarers Almost $4,000 in unclaimed ~ages awaits ~ S~ 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 furnishing 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. Hert's the alphabetical list of names and amounts due, as lurnislted by Mississippi Shipping: :nc, * . . A ~. F Fahm, Alfrell . .• : . •••• 1.M . Faircloth, C. O. Jr•••• 3-'5 Fal&oat. Henry L. ••• , UM Abbey, JUdaard L. •••. I 5.811 Fazio, Joe .. .. ....... . 7.21 Acy, 1-pb . ......... 8.'7!1 Jl'letahman, Walter .••• 1.M Adams, .l.unea I... . . . . 3.!58· ntnn, R11bert JI•• •.•• a.a ~an, JlaJ'lllOnd I... 9.'IS Ford, Georce T . .... .. lo.• .AJdridse, lllwia .. . . • • • 2.70 Fanbers, Tonten J ••• 3.2lt Allen, Raymond R.. . • 5.81 .Fonytbe, StdnQ w... u :M Alatatt, John W•. . • • • ~ Foll.er, Mel\'lil . ••.•••• l5.'i11 Alfti. F; A. .. . . . . . . • 1.00 Fountain, H. H •.. • ..•• e .u Amlt>erry, Boyd H.. • • 1.83 ~49 F-. Georce 1 •.•••••• Amuedo, Mark.. ; • • • • U.6' F.ruac~ Luis G .... . . .• 3.~. · Anderan, G. Y. . . ; . . . • 8.38 Fraone, France- F ..• :us Annis, Geo11te . . • • • • • • ' 4.08 Frey, Charles J ...... . 3 .48 AnUl(!llJ', Walter. , • • • • 4.35 - Fnqre, Adelln . .. , . , •• 1.67 Arthorer, Paul F...... 6.S'f Fruge, Wilbert . ... .•• 13.39 Attard, Cumelo...... 4.06 Fuertate, James D ...• 3.47 Funkea, Nicolas W .••• ' 6.19 Furneb. Edward H ...• - 6.38 B Furr, .John H .... ·...... 11.50 AMOUNT Baltazar, F. E.. . ...... , Banllaton, Claud . ••••• Banbton, Clyde . ••••• 1..54 e.34 ua 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 ~ .. , ••• 7..• US4 5 .33 2.48 '4.4S L35 10.81 5.50 1.00 6.38 1.35 2.70 3{1.04 5~0 4 .55 1.74 10.44 ' 2 1.40 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 l.li8 13.54 1.07 1-::48 .• 4 .19 Edwin .••• ~ .: •• Davis, . Jeff .. .... .... . · Davis, 4.73 12.22 2.55 Decareaux, Jgnance . •,.,.. l.OQ 6 .08 'Dedomlnius, F . . . .. .•. Delaney, Ed ... . .. .••• 22.~ 1.5~ . J)empux. Jam~s . ~· . Dl£errallet,' Rober t .•• ,' !J,10 1.35 Dlmftry, Ronald A ..•• .93 Dobeonlck. G. L .' . .... 6.70 . Doroba, Charles . . -~· · . ,J>Ou,sJu, Edwa.rd E., • DoaJet, . Alan . . . .. ..•• Dacus1n: . Emiliano . : •• . 9.63 3.47 Duncan, Gforce W •.•• Durapau, William .••• : 11:94 3.3'1 DarJdn~ · Patrick . . . .• •• 1.54 ~ysart; James o..... . w:. J:~~ E . • ·. ~ . Earhart,.. rRobert N ... · ' 25.53 £8.ter. •WiI!Jam L. . . . . 8 20 · aJ'4s, Sanke,-....... ,. · 1.35,1 ebart., E .;- B. .••• ;. 1 14.78 en• 'i'Adelal.D '. .. ... 'l. 81 am, , Dale F.. . ..... 2.(!3 ~emen. Anton..... • • 4;93 i t-..~, ~ * ~.A-~,.. , i'Jrl . ·r. . . ·l. - I ( I ' · ~ James, Roy E .. ...• ·• . 3.56 Jaroclnski. Fellk . •••• '7.10 Jarrett, Walter T ...• , 1.'1'1 Jensen, Robert . . . . ; 13.30 Johnson, Charles P • . . 4.47 Johnson, E-n A . . ... ' 3.47 Johnson. Samuel . .•••• 14.12 Jones, Ralph L ....... . 5.20 '-68 A...... l~pb 3..47 5 .36 12.13 T.11 1.64 3.55 8.03 9.89 7..81 F •. . ; 35.01 13.86 1.64 2.03 3.57 1.74 J0.25 5 .36 i .'10 Jlll.50 9.M 'l.31 L74 7.13 1.'1'1 17. ~ 3.47 1.18 L64 2.46 Jl.76 1.00 • o · O'Hare, James J .....• 1.80 O'N~na. Douglas w ...• 1.64 4.93 O'Neil. Joseph W . . •.• Oddedbal, Peter B •. .• '19.50 6 .5'1 O'Sulllvan, Edwin E. •• 3.55 Ott. James D ..••••••• 2.03 Ott, Wm, . D. . ........ . K .Jote A ••••• Samel, Jolw W ....... Saadera, .loba E ..•••• San1one, John ....•·••• Sauerhaber. John "R ••• Sama., .1-pla .Jr ... .. 18.21 1M ... .... i:; Personals . And Noti~es To~•• II~ S.. ,.... . Towns, Nollie . ...... .. Traba. Manuel IL ... .. Alberto ... .. Tltia111e, John K •.•••• Tunison. Bicbard ••••• 2..55 2.51 10.25 8.39 3.C'I L59 .1::....... Jt t. ·z...... 7.81 2.03 -.a v \'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. 3.55 L...... Erwin. . . . .. ..... A..... . 1.a L35 5.07 10.28 7.76 , ,09 1.74 3.78 2.74 JS.96 5.33 2.40 1.00 16.16. 9.46 89.11 . 7.17 3..29 6.5'1 L79 19.93 1.'l'l 1.6'1 5.47 13.55 38.79 9 .90 .1.2'1 1.35 4 .31 3 .47 10.l'.5 6.07 6.38 16:93 t. BABY AlllVAI.S~ and various papers at headquarters. t. Umholtz. Fred UDS•il, Franll:.. ...... Ureta, Simeon . ....... sm Barr,r A. E. Jlll'Cell90ll Jou Tns& Pick up your discharges u w ; . i: Vial.• A The dmth1 of the following Sea.faren P,tczve been TepoTted. to the Sea(attn WelfaN Pkm: ·• · r Kammet, Harold...... 3.28 p Viiro, Jo.o;e l , Karpiak; Wm . ... ..•• , . 12.84 · Volk, Charles L . . . . . • • Keenum, J;Sobby L.. .. 6.93 Von Loften, Lionel... Pacliec~. MarJo ; P..... 8.46 Kemp, Joseph J.. . . • . . · 6.38 v ,o reJ, Edward . ....... Pacqulng, N. A... • • • • ' 7.66 Kendrick, F. ·J... . .... 1L96 Padilla, Frank .. '. ...... 1.72 Kennedy, Andrew E .. . 24.65 Painter, Elton ...... ~. 3.19 Kennedy, Robert N.... 2.'1'.) · Paris. Wm. C.. . .. • • • • 11.80 Kieff,. John · .Jr:. ·.. . .. . ' 8.06 Parker, Jlarie::-. ... • • • 8.07 Wactor, Anton C..... ·-King, Donald M . . , • • • 19.33 Pucball, Homer F •• • . 1.31 WauliJigton, Ill. . ••••• Kirwin, Arthur H. . . • • • 1.31 Patip, Luther J. : . 1• . • • .55 Walker, Elias B ...... Kline; Robert· H...... UK Pea,sey, Geo. A....... 11.86 Walsh, Peter E. . ••••• KnauCf', Albert • . • • • • 3.83 Pederson, .Martin..... 2.46 · Ward, Clinton H. .• ••• ,KnJ&ht, Wm . 0 . . . : .. .. 3.48 Peeler, llArl'l' · c.. . . . . . i.78 Watson, Walter G..... · Korolia, Duska P..... 5.46 Perez, Manuel R . .. . '.. 1.64 Watts, Leo .. ........ . Kosecki, "Edward J.. . • 2.46 Perkinson. Henry L . . 1.27 Webb, Leon J .. . ••••• , Krltller. Fred B •.••• , 4.19 Peteaaity, George ... .. 4.'l'f West, Norman I.:·;-; ••• Karz; Edgar W... •• .. 1'1.22 Pettus,· Joseph P ,. ... 10.03 Wheaton, · Alex ...• .••• Pickett. Rob'ert E. . . • .6'1 Williams.- August .J.... Plaza, Ignacio . . . . . • • 5.33 L ·< ; '.' Williams, Hugh K. ..•• PrlA ent, Martin.... ' 13.'18 Williams, K. H. ......... .Pane~ Early. A;.. • • .. • , 1.ZZ Willls, Thomas · L ..••• Lambert, Reldus .... ·. . l .92 Wilson. Spencer . .•••• Lanaax, Elmore O.·. . • • · 4.48 lVinslow. ~bert D •••• Landa, 1 'hamaa .. ... • • • 1.7'1 Winterly, Paul A ••••• I.;anerl, Milton P .. . . . • '10.::U • Witchen, John A. •••• Lanford, Randall G.. •. l'l.(18 · · - · : ~ ·'I Wolf, Phillip . . . ..... ..... Lange, Carl R. ... .... 7.23 . Ramsey, David A..... 16.17 W(l(ld, Jack B •.•• •• • • Langley, Fay W .•• , ... 2 .30 Reantes, O. ·L .. : • .. .. .6 ' Lanza, Anna A . . • • • • • tl.80 Reed, ·Charles E. . • • • • 1.64 - Workman, Bomer ••••• Lataple. Jean . . . . . • • • 11.lm Rihn, Ew.lns A. . • • • • • • • 11.26 XTZ , Lavelle, James E ...... 171.78 Ringo, Bomer L....... 1, 18 · Lea, James B.. . • . • • • • 41J.93 Rh•era, Manuel . • . • . • • 19.39 . Leary,_Wm. R. . . . : .•• • 1.74 Riviere. Edward .J•••• · 5.30 Yacllll.vn. ·Nlcholaa • ••• Leasgana•. E. F . . .•••.•· 6.93 JUzzuto. Jennie ... ....... , · 4.47 Yale Walter ... , • ••. ; Youn(, Charles .•.••• , · Lee, Theodore E ..... · 5.14 Roberts, Ro,.. D....... 3.47 , Leid¢=·11, f'.eorre . . . • • . ... L66 · Robloton. Tbom11:i /.... t:;.81 · Youl1g, Enrl H •. : ••.•• 1 Leonard, Ebgene .•..... · 19.~ .R ose, 'Willlilm J .... .. ~ J.2.08 • Zalch, Anthony. .J•.••• 3.11 Rouw, -Oeorse . Ii!. : .. : , 5.20 Zagt.,!tyn. Nicholas. • •• - Leonard, Wesley. ....... Zeuler. StPnley •.•••• , Leilton;· Jose e .M . Roy, ~W: o . .. ... .... . 5.32 1.4bby, ' Melvin ·F ... .. .. 5.20 ,. lludol.Ph. Zellfer, Walter . •••••• · Zin1mer. lotin .•••••• ~ Lile..' Th'ol!las A , Jr: .• · 10.99 -, t.,.A)>fi..'!"""°~"._....,..~ t )l:' J. G •••• -Nat11e7, Harold IL.... 4.05 Nettleblad, Hana . . . • • • 6.93 Newman, John G. . . • • 4.'1'1 Norwood. Nelson JC.. • 132.38 NyberAr. C1areDce C... U'I U4 DISPATCH WllUam A. Mastenen, 37: BroMilton c. Sbephera, 21: Brother Shepherd an SIU deck department ther Masterson died November 29, s.. 1959, aboard the member since u.&1 SS steel Designer July. 1957, suc146 13.14 <Isthmian}. Brocumbed of acute Sance, lames c. . ... . 3..37 t b e r Masterson gastritis in New Savant, Cooper !:....• LOO S,wp,r, a..~ R ... • Orleans, La, on bad sailed in th• Sawyer. v - L .••• F e b r u a r y 24, SIU deck departSaylors. qar1 P ••••• , 4.05 Sbriglio. s. .J•..•••••• UK ment since July 1960. He is sur· 'Sa.Dlaa. Patrick . ••••• i.e. vive d by his 8, 1944. He ii Scblelder. Edward J ... LOO 4.59 Schultz. .John A . .•. •• mother, Mary E. sufvived by his SchlUDllder, Frulcia .• ~ mother, Mrs. Shepherd, of Selley. Mark E . . .••.• 2.71 Semple, Frank .••••••• 3.ft George E. Wall, New 0 I e a n s. Sercv. John B. ....... a.to LJl4 Burial senices were l\eld at 1he of National City, Calif. Shepbe rd, Jlllton C ••• I..,. Lake Charles ~metery, Sherman. ln\:,ill . ..... Lake Short.. Artftr C. •••••• 15.47 Sle&lach, Samuel L. .• 7.'13 ..Charles, La. B4llile Perry, l'J: Brother Perry an Signorino. Paul P •.••• 5UI Skinner, RUS8ell• •••• , 3.19 SIU steward department member 8.59 Small, Beva:ly a. .•.•• stnee April 1H5, Smitb. Cbarlea .. •••••• Wllllam C. BroWD Jr., SS: BroSmith, Charles· S ...... u.va .d ied of a heart Smith, FloJd H . . •••• ,. 1.00 thee Brown died of a lung infection ailment at his S..Uta. ~ F •..•••• at the USPBS Smith. Benl7 K. .••••• home in Mobile, Smitla. LJrna . ....... .. s.s5 Hospital. GalvesAlabama, on JanSlnith, W-tllle .•••••••• . : : : · ton, TeXa.s. on Snodgrass, Lee .. .••••• 1 uary 27. .1960'. Soadergeld, M. C ...... '10.21 Fe};»ruary 7. 1960. B a r b a r a Jane Soriano, Aristides ••••• 5 41 He had sailed in · Spiegel, . Ham ......•.• 'I.OS · Perry was apSpires; Token B. . .•.• 7.84 . the SIU engine pointed adminisSPorich, Michael M •.• department since Stark, Eugene L . ... •• 1 tratrix of t h e Stennett. Charles D ••• 3.19 November 1954. Perry estate. InStocklnaii. W. W ...... 2 L 39 He is survived by Straw, Warren E . . .•• 1.519 terment was in the Oaklawn CemeSuarez, JORpb •. . • •• .'. 11.1s a sister. Bernice tery, Mobile, Ala. · Sullivan, Robert L •..• 1·'1l5 D o n a 1 d s o n. of SammereO, C. B. ....• 25.?6 Swilley, Wm. E. ...... 24.26 Montgomery, Alabama. Formerly of. Houston, Tex.as. Brother Brown . ViTiaa E. Wilkerson, fS: Brother was buried in Montgomery, Ala. Wilkerson had sailed as an SIU T engine departTalley, Laaftnce G •. • 3.518 ment member Tangatin, Kaximo B ... l .07 Taylor, .J. l . .Jr•. . .• •• · 11.07 since March 1944. Terrington, Michael .•• 6.08 He died ·of a pulTeny, Charles L ....•• .55 Thenlen. Bomer D•.• 9.46 monary ailment , Therrien, Homer . ....• 162 w hi I e at sea Thomas, Roy R ••••••• 1.74 Thompson. C. D ..• • •• 2.55 aboard the Penn Thompson, Rarry J •.• i.3.14 Shipper, on JanTbompscm, Wm. E. . •• :t.45 'J'bompson; Wm. .J••••• Ulll .;:; uary 25, 1960. He Tbrallter, Gay .. • .. ..• u .cs is survived by his ~. Allan G. Jr.... 9.89 Thornburg, Jaclt F ..•• 35.54 mother. Mrs. J. Claarles Sdaerltana Thornton. !l'homu Z. •• 17.41 Contact Mrs. Dollie Claunch W. Wilkerson, ·of Bronson, Florida. Todd.. Ralph K. .•.••• 1..35 Toribio .. ............ · 8.17 imm~t~b'. Business matters, Place of burial was not indicated. Ul TorrefiaJ, JGR .• ••••• T~. Faustino .••••• 160 very urgent. Saa~edn. T~vino, ) 2.70 1.28 1.64 »~.,3. McClory, Michael..... 1 .92 McCJoskey, A. 4.05 llcCollum, • James .•••• ·- 9.~ McChary, D. IL ,. ..... 9.S7 McCulloukh, L.. . • •• • • S.37 lllcGoey, Geranl C.... 11.80 McKee, Charles N . .. , • I.~ McKinney, Hellr>' C.. , 2.68 Menz, Boward F . . , .• lletzlter, Lero,. E ...•• Killer. James W ...... Mina, John R. . . ..•••• Mladonich, E. P .. .... Modica, Salvador .• ~ •• Moloney, John A ..... . Mone~. JunlOr L .. . lllo0~. Charles P . . .. . Moore, W. W •.•. • • ••• Morgan, l1111dor ..• • • •• Morgan, lames . . . • •• J4orrealle, Peter J ... . Moni•, John H. . ... .. Morris, John W •.••••• Morda. R. B. Jr..... . Moye, Bernard M. ... . llallins, Marvin . .••• , J\furphy, Bobby R. .... Muse. Ephrian R. ••••• Murphy, CUmelo .•••• I 2.55 9.88 McAndrew, Joseph J... 2.«> llM!Daaald. WJD. R.. .. 2.T7 MacGregor, Wm. A. . .. 12.13 N Iverson, Eugene J[, ••• 8 F'l 11 L .,...., :llendou, :1.55 2.55 2.55 10.27 !-ft Manntas, Jerome ..••• Manuel. Rolin .• •••••• llariJlello, S. J ... .• .• s.os U'I llarjeaboff, W. A. G..• 1.55 170 Karktlam, Tbornaa E ..• 1.35 1.35 Martinez, Alfonso . ..•• 5.53 2.70 R. G ..•.•••• 110 · 3.29 . Martblez. Marullo, T. .J.... . ... . 31.91 1.39 Mathis. Ted . . . .... .. 1.rz 20.:\9 Kattair. Georce W •.• U.00 2.70 M:alo•e, Clarence . ...• i.19 5..21 Max, Erwin B. . . ...• 1.59 4.05 MaJtwell, Everett M •.• 15.07 5 .30. Maynard. Karion B : .•• 1.71 2.73 Meares, Jamea a. ..... .'12 1.35 Meehan, Wm. J. . ...• 2.90 3.19 lleineath, ~rick .•• . 10.40 ' 7.79 1 .59 3.19 3.19 2.70 8.57 5....... Lynch, James 8.39 Hagerty, Martln . . . • . • 9.89 Haldeman, W:. W . . .. , 10.!1'1 Hammock, G. N. . ..• ~ . 4.05 Hand. -William M. . ... :;?-!.!!! Hardeman; 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 Hume, Peter .... .. .••• 14.60 · t.37 19.64 • 9.09 2.46 1.79 4.93 1.35 3.47 4.47 1.16 5.96 138.82 8.58 4 .73 28.01 . 1.27 8.4' 12:13 2.55 -E. P. .T.::: .2 .70 9..22 •.57 B........ 4.53 . 26.78 2.60 M 6.0'1 3.311 Mahan, 1-r11· B. ••• 25.?e lfalODQ'• .Jabil A. . .••• LOO !.falla7. JUc:bard I •. .. 1.59 M11nca, Leonardo . .••• H c Cameron, Robert L ..• Carrino, Richard B . . • Carter, Philip . . . ... .•• 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 •.••• 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 ...... CUccla, Jacob . ..•• •• • Cuccia, Joseph . : .••••• Cure, Richard R. • •• , • - 67-81 1.35 Lowe. Jesae. : . . .• .. ••• 10.25 Lowe. -.e-t D.. • • • • 13.56 McPhee. Josepb D.... McQueeney, ~· J...... 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 . ....• L45 9.78 IAC;t,, ~ McLeJlaD. C. G. . • • • • • G Bamtter, Harold ..•.• 25.C2 Baron, Henry . . .. .••• 1.58 Barone, JORph A • . ••• 3.29 v.. .• A1t11ur Llnlt. Wm. P......... Loe. .Jameti a. ... ··· ~ Lombardlne, L. P..... - Pace Fifteea t. CUrles 1..7askey We have gone back to California and will send address to the All of the following SW familie• LOG when .we .find a place. Har- have received a $200 ffl.(#ernity ben.efit ptus a $25 bond from the riel:. Union. in the baby's name: B)'l'lle JeDSP.n Stella Kane, born January 31, K. W. Kelley 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. William Carlos Flaries J. Kane, Brooklyn. NY. · T. A. Pe4ersen ;t. ;t. it Write- tu John Der, c/o Neil V. Manuel Valentin '()rtls. born FebPardo. Box 37, 2420 1st Ave.• ruary 11, 1960, to Seafarer and Seattle 1•. wash. Mrs. Andres Maldonado Ortiz. t. t. Brooklyn, NY. William R. Parb Jr: (Wiper) t Please contact yoµr sons iinmeDonald Jonathan DuBose, born diately. Same address as previMarch 21, 1960, to Seafarer and 'ously used . . Mrs. Jonathan N. DuBrise, Savan;t. ;t. nah, Ga. William W, S&eveDS Your family has moved to 1217 East 49th St., Bklyn. Same phone · Carl Anthony Fletcher, born September 28, 1959, to Seafarer number aS' before. and Mrs. Fe rdinand Fletcher, Los t. t. Angeles, Calif. . Reese Oliver ;\. You have a letter waiting for ~iana Jean Gilbo, born Februyou in the LOO- office. · ary 1, 1960, to Seafarer and ·Mrs. ;t. t. t. Donald J. Gilbo, Long Beach, Calif. Jolu1 K. ·sweeney <\:. . .t. ;t. .. ; . Gene Pap.,ache Beetc.r Lugo Torres. bom ·March Contact George ..E. O'Brien at 16, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. your earliest convenience. Rafael Lugo Torres, Playa Ponce, I ·t t t PR. .to· . John B. Mwray ~· t Israel Rosario, born March 22, ·. This ' ls 'fifth .. notice. Jtriportant you contact tour son, c/o Gerner. 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Efrain Ro~ario, ,New OrleaQ.&, I,.a... ,. '. Same · acJdress , as prel'iously. ~.-. .... ,J ,~-~ • . ~ • f~. ·I' 1;>.1r ,; .ti ., . ., �., Vol. XXll No.I I • , w,· ~ · SEAi' 'Aprill . . . . .-~ ..._-_1,_,._-~--- OFJ=ICIAL OR6·AN·OF THE S.EAFARERS INTE~NATIONAI.: UNION ' • ATLANTIC AND GULP DISTRICT• AFL:c10 • th SCHEDULE OF ·bal 'Voluntary Quils-' Are Ouf J bl . · · L ·. , SIU MEETINGS : er N . 0 ess. ·.ay aw . Un d p- y· . . collect benefits after voluntarily leaving a job. Under present law, a seafarer could pay off a ship ·which was not laid up and still collect benefits after a six-week penalty period. Now, the six-week penalty pei*iod is elimina~ed, and . in its stead, no benefits will be paid at all to "voluntary -quits" ·until such time as they return to work and earn at least $200. In a typical instance, a .s eaman coming off a long-run ship after &everal months aboard to spend some time ashore ·is able. under present Jaw, to collect benefits pro- . The $200 requirement (or three.. days' work for four _successive weeks) will apply to anybody who quits a· ship voluntarily. It "Will not apply if _a Seafarer pays off for reasons of health, family emergency or because the ship is laying up. . It is not clear as yet, but apparently the new law does not affect class B or C seniority group men who pay off under the 60-day rule. New . York State and other states consider that "B" or "C" men paying off under the 60-day rule in the contract are not "voluntary The new legislation was pushed .through by the administration of Governor Nelson Rockefelier over the objections of the state AFLCIO. ,It narrowly passed the State Assembly with just two votes more than the minimum required. The· Rockefeller family, of course, . haslong . b~en identified with Standard Oil, of N~w Jersey, which is . the leajler of the runaway-flag group of ship operat_ors. · - .: : ·s e ·.. afa · rer's · - · · · r. t· .. In add1bon, . it appears that a Seafarer, in many in:. ~;a:=~~~gw:os!~~~fij~; ;n~e:::~ stances; is not likely to be any- ing the $200 minimum may have where near a us port on his sec- to stay on that job in order to be ond job, his benefits can :be de- eligible for benefits. Should he layed until such time a·s he is quit the second job he again bepliysically able to file for them. comes ineligible according to The' new law applies only t9 available information. In a typical those companies who have their instance, a seaman paying off a main offices 'in New York State, long-run ship might gfab a coastbut this includes . a considerable wise run to retain his eligibility. number of SIU-contracted compa- But then he would have . to stay nies, including Bull, Calmar, Ore, on the coastwise ship t~ qualify Isthmian, Robin, and Cities Serv- for benefits. instead of getting a ice. Other major companies, such as Waterman, Alcoa and Mississippi, are not affected because~ ... 0 · ·· co~!iition o~ .The - - j P"'' · April 13 April 27 May 11 Chi.Id 'Hea·11·ng · · . ry on·· ·e:ar·t· H. · Margaret Rodrigu~z, daug~ter of Sea- .fol: lowmg · her recent Often heart surgery at Mount Sma1 Hospital, New York City. She·+-------------received 10 pints o_f blood between- the two- chambers. The from the SIU Blood Bank for upshot of the affliction was the operation, one of the lai:gest single blood gifts ever made by the Blood Bank. . Margaret's affliction consisted of an opening between the left: a'nd right chambers of the heart ·that allowed the blood to flow fl".eely over-taxation of the lungs by the abnormal amount of ·blood being forced through them. · To prevent strangulation, suffocation or complete collapse of the lungs, the surgery was ·deemed necessary. The Jleart surgery took. approximately four hours. Margaret's ·r.ecovery is listed as satisfactory although she -is still on the critical list. · Hospital spokesmen hav~ stated - that any number ·of difficulties are · encountered fpliowing the opel'.ation requiring heavy . blood do.nations. . 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 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 · ·· ·· ·· "' their families at the...SIU's clinic in Brooklyn. Seafarers p a 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 . supply thr~ug~ donatiotis. : · will . - h '. · · WASHING TON - United States shipping will soon share weather pictures and meteorological readings 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. 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 Administration, to the House Science and Astronautics Committee. High Quality Photos Since the Tiros I was launched Man :h 25, the satellite has sent back about 1,200 pictures covering regions as far apart as Communist 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 '.t he· wealth· of new data to be'-Q&tal.n'ed ".t rom the world satel- · · lites;, Ev:entua11y one · nation ·:- : · . • ·,be; :able'; to v.iew .·the weather of :, · ; :a;n,other ·iip~~~il tti~usands of mil~s Workmen'· give q _fin~I ichec~ to Tir~~ ·.I, ifw• ni~- 1 global.. satel~it• .. . ;· awar. 1 T}1e1J1f glqba1 · forecasts Will that will ph9tograp~ . tf:te. w.o,rld w~athe~ p~re -.f~r lJS .scjent~ts. ' .. : . :81so enitil• ye5sel navigators to The new device w.iJI· ev_entually· ~e a l>oon to al~ . ships at sea··when , -a.teer~ around ·storms plotted by the · yecy•same .foreciast. sc:.1 • . storms can . be foi;ecast in advanC. for· nQ¥igatiooal purposes. · · , d nes ay nig . ts at 7 M in all SIU ports. .All Seqfarers- are expected to attend: those who wish to be excused should request permission by telegram (be sure to include regis. tration number) •. The next SIU meetings will be: far.~r Adrian Rodriguez Tex~dor, cont~nues to improve US Weather Satellite Will Aid Shipping • SIU -membership meet1ngs are held ,regularly every ,two weeks on Wed- · ~~~ :~~!·:~:.~"::~~ ::~~~:.~ ~~~~~:~~r.:;~:!~:£u~· ~ .A.,: :t· e~ s·u ·-rge ·. : lo~1n~r~p~ I · Aided By Bl~od Bank: videdbeen he on is registered to ship " However, or has the beach for over and six quits' ''C" . man pay offshould beforea "B" his 60 weeks. Under the new system, he days or one ·round trip is up, : . fits on the basis of earnings on th_e . . NIWS H'IADLINES IN Rl_VIEW · ALBANY-Under the guise of "improving" the unemployment compensation . system, the New York' State administration :has. pushed through an amendment to the state systern which will malfo it extremely qifficult for seamen to collect unemployment benetits. The amended unemployment insurance law takes the.i r headquarters are in oth~r chance to b~ ashore . with his away an employee's right to states. family. I 0 . ' s � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource April 8, 1960 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU FLEET NAMED SAFETY CHAMPION SEAMEN TARGET OF ‘TEST’ MOVE TO CONTROL JOBS STATE DEP’T MOVES TO SCUTTLE ’50-50’ ILA STARTS CONTAINER $ ARBITRATION MSTS STAKES EXCLUSIVE CLAIM TO MISSILE, SPECIAL RUN SHIPS CHILE UNION GETS PACT ON TWO RUNAWAY SHIPS UNION VOICE IN SHIP SAFETY IS ONLY POSITIVE APPROACH TWO WATERMAN SHIPS BUTT HEAD-ON; NO INJURIES 50-50 OIL RULING IS EXPECTED SOON NLRB SETS ESSO FLEET VOTE; 90-DAY BALLOTING SCHEDULED RALS ON GRIDDLE AGAIN FOR DESTROYING SHIPPING SHIPBOARD SAFETY: A COMPANY SPOKESMAN’S VIEWPOINT SEA LAW MEETING STALEMATED SCANDINAVIAN SEA UNIONS BLAST EGYPTIAN BLACKLIST ‘VOLUNTARY QUITS’ ARE OUT UNDER NY JOBLESS PAY LAW SEAFARER’S CHILD HEALING AFTER SURGERY ON HEART Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 04/08/1960 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXII, No. 8 1960 Periodicals Seafarers Log