http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/25f645a41c2b23c84a980ffa74e69a5a.PDF 683de52d923caa4e25f4f97d5012d648 PDF Text Text ~. SEAl'ARBRS-~a . .. -LOG .' , ' / • ' . OFFICIAL Oll&.AN OP THI! Sl!Aj:AUltS . Volume XXll ' No. 9 - .., . UNION. ATLANT.IC . . . . INTEltNA1'10NAL . ·--------~~ AHO 6U1F DIS.TltlCT. AFL-CIO. - April 22, 1960 SIU-MCS Wins Crucial Case: JIMMY ·HOFFA AND LANDRUM-GRIFFINJimmy ,Hoffa, president . of the Teams.t ers Union, has used anti-labo-r laws against , . legitimate union - contracts · ~espite his avowed opposi·h on to such laws. He. has also ·tied in with Harry ; Bridges, numb_e r one enemy .... ~f the SIUNA. SEE PAGES 3 ll _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Story On Page I I Egypt Ship Tied Up In BlaCl<list Beef SIU, ILA FIGHT BLACKLIST OF US MARITIME . . Pointing up that "Freedom Of The Seas Is A Two-Way Street," SIU picket before Egyptian-flag Cleopatra does h.is bit to_!ceep ship tied to the dock as picketing entered its second week. Ship was tied up in New York by joint SIU-ILA .action in protest against black.. listing o~ Arne~ican-flag ships by Egypt. The blacklist-- has undoubtedly deprived ·many Seafarers and other American _seamen of job opportunities because American-flag ships ' have been blocked from bidding on cargo ·runs into Arab ports. The pickets are also .- _protestin&' against mistreatment of SIU crews on several occasions• in· Egypt, including . denial of shore leave. Efforts of the ship's . owners-to e.n join the picketing have thus far " '• beeii.· ··u,nsucces~ful in US Fed~~al Court. · (Stori~ · o~ page 2.) ·' �THE t·SSUES IN Seaf~rer . ptc;_l~ ~ ~Arcurfancl Lo@ Di Angelo poce in front of · Egypti~ ship Cleopatf~'s docl a~ Egyptian consul (center) and aide leave vessel. - THE BLACKLIST Here In brief are the reasons for the SIU-ILA picketline action apinst ~e Cleopatra: • A eonsiderable · nmnb.e r of American-fla&" ships have beten blacklisted by EDP& and other Arab nations. These are ships which at one time or another had put In at- an Israeli port. This blacklisi is in violation of international faw. ~ • These ships cannot carry any farm surplus cargoes to Arab natU»u, or in the caie of tankers, pick up oil at an Arab port. The result is loss of employment for American seamen. • In addition, in receqt months erewmembers of several SIU-manned sblpe have been deprived of shore leave and etherwi5e mistreated In Egyp- , Uan ports. . _ • The US Government bu thus far done nothing to resolve the · prob~m • . ~onseqaent[7, tlie only recourse left was trade union action on the picket line. For fall details, 1iee stories on this page. · Union·Seeks �. - SE.4P ..tRERS 'Loe .Raps Runaways Hoffa J·oins With ' . . Btidges, SIU Foe MCS Win·s 8-1 Decision On Union Piclc.eting· Rights \VASHINGTON - The US Su-.-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-­ preme Court has, in effect, given the internal economy of the ship, result, the US merchant marine _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.__ _., a green light to American maritime but rather were interested in pre- was being undermined and seajob opportunities for them- men's jobs were being lost. SAN . FRANCISCO-Under the insttuctions ~f Teamster union activities against runaway 8erving The operators of the ship se-· selves in this country." This, the T R H ff i1· · · · · flag vessels. It ruled on Monday, Pres1·den t ··.,ames · . o a, an a iance has been formed be- April 18 by Jln eight to one deci- cour t said, was a different issue cured an . injunction in Federal . ~ween the T~amsters• Western Conference and Harry sion that Federal courts . cannot than the Riviera case, where the District Court against the union and, on appeal, the injunction was Bridges. The alliance takes enjoin maritime union picketing SIU Pacific District was ·penalized for picketing a runaway-flag ship upheld in the Ninth Circuit Court the form of a joint committee recent National Labor Relations of runaways in us ports. of appeals. ' _ Board among drivers of the ValenThe Supreme Court ruling up· on behalf of the ship's crew.. ._, The District Court had reasoned The MCS had picketed the .w hich apparently ·will work cia-Baxt trucking company. held an appeal by the SIU-affiliated that the case did not involve a together . on orga~izlng . . matters, The SIU won the vote by a count Marine Cooks and Stewards Union Nikolos in Tacoma, Washington, fabor dispute within the meaning _ in 1957, protesting the fact that . contract items and others. of 106 to. 64, after which Hoffa ran arising out of the 1957 picketing runaway ships ·were capturing the of the •LaGuardia-Norris Act, deBridges, of course, has long lbeen to .the regional NLRB charging "in: of . the Liberian-registered SS majority of US bulk cargo trade claring there was no dispute · be• timidation ·and terrorism." Nikolos . . But more important than the number one enemy of the SIU SIUNA President Paul Hall, that is .the apparent significance through unfair competition via low tween the foreign seamen em• (Continued on page 15) of NA, and has several times at- speaking at the International the ruling has on union actions ~ages and no tax payments. As a tempted to raid SIUNA jurisdic- Union of Operating Engineers con- against runaway {Jags. On the face tion. He was the sparkplug of the vention in J14iami, characterized of it, the ruling would appear to now-defunct . Communist-dominated Hoffa as a "notorious fink and give the sea unions a~ free hand National Union of Marine Co.oks whistle blower" as a result of his to engage in peaceful picketing and Stewards and its successor, behavior in these two situations. against runaways in US ports. ongshore Local 100, which unHall's statement answered a pro- - The decision was haile!J by successfully fought the drive . by posal for a conference of transpor- SIUNA President ·Pauf Half who the SIU Pacific District tci bring tation unions. H;e. ruled. out SIU declared: The Marine Cooks and With A&G Seafarers and licensed crewmembers of the ships' steward departments into a membership ·in such a group as Stewards Union has won a tremen· non-.Communist uni.on, the present long as Hoffa is Teamster presi- dous victory for all American sea- Alcoa fleet having taken the deep-sea dry cargo safety Marine Cooks and Stewards of the dent. · men in the fight to preserve sea- championship, Great Lakes Seafarers have done the same SIU Pacific District. The SIU has been . activ.e ih the men's jabs and to save the Ameri- on the Lakes and Inl'and+------------Subsequently, Bridges has, on trucking. field in Puerto Rico for can-flag merchant marine. Thanks Waterways contest. The SIU- competed with the crews of some several occasions, raided the juris- several years, as . a result of being to the MCS all American seamen contracted Wyandotte Trans- 200 fresh water ships. dictions of various SIUNA affili- a. majot. factor in th~ island's labo.r will benefit as they will be able portation Company, a Great Lakes The SIU Great Lakes Distrfct ates, including tuna fishermen on movement through its position in to utilize full trade union rights District fleet, won the title · by hailed the · performance of · the the \Vest Coast. the maritime field. The maritime against the runaways. The MCS virtue of a perfect score in 1959 Wyandotte crew and called for industry is one of thP . biggest in success serves notice on the own· -not a single lost time injury. joint union-management action on / d th A ,Hoffa alliance with Bridges th e c ommonweaIth a..i e mos t ers of runaway shipping that they shipboard safety on the Lakes ~uch Crewmembers from the four will do little to change a famJliar highly-organized. will no longer be able to .. defy as exists in the deep sea SIU safe\Vest Coast scene. There is a deep- • The Teamsters have been seek- seamen and their unions . . Th~ ships of the Wyandotte fteet work- ty program, as the avenue for. fured ·more than one-million accidentrooted resentment on the West ing to assume jurisdiction over the MCS has earn·e d the wholehearted ther reduction in accidents. Coast for the Hoffa kind. trucking membership of the SIU congratulations· of the organized free hours in ·1959 to win the top The announcement of the IL\VU- Puet'lo Rican division, but follow- seamen's, movement here in the safety honor in the Marine Section's contest under the National Teamster link-up followed on the ing their expulsion from the AFL- States ·and abroad." heels of the election defeat admin- CIO, ·the SIU was instructed by In the majority ·decision the Safety Council. At presentation ceremonies on istered by the SIU Puerto Rican the Federation to retain this juris- court noted that "the union memDistrict to the 'J'eamsters in the diction. hers here were not interested in Tuesday, April 19, in New York, the Marine Section formally pre· sented officers of the Alcoa. Steam. ship Company with a deep sea first B~s., · ay prize plaqu.e. it was the second ' . . year in a ,row in which the Alcoa fleet took top honors in the national contest after finishing in the second spot in 1957. Alcoa won I " ' with a score of · 1.62 which is beVoting on the proposed revisions lieved to be . the lowest incidence to the SIU A&G District Constitu• of accidents ever recorded in the tion continues briskly, and with dry cargo category. six days to 'go more than 3,300 The safety contest scores are votes liave been cast on the issue. based 011 a formula of the · amount The voting was authorized at a of work time lost due to accidents headquarters meeting on March 2 against the total man hours and outport meetings on March worked. In the case of ships, al- 16 is running from March 31 to lowances are made for the fact April 29 inclusive. The vote · is that crewmembers are aboard 24 expected to mount, as many ships hours a day, as ·c ompared to the ar.~ due in for payoff this week. eight-hour daily units of work in In order to amend the constituin shoreside plants. ' tion a two-thirds majority in a ~ · In addition to Alcoa's apparent secret ballot referendum is needed. record score, the over-all perform- The six man committee that made ·ance of all ships in the contest the proposed revisions noted that stood at 5.12 compared to 5.89 last they· were made · because of the year and 7.30 in 1957, a consistent new Landrum-Grifftin Act and to improvement in shipboard safety. a·ccommodate certain structural In winning the Great Lakes and changes being made in the Union. inlan~ \\Taters title, \Vyandotte Under the new or ganizational plan, the_ Union will be able to better coordinate .the activities of .its various divisions such as the April 22, 1960 Vol. XXll, No. 9 Marine Alliea Workers Division, the Harbor and Inland Waterways Division, and the Puerto Rican Division. • The results of the voting will PAUL HALL, SeCTetary-T-.easu·r er HEftBERT BRAND, Editor. BERNARD SEA- not be known till all the votes are MAN, Art Editor. HERMAN ARTHUR, in and tabulated, but the· number AL MASKIN, ARTHUR BERGER, CHARLES of votes in, at the two thirds mat·k BEAUMET, DEL ROBINSON, Staff Writers. in the period, 'is as follows: .BILL .MooQ.Y, Gulf Area Representative: Boston, 69; New York, 998; P hiladelphia, 150; Baltimore. 386; Norfolk, 36; Jacksonville, 49; Miami, 26; Mobile, 361; New Orleans, 494; Houston, 304; WHmJngton, 89; San Francisco, 129; Seattle, 118; San Juan CPR>, 138; for a total of 3,337 votes cast. Lale.es SIU C~mpany 'Perfect' On rSafety - By Constitution Voting Ends Next Friday Plane And Eventually, By Ship SEAFARERS LOG �. ,·- ~ - ~~ ,-~...... ,. -------·. SEifABERS~ -----~ ROTARY SllPPING BOAID \ 0 March 30 Throug~ .April 1·2 As the temperature rose last period; shipping moved .fn tbe opposite direction. A total of 3,880 "A" and ..B" men we~ registered on the ~beach at the end . of ~his period as com.pared to 2,765 for the ,tast · perio~. / • This resulted fro~ a total of 872 me~ shipped against last periods total of 1,254, a drop ·of soil'le .382 ~en. " As -can be expected, ship activity w~s also slow with 177 payoffs, . . tr . d.. ·~ d 251 1ast . oer10 . d : a d ec1·me of s1gn-ons an d. m~ . ans1"t.s th" "- is pent> . 74 ship visits. - The records show that there were -46 payoffs, 23 signons and 108 ships in transit this period as contrasted to 74 payoff~, 36 sign-ons and 141 in-transits· for the previous one. . . . · Jacksonville apd ·Miami had ~b <payoffs, and Norfolk, 'Jacksonville, Miami, Mobile and Wilmington·- had no sign.:ons. New York led in • the vessel servicing department with 36, followed by Baltimore and New Orleans with-24 each. Miami was at the bottom of the ·1adde.r with only 5. Sharp drops in shipping were recorded in every port except Boston, <. -.. - :, . , which stayed even and Miami which 'gained one. . Baltimore dropped 189· men to- lead· the parade; and following in li~e were Houston, .New Orleans, New Y~rk and Philadelphla. This peri~d ·31~ men shipped in deck, 312 m~n !!hippe4 in tl~e black gang ~nd 245 men shipped in t~e steward departmept. The figures for ·r egistration 'this ·period are: 422 men in deck, 853 in- the engine department and 313 in the stew~d - department. A total of 1,088 "A" and' "B . " men - reg.i s t ere · d t'"'; . · d. . 1µS per10 . Ports with less than 100 "A" and jjB,. men registered on the beach were: Boston, Philadelphia, Norfolk, .Jacksonville, "Miami and Wilming- Pq Srt• .I• ~· OHS- O•• Trau. TOTAL loltoa • • • • • • .2 New Y~rk • • • • 13 tlladelphla • ! • : ~ 1 4 4 7 19 36 J~ 5 17 I , 5 : ltf••'- • · •• • Norfolk • • · •••• • _ 2 JackiHvllle Miami • • . . • • ..... Mobile ••..••• 6 -ton. New O;feali •'• 5 2 . 11 The following is the ·outlook for the next. ~rfod port by· ~rt: HHltoa " • • •• • 2 4 2 7 Bos t on, s Iow • • • N ew y ork. , s h ouId p i ck up • •· • Philad e lp'"'a f"ir Wllml!Hjtoa • • • .I2 UJI , ., • • • Sa F 2 3 Baltimore, fair .... Norfolk, better ••• Jacklonville, fair ••• Miami, ·s.:.,~•RC1 6 1 2 .s low • ,• • Mobile, good ••• New. Orleans, not .too good ••• Bouton, • • · · ·.:.:_ _ _ steady • • . Wilmlncton, slow ••• Saia Francisco, should be better • • • total• •••• : • • 46' 23 1OI Seatlle, s!!ould pick up. ~: _ 7 1'7 I 11 · 24 1 "0·• t 1 7 9 177 -· .. . I _DECK· .DEPARTMENT I Registered -&LASS' A Registered CLASS' 8 i" Port lOTALS 2 22 12 4 _3 -2 , 3 ALL 1 7· -1- - 10 . 37 14 '13 2 4 4 8 29 . 8 49 5 1 ; 2 3· ALL 1 1 1 2 _l 6 8 16 16 2 4 6 2 7 11 18 4 ~. 5 12 3 11 32 3 17 37 8 4 6 7 5 1 3 4 . 1 90 1s2 48 . -G~R-----=o=u=p_ _......... ,_G_R~ O~ u=p-..,,.·-- GROUP . . . Boston ... ....•••••••• - Ne~ York .. ..••..•••. Phlladelphia .....••••. 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Mobile ..... ....•.••.. 1 6 ., 1 · New Orleans .....•••.. 9 20 5 34 Houston ~ . .... .••..•••. 6 34 2 4,2' Wilmington . .....••... 8 } 9' San Francisco ... . •.... 2 a 3 u Seattle - .. . ......... . 9 1 10 TOTALS 35 190 26 I 251 ' t ~: : ~~ ------ ----- GROUP , 1 - - 2 26 3 ;.. - GROUP 2 . - - - 1 ·4 ~, ..,,. - .. 241 GROUP _ _ . - GROUP 1 1 2 . 3 ALL 1 Boston . . . . ·.......... . New York-. ........... 21 _9 · 32 Philadelphia.. . . . • • • . . . 4 Baltimore. . . . . • • • • • • • 15 8 .Norfolk . . . ••••. ••• 3 3 · Jacksonville. . . • • • . • • • 5 3 .1 Miami ......••••••••• . 1 Mobile . .............. 6 10 New Orleans.......... 3 2 30 Houstod . .. ........... 15 3- 17 1 · ' 1 . 3 Wilmington ... .. ~ •••• " San Francisco .•' . • • • • . . 2 4 6 Seattle . .... ..... · · • · 4 3 ·10TAU · -H 32 128 2 3 3 1 12 1 - 1 -_ 62 - ~ 1~· ~~1 ~ 1 1 141 1 9, 1 7 .2 2 1 16 3G 35 5 12 , ; : ' 4 zr ~ ·~ L 2 . 3 ALL · ~ 1 . 3 - 31 i 2I 5 2 2 11 . ~LASS 8 '•. ,GLASS A J . 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' GLAS_$ 8 CLASS A Reglsfere,d ),.--, II .. 3 ' 691 48 .. ·s;- s. · -----=---h ·- · 2 19 2 1 .. ....... - 1 1 12 48 ·}. ' ~ ._a· io �. . Vessel �· c;!!!!!tpo~;f~~e ~~~!~!d~!~!~~-11-....;._IN~QU_IR_IN__G._SE_AF_B_·E___R_·I tinued to unload their hea\ry artillery on the railroads last week. Their testimony before QUESTION: When yo.u 're overseas, clo you eat 11hore7 If 10, a House transport~ti?n subcommit.tee echoed weeks of denunciation of railroad Int~rstate what type of food do yo.u prefer? Commerce Comm1ss1on prace tices designed to d~stroy .com- fled that for - ~O years· the ral - petition from Independent oper- James B. Elliott, eook: Yes-I WIWam Bate1t eleetrlelan: In peting modes of transporta- roads have been trying to control ators and then be free to control have tried . many Japanese dlShes, South America I discovered that tion. the water carrier industry. H~ the tr~nsportatlon business. _ A similar position ha~ been their drive and join with the barge taken by the remaining coastwise lines in establishing joint ·rates and intercoastal 'Yater carriers in and services. The barge lines have previous testimony on the subject long sought to coordinate rates of railroad rate-making: They too and services, but the railroads called fo;r the railroads to cooperhave always refused. ate in setting up Joint services · He charged that the pend~ng with shipping ·rather than attempt legi~lation "would ulthnately lead to destroy ship operations. to the destru_ction of our industry" The head of the American Truckand Clllled on the railroads to obey Ing Association; as well as witthe law and court orders. nesses representing individual Once a railroad got .hoJd of a trucking compa~ies also stated obbarge line, he warned, it wojild jections to railroads o~ning comuse it to destroy ··barge line com- peting forms -:..of transportation. · If the weight of the evidence called on the railroads to give up . ~ounted, the ICC and the railroads would both be. buried by now, as for weeks on end a paraae of witnesses from all segments of the transpoi;tation ind~try, including . eoastwise and intercoastal ship operators, have repeated the same story of the railroads' drive for a transportation monopqly. · The particular target of the current hearings is a bill which would give the railroads the ri'ght to purchase competing water carriers. Spokesmen at last week's hearlngs opposing the bill included r~presentatives of the Inla~d Waterways Common Carriers Association, which ls a group ·of barge line operators,. and the American Trucking Corporation. The barge line supoke•m: te•tl· and found that I prefer sukiyaki. Another ~gastronomlcal adventure for me ls partakIng of sweet- and so u r spar~ribs. Japagese - style. They dlce the '& meat after . removing it from the b9ne and simmer it in a delicious, pungent sauce. Of course, the way those folks prepare their vegetables is superb. . ;\:. t t Franels 'McGarry, bosun: I have a craving for ~pfcy foods and therefore regularly dine on curry and rice when I hit ports in India. SIU sch.0Iars · h• St'"ude1nt Wins·Academic Honors ~:'\tfi-:1~~ ~p Office n1on En-route to a degree in Business Administration, Robert G. ~!rbs~e=~apa:: le: t I Hauser, son of Seafarer Edgar Hauser, has ·scored an enviable . • record at the Uniyers.it,Y of Connecticut .•on his $6,000. fourPIC e s n year SIU scholarship awarq. . HarborHauser expects to graduate Ny in June with a Bachelor of stAnding life insurance student who plans a career ·in ins9rance." Science d egree In ·Bus lb ess Ad mm· Hauser has also · been elected to istration. He Intends to go into the the national honor society, Beta insuranc~ field, and on April 6, was G~mma Sigma, which . is roughly equivalent to 8 Phi Beta Kappa honor in the arts and sciences· Demanding a contract for the office employees of the New York Shipping Association, members of Office Employees Union Local 153 picketed the piers in New York ~arbor yesterday, effectively haltIng work on. alL ships. The International Longshoremen's Association membership refused to cross the picket Jines which were set up just before the morning job call. . The New York Shipping Associ~ ation employs 90 workers at its headquarters whom the office union ·is seeking to represent. The Robert (left) and Edgar Hauser _ Association represents stevedoring · •. firms in New York harbor. awarded the Howard V. Krick The picketing took place both. in scholar.ship by the Connecticut New York proper and on the Jer~ State Life Uilderwrltel'!I As~ociasey side of the river. . tion. The award goes to "an out- pffiee .. field. · He plans to go .to work for the Connecticut General Life Insuranc,e Company In June as a life insuranc~ agent. "These thUigs have · been made possible," he wrote, "by the 'tremendous ·assistance I received from tbe SIU scholarship. To the men of your Union I ·owe my , undying vote of gratitude." .. · Hauser's fatber, Seafarer Edgar Hauser, sails ~s electriclal\ on SIU ships. Is The Extenslotl ·coPcl· ... . . .. ~ ·, Sometimes, while attending to major safety problems such qs the conditions of gangways, ladders and similar items, · it's· easy· to overlook the little things that can also lead to grief. Extension· cords for port· able electric tools often become frayed from repeated use, yet qre seldom Te• newed. , A fe~ ·cents worth _of wiring and a few minutes time are all that is needed to . prevent a possibly fat~l-4cc·ident. I ., ·' ·I ,.. - - - - - - - - - - • ...- - -- - - • their steaks leave little to be deafred. Pan-fried and surrounded w I th mushroom caps,_ they're un• beatable. I have ~P' never tasted slml• Y:.• , Iar meat that . . comp.ared w i t h • ibis I sampled. , in Brazil. as far as price is concerned, It's highly inexpensive. Another favorite of mine is South American shrimp in rice-which it similar to shrimp creole. ;\:. t •~ Joe Bruch, meuman: Yes, and one' of my favorite c·ulinary haunts is Fraccarlo's in Capetown, where one is treated to. An9 :::F=~~t~:~ ::::i~s ~i:::!~~ ' th:f like tarts deep ~i~ ";; from the lobster, . fried. _ Also, I go -'~ '"'l;,,;~··,;.,; . ~ " dunks them In for Sukiyaki ,dishes when I'm In butt er, .repacks Jwahpea11n'1n aEnads.t AfPorrltcuag.uese shrimp them in the hull and bakes. It'• delicious! In Portuguese East "" "" "" .. 1-fca, I look fo~ard to prawns"" "" "" A.Ll cw or shrimp--whlch are cooked slow• R. R. Slm1>1on, tiook: 1 go for Jy in olive oil. seafood dishes-such ,!lS fish and· ;\:. "" .... lobster when I Jam•s •-n-•e, ""AB·. ""Most -of the hit the beach " uc "" overseas. Guess time. I have found French food that's because \ve much to my lik· get so much ·of Ing. For exam· the so - called pie,' I find · that "solid" meats.chicken, cooked like beef, liver, · • In wine and other etc. Also. If I ingredients-cog think· it's safe au .vin over there enough, I like to .-suites my tastes ,order fresh tossed salads. Some .~,.. to a "T." Then countries' fresh produce jtist isn't - iJc,. there's crepe I f•t for hu~an consumption, how- · .. 11uzette, a mixever. I a1so like the way the Ger- ture of lemon, butter, sugar and ma~s cook thelr .sauerbrauten and· plenty of wines and brandies, . the Japanese their sukiyaki -..._ dishes.- among other 'things. ... �.' ;,,I? I '~c : l .... Sena ,CoiJgreSs ·ShOwdown -Due -Ill · $late 1Jep't.. 4 ·11ack on '50-50' . 0 • Bv swneti MM"golW. ·WASHINGTON-Another of a series of conflicts between the maritime industry and the . State-_Department is sure to erupt in Congress over the "50-50" law. This time, ihe ma• Doli't ·auy The ··~••, .Buy rhe Steak rine unions and the industry ~e running head on into a Department proposal to waive the One of the big slogam In the advertising trade- la: "Don't sell the requirepients of "50-50" on 1teak, sell the sizzle". By thil, the ad eX,erts mean they can, lell pl c'argo which will be c_a rried to American ships. Should the marl- position of American ow~e" of more goods at higher 'pi-Jcea by p~g up emotional and l>l)'chololfeal India ahd Pakistan for deveJ.,. tim~ industry agree to give the runaway-Dag shipping. Department authority to waive the The Department bad previously opment ~f ·fire Indus River as upects of the mercha!l~ ratl;ter tb4'1 telling U1 plain facts ~rt the irrigatl~n and hydroelectric · power '50-50' requirement, it would be calied a conference of_ ship opermerchandile ltse~. The many psychologists employed by .a agencies sourcf!. , wrapping a noose around its own ators Iii an attemJ,Jt to sell them nowaC!an say that "alzzl., ·1eµintr' really worts. It's being II.led to sell Tlie excuse the Department Is neck. Maritime Unions .can be on ~e waiver plan and soothe · · · an _ · everthlng froin peanu~ butter _to political C!lndidat~. · The business psycholoatsti regard us c0nswners as not ve!y brjglit. A leading psyeholoitst recently wrote in the Hanard ....._ lleftew , ' .. -- . ' that t?day s buyer is often vague about the actual pi:fce be pays for something: he has lew standards for j~dglftg the quality of what he buy1., a~d at .times winds up not using it anywa,y~" _ counted u~n to fight this back- their concern about its Impact 011 door move on the '50-50' rule." other Government-owned and Gov· · Union's Diskust ernment-financed cargoes. HowThe Union's distrust of State eyer, the operators have indicated Department ·intentions is based that they will fight any attempt upon the Department's collilstent to legislate waiver authOtity m opposition to any and all forms of Congress, on· the grounds that such assistance t.o US shipping. The De- authority would undermine the Even a Federal judge recently poiilted o'Ut how suc~ul emotioDal For practical purposes though. partment has always echoed the whole principle of "50-50" and appeals are In persu~dlng us t.o buy. "The men of Madison Avenu~ sold the · United S~tes .would finance viewpoint of European maritime 'threaten the existence of Ameriahirts by depJCting a· man with an eye pat4'b; they have ,90ld soap by thbe grte ates,t pantl't thetotalprojectt, · nations, and bu supported the can-flag shipping. COS · , a OU 30 perce . .1. ue advertisirig Jt to be •99 and 44/lootba. percent pure' wltbout:bothering C)f the :project,. still ' to be acted f ' to add the noun; they have sold brasslereslii displaying a sleepwalker," upon,· is estimated at ''$645 million Ready ·For-The Recruiters Wrote; .Judge l-uther YoqdahL ~ ,., · · of which the US ~w.ould contribute. · MiiadTll A Sm~ $515 millil>n and Great Britain, . . · . · , . . $58 million, the' ~alance . to be For example, you know why fo~ proc~~rs now offer two types .of handled. by · o~her .w_estern Enropeanut butter? Their psycholojtsts ~tsco~er~ '. that while boys pe-.ri nationli. _uked ~ th~ traditional grainy or Waive 'SO-so• chunky,· peanut butter, the manu. facturers .. could sell more , peanut · ;i'h.e ~tate Dep~en~. is a~ butter to girls if tt were made for .t~e right to waive ~50 lt smooth, because smoothness in any time in . con~tion with ~ foods is generally un4erstood ·to pr~fect and IS: ~g ~-amend­ more feminifle. , , : - ment t.o ,. .~glsla~OO. glV~ th~ In fact, the processors made .President,; per~ve autho.r it( some peanut butter so smooth, by to dump 0 .50-50 . if he found that adding· vegetable 1 oils and fats that the provJSio,os o~ the cargo preferthe Food & Drug AdmlnistTation ~ce act coul~ not be !ully-s:atisfied no longer ·permits the ·blended ~ithout sermusly unp~ding · :or -product even to be cfllled ~anut plredvenBtin~ acco~pllt~~meut of th~ butter'' This Cloem•t bother .. the n us asm proJec · Unde~secretar:y of State ~ougla_s . ..sizzle 'sellers". They made a .vir·~.. No Procter & Di•Ion, · m ·~ letter to ~pb .Casey, tue 0 f Dece881"1., . .. . w . president of the Ametican MerGamble advertises: Have you dis- chant ~Marine Institute, declare(\ . ·t · -"- · t d.. . covered the deliclo°'5 dillerence 'b etw 'Jif' d ........-lit butt - -:."- th_!'t the S !'le ~mtnnd!~ _Qt!& e~o an r~ · . el'. not "foresee need tu exerc1stt ·this • • • . Jtf Peanut Spr_ead~ JS • • • authority fu the near . future • • ." extra _creamy .••. smoo1.11er. easier but that "'preferential . conditions" spreading • • • ~To pUl'e peanuts,· applied to US car.goes mldrt .·~com­ •Jif' adds an exclus.fv!, blend of pllcate. the adriuniatration of the . . . . smoothing ingre$lfents. , Jndqs 'Project .; ; . ..we would no_t J3ut, when. you !!epatate the sizzle fr'!,m the steak, you find,-_yo~ re wish t 9 attach any. condition of geWng only 75 percent peanuts. The ex.cluslve blend of smoot~ preference to our Indus contribu- . · · . ingredients" consists mainly_ of vege.tabl~ _short~ This, of course, 'ttoia •••" . · · _ · Liitte Kevin Cresci, tlitH years old, stands "tall" in hil KP outfit 11 a cooJdJ>g fat wblcb y~u can buy for as little as 28 cents a pound, BaektlOer ·M•e as grandfather, Seafarer Pete Gonzal~s. and Se~rer Angeto dependlpg on· the brand. . · . Commenting tne State D~ Seda (~ith hat) look on. ' · You Pa)' For 'ftle 'Slr:de9- · · _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _....;..._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ · · partment's m~, S~A Prest. . . You not only lose out financlalb' w_~_en .1~u buy this blend of pea- dent Paul Hall charged: "'!'bis ts nuts and c'ooking fat; your children lose out - nu~tlonally. Pea~ut but-. typical . of the kind ·of shabby ter has 118 gr.ams of valuable- protein to the pound; cooking fa~. prac:- treatment-the State 'Department ttclll:b' none. · . . ·has been handling American seaThe spread of· 41 to 80 cents a pound in the prices of different · men and -American ships at· every brands of peanut butter ii a good example of how much YO\&- can turn.·· "From past e>.perience, we overpay when you buy the- sj.zzle Instead o( chec\log the ,!DgredleiltS know the · De~nt .can't ·be on tlie label' t.o see bow much real steak you get. Slgnlti~tly,- ·tb,e trusted . t.o defend the Jnterest Of ''smooth" peanut butters all generally cost more .th8:Jl the" re~ American-flag shipping-whether TWo more .deficit-ridden American-flag freighters have la-in~· Highest price thia depar~ent f~und ii for "J5lp Top Smooth'!, ~~, Issue Is ..~." !'JDawq sblP- been sold at _the auction block, following the ·bankruptcy of · ~'1 centa for 7 ounces packed in a_sherber.t glass. In compari'!°n, super- ~~ ~I:' le.reign bt_ac~IB of · their owners. The two latest· vessels are the John B. Kulu, markets' own bran!J In -ordinary glass containers cost . as li~e as 41 kundiS .. and . the Rockland.;.-..---·--- - - - - - - cents ~or 16 ounces. So you· pay 40 cents for a shfi?r~ert ~· . B-'th shi- b h't . bein "Sizde" long bas sold us ~oducta ·suppos_et! . to have ·•-presttge •, like o ps rou~ prices menta with the courts cover r bigger than necessary 'just for transp~rtatton, and bottled toajcs low. the establish~ marke~ the ' settlement of crewmembera' for bearded .Ji;nglisbmen. ;Now the b1g ~use of "sinle" Is to sell us I V~lue. The. Kul~undis brought claims. "convenience''· foods and household- products. _ $200,000_ wlµle the Rockland sold - The courts' dispersal of money · . ·. . for $180,000. realized from the sale of both ; __ C!nvenienee Is SUll Costl)' · · .J:A.C~NVILLE - Sh 1 P ~ n g ,The John B. Kululrundis. for- ships should take place very . There · now are hutidr~~s of such ~tems in the supermarkets. ~me was f811' here - d~g tbe.1:88' two inerly owned and operated·_b¥ the shortly. ~his ~ows the list of do proVide genuine labor-saving.·at little or no extr~ cost, like frozen wee~ even th~ugh. ~tiVIty '!85 World Tramping Company, was •unsold ships bemg handled by the and canned juices and some of the Cake mixes. But for many otbers. ~~ed to. the serV1cmg °.f ships one of the sID-contracied vessels collfli to Uii'ee. Tfiey are the the extra charge is far out .of proportion· to .the convenie~ce. A survey 10. transit.. No payoffs or stgn ons that was tied-up because of money V~t Force. ~~w i~ Naples, the b'y a trade magazine, Food Field Reporter, foun,cj tha~ on the, average we~· reglStered. but. • t.otal of 17 owed by the ~mpaay. The crew vaµant Enterpnsc .10 Colom~. tou pay· 51 percent .more f~r "'convenience" producl;i. Wghest-extra ~~. called. reports Port Agent was rettim~ to_ the us from Ceylon, . and the Valiant Faith m Morris. Singapore ·thr9ugh Ute joint efforts Port Saul, Egypt. eharge found was !or tlte new Lest.are Bleach, pre-measure~ t.o. protide the ·correc~ amoqnt for one washer load. ~estare curt~ntly is .being . ~ Newsth of tlie SIU and the US Department .•--' - - - - - - - - - - - heavily promoted on TV. Footl 'Field Repor&er f!>µnd Jt ~ctuall)I' costs Moma . ~ re~ at con- of state. · '42 percent more than' bleach fOU measure out yourself. . tinped 9rgamzatlonal efforts were Rockland crewmembers-returned Make Checks • · , be~ .carried on 11111ong workers ~· Another new product for_ wb~cb you•pay a hig~ ..extra. P~_mium for on tugbUts, dreages and.-abore- t.o the us aboard the Rockland .. the sizzle of . convenience is foil~b8:.~. foods. Th• suddenb' ·haV'e be- side , maintenance 1¥0rltenr. The and landed her ;in Yonkers where· -'Seafarers mailing in checks eome big s~llers, . Each .foil or plas,tic -bag,..contains ~ . ~iyidual - ~v-. n:...t mee..:.... t.o. 0· ·e~o~-te a· co·n~ the s1u.. inimediately plasteJ:ed the u ham 'th ai in "·'---'l! "'"d a.u.'D wua o ,... or money t.o the Union . tng i>.f an1 a~eady-cvoked foo d li a.e · w1.. ... r s~ ·sauc.e, u....:u..,. - 't ract with the firm scheduled vessel for back wages owed. The t.o cover ord~rs due'S paymenta . are .' , doek witn .,,wme· sauce~., roast turkey.,'1D~a:t ~ .wJtll ~mato .p~~· ~d, for e~uer this w~ Rockland was .owned and operlo~~:- You need only P,Ut the ba' .t~boil¥jg. w,at~r for . ~184t to ~ourle-en ietvieed ill'. traiis~t were: ated 'by.. the North Atlantic Marine ~!:.4 =Y~~~!°: ~;n;~t-~&cg l,:'\'J • . ·: mlilutes. Thu~ you n_ e ither ~aV!i! ~ny prep,~ ration. 'work~nor pots to ~yb.; Rose Knot. ~m:pan · Hiteh (three Corporation. There were 25 SW Distrioi. _ I, , But· BO far you must pay a ·blgli ,price for this convel)lence. Fo~ ~Jr..: 'times);< Sward ·Knot (fwlee). Tim- cre~embers ~ · . Some Seafare~ have senf1n · ,. •mp\e, cooketl ham with raisin ·sauce co1Jts 3g ·cents fo~ ..a plasUe-bug~ lier • Httcb t (Suftilee)f · IUKihael . Barpba Beat. checks and mon'eJ orders hi the «our-oWlce, :PDftlon. ~, comparison, ordina!f bo~~tess t~a~-to-e~t, ~ Semm~ ~ ~i, . (Pall ~\tlan:. · T~ .modest· prices derived •from . namea of· individual Headq1W'' · tpsts .99 cents~ pound, ·or 2S"d1Jts f~r four ·ounces. and alSo. ellJ;iilDa~s tic>; -,~'Priumph"~r<Blue. Stack): the ..sale of thew sbi~ , fs, Iaid t.o . ters officials. Thia makes for a ~;. ".:, ·Cc>.okln,1. ~a if' ·you!te ope c:.of. these 1do·1t:.y outself ' fl'en~" you• ~: SeatratD Sa"ftllii~ ~attaln ···NeW: :the -1 1\imm· Qf ihlpi being pla~ roblelil in bookkeephig which I·~ UVe even· ~ol'.p 'by 1bUylilJ J,l~cooJied.11~~,,an~ COO~ - tt: -~ ) '.. ~ ·;,.:f·:.'"i"otk :~see'traift);.-: CUtiinl. (Cttiell -0n1 a-fQi:ffd sale· ~ · to·-make up :,... be avoided'. if checks are . Buylfig, 'th~, ·t!zzle of ~¥8nience· wi&iqµ~~~v,itlua~ · &be ·~:~:· ,. ~ S~mcert ·J;?~~~~JQe~: ~or - ~ :deb~S.IU· attorneys are maiie 'out to"the Union dll'ectJ¥. · ou'..t · '. 'a•much'"al ten ~e,·tqr···IO 1 f~'. ;. "· ?;?':' _.11,~tf ~~ (Waterman>~ ' · :.. . · ~ontmui~g :to _negotiate arra~ge· , ·· using fo scuttie ..5o-50" is that the Indus Basin project would be_ a joint eftort of several western nations, and consequently. the -United States might find it .difficult i 9 apply .. 50_50... requirements to carg~ shipments. _ °.L w. 1 be on Another TwQ Bankrupts. Knocked DoWn At Auction J·a.: x Repo' r 'f'_ s' . 1FQf•r A.C' f Jon • cars }fmu,m To 'SIU-AAG' was -Shies ~ )~ • . .. ~~ •. . \,.'_ • ,v ,· .lt . t.fG " . I • ~. . f. ! . ~ . jl ~ 1,,lf, I'~ If I ,, lli. 'rl .C. ~ :j ·*fl-11' \ -1)1. "W: ·Y. :•, ' ' �RE.4P.4llERS ,. ;Fishermen· Assail ..12'-Nlil·e · 'COm,;roltliSe' Qn··sea·.Limits -. Thomas F. Shea ••• 70 .- •• -The latest Seafarei: to':recelve approval for · . . SIU disabillty-pension ··b,neflts, Brpther Sllei came into seafax:ing back Ip 1940 from a rlva Jorm of transportation. He ·had 4'o>een a railroad -slgna_lman before deciding · to ship out with the SIU, .just in time for World War II. Shea sailed in the black - gang on s'1u 'ships and was last aboard tfie Paclficus ~ (Colonial Slifpping) during 1958 and 1959. Sufferjng from hardening of the al'teries, Brothel' Shea had to retire · from -Seafaring. H~ as •approved for the $35 weekly SIU disability-pension: .at the-April 5 . meeting of ··the trustees .of. the Seafarer.a Welfare Plan, after it was determined he had the necessa'cy seatime and other sUipdard requirements. Brother Shea is now taking life easy at his home in Jackson Heights, Long Island, . NY. . I -MA. .-O·k ays·· ~ _· Tran. sfer . - To. Peru Flc,g �"~ Stoking carbon in boiler ab61ard· Robin--llood · is John Ballman, FWT. - GYenn .Tenley, ..J)M (left) and EddiE! Becker, OS, stow life jackets on bridge. ,. Ammon Page, AB, brings fire axes to wheel hou.se for Coast Guard ~spection. ' Baring' the facts on food beef to Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Ed . Mooney and patrolman Charles Scofield is ship's delegate R. C. Barnes (white shirt) and (seated at rt.) deck delegate Steve Bergeria. Ernest Mulieri, oiier on Robin Hood, chec~ oil spring bearings on propellor shaft. His working space, shaftalley, is over 200 feet long ·and about seven feet wide. Chief cook .Bennie Crawford carves a ham aboard Robin Hood. ---·--·---SEAFARERS . ( ' ' ON·THE .JOB ·-·--·- ------ Waiting to catch 'a box of stores. on Mt. Whitney is Gus Ma1ensky, ,AB; the pitcher is Ralph Spid'eri, .AB. Looking on is John Sut,.. • cliffe, AB. Pedro Artega, third cook aboard the Mt. Whitney tearfully' p~els ap. · onion as he prepares noon meal. N ' 'B~inging stores,abo&:rd ~1tl{ s't eain win~hes are Cre~Irien ·;~.: Lai-.:. ·ti ~ '·:· uncoiling a ~ new mooi:mg li~e 1 f!len, AB (at left) ,and Al, Van'.' Dyke~ DM. The· Mt. Wliitney was · ·~ 1provb;ioning Jo~ "'a ·:52-da.y !lun· to Syria a~d b~cl~. -. . Breaking out a big tom turkey from the ship's reefer is William Barth, chief cook. which sn~kes its ~ay.into forepeak is George TaU\>irJ, .AB. , . . Pastries, pies and cakes. -go over big a.t meals or eoffee breaks. Baker Julian Dedicatori cuis pie. �Egypt:·: ·24 ·0,,Ys WithOut _1eav-e • ~i:De SIU ci::ewmem~rs- ~f- the ~ V~~ F._tth, whlch h~ been. tied:. uP. lli·Port. Said SJnce. February 11, arrived in New York~ week 'aboard the MSTS vessel Geiger• . The group reported they had been treated cordfally aboard the Geiger, and , another MSTS ·ship, the Crain, which+--- - - - - - - - - · took them from Port Said~ to Leghorn, Italy, but the ~e --------=------...;...-- . wasn't true for the 24 days they were hung up In Porl Said. During that whole per iod they were restricted to their ship. . The Seafarers were met by headquartJ?rs representatives and transported back to the Union hall where they received assistance in reaching their respect:ive . homes. They reported. they were restricted to the Valiant Faith for a total of 24 days in the Egyptian port. Durblood ba~k ~pptiea Seafaref'• or member•- of theif tamilf!?• ing that time, they went about t.okh blood anJ1t.Dhet'1 fn -the United SUUea. Seafuen CGft donate io their duties in a normal manner, . the : bank at the SIU cHnic fn Broolclllft. Lilted here are c& few ol ~ they. added, although fully aware Seafanm aM ot~!"• who haw donated to the blood bank. their services were, under existing conditions, for free. _ Cortadlne. Daalel A. JDol., .JGHpla The American consul ai Port Mcii.auhlln.. Tel'l'J' · PalesUno, ~ N'. Safd had · been in· contact ·several Yorlr. Terrill D. AbUllllO. Glonul times with the crew after they had i.oo..ar~ ~ Btariito ·originally requested repatriation, ~Olli lob T. a....,e;, PHI ·B. the men said. ·As the days d~agged Lewln9, ArnoW naer&Jr,. ~ D. on, the their patience was-wearing .lluibaci. Ban T.. Faaolt ~aim .thin because they-felt speedier ac. i'lclicerattt Jaelt Weahral'tli.. an- c. tion should fiave been for thcoming. . BeilDan, ltoHrt . KlYlblkl, OlaYI Y. &:-Valiant Faith crewmembers prepare ~ 'sign;· document · which After 24 days of restriction, the . . _ . . . I01epll -Tulor. Branhmd, Fraak·W. SineJiu; .J.-. · mt-n w'ere informed by the consul gives Union attorneys oiay to attempt tO rec:over their bcic:k that H llley would unload the Dehmte. Ernest " u.Ders~ ~ wag~ Standing are Robert Morrisftte and Kwing; .~oo Gee. . · CWUa1Dlo ~eoa , Mellala~ .J_. cargo, he would again try to get au., GerUdm .Jr. ,-O'Couar, Bdla. . . with outside world and have them shore leave. The skipper, overbearing, the Seafarers said. Shortly after tuinlng tO on the tlietr plflht made known to An.y. ~uk. SlaaleJ' ...... Aq.en Captain Arthur De Bozy, during OleJiaik. -JoHp)a DmrWa. 1. J - - P. the interim had become extremely cc.rgo, the crew wu informed by ·one. . It wu only · through .Ome Erck; Philip F. llUUlea, tbJe the consul that they had finally quic~-thfn:ldng crewmen that word been given permlsslon by Egyptian was passed to anoth~ SIU ship · Robe~. Lewis · ~• s~ authorities to go ashore. wh~ch happened to be ti~ up nearFol'• _P aal'B,oberl ~. W1lllMa B. Gfta'ory., Ric... . LaPlaca, NDlllle . ~ If a crewmember quits while The general anti-American · attl- by. a ship is iii port, 'delegates tude of the Egyptians .. was wit- .,.._..._ _...__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...,....,....,._..,. are asked to contact the hall nessed earlier by t~e crews of the ' immediately for . a ·replace- SS Westport, which· was virtually th · taken over by Egyptian police and t F t ti men · as ac on ·on eir part forced to lay at anChor near 'the will keep all Jolls aboard ship Su.ez Canal entrance ' for n-. d•""' fillei:I at all times and ellml~ '""' - nate the c~ance of the ship Under guard constantly, the· crew · sailing $hor thanded. was not only res,trlcted aboard, but ! was not allowed to ·communlcat~ ··ne sni 'bde• °'.,._ the Shorthanded? Pension ·Ou.•stions.·Clarified ;·; :1n-ExchQnge .of Letters · · ·- ------------1 _. for ship • • • for shore Whatever ·you .need, ,,. in work or dress gear, your SIU Sea Chest has it. Get t~p quality gear at ~ubstantial savings by buy· ing at your Union-o~ed ~d Unionoperated Sea Chest ~tore. ~ ~· # .. ...... • • �.SEA.PA.llEllS - ... / ..~The . Shame Of lt- A;ll~ Congress Certain .To Act On Medical Aid For Aged WASHINGTON-Despite a "hands-off,"\ non-committal 1>9licy by President Eisenhower, pressure is such that the issue of some kirid of Federal legislation on health insurance for the aged has becorhe t h e + - - - - - - - - - - - number one item facing Con- enal as older citizens, realizing gress this year. their political importance, have Because of medical science's progress, the number of the aged has increased from six million over 65 in 1930 to sixteen million today in the Unite_d States-and a survey taken . by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare indicates that- three out of four of older citiiens cannot afford. to paf for the care they would need if seriously' HI. Medical costs have also soared by 45 percent in the past ten Y.ears, more than twice as much as .the over all cost-of-living ~~ ~9ted by t))e Consqmer Price Index. - The most important plan offered in the field of care for the aged is 'the Forand Bill, currently being pigeon-holed by "the House Rules Committ~e. Introduced by Rep. Aime Forand <Dem.-Rhode Island) it would de'al with the problem with compulsory Federal insurance, operated within the framework of the. Social Security Act. Rep. Forand is currently seeking to get a discharge petition which would enable him to pull the bill out of the committee's control and have the House vote upon it. The measure would provide insurance covering 60 days of hospital care, or 120 days of combined hospital ·and nursing home care, together with surgical benefits tci those eligible for old age insurance benefits. Several Republican bills have now been thrown into th~ hopper, as the Republicans, realizing the explosive nature of the issue, are trying to "get in on the act." The Republican measures ~re all based on voluntary programs and private insurance schemes. Their proposa'l s have been attacked as being_ almost as expensive as the Forand Bill provision and seem rather impractical. The. mail has been just phenom- Last month, Jimmy Hoffa ·flew down to Puerto Rico to take perSQl}al charge of an attempt to defeat the SIU Puerto Rican Division as representatiye of truck driv~rs at Valancia-Ba~t trucking. · ~ 1 Initially, acting under Hoffa's orders: the Teamsters used the Taft-Hartley: restrictions on union' security clauses as· a means of gettin,g an electio~ in the company. Then, after the SIU Puerto Rican Division had defeated him 106 to 64, Hoffa ran .in to the National · Labor · Relations Board with .:raft - Hartley, Landrum - Griffin charges of "intimidation" and· '"terrorism" against the SIU. At the same time, Hoffa -has made a formal hook-up with Harry Bridges, the head of the West Coast International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union on th~ West Coast. ·"Seafarers know Bridg~s well as the number one ene~y of. the SIU ot North America on two counts: One, his consistenf support of Communist objec-· . tives on the waterfront and, two, his repeated raids against SIU of North Amerfoa · · affiliates on the .West "Coast: It was the SIU Pacific District which, despite Bridges' best efforts, ·finally-dis- ' lodged pommunist-dominated unions from . West · Coa~t ships, a.nd it is the. SIU Pacific Dis.trict wliich -_ has always .been. the bar.t·i~r to Bridges and the waterfront ·section of the Communist Party, keeping ,them from . their lon&" .range obj.e~tiv.e of ·seizing eon~r<>~· of"\Y~st Co~st mar1ti1n:e. ·· · Copsequently, whenJloffa forms "an a~- · ._ Jiance with Bridges, as fax:. .,as SI.UNA · is con~~rn~d .., i t rnean:s he .i,s· te·aming UP' w~th" . ,. I pro-Communist groups in maritime to help thent further that objective. The reaction of the :Pacific District is clear. .It will fight this challenge rig~t -down to the wire. ·..Ed 'furner, secretarytreasurer o{ the Marine Cooks and Stewards Union, one of the three unions in the · District,_ put it this way in his report to his · last- headquarters mem.tiership meeting: "I recommeJ?.d that we take the position tonight . that we support _the SIU Puerto Rican division 100 percent and let everyb9dy know our ~eeling ab<;mt the unholy pact· between the Teamsters ... and the ILWU and that we notify the legitimate labor movement that we do not con- . done the raiding tactics of this unholy group." . The MCS, of course, is the union wbich, with the invaluable assistance of the Sailors Union of the Pacific and the ~arine ·Firemen's Union, def~ated Bridges' Jast attempt to retain ~ foothold on West Coast ships. ·It is undoubtedly the number one target · of · Bridges' plans. As far as the J>uerto Rico situation is concerned, the SIU has been active in the tr,u cking field there for· many years by virtue of the fact that maritime workers . were the first union groups on the island. Further, since ihe ouster of th~ Teamst~rs by the AFL-CIO, the SIU .has been in~tructed by the Federation ·to retain it~ jur~sdict.ion in the ti:ucking field., The SIU ftilly-intends to continue to hold. the Fed.erat,fon"~ position and . to protect the best interests of tpe Pue~to "Rican \yqrkers who w~t the .SIJJ1 ss th~il" collecti'!'e bargaining I rep1:esentati':ve. . .. . . . . ' . '...... ~ ;':.: _·'·' been deluging their Congressmen with requests for adoption of a J?rogram of old-age insurance. Fighting the measure, with the cry "socialized medicine," are the organizations who have been tu.rnlog illness into profits ••• namely the American Medical Association, the various insurance companies, and the NAM. Navy Plans Missile Ship Conversions WASHINGTON _ Underscoring its announced intention 'to take over all special-purpose operations, such as the missle ranges, the Mili~ tary Sea Transportation Service has announced it is converting a reserve fleet Victory ship into a missile tracker. The freighter is ttie first of a "number" of ships it intends to put into service on the missile range, manned by Navy or MSTS crews. ·. MSTS has repeatedly refused to permit private ship operators to ·bid for the missile range assign.;. ments, despite the fact that the SIU-contracted Suwannee steamship Company has been operating successfully on the Atlantic missile range for some time now. The MSTS determination to take over special purpose service is believed to reflect . the organization's conczern over cutbacks in regular cargo and passenger ship operation~cutbacks coming in part from the coµiplaints of private operators and marine unions about Government-operated ship competition. At the same time, private ship operators· are· seeking a larger share of the carriage· of mi'litary MOBILE-Though the --outlook personnel and their dependents due for tlie la9t period in this port had to the fact that after next June been i;)egged· as slim, several ships they will have no contracts for this called here and almost every man trade, and no assurance by the who desfred employment got it, re-, Defense Department that.'t~ey w~ll ports Louis Neira, agent. The fore- be able to further participate m cast for the upcoming two weeks is this traffic. for more· of the same, as 14 ves-: . The operators are watching a sels have indicated they will call· measure sp9nsored by Rep. Herbert here, adds Neira. C. Bonner <Dem., NC) which And to keep the future outlook would set aside $11,000,000 for the on the rosy side, the Keever Ideal, purpose of procuring commercial which is in the process of being passenger sea transportation servconverted from a tauker to an ore ice on American flag vessels. carrier, is expected to tak~ on 11 Last year congress earmarked full crew_ around May 1, 1t wa~ $85,000,000 for civil and commeralso ~nou.nc.ed. . ,ciaf air reserve. ·This resulted in Ships h1ttmg here durmg the divertfng traffic away .Jrom the last two weeks for se:rvice, payoffs ocean carriers. or sign ODS wertt: Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Roamer, Alcoa Ranger, Alcoa Pioneer (Alcoa>;. Monarch of the Seas, · LaSalle <Waterman); Steel Architect ·<Isthmian); Claiborne The Post Office Department <Waterman); Antinous <Waterman), has requested that Seafarers and Del Mundo <Delta>. and their families include postal z 0 n e numbers in sending changes of .address into the LOG. The use of the zone number will greatly speed the flow of t he mail and will facllitate delh'cry.' . Failure to include the zone number can hold up delivery or' the paper. The LOG 11 now in the process of zoning its entire mailing list. ,... I Mobile .Has . Rosy Future , Put llostal Zone On LOG Address . _ • • I e I c,. • .~ ._ J J, J. �_s.aiar.r .~•ks gave us a donation of $66 to be split between use so that we would have -ipending money for _the pqrfs that the yesseli To the Editor: . would call in before returning AJ>out that aritcle by Gotts- to the States. chaik a .'While back, in regards We arc. very grateful for , to homesteading -on a ship • . • • everythiqg they did for ' I us It sure bit tlie spo't and the truth. You get aboard one or while we were aboard. It makes more year.s and they feel they us 'proud to have known them own the ship or .have a mortgage and to reall7.e. ·also that there is on n~111ber 6 hold. They get all still such things as "The the time off and they keep tell- Brotherhood of the Sea." Boward B. Bane1' ing you It's this way and . has wat&er Stovall been for the past year or so, or i ~· o\; ' woru to that effect.. .SEIFIRERS II DRYDOC One-Year Rule - .,t In the Norfolk area; ariiong the Seafarers CtUTent1Y laid up' are Seafarers Hen~ BJOtk, Beams Cahoon, Rufino G. Camantipe, Lel'OT J. ; - - - -.- - - _.- -_- - - lones, James E. llo&'ers.. ·and Benrf J. Robin. SIU, A&G Distrid Bjork was hospitalized for obse1Wation and , an operation on his SECRETARY-TRLUURJ:a head. His skin breaks out in lumps· and the doctors are tr)1ng to find ASST. SE~~~TREASUJfDs the cause of this. He last saUed as ·an AB 1>0 the Jean Lafitte. w. BalL Deck c. SJmmou. Ena. Cahoon, who last sailed as an oiler on the Thetis, broke his left arm lil. Mooney. Std. J. Volptan. .JQID,!.,,_ In an auto accident and _Is currently undergoing tr.eal!Den~. and making HEADQUARTERS .•• . 6'15 4&b AH.. _..,, .. BALTIMORE . ... . .•. 1218 & Bal~re...!!; Earl Sheppard. Aten'\ · SAlte1'D ,.._..., BOSTON ..••••••.•••••••••. ~278 . ttate . St._ John Arabuc:z. Actlna Atent . • BicbmODd 'J..Oltq HOUSTON . ••. , •••••••..... '202 Canal St. ft. MlilthH'L A.pqt <L~!!lt9l ~; 3-4Q!K MIAJll .... : ....... :-.• :H4 w. ll'lqler St. · ·Ben Gonzale.. Alent FRanklln 7·338t • 110Blt.B..• • : ....•.• 1-Soatb Lawren ce ~ Low. Neira, Aient ~ HEmlock · · .,,. NEW ORLEANS ..•••••.. 1113 Bienville St. lJndaley Williama, Agent Tulane 88:18 ' NEW YORK ....... 675 4tb ATe., Brooklyn BYacinth tMl800 NOJU'OLK ••••••••.•••••• '18 Colle7 AH. . Robin Rogers Camantigue Cahoon Paul Gonaorc:hlk. Aetlna Acent . . . KAdlaoD '7·1083 prqgress. Camantigue, a utility man whose· last ship was l~e Pe~n PBILADICLPIDA .••.•••• .;. .131 llar_.t St. S. CUd1illo. Asent Market 7·1135 Transporter. was hospitalized for observation. SAN l'BA.NCISCO .. ; ••••• GO HirrUoD St. , Jones burned his left leg with a cigarette ~nd the leg bec!IJll.e Walter ' stbleJ:, Acent Doullu l-4tQI fected. His condition is not serious however and he expects to be SANTUBC&. q .. 13IS Fernandes June-. 2 17 Jn.. back with his buddies in the near future. Rogers, who -sailed last as Kel~ Terpe~ Bq. S.p. · Phone~ an OS on the Mount Whitney, has a heart ailment and is responding 'JACKSONVILLB . llllO 1lalD St.. Room aoO William MbrrU. Alent • ·-..m .,._., slowly to treatment. _,, . SEATrLE ..•...•..•...••••. 2505 i.t Ave. Robin .suffered severe injuries in an automobile accident, in "which Ted Babltowdcl. Alen& JlalD 3-ta:M he r~eived com~und fractures on bis leg and caved in .some ribs~ WILMINGTON, Calif ..... I05 llarlne AH. He will be able to get on ~cbes in a few \iveeks but. will be hos- Reed Humphries, ~eat TenDinal '-2528 pitalized for some time. He was a cook and baker on the Cities ServSUP • ice Miami his last time out. • · eoNoLVLu .•.. soaih:- Nbbita e1owa1 - · · PBone llOl-"m Seafarers -On the' beach or off their ships on shore leave should Olll&ANS ........ 1123 BlenYIUe St. take time out-to visit their ' buddies in the hospital. A visit or. a letter· ' ·· Jaebon ll-7m 175 Mb Ave., 'Broo'1;vDfrom shipmates is ·aiways appreciated by Seafarers coqped up in a lios- NEW. YOBK .••••••• RYaclDtb 9-8605 \ n pital. USPHS HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL MANHA'IT~ BEACH BALTIMORE. MARYLAND BROOKLYN, NEW YOFK Theodore Aleck B. Jagondzin&ld Santiago Laurent Berger Bergesen · Frederick M. Leeds Matthew Bruno John J. Driscoll Primltvo Muse Ben. L. Bone Getti9 LighUoot Bart E. Guranick Henry B. Smith Louis A. Brown B. M. Singleton ' John J. Hazel Almer S. Vicker1 Gaetano "Buseiglio James StogaldJs Sidney Day Francis X. Sullivan William D. Kenny J..><?n P ; Wing ' John W. De Vaux Frank W. Taylor . SEASIDE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Gecald L. ~wards ' Edward Trainer LC)NG BEACH, CALIFORNIA Eddie S. Game William W. Walker Howard C. Oberg Jesse V. Grimes H. C. Winslow . -· USPHS HOSPITAL F!o;yd J. Griffis ,.... ' . FORT WOl\TH, TEXAS VA HOSPITAJ,. Frank E. Andei'son Woodrow Meyen BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Richard B. Appleby Max Olson Maurice Flynn B. F. Diebler Peter· W. SoUre George Doherty USPHS HOSPITAL' SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA VA. HOSPlT AL . B. L. Harnden Jack E.- Smith CENTER HOT SPRINGS · C. G. Haymond Lloyd J. Thomas SOUTH DAKOTA E. H. Huizenga David. L. Williama C. C. Womack Leo Rondario · US SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL W ASffiNGTON 25, DC BRIGHTON, MASS. W. H, Thompson James B. King TRIBORO HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL PARSONS BLVD. & 82 Dl\IVE GAI.VESTON, TEXAS JAMMCA 32, LONG ISLAm> Pat H. Jones · . Henry P. Meyer• James Russell - H. A. Laumann Denis Skoukas VA HOSPlTAL · . ' USPHS HOSPITAL KEC9UGHTAN, VIRGINIAST ATEN ISLAND, NY JoSeph Gill . Oscar J. Adams Thomas Beggarly USPHS HOSPITAL . Joseph Blake Ju::n Hernandez ·N»W ORLEANS, LA. Robe rt W . ~unner Ant<>ne E . •Jnhnsnn Jamea C. Allen Edward o. ,Johnlon Grt:gorio Caraballo Luciano Labrador T. E. Andrews Edward Knapp. · Alfredo Cedeno Thomas Lauer William E. Aplin ·Leo H. Lang John T. Corinier Thomas R. Lehay 1 James E Belcher Clyde R. Legett 1 James ft . Egan Joann.is t.oukas Accurso Bontl Wlillam B. MilllleJ' Ramolje N. Elliott . John A. Muehleck Rlcha"rd Chazarra Louis W. Peed Jarnes · M. Elwell William· C. - Murphy Virgil L. Coash ~ Eugene G. Plahn . .Jose D. Escobar Pietro Paulin Donald Dambrino - Wi.lllam E. Roberti Geurge Fiance G. A.' ·stravarldes Angelo D'Amico ~arles Robinson ~ Augustus Francis Jose Toro • Jact H. Gleason Robert «utledge J. A. Grbac }Villiam A. Turk .., · Charles Hablghorst Charles Summerell Arthur Wilfert . Eugene R. Hall Whitten Hammock Ferdinand Y. Vigo·· John Hawkins · · ~Harry Hammond Luther E. WIDS _ · B. R. ,HugginS' ~ USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VIRGINIA VA HOSPITAL Henning Bjork Leroy J. Jones NEW ORLEANS, LA. J. W. Blankenship Thomas 0. Melton Richard J. Sullivan SAILOR SNUG HARBOR HOSPITAL . H . H. Broughon Steven E. Purifoy STATEN ISLAND, NEW TORK Dennis Cahoon Henri J : Robin, Jr. Thomas Isaksen - , Rufino Camantigue James E. Rogers MT. WU.SON STATE HOSPITAL John L. Grlffin MT. WILSON-DAL'rlMORllCO. t!SPHS HOSPITAL MAB'liLAND. " , SAVANNAH, GEORGIA Louis Cevette E. R. Lindenmuth George Davis Reamer C. Grimes Ernest H. Webb VA HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL OTEEN, NORTH CAROLINA SEA'ITLE. WASHINGTON Joseph J. Bass Edward E. Edinger James C. Mitchell VA HOSPITAL ' Cecil -111 .Gray Chin C. Woq · HOUSTON, TEXAS Georgo B. Little R. J. Arsenault PORTLAND •••••••••••• JU· SW Clay SL · CApltol 3-4331 SAN FRANCISCO •••••••• '50 Hlll'riMD St. Do~• a.-8313 SEATl'LE .. .. .............. l!505 19' Ave. Kain J.0280 WILlllNGTON •••••••••. ll05 Marine Ave. · Term!Dal 5-6817 -MC&S . , _. ~ HONOLULU .••. 51 South Nimitz . mghway · PHone 5-1714 NEW ORLEANS . .•••••• 5Z3 Bienville St. RAmond T-428 NEW YOBf; •••••. 8'111 4th Ave .. .Brook17n HYaclnth ~ PORTLAND ............. 211 SW Cla' St. , CApltol '1·3222 SAN FRANC-JSCO ••••••• 3® 'io'remont St. E:.Xbrook 7-5800 SEA'ITLE . ••• •••••••••• •":2505 - ' lit .Ave. MAln 3-0088 WILMINGTO!'I' •••••• • : • •• 505 Marine 'Ave. TErminal 4-8538 Grea! Lak«tS _District • m ruvor st. ™~.ra • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • iii-:mwood f..3616 • T ......~.. ....-... BUFFALO. NY ••••••-........ 914' Main St. ~ GRant 2728 ci.EVELAND ••••• :. •••• '!-.1420 Y'/. 25 St. ' llAln 1.0147 Dl:TLUTH .......... : .121 W. Superior St. · . Phone: Randolph 2.fllO FRANKFORT, Mich. ....... . PO Box 28'1 '. ELifn 7-2441 Mil.WAUKEE · .•.•.•.• 833 S. Second Ave. • lHloadway 2-3039. RIVER ROUGE .. 10225 'w . .Jeffers<in, Ave. · lllch. . ·- vinewood 3-4741 SOtJTB cmCAG0 ....... 9383 Ewin• Ave. • · ,. SAglnaw 1'°733 T9LEDO .•••••••••••••••• 120 JS~mit St. · . CHerry 18-2431 . Canadian Distrid ' FQRT· WILLIAM .••• : •••. 408 Slnipson St. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 HALIFAX. N.S •••.• ~ .... -~~ii Bollis _ St~ · ' ·PJione 3-8911 MONTREAL .••••• 634~ St. James ~t. ~est . . VlctOr. :Z:SJBl QUBBEC ~ •••••• ; •• ~ Sault·att·Mateltlt . ·, , Qaeoee · x.Afont.elne •3.1580 THOBOLD. Ontario .. .. .... 52 ·st. ·David :St. " . .. . CAnial 7-5212 TOBONTO. , Ontarfe> ••.••• ,2'12 King .St. £. . - . l!:Mplre '4-5'119 ST. JOHN, NB , •. ; 1'17 Prlnca.Willlam St. · To the.Editor: I would W.:e to express my ·sincere apr.reciatlon to the Seafarers . International Union tor their coopet·ation and assistance when t berame tbe beneflcfary of Mr. Marcelino Soto's InsurAU letttt• to the editor for .. ance benefit. publication. in the SEAF.ARI would · also like to th'lnk ERS LoG mat ·be dgned bu the 1Drlter. Name1 wm - Mr. Joe Campj>, here in Phtla.. ··~ tDithheld upon request.. _· delphia (or his efforts, in help.~ng me. ' , ~. "Of ~ courie we . .fellows who Mn. Alda Duran o\; ·' t.. i have been going to sea 30 years , or more, as I have, don't know port from starboard aa· far as they are concerned. After all, Says ,.~ some of them are ~ the mate's To th~ Editor: boys and of course the first ones For several yell'tl certain t.o set time off. groups in - Washington have As Gottschalk ·mention about been kept buay pulling the ru1, some Unions with seven months from under the seafaring pop-· and one year deals, ·if th~se fel- ulation by pe~ftlng tJle steaciY· lows cannot take these .vaca- transfer of US vessels to flags, tions ,they should forfeit it. In of_convenJence, or' allowing our 'the MMP you have to take your foreign afd to be dispatched in vacation every year. · · foreign bottoms. As long u I have been go~ng _ Vnfortunately so~e brothers to sea two months is the longest pay little or no attention to this \ I have- ever been on any ship very seriou.8 matter uptil such and that is long -enoµgh. times .as they come face to face In conclusion let me say it with a blank slili;ping board · cl'.eates a shipping turnover. while in' n~d of w.ork .• :JioW- IQ3PY times have you heard the expression a "new crew . Here in Baltimore we at·e brings ·better understanding," very fortunate to . be represented In , Congress With· the ·~hich _ means everyone starts high intellect of Hon Edward• from· scratch. So let us have a A : Garmau of ~ Maryl8nd · 3rd one year ruling, I think there Congression11l District. Becawie • wPl be better hnrinony that way. this ,. distlngulshed··· gentleman These hom~steaders never has an outstanding record . of ~ake a 1iel~gate s job, but when cooperation with unions in af-. a 1;11eeting 1s over,. they p~pe 1:1P '· fairs or· tl1~ maritime industry, and say Jt sh~uld De t~ way · I urge ,his constituents to re- · and .that way. elect . him to 'Congress in 't he ' One year, _get _!>ff .and take May 17 prltrtaries. . __ your_vacation. It is being done In other maritime unions. And Those- ~ho arc not .i:egistered do you 'know of tnY Unions-· MacyJa~d vot~rs but are · o~ the wh.ere you' can collect your vaca- ~ac~ 1 ~ Baltimore can still be . tion pay and stay on the job at · a .,valuable.. help in _re,tu~ing _the- same time so as/ to collect R!P· Garmatz .to_ Congress. Volyour wages? .qntqers whQ · pass out his ca':11Georre- Hardinl' paign literature or urge reg1s~ . o\; o\; , ,, . tered voters use · the polls ·. can proudly feel they have contriputed somethin·g ,t o t~e better interest and .well being . of au ·w1u>'" san the htgh '. seas on American .v~ssels~ To the Editor,: We would like· vecy much to · James . E~ Chew· 'express . our heartfelt thanks to ~ . ;t:. .t; tlle . officers .and _crew. of the National Maritime Union's contraCted-sbip Attleboro · Victory . 5 · f - i Wif (Prudential Steamship Co.) for ' · S the wonderful treatment they To the ~tor: , : . " . . ... ext~nded to -us dµring our reTli~re are . just no words to · turn trli> from · Alexandria ~xpr~ss ~o. the.· Sttr Welfare Egypt,. to ·t he United· States". ,.,. ' Plan··o_ui' thiµi~ ~for· Its assfstTtie ~ompanr that owhed the·' ance to.. us, · especf&lly whe~ we ship we were sailing, th.e SS we~e -1~ need of it. . " Valiant . Faith, went.. 'bankrupt ' Recently my"wife wa.s rushed - wh,n ~e vessel -.'!al . In 1l'ort . _to the ~osplU,.l • and ., tt· h_ad .satd, Egypt.- an(i ,'t;h\t crew was · no~ been for the SllJ W'elta,re. · then· being repatriatedl back to Plan would have been sunk · the.,. S~teis on · an~: av~~l,a~le •• .• · 8o ~e c~not tb@nk._Hu_': -America, :ih•p ~hat· .t ouched llJ, enough ,foi: th! 1].elp ~e receive~ t or., near. that p~r:t. . ~· . from the -P~n,.,, · tn paying olll'. . . W' wer,, t~en to AleJ:Cattdl!ia· hospital and doetor b~. · · . ' .•D:d ~ put ab~111rc;t the·.,~s ·A:ttle- ·.. lt .ta. a t~ t~· iywe:, a' · bciro tf~tow- a9~ 1~fQm the. vezy " Union ~ospital w,e~are1 Pl•nJ1>r~ first, daY "~e Jwere . treated with ' the men and their (alij.lliesr ...we. '~~- and: r.especf .by evecy; · also w~h- to send our thanq to· meniber·~~f \t~~.:ci;_ew. ..•: - ~ : ' ab~ •rl'(o~lJe ,i;tf· f~r theit~'Y~fk'. Th&.' members.·1 ~f the " crew ·1Jt-. ltelptn1--\ls'J to ol>tatn the · .~ . o~cl. c~~are~~, :· ~t,e .~for· us. · 1,lstarice ..we ·"P.e,~~;·•wh~~.,- ~e . ....e~cp_"*1:'°'•· tt~. !!P"J>~ che1t. o~~ed, : ~eea~'.'.~t· !'. '.,., .... / ..~; .:~·.-· _. ' Elect Garmatz, S_ e afarer to Seafarers Prai&e . . ._,MU: Crew _· ·. · .. " . . . '" ox 2·5'31 VANCOVVIB. BC .• ._ ........ 198 llail1 . 8t. M10W BALTillORJ: ••••. Ult · Ealt Baltimore st. EAstem 7·3383 HONOLVLU ••• •118· North NJmJtz m1hwu PHone 5'8077 NEW ORLEANS .••••••. 1123 Bienvllle St. · ' ·. · • JJAcnoUa ·0t04 NEW YORK •.• •••••••• 130 Gre!ln;rtcb St .,.. .COrtland '7•7084 POBTLAND •••••l" .... sa NW Everett St: ' . · _ CApltol >'JJVl-B SAN PBANCISCO: Second St. • ......... • . , . ..uo· DOUJJaa, :Mll92 SAN PBDRO............. 1118: Wut 'Ith st'•· -. .. . TErmlnal .M41i5 ·SEA'ITLJ!: •••• •• •• ••.• • .1333 · Wftlern Aft.'. ~\ Letters To Tffe ·Editor· Welfare Plan· Rates Thanks llAID , S-41311 Plan Aids ea arer e w,,. , great .~.~4"!~,~~-~~)c~~ ., ~~.. ~.;W 5 - :B!»e.~.-~.-.~a H•.: ~JW~ . .:,_ 1~f.~ . ... ~ ~~~~~~~~..........-..~'.~~~~ I .-•, ~ ( -,1"+; <4 - J} . ... l. '").... ,, l . ''· I: I ~ . ; ~~. .1 •• jf; 'T _, �• LOG-A-RHYTHM: llln®M °'2rWIE < . . ~WIIIP~ - ~1r -:~!Elt~ . Far . East Meltif!,g Pot ..__ _ _ _ _ _ By FLOREN WEINTRAUB _ _ _ _ _ ___. .... Part Chinese lady from Macao quite near cOm.munist hillSides Given to thought in her teacups how she has much to cry Tree At.Sea ment was ship's delegate Lake Ciamboll, who said .. upon hearihg of. the victory over the Coe Vict,oey: "We have just begun to paint •.." Frbm aloft, nestled amid var ied foliage and birds-eye view To Tiger Baum 10-story obelisk seen from coolie shacks b~low The m~u on the Jean Lafitte had a Christmas tree to !Cheer up their celebrations ,ast year, which was bought with . money t t t "out of his own. pocket" by chief steward Nieboll1 Hatciml-108, Appeal To The known to the crew as Pete • Hoggie for short. He wanted • Suprem.e Court things to be "just like at home" Seafarers have to put up with and crew -was sure grateful for all kinds of thit)gs ln the cou'rs·e the lit tle extras he went out of of a voyage . • .. it's all part of hi$ way ' to · get thl m.- The· • the business of-sailing and being _ pfiotos just recently .·arrived at away from .the conveniences of LOG office. ordinary life . ·•. But according to a report from the Wacosta's r~cordlng secretary Vernon Ball, there was one straw that broke the proverbial camel's back .that had . the men up in )l.rms, and toothpicks. It seems that ·the bologna and salami was being served · unpeeled, and that's too much, so the9men appealed to the cooks to repeal whatever unwritten law .of . the sea they had passed ind asked them to serve the salami and bologna peele~. t t Or to frequent the docks in Kowloon in BJ)Tawling Yaumati Hop-heads, basket-weavera, beggars and hatchet murde.rer can buy Painted ladies from brothel dens. Others of ill fame Adorn . corners as do piCkpockets, chiselers stalking their game. . I Mongre}.8 from far off lands..will be found in old' Honfikono Of varied stores and-rackets, weird deals, fake pasSports, a aong For a price-11et the lady i h question, buyer for a Shanghai firm,, To flee when Communi.!ta took over, for flame of hatred burm; From tyranny and devastation, confiscation of property, bank funds The war-of neroes ha a peace}ul solitude for out' Confucius' sons 'Neath bamboo ahacks duck pondi charcoal.burners and rice bread Lasting memory of thi.! tDriteT-, whQ talked with those who fled. ~ ., . t i - t Texmar Tall Tai.es ' • BOOM No Rejoicing Pete Hoggie, chief steward cm the Jean Lafitte, flashes a broad smile- beside the Christmas tree he bought for his crewmates on the Je(ln Lafitte. • On The-Fellore: ~ Fruit-juice lovers are not rejoicing on the Ocean Joyce .because of a shortage of oranges, as 'well as milk and many other items ... The vessel' ran out of oranges seventeen days out at sea and the men · were outraged, reports meeting secretary Kl!bersid ~ • • Also, there was a discussiQn on the price -of playing cards, which for some reason are exorbitant. I -seafarer - "Rusty'~ Thompson, Alcoa PHgrim, in front of that tourist's mecca, the leaning . tow~r. of Pisa. Nothing ii . so peaceful as a · the crew considerably from top. ship at ·s ea-the soft murmur side down to the watch in the of waves slipping gently against en gin~ room . the hull, the occasional mutterAs it turned out, the evidence ings of the card-players ln the pointed to some unidentified messroom, . a romantic tune prankster who bad set off a firecracker just foi: kicks. Howemerging from some Seafarer's radio ... ever, the crew <ttdn't think it That's the way· it must have was funny, and at the next ship. board me.eting voted that any- been recently on the Feltore <Marven> as it was plodding one . caught shooting off fire,along its assigned route. Sudcrackers should be brought up before the membership denly ~ere was a loud boom which echoed and reechoed up Since then, the firecrackerand down the passageways, · in · jokester has ~een discreetly ·a'nd out of the foc'sles and silent. The irate men . who e eveey other corner of the midsleep was disturbed might have ship house. - some rough- and ready justice waiting f•;t him. , Th~, it ls believed, shook up Si-mule-ated Moustache Things are running smoothly aboard the TeXmar repo"fts meeting secretary· E. J. Berg', who reports . that there are no . ' beefs but lots of fishes . • • "We have some cha~pion fishermen aboard," he notes ... .including a bosun who whistles "a happy 'tuna," an AB who fishes "just for . the halibut," an OS . with 1 "an ugly octopus," a member- of the. black gang who bears no "eel feelings" against any man, and many other virtuo~os of ·the rod, reel, hook and worm. A Some members-of the steward d~partment on the ·Jean Lafitte take a moment -from . their Christmas din• . I· n'er preparations -to pose . for a snapshot. They are (I. to r.) A. Fernandez, chief I cook;-Juan. Colpe, 3d cook: and· Pete · Hoggi~, chief steward. · .~ t '$ . t Wf! Ha~e Just t to to · Hot Sauce On Alice Brown Seafarers are breathing f.fre on the Alice Brown .•• or so reports J. c. Campbell, Jr. the meeting chairman aboard • ·• • . The seafaring dragons belch -· smoke and such because every once..in-'a-while someone puts Begunhot seasoning In the ·food wi.th ~fter: a- two-year delay, the a lieavy hand ••• the men peti. Seafarers a board the Coe Vic- tiontd for a st.ay of spicing, tory finally managed to get the ·which they were grante4 and · interiors of the vessel painted now are free to ~lee for them- . • • • At .t he head of this-·move-. ~ .selves. ' . . ;... WERE: A1'M.VRP/-HS · &>Af!.DING HO~ f · �.... l'oar&eea >. I Sea Rescue ITllL VINDOR ' (lltl1111len), Aprll f -Chelrm•11t a. •roc1erlclc1' lecretery, lterk. Ice water fountain• have been fouled up·for th• lut few trlp1• Motion made that thll be put . ID tun• ~ order .once and for all. Crew ex• prHHI their reireta ·that Captain Mecklem had to. leave the. ahlp for an operation Stateside, Captain Spence Aid he would, payofr only _the worka• way and Brown, on artlval. in the St&tf!•· Cautioned crew to have a 1ober and 1mooth payoff. Some ells· puted OT. It ls requested that the NY hall acknowledge ship'• radlosranii. Ship ii In need of ...JI new washhif machine or a complete 1et of 1pare .parts. Cooperation 11 aakecl when ualnf headl. •m .QUick Work Saf!es Swimming Seit/arer "Today at 0755, April 9, 1960, the ·cry that all seagoing men fear ·r ank out ... "MAN OVE;RBOARD' ." . . The ship was the Margaret M. with an SIU crew· abolU'd, and Seafarer Dougias Patter-·..---·- - - - - - - - - son BR, had fallen overboard. William Omelancyck, AB; Oscar All' h a n d s immediatedly Raynor, AB; Alfred Gerber, AB; rushed tQ their boat stations as the Thomas Harman, AB; a.nd Ebor general alarm was sounded. At Duxbury, AB. 0810 the man was spotted about 300 yards off to starboard. The emergency crew wa's in the No. 2 lifeboat and way llway at 0833. He was picked up at 0839 alive, but weak and suffering from shock. By · 0915 the rescue boat was aboard the ship and the saved man was in the ship's hospital. Many thanks go to Captain Stanley Funk, in charge of the operation on the bridge, who brought the ship around as close as possible to the in the water. Wiper Is.aak Bouzin saw the man in the water and gave the alarm. He no doubt deserves a lot ·of credit for the successful rescue; for if he had not seen .the Seafarer in the water, it would have been a few hours before the man was missed. Others participating in the rescue were: C. B. Howard, chief mate; M. J·. Carter, second mate; man Quitting Ship? Notify U.nion A reminder from SIU headquarters cautions all Seafarers leaving their ships to contact . the hall in ample time to allow the U ::ion to dis.: .uch a repl<t ~ ;iment. Failure to give notice before. paying off may cause a delayed sailing, force the ship to· sail short of the manning re- · quiremeilts and needlessly make ths· work tougher for your ship· ~ates. Isaak Bouzin, wip«!,r aboard the Margaret M., •hbppened to notice Douglas Patterson; BR, overboard and raised the "man over.board" alarm. Quick work by the captain and the life. -boat crew e n a b I e d Cl spee;Jy rescue. SHIPBOARD SKErCHE$ by Ben Graham MAllYMAll (Calmar), Aprll S-Chiiilf# man, G.· Walter1 Secretary, T ._ ll. Prise._ Everything rutintng mioothly. Repair• to be done on shill. Thanks to deck department for iine coopera· . tion in makinf the VO¥afe a amootb one. One man taken · off ahlp while bunkertna In Pedro. Man hoBJ>ltallzed ·and there was no tune to obtain a replacement. One man ho11pJt.allzed tn Eureka. Replacement came from 'Frisco. Vote of thankl. to atewarcl departll)ent. ... --- ZEPHYRHILLS <Pan Amerlcen Over• 1111 Corp.), April 5-Chalrman, Thom• H F. Hllh Secretary, · Herbert C. Jill' tlce. Check to be made refardlnf payoff and overtime. Recent notl~e• Pl!!C!!!J on bulletin boards will. be strictly compiled with regardlng the brlnglnf on board of alcobollc bever· aires. Replacement list · should • be turned to the ship's delegate by the aftern.ooil of April · 6. Ship's. fund 1tands at 110. No beefs and no dls· -puteci OT. Motion wa1 made that New York be co,ntacted to see that proper repairs be made to galley ranges ·and lee boxes. All members w,ere re· quested to keep away ·from the patrol· man until each delegate bas Anlshed with fheir respective buelness: A ques· · tlon of p.Jirlodlc payoff was brought up and a ntlllon was made l\Dd sel!on!led to retain the present three·trip· payoff '1t"'effect. The master has maintained a pollcy of giving substantial draws at any tlm!'. A ·vote of thanks to the ' steward· d~partment. • . .... 1 1De1111Wl'I room. AWlllllO will be fto que.ted" for crew, 11 lblp -returu to lndla. &Wrlclent paint for unllcen1ed per'fODDel quarter1 to·. ha placed Oil boar~ ScrHn door1' are reque.ted. WalhlQ machln•. ~ not opera~I. PITllOcHIM <Velentln• Chemlcel Carrlenl, April I - Chalrm1n, V. P. Nolde1 Secretery, Harry w. Rel1ner. Some disputed OT in deck department. Shlp'o fund · ii 113. Retroactive pay dUference will be paid on next draw. Will .report to the patrolman concerninf the ol>talninJf of milk In Gulf. llorrll made II NPOrt . . . the ....re~ meetlnf. It 11 requested that room key1 be left. wJth the dele1ate1. A Yot' of thabu ~ 1hlp'1 ·deleir.ate'.. MAIDllt CllllK (Wetermen), ..,... 1S-Chalrman, ll., D. · ltou1h1 l~cr• tery, Benny M. Foster. Port airent 1poke to l!aptain conl!ernlng American money, Ship's fund ls 115.32. Expen· dltures are 13.30. Ice will be mad• every day from now on. Ship's dele· gate. to see chll!f mate ~bout palnttnf · out l!ooks' room. _ . THETIS (Rye Marine), March 3t· OCIAN JOYCI <Mar;tlmt Oversta•), Ghalrman, .i. !Carli lecret~ry, R. L•· April 2-Chalrman, TaylorJ Se~retary, . IJombard. A copy of special OJ'den by chief mate, concernlnir the 11eck de· partment watl!hU and day worker• were sent to NY. Ashtr1ys needed In the mess hall. Discussions· held on coffee versus coffee urns. Breakf11t being served too "'slowly. It Is 1ug· gested that messman and p11ntry work toiretber to serve. .. ~igest Of' SIY -Ship Meetings WACOSTA <Waterman>, March 27Chalrman, John Thompson1 Secretary,· Vernon Hell. All repairs taken care of. Everything Is running smo,o thl)'. Several me1l missed ship in Gulf. It was suggested that ship be fumigated for roaches and bugs. • This beef will be sent to headquarters and l!ompany officials. It ls suggested that the cas· tng be removed from bologna and ialaml. I, Kuberski. There are comptalnts on 1lopcbest prices. There is· also a com· plaint on the shortaire of 1tores leav· lnir the States: Minor beef between chief enirlneer and ateward 1tralght· ened out. Some disputed OT. Balance In 1hlp'1 fWld is S7 .33. Dlscu1&lon was held on the fact that there are too manr dirty cups and dishes. RaJJ. out of ok"anges while out 17 days. 'n'lere la a · shortage of fresh milk. STEEL WORKER <l1thml1nl, ·March 20-Chalrman, Wiiiiam Hand; Sacre· tary, B. Carlos. Good trip so far. No major beefs and It looks as though payoff will be an eaay one. lnforma· tlon needed on carjfo. 523.56 ln the ship's fund. , Yale locks needed · for foc'sle ·doors . bel!ause too many key1 flt too many doors. Ship needs fuml• gation. Rubber doorstops needed 01' the screen doors. Slamming of the metal screen doors 11 very innoylng to those sleeping. -Will che!!k . with patrolman about the chief mate's atti· tude toward· crew requiring medl!!al attention. 'Gangway needs a minor modl6catfon as ' it ls very• dangerou1 ilor, boardlllJf on to launch. on·e mem· ber almost had a fatal al!cldent. STEEL AGI <lsthml1nl, Jan. 1Chalrlftiii, Albert C. M1y; Secretary, 'Vincent G. Orenclo. So far there Is no maJor beef. H there ls any repair to be done In your room1, turn In Ust to your delegate'. Minor repaln may be done on ship. Weekly sched· 0RION CLIPPE~ <Orlon>, Aprll 1ule for cleaning laundry room for M. Hitchcock; Secr6'tary, · P. PENN TRADER (Penn Shipping), each department has been posted. · Chalrmen, Parker. Ship's delegate to be elected. March 12-Chalrman~ E. c. Barnhlll1 Ship's fUnd ts H.42. Coinmunlcatlons Everything ' running amoothly. Motion Secretary, Frank Kustura. Most re· received will be posted for everybody pairs were taken care of. Ship's fund , to read. Some me&1hall !!hairs need made to have Section .12. Paragr~h on supertankers to read st8'1dl at SS.01. E . €. Barnhill was repair Some beef reirardlnir the qual· B changed hands breaking out and stowing elel!ted ship's delegate by acclamation. lty of· bacon Request that more grits llll mooring lines. ' All 'Une1 are·... 10 Incl! Frank Kustura elected 's hip's 'treas· be 1terved to the crew If possible. hawsers and all hands are required. urer. Crew was asked to Jtold on Most of the repairs requested on last Desk lights to be Installed In , each blankets because cold weather ls trip have not been attended to. fol!'sle. Bosun gives vote of thanks coming.• to del!k department · for splendid coop· SEAM.AR (Galmar), Aprll 3-Ch1lr• et:atlon. Vote of thank!! to the stew· FEL TORE (Marven), April 10-Chalr· man, J. Marthell; Secretary, A. Szmlr. ard department. · min, L. Rlchardson1 S-ecretary..: E. A. 9oyd. All repairs hue been com· Repair list bas been turned In. Every. PENN VOYAGER <Penn Shipping), pleted. Disputed OT to be handled thing running smoothly. Few bourt March 6-Chalrmen, Bob High; Secre- . With patrolman. It Iii recommended of dJsputeil OT. tary, Larry Kelly. All beefs were set-, that anyone found guilty of sho9tlng KENMAR <Calmar>, March 7..:....chalr· · tied and repairs done. Ship's :(uncl . firecrackers in the passagewaYB be man, w. Smith; Se~retary, M. Kleiber. brought before the membership for stands at *6. ·One man short In 1tew· handling. Steward department alven ·Repair llst was taken care of satis· ard department. Walked off the ship ' factorily. Two men missed ships in In Port Arthur. · No replacem'ent. Har• vote of thanks. · port. Replacement. on board. Motion old Werns re.elel!ted ship's deleirate. ROSI KNOT (SuwannH), April 2- carried that wage clause be renegotl· Members dlsl!ussed cleanliness of Chalrman, J. StHber;-Secretary, w. L~ ated reaching at least an even· ln· washing machine and wash room after •owl11. Two ·men were hospitalized. crease with bosun and steward. Dls- use of tame. ' One 11 in A1eenslon Island and the cuuton was held on the deplorable other In Capetown. Four men getting · condition of •lockers. l.t ls suggested · STEEL CHEMIST <Isthmian), March ot,r u~der mutual, consent upon arrival that the captain be brought .to look 22-Chalrmin, Kenney Con"; SecreIP Recife. We are to receive .six re- at them. Would like to submit letter tary, · R. L. O'Brien. Eyerythlni run· placements. Captain has aslted the' to headquarters :for ad;;qu;;t;; f;;cllltiei ning normai. Extra 1oap ls asked cooperation of all In being here day for clothing. A vote of thanks to tbe .£or deck department. Old beefs taken after · arrival for payoff. . Balance In ateward department. !)~r!! of in NY. Ship's fund ts $31.65. ... 1hip'1 fund 11 ·~7.54. Some dl11puted Motion made that ship'• deleirate con· <>:T. All communications from the Tl!XMAR . (Calmar), April .t-c:h1lr· tal!t chief engineer abo~t .1cuppers. If· Union were po1ted upon receipt. Any- min, Al Stone1 Secretary, E. J. Berg. no action ls'1taken by him, then he la one l!arlng to refer .to .them can see A · new ship's delegate was elected. to · 1ee the · captain. Discussed the the ship's delegate who bas them on One man in the deck rang mJssed matter of men comlna aboard · to . do .6le. It ii wggested that the steward 1hlp . In ·Baltlmore. laundry and helJUng out in galley anil department eat either· before or after pantry. Motion made not to let them. the crew, or at least give the crew Wi• ch'e ck on mall .sent to home port ALICI BROWN <BloomfletdJ, April the flrst half an hour and not crowd I-Chairman, Wm. Thompson; Secre- and find out why it 1s not sent to the messhall a1 soon a8 meals are tary, J. D. Cantrell-·Jr. One man has ehlp. Motion made that headquarter•· ' · served. Members asked to turn hi ex· been loried several times. Bosun, check on this and have action taken. cess linen for Inventory. two 4_aymen and wiper .were excused . COi VICTORY (Victory), March ,, from meeting bel!ause of work. , No STEEL AGI <Isthmian), March i - beefs reported. Most Items Of!. repair .,,.Chairman, G. D. •rally; -Secretary, Chalrman, John A. RHdl Secretuy, Ust taken !!are of. Remainder will be H. DrohnJ' Crew opposes wage settle· v. .G. Orenclo. • Everything "runntnr done. Ship's fund ls 17.20 of which menl' ana· asks reneaotlatlon. No mamnoothly so far. Nobody was logJfed. 11.20 ls to be paid out for a lock. It Jor beers In the departments. There ·AU minor repairs have been attended is suggested. that ,no hot seasoning ls nothing in the ship's fund. · Few to. Second electrician and one wlJ>er be put in food. Vote of thanks for hours of disputed OT. Linen ls short were Jtospltallzed and Jen i>e111nd. Will the steward department for a job end. In very bad condition. Steward be "eplaced at port at payoff. Crew has ordered new items. · General re• well done. Linen· shoulli be changed of the Steel Age has d!)nated s1'!io to one day abea!l. Tum In dirty blankets. pair list to bJ' brought uii t.o date. crewmembers of the Valiant Enter. Luke Clambiill, 111.lll'il delegate, 'has prise· in Chittagong. Motion was made •erved· hls m.paclty to the very fullest MYRrAM Ill nntern1t1ona1 Nav.), measure. Through his effort the ship'1 requlrlilg- Greek •ompanles to put up some kind of cash bond to insure SIU · Mar~h 27-C::halrmin, E. F,leldln11 Sec· Interior was finally pa.i nted after a retary, R. , Broe. None . of the last crews aboard their vessels of ' wage two.year delay. security and other finimclal liabilities trip's repairs have been l!ompleted a9 yet. Patrolman "to request a better of the company. It is requested that ALCO~ CLl'PPER <Alcoa), Aprll S/ d11ek -not be ~rved too often. Ship's supply ·of slops indudlng more ciga. Chalrm1n, Ed Kelly1 Secretary, I. fund amounts to H.42. . . rettes.· Th~ steward and chief cook ·Roberts. Congratulations on ·the win· were taken off ship sick. · All dele· f!,ihg of safety award. All membe1'1 aates to make up. a complete list· of to vote for tmion·backeil candidates in CHIL0RE fMarv~n>~ APrll 4-Chalr· man, Jack Wise; Secretel'y, ·JamH . repairs. Shortage of help· in plley. Mobile primary May .3, To fill out' _. Schroeder. Otfe nian inlsse.d IJJ)lp In ·It was requested that the captain. census fofms. Repairs turned in ·a nd · Baltimore. Henry Shepeta eleded place a cook who 11 being repatriated .not taken c;ire ot. Will see patrolman to the _States 'f rom the Valiant Faith about repairs ·and the· rooms being ship's delegate. V.ote of thanks ' to the steward department. i>elegaM!!! to get tn the galley to . assist. ~otlon was· only ·11111t·paJnted. "'The officers' ro!lms made to assls~ SIU Brothers from the are painted completely,' It is re· a repair list together. · Valiant Faith .6ilanc!ally. They are on quested,)hat members not congregate board: A ·Vote of thank• to the ~nd lo ,1>a11a&_ew.,ay 'near 'galley. , .. · GALLOWAY (OverieH Nav.), Mar.ch 27-Chalrman; H~rman Whisnant; Sec· 1n11te for .hJs treatment. to sick crew· ' m embers. A vote of thanks aleo to l'etary, Samuel Doyle. Crew hopes IOHN a . .WATERMAN (Waterman) that there wlll be sufficient US cur· the steward de,Partment for a fine Aprll1 3-ChaJrman, • W. Halla1 Seer.. iol;> accomplished under adverse con· rency on hand for draw on next for· · tary, C:"" V. .ae·r g. Shlp~s delegate re· elcrn voy.age. The third cook, WY11e cUtlons. Dlscussl.on held op. making a signed. New delegate was elected. Rutman, VQlunteered to · leave the stronger bld' for patrolman represen• Reports ·are· that rooms ar e · to be tatlon at our .Poi-ti on the Weat Coast l!alley and forfeJt lils· wages as cook to painted and repairs made. Discus· " BR who ha,s a cook's raUng. No dis· before slgninir on. sloil held ort; ,stores and }'epalrs that 1>uted OT. A vote of tl1anks was given have not been t11ken care of. Steward ALCOA PEGASUS CAlco1), AprJI . 2 asked to let the crew know lf the f.D all crewmembers by chief steward .lor comt:>lete harmony. A_ vote oi -Chalrm•I\• M.,,.w. H~ux; ,Secretar~, ihlp ls short · of any stores . for the T. Weber. · Delayc;d salll,ng disputed. voyage so that action can be taken 1 thanks was· given ." tn steward depart· . ment In the pre'!lar)n« . o~ the menu ~ Fumigation beef arose. •Captalri re· to be sure that , enough are aboard fused to buy · fresh milk ·o n arrival 1n· to m~ke voyage , and food. Just llke ' SW style. .,,_ --....a.. . Ha~llan Islands. . One man logged. PRODUCER _(Mftrlne Ca11rler1),· Aprll Captialn i-efused to r~place man in ALAM~R ~ CCalmar>, A1'1'11 ~!'>91!'• 3--Chalrmen, E. Ooln11si Sei:,.teJY, H. Honolulu; A man ' w11s 111v11llnblo. Ru· , man, T. Frtzla'rt Secretarv, ~llbert . Campb,ell. Ice bnx will be fixed . In l>alr' ll!lt• turned tn. $teward , was Ho11111. Moat re,Palrl were. dope. Ship's Japan, If po!lllble. Repairs will be hospitalized ~ Tdpler Army,... Hospital _food ' WBI bad ' during trip.. Will '1 ee 'brouiiht to the attention of proper . In, HonolW.u. ,Balance ~n t ne · ahlp'I patrolman about · •ettl11a more on department heads. nraw will be. In flind 11 ,1Jt.'l5. Some· illsJiuted OT. Mo- trip'. J>lsculll!C!d , keepfug the pantr:v · yen unlets ~otherivlte- fni'ilcated. Som&" tion maJe · 10 hold a 1peclal meettng clean. Thankil to the 9atrolmeri' In dlin>utea m : ,Sfih; iboutd be fuml· at .Pav.oft to ffe~~ne a·ctton' aplut San\ Franclaco· for villtlna lhlp -whlle· pertormln,,I crew ~emberi. J!iciwar~ iii t~e •r ard there. . ' . ~ated ' 1..or coCb~chell. - Need . faDI for 0 --- ~ 1 •, �8'nafii~~wai-SlafaretS; '1S.Onl1~ ~n.• ·,Mall". Address Se.farera .With beefs J.elard'tng slow payme=nt .of monies due from varlotis operators in -back wages and disputed overtime ·Several ..thousand dollar~. in hospital-surgical benefits for should ftm checJt wh~r they SIU men is penmng at the Seafarers ·Welfare Plan because have a proper mailing address of lack <>f necessary documentation from the Seafarers in- on file with the company. SIU volved, the . W~lfare Plan of--,.____________ headquarters officials point out fice reports. . Patrow, S. Pederssen, N. F. Plum- that reports received from sevoperators show checks have Amo1tg items holding up mer, ,T. Ramir~, A. L. Rios, :r.. era1 been mailed to one addi-ess the benefits are such documents as ._Rodriguez, J. Rivera, W. E .. S~ll­ · while a beef on the same score copfes of doctors• bllls birth cer- ~Y. R. M. ~alter, 'R. Soto, M. D. tfficatcs, and proof ~f - employ- Shepherd, D. 'Stokes, ~· ·J. Thayer, ls sent from another, thus ere· ment. _ R. Torina, R, Torres, U.S. :Veach atlng mucb dUftculty In keeplns accounts siralgbt. . . · . J. Vega, J. R. Ward. T he Welfare Plan emphasized that it wq ready ·to milke pay. ment to the Seafarers involved as soon as· it received the nece8saey documents, The following are the Seafarers . for whom. the benefits &re waiting: R. P. Burton, 0. Coleman ·J. · A.11. of the following families ~ve: 1'eceived a $200 mater~it~ Collazo, T. J. Cox, K. Davis, L. benefit plus a $25 bond from th'-e Union in the babt1'• name: Figuero, G. Garcia, lt. ' Gatica, P. Gonzalez, J. Grimes, J. D. H8Ipin, Patricia Anita Braggs, born Feb- 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. William R. Heffley, c. Howell, N; La Placa, ruary ' 1, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jimenez, Brookl¥U, NY. F. La Rosa, T. Little, J. Long. E. Willie Braggs, Mobile, Ala. . to· to t. .r, ot. t. · Sherry Denise IJmbaagh, JanuMastriahnix, J. M~tos, S. Nielsen, E. H:--Northrop, R. Ortiz. Marian Jane Connor, born .Feb- ary-31, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Also, R. Otto, W. Outland, S. ruaryi.2, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Henry- 0. Limbaugh. llo~ston, · Texas. ' James L. Connor, Houston. Tex. 1 t. $ · t. . ot. t. t. .Gal'J' Frank Patin, boril March 10, 1960. to Seafarer and· .Mrs. ·Luther J . Plltin, New Orleans, La. Docu_ ments Neeessary · ~ ~ SIU B~BY AIBlVALS SW , r-------------• Personals And ·Noti~es. . , ~ ~ t. · Joanne Nancy Scaturro, born March 23, 1.960, to. Seafarer and Mrs. Joseph A. Scaturro, Syosset, f:-1, NY. ot. $ t. Andrew Ayson, March 25, 1.960; to Seafarer and Mrs. Faustino I. Ayson, New York City. F11 Al . . 0·1SPA.TC H The deathl of the following Seafarer1 have beetf 'f'eported to the Stafarera Welfare Plan: _,. · Jose Garcia, SO: Bi:other Garcia succlllllbed froni a cardiac ailment while aboard the Alco a Ranger, February 20, this year~ Garcia leaves a.· wife, Carmen Garcia, of Rio Piedras, ~:o~be~~ G=:~ .had sailed In the SIU engine departro.ent since December 1938. Burial arrangements are not listed. · to t. t. . t. I I • I ~ . .TO SHIPS IN ATLANTIC EUR~PEAt4 'AND SOUTH AMERICAN -WATERS · -- ·.·1t1E VOICE OF tHfMTD" EVBY Sl!NDAY,- 1620 GMT (11:20 EST Sv~oy} Wl'K-39, 19851 KC• Ships in Caribbean, East Coast • of South America, ·South Atlantic and East Coast of United States. ,.. Wl'L-11, 11851 KC. •; ,. . t. ot. ot. Peter E. Walsh, 57: Brother Walsh, a member of the SW since May, 1942, succumbed March 8. 1960', of a heart a t t a c k in his home city of Houston, Texas. Walsh had sailed in the deck department. He is survived · by his wife, C e c e li a Walsh, also of Houston, Texas. Burial ceremonies were at-the Gar· den ·of Gethsemane Cemetery, Houston. "'. Franelseo Molin•, 71: Brother Molina, an SIU ·engine department member s 1 n c e December 1941, passed away of Salvatore Guiffre, 43: Brother natural ca u s es Guiffre died of heart failure while while i patient at the USPHS at the Municipal H o s p i t a 1, San Hospital, San Francisco, March Juan , Puerto 8, 1960. He had Rico, February s a ii e d in the 19. He is surdeck departmnet vived by his wife, as an SIU -crewMaria C. Molina, of Rio Pfedras, .member, s i n c • Puerto Rico. Interment was ~ .Pte March 1955. He is survived by a brother, Anthony GuifJre, of New York City. E·VERY .1SUNDAY -I DIRECT VOICt I BROADC.AST .. ·' Metropolitan Cemetery, Rio Pied· ras, ~hips in Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, West Coast of . South America,. West C-0ast of .Mexico and US Eas:t Coast. ·· , ~ .. WFK-95, 15700 KCI Ships jn Mediterranean area, North Atlantic, ·European · and US East Coast. • Meanw.hile, MTD 'Rou.nd-The-World Wireless Broadcasts Co'ntinue • ~· • t. ot. Robert L. IJutler, 65: Brother Butler succumbed of respiratory failure on March 12, while a pal.lent of South Baldwin Hospital, Birmingham, /Ja. Butler had sailed as an SIU engine department crewmem= ber since December . 1938. The only survivor was a niece, Mrs. Virginia Gollotte; Mobile, Ala. Burial was in Pearl, River, Miss. Golden Gate Activity Slow SAN FRANCISCO-Port agent Walter Sibley reports that shipping in this West Coast port has been rather slow over the last period. · The slack was due to the small number of ships ·that arrived at the . port requir-ing s.eamen. . During the period only seven ships were serviced and twentyfour men were shipped. Of these two-dozen men, four of the seafarers were ·~c" book men. The two ships that paid off were the Alcoa Pegasus <Alcoa) and the Maiden Creek (Waterman). Signed on were the Alcoa Pegasus and the Choctaw (Waterman). T h r .e e ships were in-tr_a~sit. They .were file Seafair <Orion), Calmar ( Cj!l· m81') and Steel TFaveler-. <Isthmian). Voting of the newly proposed amendments to · the constitution has been strong in this' port. In the opening ten days of voting, 100 men ·c ast ballots-. · Shipping for the coming _period is expected to improve altbough it may be oriiy. a sligbt improvement over the· present. All members are advised to take jobs that · come tD rather than leave them for othttrs · to. ~~. _ . I �. . ..D~fNfMa>~ ~ · i-wC? SIG ·1']6£JES fi'\CiH6- .. GTATtSME='N AS SVMMrr·. ~P~RQA¢#ES MAY 16· '. '. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource April 22, 1960 Description An account of the resource Headlines: OK TO PICKET RUNAWAYS: HIGH COURT EGYPT SHIP TIED UP IN BLACKLIST BEEF BLACKLIST UTILIZED FOR YEARS AGAINST AMERICAN-FLAG SHIPS LAKES SIU COMPANY ‘PERFECT’ ON SAFETY SIU HOSPITAL BENEFITS PUT ON DAILY BASIS PROBE BLUE CROSS HIKE, NY UNION MEN DEMAND CRITICS STILL FIRING AT ICC CONGRESS SHOWDOWN DUE IN STATE DEP’T ATTACK ON ’50-50’ ANOTHER TWO BANKRUPTS KNOCKED DOWN AT AUCTION FISHERMEN ASSAIL 12-MILE ‘COMPROMISE’ ON SEA LIMITS MDS BLAST DRUG FIRMS; BACK PRICE-GOUGE CLAIM SWISS SEAMEN SIGN 1ST LABOR CONTRACT CONGRESS CERTAIN TO ACT ON MEDICAL AID FOR AGED BENEFITS AWAIT SEAFARERS; DOCUMENTS NECESSARY SHIP NAVIGATION VIA SATELLITE MADE FEASIBLE BY ROCKET SHOT M’TIME AT ‘SLOW AHEAD’ ON WATERMAN SUBSIDY BID SHIPS TO GET LONGER LIFE VIA SUBSIDY 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 04/22/1960 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. 9  1960 Periodicals Seafarers Log