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First of the SIU-contracted ships to store better
quality steaks is ·Seatrain Louisiana. Checking
first bateh ·are (clockwise, 1-r) Pete Loleas, SIU Food Prpgram; Elmer .Hansen, Seatrain; J3ob Principe, Food· Program; Louis Corne,
ship's chief_ st_ew~rd~ Four ~oinpanies have now agree~ to upgrade
steaks. (Story on page 5.) ,
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One ~ .Buii Line's new tiuck trailer -bodies is
the Beatrice at the company's
·~ J;kooklyn ter:minal. B'u ll Line has 'begun container service on San
· ·• · Juan runj.n aqdi~toQ. t9 its ,:-egular operatio~s. {Story on page 3.) .. ·
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.the, Cleopatra )>eef·durhlg 't he past two week&>·; ·•·• , c •·
·~ -. •.: Federal Jodee Mmpliy rules against Cleopatra's owners.r :t,ie-. ·
, . , ~ ·fuses ,to lishe ·injunction agal(ist SIU, aay~ng.· it'i a labor dis- .
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· State bepart..-nen' anJiouncef! plcketline ts "etDbarr~sslDg'J ti. .. ,
conduct of f9retgri re~tloJts. Union counteJ;"s ~ that. U 1>epart.meni .
ls "embarrassed'' -it results from lack· of activity.. on l>la$llst
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flopr
,of ~enate; echoes Nasser c.harges~ ·union respoi)da· l>Y settii{g '
for th reasons ·for Its action-namely- discrimination- agalnst . us· '·
'ships and seamen, and mistreatment ·9f . se"'me..~a·~ f~r · Sen.., 1
ate 'hearing on si.,te 'Departm~nt fallure l9"·act; ~bt!ibt-'-)1·
nores requesf, repeats .:charges, · ·
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Montr~al inadtlme work~n p!!:!ket . eecopd Egyptian slllp, the
Canadian maritime worke~s picket alon.gside Egypfia·n-flag~ Star of· ~uan in .suppq"'· of $1U'S po~i-·
Star- of Assuan, dn A~ri1 ' 27; : · ·
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tion calling for an end to the blacklisting of · ships by ~gypt.
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Arabs, after numeroU. .Ulreida, institqte ,ull boycQtt of all ,
·Amerlcan:.ftag ves~elsi- to extend 'pari1a1·.boycott eXiS.ttng for' past
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AMMI ukS ,Se9retart t!~ Sta~ to a~ on . lssu~a ~alsei:l by un- r r
Jon's pick~tlfp~, n8lllely .'dls~!;'il,Jlin~tion ..and _;.irJlstrea.ttne.n t Q~ \JS . I ,
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The following f'esolution was pass-ed by the AFL- .
!b~lng . practlc,e':f ·-'b~-· Uiis and· other .Arab
SeJ1ate vo~s' ~enQie1;1i · .au~~orlziilg ·, Pr!!st~eRt ,to · wlt~ho~4 · ~ ·
CIO Executive Council in Washington, May 4, 1960:
fo~elgn aid from any -cou~try discrimina!ing . a~aiQst,fpe~ passage·.
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· ~f shipping, Resolutio~ aJmed at t:Jnited Arab. Repubi.,~. .
Statement by ·AF.L-CIO- heeutlve Counell In suP.
"Sen.
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-:The AFL-CIO, . fit conve~tion action, 1(1 pled,ged
AFVCI(l ~e-.dent Geor~~·
i~ppo.rls.. linlon ;st~n<i,
picketing- .11~ fully-Jmtifle~ · Tak~s is.sue· witli ·tulbrlibt., '· · i· , .
to support the principle of - fr~dom ·Of navigation
for all nations .through:-the .Suez Canal. T·he mariCcl1111' .0I _.&~··· deniel"~lpo'wber·,· tqJ~n~~lon r~~lfest;
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time tinions a'ffiliated with the AFL-CIO, and..the
..AltL-CIO ·Esee.ullve. Council _.votes fun~·isupport ''to Sru/
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Maritime Department of the AFL-CIO · have, on
numerous occasions, vigorously protested th_!! black.: '
listing of Am~rican-flag ship~ by tl}e _Arab boycott
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Award Five More
Study Scholarships
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- A Seafarer and f~ur children of Seafarers have been awarded the four-year,
$6,000 SIU Scholarships at the annual meeting of the SIU Scholarship Award
Committee on May 2. Seafarer George F. Johnson, 34, was one of-the five winners
with the other four awards
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going to two sons and two deck, is currently attending Buck- lege Entrance Exami~ation Board,
nell University, majoring in civil N£:w York City.
daUghters 0 f Siu men.
engineering. He is a 1958 graduThe awards are based in part on
The winners, in addition
to Johnson, who sails in the
stewa·rd· department with
the SIU are:
• Meredith Reed, daughter
Some bf the wires which SIU has received from labor group1 - of Seafarer Paul E. Reed.
ar~und . the world supporting the boycott.
.•Carole •s. Garrigues, daughter
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Overwhelming support from 4the public · as. well as from
trade union organizations at home and abroad has been
received by th~ SIU as a result of its piCket action on the
Egyptian freighter Cleopatra. Virtually all of several huhdred letters, telegrams and cablegrams received at headquarters to date have supported the .
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Union's position as totally jus- workers." ·
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tified ·and in the interest of A.nother union to bail the SIU
A'lnerican citizens' rights.
. position was the :ransport WorkThe p"icket·I1'ne . protest ers. P res ident Mi~ h ae l Quthill fUot:
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· Warded
a res
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ag a1·nst ti1e· blac kl'IS t"mg 0 f . A meri. '
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can-flag S'hips by the United Arab ~~n s exe.cu ive counci
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of Seafarer Dltle H: Garrigues. ·
• ·Stanford Smith, Jr., son of
Seafarer Stanford Smith.
•William Bessell~vre;Jr.,.son of
Seafarer Bill Besselievre.
Seafarer .fohnson, who hails
~rom Marion, Indiana, has been
sailing with the SIU since 1947, in
the steward department. He intends to use his scholarship as the
starting point for a medical career.
He has two brothers in the field,
one a veterinarian, the other a
medical student. · ·
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Miss Reed, now a senior at Murphy High, MobJle, Ala., is looking
forward. to a career in the field of
dietetics. She hopes to attend
either Northwestern University or
Jack§on College. Miss Reed's father, Seafarer Paul Reed, sails in the
galley gang on SIU hips.
ate of Brooklyn Technical High a candidate's high school record
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and his performance on the standard college entrance exan1i·nati·on
College Administrators
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The SIU Scholarship Award - - - - - Committee, which chose the winners, consisted of Miss Edna- Newby, assistant dean, Dotlglass College,, ~ew Brunswick, NJ.; F . .D.
\\i'ilkinson, administrative assistant
to the dean of engineering and ar:
chitecture, Howard University,
Washington, - DC.; Elwood Kast- •
ncr, dean of admissions, University
of Alabama, and Bernard P. Ire::
Besselievre
land, visiting representative, Col-
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e_ era ion .of · Lllbor, the onstratlon of international trade
~i~~i~r;:a;~a~:~~;i.~::o~a~~:·i:~~ ·~~'!:::f~~l::a;~:~~ c5~~~~~:e~~::~!
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Tra·1·1e·r-Carry1· ng Serv1·ce
qi~l~~:~~~· C;J~;.~ lnaugurate·d By a· ull L1·ne
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h~s t~een ap~~aud;:.l~y
I:i~~~!rio~~irye~:~ t~er ~~:f~~~~~ J?a~:s~. ~~r::fg~e:~. ;;hi~seth!a~~~~
·n oFr damzat. ns as
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i ip- cipled stand and its dramatic dem- department, expects to graduate , ·
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~tanford Smith, Jr. and dad,
Seafarer Stanford Smith. '
Carole S. Garrigues
father Dale.
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gian Tr~nsport Union and. t?e New of the Int'l Union of Electrical
\1l this June and
York City and . Philadelphia- cen- Workers.
'.~i 8 p~cia1 i z e in
tral labor ~ounclls:
Mayor Richardson Dilworth of
f;iathematics. She
Bull Line officially began its new container service beIn addition, a flood of communi- Phil~delphia, Senator Joseph
p~ans to Jlttend tween New York and Puerto Rico when the SS Elizabeth left
cations from individual Americans Clark of Pennsylvania, Rep. Wileither· the Uni- th B
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have lauded the Union's fight. In liam Gre·e n <Dem.-Pa.> and ·R ep.
versity of South- · · e u11 ermma · roo yn 01:,l pril 15 with the first of
· many instances, the writers de- Victor Anfuso (Dem.-NY.> were
ern California or what will be a twice-a-week
Bull Line ls currently equipped
clared they ·have notified their among 'the political figures who
Johnson _. the University of schedule of sailings.
up to 46 loaded units
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Senators and Representatives of applauded the SIU's action.
California at Los
The other Bull Line ships on handle
each of the vessels schedulqd
their support for the SIU.
A sampling of letters .f~om 'in- geles.
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· The Philippine Federation, in a dividual Americarts produced the
Stanford Smith, Jr., Is graduat- on the ·San . Juan run are also for the twice-weekly sailing, but
it plans to increase the ·service as
wlre signed by Manuel Rodriguez, following comments:
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Ing from East-Jefferson High, Me- taking part in t~e service.
demand
·warrants.
natiorial chairman, declared in.
"Looks like the Arabs,can't stand tairie, La., this June, and hopes to
They are using 166 35-foot trall"The new trailer service." said
part: "Proud of your stand picket- to see us .play the game with their go on to a career in engineering ers, especially constructed for the
fog UAR ship Cleo,Patra. Our full .~wn rules. I ·think the State Dep't at ·either Louisiana State Univer- line by the Highway Trailer Com"' Vice Admiral F. M. McCarthy,
of ~he Bull Lines, ·
aympat.hy and support in your is embarrassed · because you have sity or the Georgia School of Tech-~ i>any at ita Hazleton, Pa. plant. Vice-President
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struggle to injure free navigation showed · tliem' tlie dlfferenee be- nology. His father' is in the stew- ·The trailers measure 35 feet by 8 marks another step in the comand passage through Suez inter- tween having a backbone and their rd department.
feet by 8 feet and can hold up to pany's program to offer the Puerto
Rican trade the most up-to-date
national waterway· for all nations." "namby-pamby" . appeasement ac- - Besslievre, whose father sails on .45,000 pounds of cargo.
and diversified family of sizes for
The Congress of · th~ Finhi~h &iuns, Good luck!"
unitized shipments -of merchan.
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Seamen's Union, meeting on April
dise.''
19, 1960, cabled that it "appreciates
"Our State Department, evidently
Btill Line has unveiled some
7our action against those who controlled · by the oil interests, has
other Innovations, setting up a
endanger freedom of tbt' seas, not .got the courage ! o stand up
receiving station at Secaucus for
particularly in Suez Canal .••" The for American rights. It~ is a pretty
.small shipments and originating a
Finnish Union noted that the Arab sad day when Arabs can dictate•
pick up and delivery service for
bla~klist question is .to be discussed lo us as to . wliere our ships inay or
Bull Line's clients at both ends of
by the International Transport- may not go."
their route.
wo1·kers Federatio.n this summer.
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The Guatamalan, union council
"Cong11atulations on your .courawired: "Congr3~ulations for your reous stand ••• Perhaps a union
courageous stand for . freedom of as .brave and forthright as youni
May '· 1960 Vol. XXll, No. 10
the seas and repudiatioh of the· can at least set our cowardly State
Illegal practices against American Department straight •••" '
seamen by the Egyptian authorities
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"It is regrettable that our ·State
PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer
th.is demons~~~tipn for . lnterna.:. Department, by default, has left
HERBERT BRAND, ltditor. BERNARD SEAtional Justice.
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this matter to 'be-Jtandled by you."
MAN, Art Editor.
HERMAN ARTHUR,
The Belgian Transport Workers
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AL · MASKIN, ARTHUR BERGER, CHARLE9
BEAUMET, D!L ROBINSON, Staff Writers.
Union cabled: ''Congrat~litions on . 11ln view of lack of action by ogr
13ILL MOODY, Gulf Area Representative.
staa~d in _respect freedom seas Sta~e Department ··. • . I heartily
a~amst Egyptian dictator," while cheer your action of picketing the
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the New York City Central T.rades Cleopatra."
and Labor Council went on record
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to ' "commend~ the Seafarers Inter"Con&"l'atulatlons. It's about time· Checking scholarship appli~ants'· documents are committee mem•
bers (L-R). F. ·D. Wilkinson, How~rd Un~•• Bernard ·P. Ireland,
national Union for the iattle~ It
someJ»o"dy took a stand on this dis·
College
Entrance Exam Board, Mass Edna ·Newby~ Douglass Col.
waging in defense of lre~ilom .
crac~ful situatloJt." Another noted,
lege, El~ood K~stn~r, NYU, ancl William F. Dean, _Alabama U•
th~ ieas and'tbe rlchts of maritime
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Blue sk.les and spring weather cooperated In bringing the period's
shipping results back toward normal again. A total o{ 1,054 men in
all classes shipped during the past two weeks as bppoied to the lo\v
of 902 men in . the previous· pe'rioq. Registered "A" and "B" · men on
the beach also ·fell off from 3,880 to 2,ll34 for the present report.
Increased shipping activity as showp at the right'f~ the stngle".factor
in the upswing. The District serviced a . total of 210 v.essels that ineluded 64 payoffs, 30 sign ons and 116 vessels in transit. Only five
ports failed to service as many ships as they had in the previous two
weeks while the remaining eight ports exceeded their previous record .
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Jacksonville, Mia~l and Wilmington were the only ports to have
neither a payoff or sign on. New York once again led the A&G ports
In vessel-servicing, with a total of 41...,s hips. New Orleans continued at
a brisk pace with 36 ships serviced while Houston had 24, ana Baltimore 23. Miami- and Wilmingfon shared the bottom rung bf the ladder
with four ships each.
Seven ports had a g_a in In the shipping column while sfx ports liad
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a decrease in the number shipped, Houston led the w~ w4th 2U me.,i
shipped in all classes. The dee~ '.d~partme.nt shipped Ure largest numPay Slg11
ber of men with. 392 men picking up jobs. Englne department men
Offs
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got 336 jobs while the stewards de par ment took- 32~. All departments
registered an increase over the previous p.g!rlo.d.
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period: Boston, unchanged , . , . New York, on the upswing .. . Phlla- Hous~on •••••• 3
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WASHINGTON-The State Department handed the US merchant marine a defeat in tli•
Senate when that body voted down a proposal to keep the "50-50" law intact in respect to th!
Indus Basin project. As a result?'~he maritime industry fears that a big hole has been o~ene<J
in the · principle of "50-50,, ·
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which will be exploited by The project Involves canstruc· 32.. A .leader of the opposition to
those in the Administration tion of dams, itrigatlon projects the Butler measure was Senator
who are lukewami or hostila to
American-flag ahij>ping.
The · defeated propo"sal, lritroduced by Sen. John Butler (Rep.Md.) would have eliminated permission for the President to waive
"5~0" as far as the Indus River
Basin project in India is concerned.
The State Department had sought
the waiver on the ground that the
project is one in which several
nations are participating · althouJh
as it h'•s been eointed 'out; mor~
than four-fifths of tt will be paid
for by the
us.
LABOR ROUND-UP
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The Stork Club has )&st its fight
to keep · union ~ickets away f~om
the premises after more than ~hree
years. A National Labor Relations
Board examiner· ruled recently that
* because members of the Hotel and
Reataurant Workers Union carried
signs which noted the club had no
contract witl\. them did not necessarily mean the Un!on was attempting
to organize the plush
Crewmembers -of- Bienville (top) l"eceive award as safest ship in
New York night club. The pickets
Sea-L~nd fleet from. Earl Wallace.(right) company 5afetydirector,
hit the bricks for the first time
· and Joe Algina, d)rector of SIU Safety Program. Below, Capt. F. ·a fter several employees were fil'e.d
after ·they had joined the union.
Billhardt .(right) ,gets ~ational Safet}t_Council 1959 awar~ foi' Alcoa
The Hotel aitd Restilurant Workers
SS Company from R: O'Brien. Looking on is Capt. T. Proud.
had rfotlfied everyon~ ·- concerned
that It .was no longer demanding
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/Sub. fto
MOre Co-~s- Agree · ·
On Bette.r .Stealc.s -
. )four SIU-contracted shipping compan_ies have now agreed
to follow::..t he practice of upgrading·the quality of steaks placed
aboard ship. .Following the lead of Seatrain Lines and lsthmi~n,_Bull Line and Sea.,.Land
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will abide by t a practice .
placing steaks graded i'good"
May· is·. Is
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p· hi•l/y . Hal/
by the Department of Agriculture
aboard SIU ships.
.several other SW - coiitracted
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.
eompanies are expected to follow
11uit shortly· as the .result of a meet·
ing which was·- held between the
PHILADELPHIA . ...:.. A totaJ of
Union, representatives of the SIU thirteen ships serviced during the
Food Plan and · several steamship past pei:iod bJ;"ightened port acoperators. ... tivity and the payoff of three ships
Seatrain and Isthmian have al- already scheduled for this period
ready begun storing their ships · lrqpr oves outlook furth~r.
with the better quality ~teaks'. Up
Port Agent Steve Cardullo said
until now i~ has bee~ the practl~~ the three ship~ that paid off' were
to store ships with commercial • fhe Venore and Santore ' <Marven)
grade steaks, which are a cut below and the Cltles Service Miaful.
.
the "good", in the D~partment of ·_ Si nirig ' were the ye.~or~ . and
Agricult'!l'e s rating classiftcatlons. ' Sant~re ~(}14arven) . and" ·th~ ,_ T.itan
·.. T~e .improvement, · ln shipb~ard «Cargo·TankshtJ>). In~transil!ts servfeedmg is a d~rect res'-'lt ·of. th~ · · l.Ctt«i'....wer.4t , th,, Edith, Je~n ~qd
SIU Food Plans success in de.vet- 'Emilia'. .. (Bullf, Searinlr <Calmar)
opJng more e~icient sys~~ma of~ twice; Steel .. Advocate (ls't~mian).
, foQd .preparati~n and servi~e: and" Robln :dood (Robin). · . .
Crewmembers will t~us benefit 111- ,-· ·Shlps"sc eduled for payoffs durrectly in the form of super~or- tbe new pei:iod . ' are : an Oremar
qua~ty food.
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ship; a _Jlull 'line ship and the Ken•
With the four compani~s _com- mar.. The port ·reports a · shorta~e
, Jnitted to the new prograpl, several of messmen, ·wipers, ordinaries
other SIU operatqrs are expected , and ollers. · _:
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to follow suit very shoriIY,, and In
Cardulio .spoke to " t1'e membvrthe n~ar futuy e, this benefit W~ll sh.i p at the last r~81i.Iar'me~ting on
be . e~tended throughout the SIU-, the.> compl~tlon..of ~be ~ew hall for.
eoptr,acted shipping fleet.
SIU men that is. to be ..'r eady for
..
occupancy by_" May 1.5; G~ner~l
·
titlying up' and small details are
-~(!!!!::=:,~6~T TIME . · the onl.f thfngs l~ft to be"do~e be'
l'LL 1(t' · ' . 'fore moving hi.
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·1116c..d./11r(,.,, · · .Everyope ·in PhiliY. ,.eiu~erly
·--...-:;;JI · ~ "15.71·' , awaiting ·the· opening _..t!o as , to ,be,
· · _ · _ 1tn ·the aumm,er -on ·a.-good1·note.
·aa·le
1arg-et
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and other ·facllltlea, the total cost
of which will be in the vicinity of
$1 billio~. T~e project ~11 involve
huge shipments Of such Items as
cement, steel pipe,_ electrical generatlng equipment, construc~ion
gear and the like. If "50-50" wei:.e
enforced, it would supply tremendous quantities of cargo to American-flag ships on the India run
as well as to tramp operators. .
· The two ·a mendments offered by
Senator Butler to block-the "50-50"
loophole were kllled by virtuallyIdentical votes-44 to 38 and 44 to
recognition .and therefore the
picketing was not In violation of
the law.'
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The City cou'hcil !>f Wilmington,
Del., has passed an ordinance outlawing ..... the use of professional
"Strikebreakers in area 1 ab o r
disputes. ·'l'he antl~scab' bill was
sighed into law by Mayo Eugene
Lammot. The measure makes it
illegal for any person, firm or
corporation not involved in a labor
dispute fo recruit persons for the
purpose of employing them in an
ir(dustry which is struck or lo.c~e.d
out.
·
Fulrbright, ~f Arkansas, who 11
heading up the Senate conferee•
dealing with. the House of Repre•
sentatives on the issue.
Se?ator Fulb.r~ght also is spea;
headmg oppos1hon to the SIU s
picketing o.f the Egyptian_-flag SS
Cleop~tr~ m protes~ agamst ~h•
blackhstmg of American-flag sh1p1
by the A~ab_ Leagu~. Here too, the
Senator is su~p.ortmg a State .Department position on American
s~ipping.. a position which IJ)ai:itime uru~ns regard a~ apathe!1c
and occas~onally downright hostile
to US ships and. US seamen.
(See stories on paces i, 3)
Ship operators and maritime
unions fear that the waiver will
open the door to . large-scale evasion of "50-50,.. which calls for
half of US aid cargoes to go on
American-flag ships. Already, ship
operators are complaining that the
State Department and Department
of Agriculture are interpreting the
law so narrowly as to deprive
American-flag-· shipping of oppor- _
tunities to bid on much of the aid
shipments under farm surplus and
other foreign aid programs.
Constitution
Vote Tally·
Due M"y 11
Labor-management relations in- As voting on the · proposed rethe railroad · industry needs new. vision of. the SIU A&G District
determination OD the part of all Constitution cJosed, o~er 4,500
. ,. in orqer to make collective 1l,argain- Sea~arers h~d cast ~he1~ ballots
ing work, declared Sen. Paul durmg the 30-day period. The ':ot·
~·1.dy'
Douglas (Deni., Ill.)' at the' 12th an- Ing began M?rch 31, . fol~owmg
nual convention of the AFL-CIO the membership author! zahon to
Railway Employees Department place the referendum up .for baltlteeting in Chicago. The depart- lot, and wound up on April 29.
ment is made up of six internaThe results of the voting will
tional unions: the Machinists; not be k~own until all ballots
Boilermikers and Blacksmiths; have ·been received and tallied by
Sheet Metal Workers: International the tallying committee elected ·at
·
wAS~INGTON , - The Federal Brotherhood Of Electrical Work- the headquarters hall at the last
Maritime Board has ruled favor- ers; Railway Carmen, and Firemen reg u.I a r membership meeting,
ably on a·· differential subsidy foi.· & Oilers. .
April 27.
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Waterman Steamship Corp. after
t to to
Elected to the A&G District taltwo years of studies and hearings
AFL-CIO mer 1 t scholarships lying committee were, J. Matoski,
which Involved 13 other steamship have b,een awarded. to six higp C. Pahller, J. Purcell, L. Hogan,
coinpanies, three railroads, seven school students who will receive A. Isaacs and W. Harris. The .re- ·
US port cities and .the. 46 lawyers their diplomas next month. Presi- turns will be made known to the
r~presenting all parti~s involved. dent George Meany wrote each of membership at the May 11 meetWaterman · }lad sought the sub- the receipients a congratulatory ing.
··
sidy on. four of its services: US letter which noted they had been
In order to amend the constituGulf, United '.Kingdom and th~ Eu- chosen for the awards on the basis tion a two-thirds majority in a
ropean . Continent:, Gulf-California of their studies, the results of e r t ballot ls needed. If the new
and the Far East; Pacific Coast- multiJ>le te_sts· and in consideration constitution is approved, uncfer
Far - East and> US North Atlantic- of their outside activities. The the n.ew organizational plan, the
Continent 11outes.
. AFL-CIO first awarded _.. s u'c<h u~ion wm. be able to better coorThough the Board's · approval scholarships last year as part of a ·din!lte the activities of its various
pyes the way for the subsidy dif- larker program by US trade unions divisions such as / the Marine Al·!er~ntial, Wateri;n~n stpl · must \~hich &We . mor~ thlln $500,000 a lied Workers Di".ision, Harbor and
-w ait for tne· adm1~1stration. to ap- i'e_ar to . ass,1st gifted students.
Inland Waterways Division and the
P!,dI>riate_ the · ~omes co~ermg th«: · .
. t · . to ' to ·
. Puerto Rico Division.
expens~after a. contra~t. has· b.een . _ New York's Local 1199 of the' ,------------~
em~cted between the Lme and the Retail, lVholesale and l)epartou~nt
·Use Only One
Government. - ,
· . S&~re Union has , negotiated work
· The FMB's approval ~f the sub- agreements with . Daughters ~ of
Mail Address
sidy will consi~_i:ably ?.oost the Israel H'!_spital in M,anhattan .a nd
Seafarers with beefs regard~tatus of the compa~~ s oper!:", Oaughters of Jacob Hospital, ing slow payment of monies due
tions, and the .p ossibility of_ elS- Bro~. A . third hospital has en- from various operators in back
panded S!'!rvice. In rec~nt ~e.ars, tere.~ Into negoti•tlons with the wages and disputed overtime
Waterman, like other urysubsu:hzed Local after its . employees voted shbuld first check ·whether they
comP.anies, has had tough g~ing in overwhelmingly for union repre- have a proper mailing address
the._ face · of' rl!naway;.fla~ and sentatin. Local 1199 conducted ~ · on file with the· company. SIU
other f~reign-~a-~-· co~_petit1on.
46-day str_Ike l.ast ~pring at .seven headquarters off~cials . point out
Other non-subsidized companies NY hosi:!1tals which termmated that reports receive·d from sevbesides Waterman _yvhich are at w~en a compromise settlement was eral operators show checks have
various stages In their subsidy ap- made whereby t he institutions been mailed to one address
plicaUons _ace Isth~an, States Ma- agreed to some of t!te unio_n de- white a beef on ·the same score
ine, Isbrandtsen and T. J. Mc- mands to set up_, a grievance -pro- ts sent · from another, thus creCa.rtbY. ~~latter a Lakes operator cedu~ and ·prov.hied fo~ peri~ic ating much difficulty in keeping
unc:ter ~ontract to the 'Great Lakes wag~ reviews. ·~However,. no 'Yrit- accou~ts straight. ':'
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ten contra<;t was signed at the .time.
wa.·1·, .erman
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SIU-·CoDtinues Boyc:Qft Protest -
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·number of · US-flag tankers which February that MSTS purchase oil
Seafarers .-;.' ftling
v.acatlon
Fulbright carrying the ball for the had once traded with Israel, but is either in lrim,. . Indonesia, · Vene.
money
claims
shouid
make'
sure .
State Department. · Ignoring the now being extended t.o all US zuela, Texas . Gt' California whert ·
US-flag ~shi.;...s are ..not . subject t6 that they use their correct SoUnion's ·grievances, Fulbright de- ships.
cial SecuritY number. Uie of
nounced the picketline action in a
The ·Union had s.u ggested back in discriminatior_ .
the
wrong number means clerSenate speech.
ical beadlibhe for the Vacation
The· Union promptly wired the
Plan office· and slows up ' the .
Senator pointing out that the
handling, of payments.
blacklist had been depriving AmerAlso, a Seafarer who uses the'
ican seamen· of employment . opincorrect
Social Security numportunities for many years, and
ber is creditin<; his tax. deduc·that the Navy and Agriculture De- ·
. tlons to some ' other US
partment were supporting the
. worker.
blacklist in· their chartering . of
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sl1ips to carry Government oil and
farm surplus cargoes.
, "As chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee," the
Union message declared, "you are
undoubtedly interested in bringing
the facts of this situation to light
and exploring means of resolving
It . • . Consequently; we respect<Continued from page 3 >
fully suggest that you call for an
· "I heartily approve of ihe picket
Investigation into the State Deline you have set-up ••• they have
partment's continued failure to
no rl1ht to teil Americana who we
obtain proper protection for the
will aii-d wilt not sell to, or where
rights of American citizens and its
. our ships will and will not stop •••
failure to insist upon the same
Not anly your own people, the 1eaMembers of Montreal Port Council MTD unions, including Seafreedom of the seas for US-flag
men,
are atfected, but othen who
farers of SIU <;:anadian Distr;ct, on picket line at Montreal pier
1hiP8 that we extend to other nadepend ~n trade •• .''
before
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Star
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tioll"s vessels ••• The investigation
1bould inquire into the stepS, if
"I ·am foflowing with interest
any, the State Department has
your
·stand as reg;IU'dS to the Cleotaken to prevent mistreatment of
patra and the basic issues that are
American seamen in the UAR." ..
involved. .Congratulating you on
Fulbright never acknowledged
y~ur. courage and ste~dfastness. ~ .:•
th~ message, but instead, return~d
to the Senate floor repeating his
HousroN-Shipping over the past period continued at a "'Congra\ulations to you on your
charges against the Union, only to
meet defeat in a showdown roll- brisk pace and all indications ;for the future show that the courageous . fight to preserv~ and
call vote.
pace will continue tQ ·hold up. .
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· maintain freedom of the seas
The Arab League retaliatjon to
P-0rt' agent Robert Mat- f1t!e <Waterman) .. were the ships throughout the world •••••
t h e Cleopatra picketing w a s h
.paid off. The Pandora and Bulk
ordered effective Friday .even.Ing, t .ews reports that .a. contract Leader <American Bulk) signed on.
"Denial of job opportunities for
In ·transit vessels were: Kyska,
April 29. As a result, a number of with the G & H Tow~g ~omAmerican
seam.en ... is a violation
ships carrying farm surplus grain pan~ of Galveston was signed_ on Arizpa, Hurricane, Hastings and
of
human
rights
which ls not going
to Arab ports have been diverted April 25. The contract calls for Jean Lafitte <Waterman).; cs Norto Italian and other European ports tugs to get a five percent increase folk, Fort Hoskins, ,OS Miami, Can- to be tolerated by men of good
fer transshipl!lent. The grain acro~s the board and also the SIU tigny, CS . Baltimore, Bradford Is- will."
cargoes are virtual gifts from the Welfare Plan benefits. In addi- land and Bents Fort (Cities -Serv"Conduct of foreign affairs under
US Government to the nations in- ti9~. the s~niority system of em- ice); Maxton (Trans Oc~an PetroThomas
Jefferson and Stephan
plo~ment
and
other
working
conleum),
Debardeleben
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are · the SIU-contracted Mount dition improvements- were- incor- bardeleben>, Gateway City <Pali Decatur and their methods' of inWhitney and Mount Evans,
porated into the con~ract.
Atla!'!ic1', Bethtex <Ore Nl,lviga- stilling· respect for American seaThe unloading, rel~ading and
W!t}\ 211 men shipped during the tion), .Steel Ar.chitect <Isthmian), men when the Barbary pirates
operated in the last century . . .
transshipment of t1ie grain cargoes period; the largest single grnuv to and Erµa· Elizabeth \Albatrossi.
will be done at the expense of the be shipped was ib the , engine deOther in-transjts were, Al~oa has ·strayed a long way ••• good
Arab nati.onS. ·
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partment, 74 men. .
Partner (Alcoa>, Ocean Ulla (Mari- wishes for success.
Similarly, the Military Sea
Accounting _for the large numb9r time>; Seatraih Georgia and SeaTransportation Service reported shipped was the -servicing of 33 train Louisiana <Seatr~jn), ;Myriam
"Congratulations • ~ • I am sure
that US tankers were now being vessels. Three ships P@id off, two III and Jackie Hause <lnter-Navi- that a far "greater and sighificant
· denied oil upon arrival in the signed on and 28 hit port ·in transit. gation); The Cabins and .Petroc'hem nu\llber of Americans "Vill symPersian Gulf. This denial had
The Steel ·Worker <Isthmian), <Texas Ciiy>, Del Mar <Delta) and pathize with and support the action
~reviously been invoked again§.t a Pandora (Epiphany) and .Jean La- the .ateel yendor <Isthinian).
taken by your union."
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SIU Stand
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G&H Agreem·en.t · Signed -
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The latest effort on the part of
the United States Government to
give respectability ; to Panamanian
an·d Li~erian-ftag shipping is rlow
taking place at the International
Court of Justice in the Hague, the
Nethel'lands. A Sfate Department
representative has argued that the
claims of Panama and Liberia to
be . recognized as legitimate maritime nations were justified.
_ The court· case arose out of a
dispute last year at a meeting of
the United N3tions maritime consulting organization. At the first
meeting of the group in JaJtuary,
1959, Liberia an(! Panama tried to
get themselves elected to the
Maritime Safety Committee on ·
the ground that they are major
ma~itime patiQns.
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Their position WHS opposed by
Great Britain and other leading
European maritime nations who
argtieli that the , ships registered
under t}Je two runaway flags prop.
erly belonged /in US regis_try.
The State Department; ~hich
has. always supported· tbe position
of runaway ' ship .pperat.ors, went
all out at the conference fo establish· the status
Panama and LI·
beri~, but was defeated in the final
tally.
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It was then thai the two runaway-flag countries, with the prodding of the . US Government, decided to take . their complaint to
the internaiional court.
The stat'Qs of Panama and ·Liberia is of direct concern to US
maritime unions. Should the international court hold that they are
not genuine maritime nations but
merely convenient b·a ngouts for
US shipowners, then the unions
would have ·a much easier tfme of
it establishing their right to organize and sign contracts for runaway-flag · shipping. _r
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several advantages for Seafarers. f9~ one thing they simplify keeping in..ntory., If
you can see what you've got, you know wh~t ·
you have in stock~ Then, ·it makes-: matters '../
. considerably easier· in terms of getti'~g ' at··
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.the s}ores. Finally, and ·perhaps m6st "im- .
portant, a well-arranged storeroom, and ·a
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.duces .the chance of shipboard inju·ry. So
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CHICAGO-A tQp Administration official has· suggested that the nation's railroads
open an attack on shipping subsidies with a vi~w toward eliminating them altogether. SecVets. Benefits Form Qf Social Seeurlty retary of Labor James P. )litchell told a r~ilroad labor group that they should work with
_The new veterans' benefltt eUe.£j;ive !uly 1 a~tually assll;l'• that the· riylroads to put an. end t~,..
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)'OU or- your t amily, wm never be left 'destitute if you must stop work- Gov.ei1hment sub s i di e II fQr the railroads' moves to destroy tion with rails consists of Great
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American-flag shipping . as ~PPinl competition. .
Lakes and deep sea domestic ship·
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g ecause of disabflity or old age, or if you die. These benefits
now become our second biggest backlog against financial .die, ster1econc! only to Social Security. That is, if you and your family know
about them.
Like social · Security, you get vets' pa;ments only · if you apply
well as Government aid to air,.. is well ·known, shipping sublines and trucking. .
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9fdies are applied . only to ·ships In
The· S~retary_ of Labor also fin· international tl'.ade. With the . explted that the railroad worke~ .ception of U,.e handful_ of subsi·should-become flexible about their dized vessels on the Great Lakes,
present w.ork rules, enabling · the theee subsidized ships do not com. ·
when eligible. They never arrive automatically. It woul~ be wise to railroads "to ma1teuver flexibly to pete with railroads. .
have your wife read this report, and file it with your insurance poll• meet competitive challenges"-ai>;-- · The segment of. the shipping lncles. In effect the new benefits are an insurance policy.
parently an oblique reference to d1111try, which ls in direct competl·
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Perhaps the most important new feature is the protection for your
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family if anything . happens to you. Widows and minor chlldre; of
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World War II -and Korean W.ar vets can get monthly paymentsjust like World War I widows have been.. getting-if their income
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falls below a . certain level. Up to now, bereaved families Of the more
~ecent GI's· qualified for mont_hly payments only if the vet ·had a
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After July·:~. it~~~s with no ·mtno~-chtldren, and orphaned c~ilSeafarer Phillip Pron is well on the road to recovery and
- eir to• ..1 other Income is normal vision after a second cornea transplant operation per•
dren -wlth no parents, .will be ell.glble u th
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' afare-r G.ets 2nd-.
E. ye Transp·I·a ltt
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out Government subsidy of a117
kind.
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·Aid Necessary
Maritime unions and the marl•
time indwtry regard it as an accepted fact that offshore American-flag shipping in the general
cargo trades cannot operate without some form of Government
assistance, since comi>eting runaway-flag and foreign-flag vessels
pay wages in the vicinity of $7li
to $125 a month (sometimes less)
to unlicensed crewmembers.
The as
elimination
subsidie8,
called for of
by ship
the Labor
Dftpt. secretary, would not in any
way · affect the relationships be-
::~: :!i!~ufc:db:~1r!f::· 0~1thi!
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formed iast November at Lenox Hill Hospital in New .York.
ma or pa 0 • e mencan- ag
no more than ,'l,800 a: year. Widows with minor -chtldre~ can get ·payThe first time Pron went
:::~e~e!:.neral ~argo and pasUnder the surgeon's knif~ was left eye by an ice box aboard ship .
A Question Of F.ands
ments ·if the& other ttncome ~no more than '$3,000.
The Labor Secretary's viewpoint
Social' ~e_9urlt~ 1 i !J._S well as priv~te income is count~d · ~Ii the t~~al in 1951. At ,.t hat time a fel- and Joseph's a carry-over from .bis
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of '" other , in~ome''.•. Large families getting the maximum of ~lal
Security family . payment of $214 a month thus would not be Jtliglble
Ironically, they would lose $70 or more a month because of the extra
*"· But most s "octal Security payments are below the new limits for
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veteranD' benefits. 1ake a widow with one cbil~ getting, say, ,1,650
• year. from Social Security, and with $_300 of other private income
Since her total is under $2,000; she'd be eligible for an addttfonal
$60 a month fr.om the Veterans Adminl_stration.
boxing car~r.
cin ship subsidies is believed to
. The Pali' was in the same rooin refleet the outlook of an important
and after chatting about their in- segment of the pr-i:sent Adminisjuries, it was then· that Joseph tration in Washington, particularly
told --Pron that he could have the the Bur~au of u.e Budget. The
cornea of his own eye inasmuch Budget Bureau has been successas doctors previously had .in· ful in opposing moves to increase
formed him that nothing could be the number of subsidized voyages
done f to save it.
pr th e amoun ts bu dge t ed f or th a t
The operation was a sue ss, P.Urpose.
A widow With one . ~hlld, who has other income of no more than
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but Pron was later warned by docThe railroads themselves have
,1,000 gets $75; with other income of $2,000..$~,000, $40. The paymeq~ 1
tors that the - sight in . his righ~ been under heavy fire in · recent
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Js Increased $15 for eacti additioneye was so affected that he wouid months from domestic ship operal child.
gradually go blind.
ators, barge lines and truckers for
-.. Widows with no minor ·chtldren
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Consequently, Pron under~~nf' cutthroat competition. The oper:.
get $60 a month ff their other -in·
stirgery again for anoth'1!r cqr~~a· ators have charged the railroa<.lt
come is no more than $600, $45 if
transplant operation; this time, with carrying cargo at a loss in
. other mc~me is $600-$1,200; $25 if
BALTIMORE...::. Shipping during the cornea was furnished by' , an· order to beat aown the competl$1,200-$1,800. Since the present the .past 'period, for the most part eye bank. Pron was examined· last" tion.
maximum Social Security payment . has been slow at this Maryland March. by groups of eye · surgeons·
to a widow without dependents is port. Howev'er, P,ort Agent Earl who were attending ·a convention
$90, most moderate-income widows Sheppard reports that the outlook in New York. These professional
. would be eligible for at least some is for better shipping.
medicos were amazed at the sucVA payment.
SIU Safety Director Joe Alglna cess of double operation.
The other big benefitln the vets' spoke at the regular membership
Another odd angle to the two
law is that the breadwfuner him- meeting on April 27.
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transplantations is the fact that
self is eltglble for payments .if he _ Payoffs here iilcluded the Emfl- Pron sports a round cornea and
becomes tottlly disabled, or in old fa, Hilton, Edith,- Jeap. and Mae, a square one. "The shape makes
SAN JUAN, PR - It's only a
age, an~4f bis other income .ts no (Bull); Oremar and Marore (Mar- no difference," .he told the LOG.
more than $1,800 with no depend- ore>- Seamar (Calmar)" Bethtex "I can se"e out of one just as w_e ll coincidence hui. Aristotle Onassis,
ents; or no more than $3,000 with <Or~ Navigation) and th~ cs Bal· _as the ot~er." He ts completely one of the world's wealthiest men
dependents. The disablllty need timore · (Cities Service). ·
·satisfied with the success of the and a leading operator of runaway.
Do,- be service-incurred.· Any_ dis·
The four sign-ons were the Ore- latest operation, which was per- flag vessels encountered an unablln~ permanent 1llness or Injury mar and Marore (Marven), Bethtex formed -}?Y Dr. Rudolph Aebli of expected problem with Americanflag shipping here....,,.. specifi~ally,
that prevents- you from gbtaining core Navigation) and seamar (Cal- Manhattan ..,
regular full-time employµient will mar). In-transits -included The
Dr. Aebll, In commenting last Bull Line's Angelina. ·
The blow was struck April 26,
qualify you. Don'~ slµ'ug off .this : potential benefit because you~re Cabins · (Texas City) Alamar (Clll- week on the opera_tion, said that
still young and vigorous. ' This is like getting a valuable accident' and mar) Alcoa Patriot ~ci Alcoa Pen- the first operation he performed when the Bull Line Liberty, while
health insurance · policy at -no cost to you.
nant' <Alcoa), Steel Advocate and on Pron _b~ck in 1951 was, at that shifting from one berth to another~
d
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steel W-0rker (Isthmian) Beth- time, considered to be rather rare. collided ' with Onassis' palatial
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coaster <Ore Navigation): Robin Since then~ he ~dded, ~etter methWhen you reach 6ri, YoU also have a good chance of getting the VA Hood (Robin).
ods have come mto .bemg and such
payments in addition to your _Social S~urity. The l~w presumes that
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vets over 65 are 90 perc~t disabled ~erely ·becatise they are 65. .Few
• -Pron, who .has almost normal
Pick 'Up 'Shot'
vision with the - a!!l of contact
have any_ trouble proving the other ten percent · disability through
·1uch common ailments of old age JlS b$d· e:v.es_ight, varicose veins, etc.
lenses, hopes t o get his driver's
Card At Payoff license soon. He will take the las~ j
A single vete~an who qu~liftes . thra\Jgh <li~abi~ty· or old age would
set $85 a month if his other inco~e .is .µot over $600; $90 if ~etweep '
of post-operative ·treatments 'next
Seafarers who have taken the yveek and .. will enjoy a lifetime . of
- $600 Jnd $1,200, and· $40 if over $1,~00 ·but not more than $1,800.
- If he has one dependent;-:he'l~ get $45
·$90 a month~ depending series of inoculations required sight which may not have be.en
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certain
voyages are · poss·lble were 1·t not for .,,.ric
Jo:on how much ~
oiner lhcome;
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. Iri addition, any war v~t's ,fa~lly, no· ~atter .. wqat its income, ls their inoculation cards from the medicine.
·eligible for a $250 burial from VA When he "dies. ' ,
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captain or the PUtser when they .
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The new rules im~edlately qulillfy most · 300,000 wtdows and vets pay of? at the end of a_voyage.
The card should be picked up
·who previously were iileligibQle. VA ofiices will accept appllcatiens
from the·m now.
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by the Seafarer and held so that '
Pre'sent ·Beneftclarlei ..
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u !;an l>e :nresented when sign~ .
yacht while it was at ancho; here.
'· Vets or , families already getti'ng ,._VA ~enslons ha:ve- a Choice of Ing on for anotl}er voyage where
Th~ Christina, Onassis' floating
' coming in un.der the new rules or"reooaining under 'the"pld?Compare the "shots" are required. The
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b as~. d,. ou _..in~ome limi• in'>culation card is your o..~
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h WILMINGTON
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b 11 •th here
nly as though vengeance. was in mind,
. ~our f,!res~mt 91tyn:ien s w ' . e_,. ne~" P,.~ymen
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·Lations. Once y'o u swit.ch t_o.. the· n.ew &)'~ e~, you ;uave. tq. a,. c~
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the Angelina hit her again. Be:f
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For example, under the old law, a qualified vet's ..wi<'.pw~ with no- quired shots. '
our · ps ca n or a
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tween ttie two blows, the Christina
_ Those me-n who for' ge.,t to plck corritng
Jobs during
pastlook
period.
The suffered extensive damage to her
minor.~ chlldren' gets $50.40 a month if her annual · income, D~;u.ot more
two the
weeks
a little
than $1,400.-Vnder "the new law•. she gets $60 a month If her lneo~e up their inoculation car4! when btjglltei with six vessels scheduled hull and · de<'k structure-an es.ti·
?,Jl..Po.t more ,tbatl '600 a year : $45 or less if Income is over $'80.0. Thus, they i>ay oft may flnd that tber to hit . the port.
niatea $12,000 to $20,000 worth.
' a widow with Qoi more than .$600 sh0.uld choose ~h4t i:iew rules. One ' are r~uirecl to take ·all the . There . were no payoffs or sign._ Fortunately, ·no crewmem-berl
. yith over f600 should atic" t.o ~e old plan~.
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." shots" uatn ~w!_len thel want om; .. The four - snips serviced :id were injured in the Incident which ,·
~ · Beeau·@ 9 ~of" ~o.,;ie,- confu8ion, ,VA ·officJ~ e~phaslze that ' tl~e new to S.~.P on, ~i"~~n~tJter ~cli ! O'?·". transit and- were: :.peiuil!lar, Jl'ex:.. ;may -have. hurt. Onassis~ feelings
~~w. · d~,.1~ .on~Y,: .w ith .non-se,vlct pe~iQ_ns.:. ". lt does '.not aff~t' btt_!l~fi.ts age.
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low SIU member, Eric Joseph, donated · the cornea of his permanently-damaged r-ight .eye .to Pron.
The two met for the first time at
the Staten- Public Health hospital
where both were being examined
for eye injuries, Pron's having
been caus.e d when struck over the
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JHE dr.eam ship on the dre~r:n trip would
have ·stTtooth sailing and s.~flny, ,~kies .~II
CJlong its route •. ·Somethin~ -o.n this order
will become P?ssibl~ if t"e ~perime~,tal
· weather satellite · T1rps ,I ,. p.ans . out ~s
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·The weathe·r satellite is the forerunn~r. of·
seve:ral more advanced .satellites ·w.hich w.il.I
enable weather men to detect storms 'and
predict weather with ~or greater aecuracy
than now. Such skills would l:s'e of obvious
~c{vantage to shipping.
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'Technicians a,re sho~I!· at work . checking out
!I'iros, before its launchi,ng. Tiros sun batteries
provide power TY cameras. "
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weather, and as o. result, fo the distant future,· weather control is a possibility. ·
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The principle ·of the weather satellite is
sim.plicity itself. It is a space platform with
two television ~pmeras •. The cameras take
pictures, on command ·from the ground,
of various areas and store )hem in tape re=
~orders. Upon signals .from the ground, the
tape recorders~ transmit the · photos. -. .In the
process, .weather men ·will . be obi~ . to observe atmospheric conditions and .the
build-up of $form patterns which ,t hey could
never see before. In faet, four-fifths of the
~orth's atmosphere could n9t observed. before Tiros was Launched, so that .w eather
forecasts were based· on incomplete infor--mation and, as everybody knows, were
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With a system . of weather satellites in
orbit, the weather · forecasters ~ill ge_t a
view of the whole earth's· weather_patterns~ ,
They. will l.;e able to follow storms and hurricanes as they form and predi<;J° their
course ·with reasonable accuracy possib'ly
days and ~eeks
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Wide-angle TV camera took his photo of storm .
p.attern covering hundreds ot miles of-the atmos-·
phere over the Pacific Ocean.
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' .F or..ships, the advantages' or°su~h. .~~ath.;r·
predictions are Qbyio.us. - ' Pa~sen~j~r vesseJs . ·
. will be qbl~ t~ gilcwrci.n tee. mcir~ of. th~. s~rin'y
days at s~~ - .·they ad~~rtis! ;· so-..r fouCIJy•.
. Car.g o ships ·_~m be ab~e to avoid costly
. delays,, stoi:m damage apd foju_ries to crewrrtefl1be.rs· :.whr~h .o rise ftom ·..pi.fC-hing and
rot.ling in: ~e.a~y seas• . ~ .... · .
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;~o;· -. b~f};~ .: ·1>uilt~ . the
w;c:wth~r · s~t~r~ ·
. lit.es of ..th~ futu re wUI have infra .r.ecf .scan:.·
..__ · . ' ners. w·hicfr. w.fl:t mea~ure· th'e: heat..flow ' f~om
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. ' . , douE>teCl-~y : wi fl' le'a d .td ,a 11. sorts. o.f ~-oJt.~ctf:.
~-:t11i:~~q~t$J);~xp~iii:J\e.ttts ~in·1.\iJeQ~Ji~r~'. ~.ont~C>b';.
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-Photo froni satellite shows ~L6wer .California 'and.' · .· · B~f f~r _t_he'. tl~~ Ji.~l~g, the ·~e~ma9. w,ill_"l?e .: · . I
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. .Gu,lf ·of Californi, . .,Notth.:.i!:at "'bot~''Qf ·photo..·~- · .. .-;.~_appy ..if.-,he ;,~.Qn -9~.t .•iiQugh ·adYqf\~e~rioti.ce
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ITHIN a couple of years, if all goes well, ~'kippers
mates can pack away their sextants, astrolabes,
give .up deadereckoning and still knpw exactly where they
are at sea with far g·reater accuracy than ever before.
The information will come to them via a rad'io receiver
getting "fixes" every hour and a half or so from a navigation sateJlite passing overhead at 90:-minute intervals.
This system, which would have sounded li~e a cockeyed
dream a couple of years back, , is now on the v,e rge: of
being put into. effect-as the result c;>f the orbiting of · the
sc:xte·llite Tran_sit 1-B by the US Navy. · Herei brie·fly, is
how it happeried: '
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· Scientists tracking the or_iginal Russian satellite, Sput- -: .
nick I, noted .!hat whenever Sputnick passed overhe~d. ·. ·
there would b~ _a .shiftin the ytave length on which its · r~dio · .
signals were' being transmitted. By measuri"ng this cha,,ge
in the frequency ·o f the radio signal, {this. is now done: by
comp~te~s ). it's p~ssible_ to determine exactly whe.re the
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satellite 1s 1~ relation to the earth~
What the Navy plans to do is put four such satellites -into orbit to cover all of the oceans. A system ,pf_ground
tracking stations, already in operation, can calculate exactly what the path of .the ~atellites will be relation to
latit1:1de and longitude at any given time.
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,Jheo ~he ground stations .will. send signals back to the
satellite outlining the futu.~e· position of the satellite fo.r
the next seve· ~al days. The satellite will bro.a dcast_ this
information to ships at sea, activating a ship's receiving •··
equipmerit as it passes -over general area of the o~ean in
which the vessel is located. The ship then can make a navigational fix on the man.:1made north star.
··There are obvious advantdges 'in this system,· for merchant' ships. Exact navigation . fixes will enable ships to
~eep ~accurately on course, weather permitting, and will
save·time and money b_y saving travel mileage. · Ships will
be abl·e lo travel in a straight line, whereas. und_e r· present
systems, errors of as mu~h ·as 'SO miles off course\ under
dead reckoning are not uncommon.
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Exact navigation fixes are a direct asset to the health
and .safety of 'the crew. For example, in an em~rgency
~he~e a crewmember needs !Jnmediate medical attention,
-6.r a fire breaks out on a ship, the ability of the vessel to
·repor't its exact location will rriake contact with re.scue
ships and ·planes that· much easier.
The "~vigation satellite · would a[so make .lar:gefy•
.·unnecessary the whole comple>( of novigati(>n equi·p ment
such as radio- direction ~finders, lorari and- other devices;
which, whi~e . effective, cover ·only a· part of t.he ·s ea lanes.
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Artist's rendering of navigation satellite shows two sets of bantj.s holding sun batteries whi<;h yupply energy for -its radio t~ansmission. Stripes_are the satellite's transmitting antenna.
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As satellite.passes shore station (left) it's exact position in space is recorded. In step
two, satellite stores up messages from shore station for relaying to ships (step three)
from which ships can quickly figure exact latitude, -longitude and time.
�In-Transits
Keep Jax
On, Upside
�Pll'• mnea
.White HOilse 'Switcfies On
Medical Care_For Aged
'1 ASHINGTON-Under tremendous pressure from voters
throughout the p-nited States and from the nation's trade
unions, the Administration has made an about-face on the
issue of health insurance ior
Americans over -65.' Although ciple, the. President has indic.ated
President Eisenhower nad sty- .an .inflexible stand on the 1d~a,
mied such a move earlier in the
year, the Administration now
plans to introduce some kind of
Federally-supported measure 'f or
voluntary health insurance.
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Substitute For "Forand Bill
The Administration bill is an
effort to counter the rising tide
of sentiment for the Forand bill,
backed by the AFL-CIO, which
would finance health care for the
aged through the _Social Security
system. The response to this bill,
introduced by Rep. Aime J. Forand
'(Dem.-RI) has been tremendous
as Senators and Representatives
have been flooded with mail in
favor of some kind of measure
along these Iifles.
Two of the nation's .leading conservative magazines-Life ~ and
Business Week-have even come
out ' favoring the principle of the
Forand. bill, stating that private,
voluntary plans "can- never meet
the whole 11ced" (Life) and "the
voluntary approach simply will not
. do the job" <Business Week).
Prevents 'Beggar' Sentiment
"Use of the Socfal Security
System," the latter ·magazine con~
tinued, "has- the advantage ~f
keeping old people from feeling
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that they ar.e beggars."
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Despite the sentiment of the
Since the SIU and the International Longshoremen's Asso- people, and the flood of tecomciation began pickepng the Cleopatra in New York on Wed- mendatjons in support of this prin-
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Peace
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. Dues ~ece1·pts
H<>~idquarters again ·wishes to
remind
Seafarers that payments o' fnnds, for what~ver
Ultion purpose, be made only
to. authorized A&G represen t atlves and that an officlaJ . Union
recelpt be gotten_at th.a t til"e..
If no receipt is o·ffered. be sure
to p.rotect yc>0rself · by immet.i1 • .tely btinging the· matter to the
'.: att~·ti«m . o.f the secretary-~-MS-
all
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pulsory. affairE:"
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'fhe issue has rapidly ~co~e
the number-one problem facmg
Congress this year. Progress in
medical science has enabled us to
raise !ife expectancy to almost 70
years at the present time, and the
number of aged people, over 65
years old, has jurnped from six
million in 1930 to 16 million today.
Majority Can't Afford It
A survey conducted by the Department of Health, Education and
Welfare indicated that threequarter's of our senior citizens cannot afford to pay 'for the care they
would need if seriously ill. Medical
costs have skyrocketeq 45 percent
in the past ten years while the
over-all cost of living has jumped
by about 20 percent, making the
medical costs increase twice as
great as the general cost of living,
as· noted in the Consumer Price
fude~
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Vice-President Nixon said that
the Administration's health insurance plan, providing for a limited
Federal subsidy, would make possible voluntary health insurance
for everybody over 65 who wanted
.h ealth insurance~ The plan wo_uld
work tnrougn payments to insurance companies and group health
organizations, not the individuaL
NV GO'V ernor
· · sI•gn
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nesday, April 13, -in protest against the Arab League blackJ.ist
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of American shipping the performallce of the US State Department has fulfilled an expectations-expectations, that is,
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of those who have maintained th(\t th.e Department nas ut-·
terly failed in its' job of protecting the rig~ts of American
citizens and the principle of- freedom of the seas;
- The unions' protest was undertaken because in all the years.
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that the blacklist has been operating. the US GovernmentNew York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller, signed mto law.
meaning the State Department:_has 'not taken a single con- last week, the amended New York State Unemployment Instructive
Law
·raises
jobless
pay to $50 but then tightens
.
. step to remedy .t he situation
.
' There have been suranee
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.Plenty of pious statements and equally.:.pious resolutions, but the Imes by~b.f~em~g the JO _+------_
- ----.- -no action.
- less pay quabficat10ns. The Isth~ian, .seatrain, ,and Cities
"Embarassed" Ovel'/ Picket.ing
bill was signed even- though Service, will be affected. How-
Jobless·· Pa·y Curbs
In an. effort to bring about more
harmomous relations betwee~ labor and management, Pres1d~nt
Ed~senhoiwer
calledthfort
regue Jar
ISCUSS ODS bhats
e ween
e .WO
e·
, ments "outside the bargaining
·table." He made this announcement ¥ a White House meeting
attended by AFL-CIO President
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~pat. was ..the reaction of t~e .State Department to the
George Meany and Labor Secretary Mitchell.
un~on rc1ckethne? If ~a~ to whm~ t.h at th.e· Depa~tme.nt ~as
The President called u.pon Meany bemg embarrassed' m its h¥tdlmg of d1plomabc relations
to designate three persons from with the United Arab Republic""&hd other members of the
lab~r to meet with an e'qual num- Arab League, and to try to make the SIU the scailegoat ·for
ber from management for the pur- the failure of the· US delegation at the UN Law of .the Sea
pose of. developihg conferen~e conference to get adoption o~ it~ .r lan on terri torjal water
plans ''.without Government partic- -limits. (See story on page 10.)
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Thus far, despite th~ protest, and despite. the request QY
At the same. time, It was ~n- the .American Merchant Marine Institute that the Departinounced tha~ the Chi~f . Executive ment try to implement "in every· possible way..." the principles
.
would later meet with Rudolph
Bannow president of the National of freedom of the seas and proper treatment of Umted States
. abroad, the Department has said. . nothing and .done
Assocl·at'1·0 n of Manufacturers, . to citizens
th•
th th '- t ~~'-· . th
. 'ti
. work out arrangements for nammg n<_:> mg· o er au o CL-nlc1ze e union s ac on.
as conferees three management
Fear ·of Nasser?
officials of firms which have work
F
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-contracts with AfL-CIO affiliated
or · sm~e reas~n, . w ich is. no~ y~t clear, the_ 1!mt.
ta~·
un its.
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representmg the world's most powerful nation, d1plomabc
These meetings were first .u~ed servjce, is ~either. unwilling, or afraid,. to approach Egypt's
by Meany last Novembtlr when he President,'Nasser with even the mildest coinplairit. This is in
invited the president to CQ!lSider·. sharp contrast' to the attitude ·dispfayed· tgward Nasser a~d
develo t~g guide lines al.med . at other Arab nations by the·S<>.,"iiet Union and 'other !roil Curtain
establlshmg ·bettex: relahonsh•PJi countries. When they think·their interests are at' stake they
betwe~n, labor a! d ipanagement. holler ioud and clear-and as a result, the Arab nations ar~ in
,
statmg that the use of the Social
Sec~r~.ty System is. a "c?mp~lsory
affair and th~t he is agnmst com-
their corner time : arrd aga1:h. .
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The Iesson, w h"IC h • s h ouId b ~ cIear f or- the Sta t e D ep~r t . th a t wea k -kneed t•1m1d1t y ID
. the M1ddl e . E as t on Iy
men t , IS
f A
. breeds cqntempt for the Vs ap.d mistreament 9
meri~an_s,
particularly .American. s·e amen and Americ~n shipping. ,,
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SIU Asks Probe
Th e SIU h as as·k ed· th a' t t h e S-enat e .F ore1gn
. R e1·a t•ions· c· omnuf"tthee S~onduDct at thortoughd· it~ve5tigati~n intoh the Aa~~io~s
e t e Late epar men an
er a~encies, sue as gricu 'tare and the Navy Depai"tment, in cooperating with the blackli~t;· T~e Union ~ould .be happy !P cooperate with such an
~nv~sUgatibn , which might . uncover · the reason~ for these
ag~ncys!~ indifference te tµe ··rig~ts Q~ Americ.a ns and their
,tQl~J;'~.tiop°.o~. ~~t~i.A.ffie~\~.~~ac~ices, i~... ~~e_ _M:i~~l~.'. .~~st•....~:-:,
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ever, a seama~ wor~ing for out-ofstate .comp~mes h~e . s.ea-~and,
\yaterman, .Alcoa, M1ss1ss1pp1 and
Suwannee is. covered by the .une~r~oyment msurance regulations
0
ose s.tates. •
Accord_m.g to sta~e une"?ploy~:~!d0 !~c;~~iaAh~o~:~a~~~.. ~~i~;:
that wouldn't have worked any
longer than they wanted t~ such as
housewives. Ordinarily a ·housewife
seeks employment for a period of
t·
t
ime o overcome a surp1us o1
ks b~dllds: Sheh thenlf~eafvehs hebr job after
three days a w~ek for four wee
ri
111g erse o t e urden and
to qualify for the $50 paymenis then seeks unemployment insurdue after signing off the first job. ance benefits.
, It affects the seaman in the following manner. Should the seaman
take a··long trip tben, leave the
ship when it reaches port £.or the
purpose of' going ashore to see his
family, he will then be ineligible
to apply for jobless pay, even after
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he has gained a second job. The
reason according to the new law.
is that a person must leave his em,.
ployment
because
r·easons rather
thanoftoinvoluntary
fulfill his · SAN FRANCISCO-This port's
px:ediction Of better shipping in
a
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" 0 needs and wants. Under the period just ended rapg true. Twice
old law, a six week penalty period as many men got jobs this time
was imposed for such "voluntary over the' previous period. Activity
.quits,;' but a seaman could then was cohtined to employment of
collect benefits.
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"A" and "B'.' men, reports.Walter
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Sibley port agent
What makes thepnew '1aw· ~11 the
Sibl~y also not~d that the ships
more confusing for seafarer$, in hitting port had few or no· beefs.
addition to its limitations, is the attributing this success to a job
fact that it applies only to shipping well done by the delegates on
companies whose mai~ ·offices . are these . ve~sels.
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in New York State. Seafarers workThe outlo.Q.k for the next period
ing . f~r · such. c,o ~p~~.~«'.s· ; a.s .B°.~l: is f~rly good, ~e ~~~t a_~e.nt a~~.~~·
the amendment was strongly opposed by organized Iaoor:
The SIU was one of the . unions
that sent telegrams to the . state
capitol protesting the amendment.
SIU Asks Probe
SIU's message to Albany cited
the hardship that the new law will
place upon the seamen. The socalled· move to "strengthen" the
insurance for those unemployed,
will require a seaman · to hold a
second job until .he earns at least
$200 or has worked a minimum of
SF BOUnces
Up ..·_ Do
' ubles·
I ts S.hipping
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�~ .Haffls Tanker
-_Seafarer- Ties
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arrlage Knot. -
ill• prompt, courteous and
_tictct ~nner in whic·h my re'9nt b!nefit claim was handled.
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1'h• feellng of . ~~ity that
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.To Ule Editor:
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the Welfare Pian 1lvl's nte with
We ·· would . Ute~· t<f anqoonc-' , my huiband ione 80- many days ~
the marrfilge ~Qt' o_ur daughter, It ea, -cannot be expressed· by
Ann
· Elise, to Mr, William
. . Herb· mere words. ~
.
ert Phillips 'QB Sunday, March
I .am very proud to be ·a Sea..
27, 1960, at St. Paul's J(ethodiat farers wife and I only wish that
Church, New 1 Bedford, Mau.
we (th• wives of all SIU mem• ,
ben) could have an identlfica·
Mr. and Mn,,
" - Chrlltopher F.-em
tlon card to carry, proclaiming
¢. - ;.\:ti .,;
· that we to ate members ~ ·in
part" ot' a wonderful union9· S
WS ft
Tlie Seafarer1 International.
Various Issue•
Mn. Theodore Jones
To Ule'!'Editor: . · · ·
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I want to thank you-for aend· -: 1 •
Ing me the LOG, while I have· .
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Among .t he Seafarers currently·1 ald up in the US:PRS Hospital in
t;taten Island· are: ·F . Adkfus, A. M. _Anderson, J, R. Eaaa, J. A. Gr•i.c,
EUl'eDe R. Han; llln~ J. R. Leiba.
. Adkins, last on the. Steel Artisan, was hospltallze(l with a broken
'Wrist and ls recovering slowly: Anderson, who sall~d in. the deck departme.nt of the City Service Norlolk on his last ·trip, broke his ·collar
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Union's F·l sht -
'l' ill Sditer'•
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.. Recen~ly I_noticed some stortea in ·the SEAFARERS LOG
. about C!JIUDs and 'the, rigged
set-up he has in some of the
tanker fteets. I wu glad to see
·that the crews in these fleets
are· 1eitin1· wise to his phony
deals and that tp the Esso fteet
anyway, the men l}ave broken
away from his ontrol and are
trying to vote hh'n out.
ILyou ask me, these oil com·
panies keep an 'Iron curtain of
their own around fhe tankers.
l'hey tell the crews they have
such a terrific deal, but If you
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~:;.e;~~ ·~~:~ :h a~et: t~:i
score Is.
a -few inonths before I can re- .
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So more power .to the ·tsso
Anderson
Adkins
Hall
Egan
- lurntosea.
men. If they win t~~!lr ftght
~ Regarding the latter -concern·
and ·keep their own .union,
bone and six ribs when he· fell down the stairs at home. He had 2Q.
fni choice of watch by the deck .
which they want to do, it means
rears at sea with 'no accidents.
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AU lettet'• to the editor for
that t'he · company. assocl•tion
department on . the SS Penn
Egan underwent a hernia ·operation and ts .bothered also by a p0-11t-.
Vanguar.d, I 'thin~ the beit ·way
publication in th1 SEAFAR· -- . deal wlll be .on-the way ouf in
operative infection. He sailed as chief steward on the Jackie H14-use
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is
fint
aboard
ship
·1et1'
flritERS
*LOG muit be dped
the 1 tanker fleets: '.fben -maybe
his last time out.
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choice and sp.on 'down the line. - b11 the writer. Name wm
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Grabac has a fungus infection on his hands •nd feet, but is respondIf that won't -W.Qrk the.n b}' date
be :withheld upon renu:'lt. . "' . with the he P o un ons - 8--'i;ue
ing to treatment and expects to be released soon. Hi4 last ship w~~ ·the -~of shipping card, retardl4!ll ,
Esso --tankermen, the SIU · and
Beauregard.
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other . unions can make some
what class -tfie .man Is, A, B, or S
Hall, who sailed last on the Robin Locksley, lractur~d his wrist and
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headway OD th~ runaway
1 after an opei:ati~n is improving rapidly. lie ls enjoying himself ·study·
I ~ave been in the Union ·•
. ·
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•hips.
T Muke
tng the racing for.ms with a scholarly intensity.
·since 1944 ancr1 tblnk' 1eniority
nsurance
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Leiba was stricken with an infection In his left shin bone. He ' ls
In shippins la enough,, without To the ~dJtor:
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coming along well, however. He sails .in the steward department and - trylhe to . srab' :. . ojf . . t~~ . best I Just wanted to let . my_fel- . ,Attacks ''News'
his last ship was the Helen.
watches also , · . · .,
low -Seafarers .know that the A · A ti U I
Seafarers on the beach o.r off their ships on shore leave ·should ·take
Reprdtng_'.-]loliies~adtni I. reason·, Uiey . haven't seen me
S.
time out to visit their buddi~ hi the hosp!Aal. ~ ·vl~lt or a )eti~r fr.ofi\
illl'ee with Brother Nichols that around,. lately b because I've To the EdltoJ'. e_:
1hipmates i1> always welcomed by Seafarers .stuck, in· hospl,tals.. . . .
every: man should be requfrectr
·b e en land·
I should Ilke. _to call your atto 1et off the shlp 'after a year ·
locked, a n d ten'Uon to ari ·article In the edi·
VSPHS HOSPiT AL
SBASWE MEMORIAL ·HOSPITAL
STATEN ISLAND, NY
LONG BEf.CH; CAL.If. ·
,
at)( take hill vacation. That way ,,,
. . have become torial column~ of the "New
Oscar Adams
Thomu Lehay
l!oward · C. pber6 , B. 11'~ Overstreet
be
more
Joba
availa li~e Insur• York Dally News" which apthere
·l'l.ould
Aanar Andersen
JuJltt Leiba ·
'I AILOR SNUG HARBOR '
N. E. Angelopoulos Roan Li&ht(oot
. able. rhave J;een onihlps where
ance agent for -peared on April 18, 1960. This
- STAJ'EN ISLAl'n), NY
F . J. Balducci
Serafin Lopez
'l'boma1 IsakSen
there _are =creWmernbers who
-the New ·York vicious planted article, which I
John Ballman
J, N . Loukas
.
USPHS HOSPITAL
have
been
.Onover"
a
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year
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anil
Life Insurance . assume ·was re~d' - by . mllllbn-s,
Joseph Blake
John Lukas
CHICAGO, ILL. ·
Robert Bunner .
Wm. C. MUrphJ' .
it is my·-contention that~ mem~
Company.
· - stated fran~ly that union pres.:
John Pletl'Zll'k
Greirorto Caraballa J. A. Nairy :
Alfredo, Cedeno
E. J . O'Rourke
I-sailed with sur~ in ,the .Lakes are~ ·h~~ skybers who stay on over a year 1et
.
· TRIBoRO HOSPITAL
J.o}ln Cormier
_, Petro Paulin ·
. {,~
·JAMAICA, LL NY
. like "old ladies" : •. 'they thinkt'!e SIU since rocketed seamen's wages to the_
John Dolan
Thamaa Riley
· Jabi.11 :Ruuell
.
.·
they
own
the·
ship,
A-_
new
crt!f~
·~
~
Fo
ey
1950 and got · pc,>int tha~ ·A01erican-flag vessels
J . J •. Sheehan
Jam11 Elfe.n
· us - SOLD~S HOME HOSPITAL
J. A. Grbac
W. Stevens
- l\VASIUNGTON, DC •
do
fo"
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my
full , book could · not ca!'ry much nee~ed
member
who
doesn't·.
E_w:ene R. HaD - . Joie Toro
Wm. H._ Thomson
the way a homesteader W:ln!lf In 19~6. My last s~ip wa~ the iron ore to the piill1 of this
Thomas Hegiarty
WllllalJI F . Turk
VA HOSPITAL
Thomas Lauer
i\rtbur Willert ·
them done Ii mar~ed ..iouQ-: <rJ - Alcoa -Roamer, wh1ch I . aa~led _. country.
CENTER HQT SPRINGS
VSPHS HOSPITAL
. . ·so. DAKOTA
thinl. ~hat tqe one-year rule 1 on last .fuly.
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The nticle_ further _ stated
NORFOLK, VA.
Bel\lling Bjork
- Rufino Camantlque Clifford c. Womack
should
be
.
p
ut-.to
a
·vote
by
the
I~
any
9f
-my
buddies
or
~ny
Lake
captains receive $18,oo'o
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J. W. Blanken1hlp Leroy Jones
memberlihips.- ·
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Seaf.-ers are interested In buy· - per year and deckhands and
B . Broughoil
Steven Purifoy
NEW ORLEANS, LA~
R. J. Sullivan
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Dennis Cahoon
Henri Robin Jr,
In_c~os~ng, ·£d like .to_say hello Ing IQ!M lnsuran~e, I urge them po~te1·5 $539 pe~ month, thus
USPHS HOSPITAL
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and 1unooth sailing to my tnany _to come ~ncr see me. With my forcing an unelJlployment~ panic .
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FORT WOllTH, _T:Ex,4S
MANHATTAN BEACH ·
Frank Ander10n
Max Olson
BROOKLYN, NY
friends'ind fellow shipmates ·In knowle_d te . of_ th~ problems a in the - steel· mills _mines and
B. F. Del,,ler ' ~ -Peter .Sotlre
Matthew Bruno
S. Laurente
. Jhe. SIU. , ~ .,_
.. · Se~it~er ha~,, .. ano the policiea other shoreside. industries-. ·,
George ·Doherty _ '}lozo Zelenelc
John J. Driscoll
Henry Smltb.
John c. BaDQIJted
my company has, I think that .I
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Woodrow Meyers
Bart E. Guranlelc
Pop P. Wini
WllJlam D. II enny
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CJan. work out a good -program.
. !he_article went _on . to. ~tat•
VSPHS ·HOSPITAL
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
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tt . ;.t. ¢.,.....,_ · - .
· I can be reached at 890 East-.. that foreign-flag operations are
Jon Alonso Jr~ · Eclward Knapp
BRIGHTON, MASS. •
Thomas Andrews
Leo I{. Lang
Seafarers
Wife
i5otii ~tr~et -~n the Bronx, and 10 !o 20 pet~ent c~eaper ·~e~ause
Gilbert Edwards
Harry S. Murra1
James B. King
William '_faplln
. Clyde 'Leflett
,
will_be ll~d to see any of my _ A~~ and oilers o_h fore1gn':'flaJ
USPHS HOSPITAL
Claude Bankston Jr, Jamet . l\ifcClarence
ants _ID,Carcf
.old Seafaring-friends, either t~ ve~sels
receiv~ $80 _a mbn~,,
James Belcher
Joseph Martello
GALVESTON, TEXAS
1 th American shiJ>pi~S ~.at itl
Max Antlerson
-· S. McGUnchey •
Accurso BOntl '. 'Jack Mocire ·
the
Editor:
:
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talk
about
the
good
old
days
at
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Joaeph Cave
Anthony Novak
Pat H. Jones
Henry P, Meyer•
. I wish to tharik th~ Union of· sea, or any insurance problems lowest ebb due to F_oreig~flag
Rlchar!f ChazarA
Loul1 W . P~ed
James A. Lewis
Denis .Skograa
VSPHS HOSPITAL
Vlr'IU Coallh
Dewey Pentonfi~ers atl'd board,,_ members of 1 they might have. .
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run~ways, t~s new... s~urce,_ The
Donald Dambrino
William Roberts
SAVANNAH, GA. ·
the
Seafarers
Welfare
·Plan
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f
orEdward
J.
Fole1'
Daily
Ne~s with -Its antl-Un·
Garland Bennett
E. Roy Lindenmuth Angelo D'Amico - Charles . SuminereD
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-- ion tactl<::;, has· distorted - tht
Harold Eby
Jama. Vickery
James B. Davis
lj;dward Polakoff
Cha11. Habighorst
Ferdinand '·Vigo
Ludwiir :f(ri1tiansen Zrnest Webb
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mi'1dS _of i;eop~- who Jmow ·
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VA HOSPITAL
Harry Hammond.
Walter Whitten
. ~r••sages ' upp-.r
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little, }£ aqytftln_g-l, "about our
24TH ST., lST" AVE.
.Edwarll Johnson
· Luther Wing
Anderson Jordan . Joseph Wise ,
NEW YORK, NY
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Fight·
Agiilns~
.-Shlp
Blacklist
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merchant marine fleet.
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Chae. O. Bergagna
George Kasprzyk
Harry Wolowlt1 .
USPHS HOSPITAL
- VA HOSPITAL
' (Ed. note: .J'Jie SIU ha• ·reC)fltv•d hundredl of meuare1 from UD• - I .c.au upon _you_r and other
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BALTIMORE, MD·. •
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MONTGOMERY, ALA,
, Iona, and tndlvidul cltlzem IUJporiiq the Seafaren' stand tn pie~· maritime · pubhc11tlons to re~
Jacob Buckelew
Ramon A.cueda
Gorman Glaze
USPHS HPSPITAL
Edwin Ain1worth
Bennie Gresham
.. etlnr the 8$ ~.leo"tr~ ID proteet ·arallllt. the United Arab Bepub· · rudiate these false claims and
SAN FRANCISCO, CALI!'.
Francisco Alcaln
Loyd ..Grlfh1
show tl!ese fhJ.ks up for what
· Pc'• blackllaUnr of US ~tps and mistreatment of American aeam·e n
Richard Harnden
Henry Ostwald
Geor1e Marcqtte
. Theodore Aleck
Charles Haymorid Jack E. Smith
Snace
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Edward ilulzanga
Lloyd J. Thullliii
Louil Brown
P.hllip S.Uto · _
llor11c1 . I..edwell
·D11vid L. William•
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excerpts.)
of
hard-worldhg
men
w
1th
Charle• Nall
Gaetano BusciJUo . Georae SeeburJer
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~ngra u a ons ~or .re·
families and obje ti
i lif
VSPHS HOSPITAL
C~<te Clark
Eugene Stewart
fusing' to unlo~d, the. ~i>ban _.ihe pressure and appeasenie~t
c ves n,
e.
SEA'ITLE, WASHINGTON
Frank Claw1on
J'rane11 ,x, Sullivan
'Frank Airey
James Mitchell
Jel! Davis·
John Tinile ship· Cleopatra: - FinallY . some- poUcv . of the . State Depart· To them and to countless, others
Thomas W .. ' Carter Leo Seleslde
Lawrence ~ron ..
Gerald Edward•
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I call on your organ to inform
Edw. E._ Edinger
A. Stevenson
Georire ForrHt
Charl11 WelboJ,"D
one has .th.e cou,rage tQ .act • • • .,.,m ent •• · ." :
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George ·B. Little
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Eddie . Game
Jo}Jn Y"kDaa
Lot _....;lea, cailt
New 'f'ork City. : ~
bla~kball the madtlme industry.
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Mates aod Pllou,· I would ,llkt . "· that ·o f th• Intern~lonal Loni· .
Plan' Help's
to ae~ our u..io~ partl~ipate in· - iboi;emen's · Auoclatioii, lq aup,- St ·.
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the plcketlna .u an. expr~slon _ 11ortln1 you, ii wonderful to · b~
· ef solidarity. ~ ' .t\ltei-1• ~11, o~ : "~Id ·a(~r wltn~asing our
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membePs .were affected t.o the 1 ·el'JUD!Dt's spineless -acceptance
aafti~ extent J>Y - th' Egyptl~n t of AraJ> .dietatlon-. . ·."
mintites.. we · wish to , go · on flle
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a9out thit '•tewoct on ·the Erna
action •••" _ . •.-·: · · ·
Alldre'f --tlak~Wlld. /- - · ~ , ,: ·\o. -DetroH. Mich. -.•• ~l~a~eth.
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. . . es~un · C.anal ~ot. , . • _ ·, '- ~ -• - • · - ~ ' : · _ · -We had _the ~IU Food Plan
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"My hnti~ o~ to you .. ·11 It.ii.In aboard !n. Sap · Ftancisco,
• •. . "P~rbap_s ii ~nt.o~ as brav~ . ~!!~ ~~encles~of th,e, Fede,al gov- ' Whjch ieemed ,to hel, ~po per• .
·and f~~t.1~t. _q Y!>u'rt· ,c~ at · e~~ent. can procrasttnate whlle ~ ·.~ent. ~he 11~ew.a~ has improve'1 ..
last.-s~t our coward!Y State De. . . tht ~merlcan .ftaa ta -defiled an~d
a gre,_ll~ Qeal but Y(~ l"i< to ~•eP ..
p_artme1;1t 1~ralS)lt· ?f .'' ~ _" . : _ Amenc~q ·_are b~dr - tn low es"'-· a .. l'ec~r~,:•.o~. ~ese mlnu, 8·· Jn
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lqlow -th.a t there· ~ ._ courage and ·· ·
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Aboard Tlte Mornln9 Llgltt1
·A ·sa·i ling
Man _'s. Deck Crew.
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By M.
A task·mfstreaa
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· Who demands the time
K iamet allot to me
A crue l, beguiling, demand!ng
witch
That heeds not to my plea1 •eem· to separate you two
I want to set you free
From her beckoning finger, her
mbtery
And charm, your lovely mistress-
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The &ea.
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She rages not
· Wit h t he passage of time
Her thrill i4 eternally newShe captures the ·heatt ,
of' all 't hat perchance
To travel the Zan~s wffh you •
She has cohort• a'plent11 .
To aid and abet
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Giant 1hip1 that adher1 to' hn
And aa 1Urtl11 as
The .ttde ooea out
Your on. board,
~ member of 1ome crew.
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Blue-ween water• that fqaclnate
Tangled seaweed, like hair
Soft waves that whisper and cajole,
A temper of storm• ,
That upset a recruit . .
When the awell of her billow•
Do roll.
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A aor<;eress she,
An e1)chantre11 foi true
What . chance doei a mere Mortal hbldWhile· I w·aa. aeeking
To capture 11our heart
The Sea ·
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Puffing away at their cigarettes, and modeling a Jtrange assortment of hats an~ costumes, the members of the deck crew of the SS Morning Light await the coming of caiting directors to pose for ~ig.
arette ·advertisements, showing smoking ·men a~ won: actually they were !aking time out during a co~·
fee br.at Tl1e 1MP.'• photographer is Richard Middltton.
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Ice Man Comethon the :£rn.• Elisabeth say1
Norman Wroton Jr., nreetin&
.iecretary, the chief engineer inlor,med ·-members ~f the c~ew
th.!lt wl)en they get lee from the
Ice-maker, they should 1et a lot
at a time to keep the machine
-busy and "working· properly.
Though a · utue btt of tee
·might suffice It would be nice, ..
he. said, instead, if.the men took
a lot, espet!ially since the stuff
wasn't being · bouiht:
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Former Seafarer Fred Costello . is shown with his wife
Lee, whom he marriecl in
: Korea in December, . 1·958.
He now runs a rooming
house in Boston and· keeps
l:>usy with inventions which
he hopes t.o sell after he
:'bo!~. ~::::n:.~
-:=.: An Eating Ma_ n 's. Aggregation
things are even ·worae. Accord- I
ing to Joe Morton, meetln& •ec•
retar~. some :sly c~ar~ct~r is
taidn1 the tea .\>a1s left for night. ·
lunch, the blighter. Since - the
maritet Is do~ on us~d teabags,
its bard to understand Just what·
this vlllatn · might have in his .
mind
. . . • · • •. unless .be'• a tea·
totaler.. .
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Bla_me It-On The ·President ·
Li1htftn1ered in.Styiduala.. are
suspected of pilfering .coffee
arid. jams aboard the Seafalr so
the meuroom niay be' iOcked
ori- the East Coast to atop .t hil ·
situation in its tracks~ ..Also the .
·. crew it COhiiiderlni ~ & bit . of .
automation 1n the colfee-mak1n1
area and may purcliase· an aut~
matte one. That way, "It the
coffee is lousy the men will
have to blame the president of
General Electric or West(ng.
house instead of the-unfortunate
coo~. ·
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Breakfast Noise .
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Henry · Gatnea reports "' from
the Coastal ·crusader that the
men have asked the stewards
department to refrain from yell·
h
potent.s t er:n.
ing while preparing breakiastot. ~t ;\;.
it's disturbing the beauty rest
the men: 'Henceforth instead
Tea Baaos At Se~a .of
of- yelling "fey two over light"
Somebody's pu1ling ~ s~rings . the men will pass orders In
like crazy on the Paciflcu1. Ac·.
whtspers--or write t~em , down: .
The crew brags of having . t.he
cording to .a report by J. Dewell
in the ship's minutes, there are
best volleyball team •in the '
mf~sile fleet, and can "whip the
no strings on the tea bags, and
this has provoked a great deal --...L pants•• :off any crew.
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The Galley crew of the SS Morning Light, who have given the vesserth.e reputation of being a top-notch feeder, pose for a photo in
the galley. They are (I. to r.) Cha-rlie Breaux, galley.man: Jerry
(China Clipper) Pow, 3rd cook; Vic Miorama, crew pantryman: '
Red Herring,-2nd coo~ and baker; Johnny Fabis, crew messman
and Jack (Gator Mouth) Bates, chief cook. The Morning Light
is on a run Jo_ Europe. A~ left is Middleton, -wh.o took the photos.
~ Stay
Put For Jobless Pay
Seafarers who-are catlecting state unemployment benefits while
on the beach waiting to ship are urged to stay put and avoid
changing the1r mailing addresses if they want to continue ·receiving their checks regularly. · Several Seafarers have already
e.xperienced interruptions of from three to five weeks in getting
their next che~k -after they nQti.fied the state unemployment
offices t.hat they had moved and changed . their mailing address.
An average delay of a month is reported iri most cases, causing
considerable hardship to the men involved.
�.Let Them Eat Cake ·
CAN'f.IGNY ' (Cfflff lervlce), Mardi
U-C:h•lriln.n, W. MCCarthy1 lee,..
. t~ry, . C:. !Krela. C• J>tain •reru.u to
P•>' otr men unW relief comH. Refused to Pll7 meaman otr becauH r.place~~nt did not mhow up,
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ALCOA CAVALl•R <Alcom), M ...ch
27-Ch•lrm•n, I. Mort•vl1 l•cret•ry,
Fr.nk Butlett. Letter to be .Hnt for
extension to 60 d•Y• instead of U
day• for Job security when a llh.lp Ill·
laying . up. No beefs.
TIMBER HITCH (SUWHnH), M•rch
12-Chelrm an, K . lte rnafl Secret•rv,
Hendricks. Galley deck 11 still 11ot
r epaired and is dangerous. · Slopchest
was Inadequate on last trip. Promise
of' improvement In Recite. It ts re·
quested that the outer decks be kept
«:Jean of trash and butts. Please help
to keep washing machine In eood
condition;
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ANTINOUS <W•term•ni, M ...ch 12. Ch•lrm•n. E. N. Powelti Secret..,y, C.
Frost. One man was hospltalizect.. in
Bremerhaven and one man 'WH 'in·
jured in Antwerp. Ship's fund ia 1
117.35. Vote of thanks to the ship's
delegate who resigned for a job well
done. A vote of thanks also to the
,fteward department for ·the improve·
ment in food . Special seats have been
assigned to watchstanders .to avoid de·
lay at mealtime. Crew .en record
•galnst pay raise terms.
Naomi Cruz, just four years old, gets a big birthday kiss from he~
mother Rafaela, and smiles happily. Two other little girls, un·
impressed by the ceremonial aspects of the occasio1.1 await eager·
ly, with undivided attention, and open-mouthed. to begin with the
cake. Na~mi is the daughter .of Seafarer Virgilio Cruz, currently on the Angelina. The two little gi11ls at the bottom of the
p~oto were not identified.
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And M·ichele.t Too • • •
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. When a ship is a good feeder, has a good ship's d~legate,
has had its quarters newly-painted out, ha~had essential
repairs done and ha~ Frenchy :Michelet on board to the
bargain, what more could one ask?
Such a ship is the Alcoa Planter on which everything is going
swimmingly, according to the April 21 minutes. ''Everythirig's running fine," the ship reports. Brother R. D. Schwarz, ship's delegate, got "a r·ousing vote of thanks ~or one outstanding job. Well
done, Schwarz!" carried away by all the good-fellowship, Brother
Schwarz moved to give "Zee Young Ching and his steward depart-·ment a vote of thanks for a good-feeding ·ship," which was.promptly done.
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What about Michelet? "It might mention here," the minutes
J}Oted, "that we are glad to have Michelet aboard, a· goo9 shipmate-and he always has time for a conversation." So there you are.
Good· food. Good maintenance. No beefs-and to top ·tt off, good
conversation.
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"Pit-for a gea£arer!
ANI>_f'~ICES Ma.If<. ow~
BAl-11A1tJNE AIJD NEW YOR/tS/O C'AfetE,efAS
-,,..IE R:JOD
. ARE GGAPJ;IJ +og SEAFAPJ:=R.S 7
THC MEMURS OF 01,'R.. PNIOIJ. J:l'?OP
1/.J TH~ NEJ{T TIME YOUf<E Ar11-IE J.IALL.
,ib&S•rt~4
ltOBIN HOOD <Robin>, J•n. SCh•lrman, R. B. a ...ne11 . Secret•ry,
Chules J. Welborn. New mattresses
have been put aboa1·d. Repairs have
been made. No change .in kind of soap.
Still using Ivory. 114.50 in ship~, fund . It ls suggested· that crewmem·
.bers go to the department delegate
when the:; have a beef amt let the
delegates settle the disputes. Dis•
cussed the poor feeding on board.
Need more variety 6n night lunch.
Would like to bave fruit· juices more
often. R. B. Barnes was .re-elected
ship's delegate due to · a Job well done.
March 20-Chalrm•n; R. B. Barnes;
Secretary, - W'e lbun. Two me11 were
Jogged In the engine -department. One
man In the deck department was given
warning about missing shifts. Many
b ee,£11 on the ·food l!hortage , !niittresses
and no launch service at ' Walrus Bay.
Request that SIU food commJttee and
patrolman call a ship's meeting be- ·
fore payoff for tlie purpose of looking
into the shor·tage of stores and food.
A Tote d tbanb WU Sina to tb9 m1Ue4 lhlp la YokOIUU. JloUon
lhlp"a ~dete1ate D!l lie wu -~ to mma•ind•ta~nttbw•.,-ruha!!.!I!.~. ~. dto•
retain h1B •job; ~m• disputed OT.
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ADJ' depUtment tbat bH 7ellow ao•P clded by und vote of entire crew•
will pleHI -'ve aome to st•wud.
Chief cook dlauttsfled with crew.
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Steward dep•rtment compelled to
l)t NA •LIZA••TH <Almtros.1>• wHh down ·· 1alley with Alt water.
March 14-Ch•lrm•n, Dmvld L. Jonell
Fix hot w•ter reiul•tor In en1ln•
ll'cret•ry, Norm•n •· wroton · Jr.
room~
Anyone ta~ lee :from th• ice maker
BULK LEADER <American aulkl
are reque.ted to take more then they • April 17-Ch•lrm•n Chules ' Botz;
need beca'-H the machine ~oru bet· ~ ••cretuy, Rlcherd Uh. Seven charges
ter in th.t manner. Ship• funG 1•
were commit ted deliberately a nd
.17.45. Food problems on this ship.
knowln·gly durlni the voY•IJe by one
Dlac:usslon WH .held by ~embe~.plp c rewmembe1·. All repalrt are being
to &et r id of ateward. ·
taken car e of. It is requested that
rooms be cleaned before lemving shlp.
ANGl!&:INA . (Bui' Lines>, Aprll ,_ All
delegates to report to patrolman
Ch•lrm•n, A. Ferr•r•1 Secret•ry, H.
each
who failed to IQ-e
Dombrowski. Chief el!Jlneer aid th.t up tocrewmember
his obligations to the agree·
he could not repair wHhtng machtne
ment. Vote of thanks to the steward
department. Check to see tha t com·
pany has po•tl!d money to cover
draw• and •llotments for the next
trip.
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Dig_eSt
:Of s~u Ship
Meetings
'a t sea but would do so on arrivml' in
port. Some disputed OT. Wiil try to
get some books and magazines upon
arrival in port. .Khyone leaving ship
will please clean out his room and
turn in dir.ty linen
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VENORI (Muven), April ·15-Ch•lrm11n, T. Apple,whlt11 Secretary, · H.
Gerle. Ship's delegate elected. Mo·
tlon made to get a ne w wnlhlng ma·
chine. It is requested thn\ cups be
brought back to pantry aftflr uslna.
cots be put away and that the wash·
. ing m achine and sink be cleaned after
use. Scupper' ancf' fan not working in
the bosun's rooms. '
FAIRPORT <W•t•rm•nl, Much 1sCh1lrm•n. JoHph M11yerch•k1 Secretuy, Jmck Gu•rd. Ship'• delegate
will request master to turn over crew
passes to delegate only to insure
that each man receives same. Master
will be requested to dl•Cl>ntlnue pos.t..·
ing draw sheet ln crew messhall. All
draws to be hand.led by department
delegates. 250 ye n spent for mall:Bala nce 123 casH. Letter regarding
increase to be dlspatchecf to LOG.
Crewme n who \ ~e d lsaatlafted will
affix signatures.
Anyone wanting
new mat~ress to' 'let 'chief steward
_know.
SEAFAIR <Orlon), Much 2'-Chiilrm•n,· Tex J•cks1 Secretuy, Alonzo
Bry•nt. T,hlrd 4:ook was taken off in
Panama because of Illness. Union a<t•
MARORI "';rv,n>~ April H vfBed. Captain will have Washing ma· Chairman, D. Gne1· Secr.atary, M.
chine repaired in Callfornta. F. R.
Bilek. Coyles to see patrolman about
Hicks WH elected as treasurer. A - equalizing OT In engine dopt. Gowan
suggestl.on was made to lock mess· e l"cted ~!p's delca ate. Rf! tUrn coffee.
room on tile Eaat Coast. A small cups to pantry and cots of deck two
•hip's f11nd will be-taken up. ' Dis· days bl!fore getting In port. Discus·
cussed the pµrcba1lng of coffee pot. slon about tbe watc)) to help keep
Crew may donate toward same. Vote
the nlght pantr.1<1 cle an.
of ·thanks to ateward department.
JOSEPHINE <Liberty), Aprll -1tCAROLYN .(Bull>, April S-Ch•lr- Clialrm•n, J, R. Wilson1 Secretuy,
GATEWAY CITY (Pall Atl•ntlc), m•n, Wilsom Secretuy, W. W•lsh. s. T. Ar•les. New ship's delegate
Much 20-Ch•lrm•n, J. T. Bowm•n1 No. beefs. A few hours of· disputed A. Barnes elected by acclamation.
Secretuy, R. Cohn. Discussion was OT. Wiper faJled to j11ln the· ship on Vote of thanks to 1teward . departheld ·on the" previous and current re· departure from .Norfolk. Thanks to ment.
pi.Ir lists. Sb11rt 11ne wiper. R. Cha~ the crew for cooperating with the
zara was taken off by· the Coast Guard 1teward depar tnieiit. - A repair list to
CITIES SERVICll; NORFOLK (CltlH
be made b;v the respective depart- Service>, Aprll t~h•lrm•n, A. He·
at South Pass with serious illness.
lbent1.
Request ls made that the negoflatlng
bert; · Secretuy, J. Cummings. New
committee negotiate all port ·time 'be··
washing machine to be delivered in
ALCOA RANGER (Alco.), Aprll ,_ Linden. NJ, due to change of orders
tween the hours of 5 PM to a- AM be .
,OT. Watches are -seldom broken and Ch•lrmJln, L. J. Pate1 Secret•-ry, T. to Baltimore. Quality of bacon to be
shore leave at a minimum on ·contain- •S•nchez. Men quitting ship should taken care 0£. Want secret }>allot
e r -ships. SIU should issue 1dentLRca· give tha d epartment lleild 24 hours' mailed to the menibe.rshlp and pubtion paped to be used In lieu of sea· notice. Everything going smoothly. lished in at least two Issues of the
men's papers for foreign identification. Constitution to be iilscussed and voted LOG before ballots are malled· out;
on thts voy•ge. 119.69 in the 1hlp's Want ship alr·condltloned.
SEAMAR <C•lmul, J•n. 17-Ch•lr• fund. .Ship's delegate resigned and a
man, John Mushall1 . Secretuy, Ed• new one W!H elected. There was a
THETIS <Rye MuJne), April: 24w...d Blevlns. Disputed OT in deck general discussion on the shtp's bull· Chalrman, J . Karl; Secret•ry, F. DI•
Del!B.
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dept. All repair lists tur~ed in. 'EJ\gl.. .
Culo. One man missed mlp in ltone~rs doing most. of the repairs.
A
blle. 115.80 in treasury. For'd decks
SUZANloll (Bull>, April S-Ch•lr· slippery and unsafe when wet. Voto
motion wa:s made for ship's ·delegate '
man, ~•yld H11kelfl · S•c:r1tt11ry, J~ v-f thaiikiii i.u ailip=s delegate.
to write letter to Headquarters re·
npn MoHort. One man logged two ·
_Biii:dl iii :iuod on ship. A ·motion wall
LA SALLE <W•terml n>, Aprll 17made· and seconded to concur with days ago. Picked up OT sheets In Ch•lrm•n, . Herbert P•rka Jr., Seer•
re.tlrement plan as in LOG. · Please Houston. hall. Could not obtain an tuy, John W. Picou. One man mlased
bang clothes away from lockers below. · SIU Llbrar;v. Started a shlp"s fund ship In New Orleans. Pa!ritlng of
with ~fty cents -per man. • US· ·census quarters started and will continue tlll
All extra linen to be tur~ed ~.
forms given to men on bollrd. Vote all · done. Fumigation for rats in
SEATRAIN NEW J ERSEY <SHt;•l1'l1 of thanlcs •to all departments. Tea . me!lsman's room. Motlon made to
ba1s are bei'!Tg taken at night. Please finding out why •ome rating 1ot only.
March 29- Chalr,m•n, J. Dlckel'son1
smail raises. Suggestion made that
Secretuy, Wllll•m McBride. LodgiJ'lf consider others. It ls requested that
all lockers be r.epalred this trip. Sug.
sl)ould be paid this trip. Wrote ·letter men doing buslnesa with natlvH do
to headquarters about change in con· 10 outside honse and not ~ passaae· · gestlon made to put garbage in cans.
way1.
Keep mess·hall and pantry clean at
tract and payoft procedure. Coke
times.
machine paid oft 15 to'fund. To check
- with patrolman about raise a)ld vaca· ·~ . " 'OBIN LOCKSLEY (Robin), Aprll
24--Ch•lrm•n, none1 Secret•ry, none.
. COASTAL CRUIA'DER (luw•nee),
tion pay,
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Discussed the proposed changes In Aprll 17-Ch•lrm•n; Hugh W•rren;
the
new
constitution.
Four
men
ho•·
Secretuy,
Henry G•lnes. Too ' much
SEATRAIN GEOIJGIA <Se•tr•ln),
Much · 27'-Ch•lrm•n, John· Mutus, pltall_zed . in foreign ports-two re-.. 1rease in food . Request stewards re·
Jr., Secretuy, Fr•nk Fl•n•g•n. Three · turned to vessel and two repatriated. frairi from yelling while preparln•
Held a d.lscu1slon on severance pay breakfast. Balance of 112 In treasury.
men missed ship. Delegates to
In SIU contracts. Blankets and bath Deck watch has requested to have
headquarters. Delayed sailing grl. · d
towels undersized. Ivory soap not quarters enlarged or cbanged as there
to engine and deck department. / t
·. not to the steward department. W 11 · · aultable. 'Plastic wash~ machine isn' t enough room for three men to ·
agitators
. unfit for use. Shlp~s hosp!~ live In sanitary conditions. Laundry
elect new ship's delega.te this meet·
lng. Some disputed · OT. 168.40 In tal not to be used for cargo. Com· room to be kept clean . • • each de·
ship's ·fund. Form· is attached pertain· mendatlon to smooth running and partment will be responsible for '
able steward department. Vote o'! cleaning thl• rnnm for one WePk
ine to change of constitution.
confidence to bq patrolman for equar · Pllrli>ds. Ship ·brags of · having · the
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in~ ~W!lf.. bel!f~ lJ! !IOOd Order.
b est volley-ball team In tile ml89llit
IT!iiliL ROVER. n 1tt1m!• n>., April ,.I
fleet.
--Chatrm•n, J. Goude1 Secretary, N,
THI CABINS (TexH City Refining), ·
w.. DuBois DtliCUssed whether or not •March
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0-Chalrman,
Gerold
Erllnger1
.
FORT
HOSKINS
(Cities Service>,
the old ship's minutes were sent In
Se cre tuy; Luke &H ter. Coiled pu·
a nd whether tlie ' LOG we re received.
April 23-Ch•lrman, L. LH OY•1 Seer•·
trolman concerning disputed OT and tar,y, R. Jernlg•'n. Conf usion on reNoliody but the delegate fs to go
topsidP. with a beef or bus iness. Ship's payoff at sea. Patrolman advises hold· placement called in to Unlqn hall.
delegate resigned and new one was ing payoff until ship arrives in · port. · One man left ship • . . was not paid
Will wli~ port agent tbe time of oft. Motion made and '(econded tCJ
elected. No beefs but some dls_puted
OT. Ship owes $7.50 to the chief ship's arrival.- Ship's ·fund is $42.19,' report steward to union and request
Captain
wants to move the baker he not be allowed on SIU·contr11cted
electrician. One dollar p.er man will
be paid in Halifax toward the shtp•a from 1hls own room to. a room with ships. TV set to ~e. left on ship,
the tlili'd cook. Bake:c dissatisfied be· Ship's fund used for cab fare .
fund.
~ca\lse
of' dlfterent working hours.
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Everyone
will .pleaie help to .. keep
COUNCIL GROVI! (Cltlei ~ Servl~el,
MOUNT McKINLEY <Cugo & Tank•
1tilp>, April 1'-Ch•lrm•n, Theodore
Aprll 16-Chalrnj•n, G. A.' MHter• piessroom clean ·
Dtobln11 Secretuy, Sidney Ga rnier.
•on; Secretuy, ChH. P. Moore;· Held
'~
BITHEX <Ore· N•v.), April 1f discussion on the payoft: and facilities
Flashlights to be gl.veri to oilers. Ship
Ch•lrm•n, Jack Oossee; Secretuy; needs • a screen door on starboard
for sending money home. th ~ough the
Burton Owen, Draws w)ll be put out · aide, wooden rigs for llllower room. ·•
company. A vote of thanks to the
on , day befor e _ arrlvar ac;cordlng to•
steward department. · No beefJll.
aereement. All 01' will . be paid on
COASTAL
SENTRY
<Suw•nnee),
STEEL
NAVIGATOR .,J lsthml•n>, J>resent p~olf ra~_her t_han carrying . April 17-Ch•lrm•n. Wllllam New•
Aprll 10-=Ctuilrman, Ted Bl•d111 ·s ec• lllst dlly · overtime tijl followl ng voy.- 1ome1 Secretuy, W. J . Keryood.
retuy, Phlllp MaechUng. Most-repairs age for. · men remaining aboard for • Beef made on J-boat not -runninll
have been taken care Qf. Other• same. Motion made ttiat engine de· after 2300 so men can get boat when
being worked on. Shlp'.s delegate re·
partment gei watch foc'ales. - Elected . watch changed at midnight in Recife.
signed and Ted Blades was electe.d.
new ship's delegate: A vote of thankll Oller ordel"ed on March 8th has not
This crew is highly consclou1 of· to the former ship's delegate. Also a
shown 1Yet. 125 Id shlp"s fund. Com·
11afety mthods. Members ·wer e • re· ' vote !>f tha.n ks to 1he steward depart· mendatlon ·on acting cnlef cook f or
quested to be on f ood ' cqnduct in · p:ient and t he crew mesfman, BenJa· fipe preparation of meals sl.n ce the
·f oreign ports. All hands are to aid min Lowi .
· · departure of other chief cook. Name
In keeping natives ou~. of ,the -crew'•
·
.of' cook, Joe Spirito. V,o te of thanka ·
quartere and '\'!18Salle~a}'~
, , ORfON PLANET ·<Orlon), Much 21- ~o entire · steward department.
•
Ch'lfrm•n, H. McAIH '1 Secr~uy,
~ COUNCIL GROVI (Cities , Service),
·PACIFICUS <oii;;i, ·Much 25 P. ·a..L-utemmn. The cap~al.ll ~ill have
Ch•lrm•n, Duke; lecrat...y; J. Dewelr.' ·the Co•st Guard ' come down to the . April :J6'"-Ch•lrm•l'I, O. A. MHterson1
Secref•ry,
ChH. P. Moore. D11cus11lon
No dtaw In · Ade~. . Ship's d-:leqate ship In Yoko1uka: One man mtssea
wtshed tO re.tll'n due 'to the lack of the ahli> in Okinawa. One man hos· of payotr anci facilities for sen-ding,
1upport and o'tber realons. Hts ·report p1tallzed. • Ship'• . fund ta 18.97. Few money home - tlirou1h - the company.
Vote of thinks
to ateward dept.
Was acc~pted l>~f D!)t .bk r eailDaUc;in. !Jourr .,.of dtsputed· -O'J', . pne - m' n
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Personals ·
And .N.otices
John _O'Rourke
· Please contact Anne Long, Post
Office Box 14'7, Bay Ridge Station,
B.rooklyn 20, ·New Yofk.
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Please contact your wi(e immediately at her mother's home•
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162 Grand Street, Middletown,
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Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969
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Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log
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May 6, 1960
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Headlines:
AWARD FIVE $6,000 SIU SCHOLARSHIPS
AF-CIO BACKS SIU; HITS ARAB SHIP BLACKLIST
UNIONS, PUBLIC BACK CLEOPATRA PICKETING
TRAILER-CARRYING SERVICE INAGURATED BY BULL LINE
SENATE WEAKENS ’50-50’ VOTES WAIVER IN AID BILL
FMB VOTES SUBSIDY TO WATERMAN
US MALES PLEA FOR RUNAWAYS
LABOR DEP’T HEAD ASKS END OF GOV’T AID TO SHIPPING
SATELLITE AIDS TO SHIPPING
US SEA LIMIT PLAN LOSES
GREAT LAKES MEBA DRIVE GAINS NICHOLSON ELECTION
ESSO FLEET CREWS BEGIN NLRB VOTE ON UNION TIE
WHITE HOUSE SWITCHES ON MEDICAL CARE FOR AGED
ILA DEMANDS STANDARD PACT IN ALL LAKES PORTS
SHIPPING OK IN MOBILE; FUTURE FAIR
US, INDIA SIGN LONG-RANGE PACT ON GRAIN CARGO
GRACE ASKS SUBSIDY END ON SEAWAY
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Vol. XXII, No. 10
1960
Periodicals
Seafarers Log