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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO

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28 Ships
Vote SiU
410-124

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rOt SflU IfidI* new hall for Seafarers in Philadelphia are
being readied for occupancy in that port. Shown here is view of hiring
h^ and lorpge area. (Other photo on page 2.)

The SIU Great Lakes District has won representation rights for
crewmembers of three non-union steamship companies in National
Labor Relations Board elections. Results of the voting released by;
the Board on Friday, May 27, and Tuesday, May 31, show the SIIX
victorious by an over-all margin of better than three to one. Com-
panieslnvolved were Pioneer Steamship Company, with 16 ships;
Buckeye Steamship Company, six ships, and Steinbrenner Steam­
ship with another six ships. Since 1957, the SIU has won elections
on a total of 55 vessels on the Lakes, involving close to 1,400 seamen.

Stories On Page 3

Incres Men Win
Pay, OT Cains

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"joined the ranks of other companies: which

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strip ;:lolng pi§r.

Lookuig ovcr award for 1,541 accident-free
^OtCfy MWOrO» days alraard Alcoa Roamer are (L-R): David
K. Nunh, steward, Milt Robinson, bosun, CG Capt. John F. Kettlers,
Capt. George Taylor, skipper, Paul ifsdebaugh, AB and,V. D. Becker,

- j^eward dept. Safely Council presented citation.

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Three Cases At Issue: Sunny Hay Spot F^r Seafarers ^

~ 'V NLRB Heats SlU
Bid For Runaways

WASHINGTON—The National Labor Relations Board has held a key hearing on the
rights of US maritime unions to organize the crews of rimaway-flag ships. A session held
before the Board in Washington on May 31 dealt with SIU organizing activity among the
crews of three runaway-flag
shipping companies — P&O,
West India Fruit and Steam­
ship and Eastern Shipping.

The hearings were called on
long-pending SIU election peti­
tions and unfair labor charges,
some of which have been hanging
fire over a year. It is believed in
maritime circles that the action
setting the hearing dates at the
time of the International Maritime
Workers Union beef against Incres
Line reflects Washington pressure
for a blanket policy on runaway
organizing. The American Com­
mittee for the Flags of Necessity,
a runaway operators' front, has
been pressuring the State Depart­

ment and other agencies to block
runaway organizing.

The three cases involved deal
with the crews of the Liberian-
flSg cruise ship SS Florida, the
Panamanian-flag SS Yarmouth
and the Sea Level, the former
SlU-manned Seatrain New Orleans,
now under Liberian registry.

The Florida, operated by P&O,
was the target of an SIU organiz­
ing campaign back in 1958. At that
time, the NLRB issued a precedent-
setting decision recognizing the
right of US unions to organize
runaway shipping. The NLRB so.
ruled because, as it stated. .. the
employer's operations have a di­
rect and substantial effect upon

Seven More Seafarers
Get Disability Pensions

Trustees of the Seafarers Welfare Plan have approved
seven more Seafarer applicants for the SIU disability pen­
sion. The action by the trustees assures the Seafarers the
$35 weekly disability-pension
benefit because they are no
longer able fo sail.

Thfe latest additions to the spe­
cial disability list include Aloyslus
A. Kessen, Carl G. Pederson, Man­
uel R. Perez, Wong Yau, John
Ossmow, Antonio Ferreira and
Clarence Lott.

Kessen is 57 years old and was
disabled by hypertension and ar­
teriosclerotic heart disease. He
sailed in the steward department.

Pederson is 66 years old and
sailed in the deck department. He
joined the SIU in 1938 and sailed
until recently when he was dis­
abled by heart trouble.

Perez sailed in the deck depart­
ment until his recent retirement.
He also was disabled by heart
trouble.

Yau, who joined the Union in
1950, sailed in the steward depart­
ment until heart disease sidelined
bin>. .

Ossmow is 58 years old and is
unfit for iluty because of a nerve
ailment.

Ferreira sailed in the deck de­
partment until he was disabled by

-heart disease. He is 67 years old.
Lott, who is 69, sailed as chief

Notify Welfare
Of Changes

The SIU Welfare Services De­
partment reports that it has had
difficulty locating seamen's
families because the seamen's
enrollment or beneficiary cards
have not been kept up to date.
Some death benefit payments
have been delayed for some
time until the Seafarer's bene­
ficiaries could be located. To
avoid delays in payments of wel­
fare benefits Seafarers are ad­
vised to notify the Union im­
mediately of any changes In ad­
dress, changes in the names of
beneficiaries or additional de­
pendents by filling out ndw en^
rollment and beneficiary cards.
These cards can be obtained in
any SIU port. ,

Cook and steward. He had to stop
sailing because he is suffering from
arthritis.

The SIU disability benefit is
payable to Seafarers of any age
who are no longer able to sail
because of physical infirmities.
Twelve years' seatime with SlU-
contracted companies is the basic
requirement for an applicant.

In addition to the SIU benefit,
which comes to $150 a month, thg
Social Security system provides
benefits for disabled workers over
50, plus the benefits paid to retired
workers over 65. Such benefits are
in addition to the payments made
by the SIU Welfare Plan.

Kessen Ferreira

Pederson Wong

Perez Ossmow

the foreign eonuuerce of the
United States and upon American
workmen . . ; the present comple­
ment of the Florida ... is in direct
competition witti American seamen
for employment opportunities . . .
the organization of the vessels'
crews ... is, therefore a matter of
concern, to American seamen . . .

As a result, the NLRB ordered
an election on the Florida which
the SIU won by 87 to 21 in July
1958. However, the company since
has refused to bargain with the
SIU and is under unfair labor
charges for this refusal as well as
the firing of pro-union crewmem-
bers. Several of the charges have
been upheld by an NLRB trial ex­
aminer.

The other two vessels involved,
the Yarmouth and Sea Level, are-
both the subjects of NLRB elec­
tion petitions. The Panamanian-
flag Yarmouth fired its 136-man
West Indian crew in September,
1958, when they sought union rep­
resentation and hired a new crew.

The Yarmouth, like the Florida,
operates in the West Indian cruise
trade out of Miami with, as the
NLRB notes, "most of its passen­
gers picked up and returned to a
US port." The agency which oper­
ates the Yarmouth, Eastern Ship­
ping, is a Florida corporation
owned by the wife of the ship­
owner. She is an American citizen,
although he is a British citizen.
"Eastern is the exclusive agent
for McCormick (the shipping com­
pany) in the US," the Board notes,
"and has no other bus^ess."

The Sea Level runs between
Louisiana and Havana, Cuba, with
a crew of Cuban nationals. The
owners are a Virginia corporation
with US citizens as officers, direc­
tors and stockholders. In Decem­
ber, 1958, the Union obtained
pledge cards for a majority of the
crew and petitioned for an elec­
tion. As a result, 26 crewmembers
were fired. The SIU then picketed
the ship and filed charges of dis­
crimination with the New Orleans
regional office of the Board. Evi­
dence was submitted that crew-
members were told they were be­
ing fired for having asked the SIU
to represent them. They were told-
they could get their Jobs back if
they would revofte their SIU
pledge cards and testify against
the SIU before the NLRB. When
the ship arrived in New Orleans in
January, crewmembers were trans­
ported from the vessel to the
NLRB office by armed Pirtkerton
detectives.

'Outdoor patio area of new hall for Seafarers in Phiiadelphio
should be popular spot in pleasanl weather. Hall Is in last stage*
of completion. (See other photo, page 1.)

SEAFARERS LOG
Jun. 3, IM Vol. XXII, No. 12

PAWL HAU., president
Bumaat BRAND, Editor. BKRNARD SEA­

MAN, Art Editor. HERMAN ARIBUR,
At. MASXIN, ARTUUR BBRGER, CHARLES
BEAUMET, DEL ROBINSON, Staff Writers.
BILL MOODY, Gulf Area Representative,

Publlihsd biwaskly at tha haadquartari
of tha Saafarari Jntarnationat Union, At­
lantic Gulf, Lakas and Inland Watara
District, AFL-CIO, t7S Fourtn Avanoa,
Brooklyn 31, NY. Tal. HYaclnth »>«iSO.
Sacond clat* postaga paid at tha PAat
Offica In Brooklyn, NY, undar tha Act
of Aug. 24,'1912. ^

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Senate Bill Would Bar
RR Selective Rate Cuts

WASHINGTON—A favorite weapon of the railroads in
their war against domestic shipping, the selective rate cut,
would be outlawed under terms of a bill which would subject
such practices to the anti-^- ^
trust laws.

The bill, introduced by Sen.
Ralph Yarborough (Dem., Texas)
a member of the Senate Interstate
and Foreign Commerce Commit­
tee, would prevent railroads from
cutting their rates in only one geo­
graphical area to kill off shipping
competition. It would force them
to apply these rate reductions to
the whole system.

It would thus serve as an anti­
trust regulator, adopting^ the con­
cept that prices may not be re­
duced selectively, lower than nec­
essary to meet competition.

Blast Rate Cuta
Maritime transportation inter­

ests have blasted $he ICC for al­
lowing the /ailroads to reduce
rates between specific points on
certain commodities upon which
water carriers depend for revenue.
The railroads would not be so
prone to cut rates if they had to
do so across the board.

The railroads have argued that
they are of primary importance in
National defense and that the Gov­
ernment is Indirectly subsidizing
the railroad's competitors. The
railroads have b^en juggling their
rates since the passage of the In­

terstate Commerce Act of 1958
which bars the holding up of rates
on one mode of transportation to
protect the traffic of another com­
petitive mode.

With the passing of this act,
railroads started engaging in all
kinds of price war and manipula­
tions, putting intense pressure on
trucking and water carrier com­
petitions.

Additional Support
The Inland Waterways Common

Carrier Association; a'non-rail car­
rier group, has supported the Yar­
borough bill, contending that it
will correct an "unjust" situation.

Railroad interests-have not com­
mented on the bill yet, hut strongly
oppose any step to limit their rate
reduction freedom and are ex­
pected to fight the bill vehemently.

Up till now, maritime, truck and
organized labor groups have tes­
tified, uniformly blasting the ICC
and railroads for discriminatory
practices, actions in restraint of
trade, and similar activities Dur­
ing the remainder of the time set
aside by the Senate for-hearings
fhe railroads will attempt to an­
swer the criticisms heaped agaihst
them.

States Marine Gets Rigtut

WASHINGTON — Runaway-flag ship operations got an­
other boost from the Government this week. The Federal
Maritime Board granted States Marine Lines* bid for permis­
sion to continue to operate a>—
fleet of 21 runaway and for­
eign-flag bulk carriers while
the company's Ameri9an-flag ships
receive subsidies.
. The action involved granting
States Marine a waiver of the 1936
Merchant' Marine Act which re­
quires that subsidized shipping
companies cannot have any con­
nection with foreign operations.

States Marine's bid for a waiver
had been strenuously opposed by
several other subsidized shipping

companies and by maritimo un.
ions. It is feared that as a result
of the latest decision, moire Ann ri-
can steamship companies will
seek to operate runaway shipping,
with consequent growth of such
shipping at the expense of \meri-
can-flag operations.

The 21 bulk ore and oil carriers
operated by States T'.-irine trans­
port iron ore, bauxite and other
materials on account for leading
American industrial giants.

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SlU Wins 28 Lakes Ships
New Meeting Procedure
One of the major changes in the SIU constitution is the

new schedule of membership meetings. They will now be
held monthly in the deep sea ports of New York, Philadel­
phia, Baltimore, Houston, New Orleans and Mobile. The
port of Detroit has been added to the monthly schedule.

All. meetings will be held at 2:30 PM, local time, for each of the
seven ports concerned.

The meeting schedule"" calls for New York meetings on the first
Monday of each month, following the first Sunday; Philadelphia, the
first Tuesday; Baltimore, the first Wednesday, and Detroit, the first
Friday.

Houston, New Orleans and Mobile will meet In the week follow­
ing the above meetings, Houston on Monday, New Orleans on
Tuesday and Mobile on Wednesday.
1 Since the first Sunday In June is June 9, the port of New York

will meet June 6; Philadelphia, June 7; Baltimore, June 8; Detroit,
June 10. Houston will meet Monday, June 13; New Orleans, June
14 and Mobile, June 15.

Special meetings at a port may be called at the direction of the
port agent or area vice-president, between the hours of 9 AM and
5 PM. A two-hour posted notice of such special meetings is required.

Safety Meetings Pay Offi
Company's Report Shows

The productive results that are obtained by shipboard
safety meetings are highlighted in the latest issue of the Isth­
mian Lines "Safety Bulletin." An item in the bulletin reports
on a considerable number of
changes made on the com­
pany's ships deriving from
safety suggestions offered by the
crews..

The company reports it has in­
stalled such items on its ships as
safety treads, new types of boiler
scaffolding, alarm systems for chill
boxes, heavy-duty stepladders,
face masks for firemen, safety belts
with, leg straps and other personal
protective gear.

Additional items include more
handrails where needed, safety
guards for master switches, use of
safety painting, nylon safety nets
for gangways, plastio bags for
garbage disposal and hard hats
for deck and engine room men.

All of these items, and others,
have resulted from proposals made

at shipboard safety meetings and
forwarded to company headquar­
ters. Additional suggestions of this
nature are under study, the com­
pany reports.

Shipboard safety committee
meetings on Isthmian ships as well
as on ships of other SlU-contracted
companies, are an essential part
of the industry-wide safety pro­
gram on SIU ships. While many
companies have long had the prac­
tice of safety meetings, the un­
licensed crewmembers had, in
many instances, not participated
in such meetings in the past be­
fore the industry-wide program
was set up. Now, safety meetings
on SIU ships Include representa­
tives of all three unlicensed de­
partments.

Crews Of Three Fleets Give
Union Big Election Margins

DETROIT—Crews of three non-union Lakes steamship companies have voted
overwhelmingly for SIU Great Lakes District representation, giving the Union its
biggeibt victory in the three-year old organizing campaign. As a result of the NLRB
polling, the Union now rep­
resents crewmembers of an
additional 28. Lakes ships
operated by the P i o n e e r
Steamship Company, Buck­
eye Steamship Company
and Steinbrenner (Kinsman
Transit Inc.).

The smashing victory won
by the Union is reflected by the
top-heavy vote majorities. They
were 213 to 94 in Pioneer, 77 to
18 in Buckeye and 120 to 12 in
Steinbrenner, the opposition votes
there being split, seven for no
union and five for the Lakes Sail­
ors Union an "independent" out­
fit. Pioneer operates 16 ships, and
Buckeye and Steinbrenner six
each in the Lakes bulk trade. The
total vote then, was 410 for the
SIU, 124 against, a margin of bet­
ter than three to one.

Reject Anti-Union Pitch
The sweeping triumph in an or­

ganizing area in which various
unions have been frustrated time
and time again is taken as proof
positive that Lakes seamen are re­
jecting the anti-union tactics of
the operators in favor of union
representation.

A1 Tanner, director of organiza­
tion for the SIU, summed it up
declaring, "The election results
confirm our strong feeling that
Great Lakes seamen are determ­
ined to have bopafide marine un­
ion representation within the AFL-
CIO."

In previous years, Lakes ship­
owners have been successful in us­
ing a variety of "scare" devices to
block unions, as well as "inde­
pendent" associations of the kind
utilized in Esso and other deep-
sea tanker fleets.

A particularly-satisfying aspect
of the victory was the drubbing
given to the "independent" Lakes

Sailors Union, which has been a
long-term obstacle to organizing
efforts by recognized marine un­
ions.

A major item in the success of
the SIU's campaign is the job
security program put into effect
by the SIU Great Lakes District
among its contracted companies.
The provision for orderly job se­
curity, no bumping by officers and
supervisprs, and industry - wide

seniority has great appeal among
Lakes seamen who are laid off
with each winter's freeze-up. Prior
to the establishment of this pro­
gram the seamen had no contract
guarantee that they would be re­
hired at the following spring fit-
out. ,

SIU Great Lakes officials expect
to open negotiations immediately
on union contracts with the three
companies Involved.

Lakes Drive Tally:
55 Ships Organized
Although the Great Lakes were once considered to be a

graveyard for maritime union organizing, the SIU Great
Lakes District has demonstrated—during the past three years
—that an intensive organizing ^

Labor Secretary Guest Of SI UNA

Secretary of Labor James Mitchell and Mrs. Mitchell are served by-unidentified Seafarer at SlUNA
exhibit at Union Label show recently held in Washington, DC, national armory.-Various SlUNA sea­
men, fishermen And f»hhery affiliates had efdiibits the show.

campaign, plus a program of
genuine benefits for unli­
censed seamen, can produce im­
portant union organizing victories,
even in this stronghold of the
Lakes Carriers Association and a
flock of so-called, "independent
unions."

Attempts to organize the unor­
ganized unlicensed seamen on the
Lakes had been going on of
course, since the Great Lakes Dis­
trict was established and had met
with some success. But it was not
until 1957 that the SIU—in prepa­
ration for the opening of the St.
Lawrence Seaway in the spring of
1959 — really mapped out an in­
tensive and comprehensive organ­
izing campaign.

Since that time, the SIU's ef­
forts have resulted in a string of
organizing victories which have
brought some 55 ships and 1,400
unlicensed jobs under the SIU
banner.

Shortly after mapping its or­
ganizing plans in 1957, the SIU
launched its first major campaign
in the nine-ship Tomlinson Fleet
Corporation. In October of ttiat
year, an NLRB election got under
way, and on February 7, 1958, the
labor board In Cleveland an­
nounced that the SIU had defeated
Local 5,000 of the Steelworkers by
a margin of nearly 3-1. The com­
pany later balked at contract ne­
gotiations; but, after a five-week
strike during which the SIU ef­
fectively kept ships bottled up in
Buffalo and Duluth, Tomlinson
was signed to an agreement de­
scribed by the Great Lakes Dis­
trict as "the best contract ever
negotiated on the Great Lakes."

In November and December of
1958, the SIU followed up its
Tomlinson triumph \vith an NLRB
election victory in the six-ship
Gartland Steamship Company
fleet.

Early in the '59 season the SIU
kicked off an organizing campaign
in the 12-ship Reiss Steamship
Company fleet. The steel strike
which immobilized a large segment
of Lakes shipping during most of
the '59 season, slowed SIU organ­
izing efforts in this as well as in
other Lakes fleets. Nevertheless,
the SIU capped the season by
gaihlng 166. votes, to 109 for "no
union." ;

In February of this year Reiss
was signed to the SIU Job Secur­
ity Program and Great Lakes Wel­
fare Plan.

The latest SIU victories ar»
those In the 16-ship Pioneer
Steamship fleet, the six-ship Buck­
eye Steamship fleet, and the six-
ship Steinbrenner fleet.

Old Libertys
Sale-Tagged
At $65,000

WASHINGTON —The Maritima
Administration has dropped the
minimjim price it will accept on
bids for purchase by US citizens
on low-priority Liberty ships from
a previous price of $70,000 to a
new low of $65,000 per vessel.

The news came in an announce­
ment by the Maritime Administra­
tion inviting bids of 24 Liberty
ships for scrapping. The bids will
be opened at 2:30 PM (EDT) on
June 15, 1960.

Apparently, the decline in th«
askings price for the ships reflects
a decline in the scrap market be­
cause of -slower activity in tha
nation's steel mills.

The ships offered for sale are
the Alexander Lillington, Alfred
Moore, Arthur Riggs, Benjamin
Goodhue, Charles D. Walcott,
Charles Piez, Frederick Von Steu­
ben, George Durant, James Hoban,
John J. Abel, Philander C. Knox,
Raymond B. Stevens, Thomas
Kearns, W. C. Latta and the Zach-
ary Taylor located in the Wilming­
ton, North Carolina Reserve Fleet;
the Fort St. Francois, Fort Drew
and the Samtucky located in the
Mobile, Alabama, Reserve Fleet;
the Fort Souris and the Samhorn
in the Beaumont, Texas, Reserve
Fleet; the Joseph Holt, James D.
Doty and the John Drake Sloat in
the Suisun Bay, California, Re­
serve Fleet and' the' Theodore
Sedgwick and the William E. Borah
in the Astoria, Oregon, Reserve -
Fleet.



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SEAFARERS
ROTARY SRIPPINO ROARD

May 11 Through May 24

A slight rise In shipping was recorded this period with the totals
over the thousand mark again. The District shipped 1.041 men this

.period compared to 998 last period, for a rise of 43 jobs. This brings
shipping back to where it was a month ago. The figures quoted covered
all classes.

In .spite of the rise in shipping, ship activity fell a bit as 212 payoffs,
sign ons and in-transits were tallied this period for a drop of 14 from
last period's figures, x

There were 65 payoffs, 23 sign ons and 124 intransit calls for the
total of 212 ships serviced. Last period there were 51 payoffs, 34 sign-
ons and 133 in-transits, a total of 226.

The number of registered "A" and. "B" men on the beach at the
end of the period was 3,002, a jump of 151 over last period's figures.
Ports with 100 or less "A" and "B" men registered on the beach at
the end of the period were: Boston, Jacksonville, Miami, and Wil­
mington. The same ports had 50 or less "A" men registered.

This period one port didn't have a payoff (Miami) and four ports
didn't have any sign ons (Boston, Norfolk, Miami and Seattle).

The breakdown by department shows that 839 men shipped In the
deck department, 352 in the black gang and 300 in the steward de­
partment. Last period 43^ men shipped in deck, 354 in engine and
342 in steward.

The registration'breakdown for this period is as follows: Deck-456,
engine-367. and steward-350. These figures cover "A" and "B."

New Orleans led all the ports with 202 men shipped for a gain of
25 over its previous figures. Mobile boomed with 102 men shipped, a
rise of 65 over its last total and New York, was not far .behind, its
jobs rising 57 to^a total of 196 men shipped. Last period' it shipped
139 men. ^

Philadelphia was hit hard, slumping from 84 to this period's dismal
13 jobs. Seattle dropped from 122 to 96 atid Baltimore fell from 111
to 96. .

ShipActmfy
-Pay Slga la
Offs Oat Tram. TOTAi:

Bottoa 2 — 3 I
New York ....JtO 2 20 .42
Philadalplila ... 2 I 0 11
Boltimora .... 12 t 9 29
Norfolk 3 — 4 7
Jaektonvilla ... I I 10 12
Miami — _ 4 4
Mobile 3 -2 10 IS
New Orleont ..7 3 18 28
Houiton 6 4 18 28
Wiiminqtoa ... 2 1 7 10
Son Froncitce.. 2 '1 9 12
Seottie 5 •— 4 9

Total 85 23 124 212

DECK DEPARTMENT
Registered Registered Shipped -Shipped Shipped TOTAL Registered On The Beech

• CLASS A CLASS B CLASS A CLASS B CLASS C SHIPPED CLASS A CLASS B

Port
GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP

Port 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 8 ALL A B C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL
Boston 3 6 — 9 — — 2 2 2 — — 2 — — 2 2 — 2 2 4 7 12 3 22 1 2 3
New York 24 34 9 62 — 6 9 15 1 " 30 12 59 — 4 4 8 1 4 5 59 8 5 72 92 145 44 281 4 31 36 71
Philadelphia 4 7 6 17 — 1 4 5 — — — — 1 1 2 — 2 . _ 2 11 15 10 36 1 4. 5
Baltimore 8 24 2 34 1 6 12 19 5 12 3 20 2 3 8 13 _ 20 73 33 31 64 10 105 1 13 27 41

1A Norfolk 4 10 2 16 5 2 7 3 1 4' 1 A 1 - 19 9 99 1 A
41
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Miami 2 ~— 2
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Mobile '... 12 12 2 26 1 6 7 12 13 6 31 .— — ' 4 4 0 31 ^ 4 - 35 39 43 "a 90 1 2 12 15
New Orleans 14 23 8 45 2 5 5 12 19 24 11 54 — 5 12 17 5 5 10 54 17 10 81 61 77 21 159 4 11 15 30
Houston 15 36 13 64 2 7 8 17 14 26 8 48 3 10 10 23 1 — 1 48 23 1 72 30 44 6 80 2 9 7 18
Wilmington 7 9 1 17 — 3 — 3 4 6 — 10 3 1 3 7 1 1 = 2 10 7 2 19 8 10 18 3 1 1
San Francisco 10 10 1 21 e 4 3 7 7 13 20 2 3 4 9 __ — - 20 9 29 19 14 3 36 1 2 3 6
Seattle ... 14 17 3 34 4 6 10 9 — 5 14 — — 2 2 2 6 . 7 15 14 2 15 31 16 14 30 1 6 2 9
TOTALS 119 192 47 358 5 44> ~58 107 91 129 46 266 10 27 50 87 3 14 19 36 266 87 '36 389 339 467 112 918 18 90 129 237

ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Registered Registered Shipped Shipped Shipped TOTAL Registered On The Beach
CLASS A CLASS B CLASS A CLASS B CLASS C % SHIPPED CLASS A • CLASS B

GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP Port 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL A B C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL
Boston . 1 3, 1 5 1 1 2 4 1 • — 1 2 I 1 2 1 3 . . 6 5 11 2 3 3 8
New York 9 34 7 50 2 8 12 22 4 26 6 36 1 10 8 19 — 4 4 8 36 19 8 63 51 137 30 218 5 32 37 74
Philadelphia 1 7 2 10 — — 4 4 — 4 — 4 1 1 2 — — — — 4 2 _ 6 1 16 3 20 4 4 Baltimore. 5 19 4' 28 1 12 6 19 1 21 1 23 — 1 1 2 1 3 4 23 7 4 34 8 52 14 74 1 - 21 15 37
>Iorfolk — 10 3 13 — 6 2 8 — — — — — 1 1 1 — — 1 ' 1 1 2 2 . 31 2 35 10 5 15
Jacksonville..... J.... 1 2 — 3 — 2 1 3 1 4 — 5 1 — — 1 — .ii— — >.— 5 1 __ 6 2 8 1 11 1 5 5 11
Miami................ — — — 1 — — 1 1 — — — — — — — >— — — _ ... ... 3 MM 3 1 1
Mobile 4 • 14 2 20 0 6 2 8 3 20 3 26 — 1 7 8 — — _ 26 8 34 12 45 5 62 MM 10 8 18 New Orleans 9 22 5 36 0 7 2 9 7 24 7 38 1 5 7 13 — 6 4' 10 38 13 10 61 25 58 8 91 1 13 13' 27
Houston 11 26 5 42 2 8 8 18 8 22 3 33 1 5 11 17 1 7 6 14 33 17 14 64 18 29 4 51 • 1 7 9 17 Wilmington. 4» 3 — 7 1 6 2 9 3 5 1 9 1 4 2 7 2 2 4 9 7 4 20 3 3 6 1 4 3 8 San Francisco.... 5 11 — 16 — 1 1 2 5 8 — 13 — 1 3 4 — . __ 1 1 13 4 1 18 3 25 28 1 1
Seattle 2 19 1 22 — 5 3 8 3 19 1 23 1 2 6 9 1 5 3 9 23 9 9 41 2 21 1 24 1 8 4 13
TOTAIS •"52 170 30 252 7 62 46 lis 36" 163 23 212 6 32 51 89 3 25 "23" 51 212 89 51 352 127" 434 •73 634 13 113 108 234

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STEWARD DEPARTMENT

Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia..........

'Baltimore
Norfolk
Jacksonville
bliami................
Mobile. .1
New Orleans...
Houston
Wilmington
San Francisco

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TOTALS

Registered Registered Shipped Shipped Shipped TOTAL Registered On The Beach
CLASS A CLASS B CLASS A CLASS B CLASS C SHIPPED CLASS A CLASS B

GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROTTP
1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL A B C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 8 ALL
3 2 1" 6 1 1 — 2 — 1 .— 1 MM — 1 1 MM — 1 1 MMi 2 5 1 7 13 1 1 2

15 3 19 37 — 4 20 24 18 6 24 48 — — 12 12 ^ 1 .— 1 2 48 12 1 61 94 40 104 238 3 4. 78
At

35 7 2 9 18 — — — — 1 3 4 MM . — 1 1 . —' . _ 4 1 MM 5 19 7 12 38 7 7
9 5 18 32 3 2 12 17 9 4 6 19 1 — 2 3 1 I 5 7 19 « 7 29 38 16 37 91 4 4 17 25 9 1 10 2 2 82 6 — •— 1 1 MM — — — - MM — — 1 — — 1 18 5 6 29 3 5 4 12 2 — 7 3 1 • — — 1 2 1 2 5 _ • — —" — • — • — — — 5 — 5 5 2 3 10 2 1 1 4

MM MM . — — — — — —' MM MM MM — — —• —• r-T — — ' — _ 1 — 2 3 • MM

2 3 8 la — — 2 2 8 3 12 23 — — 9 9 MM — 1 1 23 9 1 33 27 10 34 71 , 20 20 15 5 33 53 1 3 15 19 7 3 33 43 1 1 10 12 MM — ' 5 5 43 12 5 60 49 17 85 151 1 2 41
M V

44 25 2 9 36 1 4 13 18 13 3 15 31 — — - 13 13 MM. 1 6 7 31 13 7 51 29 9 13 51 2 1 10 13 2 4 2 8 — — 2 2 1 2 5 8 2 1 2 5 MM — 1 1 8 5 1 14 4 3 •— 7 3 2 4 —• 8 12 — — 3 3 5 1 4 10 MM 5 5 MM . — __ 10 5 — 15 8 5 18 31 MMt _ 2
w.
2

12 6 6 24 — 1 3 4 5 4 3 12 1 3 ,-•>4 1 1 6 8 12 4 8 24 11 5 6 22 1 2 4
AT

7
105 33 114 252 9 17 *72 98 68 29 108 205 4 3 "58 65 3 3 '25 31 205 65 30 300 308 120 327 75'5 17 20 187 224

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DECK
iN&NE
STIWARD
GRAND TOTALS

Registered
CLASS A

GROUP
1 2 3 ALL

119
52

192 47 t 358
170 30"! 252

Registered
CLASS B

GROUP
1 2

105 33 111^1 252 9

5
Y

276 m 191 1 862 21

3 ALL
58 1 107
46 I 115
72 I" 98

123 m 1*3^0

Shipped
CLASS A

GROUP
1 2 3 ALL

44
62

'17

91_129 _46 I 266
"36 153 23 I 212
68__ 29 108 I 205

L96 3^,177 I 683

Shipped
CLASS B

GROUP
1 2 *3 ALL

Shipped
CLASS C

GROUP
12. 3 ALL

10
6
4

20"

27 50 n67
'32 51 I 89

3 56 j 65
62 159 2U

3 14 19
'3. 25 23
"3

T01AL
SHIPPED

Registened On The Beach
CLASS B

36 266

-CLASS
A B CALL,

"87 36 I 389^339 467 112 | 918

CLASS A
GROUP
12 3 ALL

'51212 89 51 j'352 i27 434 . 73 | 634
_ 3 25 I 3120-5 65 30 j 300 CCS 120 327 | '755

"9 42 67. Hl8i68» , 241 *17 1104lj774 1021 512 12897

GROUP
1 2 3 ALL

18 90 129 I 237
-13 113 108 I 234
17 20 187 1 224
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QUESTION: Have you ever considered going after a license?

Aurustin Andreu, OS: Yes, I've
thought about it from time to time,

but after observ-
a number of
mates in action
aboard ship, I
don't see where
they have more
resp 0 nsibility
t h a li, say, a
watch - stander.
They're "on call"
more than unli­

censed personnel and usually they
put in more hours a day, too. The
biggest duty they have, in my
mind, is looking after the cargoes.

5* 4" 4>
Raul Iglesias, 2d cook: I took the

Coast Guard exam for FWT, with
the hopes that
sooner or later I
could get an en­
gineer's license.
Passed every­
thing okay — ex­
cept for the eye
test because of
color-blindness. I
saiied five years
In the engine de­
partment then transferred to the
steward department where 1 am
presently empioyed. So it looks
like I will be staying in the unli­
censed category for as long as I
sail.

'4> 4> 4;
Joseph DeChalus, messman: Al­

though tlie idea has passed through
my mind from
time to time, 1
don't believe I
would consider a
licensed job. For
one thing, I am
completely satis­
fied with my
duties in the
steward depart­
ment. The same

goes forv^the income derived from
It. Maybe the mates and other
officers make more money, but
then they pay more taxes, too. I'll
stick where I am.

Leo Loney, messman: Frankly I
haven't given it too much thought.

I've been sailing
pnder the SIU
banner for about
five years and
feel that I can't
take time out to
get the extra
schooling I would
need to qualify
for a license. An­
other thing is the

cost, too. 1 have a family to sup­
port and will probably remain un­
licensed because It affords me a
fair income with which I take care
of my obligations.

4" 4' t
Earl Cain, eook-baker: In 17

years of sailing in this union, I
can say I've con­
sidered a licensed
spot. I came to
tbe conclusion
many times, how­
ever, that it's
best for me to
remain where I
am. The tilings I
don't like about
a license are the
contract rules you fall under, the
types of responsibility involved
and of the troubles you encounter.
As an unlicensed man, I have less
headaches.

4" 4" i
Fred Parker, oiler; Third as­

sistant is the next step for me. I
hope to take the
Coast Guard tests
for the exam in
about two more
years. Why? Be­
cause of money.
Because of lon­
gevity on the
same job. I have
a wife and two
children to think

about. The more I make the better
it is for them. Though ~my wife
has made no specific comments
about it, I am sure she won't com­
plain about more money in the
"household kitty."

IMWU Appealing Picket Ban;
Nassau Crew Viins Pay Cains

The International Maritime Workers Union is preparing to appeal to the Appellate
Division of the New York State Supreme Court against an injunction issued on behalf of
the runaway-flag Incres Line. The injunction was issued by State Supreme Court Justice
Greenberg on the petition of^"
the company. It ordered the
IMWU not to picket the ships
or organize the crews.

Nevertheless, crewmembers of
the SS Nassau at first refused Xo
take their ship out on Friday, May
27. They' set up their own picket
lines following the issuance of the
injunction, and demanded improve­
ments on their wages and ship­
board conditions and a union con­
tract.

As a rpsult of the crewmembers'
determined stand the crew notified
IMWU that the Incres Line was
compelled to agree to the follow­
ing improvements to get the ship
out:

• A 20 percent increase for all
hands retroactive to January 1,
1960.
• Overtime pay Increases, up to

triple for the steward department,
from 25 to 75 cents an hour, plus
OT .increases for deck and engine
men.
• Eight hour day in deck and

engine departments.
• Extra pay for baggage han­

dling.
• $10 per month bonus for deck

and engine men to compensate for
lack of tips.

• Reduction of breakage charges
from $1.10 to 50 cents per pas­
senger. (This had been paid for by
the steward department).

• Refund of 25 percent of de­
ductions for Italian government
insurance system (similar to US
Social Security).

Crewmembers subsequently sent
a wire to the IMWU, signed by the
ten shipboard delegates expressing
thgir "heartfelt lhanks and grati­
tude" to the IMWU and all those
who had assisted them in their
beef.

Initially, in negotiating with the
operator, the IMWU had sought a
20 percent Increase, OT increases
and an eight hour day as part of
an interim contract package.

Another vessel owned by the
company, the Victoria, sailed after

New Oil Barge Made Of Nylon
A novel British innovation for transporting oil in nylon "balloons" has been demon­

strated in New York harbor. The nylon barge, called a Dracone, can be filled up with any
liquid and hauled through the water via tug.

In the demonstration, a Dra-"^
cone_ was loaded with 11,000
gallons of heating oil in Bay-
onne and towed 11 miles to Brook­
lyn. It was then unloaded, inflated
with carbon dioxide and hauled
away "light."

British concerns have been using
Dracones for 18 months carrying
petroleum products to the Isle of
Wight in the English Channel.

The orange-and-black" striped
Dracone was put through a num­
ber of tests, involving rugged
turns, but it handled easily. The
Dracones, which are rather ex­
pensive, (a 35-ton Dracone cost
as much as $15,000) were not
developed to compete with oil
barges, but to be utilized in special
problem cases, such as areas where
petroleum has just been coming-
Into use and had been carried in
by drums. They are also well suited
for moving small quantities of fuel
in shallow and difficult waters, and
have potential in connection with
offshore oil drillings rigs.

Coast Guard officials who re­
viewed the demonstration noted
that in a busy harbor the Dracone,
when loaded, might be difficult to
see and that there was also a risk
of water pollution in Dracone
cargoes. <
Jt 'seems that Dracones have a

few problems to surmount before
they become commonplace, but
someday. Seafarers might see big,

fat, brightly colored sausage-like
objects floating in harbor an the
end of a towline.

being tied-up for 11 days. Pas­
sengers boarded the ship at an­
chorage from the sight-seeing boat
Manhattan II. The firm which
operates the Manhattan II, the
Panorama Sightseeing Yacht
Cruise, Inc., was notified subse­
quently by the New York Park
Department that a contract allow-
it to use a gangway at the Battery
was cancelled for violation of its
agreement to operate on sight­
seeing runs exclusively.

IMWU's attorneys emphasized
that, as a labor dispute, the case
properly belongs under the juris­
diction of the National Labor Re­
lations Board.' They pointed out
that the company, Incres Line,
operated out of New.York City
with offices, passenger reserva­
tions, storing and other aspects of
the operation conducted in New
York. Further, they added, the
vessels' home port Is New York
and they operate regularly in
American foreign commerce.

As such then, the IMWU posi­
tion i.s that there is little differ­

ence between the Incres Line
operation and any other business
that might be conducted shoreside
in the States by aliens. It would
be equally-subject to American
labor law.

The Incres Line ships are regis­
tered under the Liberian flag and
have a crew hired overseas in Italy
for ten month sign-ons.

Crewmembers were protesting
$60 a month wage scales, long
hours and inferior working con­
ditions. The operators had held
pegotiation meetings with tho
IMWU before the tie-up began but
had refused to recognize the union
or grant interim wage and over­
time improvements as demanded.

As a result, the IMWU then
struck the Nassau, and the Vic­
toria was tied up when she came
in, leading to the court action.

The IMWU was set up by the
SIU and the National Maritime
Union for the purpose of organiz­
ing crewmembers on the many
runaway-flag ships v/hich service
US ports.

us Lowers Price Tag
In Move To Sell LeIlanI

WASHINGTON—The 88 Leilani is again up for bids by
prospective US buyers. This time, she's advertised for much
lower than the previously advertised "special" tag placed
on her by the Maritime Ad--* :—
ministration for specific use ~ ^
in the domestic trade.

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The MA, in calling for purchase
bids on the 18,000-ton vessel, an­
nounced that it will accept a rock-
bottom price of $3,577,254 if the
Leilani is to be used for domestic
voyages. This is $822,746 less than
the previous asking price of
$4,400,000. As for the tab on the
vessel if it's to be used for off­
shore operation, that's pegged at
$3,200,000—^unchanged from the
former asking price.

Only those US citizens who oper­
ate US-flag ships are eligible to
bid on the passenger-cargo vessel.
Bids will be opened in Washington
on June 30, the Government
agency reported.

Chances are good that the vessel
may be purchased by the I^IU-
Pacifle District-contracted Ameri­

can President Lines. APL will
probably use the Leilani in the
Hawaii trade.

The Leilani was built as a troop
ship in 1944 and converted to a
passenger liner in 1949 by the
Government.' She was chartered
at that time to American Export
Lines for its European runs. Three
years later, however, she wound
up in the reserve fleet. Then in
1956, the Government sold her to
Hawaiian-Textron which converted
her to a passenger liner for Hawaii
service. Hawaiian - Textron de­
faulted on her Government mort­
gages and the Maritime Adminis­
tration then took the vessel back.

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Towboal hauls nylon "balloon" barge in demonstralion of ablliiy of device to handle quantities of
petroleum products on short hauls. Device is in use in Great Britain but has yet to be approved by
US Coast Guard for American operations.

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Mobile Gets Cement-Hauling Tanker SIU BLOOD BANK
HONOR ROLL

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TJie SIU blood bcnfc supplies Seafarers or members of their families
with blood anywhere in the United States. Seafarers can donate to
the bank at the SIU clinic in Brooklyn. Listed here are a few of the
Seafarers and others who have donated to the blood bank.

Dressed up for ceremonies, converted T-3 tanker Keva Ideol is shown in Mobile shipyard. Vessel will
now operate as cement carrier for Ideal Cement, which has a number of plants in the Gulf area
and on the West Coast.

MOBILE—Seafarers in this port have crewed-up a novel special-purpose ship here, the
Keva Ideal, a T-3 tanker which has.been converted inlp a self-unloading cement carrier.

The one other specialized ship of this nature under SIU deep-sea contract is the Florida
-•State, owned by Ponce Ce--» —

Hub Improves
BOSTON—Shipping, over the

past period swung over to the
brighter side. One more ship and
eight more men were serviced and
shipped respectively over the pre­
vious period.

Four men shipped in the deck
department as did three in the en­
gine department and two in the
steward department.

Two ships, Royal Oak (Cities
Service) and Bents Fort (Cities
Service) paid off at-the New Eng­
land port. Cantigny (Cities Serv­
ice), Jefferson City (Victory) and
Steel Rover (Isthmian) were serv­
iced in-transit.

Boston, which depends heavily
on the oil tanker trade, has been
affected by the slump in oil ship­
ments, as well as the usual spring
lull in the tanker business.

ment. The Florida State is also
a converted ship, formerly one
of the standard Libertys.

Formerly operated in oil trades,
the Keva Ideal was purchased by
the Ideal Cement Company and
converted into a self-unloader cap­
able of hauling more than 80,000
barrels of bulk cement. It is also
equipped td carry and discharge
13,000 tons of limestone or .gypsum
in lieu of ccmcnt. Both materials
are used in the cement manufactur­
ing process.

Four Cement Pumps
For loading and unloading pur­

poses the ship-was equipped with
four cement pumps, as well as
two 48-inch apron feeders for
discharging limestone and gypsum
onto a sequence of conveyer belts.
Other equipment is designed to
keep holds and scraper tunnels
free of dust.

A novel feature of the vessel is
the inclusion of television sets for

officers and crew as Standard
equipment. While a number of
ships on coastwise and nearby
foreign runs have such sets, all
of them have been purchased by
crewmembers themselves.

Many Gulf Plants
The Keva Ideal was converted

at the Alabama Dry Dock in Mo­
bile. Ideal has a cement :ilant in
that city, as well as plints in
Baton Rouge, Houston and 14 other
locations. It is expected that the
ship will run mostly in Gulf serv­
ice, with occasional voyages to the
West Coast. Ideal also operates
a number of barges and tugs in its
cement-carrying operations.

While there are relatively few
cement carriers in deep sea opera­
tion, they are common on the
Lakes and the SIU Great Lakes
District has a number of such ves­
sels under contract carrying ce­
ment, limestone, crushed rock and
other building materials.

Bull, Hartley
Wendell, Richard J.
Praytor, James
Linden, Clarence C.
Johnson, Walter A.
Castaldo, Vincento J.
Connors,' Robert J.
Wilson, Stanley R=
Lescovlch, Walter
Libby, Herbert
Tselentis, Argyrangelos N.
Benitez, Perfecto .
Effner, John E.
Sanders, Stanley J.
Pickur, Andrew
Claudio, OUUo J.
DeFilippo, Frank
Hansen, Fred M., Jr. '
Whitley, Ralph T.

Nelson, Edgar
Stanton, Joseph
Arthurs, Peter
Ramirez, Luis A.
Faulkner, Keith S.
Langstrand, Eugene
Morgan, Robert J.
Steighner, Willis V.
Stodolski, Joseph
Schoenfeld, Philip
Gonzalez, Gregorio
Jones, Morgan L.
Nieves, Juan
Fitzpatrick, Mark J.
Foy, Paul R.
Feinstein, David
Stovall, Walter H.
Peters, Nicholas R.
Bonefont, Felix

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Runaways Scuttling
US Law Standards

A publication recently issued by the Duke University
School of Law contains some pungent observations on the
runaway ship issue jn a study of transportation in the United
States.

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Discussing the runaway
problem, Eli Oliver, head-of
of the Washington office of the
Labor Bureau of the Middle West
declared: "It is difficult to under­
stand how United States Govern­
ment officials can condone, as
some of them seem to do, the
evasion and undermining of our
legal standards by 'runaway' Amer­
ican shipowners . ."

He Indicated that the only solu­
tion to the problem of rimaway

shipping is by joint action ofl
longshoremen, ship-repair workers,
seamen, and petroleum workers.
"Unions of these workers, coor­
dinated through the ITF, can,
without doubt, put enough pres­
sure upon the ship operators to
force them to reestablish union
conditions, even though under
'convenience' flags. The water­
fronts of the world may see some
vigorous action before the situa­
tion is stabilized."

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WatchOut
for

Glassware.. •
One of the hazards the galley force al­

ways has to contend with is chipped or
broken glassware, the cause of many a
sliced finger. It's hard to eliminate this
kind of on accident completely, glassware
being what it is. But one thing that can be
done is to examine all glassware periodic­
ally for chips and cracks. Damaged ware
can then be discarded before it breaks into
pieces and slices up a victim's fingers.

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By SIDNEY MAHGOLIUS ,

Th» Cost Of Retirement
Conferences on retirement proiblems recently held In various states

have brought out significant financial facts that even workers who
have some years to go ought to know about. As US Sen. Eugene
McCarthy of Minnesota remarked at a Cleveland conference, despite
the increase in life expectancy the death rate Is still 100 percent. So's
the retirement rate.

This department has estimated a minimum budget for a retired
couple based on data from the Community Council of Greater New
York, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and other agencies.

Here is approximately what this budget would run in a typical US
city at today's prices:

Monthly
Food :...... $62.00
Housing, utilities 77.00
Medical care 18.00
Clothing 13.00
Other goods, services 40.00

Total $210.00
This budget is really the minimum. It allows only a dollar a day

per person for food, and just, a two or three-room rented apartment.
It would provide a retirement of shabby respectability. You could pay
your basic bills. But you couldn't own a car on it, nor have much
recreation, nor any margin to cope with an expensive medical disaster.

• Actually, most of the already-retired workers this reporter met at
the conferences estimated that you really need about $250 a month
for modestly-comfortable retirement. Florida state aijthorities, who
have had a lot of experience with retirement expenses, also warn
retirees they should have about $250 a month for modest security.

Looking at this estimate of modest living costs for a retired couple
In a large city, you can see your potential problems are:

1—Insufficient income to cover even a very modest budget. Even
maximum Social Security currently payable to a retired couple, of
$180 a month, falls noticearbiy short of the minimum budget.

2—Housing takes an unusual slice of the retired couple's budget—
87 percent compared to the more usual 33 percent. Housing is the
largest expense. The housing allotment in this budget includes fur­
nishings, cleaning supplies and utilities.

3—Medical care also looms notoriously large In a retired worker's
budget. It's given 9 percent of the income compared to the 5Vi percent
younger families typically spend.

4—Present Social Security rules are hard on widows especially. A
widow gets only three-fourths the amount payable to her husband, or
to put it another way, half what they got together. But her living costs

.are more than 50 percent. Typical living costs of a single person are
about 70 percent of those of a couple. Thus, the most a widow can get
from Social Security at this time is $90 a month. But the costs of this
minimum budget for a single person would be close to $150 today.

Medical Insurance Most Obvious Need
You don't have to be an economics expert to look at these estimated

living costs and see what's most urgently needed to assure retirees at
least shabby respectability.

1—Most obvious need is to provide hospital and surgical insurance
through the Social Security system. At the various retirement con­
ferences the big plea was for the Forand bill. In fact, at the Lake-

wood, NJ, retirement conference,
the delegates ignored the hotel's
evening entertainment until the
master of ceremonies hit on the
idea of introducing the entertain­
ers as supporting the Forand bill.

2—Another critical need is mod­
erate-cost housing. If a couple can
arrange mortgage payments during
their working years so their house
is paid up on retirement, they will
have taken a big step toward
solving this costliest problem.

But many working families can't
manage this. Other potential solu­
tions are" cooperative housing or
Government - sponsored develop­
ments that will provide three-room
apartments for $60-$75 a month
including utilities. '

Many already retired or about
to, are reluctant to join housing
co-ops when they have a chance.
Often they say they don't ̂ want to

wait "two or three years." This is 9 mistake. In two or three years
many still will be living in the same small costly flats.

A faster solptioh is now available. A new law permits renovation of
Existing small apartment buildings with FHA mortgage assistances,
First organization to use the new law is Chicago Universitys reports
Cooperative News Service. The university bought a 40-year-old six
apartment'building for rehabilitation, and has turned it into a co-op.

3—Another urgent need is for financial, medical and nutritional
counseling of older people. They are the targets of a number of health
rackets, real-estate promoters, nutritional fads and insurance promo­
tions.

Widows especially seem to get snared, reports the Cleveland Better
Business Bureau. Recently a number of widows there were hit by high-
pressure home-repair promoters. They charged one widow $800 for
fixing the gutters of her house. Another signed, a contract to pay $1,300
for a repair that the bureau estimates was worth $10. Another paid
$1,700 for a shoddy remodeling job. in all, the BBB reports, the pro­
moters took a total of $71,000 from widows in that city in one campaign.
. Significantly, these women didn't wait to get advice. The BBB hai

;^ejrecbrds of these promoters and could have warned them.

House Gets Ship Trade-in Bill;
Would Aid Unsubsidized Lines

A bill permitting non-subsidized steamship companies, including Alcoa and Bull Line,
to improve their fleets by permitting them to trade-in present ships for more modern vessels
has cleared its first hurdle and has now been thrown into the hopper of the US House of
Representatives by the Com-f
mittee on Merchant Marine
and Fisheries.

It would authorize the exchange
of certain war-built vessels for
more modern and efficient ones,
with the aim of upgrading the
American-flag non-subsidized fleet.

Hardest Hit
The unsubsidized operators rep­

resent the hardest-hit segment of
the American-flag merchant ma­
rine. They have argued they must
have efficient vessels if they are
to continue operations. Since con­
struction costs" are so high, these
operators hope to be allowed to
make use of existing vessels which
would be suitable to their needs.

Both the Departments of Com-

Can't Quit
Subsidy Run
On Seaway

WASHINGTON — The Federal
Maritime Board staff has recom­
mended denial of Grace Lines' re­
quest to abandon its subsidized
Great Lakes-Caribbean service on
the grounds that it would tend to
"lower the dignity of a subsidy
contract" to a "profit seeking de­
vice" to be abandoned when the
profits temporarily vanish.

The Board had previously agreed
to let Grace Line suspend the serv­
ice pending the outcome of its ap­
plication for permanent discontin­
uation of the Lakes-Caribbean
service.

Grace originally asked the Board
to let it stop the service perma­
nently because it lost $1,657,000
during last year's operations.

Among the reasons given by
Grace Line for discontinuing oper­
ations were costly delays in the
Seaway as well as frequent dam­
age to its vessels. Trade between
the - US and Cuba has also been
affected by the political picture in
that country, cutting back on cargo
opportunities.

Notify Union
On LOG Mail

As Seafarers know, copies of
each issue of the SEAFARERS
LOG are mailed every two
weeks to all SIU ships as well as
to numerous clubs, bars and
other overseas spots where Sea­
farers congregate ashore. The
procedure for mailing the LOG
involves calling all SIU steam­
ship companies for the itiner­
aries of their ships. On the
basis of the information sup­
plied by the ship operator, three
copies of the LOG, the head­
quarters" report and minutes
forms are then airmailed to the
company agent in the next port
of call.

Similarly, the seamen's clubs
get various quantities of LOGs
at every mailing. The LOG is
sent to any club when a Sea­
farer so requests it by notifying
the LOG office that Seafargrs
congregate there.

As always the Union would
like to hear promptly from SIU
ships whenever the LOG and
ship^s mail is not deiiverad so
that the Union can maintain a
day-to-day check on the accu­
racy of its mailing lists.

merce and Defense have given
their approval to the bill, with
certain suggested modifications,
and the General Accounting Office
has also supported the proposal.

The bill also has the support of
the American Merchant Marine
Institute, representing Atlantic &
Gulf Coast shipowners, but has
been opposed by the Pacific Ameri­
can Steamship Association.

If the bill is passed, the SlU-
contracted Alcoa Steamship Com­
pany plans to trade in its C-.1 fleet

for more up-to-date C-2s, C-3s and
other vessels and Bull Line would
like to swap some of its ships for
C-4S.

Supporters of the bill say that
it would offer many positive con­
tributions to the American econ­
omy. In addition to boosting the
lot of the unsubsidized operators,
it would bring some sizable cash
payments into the Treasury and
be serving the national interest
by strengthening our defense ca­
pabilities.

Ship Replicas His Hobby

Seafarer Frank Mayo, who went on special disability pension bock
in November, 1958, uses, most of his spore moments re-creating
modeb of ships he once soiled.

Great Lakes Port Hosts
A 'Big One'-Ocean Evelyn

TOLEDO, Ohio—^The SS Ocean Evelyn, usually a deep-
sea wanderer, caused a mild sensation when it showed up at
this Great Lakes port on May 10. The Evelyn, which is a C-4,
is the largest ocean-going ship
ever to dock in Toledo, which
is still getting used to the idea
of being a "deep-sea" outlet in
the second year of the St. Law­
rence Seaway's operation. The
SlU-contracted Maritime Overseas
Corp. is the owner of the Evelyn,
which was chartered to States Ma­
rine for this voyage.

The Evelyn's arrival in Toledo
symbolized some of the problems
which deepwater ships have on
the Seaway and the Lakes because
of the restricted draft of the chan­
nel and the various harbors. Nor­
mally capable of handling 11,000
tons of cargo, the Ocean Evelyn
came into Toledo Overseas Ter­
minal to pick up 2,000 tons of
Army trucks and other assorted
military equipment for ti-ansit to
La Pallice, France, and Rotterdam.
At that, this cargo total was the
largest general cargo shipment to
leave a Great Lakes port on a
deep-sea ship.

For that reason, American ship
operators have had tough going on
the Seaway run, since the smaller
diesel-powered foreign-flag ships
have less of a draft and can run
profitably with smaller cargo loads.

Like many another deep-sea ship
on the Lakes, the Evelyn had some
difficult moments getting through
the locks, particularly in the Wet­
land Canal. A stiff 25-mile-an-
hour wind made handling touchy.
Deep-sea ships, with their rela­
tively-high profiles, find the wind

a hazard in navigating the Seaway.
Measuring 522 feet in length and

73 feet in the beam, the Ocean
Evelyn exceeded the previous
deep-sea ship size by 46 feet. That
was a British-flag vessel, the Wave-
crest, which was in Toledo last
year.

Some of the specialized bulk-
carriers on the Lakes run longer
than that, but they are designed
specifically for Lakes travel, with
low profiles, relatively - shallow
draft and box-like shape, enabling
them to navigate the locks and
shallow-depth harbors with full
loads.

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MTD Fights RaH's Bid
For Barge tine Control

ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Submitting a statement on behalf of the
Maritime Trades Department and its member maritime un­
ions, including the SIU, Captain John Bishop, secretary-
treasurer of the Masters,'
Mates & Pilots denounced a
proposal to permit two rail­
roads to purchase a Mississippi
River barge line.

Bishop's testimony was present­
ed at Interstate Commerce Com­
mission hearings in this city called
on the proposal of the Illmois
Central and Southern Pacific Rail­
roads to purchase the John I. Hay
Company.

The hearings are considered an
Important test in the railroad's
drive to destroy competing water
transportation either through be­
low-cost selective rate cuts or by
buying up the opposition. The rail-

SUP Canadian District officials
hope to place around 40 men
aboard the newly launched 42,000-
ton tanker Emerillon whose home
port will be Mdntreal. The vessel's
owners have announced the ship
will be leased to Shell Oil of Can­
ada on a 20-year charter. The
Emerillon was built under the
Canada Vessel Construction Act
which specifies that, among other
things, newly built ships must
register in that country or in Great
Britain. The ship boasts modern,
well-ventilated and heated quar­
ters for both crew and officers.

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One of the newest members of

the Sailors Union of The Pacific to
be added to the Pensioner's list is
Frank P. Morgan, a member of the
SUP since 1947. Brother Morgan
entered the merchant service after
serving for a number of years in
the Navy. He was aboard the Lykes
freighter Nemasha which was in
the first all-daylight convoy to
Murmansk. His ship was one of
87 which got through.

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Three dredge boats in St. John,

New Brunswick, have been
brought under contract by the
SIU Canadian District. One of the
dredges had previously been under
the Dutch flag. The boats are
owned by a new company which
will be working on the deepening
ajnd widening of channels in St.
John harbor.

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Union, San Francisco, ^s received
a merit award from the United Bay
Area Crusade for its "outstanding
support" last year of Community
Health and Welfare Services. The
award was forwarded to MCS
Secretary-Treasurer Ed Turner
through Edwin B. Love, liaison
representative of the San Fran­
cisco Labor Council;

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Preparations are underway at

Marine Cooks and Stewards head­
quarters and branches for a special
reterendum vote on the one-year
shipping rule. The balloting, which
was okayed unanimously by the
membership, will take place during
the , months of June and July.
Counting will be completed by the
following month and the results
discussions scheduled for Septem-
will be incorporated in the ship­
ping rules at the next wage review
her 30. The one-year rule is. ex­
pected to be passed by a great
majority.

roads have been warring both on
deep-sea and Inland water trans­
port companies in the domestic
trades.

In his testimony. Bishop pointed
out that unless water transporta­
tion can continue to exist in com­
petition with railroads, a monopoly
would be established in which the
public would suffer through pay­
ment of higher prices.

Cargo rates would Inevitably in­
crease and price rises would fol­
low. "Competition by the water­
ways," he said, "enhances not only
cheaper rates but also better serv­
ice and thuS^ it benefits the public
interest."

80,000 Jobs At Stake
Should the Hay purchase go

through, Bishpp warned, it would
signal the end of the barge indus-
^ on the inland waterways and
the Jobs of 80,000 maritime em­
ployees in that industry.

The object of purchasing the
barge line, Bishop said, is to use
it as a weapon to destroy competi­
tive barge companies by establish­
ing joint rail-barge rates at levels
below the ability of the competi­
tion to survive.

Previous Sales Hit
Bishop cited the railroad's aban­

donment of a series of deep-sea
and inland waterways operations
which they had owned in past
years as forecasting the fate of
other barge lines which might
come under railroad control. He
also reviewed the experience of
the coa.stwi.se and Intercoastal
steamship industry which has suf­
fered severe losses as a result of
cutthroat railroad tactics.

Testimony against the purchase
has also been recorded by the In­
land Waterways Common Carriers
Association, the American Water­
ways Operators and other water­
ways groups.

Motor launch operated by SIU Great Lakes District pulls away front ship as SIU repi'esentative clam­
bers up ladder. Launch is used to service union-contracted ships and as an assist in organizing.

Lakes SIU Boasts Ship Taxi
DETROIT—A new and speedy service for Great Lakes District Seafarers is being

operated by the Union for ships passing through Algonac. A 26-foot laimch is being
operated by the District to transport SIU representatives to the ships. Algonac is midway
between Port Huron, at the^"
entrance to Lake Huron, and
Detroit.

Before the launch was obtained,
Great Lakes representatives were
obliged to wait as long as six
hours for freighters to transit the
St. Clair River in points between
Po.rt Huron, Mich, and Detroit.

The Second Season
The service was undertaken last

summer and was welcomed by SIU
crews. It permits Union represen­
tatives to board the vessels at
Algonac and ride the ships for
three hours during which there is
ample time to settle shipboard
beefs. In addition, the launch en­
ables the Lakes District to service
more ships.

The SIU "taxi" is also equipped

with a loudspeaker system which
is handy during organizing drives
and other beefs.

The launch is a Chris Craft
equipped with two 100-hp engines,
enabling It to keep pace with the
fastest Lakes freighters. It-has

ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore
radio.

With the launch available, the
Great Lakes District plans on hit­
ting every contracted ship at least
once a month during the shipping
season.

Tanker Recession Grows;
402 Vessels Now idle

Even the Liberian-flag specialists—Aristotle Onassis and

Scholarship Student
Picks Engineering

(Ed. note: This is the first of a series of articles on the
winners of the five $6,000 college scholarships awarded each
year by the Seafarers Welfare Plan.)

W^irming an SIU scholarship
has made an education in en­
gineering possible for Stan­
ford Smith. The elder Smith, a
long-time member of the SIU,
joined up just one month after the
SIU was founded, In December of
1938, and carries a "Gulf" book.

Stanford Junior, an "A" student
at East Jefferson High, Metairie,

La. is the second

Smith

oldest in a family
of five children.
His sister Patri­
cia Is also grad­
uating from high
school and . plans
to attend colJege,
studying home
economics.

He hopes to be­
come an engi­

neer, though he hasn't decided ex­
actly what branch of engineering
to specialize in when he. stalls
school next fall at Louisiana State
University.

'Outstanding Student'
Stanford was highly, recommend­

ed by the principal of his high
school, Mr. S. J. Barbre, who said
that he was "one of the outstanding

students In both scholastic and
extra-curricular" activities." While
in high school he was a member
of the Industrial Arts Club, the
Beta Club, .the Newman Club and
Junior Achievement.

Norfolk Has
3 Payoffs

NORFOLK — Norfolk shipping
was on the slow bell over the last,
period according to port agent Paul
Gonsorchik. During the period the
port had three payoffs, no sign ons
and foiur vessels touching here in-
transit.

Andrew Jackson (Waterman), CS
Miami (Cities Service) anC Thetis
(Rye. Marine) were the ships that
paid off. Mankato Victory (Victory),
Wacosta (Waterman), Alcoa Pen­
nant '(Alcoa) and Orion Clipper
(Orion) reach?;d port in-transit.

There were no beefs reported.
Shipping for the future Is rated

as not so good.

Essp—are stiffering from the impact of the world-wide tanker
slump, a ship consultant service reports. The Charles R. Weber
Company noted that Onassis-*'^ —
has. ten vessels in lay-up while
Esso has 21 ships idle out of
a total of 402 tankers laid up all
over the world. The 402 tankers
add up to more than six million
deadweight tons.

This Indicates an increase of
some 600,000 deadweight tons and
39 vessels since the last report, is­
sued as of January 15. At that time,
there were 363 tankers in lay-up
totaling 5,800,000 deadweight tons.

US-flag tankers represent about
10 percent of the total laid-up fleet,
40 tankers and a total of 650,000
tons.

British Petro At Top
Leading the list of companies

with tankers Idle Is British Petro­
leum, with 28 vessels tied up, fol­
lowed by Esso with 21 ships, most
of them runaway-flag vessels. Brit­
ish Petroleum, incidentally, Joasts
a far larger tanker fleet than any
American carrier. The champion
In this respect Is Royal Dutch-
Shell which has over 500 tankers.

Onassis' ten ships in lay-up rep­
resent under 20 percent of his per­
sonal shipping fleet. With some 40
ships still running, he's not yet a
candidate for the poorhouse.

The tan.ker problem is compli­
cated by the large numbers of
aging vessels still available for ac­
tive service, ^'orty of the laid up
ships are at least 25 years old, and
a great many qf them are World
War II T-2s. •

Constmctloii Continues
At tl^e same time that tanker

lay-ups are reaching new -highs,
new tankers, keep coming out of
the yards. Three sufiere

cently launched In West German
shipyards, 36,000-ton job for Esso
and two smaller ones,

Many of the new tankers partic­
ularly American-flag ships, have
been forced to carry grain and
other substitute cargoes in order
to avoid going into lay-up.

It is generally agreed that even
if the oil cargo' picture were to
change radically, there are enough
supertankers available to carry all
the oil that might be needed, leav­
ing the T-2s on the expendable, list.

Skipper's Letters
Do Not Count

It has been called to the at­
tention of headquarters that
some skippers have been claim­
ing that they have "clarifica­
tions" on various sections of the
standard agreement in the form
of a letter from the Union or
some other communication.

The only official clarifications
are those which" have been ap­
proved by the joint Uriion^em-"
pioyer clarifications committee
and have been priqted up as
such as clarifications to the con­
tract. All other so-called "clari­
fications" have no contract sta­
tus whatsoever.

As previously reported, the
clarifications committee is cur­
rently in the process of rewrit­
ing and condensing the existing
clarifications, but until official
notice is received from the Un­
ion all ships are to proceed on
the basis of the existing docu­
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r.>7 Seafarer Carl John-
Bon, wiper, submits
to a chest X-ray.
This was his annual
check up. Attend­
ant Benjamin lan-
notti gives an assist.

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Dr. Joseph Logue congratulates Seafarer Johnson for passing
health exam with flying colors, as Mrs. Johnson looks on. Exam­
ination consists of head-to-toe physical, plus X-ray, blood tests
and urinalysis.

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Slu
New
Health Center

Gives
10,000th

Early last week, the SIU health center in New York gave its
lOjOOOth physical examination, marking another milestone in the pro­
gram of the Medical Department of. the Seafarers Welfare Plan. Like
all the examinations that proceeded it, this exam consisted of a com­
plete physical check-up, including blood test, chest x-ray, electrocar­
diograph and other medical procedures. In less than an hour, Seafarer
Carl Johnson had been checked out
as physically-fit and could go back
to work with the assurance that he
was in tip-top condition.

Operating under the direction of Dr.
Joseph Logue, medical director of the
Plan, the health center in New York,
plus similar facilities- in the ports of
Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans and
Houston, regularly check on the health
of Seafarers as well as members' of their
families. The New York clinic, the first
to open, has been operating for three
years now.

The SIU centers have a specialized
function, to detect and prevent illness.
No treatment is given at the center,
which refers Seafarers to Public Health
Service hospitals and members of their
families to family physicians when ti-eat-
ment is indicated. Instead, the center
concentrates on examination procedures,
and in the process, turns up numerous

Checking an X-ray taken at center
in New York is Dr. Logue (at
right) and staff jnembers of the

Three Seafarers in Baltimore are
shown entering SIU clinic there.
Facilities are maintained in ' five
ports. '

Seafarers' dependents have after­
noon a week set aside for their
check-ups. PHS or private doctors
give treatment.

chronic conditions or illnesses in the
early stages, before they become serious
enough to disable a Seafarer and pre­
vent him from working.

Since examinations are given at least
once a year, and more often if the Sea­
farer's condition warrants, the centers
are able to detect such ailments as
tuberculosis, diabetes, high blood pres­
sure, various heart and circulatory ail­
ments, deteriorating eyesight or hearing
and similar conditions before they
reach the disabling stage. In a great
many instances, early detection of ail­
ments of this type, when followed up
by proper treatment, enable the Sea­
farer to lead a normal life and keep
on working. Particular success in this
area has been achieved with tubercu­
losis, once an especially-serious problem
for seafaring men.

Where a Seafarer is found to have a
chronic condition which could, if left
unchecked, impair his ability to con­
tinue working; he is referred for treat­
ment to the Public Health hospital sys­
tem, and a check is kept on his progress
by examining him at three or six-month
intervals.

Not the least of the advantages offered
by the centers is the speed of service.
By scheduling all phases of the exam­
ination at one time, the center is able
to complete the exam and have the re­
sults available within an hour or so.
Normally such procedures would take
a day or more if a patient went to his
own physician or a hospital for such an
examination.

The specialized services for members
of Seafarers' families include those of
a gynecologist and a pediatrician, both
of whom are available during the once-
a-week period set aside for family exam­
inations. These benefits -are free of
charge to SIU families.

A separate service provided by the
New York center is in. collecting con­
tributions tb the .SIU's Blood Bank
which assures seamen and their families
everywhere of blood transfusions when
needed.

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For 50-50' On Oil Cargo
WASHINGTON—The Office of Civil Defense Mobilization has received the final argu­

ments from two tanker groups seeking a Government-imposed 50 percent ruling on all oil
imports. Under the 50-50 proposal, half of this country's oil; imports would be brought in by
US-flag ships. The adoption of
this plan is being fought by
the major oil companies and
consequently it is faced with tough
going.

The two groups seeking the
ruling are the Joint (Labor-Man-

Many Urge
Dumping

Restrictions
WASHINGTON —State Depart­

ment officials and members of pri­
vate organizations have urged the
Senate Foreign Relations Commit­
tee to prohibit US-flag ships from
dumping oil wastes in certain areas
and giake it mandatory for them
to carry oil record books.

Oil wastes dumped too close in­
shore pollute beaches and harbors
and destroy considerable wildlife,
including fish, shellfish and birds,
which normally inhabit shallow wa­
ters off the coastlines.

The group suggested that Con­
gress introduce legislation aimed
at curbing the oil waste dumping
by implementing US adherence to
the 1954 International Convention
For The Prevention of Pollution
of the Sea by Oil.

A State Department official told
the legislators that such a measure
would not change in any way the
present laws dealing with the pol­
lution of territorial waters. It's
aim should, however, prohibit
American-registered vessels from
discharging oil or oil wastes in any
of the zones specified in the con­
vention and its annexes.

Mates Vote
On Full-Time
Presidency

GALVESTON — Constitutional
safeguards and changes required
by the 1959 Landrum-Griffin Act
were the major orders of business
at the Master Mates & Pilots bien­
nial convention here as 44 MMP
delegates voted to expand the voice
of local unions in the international
operation.

Representing 11,000 MMP mem-
bets in 47- locals throughout the
United States, Canada, Panama
and Puerto Rico, the delegates
voted to make the office of presi­
dent full-time, with full pay. They
also nominated candidates for top
officers.

The delegates abolished the posts
of district vice-presidents, previ­
ously filled by convention action,
and created in.stead a board of
directors. Under the new arrange­
ment, the executive office of each
local will automatically become a
member of the board.

In addition to the voting of ex­
panded voice and the abolition of
certain posts, the delegates nomi­
nated p. F. O'Callahan of Balti­
more, Arthur L. Holdeman of. New
York, Price L. Mitchell of Mobile,
Roy D.XurVey of Boston and Floyd
D. Gaskins of Norfolk, all as presi­
dential nominees.

Nominated - for sSecretary-treas-
urer, the only other full-tlmO post,
were the incumbent Capt. John
M. Bishop, and Car^ B. Mortensen
ef New York.

agemeht) Committee for Ameri­
can-flag Tankers, and the Com­
mittee of American Flag Tanker
Owners, Inc., which is made up of
tbe operators of fourteen large
tankers built after the Suez crisis.

The Joint Committees, of which
the SIU and NMU are members,
asked for a public hearing or a
fact-finding committee, but this
request . was turned down by
OCDM director Leo Hoegh. The
group made reference to the recent
Paris summit conference break-up
and its adding to tension and sug­
gested it would be foolhardy "not
to do everything necessary at this
vital element of our war potential."

They also pointed out that every
major country, including Great
Britain, France, Japan, Norway
and Italy in one form or another
require a large percentage of their
oil imports to be carried on tank­
ers of that nation.

The spokesman for the Joint
Committee noted thdt the critical
issue is whether or not all US oil
imports are to be carried on
foreign flag tankers and questioned
whether the concept of "effective
control" of such ships is consistent
with national security require­
ments.

Major oil companies are op­
posing the 50-50 plan because.they
wish to carry their oil on tax-free,
low-wage runaway tankers at the
expense of the American-flag
tanker fleet and American seamen.

These companies, led by Esso,
are reported to want activities of
US-flag tankers frozen at the

"level of ttie requirements of the
coastwise tankers trade . . ." But
this Is mi^eading since the
domestic trade for tankers is di­
minishing because of construction
of new pipelines and the growth
of inland waterway transportation.
Between the pipelines and the run­
away competition, the American-
flag tanker Industry has been
sorely hit. Several new supertank­
ers have not been able to find any
cargoes after leaving the yards,
and others have been forced to
accept substitute cargoes such as
grain. Both the National Defender
and Trapseastern, for example, are
carrying grain, as are many other
older American tankers.

At the same time that American-
flag tanker groups are fighting for
a fair share of the oil imports,
pressure is mounting to cut down
on oil imports.

Domestic oil producers have
complained that their output has
been forced down drastically and
unless something is done the oil
industry will be seriously crippled

Various fuel, raiU and labor or­
ganizations have met with Dept. of
the Interior Secretary Fred A. Sea-
ton to discuss the condition of the
American oil industry, and other
oil groups have met with Ad­
ministration officials.

A cut in the oil import quotas
would be of some relief to the
American-flag tanker industry
since it would mean that domestic
oil, which would replace imported
oil, would have to be carried in
American-flag bottoms.

Seofarer Red Campbell on the Beatrice (Bull Line) takes oii a
formidable task as he tries.to ,decipher James Joyce's "Ulysses."
Mdybe it should be classified cis penalty cargo.

Congress Uiges Aid Cuts

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fhe SEA

WASHINGTON—The House Banking and Currency Com­
mittee has reiterated Congressional opposition to discrimina­
tion against shipping in the Middle East. In a vote on the
newly-formed International i
Development Association, the
committee called for granting
the • President authority to with­
hold aid from any nation which
discriminates against shipping of
another nation.

.Aimed at Arab Boycott
The clause is simiiar to one al­

ready inserted by the House and
Senate in the foreign aid bill. In
placing it in the foreign ^ald legis­
lation, the Senators supporting the
move made it clear that it was
aimed primarily at the Arab
League boycott of Israeli shipping
in the Suez Canal. However, they
noted, it could apply equally to
the Arab League practice of black-,
listing American-flag shipping be­
cause such shipping had previously
traded with Israel.

The SIU had picketed the Egyp­
tian-flag Cleopatra in New York in
protest against these same blacklist
practices.

Administration Opposed
As in the foreign aid bill, the

clause is running into stiff opposi­
tion from the Eisenhower Admin­
istration, which Is not expected to
make use of the authority granted
by Congress.

The International Development
Association has been set up by the
United States "and other Western
nations to raise $1 billion for the
purpose of assisting under-devel­
oped nations of the world.

Rep. Abe Multer (Dem.-NY) led
the fight for the anti-discrimination
clause in the House Banking Com­
mittee where it was adopted by a
top-heavy majority.

Senate Body
Votes Boost
in Subsidy

WASHINGTON—A bill to in­
crease the construction subsidy
differential to 55 percent from a
present 50 percent has been favor­
ably reported to the Senate by
committee action.

The bill, if passed by the Sen­
ate and signed into law by the
White House would assist Ameri­
can shipbuilders by enabling .them
to compete with foreign shipyards
on a more equal basis. The Depart­
ment of Commerce, however, has
gone on record as being against
such a measure on the ground that
prices of materials and labor in
American yards are expected to
drop over the coming years. It is
natural to assume that this Is the
view of the administration, too.

The bill would amend the Mer­
chant Marine Act of 1938 and ap­
ply to shipbuilding contracts
signed during the two year period
following the date the law is en-
acted. It would also cover keels
laid after June 30, 1959.

At present, Japan and Germany
can build large cargo vessels for
about 46 percent of what its costs
their US counterparts, A similar
vessel costing the US $13,000,000
could be built by either Japan or
Germany for $6,000,000. The dif­
ference is mainly due to the cheap-
of labor costs and it's here that
foreign shipbuilders derive their
greatest profits.

Stay Put For Joblesis Pay
Seafarers who are collecting state unemployment benefits while

on the beach waiting to ship are urged to stay put and avoid
changing their mailing addresses if they want to continue re­
ceiving their checks regularly. Several Seafarers have already
experienced interruptions of from three to five weeks in getting
their next check after they notified the state .^.tinemployment
offices that they had moyed and changed their mailing address.

An average delay of a month is reported in moCt pases, causing
considerable hardship to the men involved. ;

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British Sea
Union Seeks
More Money

British seamen want more
money. At a recent general meet­
ing of the ISritish National Union
of Seamen, Thomas Yates, the gen­
eral secretary of the organization,
backed a resolution calling for an
Increase in wages at the earliest
possible time.

Previously the English seamen
had drafted a proposal calling for
a "reduction in the hours of la­
bor." Actualljf, a reduction in
hours would be the same as a rise
in wages, if the wages were main­
tained at their present standard,
since the hourly rate of compensa­
tion would be upped. A substantial
reduction in hours would be the
equivalent to a 7 percent raise,
Yates said.

He pointed out, in support of the
hours reduction, that the number
of ratings in the English mari­
time industry had decreased by
some 10,000 men since the Korean
conflict and that since 1952 the
engine room ratings had decreased
from about 21,000 to 16,000.

The average British sailor in
the merchant marine thakes around
$90 per month'.

Don't Send Your
Daggage COD

''safarers are again warned
not to send their baggage COD
to any Union hall. The Union
cannot accept delivery of any
baggage where express charges
have not been prepaid.

Men who send baggage COD
to Uqion halls face the prospect
of having to go to a lot of trou­
ble and red tape-with the Rail­
way Express Co.

US maritime unions, and the traveling public generally,
can be expected to look with jaundiced eye on the delibera­
tions of the current international conference of the Safety
of Life At Sea, if the opening decisions of the meeting are
any index. The refusal of the conference to endorse a comr
pulsory system of ocean tracking for trarisatlahtic passenger
vessels shows that the shipowners of most of the leading
European maritime nations are determined not to spend a
nickel more on behalf of the safety of crews and passengers.

The irony of it all is that this conference was called largely
because of the collision between the Andrea Doria and the
Stockholm. A major contributing factor was that the Stock­
holm was a dozen miles or more oif the recommended track.

International Regulations Weak
The fact remains that even when these international con­

ferences agree on a proposal, ship operators of many nations
simply ignore them, because the countries involved don't put
any enforcement teeth into the regulations. There is many
a passenger ship afloat under foreign-flag today which still
doesn't conform to the 1921 convention rules—^rules which
have long since become outdated.

Nor does the weakness of international regulation stop
there. Ships under the runaway flags are free to ignore in­
ternational safety conventions since Panama and Liberia
have no means of enforcing such regulations, should they
have the desire to do so.

It should be noted too, that the conference refused to per­
mit a representative of the International Transport-workers
Federation to participate in its deliberations. European ship
operators obviously haven't accepted the idea that maritime
labor has a stake in shipboard safety and has a right to a
voice in any discussions of safety procedure. It wasn't too
long ago that American .operators took the same position, but
under the impetus of the joint SlU-industry safety program
they are fast changing their view.

Eiuropean Attitude Bad
The attitude of the safety at sea conference, with the Unit­

ed States still vainly trying to get Europeans to live up to
American standards of ship compartmentation and ship con­
struction, is unhappy contrast with the outlook of the airline
industry, its chief competitor for passenger trade. That in­
dustry makes a selling point of safety.

In the meanwhile, American citizens who travel by sea
would be well-advised to consider the following facts. A)
Foreign-flag ship standards of construction and operation are,
safety-wise, below those of American-flag ships, B) Foreign-
flag maritime nations are in no hurry to bring their standards
up to scratch.

20,000 Jam Labor Rally
In Drive For Forand Bill

An overflow crowd of more than 20,000 elderly persons
gathered at New York's Madison Square Garden to hear AFL-
CIO president George Meany speak on the labor-supported
Forand Bill now before*-now
Congress. The gigantic rally
was he^ld on the 25th anni­
versary of the present Social
Security Act, urging the broaden­
ing of that Act to make additional
provisions for retired workers'
health care.

Health Insurance Drive
The rally culminated a drive on

the part of Americans over 65 to
gain health insurance. The Issue
itself - has brought tremendous
pressure from voters throughout
the United States and from the
nation's trade unions, causing the
Administration to do an about-
face. The Administration now
plans to pressure for some kind of
Federally - supported measure for
voluntary health insurance. Presi­
dent Eisenhower earlier this year
had stalemated such^ proposal.

Eisenhower has still indicated
an indexible stand toward the idea
of using the Social Security Sys­
tem as being "compulsory affairs"
and that he is against "compulsory
affairs."

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 overwhelming
as Senators and Representativea
have been fiooded with mail in
favor of some kind of measure
along these V lines.

Most In Favor
Many publications have come out

in favor of the principle of th^
Forand Bill, stating that private,
voluntary plans "can never meet
the whole need' (Life magazine)
and "the voluntary approach sim­
ply will not do the job" (Business
Week magazine).

A Department of Health, Educa­
tion and Welfare survey has
clearly indicated that three-quar­

ters of older citizens cannot afford
to pay for the care they would
need if they were seriously ill.
The survey also testifies to the fact
that medical costs have sky­
rocketed 45 percent in the past
ten years while the over-all cost of
living has Jumped about 20 per­
cent.

Docs Erred;
$265,000
To Seaman

A seaman was awarded $265,000
by a Federal Court jury after a
ruled verdict was issued that he
became partially-paralyzed as a re­
sult of errors made during an
operation at a Government hos­
pital.

The seaman, William Suther­
land, 58 years old, of Denver, Col­
orado, was awarded $15,000 from
the Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.,
and $125,000 each from a neuro­
surgeon, in private practice and a
second surgeon employed at the
USPHS Hospital in Stapleton, S.I.

Gov't Liable
Judge Gus Solomon ruled that

the Government was liable for Dr.
Urban's burden of the judgment.
Sutherland had suffered severe in­
juries June 26, while aboard
Moore-Mac vessel en route to Trin­
idad from Rio de Janeiro.

It was charged that an artery
leading to the seaman's brain was
erroniously tied off during th«
operation resulting in injury to the
brain and paralysis.

Sutherland, now a patient in
Beekman-Downtown hospital, has
been confined to a wheel-chair
since the operation.

KNOWING YOUR
SIU CONTRACT

(This column is intended to acquaint Seafarers with important
provisions of the Sill contract and will deal with disposition of
various contract disputes and interpretations of the agreement. If
Seafarers have any questions about any section of the agreement which
they would like to have clarified, send them in to the editor of the
SEAFARERS LOG.)

Article 11, Section 12. Carpenter's Duties, (a) Routine duties of
the carpenter shall include the following:

1. Fainting, chipping and cleaning the windiass.
2. Sounding bilges, fresh water and ballast tanks daily.
3. Shoring-up cargo.
4. Standing by the windlass when necessary.
5. Maintenance work such as repairing locks, installing porthole

gaskets, fiung and fastening steel lockers, etc.
6. Such other work as is customary for carpenter to perform.
(g) When the carpenter is required to remove old paint or var­

nish preparatory to repainting,-and repaint the same, Jie shall be
paid overtime for such work performed.

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Recently a ship's carpenter put in for overtime for a number of

tasks performed on a ship, including making a desk for the radio
operator's shack, a chart desk for the wheelhouse, and for supervise
ing the deck gang while they were replacing hatchboards' and sweat-
battens.

This overtime was disputed on the ground that these were routine
duties for the carpenter. It was pointed out that under the terms of
Article II, Section 12, the carpenter is expected to perform a variety
of duties under the direction of the chief mate, and that while he is
attached to the deck department, he is regarded as a general handy­
man on a wide variety of repair and construction.

It was agreed then, that in this instance, the overtime was not pay­
able. However, under section (g) above, the carpenter is entitled to
overtime should he be called upon to remove old paint and do any
painting.

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SEIFARERS IN DRYROCK
Among the Seafarers currently hospitalized in the Staten Island US

Public Health Service Hospital are D. J. Kekia, J. S. LakM; John
Muehleck, F. F. Neves, P. J. Ryan and L. J. Sheehan.

Kekis, who last sailed as a messman on the Sandcaptain developed
nerve trouble in his right arm and is undergoing treatment to re­
activate the muscles and nerves afflicted.

Muehleck suffered back strain when handling a sack of flour on the
Eiizabeth. He sails as night cook and baker.

Neves suffered a fractured skull in an accident aboard the Catherine

Muehleck Neves

while he was working as an AB. He is making fair progress.
Ryan last sailed as chief electrician on the Alcoa Painter. He started

hemorrhaging intecnaliy but this has been checked and he expects to
be release^ soon.

SheehanT who sails in the steward department, is being treated for
varicose veins and an ulcer condition. He is reportedly making fair
progress. His last ship was the Seatrain Savannah.

Seafarers on the beach or off their ships on shore leave should take
the time to visit the brothers laid up in the hospitals. A visit from
shipmates, now that the good weather is here, is aiways appreciated.

SAILOR SNUG HARBOR HOSPITAL
STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK

Thomas Isaksen A. B. Gutierrez
STOCKTON STATE HOSPITAL

STOCKTON 3, CALIFORNIA
Dan M. Chi-istolos

USPHS HOSPITAL
NORFOLK. VIRGINIA

Albert L. Willis
US SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL

WASHINGTON 25. DC
Wm. H. Thomson

TRIBORO HOSPITAL
PARSONS BLVD. & 82ND DRIVE

JAMAICA 32. LONG ISLAND
James Russell

MERCY HOSPITAL
MIAMI. FLORIDA

Edward J. Roig
VA HOSPITAL

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
. John J. Hazel

VA HOSPITAL
KERRVILLE. TEXAS

WiUiard T. CahUl
VA HOSPITAL

MONTGOMERY. ALABAMA
Jacob L. Burkclcw

USPIIS HOSPITAL
SEAl-TLE, WASHINGTON

Edward E. Edihger James C. Mitchell
George B. Little John F. Williams
Alfonse Loguidis

USPHS HOSPITAL
FORI- WORTH. TEXAS

F. E. Anderson Max Olson
B. F. Diebler Francisco T. Rotolo
George Doherty Bozo G. Zelencic

USPHS HOSPITAL
STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK

Oscar J. Adams I. N. Loukas
Agnar M. Andersen John Lukas
Daniel M. Alvino Patrick Ti KeUy
A. T. Arnold Odd E. Olsen
William R. Bates Jaime Pantoja
G. Carabaiia F. K. Robertson
Louis J. Cevett >jtrlck J. Ryan
Francisco Cruz Robert C. Thomas
William F. Doran Albert K. Tom
Thomas B Cuncan WiUlam F. Turk
D. T. Kekis C. A Virgin
Thomas Lauer A. W. Wilfert
T. Lehay P. J. WiHcinson

USPHS HOSPITAL
MANHATTAN BEACH

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
John J. DriscoU Santiago Laurent*
Bart E. Guranick Henry E. Smith
William D. Kenny

USPHS HOSPITAL \
SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA

Gualberto Bolaoro Charles NaU
Matthew Bruno Thomas -J. Sullivan
Alfredo Caudra David L. Williams
Charles Haymoiid Howard J. Watts
John F. Malsko

USPHS HOSPITAL
NORFOLK. VIRGINIA

Andrew N. Boney Dennis Cahoon
Herbert Broughon Rufino Camantlqu*

E. T. Congleton Vance A. Reld
Wm. E. Joyner Fonnie Rogers
Frank J. OTUalley -Henri J. Robin Jr.
Steven E. Puritoy

USPH-P HOSPITAL
. GALVESTON. TEXAS

Mack J. Acosta R. Henrickson
Ben Buck Eaden King
Thomas Chapman L. V. Springer
Graciano Fraustlo Adam Slowick
John Gibson

USPHS HOSPITAL
BALTIMORE. MARYLAND

Ramon Agueda George Litchfield
Theodore Aleck I. McCormack
Stokes Ayres Frank Nappl
Joseph E. Brooks Frederick M. Leeds
Kenneth Brown Wm. P. Osterholtz
Thomas G. Collins Cecil T. Terry Jr.
Juan Diaz John W. Tingle
Sylvester Furtado W. E. Tomlinson
Harry O. Fentress Walter A, Yahl
Floyd J. GrilTls John Yuknas »
Danis Higgins
, VA HOSPITAL
' BALTIMORE. MARYLAND
Sidney T. Dickens

USPHS HOSPITAL
NEW ORLEANS. LA.

Thomas Andrews Thomas Hanson -
WilUam Asher Leo C. Hannon
Edmoiid Aubaly Furman Haynes
Sama^ Bailey Benjamin Huggins
B, Blanchard Sidney Irby
Accurso Bonti Edward O. Johnson
Delos O. Boyle Wm. H. Johnson
Grady K. Brown Barney KeUy
Carter Chambers Norman Kirk
Virgil L. Coash Edward Knapp
Donald Dambrino Leo Lang
Angelo D'Amlco Rene A. LeBlanc
Wm. Daugherty Clyde R. Leggett
Guillermo De Jesus Joseph MarteUo
James B. Dixon James T. Moofa
Charles Ellzey Louis W. Peed
Edw. Fairfield Chas. R^Robinson
Henry Falgout Calvin A. Rome
George C. Faley Herman L. Smith
Benjamin Foster Louis Splndler
John W. Graves Luther E. Wing

USPHS HOSPITAL
BOSTON, MASS.

Chas. A. McCarthy John F. Santos
MT. WILSON STATE HOSPITAL

MT.-WILSON-BALTIMORE CO.
BALTIMORE. MARYLAND

George Davis
VA HOSPITAL

CENTER HOT SPRINGS
SO. DAKOTA

Clifford C. Womack
VA HOSPITAL

HOUSTON. TEXAS
R. J. Arsenault

VA HOSPITAL
OTEEN, NORTH CAROLINA

Joseph J. Bass
VA HOSPITAL ;

NEW YORK CIT^
Chas. O. Bergagna

Seafarer Sells
Furniture Now
To the Editor:

This is to inform you that
I've become a landlubber now
and have been in business now
for the past, two months. Buck
Stevens in New Orleans sug­
gested that I get in touch with
you se that I can let all my ship­
mates know about it.

The name of my place of
business is "Sauls Westslde
Furniture & Appliances" and I
am located at 5018 Fourth
Street, Marrero, La.—Tel: FX 1-
5352,

Glad to see any of my buddies
to talk about the good old days
and give' them a bargain on
furniture.

E. Sauls
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Seafarer Sells
Mutual Funds
To the Editor:

This is to advise you and my
Union friends that recently I
became a registered representa­
tive of the Investors Planning
Corp. of America. It took two
weeks of schooling and a fairly
stiff examination before I got
my license but it was worth it^

Last December I shipped on
the Steel Architect and while ,
aboard several crewmembers
started Mutual Fund Im^esting
through me.
*I sincerely believe that this Is

the finest way to put your dol­
lars to work. In case anyone is
interested and would like more
information about IPC Mutual
funds, their cost, risks, and ad­
vantages, I'm at the office Mon­
day and Friday, 60 East 42nd
Street, New York 17. New York.
Tel: Murray Hill 2-8000.

Fred Manard
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Has Views
On Homesteaders
To the Editor:

I would like, at this time, to
answer a letter written by
George Harding on the one-year
ruling.

Sorry to say I haven't been to
sea recently, but before than I
sailed for ten years and in that
time 1 shipped with a lot of
homesteaders, finding them
mostly on Seatrain, Waterman
and Isthmian ships.

I myself was never a home­
steader as I didn't need a steady
job or never enjoyed the run so
much that I wanted to stay on
more than two trips.

Getting back to the home­
steaders, I think they are a good
bunch of Union men and carry
the same book and privileges as
the rest of us, with the preroga­
tive to stay on a ship as long as
they like.

They also were often useful,
since they knew the good and
bad parts of a ship and Its run,
and I never found one who was
conceited or thought he owned
the ship. I do admit they usually
knew more about the ships than
we newcomers did, and often
were very useful.

I can honestly say as a Union
man that I never, in all my
years of sailing the SIU saw
any man get certain privileges
or time off on any ship that
would be a violation of the con­
tract. y

Anyone who has been going
to sea for thirty years, and
whose longest trip was two
months, it seems either can't
get along with the crew or
doesn't like to ship out.

As for his suggestion on
vacations—well that's somewhat
of a joke as 1 will explain. Cur­
rently I'm in the trucking
racket and get three weeks with

pay for ray vacation. But I
can't take the vacation as the"
pay goes for the house and bills,
so all I do Is sit at home and
rest for those three weeks and
by the time I get back to work,
I'm so tired of resting I can't do
a day's work for at least a
month, until I get back into the
swing of things.

If anyone , wants to sail only
two months on a ship, .let him
do it, but to jump bn a fellow
who is only trying to^make a

Letters To
The Editor

All letters to the editor for
publication in the SEAFAR­
ERS LOG musty be signed
by the writer;. Names will
be withheld upon request.

good living for his family and
some day get off the ship and
have a good long vacation for
himself and his family, leave
him alone. He has his. rights—
that's what a union means.

If any seaman wants some­
thing to gripe about he should
get a jbb ashore and have every­
one, even your friends, try to
put the screws to you. I always
say my best days of working
were those at sett and if I ever
get the opportunity to do so
again, I will.

Cornelius-"jConn" Sprano
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Likes SIU LOG
And Seafarers
To the Editor:

I operate a dock crane at the
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp.
fertilizer plant located at Pasa­
dena, Texas, and often am busy
unloading phosphate rock from
ships that your union has or­
ganized.

I belong to the Oil Chemical
and Atomic Workers Interna­
tional Union, Local 4-367, Olin
Mathieson" Fertilizer Group. I
have been on our union work­
man's committee twice and also
have been chairman and vice-
president twice. The local is
located in Pasadena, Texas.

There are several ships that
come into our docks to be un­
loaded and I, of course, get
acquainted with many of the
seamen and have made many
friends among them. I always
read the 'SEAFARERS LOG
every time a ship pulls, in but
with the coming and going of
ships I miss * many issues. I
would like to be put on the
mailing list so I won't be miss­
ing any of the issues.

I enjoy the LOG a great deal
especially the way it prints the
bare facts, regardless of where,
who, what and why. I 'par­
ticularly enjoyed several articles
in the April 22 issue this year.

Also, I'd like to tell you what
a great bunch of guys there are
shipping on the Mae and Debar-
deleben Marine I.

Fred B. Yohe.
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Lauds SIU On
Freedom Of Seas
To the Editor:

As a former veteran and also
a member of the SIU let me
applaud your stand against the
Arab boycott system. Those
finks in the State Department
have lost all sense of decency
and self respect in order to
avoid taking gny stand. .

Keep it up.
^Sol Baskln

Beef Reporting
Is Delegate's Job
To'the Editor:

I have heard that people who
write to the LOG are either
crackpots or any one of a dozen
other things but to m.e this goes
In one ear and oUt the other.

This letter Is one of apprecia­
tion to two patrolmen, Eddie
Mooney and E. B. McAuiey. I
had the pleasure of haviqg them
pay off the Seafair in New
York on Friday, May 13,^ and
they did a fine job. *

When this ship paid off I
called all of the men who had
beefs but only two of the men
showed up!

The bosun told the patrolman
that he didn't like me because
I said something. Well where-
eyer you are, remember this, I
told the patrolman about beefs
because I had a job to do, noit
because of a personal beef.

In closing let me thank the
New York hall again for its*
backing.

Dave Barry
Ship's delegate

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Welfarellelp
Aids Family
To the Editor:

I wish to thank you as well
as the members of the Seafar­
ers Welfare Plan for their con­
tinued support, extended to my
growing family.

My husband was out of a job
when rny sop was born and had
it not been for the Welfare Plan
it would be very hard for us.

- Thanks -again and I hope
some day my son will be of
service to the SIU.

Mrs. F. I. Ayson

Gulf water Crew
Thanks Buddies
To the Editor:

On behalf of the crew of the
SS Gulfivater will- you please
publish this letter of apprecia­
tion to the. crew of the SS Penn
Trader.

When we arrived in Calcutta,
India, we were unable to get a.
draw until the company agent
(Metro Petroleum Shipping,
New York) could get an okay
from the main office in New
York.

Our captain gave a small
draw out of his own personal
checking accpunt until the de­
sired information could be ob­
tained. The next day every­
thing was straightened out and
we got our draws.

But the sideline was that the
crew of the SS Penn Trader
was going to aid us in any way
they could. They were going to
make a draw and turn it over to
our ship's delegate to be divided
between us, so tTiat we could at
least have a few cold ones in
this hot place.

This action turned out to be
unnecessary, but it was a good
feeling to have—knowing that
your brother members were
standing by to aid in the event
of any hardship's that may come
up. With this kind of unity
and understanding, it i^ easy to
figure out why the SIU is be­
coming larger and. stronger.

Among the crew of the Penn
Trader were: bosun, Ray Queen;
ship's delegate Del Barnhill and
deck delegate Steve Emerson,
all of whom are well, known
throughout SIU ports. ,

Steve Fulford

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Seafarers (L to R) Edwin Za-
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the SS Steel Surveyor. Photo
taken in Kobe, Japan.

Send Word To
Headquarters

Ship's delegate John Kearney
on the Oremar (Marven) earns
e mention for promptly notify­
ing headquarters via radiogram
when one of the wipers was
hospitalized in Venezuela. Such
notiRcations make it possible
for the Union to take prompt
action on such matters as re­
patriation and allotments.

Order cWwmen
Via Radio

From the Coeur D'Alene
Victory comes an unusual item,
noted by J. Indorf, meeting
secretary, about ordering re­
placements for men paying off.
Departments have been in­
formed to notify the skipper
promptly so that replacements
can be ordered by radio.

It wasn't clear whether the
company expects the replace­
ments to be waiting at the dock
when the ship pulls in, but at
any rate, under this system the
ship should never sail short-
handed.

Don't Wait
To Biow Top

From the Marore comes a
note, recorded by meeting sec­
retary Charles Bedell, on the
ever-present subject of disputed
OT. Seafarers on this ship got
some advice which applies
equally to any SlU-contracted
vessel, namely, take beefs to the
department delegates when,
they come up, rather than wait
for the shipboard meeting to
blow their tops on a dispute.

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Remove Those
Nuts and Boits

• The Northwestern Victory
has a different problem, meet­
ing secretary R. V. Haylock
reports. The ship's washing
machine has been fed an In-
digestable diet of screws, nuts
and bolts, these items being left
in the pockets of the men's
'dungarees.' As a result, neither
the bolts or the dungarees are
coming out clean—or in one
piece for that matter.

LOG-A-RHYTHM:

FORGET
By G. ANDERSON

Life's Great
On Transeasfern

Crew Relishes Port Time

On Dry-Cargo Supertanker

Forget the slander you have heard
Forget that hasty, unkind word
Forget the beefs and their cause
Forget the whole affair, because
Forgetting is the only way.

Forget the trials that you have had
Forget the fog if it is had
Forget the knocker, he's a freak
Forget him seven days a week.

Forget the gray lines in your hair
Forget you're not a millionaire
Forget the coffee if it's cold
Forget to icnock, forget to scold

(The following article was
submitted to the LOG by B.
Eager, deck delegate on the
SS Transeastem.)

Just a few words from the
boys on the Transeastem.
We've been laying h'fere in
Montevideo, Urugua'y. for 20
days now, discharging grain.
Everyone aboard is having "a
ball."

The National Defender, an­
other SIU ship, arrived a week
after we did and they expect
to be here for a coupl^ of
months—lots of "competition"
now.

Not much overtime on this
ship, but we've sure had some
tremendous draws. If there's
only a little overtime on the
return trip there won't be
much of a payoff, and every­
one is thinking of making
another trip now, because of
all this.

The Transeastem is expec­
ting to have another good
trip after loading in Houston
and New Orleans. Everyone
is satisfied'with this port here
—Montevideo—which is one
of the best in South America.
I imagine there will be a num­
ber of us returning. Regards
to all the brothers from the
Transeastem.

SHIPBOARD SKETCHES by Ben Graham

Top, deck maintenance men
O'Connor, O'Brien and Red
Hunt, hook up Butterworth
hoses used for refueling a Lib-
erian-flag vessel that ran short
of fuel.

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Members of the galley staff of
the Transeosrern, responsible
for those great meals, pose in
the modern galley. They are
(I to r) 3rd cook L. A. Ziembra;
night cook and baker S.
Trzcinski; chief cook, F. Fer­
nandez; and chief steward
Beale.

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Top, (left) crew of the Trans-
eastern takes part in one
of the regularly scheduled SIU
shipboard meetings. Chair­
man (with papers) is Bill
O'Connor.

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Relaxing in Transeastem swim­
ming pool are Johnson, AB;
Al, wiper; and Vince, an oiler
... all the comforts of a cruise
ship.

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Bottom, working on grain,
sucker maskings before dis­
charging some grain ere (I to
r) pumpman Thriman; 1st asst.-
engineer Choi, and pumpmen
Dickerson and Smith.

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headquarters. Her father, John Butler, sails in steward dep't.

SIU Atlantic, Gulf
Lakes & Inland Waters

District
PRESIDENT

Paul HaU
EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT

Cal Tanner
VICE PRESIDENTS

Claude Simmons Lindsey 'WiUlams
Earl Sheppard AI Tanner
HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES

BUI HaU Ed Mooney
HEADQUARTERS....673 4th Ave., Bklyn.

HYacinth 9-6600
BALTIMORE 1218 E. Baltimore St.
Rex Dickey, Agent EAstern 7-4900
BOSTON 276 State St.
John Arabascz, Agent Richmond 2-0140
HOUSTON 4202 Canal St.
B. Matthews. Agent CApital 3-4089: 3-408C
MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St.
Ben Gonzales, Agent FRanklin 7-3564
MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St.
Louis Neira, Agent HEmlock 2-1754
NEW ORLEANS 523 BienvUIe St.
Buck Stephens, Agent Tulane 8626
NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn

HYacinth 9-6600
NORFOLK 416 CoUey Ave.
Paul Gonsorchik, Agent

MAdlson 7-1083
PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St.
S. CarduUu, Agent Market 7-1639
SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St.
Walter Sibley, Agent Douglas 2-4401
SANTURCE, PR.. 1313 Fernandez Juncos,

Stop 20
Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep. Phone 2-5996
JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St., Room 200
WiUiam Morris, Agent ELgin 3-0987
SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave.
Ted Bahkow.ski, Agent Main 3-4334
WILMINGTON, CaUf 505 Marine Ave.
Reed Humphries, Agent Terminal 4-2528

SUP
HONOLULU... 51 South Nimltz Highway

PHone 502-777
NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienidlie St.

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

HYacinth 9-6605
PORTLAND 211 SW Clay St.

CApitol 3-4336
SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St.

Douglas 2-8303
SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave.

, Main 2-0290
WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave.

Terminal 5-6617
MC&S

HONOLULU....51 South Nimitz Highway
PHone 5-1714

NEW ORLEANS 523 BienvUIe St.
BAmond 7-428

NEW YORK 673 4th Ave., Brooklyn
HYacinth 9-6600

PORTLAND 211 SW Clay St.
CApitol 7-3222

SAN FRANCISCO 350 Fremont St.
EXbrook 7-5600

SEATTLE 2505 — 1st Ave.
MAln 3-0088

WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave.
TErminal 4-8538

Great Lakes District
ALPENA m River St.

ELciwOod 4-3618
BUFFALO, NY 890 Main St.

GRant 2728
CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25 St.

MAln 1-0147
DULUTH 621 W. Superior St.

Phone: Randolph 2-4110
FRANKFORT. Mich. PO Box 287

ELgin 7-2441
RTVER ROUGE.. 10225 W. Jefferson. Ave.

Mich. Vinewood 3-4741
SOUTH CHICAGO 9383 Ewing Ave.

SAginaw 1-0733
TOLEDO 120 Summit St.

CHerry 8-2431

Canadian District
FORT WILLIAM 408 Simpson St.

Ontario Phone: 3-3221
HALIFAX N.S 128'A HoUls St.

Phone 3-8911
MONTREAL 634 St, James St. West

, Victor 2-8161
QUEBEC 44 SauIt-au-Matelot

Quebec LAfontaine 3-1569
THOROLD. Ontario 52 St. David St.

C.Anal 7-5212
TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E.

EMpire 4-5719
ST. JOHN, NB ....177 Prince WiUiam St.

OX 2-5431
VANCOUVER, BO "..298 Main St.

MFOW
BALTIMORE 1216 East Baltimore St.

EAstern 7-3383
HONOLULU... .56 North Nimitz Highway

PHone 5-6077
NEW ORLEANS 523 BienviUe St,

MAgnolia 0404
NEW YORK 130 Greenwich St

COrtiand 7-7094
PORTLAND ..622 NW Everett St.

CApitol 3-7297-8
SAN FRANCISCO 240 Second St.
„ _ Douglas 2-4592
SAN PEDRO 296 West 7th St.
or,.™,,.,.™ TErminal 3-4485
SEATTLE 2333 Western Ave.

MAin 2-6326

SEAFARERS LOG Jane S, 196t

THITI6 (Ryo Marine), . A'prli 1—
Chairman, R. LaBomiMrdj tacratary,
R. T, DICarta, Ship aaUed abort two
men from NY. -W, Gregory waa
elected ahip'a traaaurer. Department
delegatea to ask the men in their
departmenta to donate to the ahip'a
fund. Vota of thanka to the ateward
department. All men leaving ahip
^easa turn keya to department heads.
TOO ahip'a delegate haa the iron.
See him if you need it.

ORiCN COMiT— (Orion), March 4
•—Chaiiman, J. McOill; Secretary, R.
Byrd. Skipper says some repiace-
menta ordered in Guam. Wage state­
ments were given out. Letter re­
ceived from the ship's delegate on
Orion liter. Two men missed ahip in
Naha. Discussion on safety meeting
to be held. Headquarters waa asked
for afe? conditioning on Persian Gulf
runs, .nformed that cost of system
would be about $5(X). We are trying
to CM ship of roaches.

ALCOA PARTNER (Aices), Aprii II
—Chairman, J. Baxter; Secretary, A.
Thompson. Carrying out suggestions
at last meeting of last trip about
golzlg to hq for copies of new agree­
ment ... . none available now. Re­
ceived no.maU from hq.since Casa­
blanca, .about six weeks ago. One
man injured, saw doctor. Motion te
have aU members off watch and not
attending meeting have name and
book number recorded in minutes and
referred to patrolman.

COASTAL CRUSADER (Suwannee),
Chairman, Luther Roberts; Secretary,
Adrian Saint. Steward asked to clean
upcth'e iceboxes and clean passage­
way. This was taken care of. Emmlll
O'ConneU Jr. elected ship's delegate.
12-4 watch'requests that something be
done about two broken lockers in
their room.

ATLAS (Cargo A Tankship), April
14—Chairman, A. E. Courgot; Secre­
tary, S. M. SImos. $17 in ship's fund.
Have a TV set. One man got off in
Panama, another in ship's hospital.
Vote of thanks to crew before for
contributing in the purchase of the
TV set, also to the captain and atew­
ard for taking care of coke machine.
Chief cook gave vote of thanks for
sending of flowers by crew and offi­
cers upon the funeral of cook's sister.

ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), April S
—Chairman, L. J. Pate; Secretary,
Thomas Sanchai. Patrolman came
aboard in San Juan. No beefs re­
ported. $19.69 in ship's fund. Men
quitting ship to give department head
24 hours notice. C. E. Roney elected
new ship's delegate.

VENORE (Marven), May 1—Chair­
man, H. Carle; Secretary, H. Starry.
New washing machine next trip. More
ice cream to be put aboard. Sailing
board to be posted in Guayacan. No
beefs or disputed overtime reported.

ALCOA RANGER (Aices),-May 1—
Chairman, J. S. Rueda; Secretary,
L. J. Pays. Ship's delegate reports
everything running smoothly. Some
OT disputed; also longshore holiday
watch. M/S to have two-hour mini­
mum for any call out at night. See
port steward for automatic coffee pot.

STEEL EXECUTIVE (isthmian),
April 10—Chairman, Robert N. Air;
Secretary, Alexander D. Brodle. Ship's
delegate reported on cost of movie
projector and rentiftg films. Worka­
way on board. Some disputed OT.
Repair list turned in. Discussion re
getting movie films and speaker. Need
spare keys for showers, toilets and
laundry so they can be kept locked
while in port. New drainboard in
laundry required.

FELTORB (Marven), May S—Chair­
man, E. A. Boyd; Secretary, E. Swat-
ski. Engine delegate reports this is
third trip without machinist aboard.
None available.

EAGLE TRAVELER (United Mari­
time), May 7—Chairman, H. West-
phall; phall; Secretary, B. J. Ander­
son. No beefs reported. All brothers

\ asked to try to get along with each
other as It is going to be a long trip.
Air-conditioner not to be used until
weather gets hot. Take care of new
cots and keep ship clean. Steward
says call him anytime if night lunch
or coffee needed. John Dunne elected
new ship's delegate.

STEEL SURVEYOR (isthmian). May
l-r-Chairman, C. Howell; Secretary, L.
Elford. Delegate reports good trip.
Minor dispute over hospital money
while in Europe. Treasurer reports
$42.79 on hand. Few hours disputed
OT. M/S to look into possibility of
having draws in foreign countries
changed from travelers' checks to
American currency. Discussion re

new food plan. Suggestion made to
move steam table from pantry to
galley to improve service. Suggestion
made that cooks wear hats as sanitary
'measure. Washing machine wringer

' to be repaired when ship returns to
US.

DEL NORTE (MitsittippI), May S—
Chairman, E. Slough; Secretary, J.
Whited. No beefs jeported. No al­
cohol or cigarettes to come aboard at
St. Thomas. Captain says sanitary
work on whole ship to be done bet­
ter." Balance in ship's fund $49.40.
Balance in movie fund $35. Brother

• W. Hudeman elected new ship's dele­
gate. Jean Latapie elected movie
director with vote of thanks for
accepting flhns last trip in absence of
movie dlreotoi;. Discussion of cap­

tain's order for no more R.O.B. ciga­
rettes in New Orleans.

DE BARDELEBEN MARINE NO. 1
(De Bardeieben Marine), May 5—Dele­
gate reports ship will pay off tomor­
row night on arrival in Houston. Cap­
tain to wire in for replacements. Deck
delegate reports a great deal of dis­
puted overtime; few other minor
beefs. M/S that no one pays off until
patrolman comes down to ship and
okays payoff; also that a cable be
sent to the Houston hall giving the
time of arrival. New water fountain
received in Tampa .not large enough
to cool amounts of water needed by
crew. Ship's delegate to see patrol­
man about trying to get the old cool­
ing system put back in order.

SEAMAR (Calmar), May $—Chair­
man, J. Marshall; Secretary, G. Hayes.
No beefs reported by ship's delegate.
AU repairs taken care of in shipyard.
Everything running smoothly.

ORBMAR (Ore Navigation), May 7—
Chairman, Harry D. Fitzgerald; Sec­
retary, L. Warner. Delegate reports
two men missed ship in Baltimore last
trip. Ship saUed without chief cook
and one OS. No major beefs. Some
disputed OT. Discussion on why shore-
side bread is held back. More bread
to be put out for night lunch. To
confer with patrolman on improper
storing of ship and insufficient stores.
Vote of thanks to chief engineer.

RAPHAEL SEMMES (Sea-Land), May
10—Chairman, J. Dawson; Secretary,
B. Varn. No beefs .reported. One
wiper missed ship in Port Newark.
Repair list turned in. $27.20 in ship's
fund. Discussion re use of washing
machine. Suggest watch standers use-
machine during day tind give day
workers a chance after five o'clock.
Return cups and glasses to pantry
when finished using instead of leaving
them scattered around on deck.

MONTEGO SEA (Standard Marine),
May 1—Chairman, G. D. McNeal; Sec­
retary, J. F. Austin. Delegate reports
everything fine. Discussion re who is
in charge of fire and. boat drills. One
man left ship in Bombay due to iU-
nesa. Captain has promised that each
man can get $100 draw on arrivSI in
US untU payoff. Some overtime to be
clarified. Discussion re who is in
charge of medicine chest. Captain
has promised to get soft drink ma­
chine which wiU bo paid for out of
the profits; then profits are to be put
in ship's fund. - Vote of thanks to
steward dept. for good food.

LON6VIEW VICTORY, (Victory
Carriers), May 14—Chairman, John T.
Hicks; Secaetary, John Brennan. One
man left ship in Honolulu with
broken leg sustained when he fell. In
Tripler Hospital. No beefs reported.

ROBIN HOOD (Robin), May 8, 1940—
Chairman, Ray SadowskI; Secretary,
Crowder Story. Delegate reports in­
sufficient stores on last trip. New
steward vouchers for stores this trip
as being sufficient for 85 days—if
requisition is cut during this voyage
will wire New 'York hall immediately.
Deck delegate reports beef re deck
dept. having to wash wheelhouse win­
dows seven days a week. Crew has

been asked not to brtng" •horesldo
people aboard, while In foreign ports.
There have been several cases of pil­
ferage in past trips on the African
coast. Crew also asked not to leave
coffee cups on deck. M/S/C to keep
ship clean, •

COEUR D'ALENE VICTORY (Vic­
tory Carriers), May 15—Chairman, J.
H. Parnall; Sacretary, J. indorf. Ship's
delegate reports one man missed ship
in New York. New. larger lockers to
be ordered. Report replacements so
new men can be ordered by radio.
Vote of thanks to steward dept.

ORION CLIPPER (Orion), May 14—
Chairman, M. Hitchcock; Sacretary,
J. Gareilo. Everything running
smoothly. Repair lists to be turned
in as ship is due for shipyard. No
beefs reported. Have hq. check on
status of FWT who shipped on here
March 1, left ship without paying
Union dues. Discussion on keeping
messhall and pantry clean. Minutes
of all previous meetings are to be
kept so new crew can be Informed of
all happenings on ship.

DEL SUD (MitsittippI), May I, 194$
—Chairman, Woodrow Perkins; Secre­
tary, George McFaii. Good trip. No
beefs reported. Ship's fund, $281;
movie fund. $274. Some disputed OT
In engine dept. M/S/C to- contact
company to try and payoff and sign
on the same day. Two men hurt.
Rescued crippled yacht at sea. Ship's
doctor will have talk on first aid;
crew asked to attend.

JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Vic­
tory Carriers), May 14—Chairman, A.
Roatko; Secretary, J. C. Oliver. Few
minor beefs reported. $13.08 in ship's
fund. Sanitary supplies for the black
gang. Check with chief engineer.
Steward has ordered linen threo
times and has not received any sat­
isfaction. Also a shortage of fruits.
Check on washing machine. Call a
special meeting at payoff.

BENTS FORT (Citiat Service), May
14—Chairman, J. Sweeney; Sacretary,
Joe N. Atchison. Delayed sailing dis­
puted. To be taken up with patrol­
man at payoff.

NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Vie,
tory Carriers), Aprii 2—Chairman,
John Risback; Sacretary, R. V. Hay-
lock. No beefs reported. 'Take gar­
bage aft. Crew requested to take
screws out of pockets before washing
clothes. Have messmah be more Con­
scientious and try to remember or­
ders. .

STEEL ARCHITECT (isthmian). May
S—Chairman, Bernard Landos; Sec-
ratary, Luis A. Ramirez. No beefs
reported. Ship's delegate suggests
locks be kept on three doors—keep
door to gangway open only. Keep
coolies out. Fresh potatoes asked for
breakfast by bosun. Hot rolls re­
quested. Bread is a lot better. Chairs
haven't been repaired in messhall.
Washing machine dirty most of the
time.

MASSMAR (Calmer), April 11—
Chairman, A. R. Haskins; Secretary,
C, Glbbs. No beefs reported. Cook
& baker elected to serve as ship's
delegate. New fans were put in
crew's messroom and recreation room.
Everything running smoothly.

THE CABINS (Texas City Refining),
May 13—Chairman, H. G. Sanford;
Secretary, Robert Cooper. Delegate
reports everything going along on a
smooth keel. Expect the patrolman
in Texas City this trip so anyone
owing dues can pay up. $33.47 in
ship's fund. Suggested that steward
take up with port steward matter of
getting rid of roaches. Also sugges­
tion that more night lunch be put
out. Crew reminded to turn off wash­
ing machine when not in use. Matter
of dirty water for washing to be
taken up with chief engineer and if
nothing Is donr to take it up with
patrolman.

STEEL ROVER (isthmian). May 15—
Chairman, J. F. Goude; Sacretary,
N. W. DuBois. Most of the needed
repairs taken care of. $63.40 in ship's
funtl. Crew would like wider mess-
room tables. American money pre­
ferred instead of traveler's checks.
New rollers and timer needed for
washing machine; also new water
cooler for messroom. Vote of thanks
to steward dept.

ALCOA PURITAN (Alcoa), May 3—
Chairman, T. Wright; Secretary, A.
Ferrara. BUI Padgett elected ship's
delegate. New mattresses. ordered by
steward. Don't take clothes that don't
belong to you from the fidley. Keep
pantry clean. Repair list given to
delegate.

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FINAL
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Georre B. Dunn, 54: Brother
Dunn died of natural causes while a

patient at the
Kings County
Hospital, Brook­
lyn, New York.
An SIU. steward
department mem­
ber since April,
1945, Brother
Dunn sucdumbed
on March 8, 1960,
He is survived

by his mother, Mrs. Katherine B.
Dunn, of West Roxbury, Mass.
Burial was in the Mount' Calvary
Cemetery, Boston, Mass.

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Joseph Ortrera, 62; Brother Or-
trera, an SIU engine department
member since
July 1948, suc­
cumbed February
1 from a cardiac
ailment at his
home in New Or­
leans. He leaves
no known rela­
tives. Burial
was in the Mason­
ic Cemetery, New
Orleans, La.

Charles J. White Jr., 52: Brother
White died of a digestive ailment

March 11, 1960.
White had tailed
in tlie SIU stew-

'^ard department
since May, 1949.
He is survived by
his father, Mr.
Cornelius L.
White of Atlanta,
Ga. Burial wias
in Atlanta. '

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Antonio Fernandez, 46:

Brother Fernandez succumbed of
natural causes on February 13 at
the Unity Hospital, Brooklyn, NY.
He is 'survived by his wife, Grego-
ria Fernandez of Brooklyn. Fer­
nandez had sailed with the SIU
since August, 1944, in the engine
department. Burial was at the
Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn.

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Marcelino Soto, 53: Brother Soto,

an SIU engine department member
since August, 1955, succumbed of
a lung and brain infection in Ha­
vana, Cuba on October 24, 1959.
The only known survivor of Broth­
er Soto on the death certificate is
Aida Daran of Philadelphia, Pa.
Burial was in Havana.

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Digging In At Hsadquarters Cafeteria

Seafarer M. H. Trulocic, who sails in the black gang, brought the family down to the Union hall for a
snook and a photograph. Children ore Debbie, 3, (at right) and Roberta, 2, with wife, Evelyn, at left.

SIU BABY ABRIVALS

All of the following SIU families have received a $200 maternity
benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's nafhe:

John C. Luther Coker, bom
March 30, 1960, to Seafarer and
Mrs. Dargan O. Coker, Seattle,
Wash.

4> ' 4 4
Maik Alexander Nunn, born

March 17, 1960, to Seafarer and
Mrs. David K. Nunn, Mobile, Ala.

4 4 4
Daniel J. Pierce, born April 22,

1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. John J.
Pierce, Drexel Hill, Pa.

4 4 4
Marcus Gayle Sikes, born April

12, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Hor­
ace S. Sikes, Wilmer, Ala.

4 4 4
Kevin Drew Taium, born March

8, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Wil­
liam A. Tatum, Maplewood, La.

Carl William Welch,.born Janu­
ary 26, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Elvert M. Welch, Covington, La.

4 4 4
Joseph .Aubrey Wescott, born

April 19, 1960, to Seafarer and
Mrs. Joseph A. Wescott, Lynn,
Mass.

Pamela Micheie Lambert, born
May 3, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Robert K. Lambert, Prichard, Ala.

• 4 4 4
Kathleen Rose Lupo, born May

4, I960, to Seafarer and Mrs. James
Lupo, Jr., St. George, SI.

4 4 4
Ruth Darlene Robinson, born

April 18, 1960, to Seafarer and
Mrs, William K. Robinson, Mo­
bile, Ala. •

4 4 4
Dianne Mandlck, born May 3,

1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Arthur
J. Mandick, Brooklyn, NY.

4 4* 4 •
Narcissus Chen, born May 9,

1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Kao
Ming Chen, New York, NY.

4 4 4
Gibson H. Coker, born May 9,

1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Gibson
Coker, Mobile, Ala.

4 4 4
Danita Carol Forbes, born April

14, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs.
John Forbes, Mobile, Ala.

4 4 4
Michael Gates, born December

30, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. John
L. Gates,.New Orleans, La.

4 4 4
Michael James Davis, born April

27, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs.
James B. Davis, Jacksonville, Fla.

4 4 4''
Christine Fontenot, born April

20, »1960, to Seafarer and Mrs.

Clarence Fontenot, Lake Charles,
La.

4 4 4 •
Alan A. De Marco, born April

29, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Adolph De Marco, New York City.

4 4 4
Ronald Joe Coats, born May 5,

1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Lavern
Coats, Jackson, Miss.

Personals
And Notices

L'-Jf'-- jn.-arisil •it'-'r •

/ Butch McVey
Contact Minio or Perry Klauher

at 4th ave and 17th street.
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Joseph W. Smith
Contact Maria Selma Dos Santos,

Rua Ambrosio Machado .113,
Campo Grande, Recife, Pernam-
buco, Brazil.

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Francis C. Dbwd
Ignatius J. Torre

Contact Miller & Seeger at 400
Madison Avenue, New York 17, NY.

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James E. George

Contact your son at Evens Mills,
NY, Box 153 or call MAyfair
9-4618.

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Members of Steel King

Please notify Neil V. Pardo hs
the whereabouts of gear of Ed
Cronin . . . Send notification to
2420 First Ave., Seattle 1, Wash­
ington.

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Sung Ming Hsn

Contact Red McCorkle, 13222
Faraday, Houston 47, Texas.

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R. L. 'Seward

Contact E. C. Alger, Box 44,
Morrisville, Pa.

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James E. Gregory

Hubert R. May
Fortunate Valaya

Marion Lubiejewski
Michale Brady

Advise lawyers where you would
like checks from Pacific Tide and
Pacific Explorer sent.

4 4 4
John Francis

.Get in touch With Pat O'Malley,
1232 Baronne Street, New Orleans,
about your gear.

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Better Days

BALTIMORE—The Port of Bal-
timore'has been in a doldrum for
the past two weeks as far as ship­
ping is concerned. A total of 96
men shipped in all classes, with
201 men registered. However, the
next two weeks should bring better
results with eight ships due for
a payoff, and a possibility of two
additional payoffs.

Twelve ships paid off here over
the period. Mae, Edith, Jean and
Emilia (twice) (Bull); Venore,
Bethtex and Bethcoaster (Ore
Navigation), Mankato Victory
(Victory), Marore (Marven), Los-
mar (Calmar) and Penn Shipper
(Penn Trans.).

Eight ships signed on. They
were Venore, Bethtex and Beth-
coaster (Ore Navigation); West-
port (Maritime Overseas), Marore
(Marven), Losmar (Calmar), John
C.'(Atlantic Carriers) and Seafair
•(Colonial). In-transit were ^Icoa
Puritan, Alcoa Pennant and Alcoa
Patriot (Alcoa); Yorkmar and
Losmar (Calmar), Bethcoaster
(Ore Navigation), Oremar (Mar­
ven), Steel Rover (Isthmian) and
CS Norfolk (Cities Service).

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No. 12 SEAFARERS MOG Juno 3

I960

OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS- INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO

Safety Meet Rejects
US Proposals, Bars
IIP Representation

LONDON—Largely ignoring the implications of the 1956
collision between the Stockholm and the Andrea Doria, the
International Conference on Safety of Life at Sea has
turned down a resolution call-"^
ing for transatlantic vessels
to travel on assign^ sea
lanes. The track propdsal had

.been backed by the United States
delegation and was supported by
US maritime unions. Subsequently,
a greatly-weakened, watered-down
tracking plan won support, calling
for tracking only in limited areas
near the coasts.

In addition, the convention re­
fused to admit a sea union repre­
sentative from the International
Transport Workers Federation, bar­
ring labor from the conference.

12 Miles Off Track
Scandinavian and British oppo­

sition blocked passage of a sea-
tracking resolution. It was the
Swedish-flag Stockholm's collision
with the Italian lined Andrea
Doria in 1956 which was largely-
responsible for the convening of
this year's conference. At the time
of the Stockholm - Andrea Doria
collision, the Swedish ship was
some 12 miles off track.

The transatlantic tracks are rec-

Ask Passage
Of Runaway
Wage Floor

WASHINGTON—The Maritime
Trades Department has urged a
House Labor g^'oup to amend the
Fair Labor Sta. frds Act to pro­
vide a $1.25 an nour for seamen
working aboard any American-
owned vessel, including the crews
of runaway ships.

Hoyt Haddock, speaking for the
Seafarers Section, MTD, of" the
AFL-CIO, made this recommenda­
tion while testifying before the
Fair Labor Standards Subcommit­
tee of the House Committee on
Education and Labor.

Haddock told the group that if
the Act were amended to bring
the $1.25 an hour wage scale into"
effect, it would "help 'remove the
disgraceful conditions" that exist
"on board non-union craft in the
harbors, bays, coastwise trade and
inland-waterways." He pointed out
that most of the seamen working
aboard such vessels earn as little
as 50 cents an hour. He noted that
non-union shipowners work their
crews long hours in prder to save
money on hiring additional man­
power.

The maritime spokesman specif­
ically pointed to figures taken
from a 1958 working agreement
covering the crew of a runaway
vessel. It showed that 50 percent
of a seaman's pay was earmarked
for a special purpose—a "Deporta­
tion Fund"—to pay his expenses
back home should he be found
guilty of any .kjtod of "misbehav­
ior." Haddock also pointed out
that the average AB aboard these
ships earns from $70 to $90 a
month for a 56-hour week.

ommended courses for eastbound
and westbound ships which, in
theory, would keep such vessels at
considerable distances from each*
other. However, no ship is present­
ly obligated to follow the desig­
nated tracks.

The Andrea Doria - Stockholm
collision occurred when the east-
bound Stockholm rammed . the
westbound Doria off Nantucket
lightship. The Doria went to the
bottom with the loss of 42 lives.

In addition to the tracking prob­
lem raised by the Doria collision,
the convention is scheduled to take
up such matters as slup construc­
tion and compartmentation, life-
saving equipment and the like. The
US delegation would like to get
all the maritime nations to agree
to the standards of ship construc­
tion observed in this country. It's
been claimed that If the Andrea
Doria was compartmented as com­
pletely as an American vessel, .she
would not have gone to the bottom.

However, at last report it ap­
pears there is almost no chance
for adoption of such standards.

Had Previously Met
The US delegation to the con­

vention had previously met with a
preparatory committee upon which
Morris Weisberger, first vice-presi­
dent of tire SIUNA had served as
thq^labor representative. Weisberg­
er had urged that the US go be­
yond attempting to bring foreign
ships up to US standards, ^nd at­
tempt to improve upon present
American safety procedures ai\d
practices.

The difficulty of getting ships of
all nations to live up to an Inter­
national safety code is pointed up
by the fact that 22 foreign-fiag
passenger vessels now in service
do not meet safety standards set
up in 1922. Another 41 ships are
shy of the safety standards estab­
lished in 1948.

SCHEDULE OF
SIO MEETIHGS

SlU membership meet­
ings are held regularly
once a month on days in­
dicated by the SlU Con­
stitution, at 2:30 P.M. in
the listed SlU ports below.
All Seafarers are ex­
pected to attend; those
who wish to be excused
should request permission
by telegram (be sure to in­
clude registration num­
ber). The next SlU meet­
ings will be:.

New York June 6
Philadelphia June 7
Baltimore June 8
Detroit June ID
Houston June 13
New' Orleans Jiine 14
Mobile June IS

Tidal wove which wrecked waterfront of Hiio, Hawoii, crumpled
buildings and tossed automobiles about. Harbor had to be closed
to shipping in order to clear up wreckage. Hilo is regular port of
call on the sugar run.

Tidal Wave Wrecks
Hawaii^ Japan Ports

Tidal waves generated by a
ripped Long Beach, Cal.; Hilo,
far east as Japan as death and
number of Pacific ports, in the
worst disaster of this nature
in a decade. The last impor­
tant tidal wave took place in
Hawaii in 1946 when 100-foot waves
killed 159 peor'i in a grim April-
Fool's day debacle.

31 Dead..
A series of five shock waves,

ranging from three to eight feet
in height, ravaged the port of Hilo,
killing 31 people, injuring 57 and

series of earthquakes in Chile
, Hawaii and even reached as
calamity were spread across a

Red Tankers
Snatch Cuba
Oil Cargoes

Russian tankers are taking busi­
ness away, from runaway operators
in the Cuban oil trade under a re­
cent $100,000,000 Castro-Khrush­
chev trade pact signed earlier this
year. Up until now, Cuba's oil has
been supplied exclusively by run­
away tankers, most of which are
American-owned.

Already' three Red tankships
have put into Havana with oil and
gasoline cargoes hauled from the
Black Sea area. And three foreign-
controlled oil'refineries in Cuba—
Standard Oil of New Jersey, Tex­
aco and the Cuban unit of Royal
Dutch Shell—^have been notified
by Cuba's national bank that each
•will be expected to process some
2,200,000 barrels of Russian crude
oil a year.

Though it's not now known when
tbe next tankers will be arriving
in Cuba with more crude cargoes,
it's been ^imated that it would
take at least 15 w 20 of the ves­
sels shuttling steadily between the
Black. Sea and Cuba in order- to
supply the Casdo government with
ample oil to meet that country's
needs.

Previously.. ESSQ was the major
supplier in the . Cuban mdrket

leaving 27 missing, at last report.
As a result, the port has been
tcmpprarily closed to shipping.

Hifo is a large sugar port fre­
quented... by many SIU and SUP
vessels, hone of which were re­
ported damaged in the disaster.
Matson, Isthmian and Waterman
regularly call at Hilo.

Gov. William Quinn declared the
entire State of Hawaii a disaster
aiea following a survey of the
damage.

Hilo was first struck at 12:10
am, Monday, May "23, when a
three-foot wave came smashing in
on the Bay. The heaviest blow
came at 1 am, with an eight foot
wave which crashed inland, more
than three blocks, smashing .stores
and homes and sweeping automo­
biles and debris down the streets,
leaving the area virtually de­
stroyed.
. Blocks of buildings were swept

from their foundations in the
Waiakea district as the area was
turned into a vast heap of rubble.

"They Were Warned"
Perhaps the most tragic part

of the disaster Is that none of the
deaths need have occurred, ''No­
body rdally had to die in this one"
said a correspondent on the scene,
"they were warned in plenty of
time. -They just didn't respond to
the alert."

Most of the'deaths were caused
by collapsing buildings, with oiily
a few dying from drowning, the
major cause for the' high toll in
the 1946 disaster.

Damage along the California
coast was general, but was limited
to small boats, fishing vessels'and
small recreation piers. ,

Some 181 dead are reported in
Japan, where 17,000 homes were
wrecked or fiooded and 385 per­
sons are known dead in Chile, as
figures continue to pour in from
places hit by the waves. Two mil­
lions Chileans are homeless as a
result of a series of earthquakes,
volcanic eruptions, tidal waves and
avalanches. ;.

The recfint disaster brings to
16,000 the number of people killed
in quakes since January 1, 1960,

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