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Stories On Page 3 w Cfffff MJ Th? bright and comfortable faciliti^ of the 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.) i Incres Men Win Pay, OT Cains "" Story On Page 5 I t •» •«.>' I' J > I^ / -• V . •' - ^ V.I ILi, r ' ijii ibave agree • Ships of the SlU-contoacted Calmar Line havQ "joined the ranks of other companies: which purchase higher-quality steak meats; Above (1 to r) 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. I •S. �FMW TWO SEAFARERS JaiMllllM LOG Sunny Hay Spot F^r Seafarers Three Cases At Issue: ^ NLRB Heats SlU Bid For Runaways ~ 'V 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 the foreign eonuuerce of the shipping companies — P&O, ment and other agencies to block United States and upon American runaway organizing. West India Fruit and Steam­ The three cases involved deal workmen . . ; the present comple­ ship and Eastern Shipping. with the crews of the Liberian- ment of the Florida ... is in direct The hearings were called on flSg cruise ship SS Florida, the competition witti American seamen long-pending SIU election peti­ Panamanian-flag SS Yarmouth for employment opportunities . . . tions and unfair labor charges, and the Sea Level, the former the organization of the vessels' some of which have been hanging SlU-manned Seatrain New Orleans, crews ... is, therefore a matter of concern, to American seamen . . . fire over a year. It is believed in now under Liberian registry. As a result, the NLRB ordered maritime circles that the action The Florida, operated by P&O, setting the hearing dates at the was the target of an SIU organiz­ an election on the Florida which time of the International Maritime ing campaign back in 1958. At that the SIU won by 87 to 21 in July Workers Union beef against Incres time, the NLRB issued a precedent- 1958. However, the company since Line reflects Washington pressure setting decision recognizing the has refused to bargain with the for a blanket policy on runaway right of US unions to organize SIU and is under unfair labor 'Outdoor patio area of new hall for Seafarers in Phiiadelphio organizing. The American Com­ runaway shipping. The NLRB so. charges for this refusal as well as should be popular spot in pleasanl weather. Hall Is in last stage* mittee for the Flags of Necessity, ruled because, as it stated. .. the the firing of pro-union crewmemof completion. (See other photo, page 1.) a runaway operators' front, has employer's operations have a di­ bers. Several of the charges have been upheld by an NLRB trial ex­ rect and substantial effect upon been pressuring the State Depart­ aminer. The other two vessels involved, the Yarmouth and Sea Level, areboth the subjects of NLRB elec­ tion petitions. The Panamanianflag Yarmouth fired its 136-man West Indian crew in September, 1958, when they sought union rep­ resentation and hired a new crew. WASHINGTON—A favorite weapon of the railroads in The Yarmouth, like the Florida, Trustees of the Seafarers Welfare Plan have approved operates in the West Indian cruise their war against domestic shipping, the selective rate cut, seven more Seafarer applicants for the SIU disability pen­ trade out of Miami with, as the would be outlawed under terms of a bill which would subject ^ sion. The action by the trustees assures the Seafarers the NLRB notes, "most of its passen­ such practices to the anti-^trust laws. terstate Commerce Act of 1958 gers picked up and returned to a $35 weekly disability-pension The bill, introduced by Sen. which bars the holding up of rates benefit because they are no Cook and steward. He had to stop US port." The agency which oper­ Ralph Yarborough (Dem., Texas) on one mode of transportation to ates the Yarmouth, Eastern Ship­ sailing because he is suffering from longer able fo sail. ping, is a Florida corporation a member of the Senate Interstate protect the traffic of another com­ Thfe latest additions to the spe­ arthritis. and Foreign Commerce Commit­ petitive mode. cial disability list include Aloyslus The SIU disability benefit is owned by the wife of the ship­ tee, would prevent railroads from With the passing of this act, A. Kessen, Carl G. Pederson, Man­ payable to Seafarers of any age owner. She is an American citizen, cutting their rates in only one geo­ railroads started engaging in all although he is a British citizen. uel R. Perez, Wong Yau, John who are no longer able to sail graphical area to kill off shipping kinds of price war and manipula­ Ossmow, Antonio Ferreira and because of physical infirmities. "Eastern is the exclusive agent competition. It would force them tions, putting intense pressure on for McCormick (the shipping com­ Clarence Lott. Twelve years' seatime with SlU- pany) in the US," the Board notes, to apply these rate reductions to trucking and water carrier com­ Kessen is 57 years old and was contracted companies is the basic "and has no other bus^ess." the whole system. petitions. disabled by hypertension and ar­ requirement for an applicant. It would thus serve as an anti­ The Sea Level runs between Additional Support In addition to the SIU benefit, Louisiana and Havana, Cuba, with trust regulator, adopting^ the con­ teriosclerotic heart disease. He The Inland Waterways Common sailed in the steward department. which comes to $150 a month, thg a crew of Cuban nationals. The cept that prices may not be re­ Carrier Association; a'non-rail car­ Social Security system provides Pederson is 66 years old and owners are a Virginia corporation duced selectively, lower than nec­ rier group, has supported the Yar­ benefits for disabled workers over with US citizens as officers, direc­ essary to meet competition. sailed in the deck department. He borough bill, contending that it joined the SIU in 1938 and sailed 50, plus the benefits paid to retired tors and stockholders. In Decem­ Blast Rate Cuta will correct an "unjust" situation. workers over 65. Such benefits are ber, 1958, the Union obtained until recently when he was dis­ Maritime transportation inter­ Railroad interests-have not com­ in addition to the payments made pledge cards for a majority of the abled by heart trouble. ests have blasted $he ICC for al­ mented on the bill yet, hut strongly by the SIU Welfare Plan. crew and petitioned for an elec­ lowing the /ailroads to reduce Perez sailed in the deck depart­ tion. As a result, 26 crewmembers rates between specific points on oppose any step to limit their rate ment until his recent retirement. were fired. The SIU then picketed certain commodities upon which reduction freedom and are ex­ He also was disabled by heart the ship and filed charges of dis­ water carriers depend for revenue. pected to fight the bill vehemently. trouble. Up till now, maritime, truck and crimination with the New Orleans The railroads would not be so Yau, who joined the Union in organized labor groups have tes­ regional office of the Board. Evi­ prone to cut rates if they had to 1950, sailed in the steward depart­ tified, uniformly blasting the ICC dence was submitted that crewment until heart disease sidelined do so across the board. and railroads for discriminatory members were told they were be­ bin>. . The railroads have argued that practices, actions in restraint of ing fired for having asked the SIU they are of primary importance in Ossmow is 58 years old and is to represent them. They were told- National defense and that the Gov­ trade, and similar activities Dur­ unfit for iluty because of a nerve they could get their Jobs back if ernment is Indirectly subsidizing ing the remainder of the time set ailment. they would revofte their SIU the railroad's competitors. The aside by the Senate for-hearings Ferreira sailed in the deck de­ pledge cards and testify against railroads have b^en juggling their fhe railroads will attempt to an­ partment until he was disabled by Kessen Ferreira the SIU before the NLRB. When rates since the passage of the In­ swer the criticisms heaped agaihst -heart disease. He is 67 years old. them. the ship arrived in New Orleans in Lott, who is 69, sailed as chief January, crewmembers were trans­ ported from the vessel to the NLRB office by armed Pirtkerton Notify Welfare detectives. Senate Bill Would Bar RR Selective Rate Cuts Seven More Seafarers Get Disability Pensions States Marine Gets Rigtut Of Changes 1 fr: m 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. , ; 'J SEAFARERS LOG 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 companies and by maritimo un. PAWL HAU., president Bumaat BRAND, Editor. BKRNARD SEA­ eign-flag bulk carriers while ions. It is feared that as a result Jun. 3, IM Vol. XXII, No. 12 Pederson Perez Wong Ossmow MAN, Art Editor. HERMAN ARIBUR, the company's Ameri9an-flag ships At. MASXIN, ARTUUR BBRGER, CHARLES BEAUMET, DEL ROBINSON, Staff Writers. receive subsidies. BILL MOODY, Gulf Area Representative, . The action involved granting States Marine a waiver of the 1936 Publlihsd biwaskly at tha haadquartari Merchant' Marine Act which re­ of tha Saafarari Jntarnationat Union, At­ lantic Gulf, Lakas and Inland Watara quires that subsidized shipping District, AFL-CIO, t7S Fourtn Avanoa, companies cannot have any con­ Brooklyn 31, NY. Tal. HYaclnth »>«iSO. Sacond clat* postaga paid at tha PAat nection with foreign operations. Offica In Brooklyn, NY, undar tha Act of Aug. 24,'1912. ^ States Marine's bid for a waiver m had been strenuously opposed by several other subsidized shipping of the latest decision, moire Ann rican steamship companies will seek to operate runaway shipping, with consequent growth of such shipping at the expense of \merican-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. ^ u fc *• I .. - * ..... . ., . .-I - , • -.-JI - �t, 19M SEAFARERS Pare Thre* LOG ..i/ > V > SlU Wins 28 Lakes Ships New Meeting Procedure Crews Of Three Fleets Give f ' '> ' • ^H 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 f / r>'^ 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 at shipboard safety meetings and pany's ships deriving from forwarded to company headquar­ safety suggestions offered by the ters. Additional suggestions of this nature are under study, the com­ crews.. The company reports it has in­ pany reports. Shipboard safety committee stalled such items on its ships as safety treads, new types of boiler meetings on Isthmian ships as well scaffolding, alarm systems for chill as on ships of other SlU-contracted boxes, heavy-duty stepladders, companies, are an essential part face masks for firemen, safety belts of the industry-wide safety pro­ with, leg straps and other personal gram on SIU ships. While many companies have long had the prac­ protective gear. Additional items include more tice of safety meetings, the un­ handrails where needed, safety licensed crewmembers had, in guards for master switches, use of many instances, not participated safety painting, nylon safety nets in such meetings in the past be­ for gangways, plastio bags for fore the industry-wide program garbage disposal and hard hats was set up. Now, safety meetings on SIU ships Include representa­ for deck and engine room men. All of these items, and others, tives of all three unlicensed de­ have resulted from proposals made partments. 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 Union, which has been a seniority has great appeal among resents crewmembers of an Sailors long-term obstacle to organizing Lakes seamen who are laid off additional 28. Lakes ships efforts by recognized marine un­ with each winter's freeze-up. Prior to the establishment of this pro­ operated by the P i o n e e r ions. A major item in the success of gram the seamen had no contract Steamship Company, Buck­ the SIU's campaign is the job guarantee that they would be re­ eye Steamship Company security program put into effect hired at the following spring fitand 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 AFLCIO." 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 deepsea tanker fleets. A particularly-satisfying aspect of the victory was the drubbing given to the "independent" Lakes Labor Secretary Guest Of SIUNA If > 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. 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 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 ^ campaign, plus a program of In February of this year Reiss genuine benefits for unli­ was signed to the SIU Job Secur­ censed seamen, can produce im­ ity Program and Great Lakes Wel­ portant union organizing victories, fare Plan. even in this stronghold of the The latest SIU victories ar» Lakes Carriers Association and a those In the 16-ship Pioneer flock of so-called, "independent Steamship fleet, the six-ship Buck­ unions." eye Steamship fleet, and the sixAttempts to organize the unor­ ship Steinbrenner fleet. 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 WASHINGTON —The Maritima brought some 55 ships and 1,400 has dropped the unlicensed jobs under the SIU Administration minimjim price it will accept on banner. bids for purchase by US citizens Shortly after mapping its or­ on low-priority Liberty ships from ganizing plans in 1957, the SIU a previous price of $70,000 to a launched its first major campaign new low of $65,000 per vessel. in the nine-ship Tomlinson Fleet The news came in an announce­ Corporation. In October of ttiat ment by the Maritime Administra­ year, an NLRB election got under tion inviting bids of 24 Liberty way, and on February 7, 1958, the ships for scrapping. The bids will labor board In Cleveland an­ be opened at 2:30 PM (EDT) on nounced that the SIU had defeated Local 5,000 of the Steelworkers by June 15, 1960. Apparently, the decline in th« a margin of nearly 3-1. The com­ pany later balked at contract ne­ askings price for the ships reflects gotiations; but, after a five-week a decline in the scrap market be­ strike during which the SIU ef­ cause of -slower activity in tha fectively kept ships bottled up in nation's steel mills. The ships offered for sale are Buffalo and Duluth, Tomlinson was signed to an agreement de­ the Alexander Lillington, Alfred scribed by the Great Lakes Dis­ Moore, Arthur Riggs, Benjamin trict as "the best contract ever Goodhue, Charles D. Walcott, Charles Piez, Frederick Von Steu­ negotiated on the Great Lakes." In November and December of ben, George Durant, James Hoban, 1958, the SIU followed up its John J. Abel, Philander C. Knox, Tomlinson triumph \vith an NLRB Raymond B. Stevens, Thomas election victory in the six-ship Kearns, W. C. Latta and the ZachGartland Steamship Company ary Taylor located in the Wilming­ ton, North Carolina Reserve Fleet; fleet. Early in the '59 season the SIU the Fort St. Francois, Fort Drew kicked off an organizing campaign and the Samtucky located in the in the 12-ship Reiss Steamship Mobile, Alabama, Reserve Fleet; Company fleet. The steel strike the Fort Souris and the Samhorn which immobilized a large segment in the Beaumont, Texas, Reserve of Lakes shipping during most of Fleet; the Joseph Holt, James D. the '59 season, slowed SIU organ­ Doty and the John Drake Sloat in izing efforts in this as well as in the Suisun Bay, California, Re­ other Lakes fleets. Nevertheless, serve Fleet and' the' Theodore the SIU capped the season by Sedgwick and the William E. Borah gaihlng 166. votes, to 109 for "no in the Astoria, Oregon, Reserve union." ; Fleet. Old Libertys Sale-Tagged At $65,000 �F«ar SEAFARERS Jane 1.19§$ LOG SEAFARERS ROTARY SRIPPINO ROARD May 11 Through May 24 ShipActmfy A slight rise In shipping was recorded this period with the totals This period one port didn't have a payoff (Miami) and four ports over the thousand mark again. The District shipped 1.041 men this didn't have any sign ons (Boston, Norfolk, Miami and Seattle). .period compared to 998 last period, for a rise of 43 jobs. This brings The breakdown by department shows that 839 men shipped In the shipping back to where it was a month ago. The figures quoted covered deck department, 352 in the black gang and 300 in the steward de­ all classes. partment. Last period 43^ men shipped in deck, 354 in engine and In .spite of the rise in shipping, ship activity fell a bit as 212 payoffs, 342 in steward. sign ons and in-transits were tallied this period for a drop of 14 from The registration'breakdown for this period is as follows: Deck-456, last period's figures, x engine-367. and steward-350. These figures cover "A" and "B." There were 65 payoffs, 23 sign ons and 124 intransit calls for the New Orleans led all the ports with 202 men shipped for a gain of total of 212 ships serviced. Last period there were 51 payoffs, 34 sign- 25 over its previous figures. Mobile boomed with 102 men shipped, a ons and 133 in-transits, a total of 226. rise of 65 over its last total and New York, was not far .behind, its The number of registered "A" and. "B" men on the beach at the jobs rising 57 to^a total of 196 men shipped. Last period' it shipped ^ end of the period was 3,002, a jump of 151 over last period's figures. 139 men. Ports with 100 or less "A" and "B" men registered on the beach at Philadelphia was hit hard, slumping from 84 to this period's dismal the end of the period were: Boston, Jacksonville, Miami, and Wil­ 13 jobs. Seattle dropped from 122 to 96 atid Baltimore fell from 111 mington. The same ports had 50 or less "A" men registered. to 96. . -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 CLASS A • Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Miami Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle ... TOTALS Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A -Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED Registered On The Beech CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 1 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 2 2 2 2 8 ALL A C ALL 1 3 ALL 1 B 2 2 3 ALL — — — — — 2 3 6 — 2 9 — 2 2 2 — 2 2 4 7 2 12 3 22 1 2 3 62 — 24 34 9 6 15 9 8 30 12 59 — 4 4 1 4 5 59 8 5 72 92 145 44 281 4 31 36 71 7 6 17 — — — — — — 4 4 5 1 1 1 2 2 ._ 2 11 15 10 36 1 4. 5 _ 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 99 A 1 19 9 1 A 1A 3 4 10 2 16 1A * 5 2 7 1 4' A 0 0 o4 1 iU 19 A r IX1 1 1A 9R A V BS 2 4 4 6 2 1 J 2 2 At J. X 0 1 4 1 JSO 4 ^ ' A9 15 2 ~— 2 — 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 —' 4 12 2 26 '... 12 1 6 13 7 12 6 31 .— 4 0 31 ^ 4 35 39 43 "a 90 1 2 12 15 23 8 14 45 2 5 5 17 12 19 24 11 54 — 5 12 5 5 10 54 81 61 17 10 77 21 159 4 11 15 30 15 36 13 64 2 7 8 26 17 14 8 10 10 48 3 23 1 — 1 48 23 1 72 30 44 6 80 2 9 7 18 1 = 7 9 1 17 — 3 — 3 4 6 — 10 3 1 3 7 1 2 10 7 2 10 19 8 18 3 1 1 — 10 10 3 1 21 e 4 7 7 13 20 2 3 4 9 __ 20 9 29 19 14 3 36 1 2 3 6 14 17 3 34 4 6 10 9 5 14 — 2 6 .7 — — 15 14 2 2 2 15 31 16 14 30 1 6 2 9 119 192 47 358 5 44> ~58 107 91 129 46 266 10 27 50 87 3 36 266 14 19 87 '36 389 339 467 112 918 18 90 129 237 1" ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Registered CLASS B •— Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C % TOTAL SHIPPED Registered On The Beach • CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 1 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 2 2 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL A 2 C ALL 1 B 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 3, 1 5 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 2 1 Boston . I 3 . . 2 6 1 5 11 2 3 3 8 50 2 9 34 7 8 12 22 4 26 36 1 New York 6 10 8 19 — 4 4 8 36 8 63 51 137 30 218 5 19 32 37 74 — — 7 2 10 — — — 4 1 Philadelphia 4 4 — 4 — 4 1 1 2 — 6 1 2 _ 16 3 20 4 4 19 28 1 5 4' Baltimore. 12 6 19 1 21 1 23 — 1 1 2 3 1 4 23 7 34 8 4 52 14 74 1 - 21 15 37 — — — — — — — 10 3 13 — >Iorfolk 6 2 8 — 1 1 1 1' 1 1 2 2 . 31 2 35 10 5 15 .ii— — >.— 5 — — 1 2 — 3 1 3 — 2 1 Jacksonville..... J.... 4 — 5 1 1 — 1 __ 6 2 8 1 11 1 5 5 11 1 — >— — — _ — — — — — — — — — ... ... 1 — 1 Miami................ — 3 3 1 1 — _ 26 Mobile 4 • 14 2 6 20 0 2 8 3 20 3 26 — 1 7 8 — 8 34 12 45 5 62 10 8 18 22 New Orleans 9 5 7 36 0 2 9 7 24 7 38 1 5 7 6 13 — 4' 10 38 13 10 61 25 58 8 91 1 13 13' 27 Houston 26 11 5 8 8 42 2 18 8 22 3 33 1 5 11 17 1 7 6 17 14 14 33 64 18 29 4 51 • 1 7 9 17 4» Wilmington. 3 — 7 1 6 2 5 9 3 1 9 1 4 2 7 2 2 7 4 9 4 20 3 3 6 1 4 3 8 San Francisco.... 5 11 — 16 — 1 1 8 — 2 5 13 — 1 3 1 4 — . __ 4 1 13 1 18 3 25 28 1 1 Seattle 2 19 1 5 3 22 — 8 3 19 1 23 1 2 6 5 3 9 1 9 23 9 9 41 2 21 1 24 1 8 4 13 •"52 170 30 252 7 62 46 lis 36" 163 23 212 6 TOTAIS 32 51 89 3 25 "23" 51 212 89 51 352 127" 434 •73 634 13 113 108 234 Port i< MM MM STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A GROUP 1 3 ALL 2 Boston 2 3 1" 6 New York 15 3 19 37 Philadelphia.......... 7 2 18 9 'Baltimore 9 5 18 32 Norfolk 9 1 10 Jacksonville 2 7 3 — bliami................ — Mobile. .1 2 3 8 la New Orleans... 15 5 33 53 Houston 25 2 9 36 Wilmington 2 4 2 8 San Francisco 4 8 12 . Seattle 6 12 6 24 TOTALS 105 33 114 252 Port MM —• MM . Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROTTP 1 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 2 2 3 ALL A 2 C ALL 1 B 2 3 ALL 1 2 8 ALL — — 1 — 1 2 — 1 .— 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 1 7 13 1 1 2 At — 12 — 4 20 24 18 6 24 48 — 1 12 ^ 1 .— 2 48 12 1 61 94 40 104 238 3 4. 78 35 — — — — . — . —' . _ 4 1 3 4 1 1 1 5 19 7 12 38 7 7 3 — 2 12 17 9 6 4 19 1 2 3 1 5 I 7 19 7 « 29 38 16 37 91 4 4 17 25 — 2 82 — — — — 1 — — 2 6 — •— 1 1 1 18 5 6 29 3 5 4 12 1 — 1 2 1 2 5 _ —" — — — — 5 — 5 5 2 3 10 2 1 1 4 — — — — —' — — —• —• r-T — — '— _ • 1 — 2 3 — — 2 — — , 2 8 3 12 23 — 9 9 1 1 23 9 33 27 1 10 34 71 20 20 MV 3 15 —' 5 1 3 33 19 7 43 1 12 5 43 1 10 12 5 60 49 17 85 151 1 2 41 44 — 1 4 13 — 18 13 3 15 31 13 13 6 7 31 1 13 7 51 29 9 13 51 2 1 10 13 — — 2 — 2 5 8 2 2 1 2 5 1 8 1 1 5 1 14 4 3 •— 7 3 2 w. _ — — . — __ 10 3 3 5 1 4 10 5 5 5 — 15 8 5 18 31 2 2 AT 3 ,-•>4 1 5 — 4 4 3 12 1 3 6 1 1 8 12 4 8 5 6 24 11 22 1 2 4 7 9 17 *72 98 68 29 108 205 4 3 "58 3 '25 65 3 31 205 65 30 300 308 120 327 75'5 17 20 187 224 MM •— MM MM MM MM MM • — • —• MM - MMi MM MM MM 4 - MM MM MM. MM MM MM MMt .V SUMMARY Registered CLASS A DECK iN&NE STIWARD GRAND TOTALS Registered CLASS B GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 119 192 47 t 358 5 44 58 52 170 30"! 252 Y 62 46 105 33 111^1 252 9 '17 72 276 m 191 1 862 21 123 m Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B GROUP GROUP ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 *3 1 107 91_129 _46 I 266 10 27 50 I 115"36 153 23 I 212 6 '32 51 I" 98 68__ 29 108 I 205 4 3 56 1*3^0 L96 3^,177 I 683 20" 62 159 Shipped CLASS C T01AL SHIPPED Registened On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B -CLASS GROUP GROUP ALL A B CALL, 12 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 36 266 "87 36 I 389^339 467 112 | 918 18 90 129 I 237 '51212 89 51 j'352 i27 434 . 73 | 634 -13 113 108 I 234 I 3120-5 65 30 j 300 CCS 120 327 | '755 17 20 187 1 224 GROUP ALL 12. 3 n67 3 14 19 I 89 '3. 25 23 j 65 "3 _ 3 25 2U "9 42 67. Hl8i68» , 241 *17 1104lj774 1021 512 12897 48 223 424 I 695. , ^ , . '•"I �w- ItnM I, IM* SBAPAREkS Pkg« Vtv* LOG IMWU Appealing Picket Ban; Nassau Crew Viins Pay Cains QUESTION: Have you ever considered going after a license? Aurustin Andreu, OS: Yes, I've thought about it from time to time, but after observa 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* 1- 4> 4" 4' t 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. 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. 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. 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." '4> V, 4" 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; 4" 4" i 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 being tied-up for 11 days. Pas­ ence between the Incres Line IMWU not to picket the ships sengers boarded the ship at an­ operation and any other business 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 few problems to surmount before fat, brightly colored sausage-like gallons of heating oil in Bay- they become commonplace, but objects floating in harbor an the y >• 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 allowit 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 us Lowers Price Tag In Move To Sell LeIlanI • '• A5'- • •. iT-ilf 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 can President ~ ^ Lines. APL will in the domestic trade. probably use the Leilani in the The MA, in calling for purchase bids on the 18,000-ton vessel, an­ nounced that it will accept a rockbottom 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^IUPacifle District-contracted Ameri­ onne and towed 11 miles to Brook­ someday. Seafarers might see big, end of a towline. 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 comingInto 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 Towboal hauls nylon "balloon" barge in demonstralion of ablliiy of device to handle quantities of of water pollution in Dracone petroleum products on short hauls. Device is in use in Great Britain but has yet to be approved by cargoes. < Jt 'seems that Dracones have a US Coast Guard for American operations. • i. 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. 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. VflAWi^ ^miCLBS ^l?p£rsy, !aet / i aye WelcoTiijedhy your ^ �Par* Six SEAFARERS Mobile Gets Cement-Hauling Tanker ijl June I, im LOG SIU BLOOD BANK HONOR ROLL . - I- 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. 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. Ml' wf--' m iv';- •i: :::X. 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. Nelson, Edgar Bull, Hartley Stanton, Joseph Wendell, Richard J. Praytor, James Arthurs, Peter Linden, Clarence C. Ramirez, Luis A. Johnson, Walter A. Faulkner, Keith S. Langstrand, Eugene L. Castaldo, Vincento J. Morgan, Robert J. Connors,' Robert J. Wilson, Stanley R= Steighner, Willis V. Stodolski, Joseph Lescovlch, Walter Schoenfeld, Philip Libby, Herbert Gonzalez, Gregorio Tselentis, Argyrangelos N. Jones, Morgan L. Benitez, Perfecto . Nieves, Juan Effner, John E. Fitzpatrick, Mark J. Sanders, Stanley J. Foy, Paul R. Pickur, Andrew Feinstein, David Claudio, OUUo J. DeFilippo, Frank Stovall, Walter H. Hansen, Fred M., Jr. ' Peters, Nicholas R. Bonefont, Felix Whitley, Ralph T. r' ^ Runaways Scuttling US Law Standards -- '•J 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. 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 -.i 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." . �fwe I, IMt SEAFARERS Pace Sewtm LOG House Gets Ship Trade-in Bill; Would Aid Unsubsidized Lines 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 r r< f |r - >^ • 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 merce and Defense have given for more up-to-date C-2s, C-3s and their approval to the bill, with other vessels and Bull Line would 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 Total $210.00 This budget is really the minimum. It allows only a dollar a day would be suitable to their needs. per person for food, and just, a two or three-room rented apartment. Both the Departments of ComIt 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. WASHINGTON — The Federal 2—Housing takes an unusual slice of the retired couple's budget— 87 percent compared to the more usual 33 percent. Housing is the Maritime Board staff has recom­ largest expense. The housing allotment in this budget includes fur­ mended denial of Grace Lines' re­ quest to abandon its subsidized nishings, cleaning supplies and utilities. Great Lakes-Caribbean service on 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 the grounds that it would tend to "lower the dignity of a subsidy younger families typically spend. contract" to a "profit seeking de­ 4—Present Social Security rules are hard on widows especially. A vice" to be abandoned when the widow gets only three-fourths the amount payable to her husband, or profits temporarily vanish. to put it another way, half what they got together. But her living costs The Board had previously agreed .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 to let Grace Line suspend the serv­ from Social Security at this time is $90 a month. But the costs of this ice pending the outcome of its ap­ plication for permanent discontin­ minimum budget for a single person would be close to $150 today. uation of the Lakes-Caribbean Medical Insurance Most Obvious Need service. You don't have to be an economics expert to look at these estimated originally asked the Board living costs and see what's most urgently needed to assure retirees at to Grace let it stop the service perma­ least shabby respectability. 1—Most obvious need is to provide hospital and surgical insurance nently because it lost $1,657,000 through the Social Security system. At the various retirement con­ during last year's operations. Among the reasons given by ferences the big plea was for the Forand bill. In fact, at the LakeGrace for discontinuing oper­ wood, NJ, retirement conference, ations Line were costly delays in the the delegates ignored the hotel's Seaway as well as frequent dam­ evening entertainment until the age to its vessels. Trade between master of ceremonies hit on the the - US and Cuba has also been idea of introducing the entertain­ affected by the political picture in ers as supporting the Forand bill. that country, cutting back on cargo 2—Another critical need is mod­ opportunities. erate-cost housing. If a couple can arrange mortgage payments during their working years so their house Notify Union is paid up on retirement, they will On LOG Mail have taken a big step toward As Seafarers know, copies of solving this costliest problem. But many working families can't each issue of the SEAFARERS manage this. Other potential solu­ LOG are mailed every two tions are" cooperative housing or weeks to all SIU ships as well as Government - sponsored develop­ to numerous clubs, bars and ments that will provide three-room other overseas spots where Sea­ apartments for $60-$75 a month farers congregate ashore. The procedure for mailing the LOG including utilities. ' Many already retired or about involves calling all SIU steam­ to, are reluctant to join housing ship companies for the itiner­ co-ops when they have a chance. aries of their ships. On the Often they say they don't ^want to basis of the information sup­ wait "two or three years." This is 9 mistake. In two or three years plied by the ship operator, three copies of the LOG, the head­ many still will be living in the same small costly flats. quarters" report and minutes A faster solptioh is now available. A new law permits renovation of Existing small apartment buildings with FHA mortgage assistances, forms are then airmailed to the agent in the next port First organization to use the new law is Chicago Universitys reports company call. Cooperative News Service. The university bought a 40-year-old six of Similarly, the seamen's clubs apartment'building for rehabilitation, and has turned it into a co-op. get various quantities LOGs 3—Another urgent need is for financial, medical and nutritional at every mailing. TheofLOG is counseling of older people. They are the targets of a number of health sent to any club when a Sea­ rackets, real-estate promoters, nutritional fads and insurance promo­ farer so requests it by notifying tions. the LOG office that Seafargrs Widows especially seem to get snared, reports the Cleveland Better congregate there. Business Bureau. Recently a number of widows there were hit by highAs always the Union would pressure home-repair promoters. They charged one widow $800 for like to hear promptly from SIU fixing the gutters of her house. Another signed, a contract to pay $1,300 ships whenever the LOG and for a repair that the bureau estimates was worth $10. Another paid ship^s mail is not deiiverad so $1,700 for a shoddy remodeling job. in all, the BBB reports, the pro­ that the Union can maintain a moters took a total of $71,000 from widows in that city in one campaign. day-to-day check on the accu­ . Significantly, these women didn't wait to get advice. The BBB hai racy of its mailing lists. ;^ejrecbrds of these promoters and could have warned them. 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 SlUcontracted Alcoa Steamship Com­ pany plans to trade in its C-.1 fleet 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 Can't Quit Subsidy Run On Seaway 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 deepsea 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 a hazard in navigating the Seaway. is still getting used to the idea Measuring 522 feet in length and 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-anhour wind made handling touchy. Deep-sea ships, with their rela­ tively-high profiles, find the wind 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 Wavecrest, which was in Toledo last year. Some of the specialized bulkcarriers 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. VVHEAJ CHA^SING AVDRESS OK LOQ mUKGUSTPlE^ \9:^AL70K£1 m �Ww Bdil Jimei 19M SEAFARERS LOG MTD Fights RaH's Bid For Barge tine Control •kd-J 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, secretarytreasurer of the Masters,' Mates & Pilots denounced a roads have been warring both on proposal to permit two rail­ deep-sea and Inland water trans­ roads to purchase a Mississippi port companies in the domestic trades. River barge line. Bishop's testimony was present­ In his testimony. Bishop pointed ed at Interstate Commerce Com­ out that unless water transporta­ mission hearings in this city called tion can continue to exist in com­ on the proposal of the Illmois petition with railroads, a monopoly Central and Southern Pacific Rail­ would be established in which the roads to purchase the John I. Hay public would suffer through pay­ ment of higher prices. Company. Cargo rates would Inevitably in­ The hearings are considered an Important test in the railroad's crease and price rises would fol­ drive to destroy competing water low. "Competition by the water­ transportation either through be­ ways," he said, "enhances not only low-cost selective rate cuts or by cheaper rates but also better serv­ buying up the opposition. The rail- ice and thuS^ it benefits the public interest." 80,000 Jobs At Stake Motor launch operated by SIU Great Lakes District pulls away front ship as SIU repi'esentative clam­ Should the Hay purchase go bers up ladder. Launch is used to service union-contracted ships and as an assist in organizing. 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 DETROIT—A new and speedy service for Great Lakes District Seafarers is being barge line, Bishop said, is to use it as a weapon to destroy competi­ operated by the Union for ships passing through Algonac. A 26-foot laimch is being SUP Canadian District officials tive barge companies by establish­ operated by the District to transport SIU representatives to the ships. Algonac is midway hope to place around 40 men ing joint rail-barge rates at levels between Port Huron, at the^" aboard the newly launched 42,000- below the ability of the competi­ entrance to Lake Huron, and with a loudspeaker system which ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore ton tanker Emerillon whose home tion to survive. is handy during organizing drives radio. Detroit. Previous Sales Hit port will be Mdntreal. The vessel's and other beefs. With the launch available, the Bishop cited the railroad's aban­ Before the launch was obtained, The launch is a Chris Craft Great Lakes District plans on hit­ owners have announced the ship Great Lakes representatives were will be leased to Shell Oil of Can­ donment of a series of deep-sea equipped with two 100-hp engines, ting every contracted ship at least ada on a 20-year charter. The and inland waterways operations obliged to wait as long as six enabling It to keep pace with the once a month during the shipping hours for freighters to transit the Emerillon was built under the which they had owned in past fastest Lakes freighters. It-has season. Canada Vessel Construction Act years as forecasting the fate of St. Clair River in points between which specifies that, among other other barge lines which might Po.rt Huron, Mich, and Detroit. The Second Season things, newly built ships must come under railroad control. He register in that country or in Great also reviewed the experience of The service was undertaken last Britain. The ship boasts modern, the coa.stwi.se and Intercoastal summer and was welcomed by SIU well-ventilated and heated quar­ steamship industry which has suf­ crews. It permits Union represen­ ters for both crew and officers. fered severe losses as a result of tatives to board the vessels at cutthroat railroad tactics. Algonac and ride the ships for t> $• ti Testimony against the purchase three hours during which there is One of the newest members of the Sailors Union of The Pacific to has also been recorded by the In­ ample time to settle shipboard Even the Liberian-flag specialists—Aristotle Onassis and be added to the Pensioner's list is land Waterways Common Carriers beefs. In addition, the launch en­ Association, the American Water­ Essp—are stiffering from the impact of the world-wide tanker ables the Lakes District to service Frank P. Morgan, a member of the SUP since 1947. Brother Morgan ways Operators and other water­ more ships. slump, a ship consultant service reports. The Charles R. Weber The SIU "taxi" is also equipped Company noted that Onassis-*'^ entered the merchant service after ways groups. — serving for a number of years in has. ten vessels in lay-up while cently launched In West German the Navy. He was aboard the Lykes Esso has 21 ships idle out of shipyards, 36,000-ton job for Esso freighter Nemasha which was in a total of 402 tankers laid up all and two smaller ones, the first all-daylight convoy to over the world. The 402 tankers Many of the new tankers partic­ Murmansk. His ship was one of add up to more than six million ularly American-flag ships, have 87 which got through. deadweight tons. been forced to carry grain and ^ This Indicates an increase of other substitute cargoes in order Three dredge boats in St. John, some 600,000 deadweight tons and to avoid going into lay-up. New Brunswick, have been 39 vessels since the last report, is­ It is generally agreed that even brought under contract by the sued as of January 15. At that time, if the oil cargo' picture were to SIU Canadian District. One of the (Ed. note: This is the first of a series of articles on the there were 363 tankers in lay-up change radically, there are enough dredges had previously been under winners of the five $6,000 college scholarships awarded each totaling 5,800,000 deadweight tons. supertankers available to carry all the Dutch flag. The boats are year by the Seafarers Welfare Plan.) US-flag tankers represent about the oil that might be needed, leav­ owned by a new company which W^irming an SIU scholarship 10 percent of the total laid-up fleet, ing the T-2s on the expendable, list. will be working on the deepening ajnd widening of channels in St. has made an education in en­ students In both scholastic and 40 tankers and a total of 650,000 gineering possible for Stan­ extra-curricular" activities." While tons. John harbor. ford Smith. The elder Smith, a in high school he was a member t> t> t> Skipper's Letters British Petro At Top The Marine Cooks Stewards long-time member of the SIU, of the Industrial Arts Club, the Leading the list of companies Do Not Count Union, San Francisco, ^s received joined up just one month after the Beta Club, .the Newman Club and with tankers Idle Is British Petro­ a merit award from the United Bay SIU was founded, In December of Junior Achievement. It has been called to the at­ leum, with 28 vessels tied up, fol­ Area Crusade for its "outstanding 1938, and carries a "Gulf" book. lowed by Esso with 21 ships, most tention of headquarters that support" last year of Community Stanford Junior, an "A" student of them runaway-flag vessels. Brit­ some skippers have been claim­ Health and Welfare Services. The at East Jefferson High, Metairie, ish Petroleum, incidentally, Joasts ing that they have "clarifica­ award was forwarded to MCS La. is the second a far larger tanker fleet than any tions" on various sections of the agreement in the form Secretary-Treasurer Ed Turner oldest in a family American carrier. The champion standard of a letter from the Union or through Edwin B. Love, liaison of five children. In this respect Is Royal Dutch- some other communication. representative of the San Fran­ His sister Patri­ Shell which has over 500 tankers. The only official clarifications cisco Labor Council; cia Is also grad­ Onassis' ten ships in lay-up rep­ are those which" have been ap­ NORFOLK — Norfolk shipping uating from high it i> t> resent under 20 percent of his per­ proved by the joint Uriion^em-" Preparations are underway at school and . plans was on the slow bell over the last, sonal shipping fleet. With some 40 pioyer clarifications committee period according to port agent Paul Marine Cooks and Stewards head­ to attend colJege, ships still running, he's not yet a and have been priqted up as Gonsorchik. During the period the studying home quarters and branches for a special port had three payoffs, no sign ons candidate for the poorhouse. such as clarifications to the con­ economics. reterendum vote on the one-year and foiur vessels touching here inThe tan.ker problem is compli­ tract. All other so-called "clari­ shipping rule. The balloting, which He hopes to be­ Smith cated by the large numbers of fications" have no contract sta­ come an engi­ transit. was okayed unanimously by the Andrew Jackson (Waterman), CS aging vessels still available for ac­ tus whatsoever. membership, will take place during neer, though he hasn't decided ex­ As previously reported, the the , months of June and July. actly what branch of engineering Miami (Cities Service) anC Thetis tive service, ^'orty of the laid up Counting will be completed by the to specialize in when he. stalls (Rye. Marine) were the ships that ships are at least 25 years old, and clarifications committee is cur­ following month and the results school next fall at Louisiana State paid off. Mankato Victory (Victory), a great many qf them are World rently in the process of rewrit­ ing and condensing the existing Wacosta (Waterman), Alcoa Pen­ War II T-2s. • discussions scheduled for Septem- University. clarifications, but until official nant '(Alcoa) and Orion Clipper will be incorporated in the ship­ 'Outstanding Student' Constmctloii Continues notice is received from the Un­ (Orion) reach?;d port in-transit. ping rules at the next wage review Stanford was highly, recommend­ At tl^e same time that tanker ion all ships are to proceed on There were no beefs reported. lay-ups are reaching new -highs, her 30. The one-year rule is. ex­ ed by the principal of his high the basis of the existing docu­ pected to be passed by a great school, Mr. S. J. Barbre, who said Shipping for the future Is rated new tankers, keep coming out of ments. • . ,.'i •. • V'-.l majority. that he was "one of the outstanding as not so good. the yards. Three sufiere -f Lakes SIU Boasts Ship Taxi J..'-.,, •'I'J ^ -J > Tanker Recession Grows; 402 Vessels Now idle Scholarship Student Picks Engineering Norfolk Has 3 Payoffs » "•11 . .A ;i. �'/'.•• JatM S. UM SEAF4RERS • \ ,<.•'•» 1. Pace NIM LOG •I Seafarer Carl JohnBon, wiper, submits to a chest X-ray. This was his annual check up. Attend­ ant Benjamin lannotti gives an assist. r.>7 ••31. Slu New Health Center Gives 10,000th •> ^ -T - i ' • K"" 1 -4 \f A 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 chronic conditions or illnesses in the to work with the assurance that he early stages, before they become serious 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-eatment is indicated. Instead, the center concentrates on examination procedures, and in the process, turns up numerous . - f.. ' 4 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. •\ 4 -' 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. 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 oncea-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. J i| �TfTm j«B« t. im SEAFARERS LOG No OT For This Job .rfi 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 agemeht) Committee for Ameri­ "level of ttie requirements of the the major oil companies and can-flag Tankers, and the Com­ coastwise tankers trade . . ." But consequently it is faced with tough mittee of American Flag Tanker this Is mi^eading since the going. Owners, Inc., which is made up of domestic trade for tankers is di­ The two groups seeking the tbe operators of fourteen large minishing because of construction ruling are the Joint (Labor-Man- tankers built after the Suez crisis. of new pipelines and the growth The Joint Committees, of which of inland waterway transportation. the SIU and NMU are members, Between the pipelines and the run­ asked for a public hearing or a away competition, the Americanfact-finding committee, but this flag tanker Industry has been request . was turned down by sorely hit. Several new supertank­ OCDM director Leo Hoegh. The ers have not been able to find any group made reference to the recent cargoes after leaving the yards, Paris summit conference break-up and others have been forced to and its adding to tension and sug­ accept substitute cargoes such as gested it would be foolhardy "not grain. Both the National Defender to do everything necessary at this and Trapseastern, for example, are vital element of our war potential." carrying grain, as are many other Seofarer Red Campbell on the Beatrice (Bull Line) takes oii a They also pointed out that every older American tankers. formidable task as he tries.to ,decipher James Joyce's "Ulysses." WASHINGTON —State Depart­ major country, including Great At the same time that AmericanMdybe it should be classified cis penalty cargo. ment officials and members of pri­ Britain, France, Japan, Norway tanker groups are fighting for vate organizations have urged the and Italy in one form or another flag fair share of the oil imports, Senate Foreign Relations Commit­ require a large percentage of their apressure is mounting to cut down tee to prohibit US-flag ships from oil imports to be carried on tank­ on oil imports. dumping oil wastes in certain areas ers of that nation. Domestic oil producers have and giake it mandatory for them The spokesman for the Joint complained that their output has to carry oil record books. Committee noted thdt the critical been forced down drastically and Oil wastes dumped too close in­ issue is whether or not all US oil unless something is done the oil shore pollute beaches and harbors imports are to be carried on industry will be seriously crippled and destroy considerable wildlife, foreign flag tankers and questioned Various fuel, raiU and labor or­ including fish, shellfish and birds, whether the concept of "effective ganizations have met with Dept. of WASHINGTON—The House Banking and Currency Com­ which normally inhabit shallow wa­ control" of such ships is consistent the Interior Secretary Fred A. Sea- mittee has reiterated Congressional opposition to discrimina­ ters off the coastlines. with national security require­ ton to discuss the condition of the tion against shipping in the Middle East. In a vote on the The group suggested that Con­ ments. American oil industry, and other gress introduce legislation aimed Major oil companies are op­ oil groups have met with Ad­ newly-formed International i at curbing the oil waste dumping posing the 50-50 plan because.they ministration officials. Development Association, the by implementing US adherence to wish to carry their oil on tax-free, A cut in the oil import quotas committee called for granting the 1954 International Convention low-wage runaway tankers at the For The Prevention of Pollution expense of the American-flag would be of some relief to the the • President authority to with­ American-flag tanker industry of the Sea by Oil. tanker fleet and American seamen. since it would mean that domestic hold aid from any nation which A State Department official told These companies, led by Esso, oil, which would replace imported discriminates against shipping of the legislators that such a measure are reported to want activities of oil, would have to be carried in another nation. would not change in any way the present laws dealing with the pol­ US-flag tankers frozen at the American-flag bottoms. .Aimed at Arab Boycott WASHINGTON—A bill to in­ lution of territorial waters. It's crease the construction subsidy The clause is simiiar to one al­ aim should, however, prohibit ready inserted by the House and differential to 55 percent from a American-registered vessels from Senate in the foreign aid bill. In present 50 percent has been favor­ discharging oil or oil wastes in any placing it in the foreign ^ald legis­ ably reported to the Senate by of the zones specified in the con­ lation, the Senators supporting the committee action. vention and its annexes. move made it clear that it was The bill, if passed by the Sen­ aimed primarily at the Arab ate and signed into law by the League boycott of Israeli shipping White House would assist Ameri­ Whatever you need, in work or dresi in the Suez Canal. However, they can shipbuilders by enabling .them noted, it could apply equally to to compete with foreign shipyards gear, your SIU Sea Chest has it. Get top the Arab League practice of black-, on a more equal basis. The Depart­ quality gear at substantial savings by buy­ listing American-flag shipping be­ ment of Commerce, however, has ing at your Union°owned and Unioncause such shipping had previously gone on record as being against operated Sea Chest store. traded with Israel. such a measure on the ground that The SIU had picketed the Egyp­ prices of materials and labor in GALVESTON — Constitutional Sport Coats tian-flag Cleopatra in New York in American yards are expected to safeguards and changes required Slacks protest against these same blacklist drop over the coming years. It is by the 1959 Landrum-Griffin Act natural to assume that this Is the Dress Shoes practices. were the major orders of business view of the administration, too. Work Shoes at the Master Mates & Pilots bien­ Administration Opposed The bill would amend the Mer­ Socks nial convention here as 44 MMP As in the foreign aid bill, the chant Marine Act of 1938 and ap­ delegates voted to expand the voice Dungarees clause is running into stiff opposi­ ply to shipbuilding contracts of local unions in the international Frisko Jeens tion from the Eisenhower Admin­ signed during the two year period operation. CPO Shirts istration, which Is not expected to following the date the law is enRepresenting 11,000 MMP memDress Shirts make use of the authority granted acted. It would also cover keels bets in 47- locals throughout the by Congress. Sport Shirts laid after June 30, 1959. United States, Canada, Panama Belts The International Development and Puerto Rico, the delegates At present, Japan and Germany Khakis Association has been set up by the can build large cargo vessels for voted to make the office of presi­ United States "and other Western about 46 percent of what its costs Ties dent full-time, with full pay. They nations to raise $1 billion for the their US counterparts, A similar also nominated candidates for top Sweat Shirts purpose of assisting under-devel­ vessel costing the US $13,000,000 officers. T-Shirts oped nations of the world. The delegates abolished the posts could be built by either Japan or Shorts of district vice-presidents, previ­ Rep. Abe Multer (Dem.-NY) led Germany for $6,000,000. The dif­ Briefs ously filled by convention action, the fight for the anti-discrimination ference is mainly due to the cheapSwim Trunks and created in.stead a board of clause in the House Banking Com­ of labor costs and it's here that Sweaters directors. Under the new arrange­ mittee where it was adopted by a foreign shipbuilders derive their Sou'westers ment, the executive office of each top-heavy majority. greatest profits. Raingear local will automatically become a Caps member of the board. In addition to the voting of ex­ Writing Materials panded voice and the abolition of Toiietries certain posts, the delegates nomi­ Seafarers who are collecting state unemployment benefits while Eiectric Shavetg ' nated p. F. O'Callahan of Balti­ on the beach waiting to ship are urged to stay put and avoid Radios more, Arthur L. Holdeman of. New changing their mailing addresses if they want to continue re­ Television' York, Price L. Mitchell of Mobile, ceiving their checks regularly. Several Seafarers have already Jewelry Roy D.XurVey of Boston and Floyd Cameras experienced interruptions of from three to five weeks in getting D. Gaskins of Norfolk, all as presi­ Luggage dential nominees. their next check after they notified the state .^.tinemployment Nominated - for sSecretary-treasoffices that they had moyed and changed their mailing address. urer, the only other full-tlmO post, An average delay of a month is reported in moCt pases, causing were the incumbent Capt. John considerable hardship to the men involved. ; M. Bishop, and Car^ B. Mortensen ef New York. J Many Urge Dumping Restrictions Congress Uiges Aid Cuts Senate Body Votes Boost in Subsidy Your Gear... for ship • • • for shore Mates Vote On Full-Time Presidency I ^•••' Stay Put For Joblesis Pay fhe SEA r-. -•••rii'tl -<• �loM S. 1M« r.-' •' SEAFARERS Par« KICTM LOG lA Penny Saved.. 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 AFLCIO president George Meany speak on the labor-supported Forand Bill now before*Congress. The gigantic rally ters of older citizens cannot afford was he^ld on the 25th anni­ to pay for the care they would t > British Sea Union Seeks More Money t !•-> "> ' > . •- r. ' t > 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) Foreignflag maritime nations are in no hurry to bring their standards up to scratch. 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 aboutface. 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 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. * + » 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 sweatbattens. 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. I •> J ll �9w Twrfv® SEAFARERS SEIFARERS IN DRYROCK Seafarer Sells Furniture Now ji;:- ft (5'" 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 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 15352, Glad to see any of my buddies to talk about the good old days and give' them a bargain on furniture. E. Sauls t 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. K'-. • hr ' - 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 -f Jade t, 19ft LOG t Seafarer Sells Mutual Funds 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. 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 whereeyer 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 To the Editor: This is to advise you and my Union friends that recently I good living for his family and became a registered representa­ some day get off the ship and tive of the Investors Planning have a good long vacation for Corp. of America. It took two himself and his family, leave weeks of schooling and a fairly him alone. He has his. rights— stiff examination before I got that's what a union means. J, 4" my license but it was worth it^ If any seaman wants some­ Last December I shipped on thing to gripe about he should the Steel Architect and while , get a jbb ashore and have every­ Welfarellelp aboard several crewmembers one, even your friends, try to Aids Family started Mutual Fund Im^esting put the screws to you. I always through me. say my best days of working To the Editor: I wish to thank you as well *I sincerely believe that this Is were those at sett and if I ever the finest way to put your dol­ get the opportunity to do so as the members of the Seafar­ ers Welfare Plan for their con­ lars to work. In case anyone is again, I will. tinued support, extended to my interested and would like more Cornelius-"jConn" Sprano growing family. information about IPC Mutual ^ funds, their cost, risks, and ad­ My husband was out of a job vantages, I'm at the office Mon­ when rny sop was born and had Likes SIU LOG day and Friday, 60 East 42nd it not been for the Welfare Plan Street, New York 17. New York. And Seafarers it would be very hard for us. Tel: Murray Hill 2-8000. To the Editor: Thanks -again and I hope Fred Manard I operate a dock crane at the some day my son will be of 4* 4i Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp. service to the SIU. fertilizer plant located at Pasa­ Has Views Mrs. F. I. Ayson dena, Texas, and often am busy On Homesteaders unloading phosphate rock from To the Editor: ships that your union has or­ I would like, at this time, to ganized. Gulf water Crew answer a letter written by I belong to the Oil Chemical George Harding on the one-year and Atomic Workers Interna­ Thanks Buddies ruling. tional Union, Local 4-367, Olin To the Editor: Sorry to say I haven't been to Mathieson" Fertilizer Group. I On behalf of the crew of the sea recently, but before than I have been on our union work­ SS Gulfivater will- you please sailed for ten years and in that man's committee twice and also publish this letter of apprecia­ time 1 shipped with a lot of have been chairman and vice- tion to the. crew of the SS Penn homesteaders, finding them president twice. The local is Trader. mostly on Seatrain, Waterman located in Pasadena, Texas. When we arrived in Calcutta, and Isthmian ships. There are several ships that India, we were unable to get a. I myself was never a home­ come into our docks to be un­ until the company agent steader as I didn't need a steady loaded and I, of course, get draw (Metro Shipping, job or never enjoyed the run so acquainted with many of the New York)Petroleum could get an okay much that I wanted to stay on seamen and have made many from the main office in New more than two trips. friends among them. I always York. Getting back to the home­ read the 'SEAFARERS LOG Our captain gave a small steaders, I think they are a good every time a ship pulls, in but draw out of his own personal bunch of Union men and carry with the coming and going of the same book and privileges as ships I miss * many issues. I checking accpunt until the de­ the rest of us, with the preroga­ would like to be put on the sired information could be ob­ tive to stay on a ship as long as mailing list so I won't be miss­ tained. The next day every­ thing was straightened out and they like. ing any of the issues. we got our draws. They also were often useful, I enjoy the LOG a great deal But the sideline was that the since they knew the good and especially the way it prints the bad parts of a ship and Its run, bare facts, regardless of where, crew of the SS Penn Trader and I never found one who was who, what and why. I 'par­ was going to aid us in any way conceited or thought he owned ticularly enjoyed several articles they could. They were going to make a draw and turn it over to the ship. I do admit they usually in the April 22 issue this year. our ship's delegate to be divided knew more about the ships than Also, I'd like to tell you what we newcomers did, and often a great bunch of guys there are between us, so tTiat we could at least have a few cold ones in were very useful. shipping on the Mae and Debar- this hot place. I can honestly say as a Union deleben Marine I. This action turned out to be man that I never, in all my Fred B. Yohe. unnecessary, but it was a good years of sailing the SIU saw •$ $ $ feeling to have—knowing that any man get certain privileges your brother members were or time off on any ship that Lauds SIU On standing by to aid in the event would be a violation of the con­ Freedom Of Seas of any hardship's that may come tract. y up. With this kind of unity Anyone who has been going To the Editor: As a former veteran and also and understanding, it i^ easy to to sea for thirty years, and whose longest trip was two a member of the SIU let me figure out why the SIU is be­ months, it seems either can't applaud your stand against the coming larger and. stronger. Among the crew of the Penn get along with the crew or Arab boycott system. Those finks in the State Department Trader were: bosun, Ray Queen; doesn't like to ship out. As for his suggestion on have lost all sense of decency ship's delegate Del Barnhill and vacations—well that's somewhat and self respect in order to deck delegate Steve Emerson, all of whom are well, known of a joke as 1 will explain. Cur­ avoid taking gny stand. . throughout SIU ports. , Keep it up. rently I'm in the trucking Steve Fulford ^Sol Baskln racket and get three weeks with - < ^1 �9mm 1.19,M SEAFARERS LOG Paie TUrteca Life's Great On Transeasfern Surveyor's Electricians 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. 4" I- < Seafarers (L to R) Edwin Zalewski and Clyde Culpepper ore contented electricians on the SS Steel Surveyor. Photo taken in Kobe, Japan. Send Word To Headquarters * ? ' t 5^> !• •» 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 shorthanded. Crew Relishes Port Time On Dry-Cargo Supertanker 4» 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 Indigestable 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 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 Forget Forget Forget the trials that you have had the fog if it is had the knocker, he's a freak him seven days a week. Forget Forget Forget Forget the gray lines in your hair you're not a millionaire the coffee if it's cold to icnock, forget to scold SHIPBOARD SKETCHES > 9 (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. Top, deck maintenance men O'Connor, O'Brien and Red Hunt, hook up Butterworth hoses used for refueling a Liberian-flag vessel that ran short of fuel. 4" by Ben Graham 4i 4 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. m 4 4 4 Top, (left) crew of the Transeastern takes part in one of the regularly scheduled SIU shipboard meetings. Chair­ man (with papers) is Bill O'Connor. '> ^* 4 4 4 Relaxing in Transeastem swim­ ming pool are Johnson, AB; Al, wiper; and Vince, an oiler ... all the comforts of a cruise ship. 1^ • 4 4 4 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. if I Jbust Jse^acking up.^ I keep h«attng beUs*. • Vir «it k X. »• pt y ' U 'v �5"' -'• IL'4 •• Vaff* Fonrieea SEAFARERS Jane S, 196t LOG 4< • ?; / - . 1^.. • Bonnltt Lassie ' i:; • new food plan. Suggestion made to THITI6 (Ryo Marine), . A'prli 1— move steam table from pantry to Chairman, R. LaBomiMrdj tacratary, galley to improve service. Suggestion R. T, DICarta, Ship aaUed abort two made that cooks wear hats as sanitary men from NY. -W, Gregory waa 'measure. Washing machine wringer elected ahip'a traaaurer. Department delegatea to ask the men in their ' to be repaired when ship returns to departmenta to donate to the ahip'a US. fund. Vota of thanka to the ateward DEL NORTE (MitsittippI), May S— department. All men leaving ahip Chairman, E. Slough; Secretary, J. ^easa turn keya to department heads. Whited. No beefs jeported. No al­ TOO ahip'a delegate haa the iron. cohol or cigarettes to come aboard at See him if you need it. St. Thomas. Captain says sanitary work on whole ship to be done bet­ ORiCN COMiT— (Orion), March 4 ter." Balance in ship's fund $49.40. •—Chaiiman, J. McOill; Secretary, R. Balance in movie fund $35. Brother Byrd. Skipper says some repiaceW. Hudeman elected new ship's dele­ menta ordered in Guam. Wage state­ • gate. Jean Latapie elected movie ments were given out. Letter re­ director with vote of thanks for ceived from the ship's delegate on accepting flhns last trip in absence of Orion liter. Two men missed ahip in movie dlreotoi;. Discussion of cap­ 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. • J^^. 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. Bonnie Lou BuHer, 21/2 years old, smiles on her first visit to SiU 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 NEW ORLEANS 523 BienvUIe St. BAmond 7-428 673 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 NEW YORK Great Lakes District ALPENA m River St. ELciwOod 4-3618 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 BUFFALO, NY Canadian District FORT WILLIAM Ontario HALIFAX N.S 408 Simpson St. Phone: 3-3221 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 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. MC&S or,.™,,.,.™ TErminal 3-4485 HONOLULU....51 South Nimitz Highway SEATTLE 2333 Western Ave. PHone 5-1714 MAin 2-6326 I ' .' ft'' BALTIMORE tain's order for no more R.O.B. ciga­ rettes in New Orleans. DE BARDELEBEN MARINE NO. 1 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, SEAMAR (Calmar), May $—Chair­ man, J. Marshall; Secretary, G. Hayes. 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. Swatski. Engine delegate reports this is third trip without machinist aboard. None available. EAGLE TRAVELER (United Mari­ time), May 7—Chairman, H. Westphall; 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 $42.79 on hand. Few hours disputed OT. M/S to look into possibility of having draws in foreign countries changed from travelers' checks to American currency. Discussion re COEUR D'ALENE VICTORY (Vic­ tory Carriers), May 15—Chairman, J. H. Parnall; Sacretary, J. indorf. Ship's delegate reports one man missed ship in New York. New. larger lockers to be ordered. Report replacements so new men can be ordered by radio. Vote of thanks to steward dept. ORION CLIPPER (Orion), May 14— Chairman, M. Hitchcock; Sacretary, J. Gareilo. Everything running smoothly. Repair lists to be turned in as ship is due for shipyard. No beefs reported. Have hq. check on status of FWT who shipped on here March 1, left ship without paying Union dues. Discussion on keeping messhall and pantry clean. Minutes of all previous meetings are to be kept so new crew can be Informed of all happenings on ship. DEL SUD (MitsittippI), May I, 194$ —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. (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. 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. 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, • 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 shoreside 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 usemachine 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 iUnesa. 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 4 r "-"'I (e- '*'1 u 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. 1 ' NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Vie, tory Carriers), Aprii 2—Chairman, John Risback; Sacretary, R. V. Haylock. 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; Secratary, 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 messroom 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. 1' ^7- w - •It; -S- '-.1 �SEAFARERS Pare Fifteea LOG Digging In At Hsadquarters Cafeteria . S i il i FINAL DISPATCH » • 'T 1. - -i Georre B. Dunn, 54: Brother Charles J. White Jr., 52: Brother Dunn died of natural causes while a White died of a digestive ailment patient at the March 11, 1960. Kings County White had tailed Hospital, Brook­ in tlie SIU stewlyn, New York. '^ard department An SIU. steward since May, 1949. department mem­ He is survived by ber since April, his father, Mr. Cornelius L. 1945, Brother Dunn sucdumbed White of Atlanta, on March 8, 1960, Ga. Burial wias in Atlanta. ' He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Katherine B. 4" t Dunn, of West Roxbury, Mass. Antonio Fernandez, 46: Burial was in the Mount' Calvary Brother Fernandez succumbed of Seafarer M. H. Trulocic, who sails in the black gang, brought the family down to the Union hall for a Cemetery, Boston, Mass. natural causes on February 13 at snook and a photograph. Children ore Debbie, 3, (at right) and Roberta, 2, with wife, Evelyn, at left. the Unity Hospital, Brooklyn, NY. He is 'survived by his wife, Grego4. i t ria Fernandez of Brooklyn. Fer­ Joseph Ortrera, 62; Brother Or- nandez had sailed with the SIU trera, an SIU engine department since August, 1944, in the engine department. Burial was at the member since Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn. July 1948, suc­ BALTIMORE—The Port of Balcumbed February 4" 4" l" Marcelino Soto, 53: Brother Soto, All of the following SIU families have received a $200 maternity 1 from a cardiac timore'has been in a doldrum for an SIU engine department member benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's nafhe: ailment at his the past two weeks as far as ship­ since August, 1955, succumbed of home in New Or­ ping is concerned. A total of 96 John C. Luther Coker, bom Clarence Fontenot, Lake Charles, a lung and brain infection in Ha­ leans. He leaves men shipped in all classes, with no known rela­ vana, Cuba on October 24, 1959. March 30, 1960, to Seafarer and La. 4 4 4 • 201 men registered. However, the tives. Burial The only known survivor of Broth­ Mrs. Dargan O. Coker, Seattle, Alan A. De Marco, born April next two weeks should bring better was in the Mason­ er Soto on the death certificate is Wash. 29, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. 4> ' 4 4 ic Cemetery, New Aida Daran of Philadelphia, Pa. Maik Alexander Nunn, born Adolph De Marco, New York City. results with eight ships due for Orleans, La. Burial was in Havana. a payoff, and a possibility of two March 17, 1960, to Seafarer and 4 4 4 additional payoffs. Mrs. David K. Nunn, Mobile, Ala. Ronald Joe Coats, born May 5, Twelve ships paid off here over 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Lavern 4 4 4 the period. Mae, Edith, Jean and Daniel J. Pierce, born April 22, Coats, Jackson, Miss. Emilia (twice) (Bull); Venore, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. John J. Bethtex and Bethcoaster (Ore Pierce, Drexel Hill, Pa. Navigation), Mankato Victory 4 4 4 (Victory), Marore (Marven), LosMarcus Gayle Sikes, born April mar (Calmar) and Penn Shipper 12, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Hor­ (Penn Trans.). ace S. Sikes, Wilmer, Ala. Eight ships signed on. They 4 4 4 Kevin Drew Taium, born March were Venore, Bethtex and Beth8, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Wil­ coaster (Ore Navigation); Westliam A. Tatum, Maplewood, La. port (Maritime Overseas), Marore / Butch McVey (Marven), Losmar (Calmar), John Contact Minio or Perry Klauher C.'(Atlantic Carriers) and Seafair Carl William Welch,.born Janu­ ary 26, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. at 4th ave and 17th street. •(Colonial). In-transit were ^Icoa TO SHIPS IN ATLANTIC EUROPEAN Elvert M. Welch, Covington, La. Puritan, Alcoa Pennant and Alcoa * 4 4 4 Joseph W. Smith AND SOUTH AMERICAN WATERS Patriot (Alcoa); Yorkmar and 4 4 4 Joseph .Aubrey Wescott, born Contact Maria Selma Dos Santos, Losmar (Calmar), Bethcoaster April 19, 1960, to Seafarer and Rua Ambrosio Machado .113, (Ore Navigation), Oremar (Mar­ Mrs. Joseph A. Wescott, Lynn, Campo Grande, Recife, Pernam- ven), Steel Rover (Isthmian) and CS Norfolk (Cities Service). Mass. buco, Brazil. Pamela Micheie Lambert, born 4 4 4 May 3, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Francis C. Dbwd EVERX SUNDAY. 1620 GMT (11:20 EST SvndoyJ Robert K. Lambert, Prichard, Ala. Ignatius J. Torre WFK-39, 19850 KCs. Ships in Caribbean, East Coast Contact Miller & Seeger at 400 •4 4 4 of South America, South Atlan­ Kathleen Rose Lupo, born May Madison Avenue, New York 17, NY. tic and East Coast of- United 4, I960, to Seafarer and Mrs. James 4 4.4 States. Lupo, Jr., St. George, SI. James E. George WFL-65, 15850 KCs Ships in Gulf of Mexico, Carib­ Contact your son at Evens Mills, 4 4 4 bean, West Coast of South Ruth Darlene Robinson, born NY, Box 153 or call MAyfair America, West Coast of Mexico April 18, 1960, to Seafarer and 9-4618. and US East Coast. Mrs, William K. Robinson, Mo­ 4 4 4 bile, Ala. • Members of Steel King WFK-95, 15700 KCs Ships in Mediterranean area, North Atlantic, European and Please notify Neil V. Pardo hs 4 4 4 A^CTYOWPaOSHl^ US East Coast Dianne Mandlck, born May 3, the whereabouts of gear of Ed 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Arthur Cronin . . . Send notification to MATBSAtfusemkcm J. Mandick, Brooklyn, NY. 2420 First Ave., Seattle 1, Wash­ ington. 4 4* 4 • Meanwhile, MTD 'Round-The-WoHd Narcissus Chen, born May 9, 4 4 4 Sung Ming Hsn 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Kao Wireless Broadcasts Continue . . . Ming Chen, New York, NY. Contact Red McCorkle, 13222 Every Sunday, 1915 GMT Faraday, Houston 47, Texas. 4 4 4 (2:15 PM EST Sunday) Gibson H. Coker, born May 9, 4 4 4• WCO-1S020 KCs 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Gibson R. L. 'Seward Europe and North America Coker, Mobile, Ala. Contact E. C. Alger, Box 44, WCO-16908.8 KCs Morrisville, Pa. 4 4 4 East Coast South America Danita Carol Forbes, born April 4 '4 4 THeFkSHT50f4lV. James E. Gregory 14, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. , WCO-22407 KCs John Forbes, Mobile, Ala. Hubert R. May //HW tow PRICES '"West Coast South America Fortunate Valaya 4 4 4 Every Monday, 0315 GMT Michael Gates, born December Marion Lubiejewski (10:15 PM EST Sunday) 30, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. John Michale Brady tmLCOMBHSZEAT L. Gates,.New Orleans, La. Advise lawyers where you would WMM 25-15607 KCs yW/ZOWNPLACB. like checks from Pacific Tide and 4 4 4 Australia OimQANDXJPeRAtFO Michael James Davis, born April Pacific Explorer sent. WMM 81-11037.5 27, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. 4 4 4 Northwest Pacific James B. Davis, Jacksonville, Fla. John Francis WT1UNI0M-AE6-AP .Get in touch With Pat O'Malley, 4 4 4'' Christine Fontenot, born April 1232 Baronne Street, New Orleans, 20, »1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. about your gear. SIU BABY ABRIVALS EVERY I SUNDAY I DIRECT VOICE I DROADCAST I K*"' A 1^; v>. k I "THE VOICE OF THE A ji -> ^ i ' '> > A P I^ P Better Days Personals And Notices MTD" Ai&l^iULli. SWAP ' * I MARITIME TRADES DEPARTMENT L'-Jf'-- Bait. Vf jn.-arisil •it'-'r • M �Vol. XXII No. 12 SEAFARERSMOG 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 NEWS HEADLINES IN REVIEW 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 ommended courses for eastbound and westbound ships which, in to travel on assign^ sea theory, would keep such vessels at lanes. The track propdsal had considerable distances from each* .been backed by the United States other. However, no ship is present­ delegation and was supported by ly obligated to follow the desig­ US maritime unions. Subsequently, nated tracks. The Andrea Doria - Stockholm a greatly-weakened, watered-down collision occurred when the easttracking plan won support, calling bound Stockholm rammed . the for tracking only in limited areas westbound Doria off Nantucket lightship. The Doria went to the near the coasts. In addition, the convention re­ bottom with the loss of 42 lives. Tidal wove which wrecked waterfront of Hiio, Hawoii, crumpled fused to admit a sea union repre­ In addition to the tracking prob­ buildings and tossed automobiles about. Harbor had to be closed sentative from the International lem raised by the Doria collision, to shipping in order to clear up wreckage. Hilo is regular port of Transport Workers Federation, bar­ the convention is scheduled to take call on the sugar run. up such matters as slup construc­ ring labor from the conference. tion and compartmentation, life12 Miles Off Track Scandinavian and British oppo­ saving equipment and the like. The sition blocked passage of a sea- US delegation would like to get tracking resolution. It was the all the maritime nations to agree Swedish-flag Stockholm's collision to the standards of ship construc­ with the Italian lined Andrea tion observed in this country. It's Doria in 1956 which was largely- been claimed that If the Andrea responsible for the convening of Doria was compartmented as com­ Tidal waves generated by a series of earthquakes in Chile this year's conference. At the time pletely as an American vessel, .she ripped Long Beach, Cal.; Hilo,, Hawaii and even reached as of the Stockholm - Andrea Doria would not have gone to the bottom. far east as Japan as death and calamity were spread across a collision, the Swedish ship was However, at last report it ap­ number of Pacific ports, in the some 12 miles off track. pears there is almost no chance worst disaster of this nature leaving 27 missing, at last report. The transatlantic tracks are rec- for adoption of such standards. As a result, the port has been in a decade. The last impor­ tcmpprarily closed to shipping. Had Previously Met The US delegation to the con­ tant tidal wave took place in Hifo is a large sugar port fre­ vention had previously met with a Hawaii in 1946 when 100-foot waves quented... by many SIU and SUP preparatory committee upon which killed 159 peor'i in a grim April- vessels, hone of which were re­ Morris Weisberger, first vice-presi­ Fool's day debacle. ported damaged in the disaster. 31 Dead.. dent of tire SIUNA had served as Matson, Isthmian and Waterman A series of five shock waves, regularly call at Hilo. thq^labor representative. Weisberg­ er had urged that the US go be­ ranging from three to eight feet Gov. William Quinn declared the yond attempting to bring foreign in height, ravaged the port of Hilo, entire State of Hawaii a disaster ships up to US standards, ^nd at­ killing 31 people, injuring 57 and aiea following a survey of the tempt to improve upon present damage. American safety procedures ai\d Hilo was first struck at 12:10 practices. am, Monday, May "23, when a WASHINGTON—The Maritime The difficulty of getting ships of three-foot wave came smashing in Trades Department has urged a all nations to live up to an Inter­ on the Bay. The heaviest blow House Labor g^'oup to amend the national safety code is pointed up came at 1 am, with an eight foot Fair Labor Sta. frds Act to pro­ by the fact that 22 foreign-fiag wave which crashed inland, more vide a $1.25 an nour for seamen passenger vessels now in service than three blocks, smashing .stores working aboard any American- do not meet safety standards set and homes and sweeping automo­ owned vessel, including the crews up in 1922. Another 41 ships are biles and debris down the streets, of runaway ships. shy of the safety standards estab­ leaving the area virtually de­ Hoyt Haddock, speaking for the lished in 1948. stroyed. Seafarers Section, MTD, of" the . Blocks of buildings were swept AFL-CIO, made this recommenda­ Russian tankers are taking busi­ from their foundations in the tion while testifying before the ness away, from runaway operators Waiakea district as the area was Fair Labor Standards Subcommit­ in the Cuban oil trade under a re­ turned into a vast heap of rubble. tee of the House Committee on "They Were Warned" cent $100,000,000 Castro-Khrush­ Education and Labor. Perhaps the most tragic part chev trade pact signed earlier this Haddock told the group that if year. Up until now, Cuba's oil has of the disaster Is that none of the SlU membership meet­ been supplied exclusively by run­ deaths need have occurred, ''No­ the Act were amended to bring the $1.25 an hour wage scale into" ings are held regularly away tankers, most of which are body rdally had to die in this one" effect, it would "help 'remove the said a correspondent on the scene, American-owned. disgraceful conditions" that exist once a month on days in­ "they were warned in plenty of Already' three Red tankships "on board non-union craft in the dicated by the SlU Con­ time. -They just didn't respond to harbors, bays, coastwise trade and stitution, at 2:30 P.M. in have put into Havana with oil and the alert." inland-waterways." He pointed out the listed SlU ports below. gasoline cargoes hauled from the Black Sea area. And three foreign- Most of the'deaths were caused that most of the seamen working controlled oil'refineries in Cuba— by collapsing buildings, with oiily aboard such vessels earn as little All Seafarers are ex­ a few dying from drowning, the as 50 cents an hour. He noted that pected to attend; those Standard Oil of New Jersey, Tex­ major cause for the' high toll in aco and the Cuban unit of Royal non-union shipowners work their the 1946 disaster. crews long hours in prder to save who wish to be excused Dutch Shell—^have been notified Damage along the California by Cuba's national bank that each money on hiring additional man­ should request permission coast was general, but was limited be expected to process some to small power. by telegram (be sure to in­ •will boats, fishing vessels'and The maritime spokesman specif­ clude registration num­ 2,200,000 barrels of Russian crude small recreation piers. , oil a year. ically pointed to figures taken Some 181 dead are reported in ber). The next SlU meet­ Though it's not now known when Japan, where 17,000 homes were from a 1958 working agreement tbe next tankers will be arriving wrecked or fiooded and 385 per­ covering the crew of a runaway ings will be:. in Cuba with more crude cargoes, sons are known dead in Chile, as vessel. It showed that 50 percent New York June 6 it's been ^imated that it would figures continue to pour in from of a seaman's pay was earmarked Philadelphia June 7 take at least 15 w 20 of the ves­ places hit by the waves. Two mil­ for a special purpose—a "Deporta­ sels shuttling steadily between the lions Chileans are homeless as a tion Fund"—to pay his expenses Baltimore June 8 Black. Sea and Cuba in order- to result of a series of earthquakes, back home should he be found Detroit June ID supply the Casdo government with volcanic eruptions, tidal waves and guilty of any .kjtod of "misbehav­ Houston June 13 ample oil to meet that country's avalanches. ;. ior." Haddock also pointed out needs. The recfint disaster brings to New' Orleans Jiine 14 that the average AB aboard these Previously.. ESSQ was the major 16,000 the number of people killed ships earns from $70 to $90 a Mobile June IS supplier in the . Cuban mdrket in quakes since January 1, 1960, month for a 56-hour week. Tidal Wave Wrecks Hawaii^ Japan Ports w TA WL h f; H •• I' Ask Passage Of Runaway Wage Floor Red Tankers Snatch Cuba Oil Cargoes SCHEDULE OF SIO MEETIHGS AM$klCA ORBITS TiYOMIPAS. SA71ELLITE. WHE-V PERFECTEP CAN W4RA/ OP RDCkTET LAUA/CHIN6S, NEXT STEP IS PHOTO(5RAPHY ROCKET- 4 *' tr ti BAVS U.S.MUST PEAl WiTH RussMNs DESpnE SUMMIT couAPse, 6/0\Rns4W fKcee OF SUMMIT FAIZJURE PMAA^£P. ftem/VSg SEEN /NFLUENONS P-U&SIAN POLICY. fZey/BRSlHS STALIN1ST LINE AND CRITIC; IZWS^REVfSlCWISTPISIDRnQNS* OF LENIN'S. T^CHINOS. WON'T » ENOOUZMSEMT... MEANVVM/LE NiyoN UMOFFIC' lALLV WRAPS UP REPUBLICAN AlbMlhtATlON WITHMCRETHAM . ^ eee VOTES PLEDISEP. fr/r1 tSMeUS CAPTURE NAZI • PESPDNSIBLE FOR. 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Title A name given to the resource June 3, 1960 Description An account of the resource Headlines: VICTORY ON LAKES; 28 SHIPS VOTE SIU 410-124 INCRES MEN WIN PAY, OT GAINS NLRB HEARS BID FOR RUNAWAYS SEVEN MORE SEAFARERS GET DISABILITY PENSIONS SENATE BILL WOULD BAR RR SELECTIVE RATE CUTS SAFETY MEETINGS PAY OFF, COMPANY’S REPORT SHOWS OLD LIBERTYS SALE-TAGGED AT $65,000 IMWU APPEALING PICKET BAN; NASSAU CREW WINS PAY GAINS NEW OIL BARGE MADE OF NYLON US LOWERS PRICE TAG IN MOVE TO SELL LEILANI MOBILE GETS CEMENT-HAULING TANKER HOUSE GETS SHIP TRADE-IN BILL; WOULD AID UNSUBSIDIZED LINES GREAT LAKES PORT HOSTS A ‘BIG ONE’ – OCEAN EVELYN MTD FIGHTS RAIL’S BID FOR BARGE LINE CONTROL TANKER RECESSION GROWS; 402 VESSELS NOW IDLE SIU NEW YORK HEALTH CENTER GIVES 10,000TH CHECK-UP TANKER GROUP IN FINAL PLEA FOR ’50-50’ ON OIL CARGO CONGRESS URGES AID CUTS IN SHIP BLACKLIST CASES 20,000 JAM LABOR RALLY IN DRIVE FOR FORAN BILL SAFETY MEET REJECTS US PROPOSALS, BARS ITF REPRESENTATION Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06/03/1960 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXII, No. 12  1960 Periodicals Seafarers Log