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74 Qualify For 5IU Balloting
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SEAFARERS^LOG
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO
siu
HOFFA
TWOELECnONS
Detroii:
Puerto Rico:
Wins t9-Ship Fleet,
SIU-277, IBT-171
Tuna Cannery Votes
5IU-2S5,1BT-8
Story On Page 9
IHileany Overrules SIU On Scow Issue
Story On Page 2
INDEX
To Departments
The SIU Inland Boatman
^ —^Pages 3, 9
The SIU Industrial Worker
—Page 25
SIU Social Security Dep't
^Pagei) 12, 13, 14
siu Safety Deportment
The Pacific Coast Seafarer
—^Pages 22, 23
SIU Medical Department
—Page 19
NMU Attacking
V: •'
liv.
•
The Great Lakes Seafarer
—^Pages 10, 11
The Fisherman and
Cannery Worker
—Page 18
The Canadian Seafarer
—Page 21
—Page T
e
o- .
SIU Food, Ship
Sanitation Dep't —^Page 20
e
Editorial Cartoon —Page 15
A&G Deep Sea
Shipping Report —^Page 6
e
Shipboard News
—PageB 27, 28, 29
.-Ai
At Labor Board
Story On Page S
Senate Group Condemns
Anti-Ship ICC Practices
-Story On Page 5
$tV LA90R BAY PAKADERS—See Page 32
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*
�Pace Twe
SE4PARERS
AFL-CIO President (Seorge Meany has ruled against the SIU in rela
tion to the recent affiliation of Deck Scow Captains Local 335. A wire sent
hy Meany to the SIU on Sieptember 1 ordered the SIU to withdraw the
charter it issuedf to the Scow Captains and to "refrain from any further
effort" to organize them.
Meany's wire was the outgrowth
However, the pickets were removed on
of an agreement reached July 25 reaching agreement that the strike issues
ending a iive-day strike of the scow would be decided by Meany. The SIU then
captains against major building ma submitted detailed documentation as to
terials companies in New York. The how the Scow Captains came to affiliate
scow captains' strike had been suc with the SIU. The following Is the full text
cessful in shutting down activity in of the SIU's presentation. On page 3 is
LOG
Septcmlier, IfM
efforts led to the letter of Invitation to NMU in anticipation of a vote of dis
the four unions previously mentioned.
affiliation.
Shortly thereafter, members of Deck
After the disaffiliation, about June 9,
Scow captains Local„335, received a com Joseph O'Hare, UMD-NMU, distributed
munication from Joseph O'Hare, In which the constitution of t)ie new local, with
he said, among other things, "I note in pledge cards seeking to raid Deck Scow
recent propaganda that Wilhelm is already Captains Local 335, unaffiliated. (Sec Ap
looking for an International to which he pendix—Exhibit 12—Constitution of Local
wants to affiliate Local 335. The Seafarers 335, UMD-NMU and Exhibit 8—Letter
would be a good choice since they only dated June 9 from Joseph O'Hare.)
have a few thousand unemployed and with
Again on June 27, 1930, Joseph O'Hare
rotary shipping you might be able to work sent a letter plus pledge cafds and mem
as much as 2 or 3 months a year." (See bership application cards for tlje new
New York. During the course of the the text of the agreement to resolve the Appendix, Exhibit 8—Letter from O'Hare.) union, "Local 335, United Marine Divi
sion." (See Appendix, Exhibit 13a—Letter
strike, Teamster President James Hoffa issues, and the subsequent exchange of LETTER FROM PRESIDENT GURRAN
put pressure on Teamsters Local 282 to . wires. Exhibits referred to are not in
Several days after the SIU received the dated June 27, 1969, Exhibit 13b—UMD
cross picket lines. But rank and file Team cluded because of the volume of the ma Deck Scow Captains' letter of Invitation, Pledge Cards.)
O'Hare's action amounts to a raid upon
sters expressed their support of the strike terial involved such as contracts and other a letter was received from President
lengthy documents.
by refusing to do so.
Joseph Curran of the National Maritime the membership of Deck Scow Captains
Union. The Curran letter and the reply Local 335, as affiliated with the SIU. .
Concurrently with O'Hare's action, the
NATUK& AND TTOMPOSITlON OF Since they were affiliated through, the sent by, SIU President Hall are as follows:
employers
refused to recognize the con
^See
Appendix,
Exhibit
9A—^Letter
from
United
Marine
Division
with
the
National
UNION
tract, fired members of Deck Scow CapJoseph
Curran;
9B—^Reply
from
.Pani'
Maritime
Union,
the
SIU
advised
them
Deck Scow Captains Local 335 is comitaiss Local 335, and hired replacements
posed of men who man scows in the Port that the proper place to address this re HaU.)
from O'Hare in direct violation of the
(The
NMU
President's
letter
described
quest
was
to
the
president
of
the
National
of New York, with a membership of 700
the Deck Scow Captains' action as the hiring clause of the Deck Scow Captains
to 750. The local has always been conv- Maritime Union, Joseph Curran. The SIU
product of a few disgruntled individuals Local 335-agreement. Section II (b). (See
heard
nothing
further
from
this
group.
pletely autonomous, with its own set of
However,
the
SIU
has
sin'Ce
learned
that
and
asked that the'SIU disregard their in Appendix, Exhibit 14—Cnntract between
officers, its own constitution and by-laws,
vitation.
In reply, SIU Secretary Paul Employers and Deck Scow Captains Local
the
above
inentioncd
committee
was
un
and its own contracts. These agreements
able
to
arrange
a
meeting
with
Curran
Hall
noted
that circumstances surround 335.)
are signed by the Local union with the
Harbor Carriers of the Port of New York, and was referred to another officer of the ing the matter rhade it incumbent upon' NLRB CHARGES AND LAWSUIT
National Maritime Union, who told them him to attend the meeting.)
and some independent carriers. .
Consistent efforts to resolve this Issue
this was a matter between the Deck Scow
We had also learned that the Teamsters - of employers' non-recognition* through
HISTORY OF LOCAL UNION'S RELA Captains Local 335 and Joseph O'Hare of were-: sending a representative to this : peaceful means were unsuccessful. At the
TIONSHIPS AND STATUS
~ the United Marine Division with which meeting, and failure of any AFL-CIO affil end of June 1960, action was filed in Fed
iate to attend could well lead to the Teanv- eral. Court charging breach, of contract on
. Prior to 1954, Deck Scow Captains Local they were-affiliated.
sters taking over this local and getting a the part of the employers, also charges
335 was known as Deck Scow Captains
Local 933-4 and war an autonomous affili COMMUNICATIONS FROM DECK foothold -in AFL-CIO jurisdiction in the were filed before the National Labor Re
..
.
ate of the International Longshoremen's SCOW CAPTAINS LOCAL 335 re: Inde maritime industry.
lations -Board for Unfair Labor Practices.
Association, AFL. This reiationship had pendent iStatus and Desire for Union
(See Appeniilx, Exhibit 15 — NLRB
DECK
SCOW
MEMBERSHIP
DECISION.
existed for a period of some 20 years. (See Aifiliatiott
Charge.)
JUNE 19
Appendix, Exhibit 1 — Contraei between
Finally on July 17, 1960, at a regular
On
June
13,
1960,
the
SIU
received
a
On June 19, SIU representatives apDeck Scow Captains Local 933-4 and Em
membership meeting, attended by 356,
communication
from
the
officers
of
Deck
pear.ed
at
the
regular.
membership-meet
ployers.)
members, a strike Vote was taken to effect*
In 1954, by a vote of 232 to 21, the Scow Captains Local 335, setting forth ing of the Deck Scow Captains locaL the two major companies controlling a
that
the
organization
was
"presently
un
O'Hare
and
h
group
of
tugboatmen
from
membership voted to affiliate with the
majority of the sand and gravel opera
United Mine Workers, District 50, break affiliated" and that a committee had been Local 333 were in front of the building tions in the harbor, the other companies
elected
to
communicate
with
international
and
attempting
to
dissuade
members
of
ing their ties with the ILA. The Local
were not struck. Some 430 deck scow
moved into the United Mine Workers as unions for the purpose of securing an affil the Deck Scow Captains local from attend captains walked off their jobs to do picket
iation.
The
letter
invited
a
representative
ing
their'regular
membership
meeting.
a body and the employers, recognized and
Whiiq the SIU representative was ad duty at the 26 installations that were
honored the contracts in effect under the of the SIU to address their next member
ship
meeting
to
explain
the
details
of
•
dressing the meeting, we were informed struck throughout the port. The strike was
previous affiliation, although their name
.affiliation
with
the
SIU.
The
communica
that
when the Teamsters representative, effective, fOf five days an4.exMc4 upon, .the
had been changed to Local M-102. TheIntervention of AFL-CIO President Meany
contract had been signed under the name tion also pointed out that identical com Sam Del Grasso Of Local 518 of the Team through his administrative assistant, Peter
munications
had
been
sent
to
the
IBT,
sters
Marine
Division,
out
of
Jersey
City,
of Local 933-4 ILA. (See Appendix, Ex
McGavin, obtaining an agreement that the
hibit 2a,—^Agreement between Employers the ILA and the NMU. (See Appendix. arrived at the entrance of the meeting issues would be submitted to President
Exhibit
5—Letter
of
Invitation
to
SIU,
hall,
he
was
met
by
O'Hare.
Following
a
and Deck Scow Captains Local 933-4 ILA;
discussion between the two, Del Grasso Meany for final and binding decision.
Exhibit 2b—Letter from Employers recog IBT, NMU, etc.)
Meanwhile, the SIU was requested to re
The reasons given by the Deck Scow apparently changed his mind and left the move picket lines and have the men return
nizing changeover and continuation of
meeting
site.
Captains Local 335 for their disaffibation
contract.)
The SIU representative discussed the to work on tlje assurance that there would
At the same time. Locals 333, repre from the United Marine Division were
terms
of affiliation under which the be no discrimination of any kind.
senting tugboat crews, and coal barge that O'Hare had taken steps to destroy
Local 334, both affiliated with District 50 their autonomy. Upon learning of their SIUNA operates and left the meeting. We CONCLUSION
Regarding the charges of .raiding
of the United Mine Workers, and their dissatisfaction with the status of thgir were subsequently advised that the mem
previous contracts, sighed under the ILA- contract relationships and with the jack bership voted by secret ballot as follows: " against the SIU which have been made by
label were also honored by the employers. of assistance from the United Marine Di SIU; 163; No affiliation, 2; Teamsters, 1; the UMD-NMU as 6 result of the affilia
'
tion of the Deck Scow Captains Local 335
In 1355, the Deck Scow Captains left the vision, O'Hare then sought to merge their NMU 1.
We
were
also
informed
that at the same with the SIU:
membership
with
Tugboat
Local
333
of
United Mine Workers and obtained a
(1) The SIU is not a party to the "no
Federal Labor Union charter from the the United Marine Division, embracing meeting, the membership, by resolution
assignetf all its contracts as affiliated with raiding" pacts in effect among signatory
AFL. They were assigned the title of some 2,000 members.
Exhibit 10 — unions within the AFlrCIO federation of
His objective was to enable the larger the SIU. (See Appendix
Federal Local #24948. Similarly, the other
Letter
dated
June
22,
Advising,
of Deck unions.
local unions. Locals 333 and 334 also re group of tugboat workers to outvote the
(2) Upon the request of the office of the
ceived Federal Labor Union charters. deck scow captains on every issue that Scow Captains Local 335 Action to Affili
President of the AFL-CIO, the SIU re
Again the employers continued to honor might be raised. The method he chose was ate.) '
the agreements in existence under the destruction of an autonomous local union UNITED MARINE DIVISION RAIDING moved the picket lines and had the men
return to work and agreed to accept the
previous designation and affiliation of the which had existed in this fashion for more MOVE
local union. The contract followed the than a quarter of a century.
At the time of Deck Scow Captains ruling of the Federation president with
local union and the membership. (See
A special meeting of the local had been Local 335's disaffiliation from the UMD- respect to the raiding charge. Deck Scow
Appendix, Exhibit 3—Contract between called April 11, 1960, at which O'Hare NMU,. its subsequent independent status, Captains Local 335 went on strike upon
Employer and Federal Labor Union appeared and urged the membership to and later affiliation with the SIU, notice authorization of the mem^bership with
#24948.)
dissolve the local and merge with Local of these actions was given to the employer some 430 men from the companies in
In 1956, by an open*vote of 26 members, 333. The recommendation was rejected on groups. The employers, who had always volved coming off their job to picket and
action was taken by the local to terminate the grounds that the men would be out recognized previous changes in affiliation otherwise support the strike acticki.
(3) The raiding charge is completely
Its Federal Labor Union "status and to numbered four to one, with the tugboat- as- a routine matter and continued to
affiliate with the United Marine Division • men deciding issues affecting the scow honor contracts in- effect, now refused to without foundation because the Deck Scow
of the National Maritime Union. (See Ap captains, and that the scow captains' jobs deal with Deck Scow Captains Local 335 Captains Local 335 sought out the SlU as
pendix, Exhibit 4 — Minutes of Special and hiring procedures would be jeopar claiming an agreement with the non- well as other unions at a time when It
Meeting—Deck Scow Captains Local 335, dized.
existing 335 UMD-NMU. (See Appendix- was and had been unaffiliated and inde
pendent. Furthermore, under no circum
May 7, 1956.)
As a result, at the regular monthly
Similar action was .taken Individually meeting in May, a motion was made to' Exhibit 11—^Letter dated Jane 14, From stances can the Deck, Scow Captains Local
335 affiliation with the SIU be construed
by each of the two other local unions, the hold a special membership meeting on HARBOR CARRIERS.)
The employers advised the Deck Seow as a raid upon the collective bargaining
tugboatmen and the coal bargemen. Again May 29, at which time the membership
the employers promptly recognized the would vote on whether to disaffiliate from , Captains Local 335 that the UMD-NMU relationship of an AFL-CIO affiliate be
new organizations and continued to honor the UMD. This meeting "was held follow had appointed an administrator, Jim Mur cause. no such relationship existed be
fBe agreements although they had not ing appropriate notice to the membership, ray, for Local 335 UMD with D. Mahoney tween the employers and the UMD-NMU. and M., Jensen as assistants and T. Anglim On the contrary, the collective bargaining
been signed under an NMU label.
and a secret ballot vote was held. (See as office manager. All of the foregoing are relationship exists between the employers
SCOW CAPTAIN'S COMMITTEE MEET Appendix, Exhibit 6—Letter of notice members of ^cal 333—tugboatmen, not and Deck Scow Captains Local 335. As a
dated May 17, 1960.)
ING WITH SIU, JANUARY 1960
matter of fact, it is the UMD-NMU which,
scow captains.
The executive board was imanimous in
About January 1960, a bommittee from
When, on May 15, Deck Scow Captains hy the formation of a new union, is seek
Deck Scow Captains Local 335 called upon support of the disaffiliation motion. The Local 335 moved for a May 29 spiecial ing to encroach upon or raid the estab
the STU, and requested the SIU's assist- disaffiliation motion carried 131; to 14;' meeting for the purpose of deciding on a lished cpllective bargaining relationship
nnce. They cited lack of'assistance from (See Appendix, Exhibit 7—Letter daied disaffiliation, the UMD-NMU theh pre- ; between the emplpyeris and the Deck Scow
the United Marine Division, NMU, In Jane 3, reporting disaffiUottcns nOfion.) ^ liared 'a' h'ew constitution esl^blishing g. Captains. Locaii ,335, ap; affiiiated, with,JtKp
prosecuting beefs with their employer: - A committee was" then elected who6e h'ew unfdh known ks' Local 335," UMD- EIU,
�Bepfember, I960
SEAFARERS
Of Exchanges
On Scow Captains
Agrreement
J3e It resolved, that the parties of the SIU, AFL-CIO, and UMD,
NMU, AFL-CIO, have agreed: (re: current tie-up of scow captains
In Port of New York).
1. That AFL-CIO President George Meany shall decide the issues
involved within the meaning of the coilstitution of the Federation,
and that his findings shall be final and binding on both parties.
2. That President Meany will attempt to render his decision within
the next 13 days or as soon as thereafter as possible, contingent
upon the arrangement of a meeting with SIU President Paul Hall
and NMU President Joseph Curran.
3. That the workers shall return to work and without discrimina
tion of any kind.
4. That in compliance with and under the terms outlined above,
it is agreed that the SIU will comply with the request of Peter
McGavin, that the picket lines be removed and the men returned
to work.
Joseph O'Hare, pres., UMD-NMU
J. "Murry" Miller, UMD NMU
AI Kerr, SIU
Cal Tanner, SIU*
i
d!'
Sept. 1, 1960
Paul Hall, president
«
SIUNA
I have reviewed and examined all the facts In connection with the
current dispute between the NMU and SIU involving the chartering,
by the SIU, of a group of workers of Local Union 335 of the NMU
and have come to the conclusion that the SIU is in violation of the
constitution of the AFL-CIO in this instance. I therefore request
that the SIU withdraw the charter which it has issued to this group
and refrain from any further effort to organize them into the SIU.
George Meany, President
»
t
d)
Sept. 1, 1960 7 PM
George Meany
President, AFL-CIO
Re: your wire of September 1, 1960, announcing your decision
pertaining to the dispute between the SIU and the UMD-NMU
regarding Deck Scow Captain Local 335, this Is to notify you that
we comply with your decision and will revoke the charter forthwith.
In view of the nature of this dispute, we are certain that all parties
involved will take all possible steps as may be required to protect
the job rights and union constitutional rights of all of the members
of Deck Scow Captains Local 335. Copies of this telegram are being
sent to Joseph O'Hare, president yMD-NMU; Thomas Wilhelm,
secretary-treasurer. Deck Scow Captains Local 335; Joseph Curran,
President, NMU.
Paul Hall, President, SIUNA
•
^
4"
4
-Sept. 2, I960. .
'Thdhiali WflhelAl, Becretary-tr^asurer
Deck Scow Captains Local 335
Copy of my wire to President Meany acknowledging, receipt of his
decision and advising him of our compliance with his request that
the SIU withdraw its charter from Deck Scow Captains Local 335
was sent to you. In view of President Meany's decision I must
therefore ask that you immediately return the charter that had
been issued by our Union to your organization. I am sure that you
as a good trade unionist will understand that this action on our part
is necessary in view of our responsibility to the labor movement of
which we are a part. Please convey to the officers and members of
Local 335, from the officers and members of our union, wishes for
ultimate success in your .fight to protect the Job rights, union con
stitutional rights and security of the membership of Local 335. In
the brief period of your affiliation with our union we have witnessed
the courageous fight you have made to protect your membership
against a ruthless employer group. Our people shall long remember
your great fight in your successful strike action and the responsible
manner in which you conducted yourselves on the picket lines. It
was an example any union could be proud of. Copies of this com
munication requesting the return of our charter are being sent to
George Meany, presfdent AFL-CIO, Joseph O'Hare, president UMDNMU and Joseph Curran, president NMU.
Paul Hall, President, SIUNA
SIU Routs
In 19-Ship Fleet,
Tuna Cannery Vote
DETROIT—^The SIU has come up with two stunning victories over Teamster
President James R. Hoffa, routing his raids on the SIU's jurisdiction. The SIt[
Great Lakes District here crowned its most successful organizing year with a lop*
sided victory in the 19-ship^
Boland & Cornelius fleet.
Hoffa Big Lie
Meanwhile, in Puerto Rico,
Lakes Seanen Vote
Unable to admit
the SIU Puerto Rican
trouncing at hands of
For Teasisfer Union
Division handed Hoffa an
SIU, Hoffa put out
even more one-sided beat
these reports in official
ing in an election among
some 400 workers at the Na
tional Packing Company, a
tuna cannery. (See story on this
page.)
SIU Crushes Hoffa, Others
In winning a National Labor Re
lations Board election in the Ro
land fleet by the margin of 277 to
171, the SIU crushed opposition by
Hoffa, a company "independent
brotherhood" and the owners, all
of whom had the common objective
of keeping Boland seamen from
getting SIU representation.
The SIU victory was sweetened
by the fact that the "independent
brotherhood" had been set up just
two years ago in the previouslyunorganized fleet for the specific
purpose of blocking unionization.
It was this same "independent"
brotherhood which Hoffa's home
local. Local 299 in Detroit, took
over at his personal direction and
attempted to use as a steppingstone into maritime. The attorney
for the "independent brotherhood,"
the Seamen's National Brother
hood of the Great Lakes, also hap
pens to the attorney of record for
Hoffa.
. Part of Campaign
As a result of the SIU win, the
unholly alliance of the one-com
pany "independent" and Hoffa has
been swept into the discard.
The success in B&C means that
during the 1960 navigation season,
the SIU has organized four non
union companies owning 47 ships.
All told, since the start of the
comprehensive Lakes organizing
campaign late in 1957, the SIU
Lakes District has organized 74
ships employing nearly 2,000 un
licensed seamen. Companies in
volved include Tomlinson, Gartland, Reiss, Pioneer, Buckeye,
Steinbrenner and Boland & Cor
nelius.
Speaking of the Boland victory.
74 QUALIFY FOR SIU OFFICE
A total of 74 Seafarers have been found fully-qualified to run for Union office and
will vie for 43 elective posts open in the coming Atlantic and Gulf District election.
This is one of the largest number of positions ever to be placed on an SIU ballot, refiecting the growth and changes
^
in the Union.
qualification by headquarters and will be serviced by joint patrolmen
Of the 78 Seafarers who the recommendation was approved assigned from the nearest constitu
nominated themselves, only four
were disqualified. Two of the dis
qualified candidates failed to sub
mit proper seatime requirements
and two were found not in con
tinuous good standing for three
years previous to nomination as
required by the constitution.
One of the 74 qualified Sea
farers, Harry Fitzgerald, candidate
for "New York joint patrolman, had
been disqualified originally by the
committee for failure to submit
sufficient seatime. He appealed to
the membership and submitted ad
ditional qualifying seatime. As a
result, he was recommended for
at all SIU membership meetings.
Voting on the SIU general elec
tion of 1961-2-3-4 will being on
November 1 and will continue for
two months, through December
31, exclusive of Sundays or holi
days legally recognized in the city
or state in which the port is lo
cated. Voting will be between the
hours of 9 AM and 5 PM daily and
9 to 12 on Saturdays.
Candidates will be elected to
posts in the seven constitutional
ports and headquarters. Other
ports maintained by the SIU, which
are not specified in the constitu
tion, will continue to operate but
Pur* TbreO
LOG
tional port.
To familiarize the membership
v/ith the candidates and their back
grounds in advance of the voting,
tlie SEAFARERS LOG, in its Octo
ber, 1960 issue, will print a special
supplement containing pictures
and biographies of all of the can
didates for office. In addition, the
LOG will carry a sample ballot
which will be an exact duplicate
of the actual ballots.
The full text
the eredentials
committee repdrt, including the
list of qualified candidates, ap
pears on page 25.
Teamster publicatrons.
The "vote" referred to
was fake affiliation tolly
Hoffa rigged before
NLRB election.
At
right is clip from IBT'i
"Mid west Labor
World," below clip
from paper of IBT cen
tral conference.
en In the Great Lakes
^ on
represented seamw on 16 ships of three comoaniM
, Seamen in the Great
7^ '^"narly membere of an 1^
\
\
fieamea ia the CrSeafarers n f
^Wch js headed
I polled 27S vn* ••
L'eneraJ Pr^ai^
^ocal unjon
<"• j< ship,
Xormerly
'or
R. zs
"""oaoy r^rL
'
'ooma.
AI Tanner, SIU Great Lakes Di
rector of Organization, congratu
lated the crews for choosing a
"genuine- AFL-CIO maritime un
ion" Respite "dark-of-the-night
shenanigans pulled to prevent you
from making a free, democratic
choice."
Election Sought Last Spring
The struggle by the Boland sea
men for SIU representation began
in the spring when the SIU peti
tioned for an NLRB election with
pledge cards from a majority of
Boland seamen. Hoffa, through his
attorney, immediately put the
machinery in motion for the "in
dependent brotherhood" to affiliate
with the Teamsters, despite a vote
from the members to explore AFLCIO maritime affiliation.
On May 14, fhe SIU learned that
a committeemen's meeting had
been set up in Detroit to give
Hoffa a platform to peddle affilia
tion with Local 299. Thanks to ob
jections raised by Boland seamen
present, the group reluctantly
agreed to give the SIU equal tiftie.
Hoffa agreed to be present at
the meeting at which the SIU of
ficial was to speak, but failed to
show up.
Try To Split Vote
. SIU President Paul Hall flew in
from- New York to address the
group, following which Hoffa's at
torney set up a private election on
jaffiliation which was designed to
split the pro-SIU vote. The choices
were SIU merger; SIU affiliation;
no affiliation; Teamster affiliation.
Although the leaders of tlie
"brotherhood" campaigned ener
getically for the Teamsters, and, in
fact, the election ballots and voting
procedures were handled by the
Teamsters and the "brotherhood"
the total vote cast was 241 for the
SIU to 206 for the Teamsters.
Nothing daunted, the attorney set
up a second vote, in which squads
of Teamster representatives
handled unknown numbers of
ballots and absentee ballots. By
virtue of counting an unspecified
number of- "absentee" ballots, in
cluding more than 100 ballots
from vessels not in operation, the
Teamsters claimed a 275 to 224
"victory."
All these "election" maneuvers
went for naught when Boland sea
men went into court complaining
about the rig. Faced with the
prospect of going to trial and
spreading the sordid details oh
court records, Hoffa's attorney
capitulated and agreed to what the
SIU had sought throughout, namely
a!i election under the auspices of
the NLRB. Boland seamen then
clearly demonstrated their prefer
ence for the SIU.
SIU Wins Tuna
Plant255-8
The Teamster defeat at Boland
& Cornelius was accompanied by
another severe setback at the hands
of the SIU, this one in Puerto Rico.
There the'SIU Puerto Rican Divi
sion routed the Teamsters in an
election at the National Packing
Company, a tuna fish cannery,
v-liere the Teamsters were also try
ing to invade SIU jurisdiction. The
SIU got 255 votes, the Teamsters
just eight votes. The "Dorvillier
News Letter" a San Juan publica
tion, reporting the win, declared,
"the sailors' union has landed its
biggest victory in three years of
island-based organizing in Puerto
Rico." There are approximately
400 workers involved.
Subsequently, the Puerto Rican
Division successfully-concluded an
11-day strike against Volkswagen
of Puerto Rico, Inc., winning a twoyear contract covering 95 workers.
�hee Four
Welfare Plan Liberalizes
Benefits On Doctor Calls
SEAFARERS
LOG
SepfemBer, im
LABOR
Close Down
'BOUND THE WORLQ
Kings Point,
MMP Asks
Two changes in the Seafarers Welfare Plan, Involving docton'
SINCE THERE NOW SEEMS TO BE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION
visits to hospitalized patients prior to operations and scholarship
in some quarters regarding the true status of so-called "trade uniona"
eligibility, have been made by action of the trustees In an August
in Soviet Russia, it is interesting to note a statement recently made by
31 meeting.
Viktor Grishin, chairman of the All-Union Central Conunittee of Soviet
Benefits will now be paid for doctors* calls at the hospital up to
Trade
Unions. •
the date of surgery. Previously, doctors' calls were not paid in
President Robert £. Diirkin of
Grishin, according to a dispatch sent by the Moscow correspondent
surgery cases. Post-operative care by the surgeon Is usually auto the International Organization of
matically covered by the bill for surgery.
Masters, Mates and Pilots, AFL- of the New York Herald Tribune, said in a speech recently that "the
The new benefit has been effective as of September 1, 1960.
CIO, has strongly reaffirmed that strength of the (Soviet) trade unions lies in (the fact) that they are
In a second Welfare Plan change. It has been ruled that children the Merchant Marine Academy at guided -by our party. Accordingly, they must do. all their work under
eligible for the scholarship benefit may not be married or self- Kings Point should be abolished. the leadership of the party organizations and with their direct aid."
Grishin, as this newspaper pointed out in its last edition, himself
supporting. Every candidate must be a dependent child of a Sea
The original purpose of the provides a sorry commentary cm how the Soviets' so-called "trade
farer. Should a scholarship winner become married while attending creation of a Merchant Marine
union" apparatus works, for Grishin was a functionary of the Com
college, however, the scholarship would continue.
Academy, according to Durkln, munist Party in the, Moscow area who had never participated in any
was to assure the American Mer trade union activities until 1956, when he suddenly succeeded N. M.
chant Marine sufficient licensed Schvemik as chairman of the Central Committee.
personnel, of which there is pres In the current situation, Grishin!s remarks were made during a
ently a surplus, he said.
discussion of-the efforts Soviet workers must make to speed up pro
The MMP president stressed the duction to help the»Soviet Union reach the economic goals called for
difficulty of finding employment in its ambitious seven-year (1959-'65) economic plan.
for the present force of licensed
At any rate, both Grishin's -r^arks, and the history of the man
officers.
himself, help to substantiate what this newspaper has maintained all
The SIU has long been opposed along—that Is, that the Soviet Union's 'so-called "trade unions" are
The largest single package offer of surplus Government to the academy for two. reasons: subject
to, controlled and directed by the Communist Party, and that
shipping ever made, 219 ships, most of them Libertys, have the military atmosphere under Soviet workers must work for the Party which, on the industrial front,
been put on the block. This unwanted World War II tonnage, which students are trained for is interested primarily in^higher production for the benefit of the
civilian jobs, and because Govern state, rather than in the welfare and well-being of the workers them
going for salvage, was built"
ment funds are used to train a selves.
at a cost of $400 million and The 219 ships are all at the fixed
number of officer candidates
Wilmington,
NC
anchorage,
where
is selling at less than three
annually,
irrespective of the chang
maintenance and personnel costs
cents on the dollar.
ing
needs
of the industry.
SPEAKING OF THE SOVIET "TRADE UNIONS," their true status
amount to $205,000 a year. The
MA Has Sold 200
The
Union
also Helieves that
the position they occupy In the Russian economy was also pin
Since the Maritime Administra winning bidder will get them on an merchant marine officers should and
pointed
specifically by AFL-CIO President George Meany in the
tion started to offer ships in the "as is, wh'eso is" basis. This means come out of the ranks of the sea statementvery
he made, regarding trade union delegation exchanges with
Reserve Fleet for hull scrapping that after taking off machinery and men themselves.
dictatorship countries, during the meeting of the AFL-CIO Executive
two years ago, it has sold ahout major items of equipment, he must
Council
in Chicago last month.
transport
them
at
his
own
expense.
200, The vessels were offered in
Meany
pointed out that nothing has happened in the USSR, since
groups of. thirty. In comparison, They must be dismantled in the
the
death
of Stalin and the rise of Khrushchev, to warrant changing
the current package is unusually United States. An exception can
pie
AFL-ClO's
often-stated policy that free trade unions should not
large, but according to the Mari be arranged for the breaking up
exchange
delegations
with so-caNed trade unions in dictatorship coun
of the Libertys in a
time Administration it does not of fifty
tries.
"friendly
foreign
country.'!.
represent a trend.
In fact, Meany declared, Khrushchev's industrial "reform" measure?
have served only to tighten the Communist Party's control of Soviet
economic life and its institutions, so that more than ever, before the
Soviet "trade unions" serve'as agencies of the Communist dictatorship
The Coal Miner—first vessel ac for the purpose of speeding production without concern for the wellquired by American Coal Shipping being and rights of the workers.
QUESTION: When on a ship, do you prefer the upper or lower back in 1956 when the firm was
"The basic problem confronting any organization which calls itself
berth? How do you decide who gets which bunk?
formed—has been sold. The buyer a trade union," Meany's statement asserted, "is wages and working
is reported to be Cargo Ships and
The various Khrushchev industrial reorganizaUon decrees,
Dominic Blaczak, wiper: 1 prefer Tanks, an NMU-contracted com conditions.
Anionio Suarez, steward dept.:
have only reafiirmed and reinforced the power of management (th«
Sometimes I like the top, some the upper berth but generally give pany. This leaves the once-am Communist government employer,^) to have the last word in regard to
it to my room bitious coal-carrying venture with wages, change of employment, and the compulsory shifting of workers
times the bottom.
There are plenty
mate if he's old one ship, a tanker, now in lay-up from one plant to another. The much propagandized high rate of Soviet
er. Having the in Norfolk.
of occasions
economic growth has been attained, in very great measure, at the
upper bunk%omethough when it's
American Coal Shipping was expense of labors economic interests and democratic rights."
times makes it worth an estimated $50 million
better not to be
»
$
»
difficult for me when it came into being in -1956
underneath some
Some
guys,
to
crawl
up
there
body.
GETTING A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME off the Communist prob
during the Suez Canal crisis as a
in rough weather joint venture of the United Mine lem, the AFL-CIO Executive Council, at its Chicago meeting, issued
for example,
have a, habit of
when the ship is Workers, the coal producers and another statement which, this newspaper believes, should help to
flicking their
rolling and pitch the railroads. Part of the deal was combat the inroads of Conomunism in the Latin-American countries
ashes down be
ing. I think the that United Mine Workers District- on our doorstep.
low when they smoke in their lower bunk is easier to sleep in 50 got the contract for ships' of It is a generally accepted fact, among the free nations of the world,
bunks; Aside from dirtying the when the weather is rough. Of ficers, over the protests of the that one of the best ways to combat creeidng Communism is by helping
bedclothes, this is a dangerous course, on those new supertankers Masters,-Mates and Pilots and the to elevate -the economic level of the less-developed nations to the
there's no problem inasmuch as Marine Engineers Beneficial As point where the peoples of these nations will not be susceptible to
practice.
the lures of the Communist propagandists.
sociation.
each man has his own foc'sle.
it
4
Secretary of State
The MM&P and MEBA will now It is also now known—and it was so stated
Augustin Rodriguez, bosun: I al
$>
man the ship under its new owners. Herter at the meeting ot the Organization of American States in Costa
ways prefer the lower bunk. Some
ships have no up
Antonio Gonzalez, bosun: I like The American coal set-up was Rica last month—that the leaders of Soviet Russia and Communist
per berths in the
the lower bunk. This dates back unique in that District 50 repre China are determined to exploit the situation in*Cuba as a means of
sented both a segment of the crew Intervening in Latin American affairs, and that their purpose is to
room shared by
many years ago
sow distrust and fear among these peoples in order to pave the way
and of the ownership.
both the bosun
when as many as
for their political control of this area.
At
the
time
of
its
formation,
the
and carpenter.
10 or 15 men
company had grandiose plans for In Latin America, the Executive Council's statement points out, out
This is an ideal
slept in the same
chartering ships by the score from Government has long failed to provide leadership for the economic
set-up, too, be
room. Sometimes
the Government for carrying coal. development of -the hemisphere. Its aid programs for Latin America
cause there can
you have to re
However, the company never got have too often been grudging, piecemeal and unduly limited; and, as
be no argument
mind the guy on
off the ground, with only a hand a result, US relations with Latin America have deteriorated and in
as to who sleeps
top about putting
ful
of ships being put into service adequate headway has been made in aiding of Latin American neigh
topside. This ar
his feet on your
bors to cope with their serious economic problems.
for a brief'period.
rangement is mainly available on bedclothes when
The US labor movement, on the other hand, has repeatedly urged
Libertys. I hope the day's not far he gets in and
accelerated efforts to achieve greater economic growth in Latin Amer
off when all men will bave their out of his bunk. 1 once was
ica, and has now called upon the Administration and Congress to
own foc'sle on dry cargo ships.
awakened in the middle of the
adopt a new and enlarged effort to achieve such growth on the basis
Vol. XXII, No. 17 of certain fundamental principles, including the full participation of
night with a pair of feet in my S.pt., I960
^
Secundino Santorio, bosun: In the face. They belonged to the guy in
the Latin-American companies themselves in Jiny program developed.
deck department, there is a-stand the top bunk, naturally.
Certainly there are those, even among labor organizations In this
ing rule which
country, who will always be ready to exploit those whom they can In
t t 4
says the OS al
order to espouse the Communist cause.
PAUL HALL, President
ways gets the top Bob Yeager, deck; I'd rather HERBEBS BRAND, Editor. BIBNARB SEA- A good recent example of this, as it was reported in the last issue
bunk. As for the have the upper bunk if I'm asked MAW, Art Editor. HERMAN ARTHUR, of this news&aper, was the rapidity with which Harry Bridges' Inter
engine and stewabout it. But I AL MASXIN, CHARLES BEAUMET, AHIHUR national Longshoremen's Union leaped into the Havana organizing
SEGAL, ALBSRT AMAIBAU, JOHN BRAZIL, conference which last month arranged for a world congress of proard department,
never argue about Staff
Writers. BILL MOODY, Gulf Area
I believe the
it. I always let Representative.
Communist sugar, banana and other-plantation unions to be held is
answer to that is
the other guy
Cuba in 1961.
mwiTniy st tlis htailquartsri
worked out
have his choice. PubllshM
The strengthening of the economic structures of the Latin-American
of fhs SsEfarsri Infsrnational Union. At'
among the In
Arguing about it lantle Cult, Laktt ami Inland Waters countries, and the hriprovement of the well-being of the peoples of
District, AFL-CIO, «7S Fourth Avanua,
dividuals as
starts everything Brooklyn
32, NY. Tal. HYaclnth t-MM. these countries, as advocated by the AFL-CIO Executive Council, could
SaceiHl class Fsstaea psM at the Fast do much—if'properly carried out by our Governroeht-to build up «
signed to each room. Usually it
off on the wrong Office
In Brooklyn/ NY, undar tho Act
bulwark against Communist temptations, and provide a potent weapon
boils down to who gets there first
foot before the of AHe. Z4, im. •
m
against aiiy—including those groups in our own country-pwho seek
As for me, I always prefer to
voyage even, beonly to advance their own undemocratic purposes.
' '
'
' gins.
occupy the lower bunk.
Government PutsLargest
Libert Tonnage On Sale
Coal Miner^
Coal Beef
Ship Sold
SEAFARERS LOG
�September, l»6e
'
SEAFARERS
MMU Files Labor Board Charge
Against SlU-Contraoted -Operator
ti.
T)
SlU-contracted Erie & St. Lawrence Corp., owners of Floridion—shown above at recent launching—
Is target of NMU charges of unfair labor practice. The company also operates another containership, the New Yorker, in the East Coast coastwise trade.
The National Maritime Union has filed unfair labor practice charges with the National
Labor Relations Board against an STU-contracted steamship company challenging the
legality of an -SIU hiring hall agreement. The NMU's charges against the Erie & St. Law
rence Corpora Jon," operators*
of the new containerships the NLRB to nullify the SIU con principle that seamen can be hired
Floridian and New Yorker, tract and instruct the company to through union hiring halls.
The background of the beef
bypassed an agreement reached In hire outside the SIT? hiring hall.
SIU headquarters promptly dates back to 1954. At that time,
January, 1959, between the two
unions to resolve all disputes via branded the charges as total mis in September, Erie & St. Law
a joint NMU-SIU committee. In statements of fact. In its answer rence, a coastwise operator, sold
•fact, the charges were filed while to be presented to the NLRB, the its vessels to a new company. The
the joint committee was in process SIU is making the following points: NMU followed the ships to the
• There was no pre-hire agree ,new company and signed a new
of having meetings on the issue.
Paragraph four of the memo ment between the SIU and the agreement. In the meantime, in
randum of agreement of January 7, company before the ships • were 1955, the NMU signed an agree
1959, stated, in part: "NMU and crewed up. The contract was not ment with Erie & St. Lawrence
SIU shall establish a joint com signed until after one of the two releasing the company from any
and all contract obligation to
mittee with the object of resolv ships was already.in operation.
• The NMU had, five years ago, NMU, as well as a waiver releas
ing all current and future issues
and disputes aS may affect both specifically released Erie & St. ing the company from further
unions. Such committee shall Lawrence from any contractual ob welfare and pension contributions.
meet upon call from either union." ligations to the NMU. Corporate Shell
• The SIU has a three-year his
The NMU's charges accuse Erie
Erie & St. Lawrence remained
Sc St. Lawrence of recognizing the tory of contract relations with the
SIU as exclusive bargaining agent Erie & St. Lawrence principals. a corporate shell, with one of its
before any seamen were employed The NMU never objected to this main assets being an Interstate
on its vessels and hired seamen relationship, even though at the Commerce Commission operating
through the SIU hiring hall, this time the two unions were in open certificate, giving it rights to cali
at East Coast ports.
arrangement being made "some rivalry.
.• The NMU's action Involves an
Subsequently, in 1957, the own
time during the month of June or
July, 1960." The NMU called upon attack on the long-established ers and major stockholders
formed a new corporation. Trans
portation Utilities Inc. One of the
objectives of the new concern was
to develop a containership pro
gram. The new company would
own the ships, but would charter
to Erie & St. Lawrence be
SEPTEMBER 3, 1940: Harry Lundeberg, President of the SIUNA, them
cause
the latter had the ICG oper
wrote the following letter to Mayor Fiorello.H. LaGuardia of New York ating certificates.
City: ""On behalf of the poor old seamen inmates of Snug Jlarbor at
Owned Two LIbertys
New York, of which you are a trustee, we vigorously and energetically
protest treatment being given them by the present governor. The
Transportation UtiUties first
money to run these Snug Harbors was willed to the old seamen. One purchased two Liberty ships, the
aged inmate was punished for breaking up some bread to feed to birds Pacific Ocean and the Westport.
and was put on a- month's 'taboo* with three hours labor per day. You The company was organized by the
are supposed to be a humanitarian and liberal, yet their appeals to you SIU and a contract signed on May
for redress of their wrongs and this mistreatment of an aged seaman 13, 1957. Although the NMU was
have gone unanswered, we are advised. I respectfully ask that you in rivalry with the SIU at the time,
and had no agreement such as ex
reply and take action on this matter."
SEPTEMBER 20, 1940: Two slick gents rooked seamen in NY to the isted since January 7, 1959, It
tune of $6,000 with a phony scheme to launch an outfit to be known made no effort to challenge the
«3 Atlantic and Mediterranean Steamship Lines, Ltd. The District At SIU's contract.
torney's office finally caught up with them. Seamen had been "rapidly"
Subsequently,
Transportation
promoted upon coming across with, their contributions. Some had Utilities ran into financial diffi
been named port captains, others port engineers — one even port culty because of the depressed
charter market. Its two Libertys
admiral
SEPTEMBER 15, 1941: The SIU declared a strike for higher bonus had to be auctioned off to satisfy
pay on all ships under contract with the Union and scheduled to leave crew wages and other creditors.
Because the corporation was in
American ports for war zones.
,.
SEPTEMBER 19, 1941: A Special Strike Issue reported that "Pier 3 bad financial shape, it was in no
in Brooklyn is not too damn close to strike headquarters and some of position to execute its containerthe strikers got lost on the way there to do a trick on the picket line. ship plans. Consequently the ma
After wandering around in the wilds of Brooklyn for a while, they sud jor stockholders formed a new
denly discovered^ they didn't Jiave the carfare necessary to complete corporation which was not bur
the trip. 'Why not ask the cop on the corner there for the dough?' one dened with debt and would be able
of the ,strikers suggested. It sounded screwy but they tried iti The to finance the containership oper
cop not only gave them the carfare but asked the boys la for a cup of ation. This new company was
named Containerships Inc. and
coffee, so they'd keep warm on the pier!"
^
SEPTEMBER'17, 1942: American shipyards continued to turn out was established as a subsidiary of
complete merchant ships at a rate of better than two a day during the Erie & St. Lawrence. Its gownermonth of August. A total of 68 new carge.carriers and large tankers ship, and the ownership of Trans
were put into service. The August deliveries represented 753,600 dead portation Utilities, was identical
for practical purposes. - .
weight tons.
Remember When..
Pare Five
LOG
Senate Body Upholds
SIU Charges; Slaps
ICC Pro-Rail Bias
The Senate Merchant Marine subcommittee has upheld
maritime industry and labor union charges that the Interstate
Commerce Commission is prejudiced in favor of railroads and
against the nation's water car-^
water carrier is the low-cost mod*
riers.
The 51 - page subcommittee of transportation, and must be in
report, "Decline of the Coastwise order to remain competitive withand Intercoastal Shipping Indus rail because it is slower and riskier.
try," states that "water carrier
Selective rate cuts by railroads
regulation . . . suffers from a defi pose a threat to the newly devel
ciency in. manpower, data, and in oping containersliip operations, tha.
terest at the hands of the Inter report says.
state Commerce Commission."
The report notes that 16 person^
In the wake of the subcommittee out of 2,501, the total employment
report, SIU President Paul Hall, requested for the ICC, are con
who testified at the subcommittee cerned with water carriers and
hearings, charged that the ICC is freight forwarders. The public in
guilty of collusion with the rail terest would be better served, tha
roads. Hall said that the ICC's report concludes, by the ICC ta.kpreferential treatment of the rail ing more interest in water trans
roads over domestic shipping Is port.
undermining coastal trade, destroy
ing thousands of job opportunities.
Investigates ICC
The Merchant Marine and Fish
eries subcommittee of the Inter
state and Foreign Commerce Com
mittee made its report after more
than a year of investigation of the
11-member ICC.
The subcommittee, headed by
Senator Warren G. Magnuson of
Washington, criticized the ICC for:
An Annapolis graduate with 38
failing to regulate selective rate
cuts by railroads; failing to estab years of naval service may forego
lish adequate standards for rate his freedom, his $12,150-a-year re
suspensions during disputes; hav tirement pay and $35,000 in fines
ing inadequate techniques and —all for 504 bottles of liquor on
data to determine whether rail which he didn't pay taxes.
Rear Admiral William L. Erdroad rates are fair and above cost.
The report suggests that "the mann, retired, was charged with
public does not now enjoy a bal smuggling about 100 gallons of
anced and healthy transportation Scotch, Drambuie, bourbon, Bene
system by rail, highway and water. dictine, London gin and cognac,
It further appears to your subcom from Guam to California last De
mittee that the Commission's meth cember on the carrier Bon Homme
ods, procedures, and in some Richard. Actually, he was entitled
cases its judgment were not rea to bring in one gallon of liquor taxsonably designed to achieve the .free. He and his wife declared a
objectives envisioned by the fram- gallon each. The smuggled drinks
ers of the national transportation were locked in a metal container
policy."
Joint Rates
Another shortcoming of the ICC,
according to the report, is its fail
ure to establish adequate joint
rail-water rates. "When the rail
road reduces the all-rail rate with
out a similar proportional adjust
ment of the rail rate feeding to or
distributing from the water carrier,
the water carrier is squeezed out,"
the report states.
It was pointed out that the
Admiral Is
Caught In .
Corking Lie
SCHEDULE OF
A&G MEETINGS
SIU membership meet
ings are held regularly
once a month on days in
dicated by the SIU Con
stitution, at 2:30 P.M. in
the listed SIU ports below.
All Seafarers are ex
pected to attend. Those
who wish to be excused
should request permission
by telegram (be sure to
include registration num
ber). The next SIU meet
ings will be:
New York • October 3
Philadelphia October 4
Baltimore
October 5
Detroit
October 7
Houston
October 10
New Orleans October 11
Mobile
October 12
and identified as tables, books,
fishnet floats, chairs and wood
carvings.
Over $3,000 In Taxes
The liquor cost the admiral
$1,000 at the officers' mess at
Guam. Unpaid taxes would amount
to $3,300 more. But this is slight
retribution compared with what
would follow if he is found guilty.
Treasury agents refuse to iden
tify the enlisted man who informed
on the cache of liquor despite
entreaties from Navy investigators.
Investigations were set off after
the unknown sailor told Customs
officials. The indictment against
Rear Admiral Erdmann includes
two felony counts of fraudulently
importing and knowingly posses
sing liquor without tax stamps. Th»
liquor was turned up in his home
at Kentfield, California.
Ji
liBf
�•" - '
Face Six
• -,.
•• • • -- -
SEAFARERS
'V'f-wsgssssJBK^
•• I •.aM.'t-r -t..-.":.v
. . I-
LOG
September, 1.960
SEAFARBKS
ROTARY SHIPPING BOARD
(Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SIU Agantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District.)
Ship Atfivify
August 1 Through August 31, 1960
Deep sea shipping activity in the 13 SIU ports was good
during the period with 2,302 men getting employment. This
compares with a 2,239 employment figure for the previous
period in all ports, which actually covered 3^^ weeks during
the month of July.
Baltimore ran second with 15 apiece. Miahii and Houston had
only one payoff each, but the latter handled 67 intransits—
the higest in any port for the period. Houston traditionally
has more of such activity than any other port.
Registration on the beach at the end of the period hit 3,289
Ship activity was up in the recent period. A total of 460 men, compared to 3j579 during the three-week reporting peri
•
f*
•
ships either paid off, signed on or were serviced in transit. od in July.
Breaking it down, there were 110 payoffs, 71 sign ons and
Shipping was best in NY with 462 men getting jobs aboard
279 intransits.
ships; in second place was New Orleans, with 412 jobs re
New York was highest in payoffs—42, while Houston and corded. Miami shipped stwo men—the least in any port.
Penr Sign In
Off! Ons Trans. TOTAt
BoitBn ....... 3
1
7
11
New York ....42
93
9
42
Philadelphia .. 7
5
41
29
Baltimore ....15
50
8
27
Norfolk . .. , 2
12
3
7
Jacktonvllle ..2
27
23
2
Miami
1
9
8
Mobile
13
31
3
15
New Orleani. .15 11
44
70
Houiton
1
57
69
1
_
Wilmington .. .—
15
15
San Franeiice.. 4
11
19
4
Seattle
.5
13
—
8
Totals
• '• \ '
110
71
279
460
DECK DEPARTMENT
Registered
CLASS A
Roistered
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
2
3 ALL 1
2
3 ALL 1
1
2
3 ALL A
3 3 ALL 1
2
C ALL 1
B
2
3 ALL
1
2
3 ALL
—
3 3
13 — , 2
11 —
7 ,4
1
5
3
2
2
2 1
1 .—
11
2
15 11
2
21
37
5
6
5
1
48 32
69 19 120 7
95 26 160 2
26 20
39
10 10
27 2
11 120
1
8
27 11 158 96 166 51 313 1
65
20 44
Philadelphia.......:.. 11
7 13
38 2
— — - 1 38
43 —^
3
18
7
27
5
4
7 1
1
4
7 •1
56
5
46 18 30 8
2
3
Baltimore............ 23 62 16 101 1 10 31
42 19
48 14
81 4
11 20
35 3
3
3
81
35
9 125 39
69 13 121 1
16 32
49
13 1
Norfolk.... i'.... .'.y.-v
21
10 4
4
6
8
1
3
9
1
5
9 2
2
11
5 13
1
9
27 12
5
13
3
28
20
8 12
9^-i—
6 '7
10
18 —
16 '—T
2
1
3
Jacksonville........
7
4
2
5 —
1
1
2 18
25 8
5
2
10
•9
1
19
3
6
—
'—
— —
—
—
—
; 1
1
-2
BAiaml^. ..^j, .*
1
1
1
1
2
3
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19 173 209 136
13 165 190
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2
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36 114 220 3
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52
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12 12
35
1 15
16
2
5
7 59
93 44
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12 28
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5
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6
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1
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22
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29
8 122 48
7 91 146
4 71
75
1
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12 63
32 12 107 15 •20 17
52 7
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9
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1
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1
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6
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20 2
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5
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2 32
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34
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1 - 1 24
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CLASS B
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CLASS
GROUP
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2
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2
3 ALL 1
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73 260 517 17
19173 209 136
48 248 432 12 13 165 190 3
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2 62
21 206 252
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SEAFARERS
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LOG
Seafra/n Georgia, Ferry Crash
In NY Harbor; Injuries Slight
Joe Alcimi, Safety Director
The SlU-manned Seatrain Georgia and the Hoboken ferry Chatham crashed together
in
the
fog-bound Hudson River late last month. The result; 13 of 700 passengers on the
What Makea An Accident?
ferry were shaken up and the starboard side of that vessel received a huge gash from theYou'd think that a man who was trying to wipe and clean a fan
would do it while the fan wasn't running. He'd shut off Ihe fan and boat deck down to several"^
Moments before the impact, the Hoboken imder its own power. It
wait for the blades to stop turning. Nobody wants to play "Russian feet below the waterline. The
Seatrain received a slight Seatrain dropped her port anchor was slated to go into a local yard
Roulette" with his fingers, yet some fellows still try this trick.
to slow the ship down, when it be for repairs.
r '^.
We heard about an accident like this recently. The sailor was lucky
becahse be got away with Just a couple of cut fingers. He didn't miss
any work and continued on the job later. Nobody knows if he'll try
this stunt again; he. may even get away the next time with no cuts or
bruises. Maybe he's been lucky at it for years..
You still wonder why anybody would try something like this. If he
jaw somebody else doing the same thing, he'd figure him for some
kind of nut.
It's the same way with m^st of us. We're pretty quick to see the
mistake by the other guy because we don't see ourselves in his place.
When we run into an accident where somebody else got hurt, we see
all kinds of ways that could have made the whole thing come out
differently. Of course, by now we'd be looking at the sttuaUon when
it's all over; we already know how the story comes out.
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The "experts" teil us that the human factor is responsible for most
accidents. Somebody, somewhere along the line slips up. Most of the
time machinery doesn't go bad by itself; someone helps things along
by not tending a ntachine properly or maybe not tending it at all. It
amounts to almost the same thing either way.
This is why it's important to check out every accident; it's ope of
the reasons why safety meetings are necessary. Every accident isn't as
clear-cut as the one where a man reaches up intp a moving fan to
clean it—or to "see" if it's moving. Some of them are pretty hard to
take apart and see what went wrong. The main problem is to check
the accident from every angle. This not only helps the man who was
involved; everybody listening in gets the benefit.
One thing to remember is that the meeting discussion shouldn't be
turned into a name-calling contest where you point accusing fingers
and badger the guy who was involved. By now, he probably knows
well enough what he did all wrong. He's the center of attraction until
someone else has an accident and he's got some bruises or pains to
show for it. Let him know what he did wrong; he.'s got to do the rest.
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dent in her bow and a few null
scratches.
Visibility at the scene was lim
ited when the two craft collided.
Some reports indicate it was a
quarter of a mile; others say it
was a mile. The Seatrain was in
bound for Edgewater while the
ferry was headed for a lower Man
hattan pier with Jersey passengers
aboard.
Mile In Haze
^ Four lookouts stationed on the
forepeak of the Seatrain reported
seeing two objects through haze
"about a mile ahead," bearing
down on their vessel. This was
reported to the bridge which re
sponded with one whistle blast, in
dicating it would pass to the right
of the first vessel, which turned
out to be the oncoming ferry. The
latter gave two blasts in return
and proceeded to turn left. This
maneuver exposed its starboard
side to the Seatrain's bow and
within a few minutes the huge
freighter crunched against the
smaller vessel.
came apparent that a collision was
imminent. This perhaps saved the
ferry from more serious damage
than it actually received.
Within minutes, tugboats nearby
pushed the ferry into its slip,
where all passengers were re
moved. Lgter in the day the Chat
ham made the crossing back to
4
The Seatrain stayed on the scene
for a few hours but was allowed
to continue its trip to Edgewater
where the ship was paid off after
a coastwise run.
Coast Guard hearings were
called the day following the crash
and continued for one week. Find
ings are expected shortly.
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A Flier
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Next month the National Safety Council is holding its 48th National'
Congress in Chicago. This is the big safety meeting Of t;he year covering
all major US industries including the maritime industry. Many AFLT
CIO organizations are taking part to encourage both job and off-the-job
safety in their own fields.
W^i will be participating in the Marine Sections meetings to report
the progress of our Joint Safety Program aboard the Ships. Our joint
SIU program is the first of its Idnd in the industry and is achieving
success by reducing accidents and injuries. We know we can show that
real cooperation between management and labor on safety produces
results that benefit all hands.
(Comments and suggestions are invited by the Department and can
be submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.)
This Is how the ferry Chatham looked after collision with the Seaitain Georgia in fog-bound Idudson River. Only a handful of
injuries resulted from accident.
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MEBA Wins WC Raise
Keen
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SAN FRANCISCO—The MEBA Pacific Coast District has
won a five percent across the board increase, plus other gains,
for the engineers sailing on its dry cargo and passenger ships.
Arbitrator Arthur Ross of'*
the University of California
granted the Pacific Coast Dis
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No moltair what tho tinooufaoivrO^
fcnivos' aro~ giioranteed lb loM Aeir oShincJ
bdgO. StniSw a dull knif* k d ^oty hdzanl, llio
who gpliby force koopt sharpoiimg kn'n^^dj
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Kisop a Uon od9* da buttmfi|
Jt't sofor and, what's more, U maUs thd*woih
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One of the passengers on
the ferryboat Chatham was
Ralph Casey, president of the
American Merchant - Marine
Institute and chief spokesman
for shipowner management.
Casey was quoted in the "New
York Herald Tribune" of Au
gust 30 as saying that follow
ing the accident, "everybody ,
started running." As the
Georgia started to push the
ferry .toward the dock "I felt
there was a serious danger
the ferry would fold up like
an accordion." Accordingly,
he said, he jumped to the
dock from .ttie second deck
and sprained both ankles.
The rest of the passengers,
except for the handful injured
in the crash proper, walked
off the ferry. Then returned
to Jersey under its own power.
At the last National Safety
Council meeting, Casey de
clared that "there are some
who think we have j;one overiioard unrealistically and ex
travagantly in the safety re
quirements of ship construc
tion." He placed the blame
for most shipboard injuries
on the; ."physicaliy and men
tally unfit, the chronic trou
blemakers and claim con
trivers.''- • • •, It was not known whether
Of not ' Casey planned to file
suit as a result of his injuries.
trict an award continuing the btuiic parity between East, Gulf and
West Coast MEBA collective bar
gaining agreements. The new pro
visions are retroactive to June 16,
1960.
The total package, which repre
sents a major victory for the
MEBA, includes a five percent
boost in wages, penalty time and
night relief rates, plus another two
or three percent for the jr. 3rd and
licensed jr. engineers, and over
time rates instead of penalty time
for certain duties. The only MEBA
request that was denied was for a
10 percent bonus when penalty car
go is carried.
Dr. Ross made his award early
this month after studying the is
sues submitted to arbittation. The
MEBA presented its requests Au
gust 1 foliowihg a deadlock in nego
tiations with the Pacific Maritime
Association. Negotiations with the
West Coast shipowners began July
18 and collapsed when PMA agreed
to the five' percent increase but
refused to grant the other provi
sions of the Shaugnessy award,
handed down on the East and Gulf
Coasts earlier.
Pacific Coast negotiations began
after the Shaugnessy award was
handed down, and came under
terms of a wage review provided
in the 1958 contract. The negotlatioHs were pbstpohed at the reqiiest
of the shipowners until tile 'AlcG
results were known. - -
Philly Hall
Due Oct. 4
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October 4 will mark the official
opening of the new SIU h'ring
hail at Philadelphia, although busi
ness has been conducted from there
now for several weeks.
The hall is located at 2604 S.
Fourth St. and is convenient to
the waterfront and public trans
portation. The building Is a onestory affair, modern in all respects,
and with ample facilities for tlie
comfort and convenience of SIU
members shipping from there.
Get Polio Shots,
PHS Urges
The Public Health Service
urges Seafarers who have not
already done so to get. their
polio shots as won as possible.
The shots can be gotten at any
PHS hospital without charge.
Plenty, oi vaccine is available so
there is no delay in the admin
istering of the shots. The few
minutes a ^afarer takes .to~ in
sure himself against the crip
pling disease by getting the
shots .nre well iKort.h .the saving
of time, mobey, nnd most trf all,
the avoidance ,of suSering and
possible disability. \
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SEAFARERS 100
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Cleaning up after passengers have de
barked is Sammy Gilyard, OS.
New .York race track enthusiasts who want
to enjoy the trip to and from the daily
double at Monmouth Park track in New Jer
sey usually take ths- SlU-manned Wilson
Lines' cruise ship Hudson Beile^' (shown
above) because it's a convenient and pleas
ant way of getting there and Back. The
Belle makes these runs daily from May
through September, leaving New York just
before noon and making connections with
on express track bus in Atlantic Highlands
—in plenty of time for the doily double
which starts at 2 PM. Once the crowds
leave the ship, SlU Inland Boatmen swing
into action getting her in shape for the re
turn run. Regular painting and cleaning
is the daily rule and things are kept in ship
shape order always. The Belle makes the
l5.-mile return trip to Manhattan in less
than two hours, leaving the Highlands at
7:00 nightly.
John Sagersi bosun, paints deck
with roller on Belle.
Dockside fire prevention is 'a must, and
crewman gives It good dousing.
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Wheelsman George Johnson, OS, steers the Belle down
Gravesend Bay. In back: Capt. LeBlanc.
Deckhand Mike Slicen gives as
sist to two ladies.
Jesse Marino, OS, takes his job lying
down, under , bench on Hudson Belle.
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�••ptember, 1969
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SEAFARERS
LOG
rag* Nin*
RR's TURN DEAF EAR
TO PACT TALKS; IBU
ISSUES STRIKE CALL
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After months of fruitless negotiations with seven major
railroads, the Railroad Marine Division of the SIU Inland
Boatmen's Union has refused a Federal offer of arbitration
and, in light of the stubborn
refusal of the railroads to give Furlough Boatmen
ground on even the slightest
of Union demands, has issued a In Pennsy Strike
strike call which will take effect
Some 330 SIU Inland Boat
before the end of next month,,
men working for the Pennsyl- The:t JRailroad Marine Division— . vania Railroad were furloughed from their jobs as
which' has about 850 unlicensed
a result of the Transport
deckhand members—along with the
Workers Union strike against
Marine Engineers Beneficial As
the railroad.
sociation and the Masters, Mates
The IBU men—who work as
and Pilots—comprise the Railroad
Putting scowbumper on SlU-afFiliated diesel electric dipper dredge T. A. Scoft (Merritt, Chapman
deckhands in the marine divi
Marine Harbor Council. The Coun
& Scott) ore (l-r) Leonard Thornton, operator, and Frederick Robeor and Tom Nault, deckhands.
sion of the railroad—^were
cil, which does the bargaining
Bumper
protects dredge from being damaged while it is loading scow.
notified of the job termina
for. member harbor workers, first
tions a few days before the
met with a railroact, management
committee last November, to pre Sept. 1 strike began. The
sent proposed demands which strike ended several* days after
\vere to be incorporated Into a it began, and the deckhands
minimum two-year work agree have since returned to work.
ment under the Railway Labor
Act.
But things bogged down from
the start as the railroad represen-,
tatives repeatedly refused to ac
Philly Pact Talks On
cept any of the Union's proposals;
IBU Locals 1700 and ISOO, along
nor did they offer any proposals
with
101 MEBA, began con
acceptable tp the Union.
The SlU-affiliated Dredge Workers' Union and the Tug tract Local
negotiations
this month with
A new hall for the Railroad Workers' Union are now busy dredging the bottom of the
The major gains. the Railroad
Tugboat
Owners
and Operators,
Mahne officials are seeking for Marina Division has been Detroit River six days a week in an effprt to complete seven
including Curtis Bay Towing, Inde
?the deckhands are as follows:
purchased by the SIU at Jer miles of channel deepening "•*
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pendent Towing, Taylor & Ander
• • A general wage -increase of sey City, NJ. It's now in the proc by the end of the 1961 season draulically operated Scott is able son, Sheridan Transport, and P. F.
ess
of
being
redecorated
and
should
65 cents an hoUr.
Working around the clock, to eat up 13 yards of sediment with Martin (McAllister Bros.) . . . Keel
• Four additional paid holi be ready for occupancy by the end
two
dredges, four scows and two one bite. Along with the Scott came for new barge laid in Houston for
of this month.
days.
two 177-foot hydraulic scows. The Interstate Oil Transport of Philly
The brick, four-story building is tugboats of the Merritt, Chapman Denny, with a nine-yard bucket, . . . Barge will carry 38,000 bar
• A pension and" welfare plan
and
Scott
Corporation
are
scooping
similar to that enjoyed by deep- located at 99 Hudson Street in Jer
canm in from Cleveland with two rels . . . Second will be built soon
sey City. It was purchased for up sediment from the freighter conventional scows to help out in . . . CG Willis' new cargo barge
sea members of the SIU.
channel
off
of
Belle
Isle
as
they
• A minimum manning scale for $22,000.
Christopher Willis arrived Paulsmake their way seven miles down- this project.
all steam and diesel tugs and fer Railroad Marine Representative bound past the heart of the Detroit
boro, NJ terminal last month . . .
Seven-Man Crews
ries which vas in force as of No G. P. McGint) reports that the riverfront.
The three-year-old Scott and the Company will get three more in
building is located two blocks from
vember 1, 1959.
Denny
carry a crew of three deck attempt to compete with rail car
A Federal mediator who at the waterfront area, between the The two dredges are the William hands, one oiler, one engineer, one riers.
tended most of the negotiation New York Central and Perinsyl- Denny, steam engine dipper operator and a captain. Two scowj; ^
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and the T. A. Scott, a new
talks proffered arbitration' about vanio Railroads. A 100 ft. by 25 ft dredge,
men are needed to operate and
diesel
elebtric
dipper
dredge.
They
parking
lot
adjoins
the
property.
three weeks ago when it became
Balto Asking 16% Hike
brihginjg tha - channel depth maintain each scow.
obvious that. no headway had The building will also have fa are
The
two
SlU-affiliated
tugs,
the
down - to 29 feet six Inches. This
SIU Inland Boatmen's Union
been gained during these lengthy cilities for offices oLjother Inland means
Sherman H. Serre and the gigantic representatives
.that
ships
with
as
much
as
negotiations •
Boatmen
groups.
discussions; This 6ffer was reject
Flo W. are working hand in hand with five majorbegan
a
2'7-foot
draft
will
be
able
to
navi
towing
firms in
with the dredge,, Workers doing the port of Baltimore this
ed August'24 by the Railroad Ma Inland Boatmen who use public gate the river,
month.
maintenance work, handling lines The Union represents the licensed
rine Division and the two other transportation will find the Hud
The
huge
199-foot
Scott
was
son
Street
address
convenient
to
and
pulling
scows
out
to
be
member unions of the Railroad
both the Grove St. tubes and city brought in from Ogdensburg, N. Y., dumped. The tugs carry a crew of and unlicensed members employed
Marine Harbor Council.
where It just completed work on one oiler, linesmen, one engineer aboard the vessels which service
buses.
The seven railroads involved
the busy port. Their major goal is
I
the
St. Lawrence Seaway. The hy- and a captain.
are the New York Central, New
a
16 percent increase in wages and
-4After a specific section of the overtime,
Haven, Pennsylvania, Baltimore
plus other considera
channel Is dredged, a sweep is
& Oho, Brooklyn Eastern Dis
tions.
used ,to check for high spots that
trict Terminal, New Ydrk Docks,
may have been missed. This barge
and Bugh Terminal.
t
t
like raft sweeps the bottono of the
river and when a high spot is hit a Mobile Tries Experiment
"strike" is registered. The range
Southern Shell Milling Corp.
and crossrange of the "strike" is has been sending crusher dredge
then plotted* so the dredge can go into bay to crush-shell when
back and finish the job.
dredged instead of barging it to
crushing plant ashore . . . Experi
mental operation, if successful,
The activities of the various might do away with shore crush
inland boatmen, railroad marine ing plants.
tugs, deep sea tugs and harbor
4»
4«
craft under the SIU banner are
dealt, ^th here. The SIU fam
ily includes various groups of Houston Voting Ordered
NLRB ordered election in Na
boatmen throughout the nation
—on the Atlantic and Gulf tional Marine Service tug fieet . . ,
Coasts, on the Mississippi and Election on eight boats in fieet in
Ohio Rivers, the Great Lakes volves 98 men, including shoreand In Pacific Coast ports. side workers, and will continuo
These craft operate in support until Oct. 7 with votes counted
of deep sea shipping and sup Oct. 10 at NLRB New Orleans of
plement such shipping in con- fice . . . "Voting will be partly by
Getting set to pull loaded scow out into Lake St. Clair for dum|blng
fhied Vraters. Their activities mail and partly at polls . . . Cities
Is SlU-affiliated tugboat Flo'W. Three-hour trip keeps two scowinvolved include Houston, Lake
concern all "seafaring trades.
Charles, New Orleans, Norco.
men busy with maintenance and other work.
Lakes Tugs, Dredges
RRTugmenGet Working 'Round Clock
Hail In Jersey On Detroit River Job
r
IBU
Round-Up
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SEATARERS tOG
:.-
Buckeye, Pioneer, Steinbrenner
Prepping For Work Rule Parley
*Lakes
» , Port
• Reports
Duluth Strike Seffhd
DULUTH—A strike of the Twin
Ports' grain elevator men was re
ported settled after a marathon ne
gotiation session that lasted 48
hours. Locals 112 of Superior and
118 of Duluth, Grain Millers Union,
ratified a two-yeat contract.
According to an unconfirmed re
port, a Pickands imd Mather boat
arrived in thiS port recently tand
was manned entirely by officers.
No unlicensed men were oh the
ship even thdugh there are 25 un
licensed jobs'. .
• The.. P-M copipany has al& Imd
off 220 out af 805 employees at its
Zenith Purnace Plant in Duluth.
P-M- refused to say if this was a
permanent lay-off or only teniporary.JThe'plant produces pig Iron
and claims that with the produc
tion of steel down, the market for
pig Iron has also dwindled.
Frankfort Shipping Down
Receiving f»H SlU membership books from boarding patrolman ore crewmembers of Heriry Stein
brenner pCinsman). From the left: Joseph Regan, watchman; Vaughn Richmond, Ooalpasser; Pat
McCoy, OS; James l-lamilton, coolposser; Roy Sowdreou, StU representative; DonaU Courtney,
fireman; .John SHome], watchman; Conrad Johnson, oifer; Oeorge Bastey, RrotnOn; Stanley Stonick,
OS, and William Gibson, wheelsman. After the books were distributed the crew held a p^rty.
FRANKFORT — Shipping has
been 4m the decline here due to
the three-boat , operation • of the
Ann Arbor carferrtes. 'Ann Arbor
#S is still in the shfpyard for
repair and will not be out untilsometime this month.
The majority of the SIO mem
bers have taken . their vacations,
with the remainder of the men
waiting for the hunting season.
Brother Robert Barnes and Herb
Anderson have -been discharged
from the Marine Hospital, but are
not yet fit for work. Brother Al
Bailey Is laid up with a few broken
ribs caused by a water skiing ac
cident The SlU-contracted AKA
now has a new dining room table
in the crew's messroom.
trict was available In the hall every
day during August. SIU members
who didn't Vote , aboard their ship
were able to cast a ballot at the
Toledo hall or any of the other
SIU halls.
if- - t
Chicago Shipping Good
CHICAGO—Shipping took a turn
for tlm good during August with
this port shipping men In all de-r
partments, including a few .15-day
relief , jobs. .'While members .were
waitfhg to be_ shipped; they , en
joyed the comforts of Urn newly
renovated Chicago hall, which-now
includes coffee for members, at all
times of the day, television and air
conditioning.
Thanks go to the secretary-treas
urer of the SIU-affiliated Tug
Workers*^Union, Bob Affleck, for
all his assistance during the Boladd
campaign, "^e Tug 'Workers have
an office in, the building that
houses the Die's Chicago hall.
With Boland now DIU, the port
is looking forward to a busy season.
For Boland now joins the list of
the SlU-contracted ships of Buck
eye, Pioneer. Steinbrenner, Reiss
and Gartlandi, which run regularly
into Chicago. This will mean a
heavier concentration of members
in this port.
. 1 a. iCleveland Men K^p Jobs
CLEVELAND -— The. months -of
June and JOly were, fast shipping
The crews from each of the Buckeye, Pioneer and Steinbrwmer boats are now in the
periods in this i>ort while August
ocess of electing representatives to attend a contract,ipeeting at SIU headq-uarters in
showed a slight slowdown' as- the
stroit. The purpose .of-the meetipg will be to discuss working rules and contract matters
men
kept a tighter hold on their
affecting life and work aboard
jobs.
men voted 1S» for the SIU as op been Issued full SIU membership
ship.
With the addition this year
Now that vessel passes have posed to 7 for "no. union" and 5 books without the payment of an
many
new companies under the
been acquired from Buckeye and for the Lake Sailors Union (Ind.). initiation fee or any other fee.
SlU
banner,
the membwsfaip on
The
SIU
urges
any
Buckeye,
Pi
Pioneer (Hutchinson & Co.) as The Pioneer seamen voted 213
the whole is enjoying a greater
well as Steinbrenner (Kinsman for the SIU and 94 for "no union" oneer or Steinbrenner seaman wiw Toiedo Busy Organizing number of jobs. All heels have
man Transit), SIU patrolmen are and the Buckeye seamen voted 77 was eligible and has not submit
TOLEDO—AU reports show that been handled satisfactorily and
boarding each ship to service the for the SIU and 18 for "no union." ted his application for a full mem the Toledo-Sandusky area has bera while at times Uiere may have
crews. Each crew is being request The SlU now has on record bership book to write or contact
real bertiive of organicational been a few minor Inconveniences
ed to elect a representative if it crew lists of all the unlicensed the SIU. A small number
ap activity during recent months. The to members because of the organ
has not already done so. Once the seamen who were employed by the plications bave been held up be campaign which was aimed at show izing campaign, the members will
SIU is notified that all represen Buckeye, Pioneer and Steinbren cause of . the applicant's failure to ing Bolaud and Ckimelius seamen "foe more than repaid in the long
tatives have been chosen, the men ner fleets. Qualified members have include the reqpiired pictures.
that the SIU offers all SIU mem run with job security.
will be contacted by telegram as
bers real job security was consid The following is a list of mem
to when and where to report.
ered a success by Hie overwhelming bership books on hand in the
This follows the contract sign
vote of the Boland seaman for the Cleveland hall: James ZacharlaS, ;
ing in which the companies agreed
SIU.
,
Edward C. Pitts, John T. Scadlon,
to the full provisions of the Job
Shipping has been very good and Lawrence Kessinger. James R.
Security Program, the Welfare
a ballot box for the voting of offi Clayton, David M. Brown and Roco
Plan and an interim agreement
cers for the SIU Great Lakes Dls- Zicarelll. .
which provides for recognition of
The SIU is now studying a plan for the establishment of a
the.Union and other basic features.
The interm agreement also pro manning and upgrading school for SIU seamen so they can
vides for negotiations to take place qualify to receive their Hreman, oiler or AB endorsements.
on the matter of working rules.
The plan, which envisions-f
;——-——:—
Last June tlie Steinbrenner Sea a program of study including promoted aboard their ship. If,
a possible winter training for example, a fireman's job is
The SIU Great Lakes Union program, would be taught by qual open on an SIU boat and a coalis a union cf, by and for Great ified instructors and open to all passer holds the endorsement and
Lakes seamen which has made SlU members who have the re has seniority over any other man
tremendous progress in advanc quired amount of sea time,
sailing unrated but holding that
ing the security of SIU men
endorsement, he aidy take the pro
One
method
of
study
now
being
sailing under its banner. One
motion and move up immediately,
of its greatest aeecmplishments considered is one in which SIU if he is' capable of doing the work.
seamen
would
be
contacted
and
is. the seniority and job security
the case of relief jobs, a quali
system which gives Lakes men requested to take leaves of ab In
fied
seaman may also move up
sence
from
their
boats
for
a
spe
protection under the seasonal
and
fill
the position.
cific
time
of
study
and
awistance
shipping set-up. Once confined
The
SIU
has always felt that It
at
a
designated
training
center.
to inland waters, activities of
During this time the, SIU seai- is the responsiblity of both the
SIU men oar the Lakes now have
grea^ sigalfteanGe - with the tnen would receive all the needed Union and the company to assist
openfog of the Sdkway and Its instructions and training 40 obtain and encourage men who have suf
Renovation of the new SIU hall in Buffalo has begun with woricmeti i
use by hundreds cf deep sea their end.orsements and then . re ficient sea time to upgrade them
Ebips. The Lakes have become turn to their boats. Arrangements selves in their department, Be
removing the old bulkheads in preparation for the complete ren- ;
America's fourth ^seaMast and would be 'made for the, members' cause of this, thC SlU has always
ovation. SIU representative Blackie Gardner (third from right] !;
felt that It is of great advantage
(eevciopments there, are of ih- meals and lodging.
reports
that bidlding will bo completed about October 1. It 'wm >
<^^ing latere^ to alt ni^ tn • It is well known that'under the- 40 all twrated i members If they
olso
Inuse
the Jpint Council of the ILA, the ,f,|KA Pnd.^e^lU- ^
better
thems^es
hy
going,
after
Great
-Lakes
Seamen's
Job
.
Seetirthe SIU family of anions.'
alffilioted
Tug
V/drkert and Oredne Woiiers.'
ity Prograip, SIU seamen can bc,,,ap.A?r fijenwn or oUer'a
K
4
Union Studying Plans
For Upgrading
Buffalo Ronovatlons.Startod
-4-
�••ptomber. 19M
SEAFARERS
Par* Elerea
LOG
KES S
GREAT LAKES ELECTION
ENDS; FARNEN REELECTED
SECRETARY-TREASURER
i" ^
^ First Pioneer Seamen (Hutchinson & Co.) to vote in SIU Great
Lakes District biennial eteetTon ©I ©ffieeri were Casiner Siuda,
oiler, and James Dwyer, fireman. Seated next to ballot box Is
Eldon Carter, porter, one of three SIU members elected to Elec
tion Committee when voting began August 1, at Detroit.
5 Adrift On Superior
Saved By SIU Crew
Through the fast thinking and quick work of the officers
and crewmembers of the SlU-contracted ship Michael Gal
lagher (Midland), a boating party of five were saved after
being adrift for 28 hours in^
—
^
treacherous Lake Superior.
several searches gave up, thinking
The 38-foot, Detroit bound the glittering lights were mirages
ir-
!
ft ..
craft developed engine trouble off
the Huron Islands on July 26 and
floundered aimlessly for 28 hours
hefdre thai Gallaghe'r Spotted Its
distress signals west of'Big Bay. In
a matter of minutes Mr, and Mrs.
George Polasek and their two
daughters, Patty, five, and Jo, two,
were safely aboard the freighter.
The fifth person In the party, Fred
llurtubiste, remained in the boat to
aid in guiding the helpless craft as
It was towed in.
The Gallagher, loaded with 9,000 tons of coal for the Calumet
Division's wharf in Hubbell,
Changed its course after mirror
flashes were seen south of the reg
ular shipping lanes. The boat was
also picked up on the Gallagher's
radar screen. The SIU crew re
ported that when they drew close
they saw a white sheet hung over
the side of the stricken boat.
Used Flashlight
The passengers told the Gal
lagher crew that during the night
they used a flashlight to signal for
help, but with no success. The
mirror had been used to reflect the
sun's rays during the daf.
Keweenaw sailors reported see
ing flashes, but after making
caused by atmospheric conditions
existing between Manitdu Island
and Stannard Rock lighthouses.
Residents say such reflections are
common in the Keweenaw Penin
sula's lee shore. - >
.
All five passengers were re
ported in good condition except for
fatigue and slept aboard their boat
that night. Owner Polasek said he
planned to continue his voyage to
Detroit once the engine was re
paired.
SIU Great Lakes
Union Halls
HEADQUARTERS '
10225-W. Jefferson, River Rouge IS. Mich.
Vinewood 3-4741
Fred J. Farnen. Secretary-Treasurer
Stanley F. Thompson. Asst. Seo.-Treas.
ALPENA
127 River St.
Norman Jolicoeur, Agent. .Elmwood 4-3616
BUFFALO. NY
35 N. Pearl St.
Address maU to; 890 Main St.
GRant 2728
CHICAGO
0389 Ewing Ave.
South Chicago. lU,
SAginaw 1-0738
CLEVELAND
1420 W. 25 St.
Stanley Wares. Agent
MAin 1-0147
DULUTH
312 W. 2nd St.
Matt Anttila. Agent.... RAndolph 2-4110
FRANKFORT, Mich.
312 Main St,
Address MaU to: P.O. Box 287
Glen Beaucock. i\gent
BLgin 7-2441
TOLEDO
120 Summit St.
CHerry 8-2431
Membership-elected committees in the ports and at SIU headquarters in River Rouge
have completed their tally of the results of the month-long voting for officials of" the
Great Lakes District and submitted their final report for membership action at the meet
ings on September 19. Fred Farnen was reelected secretary-treasurer.
The election committee's
—
tallly shows an overall total Julius H. Johnson (Book No. elected committee of election in
et 1,476 ballots cast throughout
the district and among crews of
SlU-contracted boats. The voting
began August 1 , and continued
through August 31. During that
•period every SIU vessel was board
ed with a ballot 6ox and crews
voted. Ballot boxes were also open
in .all branch offices under the
supervision of membership-elected
committees. ; ,
The headquarters election > com
mittee reported that the following
are the committees' results (* indi
cates winner)
*
Secretary-Treasorer;
•Fred Farnen (Book No. 2109)
1,277 votes.
17 write-in. votes. ;
Assistant Secretary-Treasurer
•Stanley F. Thompson (Book No.
7656) 1,256 votes.
6 write-in votes.
Alpena Agent "
James Gamble (Book No. 8853>
352 votes.
•Norman Jolicoeur (Book No.
7774) 893 votes.
3 write-in votes.
Buffalo Agent
•Roy J. Boudreau (Book No.
5711) 785 votes.
Thomas V. Hydock (Book No.
7326) 139 votes.
4561) 234 votes.
1 write-in vote.
Cleveland Agent
•Stanley Wares (Book No! 2411)
1,168 votes.
10 write-in votes.
Detroit Agent
•Edmond J. Doherty (Book. No.
4394) 1,155 votes.
'
•8 write-in votes.
Duluth Agent
Matt A. Anttila (Book No. 6332)
320 votes.
James La Gosh (Book No. 7550)
137 votes.
Sumner E. Thompson (Book No.
6308) 201 votes.
•Gerald Westphal (Book No.
7483) 658 votes.
Frankfort Agent
•Glen H. Beaucock (Book No.
7777) 59 votes.
Flo^d Hanmer (Book No. 8894)
55 votes.
Opal W. Robinson (Book No.
9485) 8 votes.
1 write-in vote.
(The Frankfort agent is voted
only by the crewmembers of the
Ann Arbor car-ferries.)
23 Ballots Voided
There were 28 ballots voided
and one ballot was destroyed.
On September 6, at all member
ship meetings, the membership-
each port tabulated their ballots
and nqted the results in the min
utes of the meetings. The commit
tee then forwarded to headquar
ters the ballots along with a copy
of the tally sheets under sealed
cover marked "liallots for dfficers."
In cases where there was no
quorum, the port agent, in the
presence of a committee of five
members, opened the ballot boxes
and counted the ballots.
Meeting Is Held
On Welfare Plan
The first joint shipowner-SIU
committee on the Great Lakes Sea
men's Welfare Plan met on Sep
tember 21 in Detroit to discuss th»
program of benefits and the fund
ing program of the Plan;
The committee for the operators
was elected from all the operators
signed to the plan at a joint meet
ing on August 18.
The SIU program is the only ons
of its kind on the Great Lakes and
provides for one over-all program
for all seamen without regard to
the specific company or the num
ber of companies a man works for
during a season.
Other matters affecting SIU
Great Lakes seamen were dis
cussed at the meeting.
Japanese Trade Unionists Visit River Rouge
Great lakes Shipping
Aug. 1-Aug. 31,1960
DECK
ENGINE
STEWARD
TOTAL
Alpena
a
36
27
13
.76
Buffalo
21
7
6
34
Chicago
27
19
4
60
Cleveland
50
26
9
85
Detroit
129
117
65
311
Duluth
40
40
7
87
Frankfort
28
37 .
34
99
Toledo
19
12
0
31
350
265
138
773
PORT
TOTAL
,
*
SIU Director of Organization Al Tanner (standing, center) explains background of SIU Great Lakes Dis
trict organizing campaign In Boland fleet to members of Japanese Trade Union Health and
Safety Study Team os State Department official looks on. Some eight representatives of Japanese
trade unions, Including assistant director of Alt-Japan Seamen's Union, visited River Rouge head
quarters bst month to study American union procedures.
�TVelr®
SEAFARERS
LOG
SeviemW, 19M
1^ s
SEAFARERS
IN DRYDOCK
NJ Jobless
Pay Change
AidsSeamen
Trainees Earn Lifeboat Tickets
One of the little-noted anniversaries that slijpped by during
the summer was the 10th birthday of the hospital benefit.
This unique SIU benefit, which assures payments for an
unlimited period, no matter how long a man is hospitalized, has
yielded almost $1.8 million in cash payments to hospitalized Sea A major gap in New Jersey's
unemployment insurance system
farers since July, 1950.
Among the brothers now on the hospital list of the USPHS faeility affecting Seafarers employed by
In Ne\y Orleans are Louis Peed, Theodore Lee, Lawrence Wessels, New Jersey companies has been
Mitchell Reed, Edwin Anderson and Donald Dambrino. All of them closed. Three SlU-contracted com
panies, Sea-Land, Seatrain and
appear to be doing okay.
Brother Peed, who has had several stays In the hospital. Is back Valentine Chemical, maintain their
in with a bad leg but feels that he'll be shipshape after this time. home base in New Jersey.
As the result of the change, sea
He last sailed on the Producer. Lee is another brother who is back
for another gcround because of a leg condition that's troubling him. men can now combine their New
Jersey wage credits with those
His last ship was the -Chickasaw.
Doing fine is the report on'Brother Wessels, who is in the hospital earned in other states when apply
One of the latest groups of SIU lifeboat school trainees poses
due to a heart condition. He came off the cruise ship Del Norte. Laid ing for unemployment compensa
for "graduation" pWo outside SIU hall in Brooklyn. Successful
tion. The new procedure is impor
tant in the shipping industry be « class, covering meii from all departments, includes {front, I to r]:
cause seamen often work for com
M. Cruz, Angel O'Neill, Jerry Pow, S. M. Hsu, Maurice Roberts;
panies located in several states.
rear, Knud Ostergaard, C. Dean, Bosun Bill Doak (instructor),.
When a seaman must combine seaJ. Martin, O. Rios and Ken Westervick.
time in order to establish eligibil
ity, the amount and duration of
the benefits will be based on the
laws of the state where the claim
is filed.
In the past, the seaman .who
Wessels
worked for companies in different
Peed
states could not make use of his
up with a liver condition, Keed fs likewise progressing well at the New Jersey earnings when seeking
New Orleans drydock. The Penn Vanguard was his last ship.
unemployment Insurance. This
Anderson is making headway recuperating from a heart attack and often meant he could not collect
An expanded diagnostic medical carter located right in the
seems to be doing okay. His last vessel was Del Campo. Off another benefits for which he was oth
SIU hall is now being blueprinted for the port of Baltimore
Mississippi ship, the Del Sol, Brother Dambrino is also reported gain erwise eligible.
in place of the outside clinic operated for the past 2V4 years.
ing in his recovery from a heart attack.
Seamen off a' Seatrain vessel,
These and all SIU brothers in the hospitals appreciate visits and for example, previously could only •The present clinic, situated-'
mail, whenever possible, from their shipmates. A visit or a letter is apply in NJ and could not use out- some distance froni the hall, is space In the-4,aur-story structure. ^
a very welcome tonic for those cooped up in the hospital.
of-state earnings to establish eli at 1739 Eutaw Place.
New OHeaiu CUnio
•
The following is the latest available listing of men in the hospitals: gibility.
In a move designed to broaden
The
change
in
Baltimore
comes
VA HOSPITAL
The change is effective only on the center's services and make on the heels of earlier-announced
USPHS HOSPrrAL
KERRVILLE, TEXAS
STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK
claims filed after September 1, them more, convenient for Sea plans to open a similar center in
WiUard T. CahiU
Antonio Gonzales
James Alston
MT. WILSON STATE HOSPITAL
1960 in all states except Mississip farers and their families, trustees the new hall for Seafarers now
Charles Haymond
Sidney Anderson
MT. WILSON, MARYLAND
Thomas Lauer
Arthur BaUu
pi, Kentucky and Alaska. It will of the SIU Welfare Plan approved being constructed in New Orleans.
George Davis
Robert F. Nielsen
Roberto Bosco
TRIBORO HOSPITAL
not affect current benefits. Any the shift at their last meeting. The In addition, plans are underway to
Walter C. Cole. Jr. William Normand
JAMAICA, LONG ISLAND, NY
Salvator Rivera
Henry A. Deacon
one already collecting benefits, in exact site within the present Union establish a medical center for the
James Russell
William H. Todd
Chas. Dougherty
USPHS HOSPITAL
New Jersey or any other state, building has not yet been, deter first time at the SIU building in
T. M. White
Niles v. Erlkscn
CHICAGO, ILL.
Peter V. Wygerden
Angela Fuentes
cannot use the change in NJ law. mined. There are several possible San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Edgar S. Smith
USPHS HOSPITAL
to add to his present benefits.
arrangements to utilize available
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
USPHS HOSPITAL
Established in April, 1957, with
George .T. Balaskos Charles W. Phelps
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
Dennis C-hoon
Roy Y. Poore
Eusibo Andaya
Loyd J. Griffis
the opening of the first clinic one
Flea A. Clay
Henri J. Robin, Jr.
Wm. BrightweU
Daniel HUI
block ifom SIU headquarters in'-^
Hamiltcn Dailey
Cecil O. Saunders
Charles CantweU
John ^choch
James M. Davis
R. E. Waterfield
Brooklyn, the Medical Department '
Gorman T. Glaze
Wm. E. Roberta
Niddie C. Hinson
VA HOSPITAL
now operates clinics- in five ports.
USPHS HOSPITAL
FORT HOWARD. MARYLAND
Month
Of
July,
1960
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
The
centers in Mobile and New
Raymond E. Dabney
Matthew Bruno
H. E. Monteton
Orleans s^t up shop in December,
VICTOR CULLEN STATE HOSPITAL
Daniel R. CaUaghan Harold D. Napier
CULLEN, MARYLAND
Daniel A. Hutto
Lacey L. Phillips
Port
Socmen
Wives
Cliildren
TOTAL 1957, and the newest one, in Hous
Alvlno Terrazas
L. B. Knickerbocker
VA HOSPITAL
USPHS HOSPITAL
Baltimore
?5
7
12
114 ton, marked its first anniversary last June.
FORT MILEY. CALIF.
BRIGHTON, MASS.
Houston
... 45
0
0
45
James P. Ahern
Peter A. Marozaa
Howard J. Watts
All told, the five clinics have
USPHS HOSPITAL
Raymond M. Davis James E. Martin
Mobile
..... 85 *
8
7
100 given a total of 28,677 examina
SEATTLE. WASHINGTON
USPHS HOSPITAL
Ray C. Coffey
Sten T. Zetterman
GALVESTON. TEXAS
New Orleans ........ 196
6 "
6
208 tions to Seafarers and their de
USPHS HOSPITAL
George C. Dunfee
D. B. Patterson .
FORT WORTH, TEXAS .
pendents since the start of the en
Harry Granger
James Rogers
New York
... 289
22
16
327 tire program. Over 25,000 examina
B. F. Deibler
Max Olson
John G. Gregory
Adam E. Slowick
Thomas R. Lehay
Peter W. Sotire
Horace C. Hunt
Glen Vinson
Woodrow Meyers
Bozo G. Zelencic
tions have been given to seamen
Archie J. MUne
Lyndon C. Wade
SAILORS SNUG HARBOR HOSPITAL John O. Morrison
TOTAL
^.. 710
43
41 794 alone during this period. (See sum
STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK
USPHS HOSPITAL
Bart E. Guranick
Thomas Isaksen
mary at right.) This covers both
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
A. B. Gutierrez
original exams and re-exams of
Belisarlo
Alonso
Ernest H. Webb
VA HOSPITAL
George E. Kitchens
WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
seamen and dependents to date.
USPHS HOSPITAL
Everett Haislett
Henry E. Smith
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
John J. Driscoll
Diagnostic Work
E. W. Anderson
Isidore Levy
VA HOSPITAL
Enoch
B.
Collins
Shelby
McChutosh
The clinics are not treatment
AMERICAN LAKE, WASHINGTON
Chas. Cunningham Anthony Marano
Frank E. Anderson
centers: they deal exclusively in
Donald Dambrino WiUiam L. Mason
VA HOSPITAL
F. DeDoniiiicis
diagnostic, preventive medicine
James T. Moore
OTEEN, NORTH CAROLINA
Bertram Eckert
Clarence Morehead
Joseph-J. Bass
and seek through periodic physical
Ray J. Elliot
Eddie A. Patingo
VA HOSPITAL
Nathan Goldiinger Louis W. Peed
check-ups to detect potential ill
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Leo C. Hannon
MitcheU Reed
Chas: O. Bergagna
ness before it can become dis
John Joseph Hazel Calvin A. Rome
abling.
Gustave Hoyzan
Earl J. Sillin
Wilbert Hughes
Stanford A. Smith
A small sampling of current find
Edw. O. Johnson Andrew Stander
Blood Donor
Oscar M. Jones
R.
Stathan
ings points up the value of the
G. M. Kasprzyk
James Stathis
Center in NY
program. In one month, all signs
Andrew Kennedy
Jay C. Steele
Knapp
William Thornton
pointed
to an inactive tubercular
Seafarers are reminded that Edward
Leo J. Lang
Harold G. Werns
condition for one -dependent as
appointments for donors to the Harold A. Laiimann Lawrence
Wessels
RoI.-<nd Wilcox
well as a number of ,seameik ex
SIU Blood Bank can be made Theodore LeeVA HOSPITAL
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amined.
As a result, the individuals
at any time on the 2nd deck at
WEST ROXBURY, MASS.
were promptly "alerted to the situ
SIU headquarters. Blood dona R, J. ArsenaultVA HOSPITAL
ation and advised of - possible
tions are made at the New York
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Talbot
treatment. Lacking this type of
Health Center of the SIU Wel Edward
US SOLDIERS HOME ft HOSPITAL
medical
facility, they might have
fare Plan, just one block from
WASHINGTON. DC
gone on for years with no hikling
the hall, and take only a few Wm. H. Thomson
VA HOSPITAL
of a seitoUs problem or What to do
moments.
CENTF" -""T SPRINGS, SD
about it
Clifford C. Womack
All-New Clinic Mapped
For Baltimore SIU Hall
Physi€al Exams-^All SIU C/m/cs
In the hospital?
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SEAFARERS
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LOG
tlTlT DEPARTMEN'T
Disability-Pension Roster Grows
12 More SlU Men Retired
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An even dozen Seafarers who are no longer able to work-make up one of the largest
groups ever approved for the SltJ disability-pension benefit at one time. The 12 SIU vet
erans got the green light for the $35 weekly benefit at the latest meeting of the joinfboard
OJ. trustees for the SIU Wel--^
1955, he used to sail as a member hernia condition.
fare Plan.
Rourke, also a deck department
The latest additions to the of the black gang.
Francis, now 57 years of age,
SIU disability-pension list bring
the total number of Seafarers now had sailed with the steward de
receiving this benefit to 190. De partment. He joined the SIU In
spite mounting additions to the 1943 and was declared not fit for
benefit roster, deaths keep reduc
ing the total.
Five of the dozen approved this
Papadokis
Bastes
Goldsmit
time are under 60 years of age,
including two under 50.
Already receiving their benefits,
those just added to the list are:
Nicklos A. Bastes, William R.-Bates,
Scherzer
Lowe
veteran, joined the Union in 1940.
He is retiring at the age of 57 be
cause an inflammation of the kid-,
neys prevents him from working.
Wilisch is 64 years old and sailed
in the deck department. An SIU
man since 1946, he was declared
not fit for duty permanently be
cause of a disabling arteriosclerosis
Bates
duty permanently due to a heart
condition.
Another veteran of the steward
department, Goldsmit is now 75
years old. He is retiring from the
sea because of heart disease after
having sailed with the SIU since
1941.
Medina, 46 years of age, sailed
vdth the engine department and
joined the Union in 1942. A heart
ailment- has forced him to quit
working for good.
An oldtimer who shipped in the
deck department, Scherzer joined
the. SIU back in 1939. He is 63
years old and is retiring from sea
faring due to heart disedse.
Lowe Is 65 years old and is- a
deck department member who
joined the Union in 1939. He is re
tiring because of arthritis and a
Medina
Rourke
and arthritic condition.
Neumaier is retiring at the age
of 74 because of arteriosclerotic
heart disease. Ha joined the SIU
in 1940 and had sailed in the stew
ard department.
Pappadakis, another steward de
partment veteran, joined the Un
ion in 1941. He is retiring due to a
heart condition at the aga of 65.
Seesholtz, who is*^8 years old,
joined the Harbor and Inland
Waterways Division of the SIU in
1957. He was approved for special
disability benefits because of de
generative arthritis that prevents
nim from working.
Augustus Francis, Abram Gold
smit, Marcos E. Medina, Edward
Scherzer, Jesse Lowe, George
Rourke, Edward Wilisch, Charles
J. Neumaier, Michael Pappadakis
and Lawrence F.' Seesholtz Sr.
Bastes, who is 64 years old,
sailed in the steward department
and joihed the SIU In 1944. His
USPHS record states that, he is
Along with millions of youngsters all over the US, an
"not fit for duty permanently" be
estimated
2,OO0 SIU. benefit babies joined the back-to-school
cause of arteriosclerotic heart
movement
this month at the end of the summer recess. The
disease.
A member of the Union since 2,000 - figure represents only-*^
1946, Bates is only 40 years old. half of the more than 4,000 for births to proud SIU parents
He has been declared not fit for children born to SIU families amounts to $812,000, and covers
duty permanently because of since the maternity benefit pro the arrival of 4,060 youngsters.
Twenty-four of the new arrivals
epilepsy. Previously on the special gram got underway in 1952.
The latest total of benefits paid were recorded during the.first four
disability list for one month in
weeks in August. .
An additional family "nestegg"
is represented by an equal number
of $25 US bonds presented to the
families by'the Union as a gift in
Cn#.:ni Cariiritu
Old-Age, Survlvovs and Disability Inthe baby's name. The accumulated
sociai aecuriTy. gurancg system (OASDl), popularly known
maturity value,of the baby bonds
as Social Security, is a program of Federal benefits, It is ad
issued to date equals $101,500.
ministered in Washington by the Social Security Administration
Payable since April 1, 1952, the
of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare through field
$200 SIU maternity benefit was
offices in many cities. The program prpvides maximum' family
set up to ease the cost of childbenefits of $254 monthly.
rearing for the growing number
If you are employed or self-employed in any kind, of work cov
of SIU men raising families.
ered by Social Security, you must have a Social Security account
Despite the skeptics, the invest
number. Your Social Security card shows your account number,
ment rapidly proved worthwhile.
A total of 518 SIU youngsters was
which is used to keep a record of your earnings. You should use
born in the first year and, at its
the same account nunnbier all your life. It is advisable to check
peak, -647 newcomers arrived in
periodically on the status of your account in order to avoid any
the third (April, 1954-March, 1955).
possible errors.
All told, in the more than eight
OASDI benefits are not paid automatically. Applicants for oldyears since the program began, an
age, survivors or disability insurance are adyised to file promptly
average of 490 babies has arrived
and to have necessary proofs of age, marital status, dependent
each year.
support and/or death (for survivors* benefits) available in ad
One of the unique features of
vance. When you believe you are eligible file promptly, with or
the maternity benefit is its recog
without proofs, so that benefits payments may start as soon as
nition of multiple births, in(;luding
possible. Prompt filing is important because the number of hack
33 .sets of twins and two sets of
payments Is limited by law. This applies to the liunp-sum burial
triplets for which multiple bene
benefit (maximum, $255) also. .
fits were paid.
$111 Benefit Babies Top
4,000; Many In School
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Joseph Volpian, Social .Secnrity Director
Welfare Plan Passes lOtSi Birthday
The passing of time since the SIU Welfare Plan began ten years
ago has seen many developments. The wide variety of benefits now
available to Seafarers and their families has become such a matter
of routine that the latest Welfare Plan anniversarj' passed by un
noticed. The same applies to the SIU Vacation Plan, now past its
ninth year.
It's important to note, however, that these benefits cannot be re
garded as mere "routine matters". They cannot be regarded* as such
because they represent an outlay of more than $300,000 per month
in cash benefits alone (see chart below). This is a considerable sum
worthy of some recognition. Various other service benefits are not
included in the total.
In actual fact, the "Social Security" banner of this department
covers a great many matters of concern to Seafarers and their fami
lies. The livelihood and well-being of thousands of SIU families are
directly linked to the chain of SIU benefits and other benefits noted
on these pages. (See also story on page 4). *
None of these items can be classed "routine" when you look at the
whole picture. Aside from' the concerns of the. immediate family, the
birth of 'a child is no matter of wondef today. However, consider
the fact that over "4,000 youngsters in SIU families, half of them al
ready attending school, have entered the world since the time a few
short years ago when the SIU maternity benefit program began.
Consider what a physical examination program, a blood bank and
a combined medical-surgical-hospital program must mean in main
taining the health of these growing youngsters and their families.
These are only a part of our SIU "Social Security" facilities.
In another area, look at the number of "firsts" we have witnessed
in developing our benefits. These are naturally prestige-builders, but
they also mean new needs being .taken care of, wherever they may
occur.
Larry Seesholtz, now disabled and a member of the SIU Harbor
and Inland Waterways Division, is the first tugboatman from the
Gulf area to start drawing the $35 weekly SIU disability-pension. Ha
is ohe of a dozen Seafarers recently qualified for this benefit, which
is available to him throughout his lifetime because he is no longer
able to work (see story at left). This is another important measure of
what security means for an SIU man.
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Many of our oldtimers expressed interest in the action by the re
cent extra session of Congress on a medical care aid bill for the aged.
Due to the political activities linked to the passage of this bilh the
legislation that emerged is far from satisfactory in many quarters.
Efforts will surely be made next year to improve on it. Meanwhile,
our oldtimers at least have the assurance that SIU benefits still cover
their particular needs In this area.
(Comments and suggestions are invited by the Department and can
be submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.)
SIU Welfare, Vacation Plans
Report of Cash Benefits Paid
Period: August 1-28, T960
Number of Amount
Benefit^
Paid
Hospital Benefits (Welfare).. 5,121 $14,567.51
Death Benefits (Welfare)
6
19,905.00
Disability Benefits (Welfare).
716
25,060.00
Maternity Benefits (Welfare) .
24
4,800.00
Dependents Benefits (Welfare)
143
39,062.12
Optical Benefits (Welfare)...
175
1,693.61
Summary (Welfare)....... 6,185
Vacation Benefits
$105,088.24
1,194
$203,780.29
TOTAL WELFARE, VACATION
BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD.. 7,379
$308,868.53
Summary
Cash Benefits Paid
Hospital Benefits (Welfare)
$1,778,717.35
Death Benefits (Welfare)
3,132,969.06
Disability Benefits (Welfare) ... 1,112,835.00
Maternity Benefits (Welfare)...
812,000.00
Dependents Benefits (Welfare). 1,239,752.90
Optical Benefits (Welfare) ....
36,882.07
Summary (Welfare),
$ 8,113,156.38
Vacation Benefits
$14,529,315.21
TOTAL WELFARE, VACATION
BENEFITS PAID TO DATE
$22,642,471.59
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SEAFARERS
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Welcome New^
FINAL
DISPATCH
SIU BABY
The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported to the
Seafarers Welfare Plan and a total of $32,000 In benefits was paid:
Roy G. Wilt. 54: Brother, Wilt
John S. Lukas, 65: Brother Lukas
died of arteriosclerosis in Harris- died of natural catlses In the Pub
burg, Pa., on
lic Health Serv
August 4, 1960.
ice Hospital on
An SIU member
S t a t e n Island,
since 1947, he
New York, July
had sailed for
1, 1960. He had
many years in
sailed in the
the engine de
steward depart
partment.
His
ment since March
survivors include
2, 1946. He is
his widow, Helen
survived by his
E. Wilt, of Harwidow, Irene
risburg. Details about his place of Lukas, of Brooklyn, N.Y. Burial
burial are not known. Total bene was at the Cypress Hills Cemetery,
fit: $4,000.
Brooklyn, NY. Total benefit: $4,000.
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Frank Bines, 37: Brother Blues
passed away on July 2, 1960, at
the King County
Hospital, Seattle,
Wash., following
an a 11 a c'k of
pneumonia. H e
had sailed "since
September, 1943,
as an SIU man
In the engine de
partment. He is
survived by his
mother, Mrs. Veronica B. TristanL
Burial details are not known. To
tal benefit: $4,000
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William B. Baylors, 39: Brother
Saylors died of drowning on July
17, 1960, in the
Mississippi River
at New Orleans,
La. He had been
sailing in the
steward depart
ment since 1946.
Lila Bailey Say
lors was appoint
ed administratrix
of his estate.
Burial was in the Amity Cemetery,
New Orleans, La.. Total benefit:
$4,000.
ARRIVALS
All of the following SIU families have received a $200 maternity
benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union In the baby's name,-repre
senting a total of $3,200 In maternity benefite and a matniity value
of $400 In bonds:
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News ol his
SIU disability-pension bene
fits plus first $35 weekly check
gives a much-needed lift to
veteran Seafarer Charles J.
Neumaier (left visited recent*
ly by Walt Sibley. SIU A&G
port agent at San Francisco.
(See story, page 13)
George A. Gonzales, born July 6,
1960, to Seafarer end Mrs,
Alphonso R. Gonzales, New Or
leans, La .
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Gwenda Ann Henry, born July
20, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs^
Michael Henry, Channelview, Tex.
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Joey Rivera, born . August T 2,
1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jose P.
Rivera, Bronx, NY.
Michael Lowell HlpP, bora Au
gust 9, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Lyle Lowell Hipp, Houston, Texas,
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Ke-vin James Hume, born July 3,
1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Peter F.
Hume, Arabi, La.
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StU Blood Bank
. Inventory
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Dale Wayne Groth, bom June
Leon Joseph Maas, bom April 29, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. John
25, i960, to Seafarer and Mrs. LeOn "David Groth, Baltimore, Md.
J. Mass, New Orleans, La.
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Timothy Mark Kent, born July
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Alice Charlene WlUlams, born 28, 1960, td; Seafarer and Mrs.
Clyde A. Kent, Baltimore, Md.
Mars I. Gallop, 34: Brother Gal
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at the mouth of
Genezyasz J. Nowokunskl,. 44: A
the Amazon River coronary thrombosis was fatal to
in Brazil on July
Brother Nowo
18, 1960. He had
kunskl in Bom
shipped in the
bay, India, on
steward depart
May 7, 1960. He
ment since Au
sailed in the
The SIU blood bank supplies Seafarers or members of their families
gust, 1945. Marsteward depart with blood anywhere in the United States. Seafarers can donate to
vella Gallop was
ment since De the bank at the SIU clinic in Brooklyn. Listed here are a few of the
appointed admin
cember 18, 1946. Seafarers and others who have donated to the blood bank.
istratrix of his
Surviving are his
Leventhal, Jason R.
Smith, Troy D.
estate. Details about the place of
daughters, Jeanne
Garay, Rufino
Silberfarb, Peter M.
and Mary Nowoburial are not known. Total bene
Trefethen, Donald A.
Olsen, Elmer
kunski of Whitman, Massachusetts.
fit: $4,000.
Wagner, Donald
Keller, Frank A.
Place of burial was not indicated.
J,
Meher,
Cornelias
B.
Escabi, Luis A.
Total
benefit:
$4,000.
Anselmo Melendez; 69: Brother
Vazquez, Domingo
Orencio, Nicanor
Melendez died on August 19, i960,
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Womack, James D.
Parker, James M.
of injuries fol
Bennett, Jack J.
Robert Belyea, 35: Brother Bellowing an aUto
Suchmam David
yea, died of a hemorrhage while
accident in his
O'Neill, Johnny
aboard the SS Santore, March 14,
hometown of
Strange, Leo
1960. He had sailed in the engine
Freeport, LI. He
Benefield, Glen O.
had shipped in
department since September 11,
Lane, Edward J.
the engine de
1956. He is survived by his widow,
Koval, John T.
partment
and
Elsie E. Belyea, appointed admin
Period: July, 1960
Trazenfeld, Leonard
had been an SIU
istratrix of the Belye»t estate. Buri
Pints Contributed .... 167
Allison, Cornelius J,
member since
al was in the Lutheran Cemetery
Martin, George F.
1939. total bene
Winger, Minnesota. Total benefit:
Pints Rejected-3
Black, James F.
fit: $4,000.
$4,000.
Brookfield, Henry
- Pints Credited* ....... SSVi
Pints On Hand
Silverstein, Stanley S
July 1
JBI
Barbara, Salvatore
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Ellman, Leonard
180V6
Bouchier, Ronald G.
Pints Used .......... 42
Subotnick, Stuart
Cleary, Stephen M..
Pints On Hand
Perez, Jose M.
August 1, 1960 ..........138V4
Reddock,' Richard
. ,
The Seafarer described below, is receiving the $35 .weekly SW
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Harper, Harry H.
disability-pension benefit.
Summary
Ritt, Joseph M.
Robert M. Ellis . . . 72 . . . First went to sea back in 1913 on an
Total Contributed To Date:
Dunn, Joseph
old-line dry cargo vessel. He Joined the SIU liyi93d
1,158 Pints
Barnes, Lionel C. •
as a member of the steward department. Among
Total Rejected To Date:
Carpenter, Alvln /
the .many vessels he's sailed. Brother Ellis remem
43 Pints
Pltzele, Peter
.
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bers the Waterman ship Yaka, for it was on this
. Total Credited To Date:
Sands, John E.
.
ship that he made the famed Murmansk run in 1942.
557V^ Pints
Williams, John
He recalls that the ship was under fire from above,
Total Used To Date:
Gottfried, Gerald J,
.
under and on the seas . . , and although the trip
419 Pints
Blake, John
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was successful, the memory lingers pn even today.
Blake, Brian
Retired since 1955 on t}ie SIU disability-pension,
*This is a standard arrangement
Fong, Jackson
this veteran Seafarer liyes in Brooklyn with his wife
alloting 50% for s'ervice, process
Sisto, Eugene J.
Muriel. Well along in years, he generally takes it
ing and storage to Brooklyn
Efron, Ronald
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easy ^pund the house, but stfll manages to get out to the hall in
Geisler,• RobM^;F<j
; ,• .Donor Center Inc.' '
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Brooklyn at least twice a month to chat and visit with former ship
Bruckner, Howard'-.'
mates.
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Cousins, -Clarenoe; ^
PENSIONERS
CORNER
August 8, 1960, to Seafarer" and
Mrs. James E. Williams,'Mpbile,
Ala.
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Jacqueline Lynn TroMlair, born
June 5, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Jack C. Trosclair, Mobile, Ala.
Debra Marie- Flaherty, borii July
23,1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. John
M. Flaherty, Boston, Mass.
Milton Lee Morrow, born April
18, 1960, to Seafarer wd Mrs. Coy
Lee Morrow, Mobile,,Ala.
Jimmie Wayne Brown, born July
25, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Jimmie R. Brown, Milligan, Fla.
Roberto Ayala, born August 16,
1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jesus
Ayala, Bronx, NY. .
Cathy Lunelle Bishop, born July
31, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Hollis Bishop, Bayou La Batre, Ala.
Scholarship
Rule Change
Seafarers or their children who
are interested in competing for
future SIU scholarship awards are
advised to note a clarification in
the eligibility rules, which was
adopted at the last meeting of the
trustees.
The amendment stipulates that
only unmarried children of Sea
farers can qualify as dependents
eligible for an award. Successful
candidates who are children of
Seafarers must be unmarried at
the. time they receive their awards.
This rule does not, of course,
affect active Seafarers competing
for a scholarship.
Five $6,000 four-year college
scholarships • are given annually,
one of which is reserved for an
active Seafarer. To date, since
1953, a total of 38 scholarships
with an aggregate value of $228,000
have been awarded. Nineteen have
been won by active seamen and 19
by SIU men's children.
Up until last year, the seamen
ischolars led th6 youngsters 17'-11
in the number of scholarships won.'
The 1961 awards will be made next
spring. . .
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SSAPAKERS
Waam FifUMI
LOG
*Mon Overboard!'
FBOteTHE
SIU in WASHINGTON
COURT DECISIONS. The United States Supreme Court in a case
involving the Order of Railroad Telegraphers and North Western
Railroad ruled that a union's 4cmand to amend a collective bargain
ing agreement to prohibit a railroad from abolishing jobs without
the eoftsent erf the union was a bargainabie issue under the Railway
Labor Act This controversy was a "labor dispute" within the mean
ing of the Norris-LaGuardia Act, which deprives Federal Courts of
the jurisdiction to issue injunctions in such disputes. The railroads
in this case operated a rail system covering over 9,000 miles, prin
cipally in the Midwest. The railroads petitioned the public utility
commissions in same of the states in which, it operated claiming ttiat
the railroad found it necessary to close s.tations in order to improve
its weak financial condition. They claimed there were so few duties
at some of these stations that the agents worked as little as 30 min
utes a day for a full day's pay. The union notified the railroads that
it wanted- to open negotiations on this matter and to amend the col
lective bargaining agreement to include the principle that no position
then in existence would be abolished or discontinued except by agree
ment between the carrier and the union. The railroad took the posi
tion that tlie union request did not constitute a labor dispute or a
bargaining issue. Several meetings were held, but the two sides could
come to no agreement. As a result, the union voted to strike and the
railroad company took the ease to court asking for an injunction. Tlx®
District court ruled that the union's demand related to pav, rules and
working condiUmis and therefore constituted a labor diapu'ce. Th®
district court's ruling was reversed by the Court of Appeals and
finally The Supreme Court was asked to rule on the case.
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Boland- & Gorrielius seamen have, per- up assorted "independent" outfits, contract
fomied a service to themselves and to or ing to non-maritime unions such as District
ganized seanaen everywhere by the decisive 50 and similar methods.
manner in which they rejected Teamster
Touch And Go
President James R. Hoffa. It is clef^ from
Whw the present. SIU Seaway organizing
the record that the ill-fated Teamster raid drive was undertaken just three years ago,
in the maritime field was the personal ven it was touch and go for a while. Other cir
ture of the Teamster president. The raid cumstances, such as the virtual shutdown of
•was directed out of the headquarters of Lakes shipping in 1959, have added to the
Hoffa's home local, Local 299 in Detroit. obstacles faced by the organizers. However,
The attorney for the "independent brother- 1960 is the year in which the tide turned.
hcKKi" in Bolahd & Cornelius, a group
The Great Lakes District has triumphed by
ganized specificaUy for the purpose of keep convincing margins in four of the, five elec
ing unions out of the fleet,; also happens to . tions held this summer, an outstanding rec-,
be JHfoifa*s attorney of record, Numerous, ' ord in a citadel 'of anti-unionism arid in a
lieutenants of Hotta -a^ere-directly involved hostile political atmosphere. As a result of
lit the effort to rig anJffidection''. -vvrheceby SIU activity since 1957 nearly 2,0^Lakes
the Teamsters "would "have.sw^lloWed th«f seamen employed on 74 ships are, now en
"independent brotherhood" and repudiated joying the beriefits of maritime union repre
the SIU. EUaborate finagling with the con- sentation. The organizers who have worked
:duct of this '^election " mysterious handling long and hard throughout the Lakes against
of some 100 absentee ballots, intimidation o* discouraging odds are to be congrat^ated
the families of crewmembers, all fail^ to on an outstan^ng job. With the pro-Uniori
convince Boland seamen that they were bet- trend now firmly established, hopes are high
-ter off with IJoffa than the SIU. When the that 1961 will bring more Union victories.
showdown came in a Government-super
vised election, they mad# their choice loud ,
and clear over the combined pppositicm bf"
Hoffa, the "independent brotherhood^^ ^nd
*'t^--slupQvimer^:
. October 4 is the big day for Philadelphia
In the past, Hoffa has"
Seafarers,because that evening, will mark
as a "fink"^ by the SIH
of hia .will
the
formal
opening of the brand hew hall
ingness, to use aoati-labwJfegislatio^^ suchjiO
for
SIU
men.in
that port With the opening
the Laiidrum-Griffin bdlV to- atiadc the.St¥
in
i?hiladelphia,
another landmark has been
8tnd other uniona Hoffa's action in Boland
& Cornelius, particularlyr his (ios6;kss!biCaa-7 passed in the complex and difficult job of
tioh Widi the ''*indepifend^.t. brotherhiipd'^? pfoviding comfortable and adequate facili' ties for Seafarers in all ihajor ports.
sCrves tq justify ,t^at description. ;
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Work on the New Orleans hall is prtv
^t.there is more to file
& Gbr•s
nelius election than rei^iatidh of a Heffa grossing at a rapfd clip. It should be near
. completion by the end of the year. Houstonraid. On the pc»itive sidey^ t^he B4«G
offers further evidence of the svring,:-j#f^" is- neX^t^ With property alr^^ earmarked
for that purpose.
Lakes seaiheh towardiunion representation. I*pr j^ars ia
; The new haUs reflect the new status of
coalirion
of
non-union
'
Jeamijm. T^ fitting
acccunpaniment to
->*•••' f. ,
the Swpeiw
benefits and protecfoughii off. ahjdt.^fi%e^
:cfgamizing effOris. in the pthce® they'i^^ uOh whidti seamen enjoy today as compared
: ^ M a- variety of devices, among them the'old .'wHh what existed at the Union's founding,
iH r: ? "divide and conquer'' technique of setting 22 years a^ in October, 1938.
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FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION POLICY. The publication recent
ly released by the Department of Commerce, entitled "Rationale of
Federal Transportation Policy," has a chapter that dea's with prob
lems of the merchant marine. Among the problems discuesed are:
first, that an authorative determination of the total size and quality
of the essential fleet necessary to meet both the defense and peace
time requirements of the commerce of the US must be made. Second,
is the size and trend of the merchant marine subsidy, including pos
sible means of increasing revenues, decreasing costs of operation,
and decreasing costs of construction. The authors of the publication
say, "as respects some types of limited war, it appears that t'le mer
chant marine may be reasonably adequate in terms of total quantity.
However, there appear to be deficiencies qualitatively as respwts
ship age, sgeed, heavy lift capability, and ability to load a'rd ur.load
under conditions more primitive than those existing at major com
mercial seaports ... a closely associated problem is the relianc®
currently placed upon vessels under the flags of Panama, Liberia
and Honduras. Vessels under these flags of convenience represent a
vital segment of our ocean-going capability, including about one-half
of our tanker and three-fourths of our bulk carrier tonnage. Li tima
of war, it is presumed that these vessels would be under the praetieal control of the United States, since they are American-owned
anl since their countries of .registry have no navies by whieh they
could enforce physical control. However, these ships are manned by
foreign nationals, and US cantrol over them is not as effective as if
they carried the American flag and American crews." The report
says that everything possible should be done to improve US conirel
over these ships and that the US should make efforts to have all
friendly maritime nations sign agreements for the immediate return
of the ships to the US in the went of an emergency.
i,
$
SHIPS vs. RAILS. On May. 25, I960, Congressman James E. Van
Zandt, (R.-Penn.), introduced a bill, HR 12385, which would requir®
users of inland waterways to pay a user's charge. Before Congress
adjourned for the national nqioinating conventions. Van Zandt told
the House of RepresenUUves that there was scant opposition to th®
user charge principle, ne said that Presidents Roosevelt. Truman
and Eisenhower have all. publicly urged the imposition of suck
charges for the use of publicly provided transportation facilities. H«
said the users of the Federally-subsidized inland waterways, built
and maintained at taxpayers' expense, have never paid the Govern
ment anything for either the construction of or operating on thes®
costly facilities. Federal expenditures for navigation on the inland
and intracoastal waterways have totaled more tksn $2.6 billion. Van
Zandt said there is "no denial of the fact that barge line operations
oh our inland waterways form a mature and financially sLrong in
dustry. As such, that industry should be required to take its place in
transportation, on a sell-sustaining basis, bearing its own costs under
conditions of fair competition with other modes of transportation."
$
^
MARITIME OUTLOOK (Tankers), According to AMMI, al.-nost 15
per cw>t of the US-flag privately-owned tanker tonnage, or about
992,000 dwt, was inactive as of June 30, 1960. Practically all of th®
wa« d»e to iaek of employment. The AMMI-report said that
freight rates for tanker cargoes remain depressed, and With few ex
ceptions, have been below the break-even level for US-flag vessels.
The study indicates that the outlook, for the world tanker fleet and
the ^ tanker fleet" in particular for the remainder of 1939 and th®
years ahead, will remain uncertaia until the problem of surplus ton
nage is resolved. On July 1, I960, the United States-flag privately
owned tanker fleet totaled 342 vessels of 6,680,063 dwi. The U3
tankship fleet is now 34 vessels below the 1939 fleet, but has grown
more than 2.4 million dwt. This is due to the fact that^the averag®
tanker today is in- excess of 19,500 dwt as compared to an averag®
of 11,200 dwt in 1939.
4«
MOtRTGAGE INSURANCE. A% of June 30, 1960, MA had In effect,
under Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1938, approximately
$427 million in Government mortgage Insurance and commitumnts
to insure mortgages involving 50 ships and 3 barges. Pending appli
cations for Title XI mortgage insurance is estimated to involve an,
additional $278 million on 31 deep and 72 shallow draft vessels. This
makes a total either in effect or pending of $705 million on projects
involving 158 vessels.
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�SEAFARERS
Pac* filxfeen
Cei»teinben 1989
LOG
8111 Man Gets Citizenship
Union Meetings Reaffirm
LOG Editorial Policies
SIU membership meetings in all ports have approved a resolution authorizing the
Union's executive board to maintain the traditional editorial policy of the SEATARERS LOG
in view of the recent changed in format and publication.
The resolution notes that^^
the LOG is published monthly comprehensive Information were gan of the Union. The LOG will
to cor,form to the new monthly also mentioned in the resolution. not serve the political advantage
The changes, the resolution of any individual in the Union, nor
membership schedule. Physical
changes in format in order to pro notes, will not alter the traditional will it publish anything injurious
vide expanded coverage and more editorial policy of the official or- to the Union.
The text of the resolution is as
follows:
"Whereas, the Union's official
publication, the SEAFARERS LOG,
has instituted physical changes in
its format to provide expanded
coverage and more comprehensive
information to the membership re
garding the Union and its affiliates,
as well as the maritime industry
The blatant strikebreaking activities of the Kohler Co., ma in general, and
Seafarer Peter Van Wygerden receives his citizenship papers
jor plumbing-ware manufacturer, have been denounced and
"Whereas the SEAFARERS LOG
from
Judge Richard Hartshorne in the judge's chambers at the
overturned in a landmark National Labor Relations Board is now being published on a month
US
District
Court in Newark, NJ. Wygerden is a patient at the
ly basis in order to conform with
decision. As a result, the com--*
USPHS
Hospital
in Staten Island. He was taken to the ceremony
any has been ordered to re- the strikebreakers it brought in the monthly membership meeting
by
on
SIU
representative.
ire 1,700 strikers. To do this to take the jobs in the company's schedule as provided for in the
the company would have to unload futile effort to break the back of I[pion's amended constitution, and
"Whereas, these changes in phys
the union.
The company promptly an ical format and publication dates
nounced it would appeal the re represent no change in the estab
instatement order in the courts in lished and traditionally-observed
a further delaying action. Mean editorial policy of the SEA
while, the United Automobile FARERS LOG, to wit:
Seafarer Peter Van Wygerden, 33, got a new le^se on life
"That no articles shall be pub
Workers Local 833 is continuing
last
month when he became a United States citizen in cere
to picket the plant in the six-year- lished in the SEAFARERS LOG
monies
at the US District Court House, Newark, NJ.
which serve ^le political advan
old walkout.
As
a
result,
he's now a steptage
of
any
individual
within
It is expected It will take at
The United States and most of least a year to resolve the issue the union, officer or member, closer to the day when he can and some 150 other citizens-to-be
the other member nations of the in, the courts.
and
call for his German-boim wife the basic freedoms they would.en- Organization Of American States The controversy began In 1954
"That no articles shall be pub Ingrid and 18-month old son, Peter, joy as Americans. •
last month began recalling their when the union sought a contract lished in the SEAFARERS LOG now living in Holland with his
Next came the recitation of the
diplomatic personnel stationed in incorporating the union shop and which are deemed injurious to parents. Then the Van'Wygerdens
the Dominican Republic shortly other benefits. The company would the Union or to its collective intend to settle down to a new life oath of allegiance, and the people
gathered there—of all ages, reli
after the OAS voted to sever dip grant none of them, and negotia membership, or which violate together in West Milford, NJ.
gions and nationalities—repeated
lomatic ties with that country.
the
accepted
canons
of
ethics
tions broke down. The strike fol
The SIU member almost missed it after the Judge.
and good taste.
The break in relations between lowed.
the citizenship ceremony as a re
the US and the Trujillo regime
Kohler subsequently gave non- "Therefore, be It resolved, that sult of back injuries he received
will in no way aifect shipping as strikers' a wage increase, dealing the membei'ship of the Seafarers while a crewmember of the Sear
far as the SIU is concerned. Only without the union, and this con International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, train New York. He was admitted
two companies—^Alcoa Steamship verted what had been an economic Lakes dnd Inland Waterways Dis to the Public Health Hospital at
and Bull Line—had previously strike to one against unfair labor trict, go on record at this time as Staten Island several weeks after
Seafarers with beefs regard
called there, and a check with practices.
reaffirming this traditionally-ob ward and. is still undergoing an al ing slow payment of monies due
them indicated that they had long
Last month, the NLRB found served editorial policy of the SEA most continual series of diagnostic from various operators in back
since discontinued that service be that the raise was in violation of FARERS LOG, and also,
tests. Although he presently is wages and -disputed overtime
cause of economic reasons.
"Be is resolved that the consti- allowed out of bed for only an should first check whether they
the law. One board member went
US trade with the Dominican further and said that the true tuitonally - established Executive hour or so a day because of his have a proper mailing address
Republic — cultural, tourist or cause for the strike lay in the en board shall be authorized and di condition, doctors gave him a spe-* on file with the company. SIU
otherwise—^will probably continue tire history of the Kohler firm, rected to maintain and implement cial pass so that ho wouldn't miss headquarters officials point out
Into the immediate future in light which shows "a fixed intent to . . . this traditional editorial policy of the important occasion. :
that reports received from sev
of the fact that consular functions rid itself of the union." He said the SEAFARERS LOG in a man
eral operators show checks have
Judge Outlines Freedom
have not yet been affected by the that this inveitably provoked and ner consistent with Article X,-Sec
been mailed to one address
break in relations. The duties of prolonged the strike.
tion 8 of the Union constitution." Before the Seafarer officially was while a beef on the same score
the consulate, differ from those of
The board sharply reprimanded .Submitted, by Executive Board: hand'ed his cttizehship papers by is sent from another, thus cre
the diplomatic corps, and include Kohler for hiring detectives- to , Paul Hall, Cal Tanner,; A1 Kerr, the'Judge, the Honorable Richard ating much difficulty in keeping
the validation of seaman's papers, spy not vnly on tim strikers but 'Earl Sheppard, Claude/Simmons, Hartshorne, hie sat attentively as. accounts straight.
•nd issuance of visas.
the official impressed upon him—
on the board's own attorneyis.
Ijndsey Williams, A1 Tanner.
Order Kohler To Rehire
1,700 In 6-Year Strike
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SEAFARERS
Pace SeTenteea
LOG
T
HE US Coast Guard, with the Help of
electronics, has been keeping tabs on
the positions of thousands of ships at -sea
during the two years it has been operating
AMVER—the Atlantic Merv,hant Vessel Re
port System. AMVER can quickly plot ship
positions at any given time for vessels tak
ing part in this free service. This is the
quickest method of getting aid to sick or
injured seamen on ships which hove no
doctors. Merchant ships using the service
transmit basic information—route and
speed—to any of 14 Coast Guard radio
stations which relay this to the AMVER cen
ter where it is recorded on on IBM Card
and then fed into on electronic memory unit
known as RAMAC. A ship need not report
again unless it deviates more than 25 miles
off the given course. As a result, seamen
on ships taking part in the service can get
speedy care in an emergency.
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AMVER
ELECTRONIC RESCUE AID FOR SHIPS
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Incoming AMVER messages are received on
teletype. Index lists 8,000 call §igns.'
Operator enters position data on sheet which
will later be transferred to IBM card.
Data, in edited form, is punched on machine^
at left, rer-punched at riglxt.
Cards are placed in hopper,, then fed into
RAMAC which computes, stores data.
hv^--
"Hot line" phone in Rescue Coordination Center, New York, picks up
distress details; AMVfiR advises of ships closest to scene.
"Memory" portion of machine is in discs at
center, which resemble long-play records.
AMVER assisted in directing doctor-carrying ship to ve^el where
injured .seaman, shown above, needed immediate medical aid.
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LOG
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ALASKAN HSHERMEN
ENJOY BEST SALMON
CATCH SmCE 1948
Although Alaskan salmon fishermen and cMnery workers
have been hard hit by poor salmon rims in recent years, it
now appears that this season's catch may be the best since
1948.
In fact, figures reported by reach Bristol Bay enroate to their
Alaska's State Commissioner spawning grounds in Alaska's
of Fish and Game show that 2,000 salmon streams.
Depends On Japanese
enough salmon had been caught by
The
final number will depend
the end of July to fill 965,000
cases, apd state officials were partially on the number of salmon
hopeful that the total catch of the intercepted by Japanese fisher
- Bristol Bay area would amount to men. The Japanese have agreed to
1,000,000 cases for the season, or fish west of 175 degrees West
more than three times the size of longitude, a line running through
the island of Atka, at about.the
last year's catch.
central part of the Aleutian chain.
"We started with only one
In southeast Alaska there have
day's fishing a week to permit
been
reduced runs, but the state's
a sufficient escapement of sal
mon for spawning purposes," total catch so far has nevertheless
surpassed the 1959 totals.
said Commissioner Clarence
L. Anderson. "Then we gave
the fishermen 24 hours on and
12 off during the second week/*
But the fish were still going
upstream in such numbers
that we threw the fishing open
24 hours a day."
The canners, advised li^t No^
vember that some 46 million sal
mon might be leaving their North
Pacific feeding grounds this year
for the eastern Bering Sea, got
ready early. And 'by the time, th^
season opened early in July, they
had stand-by crews of Eskimos
ready to emplane from their home
towns to Bristol Bay, west of the
Alaska peninsula.
The canneries set up addi
tional lines of cleaning and
processing equipment, and flew
in 200 Eskimos to man them.
"But even with all of this, the '
canneries couldn't handle the
catch," Anderson reported.
"At one time we put the fisher
men on a limit of 2,500 fish
daily."
Although some 48 million sal
mon are believed to haye left their
feeding grounds this year, it's esti
mated that about 35 million will
P'E,:
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$3 Million Fishing Pier
Planned For New Bedf ord
NEW BEDFORD—^New Bedford fishermen, who at present
are operating with outmodeS, cramped facilities, may be get
ting a new $3,000,000 pier in the South End of the City. If
plans, now under why are real-^
iz^, the new construction will last month in which they were
be 400 feet long with space for brought up to. data on tbe statue
50 craft to tie up. Other features of the project. Also present were
indude finger piers extending members of < the New Bedford
north and soiitb, five fillet houses, Fishermen's Union, including How
two . processing plants, storage ard W. Nlckerson, secretaiy-treaslockers, truck loading areas and urer.
parking, facilities. .
Because ol .the compUcate<t na
ture of. hecesury financial r ar
rangements, ;it will take some time
before cpnstiucfiw drawings are
ready] itiabt now
pfoject fo' in
the preUmihary pmMing ' st^d.
Once the work is staited, though,
actqal construction should take no
more than 12 months,
' ^e Department pf Interior
Open Fler jnanned
has announced the proposed
NEW BEDFORD—^New Bedford's Third Annual Scallop Festival, which this year was
Army engineers rejected the use rules which will govern the
held for three days, Aug. 12-14, was a rousing success, according to Howard W. Nickerson, of a bulkhead pim*. wbleh they payment of Federal aid for the
claim would restrict the flow of coqatruction of fishing vessele, as
secretary-treasurer of the SIU-aflRliated New Bedford Fishermen's Union.
water. The new pier, will most recently auUiorized by Congress.
The New Bedford union*.
likely
be an open one, cimstructed Although Congress has only
donated scallops to help make
with
pilings.
Flans also allow for recently apm-oprlated S2V4 mllUon
up the 18,203 dinners that
expansidb of the. faculties should annually for the project,^ ho
were served during the three-day
this h* necessary at a future date, proprUtions have actually been
event, ^and many
the. people
dyle leaAbfs sod fishing Indus made to aid the US flahlag fteat.
who worked at it were the wives
try p^raonnel attended a meeting Undmr the terms of: thp -rules
and children of the fishermen.
presided by the Interior DepartThe New Bedford Exchange
Club, with the cooperation of the
Amatg iiakau tm ttie SiU ara lae^, the pn^am will be limit
: New Bedford Seafood Council and
e nahher ef gfoape ef eeeanir. ed tp JBshing vessels tiut are part
many other local organizations, did
elal fIdtanimB da ell ,eeaatia at of 7 a' Bshery being injured or
a fine, job, Nickerson reports, and
well as dioreside flak eannerlea threatened by increased fish Im
it is logical to assume that next
and pripdHaors. Thop an in- ports, and the. payments cannot
year they will be able to^Serve at
veiVed
in sueh wMelp-dlTeni^ exceed ,dne-thilrd of constriiction
least 9,060 persons a d^. •
lied
liabteg
dperadena as seal- cpst$.,--'
Nickerson bases this -optimistic
Tfaie apptieaht must show that
lepiag; tima fiablay. iainui
estimate on the-fact that there was
the vessel would aid in the de
Hakaflde,
cod.
ksMdit
and
SMny
m waiting, for dinners at any time
POerS. Grdnpa invelved vlntfiide velopment of US fisheries,, would
this year due to the streamlined
be (d US registry, would land all
the mw Bedtpiri »dierii^^
operation set up by Ctd. Friedman,
its
catches in US ports and' Wuld
Unliid Alaaka FtafodonenTs
of the US Army, wb'o was the fesemploy
Its crewman only US
ilBtOBi
fona
-ffofe
and
eanni^
^ Uyal chairman. Niel^rson was in
mtiaenh oh idlens legallyliving
wwlaiia
"dpwratiiiig'.
<Mrtv
at
cfouebar|(e of the purchase «nd han/ z
ftrtrid'. idHP' uaA- • • txamn. jIn hWe,- ''.'j:• _ . ,
of'All: food.
BHelel^'B^^'Kedlak^-Aiiil
:cise^:
It is hoped, Nic^eESoh says. tHat
^dVecohomJlciU: ooover;'^'
wkdad:; 'i»-' -Iha-.'j&a'-'.MadMseaP ot
in the futur'e similar, festivqls cair These wern soma of s^lofM
wfo^ artci chiMrPfo
sfohi to * ship capable of aiding <
be held- in other parts, of the US;
Bedford Fishermen
Third: AiMiu«t ]Sea&»|p; Festhrol. . ^
fhovnathmal-vfefetMO.' • •
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New Bedford Scallop Fete Siiccess
fo%v- ,
High winds, fierce seas and the ever-present menace of ice ar®
(actors with which Aloskdn fishermdn must olwoys contend, os this
photo (loft) of SlU-ofFifiated Alaskan Fishermen s Union members
shows. Although last ypear Alaskan salmon fishing had One of its
worst recorded seasons, this season's salmon catch (above) prom
ises to be the best since the record-breaking catch of 1948.
Rules
HSJUdTo
Boats
�ieiitember„1909
SEAFARERS
LOG
Tage Nineicca
Cement Plant Goes
DBKA.RTMBM'T
Don't Hesitate—Vaccinate!
Joseph B. Logiie, MD, SIU Medical Director
More Americans are travelinc abroad thaq ever before. Whether
they travel for business or pleasure, there is always a possibility that
they will contract a disease not prevalent in this country. They may
not only endanger their own health but, possibly, the health of per
sons in the countries they visit," or someone at home when they re
turn.
This is especially true of Seafarers who more or less constantly
expose themselves, due to the nature of their profession, to the
vagaries of disease in all ports- of the world.
It's quite obvious today, for example, that Yellow Fever, Smallpox
and Cholera have practically been eliminated in the United States.
But, in many countries, these diseases are still prevalent and, if the
diseases are introduced into receptive areas, severe deadly epidemics
can occur. Ali of this can be prevented by proper vaccination, so
most countries require evidence of vaccination . agains;t one or more
of these diseases, when they- consider themselves threatened by an
The SlU-cbntraeted cement carrier Keva Ideal [Ideal Cement] is loaded with equipment for a com
outbreak elsewhere. Due to fast travel by air, the dangers can be
plete cement plant at the Redwood City, Calif., docks. The cement plant is destined for the Gulf Coast.
very real smee a person may arrive in the US without evidence of
the disease, although harboring a disease contracted in another part
(Redwood Cily Tribune photo.)
of the world.
Travelers, are advised that vaccination certificates are required not
only for health conditions prevailing in the country of departure
such as the US, but also for the conditions that may exist in any
country where they may stop during their journey. Vaccinations
should be obtained several weeks before leaving, as it takes some
time to develop immunity after vaccination and the vaccination Cer
tificate is valid only after this period, usually 6 to 14 days, depending
on the disease, for which vaccination is given.
WASHINGTON—^An alliance of Republican and Southern Democrat lawmakers sank
Some countries may not request travelers to show their certificates all hopes for labor-backed legislation in the short summertime session of the 86th Con
when they arrive, from places considered safe; however, this is not gress. Among legislation which was buried or defeated in Congress was the bill calling
always the case. There is is always a possibility of a, quarantinable for extension of the wage and^
disease developing along the route of travel.
The measure, which passed the hower. A substitute bill was passed
Countries of the Middle and Far East that are receptive to Yellow hour law to cover American
but died in the House, had which limits such benefits severe
Fever are stringent in their requirements of a valid yellow fever seamen and harbor workers. Senate
been
opposed
by the American ly, and places them on a charity
Besides
the
changes
in
the
mini
vaccination certificate. If the certificate is not in order, the traveler
Marine Institute.
basis.
or seaman may be subject to surveillance, or even isolation up to 14 mum wage laws, bills whichr went Merchant
The
biggest
issue
at
the
sum
Congress did vote nearly $4 bil
under
included
the
Forand
pro
days. A valid certificate for vaccination against Smallpox is always
mer
session
was
the
drive
by
or
lion
for the foreign aid program,
posal
for
medical
insurance
for
required for persons entering the US, except from Canada and cer
ganized labor and other groups for an increase of $562 million over
retired
Americans
under
the
Social
tain nearby countries.
hospital and medical benefits for
year. American flag shipping
The International Certificates of Vaccination are the only acceptable Security system. Federal aid for retired Americans. This bill was last
can
look
forward to some increase
school
construction
and
aid
for
documents for international travel, and are valid only when the re
defeated, largely because of the in foreign-aid cargoes as a result
housing.
quirements in each certificate are. complete. In the US, the Interna
opposition of President Eisen of the action.
tional Certificate of Vaccination may be procured with a traveler's The SIU and other maritime
passport, through travel agencies or the Public Health Service. The unions affiliated with the Mari
certificate:; must be complete and, for Smallpox and. Cholera, must time Trades DepStiment had
bear 'a' Stamp ap'pfoVed Ijy the health administration of the country placed heavy emphasis on the
in which the; vaccination is performed. If Yellow Fever. vaccination need f(m a revised wage and
is required, it must be iss.ued by a Yellow Fever Vaccination center. hour law'f -A^dO;: froim ihereasEvidence of Smallpox vaccination within the three past years is re ing .the • rtdhimtim; wage <from.
quired by most countries. A Yellow Fever vaccination certificate is $1.0(1 to $1.25 an hour, the., law
valid for 6 years beginning 10 to 12 days after vaccination, and is would have- extended coverage to
required for travelers to Ceylon, India and Pakistan; certain parts of all shipboard and - harbor craft
crews. At present, owners of many
Africa and South America.
Blue Cross rates for 7,200,000 subscribers in the New York
Cholera vaccination is required for travelers who pass through areas tugs, barges, scows and similar area will go up a hefty 33 percent beginning November 1. The
craft
pay
crews
as
little
as
40.
to
where the disease is present. The certificate is valid for 6 months
following immunization. Some areas of possible prevalence are Burma, 50 cents ah-hoUr in many in hospitalization plan had earlier asked for a rate hike of 37.3
stances and 84-honr work weeks percent. After it was rejected
Cambodia, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Thailand.
are
hot uncommon. by the State Insurance De- partment, an amended version
Other immimizations recommended by the Public Health Service
was submitted and approved. This
depending on the area of travel are Typhus and Paratyphoid, Typhus
was the third rate increase in three
and Plague.,
years.
Some Immunizations Are A 'Must'
Blue Cross claimed the hike was
Whether you are a traveler or not, the, following Immunizations
inevitable.
They said the area's
should be a most: Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever, Tetanus, Diph
270 member hospitals had been
theria, Influenza, Tetanus Diphtheria (combined) for adult use, and
charging more and more for their
Poliomyelitis.
.services, and that their reserves
Poliomyelitis vaccine should be administered as follows;
had been melting fast. But the
1st vaccination
superintendent of insurance noted
2nd vaccination 2 to 7 weeks following first
Nobody would mistake the SB Baltika, Russianrflag passen that Blue Cross had been paying
* 3rd vaccination 7 months following second
ger ship which brought Premier Khrushchev to the United hospitals for items not concerned
4th vaccination 1 year after third.
States, of being a luxury liner, according to Seafarer Eric with subscribers' care.
The Public Health Service has recently approved the manufacture Joseph who traveled on the '
Under the "Standard Plan"—21of oral polio vaccine; however, the initial supply will probably not ship in 1959. In fact, he said, galley, dining room and deck and
full benefit and 180-half benefit
be ready before the spring.'It will probably be a year before a suf
he Baltika was an ordinary room service. Since the steward days-^the rate for families with
ficient supply is available for general use.
department is the largest numer group coverage will increase from
" So don't neglect your polio vaccination or attempt to wait for oral tub as far as passenger ships go.
ically on a passenger ship it $6.60 a month to $8.72. For an
Normally
the
ship
is
on
a
reg
vaccine. Now is the time for polio vaccination.
ular run between Leningrad and makes the Baltika unique in the individual with group coverage,
(Comments and suggestions are invited by the Department and can London,,
the rate will go up from $2.61 to
making stops at Helsinki, annals of merchant shipping.
he submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.)
Stockhoim and Copenhagen en As far as working conditions go, $3:56 monthly. Similar increases
route. It attracted worldwide at he observed that the deck gang will affect all other categories.
Also starting on November 1,
tention when the Soviet Premier handled baggage to and from.the
Notify Union On LOG Mail
chose to travel to the current dock. When not hustling baggage, the hospitals' billing practices
As Seafarers know, copies of each issue of the SEAFAREBS
United Nations meeting on the the^ang painted—^morning, noon will be closely scrutinized for over
LOG are mailed every month to all SIU ships as well as to
andnight. It was pretty clear that head-type items, such as training
ship.
numerous clubs, bars and other overseas spots where Seafarers
Joseph rode the ship overnight there were no worries about hav and expansion, which are now
passed on to Blue Cross in the
congregate ashore. The procedure for mailing the LOG involves
between Helsinki and Leningrad, ing 'to pay off watch OT. .
calling all SIU steamship companies for the itineraries of their
and back again, when he made a
ICarl Marx', theories about a form of higher bills.
ships. On the basis of the information supplied by the ship oper
tour of Europe-:, and the Soviet "classless society didn't •apply,, pn
There will be some new bene
ator, three copies of the LOG, the headquarters report and min
Union in the summer of 1959. Hav the ship which was a three class fits. The Plan noted additional
utes forms are then airmailed to the company agent in the next
ing paid his own-way and travel affair — first, second and tourist. coverage for newboi-n infants,
port of call.
ing as an ordinary tourist, he was In the first and second class din short-term psychiatric treatment
Similarly, the seamen's club» get various quantities of LOGs
free to observe Some of the actual ing room there was a menu, but and for cosmetic surgery.
day-to-day conditions under which the waitresses ignored it.. The.sim The spiraling cost of hospitaliza
at every mailing. The LOG is sent to any club when a Seafarer
Russian ships and seanien operate. ply brought out whatever the cooks tion is being studied by several
so requests it by^ notifying the LOG office that Seafarers con
What struck him particularly was gave them in the-galley. ;
gregate there.
labor unions, including the SIU.
the overwhelming preponderance
As always the Union would like to hear promptly from SIU
For entertainment, there's a They are looking into the pos
<)f . yi;omen crewmembers. With the smqlb bar; a niaho and a phono sibility of eventually setting up
ships whenever thVLOG and ship's mail is not delivered so that
exception of a few waiters, one graph. AH told, the 7.5Q0-ton ship their own hospital system, which
the Union can maintain a day-to-day check on 'the accuracy 6f
purser and other "male ratings, the carries' about 150 passengers at a would protect workers from ever' Its mailing lists.
, '
.
women predoniinate'd both in tfie sluggish 14" knots!
mounting costs.
Seamen's Wage Floor, Forand
Mediral Bill Fail In Congress
NY6 Bine Cross Given
Big Rate Boost
SS Biritika Utuqiie Ship:
V.'t
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SEAFARERS
LOG
This Trip's On Him
Cliff Wilson, Food and Ship Sanitation Director
Isthmian Crews Win PHS Award
flettettier. IMf
Reds Entice
British Go's
To Haul Oil
The record of Isthmian Lines' 24-ship fleet, each of which earned a
The Soviet Union is beginning to
rating of 95 or better in an official.US Public Health Service inspec
meet
with considerable success in
tion, is something pretty special. The steward department force on
getting
tankers to carry Russian
each vessel deserves the highest praise for tliis kind of achievement.
oil to Cuba. It has recently con
Vessels are r^ated on 166 separate items under the general headings of
cluded long-term charters for the
food-handling, dishwashing, waste-dispoSal, potable water systems, food
services of 16 tankers owned by
storage and rodent and Insect controL
two British firms, London and
The 93'-plus rating on Isthmian ships recognizes-a lot of hard work
Overseas Freighters and Cam
by the galley force, shoreside company personnel and our own con
bridge tankers.
sultants who visited these vessels at various times in port. There is
The Russians have been dangling
more than meets the eye when you can show this kind of performance.
tempting offers under the noses of
runaway-flag and European-flag
Most people are interested in the end-results only. They usually don't
tanker operators to get them to
stop to consider what produces them, and rightly so. No one wants to
grab Cuban oil charters. Report
be burdened with a lot of detail; results are what count. The fact is,
edly, the Soviet Union is ready to
of course, that the results depend on all the small details we don't
pay twice the going charter rate
consider becau?e we don't see them.
on charters of at least two "years'
duration.
You can't wind up with tasty, attractive meals unless there's an
The 16 vessels, in the 20,000-"
orderly, well-run galley turning them out. In turn; the gallejf can't
ton
range, should satisfy a good
operate properly unless its personnel know and take pride in what
percentage of Cuba's oil transport
they're doing. Their performance depends not only on how well a guy
needs.
can cook, but on proper'running of storerooms, inventory controls and
After Cuba's Premier Castro ex
sanitary management.
•
propriated foreign-owned oil re
A clean, well-tended messroom is anbther part of the job. The messfineries early in July and went to
man is the go-between; he's the middle man between the steward, the
the Russians for bil, Esso and other
cooks knd the 'customer," the ABs, firemen and everybody else in the
expropriated firms threatened to
crew. If he slops a tray of food or generally keeps the messroom look
blacklist tankbrs entering the So
ing drab and unappetizing, a lot of the time, money and effort that
viet-Cuba trade. The Russians
Former
Seafarer
Ra'y
A.
Curtis,
who
soiled
for
several
years
in
went into producing the meal is wasted. That's why any kind of award
have made several approaches to
the deck department aboard Waterman ships, is on deck again,
requires teamwork by everybody concerned. Nobody can earn it by
runaway tanker operators but they
this time with his wife for an 11-day cruise to Puerto Rico aboard
himself because too many little things can go wrong and one person
have been reluctant to grab the
can't be in all places at one time.
the SS Monarch of the Seas. Ray, whose last ship was the
bait for fear of losing lucrative
Topa Topo; is presently an announcer with WDAM-TV iif Hator coarse, there's more than appearances to be considered when
contracts with American oil com
dealing with shipboard sanitation. There's the health of the crew at
panies.
tiesburg, Miss. (Photo courtesy New Orleans Photo News.)
stake, and the clean, orderly galley and messroom is an asset in pre
venting what could be annoying and serious ailments deriving from
unsanitary food-handling and food preparation. Every crewmember
thus has a direct stake in shipboard sanitation.
The type of steward department operation that helped Isthmian ships
German, British and Finnish seamen are receiving pay increases and working shorter .
get this latest PHS citation was prominently displayed a few days ago.
hours-as
the result of newly-negotiated contracts with shipowners, the International Trans
The occasion was the presentation of the citations for excellence in
vessel sanitation at ceremon:es held aboard Isthmian's Steel Vertflor port workers Federation reported. However, the new scales are. still a far cry from those
In Brooklyn. Everyone who attended was impressed with the outstand on US-flag ships.
ing buffet arranged by the ship's steward department for about 50
A new wage a^eemeht on in American freighter earns contributory pension plan for un
invited guests. No detail was spared by the steward and . his galley covering some 50,000 seamen $435.83 per month and $454.84 per licensed seafarers.
Segments of the British sea
force. They deserve the highest praise.
in'the German merchant marine month on a tanker.
men's
union. have expressed-"disA
$7
per
month
pay
increase
is
Of course, Isthmian crews are not alone in this kiiid of achievement. has been negotiated by the ITFEarlier this year, PHS sanitation certificates were won by Bloomfield, affiliated Transport and Public going to most of the unlicensed satisfaction with the contract and
seamen in all departments in the a rebel movement in the union
Calmar and Marvcn steamship companies. Others are in line for the Service Workers Union.
same. This type of performance speaks for itself.
Under the new contract, German British merchant marine. Under a initiated strikes last month. The
walkout spread to most ports of
The number of companies which receive these awards is on the in seamen with AB ratings receive new agreement between ship Great
Britain, halting or delaying
owners
and
the
British
National
crease, in line with the general improvement in steward department $77.57 per month for their first two Union of Seamen, a 5Vi day week ship departures
and causing ship
performance. The Food and Ship Sanitation Department is currently years, rising by biennial incre
ping
interruptions
in Canada and
will
be
recognized
for
both
officers
embarking on an expanded program which should help maintain a ments to $94.49 per month after
Australia.
Most
British
ships, how
and
men.
Saturdays
at
sea
are
to
general level of excellence in shipboard sanitation throughout vessels eight years.
be compensated by an extra day's ever, were sailing by early this
under contract to the
SIU.
A head cook under the new Cler- pay or leave. There will also be a month.
\
Operating along the lines of the PHS, consultants for the Food and man merchant marine contract half-day's pay or leave for Satur Early this^year, seafarers' unions
Ship Sanitation Department will shortly be checking out SIU vessels earns from $250.60 per month day afternoons at sea. Considera in Finland negotiated a 45-hour
with an itemized sanitation inspection report. This will be done on a to $300.72 ° per month after tion will also be given to a non- week for seamen.
voyage basis, and ratings up to 100 will be assigned. By carrying out eight years. It isn't clear whether
this activity all year round,' the department can assist all vessels in or_not this refers to a passenger
maintaining proper sanitation standards and suggest corrective meas ship rating.
ures where they may be needed. This is another-forward step in the
American seamen on East Coast
campaign to assure that we continue the best type of feeding and serv ships with AB ratings earn $369.17
ice on SlU-contracted vessels.
per month on freighters and
(Comments and suggestions are invited by the Department and can $373.84 per month on . tankers
from the first year. A chief-'cook
be submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.)
Two AFL-CIO affiliates and strike involving the Web Press
their employer have received a men's Union. The union protested
safety award' from the Atomic En the discharge of its members dur
ergy Commission for establishing ing a strike started by the Stereoan all-time, nation-wide record typers Union. When the Pressmen's
for man hours worked at an atom contract ran out last December 31,
ic instaUation without a disabling the management of the papers said
inju^. Cited by the AEC were that since the men had failed to
2,700 employees of Sandia Corp. report for work after the Novem
of Albuquerque, N. M., represent ber 10 strike start, they were no
ed by the Atomic Projects & Fio- longer regarded as employees,
dttcHon Workers Metal Trades
i i 4
Council and Local 251 of Office
Cutbacks in steel output are
Employees International, which causing trouble for the United
had put in more than 12.7 million Steelworkers of America. Some
man-hours without a lost-time ac are being furloughed from their
cident. This achievement bested jobs, while others are working re
a previous 11.1 million accident- duced hour-schedules. According
free manrhours held by General to USWA figures, 11,500 to 13,000
Electric Co;'s employees at Dock fabricating plant employees . have
been furloughed in western Penn
land, Ohio.
sylvania,
and another 1,100 to
•
4
4"
4"
Presentation ceremonies .for USPHS sanitation award to Isthmian fleet were witnessed (L-R) by Capt.
The National Labor Relations 1,200 in the union's Youngstown,
B. Spokas, Isthmian Director of Safety and Training; SIU Headquarters Rep. Ed Mooney; Isthmian
Board has upheld a regional direc Ohio, district Though no national
Vice-President J. J. McCabe; Food Plan Director Cliff Wilsonr Capt. W. R. Merson, master of Steel
tor's decision that the Oregon figures have yet been compiled,
Vendor; Isthmian Port Steward Ted Voelter and Dr. R. C. Arnold, Assistant Surgeon General; USPHS,
Journal and the Oregonian news the Steelworkers indicate the lay
who presented the citation. At right. Seafarers R. Mora and Ray Casanova, members.of galley force
papers .were not guilty of unfair off situation' across the country
labor practices in tho Portland "doesn't look good."
aboard Steel Vendor, officiate at attarctive buffet prepared for guests.
Foreign Seamen In New Parts
C»
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SEAFARERS
LOG
Face Twen^-OiM
'^1
fi Union Wins
Decision On
Annuai Wage
Back In Service
An SIU Canadian District
contract provision, which in
effect, calls for a guaranteed
annual wage, has been upheld by
a Canadian judge despite the
claims of "an employer thdt there,
was insufficient work to keep men
busy all year.
The ruling, which sets an im
portant precedent, wa(s handed
down by Judge Harold E. Fuller
of Welland, acting as arbitrator
in a dispute between the SIU's
Licensed Division and the Cana
dian Dredge and Dock Co., Ltd.
The ruling was the outgrowth
of a claim by David A. Sillars,
first engineer, and Brian Holford,
second engineer, on the tug Lotbiniere for winter pay owed them
by the company by reason of a
section of the collective bargain
ing agreement.
Sillars was hired Jan. 26, 1959,
and was laid off on Dec. 19 of
that year, while Holford was hired
July -28, 1959, and was also laid
o<t on Dec. 19. The tug was fitted
out April 10, 1959, and was laid
up for the winter Dec. 3, 1959.
" The company had planned not
to use the craft in the 1960 sea
son, but changed its mind and fit
ted out the tug" April 19, 1960.
Sillars was hired March 30, 1960,
and Holford was hired March 31,
1960. They have been on the tug
since.
Judge's Baling
Iv-
Judge Fuller ruled that Sillars
is entitled to be paid at the rate
set out in the agreement for the
period from Dec. 19, 1959, to
March 30, 1960, less holiday pay,
and Holford is entitled to be paid
at the agreement rate for the
period from Dec. .19, 1959, to
March 31, 1960, less holiday pay.
The judge cited the clause in
the agreement which states that
licensed engineers who are hired
at the beginning of spring work
shall be paid on the basis of 12
months per year and 24 equal
payments, and licensed engineers
who are hired during the season
and remain until fall lay-up Shall
be paid during the winter months
on the basis of one month of win
ter work for each month of em
ployment during the season; pro
viding always . that employees be
given off a 14-day period between
fall lay-up and January 15 of each
year for annual vacations.
Canadian Seafarers, members
of the SIU Canadian District,
are a vital element in the mari
time picture generally and in
the SIU family of unions. They
man ships ' under Canadian
flag across-the-board—deep sea
off the Atlantic Coast, on the
Canadian West Coast, on the
Great Lakes and the Seaway.
The Canadian SIU also repre
sents large groups of Canadian
tugboatmen, dredgemen and al
lied crafts. The Canadian Dis
trict works closely with the
other SIU unions throughout
North America and the mutual
relatimiship has been of great
advantage to all SIU members.
Lakes Crewmen
Reject Offer, S-f;
Walkout Likely
A Canadian government mediation board recommendation
was overwhelmingly rejected by a referendum of members
of the SIU Canadian District employed on vessels of the
Association .of Lakes Carriers.
The referendum, resulting in work week is inapplicable to tho
a landslide five-to-one vote nature of the operation on the
The excursion, vessel island King slammed into a pier in Montreal
Aug. 20, and 30 passengers received minor injuries. The vessel
suffered $2,000 damage to its bow plates, but left its berth Aug.
22 on its regular waterfront cruise with its hull still dented.
SIU Signs
Agreement
On Dredge
The SIU Canadian District
has signed an agreement with
the Great Lakes Dredge &
Dock Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, cov
ering some 120 of the. company's
employees.
The Canadian District con
cluded the agreement after nego
tiating with a joint team which in
cluded "the International Union of
Hoisting Engineers.
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock
was the successful bidder for the
'Livingstone Channel deepening
project near Amherstburg, Ont.
The project marks the company's
reentry into Canadian waters
after a long absence.
The firm also has a contract for
American waters operations ypfith
the SlU-affiliated Dredge Work
ers' Union on the Grekt Lakes.
The Livingstone Channel job
began last month and is expected
to be finished by December of
1961. The contract calls for a 44heur week, welfare plan, board
allowances and straight time tra
veling pay when worficra are re
quired to spend more than an hour
daily in company launches travel
ing to and from the job.
Th6 equipment on the Job in
cludes a clam shell ^dred^, dip
per dredge, suction dredge and
several tugs and barges. - .
against the Board's recommenda
tions, is likely to be followed by
a strike. The carriers are on the
eve of their busiest season with
the start of the autumn grain
harvest.
The referendum was decided on
at the August meeting of the Cana
dian District at which the head
quarters membership unanimously
went on record as rejecting the
conciliation offer. Ballots were
then printed and submitted to the
crews of all ships operated by
member companies of the associa
tion.
The Union had asked for a wage
increase of 10 percent across the
board and a reduction of the work
week from 48 hours to 40 hours.
The companies—the major oper
ators in the Canadian-fiag Great
Lakes trade—offered a 10 percent
increase spread over a three year
period, and'refused the work-week
reduction.
Rules: Against Union
The Mediation Board recom
mended a 12 percent raise spread
over three years, from the opening
of the 1960 season to the close of
the 1962 season. It also found
against the Union's time demand,
claiming that a regular 40-hour
British Seamen Call SIU;
Union Gets Them Contract
British seamen from a London-registered ship, docked in
Montreal, took action to improve their working conditions
and salaries. They asked the SIU Canadian District to bar
gain for them with the ship--^
walkout of British seamen which
owner.
The action came during the tied up major ports in Great Brit
ain. Sympathy protests were also
held in Canada.
In Montreal, about 20 unlicensed
seamen from the SS Jackson Prin
cess, a British-flag ship, came
ashore and asked the SIU Cana
dian District to bargain for them
with Jackson Shipping Cb., of
Seafarer Elias Mallett, who London, owners of the ship.
Agent Signs With SIU
took on a shipping cqmpany
The
next day, the company's
single-handed and had one of
its vessels "arrested"-last month," agent in Hamilton, Ont., signed a
delivered the <mup d'etat to the memorandum of agreement to
firm earlier this month when he negotiate a contract with the Brit
was handed a check for $300 which ish crew similar to that covering
i
represented back wages and a SlU-contracted ships.
Under the contract, which will
small settlement charge for his
be retroactive to July 23, 1960, the
trouble.
British seamen will receive' a
Mallett was unjustly fired from monthly wage of $270 plus over
his job aboard the Shell tanker time, compared with the $114 per
Ty_ee Shell and did, not receive his month they were getting before
pay when he was dismissed, f He the agreement.
latter slapped a lien on the vessel,
The seamen swapped a 56-hour
tieing it up for a day while the week for a 48-hour week at sea
company posted bond.
and a 40-hour week in port. They
Mallett was approached by a also gained the welfare benefits
Tyee Shell lawyer and agreed to which cost the sailors nothing to
the $300 out-of-court settlement. protect them and their dependents.
Originally, Mallett had asked for The SIU Canadian District is as
$400, but settled for the lesser sum sisting British seamen in Canadian
after winning the battle which he waters on their beefs with the
British shipowners.
fought "for principle."
Tanker Arrest
Nets Him $300
Great Lakes.
The present contract dispute de
rives from the operation of the
St. Lawrence Seaway. Previously,
numerous small Lakers were need
ed to sail into Montreal through
the shallow-draft channels below
that city. The opening of the Sea
way replaced them with much
larger ships. The big new lakers
can carry five times the cargo of
the small canalers with little more
crew.
Under these circumstances, the
Canadian SIU felt that its demands
were reasonable and well within
the ability of the owners to pay.
The major companies in the
association consist of such large
Canadian-flag operators as Scott
Misener, Hall Corporation and N.
M. Patterson & Sons. The Cana'dian Lakers are the largest group
of ships under the Canadian-flag
at present.
Seaway Story:
More Cargo,
Fewer Ships
MONTREAL—The trend toward
more cargo and less ships was the
most conspicuous feature of the
operation of the St. Lawrence Sea
way this year, according to the
Seaway authority. The contradic
tion is explained by the fact that
giant Lakers are replacing the
smaller craft with 12;foot draft
that formerly operated on the St.
Lawrence.
Quoting figures for the first five
months of 1960 of Seaway opera
tion, the Seaway Authority said
that cargo was up from five to
LD percent on various sections of
the Seaway. The biggest increase
was in the Welland Canal area,
but nevertheless, the number of
vessels. passing through the canal
declined from 4,922 to ,4,386.
The SIU Canadian District's
major argument in seeking a siz
able increase in its Lakes contracts
has been the use of much larger
vessels capable at carrying up to
five times the cargo of the old
Lakers.
SIU Canadian
District Halls
FORT WILLIAM.
Ontario
HALIFAX. N.S
408 Simpson St.
Phone: 3-3221
128'/j Hollis St.
Phone 3-8911
MONTREAL
634 St. James St. West
Victor 2-8161
QUEBEC
44 Sault-aii-Matelot
Quebec
LAfontaine 3-1569
THOROLD, Ontario......92 St. David St.
CAnal 7-5212
TORONTO. Ontario
272 King St. E.
EMpire 4-m9
ST. JOHN. NB
177 Prince William St.
OX 2-5431
VANCOUVER. BC
298 Haiil St.
T|
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SEAFARERS^ LOG
Par* Twenty-Two
SUP CONSTITUTION
TO BE REMODELED;
1st CHANGES READ
The first of many proposed amendments to the Constitu
tion of the Sailors Union of the Pacific were read to the
membership at SUP headquarters and all branches during
July and last month. This was"
part of a plan to streamline members. The article on membarthe constitution so that it con ship received considerable changes
forms to the Union's gro^vth pat plus the addition of tWo new sec
tern and at the same time reflects tions aimed at modernizing it in
the changes set forth in the Lan- line with the current operation of
the Union.
drum-Griffin Labor Act.
The membership and officials
Of the second six articles sub
of the SUP were in agreement that mitted to the membership for con
such a task is best done on a piece sideration, changes were noted
meal basis, changing a few amend mainly in the three dealing with
This old Railway Express Agency building In Pertlond, Or*., will be converted into 6 modem news
ments at a time, under the Com dues and initiation fee, retiring
stitution Committee, and finally cards and officers.
paper publishing plant to house a new, labor-backed daily, the "Portland Reporter."
putting all proposed changes to «
membership vote. On a few occa
sions, changes have been made In
the SUP constitution but this
marks the first time in 40 years
MC&S
Total
MFOW
Port
SUP
that the entire document will be
remodeled throughout.
7/26 to 8/22 8/1 to 8/31 8/1 to a/31
All proposed changes will be
The membership of the Marine Cooks and Stewards Union
1,688
784
332
578
published in the SUP's official San Fran.
publication—the West Coast Sailors Seattle
recently voted to invest $1,000 in a real estate venture aimed
68
70
84
210
—and after being discussed by the
at assisting striking trade unionists at two newspapers in Portmembers will be„made ready for Portland
240
122
80
82
land, Oregon.
balloting. Plans indicate this will
the earmarks of becoming a suc
(no haU)
400
437
87
probably take place sometime late Wilmington
The recommendation to in cess.
this year.
vest the money came after Pledges of about 150,000 sub
122
59
223
Thus far—as a result of a mem New York
have been received plua
headquarters had been informed scriptions
bership meeting last July—the New Orleans
(no hall)
90,,
102
numerous promises of advertis
12
first two reports on proposed SUP
of the situation In a letter from ing. All ,that .rQlT\fiins,.to be. com
81
40
, , 100
constiutional alterations were pub Honolulu
MCS' Ageht H. A. Roblnsoil at pleted is the raising of the funds
lished in the Atigust issties of the
Portland. Robinson wrote that with which to get the project roli(no hall) '
(ho hail)
127.
' 127
"West Coast Sailor." This reflected San Pedro
the Central Labor Council in his ihg.
the initial stages of the study of
Total
1,619
728
1SV
8,134
city had held meetings oh the
At last reports, pledges were
the constitution. Starting with the
strike and had come up with a rolling in quickly enough so that
preamble, in which no changes
voiuntaiy program aimed at help the publisher of the planned daily,
were planned, the document was
ing the stereotypers In their beef the "Portland Reporter," which is
broken down- article by article, in
now a semi-weekly, could issue the
against the papers.
cluding the sections thereunder.
following statement:
Invested $1,000 Each
The first 12 of these articles have
"It is the Intention of the Re
Meanwhile, two other affiliates porter
been covered.
Publishing Company ta
of the SIU Pacific District—the enter the
Recommendations submitted to
daily newspaper field
Marine Firemen's Union and the with a commercial
the membership covering the first
of
Sailors Union of the Pacific—also general circulation. newspaper
six articles of the constitution re
The
target
Refurbished
and
reconditioned
at
a
cost
of
$8-$9
million,
each voted to invest $1,000 in the date for daily production is Novem
flected proposed changes or addi
tions to all but one article—that and bearing a new name, the former SS Leilani will be run project^
ber 1 or shortly thereafter."
dealing with the duties of the ning next summer between California and the Orient as the
The Stereo men need the funds
Started February 11
fourth trans-Pacific passenger
to cover the expense of a build The Reporter was originally born
liner in the American Presi
in 1956 the Governihent sold ing to house a press and newspa last February 11 to fill the local
the iihip to Hawaiian-Textron for per started by the Guild workers. newspaper void created by the
dent Lines fleet.
The 700-passenger ship, which Hawaiian service, but in 1959 the The press is to be shipped from strike against two Portland dailies,
APL recently purchased from the Maritime Administration acquired Florida once, the project has been which cohtinued publication with
US Maritime Administration for the vessel at auction after the own financed. The entire'cost Is esti strikebreakers.
SUP
A weekly at first, the Reporter
$3,200,000, is being renamed the ers had failed to meet their pay mated at $130,000—of which $100,HONOLULU....51 South Nimitz Highway
ments on mortgages held or In 000 has already been realized.
quickly shifted to a semi-weekly
PHone 502-777 •President Roosevelt after both
NEW ORLEANS
523 Bienville St. President Theodore Roosevelt and sured by the Government.
The paper, It's reported, has ail basis and will remain oh this sched
.Tackson 5-7428
ule untU daily publication begins.
NEW YORK
675 4th Ave., Brooklyn President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Hy.innth 9-6605 whose portraits will be part of the
The liew paper began taking
PORTLAND
211 SW Clay St.
shape after Portland publishers,
liner's
new
decor.
SAN FRANCISCO
450 Harrison St
faced with a strike which closed
The vessel is expected to be
SEATTLE
*.
2505 1st Aval
down the papers, began hiring
ready
for
its
maiden
voyage
next
luain
WILMINGTON
505 Marine Ave. August. Thereafter it will have a
strike-breakers from a noted soTerminal 5-6617
called "labor " relations" firm,
sailing approximately every 10
Tentative plans by the three SIU Pacific District unions to Bloor Schlepply of Indiana.
MC&S
days on a schedule fitting in with
H0N0LULU....51 South Nimitz Highway those of the APL liners President construct a building in Honolulu have gotten a green light
PHone 5-1714
NEW ORLEANS...
523 Bienville St. Cleveland, President Wilson, and from- a Circuit Court in Hawaii, which has ruled that the
On these pages Is news of
RAmond 7-428 President Hoover. Her ports of call construction would be per- *
NEW YORK
673 4th Ave.. Brooklyn
activities of the SIU Pacific
HYacinth 9-6600 will be Honolulu, Yokohama, Ma missable under the terms of ing, and it is this aspect which
District representing the three
PORTLAND
211 SW Clay St.
CiM>itol 7-3222 nila, Hong Kong and Kobe.
the original grant of the prop made court approval necessary.
West Coast unlicensed unions,
SAN FRANCISCO
350 Fremont St.
The ship will be manned by erty made by Queen Liliuokalani •The property under considera the Sailors Union of the Pa
EXbrook 7-5600
SEATTLE
.'...2505 1st Ave. members of the Sailors Union of in 1892. The Queen had granted tion Is located at Richards and
cific, the Marine Firemen's
MAin 3-0088
WILMINGTON
505 Marine Ave. the Pacific, Marine Firemen's the property to be used as a sailors' Halekauwlla streets in Honolulu.
Union and the Marine Cooks
TErminal 4-8538 Union and Marine Cooks and Stew home.
Although the ground area is con and Stewards Union, who sail
ards.
Although the proposal Is still in sidered valuable, the present struc under the SIU banner predomi
MFOW
Built as a troopship in 1944, the the planning and talking stage, the ture is a dilapidated, outmoded nantly in the Pacific trades to
HONOLULU... 36 North Nimitz Highway
PHone 5-6077
and nearly useless building.
Hawaii, Alaska, tha Far East
NEW ORLEANS
523 BienviUe St. President Roosevelt Was converted Pacific District unions—the SUP,
MAgnolia 0404 to a passenger liner by the Gov MFOW and MC&S—have been
The Circuit Court of the First and on ''round-the-world runs.
NEW YORK
130 Greenwich St.
COrtland 7-7094 ernment in 1949, and was char considering the construction of a Judicial Circuit found that con
The SIU Pacific District Unions
PORTLAND
922 NW Everett St. tered by American Export Lines building, part of which would be structing e new building and leas
are a key group in the jSIUNA,
CApitol 3-7297-8
ing office space or shops would representing as they do the
CAN FRANCISCO
240 Second St. for its European runs. Later It ran used for union offices.
DOuglas 2-4592
The rest of the building, accord not efCest the original grant as entire uarittme industry on the
SAN iNBORO
.....298 West 7th St. off the West Coast for awhile as
Terminal 3-4489 the SS La Guardia and then went ing to the plans, would be rented long as a substantial part of the
West Co'ast.
SEATTLE
2333 Western A-'».
to make the structure self-supportr building la used for tailors.
UAin 2-632C into the reserve fleet
Pacific District Shipping
MFOW, MCS, SUP
Aid Labor Paper
New Tres. Roosevelt
To SaH Next Summer
SlU Pacific
Disfricf Halls
3 Unions Get Legal OK
To BuUd Honolulu Hall
�ifepteitibeiv me
SEAFARERS LOG
Par* Twen^-TbrM
Alaska's Growth
May Provide New
Jobs For Seamen
• To many, Americans, our 49th state-rAlaska^may be just
another place on the map. But to the members of the SIU
Pacific District ufiions it. is an area in which they have a vital
stake. For the industrial de-t
velopment of this new eco
nomic frontier of ^ America
could; conceivably,' vastly, in
Container ships like<thit, operated by Alaska Steamship Company and manned by SIU Pacific District
crease trade between it and the
..crewsi are helping West ^ast ship lines cash in On Alaskan trade.
rest of the country, and thus pro
vide «e,w job oppttrtunitles for
SIU members on the West Coast.
Still, enough progress has been
made, since Alaska achieved state state—the Alaska Steamship Com
hood, to warrant the belief that pany Inaugurated- a contamership
the Alaskan trade will assume .in program. Since then it has been.
SAN FRANCISCO — The
creasing importance in the over-all expanding the' service to more
SAN FRANCISCO—The SIU Pacific District unions—the members of the Marine Fire
West Coast shipping picture as than double Its van-carrying ca
pacity to the Anchorage and Fair SUP, MFOW and MCS—have notified shipowners of their
time goes on.
men's Union have approved a
•
Until now Alaska has, M to banks areas.
intention to reopen their current contracts for a wage review. new constitution by better than
When the containership program
speak, been a ^'sleeping giant," in
The three unions notified-^—
C" 8-1, it was reported at the list
the words of the pr^ident of the was first decided upon, in 1953, the companies of their inten- MoitlihationS 0|i6ri membership meeting here on Sep
Alaska Steamship Company, whose two basic .containers Were evolved. tions in accordance with the
tember 15.
ships are manned by , members of One -of these was the ."crib," a ,4' current
For
15
MCS
Posts
cohtrapt
provisions;
The 90-day vote on the constitu
X 6' regular cargo board built up
the Pacific District unions.
tion ended August 31 an^ the re
The Pacific. District unions are
Nominations
for
15
offices
in
the
Alaska Steamship, which first to a height of S'S" with a lily- considering discussing and amend
port by the tallying committee
entered the trade in 1805, is tne wood top strapped in place. This ing the wage, overtime and pen SlU-affiliated Marine Cooks and showed 1,442 votes for and 178
Stewards
Union
opened
at
MC&S
major Pacific District company on simple, cpllapsibl^ device cost alty time structure presently in
headquarters and all branches against.
this run. Standard Oil of Califor about $23 to build.
effect.
Sept.
8. The posts for which the The tallying committee con
nia has one tanker, the Alaska
Later, the "gard'' was, designed,
Companiea Notifiedj
nominees
are competing are for sisted of Ted Voorhees, San Pedro;
Standard, running reguiarly be u^ith a capacity of 144 cubic feet
Companies officially notified on a three-year period, expiring in A. Ziller, Seattle; Jack O'Gieblyn,
tween Alaska and Seattle, with as compared with the "crib's" ca the wage reopeners are: Alaska 1963.
Portland, and Bob Merrill, Dean
other tankers in the fleet making pacity of 60 cubic feet '
Steamship .Co.; American Presi Those members who wish to run Richardson and Richard Merel,
Occasional calls, while Pacific Far
It is highly unlikely that con dent Lines; W. R. Chamberlin & for any of these official posts have San Francisco. .
East Lines occasionally calls" at tainership operations will ever Co.; Duncan Bay Tankships, Ltd.; until October 15 to nominate them
Alaska enroute to the "Far East. reach the 100 percent mark in the Gypsum Carrier, Inc.; Long Island selves.
Plans are afoot to build a tank Alaskan trade, because the varie Tankers Corp.; Matson Navigation
The positions ojten for nomina
er terminal in the Anchorage area ty of cargo is too great. A typical Co.; Oliver J, Olson & C6.; Olym tion are: secretary-treasurer, as
as a result of oil strikes nearby. shipload, lor instance, mig}it in pic-Griffiths Lines, Inc.; Pacific. sistant secretary-treasurer, dis
Resources Untapped
clude 10 to 20 automobiles, a road Far East Lines; Pacific Maritime patcher and three port agents, all
Alaska's resources',; until now, grader, two or three tractors, a Association; A1 Peirce Co.; Per- out of San Francisco; one agent
have been largly untapped — in few hundred thousand feet of manente Steamship Corp.; San and a patrolman each for the ports
fact, hardly known. But, since lumber, a fishing boat and several FranHsco Bar Pilots Assn.; Shep- of Portland, Wilmington, Seattle
Alaska became' a state, national pleasure A-aft, dredge buckets or ard Steamship Co., and States and New York, and one agent for
Honolulu.
and international attention has a dredge itself, mill and mine Steamship Co.
been focused on the area. As a equipment, cannery machines, a
result, capital is now being invest herd of cattle, and even a donkey
As MCS Hearings in San Francisco Got Under Way
ed to explore the area's oil, iron or two.
and coal deposits.
There are, of course, m^y
Witfl this in mind, West Coast problems which still remain, and
shipping Interests have been tak which must still be surmounted if
ing steps to cash in on Alaska's Alaskan shipping Is to reach its
industrial potential.
full potential. The docks are still
Container Service Started
small and .the ports are strewn
'As far back as 1953, in fact — all along a 26,000-mile, icebound
five years before Alaska became a coastline. The winters are long,
and from May to September there
is a terrific rush to load and un
Hope Set Te Sail load,
resulting in general conges
tion at the docks which makes
On Mercy Mission ships
lie idle until they can ob
- SAN FRANCISCO—The SS tain cargo handling facilities.
Hope, the hospital ship which
Ship Lines Back
will bring health and medical
knowledge to the people of South- Because of these problems, aver
cast Asia^, will leave tomorrow, 60 steamship lines have come and
Sept. 23, on its mission of mercy gone from the Alaskan trade since
to Indonesia and Vietnam.
1867,- and many shipping lines have
.The former Navy hospital ship taken the attitude that the AlasConsolation will be operated by Ican trade is something not to be
American President Lines and touched with the proverbial 10manned by members of SIU Pa foot pole.
cific District unions.
The Hope, which was refitted at Still, that attitude now appears
This was the scene as SlUNA opened hearings in San .Froncisca an issues within Marine Cooks ond
Seattle at a cost of $1,877,000, ar to -be becoming outmoded, and it
rived here for final fitting out last may well be that Alaska's new
Stewards Union., Findings on week-long hearings are expected to be issued shortly. At microphone is
month. The project "Hope"—for status as a state will lead to an
SiUNA president Paul Hall. Others on platform ore SlUNA vice-presidents Morris Weisberger, Lester
Health Opportunity for People era of industrial - development
Balinger, Captain John M. Fox, Hal Banks, Sam Bennett and Lester Caveny; also John Hawk, Interna
Eyerywherer—is finance by volun which will, in turti,= make Alaskan
tional .^secretary-treasurer, Clhd Vincent J. Malone, ihternatlonal representative. In foreground are court^ •.
tary .subscriptions Of thev Ameri-- -trade a iiwratiVe and' tHrlvlhg ehreporters
Who took complete record of the proceedings^ Newspaper reporters were also invited, and
can public, including .many. labor ferpHse which Will tempt^ riiShy
'SlU's
"Open
door" policy of airing union issues was hailed by Son Frdnciscb press.
I
more
shipping
lines
to
^enter'
iti'
junions.
West Coast Unions
Reopen Contracts
New Constitution
OK^ By Firomon
•1. -' (I
•j •
�fiffs Twentf-Fonr
SEAFARERS
September, 196t
LOG
MTD Supporting Boycott Of Sears
Both the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department and the AFL-CIO Executive Coun
cil have taken a firm stand against union-busting tactics employed by Sears, Roebuck
and Co., and have pledged their full support of a consumer boycott directed against all
By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS
of the Sears stores throughagainst ~ unions on a nation-wide ment of Sears has refused to re Business Lag Making For Good Buys
out the US and Canada."
new union-shop clauses in agree
The boycott action initially basis."
The Executive Council also pin ments with the Retail Clerks and The economists, businessmen and Administration spokesmen who
was begun by the Retail Clerks In
ternational Association after 262 of pointed subsequent examples of has even rejected the modified announced last January that this was to be the decade of the "Soaring
its members were fired for honor Sears anti-union tactics. It said union-shop provision accepted by Sixties" are now running for cover. The predicted fabulous boom
ing a picket line set up by the that a St. Louis branch of the con its major competitor, Montgomery never appeared, fn fact, business is sagging, and merchants and manu
Machinists Union at a San Fran cern tried to force a group of In Ward," the AFL-CIO also reported.
cisco Sears store. Sears' manage ternational Brotherhood of Elec In summing up its position, the facturers are shadigg prices to move excess inventories.
ment refused attempts by the San trical Workers employees to give Council urged all members of or As a tesult, some good buys in household appliances and furnishings
Francisco Labor Council
medi up their jobs and transfer to a ganized labor not to patronize any are avaffable for careful shoppers. Here are types of merchandise on
ate the dispute; consequeiil|y, the service company. The workers re Sears store "until its management which ypu can make especially advantageous buys at this time:
RCIA—with the full sarifcdon of fused, and went on strike to pro ceases to interfere with the self• Heaviest price-cutting is on large appliances, especially re
"West Coast organized labor— test this treatment. They then organization of employees and
were fired by Sears and replaced imtil it demonstrates good-faith frigerators and washing machines.
started the boycott.
acceptance of union security
But as the plight of the Retail with strikebreakers.
• Furniture manufacturers and retailers are shading prices and
In other locations, the manage clauses in its contracts."
Clerks became known t^ the labor
also
have brought out simplified, less-costly living room (ind bed
movement on a national basis, sup
room sets, sofa beds and metal dinette sets, to combat the slump
port mounted. Last month in Chi
In that Industry.
cago, , the AFL-CIO Executive
Council formally endorsed the boy
•TV producers and dealers are cutting prices especially sharply
cott and pledged the full support
on the 17-inch portable and 21-inch standard sets. When you shop,
of all of its affiliates in a planned
you're likely to find dealers trying to convince you to take 19 or
campaign to organize the 729 re
23-inch models instead. They get a larger profit margin on the
tail stores and 853 catalogue stores
bigger-screen sets. But the 17 and 21-inch s^ts are better values
in the Sears, Roebuck chain.
financially.
>In a formal statement issued
• A number of building materials are lower this fall, but ply
after the Executive Council met,
wood prices especially have gone down.
the AFL-CIO expressed increasing
concern over the "union-busting
Besides these reductipns, September is a good- month to find cutmethods" deliberately employed
price, sales oh housewares, china and glassware; batteries' and other
car equipment (specially-priced in pre-winter sales); piece goods; tools
by the billion-dollar merchandis
ing chain.
and hardware.
The Council called attention to
September is also the month food markets offer special prices on
the fact that years ago, Sear^diad
canned goods to clear out last year's iwck before this year's arrives.
put into business a shady antiThis is ah . opportunity to stock up
unionist, Nathan Shefferman.
on food staples at savings.
Later, Shefferman's activities were
In kids' back-to-school clothes,
spotlighted by the McClellan Com
the big trend* is to blends: of syn
mittee, which was investigating il
thetics. It's a" desirable trend. The
legal union activities. As a result
newer
synthetics add dirt-resist
of the unfavorable publicity. Sears
ance,
wrinkle-resistance,
durability
pledged it would never again re
and
easy
washaibility
to
the older
sort to such tactics. Yet today
fabrics
like
cotton,
.
rayon
and
again, the Council said. Sears "has
wool.
The
"polyester"
synthetics,
intensified its aggressive war
which include Dacron, Kodel, Vycron and Terylene, generally are
the most truly wash-and-wear and
the strongest fibers, They are espeefslly dedrable in a blend with
cotton, or in a less-expensive blend
with rayon, for shirts and blouses.
For example, boys' shirts of 65
percent Dacron and 35 percent
Seafarer Ray Griffith, surrounded by his wife, Eleanor, and sons
cotton are available for about $3
this fall. Watch for even lower
Glenn, 11, and Wayne, 6, sleeps after completing a 17-mile
Admiral Raphael Semmes, who
prices
later this year on men's
underwater
swim
across
the
Long
Island
Sound.
(Photo
by
Newsgained his fame as a Confederate
and boys' shirts and women's and
day, Long Island.)
sea raider, will be sailing under
girls' blouses of this desirable
two flags from now on—that of the
Seafarer Ray Griffifh of Copaigue, Long Island, has an combination of fibers. The biggest manufacturer o^ this fabric has just
US merchant marine and that of
the US Navy he fought against dur unusual way of getting across large bodies of water; he likes announced a price reduction. Experience has shown that this propor
ing the Civil War—(oops—^War Be to cross them swimming beneath the surface, with an assist tion of Dacron and cotton is one of the most soil-resistant, easiestlaundering, long-wearing ^fabrics for shirts and blouses.
tween the States).
from skin-diving equipment, 4Semmes' name is already being of course.
The "acrylic" synthetic fibers, including Acrilan, Creslan, Orion and
borne by one merchant ship—^the
Zefran, are softer and warmer than the polyesters and more like
Griffith, who sails in the
trailership Raphael Semmes of
wool, They keep creases and resist wrinkling, but are generally not as
the SlU-contracted S e a - L a n d deck department with the SIU,
strong or wrinkle-resistant as the polyesters. They do drape better,
made an underwater trip across
Service.
and thus are especially suitable for dresses, skirts, and school slacks,
for fall and winter.
^
Now, in addition, the same name the Long Island Sound early this
will be carried by a new Navy month from Bridgeport, Conn., to
In
all-cotton
garments,
there
also
are
more
resin-treated
garments
guided-missile destroyer scheduled Port Jefferson, LI.this year, especially in the simpler dresses and blouses. Besin-treated
He made the IT-mile underwater
for completion next year at Avoncottons generally are not as truly automatic wash-and-wear as Dacrondale Marine Ways in New Orleans. swim in a little less than 16 hours,
and-cotton blends or even Orion blends. Besin-treated cottons gener
Semmes captured 68 Northern setting an endurance record aiid
ally require drip-dry treatment, can't go through the spinning cycle,
ships during the Civil War and a distance record, as he was the
and may need a little ironing. But they are superior to untreated
threw Federal commerce into a first man on record to try the feat.
cottons in both washability and soil-resistance, and quality for quality,
Fourteen
candidates
are
now
panic. Insurance rates soared, and
The 33-year-old Seafarer, who seeking the three top- international are generally more wear-resistant.
many, vessels, to escape- both is a heavy construction welde'- offices—that of president, vice When you shop for back-to-school dresses this fall, you're going to
Semmes and the high premium, while on the beach, joined the SlU president and secretary-treasurer see the stores pushing more dresses, fewer skirt-and-blouse combina
transferred to foreign flags, thus in 1945. He is married and is the
—in the election of the Masters, tions; more bouffant styles, fewer straight styles. But for younger girls
• becoming the first runaways. The father of two sons.
especially, the blouse and skirt or jumper combination lends, itself to
Mates
and Pilots.
decline of the US flag at sea after
Griffith called the underwater
more costume variations and saves much laundering.
The
election
period,
which
start
the Civil War has sometimes—but trip a "proving ground" for bigger
Food Still Problem
mistakenly—been blamed on projects. He wants to swim the ed with the mailing of ballots JTuly
will run for 90 days, with votes Food is still the big cost-of-living problem this September, although
Semmes' raiding activities.
English Channel underwater and 14,
in Washington, DC, during
he is also considering going around counted
prices will slacken off seasonally later this fall. Meat is still relatively
the
last
week of October.
Manhattan
underwater.
However,
expensive, with pork in relatively scarce supply. You'll find some
Don't Send Your these projects require money, and The election processes were put supermarket
leaders on lamlb, beef and pork shoulders.
Ray is seeking a sponsor before he in motion at a meeting of the three- Poultry—both broiler-fryers and turkeys—are in large supply this
Baggage COD
man balloting committee selected, month. Marketing of-broilers and fryers are running a good 12 percent
•"^afarers are again warned tries them.
during
the MM&P convention in ahead of a year earlier, and prices are dropping.
Griffith said that his swim across
not to send their baggage COD
Galveston.
The committee met in
to any Union hall. The Union the Sound ran into trouble six New York at the end of June and A recent survey by Government home economists found , you gener
ally need 2.4 pounds of ready-to-cook chicken to provide a pound of
times:
three
times
he
got
leg
cannot accept delivery of any
accepted the nominations.
lean cooked me"at; 2.2 pounds of\young turkey and 4.5 pounds of duck.
baggage where express charges cramps and he twice lost sight of
The
committee
also
prepared
an
Using recent prices, that means chicken at 55 cents a pound really
the
target
light
before
his
handlers
have not been prepaid.
Men who send baggage COD steered him on the right course. election ballot containing a 200- costs you $1.32 for the cooked meat; turkey at 59 cents costs you $1.30,
to Union halls face the prospect Another time he sank beneath tV^ word statement by each candidate. and duck at 55 cents costs $2.48.
Ballots are returnable to a safe This fall look for the best values in, big turkeys Ospecially. They're
of having to go to a lot of trou weight of two new oxygen tanks
ble and red tape with the Bail- and had to inflate his life pre deposit vault in a Washington bank in heavy supply. Prices for big turkeys have, been running a little less
server to get to the 15-foot level under the control of the Election than those for birds under 16 pounds. The larger turkeys also yield
way Express Co.
at which he made most of the trip. Institute.
you.more actual meat per pound
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Seafarer's Underwater
Swim Mark: 17 Miles
Navy Nabs
Sea-Land
Ship Name
MMP Vote
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SEAFARERS
LOG
Pafe Twenty-Flra
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New Contract Talks
WELFARE BENEFITS CLIMB
TO OVER $200,000 MARK
The Marine Allied Workers Division paid a total of 87 benefit claims to MAWD mem
bers and their dependents during the month of August, bringing the grand total paid out
to $204,210.53 since . the Plan's inception.
One of the highest claims*'
MR. AND MRS. JAMES SMITH,
paid to date was paid to Al- a child at -Brooklyn Hospital, $140.25 for the birth of a child at
phonso Marra, an employee at Brooklyn, June 28, 1960. Fasano is Temple University Hospital,
the New York Canvas & Roye
Company, New York City. Marra's
benefits were paid for hospitaliza
tion and weekly disability. His total
sum received during August was
$1,359.25.
Of the 87 payments made during
August, MAWD members received
a total .of 41 payments and their
dependents accounted for the re
maining 46. Fifteen claims were
paid for maternity cases.
During the first month of opera
tion as a self-Insured plan, the
MAWD Northeast Area Welfare
Plan did not have occasion to make
insurance payments for death
benefits, accidental death or dis
memberment. The entire sum of
money paid out was to those claim
ing hospital, disability and mater
nity benefits.
Maternity Benefits
Maternity benefits were paid to
the following:
MB. AND MRS. R. CONN,
$178.75* for tbe^birth of a child at
St. Agnes Hospital^^ Philadelphia,
July 20, 1960. Conn is employed at
Air Master Corporation, Philadel
phia.
At top, negotiating committee representing Armond Edwards
employees includes (|-r) Martin Lastra, Leon Wilson, shop steward;
Angelo Orti, Susano Lastra and Ramon Correo-Rios. Contract
talks are continuing. Below, American Casting women employees
listen attentively to contract talks. They are (l-r) Josephine Norones, Blanco Morales, Francisco Ramirez and Jesuso Rodriguez.
These Are Your
Union Meetings
—Attend Them! ^
All union m'ember; should
regularly- attend the member
ship meetings in tl^eir area.
These meetings are devoted
to discussions of matters vital to
the welfare and security of
every MAWD member and his
family.
What's more, these meetings
provide every MAWD member
with the opportunity to speak up
and state his views about these
vitql matters.
Here is the schedule of the
next meetings:
NEW YORK-Toesday, Octo
ber 4, at 7 P.M., SlU Half, 675
Fourth Ave., B'klyn.
BALTIMORE - Friday, Octo
ber 7, at 8 P.M., SlU Hall,
1216 E. Baltimore St.
SUNBURY - Sunday, Octo
ber 9, at 2 P.M., Friendship
Fire Company.
PHILADELPHIA - Tuesday,
October 11, at 7:30 P.M., SlU
Hall, 2604 S. 4th St.
T
MR. AND MRS. J. SMITH, $90.55
for the birth of a child at Mercy
Douglas Hpspital, Philadelphia,
January 17, 1960. Smith is em
ployed at Air Master Corporation,
Philadelphia.
With SIU. Industrial Workers
This is one in a series of features which the SEAFARERS LOG will
will
publish r'.garding members of SIU affiliated unions working in
MR. AND MBS. ANTHONY
maritime
production and allied fields.
lASANO, $180.50 for the birth of
WELFARE PLAN
SELF-INSURED
The Welfare Plan trustees recently completed plans to
place the MAWD Northeast Area Welfare Plan under selfinsurance, effective August 1, 1960. The self-insurance plan
will continue to give MAWD*^^
members the same coverage
they have had since the in
ception of the Welfare Plan but
the "new look" will cut down op
erating expenses by discontinuing
premium payments to an insurance
company.
The MAWD plan came into its
own as a self-insured plan because
of the reserve of money accumu
lated that will allow the latest
move to give greater and more ef
fective coverage to all members.
The SIU deep sea Welfare Plan
has operated independently over
a number of years and experience
has show# that a self-insured plan
not only cuts operating expenses
considerablyi but also gives the
members the type of insurance
necessary to cover them in their
own respective work.
A $23,000 deposit has been made
with the New York State Work
men's Compensation Board to
cover disability benefit payments
as xequired by NY State law.
the shop steward at Standard Philadelphia, June 7, 1960. Smith
Building's Kimberly Division, is employed at E. A. Gallagher &
Brooklyn.
Sons, Philadelphia.
MR. AND MRS. P. WHITE,
MR. AND MRS. C. BRAXTON,
$181.70 for the birth of a child at $120 for the birth of a child at
Jefferson Hospital. Philadelphia, Presbyterian Hospital, New York
July 8, 1960. White is employed at City, June 8, 1960. Braxton is em
Air Master Corporation, Philadel ployed at Beam-Matic Corporation,
phia.
New York City.
MR. AND MRS. FERNANDO
MR. AND MRS. LAWRENCE
FALA, $135.50 for the birth of a WELSH, $120 for the birth of a
child at Lankenau Hospital, Cpl- child at Nazareth Hospital, Naza
lingdale, Pa:j July 14, 1960. Fala js reth, Pa., August 7, 1960. Welsh is
employed at the National Molasses employed at All American Metals
Company.
of Philadelphia.
MR. AND MRS. KURT PARTL,
MR. AND MRS. M. ALVARADO,
$31.25 for maternity benefits at $182.50 for the birth of a child at
Presbyterian Hospital, Yeadon, Pa. Brooklyn Hospital, July 7, 1960.
Parti is employed at Air Master Alvarado is employed at WisorCorporation, Philadelphia.
Smith Metal Products, Brooklyn.
MR. AND MRS. P. JENKINS,
MR. AND MRS. C. STENDER$107.20 for the birth of a child at OWICZ, $120 for the birth of a
Presbyterian Hospital, Philadel child at Nazareth Hospital, August
phia, June 22, 1960. Jenkins is em 11, 1960. Stenderowicz is employed
ployed, a^, Air Master Corporation, at All American Metals, Philadel
Philadel^ia.
phia.
MR. AND MRS. A. SKERSTAD,
MR. AND MRS. W. McKIE,
$171 for the birth of a child at $57.80 for the birth of a child at
Lutheran Medical Hospital, Brook the Germantown Dispensary, Gerlyn, July 2, 1960. S"kerstad is em mantown. Pa., August 3, 1960.
ployed at Atlantic Cordage, Brook McKie is employed at Air Master
lyn.
Corporation, Philadelphia.
NLRB Calls
Election At
Roto Broil
Official word was' received this
week from the National Labor Re
lations Board ordering an election
at the Roto Broil Division plant of
the Jay Kay Metals Corporation in
Long Island City.
According to the NLRB the longawaited election must be held
within the next thirty days.
The election has been sought by
Marine Allied Workers Division
officials for over a year. The
MAWD will be on the ballot in
opposition to "Amalgamated Lo
cal 355," who holds the present
collective bargaining agreement
with the Jay Kay Corporation. "No
Union" will also hold a space on
the ballot.
BROTHER PAUL BRADLEY is
employed at the Southwark Coop
erage Company, Philadelphia. He
worked at the
Southwark firm
since March 1958,
and has been an
MAWD member
since May, 1958.
Paul and his wife,
Grace, reside at
608 North MarshaU with their
four daughters,
Pauline, Carolyn, Marilyn and
Doris, ranging in age from two.
years to seven. Pauline is the old
est. .
The news, on this page deals
with people Working under the
SIU banner in shoreside estab
lishments engaged in maritime
production and allied fields.
Included among the items
made are cordage, canvas,
lifesaving equipment, ship's
gear and related industrial
products. Because there had
not been any organization avail
able to them, many of these
workers were formerly without
any union protection, until they
came under the SIU banner.
Developments in their area wili
be reported here because they
are an important part of the
ro xritime industry.
BROTHER OSCiVR JIMENEZ is
employed as a press .operator at
at Porter-Mathews Company in
Philadelphia. A
resident of Phil
adelphia, Oscar
is a skilled carp e n t er.
An
MAWD member
since ^ October,
1959, and em
ployed at PorterMathews since
S e p t e m her of
that year, Oscar is a family man
with two daughters. Carmen, age
14, and Ivette, age 17. JHr. and
Mrs. Jimenez and family reside
at 2218 Harold Street, Philadel
phia.
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SISTER -URSULA ISRAEL is
employed as an operator at the
F. M. Stevenson Company of Bal
timore. Born in
Berlin, Germany,
Ursula is unmar
ried and has been
working at the
Stevenson firm
since July, 1940.
She has been an
MAWD member
since April 1958.
Ursula
resides
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar Israel of 2823 Waldorf Ave
nue, Baltimore.
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SEAFARERS
LOG
gt»tert<ir, t9<l*
Report On SlU Credentials
We, the undersigned committee on credentials duly elected at the regular business meet
ing at headquarters on August 8th, 1960, in accordance with the constitution, have exam
ined the credentials of the candidates for elective office or job in the Seafarers International
Union 6f North America—^At->
"fc) His book number.
It is to be pointed out to the
lantic. Gulf, Lakes and Inland
"(d) The UUe of the office or membership that the SEAFARERS
> Waters District for the years
C".
It;.
of 1961-2-3-4, as per Artiede XI
Section 1, and submit the following
report:
We qualified or disqualified
those men who submitted for office
by the rules of our constitution as
contained in Articles XII and
XIII. Article XII is known as
Qualifications For Officers, Headquarters Representiptives, Port
Agents, Patrolmen-, and Other
Elective Jobs. The Article reads a.<
follows,:
"Section 1. Any member of
the Union is eligible to be a
candidate for, and hold, any
office or the job of Head
quarters Representative, Port
Agent or Patrolman provided:
"(a) He has at least three (3)
years of seatime in an un
licensed capacity aboard an
American-flag merchant vessel
or vessels. In computing time,
time spent in the employ of
the Union, its subsidiaries and
its affiliates, or in any employ
ment at the Union's direction,
shall count the same as sea
time. Union records. Welfare
. Plan records and/or company
records can be used to deter
mine eligibility; and
"(b) He has been a full book
member in contiBuous good
standing in the Union for at
least three (3) years - immedi
ately prior to his nomination; and .
"(c) He has at least four (4)
months of sea time, in an un
licensed capacity aboard . an
American-flag merchant vessel
- or vessels, covered by contract
with this Union, or four W
months of employment with,
or- in- any ^^ice or job of, the
Union, its subsidiaries and its
affiliates, or in any employ
ment at the Union's direction,
or a combination of these, be
tween January 1st and the
time of nomination in the elec
tion year; and
"(d) He is a citizen of the
United States of America; and
"(e) He is not disqualified
by law.
"Section 2. All candidates
for, and holders of, other elec
tive jobs not specified in the
preceding sections shall be
full book members of the
Union.
. "Section 3. All candidates
for and^holders of elective of
fices and jobs, whether elected
or appointed in accordance
with the Constitution, shall
maintain full book member
ship ^n good standing." (End
of quote from Constitution)
Article XIII, is known as, Elect'ons For Ofiicers, Hecdqnartcrs
Representatives, Port Agents and
Patrolmen. The article re.<ls as
follows:
"Section 1. Nomir^tlons
"Except as provided in Sec
tion 2 (b) of this Article, any
full member may submit bis
name for nomination for any
office, or the job qf Headquart e r s Representative, Port
Agent or Patrolman, by de
livering or causing to be de
livered in person, to the office
of the Secretary-Treasurer at
headquarters, or sending, a
letter addressed to the creden
tials committee, in care of the
Becrrtary-Treasurer, at the ad
dress of headquarters. T^s
letter shall t>e dated and shall
contain the following:
"(a) The name of the can
didate.
"(b) His home address and
mailing address.
other job for which he is a LOG issue of July 1st, 1960 carried
candidate, including the the constitution of the Seafarers
name of the Port in the International Union of North
event thb position sought is America - Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes
that of Agent or Patrolman. and Inland Waters District, in
"(e) Proof of citizenship,
which Articles XI, XII, and XIII
"(f) Proof of seatime and/or give the terms of office, the
employment as required for qualifications for office and the
candidates.
manner in which credentials are
"(g) In the event the member to be submitted.
is on a ship he shall notify
We further point out to tlie
the Credentials Committee membership that the full notice of
what ship he is on. This shall opening of nominations, necessary
be done also if he ships qualifications for same, and an ap
subsequent to forwarding peal for all interested members to
his credentials.
qualify themselves were contained
. "(h) Annexing a certificate in. in the SEAFARERS LOG. in the
the following form, signed issue of July 2atb, 1960 on Page
and dated by the proposed 2.
nominee:
The SEAFARERS LOG issue of
Six>'man credontiols committee elected by headquarters member
I hereby certify that I am not July 20th, 1960, on Page 14, car
now nor, for the five (5) years ried the President's Pre-Balloting
ship is shown cbecking out quolificotions of nominees for SlU's
last past, have I been either a Report, which report gave the
general eiech'on. Voting will be for four-yeor terms.
member of the Communist depository required by Article X,
Party or convicted of, or Section 1 (e) of the Union Constitu the manner In which to qualify for is, in alphabetical form under the
office.
^
offices for which they run, and that
served any part of a prison tion.
The following is a complete list the ports, following the headquarterm resulting from convic
tion of robbery, bribOry, ex The official records of the Sea ing of all men who submitted their ters'offices, beginning with Boston,
tortion, embezzlement, grand farers International Union of credentials to the committee. The be arranged on the Ballot geo
larceny, burglary, arson, viola North America - Atlantic, Gulf, men's ham^ and jobs for which graphically as has been done in
tion of narcotics laws, murder,- Lakes and Inland Waters District they submitted sudh credentials the past. Following each man's
rape, assault with intent to shows fliat the Pre-Balloting Re are listed in the order which this name' and book number in. his
kill, assault which inflicts port of the Secretary-Treasurer committee feels they should be qualification or disqualifications,
grievous bodily injury, or was given in the headquarters placeii on the general ballot. That followed by the reason for same.
violation of title II or III of meeting of July 5th, 1960, in con
PRESIDENT
the -Landrum-Griffin Act, or formity with Article X Section 1. Paul Hall, H-1
Qualified
Credentials in order.
Paragraph
(e)
of
our
Union
Con
conspiracy to commit any such
EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT
stitution.
This
same
Pre-Balloting
crimes.
Qualified
Credentials in order.
Report was acted on in all con Cal Tanner, T-1
Dated:
VICE-PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF CONTRACTS AND CONTRACT
stitutional
ports
holding
regular
Signature of member
ENFORCEMENT
membership meetings during the
Book No.
Claude Simmons, S-1
Qualified
Credentials in order.
month
of
July,
1960,
The
Pre-Bal"Printed forms of the cer
VICE-PRESIDICNT IN CHARGE OF THE ATLANTIC COAST
lotlng.
Report
has
been
reproduced
tificate be made available to
Qualified
Credentials in. order.
verbatim in the July 20th, 1960 Earl Shepard, S-2
nominees. Where a , norninee
VICE-PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF THE GULF COAST .
issue
of
the
SEAFARERS
LOG
as
cannot truthfully ex^te sucb
Lindsey J. Willtanis,W-1
Qualified
Credentials in order.
mentioned previously.
a certificate, but is. in fact
VICE-PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF THE LAKES AND INLAND
We find, that by referring to the
legally eligible fqr^an .pffi^e^pr
WATERS
issues of the SEAFARERS LOG A1 Tanner, T-IS
job by reason of the restora
Qualified
Credentials In order.
n,entioned above, and to the min
tion of civil rights originally
SECRETARY-TREASURER
utes of the regular membership A1 Kerr, K-7
revoked by such conviction or
Qualified
Credentials in order,
meetings in all the Atlantic and
a favorable detm-mination by
HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVE
Gulf District ports, that every pos John Cole, C-8
the Board of Parole of the
'
Qualified
Credentials in order.
sible effort was not only made to William (Bill) Hall, H-272
United States Department of
, Qualified
Credentials: itf''order.
advise the membership of the Edward (Eddie) Mooney, M-7
Justice, he shall, in lieu of the
^^ified
Credentials in order.
quallllcations to run for office but Freddie Stewart, S-€
- foregoing certificate, furnish a
Qualified
Credentials' In order,
in addition, a plea was made that
complelfc signed statement of
• NEW YORK PORT AGENT
any man who thought be may be Paul Drozak, D-i68
the facts of his case together
Qualified
Credentials in order.
capable of holding any elective of
with true copies of the docu
MEW
YORK
JOINT
PATROLMAN
fice was urged to submit his
ments supfiorting bis state
Qualified
Credentials id order.
John Arabasz, A-2 credentials for same.
ment.
E. (Scottie) Aubussoa, A-8
Qualified
Credentials in order.
"All documents required
We, this committee, as well as John Buccl, B-780
Qualified
Credentials in order.
hereiii must reach headquar
our rank and_file members are Robert J. Bums, B-187
C^alified
Credentials in order.
ters no earlier than July 15th
aware of the fact that' copies of the, Daniel (Dan) Butts, 3-628
Qualified
Credentials in order,
and no later than August 15th
constitution, wherein all the John Cabral, €-200
(^alified - Credentials In order.
ol the election year.
qualifications for subiBltting for Stephen CUT, C-70
Qualified
Credentials in order.
"The Secretary-Treasurer is
office were, contained, were and Leo Cronsoho, C-801
^ Qualified
Credentials in order.
charged with the safekeeping
have been made available to all Joseph (Joe) DI Georglo, D-2
Qualified ' Credentials in order.
of these letters and shall turn
of the membership of our Union. Stephano Di Giroiomo. D-7S
Qualified
Credentials in order.
them over to the cri^dentials
In this constitution, we, as good Harry D. litzgerdd, F-371
Disqualified Did not submit prop
committee upon the latter's
Union members, know that it fully
er seatime as required by the
request.'' (End of quote from
outlines all qualifications neces
constitution. (See AppeaL)
Constitution).
sary for office and the steps and Louis (Lou) Goffin, G-7
Qualified
Credentials in order,
(^alified
Credentials in order.
Howard Guinler, G-3 .
Qualified
Credentials in order.
Edward Guszynsiky, G-71
Disqualified Did not submit , four
Eugene B. Hall, H-5S
months seatime for current cal
endar year.
(Ed. note: The followinjg 4t the text of the teletype message to Emilio Hernandez, H-T
, Qualified
Credentids in order.
all ports on the appeal.of Brother Harry D. Fitzgerald from dis- Luigi lovino, I-ll
Credentials in order,
Qualified
qwali^retion by the credentials committee. His appeal, was upheld Robert C. Mdioy,
Qualified
Credentiais in order.
by membership vote va til ports in which ^meetings are held on Frank Mongelli, M-1111
Qualified
Credentials la order.
the ballot.)
Peter Patrick, P-182
Qualified
Credentials in Order.
Appeal received from Brother' Harry D. Fitzgerald, Book No. Charles Soelleld, S-IM
Qualified
Credentials in order.
F-37L from his disqualification by the credentials' committee. Fltx- William John Smith, S-88
Qualified
Credentials - in order.
gerald is a candidate for the job of joint patrolman in the port of Charles Starabul. S-578
Qualified
Credentials in order..
New York. Fitzgerald had received notice of disqualification while Keith Terpe, T-3 .
v C^lified
Credentials in order.
serving aboard vessel under SIU contract.
RayniMd Torres, T-31 .
{Ratified
Credentials to order.
Fitzgerald concedes that he did not furnish proof of sufficient Norman E. Wroten, Jr.,;W-256 ^ , Qualified
Credentials in order.
seatime but has now come up with additional verified proof to show
sPHiLADEU>lIlX AGENT
that he has enough seatimel In view of the fact that he mailed in Steve (Blackie) CardullOf C-1
Qualified
Credentials In order.
additiimal evidence, faeadqiurters is willing to recommend that he
lai-ry Gerie, 6^69 . „
, Qualified
Credentials in order.
now be ruled qualified by (he membership, even though he should
PHILADELPHIA JOINT PATROLMAN
bave produced this proof before the credentials committee. While John Hetzell,.
^
Qualified
Credentials in otder.
the credentials committee acted correctly in the light of the evidence Raymond (Ri^) Oates. 0-2
Qiudified
CredenUalt in nider.
before it, it is recommended that they be overruled, inasmuch M.
. \ ' BALTIMORE; AGENT..
Brother Fitzgerald was on a vessel and wpu!d have been able to
Bexford (Bex) Dickey. D-8
Qhuiilified , Credeotlais^^n; biderr
clear up his seatime proof if he had been available Just prlo/ • to
/,;• RAL'nMOBE.JOli<ft:^PATROLjiAN.
. I;
.Le time the credentials mxandt'oe acted.
Jam^ C. Bartiette„R-]i)4 -.. . ,
Quaiffled , li Credenttoli to M
,
(CoHtimuid'on page SQ)
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Action On Appeal
�September, 1960
^^SBAFARERS
LOG
j|Pare Twenty-SeTea
T
preW Wants
Air Conditioning
to the ilditor:
We, the crew on the SS
Transeastern, want to gp on rec
ord -as giving the negotiating
committee full support for hav
ing it stipulate in all future con-'
tracts that air conditioning and
movie projectors be included on
all ships on extended voyages,
especially those running to the
Persian Gulf, and that In no
case should a swimming pool
take the place of air condition-Ing.
One SlU-contracted company.
Cities Service, already provides
movie projectors for ships run
ning foreign.
We also would favor a,recrea
tion program for men at sea sim
ilar to programs such as the
Safety Program, Food Program,
Scholarship Program etc., under
the Welfare Plan.
We emphasize that for ships
running to the Persian Gulf,
swimming pools are of little
recreational value because (1)
pools are too small; (2) they are
•too near the smoke stack; (3)
water temperature is hotter than
air temperature; (4) intense
sunlight in the Persian Gulf
area is not favorable to • sun
bathing; (5) water will not stay
in pool when ship rolls..
Air conditioning would en
courage men ^ to stay on ships
that are shuttling to the Per
sian Gulf, and would help pre-.
vent the loss of jobs to aliens,
non-union seamen, etc., when
SIU men get off after one or
two trips.
In the past, the SIU has been
a leader in the maritime field
for seamen's benefits. Let us
again set the pace for a first
class recreation program to be
set up and supervised by the
Welfare Plan. We would like to
hear our brothers' opinions on
Ivtli^se^prpp^o^als.
E. K. PeMoss
D. L. Dickerson
B. Hager
L. A. Ziembka
Hearing Back
^After Operation
To the Editor:
It has been about 10 months
since I have written for rein
statement into the Union be
cause at that time I was going
to get a hearing aid so that I
would be able to return to sea
after a'long absence.
A lot has happened since
then which now enables me to
write of wonderful news very
important to all deaf persons,
and especially brothers wear
ing hearing aids and trying to
ship out.
There is a rather new opera
tion called "stapes mobiliza
tion" that has been very suc
cessful in restoring hearing. I
know because I had the opera
tion performed on both ears,
and for the first time in 15
years I can hear again—and
hear everything. I don't have to
wear « hearing aid or worryabout being turned down by
• doctors for shipping out. It is
excitingly wonderful.
I used to have a 78 percent
loss of hearing and my ears
^ used to run, but not any more.
Dr. Louis Shipman performed
the operation on me at Charity
Hospital here in New Orleans.
Dr. Shipman has since moved to
Tallahassee;
- Before he left, he performed
the operation on my left ear. He
said that anyone wanting the
operation should see Dr. Louis
of the ear, nose and thrpat
clinic at Charity Hospital inNew Orleans.
r. Any. brother who would like
-
Yo write me foi^ Information on
the operation can reach me care
of the SIU hall at 623 Bienville
St., New Orleans. T will be gldd
to help and, if you are in town,
I will go to the hospital with
you.
Joseph P. Barraco
(Editor's Note: Dr. Joseph P.
Logue, Medical Director of the
Seafarers Welfare Plan, has in
formed the LOG that the
"stapes mobilization" operation
has helped persons with one
specific ear condition. The
"stapes" bones in the middle
ear sometimes "freeze" together,
causng deafness. The opera
tion, a very delicate' one, un-.
locks the little bones and im
proves the hearing in these
cases. Other types of deafness
. would require different treat
ment. )
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4< it)
Mariners' Home
In Canary isles
To the Editor:
The United Seamen's Service
has referred the Seafarers In
ternational Union to us as an
outstanding organization in pro
viding for the needs of sea
farers.
Therefore, we take pleasure
All letters to the editor for
publication in the SEAFARERS
LOG must be signed by the
writer. Names will be withheld
upon request.
in informing you that the Casa
Del Marino (Seaman's Home),
which offers lodging and health,
social, cultural and employment
services to all Seafarers, is
being built at Puerto De La Luz,
Las Palmas, Gran Canary, Can
ary Islands. We hope to see it
finished by the end of next year.
We wish to offer you our
collaboration in any way that
may suit you, and our help in
any service to t'ne home. We
wish to get in touch with every
one for we wish to serve, and
help all seamen. We are inter
ested in arty suggestions you
may make for the best condir
tions and use of our future in
stallation to serve the needs
and likings of all the great fam- iljy of mariners for whose serv
ice we have come into existence.
The home is founded by the
National Maritime Insurance In
stitute which has independent
assets and legal status. It is gov
erned by its Ovvn members
under the Institute Social De
La Marina, which in turn is
under the Spanish Ministry of
Labor. We remain at your com
plete disposal.
Manuel Perez de la Barreda
Deputy Administrator
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Typo Leader
Praises SIU
To the Editor:
I have received the LOG for
a number of years and enjoy
reading it.
The Seafarers Union is a won
derful organization, not. just
alone for the good working con
ditions it obtains for its mem
bers, but for its great fraternal
benefits such as caring for the
sick members and their families.
It is an organization that is
"its brother's keeper." May
your great Urtion prosper. •
Thomas J. Soalley,
President Somerville - Typographical
Union
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Skipper Hails
Marymar Gang
To the Editor:
On the night of 22-23 July,
1960, while on passage from
Panama to Long Beach, Calif.,
the SS Marymar maneuvered
alongside a sinking craft off
the west coast of Mexico to conduct rescue, operations. The
craft was the MV Patsy-K, reg
istered at Los Angeles, Calif.,
and was in position 16-05 North
and 98-30 West.
On board were seven persons,
(the captain, his wife, three
small children ages 7, 5, and
2\fi years and two crewmen)
and a boxer dog.
As it was at night and long
heavy swell was running, every
one in the crew of this vessel
is to be commended for their
efforts that made the operation
a success.
The survivors were taken on
to Long Beach where they were
debarked. The wee'k that they
were on board (enroute to Long
Beach) involved some strange
but interesting duties for all on
board. At odd hours of the day
and night one could expect to
see a hard-boiled crewman hold
ing a baby in his arms, drying
its tears or washing deck grease
from its feet. Again one might
see someone dashing to save
one of the chidren from falling
down a ladder or from falling
over the side.
Special mention is due to
Guy W. Walter, steward, who
was up day and night making
certain that the survivors were
cared for. He should be given
a medal for baby-sitting.
I am proud of the crew of the
SS Marymar. Very truly yours,
s/ Rupert H. Matthews Jr.
Master SS Marymar
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From The Fleet
In deck department of the SS Alcoa Planter, photographed by
Second Mote Bob Parker, arc (standing, l-r) J. P. Morris, R.
Darley, B. C. Wentworth, C. V. Johnson, H. I. Grizzard, H. O,
Limbaught, and W. C. Yates. R. C. Anderson and D. L. McCorvey ore on either side of the life preserver, and R. W. Reynold,
not visible, is poking his head through the ring.
3>
Warns Brothers
On Swimming
To the Bditor:
' I would like you to. publish
this -in the next issue of the
LOG.
This is a warning to all our
brothers about their vacation
and swimming in uncharted
waters. I was home having fun
with my family and when I
went swimming, I fractured my
back in two places.
So if you go swimming, know
what kind of water you are" go
ing into. I'm here in the hos
pital (Marine Hospital, States
St., New Orleans) and will be
here for a long time. The old
saying is "accidents don't just
happen, they are caused," and
myself and others are the cause.
So be careful an your next
stay-at-home with your family.
3)
Members of the crew huddling on the deck of the SS Steel Scien
tist (Isthmian) were caught by shipboard photographer Bud
Schmiedel. The men are (l-r) Dawson, DM; Heins, AB; Angelo,
chief cook; Renfroe, DM; Ahern, bosun; Aughton, OS.
Ci H. Boatwcll
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Brother Lauds
Bermuda Hospital
To the Editor:
I have just gotten back from
doing a month and a half in the
King Edward Memorial Hos
pital in Bermuda. I have never
had as good treatment any
where.
^
All the nurses and doctors
take care of you and see that
you don't lack for anything.
And Captain Smith of the
Sailors Home Is up to see you
and brings you magazines and
cigarettes. I got there around
10 AM and he was there to see •
me and brought candy, cigar*'
ettes and magazines that after
noon.
I would like you to put the
Sailors Home, Hamilton, Ber
muda, on the LOG mailing list
as sailors go there from all over
the world. It would give other
sailors a chance to see what the
SIU is doing for the merchant
marine.
J. G. Gregory •
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G. C. Eller, wiper, (left) nurses a sore foot in a bucket of hot water
and salts in his foe sle aboard the Carolyn. Meanwhile, on deck,
(photo right) Charles Dorrough, third cook, and George NichoU
son, oiler, rig up the aerial on Dorrough's radio. The radio helped
to wile away the hours as the Carolyn stayed at anchor for three .
weeks off Karachi, Pakistan, waiting for a berth.
left) takes a breather on the SS CaroErnest Phillips, wiper i
lyn (^Buli Lines)^ W. Shaw, AB (right) poses with one of his prize
catches on the Carolyn. The photographs were taken by Jose F.
Santiago, ship's delegate (ust before the ship reached ihdra.
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With The Denayere
SEAFARERS tOG
Septewbfr. IMt
Tof Luck With a Mynah
If you are planning to buy a mynah bird, you had better ask the man who owns ona
all about it before you buy. That's the advice which Seafarer William R. Cameron gives to
his shipmates.
Cameron, sailing on the SS port steward came back- that after birds, don't take him home for
Iberville (Waterman) in the noon and left a bag with the stew-' your wife to care for because she
may leave you and the bird after
Far East, reports on the "pot" ard who gave me the package.
one day of cleaning up after him.
Seafarer Ralph J. Denayer, on the beach for • while, poses with
his daughter Brigette and the family pet, Whiskey the spitz.
Lovers And Liars Asea
In the o-d days, there were great lovers Casanova, Don
Juan (or Don Giovanni, whichever you prefer), Sinhad, and
more recently, Popeye. But they were pikers compared to
the self-styled lovers aboard the Del Aires. The following
article was submitted by Seafarer Thomas C. Riley who gives
first-hand information on modern day liars and lovers.
Just a few lines to let you know-^
of all the great lovers on the Del great liars and self-styled lovers
Aires (Delta).
the Del Aires.
In early history there was a onWe
have a variety of C card
great liar by the name of Baron men, some
of whom were SIU
von Munchhausen; in later history,
but quit sailing regularly
in England, his peer was a gent by members
after World War II.
the name of MacCauley.
are of assorted dges—from
These fellows, though, were 17They
to
61—and
represent all three
strictly amateurs. Khrushchev is a departments. They
all share one
-bush leaguer, too, compared to the mutual trait: None of
the women
from New Orleans to Buenos Aires
want them to spend a dime.
Union Has
• These-lovers all have an assort
ment of keys to so-called love
Cable Address
Seafarer's overseas who want nests. But strange as-: it seems,
to get in touch with headquar these keys open all d^rs to the
ters in a hurry can do so by foc'sles on the ship and various
cabling the Union at' its cable and sundry clothesr iwkerS,
Now, of course, we know that
address, SEAFARERS NEW
these C card men would have no
YORK.
Use of this address will assure cause to li^
Not one of them has spent one
speedy transmission on all mes
sages" and faster service for thd nickel for souvenirs, yet they are,
collectively, the leaders on the
men involved.
draw list.
Shipboard Skotehes By Ben Graham
Sand's Big In Japan
luck he took with one of the big
black talking birds. '
"Feeling the package without
"I picked up one of these birds opening iti 1 thought that these
out here in the Far East and he's were the biggest grains of sand I
quite a bit of trouble," Cameron ever felt. I mentioned it to the
says. "First I clipped his wings, steward who said thq man reported
that they did not have what I
but not enough."
wanted, but he got what they had.
Mynah Takes Swim
"I took a look in the bag along
The bird took off from the fantail of the ship, but finally realized with a deckhand who said that ithe couldn't make it to the shore didn't look like sand to him.
Another fellow from the crew
and tried to fly back to the ship.
"He was going down all the time passed by and looked at the stuff
and landed in the river," Cameron and said 'Man that really will make
him sing now.' Someone else came
relates.
The bird was finally rescued by by and said it was the best bird
messman Marvin LeAcche. "Fright feed in the world.
I tried feeding the bird the
ened almost to death, plus having
seeds
but he wanted no part of it.
swallowed salt water, the bird
really looked sad. With each breath The captain took a look and told
you could hear the water coming me I'd better throw the stuff over
from his lungs and he looked the the side, and over the side it went."
Timely Advice
picture of death, but in a couple
of days he came through with fly
Cameron advises anyone who
ing colors," Cameron reports.
wants bird feed or sand in the Far
"When we reached another Jap East to get it diemselves, "you
anese port, I thought I would get might get something you don't
some" dirt for him to play on. I want. Had not the AB standing
asked the bosun for some sand for beside me warned' me, I would
a sample to be sure that I'd get have come into-the .States with
what I wanted," Cameron said.
about four pounds of marijuana,
"I asked the Japan port steward seeds . . . brother,. I would have
to take the sample and bring me had some trouble."
some more of the same. The ship
Cameron closes his report by
was . sailing that night, and the saying that if you buy one of these
Seafarers On
The Iberville
Relaxing on the
of the SS
Iberville (Waterman) are (t'op
left photo, J-r) Edward "Skeet"
Grudtinski and George Fllomio. Meetnwhile, down in the
messhall ftofj right photo, l-r)
steward department members
Marvin LeAcche, Lawrence
Holt, Grudsinski, Danny Parkman and Oreste Vole sit at
chow as Chief cook Clarence
White stands by. Photos are
by William Camerf^i.
Eblne holds the block. Dousot's
.smile is probably due to the
baby boy his wife recently
presented him. Photo Is by
Cameron.
"He's a tall feHow with eye glasses. I think he said he waseaptaifi
or messboy—something like ihatl" .
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Saleable Item
"I'm planning on asking my daugh
ter if she wants a mynah bird. If
not, would anyone like to buy a
young mynah, only three months
old, who should start talking when
he's six months to a year old?"
�teviemher, 1999
SEAFARERS LOG
Pace Tirenic-NiM
Voyage Of Ocean Joyce Is 'Sod' But Funny
Native boys in .dugout pull up olong side the Ocean Joyce in
anchorage off Madras, India. Boy in center holds "Baksheesh"
or gilt offerings to keep them dry. Dugouts carry a sail rolled on
o pole when not in use.
pn^the dock alongside the Ocean Joyce in Kidderpore, Calcutta,
native longshoremen load sacks of grain from o cart onto a truck.
Na automation here^just monpower.
Natives in Calcutta (Kidderpore] pose next to a sacred cow. The
animals roam the streets of every Indian village and cit/freely.
Natives like to be photographed along side the sacred beasts.
(The lollowing article was sub
mitted to the LOG by Seafarer
William Calefato of Maritime
Overseas' SS Ocean Joyce.)
Ice, soot, the messhall and
Hard-way Jones: It was these
that made life on the Ocean
Joyce part comedy and part trag
edy.
Hard-way Jones is more than a
legend. He is John Tinker, a
wiper on the Ocean Joyce who
boosted the morale of the crew
with a fusilade of spicy stories
every day of the voyage.
It is not easy to laugh on the
run to Calcutta, Hawaii, Panama
and the Gulf, but with Hard-way
and his humor,' everyone grins.
He was called that because the
protagonist in one of his jokes was
named Hard-way Jones, a man
who always did things the hard
way. The Hard-way Jones on the
Ocean Joyce algiost met his match
The Ocean Joyce unloads groin in Calcutta as native workmen
when an oiler began matching him
(in bosun's chair at storboord anchor) paint the hull. The ship also
joke for joke and story for story.
called Qt Hawaii, Panama and the GuH.
Hard-way stopped the chief en
gineer on an urgent job to tell
him a favorite joke about one of
the country's leading ladies who
underwent a skin graft—the chief
threw up his hands and abandoned
the job. After that, Hard-way be
came a popular figure and a sort
of victim of the chief engineer.
The chief then asked Hard-way
where-he got the authority to pull
ice in the evenings as well as dur
ing the day. Hard-way explained
that he pulled the ice for' the
three meals and between because
the drinking water was tepid. The
chief walked away, but the follow
ing day, the ship's delegate had
an audience with the master on
the drinking water situation and
a conference between the skipper
and the engineers ensued.
(Meanwhile, the first assistant
engineer found, out why the water
was, warm aiid tlie^ice machine er
ratic: the refrigerant was, exhaust
The Marine Club in Kidderpore, Calcutta, is one of the finest in
ed. A new tank was installed but
the Far East, according to Seafarer William Calefato, who took
didn't work until the next day.)
Blows His Gasket
the pictures on this page. Food is good pnd lodging in one of the
The chief engineer blew a gas
134 rooms costs from one to 15 rupees.
ket after the conference with the
skipper, "So they went and told
the old man, huh? Well, now you
wipers will pull ice only once a
day, and I'll put a lock on the
ice maker . . . that'U fix 'em."
But Hard-way Jones came up
with a plan. Coffee cans were
filled with Ice and stored In the
fish box. Jn a few days there was
plenty of ice..
Then the main cog of the en
gine department came up with an
other mandate. "I see you blow
the tubes four times," he said.
"Do you pull the chain once for
each blow?': he asked. The answer
was "yes," and the chief engineer
decreed that for each blow, two
pulls on the chain is needed to
complete a cycle.
With all that seamen face on
many , ships, a Hard-way Jones
among the crew makes life bear
able. As a good morale booster he
Hungry child in Madras filches something to eat at sidewalk
makes the saying true that there
is "a little fun to' match the sormarket.
Most children this age don't wear any clothes in many
row.>»
ports of India.
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SEAFARERS
LO.G
Clifton H. Jackson, J-23S,' Engine (h) of the Constitution. This com,*
mittee has notified the two (i^
Patrolman.
Milton J. Phelps, P-479, Patrolman brothers involved, Clifton H. Jack*
Oscar N. Raynor, R-520, Patrolman. son, J-235, a nominee for Baltl*
. In the checking of the continuous Albert Richoux, Jr., R-261, Patrol more Joint Patrolman-and Jack C>.
(Continued from page .26)
Kennedy, K-228, a nominee foi
man.
Disqualified Was not in continuous good standing for the three year
R. E. Bacon, B-349
New Orleans Joint Patrolman that
Raymond
Torres,
T-31,
Patrolman.
period
previdus
to
nomination
of
: good standing for three (3) years
the various candidates, your com Norman E. Wroten, Jr., W-258, they have been qualified, subject
previous to nomination,
to their furnishing the aforemen*
Engine Patrolman.
Qualified
Credentials in order. mittee found that numerous can
John Fay, F-363
tinned
certificate to the Secretary"-*
However,
your
committee
did
not
didates
had
paid
their
dues
late.
Qualified
Credentials
in
order.
Paul Gonsdrchik, G-2
Treasurer
prior to the making up
feel
that
a
man
should
be
disquali
Qualified
Credentials "in -order. The committee found In each in
Eli Hanover, H-313
,of
the
ballot.
Failure on their part
fied
on
such
small
technicalities
as
stance
however,
with
the
exception
Qualified
Was qualified subject
Clifton H. Jackson, J-235
to his furnishing the Secretary- of two members that will be dealt given above. Eaph nominee listed to furnish the certificate by tho
.. ;
Treasurer a duly executed cer with later in-this report, that the above had specified a patrolman's time mentioned, is to result in their
tificate prior to the making up of member so affected had been on a job of some* department in the disqualification.
As previously mentioned In this
the ballot. Failure to do so is to ship during^ the period, thereby port for which he wished to be report, two (2) nominees had paid
result in his being disqualified. preventing iSim from paying his nominated. Inasmuch as the Pretheir dues late. They were John
Anthony (Tony) Kastina, K-5
Qualified
Credentials in order. dues. As we the membership know, Balloting Report only listed Joint Cabral, C-200 and Luigl lovino,
Patrolman in each port, this com
it
has
always
been
the
practice
of
MOBILE AGENT
mittee therefore processed the I-II, both of whom had phld one
Louis Neira, N-1
Qualified
Credentials in order. the Union to consider anyone who aforementiohed credentials for the quarter's dues late in the three
has been unable to pay dues due to
JOINT PATROLMAN
being on a voyage, to be in good Joint Patrolman's job In the port year period prior to nomination.
Qualified
Harold Fischer, F-l Credentials in order. standing until the time of their for which they had nominated Both of these brothers presented
USPHS certificates showing that
Quaiified
James M. Foster, F-248
Credentials in order. payoff. More important, the con themselves.
Qualified
Robert Jordan, J-1
One man, Walter Beyeler, B-81, they had been in the hospital dur
Credentials in order. stitution so provides, in Article III,
Qualified
Leo Marsh, M-9
threw In and was declared quali ing the quarter for which their'
Credentials in order. Section 3 (e).
W. J. .(Red) Morris, M-4
Qualified
fied to run for office. However, dues were late In payment. Leo
Credentials in order.
In the course of doing Its work, he became deceased and, accord Cronsohn, C-801, also had late dues
Homer Starling, S-141
Qualified
Credentials in order.
the
committee took action in ac ingly, hi^ name does not appear on payments but had on file In head
NEW ORLEANS AGENT
cordance
with the provisions of
quarters, USPHS certificates and
C. J. (Buck) Stephens, S-4
Qualified
Credentials in order. Article XIII, Section 2 (e) of the 'the ballot.
correspondence covering same.
In
checking
the
"credentials
of
NEW ORLEANS JOINT PATROLMAN
constitution which reads, as fol- the various nominees, this commit Based on Article III, Section 3,
George E. Annis, A-230 Qualified
Credentials in order. lows:
tee had dis'qualified John Cabral, Paragraphs (b) and (e) of our
Carl (Red) Gibbs, G-60
Qualified
Credentials in order.
"(e) The credentials committee, C-200, a nominee for New> York Union constitution, your committee
Belarmino (Bennie) Gonzalez. G-4 Qualified
Credentials In order.
in passing upon the quali Joint Patrolman; W. J,.-(BiU) has .qualified the aforementioned
A. W. (Andy) Gowder, G-352
Qualified
Credentials in order.
fications of candidates, shall Mitchell, M-22, a nominee for New brothers.
Jack O. Kennedy, K-228
Qualified
Was qualified subject
This .committee would like to,
have the right to conclu Orleans Joint Patrolman; and
to his furnishing the Secretarysively presume that anyone Homer Starling, S-141, a nominee point out that one of the nobninees,
Treasurer a duly executed cer
nominated and qualified in for Mobile Joint Patrolman. A William John Smith, S-66 failed
tificate prior to the making up of
previous elections for candi telegram was sent to e'ach of these to send his credentials to the cre
, the ballot. Failure to do so is to
dacy for any office or the three brothers by your committee, dentials committee as per'Article
result in his being disqualified.
job of Headquarters Repre notifying them of their disqualifica XIII, Section 1 of our constitution.
Qualified
Credentials in order!
W. (Bill) Mitchell, M-22
sentative, Port Agent or Pa-, tions as per the constitution. How Instead, Brother Smith-pent them
Disqualified Was not In continuous
J. P. Morris, M-639
trolman, has met all the ever, before. sending out the let to the bank depository that was
good standing for three (3) years
requirements of Section*1 (a) ters containing the full details ef mentioned in the President's Preprevious to nomination. of Article XII."
disqualification, your committee Balloting Report. This was an
Milton J. Phelps, P-479
Qualified
Credentials in order.
In compliance with Article XIII, heard from each of the aforemen error, that the committee thought,
Eugene Ray, R-321
Qualified
Credentials In order. Section 2, Paragraph (b) of our tioned brothers either by telegram that could have been made"by any
Albert Richoux, Jr., R-26i
Qualified
Credentials in order. constitution and in an attempt to or in person. Based on the infor of us seamen. The bank forwarded
Charles (Whitey) Tanaehill, T-5
Qualified
Credentials in order. give every nominee every consid mation that was furnished by these the credentials to our SecretaryHerman Troxclair, T-4
Qualified
Credentials in order. eration gnd to try to prevent any brothers, It was then possible for Treasurer, A1 Kerr, who received
Steven (Steve) Zubovich, Z-13
Qualified
Credentials in order. disqualifications, Peter Gonzales, this committee to qualify them. them on August 11th, 1960. There
HOUSTON AGENT
G-132 of this committee, the ere- At thift time, they, were sent an fore, your committee has qualified
Robert A. Matthews, M-1
Qualified
Credentials in order. d^tials committee, remained at other telegram by the committee, brother Smith as previously men
HOUSTON JOINT PATROLMAN
the entrance of the headquarters informing them that they had been tioned in this report.
Theodore (Ted) Babkowski, B-1
Qualified
Credentials in order. building of the Union until mid qualified.
Telegrams were sent to each
;
Charles Kimball, K-2
Qualified : Credential in order. night ofiAugust 15th, 1960, to re
Your Committee received cre man who was disqualified by the
Oscar N. Raynor, R-520
Qualified
Credentials in order.- ceive any credentials that might dentials from Brothers James C. committee, telling him of s idisJames Tucker, T-22
Qualified
Credentials in order. have beer^ delivered'eitlie/ hy mpij fiirrietteVB-lffCand
Stephano Di qualificatioih as wlli^as a
DETROIT AGENT
or; by hand after^ tSe closing of Girblomd, D-7g. who had failed to letter , being sent to each hian so
Martin (Marty) Breithoff, B-2
Qualified
^Credentials W order. business ihours by the Union.
list what port they were submit disqualified, all In compliance with
NO DESIGNATION
At this time, liowever, your com ting for, and in Brother Barnette's our constitution. In addition, each
Kenneth Collins, C-794
Disqualified Did not submit prop mittee would like to point out that case; in addition, he had failed to man disqualified received a copy of
er seatime as required by the on the advice of the Union's gen give the job for v.hich he wished our constitution, so that t^e -dis
Constitution and failed to desig eral counsel, the credentials of the to submit. Your committee con qualified nominee would-' have
nate for which port he was run following men were processed tacted these men by telegram tell available the procedure to be used
ning. Failed to submit-proof of even though they were not received ing them of this c'.eficiency in the in appeal frpm the decision'of the
£
citizenship and did not send In a in headquarters until the morning submitting of their credentials. credentials committee.
The membership can readily see
The committee later received by
certificate.
of August 16th, 1960.
telegram, the information t>s to from the foregoing report, that
As will be noted in the foregoing candidate to appeal from a deci
Robert C, Meloy, M-1056
what port and jobs these brothers your committee ha.3 made every
.
Kenneth Collins, C-794
sections of the committee's report, sion of the credentials committee
wished to submit for, and \ve have effort possible within the confines
James M. Foster, F-248
the provisions of the SIU Constitu and how he does it.
carried them in this report as they of our constitution to qualify every
Carl (Red) Gibbs, G-60
Your committee wishes to bring
designated by telegram that they nominee.
tion governing election procedure to the attention of the member
The envelopes of each* of the wanted to be carried.,
All credentials were turned over
made it mandatory that several of ship, the fact that the Union .con above were stamped August 15th,
Your committee also had two to the committee in good order at
the men who had been nominated stitution In Article XII, Section 1960, by the branch of the post- letters of nomination submitted ):00 AM, Tuesday, August:'9th,
be disqualified. The Committee is 1 (b) requires that a nominee have office from which the Union- rer that •"^were undated. Robert -U. 1960, or have been received by mail
bound by the constitution and had at least four (4) months seatime, ceives its mail. It was the opinion Meloy, M-1056, failed to date his since that date. All credentials
to decide on the basis of the con- between January 1st and the time of the Union's lawyers as well as letter of nomination. However, have been examined in strict ac
-stitution. It has no other choice. of nomination. During the course of this committee, that it would be since the registered stamp put on cordance. with the constitution.
The Committee feels that the cases of examining the various creden unfair to penalize the aforemen the outside of his envelope by the Any defect in the credentials dis
of disqualification cited above are tials of those members who had tioned men by disqualifying them, Oakland, California Post Office posed of by the committee has been
especially regrettable because of submitted for office, it v/as found for a failure of the postoffice de was August 13th, it was stamped the sole responsibility of the
the fact that the Union, this year, that some of our brothers had partment of the United States Gov by the Brooklyn, New York Post sender and no person adversely
as in every election year, went to failed to submit sufficient seatime ernment to deliver their creden Office on August 15th, and received, affected by such defect has denied
such lengths to set forth the pro in the current year to meet the re tials prior to the deadline. Of the by your committee before nine this to the committee.
cedures and requirements to be quirements of the constitution. four men aforementioned, one, (9:00) A.M. on the morning of
It is your committee's final rec
followed by those seeking a place However, in sending in their letter Kenneth Collins, was disqualified August 16th, 1960, This brother's ommendation that the membership
on the ballot.
of acceptance of their nomination, for reasons given prior in this re credentials were qualified on this of the Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and
In light of these circumstances, they had made mention of the fact port. The other three men,'James point of .the qualifications for Inland Waters District of the Sea
farers International Union of North
the committee wishes to call to that they were presently employed M. Foster, Carl (Red) Gibbs and office.
J. P. Morris, M-639, also failed America make every possible ef
the attention of all members, the aboard ship and due to the voyage Robert C. Meloy, were qualified.
necessity of, following all require not being completed, they were
The committee would like to to date his letter of nomination. fort to vote In this general election,
ments and procedures, which are unable to secure a discharge cover point out to the membership, that Howqver, since the registered as every good Union man should.
This committee having com
established by our Constitution to ing the time. In each of these in although the President clearly stamp put on the outside. of his
govern eligibility to candidacy to stances, your committee verified specified in his Pre-Balloting- Re envelope by the Tripoli, Libya Post pleted its duties, hereby adjourned
Union office.
such employment with the steam port the exact offices for which Office was August 2ndf 1960, it at 4:15 PM, on August 22ita, 1960,
The committee particularly de ship company operating the par nominations weje to be made, was stamped by the Brooklyn, New in the headquarters offices of the
sires to point out the provisions of ticular vessel. The men and the some credentials were received for York Post Office- on August 7th, Seafarers International Union of
Article XIII, Section 2 (c) of the vessels they are on, that had this offices other than those carried in 1960 and received by the Secre North America, Atlantic, Gulf,
constitution, wherein is spelled out type of seatime verified are as fol the Pre-Balloting Report. The fol tary-Treasurer, A1 Kerr, on August Lakes and Inland Waters District,
lowing are the names of the nomi 8th, 1960, this brother's credentials 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32,
in detail the right of a disqualified lows:
nees so involved as well as the job were qualified on this point of the New York.
SHIP
MAN'S NAME
TIME EMPLOYED titles for vilhlch they actually sub qualifications for office. However, Date: August 22nd, 1960
Charles Palmer. P-13
Daniel (Dan) Butts, B-628
SS steel Voyager 7/21/60 to 8/11/60 mitted:
he was later disqualified by your
SS, Elizabeth
Chairman
Stephen Carr, C-70
12/10/59 to 8/11/60 Robert J. Burns, B-187, Patrolman. cpmniittee for the reason given
Ignatius McConnick, M-1195
SS Seatrain Ga. 12/11/59 to 8/10/60 Stephano Di Cirolomo, D-76, En previously in this report.
John Cole, C-8
Peter Goniales, G-132
Your committee had two (2)
SS Seatrain Ga.
Leo Cronsohn, C-801
4/19/60 to 8/11/60
gine Patrolman.
Samuel Cluiman, C-511
Stephano Di Girolomo, D-76 SS Elizabeth
5/ 8/57 to 8/11/60 Harry D. Fitzgerald, r-271, .Stew nominees that failed to submit the
Lawrence P. Hogau, H-SI, '
certificate that Is called lor In
A, W. (Andy) Gowder, G-352 SS Texmar
ards Department Patrolman.
4/22/60 to 7/20/60
Edison C. Shaffer, S-530
SS Alcoa Roamer 4/ 8/59 to 8/15/60 Paul Oonsorchlk, G-2, Patrolman. Article XIII, Section 1, Paragraph
Homer Starling,. S-141
Credentials Committee Report
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SEAFARERS
LOG
Breakfast Is Served
PINAWCIAI. HEPOBTS. The coBStltutlon ot the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes ami In
land Waters District Bakes specific provision for safeeuardlng the nenbershlp'e
Boney and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit
every three months by a rank and file auditing conmlttee elected by the BCBbershlp. All Union records are avallabl* at SIU headquarters In Brooklyn,
Shoulfl any BSBber, for any reason, be refused his constitutional right tq In
spect these records, notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mall, return
receipt, requested.
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TRUST FUHD6. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland
Waters District are adBinlstered In accordance with the provisions of various
trust fund agreements. All these agreeBents specify that the trustees In
charge of these funds shall consist equally of union and nanagement represent
atives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds
are made only.upon approval by a majority of the trtistees. All tnst fund
financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds.
If, at any time, you are denied Infoxnatlon about any SIU trust fund, notify
SIU President Paul Hall at SIU headquarters by certified mall, return receipt
requested.
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SHIPPIHG RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected by the con
tracts of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and ^hland Waters District, and by
Union shipping rules, which are Incorporated In the contract. Get to know
your shipping rights. If you feel there has been any violation of your ship
ping or seniority rights, first notify the Seafarers Appeals Board. Also
notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters, by certified mall, return re'celpt requeated.
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CGIfTRACTS. Copies of all SIU'contracts are available in all SIU halls. These
contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard
^shlp. Know your contract rlghte, as well as your obligations, such as filing
for OTyOn the proper sheets and in thm proper manner.* If, at any tine, any
SIU pattalBan or other union official," in your opinion, fails to protect your
"contract rights properly, contact the nearest SlU'port agent. In addition,
notify SIU president Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested.
EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The IXXS has traditionally refrained from
publishing, any article serving the political purposes of any Individual In the
Union, officer -or member.' It has also refrali^ from publishing articles deem
ed harmful to the Union or Its collective membership. This established policy
has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September meetings in all
constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy la 'vested^ la an edi
torial board which consists of the Sxecntlve "Board of the union. The Kxecutlve Board may delegate, from among Its ranks, one individual to carry out
this responsibility.
PAYMaff flr MOWIKS. Ko monies are to bo paid to anyone In any official capacity
In the SIU ualees an official Union receipt Is given for same. Utader no cir
cumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless he Is given
SiKh ;^celpt. If in the event anycnte attempts to require any such payment be
^made wltho^ supplying a receipt, or If a member Is required to make a, payment
and ^ given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been re
quired to make such payment, this should Immedlitely be called to the attention
of SIU President Paul Hall by certified mall, return receipt requested,
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COHSTrrUTlOHAL BIOTTS AMD mLlOATIOHS. The SIU publishes every six months la
the SBAFARBRS LOQ a verbatim copy of 'Ita constitution; In addition, copies
are available la all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this
constitution so as to famlllarlzo themsolves with Its contents. Any time yom
feel any member or officer Is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional
right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc.,
as well as all other details, then the member so affected should Immediately,
notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested.
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Seafarer Viins Study Award
Denise Forster 3V2-year o!d daughter of Seafarer and Mrs. Keith
Forster of New Jersey, gets set, with the help of her father, to try
some of the food at tfie SfU cafeteria during' o recent visit to
headquarters. Forster is on the Sondcaptoin.
, Joe Powers
Leonieo Okol BunUtai
" - Contact your wife at the Bru
Get in touch with Hilda Revesi,
Cubas 67, Santos, Brazil.
33-32 110th St., Corona 63, N.Y.
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Charles H. Bosh
Contact your wife at 2649 19th
Street, San Francisco, Calif.
Paul Magro
Get in touch with your brotherin-law, 87 Cambridge St., Burling
ton, Mass.
Henry E. Hicks
Contact your wife at 1515 Park
Ave., Baltimore, Md.
Earl J. Fuller, Jr.
Urgent that you contact your
mother, Mrs., Earl J. Fuller, Sr.,
Rt. 2, Berryville, Va.
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Maternity bonds are -being held
In New York headquarters for the
children of the following Sea
farers: James C. Thompson, T-380;
Antone S. Granger, PR 14466;
James R. Armstrong, A-69, and
Jiminez WiUiam, J-33.
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Nick Tatar
ITHACA, NY—^A Seafarer is'one of eight union members who have been awarded schol
Important you contact Joseph
arships for a two-year program of study at Cornell University designed to train them for Malazensky
at DR 6-7635 in MiUcareers in the international labor field.
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hum, NJ.
Edwin P. -Wilson, of Falls-*
sea in 1950. His ambition is for a
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Church, Va., began studies at April of this year. Before that he career in the International TransGeorge H. Rowland
the New York State School was a personnel officer for the Air portworkers Federation or in. the Please write your sister at 506
International Confederation of
of Industrial and Labor Relations Force.
at Cornell this month.
From 1947 to 1950, "Wilson was Free Trade Unions.
The eight union men will receive
Wilson has been a member of a member of the Sailors Union of
the Inland Boatsmen's Union since the Pacific and last sailed deep $300 per month during their twoyear training period. They will
study at Cornell for two semesters
and then serve a one-year intern
ship with a union or governmental
agency directly concerned with in
ternational labor matters.
Other recipients of the labor
scholarships include:
James A. Blyer of EI Cerrito,
Calif., a former officer of Local
1-561, Oil . Chemical and Atomic
Workers International Union, AFLClO.
Thomas "V. Miller of Pittsford,
N. Y., a member of Local 616,
American Federation of Teachers.
John J. Muth of St. Louis, Mo.,°
a member of Local 655, Retail
Clei'ks International Assoi^iation.
Ronald H; Smith of Lincoln,
Neb., president of Local 7470,. Coramunic^tions Workers of America,
AFL-CIO.
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Ecrl Ray
Walter C. Zajanc
Get in touch with your mother,
Contact your mother. Didn't hear
Mrs. Alma Ray, Route 1, Box 20, from you for six months. Every
Fairfax, Ala.
thing okay at home. Don't wori-y.
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Mrs. Mary Zajanc, 147 John St.,
Gccrge Williams
Staten Island 2. N.Y.
Get in touch with Paul F: Burke,
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Erie County Dep't of Social Wel
Henry Croke
fare; 210 Pearl Street Building,
Contact Mrs. C. Nowlan, 301 Buffalo 2, Nl^ eoneeming Geneice
Slst St., Brooklyn 9, NY.
Dillworth. '
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Charles Robert Gllfcert
Charles E. Taylor
Contact your family.
Your father is critically ill. Con
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tact your family immediately at
Michael Armscdo
Route 1, Concord, North Carolina,
.Contact Jerry R. Signorelli, 11
Telephone STate 2-2434.
Elton St., Brooklyn 8, NY.
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John H. Mnrray
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Important you contact your son,
Henry E. Hicks e/o Gerner, same address as pre
Contact Mrs. H. E. 1'515 Park
viously.
A\e., Baltimore 17, Md.
Ex SS-Feltore
.Gear is being held for the fol
lowing men at Sparrows' Point:
Paul Essraan, John J. Kehoe, Donaid Eyestone.
SIU HALL
DIRECTORY
SiU Atlantic, . Gulf
Lakes & Inland Waters
District
PRESIDENT
Paul Hall
EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT '
Cal Tanner
VICE PRESIDENTS
Claude Simmons
Lindsey Williams
Earl Sheppard
A1 Tanner
SECRETARY-TREASURER
A1 Kerr
HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES
BUI HaU
Ed Mooney
HYacinth 9-6600
BALTIMORE
1216 E. Baltimore St.
Rex Dickey. Agent
EAstern 7-4900
BOSTON
276 State St.
John • Arabascz, Agent
Richmond 2-0140
HEADQUARTERS . 675 4th Ave., Bklyn.
HOUSTON
4202 Canal St.
R. Matthews. Agent CApital 3-4089: 3-40aC
M1.AM1
...744 W. Flagler St.
Ben Gonzales. Agent
FRanklin 7-3564
MOBILE
1 South Lawrence St.
Louis Neira. Agent
HEmlock 2-1754
NEW ORLEANS
523 BienvUle St.
Buck Stephens. Agent
Tulane 8626
NEW YORK
675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn
HYacinth 9-6600
416 CoUey Ave.
NORFOLK
Paul Gcnsorchik. Agent
MAdison 7-1083
PHILADELPHIA
. 2604 S. 4th St.
S. CarduUo, Agent
DEwey 6-3818
SAN FRANCISCO ...
450 Harrison St.
Walter Sibley. Agent
Douglas 2-4401
SANTURCE. PR 1313 Firnandex Juncos.
Stop 20
Keith Terpe. Hq. Rep.
Phone 2-5996
JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St.. Room 20O
WUUam Morris. Agent
ILgin 3-0987
SEA-fTLE
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3505 1st Ave.
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r'.,ln 3-4334
WILMINGTON. CalU ... .505 Marine Ave.
Rbe'd Humphries. Agent.
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No. 17.
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SEAFARERS^LOG
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION
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men from Philadelphia, some 500 Seafarers stepped smartly
up New York's Fifth Avenue in the second annual Labor
Day parade. Pictured here are a few of the marchers who
participated along ^with contingents from other New York
unions. Over a million watched the spectacle.
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74 QUALIFY FOR SIU BALLOTING
SIU ROUTS HOFFA IN TWO ELECTIONS
WINS 19-SHIP FLEET, SIU-277, IBT-171; TUNA CANNERY VOTES SIU-255, IBT-8
MEANY OVERRULES SIU ON SCOW ISSUE
NMU ATTACKING SIU SHIP PACT AT LABOR BOARD
SENATE GROUP CONDEMNS ANTI-SHIP ICC PRACRICES
CLOSE DOWN KINGS POINT, MMP ASKS
GOVERNMENT PUTS LARGEST LIBERTY TONNAGE ON SALE
NMU FILES LABOR BOARD CHARGE AGAINST SIU-CONTRACTED OPERATOR
RR’S TURN DEAF EAR TO PACT TALKS; IBU ISSUES STRIKE CALL
LAKES TUGS, DREDGES WORKING ‘ROUND CLOCK ON DETROIT RIVER JOB
BUCKEYE, PIONEER, STEINBRENNER PREPPING FOR WORK RULE PARLEY
GREAT LAKES ELECTION ENDS; FARNEN REELECTED SECRETARY-TREASURER
ALL-NEW CLINIC MAPPED FOR BALTIMORE SIU HALL
SIU BENEFIR BABIES TOP 4,000; MANY IN SCHOOL
ORDER KOHLER TO REHIRE 1,700 IN 6-YEAR STRIKE
ALASKAN FISHERMWN ENJOY BEST SALMON CATCH SINCE 1948
NYC BLUE CROSS GIVEN ANOTHER BIG RATE BOOST
REDS ENTICE BRITISH CO’S TO HAUL OIL
SUP CONSTITUTION TO BE REMODELED; 1ST CHANGES READ
NEW PRES. ROOSEVELT TO SAIL NEXT SUMMER
ALASKA’S GROWTH MAY PROVIDE NEW JOBS FOR SEAMEN
MTD SUPPORTING BOYCOTT OF SEARS
MMP VOTE ON, TO END IN OCTOBER
WELFARE BENEFITS CLIMB TO OVER $200,000 MARK
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1960
Periodicals
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