Seafarers Log: Vol. 23 No. 3 (1970-01-01)

SlU Wins Esso Division Vote
Story On Page 3

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

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Delegates Convene In Puerto ft/co;

aUNA TACXUS
KEY
FISNINC ISSUES
Seamen, Fishermen,
Allied Crafts Draft
Program Of Action

• Backs Caribbean
Maritime Group

• Pledges Domestic
Trade Campaign

• Urges Overhaul
Of US Subsidies

• Supports National
Bargaining Body

• Calls Organizing
Major Objective

• Seeks Protection
For US Fisheries

i Endorses Health,
Safety Programs

Alaska, Canada, continental
US and Puerto Rico drafted programs to build mari­
time and fishery industries at SIUNA 10th convention
in San Juan. Major speaker. Senator E. L. Bartlett
(Dem.-Alaska) above, stressed need to act on domestic
shipping. (Stories on Page 2.)



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lOth Convention In Son Juan SlU M«mliers Convention Quests

SlUNA Maps Program
On Ship, Fish Issues

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—Two hundred delegates attending the 10th bienniel
convention of the 75,000-nieniber Seafarers International Union of North Amer­
ica reviewed the organization's considerable organizing progress and drafted pro­
grams to revitalize the mar-^"
itime and fishing industries
in the United States.

Delegates attending the
convention from SIUNA
affiliates in Alaska, Canada,
the continental United States and
Puerto Rico heard reports on or­
ganizing gains involving several
thousand workers on the Great
Lakes, in the West Coast, in the

. Inland Boatmen's field and in
Puerto Rico. They resolved to con­
tinue the effective organizing pro­
grams which have been so success­
ful in the past two years.

Prior to approving steps aimed
at rejuvenating the maritime in­
dustry so as to protect and expand
job opportunitie.s, the convention
"heard a report from SIUNA Presi­
dent Paul Hall in which he in­
dicted the "flabby management" of
American-flag shipping. Labor must
take the lead in providing a fresh
approach to the problems of the
industry and must work with man­
agement in developing new ideas
on the subsidy issue and on. re­
vision of the 1936 Merchant Ma­
rine Act so that US shipping can
cope "with the realities of world
trade."

Subsidies Inadequate
Among urgent needs, he

dared, were subsidy aid in the
bulk ore and oil import trades and
in domestic shipping. Present sub­
sidies, limited lo a small segment
of package trade, no longer meet
the requirements of existing trade
patterns.

The vehicle for a joint labor-
management approach in this area,
he said, is the National Committee
for Maritime Bargaining composed
of ten seamen's unions.

The convention subsequently
passed a resolution wholly support­
ing the committee's program and
calling upon those unions still out­
side the committee to join it in
its attack on the problem besetting
the shipping industry.

Among other significant actions
of the convention were the follow­
ing:

• Delegates voted to sup­

port a Maritime Federation of
the Caribbean in conjunction
with other democratic unions
in that area, as proposed by
the Maritime Trades Depart­
ment, and suggested that
headquarters be set up in San
Juan.
• They specifically supported

the position of thg National Com­
mittee on Maritime Bargaining on
the need to revise Government and
industry approaches on sych issues
as subsidies, domestic shipping,
MSTS competition with private
shipping and others.
• Delegates also ptaced particu­

lar emphasis on the need for re­
viving domestic trades and on pro­
tecting American-flag fishing op­
erations, as. well as the fisheries
themselves, now threatened with"
depletion by an upsurge of Soviet
fishing activity.

• They voted their unani­
mous support for the princi­
ples of vigorous organizing in
all areas so as to continue the
impressive growth of the in­
ternational union.
• Strong support was voted for

the AFL-CIO program of social
legislation including medical care
for the aged and aid to housing and
education.
• They revamped the structure

de- of the SliJNA, providing for a
broadened executive group to dis­
charge international union respon­
sibilities.

The five-day meeting at the La
Concha hotel heard a good deal on
the subject of domestic shipping
from two major speakers, Senator
E. L. "Bob" Bartlett (Dem.-Alaska)
and John Weller, president of Sea-
train Lines. Senator Bartlett
pointed up the twin problem of
domestic shipping—high freight
rates to offshore areas such as
Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico
coupled with a decline in ship
operation in that trade. He criti­
cized the failure of the Maritime
Administration, the Interstate Com­
merce Commission and other agen­
cies to come forth with solutions of
any kind in this area.

Turning to the fishing industry.
Senator Bartlett noted the need
for either quota restrictions or

INDEX
To Departments

The SlU inland Bootmon
—Pages 8, 9

SlU Social Security Dep't
—Page 13

The Pacific Coast Seafarer
—Pages '^2. 23

•

The Great Lakes Seafarer
—Pages 10 11

The SlU Industrifiil Worker
—Page 25

•
SlU Safety Department

—Page 7
•

SlU Medical Department
—Page 19

•
SlU Food, Ship Sanitation

D®p'* —Page 20
•

Editorial Cartoon —Page is

A&G Deep Sea Shipping
Report _page 6

Shipboard News
—Pages 27. 28, 29, 30

tariffs in this area, adding that
even in the Federal school lunch
program, 80 percent of the fish
purchased is from foreign sources.

Weller praised the SIU for the
"forceful steps" it has taken to
salvage the domestic shipping in­
dustry. He repudiated the accusa­
tion that trade unions were in any
way responsible for the industry's
problems. "Featherbedding is not
our problem as it is said to be else­
where" he declared. On the con­
trary, the existing domestic trade
operations are a "model of mecha­
nized efficiency.".The problem lies
instead in the railroads' "reckless
campaign'"' to destroy shipping.

The close ties which have been
forged between seamen's unions on
the issue of joint bargaining were
pointed up by Ed Altman, president
of the Marine Engineers Beneficiaj
Association. One of the objectives
of4he joint bargaining approach is
to obtain revisions in the operation
of US shipping so as to make it an
effective industry and help pre­
serve and expand job opportunities
for seamen. MEBA attorney' Lee
Pressman, who also addressed the
meeting, charged that major oil
companies were road-blocking the
program Because they do not want
US operators to. discuss the runa­
way issue with seamen's unions.

Seek Peaceful Solution
In the international labor arena

aside from acting on the Caribbean
Federation, the delegates agreed
as recommended by the ^ interna­
tional affiliations committee, that
a peaceful solution should be
sought to the dispute between the
SIU of Canada and the National
Union of Seamen of Great Britain.
A committee is to be appointed to
resolve the issues arising out of
the NUS charge against the Cana­
dians before the International
Transportworkers Federation. The
dispute arose originally out of the
practice of Canadian shipowners in
using the British flag to escape
Canadian wage scales.

Nationally, the convention agreed
to affiliate the SIUNA with the
Railway Labor Executive Associa­
tion.

The convention approved the
findings of the international union
executive . board on charges filed
in the Marine Cooks and Stewards
Union. The charges led to exten­
sive public hearings by the inter­
national on the West Coast last
August.

International union officers
elected for the next two-year terms
were: Paul Hall, President; Morris
Weisberger, Hal Banks and Cal
Turner, executive vice-presidents
for the Pacific District, Canada and
the Atlantic, Gulf and Lakes Dis­
trict; and John Hawk, international
representative.

Chosen as vice-presidents were
William Jordan, Marine Firemen;
Ed Turner, Marine Cooks; Captain
John Fox, InTandboatmen's Union
of the Pacific; Bert Lanpher, Staff
Officers; Andrea Gomez, Lester
Balinger and Lester Caveney, Can-*
nery Workers and Fishermen's
affiliates; George Johansen, Alaska
Fishermen's Union. Three positions
were left open for the Atlantic
Fishermen^ New Bedford Fisher­
men and the Sugar Workers Union.

New Orleans was selected aS the
site for the 1963 convention,

Members of SIU Puerto Rico Division sit under common­
wealth flag as they attend proceedings on first day of the
SIUNA convention in San Juan.

Digest Of SIUNA
Convention Actions
The SIUNA convention acted on 47 resolutions tJealing

with a wide variety of issues confronting the Union and the
rest of the labor movement. The following represents a samp­
ling of some of the more im-*"
portant issues taken up by the
convention.

DOMESTIC TRADE: Pledges to
intensify efforts to secure revival
of the coastwise industry and as­
sure representation for the ship­
ping industry on the ICC.

SUBSIDY: Support steps to over­
haul the subsidy program in light
of changing patterns of foreign
trade.

AUTOMATION AND MAN-
NING: Served notice on manage­
ment that it intends to take all
necessary steps to protect exist­
ing manning scales and play a role
in determining scales for newer
ship types.

CIVIL RIGHTS: Strongly sup­
ports the AFL-CIO Council's call
for a Federal Fair Employment
Practices Act.

WATERFRONT COMMISSION:
Reaffirms its vigorous opposition
to any extension of Waterfront
Commission authority and sup­
ports legislative enactment of
safeguards for longshoremen and
maritime workers.

MARITIME FEDERATION OF
THE CARIBBEAN: Urges the es­
tablishment of the Federation as
soon as possible with headquar­
ters in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR
MARITIME BARGAINING: Asks
for efforts to obtain the partici­
pation of all American maritime
unions in this program as in the
best interest of American seamen
and' the maritime industry.

SOCIAL LEGISLATION; Sup­
port legislation in this field and
especially programs to promote
middle-income housing, low-cost
drugs and medicines and other
services essential to the well-be­
ing of the American worker and his
family.

ARAB BLACKLIST: Reaffirms
belief in absolute freedom of the
seas for all ships and calls on the
Government to eliminate the
blacklist.

ORGANIZING: Urge affiliates
to pursue t vigorous program both
to protect the Jobs and benefits

of the present membership and
to organize the unorganized.

HEALTH AND SAFETY: Would
promote and intensify medical
and safety programs for the pro-
tecfion of Union members; expand
clinic operations; bring foreign
ship safety standards up to those
of the US, and strengthen PHS.

ANTI-TRUST ABUSE OF FISH­
ERMEN: Exfend the coverage of
the Taft-Hartley Act to fishermen
and end anti-trust abuse through
prosecution for price-fixing.

BANKRUPTCY SAFEGUARDi
Endorse provisions to assure.sea­
men of prompt payment of wages
and benefits in event of financial
difficulties.

QUOTAS ON FISH IMPORTS:
Support Federal legislation to pro­
vide American fishermen with ade­
quate share of domestic market.

SEARS-ROEBUCK BOYCOTT:
Support Retail Clerks Internation­
al Association boycott against
Sears-Roebuck and its anti-union
policy.

PUBLIC HEALTH HOSPITALS:
Reaffirm long-standing support of
the Public Health Hospital system
by the Union and asks for more
generous appropriations and faiier
interpretation of 90-day admis-
rule.

LANDRVM-GRIFFIN: Took par-
^ticular exception to bonding pro­
visions of the Act, among others,
because of enormous costs imposed
upon unions which benefit nly th^
bonding companies.

^FAFARERS LOG
March, 1961 Vol. XXIII, No. 3

PAUL HALL, President

HEnsEDT BRAND, Editor. BERNARD SEA­
MAN, Art Editor. HERMAN ARTHUR,
AL MASKIN, CHARLES BEAUMET, ALBERT
AMATEAU, ARTHUR MARKOWITZ, Staff
Writers.

Publlihea monnily «1 tli* headquarters
of the Seafarers international Union, At­
lantic Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters
District, AFL-CIO, 67$ Fourth Avenue,
Brooklyn 33, NY. Tel, HVaclnth »-6600.
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SlU Wins Esso Division Vote
Routs Esso 'Union'

V.

In San Juan Ballot

At left, Earl Shepard, SlU vice-president, greets Congressman Sam Freidel of Baltimore at
opening of new Baltimore clinic. At right. Dr. Francisco Berio, deputy secretary Puerto Rico
Department of Health, cuts ribbon opening Puerto Rico clinic. Lolcing on is clinic director
Dr. Gilberto Rivera Hernandez.

Two New Clinics Opened
For Seafarers^ Families

Two more health clinics—one in Baltimore, Md., and the second in Santurce, Puerto
Rico—have been opened by the SIU Welfare Plan's Medical Department, bringing the total
to six medical centers operated by the Union.

The Baltimore clinic was of-^
ficially opened Monday, Feb­
ruary 25 in the Baltimore
Union Hall, replacing a clinic lo­
cated some distance away from the
center of Union activities.

First Puerto Rican Clinic
The Santurce eiinlc, located at

1856 Fernandez Juneos Ave., Stop
26, was opened Thursday, March
16 and is the first medical facility
of its kind to serve Seafarers and
their families in Puerto Rico.

Similar in operation to the other
SIU clinics, the medical centers
will provide free head-to-toe medi­
cal examinations and outpatient
treatment for Union members and
their families? The fully equipped
clinics have x-ray, electro-cardio­
graph, urineanalysis and other la­
boratory service facilities.

The Baltimore center, considered
to have one of the largest outpa­
tient clinics in the city, is located
on the fourth deck of the Union
hall. Its staff Is headed by Dr.
Oscar Camp and Includes three
doctors, available at various times
of the day, three lab technicians
and a clerical staff.

Dependent Days
Tuesday and Thursday after­

noons are set aside for the use of
Seafarer's wives, children and de­
pendent parents, while weekday
mornings are devoted to Seafarers.

The Puerto Rican clinic will
serve the almost 5,000 SIU mem­
bers and their dependents In the
island, and it is estimated to be
able to provide some 1,700-1,800
examinations per month.

SIU's Medical Department on
the island is headed by Dr. Rivera
Hernandez of Hospital Rivera Her­
nandez, Santurce. He will conduct
the medical program with a full-
time staff of six, including two
other doctors, plus a panel of medi­
cal specialists for consultation.

Delegates to the 10th Biennial
Convention of the SIUNA attended
the ribbon - cutting ceremonies

opening the Santurce center. Other
guest included representatives
from government departments, the
medical profession, and other labor
groups.

Guests at the open-house cere­
monies at the Baltimore clinic, con­
ducted the previous Saturday from
2 to S p.m. in extremely bad weath­

er, included Baltimore Mayor J.
Harold Grady; Phil Goodman, pres­
ident of the City Council; Con­
gressmen Garmatz and Friedel and
Charles Delia, secretary-treasurer

.of the Maryland State and District
of Columbia AFL-CIO, plus a large
turnout of Seafarers representa­
tives from other unions and doctors.

SAN JUAN—^The fast-growing Puerto Rico Division
of the SIU scored another big win in its organizing cam­
paign on the island when it was selected as bargaining
agent for some 110 em-^
ployees of Esso (Standard
Oil of New Jersey) in­
volved in the distribution
of Esso products.

The Puerto Rico Divi­
sion won a collective bargain­
ing vote at Esso by a count of
55 to 34, with five challenged
ballots. As a result, the Division
now represents the employees of
three major oil company units In
Puerto Rico—SheU, Socony-Vac-
uum and Esso.

Ousts Company Union
In winning the election, the SIU

Division ousted a company-spon­
sored "independent" Esso Associa­
tion, which held the contract for
the Esso workers for over 20 years.
The head of the "independent"
association was also the secretary
to the company's regional manager.

The election campaign was
marked by vitriolic attacks pn the
SIU by the heads of the Esso Asso­
ciation, who issued dally letters
denouncing the Union and its offi­
cers and using the usual scare tac­
tics which have been traditional
in this field. The successful drive
took 18 months.

Esso Pattern
The Esso Association pattern is

one which is widespread through­
out the installations of Standard
Oil, having been devised back dur­
ing World War I as a means of
blocking legitimate trade unions
from obtaining a foothold in the
company. As a result, very few
units of the company have ever
been successfully organized, a nota­
ble exception being the company's
Baytown, Texas refinery. There

New Orleans SIU Starts
Operations In New Building

NEW ORLEANS—The SIU started operations March 6 at its new address here, 630
Jackson Avenue, as the new hall for Seafarers opened in this port. Widely-applauded by
visitors as one of the finest halls anywhere in the country, the new hall is expected to be-

center of trade union come a
activity in the Crescent City.

The new two-story building
that is locatbd at the intersection of
Chippewa and Phillips Sts., about
four blocks from the Jackson Ave.
ferry landing. It is about two
miles from the old hall on Bien­
ville St.

All Union services are now cen­
tered In the French colonial-style
building which covers an area ap­
proximately 110 feet by 135 feet
plus suiTounding landscape and
parking facilities.

French Quarter Style
The building, which is architec­

turally in keeping with the French
Quarter, has an open court and
outside veranda on the main deck.
The landscaping includes palm
trees, lawns and arrangements of
azaleas.

Inside there is a cafeteria a bar­
becue area with nine spits, a TV
theatre seating 81, an 850-seat au­
ditorium with a serving pantry,
lounge area and a compact hiring
hall u.sed exclusively to process
jobs.

The SIU medical clinic is locat­

ed on the second deck and offers
all health services available in the
other clinics in a fully-equipped
center.

An unusual feature of the hall
is a mural Illustrating the history
of the seamen's union movement.
Designed and executed by LOG
Art Editor Bernard Seaman, the
mural is a 140-foot continuous

strip depicting union activities
from the earliest days to the pres­
ent.

The building is comfortably and
tastefully furnished throughout.

All Seafarers who have baggage
in the old hall are advised to claim
it as It will be disposed of shortly.

The new hall's phone is:
529-7546.

the Oil, Chemical and Atomic
Workers Union won an electioa
last year, ousting the local "inde­
pendent" association.

The Esso success was the latest
in a series of significant victories
by the Puerto Rico Division. The
Division now embraces close to
5,000 workers employed In a vari­
ety of enterprises on the island.

Welfare Plan
A key Issue in the SIU electioa

victory was the attraction of tho
Division's' Welfare Plan with its
protective features for members
and their families. Plan has just
opened a clinic on the island for
servicing members and their de­
pendents. The SIU's success la
winning superior wages for workers
at other oil company installations
was also a factor in the rout of
the company-sponsored "independ­
ent" association.

SIU Defeats
Scab Move
In PR Beef

SAN JUAN—An effort by •
Teamster official to run a strike­
breaking operation at Valencla-
Baxt Express Inc., failed when ths
SIU Puerto Rico' Division obtained
an agreement to end a month-long
strike at the company as well as
at Maritime Trucking of Puerto
Rico. The strike was over Unloa
demands for a new contract.

Under the agreement, the unre­
solved issues will be dealt with
through the office of Common­
wealth Secretary of Labor Frank
Zorrilla. The latter was instru­
mental in arranging for settlement
of the dispute.

Supplied Strikebreakers
In the course of the walkout,

the Teamster official attempted to

The Teamsters
strike-breakers at

supplied tho
Valencia-Baxt

Abovs is over-all view of first membership meeting In 850-
seat auditorium of New Orleans hall. Building has been
open since March 6.

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I--SAN JUAN STAR

Warch 18, 196l

Excerpt from "San Juan Star"
tells of scabbing attempt.

get back in the Valencia-Baxt pic­
ture by supplying drivers to the
company.

When this strikebreaking move
was unsuccessful, he then em­
barked on an expedition to New
York where he tried to hinder the
operations of the SlU-contracted
Bull Line and other companies
through use of pickets recruited
from non-Teamster sources.

Picketing Fails
The attempt was unsuccessful as

Teamster Union members and
members of the International Long­
shoremen's Association ignored th«
phony picket line.

The SIU had been certified as
collective bargaining agent at Val­
encia-Baxt after Valencia-Baxt em­
ployees chose the SIU over ths
Teamsters in an NLRB election.



Face Foar SEAFARERS LOG Mafch, IMl

European Registry No Escape
From US Unions, NLRB Hoids

WASHINGTON—The all-important National Labor Relations Board ruling on Feb­
ruary 16 taking jurisdiction over the Liberian-flag SS Sea Level has far-reaching implica­
tions for all foreign-owned American-flag ships, an examination of the Board's decision

-f-Indicates.
. In holding that it had juris­
diction over the Sea Level
and in ordering the owners to stop
Interfering with the crew's right
to join the SIU, the Board denied
that it was singling out ships of
Panlibhon flags for special treat­
ment or regulation.

The Board dealt with this issue
as follows:

"The Sea Level here flies
the LIberian flag. Our result,
with one possible narrow ex­
ception, would be the same,
whatever her flag. Clearly she
would find no sanctuary in
European registry, if those
American contacts warranting
application of the Act re­
mained otherwise aubstantially
unchanged . . . European docu­
mentation would provide no
'inevitable' escape from the
Labor Act . .
The NLRB Sea Level ruling held,

In essence, that where a ship is

American-owned and operates in
American-commerce, then it is
under the jurisdiction of American
law, including labor law. US unions
consequently have the right to
organize and represent the crews
of the ships involved.

The decision, which is being ap­
pealed to the courts by the oper­
ator, confirmed an earlier Labor
Board ruling in favor of the SIU,
this one in the Liberian-flag SS
Florida case, where the SIU sub­
sequently won a collective bar­
gaining election.

Two other cases pending before
the Board on much the same issues
are the SIU's complaint against
the operators of the Yarmouth, a
runaway-flag cruise ship, and a
National Maritime Union case
against United Fruit, owners of
Honduran and Panamanian-flag
banana boats.

While the Labor Board' ruling In
the case of the Sea Level generally
confirms its findings in the SS

What NLItB Said
The following art tomt Important excerpts from the National Labor

Relations Board's majority decision in favor of the SIU in the Sea
Level case. The 3 to 2 decision of (he Board is being appealed to the
Federal Courts by the operators.

A) From the NLRB release to the press
". . . the encouragement of ship transfers to foreign flags and the

maintenance of the Panlibhon fleet does not rest on any stated Con­
gressional policy . . . present national policy as established by Con­
gress is directed toward building up an American-flag fleet manned
by citizen personnel ...

". . . in view of the obviously substantial impact on commerce of
operations of the Sea Level and other similar vessels, the Board was
without discretion under . . the Act to decline to assert its jurisdic­
tion

". . . the Board majority held the West India company and Its agents
had unlawfully put ashore at Havana, Cuba, 24 members*"of the crew
for having signed authorization cards of the Seafarers Union ... a
cease and desist order was issued to halt company Intereference . . ."

B) From the NLRB's Report
". . . Sea Level . . . operations are clearly in 'commerce' as defined

by the Act and as the alleged unfair practices involve the crew of
that vessel they 'affect commerce' as thus defined , . ."

". . . if flag law were the sole connecting factor of consequence,
the the 'Supreme) Court's whole exposition of the problem of im­
portant contacts in Lauritzen would seem to have been unnecessary.
Further in Benz vs. Compania Naviera Hidalgo, S.A, ... the registry
of the vessel was given no more consideration by the Court in reach­
ing its result than a number of other attendant circumstances such
as the commerce involved, the owpership of the vessel and the status
of the crew.

(Ed. note: This refers to the SS Riviera case on the West Coast, where
the Supreme Court held that the Sailors Union of the Pacific could not
crc/anize the crew because the ship was NOT regularly engaged in US
foreign commerce and was owned by non-citizens.)

"We do not agree . . . that the fact the crew of the Sea Level is
compo.sed of non-resident, foreign nationals affects our jurisdiction
in the case ... for the seamen here ... at all times ... are working
within the foreign commerce of this nation ... the Act does not dif­
ferentiate between citizens and non-citizens . . ."

"The present controversy is . . . between an American employer
and an American union . . . The dispute arose aboard a vessel which
Is engaged exclusively in American foreign commerce, which oper­
ates regularly out of an American port and which is drydocked and
regularly provisioned in the United States . . ."

". . . in this case the commerce of the flag nation is not involved
at all, for as noted, the Sea Level has never been in Liberian
waters; . . .

". . . as the Department of State has argued, we cannot single out
the ships of Panlibhon states for special treatment or regulation, and
we have not done so. The Sea Level here flies the Liberian flag. Our
result, with one possible narrow exception, would be the same, what­
ever her flag. Clearly, she would find no sanctuary in European reg­
istry if those American contacts warranting application of the Act
remained otherwise substantially unchanged . . . European documen­
tation would provide no inevitable 'escape' from the Labor Act . . ."

. . . The encouragement of transfers foreign and of the mainten­
ance of a flag of convenience fleet does not rest on any stated Con-
Cressional Policy . . . the transfer foreign program and the support
of a foreign flag fleet are the creatures of the Maritime Administra­
tion and Department of Defense. In fact, present national policy as
established by Congress is directed toward building up an American-
flag fleet, manned by citizen personnel...

Florida case, the Board went be­
yond the Florida finding in Indi­
cating that it would apply a similar
ruling to any American ship, no
matter what flag It flew.

This has considerable impli­
cation in such areas as the
Great Lakes, where American
companies are investing in for­
eign-flag and runaway flag
ore carriers which would oper­
ate out of Port Cartier and
Seven Isles in Quebec, carry­
ing ore to US steei miiis on
the Lakes.

On the deep-sea side, major
American oil, steel and metals
companies, as well as several
American shipping concerns,
have large,numbers of tankers
and other' bulk cargo ships
under flags of various Euro­
pean nations as well as under
runaway flags.
Early in 1959, the various unions

of the Seafarers Section, Interna­
tional Transportworkers Federa­
tion agreed on the principle that
the ownership of a vessel should
govern the right of a union to or­
ganize the ship, and not the flag
under which It registered. This was
designed to forestall the flight of
Panamanian and Liberian - flag
ships to European registries in an
effort to escape American union
organizing.

The Labor Board made several
other Important points in ruling
that the SIU had the right to rep­
resent the Sea Level crew:
• The clearly-stated intent of

Congress, as declared In the 1936
Merchant Marine Act, is "toward
building up an American-flag fleet,
manned by citizen personnel, not
toward transfers foreign and the
maintenance of a flag of conveni­
ence fleet . . ."
• The argument that low-wage

runaway-flag ships'should be pre­
served as "essential to defense" is
Illogical. The logical conclusion of
this point of view would be that
American uniops should be barred
from ships as well, or for that

matter, from any shoreside defense
plant, to maintain low costs for na­
tional .defense purposes.
• The US Supreme Court has

set forth the guide lines to deter­
mine where domestic laws apply.
These guide lines are the degree
to which a shipping operation has
substantial American contacts. The
Sea Level was "continually en­
gaged in American commerce"
which constituted "Substantial
American contacts which war­
ranted application of the Act."

The Sea Level was the former
SS Seatrain, original vessel of
the SlU-contracted Seatrain fleet.
After being sold, it was transferred
to the Liberian flag by the West
India Fruit and Steamship Com­
pany, but continued to operate in
much the jsame traffic as before,
between Belle Chasse, Louisiana,
and Havana.

The SIU started organizing the
crew, consisting mostly of Cuban
nationals, late 4n 1958. After a
majority of the crewmembers had
signed SIU pledge cards, the
American owners fired them an in
Havana. The crewmembers then
were compelled to repudiate their
SIU pledge cards in order to get
their jobs back.

Subsequently, with the seizure
of the Cuban government by the
Castro group. West India has con­
tinued to operate, without hindrance
to and from Cuba, although virtu­
ally all other American businesses
have been either confiscated, or
driven from the country.

First Steward In Class 1-S

SIU chief steward Leroy Williams was first on line to regis­
ter in class l-S, when the new registration group was opened
at headquarters on March I. The new group will be confined
to men in the chief steward's rating. Williams was last
aboard the Frances.

LABOR
'ROUND THE WORLD

THE ALL-OUT CAMPAIGN WHICH 18 BEING WAGED by the
Soviet Union and its sympathizers to secure control of the newly-
independent African nations includes a drive to establish control over
African trade unions. The machinery which the Soviets are attempting
to utilize is the All-African Trade Union'Federation.

The Communists would like to use this organization as a weapon in
setting up pro-Communist or Communist-sympathizer regimes in tha
new African nations.

Obviously, the Communists regard the AFL-CIO as one of the biggest
obstacles to the success of their program to judge by the vituperative
attacks they have been making on AFL-CIO activities in Africa. They
are particularly upset by plans of the AFL-CIO to play a direct and
energetic role in assisting African unions affiliated with the Interna­
tional Confederation of Trade Unions.

The CommuD.st campaign included the printing of a so-called "top
secret" document in the Soviet press in which it is claimed that the
British government is in a conspiracy with the US State liepartment and
the AFL-CIO to control the Afrcan trade unions and keep the countries
Involved under "imperialist" rule. The British foreign office has
charged that the document in question is a forgery.

t it i
IN ONE OF THE EMERGING AFRICAN NATIONS, Tanganyika, the

ICFTU has given a course of education on how to run a trade union to
local trade union officials in that British colony. The courses organized
by the ICFTU African Labour College were set up in the field at 14
different locations. Subjects covered in the one-week courses were
collective bargaining, techniques of organizing, union financial man­
agement and methods of union adniiniotration. Financial management
included instruction in the elements of bookeeping and financial re­
ports. Classes were often held out of doors in remote sections of the
country to which the instructors traveled across trackless land in jeep-
type vehicles.

4" t
SCANDINAVIAN SEAMEN'S UNIONS ARE NOW IN the process of

setting up a novel program whereby the unions' members could be hired
interchangeably on ships of the four countries involved—Denmark, Nor­
way, Sweden and Finland. Such a procedure would greatly improve
employment opportunities. The one obstacle in the way of setting up
a joint hiring procedure is the difference in government welfare leg­
islation in the three countries.

It was agreed that the hiring arrangement wOuld apply to all except
the skipper, who would be hired from the country of registry.

i
THINGS ARE LOOKING UP IN ARGENTINA, as a result of action

by the Government there in loosening control over the trade union
movement. During the Feron regime, many of the union leaders in
Argentina became closely identified with the Argentine dictator, with
the result that since Peron's overthrow, the government has clamped
the screws on trade unions. Now, President Artiirn Frondizi has
relaxed government control of the trade union movement and indica­
tions are that the unions will now be able to operate relatively-free

i from political dictation.



Maroli, INl SEAFARERS LOG F»ge Fira

Seafarer Hicks And Children

Chief steward Fred-Hicks encourages son Ricky, 5, to flash a
tmilg for the cameraman. Ricky's sister, Pomeio Jean, I'/],
looks on.

6af«Lrer^«i Ouide Setter, Buy in

-Andi^tu^ This
is'^ur iiic" is OIL

By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS

Wage Earner Bankruptcies Rise
The number of bankruptcy cases,^ especially those involving- wage-

earners, has risen to a new all-time high. So sharp is the increase that
the American Bar Association has set up a committee to find out the
reasons. The committee reports that bankruptcies have increased 400
percent since 1950, and are expected to show an increase of 35 percent
more in the first half of this year.

Linn K. Twinem, head of the committee, reports that the bar associa­
tion, Legal Aid Societies, labor unions and Federal bankruptcy referees
all are cooperatitTg in this investigation of the reasons for increasing
bankruptcies, and ways to solve the problem.

What's particularly alarming is the extra-large increase in personal
or "consumer" bankruptcies. Mr. Twinem reports that 75 percent of

the bankruptcies in 1940 involved
wage-earners, and 25 percent busi­
nesses. But in 1960, 90 percent
of the larger total number of bank­
ruptcies involved workers, and only
10 percent businessmen.

Not only is the number of actual
bankruptcies rising, but so is the
number of cases involving debt-
extension plans for wage-earners.

The most immediate reason is the
recession and unemployment.
Many working people Have reached
the point where they simply have
no assets left.

In California, for example, the
plight of wage-earners has reached
the point where Governor Pat
Brown has asked banks, utilities
and landlords to use "restraint" in
collecting bills. California, of
course, is not the only state where
working families' are having this
problem. Illinois and Oregon also

are experiencing a particular problem with bankruptcies.
It's significant that these three states are so far out of line, with

more bankruptcies'even than heavily industrial states like Michigan,
Pennsylvania and New York.

The large number of bankruptcies in some states occurs because the
laws in those states permit harsh collection method, such as severe
garnishee procedures, and the requirement to pay a deficiency
judgment even after the installment purchase has been repossessed.

"Wage-earners subject to being fired by their employers for garnishees
tend to take the extreme action of going into bankruptcy," Mr.
Twinem toid this reporter. In New York State, he points out, a credit­
or can take only ten percent of a man's wage, and no matter how
many creditors there are, only ten percent is paid out at a time. But
in Illinois, creditors can tie up a large part of a man's wage, leaving
him witliout sufficient income to support his family. Seamen, of course,
are protected against garnishees by Federal law".

The WeKare Council of Metropolitan "Chicago also has urged the
Illinois legislature to correct the notorious credit abuses there. The
Council reports that in '59, the US District Court in Chicago handied
10,000 bankruptcies, of which an estimated 88 percent involved wage-
earners, compared to only 300 in New York.

The Council also points out that nine states, including Ohio and Penn­
sylvania, and a'so the District of Columbia, do not allow wage assign­
ments while some states, like Indiana, at least require that wage as­
signments be agreed to in advance by employer and the employee's wife.
When you sign a wage assignment, you give your creditor the right to
go to your employer to collect on your debts without first getting a
court judgment.

Another reason for the jump in bankruptcies" cited by many
authorities, says the bar association committee, is careless and irrespon­
sible credit practices, and the inciease in consumer credit.

Othef reasons include the increase in such basic living expenses as
housing and rent, and sudden expenses such as medical emergencies.

Sea Unions Push Program
For Industry Negotiations

NEW YORK—Expressing regret at the National Maritime Union's refusal to cooperate
with its program, Jesse M, Calhoon, Chairman of the National Committee for Maritime
Bargaining, said that nevertheless his organization would go ahead with its plans for taking
up at the bargaining table all'*'
major issues affecting the which was adopted unanimously at
maritime industry.

The National Committee for
Maritime Bargaining speaks for US
waterfront unions representing
more than 70,000 seamen and
waterfront workers and holding
contracts with 90 percent of the
US-flag shipping industry. The
organization coordinates the collec­
tive bargaining activities of unions
representing seamen and ships'
officers on all coasts, the Great
Lakes and the inland rivers and
works closely with AFL-CIO long­
shoremen and waterfront truckmei\
and office workers.

Consider Subsidies
The Natjonal Committee, Mr.

Calhoon said, intends to call upon
representatives of the entire ship­
ping industry to meet shortly on
such questions as the decline of
domestic shipping, automation
aboard ship and ashore, the prob­
lem of American ownership,of ves­
sels under runaway flags, the posi­
tion of the American-flag bulk
cargo and tramp shipping fleets,
the competition offered by the Mili­
tary Sea Transport Service fleet
and the need for reevaluation of
the maritime subsidy program.

(Ed. note: Contracts of the offi
cers' unions involved expire on
June 15. The SIU contract is an
open-end agreement with the Union
free to reopen as of June 15 or
any other time on all contract
items.)

Calhoon, who is secretary-treas­
urer of the National Marine Engi­
neers Beneficial Association, AFL-
CIO, said that the NMU's reaction
was "all the more surprising, espe­
cially since the NMU just recently
voted support of this program.

He noted that the program was
discussed at the recent meeting of
the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­
partment Executive Board and "the
NMU representative present, Sec­
retary-Treasurer Steve Federoff,
voted full support of the bargaining
program. In action on a resolution

Runaways
Hit Bills To
End 'Havens'

WASHINGTON — Proposals to
rectify the balance of trade defi­
ciency by taking the profits of run­
away American concerns who oper­
ate in oversea's "tax havens" are
being attacked by the same tax-
evading companies.

Bills introduced by Senator Al­
bert Gore, (D-Tenn.), would in­
crease taxes on companies doing
business through foreign subsidi­
aries, and would also increase taxes
on profits from these investments.
Companies aflected include the
runaway concerns.

The proposed measures would
affect runaway shipowners by tak­
ing profits they make operating
out of Liberian or other foreign
registry. Their opposition to the
bills, which would make their taxes
similar to those paid by US con­
cerns, prove union charges that
they use foreign flags toi» escape
American taxes, as well as decent
wages.

President Kennedy has said he
favors correction of the "abuses"
of tax havens.

the MTD meeting."
"Our objective," Calhoon said,

"is to use our bargaining strength
to compel shipping management to
come to grips with the serious
problems facing our industry.

In regard to a strike arising from
these issues, Calhoon said, "The
union's power to strike is a factor
in any bargaining situation. We're
not out to strike. We're out to de­
velop an effective program for US
merchant ships to help save this
industry."

Calhoon noted that the eight
unions making up the bargaining
group have contracts covering 90
percent of American-flag shipping
on all coasts, including virtually
all of the subsidized segments of
the shipping industry. "On the
unlicensed side," contrary to a pre­
vious statement by Curran, he
pointed out, "the Seafarers Inter­
national Union of North America
holds contracts with such subsid­
ized companies as American Presi­
dent Lines, Moore - McCormack,
Mississippi Shipping, Bloomfield
SS Company, Pacific Far East
Lines and States Steamship Co.,
approaching one-half of all Ameri­
can subsidized steamship compa­
nies. In addition, the SIU has con­
tracts with other American steam­
ship companies such as Isthmian,
Waterman and T. J. McCarthy,
whose subsidy applications have al­
ready received unconditional ap­
proval. Therefore, the statement

by Curran that only one unlicensed
seamen's union has a contractual
interest in the subsidy question if
completely false. The officers' un­
ions involved also represent em­
ployees of these companies, as well
as other subsidized lines such af
United States Lines, Grace Line
and Lykes Brothers.

"Certainly we have a stake in
how these operators utilize their
position as subsidized companies in
respect to the rest of the industry
and we intend to discuss the issue
at the bargaining table.

"We have a good program to
work on, one which will be of bene­
fit to all American seamen, and we
certainly think all maritime unions
should join with us in helping es­
tablish a unified position for the
entire maritime industry."

Among the major unions partici­
pating in the National Committee
for Maritime Bargaining are the
National Marine Engineers Benefi­
cial Association, the International
Organization, Masters, Mates and
Pilots, the Seafarers International
Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and
Inland Waters District, the Sailors
Union of the Pacific, the Marine
Firemen's Union, the Marine Cooks
and Stewards, the Radio Officers
Union, the Staff Officers Associa­
tion. The International Long­
shoremen's Association, The Office
Employes Union and Local 807 of
the Teamsters, New York's water­
front Teamsters local, participated
as observers.

The Oil, Chemical & Atomic
Workers will hold five conferences
in April as part of the union's pro­
gram to determine uniform bar­
gaining goals. The conferences will
elect two rank-and-file members to
serve on the union's national bar­
gaining policy committee. Proposed
goals recommended by the com­
mittee are subject to ratification
by secret ballot vote of three-
fourths of the local units affected.
The goals will form the basis for
industry negotiations later in the
year.

t> t'
The Federal Government has

barred 16 members of the Imperial
Valley Farmers Association, a let­
tuce growers group in Southern
California, from using imported
Mexican nationals as strikebreak­
ers in a labor dispute. The AFL-
CIO Agriculture Workers Organ­
izing Committee and the United
Packinghouse Workers of Ameri­
ca had been picketing the ranches
since late January, seeking recog­
nition and higher wages.

4-
Employer violations of the Fail-

Labor Standards Act will result in
payment of $1,667,710 to 13.517
workers in over 5,000 wage and
hour investigations conducted by
the Department of Labor in the
New York State-New Jersey area.
Close to $1,400,000 is due workers
who did not receive proper over­
time compensation. The remainder
of the money is due workers be­
cause of minimum wage underpay­
ments.

!• 4" 4'
The recent merger between the

AFL-CIO affiliated Post Office
Clerks and the independent Unit­
ed National Association of Post
Office Craftsmen may lead to the
formation of "one big union" of

postal workers. This merger is
scheduled to become a three-way
amalgamation this spring when tho
AFL-CIO affiliated Postal Trans­
port Association reconvenes its
convention to act on a unification
agreement proposed by its officers.
Officials of the three unions have
indicated that if the amalgamation
goes through they will then meet
with the National Association of
Letter Carriers to discuss "one big
union."

SCHEDULE OF
SiU MEETINGS

SIU membership meet­
ings are held regularly
once a month on days in­
dicated by the SIU Con­
stitution, at 2:30 PM 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 April 3
Philadelphia April 4
Baltimore April 5
Detroit April 7
Houston April 10
New Orleans April 11
Mobile Aoril 12

J



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Pace Sis SEAPAFERS LOG MarcSi, 19«1

SEAFARERS
ROTARY SHIPPINO HOARD

(Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SW Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District)

February 1 Through February 28, 1961

The combination of a 28-day month, severe weather at
the start of the month and the national recession all
combined to push shipping in February below the Janu­
ary level. A total of 2,005 jobs went out off the board in
all SIU ports in February compared to 2,246 jobs in
January. Making allowances for the fact that February
had three days less than January, the job totals work
out to about 100 less than the previous month.

Once again, despite the shipping dip, it is apparent that
many class A men are passing up job opportunities. Most
of the shipping decline, in fact,_was in the class A cate­
gory. Class B actually picked up a few jobs over the
January totals, while class C more than held its own.
There were 162 "C" men shipped in February compared
to 178 in January.

In the ship activity department, there was an Increase
In payoffs and sign ons, but over-all ship activity declined
as a results of a sharp drop in transit calls. Total vessel
calls were 430 against 449 in January.

Registered-on-the-beach totals also declined, with a
drop of about 100 from the last month's totals.

Within the next month or so, the Federal Government's
new policy of shipping foreign aid cargo largely on
American-flag ships should begin to take effect. The
degree of its impact on job opportunities for seamen will
be showing up on the shipping charts before Ibng. Also

'sure to have its impact on the spring shipping rise is the
degree of recovery in the economy which has been in the
doldrums for several months now.

Ship AeflvHy
Poy
Offt

««• la
Oai Traat.TOTAC

l«i>ea 0 10 16
New Yerii ... .37 16 33 86
niiladelplila . . 4 3 28 3B
Raitimore ... .14 4 18 36
Notfolh 1 18 24
Jacktenvlilc . . B 0 20 2B
MIQIHI ...... . 1 - 0 9 10
Mobile 8 6 20
New Orleoai. .12 's 30 50 *
Houttoa .... 14 6 59 79
Wilmlnqten .. . 1 0 '8 9
San FranclKO. . 2 3 10 15
Seattle ...... 11 10 4 25

TOTALS 121 56 253 430

DECK DEPARTMENT
e

«
Port

Registered
CLASS A

Registered
CLASS B

Shipped
CLASS A

Shipped
CLASS B

Shipped
CLASS C

TOTAL
SHIPPED

Registered 0
CLASS A

n The Beach
CLASS B

e

«
Port

GROUP
1 2 3 ALL

GROUP
12 3 ALL

GROUP
12 3 ALL

GROUP
1 2 3 ALL

GROUP
1 2^ 3 ALL

CLASS
A B C ALL

GROUP
12 3 ALL

GROUP
12 8 ALL

Boston 6 6 1 13 0 1 1 2 3 3 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 10 17 4 31 1 2 . 4 7
New York 32 67 16 115 0 10 27 37 36 58 17 111 3 8 16 27 0 5 13 18 111 27 18 156 69 139 29 237 0 13 28 41
Philadelphia.?. 8 17 4 29 0 4 3 7 5 17 4 26 0 6 4 10 0 0 0 0 26 10 0 36 14 18 4 36 0 2 2 4
Baltimore 15 40 5 60 3 10 18 31 7 25 4 36 3 5 4 12 0 1 1 2 36 12 2 50 30 76 11 117 3 22 48 73
Norfolk 5 8 3 16 0 3 2 5 3 3 1 7 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 10 7 11 1 19 2 2 7 11
Jacksonville 8 9 0 17 3 7 10 20 4 5 0 9 0 1 2 3 3 0 0 3 9 3 3 15 6 17 2 25 4 7 9 20
Miami 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 7 1 9 •0 0 0 0
Mobile 15 20 9 44 0 4 8 12 11 17 9 37 1 5 6 12 0 0 0 0 37- 12 0 49 34 38 6 78 0 1 11 12
New Orleans 37 49 17 103 7 11 15 33 22 46 18 86 1 1 4 6 0 0 1 1 86 6 1 93 68 93 24 185 7 26 29 62
Houston 41 55 19 115 2 40 35 77 46 73 29 148 7 19 25 51 0 0 2 * 2 148 51 2 201 84 36 20 90 6 15 19 40
Wilmington 3 6 3 12 2 2 6 10 0 4 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0, 0 0 8 0 0 8 11 11 0 22 3 8 8 19
San Francisco 9 24 5 38 3 6 2 11 4 7 3 14 0 4 5 9 1 0 0 1 14 9 .J 24 26 32 5 63 3 10 4 17
Seattle 19 27 4 50 6 14 13 33 15 29 8 52 5 19 11- 35 1 . 4 10 15 50 35 15 100 14 "14 4 32 4 9 9 22
TOTALS 199 330 86 1 615 26 112 140 1 278 156 287 100 543 20 70 78 168 5 11 27 • 43 541 168 43 1 752 324 509 nil 944 33 117 178 1 328

ENGINE DEPARTMENT

Port
Boston ....
New York...,
Philadelphia..
Baltimore ..
Norfolk
Jacksonville..
Miami
Mobile
New Orleans.
Houston
Wilmington .
San Francisco
Seattle

fOTA'S

Registered
CLASS A

GROUP
1 2 S ALL
0
13
1
6
2
0
0
7
12
20
2
2
3

7
63
20
32
7
4
0
15
62
74
10
13
24

7
82
22
40
12
7
0
28
78
103
12
17
34

68 331 43 I 442

Registered
CLASS B

GROUP
123 ALL
011 2
4 23 17 44
0 14 5
3 15 14 32;
12 2 5
14 3 8
0 0 0 0
0 4 9 13
0 14 15 29,
3 52 26 81
0 13 4
14 4 9
0 11 11 22

Shipped
CLASS A

GROUP
123 ALL

Shipped
CLASS B

1
18
3
4
1
0
0
2
8

24
0
2

5
67
17
17
3
4
0

16
46 23

57
3
3

26
13 132 109 I 254 69 28^"^ 4M "l7 93 94 I 204

75 15
2 2

13 4
22 3

8
93
24
28

J
0

25
62

114
4

19
31

0
5
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
5
0
0
1

2 3
20 17
5 4
4
3
1
1
8

6
4
0
0
5

8 13
24 28
2 1
2 1

13 12

GROUP
12 3 ALL

5
42
10
11
8
2
1|

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

GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP
1 2 3 ALL A B C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL
0 0 1 1 8 5 1 14 1 7 2 10 1 0 2 3
3 6 8 17 93 42 17 152 30 93 23 146 6 23 27 56
0 1 0 1 24 10 1 35 2 31 5 38 0 0 6 6
0 2 0 2 28 11 2 41 11 69 4 84 3 41 32 76
0 0 0 0 7 8 0 15 6 7 1 14 2 4 1 7
0 7 1 8 6 2 8 16 0 5 2 7 0 5 3 8

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 4 0 1 0 1
0 4 0 4 25 13 4 42 13 34 5 52 0 3 3 6
2 3 2 7 62 23 7 92 32 . 84 7 123 1 22 23 46
2 3 5 10 114 57 10 181 37 43 8 88 4 17 7 28
0 0 1 1 4 3 1 8 4 12 1 17 1 6 5 12
0 0 0 0 19 3 0 22 7 34 5 46 1 6 9 16
0 3 4 7 31 • 26 7 64 2 19 4 25 0 8 6 14

7 29 22 58 421 204 58 683 146 441 67 654 19 1.36 124 1 "279

STEWARD DEPARTMENT

Port

Regisferec
CLASS A

ROUP
2 3

1 Regisferec
CLASS B

1

ALL

Shipped
CLASS A

Shipped
CLASS B

Shipped
CLASS C f-

TOTAL
SHIPPED

Registered Oi
CLASS A

1 The Beach
CLASS B

Port
G
1

Regisferec
CLASS A

ROUP
2 3 ALL

GROUP
1 2-3

1

ALL
GROUP
12 3 ALL

GROUP
12 3. ALL

GROUP
1 2 3 ALL

CLASS
A B C ALL

GROUP
12 3 ALL

GROUP
12 3 ALL

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Jacksonville
Miami
Mobile
New Orleans
Houston
Wilmington
San Francisco
Seattle^

1 2 0 3 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 4 1 4 9 3 3 0 6 3 0 3 6
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Jacksonville
Miami
Mobile
New Orleans
Houston
Wilmington
San Francisco
Seattle^

23 7 44 74 3 2 22 27 20 9 39 68 0 3 23 26 0 0 19 19 68 26 19 113 71 25 98 194 5 1 47 53

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Jacksonville
Miami
Mobile
New Orleans
Houston
Wilmington
San Francisco
Seattle^

5 3 5 13 0 0 6 6 4 3 7 14 0 0 9 9 0 0 8 8 14 9 8 31 8 6 9 23 0 0 7 7

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Jacksonville
Miami
Mobile
New Orleans
Houston
Wilmington
San Francisco
Seattle^

19 8 24 51 1 1 21 23 7 3 14 24 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 24 2 1 27 38 14 38 90 3 3 29 35

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Jacksonville
Miami
Mobile
New Orleans
Houston
Wilmington
San Francisco
Seattle^

3 2 1 6 1 2 5 8 0 3 6 9 0 0 7 7 0 0 1 1 9 7 1 17 14 5 2 21 1 3 2 6

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Jacksonville
Miami
Mobile
New Orleans
Houston
Wilmington
San Francisco
Seattle^

6 2 5 13 2 1 2 5 2 0 3 5 0 0 3 3 3 0 5 8 5 3 8 16 8 0 7 15 3 3 3 9

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Jacksonville
Miami
Mobile
New Orleans
Houston
Wilmington
San Francisco
Seattle^

2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 2 2 1 S 0 0 0 0

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Jacksonville
Miami
Mobile
New Orleans
Houston
Wilmington
San Francisco
Seattle^

9 4 25 38 0 0 17 17 6 1 17 24 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 24 9 0 33 33 14 37 84 0 0 31 31

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Jacksonville
Miami
Mobile
New Orleans
Houston
Wilmington
San Francisco
Seattle^

15 6 69 90 1 2 34 37 10 6 52 68 0 0 20 20 0 0 1 1 68 20* 1 89 52 11 98 161 3 4 60 67

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Jacksonville
Miami
Mobile
New Orleans
Houston
Wilmington
San Francisco
Seattle^

35 10 29 74 10 8 22 40 33 13 •35 • 81 .1 1 46 48 0 0 10 10 81 48 10 139 20 12 15 47 3 8 20 31

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Jacksonville
Miami
Mobile
New Orleans
Houston
Wilmington
San Francisco
Seattle^

3 3 2 8 1 0 2 3 3 1 3 7 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 3 7 2 3 12 8 4 2 14 2 0 6 8

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Jacksonville
Miami
Mobile
New Orleans
Houston
Wilmington
San Francisco
Seattle^

14 5 12 31 0 0 9 9 6 3 8 17 0 0 2 2 0 d 1 I 17 2 1 20 20 7 14 41 1 1 13 IS

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Jacksonville
Miami
Mobile
New Orleans
Houston
Wilmington
San Francisco
Seattle^ 9 4 13 26 5 0 13 18 14 5 15 34 1 0 20 21 0 1 4 5 34 21 5 60 9 3 10 22 3 1 11 15
TOTALS 144 56 229 1 429 24 155" 1 195 109 47 203 359 2 4 144 1 "150 3 1 -57-1 1 61359 150 61 1 570 286 106 331 723 27 24 232 283

DECK
ENGINE
STEWARD
GRAND TOTALS

Registered
CLASS A •

GROUP
1 2 3 ALL

615 199 330 86
68 331 43

144 56 229 I 429
442

411 717 358 jl486

Registered
CLASS B

GROUP
123 ALL

26 112 140
13 132 lOS
24 16 155
63 260 404

278
254
195
727

SUMMARY
Shipped
CLASS A

GROUP
123 ALL

156 287 100 I 543
69 287 -65 | 421
109 47 203 I 359
334 621 368 |1323

Shipped
CLASS B

GROUP
123 ALL

168
"204

20 70 78
17 93 94

4 144 150
39 167 316 j 522

Shipped
CLASS C

GROUP
1 2 3 ALL

3
iT

11 27
7 29 22

1 57
41 106

43
58
61

162

TOTAL
SHIPPED

CLASS
A . B C ALL

752 541 168 43
421 204 58
359 150 61

1321 522 162

683
570

2005

Registered On The Beach
CLASS A

GROUP
12 3 ALL

324 509 111 I 944
146 441 67 I 654
28^ 106 331T723
756 1056 509 |232i

CLASS B
GROUP
12 3 ALL
33 117 178 I
19 136 124
27 24 232
79 277 534

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March. IWl SEAFARERS LOG Vzge Sevea

Joe Alclna, Safety Director

One of the major areas of concern among all sections of the industry
attending the SIUNA convention at San Juan last week was the matter
of safety. Deep-sea sailors, inland boatmen, fisherman, cannery work­
ers and other groups uniformly showed interest in this issue and in
the SIU Joint Safety Program as we've known it over the past four
years. It's no secret that union representatives in all ar^as of the in­
dustry take a back seat to no one regarding safety and accident re­
duction. ^

On the deep-sea side, the convention recalled past efforts "to bring
safely standards on foreign-flag ships up to those practiced in the
US maritime industry." It noted these efforts have not been "marked­
ly successful. Vessels of other maritime nations are of inferior con­
struction, particularly with respect to compartmentation as compared
to US vessels . . , (This) . . . places a severe disadvantage upon Ameri­
can operators who must construct vessels with far higher s^ety stand­
ards. ..." _

The delegates then went pn record "to seek a new-convention on
international safety, through the appropriate Government agencies,
so as to bring the safety standards of foreign ships up those of the
United States."

Coast Guard Proposes Wheelhouse Rules

In matters of safety, of course, we have to deal with some ticklish
problems here in the US, too. The Coast Guard just recently called
attention to a particular one in the tanker field, where thanks to
old "Iron Mike," the helmsman finds hiipself turned to on everything
but what he's sIRtposed to be doing up there in the wheelhouse. This
practice has been bothering tanker sailors for a long time, especially
as the tankers get bigger, more complicated and carry more mixed,
dangerous loads. It's unfortunate there had to be an accident to bring
this situation in focus, but maybe there'll finally be some action taken
to change it. When things get modernized, we tend to forget that even
if a Job only requires a man to press a button, that man has to be
right on tap so he can push the right button at the right time.

Education and training based on the lessons of the past is one of
the best ways we know to keep reducing accidents on t^ie job and ashore.
The SIU Lifeboat and Upgrading School is continuing to do all it
can in this direction to promote good seamanship and safety. The last
figures available showed that 393 out of 404 trainees tested had
cleared the Coast Guard exam, a mark of better than 97 percent.

SIU Vessels Receive Safety Awards
These results are really being felt aboard ship in boosting the safe­

ty-awareness of the crews. In the same way, we now have a list of 51
awards to -SIU vessels for maintaining accident-free records over a
full six-month-period. Nine of these awards are "repeats" for ships
who earned a six-month certificate once before.

The nine ships which have won awards twice are the following:
Raphael Semmes (Sea-Land); Del Sol, Del Alba (Delta); Andrew Jack-
eon, Choctaw, Claiborne, De Soto, Iberville, Young American (Water­
man), for a total of 18 awards.

The single winners 'thus far are: Bienville (Sea-Land); Emilia, Edith,
Elizabeth, Frances (Bull); Seatrains New Jersey, . Louisiana and
Georgia; Del Campo, Del Oro, Del Valle (Delta); Alcoas Corsair, Part-
nei;, Patriot, Polaris, Ranger and Roamer; Steel Voyager and Steel
Architect (Isthmian); Petrochem (Val. Chemical); Robin Locksley
(Robin); Wild Ranger, Chickasaw, Antinous, Hurricane, Kyska, Maiden
Creek, Topa Topa, Warrior, City of Alma, Fairport, Wacosta, Yaka
(Waterman).

More and more ships in the SlU-contracted fleet are expected to
earn safety awards in the months ahead as more Seafarers learn to be
safety conscious. In addition to classes on seamanship, the Union pro­
motes safety through its information services in the SEAFARERS LOG
and other publications which are issued periodically.

(Comments and suggestions are invited by the Department and can
be submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.f

Coast Guard Seeks Regulation
To Keep Helmsmen At VIheel

WASHINGTON—The Coast Guard has proposed tightening of regulations governing
the use of helmsmen for duties outside the wheelhouse. The present regulations, widely
criticized by Seafarers on many occasions, permit the wheel watch to be used for a variety
of duties while the ship is left
on the "iron mike."

The proposed Coast Guard
regulations come at a time when
some sections of shipping manage­
ment are attacking j)resent man­
ning scales as "featherbedding."

The regulations specify that at
least one member of the deck crew
be on watch "in or near the pilot
house" at all times. On tankers,
the Coast Guard notes that there
are no specific requirements that
the bridge be manned with the
result that at times "only the watch
officer" is on the bridge, "with
the quartermaster or helmsman
being utilized to perform other
duties away from the bridge."

The new rule, the Coast Guard
said, "resulted from the investiga­
tion of a recent collision" which
"revealed the vessel had been navi­
gated at times with only a licensed
officer on watch,

A comment on the present sys-
iem from Seafarer Donald Wagner
appeareS in the November, 1960,
SEAFARERS LOG. In detailing an
imaginary Coast Gdard hearing on
an imaginary ship collision, Wag­
ner come up with the following
bit of dialogue:

"Q—What was your heading?
"A—I was head and shoulders

inside a ventilator.
"Q—Could the course have been

changed?
"A—1 don't know sir, unless the

mate changed it when I was mix­
ing paint up forward in the paint
locker.

"Q—Isn't it unusual for the
quartermaster to be away from the
wheelhouse like this?

"A—No sir. It's the accepted
practice for the mate on watch to
relieve us this way.

"Q—Are you supposed to leave
the navigation dock at any time?

"A—Well, no sir. But I need this
job to support my wife and chil­
dren and . . . it's easier to go
along with the crowd.

"Q—Then I am to understand
when you are on wheel watch, the
mate on watch assumes your duty
as well as his own?

"A—Yes sir.
"Q—He has time for this?
"A—Oh, yes sir. Any mate worth

his grits and redeye can keep his
eye on the compass, keep lookout
while he is taking his azimuth,
signs, fixes, bearing and working
out problems, etc."

Hose Inspection On Steel Flyer

Reeling in fire hose lines aboard the Steel Flyer after a Coast
Guard inspection are deck department crewmen Ernie
Kuniekas and (rear) bosun Manuel Landron. Photo was
taken at Erie Basin after the vessel returned from a round-
the-world trip.

Kello^, MEBA Gulf
Leader, Dies At 55

HOUSTON—William G. Kellogg, 51, executive vice presi­
dent of the National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
died here last week of a heart attack.

Kellogg first became an offi-"*^'
cial with the MEBA in 1946
when he was elected business
manager of the Union's Local 99
in Houston. He joined the or­

ganization in the
early 1930's and
sailed in various
licensed ratings
until the end of
World War II.
Kellogg spent
most of his sea-
time aboard tank­
ers and had
earned his chief
engineer's papers.

Kellogg

In addition to his vice presi­
dent's position with the MEBA,
Brother Kellogg also was a mem­
ber of the Union's National Admin­
istrative Committee.

More recently, the MEBA offi­
cial assisted with the formation of
the National Committee for Mari­
time Bargaining, which will co­
ordinate the collective bargaining
activity of most maritime unions,
including the SIU

He has been credited with se­
curing port time off for engineer­
ing officers on tankers and dry
cargo vessels.

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8 IBU Tugs Handle Huge Carrier
PHILADELPHIA — Tugboat

crewmen at the IBU-contracted
Curtis Bay Towing Co. here took
on a monumental and somewhat
historical job last month—one re­
quiring eight tugboats, plenty of
skill and a little "nerve.

The assignment: dock and un-
dock .one of the largest "aircraft
carriers in the world, the 1,047
foot-long USS Kitty Hawk.

The huge carrier—wnose flight
deck easily takes up the space of
several regulation football fields
—was gently nudged out of her
"wet basin" on February 21 by
the eight IBU-manned tugs, into
the Delaware River. Three days
later the big vessel was eased back
into berth after an initial shake­
down trip. IBU member Capt.
George Barnes was placed in
charge of the docking and undock-
ing. He was positioned on the
bridge of the Kitty Hawk.

The job ran smoothly and with­
out incident on both occasions,
thanks to IBU teamwork and ef­
ficiency, reports IBU rep Joe

Trainor also added that for the
third straight month, ̂ relief jobs
for Philly IBU men had been plen­
tiful, and regular tugboatmen had
been getting a good amount of
overtime.

IBU Tugs Aid
Ore Carrier

MOBILE — IBU-manned tugs
from this port had a heavy work­
out several days last month in at­
tempting to free a grounded
foreign-flag super ore carrier, the
Leader (Alcoa), which was loaded
with 35,000 tons of bauxite at the
time.

The big ship was aground for
about 10 days in all. After many
attempts to free her, IBU tugs from
Mobile had to give up and the
company was forced to call in heav­
ier equipment fom New Orleans.

Crewmembers of the IBU-contracted Curtis Bay Towing Co. of Philadelphia unberthed the
gigantic Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawlc (albove) last month when the ship went on its first
shakedown run. A total of eight IBU tugs were utilized in this major operation, which was
completed without incident. Three tugs can be seen pushing against bow of ship; several
others are at work astern. (Photo courtesy U.S. Navy.)

NafI Marine Pact Ok'd;
Ellis Crewmen Vote IBU

HOUSTON—The IBU last month wrapped up a three-year
contract with National Marine Service after being stalled for
many weeks by the firm, and at the same time won the right
to represent the towboat em--*
ployees of Ellis Towing Com­
pany after winning an NLRB
election 15-12.

The main features of the three-
year contract with National Marine
include an immediate $20 across-
the-board increase for some 100
tugmen; an annual wage reopener,
the benefits of an SIU welfare
plan, plus sick leave benefits.

National Marine Service pres­
ently operates eiight boats which
handle fuel and barges in the
Gulf area as far as New Orleans,
and also in the intercoastal canal

Tug Firemen's Convention
Hailed As Huge Success

SAULT STE. MARIE—The annual convention of the Tug
Firemen's Union, held in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., last month,
wasL hailed as an outstanding success by "Tugmen's President
Gus Wolf.

Delegates from the nine
locals of the Union represent­
ed the members of the annual
conclave, which was held Febru­
ary 22-25 at Soo.

Contract Talks On Agenda
High on their agenda wele dis­

cussions on. forthcoming contract
negotiations. A two-man negotiat­
ing committee was appointed to
conduct preliminary talks with
contracted companies; a third
member will be named at a later
date, according to reports. At the
same time, several workable
hea'th and welfare programs for
the Tug Firemen were discussed,
and it was agreed that a final
plan would have to meet all re­
quirements of the membership
before being acted upon.

In other convention actions the
Tug Firemen:

• Endorsed the actions of the
Maritime Trades Department and
prote.sted the increasing number of
foreign flag .ships that have been
depriving American flag vessels of
cargoes.

• Expressed their appreciation
for as.sistance and support rendered
them by the SIU during the past
year.

• Named Milwaukee as their
convention site in 1962.

In addition, other internal mat­
ters pertaining to finances and
general business were aired by
the delegates.

Representing the SIU at the con­
vention was SIU Vice President
A1 Tanner and Union attorney Vic­
tor Hansen.

trade between Houston and Gal­
veston to points as far away as
Memphis.

Originally, the IBU won the
right to represent the men in
National Marine in an NLRB elec­
tion by a count of 70-22, with three
votes voided. The victory came
after the company tried to set up
an independent union and have it
placed on the ballot.

Pay $23,676
In Benefits

NEW ORLEANS—A total of
$23,676.02 in welfare benefits was
disbursed during February to At­
lantic and Gulf District Inland
Boatmen's Union members, accord­
ing to Welfare Plan headquarters
here.

Included in this sum were six
death benefit checks for $3,000
each, which went to the designated
beneficiaries of IBU members
David Broye, Francisco" Fernandez,
Juan Valdez, Angel Benitez and
Markos Franggos, all of Blue Stack
Towing Co. and Wilfred Ellis of
Ideal Cement Co. The Blue Stack
employees lost their lives in a
recent accident at sea.

Other Inland Boatmen's Union
members who collected benefit
checks for $200 or more last month
were: Hugh Cirillo, So. Oyster
Shell Corp., $595.00; J. G. Caudell,
Gantt Towing Co., $557.00; Lamar
Green, Bay Towing Co., $455.00;
John Anderson, Coyle Lines, Inc.,
$247.90; Raymond Le Blanc, Cres­
cent Towing Co., $226.25; Cullen
Colbert, Bay Towing Co., $21fi.00;
Willie E. Rushing, Bay Towing Co.,
$200, and Marion Gaguard, Baroid
Division, $200.

INZ^A

Booklet Published
On Railway Strike

NEW YORK—In light of biased
press, reports dealing with the re­
cent railway tugboat strike in New
York Harbor, the SIU, MEBA and
MM&P have Jointly published an
eight-page booklet dealing with the
unions' position In the strike. It has
been mailed to President Kennedy,
Senators and Congressmen in
Washington, and state legislators.

The booklet, entitled "The Truth
About fhe New York Harbor Rail­
road Tugboat Strike," gives com­
prehensive details on why ths
strike took place $nd should giv«
its readers an accurate insight Into
the unions' actions.

Inbound' Tug

RMR Signs
Balto Pact

BALTIMORE — A two-year
agreement was signed last month
by the IBU's Railway Marine Re­
gion here with the Western Mary­
land Railiway Co., which grants an
11 cent-an-hour increase, stronger
job security and other benefits to
26 employees who work aboard the
railroad's carfloats.

In addition. Western Maryland
also agreed to renegotiate with the
IBU if their counterparts in other
RMR - contracted railroads are
granted the benefits of the SIU
Welfare Plan, according to IBU
representatives Ray Herold and
John Blanchfield.

It was also reported that most
IBU members were working stead­
ily last month due to an increased
pace in the industry. Going full
force at the moment is the IBU-
contracted Arundel Corp., which
Is dredging a new channel for-
Bethlehem Steel Co.

If conditions remain the same,
next month should be a good one
for IBU men because the advent
of warmer Vveather means more
work calls for tugs.

New York Dock tug,
manned by members of the
SlU's Railway Marine Re­
gion, makes its way toward
empty railway carfloat on
NJ side of Hudson River.

Tug Maneuvers Floats

New York Central Tug :^30, crewed by members of the
SlU's Railway Marine Region, moves a pair of floats in the
direction of warehouse in Brooklyn's Erie Basin.



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sn>

Officials, Kin Reap
New Haven Gravy

NEW YORK—While SIU Railway Marine Region members
were engaged in an all-out effort to fight cutbacks in tug man­
ning scales in various railroads, it was charged that one of
these carriers — the New
Haven — had paid huge sal­
aries to its top officers, their
close relatives and associates,
while pleading poverty atf an ex­
cuse for work reductions.
. The charge was levelled at the

New Haven and another railroad
by two legislators during the
height of an investigation by the
ICC into the New Haven's plea for
bankruptcy. The two Massachusetts
lawmakers, Sen. Philip A. Gra­
ham and Rep. John W. Whitmore,
said in the New York Times of
March 9, 1961, that New Haven's
president George Alpert received
more than $180,000 in salary and
director's fees during 1957 and
1959; that Alpert's son, William,
received $32,000 from the New
Haven, and that the law firtn of
Alpert & Alpert received fees
from the New Haven amounting to
$374,000.

During the latter part of the
period in which these reported
payments were being made by the
New Haven—and shortly before
they were made public—New
Haven's vice-president John Gahe-
rin was attempting to win the
right to abolish certain RMR jobs
In the mar^e department.

The crewmen who man these
tugs are paid from $4,500 to $5,000
• year.

Recently, many railroads have
attempted to reduce manning
scales on both shoreslde and ma­
rine equipment, charging that cer­
tain jobs were no longer necessary.

The activities the varloas
inland boatmen, railroad marine
tugs, deep sea tugs and harbor
craft nnder the SIU banner are
dealt with here. The SIU tavi'
iiy includes varions groups of
boatmen throughout the nation
—on - the Atlantic and Gulf
Coasts, on the Mississippi and
Ohio Rivers, the Great Lakes
and in Pacific Coast ports.
These craft operate in support
of deep sea shipping and sup­
plement such shipping in con­
fined vvaters. Their activities
concern ail seafaring trades.

Railway, IBU Delegates
Attend SIU Convention

SAN JUAN—Four delegates from the Inland Boatmen's
Union and one from the Railway Marine Region represented
their respective members at the SIUNA's tenth biennial con­
vention which wound up its '

New Pacific IBU Ship

business late last week at the
Hotel La Concha here.

Represent Autonomous Union
The four men cliosen 'by IBU

members to represent their inter­
ests at the conclave were: Ray
Herold, Sr., Frank McHale, Samuel
Roman and Joseph Tralnor. G. P.
McGinty was elected convention
delegate by the membership of the
Railway Marine Region, of which
he Is director. In the case of each
of the unions, the number of dele­
gates authorized was spelled out
In their respective constitutions.
This marked the first time that

either one of these groups has
been directly represented at an
SIUNA convention.

There was a total of five n^en
running on the IBU ballot, while
three were on the RMR ticket.
Those who wished to nominate
themselves had the opportunity to
do so by January 20. The balloting
was conducted by mail early in
February.

Balloting Reported To Union
The results of the balloting were

reported to union, offices In all
ports during the middle of last
month. (See convention story on
page 3.)

M/V Ceho (above) it new combination vessel manned by
IBU Pacific District crews. Ship runs between West Coast

- and Victoria, B.C. (Photo courtesy Rivers & Harbors.)

Pacific IBU Crews
Combination Vessel

SEATTLE—A new and unique combination roll-on, roll-off
trailership and auto-passenger ferry, the MV Coho (Black
Ball Transport, Inc.), went into operation recently with 20
Inland Boatmen's Union of^
the Pacific members serving
in the various unlicensed posi­
tions on the vessel.

The 20 IBU men—along with six
officers—comprise the crew of the
Coho, first of its kind to be built
In this country. The combination
ship is 341 feet long and has a
service speed of 16 knots. It has
a gross of 5,315 tons. It's main

function is the transporting of
passengers and vehicles between
Port Angeles, Wash., and Vic­
toria, B.C.

IBU crewmembers are berthed
on the sundeck in double state­
rooms. The galley Is aft of the
crew's quarters in the sundeck
house between the crew's and
officers' messroom.

IBU Men On Location

Crewmembers (top) Gordon Anady and W. Petersen
(right) work winch on IBU-contracted Interstate Borfe 40,
at Philly. Above, IBU rep John Hoore talks with W. Peter­
sen (at right) on barge's deck.

IBU members at Baker-Whiteley Towing Co., Baltimore (top) pose in front of captain's
shack. Old shoes on roof are considered good luck symbol. From left are: A. Jutchess,
J. Lukowski, C. Vikell, J. W, Hamilton and G. Hinklemon. Above: A. Jutchess provides
snacks for pigeons at dockside.



Vigc Tea SEAFARERS LOG IMl

ZaA

Interlake Seamen's Committee Formed
As P-M Men Seek SID Job Security

Aroused P-M seamen have taken the iniative in a move to seek SIU protection and job
security. In a spontaneous move, P-M seamen have formed the Interlake Seamen's Commit­
tee, to investigate P-M company policies which demonstrate a total lack of respect for,senior­
ity and job security. *- ^

Job Security Cards Mailed

Headed by a ten-year vet­
eran with P-M, Dennis Mc­
Donald, the committee was formed
by the P-M men themselves, ac­
cording to McDonald, to look into
company policies "and see if we
could come up with some answers."

In a letter to P-M men the com­
mittee outlined company policies
which, in effect, disregard job se­
curity, enforce bump-back at the
expense of the unlicensed seaman,
and threaten the very livelihood
and welfare of P-M men.

The letter also hit the failure of
the company to live up to its prom­
ise made during the last election
"to match anything the Seafarers
could offer the seamen in their
fleet."

"We all know." the letter stated,
"to this day they have not matched
one thing or kept one promise."

Where Are ... 7
"Where are the improved work­

ing conditions, the wholly paid
company insurance program, the
provisions for improved vacation
policies. None of these company
promises have been honored."

The letter also hit the P-M bonus
policy of last year, terming it a
"lousy deal."

"Any man," the letter stated,
"who did not lay up a ship was
not eligible for a bonus, regardless
of how much time he might have
worked in tha^^ season.

"The company had a good rea­
son lor setting it up this way,"
the letter said.

"A lot of guys were bumped
back by officers, transferred to
other ships. By the time the com­
pany got through bumping these
fellows around many of them were
bumped off completely and never
had a chance to lay up a ship."

Bumped From Ship To Ship
McDonald . said that he had

talked with men "who were
bumped from one ship to another,
worked practically the whole sea­
son and finally were bumped off
completely."

It is a known fact that many P-
M seniority men sit on the beach
while new guys are being hired.
It is also a fact that Great Lakes
shipping has suffered a cut-back
in jobs due to the increase of for­
eign flag ships and general, over­
all cut-backs in shipping. The P-

SIU Great Lakes
Union Halls

HEADUUARTERS
J023S W. Jefferson. River Rouge '.8, .Mich.

Vlnewood 3-4741
Fred J. Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer

SUnley F. Thompson, Asst. Sec.-Treas.
ALPENA 127 River St.
Norman Jolicoeur. Agent EJmwood 4-3616
BUFFALO. NY 735 Washington St.
Roy J. Boudreau, Agent . . TL 3-9299
CHICAGO 9383 Ewing Aye

South Chicago. 111.
SAginaw 1-0733

CLEVELAND . . . 1420 W. 25 St.
Stanley Wares. Agent MAin 1-0147
DULUTH 312 W. 2nd St.
Gerald Westphal. A gent ̂ RAn-loiph 2-41J0
FRANKFORT. .Mich 419 Main St

Address Mail to: P.O Box 207
Floyd H.-:nmer, Agent ELgin 7-2441
TOLEDO...' 120 Summit St.

, . , , CHerry 8-2431

M practice of bumping unlicensed
seamen in favor of licensed officers
results in no jobs for the unli­
censed men and they have no place
to turn for a job. )

This is an example of P-M's idea
of job security.

McDonald said that the commit­
tee's primary task was to find a
way to correct the present deplor­
able conditions and protest the
rights of the P-M seamen.

SIU IS Answer
The answer which the cohimit-

tee is suggesting to the P-M men
is to join the SIU.

"I have checked with SIU mem­
bers of many years service work­
ing in Reiss, Gartland, Tomlinson
and various other SIU fleets, and
these men have guaranteed job
security and their job in the
Spring," AlcDonald said.

He made a very important point
in the letter. "I am not sure," he
said, "whether I will be called back
or not and I am sure no other P-M
sailor is certain either. When you
have a family to think about you

just can't sit down and hope you
have a job. You must have some
kind of a guarantee of' solid se­
curity on the Great Lakes.

"Many men," the letter pointed
out, "have sacrificed anywhere
from ten to twenty years of their
lives without being organized. They
could very well find themselves
out on the street with nowhere to
turn.

"It is up to us, as Great Lakes
seamen, to take an interest in our
own security and become part of
the Seafarers' International Un­
ion's Job Security Program."

The committee told the men "the
Seafarers' Union is the only bona-
fide seamen's Union on the Great
Lakes; the SIU has waged a con­
tinuous battle 'for winter unem­
ployment compensation for the
Gceat Lakes seaman; the SIU is
the only Union with guaranteed
job security for its members, and
the SIU is the only seamen's Un­
ion fighting to protect jobs against
the foreign flag ships on the Great
Lakes."

Seniority office ttaff members Madeline Luzar and Bernie
Jurkiewicz finish mailing job security cards to more than
4,000 SIU members covered by Job Security Program.

Job Program Mails
4,000 Fitout Cards

John R.'Ornery, Great Lakes Seniority Director, said that
more than 4,000 seniority cards for the spring fitout have
been prepared and mailed out to seamen covert by- the SIU
Job Security Program.

Emery said that the entire

Lakes Port Reports
Alpena Helps Boys Club

ALPENA—Port Agent Jolicoeur
reports that with SIU support more
than $1,500 was raised for the ben­
efit of the Alpena Boys Club by
sponsoring the 11th Annual Marine
Ball at the Alpena Armory on
February 25.

SIU members paid their last re­
spects to John Christian who died
the morning of February 20, John
was a porter for three years on the
Steamer S. T. Crapo.

Membership books are being
held at Alpena Hall for William
Lalonde, No. 9961; John Johnson,
No. 7479; Frederick Kramer, Pro
No. 9132.

it

Frankfort Ships 35 Jobs
FRANKFORT — Thirty-five men

have been shipped from the Frank­
fort hall during the month of
February, reports Agent Floyd
Hanmer. The ferries are operating
on the same schedule as last month
and reports are that the Ann Arbor
No. 5 will fit out around March 15.

Brother Gayiord Dragoo, Look­
out on the Ann Arbor No. 7 was
taken off the ship at Manitowoc
last month and taken to Memorial
Hospital for an emergency appen­
dectomy.

Another SIU member recuperat­
ing from a recent illness is Brother
Raymond Johnson, wheelsman on
the steamer Wabash, who had a
heart attack in November.

Hanner also reports that the
M/V Arthur K. Atkinson will enter
the Manitowoc Shipyard on April
1st for her annual inspection.

S> S> 3-.
Detroit Very Active

DETROIT—Activity at the De­
troit hall is fast reaching the busi­
est of the, year. , Organizabonal

drives, meetings with ship's dele­
gates, preparation for the coming
fit-out all contribute to the work
load of the headquarters officials
and staff. Detroit is presently ship­
ping more men than any other
Great Lakes port and activity in
the Hall has greatly increased as
more and more men are reporting
at the Hall.

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Duluth Busy Organizing

DULUTH—Tnis port has been
busy with organizing activities in
preparation for the ^1961 season,
reports 'port agent Gerald West­
phal. In addition, all members in
this port have signed petitions apd
mailed them to their respective
Senators urging them to support
the pending Senate bill which
would make Great Lakes seamen
eligible for unemployment benefits
in Ohio during the winter months. $• .
Cleveland Tight

CLEVELAND — Although there
is still Ice visible on Lake Erie,
Agent Stanley Wares reports that,
unlike other years, this will not be
a factor determining the opening
of the shipping season. Economic
conditions will be more important,
he notes. Indications from the reg­
istration in the port of Cleveland
as of March 1st indicates that there
will be plenty of men available to
fill the jobs open at the start of
the sailing season.

4
Chicago Looks Ahead

CHICAGO—Regist.ation for the
coming season has been picking up
and seafarers, anxious to get back
to work, have been reporting in
greater numbers to the Chicago
hall. The Milwaukee Clipper has
been laid up Jn Muskegon i^ecause

of the poor production of 1961
automobiles. The company had
hoped to continue running it but
have now decided to bring out a
smaller vessel to handle the re­
duced traffic. The Clipper will be
readied for the summer auto and
passenger runs. The Highway 16
is presently being put through its
fitout.

The Charter of the Chicago Mar­
itime Trades Department Port
Council will be submitted for ap­
proval March 29th at a meeting at
the Hamilton Hotel.

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Buffalo Shifting Jobs

BUFFALO — SIU' Agent Roy
Boudreau reports that shifting jobs
are keeping a good number of sea­
farers working in the Buffalo area.
He reports that a total of 52 men
are presently shipped from the
Buffalo hall. Registration is be­
coming heavier as the Great Lakes
shipping season draws nean Thirty
ships are laid up in Buffalo at the
present.

4 4 4
Toledo Aids Strike

TOLEDO — SIU members con­
tributed $100 to the strike relief
fund of the Utility Workers Local
349 in their beef with the Gas
Company in Toledo, Agent Ed
Doherty reports.

The Toledo-based Toth Trans­
portation Company will have their
three sandboats in operation, if the
good weather continues, by the
middle of March.^

Even though no'ships have begun
to fif out. Agent Doherty reports,
sailors have been coming to the
Toledo Hall in great numbers. The
hall is even busier now that the
MEBA has moved their, headquar­
ters there and begun their organi­
zation drive on the Great Lakes.

mailing had been completed
by the end of Februaiy.

He said that the number of. se­
niority cards m'biled this year in­
creased by 40 percent over last
year.

Some delay in the mailing of a
few cards resulted because sev­
eral SIU members laid up mora
than one vessel last season. Sinca
seniority can be retained with only
one company, the seaman must
decide which company he wishes to
retain seniority with.

Questionnaires are mailed to
"dual seniority members" and the
seniority office must receive their
reply before sending the seniority
cards.

Only "a small number of ques­
tionnaires have not yet been re­
ceived by the seniority office. Em­
ery urged SIU members to return
the questionnaires immediately.

Lakes Runs Set
By Japanese line

Foreign flag vessels on the Great
Lakes will increase in number this
season as the result of a decision
by the Mitsui Lines ~of Japan to
institute a direct run from Japan
to the Great Lakes.

The Japanese company said that
it is extending its service which
presently comes as far as Toronto
to include direct calls at Detroit
and Cleveland on a regular month­
ly basis during the open navigation )
season.

The company said that addition­
al calls at other Great Lakes ports
on Lake Erie and Lake "Ontario
would be scheduled "as cargo war­
rants."

The new service will be inaug­
urated by the "Mayasan Maru"
which will arrive in Cleveland on
May 18th and in Detroit on the
21st.

The influx of foreign flags on
the Lakes has clouded the 1961
shipping outlook and caused ap­
prehension that a poor season for
US shipping may be in store.



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Great Lakes
Sends 3 To
Convention.

Fred Farnen, Secretary-
Treasurer of the Great Lakes
District; Stanley Thompson,
Assistant Secretary-Treasurer; and
Norman Jolicoeur, agent for the
Port of Alpena, were elected dele­
gates from the -Great Lakes Dis­
trict to the SIUNA annual con­
vention in Puerto Rico.

Final tabulation of votes from
ports showed Farnen received 190
votes; Thompson, 189 and Joli­
coeur, 158.

Six Write-ins
John Avery, only other candidate

on the ballot received 70 votes and
a total of six wi'ite-ins were re­
ported by the Committee on Elec­
tion.

The Great Lakes delegation re­
ported on the outstanding progress
of the Union in organizing many
non-union companies, such as
Roland & Cornelius, Relss, Pio­
neer, Buckeye and Stelnbrenner
over the past two years. They out­
lined the Union's plans for making
a determined effort this summer
to win representation rights in the
Pickands-Mather fleet as well as
in remaining non-union operations
on the Lakes.

Visits Men in Detroit Hospitai

SIU Representativa Dick Hollingsworth of the Great Lakes
District headquarters in River Rouge visits Seafarers in the
Detroit UPHS Hospital. (L. to R.) Elmer Williams, AB; Fred
Miller, fireman; Robert Eaton, AB.

Detroit Jobs Uncertain
DETROIT—As fitout time for the 1961 navigation season

draws near on the Great Lakes, seamen are anxiously watch­
ing for signs Indicating whether it will be a good or bad sea­
son. With recall of some ves­
sels' after-ends less than a
month'away, no clear-cut pat­
tern has been developed to show
the number of expected Vessel fit-

Shipping Increases
Noted In February

An increase in Great Lakes shipping was reported for the
last period as mora vessels began moving in an early start in
the Lakes shipping season,
period is 156 men shipped
compared to 120 in the previ­
ous period.

The Port of Chicago reported
the greatest increase with a total
of 26 men shipped, an increase of
15 over the last period. The Port
of Detroit reported a slight in­
crease.

Only the Port of Frankfort re­
ported a decrease with its total
dropping from 50 to 35 in the cur­
rent period. The Port, however,
will greatly increase the number
of men shipped during the next

The combined total for this

period as the vessels began the
shipping season.

The Port of Detroit reports the
greatest number of men shipped
during this period with 73; the
Port of Frankfort was-' seeond and
Chicago third.

Four ports reported no men
shipped: Alpena, Buffalo, Cleve­
land and Duluth.

Great Lakes vessels begin the
fit out in earnest during the com­
ing months and the number of men
shipped will begin Its annual rise
In all ports.

outs or the dates they will begin
moving.

The cutback in steel production,
the heavy movement of iron ore
on foreign flag vessels and the loss
of the grain trade have led some
Lakes observers to forecast a
sharply reduced operating season.

Anticipating a slow start of op­
erations, the SIU urged all men of
companies which wlil have reduced
operations not to wait at their
homes for calls to their vessels
in the event they are low on se­
niority but to go to the SIU hall
nearest their home and register
for work

Government Gold Action
Benefits US Flag Ships

A move by the United States government to slow the gold
flow out 5f the country is expected to be of direct benefit td
Great L^kes seamen who have lost their jobs to runaway-flag
vessels in the Lakes grain
trade.

In an executive order that
^yent into effect the first of Febru­
ary, the government directed that
where the transportation costs of
foreign aid cargoes • are paid by
the United States they are to go
on American vessels. Otherwise,
the transportation costs are to be
paid by the recipient nations.

The International Co-operation
Administration has already begun
putting the executive order into
effect.

The effect this action will have
on the movement of grain cargoes
will have to wait the opening of
the 1961 navigation season.

During 1960, foreign flag vessels
virtually captured the entire grain
trade, resulting in the loss of
scores of cargoes that heretofore
had been carried on American
Lakes boats.

The government move comes on
the heels of the decision hy the
AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Depart­
ment to take direct action against
the overall threat posed by foreign
flag vessels to Lakes shipping. The
MTD will call a Lakes-wide con­
ference in the near future of all
AFL-CIO maritime unions to map
a campaign against foreign flag
vessels on the Lakes.

Throughout the Great LaRes,
seamen and shipping companies
hailed the government move. The
only public dissent came from the
Duluth - Superior Port Authority
Director Robert Smith, who asked
the government to delay the order,
elalmlng it would be a "staggering
blow to the development of the
St. Lawrence Seaway."

Smith's attempt to stop the ex­
ecutive order was answered by the
SIU which pointed out that his
statement did not square with the
facts, inasmuch as the cargoes af­
fected are donated by the United
States and will be shipped from the

same ports under any circum­
stances.

Smith, during 1960, was the
spokesman for terminal operators
and the port authority in Duluth-
Superlor who attacked the SIU
protest picketing against foreign
^ag vessels. At that time the SIU
undertook Lakes-wide protest pick­
eting against "runaway flag" ves­
sels which were taking grain car­
goes and causing widespread un­
employment among American sea­
men.
' Despite the fact that the grain

could have gone on American ves­
sels and would have In no way
harmed the Duluth-Superlor Port
Authority operations. Smith
launched a violent attack against
the American seamen's actions.

The executive order applies to
flour, cornmeal, vegetable or ani­
mal oils and other relief cargoes.
In addition to the executive order,
federal law requires that 50 per­
cent of all foreign aid cargoes
must move on American ships, re­
gardless of who pays the freight
bill.

The SIU Great Lakes Union
is a union of, by and for Great
Lakes seamen which has made
tremendous progress in advanc­
ing the security of SIU men
sailing under its banner. One
of its greatest accomplishments
is the seniority and job security
system which gives Lakes men
protection under the seasonal
shipping set-up. Once confined
to inland waters, activities of
SIU men on the Lakes now have
greater significance with the
opening of the Seaway and its
use by hundreds of deep sea
ships. The Lakes have become
America's fourth seacoast and
developments there are of in­
creasing interest to all men in
the SIU family of unions.

Great Lakes Shipping
Feb. 3,1961 Through Feb. 28, 1961

PORT DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL

Alpena 0 0 0 0

Buffalo 0 0 0 0

Chicago 15 6 5 26

Cleveland 0 0 0 0

Detroit 61 -10 2 73

Duluth 0 - 0 0 0

Frankfort 13 11 11 35

Toledo 22 0 0 22

TOTAL 111 27 18 156

Ask Letter Drive On Jobless $
A concentrated letter writing campaign in behalf of the SlU-sponsored drive to change

the Ohio unemployment compensation law to permit Great. Lakes seamen to draw jobless
pay during winter months was called for by SIU Great Lakes District Secretary-Treasurer
Fred J.-Farnen.

In a letter to all Great Lakes
seamen and SIU members,
Farnen told the seafarers that the
main fight for the passage of Sen­
ate Bill 106 was now up to them
as individuals.

He asked that every Great Lakes
seaman, whether he lives In Ohio
or not, to write to the Ohio Senate
Commerce and Labor Committee
in Columbus requesting that the
Senate bill S-106 be brought before
it for study and eventual passage
to the Senate floor for action.

A similar SlU-endorsed bill, H.
394, has been Introduced in the
lower house by three Demotratlc
and two Republican representa­
tives in a bi-partisan effort to se­
cure passage.

But SIU Cleveland Agent Stan­
ley Wares reports that the House
bill has not been referred to a

committee. He says that efforts in
the House have been delayed pend­
ing action taken in the Senate on
S. 106.

The letter told seamen that "only
the-Senate bill Is in committee for
study and whatever success our
fight will have depends on the fate
of the Senate bill.

Write To Committee
"To bring the iilll before the

committee for study and to Insure
its passage to the Senate floor for
action" It Is necessary for seamen
to "write to the Senate committee
urging that they take Immediate
action on Senate Bill 106 to provide
you with the same rights of other
Ohio workers and the seamen of
other states."

The Senate bill would amend
present Ohio unemployment com­
pensation law provisions to make
Great' Lakes seamen elielble for

jobless pay during the winter
months.

"The SIU," Farnen said, "has
been told by legislators that they
rarely hear from seamen and as­
sume that the unemployment law
Is not of concern to them.

"You can be sure," he added,
"that the Lake Carriers Associa­
tion and other pressure groups will
be working to defeat the bill. You
must show, by your letters that the
seamen do care and want their
rights . . . and in this session of
the legislature."

SIU members were asked to
address their letters to the Chair­
man of the Senate Commerce and
Labor Committee, to which S. 106
has been referred, Senator H. E.
Schwall; and to the committeo
Vice-chairman, Senator D. McK.
Ferguson; at the Ohio State Sen-
ait* Ohm



pare Twelve SEAFARERS LOG Vateh. 1961

NY Port Council Fighting
Curbs On Marine Labor

ALBANY, NY—Representatives of the Maritime Trades Port Council of Greater New
York have been conducting a last ditch fight on proposed expansion of Waterfront Com­
mission powers which would endanger the strike rights of all waterfront workers. The pro­
posed legislation, which is be-

Coe Victory Gets Clothes Cioaner

ing backed by Governor
Rockefeller, would greatly
broaden the authority of the Cohi-
nilssion over non-longshore crafts
on the waterfront. It was passed
on Wednesday, March 23, by the
State Senate and is up for consid­
eration in the Assembly as this is­
sue of the LOG goes to press.

At the same time, the MTD
group is supporting measures
which would give waterfront
workers the right to appeal Water­
front Commission decisions to a

Courts Okay
Back Wages
For Crews

NEW YORK—More than $68,000
In back pay due Seafarers who
fiailed aboard the SS Rockland
(North Atlantic Marine) and the
Waldo (World Tramping) has been
released by the courts and Is in
the hands of attorneys who will
disburse these monies.

In the case of the Rockland, some
S4 checks amounting to a total of
$47,294.71 were mailed earlier this
month to the addresses given the
attorneys by Seafarers and other
crewmen shortly after the ship re­
turned to the US last year. A
spokesman for Miller & Seeger,
New York, the law firm handling
the Rockland, said that if any Sea­
farer has moved since last year,
his check will automatically be re­
turned to the law firm and will be
held for a better address or given
to the individual in person.

Ex-Waldo crewmen must write
or visit the law firm of Schwartz &
Lapin, 310 West Building, 817 Main
At Walker, Houston 2, Texas, to
claim their back wages. A total of
$21,254.00 in back pay is being
held for the 36 crewmen who sailed
aboard the Waldo.

panel of employer, labor and public
representatives. The labor-backed
amendments would also provide a
five-year statute of limitations on
barring waterfront workers from
the docks. This would conform with
the Federal provision in the Lan-
drum-Griffin Act.

The Port Council's objection to
legislation embodied In the
Mitchell Bill centered on pro­
visions which, would give the Bi-
State Waterfront Commission au­
thority to pass judgment on water­
front strikes. If the commission de­
cided that a strike was Illegal, ,lt
could then proceed to bar long­
shoreman and other waterfront
workers from the piers for partici­
pating in such strikes or even re­
specting picket lines.

This, the Council held, clearly
infringes on the strike and picket­
ing rights of all waterfront unions.

In supporting other bills calling
for an appeals procedure the Union

group noted that under present
law, the commission acts as com­
plainant, prosecutor, judge and
jury in any case involving the job
rights of waterfront workers. To
protect these workers from arbi­
trary and biased judgments, the
labor groAp proposed establishing
an appeals board, consisting of
labor, employer and commission
representatives, which could hear
appeals from the commission's
findings.

Such an appeals procedure had
been used by the US Coast Guard
in wartime screening for subver­
sives.

The five-year statute of limita­
tions would enable the Commission
to act against men convicted of
specified crimes as far back as five
years prior to the time the Com­
mission proceeded against the In­
dividual, without barring men for
actions committed In the distant
past.

Seafarers Walter Compten, DM, and W. C. Sorenson, AB,
hustle new washing machine aboard the Coe Victory. No
excuse now for soiled T-shirts.

A Ton Isn't Always What It Seems

Houston Press
Hails Welfare

HOUSTON—The Welfare Plan
received a favorable write up in
the "Houston Chronicle" which
said the plan was "perhaps the
most liberal arrangement of any
labor organization."

The article, appeared Sunday,
March 12, and details the many
benefits Seafarers receive under
the plan.

First established in 1950, the
- plan has expanded its service to

Include clinics where free exten­
sive medical examinations are
available to SIU members and their
families. The Houston clinic has
been in operation a little less than
two years.

(Quoting a doctor at the clinic,
the article said "these check-ups
are very beneficial. In recent
months we have discovered four
women with early cases of cancer
that might have gone undetected.
We have picked up a number of
cases of unrecognized tuberculosis,
severe high blood pressure and
diabetes in men."

The article points out that the
Welfare Plan, which paid out more
than 62,000 claims amounting to
$1.6 million in 1960, covers a wide
range of .services including .scholar­
ships, hospitalization, maternity
and disability benefits and eye
examination and free eyeglasses.

(Ed. note: This is the second of a series of articles written for the
SEAFARERS LOG by Captain Milton Williams, formerly vice-presi­
dent and. operating manager of Bull Lines. Captain Williams, who is
now retired, will discuss the various phases of the American-flag ship
operation in these articles from an independent management viewpoint.)

with the size of the "boat." Dues,
taxes and tolls, with some excep­
tions such as canal tolls, are based
on the registered tonnage of the
ships. There are quite a number
of registered vessels bearing simi­
lar names. No one today can stop
you from calling your little boat
with the outboard motor you have
in your back yard the "United
States."

In those days gone by, even as
today, there was no uniformity in
the size of bags, crates, boxes or
cases, so that these could not be
used to guage the size of a vessel.
However, wine, which was one of
the principal commodities in those
days, was shipped in casks of al­
most uniform size. These casks
were called "tuns." It is our un­
derstanding that this terminology
is still used today In some pdrts of
the world. The number of these
casks that a vessel could carry was
eventually used in determining the
.size of the ship.' Therefore, we
soon had a ship capable to carry
goo tons called a 200-tunner. This
was later changed to a 200-tonner.

Obviously these figure.? repre­
sented measurement, not w.eight.
This system was very good, as all
of the space below decks was used
for cargo. The crew slept on deck.

By Capt. Milton Williams

To present the problems con­
fronting the shipowner in the
operation of ships in world trade,
particularly those confronting the
operator of American-flag tonnage,
it is essential that everyone be
familiar with all the common
tetms and expressions used in
these discussions. While most of
the oldtimers who may read these
articles are acquainted with and
fully familiar with all of these ex­
pressions and terms used, we will,
for the benefit of younger seamen
and newcomers to this trade, try to
clarify such terms as: tonnage,
time charter, bareboat and voyage
charter, P&I Insurance, hull and
machinery insurance, load lines,
and others.

Space will not permit complete
description of all the terms and
their origin. Some points are con­
troversial, others only partly cor­
rect. However, it is believed that
these discus.sions will be all that
the average seaman will require.
Additional information will be sup­
plied if you will write to me in
care of the LOG.

Any information requested,
which we do not have, we will
obtain from the be.st available
sources. Keep in mind however,
that even the nine Supreme Court
justices have disagreed on their
interpretation of certain clearly-
written laws.

In this article, it is our feeling
that the question of tonnage could
be a good start. What is meant by
it? How did some of these terms
originate?

Research not conducted by the
writer has turned up some inter­
esting facts. In the olden days, as
far back as recorus go tup to 600
years ago) a merchant shipping
cargo on a ship was more or less
at a loss to know the size of the
ship unless he owned or saw her.
Ship's names are of primary im­
portance to the owners, but to very
few others. The .seaman, the ship­
per, govej-nment agencies and pas­
sengers^ are principally-concerned

and later on, on the larger vessels,
the crew slept in the castles. So
we now have tonnage as used in
connection with the size bf ships.

With the advent of the steel
hull and propulsion machinery, it
became necessary to use a differ­
ent system, and gross tonnage and
net tonnage came into being.
Neither gross nor net tonnage
represents a figure of weight but
are figures of space.

Gross tonnage is determined by

carefully measuring all the en­
closed Spaces of a ship not open to
the sea, and dividing the total cu­
bic contents by 100 cubic feet.
Therefore, a gross ton is actually
100 cubic feet of enclosed space.

Net tonnage is the space on a
vessel that can be used by the
owner for the purpose of producing
revenue. Net tonnage is obtained
by deducting from the gross ton­
nage space not usable for produc­
ing revenue. Such space would in­
clude, but would not be limited
to, engine rooms, boiler rooms,
bunker spaces, water tanks, store
rooms, quarters and other speci­
fically exempt spaces. Net ton­
nage, therefore, is also a measure­
ment of 100 cubic feet per ton.

All of us are familiar with the
Plimsoll mark and its location on
a ship's hull. Each of the lines
and marks have a purpose which
will be more fully-discussed later.
For the time being we will use the
mark as one line.

The amount of water that a ves­
sel displaces is called her displace­
ment tonnage, or displacement.
Saltwater weighs 64 pounds to the
cubic foot. Thirty-five cubic feet
of saltwater will equal one long
ton of 2,240 pounds. It will there­
fore take an object 35 cubic feet
in size and weighing 2,240 pounds
to displace one ton of water—salt­
water that Is.

Without cargo, bunkers, stores
and so on, the ship will still have
considerable weight, actually an
amount equal to the weight of the
steel and the fittings built in. This
is called the vessel's light displace­
ment. The amount between the
light displacement and the ves­
sel's maximum displacement when
she is loaded down to her marks,
is called deadweight tonnage. This
deadweight is made up of every­
thing that goe-S on the ship with
the exception of the hull, ma­
chinery and her original fittings.
Deadweight tonnage includes

cargo, bunkers, water, stores, dun­
nage and ballasts, except perma­
nent ballast installed by tha
builders.

Deadweight is the work load, a
vessel is capable of lifting. From
this we can readily determine that
when we. need a large amount of
bunkers for a long trip, we can
carry less cargo.

As a point of information, dis­
placement tonnage is the figure
that a large number of operators of
passenger vessels use in describ­
ing the size of their ships

There is one more important ton
that we hear about in shipping—.
the measurement or cargo ton. This
is an 'arbitrary figure of 40 cubic
feet which is used universally to
determine the rate that cargo will
pay. Steel plates will go about five
cubic feet per ton. Automobiles
will go up to 250 cubic feet for each
ton of weight. Obviously, we can­
not charge both items at the same
rate per weight ton. Therefore,
the cargo, or measurement ton, is
used.

Luxury liners have little ability
to lift large amounts of cargo.
Their variation between light and
loaded displacement is small. Oil
tankers, ore boats and cargo ships
have a great variation as a rple.

From the foregoing, you may
correctly conclude that no one ton­
nage figure can quickly give you a
complete story of what a ship can
do. An oil tanker fully-loaded,
with 02,000 to/is of oil could easily
hide beside the 82,0G0-ton Queen
Mary, which could probably not
lift 1,000 tons of cargo.

To summarize, we quote below
the various pertinent tonnage fig­
ures for that old workhorse of
World War II, the Liberty, loaded
to a mean summer draft:

Gross tonnage figures—7,190;
net tonnage—4,389; light displace-
ment-^3,337 long tons; deadweight
—10,920 long tons; maximum dis­
placement—14,257 long tons.

The British, or long ton is equal
to 2,240 pounds.

The short ton is equal to 2,000
pounds.

The metric ton is equal to 2,204
pounds.

A measurement ton is 40 cubic
feet.

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OKAY NEW SlU WELFARE BENEFIT
TO AID IN JOB REHABILITATION

Always flexible to meet the changing needs of Seafarers and their dependents, the rules
of the SIU Welfare Plan have been amended to establish a new rehabilitation benefit in spe­
cial disability cases.

The benefit will provide up
to $35 weekly for Seafarers no
longer fit for sea duty but still
able to work ashore.

Seafarer Baldo Coccia of Phila­

delphia, 51, victim of an accident
ashore which resulted in the ampu­
tation of his left leg last Novem­
ber, is the first SIU man to qualify
for the new benefit. He's already

Applying For Benefit

Seafarer William Castro (right) checks over procedure on
applying for SIU welfare benefits with Tom Gould SIU

fare- rep., at headquarters as Bill Jr. listens in. we

2 More Seafarers
Retire On Pension

BALTIMORE—Another American Coal beef veteran and
one other SIU oldtimer, both of this port city, have joined
the roster of Seafarers retired on the $35 weekly SIU dis­
ability-pension: The number"
of brothers added to the bene­
fit list so far this year now
totals seven.

Both Francisco CasascO and
Umildo Paruas are 65 years of age

PHS Facilities
In Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA — Seafarers

are urged to note the designa­
tion of Pennsylvania Hospital,
8th and Spruce Streets, Phila­
delphia, as the only USPHS
hospital in this area available
for immediate (emergency)
treatment of inpatients or out­
patients at any time. Since the
hospital serves the USPHS on
a contract basis only, those re­
quiring other than emergency
hospital care are normally re­
ferred to the regular marine
hospitals In Baltimore or New
York.

The PITS here also operates
an outpatient clinic Monday
through Friday from 8:30 AM
to 5 PM. This facility is main­
tained at 225 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia, and is the regular
PHS outpatient facility in the
area. In emergencies, admission
to Pennsylvania Hospital can be
arranged through the clinic, by
an SIU welfare representative
at the hall or, after regular
hours, directly with Pertnsyl-
vanla Hospital. The hospital's
number is WA 2-1000.

and last sailed in October, 1960.
Beached how after being certified
"not fit for duty permanently,"
they qualify for lifetime benefits
of $35 weekly plus the regular
broad medical - hospital - surgical
coverage of the SIU Welfare
Plan's bfenefit program.

A black gang veteran with al­
most some 40 years' scatime.
Brother Casasco served during the
ACS beef as engine utility aboard
the SS Casimir Pulaski in 1957.

basasco had to quit sailing due
to arteriosclerotic heart disease.
He joined the SIU back in 1941

Casasco Paruas

and he and his wife, Maria, have
a home in London, England. "

Brother. Paruas is another old-
timer out of the black gang and
last shipped as fireman on an SIU-
contracted Curtis Bay tug.

His earliest listed seatime goes
back to 1939 and he's been a mem­
ber of the. SIU Inland Boatmen's
Union here in Baltimore since
1957. Paruas lists his mother in
Spain as next of kin.

been fitted with an artificial limb
and is learning how to get about
with the use of a cane.

A member of the Union since
1942, Coccia shipped in the stew­
ard department until the time of
the accident. His last ship out was
the Angelina (Bull).

In view of strong medical recom­
mendations that Coccia not return
to sea, he has been undergoing a
rehabilitation program at the Moss
Rehabilitation Hospital in Phila­
delphia where his aptitudes for
various shoreside jobs have been
checked out. The test results show
a strong aptitude in the field of
radio and television Repair.

Accordingly, the Pennsylvania
State Bureau of Rehabilitation is
prepared to offer Coccia a year of
training in this field.

Union and shipowner trustees
got into the picture when it was
learned Coccia could not be as­
sured any financial support under
the State program. Moreover, even
if state assistance was obtained,
it would be limited to $15-20
weekly for his own maintenance.
Coccia is married and it is felt
he will require a car. Including
automatic gear-shift, becatise of
the rural location of his home.

In writing the new benefit into
the rules of the Plan, the joint
board of trustees agreed that
where there was a likelihood of
a return to employment, the Plan
would guarantee maintenance up
to the amount of the regular SIU
disability-pension of $35 weekly.
Due to the nature of the benefit,
it is expected trustee action will
be required as claims arise.

Joseph Volplan, Social Security Director

Convention Actions On Legislation
The concern of the Seafarers International Union of North America

with the areas of Social Security, unemployment insurance, and medi­
cal services for seamen was clearly reflected in a number of actions
taken by the delegates. Clearly the SIUNA, along with other Ameri­
can unions, is interested in increasing the protection offered to Ameri­
can workers in the legislative arena.

For example, one of the pressing legislative problems confronting
Great Lakes seamen and other maritime workers is the unfair regula­
tion in the state of Ohio which denies them unemployment benefits
during the winter lay-up season. Great Lakes Seafarers have been
fighting this issue for years in the hope of getting the necessary amend­
ments to the law on the local level, but have been unsuccessful. Now,
however, the SIUNA is backing an amendment in Congress which
would accomplish much the same objectives and encourage the stats
of Ohio to provide appropriate benefits for seamen. ,

In other areas of national legislation, the SIUNA has expressed firm
support for the Anderson-King bill which would provide medical care
for aged Americans under the Social Security system, as well as for
action to" provide moderate-cost housing, aid to education, low-cost
drugs and medicines and other pressing needs.

All of these items are Important to seamen and their families. While
they normally are not dealt with under Union contracts, in their own
way they affect the membership just as directly as contract items do.

Another key action of the convention was the call for additional
funds for the Public Health Hospitals. The costs of these hospitals'
operations has gone up, but the funds have remained static. If this
condition persists it is bound to affect the quality of medical care
given to seamen. Therefore, the SIUNA considers this an item of great
importance in protecting the membership.

Equally-significant, in this area, was the convention's call for realistic
application of the 90-day rule on admission to the hospital. Clearly,
in the shipping industry circumstances will arise under which a sea­
man is unable to ship within the 90-day period and thus loses his
eligibility for Public Health treatment. Consequently, the- convention
delegates asked that a waiver system be set up to allow for those
seamen who could not get a ship within 90 days because of circum­
stances beyond their control.

The convention also strongly approved the kind of medical programs
which have been instituted by the Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland
Waters District. It's pretty clear by now after the experience tho
Union has had in recent years, that the program of preventive medi­
cine through our Union clinics has done much to preserve the well-
being and earning powers of the Union's membership.

(Comments and suggestions are invited by this Department and can
be submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.)

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Seafarers who have not yet filed a new SIU Welfare Plan

enrollment-beneficiary card are urged to follow the sample above
in order to assure prompt servicing of any^claim for benefits. The
card must be properly signed and dated by a Seafarer and also
signed by a witness in the appropriate space. All items should
be filed in. The postage-free cards are available at any hall.



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5IUNA Pursers Win
Export Line Vote

NEW YORK—The SIUNA-affiliated Staff Officers Associa­
tion won a highly-significant victory when it scored over the
Brotherhood of Marine Officers in a Labor Board election at
American Export Lines. This-^

Storlns The Steel Admiral 1

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is the first foothold for an
AFL-CIO marine union in the
ranks of Export's officers.

The offieial election results will
be announced shortly, after the
MLRB conducts an investigation of
four challenged ballots. The un­
official results show 44 ballots
cast for the SOA and 40 for the
Brotherhood of Marine Officers,
affiliated with the catch-all Dis­
trict 50 of the United Mines Work­
ers of America.

One of the challenges was made
by the staff officers Union. It has
since withdrawn its challenge. Bal­
loting took place by mail between
December 14 and February 27.
Union representation for- over 85
pursers on cargo and passengers
vessels is involved.

This is the second election con-

Shipowners
Fight Wage
Floor Move

WASHINGTON—Spokesmen for
two shipping industry organizations
have announced their opposition
to the Administration-sponsored
minimum wage bill which would
modify and bring seamen under
that law.

Under the proposed amendments
seamen would now be covered by
the minimum wage section of the
Act, but they would still be exempt­
ed from the maximum hours pro­
visions. The bill would make $1.25
per hour the minimum wage after
three years.

The operator groups, the Ameri­
can Merchant Marine Institute,
and the Pacific American Steam­
ship Association, opposed similar
legislation in the last session of
Congress. They centered their fire
on the provisions which would
have provided time and a half for
seamen after 40 hours.

With the elimination of such a
provision in this session's bill,
spokesmen for the groups are now
concentrating their opposition on
the basic idea of including seamen
under legislation which protects
the vast majority of American
workers.

The bill's coverage would have
little effect on union seamen who
receive wages far higher than the
proposed minimumst However, the
proposed legislation would greatly
aid non-union seamen who now
work for wages that average as
little as 50 cents an hour with no
overtime. The vast majority of such
seamen are engaged on the inland
waterways and barge systems of
the nation. Seamen's unions have
supported the administration's bill
so that the unorganized seamen will
have some wage security and pro­
tection.

ducted among the pursers. The
first, held last June, had the BMO
winning 42 to 36. But the SOA
challenged the results, submitting
evidence of threats and intimida­
tion during the polling. The NLRB
set aside the results late last year
and ordered the new election.

Up till now, no recognized mari­
time union represented officers
of American Export Lines ships.
At one time, the Marine Engineers
Beneficial Association represented
engineers, but during a strike in
1946 District 50 supplied licensed
officers, broke the strike, and re­
mained as bargaining agent.

Export line is the only deep-sea
shipping company with which Dis­
trict 50 has a contract

Sea Chest representative Joe DiGeorge and bosur^ Joe Air (center) go
while crewmembers of the Steel Admiral bring sea chest stores aboard,
of gum-chewers and cigarette smokers aboar'd.

over sea chest list
Looks like plenty

Seafarers In Dry dock
The following is the latest available list of Seafarers in

hospitals around the country.

SAILORS SNUG HARBOR
STATEN ISLAND. NY

Hennins Bjork Alberto Gutierrez
Bart Guranick Thomas Isaksen

LUCIEN MOSS HOSPITAL
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Baldo Coccla
VA HOSPITAL

NEW YORK. NY
Chas. O. Bergagna

US SOLDIERS" HOME
WASHINGTON. DC

William Thomson
TRIBORO HOSPITAL

JAMAICA. NY
James Russell

HENRY LANDIS STATE HOSPITAL
PHILADELPHIA. PA.

Thomas Murphy
NATIONAL INSTITUTfi OF HEALTH

BETHESDA. MD.
Henry J. Foy

PINE CHEST NURSING HOME
COVINGTON. LA.

Frank Martin
VA HOSPITAL

WEST ROXBURY. MASS.
Raymond Arsenault

VA HOSPITAL
WEST HAVEN. CONN.

John Driscoll Henry Smith
USPHS HOSPITAL
BALTIMORE, MD.

Charles Ackerman Manuel Lourido
Edward Allen
Kit-hard Brown
Leonard Davis
John DeVaux
Alfonso Difabrizo
Joseph Diosco
Andrew Flaherty
Gorman Glaze
Chester Green
George Hazen
Carlo Hera
Peter King
Lester Long

USPHS HOSPITAL
BRIGHTON. MASS.

Oswald M. Ergle John Murphy
Herbert Mclsaac

USPHS HOSPITAL
GALVESTON. TEXAS

Wm. C. Bryant Joseph Jarvis
David Burke Bernard Kaminsky
Adolph Heinzaar Wesley Leonard

James Macunchuck
Avis Meadows
Peter-Messina
Wm. Pieszczuk
Werter Roberta
J. Schroeder, Jr.
Joseph Shea
Charles Stalling .
Richard Waters
Richard Waters
Donna Williamson
Terrill York

Send 'em to the
LOG

51U Blood Bank
Invenfory

Period: January, 1961
Pints Contributed .... 67
Pints Rejected 1

Ralph Miller Ernest Pancherl
Eklward O'Rourke Thomas Riley
Enos Ott

USPHS HOSPITAL
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

John Overton Ronald Wells
Ernest Webb

USPHS HOSPITAL
NEW ORLEANS. LA.

AUredo Aaron Ezeb Manuel
Byrd Buzbee WiUiam Mauldin
Leon Brown Timothy McCarthy
Eh-nest Cochram Esi-ie McClure
Ancil Cunningham D. McCorkindale
Charles Cummings Clifton McLellan
Millard Cutler
Thomas DaUey
John Dixon
Norman Earley
James Egan
Hal Ellis
Peter Galindo
James Gates
James Glisson
Isaac Gromala
Wade Harrell
Alvin Henderson
Everett Hudson
Sidney Irby
Benjamin Jarrett
Henry McKay
Edward Knapp
Leo Lang
Harold Laumann
Norman Lightell
James Lippencott

USPHS HOSPITAL
STATEN ISLAND. NY

Victor Begarana Fidel Lukhan

Eddie Metros
John C. MitcheU
Amiel Mitchke
Alonzo Morris
Hugh O'Donnell
Restetuto O'Lartt
Eugene O'Mara
F. D. Peterson
Calvin Rome
Arthur Roy
Chester Seymour
Luther Spell
Charles Taylor
James Thatcher
Wm. Thompson
Billy Ward
Earnest Water
Elton Wilde
George Williams
Ernest Wilson

Physical Exams'-All SIU Clinies
Month Of January, 1961

Port Seamen Wives Children TOTAL
Baltimore .. 6 10 131
Houston .... 6 2 110
Mobile 4 1 70
New Orleans 5 7 .170
New York ... 22 19 362

TOTAL , , 43 39 843

Carl Lundqulst
Isaac McCants
Theodore Maltiss
Paul Matsos
Felix Muniz
William Murphy
Joseph Obreza
Braulio Oliveras
Kund Ostergaard
George Phifer. Jr.
Joe Ramos
Manuel Rodriguez
Angelo Romero
Colisto Siaran
Stephen Sloneskl
Robert Smith
Lucien Theriot
William Vaughan
Christian Vass

Pints Credited 3.3
(Under a standard arrangement
with the Brooklyn Donor Center
Inc., 50% is alloted for service,
processing and storage.)
Previous Balance

Pints Used
IOTA

57

Balance On Hand
February 1, 1961 .. SO'/i

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BANK NEEDS 449'/j PINTS TO
MEET GOAL OF 500

George Berry
Bacilo Bounafont
Robert Burton
Daniel Cerment
Gabriel Colon
Clarance Collins
Thomas Danbeck
Peder Espeseth
Frank Feld
George Fiance
Erasmo Flecha
Leonard Geraghty
Joseph Guillory
Riine Gustafsson
Fleming Higgason
August Jensen
Demctrlos Kekis
Je.sus Landron
Thomas Lauer
Juan Leiba

USPHS HOSPITAL
NORFOLK, VA.

George Balaskos Frank James
Walter Conner Talmadge Johnson
William Dowdy Sandy Lawrence
William Fagan George Trlmyer
Charles Hall

USPHS HOSPITAL
SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF.

James Barrett Ralph Mills
Matthew Bruno Joseph Pitetta
Wm. Kirkpatrirk Arthur .Schevlng
Miles McCormick Steve Thaye.r
Laurl Markanen Ying Wei

U.SPHS HOSPITAL
SEATTLE. WASH.

D. Herbert Laron Ready
Thomas Johnson Charles Robinson
.Samuel McCurdy Joseph Shyder
Joseph McGraw Sten Zetterman

MOUNT WILSON HO.SPITAL
MOUNT WILSON. MD.

Tom Danzey Allen Nauman
VICTOR CULLEN .STATE HOSPITAL

CULLEN, MD.
Carlton Roberts Alvino Terrazas

USPHS HOSPITAL
FORT WORTH, TEXAS

Davis Danos Max Olson
Benjamin Delbler Willie A. Young
Thomas. Lehay Bozo Zelenclc
Thomas Manion „

VA HOSPITAL
KERRVILLE, TEXAS

Wlllard T. Cahlll
MT. WILSON STATfe HOSPITAL

;<IT. WILSON. MD.
Tom Danzey Jamea Selman -
George Glasa

SlU Welfare, Vacation Plans
Cash Benefits Paid

January 16 —February 19, 1961
Number

Of Benefits
Hospital Benefits (Welfare) .... 7230
Death Benefits (Welfare) 16
Disability Benefits (Welfare).. 972
Maternity Benefits (Welfare) .. 39
Dependents Benefits (Welfare) . 217
Optical Benefits (Welfare).... 105

AMOUNT PAID
$26,925.61
58,177.95
34,005.00
7,800.00

48,397.79
920.50

Summary (Welfare) 8579

Vacation Benefits 1380

$176,226.85

1^226,21^

TOTAL WELFARE, VACATION
BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD... 9959 $402,438.91

None of the figures in the above summaries Indicate the amounts
paid for various other Welfare Benefits for SIU men and their de­
pendents, such as scholarship payments, meal books, training facilities,
medical examinations, and similar items.

An SIU Blood Donor Certificate (sample above) is given to every
person donating to the SIU Blood Bank, which is maintained through
the SIU Clinic in Brooklyn. The bank supplies Seafarers or mertlbera
of their families anywhere in the United States and has been in
operation since January, 1959. Through an arrangement with a
national clearing house, blood can be supplied on short notice in any
emergency. Donors can arrange appointinents on the 2nd deck at
SIU headquarters, one block from the Clinic. The whole procedure
takes only a short time. '



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Vsien-Whaf Do We Need Him For?'

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In casting about for ways and means to
block American workers from achieving
any improvements in job conditions, the
management side of industry has come up
with the "featherbedding" slogan. The latest
to join the crowd is Ralph Casey, president
of the American Merchant Marine Institute,
who suddenly discovered—just before ne­
gotiation time — that American merchant
ships are crawling with "featherbedders.**

The "featherbedding" cry by management
is simply a smokescreen to mask an attack
on American workers' wage scales and
working conditions. Management obviously
feels that if it can convince the public at
large that every union worker is d goof-
off and, at the same time, convince the union
members themselves that they are not doing
a day's work, then they can put the unions
on the defensive in future contract talks.

What management really is upset about
is not the number of men working on a
given job, but the fact that they have to
pay American workers a respectable wage.
The proof of the pudding lies in comparing
work crews on American jobs with crews
on comparable tasks in any foreign country
you want to name. Whether it is on ships,
trains or in mining and manufacturing, or
in agriculture, it is universally true that
foreign employers hire far more men for a
given job than Americans do—including
Americans who operate foreign subsidiaries
overseas. This holds for shipping as well as
any other industry.

Management then, has no objection to
using lots of manpower when that man­
power is getting 25 to 50 cents an hour. In
fact, management prefers it' that way and
in underveloped countries or even in West­
ern Europe, delights in employing large

numbers of flunkies for the personal service
and convenience of management personnel.

American business has another object in
mind when it raises the "featherbed" cry.
That object is to replace the man with the
machine, wherever possible. The point is
to do away with the need to deal with
human beings. A machine, after all, does
not have to be treated like a human being.

But what management refuses to con­
sider is the fact that the workers they want
to dispose of are the same people who pro­
vide a market for their products. You can't
sell automobiles, television sets, furniture
or air-conditioners to an unemployed work­
er, just as you can't sell them to an African
or Indian earning $20 a month. And if these
products cari't be sold, there is no need for
transportation, mining "or other aspects of
the economy.

Frofn the selfish point of view, each in­
dustry tries to get along with as few men
as possible, leaving it to the other guy to
provide consumer purchasing power. When
universally applied, the "featherbedding"
cry will succeed in increasing the unem­
ployment problem and further reducing
purchasing power. Costs may be lower, it's
true, but the market will disappear with it.
A management point of view which sup­
ports this approach is like a man sawing
off the tree limb on which he's sitting.

As far as the maritime industry is con­
cerned, the SIU and other maritime unions
will strongly resist any attempt by inari-
time management to use the "featherbed­
ding" tack. If any ship operator wants to
find out how successful the unions will be
in their resistance, it is suggested that he
query the 11 eastern railroads who tried the
same negative approach, leading up to Janu=
ary's harbor strike.

Z<efi:islativa
Lent

Rajr Murdock, Director

MARITIME OUTLOOK.—FMB announced that as of February 1,
1961, there were 950 vessels of 1,000 gross tons in the U. S. merchant
fleet. This is seven iess than the number active a month ago. Of the
950 vessels, 45 were Government-owned and 905 privately-owned ships.
There is excluded in this total 23 vessels which are in custody of the
Departments of Defense, Slate and Interior. There was a decrease of
18 active vessels and an increase of 3 inactive vessels in the privately-
owned fleet, which decreased from 1,008 to 993. Of the 88 privately-
owned inactive vessels, seven dry cargo, one conibination passenger-
cargo ship, and four tankers were undergoing repair and conversion.
MA's active fleet Increased by 11 ships, while the inactive decreased
by 16. Twenty-one Liberties were sold for scrap. Sixteen privately-
owned ships were traded In to the Government, decreasing the Ad­
ministration's fleet by five to 2.033. The total US merchant marine de­
creased by 20 to 3,026. The month of January saw orders for new cargo
ship constructions: Six of these for US lines, four for Lykes Bros., and
four for American Export. The total number of large merchant ships
on order or being constructed in US shipyards is now 79 . . . FMB
announced that the Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock Co. of Seattle,

Washington, was the lowest responsive West Coast
bidder for conversion of the SS Leiiani. The Pu"^et
Sound bid was $7,750,993 to convert the ship for
service by American President Lines. Newport News
Shipbuilding bid $7,737,581 for the work, but be­
cause the West Coast shipyard made a responsive
bid not more than six percent over the lowest East
Coast bid on work for a West Coast shipping line,
the West Coast firm was awarded the job. According
to Section 502(di of the Merchant Marine Act of

1936, as ansended, this is the only method by which the government
will pay a construction differential subsidy on a ship constructed for
a West Coast shipping company. After conversion the SS Leiiani is to
be operated in AiPL's trans-Pacific service, which is expected to improve
the quality of accommodations offered for almost 450 passengers . . .
FMB has also announced that the Sun Shipbuilding Co. was low bidder
for the construction of three container ships for American-Hawaiian
Steamship Co. for use in intercoastal trade. Sun submitted a bid of
$21,400,000 for the first ship; $20,600,000 for each of two; and $20,350,000
for each of three. They agreed to complete the first vessel in 840
caiendar days; the second in 990; and the third in 1.080.

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FMB APPOINTMENT.—Thomas E. Stakem, Jr., has recently been
designated Chairman of the Federal Maritime Board by President
Kennedy. He will succeed Vice-Admiral Rali^ E. Wilson, USN (Ret.),
who becomes a member of the Board. Mr. Stakem will also become
ex-officio Maritime Administrator, US Department of Commerce. Mr.
Stakem, formerly a member of the Board, was one of its most active
and productive members. has borne the brunt of adjusting the
Board's regulatory responsibilities and activities to the d?mands of
Congressional investigators. Mr. Stakem has been an advocate of
measures which seek greater coordination among all forms of trans­
portation. The newly-appointed chairman's term ends in June 1952.
Other members of the Board include Vice-Admiral Wilson, whose term
expires in 1964, and Sigfrid B. Unander, who will serve until June 1961.

if it if

LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.—The Senate has thus far pressed thre®
bills of interest to the maritime industry. They are: S. 610.- a bill de­
signed to strengthen the domestic and foreign commerce of the United
States by providing for the establishment of a US Travel Service within
the Department of Commerce and a Travel Advisory Board. The hill
now goes to the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
. . . S. 707, sponsored by Senator Bartlett (Dem.-Alaska) which seeks
to provide transportation on Canadian vessels between ports in south­
eastern Alaska, and between Hcderf Alaska, and other points in south­
eastern Alaska, and Hyder, Alaska, and other points in the United States
outside Alaska, either directly or via a foreign port, or for any part of
the transportation. The bill now goes to H.MM . . . S. 804. a bill to
amend "The Intercoastal Shipping Act. 1933." by extending from four
to seven months the length of time by which the FMB might suspend
tariff schedules.

Other bills now pending before Congress Include the following: H. R.
3935, sponsored by Rep. Roosevelt (Dcm.-Cal.) which seeks to establish
the $1.25 minimum wage. The bill is Important to merchant seamen in
that there is a provision to include them in the proposed legislation.
Maritime unions, however, have objected to the exemption of merchant
seamen from the maximum hours provision of the bill ... A similar
bill, S. 895. is pending before the Senate Committee on Labor and
Public Welfare . . . HMM has scheduled hearings on H.R. 4299 for
March 14. This proposed legislation is designed to legalize the steam­
ship conference dual-rate system.

The Celler Antitrust Subcommittee is scheduled to resume its probe
of the ocean shipping industry on March 7. The antitrust phases of
ocean shipping activities of Nippon Yusen Daisha, Cunard Line, and
North German Lloyd will be the subject of the investigation . . . HR
4469, introduced by Representative Walter (Dem.-Pa.) is a bill
seeking to amend the Subversion Activities Control Act of 1950 by
providing that no individual who willfully fails or refuses to answer
certain questions relating to subversive activities, when summoned to
appear before certain Federal agencies, shall be employed on any US
merchant vessel or within certain US waterfront facilities. The bill
was favorably reported out of the House Un-American Activities Com­
mittee . . . March 9 and 10 have been set aside by the SIF for hearings
on the following bills and resolution: S. 682, a bill to permit vessels
desiring to navigate under bridges constructed over navigable US
waters to temporarily lower lights, and day signals, and to depart from
rules to prevent collision . . . S. 677, which would amend the 1936
Merchant Marine Act to authorize payment of operating subsidies for
cruises . . . S. 885, a bill providing for a flexible interest rate in
Government financing of ships under the 1938 Act . . . S. J. Res. 21, a
resolution to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to sell 10 reserve
fleet libertys for conversion to barges.



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Intent on proceedings are Gordon
"Blackie" Ellis, (left) and -Ed
Coester, members of the Sailors
Union o£ the Pacific delegation.

Maurice Fein, Marine Cooks and
Stewards Union, comments on a
motion. Wilder Smith and Joe Goren
of the MCS are in the foreground.

Mayoress of San Juan, Dona Feiisa
Rincon de Gautier, enters conven­
tion hall to address delegates. She
received rousing ovation.

TENTH
SIUNA

GONVENTION
Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico, during the week of March 13 to

17, the iOth bienniel convention of the SIUNA was the first such

international union gathering on the island. The San Juan setting

was appropriate in light of the delegates' deep interest in coop­

erating with other unions from Caribbean countries on common

maritime problems. Pictured here are a few representative photos

of convention activity.

Bill I
natioi!
ers, Ic
Algin

Convention committee chaired by
Lindsey Williams, right, Gulf area
vice-president of the East Coast SIU,
gets in some work at end of session.

Mrs. Andrea Gomez, international
vice-president representing the Can­
nery Workers of Los Angeles, re­
ports to the convention.

Senator E. L. Bartlett, Alaska Democrat, discusses problems of off­
shore sections of US in view of high freight rates and decline in
domestic shipping activity. -

William Jordan, recently-elected

eresident of Marine Firemen's
nion, reports on progress.

Claude Simmons, Atlantic, Gulf,
Lakes and Inland Waters Distrkl:,
presents resolution.

Seamen's Organizational and Grievance Committee, chaired by SUP
Secretary-Treasurer Morris Weisherger, (front, left) gets down to
aome serious business.



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:k (right) president, Inter-
Association of Fire Fight-

Jcs over paperwork with Joe
ISIU Safety Director.

A1 Wearing, IBU of the Pacific,
moves adoption of a convention re­
port during the second day of the
week-long meeting. ,

Pete Peterson, oiler, Wild Ranger
(left) and J. W. Wiggins, fireman,
examine literature in lobby during
convention recess.

SIU scholarship winner Dr. Alma
Jimenez, daughter of Seafarer Pedro
Jimenez, thanks delegates for oppor­
tunity to complete education.

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Over-all view of section of convention floor shows several of the
delegations in attendance. Marine Cooks are in foreground. Staff
Officers, next right, Puerto Rico Division, right rear.

Chatting delegates are Howard
Nickerson (left) New Bedford Fish­
ermen, George Johansen, Alaska
Fisherman, Merle Adlum, IBU.

Industrial Workers Union delegates
in conversation with Keith Terpe
(right) SIU Puerto Rico Division
are Larry Brown, Sal Maccarone.

Convention shifted site on fourth and fifth day. Delegates are shown
here in course of Senator Bartlett's address on Thursday morning,
March 16-

Office staff supplied delegates with
copies of all convention reports
which were mimeographed and put
out each morning.

Mimeograph machine got a work­
out putting out reports and conven­
tion information for the delegates.
Reports were readied daily. •

Part of delegation of Cannery Workers of the Pacific, Los Angeles
Harbor District is shown outside convention hall. Displays in rear
included map pinpointing locations of all SIUNA affiliates, •

iviorris weisoerger, oujr secretary-Treasurer, taxes cnair aunng
course of convention. At right are Hal Banks, president, SIU of
Canada, and Ed Turner, Marine Cooks secretary-treasurer.

Among interested visitors to convention were this group of Seafarers off
Alcoa ship which was in San Juan at time. Above them on wall are flags
of Puerto Rico, Canada and US.

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Russian Trawlers Invade'
Traditional US Fish Areas

SAN JUAN, PR—The American-flag fishing industry, already confronted with severe prob­
lems, faces a potentially-dangerous situation as the result of a wholesale Russian invasion
of American fishing grounds on both coasts.

Representatives of SIUNA-*-

Fulion Fish Market Scene

fishing unions, as well as con­
vention guest speaker, Sena­
tor E. L. "Bob" Bartlett (Dem.-
Alaska), both underscored the mag­
nitude of the problem involving
Russian fishing activity.

Senator Bartlett pointed out
that the Russians are actively fish­
ing in the Bering Sea area with
large modern trawlers. They are
expected to move- south into the
Gulf of Alaska in the future and to
start fishing in the halibut fish­
eries.

Both the Senator and George
Johansen, head of the Alaska Fish-
ermeri's Union, pointed out that
these fisheries have only been
maintained through a program of
conservation in which both Ameri­
can, and Canadian fishermen par­
ticipate. However, the Russians
are not signatories to any conser­
vation agreements and have a
legal right to fish these grounds
as they are in international waters.

The fear is that the Russians will
seriously deplete the fisheries.

This would be a hard blow to
the American fishing industry.

On the East Coast, Thomas
"O'Bie" O'Brien of the Atlantic
Fishermen's Union, and Howard
Nickerson of the New Bedford
Fishermen's Union, both reported
extensive Russian fishing activity
on the Grand Banks and other
traditional New England fishing
grounds. O'Brien estimated that
the Russians may have as many as
25,000 crewmembers working in
their fishing fleet with the Rus­
sian trawlers being far larger than
the conventional Boston trawlers,
as well as being more modern.

Here too, there is concern thai
unrestrained activity might lead to
a decline in the catch of certain
species.

There have been a few reports
from the US Navy that some of
the Russian trawlers may be en­
gaging in "listening post" opera­
tions, since it has been observed
that they carry an unusual amount
of electronic gear in some in-

Mass. Agrees To Buy
Only Home-Caught Fish

BOSTON—The Atlantic Fishermen's Union scored its first
success in its campaign to expand the use of American fisher­
ies production when Governor John Volpe of the State of Mas-
• '•sachusettes signed an execu-
MIMPBPP M fl tive order to the effect that all NBFu Asks
Safety Gear
For Vessels

NEW BEDFORD — New safety
devices aboard boats contracted to
the New Bedford Fishermen's Un­
ion were urged by a rank-and-file
committee here.last month.

The Union committee asked that
scailopers and draggers carry por­
table spotlights and asbestos
gloves. Tlie demands come in the
wake of several fires at sea which
resulted in the loss of New Bedford
vessels.

An earlier Union-industry safety
project has met with great success.
The safety section of the US Fish
and Wildlife Service Commerciai
Fisheries Bureau has praised ef­
forts to put boom ladders on New

- Bedford scailopers.
More than half of the New Bed­

ford fleet has boom ladders, with
wire rings or baskets at their tops,
which enable fishermen to easily
and safely go aloft to keep blocks
in safe and secure shaper

The Commerciai Fisheries Bu­
reau noted that about 65 percent
of New Bedford vessels are
equipped with the ladders. The
average cost of installation is $150
per ladder. The resulting efficienpy
and safety more than pays for the
original cost.

The Union has also been look­
ing into a proposal that its con­
tracted fishing boats install radar
shields or reflectors.

state institutions purchase
American fish products exclu­
sively.

Up until now, Massachusetts,
whose early prosperity was based
almost exclusively on fisheries,
had been purchasing large quanti­
ties of imports for use in such
institutions as hospitals, homes,
cafeterias in state departments and
other facilities.

The success of the fish union in
this area predicates a drive by the
various SIUNA fishing unions to
get the Federal government to
consider using larger quantities of
domestic fish in the school lunch
program. At present, 80 percent
of the fish used in these programs
is imported from other countries.

The New Bedford Fishermen's
Union has already succeeded in
getting local school lunch adminis­
trators in the New Bedford area to
include scallops and other fish
products in school lunches.

Meanwhile, the AFU is now in
the process of negotiating its first
new contract in many years. Since
reaffiliating with the SIUNA, the
fishermen's union has already
made appreciable membership
gains and is Interested in organiz­
ing thousands of fishermen in
Maine and oth -r New England
areas who have not had union rep­
resentation up until now.

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stances of a type which is not nor­
mally used by fishing boats.

However, it is clear that the ma­
jor interest of the Russians is in
exploiting the rich supply of pro­
tein foods off the Coasts of the
United States, because the Soviets
have been notoriously unsuccess­
ful in increasing their output of
beef, pork, milk and cheese at
home.

On the purely-commercial end,
the United States Government has
recently issued an order permit­
ting the import of US crabmeat for
the first time since World War II.
The activity of the Russians in the
fishing field posses the possibility
of a Russian invasion of the Ameri­
can fishing market as well.

Fishermen and thoreside workers help unload a catch of
orgies and butterfish at the Fulton Fish Market in New Yorlc.
e Austin W., out of Gloucester, contracted to the Atlantic

Fishermen's Union, works out of New York during the winter
months. /

SIUNA Fisherman Ask Import Relief,
Amendments to US Labor Legislation
were

SAN JUAN—Three important resolutions relating to the commercial fishing industry
e acted upon by the delegates to the 10th bienniel convention of the SIUNA here. The

resolutions were heartily-supported by all of the representatives of SIUNA fishing unions in­
cluding the Atlantic Fisher-^—
men's and New Bedford Fish­
ermen's Unions on the East
Coast, and tuna flsh unions, Alas­
ka Fishermen's Unions and vari­
ous other affiliates on the West
Coast.

Ask Import Restrictions
One resolution called for the im­

position of some kind of import
restrictions, either in the form of
imports or the imposition of some
kind of tariffs. While making it
clear that the fish unions have no
objection to participation of for­
eign fish in the American market,
the resolution pointed out that
American fishermen needed some
protection and assurance of a slice
of the market in order to keep
their industry alive.

The second resolution dealt with

trust area which confront fisher­
men when they try to organize in
many areas. In previous years,
groups of fishermen have been
subject to price-fiXing and anti­
trust charges when they tried to
obtain specific benefits for them­
selves out of the market price of
flsh.

The delegates accordingly went
on record asking for an amend­
ment to thd' Federal labor laws
specifically permihing fishermen to
organize themselves and obtain the
benefits of Union contracts.

Paid On Share Basis
The difficulty lies in fact that

fishermen are normally paid on
the basis of a share of the catch,
so that union agreements estab­
lishing a certain figure for com-

the legal problems in the anti- pensating fishermen have often

Famous New Bedford Cod

been attacked on anti - trust
grounds.

A third resolution dealt with the
problems of fishermen and inland
boatmen as well, oif the Paciflo
Northwest. These men, who travel
from one state to another in the
course of their work, have been,
harassed by several states, particu­
larly Alaska and Oregon, for the
payment of multiple state income
taxes. The convention agreed that
the SIUNA. should explore this
area and seek ways and means of
protecting the iflshermen from mul­
tiple state taxation.

Representatives of fishermen
who work in the 49th State, Alas­
ka, played a prominent part in the
Tenth Bienniel Convention of the
SIUNA.

Straddling a huge cod fish is a member of the Now Biedford
Fistiermen'f Union. The 95-pounder was taken during a ttip
in 1954 by the FV Stanley Butler. The near record fish was
purchased by a New Bedford fish company.

San Fedro Leads
Fish Landings

WASHINGTON — The port of
San Pedro leads in the valuation
of flsh landings, with New Bedford
running second, according to the
US Fish and Wildlife Service here.

Fish landings valuation in San
Pedro totaled $40,300,000 in 1960,
the service reported. New Bedford
fish landings in I960 were valued
at $13,094,000, the service said.

Boston Ranks Third
Third ranking port for value of

fish landings in 1960 was Boston
where the total estimate last year
was $9,000,000. Gloucester fish
landings valuation last year was es­
timated at $6,000,000. Fifth rank­
ing port was San Diego where an
estimated $4,000,000 worth of fish
wer unloaded.

The .West Coast tuna fishing
unions of the SIU are active in
San Pedro harbor and in San Diego.
The New Bedford Fisherman's
Union is the leading factor in the
second ranking port, and the At­
lantic Fisheiiiieirs Union operates
in Boston and Gloucester.

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MarA, Xt91 SEAFARERS LOG Page Nineteea

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Joseph B. Lofne, MD, Medical Director

The Skin; Its Function & Care
An article in "Today's Health" describes the skin as a magic mantle

within which the body is enveloped. It keeps you warm when you are
chilly, and cool when you are hot. It protects your health, and shows
when something is wrong with you. It renews Itself when worn or
damaged, and cleanses Itself when soiled.

Although the skid is one of the largest organs of the body, it carries
out its functions so efficiently that we are usually not aware of it. Yet
the skin is our first line of defense against disease. It regulates the
body temperature, has the power of excretion and secretion and is ap
Important organ of sensation.

The skin consists principally of a layer of dense connective tissue
called the dermis. On the surface of this connective tissue are certain
organs of special functions, and Within or beneath it are glands .and
hair follicles. It is covered by an outer layer called the epidermis,
which contains no blood vessels and is composed of dead cells The
outer cells shed themselves as new ones are formed underneath, so
that there is a constant replacement of the body's outer covering." This
acts as a perpetuating cleanser of the body, t

The de'rmis contains connective tissue, elastic fibers, muscles,.glands,
hair follicles and blood vessels. The elasticity can readily be observed
by pulling up the skih on the back of the hand and seeing how it
quickly returns to normal shape.-

As a person grows older, the skin becomes less elastic and supple;
the fatty layer becomes thickehed, and the skin becomes dry" and
wrinkled. Wrinkles are thus a physiological process and, as there is no
known way to prevent them, no amount of massage or drugs can restore
the elasticity or replace the fatty tissue.

The outer layer of the skin is attached to the inner layer so that
certain areas of the body, such as the paims of the hands and the
coles of the feet, appear as parallel ridges. The ridges are individually
distinct, which makes it possible to use their Imprints as identification
marks.

The skin contains millions of sweat glands which exude microscopic
amounts of water and various salts. The sweat evaporates quickly when
a person is inactive but, on a hot day, or during vigorous exercise, this
may amount to many pounds a day.

In the skih there are also thousands of hairs and sebaceous glands.
The sebaceous glands produce an oily substance which keeps the skin
lubricated, all of which produces a self-sterilizing action and thus keeps
the skin relatively free from organisms.

Probably the most important function of the skin is its regulation of
body temperature. The temperature of a person's surroundings varies
widely but, except in illness, the body temperature remains fairly
constant at 98.6''F.

Acne is the most frequent skin condition which doctors have to treat.
It is most often seen in adolescents and is due to hyperactivity of the
oily glands. Its result is that the pores of the glands become blocked
and clogged, forming blackheads. If bacteria are present, they may
also, form acne or pimples. The best treatment for acne is soap and
water. Blackheatls should not be squeezed.

Many skiii conditions or rashes are the skin's reaction to various
substances and are known as an allergic reaction. When the cause of a
akin condition is not obvious, it is often necessary to test the skin for
various substances which are known to cause an allergic reaction, such
as certain food substances, dust, hair or pollens.

The skin is known to react to emotional factors, such as the blushing
of embarrassment or the sweating of the palms undef tensemess or
anxiety. The appearance of hives over the body from various emotional
factors all can be cleared when the known factors are realized.

Prompt attention to cuts and scratches may minimize skin infection,
even though scrupulous cleanliness only gives one moderate protection
against germs. As a matter of fact, washing the skin may encourage
Infection due to the washing away pf the natural protection of the skin
secretions.

There are probably more skin copditions produced by too frequent
bathing than by infrequent bathing." This is especially true with a
person whose skin-is dry, and in the winter time. If the skin itches, it
Is probably due to tod frequent use of soap and wateh. A most common
dermatitis is found in housewives who use detergents for washing
dishes. This is the well-known condition called "dishpan hands."

Most dermatitis cases are over-treated. Often if the person stops the
treatment and gives the skin a rest, he dermatitis will disappear.

Whether birthmarks, moles or other skin blemishes should be treated
depends on many factors as to location, size and whether they increase
in size or not. A doctor should always be consulted about the care of
these conditions.

Warts are caused by a virus, and can be spread on the skin of one
person by auto-innoculation, or be passed on to other persons by
contact. They are not caused by handling toads, unless the person
previously handling the toad also had warts. Most of them are self-
liiniled, especially the kind youngsters have, and will disappear by
themselves. Be a good doctor—charm them away by touching'them
with a red feather in the light of the moon. You will be surprised how
the psychology works.

(Comments and sugoestions are invited by the Department and
can be submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.)

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

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

An average delay of a month is reported in most cases, causing
considerable hardship to the men involved.

Arab Offkial Assails Blacklist
BEIRUT—A Lebanese government nfficlal has voiced criticism of the Arab League

boycott of ships of all nations which have traded with Israel. The Minister of Finance told
a cabinet meeting that "the way in which the boycott of ships on the blacklist is operated
does greater damage to Arab^^
industry than it does to that of
Israel."

The Incident which led to the
attack on the boycott concerned
the unloading of a cargo'of seed
"potatoes from the Norwegian
freighter Mars. The potatoes were
consigned for Lebanon originally
but the freighter was denied un­
loading rights because she is on
the blacklist for previously trading
with Israel.

However, when the same vessel
went on to Alexandria, to drop off
cargo for Egypt, it was suddenly
removed from the blacklist and un-
losfded normally. The only losers
were the Lebanese who had con­
tracted to purchase the potatoes.

The Arab League blacklist was
the subject of a picket line protest
last year by the SIU, aided by the
International Longshoremen's As­
sociation. The two unions hung up
the Egyptian-flag vessel Cleopatra
in protest against the mistreatment
of American seamen on blacklisled
ships and the loss of employment
resulting from the blacklist.

Seamen on blacklisted ships have
been denied essential services in
Suez and otherwise mistreated. In

Brazil Fires
All Customs
Employees

Seafarers hitting Brazilian ports
of call may notice brand-new faces
in the ranks of Brazilian customs
officers. That's because the incom­
ing president, Janio Quadros, fired
every man in the customs* service
when he took office.

Quadros acted because wide­
spread smuggling had made a
mockery of BrazUian customs and
tariff regulations' Such items as
automobiles, radios, and whiskey,
which were heavily taxed, were
being smuggled into the country
in huge quantities. In some ports
the illegal traffic far outweighed
the legal imports.

In one recent Instance, a liquor
trader pulled into a Brazilian port

only to have his $20,000 cargo con­
fiscated by customs. The skipper
of the boat was jailed. Meanwhile
his liquor was privately auctioned
off to the highest bidder, along
with his boat, the proceeds going
to the men who seized the cargo.

Subsequently, the skipper-own­
er of the merchandise was released
and took off for the States in a
hurry.

Automobiles were the most lu­
crative smuggling item, since, as
a result of high duties, a $2,000
American car costs as much as
$16,000 in Brazil on the legal mar­
ket.

addition, blacklisted ahips are
blocked from bidding on foreign
aid and farm aurplus cargoes going
to Arab nations.

West European unions have als*
actively fought the blacklist prac­
tice since Scandinavian ships hav#
been Involved in incidents.

JuQibo Gets A Check-Up

Rerigged umbo boom at the No. 3 hatch of the Suzanne gets
final check-out from II to rl Seafarers J. Burgos, OS; P. Aco-
beo, AB; F. Reyes, AB, and R. Zarogozo, AB.

Guide To State
Income Taxes

(Ed. note: Last month's SEAFARERS LOG carried an article ad­
vising Seafarers on how to handle their Federal income taxes. The
following article deals in a general way with the procedure for .filing
state tax returns).

There are 35 states in the United States which have state
income taxes. Some of these states, like New York, have
brought their tax system into" reasonable conformity with the
Federal tax laws. In other-*"
words, the exemptions, deduc­
tions and other features of the
tax are much the same as those
provided in the Federal tax laws.
However, most states have their
own individual tax systems.

There are two features of all
state tax systems which are identi­
cal as far as seamen are concerned.
No state is premitted to withhold
taxes from a seaman's income, al­
though they may have withholding
provisions for shoreside workers.
As a resutt, in some states, seamen
are required to file a declaration
of estimated income in lieu of
having his tax withheld.

Second, and most important, a
seaman can only be taxed on his
seamen's wages by the state in
which he lives. It doesn't matter
where he works, or whore his ship­
ping company employer has its
home office. The seaman's resi­
dence is .decisive.

However, otlier earnings are tax­
able by the state in which a sea­
man worked. As a non-resident, he
must file, a non-resident tax re­
turn and only include the income
earned in that state. This income
must also be included on the tax
return of the state he resides in.
In most instances, the state of resi­
dence will give a credit for taxes
paid to another state on income
earned therein.

What determines residence? Nor­
mally, it is decided by any or all
of the following; Wliere a seaman
is registered to vote; where he

maintains a home, or where he geta
his mail.

This can lead to convplications.
For example, if a seaman lives in
Alabama, but' gives his address,
when he signs on, as the Union
hall in Brooklyn, both New York
and Alabama would be after him
for state income taxes. However,
Alabama would be the state en­
titled to the tax. To avoid diffi­
culty, it's advisable for the seaman
to list his address where h^ ac­
tually has his permanent home.

Among the major seaboard states
which have Income taxes are the
following;

State
Alabama
California
Delaware
District of Columbia
Georgia
Hawaii
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Mississippi
New York
North Carolina
Oregon
South Carolina
Virginia

Tax
Due Date
April 15
April 15
April 30
April 15
April 15
April 20
May 15

April 15
April 15
April 15
April 15
April 15
April 15
April 15
May 1

Of these states, only Hawaii and
New York base their state taxes on
the Federal income tax system at
present. Consequently, Seafarers
residing in those states-should con­
tact the state, tax authoiifie.s to
find out what the local regulati02i3
are.



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Cliff Wilson, Food and Ship Sanitation Director

Deadline On New Registration
March 31 is the deadline for steward department ratings to switch

over into the new class 1-S registration group for chief stewards. After
that date, according to tlie rules, men coming off the ships, from vaca­
tions or out of the hospital will register either in dClroup 1 for key
ratings other than chief steward or in 1-S. Once roistered in a given
group, they will not be able to switch to the other.

It appears that with very few exceptions, the Seafarers who normally
ship as chief steward are all registering 1-S and are welcoming the
change as offering them a clearer picture of their job opportunities
and protection against casual shipping in the chief steward rating by
men who normally ship other ratings in the department.

Retraining Begins Soon
With the establishment of the 1-S shipping group, it is now possible

to proceed with plahs for a training and recertiflcation program in the
steward department, beginning with the chief steward rating. This pro­
gram is under preparation and should be ready for operation in the
near future.

The transition to the group 1-S system has been a smooth one from
the shipping viewpoint, according to all accounts,' with all available
job calls for chief steward going to men who have registered in the
1-S category.

The training and recertiflcation program is particularly important
In light of the action of the US Coast Guard in giving.all men in the
steward department, rated or not, "food handler" certification on
their seamen's papers. Unless the Union and the operators act in this
area through the Food program, unqualified and inexperienced men
would be able to register and ship as chief steward or in other ke>y
steward department ratings. The results, of course, would be detri­
mental to the objectives of the Food Plan. Through the recertiflca­
tion program, men sailing SIU ships will have assurance that the men
in charge of the steward department have the training and qualifica­
tions to properly discharge their duties.

» » »
At the recent SIUNA convention, delegates showed a good deal of

interest in the operations of the Food and Ship Sanitation Department.
As a result, two resolutions were passed in which it was recommended
that all affiliated unions of the.SIUNA consider action to improve ship­
board feeding and to embark on training programs in this area.

The resolution on feeding noted that "shipboard feeding can be im­
proved considerably, usually at no additional cost to the operator, if
steps are taken to store adequately, to properly inventory and manage
food stores, and to assure seamen of the services of. trained- steward
department personnel . . ."

Must Be Across-'the-Board
Such steps are effective, the resolution declared, "if they are applied

across the board and enforced by qualified individuals who are not in
the employ of any single shipping company . . ." -

The resolution then called for "a) establishment of minimum stand­
ards as to the quantity, quality and variety of stores to be placed aboard
ship for a given voyage, b) shoreside supervision by trained Food Plan
representatives of storing and feeding practices for greater efficiency
and better feeding, c) appropriate training for all steward department
personnel."

Clearly, the action on this resolution reflects the successful opera­
tion of the SIU Food Plan here on the Atlantic and. Gulf. Many of the
delegates of the other unions attending the convention expressed a
great deal of interest in the Plan and have indicated that they will
seriously consider setting up appropriate systems of their own to
improve feeding and storing and to upgrade the standards of steward
department performance.

The result is likely to be improvement in feeding for seamen across-
the-board on American-flag vessels.

(Comments and suggestions are invited by the Department and can
be submitted to this column care oj the SEAFARERS LOG.)

SIU Food Plan Discussion

Ore Ships Co On Grain Run
NEW YORK—Two SlU-contracted grain ships have started on a long-term Gulf-Indit

run after being converted from bulk ore carriers by their new owners. The two vesseli
are the Transindia and the Transorient, formerly Ore Navigation's Oremar and Feltore.
They are owned by Hudson
Waterways Corp.

Meanwhile, Bethlehem Steel
has formally applied for Govern­
ment construction subsidies on two
new 51,400-ton ore carriers to re­
place the two older ships. The new
ore ships would be used on a route
between Liberia and the US East
Coast. They would service recently
discovered iron ore deposits in that
African country. Ironically, up to
now, none of the Liberian-flag ore
carriers have gone near Liberia.

Hudson Waterways has modified
the two 25,000-ton Venore type
ships by installing water-tight
hatch covers, cleaning and re­
modeling foc'sles and doing re­
pair and replacement work in the
engine department.

The proposed new Bethlehem
ships are to be 766 feet long and
have a cruising speed of 16V^ knots,
which would enable them to make
a US-Liberia round trip in 24 days.
The two vessels would be the larg­
est US flag ore carriers.

Food Plan
Jacks Up
Ship Stores

HOUSTON—The SIU Food Plan
and Union representatives here
have combined in assuring proper
storing of the Mt. McKinley (Amer­
ican Tramp Shipping), which is
carrying grain out of this port.

SIU Port Agent Bob Matthews
reported that the beef arose out
of the company's practice of pur­
chasing all supplies in New York
and then trucking perishables all
the way from New York to Hous­
ton. To make matters worse, the
meat and vegetables were stored
together in the same compartment,
despite the obvious need for dif­
ferent temperature ranges for
these food groupings.

As a result, when the stores came
aboard, the steward department
found that they were considerably
deteriorated. Union action followed
to assure that the rejected stores
were replaced and also that proper
quantities and an appropriate selec­
tion of stores were put aboard for
the voyage.

Against a background of billowing steam, a worker checks
the newly-installed watertight hatch covers on the Trans-
India. The conversion of the former Oremar was done at the
Bethlehem Steel Company's Hoboken Shipyard.

Kennedy Aide Gets Plea
Of Domestic Operators

'WASHINGTON—Representatives of the domestic shipping
industry along with spokesmen for the SIU and the National
Maritime Union had a special meeting here with James M.
Landis, special assistant to"^
the President who is trouble­
shooting transportation prob­
lems and Government Agency op­
erations. The meeting, on Febru­
ary 27, placed heavy emphasis on
the desperate plight of the do­
mestic shipping industry.

Just before the meeting, the
Luckenbach Steamship Corp. an­
nounced its- abandonment of the
intercoastal trade. Luckenbach was
the last commgn carrier in that
service. Subsequently, Erie and
St. Lawrence announced suspen­
sion of its East Coast coastwise
operations. Luckenbach has since
sold two . ships to the SlU-con-

KNOWING YOUR
SIU CONTRACT

Chief steward Lconcio Calderon (standing) checks the
latest Food Plan doings with staffer Erie Klingvall aboard the
Steel Flyer, when the ship docked in Erie Basin after complet­
ing a round-the-world run.'

SECTION 38. SAILING BOARD TIME, (a) The sailing time shall be
posted at the gangway on arrival when the vessel is scheduled to stay
in port 12 hours or less. When the stay is scheduled to exceed 12 hours,
the sailing time shall be posted 8 hours prior to scheduled sailing, if
before midnight. If scheduled between midnight and 8 AM, sailing
time should be posted by 4:30 FM, but not later than 5:00 PM.

(d) If the vessel's departure is delayed and the delay is due to the
loading or discharging of cargo, the new time of departure shall be
posted on the board, and If such delay exceeds two hours, the watch
below may be diamissed and shall receive two hours' overtime for
such reporting.

(f) The overtime prescribed above shall not apply when sailing is
delayed on account of weather, such as rain, fog, or any other condi­
tion beyond the vessel's cbntrol.

^
During the sweep of Hurricane Donna up the Atlantic Coast In

September, one SlU-manned ship was originally scheduled to leave
New York harbor on Saturday. The hurricane was ripping up the
South Atlantic coast at the time, and since the ship is in,domestic
trade, it was deemed extremely unwise to risk the ship and the crew.

It took two full days for the hurricane to pass, so that it was not
until Monday afternoon that the vessel was able to sail. Extremely
high tides and very rough water held her to the dock until then.

At the following payoff, crewmembers put In for delayed sailing
overtime. However, 4t was pointed out that Section 38 (f) above was
quite clear and specific on th'is issue—namely that delayed sailing
because of weather conditions rules out payment of overtime. It Is only
on rare occasions that this clause is invoked, consequently, it was
understandable that most crewmembers were not familiar with it.

tracted Maritime Overseas Corp.
Since the Coastwise Line went

out of business on the west coast
several months back, all that re­
mains of the once-thriving domes­
tic shipping industry are two com­
mon carriers on the -East Coast,
Seatrain and Sea-Land.

At one time, the domestic ship­
ping Industry offered employment
to many thousands of seamen.

The spokesmen for the industry
and the unions pointed out, as they
have on previous occasions, that
railroad rate-cutting with the ap­
proval of the Interstate Commerce
Commission was making domestio
shipping extinct. They predict­
ed that should the railroads suc­
ceed in driving domestic ships out
of business, they would then be in
a position to bilk shippers by
charging exorbitant rates.

Seatrain, in addition, has been
seeking to g^ railroads to set up
combined rate charges on ship­
ments which would give Seatrain
a fair share of total rail-ship costs
for a given commodity.

The union and shipowner repre­
sentatives are hopeful that as a
result of the meeting there will be
some executive action at the White
House level to assist domestio
shipping. It is believed any rec­
ommendations Landis would make
would receive sympathetic con­
sideration from President Ken­
nedy.



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Icebreaker in Montreal Harbor

The Canadian Icebreaker d'lberville cracks fhrough the frozen waters of the St. Lawrence
was taken
last miles

River near Montreal this month in preparation for the navigation season. The photo
s trie *eyes" of the ship as it works to clear the from a helicopter which acts as

of ice in Montreal Harbor.

Canadians Play Important
Role At SlUNA Convention

SAN JUAN, PR—Canadian delegates to the Tenth Biennial Convention of the Seafarers
International Union of North America played an important role in the international meeting.

Hal C. Banks, president of the. SIU of C anada, gave a detailed report to convention
delegates on the position of-^ =
Canadian maritime and on
Canadian differences with the
National Seamen's Union of Great
Britain.

In the new structure of the In­
ternational constitution. Banks is

an execultve vice president of the
SIUNA, representing Canada.

Canadian delegates to the con­
vention had key committee Jobs.
Ray Doucet, Quebec City port
agent, was secretary of the Sea-

In Canadian Ports
Montreal Port Open

MONTREAL—The SlU-contract-
ed Maplebranch opened the port,
for the thii'd year in a row, on Feb­
ruary 20, the earliest opening in
port history.

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Offii^ers 'togged'

QUEBEC—N.^M. Paterson mate
and master were charged in court
with falsifj'ing ship's log in con­
nection with an attempted inciting
charge against. Ray Doucet which
backfired.

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New Ships At Thorold

THOROLD—Shipping companies
will have new fleet additions this
spring. Various mates have re­
ceived letters from the Guild
threatening to disclose their names
if they sign with the SIU.

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Toronto Ferry Scrapped

TORONTO — The TTC freight
ferry T. J. Clark went to scrap for
the price of a dollar.

4 4 4
Fort William School

FORT WILLIAM—Foi* the first
time the Marine School for deck
Officers will be open to unlicensed

deck hands. The tug James Whalen
is being used as an icebreaker.

4 4 4
Sign Barge Pact

VANCOUVER—SIU men with
Vancouver Barge Transport voted
to accept a rank-and-file negotiat­
ed agreement that gave them wage,
welfare, manning and vacation
benefits. CERT, failed in its at­
tempt to foist a sellout contract.

4 4 4
Halifax Tight

HALIFAX—Shipping was scarce
here," but the cable ship John W.
MacKay picked up a few replace­
ments and some dredging contracts
have been let out to bid.

men's Organizational and Griev­
ance Committee.

Paul Gagne, Thorold port agent,
was chairman of the Constitutional
Committee which drew up changes
in the structure of the Internation­
al. The executive board of the In­
ternational was enlarged and other
revisions were made.

Other delegates from the SIU
of Canada to the convention were
Rod Heinekey, William Glasgow,
Fred Southern, Roman Gralewicz
and Stan Devine.

SIU Canadian
District Halls

FORT WILLIAM 40a Slmpaon St.
Ontaiio Phone: 3-3221

HALIFAX, N.S 128'^ Hollis St.
Phone 3-8911

MONTREAL 634 St. James St. West
Victor 2-8161

QUEBEC 44 Sault-au-Matelot
Quebec LAfontaine 3-1569

THOROLD, Ontario.... .62 St. David St.
CAnal 7-521i

TORONTO, Ofltim 272 King St. E.
EMpire 4-.57in

VANCOUVER, BC 298 Main St.
ST. JOHN. NB m Prince William St.

• OX 2-6431

Canada SIU
Picks Banks

MONTREAL — In nation-wide
Union balloting which saw a rec­
ord vote of 4,024, Hal C. Banks
was reelected president of the Sea­
farers International Union of Can­
ada. Leonard J. McLaughlin was
reelected assistant secretary treas­
urer of the Union.

Banks received 3,573 votes and
McLaughlin's vote totaled 3,298.
Seventeen other officials were also
elected to Union posts throughout
Canada. All terms of office are for
two years.

Incumbent Rod Heinekey was re­
turned as assistant secretary-treas­
urer of the SIU of Canada's West­
ern District. Don Swait was re­
elected Montreal dispatcher.

On the West Coast, W. Sawadsky
was elected Vancouver port agent
and C. Neville Vancouver patrol­
man.

Paul Gagne and H. rahjll were
reelected port agent and patiolman
for Thorold.

Labor Board Findings

SIU Of Canada
Wins Key Ruling

OTTAWA—The SIU of Canada won important victories in
its organizing efforts early this month. The Canadian Labour
Relations Board here handed down several decisions affect­
ing the Union. •

The "Financial Post" of
Montreal characterized the
labor board's decision as opening
the way for new SIU victories in
the near future. The paper said
that it is anticipated that the SIU
will come out victorious in virtual­
ly every vote to be held over the
next several weeks.

The board rejected the Canadian
Brotherhood of Railway, Transport
and General Workers' application
for certification as bargaining
agent for two units of the ocean­
going tug Melanie Fair, currently
in drydock in Great Britain.

The CBRT and its creature, the
National Association ,of Marine
Engineers, are involved in several
other cases decided by the board.

The board hearing failed to pro­
duce evidence to connect the SIU
with charges made against it. Capt.
William Wharton testified against
the Union at a previous hearing.

The board also certified the SIU
as bargaining agent for eight em­
ployees on five tugs operated by
Abitibi Power & Paper Co., on the
Great Lakes.

Abitibi had on file an agreement
with the NAME which expired in
1959, but the SIU was upheld as
the new bargaining agent.

The only decision adverse to the
SIU was the board's rejection of
the Union's application to repre­
sent two employees of the Domin­
ion Coal Co. of Sydney, NS. The
labor board found that only one
man was eligible and could not be
organized because only units of
employees can be uhionized.

The SIU was certified as bar­
gaining agent for 10 marine engi­
neers of La Verendrye Line, Mon­
treal. The Union beat out the
NAME which had been bargaining
agent in 1958 and 1959; the board

ruled that no bargaining agree­
ment existed when the SIU reor­
ganized the workers.

A board-supervised vote was or­
dered among the seven employee#
of Commercial Cable Co., Halifax,
on its cable vessel John W. Mac-
kay. The crew will decide whether
to join the Union or remain un­
organized.

Union representation votes were
ordered for three deck officers of
National Sand & Material Co., of
Toronto to decide whether the
SIU or the^Canadian Merchant
Service Guild should represent
the men. Marine Engineers of the
same company will vote for either
the SIU or NAME as bargaining
agent.

A vote among 36 employees of
Upper Lakes Shipping will decide
between the SIU and NAME. Also
deciding between the SIU and the
NAME will be: 26 employees of
Scott Misener Steamships; 65 em­
ployees of N .M. Paterson & Sons,
Ltd.; 62 employees of Hall Corpo­
ration of Canada.

Nine employees of Dominion
Steel & Coal (Dominion Shipping
Division) will choose between the
Seafarers and CBRT. The Train­
men held the latest agreement in
Dominion, the board ruled, but the
SIU won the right to appear on the
ballot after application for certifi­
cation.

In an attempt to split off the
vote, the NAME also intervened,
but the board did not fall for the
ruse and the NAME is not on the
ballot at Dominion.

The SIU and the NAME will be
on a ballot for representation of
15 employees of Algoma Central &
Hudson Bay Railway Co. Voting
in all elections will be held over
the next several weeks.

Reports To Convention

Hal Banks, SIU of Canada president, addresses the SIUNA
Convention at La Concha Hotel in Puerto Rico. He reported
on the Canadian maritime situation.



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MCS Port Agents tonsider Calling
Membership Coastwise Conference

SAN FRANCISCO — A special Marine Cooks and Stewards Port Agents Conference,
held in San Francisco during the first week of February, took action on a number of
topics, including the adoption of a proposal to call a Coastwise Conference of MCS mem­
bers,

In their report on the con­
ference, the agents said they
agreed in principle to the theory
of a Coastwise Conference, but
stated that "to finance this confer­
ence > wholly from Union funds
would be financially unsound and
that the membership should be
called upon to help defray the ex­
pense of this project as this is for
their overall benefit."

Depends On Members
MCS Secretary-Treasurer Ed

Turner called upon all members
to consider the project in terms
of both the work to be done and the
financing. "The realization of this
conference will, of course, depend
upon the response the members
make, financially and otherwise,"
he said.

"I have asked the patrolmen to
accept contributions earmarked
for the MCS Conference."

The Secretary-Treasurer added,
"there are many complex problems
to be solved in order to hold a
Conference of the size and im­
portance of this project. As quick­
ly as these are ironed out I will
Issue the formal call for the Con­
ference."

In other areas, the Conference
recommended that a handbook be
Issued to all ship delegates and
that forms be printed and distrib­
uted to each ship on which the
delegate can keep records of over­
time earning. Such records could
be used to expedite any beefs and
prevent the "petty chiseling of
some steamship companies."

Dues Arrears List
A listing of all members In ar­

rears of dues and assessments will
be sent to each branch and every
ship delegate so that the Union
can correct any violation of the
Constitution. Patrolmen will not
collect any dues from any mem­
bers or permit holders who could
be suspended from the Union ac­
cording to the Constitution. The
agents recommend that a joint
Union-industry committee estab­
lish a registration and referral fee
for all new registrants.

Better regulation of graduates
of the Steward school was needed,
the agents felt, and accordingly
they suggested that a graduate
sail in an entry rating for 360
days, after which he could sail in
the graduate rating. "A program
will be inaugurated whereby any
new student, during the period of

On these pages is news of
activities of the SIU Pacific
District representing the three
West Coast unlicensed unions,
the Sailors Union of the Pa­
cific, the Marine Firemen's
Union and the Marine Cooks
and Stewards Union, who sail
under the SIU banner predomi­
nantly in the Pacific trades to
Hawaii, Alaska, the Far East
and on 'round-the-world runs.
The SIU Pacific District Unions
are a key group in the SIUNA,
representing as they do the
entire maritime Industry on the
West Coast.

accumulating 360 sailing days, will
be required to take a job assigned
to him or be re-registered."

The agents were inform.ed that
the three Pacific District unions
have been conferring with Nation­
al Labor Relations Board repre­
sentatives regarding attacks on the
hiring halls.

A memorial to Louis Foyt was
discussed. But the memners in
attendance at the Conference felt
that further "discussion with the
membership would' be proper be­
fore making any final decision and
that the feelings of the majority
should be considered."

Other discussions included:
A legal analysis of the Landrun-

Griffin Act and its requirements

concerning Union elections and
election of delegates to the Sea­
farers International Union of
North America Convention in
Puerto Rico;

Publicity Review
A review of the publicity and

public relations department of the
Union and the distribution of the
Union newspaper, "The Stewards
News";

The recommenoatlon that "offi­
cials receive a seven per cent in­
crease in wages, this being in line
with the action taken by the Sail­
ors' Union and the Fireman's
Union, also bearing in mind the
fact that the membership received
a seven per cent wage increase
plus fringe benefits."

Fireman's Happy Home

park site, !s the

Pacific Port News
Portland Shipping Up

PORTLAND—SUP reports ship­
ping has picked up considerably
and some grain ships are expected
back from the Orient shortly. Still
waiting clarification about some
grainers scheduled to come here
from Astoria. MCS port agent re­
ports Olympic Pioneer finally paid
off, with company agreeing to pay
all disputed overtime, make neces­
sary repairs and supply new mat­
tresses and pillows for entire crew.

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lliamna In Seattle

SEATTLE — MFOW reports an
efficient shutting down of the
lliamna, so fast in fact that it
caught a brother who had stood the
8-12 watch as he was changing his
clothes. The lights went out and
he had to borrow a flashlight so
he could dress and go home and
not be arrested for indecent ex­
posure. MCS reports shipping has
remained fair for this time of year.
The optical program is going
foward with final bids out on job
orders and doctor appointments.

•t i
NY Has Chow Beef

NEW YORK — MFOW reports
usual beefs on chow and a continu­
ing beef on Matson ships about
company sluffing off repairs on
heating systems. The very good
shipping reported by the SUP is
expect to fall off somewhat in the
next few weeks. Agent reports
lowest number of men registered
in port in quite a few years, MCS
slripping has been slow, with many
members manning picket lines in
the recent SIU tugboat strike.

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SF Contract Talks

SAN FRANCISCO—SUP agents
met with Matson, PMA and Stand­
ard Oil of California in contract
talks. All reefer boxes on Oregon
Bear were condemned and portable
boxes will be placed on the after
main deck for next trip, MCS
reports. One year rule saw 76
replacements sign on President
Cleveiand.

Wilmington Trial Run
WILMINGTON—Unemployment

office clerks gave members hard
time by asking for union books to
see if members have paid their
dues. SUP agent called up and told
office that if man.had shipping card
he had to be paid up in union.
MCS agent reports action will be
taken against any member who
trys to chisel through dual registra­
tion. The Mormao trial run is
expected to occur in May.

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Honolulu Slow
HONOLULU —MFOW shipped

32 men from this port during the
six-week period ending the begin­
ning of last month. Shipping
slowed down the beginning of
last month when three Matson
ships went into the yard, laying
off their crews.

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San Pedro Tight

SAN -PEDRO-:-Shipplng slowest
since 1949. MFOW says automa­
tion has cut jobs as ships are in
port only 12 hours before being
fully loaded and underway. Port
team came in second in baseball
league last year and looks to do
better this year as season Is open­
ing.

This trailer, shown at a Riverside, Calif., p
home of Vane* -Strouse, retired member of the SIU Pacifis
District Marine Firemen's Union. Strouse says, "I hope every­
one can retire and be as happy and well-off as I am.'"

Congressmen Bark
SUP On MSTS Probe

WASHINGTON—Congressional support for a request by
the Sailors Union of the Pacific and the Masters, Mates and
Pilots for an investigation into MSTS Far East operation b£
US flag ships with Japanese"*"
crews was promised by three
members of Congress last
month.

The SUP and the MM&P
called for a thorough probe of the
Military Sea .Transportation Serv­
ice's Far East Area policy of oper­
ating 17 LST's, under US flag,
with alien crews.

Congressman Thomas M. Pelly
of Washington, member of the
House Merchant Marine and Fish­
eries Committee, said in a tele­
gram that he concurs with the
position of Morris Weisberger. The
SUP and MM&P claim that man­
ning the MSTS Far East ships
with alien crews cost the US $8
millions per year which is drainet^
from the American economy.

In addition to the reply from
Congressman Pelly, the SUP re­
ceived answers to its request from
Senator Warren Magnuson of
Washington, chairman of the Sen­
ate Merchant-Marine Committee,
and Senator J. Strom Thurmond of
South Carolina.

The San Francisco "Call Bulle­
tin" supported the position of the
two Unions, pointing out that

Pacific District Shipping
Port SUP

1/10 to 2/6
MFOW

2/1 to 2/28
MC&S

2/1 to 2/28
Total

San Fran. 607 152 451 1,210

- Seattle 127 64 14 205

Portland 119 43 30 192

Wilmington 361 (no hall) 83 444

New York 117 25 21 163

New Orleans 23 (no hall) 8 26

Honolulu 17 44 12 73

San Pedro (no hall) 48 (no hall) 48

Total 1.371 376 614 2,361

Japan today has a healthier marl-
time industry than the US, and
that money spent on Japanese oper­
ations might better be spent at
home.

MSTS claims that operations by
Japanese nationals is "important
to international relations and ia
support of the Japanese economy."

But the practice Is in violation
of Defense and Commerce Depart­
ment agreements that gives US
berth line vessels first prlori(ty in
American shipping and last, where
no American-flag shipping is avail­
able, then foreign-flag shipping
may be used.

SIU Patific
Disfricf Halls

SUP
HONOLULU Pier 8. Room 208

PHone 502-777
NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St.

Jackson 9-7423
NEW YORK 679 4lh Ave., Brooklyn

HYaclnth 9-OGOS
PORTLAND 211 SW Clay St.

CApltoI 3-4336
SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St.

Douglas 2 8363
SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave.

"Main 20293
WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave.

Terminal 5-6617

MC&S
HONOLULU Room 206, Pier 8

PHone 5-1714
NEW ORLteANS........523 Bienville St.

RAmond 7-423
NEW YORK 673 4th Ave.. Brooklyn

HYaclnth 9-6600
PORTLAND 211 SW Clay St.

CApltol 7-3222
SAN FRANCISCO 350 Fremont St.

EXbrook 7-5600
SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave.

MAln 3-0083
WILMINGTON 602 Broad Ave.

TErminal 4-B533

MFOW
HONOLULU... 56 North NImltz Highway

PHone 5.0077
NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St.

MAgnoIla 0404
NEW YORK 130 Greenwich St.

COrtland 7-7094
PORTLAND 522 NW Everett St.

CApltol 3-7297 8
SAN FRANCISCO 240 Second St.

DOuglas 2-4592
SAN PEDRO 2S8 West 7th Ot.'

TErminal 3-4489
SEATTLE .....2333 Western Ave.

MAln 2-8326



Mard. INl SEAFARERS LOG Paie Twenty-TbrM

West Coast Gets
To nicer Agreement

SAN FRANCISCO—An area of agreement in wage, nego­
tiations, which will be used as tlie pattern for the industry,
has been reached between the Sailors Union of the Pacific
and the California Shipping•*•
Company, a subsidiary of
Standard Oil of California.

In his secretary's report, Secre­
tary-Treasurer Morris Weisberger
stated if the membership approves
the agreement—it is to go into ef­
fect • February 1—"in accordance
with past policy we would expect
the same settlement from other
tanker companies."

Better Than Original GlTer
In recomniending approval of

the negotiated settlement, Weis­
berger said that although the Un­
ion "didn't get everything -we
asked for, the settlement we
reached is better than what they
originally offered and is more in
line with what we got from the rest
of the West Coast industry."

Wages and overtime rates are

T urnabout
Record Is
Challenged

SAN FRANCISCO—The Marine
Cooks and Stewards are quietly—
and unofficially—challenging a
story in the New York Times
which states that the Queen Eliz­
abeth set a turnabout record
when it reached New York with
832 passengers aboard, discharged
them, took on stores and new pas­
sengers and then sailed lor Eu­
rope all within 16 hours and 35
minutes.

The MCS also questions the in­
ference of the Times that the
record of fastest turnabout of
any liner is held by the French
ship Liberte which made the
turnabout in something like 14
hours.

Challenging the Times, the
West Coast union notes the records
of the two Matson Liners, Lurline
and Matsonia, which have been
making the complete turnabout—
cargo, passengers and stores—in
Honolulu in six hours. Both ves­
sels have often done the same in
San Francisco or^Wilmington, the
passenger complement often being
over 800, and the conditions are
roughly equivalent to Cunard ships.

figured on a seven day basis on the
West Coast.

Some examples of the old and
new rates are: AH (3 years), pres­
ent: $360 a month, proposed: $385;
Oiler, present: $360, proposed:
$385; Cook, present $415, proposed:
$445; Electrician, present: $530,
proposed: $565; Wiper, present:
$320, proposed: $3^, and Mess-
man, present: $285, proposed: $305.

The present overtime rates of
$2.00 and $2.60 will be increased
to $2.10 and $2.75. Present penalty
rates of $1.50 and $1.90 will be­
come $1.55 and $1.95.

-Weisberger stated the Union was
prepared "to gd to Los Angeles for
meetings with other companies.
These include Tidewater, Rich­
field, General Petroleum (Socony
Mobil), and Union Oil (Pacific
Cbast Transport);

The key disagreement was over
the company's argument based on
their previous settlements with the
Mates and Engineers which
amounted to less than five percent
and to the differential between the"
West Coast and East Coast tanker
agreements of previous years.

The Union argued that "we are
not bound to follow the East Coast
pattern, or the settlements made
with the Mates and Engineers."

WC Firm
To Operate
Coastwise

SEATTLE — Olympic - Griffiths
Lines has filed an application with
the Federal Maritime Board for
assistance in the construction of
two container ships for operation
in the Pacific coastwise trade.

The new ships will have all the
special developments tailored for
the trade. The company plans to
have the 18-knot vessels make a
weekly turnaround between Seat­
tle, San Francisco and Los Angeles,
or two sailings in each direction
per week.

Each ship will be fully contain­
erized with a capacity of 200 con­
tainers each 8x8x20, and 75 autos.
Rates will include door to door
pickup and delivery.

New Apostleship Home

Here is the architect's drawing of the new AposHesKIp of
the Sea building going up in San Francisco. The new build­
ing will be able to accommodate more than 100 seamen a

^ day. Msgr. Matthew (Father Matt) Connolly is pastor.

MCS Stewardess

A distaff member of the
MC&S, Vino Hail, tends
the books in the ship's li­
brary while working as
stewardess aboard the
President Monroe (APL).
The ship was in New York
harbor at the time.

Firemen Aid
Hurt Mate
With Fund

SAN FRANCISCO —The mem­
bership of the Marine Firemen's
Union fias approved an appeal to
individuals for help for MFOW
member Sam Matthews, now a
patient at the Marine Hospital
here.

Matthews, a black gang member
of the SS President Polk in 1959,
was mugged while ashore in New
York, and as a result of the brutal
treatment became temporarily par­
alyzed from the waist down.

He is expected eventually to
respond to physiotherapy, but he
will surely suffer with his injury
for a long time. For 16 months he
was in the Marine Hospital in New
York before being brought here.

A resident of Honolulu, Mat­
thews is a long way from home at
the hospital, and enjoys seeing
friends. He is married and the
father of seven children. Two sons
and two daughters and his wife
have visited from Hawaii and
helped Sam's morale.

The Marine Firemen's Union has
urged members to contribute to a
fund being raised for the benefit
of Matthews. Contributions to the
fund have been received from the
engine departments of the SS
Mfriposa, Hawaiian Banker, Presi­
dent Cleveland, Hawaiian Trader,
President Hoover and other ships,
and from individuals.

Contributors aboard ship to the
Sam Matthews fund have been
asked to turn their donations over
to the delegate and patrolmen will
issue a receipt for the ship's file.
Ashore, contributors may turn
their donations into any officer of
the Union, for which receipts will
be issued.

Visitors to Matthews say his mor­
ale is "wonderful" and that he is
undaunted and in fine spirits. He
is cheerful and optimistic in a sit­
uation that would have discouraged
lesser men.

MFOW And Sailors
Elect 1961 Officers
W. W. Jordan
Heads MFOW

SAN FR.ANCISCO—William W.
Jordan was elected president of
the Pacific Coast Marine Firemen,
Oiiers, Watertenders and Wipers
Association in a three-month elec­
tion that saw several close con­
tests and resulted in the election
of some new men to Union posts.

Jordan succeeds former presi-
dent_^ Sam Bennett who did not
seek'reelection.

In the race for vice president.
Art Coleman,
Portland agent,
defeated incum­
bent Jack Hatton
by a vote of 1,515
to 1,103.

C. A. Peterson
was reelected
treasurer, nar­
rowly defeating
Jess Stashin in a Jordan
1,466 to 1,134
vote.

San Francisco officers elected
were Bob Sherrill, business agent
No. 1; George Paton, business
agent No. 2; Stanley Mish, busi­
ness agent-clerk, and dispatcher
C. J. Christie.

Fred Bruette defeated incum­
bent Seattle port agent A. H. Ward
while Harry Jorgensen won over
incumbent Seattle business agent
W. Haley.

San Pedro balloting resulted in
the reelection of Joe DoBosics as
port agent, while Tom Meyer won
in a six-way contest for business
agent of San Pedro.

R. N. Sweeney, formerly Port­
land business agent, was elected
port agent for Portland. A close
race for the Portland business
agent post went to Bernard J. Car­
penter over Jack T. O'Gieblyn
and Joseph P. Donahue.

Red Ramsay was reelected un­
opposed as New York Port agent,
while Incumbent New York busi­
ness agent Jack (Slim) Von Hess
was reelected business agent.

Alex Jarrett was unopposed and
reelected Honolulu port agent.
Elected to the Board of Trustees
were Bruette, DoBosics, Mish and
Sherrill. Delegatas to SlUNA
convention were Bruette, Shenill,
Ramsay and Ilatton.

The four delegates to the SlUNA
Convention left for Puerto Rico
early this month. The biennial
meeting ended March 18.

Weisberger

Weisberger
Leads SUP

SAN FRANCISCO—Union-wide
baiioting by the Sailors Union of
the Pacific over a two-month pe­
riod ended January 31 with the
reelection of all incumbent offi­
cers, approval of an amendment
to the Union constitution, and the
defeat for the second year in a row
of a proposed change in the ship­
ping rule. A total of 3,655 votes
were cast in seven ports.

The only major change in offi­
cers was the election of San Franr
Cisco first patrolman Jack Dwyer
as assistant sec­
retary to replace
Harry Johnson,
who did not seek
reelection.

Morris Weis­
berger was re­
elected secretary-
treasurer of the
SUP unopposed.
Also reelected at
headquar ters
were Joe Pohorence, dispatcher;
C. p. Shanahan, first patrolman;
Jim Dimitratos, second patrolman,
and Homer Davis, engine and stew­
ard patrolman. William Berger
was elected third patrolman.

At Seattle, Ed Coester was re­
elected agent and George L. Lewis,
patrolman, while in Portland,
Frank Fellows was elected agent
succeesing Ragnvald Johansen who
did not seek reelection. John Bat-
ties was elected patrolman to suc­
ceed Fellows.

Gordon Ellis was reelected Wil­
mington agent and Ray Murphy
and Tony Finale were reelected
patrolmen.

In New York, William Armstrong
is agent and Geert Pott, patrolman.
James Dooley was reelected Hono­
lulu agent.

The four delegates to the SlUNA
convention were Weisberger, Arm­
strong, Coester and Ellis. The vote
to accept the constitutional changes
was carried by a seven to one
margin.

The proposed shipping rule
change failed to get the required
two-thirds majority for the second
time. The change would have al­
lowed men to return to their ves­
sels provided the ship had not been
laid up more than 21 days. The
present rule which will continue,
limits the time to 10 days.

Am-Hawaiian To Run Again
SAN FRANCISCO — American-Hawaiian—uncier contract

to the three unions of the SIU Pacific District—is planning to
resume service in the US intercoastal tra<ie with four char-
terecJ ships. The company is"
also planning to build three
Iralerships.

Luckenbach Ends Service
This action follows an announce­

ment by Luckenbach Steamship
Co., that it is suspending its inter­
coastal service.

Bids on the proposed new ships
for American - Hawaiian were
opened last month with Sun Ship­

building the apparent low bidder
at about $21 million for each ves­
sel. The company has asked for
approval of its application for
mortgage Insurance for the three
vessels.

American-Hawaiian operated a
fleet of 38 ships prior to World
War II but for the last several
years it has been a holding com­
pany without any ships at all.



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9age Vweaty-F* SEAFARERS LOG Maroii. IMl

Seafarer Adds Movie Uole
To Roster Of Offbeat Jobs

All That's Left Of Messhaii

Arriving on St. Patrick's Day,
1950, quit the ship and started ship­
ping out of the downtown job
agencies to Greek and Liberian

If a man's been boxing champ at 12, milkman at 13 and subsequently circus roustabout,
stowaway, seaman on ships of half-a-dozen nations, butcher boy, plumber's helper,. ferry
hand, sparring partner, dredgeman and linguist, tradition has it that he must wind up in one
of two professions—writing or-*- ———
acting.

For Seafarer Peter Arthurs
the choice was acting. He recently
landed his first movie Tole in "The
World's Greatest Sinner,^ an Inde­
pendent production, and is hopeful
that it will launch him on an act­
ing career.

Pete, who sails as bosun or AB
has long had theatrical ambitions.
His first break came in 1956 when,
while on shore leave in Germany
he struck up an acquaintance with
actor Timothy Carey, then filming
"Paths of Glory" on location with
Kirk Douglas. Carey encouraged
him to get professional training.
Subsequently he took dramatic les­
sons at the Stella Adler Theatre
Studio in New York City.

Carey meanwhile, had done a
series of major movie roles and
then set out on his own as an inde­
pendent producer. The result was
"The World's Greatest Sinner" In
which Pete plays a modest support­
ing role.*

A native of Dundalk, County
Louth,. Ireland. Pete is fluent in
Gaelic as well as English and
picked up Norwegian and Spanish
in the course of his travels. "It was
a matter of self-defense on some
of those ships," he explained. "I
either learned the language or I
starved."

Pete parted company at an early
age with what is considered the
normal life. At age 12, he won the
63-pound boxing championship of
Ireland in contests held in Dublin
Stadium. The next year, he repre­
sented the Free State in a boxing
tourney at Ulster Hall, Belfast,
Northern Ireland. He learned some
of the fine points of the ring at the
age of 11 when he was put in re­
form school for swiping two suck­
ling pigs from a farmhouse.

On the more humdrum level, he
was earning his keep by serving as
the local milkman, newsboy, butch­
er's assistant, farmhand and in
similar jobs. However, Dundalk's
horizons proved too confining, so at
14 he ran away with a gypsy cara­
van. Later he joined Duffy's Circus,
a famous local institution.

At 15, he decided he had seen all
there was to see in Ireland and
tried to join the British Navy in
Belfast. Being turned down as
under age, he turned to merchant
shipping, stowing away in the chain
locker of the Black Sod, a coasting
collier. Customs officers picked him
up at Douglas, Isle of Man, and
promptly packed him off home.

Collier Deck Boy
In March, 1949, still several

months' shy of his 16th birthday, he
added some notches to his age to
get a deck boy's job on the collier
Beryl. His age was discovered after
two months, he was put ashore In
Dublin. This time though, he made
it out of Ireland, ferrying over to
Holyhead, England. London was the
next stop and with it a job as a
plumber's helper.

"While in London, I found out
that the Norwegians had a ship­
ping office there. I figured they
wouldn't be concerned about how
old I was and I was right." He
shipped out as messboy on the
tanker Salamis, which he described
as a "fast course in Norwegian."

The Salamis put into Aruba
where the youthful messman tried
to jump ship. The vessel had al­
ready taken up anchor when the
Dutch police caught up with him
and saw to it that he caught his
aliip by launch.

After a Rotterdam payoff, Pete
caught the Belinda for New York.

Seafarer Peter Arthurs is
shown with scowl and greaset^
paint for movie role.

tankers- and Panamanian banana
boats.

The following year Pete went
to Montreal entering the US legally
from there. He continued shipping
on runaways until he got his US
seamen's papers. Shortly after­
ward, he caught his first SlU ship.

He promptly went to the SlU
deck department school for an AB's
ticket but was turned down by the
Coast Guard as underage. He got
the ticket later on and, at 22, got
his bosun's endorsement, making
him one of the youngest bosuns in
the business.

Subsequehtly, Pete tried his hand
in the Golden Gloves under the
tutelage of Pete Mello, US Olympic
coach. Mello had high hopes for
him as a middleweight prospect.
He also served as sparring partner
for Johnny Lombardo, a welter­
weight who campaigned against

Ray Robinson and Johnny Saxtoii.
However, Pete was forced to put
the fight game aside because of a
nasal malformation which inter­
fered with his breathing.

A couple of Pete's most memor­
able fights were those in which he
came out on the losing end. "I was
on an Isthmian ship in Calcutta in
1953 and we were hung jup there
for five or six weeks. A local
promoter .was putting on a show-
Bengal versus Japan. I became a
ringer for Bengal."

Unfortunately, the Bengali ringer
didn't stand up,, primarly because
there's no opportunity for road-
work on the deck^f a C-3. "I was
doing pretty well until I ran out of
gas and got flattened." After that,
the local promoters relied on their
own Bengal tigers Instead of the
imported variety.

Another losing battle was fought
short time later in Korea. At

the time. Army MPs were attempt­
ing to make celibates out of seamen
arriving there after transpacific
voyages. In the course of their
crusade for purity, two MPs caught
him with a-Korean girl. The result
was a one-sided contest in which
no amount of roadwork would have
been much use. A weekend in a
Korean pokey was then added to
his roster of experiences.

Latest Bout
Pete's latest bout was with the

doctors at the Public Health Hospi­
tal who have been straightening
out his deviated septum. Mean­
while, he's looking forward to the
day when "The World's Greatest
Sinner" hits the local movie circuit.

"It's one of those offbeat films,
the kind that's very successful
these days, about a man who is
first an evangelist and then a
street-comer operator who starts
his own political party. If it does
well, Carey will be able to produce
another film and I might land an­
other movie role."

Maritime Roundup
Major changes in navigational aids on the Delaware River have been

put into effect. Two lightships in the area are being discontinued, one.
Overfalls Lightship, for one year, the second. Winter Quarter Shoal
Lightship station, permanently. A new lightship, known as Delaware
Lightship, has been set up about 30 miles northeast of Winter Quarter.
The brightness of three lighthouses in the area was increased to two
million candlepower.

4" 4« 4»
The dumping of garbage and raw wastes in Lake Michigan by ships

using the St. Lawrence Seaway is creating a problem that poses a
health hazard to lakeside communities according to Rep. Robert P.
Griffin, (Rep.-Mich.). He said Public Health Service experts are study­
ing the problem and he may propose regulations similar to those in ef­
fect on the Canadian side of the eSaway, where ships are prohibited
from dumping debris in Canadian waters.

4* 4 ^
A port, called the "Gateway to Prosperity" is scheduled to be com­

pleted in April in San Salvador, the tiniest Latin American nation.
Acajutla, a $6 million project, was started in 1956 and has already at­
tracted major industries. Now ships will be able to dock at the Pacific
Coast port, where its 900-yard wharf can handle four 10,000 to 12,000-
ton vessels at a time. The port complex includes new breakwaters,
warehouses, crane equipment, scales and other modem machinery.

4 4 4 ,
The 43rd annual season of the International ice Patrol, maintained by

the US Coast Guard, started la.st month when a CG airplane took off
from Argentina, Nfd,, and headed out over the Grand Banks looking for
ice dangerous to shipping. In addition to .the air patrols, two ocean­
going tugs and a buoy tender are taking part. Ice information bullen-
tins are broadcast twice daily from Argentina. Officials expect this
season to be milder than the last two and to end by. mid-July.

4 4 4
A Japane.se shipyard is building the world's first tanker designed

specifically to cany liquefied petroleum. The 17,000 deadweight-ton
ship will carry 180,000 barrels at a temperature of 40 degrees below
zero. The designers have not revealed the technical aspects of the ship.

' Seafarer Earl Cronseil, OS, stands In front of all that remains
of four foc'sles and the crew messhaii on the Ocean Evelyn.
The damage was done during an English Channel collision
with a Dutch ship.

Three Seafarers injured
In Ocean Evelyn Crash

Three Seafarers were injured last month when the SIU-
contracted Ocean Evelyn (Maritime Overseas) was involved
in a collision with a Dutch freighter, the Amstel Hoek, in the
English Channel.

At the time of the accident,
the Evelyn was outbound for
Southhampton, England, after mak­
ing her regular call at Breraer-
haven, Germany. The collision
caused considerable damage to the
after end of the Evelyn. It tore a
hole in the hull at the number six
hatch, wrecking the crew messhaii
and four foc'sles on that side and
the number one lifeboat.

It also knocked over a couple of
booms, bent a kingpost out of the
line and did other minor damage.

Two of the three SIU men who
were injured. were William Luhr-
sen, engine utility, lacerations of
the nose and face; and Edward
Bliss 2nd electrician, back injuries
and possible kindney damage. A
third Seafarer, who was not iden­
tified, received minor injuries.

The Evelyn made It Into South­
hampton under her own steam and
went Into a yard for repairs.

Dense Channel Fog
The accident took place on Fe­

bruary 16 during a dense channel
fog marked by a number of ship­
ping mishaps.

The injured men were expected
to be confined to the hospital for
about two weeks, according to a
cable from ship's delegate Mike
Rozolshi. He added that the men
may return to the Ocean Evelyn
after their release, which Is ex­
pected to be about the same time

Ship's delegate Mike Rozal-
ski, AB, wonders how crew
will top these booms.

their ship will be ready for sea
after undergoing repairs.

Shelley Hits
Runaways'
Unreliability

WASHINGTON—The seizure of
the Portuguese liner Santa Maria
by revolutionaries points up the
weaknesses of relying on foreign-
flag ships. Rep. John Shelley
(Dem.-Wash.) told the House of
Representatives here.

In a statement to the House, Rep.
Shelley pointed out that runaway-
flag ships supposedly under the "ef­
fective control" of the US are sub­
ject to loss resulting from political
pressure in foreign countries, par­
ticularly on the seamen. "Effec­
tive control" arrangements with
runaway shipowners, he said, are
worthless, because the owners
"could transfer their ships to some
other country . . . They mean even
less when we realize . . . that the
seamen that man these . . . ships
are the ones and the only ones
that really have control."

He question^ reliance on sea­
men "who do not. owe allegiance
to the US but instead to some
other country whose Ideological and
political philosophies are frequent­
ly and must usually diffeient flora
ours."

He noted also that the Navy
would have trouble cbmmandeer-
Ing "effective control" ships dur­
ing an emergency. "The recent in­
cident involvinjg the Portuguese
liner . . . demonstrates how impos­
sible it would be to corral several
hundred ships that are trying to
avoid seizure. The fact that the
Santa Maria copld avoid detection
by the US Na'vy ... further higii-
lights the fakery . . . behind the
'effective control' concept."

rofUBWS'



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SEAFARERS LOG rage Twealr-FlTa

Feb. UIW BenefiU
Totalled $7,401.56

The United Industrial Workers Welfare Plan paid out 57
benefit claims to UIW members or their dependents during
February, according to the Plan. The total paid out during
the month was $7,401.56, was
whith was slightly more than
the $6784.65 disbursed during
the preceeding month to 36 UIW
members or their families.

Higrhest Is $570.85
The, hii'^bst welfare, chepk during

February went to Joseph Znaniee
of M. F. Stevenson, who received
$570.85. Other bene^ checks
amounting to $200 or better went
to the following: Ruth Sandler,
Schaevitz Engineering, $470.25;
Daniel Biasiello, Air Master Corp.,
$464.25; Marie McConaghy, Air
Master Corp., $419.55; Michael Pa-
diiia. Beam Matic, $410.00; Robert
T. Moroni, Hussman Refrigerator,
$380.78; Dimas Quiiles, Fox Iron
Works, $338.90, and Edward Smith,
Allied Gummed Products, $250.00.

Ten checks covering maternity
benefits were paid out during the

month, according to the UIW Wel­
fare Plan. Of the 57 claims paid
out during February, 23 went to
members while 34 were to depend­
ents.

Cite Correction
in UIW Poster

All UIW shop stewards and
members should take'note that an
incorrect telephone number ap­
pears on the small white posters
recently distributed, which list Un­
ion numbers to call on matters

concerning welfare and grievances.
Under welfare, the number that

should have appeared is: WHite-
hall 3-3020. This should be
changed as soon as possible to
avoid delay and get speedy serv­
ice on their welfare benefit claims..

UIW Safety Committee At Hussmann

Three members of five-man safety committee at the UlW-contracted Hussmann Refrigerator
plant near Philadelphia line up for photog. From left are Doc Hollidoy, Joe Girolo and George
Cupp. The other two committee members were not available for picture.

UIW Men At Hiil-Chase

Workers At Sea Mac Boat
Give UIW All-Out Support

PHILADELPHIA—Within a two-week period, 95 percent of the employees of Sea Mac
Boat Co., Riverside, NJ, have responded to initial organizational efforts by the United In­
dustrial Workers of the SIU, in this city, by signing pledge cards indicating their desire
for genuine trade union rep--»
resentation and better work­
ing conditions.

Since the cards were signed late
last month, a first meeting with the

workers was held during which
time a chief steward and shop
steward were elected by the Sea
Mac employees. Chosen as chief

3 UIW Delegates Attend
SlUNA 10th Convention

NEW YORK — Three delegates representing the United
Industrial Workers of the SIU were on deck during the
tenth bienniel convention of the SIUNA which was held dur­
ing the week of March 13 to'*'
18 at the Hotel La Concha in
San Juan, PR.

The trio — Larry Brown, Sal
Macarrone and Jack Miller—were
chosen by UIW members in a
secret mail referendum vote con­
ducted during the first part of
February.

This marked the first time that
the UIW—acting under its own
constitution — has received direct
representation at an SIU conven­
tion.

A total of five members had
nominated themselves to the dele­
gate posts.

Anyone who wished to place his
name in nominallon had the op-

Above are a few views of UIW members employed at Hill-
Chase Steel, in Baltimore. Posing beside machine at plant
(top left) are Doxier Stowers and (at right) Mel Plowman,
shop steward. Top right: Bill Justh operates a cgtting ma­
chine at the UlW-contracted plant. Above, (I to r) Peter
Ferrr!!i> ^^tnd Horry Clilsliolm handle special lifting device at
Hill-Chase.

Tlie 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 will
be reported here because they
are an important part of the'
maritime industry.

portunity to do so as of last Janu­
ary 20. Balloting for convention
delegates took place early in Feb­
ruary and was conducted according
to law and accepted practice.

The results of the election were
announced by headquarters during
the middle of last month.

The UIW was allotted three dele- i
gates to the SIUNA convention in 1
recognition of the growth of the |
organization. Delegates to the con- [
vention are allotted to the various |
districts in accordance with the j
number of members the divisions
have. (See convention story on
Page 3).

steward was Joseph Moats; shop
steward elected was Thomas Shul-
tiee. A third Sea Mac worker,
Donald Barnes was elected to serve
on the employees negotiating con>-
mittee with the two stewards.

Sea Mac, which manufactures
pleasure boats—both inboard and
outboard varieties—employs about
40-50 workers during the peak sea­
son, which usually starts sometime
during April. At present, a work
force of 20 is employed, including
spray painters, carpenters, sanders,
hull builders, boat fitters and up­
holsterers. The company has two
work shops and a show room
housed in a one-story building in
Riverside, near here.

Talks Gain
At Jay-Kay

NEW YORK — Two negotiation
meetings between the United In­
dustrial Workers of the SIU and
the mangement of the Jay-Kay
Corporation have taken place since
the UIW became certified as bar­
gaining agent for Jay-Kay workers
last month.

The most recent negotiations
took pldce late last month at Un­
ion headquarters. At that time.
UIW members and union ofiicials i
presented their contiact demands j
to the employers. Other meetings !
will follow, according to reports. '

These Are Your
Union Meetings
—Attend Them!
All union members should

regularly attend the member­
ship meetings in their area.

These meetings are devoted
to discussions of matters vital to
the welfare and security of
every UIW member and his
family.

What's more, these meetings
provide every UIW member
with the opportunity to speak up
and stale his views about these
vital matters.

Here is the schedule of the
next meetings:

NEW YORK-Tuesday, April
4, at 6 PM, SIU Hall, 675
Fcurtli Ave., B'klyn.

BALTIMORE - Friday, April
7, at 8 PM, SIU Hall, 1216
E. Baltimore St.

SUNBURY — Sunday, April
9, at 2 PM, Friendsfiip Fire
Company.

PHILADELPHIA - Tuesday,
April 11, at 7:30 PM, SIU Hall,
2604 S. 4th Street.



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Pace Twenty-Sfat SEAFARERS LOG I. 1»^1
SmiiSiSm

Ail of the following SlU families httve re-
ceived a $200 maternity benefit plus a $25

' bond from the Union in the baby's name,
representing a total of $8,400 in maternity
benefits and a maturity value of $1,050 in
bonds:

Timothy White, born October 16, 1960, to Seafarer and Mra. Terranct
White, Galveston, Texas.

Georfe Silva, born November 16, 1960, to Seafarer and Mn. George
Silva, Baltimore, Md.

Mary Ann Thomas, born December 31, 1960, to Seafarer and Mra.
Michael Thomas, Baltimore, Md.

Milton Boiiny, born January 6, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Milton Bol-
Ing, Texas City, Texas.

Mary Alice Browniny, born Januarj' 12, 1961, to Seafarer and Mra.
Thomas Browning, Mobile, Ala.

Martha Smith, born November 8, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Thomas
Smith, Woodford, Va.

Charlene Linden, born January 9, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Clarence
Linden, Brooklyn, NY.

Zena Stewart, born January 7, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. John Stew­
art, Covington, La.

Wander Johnson, born December 29, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Neres
Johnson, Mobile, Ala.

Robert Caldas, born November 29, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Manuel
Gaidar, New Bedford, Mass.

Betty Edwards, born October 7, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Howard
Edwards, Gulfport, Miss.

Wander Capo, born January 21, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jose Capo,
Ponce, Puerto Rico. ..

Linda Saner, born December 3, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. George
Sauer, Woodside, LI, NY.

Ronald Barnes, born January 13, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ronald
Barnes, Arklan, Wash.

Dewey Penton, born December 29, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Dewey
•Penton, Pearl River, La.

Patsy Matthews, born September 12, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Earl
Matthews, Stacks, La.

Wayne Altstatt, born February 7, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. John W.
Altstatt, Houston, Texas.

Patricia Kenny, born January 5, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Terry
Kenny, Bronx, NY.

Sandra Hensley, born February 2, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jack
Hensley, La Porte, Texas.

Sharon Eledye, born February 2, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Alfred
Pledge, Houston, Texas.

Joseph East, born December 15, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Harry
East, Houston, Texas.

Collie Loper, born February 1, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Collie
Loper, Mobile, Ala.

Vandories Slater, born December 19, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Willie Slater, Prichard, Ala.

Brenda Lee Edwards, born February 6, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs.
David Edwards, Mobile, Ala.

Sheree Orcutt, born January 22, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Edward
Orcutt, Ingleside, Texas.

Carlisle Wards, born January 31, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Norman
Wards, Manteo, N.C.

Forrest Lavelock, born January 9, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Charles
Lavelock, Galveston, Texas,

Annie La Soya, born December 15, 1960 to Seafarer and Mrs. Eligio
La Soya. Texas City, Texas.

Alexander Sierra, born January 26, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ef-
rain Sierra, Bronx, NY.

David Guiles, born February 19, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. John
Guiles, Reading, Pa.

Donna Marie Gibson, born February 9,'1961, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Samuel Gibson, Gilbertown, Ala.

Arthur Milne, born February 22, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Arthur
Milne, Mobile, Ala.

Darren Charles Hulburt, born February 18, 1961, to Seafarer and
Mrs. Charles Hulburt, Rochester, NY.

Ruth Hayes, born September 27, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. George
Hayes, Vancouver, Wash.

Dwiyht' Strickland, born February 17, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Franklin Strickland, Mobile, Ala.

Paul Klausen Jr., born December 19, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs.
. Paul Klausen, East Hampton, Conn.

Suzette Trahan, born December 18, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Leo
P. Trahan, Algiers, La.

Tonja Willis, born February 22, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. William
Willis, Mobile, Ala.

Elizabeth Ennist, born February 25, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Cor­
nelius Ennisl.

Laurdes Trevisano, born January 9, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Dom­
inic Ti'evisano.

Eric Jon Sentel, born March 7, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Albert
Sentel, Asbury, NJ.

Stephen Homke, born February 15, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Stephen Hoinka, Oxford, NJ. . i

The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported to the
Seafarers Welfare Plan and a total of $52,000 in benefits was paid.
(Any apparent delay in payment of claims is normally due to late
filing, lack of a beneficiary card or necessary litigation for the dis­
position of estates.)

Edward 8. Cannon, 64; Brother
Cannon passed away due to a brain

hemorrhage on
September 23,
1960, while
aboard the SS
Choctaw in Kobe,
Japan. He had
shipped In the
SIU deck depart­
ment since 1951.
Surviving is a
brother, Charles

-M. Cannon of Seattle, Wash. Burial
was at sea. Total benefit: $4,00&.

» ^

Victor B. Cooper, 63: Brother
Cooper died of diabetes and a
heart condition
at the USPHS
Hospital, Staten
Island, NY, on
October 3, 1960.
He had shipped
in the SIU en­
gine department
since 1948, and
is survived by a
daughter. Miss
Shirley Mae Cooper of Fresno,
Calif. Burial was at Beverly- Na­
tional Cemetery, NJ. Total benefit:
$4,000.

» »

Benjamin N. Stewart, 54: Broth­
er Stewart passed away at home in

Slidell, La., on
January 3, 1961,
as the result of
a heart ailment
He had sailed in
the SIU engine
department since
1944, and is sur­
vived by his wid­
ow, Mrs. Mildred
Stewart. Burial

was at Forest Lawn Cemetery in
Slidell. Total benefit: $4,000.

i t
Richard Mack Potter, 25: Broth­

er Potter was lost in Chesapeake
Bay on December
15, 1960 when he
slipped from an
icy scow and
drowned. He had
been shipping as
an SIU tugboat-
man in the deck
department since
1956. Surviving Is
his widow, Mrs.
Bonnie Sue Potter of Greenhaven,
Md. Total benefit: $4,000

Ferdinand Vigo, 41: A cerebral
hemorrhage was the cause of death

to Brother Vigo
on December 22,
1960, at Fortale-
za, Brazil. He had
been shipping
SIU since 1939
In the engine de­
partment. Surviv­
ing is his widow,
Mrs. Dorothy Vi­
go of New Or­

leans, La. Burial was at St. Roch
Cemetery, New Orleans. Total ben­
efit: $4,000.

4" 4"
Eugene G. Senff, 53: Brother

Senir died of a heart attack on Jan­
uary 23, 1961, at
Charlestown, SC.
He had sailed in
the SIU deck de­
partment since
1943, and is stfr-
vived by his wid­
ow, Mrs. Mary
Senff of Balti­
more, Md. Burial
was at Baltimore
Holy Rest Cemetery. Total benefit:
$4,000.

t.
Dolor F. Stone, 60: Brother

Stone died at sea aboard the SS
Santore on Janu­
ary 23, 1961, as
the result of a
heart ailment. He
had been ship­
ping with the
SIU ' since 1938
in the engine de­
partment. H i s
widow, Mrs. Iris
M. Stone of Bal­

timore, Md., survives. Burial was
at sea. Total benefit: $4,000.

4> 41 4i

Jamie M. Hilda, Jr.. 64: Brother
Hilda died of heart disease on Jan­
uary 13, 1961, at
South Baltimore
General Hospital.
Baltimore, M d.
He had been
shipping in the
SIU deck depart­
ment since 1938,
and is survived
by his widow,
Mrs. Helen C.
Hilda of Baltimore. Baltimore Mili­
tary Cemetery was the place of
burial. Total benefit: $4,000

Notify Union On LOG Mail
As Seafarers know, copies of each Issue of the SEAFARERS

LOG are mailed every month to all SIU ships as well as to
numerous clubs, bars and other overseas spots where Seafarers
congregate ashore. The procedure for mailing the LOG involves
calling all SIU steamship companies for the itineraries of their
ships. On the basis of the information supplied by the ship oper­
ator, three copies of the LOG, the headquarters report and min­
utes forms are then airmailed to the company agent in the next
port of call.

Similarly, the seamen's clubs get various quantities of LOGs
at every mailing. The LOG 4s sent to any club when a Seafarer
so requests it by notifying the LOG office that Seafarers con­
gregate there.

As always the Union would like to hear promptly from SIU
ships whenever the LOG and ship's mail is not delivered so that
the Union can msintain a day-to-day check oh the accuracy of
Its mailing lists.

James H. West, 68: A heart ail­
ment was the cause of death Ho

Brother West on
January 11, 1961
at , the USPHS
Hospital, Staten
Island, NY. He
began sailing in
the SIU steward
department in
in 1942 and had
been receiving
special disability

benefits since 1959. His sister, Miss
Marjorie West of New York. NY,
survives. Burial was at Heavenly
Rest Cemetery, East Hanover, NJ.
Total benefit: $4,000.

4" 4' 4"
Charles J. Neumaier, 75: Broth­

er Neumaier died of a lung condi-
t i o n at the
USPHS Hospital,
San Francisco,
Calif., on Janu­
ary 30, 1961. He
began sailing SIU
in the steward
department in
1940 and had
been receiving
special disability
benefits since last August. A son,
Charles R. Neumaier, of West -Los
Angeles, Calif., survives. Burial
was at Olivet Memorial Park, Saa
Francisco. Total benefit: $4,000.

't> 4"
Joan R. Vaiques, 62: Brother

Vazquez died of a heart condition
aboard the S3
Del Sud at sea on
December 17,
1960. He had
shipped SIU
since 1947 in the
steward depart­
ment. Surviving
is his daughter.
Miss Betty Jean
Vazquez of New

Orleans, La. His place of burial
was Greenwood Cemetery, New
Orleans. Total benefit: $4,000.

4" 4" 4"
Edward Taylor, 39: Brother Tay­

lor died as the result of a liver ail­
ment on January
30, 1960, while
aboard the SS
Del Aires at New
Orleans, La. He
had sailed SIU
since 1942 in the
steward depart­
ment. Surviving
is his widow,. Mra
Rose Marie Tay­
lor of Houston, Texas. Brookside
Park, Houston, was the place of
burial. Total benefit: $4,000.

4- 3^ 4
Basil L. Alfred, 54: A liver ail­

ment was the cause of death to
Brother Alfred
on October 15,
1960, at Medical
Arts Hospital,
Houston, Texas.
He had sailed as
a cook on SIU
ttigboats since
1957. His widow,
Mrs. Hester Al­
fred of La Porte,

Texas, survives him. Forest Park
Ometery, Houston, was the place
of burial. Total benefit: $4,000.



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SEAFARE^RS LOG Pace TweBfy-SeTca

Zebras^ Alligators—Seafarer Trains Them All
Seafarer, expert horseman, zebra trainer and alligator wrestler; these are the creden­

tials of Charlie Bramble, who makes his home in New Gretna, New Jersey, and ships out of
the PWladelphia SIU hall.

Bramble, who modestly ad­
mits to being an expert animal
handler, has "the only pair of
trained diving zebras in captivity."
These striped ponies have per­
formed in various aqua shows along
the Eastern seaboard, especially In
Florida.

The animals were brought here
from South Africa. Bramble was
shipping on a Robin Line vessel in

1956 when he got a few days' free
time in Africa. Being well-versed
in animal lore, he decided to catch
some wild animals: The whole story
of the zebra chase, Charlie confides,
will be brought out in a book which
he is going to write when he gets
the chance.

After the zebras were caught,
there was the problem of bringing
them back. Charlie ran into some

Seafarer Cbevlie Bramble holds his Infant son on the neck
of one of his diving zebras. The animal is so well trained that
it permits itself to be harnessed for riding.

trouble concerning arrangements to
care for the animals. When the
vessel's skipper heard about the
proposed cargo, he vetoed the plan,
so Charlie let the animals go.

But on the next trip, he bought a
pair of Just-caught zebras and ar­
ranged to ship them home on an­
other vessel.

When the animals were brought
to the US, Charlie set them up at
the New Gretna farm. "I've han­
dled animals all my life," Bramble
says, "and I was the first to ride
a diving horse backwards." With
this kind of background, Charlie
began training the zebras.

He did such a good job that the
two aninlctls have learned to dive.
One dives from a high platform
into water, and another does a low
dive. Charlie also has a pony—
domestic variety—that dives into
water.

Zebras are noted for their wild
anS vicious tempers, but Bramble's
pair has become pretty docile. At
various fairs and carnivals, the
zebras are used to give children
rides in addition to diving per­
formances.

"A zoologist told me that he's
never seen or heard of zebras be­
ing trained this well," Bramble
revealed. Charlie has a lot of con­
fidence in th? animals. His own
children, both quite young, ride the
striped beasts.

The South Philly native has been
running into difficulty with his
menagerie lately. It's expensive to
feed, and it takes time to work up
acts and find places to put them on.
So Charlie ships as AB to keep
them all together.

LOOK MA. NO HANDS.
Holding the snout under his
chin, Charlie Bramble
(photo right) straddles a
full grown alligator —
One of Bramble's diving
zebras (bottom) takes a
"header" into a water tank
with a boy on its back.
Charlie's diving zebras are
believed to be the best
trained in captivity.

J.J

Danny Boy
Crew Thanked

(Ed. note: The following let­
ter was addressed to the crew
of the SS Danny Boy.)
Dear Sirs:

Words cannot express my
gratitude in receiving the let­
ter from you concerning my
husband's last days. It was such
a consolation to know that the
Union and crew members did
everything possible and that he
was well cared for.

This was the only word, thus
far, I received since the tele­
gram of his death," but I expect
to hear from the SIU Welfare
Plan shortly.

Bob wasn't well, and was re­
covering from burns on his arms
which he received while work­
ing on the Alice Brown in No­
vember. He collapsed and fell
across some steam pipes and
was hospitalized in Galveston
the first of November. When he
was released in December, Bob
continued to get headaches.

I was expecting a letter from
him when I received the news
of his death. He always wrote
a diary and would mail it the
first port he came to. I was
woiidering if he had written but
didn't get to mail it when he
became ill.

Although we weren't together
as much as we would have liked,
we were very much in love. Bob
loved his work aboard ship and
was working hard because we
just enlarged our. home.

The shock of his death -was
too much for me and I had to
be hospitalized and just re­
turned home.

Bob was buried at the Bap­
tist Church, King, NC, in a mil­
itary funeral — he served six
years in the Navy during World
War II. Again, accept my deep­

est appreciation and gratitude
for your letter and money you
Bent me.

Mrs. Robert C. White
4" 4« 1"

Corrects LOG
On Sailing Rig
To the Editor:

In the January Issue of the
LOG you had a picture of a
sailing schooner on the fish and
cannery workers (p. 18) page.
Under the picture you said
"square rigged fishing boat."

Well, the picture is of a gaff-
rigged sehooner of the Blue
Nose design with racing features
added.

As a Seafarer who retired
after getting married, my
thoughts are still with the Sea­
farers at sea. Through the LOG,
I see lots of my friends in pic­
tures and read about them.
Thanks again for a good union
paper.

Robert G. Campbell
4i 4" i

Seafarer Likes
Portland Paper
To the Editor:

I know previous issues of the
SEAFARERS LOG featured ar­
ticles on the newspaper strike
in Portland and also on the
weekly, then semf-weekly news­
paper the "Portland Reporter"
puhlished by the striking em­
ployees of the Oregonian and
the Journal.

Well, on February 11, 1961,
Portland Reporter began pub­
lishing daily. I want to tell any
of my Union brothers who are
in the Portland area that it's a
good paper to buy.

Isthmian, Waterman and Cal-
mar crews should take special
note of this and back the "Re­
porter."

Seymore Heinfling

Mates Praise
SIU Steward
To the Editor:

We, the mates of the Mar­
garet M of Penn Shipping, New
York, which signed articles on
November 4, 1960 and was de­
livered for serapping at Kaohsi-
ung, Formosa on January 28,
1961—about three months later
—wish to compliment the SIU
on its steward department. In

All letters to the Editor for
publication in the SEAFARERS
LOG must be. signed by the
writer. Names will be withheld
upon request.

particular we compliment the
steward, Mr. Bill Hays for a job
well done under trying condi­
tions. We believe that our sen­
timents reflect those of all
hands.

Charles B. Howard, 1st Mate
M. J. Carter, 2nd Mate
Wm. L. Henney, 3rd Mate
James Murphy, 3rd Mate

4> 4> 4>

SIU Brother
Hurt On Ship
To the Editor:

I wish to advise that at 1000
hours Monday morning on Feb­
ruary 13 Carl Hargroves, fell
about 30 feet while cleaning
tanks on the SS Transeastern
and he was badly injured.

The officers and crew re­
sponded immediately and got
Hbrgroves out of the tank and
to a bed. That evening we met
the SS Santa Rosa (Grace Line),

an NMU ship, which brought
Dr. D. L. Dupenefr to our ship
to examine our injured brother.
The doctor and two mates
stayed aboard about an hour
and a half to give medical as­
sistance to Hargroves.

The Santa Rosa was enroute
to Florida with 250 passengers.
We are all grateful for their
assistance. The day alter, we

'stopped at the buoy at Miami
and the Coast Guard eame out
and picked up Hargroves.

Friends may write Hargroves
care of USPHS, 365 Federal
Building, Miami 3, Florida. We
do not know how badly injured
Hargroves is, but all SIU crew
members aboard the Transeast­
ern hope he will have a speedy
recovery and be shipping again
soon.

We were returning to Hous­
ton from Gydnia, Poland, where
we brought a record cargo of
barley that had been picked up
in Portland and Seattle. We are
now loading grain for Gydnia
once more at Houston and top
off in Galveston.

Ballard Browning

4' 4' 4*

Carpenter
Likes LOG
To the Editor:

I wish to thank you for mail­
ing the LOG to me. I have en­
joyed reading it for quite a
number of years, as I have been
a union man for 58 years. I am
81 years of age and still active
in my Buffalo Carpenters Union
local.

After reading the LOG, 1 pass
it along to other members who
are inteersted in union work.
They are well pleased to read
the LOG and look forward for
the next edition.

John Maynard

Japanese Team
Reports On Visit

(Ed. note: The following let­
ter was sent to the LOG by the
leader of a group of Japanese
unionists who visited the SIU
headquarters hall.)
To the Editor:

Oh the eve of our homeward
departure from the US, I am
happy to report to you that we,
12 members of the Second Gen­
eral Industrial Productivity
Team (Japan), have completed
our six-week tour of your won­
derful country with great suc­
cess.

We feel that we have been
.able to attain our objectives far
more successfully than we had
hoped. We realize that this
success was made possible only
through (he kind assistance and
cooperation that we received
from you and many other kind
American people.

On behalf of the entire team,
I wish to take this opportunity
to express our heartfelt grati­
tude to you and your associates
for your generousity and kind­
ness. I assure you that the
information and knowledge that
we acquired during our study
tour will be put to good uses
in Japan to promote sound
labor-management relations, and
to further contribute to the gen­
eral welfare of the people of
Japan as well as the people of
the entire free world.

Furthermore, the goodwill
shown us by you and many of
your countrymen, whom we had
the pleasure of meeting every­
where we went, will be warmly
remembered and will be con­
veyed to our families and
friends back home so as to
promote friendly relations be­
tween our two great countries,

Tokuhachi Kigure
Team Leader



rage Tweatr-Cttlit SEAFARERS LOG Mnnk, Itfl

San Marino Bafdios

Sunning the tops of their bald heads'on the deck of the Son
MCN'MO (Peninsular Nav.) during a voyage td the Near East
•re (I to r) George Atcheson, saloon mess; Frank Schultz,
wiper; Jesse Bcmgher, bosun; J. A. Gross, AB, and Fozil Ali,
chief cook. Engineer C. Wynn did clipping.

"Sheik" Bob Christensen
poses on deck of SS John
C. Photo by Ed Monasse.

Turned Down OT?
Don't Beef On S$

Hea^uarters wishes to re­
mind l^afarers that men who
are choosy about working cer­
tain overtime cannot expect an
equ?' number of OT hours with
the rest of their department. In
some crews men have been
turning down unpleasant OT
jobs and then demanding to
"ome up with equal overtime
when the easier Jobs come lo- .
This practice is unfair to Sea­
farers who take OT jobr as they
come.

The general objective Is to
jquaiize OT as much as possible
but if a man refuses disagree­
ably jobs there is no require­
ment that when a'n easier job
comes along he can me'- up the
overtime he turned down before.

Seafarer Realizes Value
Of Clinic The Hard Way'

(The following article was submitted to the LOG by Seafarer Allen
currently a patient at Mount Wilson State Hospital at Mount Wilson,

R. Nauman, who is
Md.).

I would like to take some space
in the LOG to express in a loud
clear voice my heartfelt thanks
and appreciation of the SIU clinic,
in particular, the Baltimore clinic.

This is one of the best welfare
benefits in existence In our Union
today.

I believe it was at the December
meeting in Baltimore that we had
Dr. Oscar B. Camp speak on the
numerous advantages afforded sea­
men and their families at the
clinic. I guess I was just as guilty
of wishing the meeting would ad­
journ as the next guy. «

What the hell, I figured, all these
diseases happen 'to someone else
—not to me. Brother, was I wrong.

At the time Dr. Camp was mak­
ing his talk, I was sitting there
with TB in its early stage! I found
this out when I went for my clinic
card the following week.

Consequently, I am taking a few
months rest to get rid of this ma­
rauding tuberculosis bug.

Suppose we had no clinic and
this thing had gone on unchecked.
How many ships would I have
gone on and how many men would
I have infected in all innocence;
and in their turn, how many would
they have infected?

Also, by a quirk of fate. I didn't
go home after my last trip. If I
had, chances are my wife and four
kids would have caught TB from
me too.

As I said, I was just as guilty of
bitching and griping about the
bother of going to the clinic as
anyone else . . . but not any more.
I say now, let's make it bigger and
better for a bigger, better and
healthier SIU.

Chow Hound by Zhemeek

Where's the night lunch

OCEAN ULLA (Maritime Overseas),
Jan. 3—Chairman, R. Lippani; Secre­
tary, Barney Keiiy. Ship's delegate
reported that all beefs were settled.
Motion made and carried to have
cooks and stewards to complete
schooling and have same stamped in
books.

MAIDEN CREEK (Waterman), Dec.
19—Chairman, Richard Taylor; Secre­
tary, Johnny P. Baiiday. Ship's dele­
gate reported that skipper informed
him ot advise each department to
have a representative to attend safety
meetings. .Ship's fund S6.95. No beefs.

MERMAID (Metro Petroleum), Dee.
29—Chairman, W. C. Sink; Secretary,
L. W. Moore. Ship's delegate re­
ported that some beefs on disputed
overtime were brought up at meeting.
Had discu.ssion on food that was
brought aboard from the Mt. Hood.
Steward says he wiU be responsible
for checking it. Crew requests check
be made about garbage scow.

DEL NORTE (Mississippi), Dec. 27—
Chairman, Tucker; Secretary, Whited.
Ship's delegate reported three men
mis.sed ship in Rio de .Janeiro and
came back in Santos. One man hospi­
talized in i-'ontevideo.

ALCOA POINTER (Alcoa), Jan. 1—
Chairman, Roy Evans; Secretary, R.
Sessions. Vote of thanks to the stew­
ard dept. for the nice menu at Christ­
mas and New Year.

ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), Dec. It
—Chairman, A. C. May; Secretary,
W. R. Stone. Ship's delegate reported
that headquarters was notlHed that
OS .Billy Campbell left In hospital at
Adaban. No beefs reported by de­
partment delegates. Vote ot thanks
to .steward dept. for well prepared
food and service. Vote of thanks to
bosun and members, ot deck dept. for
supplying beverage for Thanksgiving
dinner.

ATLAS (Cargo A Tankship), Jan. 3
—Chairman, A. ivi. Panaqopouios; Sec-
rotary, Charles Rozea. .Ship's delegate
reported everything oka.v. Ship's fund,
$114.15. Repair list turned In.

WILD RANGER (Waterman), Oct.
20—Chairman, C. Bortz; Secretary, A.
Aaron Ship's delegate reported that
brand cigarets are not aboard .ship
and will be requested. Crew suggest
that slop chest be replenished. Also
that watertight doors, gaskets, dogs,
t obe checked. $13 in ship's fund.

CANTICNY (Cities Service), Jan. 4
—Chairman, Thomas O'Connor; Secre­
tary, Edward J. Wright. Ship's dele­
gate reported everything satisfactory.
Motion made that the Union issue a
gold pin for twenty years service

without cost. Discussion on welding
and burning 'on ships forward and
safety line unless the ship is gas free
taken up with captain and deiegates.
Captain said there will be no welding
or burning beyond safely line in the
future unless ship is gas free.

STEEL ROVER (States Marine), Jan.
8—Chairman, P. Jordan; Secretary, A.
Nottuno. Ship's delegate reported two
men missed ship in Bangkok and re­
joined in Singapore. Ship's fund,
$18.50. Suggestion made to have ship's
delegate see about heat in rooms.
Suggested rooms have port fans in­
stalled, and to see about exhaust fans
for engine room. Vote of thangs to
steward department.

CHICKASAW (Wararman), Jan. 12—
Chairman, W. F. Simmons; Secretary,
Frank Kustura. Ship's delegate warned
crew about excessive drinking and
fighting, and that messroom be kept
ciean at night. $15.05 in ship's fund.
Some disputed OT in deck and engine
departments.

CRiON PLANET (Orion), Jan. 11
—Chviirman, W. Snail; Secretary, J.
W. Eiweii. H. J. McCue new ship's
delegate. Crew requesting patrolman
to be aboard ship in New York. Let­
ter to be drafted and sent to head­
quarters regarding ship leaving New
'V'ork without a steward.

PORTMAR (Carmar), Jan. •—Ctiair-
man. Cliff Bellamy; Sacretary, Jamas
H. Fort. Ralph Bullard elected ship's
deiegate. $37.50 collected for flowers.
Di.5cussion regarding any fresh fish
caught belong to entire crew and cook
agreed to cook them.

BULK LEADER (Amar. Bulk), Jan.
8—Chairman, W. Thompson; Sacretary,
H. M. Conneli. $33.31 in ship's fund.
One man paid off in Haifa due to
sickness at home. No beefs reported.

ROBIN HOOD (Robin)—Chairman,
R. Vaughan; Secretary, R. Sedowski.
Ship's delegate wishes tg thank crew
for making his duties as delegate easy
by their full cooperation and smooth
trip. No beefs. Vote of thanks to the
steward department for a Job weil
done. Suggestion made to have medi­
cal supply checked by patrolman.

YAKA (Waterman), Dec. 23—Chair­
man, Ceo. Truche; Sacretary, Geo.
Bake. Ship's deiegate resigns. New
ship's delegate elecletl. Bill Biirkcn,
No beefs reported. Vote of thanks to
steward department for cleanliness of
galley and mess rooms.

ORION CLIPPER (Orion), Dec. 23—
Chairman, J. R. Wilson; Sacretary,
Jack Winiey. Ship's delegate reported
they picked up replacements for the

two men that failed to Join the ship
in Aruba and Spain. Ship's fund
stands at $31. All crewmembers with
personal beefs to take same ashore to
be settled.

CITIES SERVICE BALTIMORE
(Cities Service), Jan. 12—Chairman
Geo. Philips; Secretary, Adoifo Capots.
OT beef In engine department. $5.42
In ship's fund. Vote of thanks to
steward department.

CHOCTAW (Waterman), Jan. 7—
Chairman, Toney Bergine; Secretary,
C. Bortz. Ship's delegate reported
that in the future when heat is re­
quired, it will be sufficient to call
the engineer or oiler on watch. $4 in
ship's fund. Motion approved to limit

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Ir
general meetings to two a trip. W. K.
Dodd elected as ship's delegate. $190
In movie fund. A three-man com­
mittee elected to supervise collections
and matters pertaining to projector.

CHILORE (Ore.), Jan. 8—Chairman,
T. Banning; Sacretary, H. Hutchins.
Ship's delegate reported one man
missed ship In Baltimore. Abe Ross,
ship's delegate from previous voyages
resigns. Joseph E. Carender elected
new ship's delegate.

OCEAN JOYCE (Maritime Overseas),
Jan. 8—Chairman, O. H. Manifold;
Secretary, J. O. Thibodeaux. Repair
iist turned in and repairs will ba
taken care of before trip to Far East.
$30 in ship's fund. Engineer stated all
rooms will be painted starting the
first of the year and kept his word
as painting started. No disputed OT.
Suggestion made that crew not sign
articles from now on until all repairs
are taken care of. Also to get draw
before signing on. Vote of thanks to
steward and his men for a fine Job.
Crew request that LOG be sent more
often to this ship.

ALCOA PEGASUS (Alcoa), Jan. 15T-
Chairman, R. Masters; Secretary, J.
McPhea. Everything running smoothly.
Three men hospitalized from steward
department. $5.10 In ship's fund.

GULP WATER (Metro Petroleum),
Dec. 18—Chairman, Peter Sheldrake;
Secretary, J. G. Lakwyk. All stores
receh'-d except one lock. Ship,was
not iuhiigated as promised. Steward
should have equipment for fumiga­
tion on board. All rooms will be
painted. Galley stove burning fuel oil.
Request for tank on board for carry­
ing diesel oil for use In galley stove.
Crew requested to turn off washing
machine after using, and to turn In
repair list as soon as possible.

ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), Jan. 10—
Chairman, L. J. Pate; Secretary, K. L.
Rickies. $18.23 In ship's fund. J. W.
Muiils elected new ship's delegate.
Patrolman to be contacted regarding
better food. H. Tomas had to leave
ship in San Juan due to Ulness in
family. Collection to be taken up
for his passage home.

STEEL RECORDER (Isthmian), Jan.
7.—Chairman, Nick Swoika; Secre­
tary, Robert Wagner. Nick Swoika
elected ship's delegate. No beefs,
everything running smoothly. $17.03 In
ship's fund. Motion made to discon­
tinue travelers' checks and carry
American cash exclusively, with Isth­
mian.

FELTORS (Marvan), Jan. 20—Chair­
man, E. A. Boyd; Secretary, C$ M.
Smith, Jr. No beefs reported. $19.30
In ship's 4und. Vote of thanks to
steward and cooks for a fine Christ­
mas dinner. The day was made espe­
cially enjoyable by gifts for every
member of the crew from Capt. Vic­
tor E. Raymond. All hands enjoyed
and appreciated thoughtfulness of
captain and Ed Zeliman who helped
wrap each gift.

MONARCH OP THE SEAS (Water­
man), Jan. 22—Chairman, Pete Bia-
lack; Secretary, Henry W. Miller.
Steward missed ship In New Orleans.
Discussion about keeping longshore­
men from using crew's toilets. Every­
thing running smoothly.

SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Ssatrain),
Jan. 24—Chairman, Albert Paige. Mo­
tion made that patrolman Include his
signature when he collects dues and
stamps the books. This was presented
with the idea in mind that if receipt
is lost the member still has proof of
payment. This resolution was pas.sed
unanimously. Patrolman will be asked
to look at niessiiall passageways and
see if they c^n be painted.

FAIRLANO (Sea-Land), Jan. 12—
Chairman, J. Sweeney; Secretary, W.
Nesta. Turned In repair list to chief
engineer. Most repairs were taken
care of except heating aystm In crews
quarters. $13.18 In ship's fund. Vote

of thanks to steward department for
the wonderful meals aboard, espe­
cially the holiday meals.

SANTORB (Orb), Jan. 1—Chairman,
Joseph Michael; Secretary, S. M.
Wojton. Shipmate Harry Collier pa.ssed
away at sea on December 9. Burial
on December 11. Request made for
new mattresses.

STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), Dee.
18—Chairman, Earl Fanacher; Secre-
tafy, J. W. Adair. $14.44 In shlp'e
fund. Need keys for foc'sles. Request
for supply of beer In slop chest. Re-,
quest soogecin.g deck department'
foc'sles. Request th4t steward place
on sale soft drinks whenever possible.
Slopchcst ran out of filter cigaretg
In Calcutta.

DEL CAMPO (Mississippi), Jan. 22—
Chairman, A. J. Dunne, Jr.; Secretary,
J. M. Syms. Ship's deiegate report no
major beefs. Repair list was made up
and small repairs were made. Other
repairs will be taken up with shore
officials, $25 in ship's fund. Vote of
thanks to steward dept. for a Job well
done In spite of Insufficient stores,
and no steward.

PENN VOYAGER (Penn Shipping),
Jan. 1—Chairman, C. James; Secre­
tary, V. V. Vaugordon. Brother Whit-
tington to be elected ship's delegate.
No beefs reported.

SUZANNE (Bull), Jan. 23—Chair­
man, J. Hoggie; Secretary, R. A.
Swayne. 87.77 in ship's fund. Motion
made to have union Incorporate In
agreement a boat schedule that will
accommodate all hands, those stand­
ing watch and day workers, also stew­
ards department. All hands in accord
that ship should be fumigated. Vote
of thanks and appreciation to the
steward department for the excellent
Job they have done this trip and the
two holidays. Food was excellent and
well prepared and served.

RAPHAEL SEMMES (Sea-Land), Jan.
23—Chairman, B. Varn, Jr.; Sacretary,
C. Henning. No beefs. Two men
missed ship since last meeting. $32 In
ship's fund. Discussion on poor bus
service to north' side of slip in Port
Newark. Vote of thanks to steward
dept. for good food and service.

EZRA SANSiBAR (Construction Ag­
gregates), Jan. 25—Chairman, S.' Leek-
ness; Secretary, J, Goider. Some dis­
puted OT in deck department involv­
ing men working In wells and also,
deck gang taking stores out of the
engine department. Port captain to
be contacted regarding missing OT
records for black gang. Vote of thanks
to sfe-.vard department.



M areli, IMl SEAFARERS LOG T*ge Tweaiy-NIa*

City Of Alma
Fights Gales
To the Editor:

Contrary to the predictions
of a number of sharp-figuring
crew members, we (SS City of
Alma) arrived in Yokohama too
late for Christmas and too early
for the New Year.

We had as bad a winter pas­
sage as I have seen: gales from
every point of the 'compass, for­
tunately with no worse effects
than loss of time. The movies
helped to keep up flagging
epirits—especially the one of
the South Pacific filled with
sunshine and smooth blue water,
shown in the middle of a NW
gale with everyone hanging on.

In connection with the movies,
"Joe Potatoes," the third cook,
should have special mention
for his unstinting efforts to
drum up money for, stir up in­
terest in, and finally operate
the movie machine.

I)espite the heavy rolling,
Christmas went off very well
and a big hand is due the stew­
ard department for this.

One of the third mates here
is a bug on weather prediction,
and he supplied us with pretty
charts showing all the miserable
details of the weather ahead. If
anyone ever gets around to
hanging these things up in the
hall before sign on, some of
these jobs are going to be pretty
hard to fill.

We expect to touch Kobe,
Inchon, Pusan, Kobe again,
Nagoya, Yokohama before we
leave for the States.

Meanwhile, from all -of us
here, to you and all SIU
brothers everywhere, a belated
but sincere wish that the New
Year brings you all you hope
for.

Vlnce Harding
Ship's delegate

* i J. a.
Chief Steward
Gets Praise
To the Editor:

We, the crew of the Evelyn,
wish first of all to wish every
one of our SIU officials a very
Happy New Year, and to our
good and progressive Union, a
continued program of gain.

Next, we would like to ex­
press our appreciation to our
chief steward Fran^ Li jo for
the excellent job he did in keep­
ing us fed in spite of the con­
ditions he had to endure and
the hardships he had to go
through to maintain the SIU
shipboard feeding standard.

Frank and his galley gang did
a marvelous job. If not for their
efforts beyond the call of duty,
we would not have been fed as
well as we were.

Several days after we left the
States, our refrigeration sys­
tem went haywire. The steward
and his gang day after day and
night after night watched and
nursed the iceboxes to see that
spoilage was kept at a minimum.

Upon reaching the other end,
England, we loaded ice and, at
every port we touched, we re­

plenished our supply'of ice. By
dolhg this we conserved enough
food to last us to the States and
through the holidays. I under­
stand that a portion of our sup­
plies was unavoidably spoiled,
but the fact remains that
through the efforts of our chief
steward, our standard of feed­
ing did not come down and he
maintained at all times a good
feeding ship.

When any of our stewards
neglects his assigned duties and
falls down on the job, many of
us are quick to criticize or con­
demn; I would do the same in
this instance—only the opposite
—and that is to compliment one
who is deserving of credit.

Under the SIU Food Plan, I
think our steward has done a
marvelous job of preserving
what would have been spoiled
and maintaining' the standard

All letters to the editor for
publication in the SEAFARERS
LOG must be signed by the
writer. Names will be withheld
upon request.

that the program established.
I trust that this short letter will
be an inspiration to other stew­
ards who might experience the
same thing that our ship went
through when we lost our re­
frigeration system.

So again, to our chief stew­
ard, Frank Lijo, and the galley
gang of the SS Evelyn, we say
you did a wonderful and typical
SIU job.

B. KocienowsU
a. t.

Portmar Crew
Catches Fish

Brother Anthony Michalski of
Philadelphia lost his father and
flew home. Officers and crew
sent flowers and condolences.

Now for the brighter side of
the news from the SS Portmar
(Calmar). On the way around,
the fishermen caught 34—there
were tuna, wahoo and dolphin.
Needless to say, they were tasty
and a nice change.' Most of the
credit goes to Brother Michalski
and Willard Layton for their
fish-watch job.

We had a nice Christmas in
Coos Bay, and enjoyed the New
Year at Sea. The crew sends
their best wishes to the Union
officials for a prosperous New
Year.

Malcolm B. Woods
Ship's delegate

Ex-Seaman
Enjoys LOG
To the Editor:

Again I want to thank you for
lending the LOO which I .read
and enjoy. It telli me what's
going on.

' I sailed for five years with
the SIU as night cook and baker
and hope the day will come that
I shall sail again. My memories
are still with many of the good
men I sailed with.

I was sorry to hear of the
death of Ai Stansbury. May God
reward him with eternal rest.
Yes, I think of all of you as I
read the SEAFARERS LOG. I
am with you in.spirit looking
for the day I can sail again
with the SIU and be of service.

So long for now. God bless
you all, especially our departed
brother, Al Stansbury; may he
rest in peace.

Arthur Brazil,

4. 4

Ex-Seafarer
Now On Coast
To the Editor:

I am writing, this to ask you
to please send me the LOG as
I was a member of the SIU back
in 1957 and had been a mem­
ber since 1951.

We came to California in 1957
to make it our home. We had
a son born here and he was born
with a congenital heart defect.
We went back to Boston, our
home town, and had him in the
Children's Hospital in Brook-
line, Mass. The weather was too
damp there so we came back to
California.

We are living in the Mojave
Desert. It is hot in the summer
and cold in the winter, but the
climate here is the best for my
son. We have five children and
I work for the Air Force here
at Edwards Air Force Base.

To the Editor:
This is to inform you that

Brother Sam Setiiff was hos'
pitalized In Coos Bay, Oregon.
He is at the McAuley Hospital
there where his condition was
described as "good." The doc­
tor's slip reads: "Hospitalized
for evaluation and treatment of
heart disease."

I am a cook at the 6510th Air
Force Base Hospital—the same
work I did when I was shipping
out. I have been a seaman since
1938. I shipped out of Boston
on NMU ships and SIU ships.
My first ship was the SS Halo,
a Cities Service ship. Then I
went to work for Esso Standard
Oil of NJ—worked for them for
five years, then went in the
Army. I served two years then
joined the NMU.

I was chief butcher on Army
transports until 1951 when I
went back into the Army for
the Korean War for six months.
I then came out and joined the
SIU.

I would like the LOG sent to
me as my wife and I always
liked to read it. I used to pick
it up in Wilmington, Calif.,
whenever we took the baby to
the hospital, but I haven't been
there for a long time and I sure
miss the LOG. It keeps us up
with all the news along the
waterfront. Sinccrly,

Manfred V. Ciampi
(Ed. note: We are putting

your name on the LOG nmiling
list and you will be getting, a
copy each month from now on.)

Veteran Seafarer Buried
At Sea In Gulf Of Mexico

(Th» following article was submitted to the LOG tty Seafarer
Joseph P. LeBlano, L-595.)

In in Impressive ceremony
aboard the SS Debardeleben Marine
I, Fred Miller, 69. a member of the
SIU since 1944, was buried at sea
January 23, 1961.

The ashes of the oldtimer were
brought aboard the Debardeleben
in Tampa by his son-in-law, Joseph
P. LeBlanc, who signed on the
ship as an AB.

The ship proceeded to depths suit­
able to the burial of a deepwater
seaman, sailing with flag ai half-
mast.

The urn of ashes was sewn into
a neat canvas shroud. At 11:07 in

LOG-A-RHYTHM:

Your Destiny
By Alexander J. Leiter.

A sailor returns—home from the
sea.'

Heart beating, soul alive, calls out
—Marie!

Anxious and waiting, she greets
him happily.

"Love you." "Miss you." — To
marriage they agree.

"Grand wedding." they suit each
other to a "T."

Another ship. Back to wife. But
now a baby.

She entreats: "Go no more and
leave me."

Restless nature; a sailor's trait,
beckons him to flee.

Lured by the call.—wife is again
lonely.

Says he'll quit, on their next an­
niversary.

How can he now? When babies
there are three.

So sailor boy, stop dreaming.
You are destined to be
Sailing and Sailing,

'till the good Lord calls thee.

the morning, 66 miles east south-
cast of South Pass, La., the ship's
•crew wai stopped, and Brother
LeBlanc and his shipmates slowly
bore the shroud back to number
five hatch.

Burial services were read by the
chief mate, Mr. Pat Blancq, a for­
mer Commander in the US Navy.
The ship's bell tolled in a series of
eight bells—signifying end of watch
for Brother Miller on earth and the
beginning of the watch in the next
life.

Mr. Blancq chose the 23rd Psalm
for the service. A wreath was
dropped on the water. The ship
blew three long loud, clear whis­
tles in farewell and steamed away,
leaving as the last visible re­
minder of Fred Miller a ring of
flowers rising and falling on the
gentle swell.

Permission for the burial was
granted Brother LeBlanc by H.
Flaniken, master of the Debardele­
ben and the vessel's owners.

Native of Denmark
Brother Miller entered the US

from Denmark in 1920. He had
been a member of the longshore­
men in San Francisco, the Sailor's
Union of the Pacific, the old Inter­
national Seamen's Union and in his
latter years, the SIU.

He had been in bad health since
August, 1956. Living at Jensen
Beach, Florida. The old seaman
requested that he be buried at sea
when the end came, and the re­
quest was carried out by his son-
in-law.

Survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Ulla E. Miller, Jensen Beach, Fla.;
a daughter, Mrs. Grace LeBlanc of
Fort Pierce, Fla.; a brother in New
Smyrna Beach, Fla.; a sister in tha
Bronx, NY.; three sisters in Copen­
hagen, Denmark, and two grand­
children.

Relaxing Oti The Locksley

Relaxing during a South Africa run aboard the Rabin Lock?'-
ley (Mormac) are Tom (Kid Condle) Danbeck, on the top
bunic, and Vlncenf- Ratcliff, playing the accordian, in the bot­
tom bunk. On the voyage earlier this year, Danbeck was
ordinary and Ratcliff was an AB.

^ir's gEE'A/A
PfZBAfZY WINTER...
eURE HAPPY-

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Page Thirty SEAFARERS LOG Marali, Uei

Seafarer Hooks Bis Ones

Seafarer Andy Anderson and Mrs. Anderson pose before •
pair of sailfish they caught during a vacation in Acapuico,
Mexico, last year. Andy came into the LOG office with the
story that he had caught a il7-foo<t fish. Skeptical staff
members made him revise the estimate.

Steel Designer crewmen Bill Hendershot; Bob Hitchcock; and
James Barboccia pose for a shipboard photographer during
• Far East run in November.

Soafarers
Ask Best
In Coffee

Seafarers have borne many hard­
ships aboard their vessels, but one
of the things they refuse to put
up with is a coffee shortage or
coffee not to their liking

Aboard the Village (Consolidat­
ed Marine) this winter, the crew
went on record on a coffee beef.
They suggested that the Food Pian
try to increase the shipboard al­
lowance of the brew.

Crew members aboard the Royal
Oak (Cities Service) in February
discussed their dissatisfaction with
the ship's stores. They called for
a change in the brand of coffee.

The Steel Scientist (Isthmian)
crew last mdbth called on Food
Plah representatives to check on
the quality of meats Used aboard
the sli)p. They want Grade "A"
stuff, and the steward, and chief
cook agree.

Another Isthmian crew, on the
Steel Flyer, has suggested that the
company replace travelers* checks
with "green money."

The quality and quantity of wa­
ter aboard ships was also a prob­
lem aboard ships last month. On
the Ocean Ulla (Maritime Over­
seas) the crew Investigated the
causes of rust in their drinking
water.

Crew members on the Wacosta
(Waterman) were asked to use wa­
ter sparingly last month because
of a potential shortage of wash wa­
ter.

A tribute was paid to chief cook
Windy Walker of the Seatrain Sa­
vannah (Seatrain) when he was
paying off last month. The crew
said Windy will be missed "not
only for his culinary expertness,
but also for his colorful stories."

Alcoa Planter
Crew Of Mexican Boat

Another small boat In distress called on an SlU-contracted
ship lor help in January. Mario Garcia-Lopez, ship's dele­
gate, and Z. Y. Ching, ship's reporter on the Alcoa Planter,

t-reported to the LOG that their
Penn Mariners

Crew of Penn Mariner pose
on return from Latakiai il to
r, top) Ross. AB; Shubin, OS;
Casey, AB; Zellner, DM; Ball,
FWT and Foy, AB. Rest of
gang Is shown in photo below.

ship rescued the crew of a
Mexican fishing boat late in
January.

"Emergency signals were called
iby the fishing boat San Clemente
at 0400 before day-break on Janu­
ary 27, 1961 off the coast of Mex-'
ico." the report stated.

"The San Clemente was damaged
by heavy seas on January 19. Wo
finally left her In disabled condi­
tion. She had been running short
of food and drinking water for
eight days before contacted by the
Alcoa Planter.

"The seven persons aboard the
fishing vessel were rescued by
Alcoa Planter Captain L. A.
Youngs and his crew. As %oon as
the rescue was completed, warm
cloths and cigarettes were donated
to the survivors by all hands
aboard the Planter.

"A collection was taken up by
all the SIU delegates aboard the
Planter, and a total of $128 was
raised to help the firshermen.
There were no boats coming out
to make a transfer so the survivors
remained aboard the Planter until
the ship reached Long Beach,
Calif., on the night of January 30.

"Then the Mexican consul took
over the details of repatriating the
San Clemente crew. David Douglas
was bur Spanish speaking inter­
preter while the San Clemente sur­
vivors were aboard and he did •«
good Job. Brother Douglas Is sec­
ond electrician on the Planter.

A month previously, the SIU-
contracted Wild Ranger rescued
part of the crew of a Columbiaa
fishing vessel.

OCEAN NIMET (Maritime Ovarsaas),
Jan. 28—Chairman, R. D. Tapman;
Sacratary, C. i. Cooper. Ship's dele­
gate reported slight shortage of
stores. One man injured and left in
hospital in Aden. Some disputed OX
In steward department. Resolution
made to have headquarters bring be­
fore membership to have qualified
voting machines for all voting by
renting, borrowing or buying. Crew
requests better preparation of food.
There are no spare fans or parts on
board ship.

Dae. 18—Chairman, R. M. Hamp­
shire; Secretary, C. I. Cooper. Ship's
delegate reported everything OK, One
man taken off in Miami due to ill­
ness. Wiper promoted to oiler. Reso­
lution made to have headquarters see
what can be done to get a retirement
plan for Seafarers besides the disabil­
ity pension. Want this resolution
brought before the Welfare Pian and
do all possible to get said resolution
put through.

AMES VICTORY (Victory Carriers),
Jan. 31—Chairman, J. Parneil; Secre­
tary, J. Puckett. Some disputed OX
in all departments. Steward asked to
notify ship's delegate as soon as pos­
sible regarding store shortages. Re­
port to be given to patrolman regard­
ing getting hospital slips without a
lot of static, etc.

Secretary, Paul L. Whitlow. Ship's
delegate reminded all brothers to mall
In their new beneficiary cards to head­
quarters. No one was logged and the
captain la weU pleased with the be­
havior of the crew during the trip.
Some repairs still have to be com­
pleted. Motion made that the Union
require the company to make retribu­
tion; the replacement of or cash
allowance for aU clothes damaged by
faulty washing machine. List of dam­
aged clothes will be presented to pa­
trolman at payoff. Vote of thanks to
steward department.

DANNY BOY (Cargo & Tankship),
Feb. 5—Chairman, Otho Ware; Secre­
tary, Michael Miller. Sailed from
Galveston with one AB short, insulli-

,cient time for replacement. Letter of
proiesl seiit to iieadquaiteis legaiding
wages. Brother Robert C. White
passed away in Izmir, Turkey. Collec­
tion taken up and sent to Mrs. White.
Brother Irving E. Clark was hospital­
ized in Izmir, Turkey. Brother Hugh
D. Brcw.ster was ho.spitaiized in Au­
gusta, Italy with a back injury. Crew
prote.sting about company's method of
handling mall. Motion was made to
post all communications. Motion made
to have patrolman present at all sign-
ons to check the articles, slopchest,
and tg asceidain whether or not the
captain has sufficient money for
draws. Request made for new wash­
ing machine to replace old one. Vote
of thanks to steward department.

CITIES SERVICE NORFOLK (CItiM
Service), Feb. 1—Chairman, Frank
Reese; Secretary, Jack Hannay. One
member missed ship In Lake Charles.
Heating plant repaired. Motion made
to give deck department 30 minutes
call instead of 15 minutes, and give
watch 30 minutes time to make coffee.
Motion made that all tankers stay in
port a minimum of 24 hours. Ship's
delegate will sec captain about new
washing machine. Crew requests a
larger variety of juices and fresh
vegetables and frozen vegetables.

STEEL EXECUTIVE (Isfhmian), Jan.
15—Chairman, Alexander D, Brodia;
Secretary, Cedric R, Wood. No dis­
puted OT reported. Everything run­
ning smoothl.v. Discu.ssion on serving
of sirloin steaks. Crew request they
should be served twice wceklv exclu­
sive of minute steaks, club steaks or
hamburgers.

BETHFLOR (Marven), Jan. 29
Chairman, F. E. Taylor; Secretary,
Sidney Garner. T. E. Tavlor elected
new ship's delegale. No beefs report­
ed. A vote of thanks to the steward's
department for good food, good cooks
and good menus.

DEL MAR (Mississippi), Jan. 29—
Chairman, Norman Dubois; Secretary,
Jay F. Joyner, Jr. Total of $357 in
sliip's fund. Some disputed oT In
deck and steward department. Motion
to discuss the retirement plan be­
tween all delegates which was voted
and passed on. Motion made that if a
death occurs in the family of a mem-
be and no flowers are sent home the
seaman should receive 825.

DEL AIRES (Mississippi), Jan. 29—
Chairman, G. Fowler; Secretary, M.
Fabrlcant. .Ship'.s delegate reported
20 men logged. One man hospitalized
in Buenos Aires. One man jumped
ship in Bahia. Stealing going on
aboard ship. 821 in ship s fund. Some
disputed OT in deck and engine de-
pa/tmcnts. Motion made that three
delegates, steward, patrolman and
Tom Beatty meet on food qualities
and quantities. Request for latches
on all foc'sle doors.

OCEAN DINNY tMaritime Overseas),
Jan, 29—Chaii George Frankt

REBECCA (Maritime Overseas), Jan.
29—Chairman, J. Markham; Sacratary,
J. McDonald. Welfare cards wero
distributed to each man. No beefs
aboard ship. Expect clean payoff,
835.74 In ship's fund, AU repairs
taken care of. Vote of thanks to mate
and skipper for their cooperation.
Suggestion made that delegates check
on B-cards riding to West Coast In
the event that ship goes far east.

JEAN LA FITTE (Waterman), Feb.
1—Chairman, C. N. Cigantelii; Sacra­
tary, P. J. Graham. Ship's delegate
reported that one man died last trip
—a coUectton taken up and flowers
were sent. New water cooler and re­
conditioned washing machine put
aboard ship In New Orleans, also sev­
eral mattresses. Patrolman to be con­
tacted In Wilmington regarding slop-

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chest which is short of many items
and no variation In sizes of clothing.
Also to settle beef about deck main­
tenance men's right to stand weekend
gangway watches.

SEAMAR (Caimar), Feb. 4—Chair­
man, G. Hayes; Secretary, J. Marshall.
Ship's delegate reported one man
missed ship in San Francisco. Gear
to be put ashore at Sparrows Point.
Repair list turned In. Everything run­
ning smoothly.

LUCILE BLOOMFIELO (Bioomfield),
Jan. 29 — Chairman, Harry Huston;
Secretary, Paul Morris. Ship's dele­
gate reported that captain has taken
repair lists under advisement and will
see that repairs are taken care of. He
will also Issue draws in the afternoon
rather than In the morning. 811.50 in
Stiip's fund. One man went to the hos­
pital in Rotterdam. Except for little
disputed OT In deck and engltie de­
partments. everything Is OK.

COUNCIL GROVE— (Cities Service),
Jan. 29—Chairman, James Whatley;
Secretary, H. D. Lawrence. Jack Long
elected ship's delegate. who reported
that crew messman received telegram
notifying him of two deaths In family.
Collection taken up. Some men pay­
ing off to go to the hospital asked
for a master's certificate, they were
told by mate and captain to use dis­
charges. that would be all they need­
ed, No beefs reported.

Sate. Discussion on safety oomUtlons.
lo beefs reported.

• EMLE VOYAGER (Sea Transport),
Jan. ns—Chairman, W. Mansfield; Sec­
retary, 8. U. Johnson. W. E. Logan
elected as ship's delegate. Letter to
be sent to headquarters concerning
transportation procedures from Hono­
lulu. List to be made up of aU books
"B." "C." and non-affiliated members
(or boarding patrolman at Honolulu.
•18.S8 In ship's fund.

VBNORE (Marven), Dee. 18—Chair­
man, G. Giennon; Secretary, James
Archie. No beefs reported. Fumigated
the ship. Captain to put up slop
chest Ust. WiU check with the Port
steward about getting all Grade A
meat.

Oct. 23—Chairman, George Gien­
non; Secretary, Ben D. Buck. Ship's
delegate reported that one oiler, one
deck engineer and one 3rd cook paid
off and went to the hospital in New
Orleans. Ship's delegate to see chief
engineer regarding rusted water and
make a check on the wasliing ma­
chine. Steward requested to put out
more Juices.

CITY OP ALMA (Waterman), Jan.
29—Chairman, Pat Fox; Secretary, Vic
Harding. Ship's delegate will call for
a patrolman to board ship at San
Francisco to square away beefs rela­
tive toi milk In- Japan, fruit juices,
and Ihe general downgrading of the
food situation. The baker's ability has
been in question. The heating system
aft Is inadequate. Several crewmem-
bers are leaving at San Francisco.
Repair lists have been submitted. Del­
egate requests a replacement atter
San Francisco. 811.40 in ship's fund.
No beefs or disputed OT reported.

INES (Bull), Jan. 22—Chairman, An­
derson J. Johnet; Secretary, Roger L.
Hail. No beefs or disputed OT re­
ported. Baker asked the crew to
keep authorized personnel out of
messhalls and passageways, and key
to messhall to be kept by gangway
man.

STEEL ARCHITECT (Isthmian), Jan.
15—Chairman, F. Nataie; Secretary,
E. Hauser. Ship's delegate resigned.
E. R. Hauser. elected new ship's dele­
gate. Discussion of safety of ladders
on king posts and masts. Captain
states these will be repaired or re­
placed while In shipyard in April.

JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Vic­
tory Carriers), Jan. 22 — Chairman,
E. C. Goings; Secretary, C. J. Oliver.
One brother missed ship In New York.
No one received his gear before leav­
ing. R. J. Landry. OS. missed ship In
Casablanca, gear aboard ship. 810.52
in ship's fund. Motion was made to
elect new ship's delegate. Brother
Walsh was re-elected as ship's dele-

FORT HOSKINS (Cities Service),
Feb. 5—Chairman, L. Curry; Secre­
tary, G. Swift. L. Boren elected new
ship's delegate. 812 In ship's fund.
Delegates will prepare repair lists
and submit same to ship's delegate.
New shower heads needed.

STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian), Jan.
113—C.'halrman, H. Fruge; Secretary,

J. Fein. No beefs reported. Excel­
lent cooperation from the captain and
crew. 826 in ship's fund. 83 spent
for clgaretts and shaving gear for
repatriated seaman. Ship needs fumi­
gation.

MARYMAR (Caimar), Feb. 5—Chairs
man, E. P. Burke; Secretary, C. A.
Murrah. Ship's delegate reported
everything running smoothly. Crew
complains about Insufficient hot water
-In showers and will refer same to

Satrolman and headquarters. Repair
at to be turned In before arrival.

ROBIN HObo (Robin), Jan. 29 —
Chairman, M. Watson; Secretary, R.
Dedowski. Ship's delegate reported
everything running smoothly. Ship's
delegate will resign as he has served
the previous trip. One man missed
ship. Motion was made to make up
ship's fund. Ship's delegate will act
as treasurer.

CITIES SERVICE BALTIMORE
(Cities Service), Jan. 19i1—Chairman,
G. Philipps; Secretary, C.S. Ernest.
Crew urged to fill out beneficiary
cards for Welfare Plan. Ship's dele­
gate will resign at payoff, and a vote
of thanks was extended lo him for a
Job well done. E. Ernest elected new
ship's delegate. Flowers were sent
to funeral of A1 Stansbury. $.12 left
In ship's fund, collection wfll be taken
at payoff. Deck delegate Miller re­
signed and a vote of thanks v. >..;•
tended to him for a job well. done.
The matter of the quantity and dis­
pensing of fresh ntilk, and the lack
of proper face soap will be discussed
with patrolmna at payoff.

ATLAS (Cargo & Tankship), Feb. F
—Chairman, Charles Toulon; Secre­
tary, A. Panogoposko. No major
beefs aboard ship. Everything Is run­
ning along smoothly. Ship's fund.
8114.15. Bosun has keys to coke ma­
chine and ship's funds.

PENN VANGUARD (Penn Shipping),
Jan. 28—Chairman, H. T. Brown; Sec­
retary, W. W. Bickford. Ship's dele­
gate reported that the captain will
put out travelers' checks In Spain.
Delegate to take up draw list. No
beefs reported. Everything running
smoothly. Ship's fund to be started
to take care of expenses.

NATIONAL DEFENDER (National
Shipping), Feb. 5—Chairman, J. C.
Wallace; Secretary, S. M. Simoi. 827
was in ship's fund from previous voy­
age, and- magazines and books were
purcha.sed. All departments reported
no beefs. Discu.ssion regarding ship'*
gangway to be rigged In every port
and al.sn while the ship la on the
hnok. ALSO dlarus.;ilon . .-rjvding driiWJ
In foreign- ports not being put out
on the right day and time,



Mareli. 1961 SEAFARERS LOG Fare Thirty-One

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FINANCIAL NEPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and In-
land 'Vaters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's
money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit
every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the mem­
bership. All Union records are available at GIU headquarters In Brooklyn.
Should any member, for any reason, be refused hJs constitutional right to In­
spect these records, notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mall, return
receipt requested,

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TRUST FUNDS, All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland
Waters District are administered In accordance with the provisions of various
trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in
charge of these funds shall consist equally of union and management represent­
atives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust fundi
are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund
financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds.
If, at any time, you are denied Information about ahy SIU trust fund, notify
SIU President Paul Hall at SIU headquarters by certified mall, return receipt
requested.

WM:

SHIPPING RIGHTS, Your shipping rights and seniority are protected by the cou-
tracTs of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland 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
ceipt requested.

lONTRACTS, Copies of all SIU contracts arfe available In all SIU halls. These
contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard
ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing
for or on the proper sheets and In the proper manner. If, at any time, any
SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your
contract riglits properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. In addition,
notify SIU Presidenf Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested. ,

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EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG, The LOG has traditionally refrained from
publishing any article serving the political purposes of any Individual In the
Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deem­
ed liarmful 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 Is vested in an edi­
torial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Exec­
utive Hoard may delegate, from'among Its ranks, one Individual to carry out
this responsibility.

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PAYUENT OF MONIES, No monies are to be paid to anyone In any official capacity
In the slu unless an official Union receipt Is given for same. Under no cir­
cumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given
such receipt. If in the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be
made witliout 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 immediately be called to the attention
of GIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested.

COH.STITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months In
the GEAF.ARERS LOG a verbatim copy of Its constitution. In addition, copies
are available In all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this
constitution so as to familiarize themselves with Its contents. .Any time you
feel any member or officer Is attempting fo 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 mall, return receipt requested.

RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension bene.-
flts have always been encouraged to continue their union activities. In­
cluding atlendance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members
at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all
rank-and-file functions. Including service on rank-and-file committees.
Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership
has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain
their good standing throvigh the waiving of their dues.

Underwriter Questions Tanker Safety
LIVERPOOL—Are tankers becoming too large to be safe? The chairman of the Liver­

pool Underwriters' Association raised this question at the groun's annual meeting.
Figures on tankers lost for 1960 were the highest recorded since the end of World

•.•War II, Total losses were 114
vessels amounting to 418.195
dpadweipht tons.

The insurance man declared:
"One cannot help wonderin.q
whether the size of tankers has not
advanced in two respects beyond
the margin of safety—their fire
hazard and their unwieldiness navi-
gationally."

The bigger ships, by their size,
make firefighting more difficult
and, of course, also offer more
op.uortunity for fires to build U.J.

The British Insurance spokes.nan
pointed out the dangers of tanker
operation in confined waters by
citing the accident in the Bosporus
late last year. Two large tankers
collided, caught fire and then drift
ed into a Turkish steamer wiiicii
also was gutted.

Editor,
SEAFARERS LOG.
675 Fourth Ave.,
Brooklyn 32, NY

I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—
please put my nome on your moiling list. Crim information)

NAME . , .

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CITY .ZONE STATE.
TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you of* on old subscriber and hovo a chongo
of address please give your former address below:

ADDRESS

CITY ZONE.. STATE

; Cinnnar Johansen
Contact Frank L, Johnson or

Charles D. Johnson, attorneys, 16
N. Broad Street, Woodbury, New
Jersey,

Robert Martin Glynn
Contact Rutgers University Book

Store, New Brunswick, N. J,

William P. Buttner
Contact C. J. Brandt, Department

of Welfare, 330 Jay Street, Brook­
lyn 1. N.Y,

The following men should con­
tact -Mr. Testa, at PLaza 2-0350,
New York City, collect. Important:

John Abraham, Frank Brazell,
Anthony Civello, Kenneth Collins,
Cecil Diltz, William Doyle, Thomas
Driscoll, Herbert Engeler, Frank
Findley, Angelo Glynos, Harold
Goodman, Martin Bjork, B. R.
Kitchens, Danny Masheioff.

Also, Thomas McCaffrey, Michael
Miller, Denis O'Connor, Carlos
Petrantoni, Raymond Reddick,
Philip Saline,. Julius Scott, Dan
Sheehan, Robert Smith, Jr.,
Thomas Smith, Chang Sun, Nicho­
las Swokia, Frank Timmons.

Arthur W. Cornman
Ore Navigation has some mail for

you. Please contact the company at
25 Broadway, New York City.

Joseph Hudson
Contact George M. Brandt, at­

torney, Suite 402, American-Na­
tional-Building, Lexington and Lib­
erty Sts., Baltimore 1, Md,

-Melvin Jackson
Get in touch with Mrs. J. C.

Brossett, 202 W, Bienville Drive,
Chickasaw, Ala.

Ralph T, Mueller
Please contact E. Calvert, Bu­

reau of Child Welfare, New York
City Dep t of Welfare, 250 Church
St., NYC,

Andrew Kinney
Contact your brother Michael at

25 South St., NYC.
Darvis Clay Jones

Urgent that you contact your
wife Emiko at No. 8-4 Chome, Ya-
kusi Dori, Na Da-Ku, Kobe, Japan.

Terrence McNee
Please contact Ed Kennedy or

Leon White at 2745 Yarnold Road,
Baltimore Highlands, Baltimore,
Md.

J. C. Cyr
Important that you contact your

mother at 134 Blake St., Lewiston,
Maine or at St. Mary's Hospital,
Lewiston, immediately.

Edward J. (Smokey) Lane
Get in touch with William Fives

to pick up some mail.
William Turlington

Very important that you get in
touch with Lewis Van Benschoten,
Route 7, Box 151K, Jacksonville
5, Florida.

Joseph Roberts
Urgent that you send correct ad­

dress to Tomiko Tada, 2-5 Shioiri-
cho, Yokosuka, Japan so that you
can be contacted about an impor­
tant matter.

Mitchell T, Reed
Please contact your cousin Paul

at the Mobile Union Hall. 1 South
Lawrence St.

Erie William Johnson
Write to Ruth Richardson, 320

Seventh St., Lake Charles, La.
Martin Ohstrom

Contact Edith Polamho at 1431
John St., Baltimore, Md. or Laf­
ayette 3-1540. Allen R. Nauman is
in a TB hospital.

Charles Lynskey
Urgent that you contact your

mother at 5545 We.sfpark Drive,
North Hollywood, Calif.

Foster
Kindly get in touch with your

wife. Rose Foster, 609 Observer
Highway, Hoboken, NJ.

John H, Murray
Important that you contact your

son at Brownell St.

Ex-Pacific Ocean
Checks from the SS Pacifie

Ocean are waiting for the follow­
ing men from Newton Schwartz,
310 West Building, 817 Main at
Walker Sts., Houston 2, Texas,
Phone: CA 4-6541: Lai Mon Gong,
Gardon Dalman, Wm. McDonald,
Thomas Finch, and Fcderick Litsh. ^

Fred Fleischmann
Please call your mother.

Andrew (Andy) Costelo
Shipmate Leo Tartakoff, 139

Ocean Ace., Santa Monica, Calif,,
would like to hear from you,

Uldarico Merjudio
Contact your daughter, Mrs,

Helen Dogo, No. 161 Indian Field
Road, Poquonnock Bridge, Conn,
Headquarters is also holding mail
for you.

James Stoddard
Sister, Mrs. Helen S. Helmer,

23 Donald Place, .Statcn Island 10,
NY, wants to contact you.

James McCrcvery
Important that you contact your

mother, Mrs. Rosa Smith, 119 East
2nd North Street, Morristown,
Tenn. Headquarters also has some
mail for you.

Antonio Ibarra
Contact Paul C. Matthews, Aat-

torney at Law, 11 Broadway, NY
4, NY.

James E, Kircbner
Send your address to Earl. Im­

portant letter here.
L, C. Hannon

Please contact Rodney F. Han­
non at Box 13, Trinidad, Calif.

Steve J, Thayer
Important you contact your

mother and Philip at Sutton, W.
Va.

James J, Gorman
Your mother is anxious to hear

from you. Anyone knowing the
whereabouts of this man is asked
to contact Mrs. Mary E. Gorman,
21-57 33rd St., Astoria, NY.

~ Joseph Funk
Your sister, Mrs. Irene Fitz-

patrick, 1539 Skunk Street, Phila­
delphia 45, Pa., would like to hear
from you.

W. R. Perry
Contact Mrs. Ed Queenan, Route

No. 3, Box 218X, Lake Charles,
Louisiana.

SIU HAMJ
DIRECTORY I

SIU Atlantic, Gulf
Lakes & Inland Waters

District
PRESIDENT

Paul Hall
EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT

Cai Tanner
VICE PRESIDENTS

Claude Simmons Lindsey WiUiamo
Earl Sheppard A1 Tanner

SECRETARY-TREASURER
A1 Kerr

HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES
BIH Hall Ed Mooney Fred Stewart
B.tLTlMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St.
Rex Dickey, Asent EAstern 7-4900
BO.STON 276 State St.
John Arabasez, Agent Richmond 2014O
DETROIT 10225 W. Jefferson Ave,
Paul Drozak. Agent VTnewood 3-4741
HEADQUAKIERS 675 4lh Ave.. Bkl.vn

HYacinth 9-6000
HOUSTON 4202 Canal St,
R. Matthews, Agent CApital 3-4089: 3-408C
JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St.. SE.. .lax
William Morris, Agent El-gin 3-0987
MIAMI 744 W Flaeler St,
Ben Gonzales, Agent FRanklin 7-3564
MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St.
Louis Neira. .Agent HEmim-k 2-17.54
NEW ORLEANS . 630 Jackson Ave.
Buck Stephens, Agent .. Tel. 529-7546
NEW YORK 673 4th Ave. Brooklyn

HYacinth 9-rfiOO
NORFOLK 416 CoHey Ave.
Paul Gonsorchik, Agent .MAdison 7-1083
PHILADELPHIA 2604 S 4th St.
S. Cartiullo. Agent DEwey 6-3818
SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St.
W.nlter Sibley. .Agent Douglas 2-4401
SANTURCE. PR 1313 Fernandez Juntos,

Stop 20
Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep. Phone 2-.5996
SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave.

I i-il Hahkiiu'ski, Agent Main 3 4.334
WILMINGTON, Calif 305 N Marine Ave.
Reed Humphries, Agent Terminal 4-2528



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FILLING out crew lists may seem
like another tedious chore, but it
is on important assist in helping

the Union maintain approwiate mem­
bership records. For one thing, should
a Seafarer become ill. or suffer miury
and have to be hospitalized o««eas.
it would assist in speeding repatriation
for the Union to hove immediate ac-
cess to its own set of crew lists and
check out thot he signed aboard a
specific ship. Sirnilarly. if any Sea­
farer's dependent had fo be hospital­
ized. or filed for a welfare benefit
while the Seafarer was away, a check
of a crew list could quickly determine
whether a Seafarer had signed on ttie
specified vessel. That would prove
that he had the necessary'current sea-
time for benefit eligibility.

Of course, information can be ob-
toined from shipping companies on
such matters, but in many instances,
becouse company offices may be in
outports. or for other reasons, some
time may elapse before the intorma-
tion is available. Company crew lists
may be outdated and certainly are not
as accurate as that drawn up by a
ship's delegate on -the spot.

The spot check of the crew list can
assure a Seafarer's family benefit eli­
gibility until the Welfare Plan receives
formal proof from the shipping com­
pany from its payroll lists after the
payoff. The latter tnight not be forth­
coming for several months.

The crew list then, is useful both to
the Union for its records and to the
Seafarer and his family. They should
be filled out as directed and sent in to
the Union's record department at
headquarters.