http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/9314e465c98b8b771b1993e62ecff683.PDF 09f8df8c8820d39163a848a443d9dfa6 PDF Text Text SlU Wins Esso Division Vote Story On Page 3 SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAI, UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO 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.) �Fac« Two SWdWJimMRS LOG mnngh, M61 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-^" port a Maritime Federation of tariffs in this area, adding that itime and fishing industries the Caribbean in conjunction even in the Federal school lunch in the United States. with other democratic unions program, 80 percent of the fish that area, as proposed by purchased is from foreign sources. Delegates attending the in the Maritime Trades Depart­ Weller praised the SIU for the convention from SIUNA ment, and suggested that "forceful steps" it has taken to affiliates in Alaska, Canada, headquarters be set up in San salvage the domestic shipping in­ Juan. the continental United States and dustry. He repudiated the accusa­ Puerto Rico heard reports on or­ • They specifically supported tion that trade unions were in any ganizing gains involving several the position of thg National Com­ way responsible for the industry's thousand workers on the Great mittee on Maritime Bargaining on problems. "Featherbedding is not Members of SIU Puerto Rico Division sit under common­ Lakes, in the West Coast, in the the need to revise Government and our problem as it is said to be else­ . Inland Boatmen's field and in industry approaches on sych issues where" he declared. On the con­ wealth flag as they attend proceedings on first day of the Puerto Rico. They resolved to con­ as subsidies, domestic shipping, trary, the existing domestic trade SIUNA convention in San Juan. tinue the effective organizing pro­ MSTS competition with private operations are a "model of mecha­ grams which have been so success­ shipping and others. nized efficiency.".The problem lies • Delegates also ptaced particu­ instead in the railroads' "reckless ful in the past two years. lar emphasis on the need for re­ campaign'"' to destroy shipping. Prior to approving steps aimed viving domestic trades and on pro­ The close ties which have been at rejuvenating the maritime in­ tecting American-flag fishing op­ forged between seamen's unions on dustry so as to protect and expand erations, as. well as the fisheries the issue of joint bargaining were job opportunitie.s, the convention "heard a report from SIUNA Presi­ themselves, now threatened with" pointed up by Ed Altman, president depletion by an upsurge of Soviet of the Marine Engineers Beneficiaj dent Paul Hall in which he in­ fishing activity. Association. One of the objectives dicted the "flabby management" of • They voted their unani­ of4he joint bargaining approach is American-flag shipping. Labor must The SIUNA convention acted on 47 resolutions tJealing mous support for the princi­ to obtain revisions in the operation take the lead in providing a fresh with a wide variety of issues confronting the Union and the ples of vigorous organizing in of US shipping so as to make it an approach to the problems of the all areas so as to continue the rest of the labor movement. The following represents a samp­ effective industry and help pre­ industry and must work with man­ impressive growth of the in­ ling of some of the more im-*" serve and expand job opportunities agement in developing new ideas ternational union. portant issues taken up by the of the present membership and for seamen. MEBA attorney' Lee on the subsidy issue and on. re­ • Strong support was voted for to organize the unorganized. convention. Pressman, who also addressed the vision of the 1936 Merchant Ma­ the AFL-CIO program of social HEALTH AND SAFETY: Would meeting, charged that major oil rine Act so that US shipping can legislation including medical care DOMESTIC TRADE: Pledges to promote and intensify medical companies were road-blocking the cope "with the realities of world for the aged and aid to housing and intensify efforts to secure revival and safety programs for the proprogram Because they do not want trade." of the coastwise industry and as­ tecfion of Union members; expand education. US operators to. discuss the runa­ sure representation for the ship­ clinic operations; bring foreign Subsidies Inadequate • They revamped the structure way issue with seamen's unions. ping industry on the ICC. deof the SliJNA, providing for a Among urgent needs, he ship safety standards up to those Seek Peaceful Solution dared, were subsidy aid in the broadened executive group to dis­ of the US, and strengthen PHS. SUBSIDY: Support steps to over­ In the international labor arena ANTI-TRUST ABUSE OF FISH­ bulk ore and oil import trades and charge international union respon­ aside from acting on the Caribbean haul the subsidy program in light ERMEN: Exfend the coverage of in domestic shipping. Present sub­ sibilities. of changing patterns of foreign the Taft-Hartley Act to fishermen The five-day meeting at the La Federation, the delegates agreed trade. sidies, limited lo a small segment and end anti-trust abuse through of package trade, no longer meet Concha hotel heard a good deal on as recommended by the ^ interna­ tional affiliations committee, that AUTOMATION AND MAN- prosecution for price-fixing. the requirements of existing trade the subject of domestic shipping from two major speakers, Senator a peaceful solution should be NING: Served notice on manage­ BANKRUPTCY SAFEGUARDi patterns. E. L. "Bob" Bartlett (Dem.-Alaska) sought to the dispute between the ment that it intends to take all Endorse provisions to assure.sea­ The vehicle for a joint laborSIU of Canada and the National management approach in this area, and John Weller, president of Sea- Union of Seamen of Great Britain. necessary steps to protect exist­ men of prompt payment of wages he said, is the National Committee train Lines. Senator Bartlett A committee is to be appointed to ing manning scales and play a role and benefits in event of financial difficulties. for Maritime Bargaining composed pointed up the twin problem of resolve the issues arising out of in determining scales for newer ship types. QUOTAS ON FISH IMPORTS: domestic shipping—high freight of ten seamen's unions. Support Federal legislation to pro­ rates to offshore areas such as the NUS charge against the Cana­ CIVIL RIGHTS: Strongly sup­ vide American fishermen with ade­ The convention subsequently Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico dians before the International passed a resolution wholly support­ coupled with a decline in ship Transportworkers Federation. The ports the AFL-CIO Council's call quate share of domestic market. ing the committee's program and operation in that trade. He criti­ dispute arose originally out of the for a Federal Fair Employment SEARS-ROEBUCK BOYCOTT: calling upon those unions still out­ cized the failure of the Maritime practice of Canadian shipowners in Practices Act. Support Retail Clerks Internation­ side the committee to join it in Administration, the Interstate Com­ using the British flag to escape WATERFRONT COMMISSION: al Association boycott against its attack on the problem besetting merce Commission and other agen­ Canadian wage scales. Reaffirms its vigorous opposition Sears-Roebuck and its anti-union Nationally, the convention agreed the shipping industry. policy. cies to come forth with solutions of to affiliate the SIUNA with the to any extension of Waterfront Among other significant actions any kind in this area. PUBLIC HEALTH HOSPITALS: Commission authority and sup­ of the convention were the follow­ Turning to the fishing industry. Railway Labor Executive Associa­ ports legislative enactment of Reaffirm long-standing support of ing: the Public Health Hospital system Senator Bartlett noted the need tion. The convention approved the safeguards for longshoremen and by the Union and asks for more • Delegates voted to sup­ for either quota restrictions or maritime workers. findings of the international union generous appropriations and faiier executive . board on charges filed MARITIME FEDERATION OF interpretation of 90-day admisin the Marine Cooks and Stewards THE CARIBBEAN: Urges the es­ rule. Union. The charges led to exten­ tablishment of the Federation as LANDRVM-GRIFFIN: Took parsive public hearings by the inter­ soon as possible with headquar­ ^ticular exception to bonding pro­ national on the West Coast last ters in San Juan, Puerto Rico. visions of the Act, among others, August. because of enormous costs imposed NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR upon unions which benefit nly th^ International union officers The SlU inland Bootmon The SlU Industrifiil Worker MARITIME BARGAINING: Asks bonding companies. elected for the next two-year terms —Pages 8, 9 —Page 25 were: Paul Hall, President; Morris for efforts to obtain the partici­ • Weisberger, Hal Banks and Cal pation of all American maritime SlU Safety Department Turner, executive vice-presidents unions in this program as in the SlU Social Security Dep't —Page 7 for the Pacific District, Canada and best interest of American seamen —Page 13 March, 1961 Vol. XXIII, No. 3 the Atlantic, Gulf and Lakes Dis­ and' the maritime industry. • Digest Of SIUNA Convention Actions INDEX To Departments ^FAFARERS LOG The Pacific Coast Seafarer —Pages '^2. 23 • The Great Lakes Seafarer —Pages 10 11 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 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, 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 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. Second class postaBe paid at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under the Act of Aug. 24, 1912 �Harah, INl SEAFARERS LOG Pare Hire* SlU Wins Esso Division Vote Routs Esso 'Union' In San Juan Ballot V. 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-^ Oil, Chemical and Atomic ployees of Esso (Standard the Workers Union won an electioa Oil of New Jersey) in­ last year, ousting the local "inde­ association. volved in the distribution pendent" The Esso success was the latest of Esso products. in a series of significant victories The Puerto Rico Divi­ by the Puerto Rico Division. The sion won a collective bargain­ ing vote at Esso by a count of 55 to 34, with five challenged 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-^ er, included Baltimore Mayor J. ficially opened Monday, Feb­ opening the Santurce center. Other Harold Phil Goodman, pres­ guest included representatives ruary 25 in the Baltimore from government departments, the ident ofGrady; the City Council; Con­ ballots. As a result, the Division now represents the employees of three major oil company units In Puerto Rico—SheU, Socony-Vacuum 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 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 ValenclaBaxt 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 Union Hall, replacing a clinic lo­ cated some distance away from the medical profession, and other labor gressmen Garmatz and Friedel and Charles Delia, secretary-treasurer groups. center of Union activities. Guests at the open-house cere­ .of the Maryland State and District First Puerto Rican Clinic The Santurce eiinlc, located at monies at the Baltimore clinic, con­ of Columbia AFL-CIO, plus a large 1856 Fernandez Juneos Ave., Stop ducted the previous Saturday from turnout of Seafarers representa­ 26, was opened Thursday, March 2 to S p.m. in extremely bad weath­ tives from other unions and doctors. 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 NEW ORLEANS—The SIU started operations March 6 at its new address here, 630 clinics have x-ray, electro-cardio­ Jackson Avenue, as the new hall for Seafarers opened in this port. Widely-applauded by graph, urineanalysis and other la­ visitors as one of the finest halls anywhere in the country, the new hall is expected to beboratory service facilities. center of trade union The Baltimore center, considered come a The Teamsters supplied tho activity in the Crescent City. ed on the second deck and offers strip depicting union activities to have one of the largest outpa­ all health services available in the strike-breakers at Valencia-Baxt from the earliest days to the pres­ The new two-story building tient clinics in the city, is located other clinics in a fully-equipped ent. millet YiilH-. on the fourth deck of the Union that is locatbd at the intersection of center. The building is comfortably and I--SAN JUAN STAR hall. Its staff Is headed by Dr. Chippewa and Phillips Sts., about An unusual feature of the hall tastefully furnished throughout. Oscar Camp and Includes three four blocks from the Jackson Ave. Warch 18, 196l is a mural Illustrating the history All Seafarers who have baggage doctors, available at various times ferry landing. It is about two of the seamen's union movement. in the old hall are advised to claim of the day, three lab technicians miles from the old hall on Bien­ Designed and executed by LOG it as It will be disposed of shortly. Excerpt from "San Juan Star" and a clerical staff. ville St. Art Editor Bernard Seaman, the The new hall's phone is: tells of scabbing attempt. Dependent Days All Union services are now cen­ mural is a 140-foot continuous 529-7546. Tuesday and Thursday after­ get back in the Valencia-Baxt pic­ tered In the French colonial-style noons are set aside for the use of ture by supplying drivers to the building which covers an area ap­ Seafarer's wives, children and de­ proximately 110 feet by 135 feet company. pendent parents, while weekday plus suiTounding landscape and When this strikebreaking move mornings are devoted to Seafarers. parking facilities. was unsuccessful, he then em­ The Puerto Rican clinic will barked on an expedition to New French Quarter Style serve the almost 5,000 SIU mem­ York where he tried to hinder the The building, which is architec­ bers and their dependents In the operations of the SlU-contracted island, and it is estimated to be turally in keeping with the French Bull Line and other companies able to provide some 1,700-1,800 Quarter, has an open court and through use of pickets recruited outside veranda on the main deck. examinations per month. from non-Teamster sources. SIU's Medical Department on The landscaping includes palm Picketing Fails the island is headed by Dr. Rivera trees, lawns and arrangements of The attempt was unsuccessful as Hernandez of Hospital Rivera Her­ azaleas. Teamster Union members and Inside there is a cafeteria a bar­ nandez, Santurce. He will conduct members of the International Long­ the medical program with a full- becue area with nine spits, a TV shoremen's Association ignored th« time staff of six, including two theatre seating 81, an 850-seat au­ phony picket line. ditorium with a serving pantry, other doctors, plus a panel of medi­ The SIU had been certified as lounge area and a compact hiring cal specialists for consultation. collective bargaining agent at Val­ Delegates to the 10th Biennial hall u.sed exclusively to process Abovs is over-all view of first membership meeting In 850encia-Baxt after Valencia-Baxt em­ Convention of the SIUNA attended jobs. seat auditorium of New Orleans hall. Building has been ployees chose the SIU over ths the ribbon - cutting ceremonies The SIU medical clinic is locat­ open since March 6. Teamsters in an NLRB election. New Orleans SIU Starts Operations In New Building �SEAFARERS Face Foar Mafch, IMl LOG European Registry No Escape From US Unions, NLRB Hoids First Steward In Class 1-S 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 -fIndicates. American-owned and operates in Florida case, the Board went be­ . In holding that it had juris­ American-commerce, then it is yond the Florida finding in Indi­ diction over the Sea Level under the jurisdiction of American cating that it would apply a similar 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 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 ConCressional 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 Americanflag fleet, manned by citizen personnel... 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. 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 newlyindependent 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 4" t 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 jeeptype vehicles. 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 Seafarer Hicks And Children F»ge Fira LOG 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 by Curran that only one unlicensed the MTD meeting." seamen's union has a contractual maritime industry. 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 By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS Wage Earner Bankruptcies Rise "Our objective," Calhoon said, interest in the subsidy question if The National Committee for Maritime Bargaining speaks for US "is to use our bargaining strength completely false. The officers' un­ waterfront unions representing to compel shipping management to ions involved also represent em­ more than 70,000 seamen and come to grips with the serious ployees of these companies, as well waterfront workers and holding problems facing our industry. as other subsidized lines such af In regard to a strike arising from United States Lines, Grace Line contracts with 90 percent of the US-flag shipping industry. The these issues, Calhoon said, "The and Lykes Brothers. organization coordinates the collec­ union's power to strike is a factor "Certainly we have a stake in tive bargaining activities of unions in any bargaining situation. We're how these operators utilize their representing seamen and ships' not out to strike. We're out to de­ position as subsidized companies in officers on all coasts, the Great velop an effective program for US respect to the rest of the industry Lakes and the inland rivers and merchant ships to help save this and we intend to discuss the issue works closely with AFL-CIO long­ industry." at the bargaining table. Calhoon noted that the eight shoremen and waterfront truckmei\ "We have a good program to unions making up the bargaining work on, one which will be of bene­ and office workers. group have contracts covering 90 fit to all American seamen, and we Consider Subsidies The Natjonal Committee, Mr. percent of American-flag shipping certainly think all maritime unions Calhoon said, intends to call upon on all coasts, including virtually should join with us in helping es­ all of the subsidized segments of tablish a unified position for the representatives of the entire ship­ the shipping industry. "On the entire maritime industry." ping industry to meet shortly on unlicensed side," contrary to a pre­ Among the major unions partici­ such questions as the decline of vious statement by Curran, he pating in the National Committee domestic shipping, automation pointed out, "the Seafarers Inter­ for Maritime Bargaining are the aboard ship and ashore, the prob­ national Union of North America National Marine Engineers Benefi­ lem of American ownership,of ves­ holds contracts with such subsid­ cial Association, the International sels under runaway flags, the posi­ ized companies as American Presi­ Organization, Masters, Mates and tion of the American-flag bulk dent Lines, Moore - McCormack, Pilots, the Seafarers International cargo and tramp shipping fleets, Mississippi Shipping, Bloomfield Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and the competition offered by the Mili­ tary Sea Transport Service fleet SS Company, Pacific Far East Inland Waters District, the Sailors and the need for reevaluation of Lines and States Steamship Co., Union of the Pacific, the Marine approaching one-half of all Ameri­ Firemen's Union, the Marine Cooks the maritime subsidy program. (Ed. note: Contracts of the offi can subsidized steamship compa­ and Stewards, the Radio Officers cers' unions involved expire on nies. In addition, the SIU has con­ Union, the Staff Officers Associa­ June 15. The SIU contract is an tracts with other American steam­ tion. The International Long­ open-end agreement with the Union ship companies such as Isthmian, shoremen's Association, The Office free to reopen as of June 15 or Waterman and T. J. McCarthy, Employes Union and Local 807 of any other time on all contract whose subsidy applications have al­ the Teamsters, New York's water­ ready received unconditional ap­ front Teamsters local, participated items.) proval. Therefore, the statement as observers. Calhoon, who is secretary-treas­ urer of the National Marine Engi­ neers Beneficial Association, AFLCIO, 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 The Oil, Chemical & Atomic postal workers. This merger is discussed at the recent meeting of Workers will hold five conferences scheduled to become a three-way the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ in April as part of the union's pro­ amalgamation this spring when tho partment Executive Board and "the gram to determine uniform bar­ AFL-CIO affiliated Postal Trans­ NMU representative present, Sec­ gaining goals. The conferences will port Association reconvenes its retary-Treasurer Steve Federoff, elect two rank-and-file members to convention to act on a unification voted full support of the bargaining serve on the union's national bar­ agreement proposed by its officers. program. In action on a resolution gaining policy committee. Proposed Officials of the three unions have goals recommended by the com­ indicated that if the amalgamation mittee are subject to ratification goes through they will then meet by secret ballot vote of three- with the National Association of fourths of the local units affected. Letter Carriers to discuss "one big The goals will form the basis for union." industry negotiations later in the year. The number of bankruptcy cases,^ especially those involving- wageearners, 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 -Andi^tu^ This of the larger total number of bank­ is'^ur iiic" is OIL 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 debtextension 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 WASHINGTON — Proposals to laws in those states permit harsh collection method, such as severe garnishee procedures, and the requirement to pay a deficiency rectify the balance of trade defi­ ciency by taking the profits of run­ judgment even after the installment purchase has been repossessed. "Wage-earners subject to being fired by their employers for garnishees away American concerns who oper­ tend to take the extreme action of going into bankruptcy," Mr. ate in oversea's "tax havens" are Twinem toid this reporter. In New York State, he points out, a credit­ being attacked by the same taxor can take only ten percent of a man's wage, and no matter how evading companies. Bills introduced by Senator Al­ 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 bert Gore, (D-Tenn.), would in­ him witliout sufficient income to support his family. Seamen, of course, crease taxes on companies doing business through foreign subsidi­ are protected against garnishees by Federal law". aries, and would also increase taxes The WeKare Council of Metropolitan "Chicago also has urged the on profits from these investments. Illinois legislature to correct the notorious credit abuses there. The Companies aflected include the Council reports that in '59, the US District Court in Chicago handied runaway concerns. 10,000 bankruptcies, of which an estimated 88 percent involved wageThe proposed measures would earners, compared to only 300 in New York. affect runaway shipowners by tak­ The Council also points out that nine states, including Ohio and Penn­ ing profits they make operating sylvania, and a'so the District of Columbia, do not allow wage assign­ out of Liberian or other foreign ments while some states, like Indiana, at least require that wage as­ registry. Their opposition to the signments be agreed to in advance by employer and the employee's wife. bills, which would make their taxes When you sign a wage assignment, you give your creditor the right to similar to those paid by US con­ go to your employer to collect on your debts without first getting a cerns, prove union charges that court judgment. they use foreign flags toi» escape Another reason for the jump in bankruptcies" cited by many American taxes, as well as decent authorities, says the bar association committee, is careless and irrespon­ wages. sible credit practices, and the inciease in consumer credit. President Kennedy has said he Othef reasons include the increase in such basic living expenses as favors correction of the "abuses" housing and rent, and sudden expenses such as medical emergencies. of tax havens. Runaways Hit Bills To End 'Havens' 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 AFLCIO 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. 4Employer violations of the FailLabor 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 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 Philadelphia Baltimore Detroit Houston New Orleans Mobile April 3 April 4 April 5 April 7 April 10 April 11 Aoril 12 J �.,.:i«->-.-| 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 ««• la Offt Oai Traat.TOTAC l«i>ea 0 New Yerii ... .37 16 niiladelplila .. 4 3 Raitimore ... .14 4 Notfolh 1 Jacktenvlilc .. B 0 MIQIHI ....... 1 - 0 Mobile 8 New Orleoai. .12 's Houttoa .... 14 6 Wilmlnqten .. . 1 0 San FranclKO. . 2 3 Seattle ...... 11 10 TOTALS 121 56 10 33 28 18 18 20 9 6 30 59 '8 10 4 253 16 86 3B 36 24 2B 10 20 50 * 79 9 15 25 430 DECK DEPARTMENT e « Port Boston New York Philadelphia.?. Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Miami Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS Registered CLASS A Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 12 3 ALL 12 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 13 0 6 6 1 1 2 3 3 1 3 9 0 0 0 0 32 67 16 115 0 37 36 10 27 58 17 111 3 27 8 16 8 17 4 29 0 7 5 3 17 26 0 4 4 6 10 4 15 40 60 3 5 10 18 31 7 25 36 3 4 5 4 12 5 8 16 0 3 2 5 3 3 3 7 0 1 2 3 1 8 17 3 9 0 7 10 20 4 5 0 9 0 1 2 3 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 20 9 44 0 8 12 11 4 17 9 37 1 5 6 12 37 49 17 103 7 33 22 11 15 46 18 86 1 1 4 6 55 19 115 2 41 77 46 40 35 73 29 148 7 19 25 51 3 6 3 12 2 2 6 10 0 4 4 8 0 0 0 0 9 24 38 3 5 6 11 4 2 7 3 14 0 4 5 9 19 27 4 50 6 14 13 33 15 8 52 5 29 19 1135 199 330 86 1 615 26 112 140 1 278 156 287 100 543 20 70 78 168 Shipped CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED GROUP CLASS 1 2^ 3 ALL A B 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 18 111 5 13 27 0 0 0 0 26 10 0 1 1 2 36 12 0 0 0 0 7 3 3 0 3 9 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 37- 12 0 0 0 1 1 86 6 0 0 2 * 2 148 51 0 0, 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 1 14 9 1 . 4 10 15 50 35 5 11 27 • 43 541 168 Registered 0n The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP C ALL 12 3 ALL 12 8 ALL 0 9 10 17 31 1 2. 4 7 4 18 156 69 139 29 237 0 13 28 41 36 14 0 18 36 0 2 2 4 4 50 30 2 73 76 11 117 3 22 48 10 7 0 19 2 2 7 11 11 1 15 6 3 17 25 4 7 20 2 9 1 1 7 0 0 0 1 1 9 •0 49 34 38 78 12 0 6 0 1 11 93 68 26 29 62 1 93 24 185 7 2 201 84 36 20 90 6 15 19 40 0 8 11 11 22 3 8 8 19 0 .J 63 3 24 26 32 10 4 17 5 15 100 14 "14 32 4 4 9 9 22 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 Registered CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 1 2 S ALL 123 ALL 0 7 7 011 2 13 63 82 4 23 17 44 1 20 22 0 14 5 6 32 40 3 15 14 32; 2 12 12 2 7 5 0 4 7 14 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 15 28 0 4 9 13 78 0 14 15 12 62 29, 20 74 103 3 52 26 81 2 10 12 0 13 4 2 13 17 14 4 9 3 24 34 0 11 11 22 68 331 43 I 442 13 132 109 I 254 Shipped Shipped CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 123 ALL 12 3 ALL 1 8 0 5 5 2 3 18 67 93 5 20 17 42 3 17 24 1 10 5 4 28 1 4 17 11 4 6 1 3 1 3 4 8 0 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1|1 2 16 25 0 8 5 8 46 62 2 23 8 13 24 75 15 114 5 24 28 57 0 2 2 3 4 0 2 1 2 13 4 19 0 2 1 3 22 3 26 31 1 13 12 69 28^"^ 4M "l7 93 94 I 204 J Shipped CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP 1 3 ALL A 2 C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 B 3 ALL 2 5 10 1 0 0 1 1 8 1 14 1 7 3 2 0 2 17 93 3 6 8 42 17 152 30 93 23 146 6 56 23 27 35 2 0 0 38 0 1 1 24 10 1 31 6 6 5 0 0 41 11 0 2 28 11 2 2 69 76 4 84 3 41 32 15 6 0 0 7 0 0 8 0 7 7 14 2 4 1 1 0 8 6 16 0 7 2 8 7 1 5 2 0 5 3 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 42 13 4 0 4 25 13 4 3 6 34 5 52 0 3 7 2 3 2 7 62 23 92 32 . 84 46 7 123 1 22 23 2 3 10 114 57 10 181 37 28 5 43 88 4 7 8 17 0 0 1 4 8 4 1 3 1 12 17 1 12 6 5 1 0 0 19 3 0 0 0 22 7 16 34 5 46 1 6 9 0 64 2 3 7 31 • 26 7 4 19 8 6 14 4 25 0 7 58 421 204 58 683 146 441 67 654 19 1.36 124 1 "279 29 22 STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTALS Regisferec1 Regisferec1 Shipped Shipped CLASS A CLASS B CLASS A CLASS B G ROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2-3 ALL 12 3 ALL 12 3. ALL 1 2 0 3 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 4 0 0 23 7 44 74 3 2 22 27 20 68 0 26 9 39 3 23 5 3 5 13 0 0 6 6 4 3 7 14 0 9 0 9 19 8 24 51 1 1 21 23 7 3 14 2 24 0 0 2 3 2 1 6 1 2 5 8 0 7 3 7 6 9 0 0 6 2 5 13 2 1 2 5 2 3 0 3 5 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 9 4 25 38 0 0 17 17 6 1 17 9 9 24 0 0 15 6 69 90 1 2 34 37 10 6 52 20 68 0 0 20 35 10 29 74 10 8 22 40 33 13 •35 • 81 .1 48 1 46 3 3 2 8 1 0 2 3 3 2 1 3 7 0 0 2 14 5 12 31 0 0 9 9 6 3 2 0 2 8 17 0 9 4 13 26 5 0 13 18 14 5 15 21 34 1 0 20 56 229 1 429 24 144 155"1 195 109 47 203 359 2 4 144 1 "150 DECK ENGINE STEWARD GRAND TOTALS Registered CLASS A • GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 199 330 86 615 68 331 43 442 144 56 229 I 429 411 717 358 jl486 Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Miami Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle^ Shipped CLASS C f- TOTAL SHIPPED Registered Oi1 The Beach CLASS A CLASS B CLASS GROUP GROUP GROUP 3 ALL A 1 2 C ALL 12 3 ALL 12 3 ALL B 6 3 4 4 9 3 0 0 0 4 1 4 3 0 3 6 0 19 19 68 0 26 19 113 71 25 98 194 5 53 1 47 8 14 31 8 6 23 0 0 0 8 8 9 9 7 7 0 90 3 1 24 27 38 0 0 1 1 2 14 38 3 29 35 17 14 21 1 0 0 1 1 9 7 1 5 2 3 2 6 8 5 16 8 15 3 3 3 8 0 7 0 5 3 3 9 0 0 4 S 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 33 33 0 0 24 0 84 0 0 0 14 37 0 31 9 31 89 52 1 68 20* 1 0 0 1 11 98 161 3 67 4 60 10 81 47 3 0 12 15 0 10 48 10 139 20 8 20 31 3 7 12 8 14 2 0 0 3 2 3 4 2 0 6 8 20 20 7 14 41 1 0 d 1 I 17 2 1 1 13 IS 60 9 5 34 5 3 10 22 3 0 4 21 1 1 11 15 24 232 283 3 1 -57-11 61359 150 61 1 570 286 106 331 723 27 SUMMARY Registered Registered On TOTAL Shipped Shipped Shipped CLASS B CLASS A SHIPPED CLASS A CLASS C CLASS B GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 123 ALL 123 ALL 123 ALL 1 2 3 ALL A . B C ALL 12 3 ALL 26 112 140 278 156 287 100 I 543 20 70 78 168 43 541 168 43 752 324 509 111 I 944 11 27 13 132 lOS 254 69 287 -65 | 421 17 93 94 "204 7 29 22 58 421 204 58 683 146 441 67 I 654 24 16 155 195 109 47 203 I 359 61 359 150 61 570 28^ 106 331T723 1 57 4 144 150 3 63 260 404 727 334 621 368 |1323 39 167 316 j 522 iT 41 106 162 1321 522 162 2005 756 1056 509 |232i The Beach CLASS B GROUP 12 3 ALL 33 117 178 I 328 19 136 124 279 27 24 232 283 79 277 534 890 �March. IWl SEAFARERS LOG Vzge Sevea Coast Guard Seeks Regulation To Keep Helmsmen At VIheel 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." 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." Hose Inspection On Steel Flyer 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." Coast Guard Proposes Wheelhouse Rules The new rule, the Coast Guard In matters of safety, of course, we have to deal with some ticklish said, "resulted from the investiga­ problems here in the US, too. The Coast Guard just recently called tion of a recent collision" which attention to a particular one in the tanker field, where thanks to "revealed the vessel had been navi­ old "Iron Mike," the helmsman finds hiipself turned to on everything gated at times with only a licensed but what he's sIRtposed to be doing up there in the wheelhouse. This officer on watch, A comment on the present syspractice has been bothering tanker sailors for a long time, especially as the tankers get bigger, more complicated and carry more mixed, iem from Seafarer Donald Wagner dangerous loads. It's unfortunate there had to be an accident to bring appeareS in the November, 1960, Reeling in fire hose lines aboard the Steel Flyer after a Coast this situation in focus, but maybe there'll finally be some action taken SEAFARERS LOG. In detailing an imaginary Coast Gdard hearing on Guard inspection are deck department crewmen Ernie to change it. When things get modernized, we tend to forget that even Kuniekas and (rear) bosun Manuel Landron. Photo was if a Job only requires a man to press a button, that man has to be an imaginary ship collision, Wag­ ner come up with the following taken at Erie Basin after the vessel returned from a roundright on tap so he can push the right button at the right time. bit of dialogue: the-world trip. Education and training based on the lessons of the past is one of "Q—What was your heading? the best ways we know to keep reducing accidents on t^ie job and ashore. "A—I was head and shoulders The SIU Lifeboat and Upgrading School is continuing to do all it inside a ventilator. can in this direction to promote good seamanship and safety. The last "Q—Could the course have been figures available showed that 393 out of 404 trainees tested had changed? cleared the Coast Guard exam, a mark of better than 97 percent. "A—1 don't know sir, unless the mate changed it when I was mix­ SIU Vessels Receive Safety Awards ing paint up forward in the paint These results are really being felt aboard ship in boosting the safe­ locker. ty-awareness of the crews. In the same way, we now have a list of 51 "Q—Isn't it unusual for the awards to -SIU vessels for maintaining accident-free records over a quartermaster to be away from the full six-month-period. Nine of these awards are "repeats" for ships wheelhouse like this? who earned a six-month certificate once before. "A—No sir. It's the accepted HOUSTON—William G. Kellogg, 51, executive vice presi­ The nine ships which have won awards twice are the following: practice for the mate on watch to dent of the National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association Raphael Semmes (Sea-Land); Del Sol, Del Alba (Delta); Andrew Jack- relieve us this way. died here last week of a heart attack. "Q—Are you supposed to leave eon, Choctaw, Claiborne, De Soto, Iberville, Young American (Water­ Kellogg first became an offi-"*^' the navigation dock at any time? man), for a total of 18 awards. cial with the MEBA in 1946 In addition to his vice presi­ "A—Well, no sir. But I need this The single winners 'thus far are: Bienville (Sea-Land); Emilia, Edith, when he was elected business dent's position with the MEBA, job to support my wife and chil­ Elizabeth, Frances (Bull); Seatrains New Jersey, . Louisiana and manager of the Union's Local 99 Brother Kellogg also was a mem­ Georgia; Del Campo, Del Oro, Del Valle (Delta); Alcoas Corsair, Part- dren and . . . it's easier to go in Houston. He joined the or­ ber of the Union's National Admin­ along with the crowd. nei;, Patriot, Polaris, Ranger and Roamer; Steel Voyager and Steel ganization in the istrative Committee. "Q—Then I am to understand Architect (Isthmian); Petrochem (Val. Chemical); Robin Locksley More recently, the MEBA offi­ early 1930's and when you are on wheel watch, the (Robin); Wild Ranger, Chickasaw, Antinous, Hurricane, Kyska, Maiden cial assisted with the formation of sailed in various mate on watch assumes your duty Creek, Topa Topa, Warrior, City of Alma, Fairport, Wacosta, Yaka licensed ratings the National Committee for Mari­ as well as his own? (Waterman). until the end of time Bargaining, which will co­ "A—Yes sir. More and more ships in the SlU-contracted fleet are expected to World War II. ordinate the collective bargaining "Q—He has time for this? earn safety awards in the months ahead as more Seafarers learn to be Kellogg spent activity of most maritime unions, "A—Oh, yes sir. Any mate worth safety conscious. In addition to classes on seamanship, the Union pro­ his grits and redeye can keep his most of his sea- including the SIU motes safety through its information services in the SEAFARERS LOG eye on the compass, keep lookout time aboard tank­ He has been credited with se­ and other publications which are issued periodically. while he is taking his azimuth, ers and had curing port time off for engineer­ (Comments and suggestions are invited by the Department and can signs, fixes, bearing and working earned his chief ing officers on tankers and dry Kellogg be submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.f out problems, etc." engineer's papers. cargo vessels. Kello^, MEBA Gulf Leader, Dies At 55 'PIR00 AS-JKOl4ALiT^ bBLBClBPAS. ID fZlI>E ROcKEf INTO SFACE LAJ&Z rNlS YEMi. NEWS HEADLINES IN REVIEW MlBfCAtAi/7^/3TY OKAYS .SAYS IT WAS, INYBirm? iN CDBSSA BEFORE AJBWOKIEAYS* ASTTRONOMERB ASREE PFE B LIKELV oNorPER. WORLDS .PICK UP MESSAGES wny RADIO rELBBCOFEB, UptMPA^ I/^NNBDY £SrASUBN& PEACE CORPS ». YoLUSnEERS WILL WORK WilUoUrPAYi!^UWER'^ VBHELOPED COUmRiES^. COAkSO UNREST SPPBASS TO FORTOGUESE WEST. AFRICAi;.S. GUFPORlS CALL FOR iNY^Gi^OlN IN AREA . ^OUfHAFRiCA ciuiS BRiriSN COMMONWEALTP OVER RACE ISSUE. NEScrriATOFB FOR PEACE IN WORfH AFRICA. �Tag* BcU SEAFARERS -•SK; • LOG Ifarak, INl T= INZ^A •' r 'I Uv. t ; ^ • -fCst 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 undock .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 undocking. 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. 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 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 IBU Tugs Aid contract with National Marine Service after being stalled for many weeks by the firm, and at the same time won the right Ore Carrier ployees to represent the towboat em--* of Ellis Towing Com­ 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. trade between Houston and Gal­ pany after winning an NLRB veston to points as far away as election 15-12. The main features of the threeyear contract with National Marine include an immediate $20 acrossthe-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 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 TugFiremen's Convention In Benefits 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 In other convention actions the locals of the Union represent­ Tug Firemen: 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. Booklet Published On Railway Strike • 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. 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. 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 IBUcontracted Arundel Corp., which Is dredging a new channel forBethlehem 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. �• ^*'. Ifanfe, INl SEAFARERS 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 Recently, many railroads have Haven — had paid huge sal­ attempted to reduce manning aries to its top officers, their scales on both shoreslde and ma­ 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 Gaherin 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. rine equipment, charging that cer­ tain jobs were no longer necessary. LOG 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 ' business late last week at the either one of these groups has been directly represented at an 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 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.) Fare .Bdn* New Pacific IBU Ship 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 function is the transporting of in the various unlicensed posi­ passengers and vehicles between 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 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 IMl LOG ZaA Interlake Seamen's Committee Formed As P-M Men Seek SID Job Security Job Security Cards Mailed 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. *^ Headed by a ten-year vet­ M practice of bumping unlicensed just can't sit down and hope you eran with P-M, Dennis Mc­ seamen in favor of licensed officers have a job. You must have some 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 PM 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 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 cohimittee 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 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 bonafide 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 mailing had been completed 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 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 4" 4- 4" itime Department Port Duluth Busy Organizing CouncilTrades will be submitted for ap­ DULUTH—Tnis port has been proval March 29th at a meeting at busy with organizing activities in the Hamilton Hotel. preparation for the ^1961 season, 4 4" 4" reports 'port agent Gerald West­ Buffalo Shifting Jobs phal. In addition, all members in BUFFALO — SIU' Agent Roy this port have signed petitions apd mailed them to their respective Boudreau reports that shifting jobs Senators urging them to support are keeping a good number of sea­ the pending Senate bill which farers working in the Buffalo area. would make Great Lakes seamen He reports that a total of 52 men eligible for unemployment benefits are presently shipped from the in Ohio during the winter months. Buffalo hall. Registration is be­ coming heavier as the Great Lakes shipping season draws nean Thirty Cleveland Tight ships are laid up in Buffalo at the CLEVELAND — Although there present. is still Ice visible on Lake Erie, 4 4 4 Agent Stanley Wares reports that, Toledo Aids Strike unlike other years, this will not be TOLEDO — SIU members con­ a factor determining the opening of the shipping season. Economic tributed $100 to the strike relief conditions will be more important, fund of the Utility Workers Local he notes. Indications from the reg­ 349 in their beef with the Gas istration in the port of Cleveland Company in Toledo, Agent Ed as of March 1st indicates that there Doherty reports. The Toledo-based Toth Trans­ will be plenty of men available to portation Company will have their fill the jobs open at the start of three sandboats in operation, if the the sailing season. good weather continues, by the 4 middle of March.^ Chicago Looks Ahead Even though no'ships have begun CHICAGO—Regist.ation for the to fif out. Agent Doherty reports, coming season has been picking up sailors have been coming to the and seafarers, anxious to get back Toledo Hall in great numbers. The to work, have been reporting in hall is even busier now that the greater numbers to the Chicago MEBA has moved their, headquar­ hall. The Milwaukee Clipper has ters there and begun their organi­ been laid up Jn Muskegon i^ecause zation drive on the Great Lakes. 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. $• . 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. �s,:: jL HatiA. Ifil SEAFARERS Page Elevea LOG KES S Great Lakes Sends 3 To Convention. Visits Men in Detroit Hospitai 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 same ports under any circum­ trade. stances. In an executive order that Smith, during 1960, was the Fred Farnen, SecretaryTreasurer of the Great Lakes District; Stanley Thompson, Assistant Secretary-Treasurer; and Norman Jolicoeur, agent for the ^yent into effect the first of Febru­ spokesman for terminal operators Port of Alpena, were elected dele­ ary, the government directed that and the port authority in Duluthgates from the -Great Lakes Dis­ where the transportation costs of Superlor who attacked the SIU trict to the SIUNA annual con­ foreign aid cargoes • are paid by protest picketing against foreign vention in Puerto Rico. the United States they are to go ^ag vessels. At that time the SIU Final tabulation of votes from on American vessels. Otherwise, undertook Lakes-wide protest pick­ ports showed Farnen received 190 the transportation costs are to be eting against "runaway flag" ves­ votes; Thompson, 189 and Joli­ paid by the recipient nations. sels which were taking grain car­ coeur, 158. The International Co-operation goes and causing widespread un­ Six Write-ins Administration has already begun employment among American sea­ SIU Representativa Dick Hollingsworth of the Great Lakes John Avery, only other candidate putting the executive order into men. District headquarters in River Rouge visits Seafarers in the on the ballot received 70 votes and effect. Detroit UPHS Hospital. (L. to R.) Elmer Williams, AB; Fred ' Despite the fact that the grain a total of six wi'ite-ins were re­ The effect this action will have could have gone on American ves­ Miller, fireman; Robert Eaton, AB. ported by the Committee on Elec­ on the movement of grain cargoes sels and would have In no way tion. will have to wait the opening of harmed the Duluth-Superlor Port The Great Lakes delegation re­ the 1961 navigation season. Authority operations. Smith ported on the outstanding progress During 1960, foreign flag vessels launched a violent attack against of the Union in organizing many virtually captured the entire grain the American seamen's actions. non-union companies, such as trade, resulting in the loss of Roland & Cornelius, Relss, Pio­ DETROIT—As fitout time for the 1961 navigation season scores of cargoes that heretofore The executive order applies to flour, cornmeal, vegetable or ani­ neer, Buckeye and Stelnbrenner draws near on the Great Lakes, seamen are anxiously watch­ had been carried on American mal oils and other relief cargoes. over the past two years. They out­ Lakes boats. In addition to the executive order, lined the Union's plans for making ing for signs Indicating whether it will be a good or bad sea­ The government move comes on federal law requires that 50 per­ a determined effort this summer son. With recall of some ves­ the heels of the decision hy the to win representation rights in the sels' after-ends less than a outs or the dates they will begin AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Depart­ cent of all foreign aid cargoes moving. must move on American ships, re­ Pickands-Mather fleet as well as month'away, no clear-cut pat­ ment to take direct action against The cutback in steel production, the overall threat posed by foreign gardless of who pays the freight in remaining non-union operations tern has been developed to show the number of expected Vessel fit- the heavy movement of iron ore flag vessels to Lakes shipping. The bill. on the Lakes. on foreign flag vessels and the loss MTD will call a Lakes-wide con­ of the grain trade have led some ference in the near future of all The SIU Great Lakes Union Lakes observers to forecast a AFL-CIO maritime unions to map is a union of, by and for Great sharply reduced operating season. a campaign against foreign flag Lakes seamen which has made Anticipating a slow start of op­ vessels on the Lakes. tremendous progress in advanc­ erations, the SIU urged all men of Throughout the Great LaRes, ing the security of SIU men companies which wlil have reduced seamen and shipping companies sailing under its banner. One operations not to wait at their hailed the government move. The of its greatest accomplishments An increase in Great Lakes shipping was reported for the homes for calls to their vessels only public dissent came from the is the seniority and job security the event they are low on se­ Duluth - Superior Port Authority system which gives Lakes men last period as mora vessels began moving in an early start in in niority but to go to the SIU hall Director Robert Smith, who asked protection under the seasonal the Lakes shipping season, The combined total for this nearest their home and register the government to delay the order, shipping set-up. Once confined for work elalmlng it would be a "staggering to inland waters, activities of period is 156 men shipped period as the vessels began the blow to the development of the SIU men on the Lakes now have compared to 120 in the previ­ shipping season. greater significance with the St. Lawrence Seaway." ous period. Smith's attempt to stop the ex­ opening of the Seaway and its The Port of Detroit reports the ecutive order was answered by the use by hundreds of deep sea The Port of Chicago reported greatest number of men shipped SIU which pointed out that his ships. The Lakes have become the greatest increase with a total during this period with 73; the statement did not square with the America's fourth seacoast and of 26 men shipped, an increase of Port of Frankfort was-' seeond and facts, inasmuch as the cargoes af­ developments there are of in­ 15 over the last period. The Port Chicago third. fected are donated by the United creasing interest to all men in of Detroit reported a slight in­ Four ports reported no men States and will be shipped from the the SIU family of unions. crease. shipped: Alpena, Buffalo, Cleve­ land and Duluth. Only the Port of Frankfort re­ Great Lakes vessels begin the ported a decrease with its total dropping from 50 to 35 in the cur­ fit out in earnest during the com­ rent period. The Port, however, ing months and the number of men will greatly increase the number shipped will begin Its annual rise A concentrated letter writing campaign in behalf of the SlU-sponsored drive to change of men shipped during the next In all ports. Detroit Jobs Uncertain Shipping Increases Noted In February Ask Letter Drive On Jobless $ 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 committee. He says that efforts in jobless pay during the winter seamen and SIU members, the House have been delayed pend­ months. 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 0 0 0 0 Detroit 61 -10 2 73 Duluth 0 0 0 0 Cleveland - Frankfort 13 11 11 35 Toledo 22 0 0 22 111 27 18 156 TOTAL 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 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 "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 Senait* Ohm �pare Twelve SEAFARERS LOG NY Port Council Fighting Curbs On Marine Labor Vateh. 1961 Coe Victory Gets Clothes Cioaner 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 being backed by Governor panel of employer, labor and public group noted that under present Rockefeller, would greatly representatives. The labor-backed law, the commission acts as com­ amendments would also provide a plainant, prosecutor, judge and five-year statute of limitations on jury in any case involving the job barring waterfront workers from rights of waterfront workers. To the docks. This would conform with protect these workers from arbi­ the Federal provision in the Lan- trary and biased judgments, the drum-Griffin Act. labor groAp proposed establishing The Port Council's objection to an appeals board, consisting of legislation embodied In the labor, employer and commission Mitchell Bill centered on pro­ representatives, which could hear visions which, would give the Bi- appeals from the commission's State Waterfront Commission au­ findings. thority to pass judgment on water­ Such an appeals procedure had front strikes. If the commission de­ been used by the US Coast Guard cided that a strike was Illegal, ,lt in wartime screening for subver­ could then proceed to bar long­ sives. shoreman and other waterfront The five-year statute of limita­ workers from the piers for partici­ tions would enable the Commission pating in such strikes or even re­ to act against men convicted of specting picket lines. specified crimes as far back as five This, the Council held, clearly years prior to the time the Com­ infringes on the strike and picket­ mission proceeded against the In­ NEW YORK—More than $68,000 ing rights of all waterfront unions. dividual, without barring men for Seafarers Walter Compten, DM, and W. C. Sorenson, AB, In back pay due Seafarers who In supporting other bills calling actions committed In the distant hustle new washing machine aboard the Coe Victory. No fiailed aboard the SS Rockland for an appeals procedure the Union past. excuse now for soiled T-shirts. (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 (Ed. note: This is the second of a series of articles written for the cargo, bunkers, water, stores, dun­ attorneys by Seafarers and other SEAFARERS LOG by Captain Milton Williams, formerly vice-presi­ nage and ballasts, except perma­ crewmen shortly after the ship re­ dent and. operating manager of Bull Lines. Captain Williams, who is nent ballast installed by tha turned to the US last year. A now retired, will discuss the various phases of the American-flag ship builders. spokesman for Miller & Seeger, operation in these articles from an independent management viewpoint.) Deadweight is the work load, a New York, the law firm handling vessel is capable of lifting. From By Capt. Milton Williams with the size of the "boat." Dues, the Rockland, said that if any Sea­ this we can readily determine that farer has moved since last year, To present the problems con­ taxes and tolls, with some excep­ when we. need a large amount of his check will automatically be re­ fronting the shipowner in the tions such as canal tolls, are based turned to the law firm and will be operation of ships in world trade, on the registered tonnage of the carefully measuring all the en­ bunkers for a long trip, we can held for a better address or given particularly those confronting the ships. There are quite a number closed Spaces of a ship not open to carry less cargo. As a point of information, dis­ to the individual in person. operator of American-flag tonnage, of registered vessels bearing simi­ the sea, and dividing the total cu­ Ex-Waldo crewmen must write it is essential that everyone be lar names. No one today can stop bic contents by 100 cubic feet. placement tonnage is the figure or visit the law firm of Schwartz & familiar with all the common you from calling your little boat Therefore, a gross ton is actually that a large number of operators of passenger vessels use in describ­ Lapin, 310 West Building, 817 Main tetms and expressions used in with the outboard motor you have 100 cubic feet of enclosed space. ing the size of their ships At Walker, Houston 2, Texas, to these discussions. While most of in your back yard the "United Net tonnage is the space on a claim their back wages. A total of the oldtimers who may read these States." There is one more important ton vessel that can be used by the $21,254.00 in back pay is being articles are acquainted with and In those days gone by, even as owner for the purpose of producing that we hear about in shipping—. held for the 36 crewmen who sailed fully familiar with all of these ex­ today, there was no uniformity in revenue. Net tonnage is obtained the measurement or cargo ton. This aboard the Waldo. pressions and terms used, we will, the size of bags, crates, boxes or by deducting from the gross ton­ is an 'arbitrary figure of 40 cubic for the benefit of younger seamen cases, so that these could not be nage space not usable for produc­ feet which is used universally to and newcomers to this trade, try to used to guage the size of a vessel. ing revenue. Such space would in­ determine the rate that cargo will clarify such terms as: tonnage, However, wine, which was one of clude, but would not be limited pay. Steel plates will go about five time charter, bareboat and voyage the principal commodities in those to, engine rooms, boiler rooms, cubic feet per ton. Automobiles charter, P&I Insurance, hull and days, was shipped in casks of al­ bunker spaces, water tanks, store will go up to 250 cubic feet for each machinery insurance, load lines, most uniform size. These casks rooms, quarters and other speci­ ton of weight. Obviously, we can­ were called "tuns." It is our un­ fically exempt spaces. Net ton­ not charge both items at the same and others. derstanding that this terminology nage, therefore, is also a measure­ rate per weight ton. Therefore, Space will not permit complete is still used today In some pdrts of HOUSTON—The Welfare Plan the cargo, or measurement ton, is description of all the terms and the world. The number of these ment of 100 cubic feet per ton. received a favorable write up in All of us are familiar with the used. the "Houston Chronicle" which their origin. Some points are con­ casks that a vessel could carry was Luxury liners have little ability said the plan was "perhaps the troversial, others only partly cor­ eventually used in determining the Plimsoll mark and its location on to lift large amounts of cargo. a ship's hull. Each of the lines most liberal arrangement of any rect. However, it is believed that .size of the ship.' Therefore, we these discus.sions will be all that soon had a ship capable to carry and marks have a purpose which Their variation between light and labor organization." loaded displacement is small. Oil The article, appeared Sunday, the average seaman will require. goo tons called a 200-tunner. This will be more fully-discussed later. tankers, ore boats and cargo ships For the time being we will use the March 12, and details the many Additional information will be sup­ was later changed to a 200-tonner. have a great variation as a rple. mark as one line. benefits Seafarers receive under plied if you will write to me in Obviously these figure.? repre­ From the foregoing, you may care of the LOG. The amount of water that a ves­ the plan. sented measurement, not w.eight. correctly conclude that no one ton­ Any information requested, sel displaces is called her displace­ First established in 1950, the - plan has expanded its service to which we do not have, we will This system was very good, as all ment tonnage, or displacement. nage figure can quickly give you a Include clinics where free exten­ obtain from the be.st available of the space below decks was used Saltwater weighs 64 pounds to the complete story of what a ship can sive medical examinations are sources. Keep in mind however, for cargo. The crew slept on deck. cubic foot. Thirty-five cubic feet do. An oil tanker fully-loaded, of saltwater will equal one long with 02,000 to/is of oil could easily available to SIU members and their that even the nine Supreme Court ton of 2,240 pounds. It will there­ hide beside the 82,0G0-ton Queen justices have disagreed on their families. The Houston clinic has fore take an object 35 cubic feet Mary, which could probably not been in operation a little less than interpretation of certain clearlywritten laws. in size and weighing 2,240 pounds lift 1,000 tons of cargo. two years. To summarize, we quote below In this article, it is our feeling to displace one ton of water—salt­ (Quoting a doctor at the clinic, the various pertinent tonnage fig­ the article said "these check-ups that the question of tonnage could water that Is. are very beneficial. In recent be a good start. What is meant by Without cargo, bunkers, stores ures for that old workhorse of months we have discovered four it? How did some of these terms and so on, the ship will still have World War II, the Liberty, loaded women with early cases of cancer originate? considerable weight, actually an to a mean summer draft: that might have gone undetected. Research not conducted by the and later on, on the larger vessels, amount equal to the weight of the Gross tonnage figures—7,190; We have picked up a number of writer has turned up some inter­ the crew slept in the castles. So steel and the fittings built in. This net tonnage—4,389; light displacecases of unrecognized tuberculosis, esting facts. In the olden days, as we now have tonnage as used in is called the vessel's light displace­ ment-^3,337 long tons; deadweight severe high blood pressure and far back as recorus go tup to 600 connection with the size bf ships. ment. The amount between the —10,920 long tons; maximum dis­ diabetes in men." years ago) a merchant shipping With the advent of the steel light displacement and the ves­ placement—14,257 long tons. The article points out that the cargo on a ship was more or less hull and propulsion machinery, it sel's maximum displacement when The British, or long ton is equal Welfare Plan, which paid out more at a loss to know the size of the became necessary to use a differ­ she is loaded down to her marks, to 2,240 pounds. than 62,000 claims amounting to ship unless he owned or saw her. ent system, and gross tonnage and is called deadweight tonnage. This The short ton is equal to 2,000 $1.6 million in 1960, covers a wide Ship's names are of primary im­ net tonnage came into being. deadweight is made up of every­ pounds. range of .services including .scholar­ portance to the owners, but to very Neither gross nor net tonnage thing that goe-S on the ship with The metric ton is equal to 2,204 ships, hospitalization, maternity few others. The .seaman, the ship­ represents a figure of weight but the exception of the hull, ma­ pounds. and disability benefits and eye per, govej-nment agencies and pas­ are figures of space. chinery and her original fittings. A measurement ton is 40 cubic examination and free eyeglasses. sengers^ are principally-concerned Gross tonnage is determined by Deadweight tonnage includes feet. broaden the authority of the Cohinilssion 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 A Ton Isn't Always What It Seems Houston Press Hails Welfare l! i; 11 I M �.i^ Slareb. IHl SEAFARERS Page Thirteea LOG ,» fcv OKAY NEW SlU WELFARE BENEFIT TO AID IN JOB REHABILITATION Joseph Volplan, Social Security Director 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 Convention Actions On Legislation cial disability cases. The benefit will provide up delphia, 51, victim of an accident been fitted with an artificial limb The concern of the Seafarers International Union of North America to $35 weekly for Seafarers no ashore which resulted in the ampu­ and is learning how to get about with the areas of Social Security, unemployment insurance, and medi­ cal services for seamen was clearly reflected in a number of actions longer fit for sea duty but still tation of his left leg last Novem­ with the use of a cane. ber, is the first SIU man to qualify A member of the Union since able to work ashore. Seafarer Baldo Coccia of Phila­ for the new benefit. He's already 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 Seafarer William Castro (right) checks over procedure on he will require a car. Including applying for SIU welfare benefits with Tom Gould SIU automatic gear-shift, becatise of the rural location of his home. we fare- rep., at headquarters as Bill Jr. listens in. 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. BALTIMORE—Another American Coal beef veteran and Due to the nature of the benefit, one other SIU oldtimer, both of this port city, have joined it is expected trustee action will the roster of Seafarers retired on the $35 weekly SIU dis­ be required as claims arise. 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 wellbeing and earning powers of the Union's membership. Applying For Benefit 2 More Seafarers Retire On Pension (Comments and suggestions are invited by this Department and can be submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) ability-pension: The number" of brothers added to the bene­ and last sailed in October, 1960. fit list so far this year now Beached how after being certified "not fit for duty permanently," totals seven. Both Francisco CasascO and they qualify for lifetime benefits Umildo Paruas are 65 years of age 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. PHILADELPHIA — Seafarers Brother Casasco served during the are urged to note the designa­ ACS beef as engine utility aboard tion of Pennsylvania Hospital, the SS Casimir Pulaski in 1957. 8th and Spruce Streets, Phila­ basasco had to quit sailing due delphia, as the only USPHS to arteriosclerotic heart disease. hospital in this area available He joined the SIU back in 1941 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 Casasco Paruas through Friday from 8:30 AM to 5 PM. This facility is main­ and he and his wife, Maria, have tained at 225 Chestnut Street, a home in London, England. " Philadelphia, and is the regular Brother. Paruas is another oldPHS outpatient facility in the timer out of the black gang and area. In emergencies, admission last shipped as fireman on an SIUto Pennsylvania Hospital can be contracted Curtis Bay tug. arranged through the clinic, by His earliest listed seatime goes an SIU welfare representative back to 1939 and he's been a mem­ at the hall or, after regular hours, directly with Pertnsyl- ber of the. SIU Inland Boatmen's vanla Hospital. The hospital's Union here in Baltimore since 1957. Paruas lists his mother in number is WA 2-1000. Spain as next of kin. PHS Facilities In Philadelphia ««>» lOM, 11 SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN ENROUttENT-BENEFICIARY CARO Name. Prinf: Address. , .^..E JOHN DOE MiddUInitial 7iN ST.,M!*P"Y..I..V..V.5......« 9 Print: ZNO...?.?..?.-?.?'. So=i.l (JAR ocm. Security/ '"'"jXN J NU A R Y' Y 1 ,...1?.?..?.... T..Y..r. late of ^ Date of Birth Birth ,ha following ...ot..» I ow or any hme in the Tu.ur. now ui .. ». —•< further changes. nominaljon privilege of other .nd •«" la. . CC Relationship y/1 y/1FE Relationinip ft _ Name of JANE DOE ITi'n\/111^ Beneficiary jy^AlN ST . ^ inty URJI.1!I1U . .. N:Y^_ ""Stoia"" ttumbar Witness. Signatura Address. Print: •X..Y...X """city , Zona No. ,., £7 County "stota ....-e-e Is Your Card Filed Properly? 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. �Pare Fenrteen SEAFARERS Msre«, ;s«f LOG 1 Storlns The Steel Admiral 5IUNA Pursers Win Export Line Vote f 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-^ is the first foothold for an ducted among the pursers. The AFL-CIO marine union in the first, held last June, had the BMO 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 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 Seafarers In Dry dock The following is the latest available list of Seafarers in hospitals around the country. SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY WASHINGTON—Spokesmen for Hennins Bjork Alberto Gutierrez two shipping industry organizations Bart Guranick Thomas Isaksen have announced their opposition LUCIEN MOSS HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA, PA. to the Administration-sponsored Baldo Coccla minimum wage bill which would VA HOSPITAL NEW YORK. NY modify and bring seamen under Chas. O. Bergagna that law. US SOLDIERS" HOME Under the proposed amendments WASHINGTON. DC seamen would now be covered by William Thomson TRIBORO HOSPITAL the minimum wage section of the JAMAICA. NY Act, but they would still be exempt­ James Russell HENRY LANDIS STATE HOSPITAL ed from the maximum hours pro­ PHILADELPHIA. PA. visions. The bill would make $1.25 Thomas Murphy NATIONAL INSTITUTfi OF HEALTH per hour the minimum wage after BETHESDA. MD. Henry J. Foy three years. PINE CHEST NURSING HOME The operator groups, the Ameri­ COVINGTON. LA. can Merchant Marine Institute, Frank Martin VA HOSPITAL and the Pacific American Steam­ WEST ROXBURY. MASS. ship Association, opposed similar Raymond Arsenault VA HOSPITAL legislation in the last session of WEST HAVEN. CONN. Henry Smith Congress. They centered their fire John Driscoll USPHS HOSPITAL on the provisions which would BALTIMORE, MD. have provided time and a half for Charles Ackerman Manuel Lourido James Macunchuck Edward Allen seamen after 40 hours. Kit-hard Brown Avis Meadows Peter-Messina With the elimination of such a Leonard Davis John DeVaux Pieszczuk provision in this session's bill, Alfonso Difabrizo Wm. Werter Roberta J. Schroeder, Jr. spokesmen for the groups are now Joseph Diosco Joseph Shea Flaherty concentrating their opposition on Andrew Charles Stalling . Gorman Glaze Richard Waters the basic idea of including seamen Chester Green Hazen Richard Waters under legislation which protects George Carlo Hera Donna Williamson Terrill York the vast majority of American Peter King Lester Long workers. USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON. MASS. The bill's coverage would have M. Ergle John Murphy little effect on union seamen who Oswald Herbert Mclsaac USPHS HOSPITAL receive wages far higher than the GALVESTON. TEXAS proposed minimumst However, the Wm. C. Bryant Joseph Jarvis Bernard Kaminsky proposed legislation would greatly David Burke Adolph Heinzaar Wesley Leonard 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 Period: January, 1961 so that the unorganized seamen will Pints Contributed .... 67 have some wage security and pro­ Pints Rejected 1 tection. Pints Credited 3.3 (Under a standard arrangement with the Brooklyn Donor Center Inc., 50% is alloted for service, processing and storage.) Previous Balance 51U Blood Bank Invenfory IOTA Pints Used Send 'em to the LOG Sea Chest representative Joe DiGeorge and bosur^ Joe Air (center) go over sea chest list while crewmembers of the Steel Admiral bring sea chest stores aboard, Looks like plenty of gum-chewers and cigarette smokers aboar'd. 57 Balance On Hand February 1, 1961 .. * » SO'/i • BANK NEEDS 449'/j PINTS TO MEET GOAL OF 500 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 Eddie Metros Thomas DaUey John C. MitcheU John Dixon Amiel Mitchke Norman Earley Alonzo Morris James Egan Hugh O'Donnell Hal Ellis Restetuto O'Lartt Peter Galindo Eugene O'Mara James Gates F. D. Peterson James Glisson Calvin Rome Arthur Roy Isaac Gromala Wade Harrell Chester Seymour Alvin Henderson Luther Spell Charles Taylor Everett Hudson Sidney Irby James Thatcher Benjamin Jarrett Wm. Thompson Henry McKay Billy Ward Edward Knapp Earnest Water Leo Lang Elton Wilde Harold Laumann George Williams Norman Lightell Ernest Wilson James Lippencott USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Victor Begarana Fidel Lukhan George Berry Carl Lundqulst Bacilo Bounafont Isaac McCants Robert Burton Theodore Maltiss Daniel Cerment Paul Matsos Gabriel Colon Felix Muniz Clarance Collins William Murphy Thomas Danbeck Joseph Obreza Peder Espeseth Braulio Oliveras Frank Feld Kund Ostergaard George Fiance George Phifer. Jr. Erasmo Flecha Joe Ramos Leonard Geraghty Manuel Rodriguez Joseph Guillory Angelo Romero Riine Gustafsson Colisto Siaran Fleming Higgason Stephen Sloneskl August Jensen Robert Smith Demctrlos Kekis Lucien Theriot Je.sus Landron William Vaughan Thomas Lauer Christian Vass 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 Physical Exams'- All SIU Clinies Month Of January, 1961 Port Baltimore .. Houston .... Mobile New Orleans New York ... Seamen TOTAL , , Wives 6 6 4 5 22 43 Children TOTAL 10 131 110 2 70 1 .170 7 362 19 39 843 SlU Welfare, Vacation Plans Cash Benefits Paid January 16 —February 19, 1961 Number Of Benefits AMOUNT PAID Hospital Benefits (Welfare) .... 7230 $26,925.61 Death Benefits (Welfare) 16 58,177.95 Disability Benefits (Welfare).. 972 34,005.00 Maternity Benefits (Welfare) .. 39 7,800.00 Dependents Benefits (Welfare) . 217 48,397.79 Optical Benefits (Welfare).... 105 920.50 Summary (Welfare) 8579 $176,226.85 1380 1^226,21^ TOTAL WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD... 9959 $402,438.91 Vacation Benefits 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. ' �iiSircli. iHl SEAFARERS Ft* Fitteem LOG Vsien-Whaf Do We Need Him For?' Z<efi:islativa Lent h f . » 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 privatelyowned fleet, which decreased from 1,008 to 993. Of the 88 privatelyowned inactive vessels, seven dry cargo, one conibination passengercargo 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 privatelyowned 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. it 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 goofoff 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 inaritime 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. if 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. �f rmre Shrteea 5^AFASES5 ££?5 KmHk im 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 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. 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. 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 resident of Marine Firemen's nion, reports on progress. e 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. Bill I natioi! ers, Ic Algin �SEAFARERS :k (right) president, InterAssociation of Fire FightJcs 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. , ^ ' • Pace SeTcnteea LOG 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. 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. 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. • iiiilil I 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. Convention shifted site on fourth and fifth day. Delegates are shown here in course of Senator Bartlett's address on Thursday morning, March 16- 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. > - , -- - - - . ..f. ... _ - • . �Pace Eichteea SEAFARERS IOC Marefe, ISft Russian Trawlers Invade' Traditional US Fish Areas Fulion Fish Market Scene nil Ic 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. stances of a type which is not nor­ Representatives of SIUNA-*fishing unions, as well as con­ This would be a hard blow to mally used by fishing boats. However, it is clear that the ma­ vention guest speaker, Sena­ the American fishing industry. Is -- 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 Fishermeri'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. 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 execuMIMPBPP M fl tive order to the effect that all state institutions purchase 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. 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. igrkwitfvotv., (mSVTMEljOG, 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. 1 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 SAN JUAN—Three important resolutions relating to the commercial fishing industry weree 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 trust area which confront fisher­ been attacked on anti - trust ermen's Unions on the East men when they try to organize in grounds. 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 the legal problems in the anti- 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 compensating fishermen have often Famous New Bedford Cod 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. 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. 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. �•t"'" MarA, Xt91 SXtr MSDZCikXa 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 selfliiniled, 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. SEAFARERS LOG Page Nineteea 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 addition, blacklisted ahips are West European unions have als* blocked from bidding on foreign actively fought the blacklist prac­ Israel." The Incident which led to the aid and farm aurplus cargoes going tice since Scandinavian ships hav# been Involved in incidents. attack on the boycott concerned to Arab nations. 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 unlosfded 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 JuQibo Gets A Check-Up Brazil Fires All Customs Employees Rerigged umbo boom at the No. 3 hatch of the Suzanne gets final check-out from II to rl Seafarers J. Burgos, OS; P. Acobeo, AB; F. Reyes, AB, and R. Zarogozo, AB. 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 (Ed. note: Last month's SEAFARERS LOG carried an article ad­ tariff regulations' Such items as vising Seafarers on how to handle their Federal income taxes. The automobiles, radios, and whiskey, following article deals in a general way with the procedure for .filing which were heavily taxed, were state tax returns). being smuggled into the country There are 35 states in the United States which have state in huge quantities. In some ports the illegal traffic far outweighed income taxes. Some of these states, like New York, have brought their tax system into" reasonable conformity with the the legal imports. In one recent Instance, a liquor Federal tax laws. In other-*" trader pulled into a Brazilian port words, the exemptions, deduc­ maintains a home, or where he geta tions and other features of the his mail. This can lead to convplications. tax are much the same as those provided in the Federal tax laws. For example, if a seaman lives in However, most states have their Alabama, but' gives his address, when he signs on, as the Union own individual tax systems. hall in Brooklyn, both New York There are two features of all state tax systems which are identi­ and Alabama would be after him cal as far as seamen are concerned. for state income taxes. However, No state is premitted to withhold Alabama would be the state en­ taxes from a seaman's income, al­ titled to the tax. To avoid diffi­ though they may have withholding culty, it's advisable for the seaman provisions for shoreside workers. to list his address where h^ ac­ As a resutt, in some states, seamen tually has his permanent home. Among the major seaboard states are required to file a declaration of estimated income in lieu of which have Income taxes are the following; having his tax withheld. Tax Second, and most important, a State Due Date seaman can only be taxed on his Alabama April 15 seamen's wages by the state in California April 15 which he lives. It doesn't matter Delaware April 30 where he works, or whore his ship­ District of Columbia April 15 ping company employer has its Georgia April 15 home office. The seaman's resi­ Hawaii April 20 dence is .decisive. only to have his $20,000 cargo con­ May 15 Louisiana However, otlier earnings are tax­ fiscated by customs. The skipper Maryland April 15 of the boat was jailed. Meanwhile able by the state in which a sea­ April 15 Massachusetts his liquor was privately auctioned man worked. As a non-resident, he Mississippi April 15 off to the highest bidder, along must file, a non-resident tax re­ April 15 New York with his boat, the proceeds going turn and only include the income April 15 North Carolina to the men who seized the cargo. earned in that state. This income Oregon April 15 Subsequently, the skipper-own­ must also be included on the tax April 15 South Carolina May 1 er of the merchandise was released return of the state he resides in. Virginia and took off for the States in a In most instances, the state of resi­ Of these states, only Hawaii and dence will give a credit for taxes New York base their state taxes on hurry. Automobiles were the most lu­ paid to another state on income the Federal income tax system at crative smuggling item, since, as earned therein. present. Consequently, Seafarers a result of high duties, a $2,000 What determines residence? Nor­ residing in those states-should con­ American car costs as much as mally, it is decided by any or all tact the state, tax authoiifie.s to $16,000 in Brazil on the legal mar­ of the following; Wliere a seaman find out what the local regulati02i3 is registered to vote; where he are. ket. Guide To State Income Taxes �Fare Twenty SEAFARERS ITereli, IMt LOG Ore Ships Co On Grain Run Cliff Wilson, Food and Ship Sanitation Director Deadline On New Registration 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 March 31 is the deadline for steward department ratings to switch ment construction subsidies on two over into the new class 1-S registration group for chief stewards. After new 51,400-ton ore carriers to re­ that date, according to tlie rules, men coming off the ships, from vaca­ place the two older ships. The new tions or out of the hospital will register either in dClroup 1 for key ore ships would be used on a route ratings other than chief steward or in 1-S. Once roistered in a given between Liberia and the US East group, they will not be able to switch to the other. Coast. They would service recently It appears that with very few exceptions, the Seafarers who normally discovered iron ore deposits in that ship as chief steward are all registering 1-S and are welcoming the African country. Ironically, up to change as offering them a clearer picture of their job opportunities now, none of the Liberian-flag ore and protection against casual shipping in the chief steward rating by carriers have gone near Liberia. men who normally ship other ratings in the department. Hudson Waterways has modified Retraining Begins Soon the two 25,000-ton Venore type With the establishment of the 1-S shipping group, it is now possible ships by installing water-tight to proceed with plahs for a training and recertiflcation program in the hatch covers, cleaning and re­ steward department, beginning with the chief steward rating. This pro­ modeling foc'sles and doing re­ gram is under preparation and should be ready for operation in the pair and replacement work in the engine department. near future. The proposed new Bethlehem The transition to the group 1-S system has been a smooth one from the shipping viewpoint, according to all accounts,' with all available ships are to be 766 feet long and job calls for chief steward going to men who have registered in the have a cruising speed of 16V^ knots, which would enable them to make 1-S category. The training and recertiflcation program is particularly important a US-Liberia round trip in 24 days. In light of the action of the US Coast Guard in giving.all men in the The two vessels would be the larg­ steward department, rated or not, "food handler" certification on est US flag ore carriers. their seamen's papers. Unless the Union and the operators act in this Against a background of billowing steam, a worker checks area through the Food program, unqualified and inexperienced men the newly-installed watertight hatch covers on the Transwould be able to register and ship as chief steward or in other ke>y India. The conversion of the former Oremar was done at the steward department ratings. The results, of course, would be detri­ Bethlehem Steel Company's Hoboken Shipyard. 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 HOUSTON—The SIU Food Plan interest in the operations of the Food and Ship Sanitation Department. As a result, two resolutions were passed in which it was recommended and Union representatives here that all affiliated unions of the.SIUNA consider action to improve ship­ have combined in assuring proper storing of the Mt. McKinley (Amer­ board feeding and to embark on training programs in this area. 'WASHINGTON—Representatives of the domestic shipping The resolution on feeding noted that "shipboard feeding can be im­ ican Tramp Shipping), which is industry along with spokesmen for the SIU and the National proved considerably, usually at no additional cost to the operator, if carrying grain out of this port. SIU Port Agent Bob Matthews Maritime Union had a special meeting here with James M. steps are taken to store adequately, to properly inventory and manage reported that the beef arose out food stores, and to assure seamen of the services of. trained- steward of the company's practice of pur­ Landis, special assistant to"^ tracted Maritime Overseas Corp. department personnel . . ." chasing all supplies in New York the President who is trouble­ Since the Coastwise Line went Must Be Across-'the-Board and then trucking perishables all shooting transportation prob­ out of business on the west coast Such steps are effective, the resolution declared, "if they are applied the way from New York to Hous­ across the board and enforced by qualified individuals who are not in ton. To make matters worse, the lems and Government Agency op­ several months back, all that re­ erations. The meeting, on Febru­ mains of the once-thriving domes­ the employ of any single shipping company . . ." meat and vegetables were stored The resolution then called for "a) establishment of minimum stand­ together in the same compartment, ary 27, placed heavy emphasis on tic shipping industry are two com­ ards as to the quantity, quality and variety of stores to be placed aboard despite the obvious need for dif­ the desperate plight of the do­ mon carriers on the -East Coast, Seatrain and Sea-Land. ship for a given voyage, b) shoreside supervision by trained Food Plan ferent temperature ranges for mestic shipping industry. At one time, the domestic ship­ representatives of storing and feeding practices for greater efficiency these food groupings. Just before the meeting, the and better feeding, c) appropriate training for all steward department As a result, when the stores came Luckenbach Steamship Corp. an­ ping Industry offered employment personnel." aboard, the steward department nounced its- abandonment of the to many thousands of seamen. Clearly, the action on this resolution reflects the successful opera­ found that they were considerably intercoastal trade. Luckenbach was The spokesmen for the industry tion of the SIU Food Plan here on the Atlantic and. Gulf. Many of the deteriorated. Union action followed the last commgn carrier in that and the unions pointed out, as they delegates of the other unions attending the convention expressed a to assure that the rejected stores service. Subsequently, Erie and have on previous occasions, that great deal of interest in the Plan and have indicated that they will were replaced and also that proper St. Lawrence announced suspen­ railroad rate-cutting with the ap­ seriously consider setting up appropriate systems of their own to quantities and an appropriate selec­ sion of its East Coast coastwise proval of the Interstate Commerce improve feeding and storing and to upgrade the standards of steward tion of stores were put aboard for operations. Luckenbach has since Commission was making domestio department performance. They predict­ the voyage. sold two . ships to the SlU-con- shipping extinct. The result is likely to be improvement in feeding for seamen acrossed that should the railroads suc­ the-board on American-flag vessels. ceed in driving domestic ships out of business, they would then be in (Comments and suggestions are invited by the Department and can a position to bilk shippers by be submitted to this column care oj the SEAFARERS LOG.) 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 SECTION 38. SAILING BOARD TIME, (a) The sailing time shall be a fair share of total rail-ship costs posted at the gangway on arrival when the vessel is scheduled to stay for a given commodity. in port 12 hours or less. When the stay is scheduled to exceed 12 hours, The union and shipowner repre­ the sailing time shall be posted 8 hours prior to scheduled sailing, if sentatives are hopeful that as a before midnight. If scheduled between midnight and 8 AM, sailing result of the meeting there will be time should be posted by 4:30 FM, but not later than 5:00 PM. some executive action at the White (d) If the vessel's departure is delayed and the delay is due to the House level to assist domestio loading or discharging of cargo, the new time of departure shall be shipping. It is believed any rec­ posted on the board, and If such delay exceeds two hours, the watch ommendations Landis would make below may be diamissed and shall receive two hours' overtime for would receive sympathetic con­ such reporting. sideration from President Ken­ (f) The overtime prescribed above shall not apply when sailing is nedy. 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 Chief steward Lconcio Calderon (standing) checks the quite clear and specific on th'is issue—namely that delayed sailing latest Food Plan doings with staffer Erie Klingvall aboard the because of weather conditions rules out payment of overtime. It Is only Steel Flyer, when the ship docked in Erie Basin after complet­ on rare occasions that this clause is invoked, consequently, it was understandable that most crewmembers were not familiar with it. ing a round-the-world run.' Food Plan Jacks Up Ship Stores SIU Food Plan Discussion 1 iti; Kennedy Aide Gets Plea Of Domestic Operators KNOWING YOUR SIU CONTRACT �w-T* Hank. iNl SEAFARERS LOG Icebreaker in Montreal Harbor Faf« Twenty-Oo* 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 ruled that no bargaining agree­ Montreal characterized the ment existed when the SIU reor­ The Canadian Icebreaker d'lberville cracks fhrough the frozen waters of the St. Lawrence River near Montreal this month in preparation for the navigation season. The photo was taken from a helicopter which acts ass trie *eyes" of the ship as it works to clear the last miles 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 an execultve vice president of the men's Organizational and Griev­ Canadian differences with the SIUNA, representing Canada. ance Committee. National Seamen's Union of Great Canadian delegates to the Britain. vention had key committee In the new structure of the In­ Ray Doucet, Quebec City ternational constitution. Banks is agent, was secretary of the con­ Paul Gagne, Thorold port agent, Jobs. was chairman of the Constitutional port Committee which drew up changes Sea- 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 deck hands. The tug James Whalen and Stan Devine. is being used as an icebreaker. In Canadian Ports Montreal Port Open MONTREAL—The SlU-contract4 4 4 ed Maplebranch opened the port, for the thii'd year in a row, on Feb­ Sign Barge Pact VANCOUVER—SIU men with ruary 20, the earliest opening in port history. Vancouver Barge Transport voted to accept a rank-and-file negotiat­ t 4" ed agreement that gave them wage, Offii^ers 'togged' welfare, manning and vacation QUEBEC—N.^M. Paterson mate benefits. CERT, failed in its at­ and master were charged in court tempt to foist a sellout contract. with falsifj'ing ship's log in con­ 4 4 4 nection with an attempted inciting charge against. Ray Doucet which Halifax Tight backfired. HALIFAX—Shipping was scarce here," but the cable ship John W. 4" t 4» MacKay picked up a few replace­ New Ships At Thorold ments and some dredging contracts THOROLD—Shipping companies have been let out to bid. 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. 4> 4 4 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 SIU Canadian District Halls FORT WILLIAM Ontaiio HALIFAX, N.S 40a Slmpaon St. Phone: 3-3221 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 labor board's decision as opening ganized the workers. the way for new SIU victories in A board-supervised vote was or­ the near future. The paper said dered among the seven employee# that it is anticipated that the SIU of Commercial Cable Co., Halifax, will come out victorious in virtual­ on its cable vessel John W. Macly every vote to be held over the kay. The crew will decide whether next several weeks. to join the Union or remain un­ The board rejected the Canadian organized. Brotherhood of Railway, Transport Union representation votes were and General Workers' application ordered for three deck officers of for certification as bargaining National Sand & Material Co., of agent for two units of the ocean­ Toronto to decide whether the going tug Melanie Fair, currently SIU or the^Canadian Merchant in drydock in Great Britain. Service Guild should represent The CBRT and its creature, the the men. Marine Engineers of the National Association ,of Marine same company will vote for either Engineers, are involved in several the SIU or NAME as bargaining other cases decided by the board. agent. The board hearing failed to pro­ A vote among 36 employees of duce evidence to connect the SIU Upper Lakes Shipping will decide with charges made against it. Capt. between the SIU and NAME. Also William Wharton testified against deciding between the SIU and the the Union at a previous hearing. NAME will be: 26 employees of The board also certified the SIU Scott Misener Steamships; 65 em­ as bargaining agent for eight em­ ployees of N .M. Paterson & Sons, ployees on five tugs operated by Ltd.; 62 employees of Hall Corpo­ Abitibi Power & Paper Co., on the ration of Canada. Great Lakes. Nine employees of Dominion Abitibi had on file an agreement Steel & Coal (Dominion Shipping with the NAME which expired in Division) will choose between the 1959, but the SIU was upheld as Seafarers and CBRT. The Train­ the new bargaining agent. men held the latest agreement in The only decision adverse to the Dominion, the board ruled, but the SIU was the board's rejection of SIU won the right to appear on the the Union's application to repre­ ballot after application for certifi­ sent two employees of the Domin­ cation. ion Coal Co. of Sydney, NS. The In an attempt to split off the labor board found that only one vote, the NAME also intervened, man was eligible and could not be but the board did not fall for the organized because only units of ruse and the NAME is not on the employees can be uhionized. ballot at Dominion. The SIU was certified as bar­ The SIU and the NAME will be gaining agent for 10 marine engi­ on a ballot for representation of neers of La Verendrye Line, Mon­ 15 employees of Algoma Central & treal. The Union beat out the Hudson Bay Railway Co. Voting NAME which had been bargaining in all elections will be held over agent in 1958 and 1959; the board the next several weeks. Reports To Convention 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. Hal Banks, SIU of Canada president, addresses the SIUNA Convention at La Concha Hotel in Puerto Rico. He reported on the Canadian maritime situation. �.>"• ' • ^ :n.- -> .• : Pare Twentj-Twtt / . SEAFARERS LOG Hank* IMl t • r \ V. mnip'^^rraJEWATOSJlEWgrrtiik 6OT'^3aP~''"?^^^'iF3nad8HsP MCS Port Agents tonsider Calling Membership Coastwise Conference Fireman's Happy Home 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 accumulating 360 sailing days, will concerning Union elections and ference, the agents said they be required to take a job assigned election of delegates to the Sea­ '•J'^ 'r'-"' 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. 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 LandrunGriffin Act and its requirements 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." Portland Shipping Up Wilmington Trial Run 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. 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. ti ti t> This trailer, shown at a Riverside, Calif., p park site, !s the 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 Pacific Port News SUP On MSTS Probe WASHINGTON—Congressional support for a request by t> t> 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. 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. t 4» ^ San Pedro Tight 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 Japan today has a healthier marlmembers of Congress last time industry than the US, and 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 SAN -PEDRO-:-Shipplng slowest since 1949. MFOW says automa­ tion has cut jobs as ships are in port only 12 hours before being •t i fully loaded and underway. Port team came in second in baseball NY Has Chow Beef league last year and looks to do NEW YORK — MFOW reports better this year as season Is open­ usual beefs on chow and a continu­ ing. 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 MFOW SUP Port lowest number of men registered in port in quite a few years, MCS 2/1 to 2/28 1/10 to 2/6 slripping has been slow, with many 607 152 members manning picket lines in San Fran. the recent SIU tugboat strike. 64 127 - Seattle Pacific District Shipping 4". 4« 4« 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. MC&S 2/1 to 2/28 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 502-777 523 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 NEW ORLEANS MC&S HONOLULU Total 451 1,210 14 205 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 Portland 119 43 30 192 Wilmington 361 (no hall) 83 444 MFOW New York 117 25 21 163 New Orleans 23 (no hall) 8 26 Honolulu 17 44 12 73 (no hall) 48 (no hall) 48 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 San Pedro Total 1.371 376 614 2,361 �Mard. INl LOG Paie Twenty-TbrM MCS Stewardess MFOW And Sailors Elect 1961 Officers SEAFARERS West Coast Gets Tonicer 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 figured on a seven day basis on the Standard Oil of California. West Coast. 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. 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 Messman, 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. W. W. Jordan Weisberger Heads MFOW Leads SUP 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. 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 president_^ 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. 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 secretarytreasurer of the SUP unopposed. Also reelected at Weisberger 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 Batties 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 charterecJ ships. The company is" also planning to build three building the apparent low bidder at about $21 million for each ves­ Iralerships. sel. The company has asked for 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 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. �i-, i 9age Vweaty-F* SEAFARERS i. Maroii. IMl LOG Seafarer Adds Movie Uole To Roster Of Offbeat Jobs All That's Left Of Messhaii 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-*——— Arriving on St. Patrick's Day, Ray Robinson and Johnny Saxtoii. acting. For Seafarer Peter Arthurs 1950, quit the ship and started ship­ However, Pete was forced to put 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. ping out of the downtown job the fight game aside because of a agencies to Greek and Liberian 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 showBengal versus Japan. I became a ringer for Bengal." Unfortunately, the Bengali ringer didn't stand up,, primarly because there's no opportunity for roadwork on the deck^f a C-3. "I was ' Seafarer Earl Cronseil, OS, stands In front of all that remains of four foc'sles and the crew messhaii on the Ocean Evelyn. doing pretty well until I ran out of The damage was done during an English Channel collision gas and got flattened." After that, the local promoters relied on their with a Dutch ship. 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 Seafarer Peter Arthurs is ing to make celibates out of seamen shown with scowl and greaset^ arriving there after transpacific paint for movie role. voyages. In the course of their tankers- and Panamanian banana crusade for purity, two MPs caught him with a-Korean girl. The result Three Seafarers were injured last month when the SIUboats. The following year Pete went was a one-sided contest in which contracted Ocean Evelyn (Maritime Overseas) was involved to Montreal entering the US legally no amount of roadwork would have in a collision with a Dutch freighter, the Amstel Hoek, in the from there. He continued shipping been much use. A weekend in a English Channel. on runaways until he got his US Korean pokey was then added to At the time of the accident, their ship will be ready for sea seamen's papers. Shortly after­ his roster of experiences. the Evelyn was outbound for after undergoing repairs. Latest Bout ward, he caught his first SlU ship. Southhampton, England, after mak­ He promptly went to the SlU Pete's latest bout was with the ing her regular call at Breraerdeck department school for an AB's doctors at the Public Health Hospi­ haven, Germany. The collision ticket but was turned down by the tal who have been straightening caused considerable damage to the Coast Guard as underage. He got out his deviated septum. Mean­ after end of the Evelyn. It tore a the ticket later on and, at 22, got while, he's looking forward to the hole in the hull at the number six his bosun's endorsement, making day when "The World's Greatest hatch, wrecking the crew messhaii him one of the youngest bosuns in Sinner" hits the local movie circuit. and four foc'sles on that side and the business. "It's one of those offbeat films, the number one lifeboat. Subsequehtly, Pete tried his hand the kind that's very successful It also knocked over a couple of in the Golden Gloves under the these days, about a man who is booms, bent a kingpost out of the WASHINGTON—The seizure of tutelage of Pete Mello, US Olympic first an evangelist and then a line and did other minor damage. the Portuguese liner Santa Maria coach. Mello had high hopes for street-comer operator who starts Two of the three SIU men who by revolutionaries points up the him as a middleweight prospect. his own political party. If it does were injured. were William Luhr- weaknesses of relying on foreignHe also served as sparring partner well, Carey will be able to produce sen, engine utility, lacerations of flag ships. Rep. John Shelley for Johnny Lombardo, a welter­ another film and I might land an­ the nose and face; and Edward (Dem.-Wash.) told the House of weight who campaigned against other movie role." Bliss 2nd electrician, back injuries Representatives here. and possible kindney damage. A In a statement to the House, Rep. third Seafarer, who was not iden­ Shelley pointed out that runawaytified, received minor injuries. flag ships supposedly under the "ef­ The Evelyn made It Into South­ fective control" of the US are sub­ hampton under her own steam and ject to loss resulting from political went Into a yard for repairs. pressure in foreign countries, par­ Dense Channel Fog ticularly on the seamen. "Effec­ Major changes in navigational aids on the Delaware River have been The accident took place on Fe­ tive control" arrangements with put into effect. Two lightships in the area are being discontinued, one. bruary 16 during a dense channel runaway shipowners, he said, are Overfalls Lightship, for one year, the second. Winter Quarter Shoal fog marked by a number of ship­ worthless, because the owners Lightship station, permanently. A new lightship, known as Delaware ping mishaps. "could transfer their ships to some Lightship, has been set up about 30 miles northeast of Winter Quarter. The injured men were expected other country . . . They mean even The brightness of three lighthouses in the area was increased to two to be confined to the hospital for less when we realize . . . that the million candlepower. about two weeks, according to a seamen that man these . . . ships 4" 4« 4» cable from ship's delegate Mike are the ones and the only ones The dumping of garbage and raw wastes in Lake Michigan by ships Rozolshi. He added that the men that really have control." using the St. Lawrence Seaway is creating a problem that poses a may return to the Ocean Evelyn He question^ reliance on sea­ health hazard to lakeside communities according to Rep. Robert P. after their release, which Is ex­ men "who do not. owe allegiance Griffin, (Rep.-Mich.). He said Public Health Service experts are study­ pected to be about the same time to the US but instead to some ing the problem and he may propose regulations similar to those in ef­ other country whose Ideological and fect on the Canadian side of the eSaway, where ships are prohibited political philosophies are frequent­ from dumping debris in Canadian waters. ly and must usually diffeient flora ours." 4* 4 ^ He noted also that the Navy A port, called the "Gateway to Prosperity" is scheduled to be com­ would have trouble cbmmandeerpleted in April in San Salvador, the tiniest Latin American nation. Ing "effective control" ships dur­ Acajutla, a $6 million project, was started in 1956 and has already at­ ing an emergency. "The recent in­ tracted major industries. Now ships will be able to dock at the Pacific cident involvinjg the Portuguese Coast port, where its 900-yard wharf can handle four 10,000 to 12,000liner . . . demonstrates how impos­ ton vessels at a time. The port complex includes new breakwaters, sible it would be to corral several warehouses, crane equipment, scales and other modem machinery. hundred ships that are trying to 4 4 4 , avoid seizure. The fact that the The 43rd annual season of the International ice Patrol, maintained by Santa Maria copld avoid detection the US Coast Guard, started la.st month when a CG airplane took off by the US Na'vy ... further higiifrom Argentina, Nfd,, and headed out over the Grand Banks looking for lights the fakery . . . behind the ice dangerous to shipping. In addition to .the air patrols, two ocean­ 'effective control' concept." going tugs and a buoy tender are taking part. Ice information bullentins are broadcast twice daily from Argentina. Officials expect this season to be milder than the last two and to end by. mid-July. Three Seafarers injured In Ocean Evelyn Crash Shelley Hits Runaways' Unreliability Maritime Roundup 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. Ship's delegate Mike Rozalski, AB, wonders how crew will top these booms. rofUBWS' �r-f.-r-.-l-^ff. -M Marel, INl SEAFARERS rage Twealr-FlTa LOG UIW Safety Committee At Hussmann 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, whith was slightly more than month, according to the UIW Wel­ the $6784.65 disbursed during fare Plan. Of the 57 claims paid 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 Padiiia. 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 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: WHitehall 3-3020. This should be changed as soon as possible to avoid delay and get speedy serv­ ice on their welfare benefit claims.. UIW Men At Hiil-Chase 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. 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 workers was held during which steward was Joseph Moats; shop time a chief steward and shop steward elected was Thomas Shuling conditions. Since the cards were signed late steward were elected by the Sea tiee. A third Sea Mac worker, last month, a first meeting with the Mac employees. Chosen as chief 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 painters, carpenters, sanders, NEW YORK — Three delegates representing the United spray hull builders, boat fitters and up­ Industrial Workers of the SIU were on deck during the holsterers. The company has two tenth bienniel convention of the SIUNA which was held dur­ work shops and a show room ing the week of March 13 to'*' housed in a one-story building in 18 at the Hotel La Concha in portunity to do so as of last Janu­ Riverside, near here. ary 20. Balloting for convention San Juan, PR. delegates took place early in Feb­ The trio — Larry Brown, Sal Macarrone and Jack Miller—were ruary and was conducted according chosen by UIW members in a to law and accepted practice. The results of the election were secret mail referendum vote con­ ducted during the first part of announced by headquarters during the middle of last month. February. The UIW was allotted three dele- i This marked the first time that All union members should the UIW—acting under its own gates to the SIUNA convention in 1 regularly attend the member­ constitution — has received direct recognition of the growth of the | ship meetings in their area. representation at an SIU conven­ organization. Delegates to the con- [ These meetings are devoted vention are allotted to the various | tion. to discussions of matters vital to A total of five members had districts in accordance with the j the welfare and security of number of members the divisions nominated themselves to the dele­ have. (See convention story on every UIW member and his gate posts. Page 3). family. Anyone who wished to place his What's more, these meetings name in nominallon had the opprovide every UIW member with the opportunity to speak up Tlie news on this page deals and stale his views about these with people working under the vital matters. SIU banner in shoreside estab­ lishments engaged in maritime Here is the schedule of the production and allied fields, next meetings: NEW YORK — Two negotiation included among the items NEW YORK-Tuesday, April made are cordage, canvas, meetings between the United In­ dustrial Workers of the SIU and 4, at 6 PM, SIU Hall, 675 lifesaving equipment, ship's the mangement of the Jay-Kay Fcurtli Ave., B'klyn. gear and related industrial Corporation have taken place since BALTIMORE - Friday, April products. Because there had the UIW became certified as bar­ not been any organization avail­ gaining agent for Jay-Kay workers 7, at 8 PM, SIU Hall, 1216 able to them, many of these E. Baltimore St. last month. workers were formerly without SUNBURY — Sunday, April The most recent negotiations any union protection, until they 9, at 2 PM, Friendsfiip Fire came under the SIU banner. took pldce late last month at Un­ Company. ion headquarters. At that time. Developments in their area will PHILADELPHIA - Tuesday, be reported here because they UIW members and union ofiicials i are an important part of the' presented their contiact demands j April 11, at 7:30 PM, SIU Hall, to the employers. Other meetings ! 2604 S. 4th Street. maritime industry. will follow, according to reports. ' 3 UIW Delegates Attend SlUNA 10th Convention These Are Your Union Meetings —Attend Them! Talks Gain At Jay-Kay Above are a few views of UIW members employed at HillChase 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. �jprt-^ni-rr- • - ' Pace Twenty-Sfat ' Ail of the following SlU families httve received 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 BolIng, 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 Sea farer 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. Efrain 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 SEAFARERS LOG •^:;:-r^ I. 1»^1 SmiiSiSm 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 Ferdinand Vigo, 41: A cerebral Cannon passed away due to a brain hemorrhage was the cause of death hemorrhage on to Brother Vigo September 23, on December 22, 1960, while 1960, at Fortaleaboard the SS za, Brazil. He had Choctaw in Kobe, been shipping Japan. He had SIU since 1939 shipped In the In the engine de­ SIU deck depart­ partment. Surviv­ ment since 1951. ing is his widow, Surviving is a Mrs. Dorothy Vi­ brother, Charles go of New Or­ -M. Cannon of Seattle, Wash. Burial leans, La. Burial was at St. Roch was at sea. Total benefit: $4,00&. Cemetery, New Orleans. Total ben­ efit: $4,000. » ^ 4" 4" Victor B. Cooper, 63: Brother Cooper died of diabetes and a Eugene G. Senff, 53: Brother heart condition Senir died of a heart attack on Jan­ at the USPHS uary 23, 1961, at Hospital, Staten Charlestown, SC. Island, NY, on He had sailed in October 3, 1960. the SIU deck de­ He had shipped partment since in the SIU en­ 1943, and is stfrgine department vived by his wid­ since 1948, and ow, Mrs. Mary is survived by a Senff of Balti­ daughter. Miss more, Md. Burial Shirley Mae Cooper of Fresno, was at Baltimore Calif. Burial was at Beverly- Na­ Holy Rest Cemetery. Total benefit: tional Cemetery, NJ. Total benefit: $4,000. $4,000. 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 condit 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 t. Angeles, Calif., survives. Burial » » Dolor F. Stone, 60: Brother was at Olivet Memorial Park, Saa Benjamin N. Stewart, 54: Broth­ Stone died at sea aboard the SS Francisco. Total benefit: $4,000. er Stewart passed away at home in Santore on Janu­ 't> 4" Slidell, La., on ary 23, 1961, as Joan R. Vaiques, 62: Brother January 3, 1961, the result of a Vazquez died of a heart condition as the result of heart ailment. He aboard the S3 a heart ailment had been ship­ Del Sud at sea on He had sailed in ping with the December 17, the SIU engine SIU ' since 1938 1960. He had department since in the engine de­ shipped SIU 1944, and is sur­ partment. His since 1947 in the vived by his wid­ widow, Mrs. Iris steward depart­ ow, Mrs. Mildred M. Stone of Bal­ ment. Surviving Stewart. Burial timore, Md., survives. Burial was is his daughter. was at Forest Lawn Cemetery in at sea. Total benefit: $4,000. Miss Betty Jean Slidell. Total benefit: $4,000. Vazquez of New 4> 41 4i Orleans, La. His place of burial i t Jamie M. Hilda, Jr.. 64: Brother was Greenwood Cemetery, New Richard Mack Potter, 25: Broth­ Hilda died of heart disease on Jan­ Orleans. Total benefit: $4,000. er Potter was lost in Chesapeake uary 13, 1961, at 4" 4" 4" South Baltimore Bay on December Edward Taylor, 39: Brother Tay­ General Hospital. 15, 1960 when he lor died as the result of a liver ail­ Baltimore, M d. slipped from an ment on January He had been icy scow and 30, 1960, while shipping in the drowned. He had aboard the SS SIU deck depart­ been shipping as Del Aires at New ment since 1938, an SIU tugboatOrleans, La. He and is survived man in the deck had sailed SIU by his widow, department since since 1942 in the Mrs. Helen C. 1956. Surviving Is steward depart­ Hilda of Baltimore. Baltimore Mili­ ment. Surviving his widow, Mrs. Bonnie Sue Potter of Greenhaven, tary Cemetery was the place of is his widow,. Mra burial. Total benefit: $4,000 Md. Total benefit: $4,000 Rose Marie Tay­ lor of Houston, Texas. Brookside Park, Houston, was the place of burial. Total benefit: $4,000. As Seafarers know, copies of each Issue of the SEAFARERS 4- 3^ 4 LOG are mailed every month to all SIU ships as well as to Basil L. Alfred, 54: A liver ail­ numerous clubs, bars and other overseas spots where Seafarers ment was the cause of death to congregate ashore. The procedure for mailing the LOG involves Brother Alfred calling all SIU steamship companies for the itineraries of their on October 15, ships. On the basis of the information supplied by the ship oper­ 1960, at Medical ator, three copies of the LOG, the headquarters report and min­ Arts Hospital, utes forms are then airmailed to the company agent in the next Houston, Texas. port of call. He had sailed as Similarly, the seamen's clubs get various quantities of LOGs a cook on SIU at every mailing. The LOG 4s sent to any club when a Seafarer ttigboats since so requests it by notifying the LOG office that Seafarers con­ 1957. His widow, gregate there. Mrs. Hester Al­ As always the Union would like to hear promptly from SIU fred of La Porte, ships whenever the LOG and ship's mail is not delivered so that Texas, survives him. Forest Park the Union can msintain a day-to-day check oh the accuracy of Ometery, Houston, was the place Its mailing lists. of burial. Total benefit: $4,000. Notify Union On LOG Mail �Manli. mSL ' \ SEAFARE^RS Pace TweBfy-SeTca LOG 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 1956 when he got a few days' free trouble concerning arrangements to mits to being an expert animal time in Africa. Being well-versed care for the animals. When the handler, has "the only pair of in animal lore, he decided to catch vessel's skipper heard about the trained diving zebras in captivity." some wild animals: The whole story proposed cargo, he vetoed the plan, These striped ponies have per­ of the zebra chase, Charlie confides, so Charlie let the animals go. formed in various aqua shows along will be brought out in a book which But on the next trip, he bought a the Eastern seaboard, especially In he is going to write when he gets pair of Just-caught zebras and ar­ the chance. ranged to ship them home on an­ Florida. After the zebras were caught, other vessel. The animals were brought here When the animals were brought from South Africa. Bramble was there was the problem of bringing shipping on a Robin Line vessel in them back. Charlie ran into some 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 Seafarer Cbevlie Bramble holds his Infant son on the neck acts and find places to put them on. of one of his diving zebras. The animal is so well trained that So Charlie ships as AB to keep them all together. it permits itself to be harnessed for riding. 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 gaffrigged 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 Calmar 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 Kaohsiung, 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), 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. 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 J.J 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 San Marino Bafdios Mnnk, Itfl LOG Seafarer Realizes Value Of Clinic The Hard Way' (The following article was submitted to the LOG by Seafarer Allen R. Nauman, who is currently a patient at Mount Wilson State Hospital at Mount Wilson, Md.). 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. Turned Down OT? Don't Beef On S$ "Sheik" Bob Christensen poses on deck of SS John C. Photo by Ed Monasse. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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; Secrotary, 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 STEEL ROVER (States Marine), Jan. 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. •—Ctiairman. 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 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. 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 ;.-i 'tm 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. 15TChairman, R. Masters; Secretary, J. McPhea. Everything running smoothly. Three men hospitalized from steward department. $5.10 In ship's fund. Chow Hound by Zhemeek Where's the night lunch 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 Bialack; 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; Secretafy, 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 Whittington 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.' Leekness; 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. �• Mareli, IMl 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 J. plenished our supply'of ice. By dolhg this we conserved enough food to last us to the States and through the holidays. I under­ To the Editor: stand that a portion of our sup­ Again I want to thank you for plies was unavoidably spoiled, lending the LOO which I .read but the fact remains that and enjoy. It telli me what's through the efforts of our chief going on. steward, our standard of feed­ ' I sailed for five years with ing did not come down and he the SIU as night cook and baker maintained at all times a good and hope the day will come that feeding ship. I shall sail again. My memories When any of our stewards are still with many of the good neglects his assigned duties and men I sailed with. falls down on the job, many of I was sorry to hear of the us are quick to criticize or con­ death of Ai Stansbury. May God demn; I would do the same in reward him with eternal rest. this instance—only the opposite Yes, I think of all of you as I —and that is to compliment one read the SEAFARERS LOG. I who is deserving of credit. am with you in.spirit looking Under the SIU Food Plan, I for the day I can sail again think our steward has done a with the SIU and be of service. marvelous job of preserving So long for now. God bless what would have been spoiled you all, especially our departed and maintaining' the standard brother, Al Stansbury; may he rest in peace. Arthur Brazil, Ex-Seaman Enjoys LOG City Of Alma Fights Gales *i T*ge Tweaiy-NIa* SEAFARERS LOG 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 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 that the program established. to make it our home. We had I trust that this short letter will a son born here and he was born be an inspiration to other stew­ with a congenital heart defect. ards who might experience the We went back to Boston, our same thing that our ship went home town, and had him in the through when we lost our re­ Children's Hospital in Brookfrigeration system. line, Mass. The weather was too So again, to our chief stew­ damp there so we came back to ard, Frank Lijo, and the galley California. gang of the SS Evelyn, we say We are living in the Mojave you did a wonderful and typical Desert. It is hot in the summer SIU job. and cold in the winter, but the B. KocienowsU climate here is the best for my a. t. son. We have five children and I work for the Air Force here at Edwards Air Force Base. I am a cook at the 6510th Air Force Base Hospital—the same To the Editor: work I did when I was shipping This is to inform you that out. I have been a seaman since Brother Sam Setiiff was hos' 1938. I shipped out of Boston pitalized In Coos Bay, Oregon. on NMU ships and SIU ships. He is at the McAuley Hospital My first ship was the SS Halo, there where his condition was a Cities Service ship. Then I described as "good." The doc­ went to work for Esso Standard tor's slip reads: "Hospitalized Oil of NJ—worked for them for for evaluation and treatment of five years, then went in the heart disease." Army. I served two years then Brother Anthony Michalski of joined the NMU. Philadelphia lost his father and I was chief butcher on Army flew home. Officers and crew transports until 1951 when I sent flowers and condolences. went back into the Army for Now for the brighter side of the Korean War for six months. the news from the SS Portmar I then came out and joined the (Calmar). On the way around, SIU. the fishermen caught 34—there I would like the LOG sent to were tuna, wahoo and dolphin. me as my wife and I always Needless to say, they were tasty liked to read it. I used to pick and a nice change.' Most of the it up in Wilmington, Calif., credit goes to Brother Michalski whenever we took the baby to and Willard Layton for their the hospital, but I haven't been fish-watch job. there for a long time and I sure We had a nice Christmas in miss the LOG. It keeps us up Coos Bay, and enjoyed the New with all the news along the Year at Sea. The crew sends waterfront. Sinccrly, their best wishes to the Union Manfred V. Ciampi officials for a prosperous New (Ed. note: We are putting Year. your name on the LOG nmiling Malcolm B. Woods list and you will be getting, a Ship's delegate copy each month from now on.) All letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. Portmar Crew Catches Fish 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 halfmast. 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 southcast 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 sonin-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- / - 5PRIN6 / r �Page Thirty SEAFARERS Seafarer Hooks Bis Ones Marali, Uei LOG Soafarers Alcoa Planter Ask Best Crew Of Mexican Boat In Coffee 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, Seafarers have borne many hard­ t-reported to the LOG that their 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. 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. 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 signons 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. 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 membe and no flowers are sent home the seaman should receive 825. OCEAN DINNY tMaritime Overseas), Jan, 29—Chaii George Frankt 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. 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 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 depa/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. 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. 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." 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. 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. ate. Discussion on safety oomUtlons. S lo beefs reported. • EMLE VOYAGER (Sea Transport), 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- 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. 1 k: 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. 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. 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- 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 SIUcontracted Wild Ranger rescued part of the crew of a Columbiaa fishing vessel. 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. 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 crewmembers 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. 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 atrolman and headquarters. Repair at to be turned In before arrival. S 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 r!:v '' ' ' ' i»i_- ^ ' ' . LOG -'j > 1. - ma FINANCIAL NEPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland '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, mm 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. SHIPPING RIGHTS, Your shipping rights and seniority are protected by the coutracTs 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. , 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. WM: • •. 1,..: Si'P" 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 Editor, dpadweipht tons. SEAFARERS LOG. The insurance man declared: "One cannot help wonderin.q 675 Fourth Ave., whether the size of tankers has not Brooklyn 32, NY advanced in two respects beyond the margin of safety—their fire I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG— hazard and their unwieldiness naviplease put my nome on your moiling list. Crim information) gationally." NAME . ,. STREET ADDRESS 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 Fare Thirty-One ZONE.. STATE 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. Ex-Pacific Ocean ; Cinnnar Johansen Checks from the SS Pacifie Contact Frank L, Johnson or Charles D. Johnson, attorneys, 16 Ocean are waiting for the follow­ N. Broad Street, Woodbury, New ing men from Newton Schwartz, 310 West Building, 817 Main at Jersey, Walker Sts., Houston 2, Texas, Robert Martin Glynn Contact Rutgers University Book Phone: CA 4-6541: Lai Mon Gong, Gardon Dalman, Wm. McDonald, Store, New Brunswick, N. J, Thomas Finch, and Fcderick Litsh. ^ William P. Buttner Fred Fleischmann Contact C. J. Brandt, Department Please call your mother. of Welfare, 330 Jay Street, Brook­ Andrew (Andy) Costelo lyn 1. N.Y, Shipmate Leo Tartakoff, 139 The following men should con­ Ocean Ace., Santa Monica, Calif,, tact -Mr. Testa, at PLaza 2-0350, would like to hear from you, New York City, collect. Important: Uldarico Merjudio John Abraham, Frank Brazell, Contact your daughter, Mrs, Anthony Civello, Kenneth Collins, Helen Dogo, No. 161 Indian Field Cecil Diltz, William Doyle, Thomas Road, Poquonnock Bridge, Conn, Driscoll, Herbert Engeler, Frank Headquarters is also holding mail Findley, Angelo Glynos, Harold for you. Goodman, Martin Bjork, B. R. James Stoddard Kitchens, Danny Masheioff. Sister, Mrs. Helen S. Helmer, Also, Thomas McCaffrey, Michael 23 Donald Place, .Statcn Island 10, Miller, Denis O'Connor, Carlos Petrantoni, Raymond Reddick, NY, wants to contact you. James McCrcvery Philip Saline,. Julius Scott, Dan Important that you contact your Sheehan, Robert Smith, Jr., Thomas Smith, Chang Sun, Nicho­ mother, Mrs. Rosa Smith, 119 East 2nd North Street, Morristown, las Swokia, Frank Timmons. Tenn. Headquarters also has some Arthur W. Cornman mail for you. Ore Navigation has some mail for Antonio Ibarra you. Please contact the company at Contact Paul C. Matthews, Aat25 Broadway, New York City. torney at Law, 11 Broadway, NY Joseph Hudson 4, NY. Contact George M. Brandt, at­ James E, Kircbner torney, Suite 402, American-Na­ Send your address to Earl. Im­ tional-Building, Lexington and Lib­ portant letter here. erty Sts., Baltimore 1, Md, L, C. Hannon -Melvin Jackson Please contact Rodney F. Han­ Get in touch with Mrs. J. C. non at Box 13, Trinidad, Calif. Brossett, 202 W, Bienville Drive, Steve J, Thayer Chickasaw, Ala. Important you contact your Ralph T, Mueller mother and Philip at Sutton, W. Please contact E. Calvert, Bu­ Va. reau of Child Welfare, New York James J, Gorman City Dep t of Welfare, 250 Church Your mother is anxious to hear St., NYC, from you. Anyone knowing the Andrew Kinney whereabouts of this man is asked Contact your brother Michael at to contact Mrs. Mary E. Gorman, 25 South St., NYC. 21-57 33rd St., Astoria, NY. Darvis Clay Jones ~ Joseph Funk Urgent that you contact your Your sister, Mrs. Irene Fitzwife Emiko at No. 8-4 Chome, Ya- patrick, 1539 Skunk Street, Phila­ kusi Dori, Na Da-Ku, Kobe, Japan. delphia 45, Pa., would like to hear Terrence McNee from you. Please contact Ed Kennedy or W. R. Perry Leon White at 2745 Yarnold Road, Contact Mrs. Ed Queenan, Route Baltimore Highlands, Baltimore, No. 3, Box 218X, Lake Charles, Md. Louisiana. 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. SIU Atlantic, Gulf William Turlington Very important that you get in Lakes & Inland Waters touch with Lewis Van Benschoten, District Route 7, Box 151K, Jacksonville PRESIDENT Paul Hall 5, Florida. EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Joseph Roberts Cai Tanner Urgent that you send correct ad­ VICE PRESIDENTS Simmons Lindsey WiUiamo dress to Tomiko Tada, 2-5 Shioiri- Claude Earl Sheppard A1 Tanner cho, Yokosuka, Japan so that you SECRETARY-TREASURER A1 Kerr can be contacted about an impor­ HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES tant matter. BIH Hall Ed Mooney Fred Stewart B.tLTlMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Mitchell T, Reed EAstern 7-4900 Please contact your cousin Paul Rex Dickey, Asent BO.STON 276 State St. at the Mobile Union Hall. 1 South John Arabasez, Agent Richmond 2014O Lawrence St. DETROIT 10225 W. Jefferson Ave, Paul Drozak. Agent VTnewood 3-4741 Erie William Johnson HEADQUAKIERS 675 4lh Ave.. Bkl.vn Write to Ruth Richardson, 320 HYacinth 9-6000 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St, Seventh St., Lake Charles, La. R. Matthews, Agent CApital 3-4089: 3-408C JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St.. SE.. .lax Martin Ohstrom El-gin 3-0987 Contact Edith Polamho at 1431 William Morris, Agent MIAMI 744 W Flaeler St, John St., Baltimore, Md. or Laf­ Ben Gonzales, Agent FRanklin 7-3564 1 South Lawrence St. ayette 3-1540. Allen R. Nauman is MOBILE Louis Neira. .Agent HEmim-k 2-17.54 in a TB hospital. NEW ORLEANS . 630 Jackson Ave. Buck Stephens, Agent .. Tel. 529-7546 Charles Lynskey 673 4th Ave. Brooklyn Urgent that you contact your NEW YORK HYacinth 9-rfiOO 416 CoHey Ave. mother at 5545 We.sfpark Drive, NORFOLK Paul Gonsorchik, Agent .MAdison 7-1083 North Hollywood, Calif. PHILADELPHIA 2604 S 4th St. S. Cartiullo. Agent DEwey 6-3818 Foster FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Kindly get in touch with your SAN W.nlter Sibley. .Agent Douglas 2-4401 wife. Rose Foster, 609 Observer SANTURCE. PR 1313 Fernandez Juntos, Stop 20 Highway, Hoboken, NJ. Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep. Phone 2-.5996 John H, Murray SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Main 3 4.334 Important that you contact your I i-il Hahkiiu'ski, Agent WILMINGTON, Calif 305 N Marine Ave. son at Brownell St. Reed Humphries, Agent Terminal 4-2528 SIU HAMJ DIRECTORY I �LOG -r OFFICIAL nr THg SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION IMMNII 19*1 , GULr, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT-A AFL-CIO ATLANTIC *r -L, ^ I'•• i i SHIPS' T: i 'C" FiU * - ' .>1 ' • •• -r. '' am y rniCML Big 8Hg3 cmi IWt ' Out •^1 Your Crow Lists " TO BB nUED OUT BT SH»'8 laUUATB AT BURT OF EACH TDOrAOB AHDS TOBWnXD TO HEADQUAHIERS PRIOR TO BAILIHO OR THE FIRST PORT OP CALL THEKEArTBR. IT A 00A8TVIB8 8HIP, MAIL TO BEADOUAHTBHa FBOM THE W3CT TO THE LAST PORT OF CALL BEFORE PAY-Off. BAME OF VESSEL, vor. #_ Bsn-OH SATE AHTICIPATED PORT OF m-<HT_ BOOK # ' -V' • :>u ^l':a|r- v.t. ' ' I 34- y^- ILLING 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 access 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 seatime for benefit eligibility. Of course, information can be obtoined 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 intormation 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. F Seafarers International Union Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District , ;v' ' - -l.J 'i-V'- � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource March 1961 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIUNA TACKLES KEY MARITIME, FISHING ISSUES SIU WINS ESSO DIVISION VOTE SIU DEFEATS SCAB MOVE IN PR BEEF EUROPEAN REGISTRY NO ESCAPE FROM US UNIONS, NLRB HOLDS SEA UNONS PUSH PROGRAM FOR INDUSTRY NEGOTIATIONS KELLOGG, MEBA GULF LEADER, DIES AT 55 NAT’L MARINE PACT OK’D; ELLIS CREWMEN VOTE IBU TUGFRIREMEN’S CONVENTION HAILED AS HUGE SUCCESS RAILWAY, IBU DELEGATES ATTEND SIU CONVENTION INTERLAKE SEAMEN’S COMMITTEE DORMED AS P-M MEN SEEK SIU JOB SECURITY GREAT LAKES SENDS 3 TO CONVENTION GOVERNMENT GOLD ACTION BENEFITS US FLAG SHIPS NY OORT COUNCIL FIGHTING CURBS ON MARINE LABOR OKAY NEW SIU WELFARE BENEFIT TO AID IN JOB REHABILITATION SHIPOWNERS FIGHT WAGE FLOOR MOVE SIUNA FISHERMAN ASK IMPORT RELEIF, AMENDMENTS TO US LABOR LEGISLATION KENNEDY AIDE GETS PLEA OF DOMESTIC OPERATORS CANADIANS PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE AT SIUNA CONVENTION MCS PORT AGENTS CONSIDER CALLING MEMBERSHIP COASTWISE CONFERENCE THREE SEAFARERS INJURED IN OCEAN EVELYN CRASH Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/1961 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXIII, No. 3 1961 Periodicals Seafarers Log