http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/34314ce8b318dbf54fec763cd8edd1c2.PDF 9cba492b33fbd9f6e92eb1f08afb0cd7 PDF Text Text '/ir­  •   P^iRERSjOc}  <1  omoiAL oBaAir OF THE ATLAirna  AND GOLF  DISTBICT,  BEAFASESS' ZNTEBNATXONAL ONION OF NORTH AMERICA  4  VOL. m IV NEW YORK, N. Y« WEDNESDAY. MARCH 4, 1942 >214  No. 8 THREE  S.I.U.  SHIPS  LOST  IN  3  DAYS; RARITAN, CASSIMIR  MARORE  ARE  CASUALTIES  RARITAN  CREW  SAFE  The S. S. Raritan was the third SIU ship lost this week ^nd the second to go down as the result of an accident rather than by enemy action. The Raritan was steaming ' past the difficult Frying Pan Shoals at about 1 A. M. last Wednesday morning. It was extremely soupy weather with practically no v i s a b i 1 i t y. A strong off shore wind was blowing and the Raritan, never easy to stear in even calm weather, was slewing around in the heavy seas. Suddenly there was a grinding sound and the ship lurched sharply to port. The alarm was sounded and the crew clammefed up on deck to find their ship 'aground on the shoals. The order to abandon ship was given, but it was not so easy to carry out. No. 1 boat was swung out with one man' in it, and then" by order of an excited mate was lowered away. This meant that the rest of the crew had to jump into the boat, one at a time, when she was on the crest of a swell and level with the Raritan's deck. Two more crew members succeeded in making the perilous jump at the split second when the lifeboat was up level with the deck. The danger of missing the boat on the one hand, and of the boat being smashed against the side of the Raritan on the other hand, led the skipper to abandon this method. A man rope was thrown over the stern of the ship and the lest of the crew went down that and into the waiting lifeboat. By this time a Coast Guard Cutter had arrived from the Oak Island Station and was ig by. Three times the standing life boat loaded .up with ntcn coming down the man rope and rowed them through towering seas to the cutter. The entire cr«w left the ship without accident and within 5 hours the Raritan Ijroke up and sank. All the SIU Brothers have high praise for the Coast crew that rescued them. They received the best possible care and attention. Many of the Coast Guard men gave up their own clothes so that the crew woiild be warm and dry. The crew was landed at Island and then given transport tation back to New York. CAN'T  KEEP  AN  S.I.U.  MAN  DOWN  Brother Chcorles Trolson (left) is indicating with his fingers that he survived three sinkings in the last war. Brother Harvey L. Baublitz (right) indicates he has lived through six. The men are shown at Norfolk after being rescued from the sinking Morore last Thursday. The Skipper, Charles E. Na^ is shown in center. Boston  Union  Wins  Insurance  Beef  SUB  PACK  AHACKS  MANURE  SIX  LOST  ON  CASSIMIR  Three enemy submarines closed in at midnight last Thursday on the ore carrier Marore oti the middle Atlantic coast and sank her with torpedoes and shell fire. The entire SIU crew escaped in life boats. Attacking the Marore like a wolf pack, the subs took positions in a rough triangle about her—one to tne starboard, one to the port, and one dead ahead —and poured over 100 shells into her before she finally sank. The Marore, owned by the Ore Steamship Company, was north bound with a load of ore and was running without lights when the atuck came without warning. The torpedo struck the Marore amidships and she began to settle immediately. The skipper gave the order to abandon ship and the crew was in life boats and pulling away within 10 minutes. There was perfect discipline and no sign of panic among the crew and officers. As the life boats pulled away from the sinking ship, the three subs came to the surface and began shelling with their deck guns. "The subs interspersed tracers with shells and they "lit up the scene of projectiles bouncing like tennis balls," according to the crew. The shells flew over the heads of the {Continued  on  Page  Four)  At 5:30 Thursday morning, Februapr 26th, the SIU manned freighter Cassimir was rammed by the S. S. Lara off the coast of North Carolina, and went to the bottom taking with her 6 SIU seamen, antl one officer. The Brothers who died in this tragedjr are: Thomas Patrick Ryan, AB; A. Bosch, steward; W. Barton, OS; R. J. D'Artois, messman; T. Lindberg, chief cook; and H. Roberts, first pumpman. The First Mate, whose body was picked up by the crew of the Lara, was E. Heyliger. The real causes of the accident are yet to be determined and few survivors seem to have a dear picture of just what happened. All the men know is that suddenly the Lara appeared on the starboard side and before either ship could change course, plowed into the Cassimir amidship. The crew began to abandon ship but experienced difficulty in launching the No. 2 boat. Both Brother Ryan and Brother Bosch lost their lives when the No. 2 boat tangled in the falls. Brother Boylston was also in No. 2 boat and gives a graphic account of what happened in a signed story on page four. No. 3 and No. 4 boats were {Continued  on  Page  Four)  Owners of the major Boston fishing fleets have finally bowed to the militant unionism of the fishermen and called off the lock-out which has kept the men payless for weeks. The fishermen's beef was on insurance—^the operators refusing to give them $S,(X)0 protection from enemy submarines. Even the National War Labor Board castigated the employers as "defiant and adamant" in their refusal to bargain with the men and their rejection of the Board's recommendation for arbitration. The boat operators were bent upon successful, as was the second smashing the Union (AFL) at That revolutionary new freighter known as the "Sea Otter" full size model. The Navy deany cost. This they failed to do, has been scraped and all plans for mass production of the ship partment released glowing reeven after sacrificing profits in have gone out the window. This was the decision of the Navy ports of the preliminary sea order to lock out the men and Department'which was released this week by Secretary Knox. tests the "Sea Otter" had unkeep the ships idle. Knox said that sea tests given the "Sea Otter" had revealed dergone. Then, suddenly, silence! No word for months Having failed to starve the men into submission, and faced it to be "cranky' 'and hard to "Sea Otter" construction con- from the Navy. with a Government ultimatum handle. That may be so—^but tracts. In the meantime the original to arbitrate, this week the op- th^re is a possibility that much designer of the ship, W. Starerators granted the $5,000 in- more lies behind the Navy's It would be difficult to prove ling Burgess, was eased out and surance protection for a period decision to scrap the ship. At such sabotage since it would a Navy brass hat took over. The have been accomplished in the country had been led to believe of three months during which least Nathan Robertson, Washmost round-about and secretive that the freighter was in full arbitration will be undertaken. manner in the most swank bars There may be times when ington correspondent for the and hotels. Still, there are a production, but actually nothing arbitration is unavoidable, but newspaper PM. hints that the number of questions left hang- was being done. as far as we're concerned, we shipbuilders v/ho make huge ing in the air that would seem "... preliminary investigaare damned if we can see two profits on the construction of to lend weight to the sabotage tion by a, sub-commi;tee of the sides to the question of life in- :onventional ships may h,pve theory advanced by Robertson. Senate Naval Committee has surance for men who risk their disclosed tha.t none has been _ lives at sea, so that the boat- 'abotaged the entire project be- To bepn with,, the first workowners can make a nice profit. cause of the absence of gravy in ing model was d^lared highly {Continued  on  Page  Two)  /• fi  .1 1  I he Strange Story of  the ''Sea Otter';  Yesterday a Hero f  Today a Poor fish  |i  pi  •  v­­.  I­",­.I,  �Pag®  Two  THE SEAFARERS' LOG Puiliahed  by  the  SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliatea toith the  American Federation of  Labor  HARRY  LUNDEBERG,  Acting  Internotioncd  President  110  Market  Street,  Room  402,  San  Francisco,  Calif.  ADDRESS  ALL  00BRE8P0NDENCE  CONOERNIND  THIS  PVBLIOATION  TO:  "THE SEAFARERS' LOG P. O. 25, Station P, New York, N. Y. Phone: BOwling Green S-8348 Shipyard Workers Blast  Operators for Failing  lo Arm Merchant  Ships  The failure to arm American merchant ships has cost many seamen their lives. The SIU alone lost 65 Brothers. There has been much buck passing in regard to this criminal negligence—the latest alibi of the shipownefs and government officials being that the poor quality of shipyard work is responsible for the delay. This smear against labor was cation, and we wish to make immediately nailed by the Ma- the unqualified assertion that rine and Shipbuilding Workers whatever the deficiency in this of America. National President ship arming program is, it is John Green of that Union sent not a deficiency of labor in any a letter to Edward Macauley, respect. We believe the record chairman of the Maritime War will show that there is ample Emergency Board, ii^ which he high quality labor available in denied that the failure to arm ship repair yards which has not ships was "attributable to poor been put to full use since the quality of labor in ship repair ship arming bill was passed in yards" and placed the blame November., In fact, delegations upon the shipowners and ship- of representatives of this yard owners. He pointed out Union from the repair yards in that it was their insistence on New York and Baltimore vis"business . as usual" (high ited Washington in December profits regardless of defense and protested to the Maritime needs) that was responsible for Commission and OPM representatives the slackness of the delays. Greens' letter, which was work in these repair yards. printed in the February 22 is- Likewise, with the cooperation sue of the Shipyard Worker, of our Union and employers in the industry, very considerable read in part: training of mechanics has been "In your letter you relate that Admiral A. P. Fairchild, Coor- under way for many months. dinator of Ship Defense Instal- Finally, this is the first time, lations, recommends that other to our knowledge, that anyone unions speed up training of has questioned the quality of mechanics and efnploy all labor in the ship repair yards means in their power to in- or the speed and efficiency crease the quality of labor in with which ships are being reship repair yards. The clear paired or converted for the implication here is that the Navy or the Maritime Comfailure to arm American mer- mission. "It is our considered judgchant ships is attributabk to poor quality of labor in ship ment that the failure to arm repair yards and an inade- merchant ships in adequate numbers is the sole responsiquate training program. "On behalf of the shipyard bility of the Navy Department workers, whom this Union rep- and the suppliers of ordnance resents, we resent this imp 1­ and materials." MORE  ABOUT  STRANGE  STORY  OF  THE  "SEA  OTTER"  m:  {Continued  from  Page  One)  produced . . . (since the trial runs)," wrote Robertson in the Feb, 21st issue of PM, "The Committee is investigating reports that interference from the companies making so much money from conventional ships is responsible." It was the pressure from this Senate Committee that forced Knox to reveal the shelving of all plans for construction of the -ship. Last September the Navy said of the "Sea Otter"— .  A  Cov.  Report  Shows  Poverty  ot  Workers  Wedaeedoy,  March  A,  1942  A WORD WITH S^Ajtc/L  (DUUon.  Millions of American families are subsisting on "starvation wages." This is occurring in the richest country in the world and during a period of so-called "war prosperity." These facts were released this week by the U. S. Departments of Labor and Treasury. Hello fellows. I'm soriy to These reports should be made compulsory reading for Leon have missed last week's issue, Henderson and e m p 1 o y e r^ but you had plenty of news to groups who are trying to freeze up to date, as of December 15, fill in my space—all the elecwages while letting profits soar 1941. tion returns. Now you know It provides for just enough who your new officials and pahigher and higher. Henderson is the smart boy that recently food to keep soul and body to- rolmen are for the coming year told the War Labor Board that gether; for a minimum of and they look like a good lot to any wage increases would clothing and shelter, and such me. bring inflation, He gave the "luxuries" as a trip to the mo- Of course, we'll miss some of Board to understand that vies once a week, but no auto- the old ones, too. I tried to purAmerican labor is well paid mobile. It makes no provision suade Brother Bill Lee to go on and any wage increases would for savings other than a bit of the last ballot, but Bill had the be "profiteering at the expense life insurance. Meager as this budget is, old urge to go back to sea. Arof the war effort." millions of workers are far be- thur Thompson, last year's New Far from rolling in wealth, low that standard, a tabulation York Agent shipped out this over half the nation's work- prepared by Secretary of the week. Although most of us men are not even receiving a Treasury Henry Morgenthau, tliink of him as a Black Gang man, he. is also an AB and bare living wage which would Jr., showed. shipped on deck this time. We take care of the standards the Over 3,320,000 workers, all wish "Tommy" the best of government says are necessary Morgenthau's table revealed, luck. for those on relief, the report earn only $5 to $10 a week; discloses. 4,975,000, from $10 to $15; Brother Frank Williams took 5,470,000, from $15 to $20, and office today. When I left for Figures released by the Lalunch Don Ronan was going 10,747,000, from $20 to $30. bor Department, following a In other words a total of through all the office routine study in 33 cities, placed the with him~kinda breaking him minimum "maintenance bud- 24,500,000 persons get paid less in for the long months to come. et' of a worker's family of than the amount declared by And believe me it is no easy bur at approximately $1,500 the WPA and Department of job. Much more detail and more Labor to be necessary for bare a year, or about $29 a week. headaches than most people subsistence. That budget, it said, is That's more than half the think. stripped to essentials and il 48,167,000 workers in this I was at Staten Island Friday not a recommended standard country who are reported to and found all the Brothers feelof living. It is based, the de- be earning from $5 a week up, ing pretty good. Brother Mack partment explained, on a bud- Morgenthau's figures dis- is walking around and looks as get formulated by the WPA in closed. Many don't even get he will soon be discharged. Not 1935, but with prices brought the $5. many survive after falling into a sixty foot empty hold. I visted Ellis Island Tuesday TRADE UNION NEWS and found Jim Daly prettj' sick but coming along gradually. A couple of our colored Brothers, James. Saunders and Redge Waid are doing swell. At Roosevelt Hospital I found Harry Bridges' INTERNATIONAL LONGSHORE- one of our brothers who had MEN'S AND WAREHOUSEMEN'S UNION received a fa- been in a swap around 48th vorable arbitration decision from Wayne L. Morse, Federal street. Someone had swung on arbitrator. The dockmen now receive $1.10 straight time and him and left him with a broken $1.65 for overtime. ... A majority of 125 service workers em- jaw.. He is in pretty good shape ployed by Princeton University have joined the BUILDING and moaning about having to SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION and stay in the hospital. are bargaining with the University over wages and hours. . . . A lot of Brothers will be glad 4,400 Seabrook Farm employees who work on the largest me- to hear that George Ellis has chanized farm in the country at Bridgeton, N. J., last week won been discharged from the hostheir second closed shop contract through the AMALGA- pital. MATED MEAT CUTTERS OF AMERICA. ... BARTEND- Bill Watts is still waiting to ERS UNION Local No. 15, with jurisdiction over all Manhattan with the exeception of the Times Square area, has set $35 see any of his old pals. per week as the minimum scale. . . . The fight between the All the boys in the hospital Prudential Life Insurance Company and the INDUSTRIAL send congratulations and best INSURANCE AGENTS UNION has gone to the War Labor wishes to the hew officers. And Board for settlement. . . . Stage hands are demanding 15 per that also goes for yours truly. cent pay boosts from the theatre owners. ... A pledge by the management to accept a War Labor Board settlement ended threat of a strike by 6,000 transport workers in the Public NOTICE Service Transportation System's line throughout New Jersey ... A new three-year contract covering 435 Manhattan Harry  "Blacld®"  Pravott  eoop­ Buildings and calling for a 10 per cent wage increase was signed this week between the Penn Zone Realty Association eroied  with  the  enamies  of  &a  and the BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES UNION, Lo- SIU  in  the  Iramamp  chargM  cal 32-B.... Wage increases ranging between $2 and $9 a week for the 1,000 drivers and helpers of R. H. Macy & Co. were won brought  againat  Harry  Lunda­ this week by the UNITED RETAIL, WHOLESALE and berg  last  month  by  Slaliniat  aioogea  within  our  Union.  Pao­ DEPARTMENT STORE EMPLOYEES UNION. IN BRIEF "Conceived by daring minds and carried to completion with the active, insistent help of President Roosevelt, the new MONEY DUE  ship . . . will challenge the submarine and provide a new bridge of ships from this coun- PANAMA  CITY  (collect  in MohUe):  ALCOA PILGRIM, SCOUT emd BANNER (coUect in New York): S.  A.  Kolacs  try to the free nations of the Thomas Hayes N.  A.  iiay  world." A. Garcia O.  E.  Simmons  This  February  the  Navy  Sydney Turner W. S. Musi  says—  G. Masterson GroAon  T.  "... we can get more for James Moadls B.  Lawrence  our money in a standard^ship." Jehu GlhhouS F.  Cameron  The qu^tloii^ is, what diangFVanidin W.  MoUer  ed the Navy's mind? vest,  .while  assistant  ooiaotmf­ treoaurer  of  the  SUP, aerrod aa  a  atool  pigeon for  thoae  who urould  wreck  the Union.  Prevoat  ahould  not  be  ahipped  on any  SIU  vesael, ahould  not  bo  oUowed  within  any  SIU  hall  a^d  should  be  treated  by  all  $IU  men  the  way  they  treat  all  fink  sad  etool  pigaOBS.  •   II  �Wednesday' March 4,1942  Page Tbmi  TITE  3BAFABEB3­  LOG  • yi I  e  (I  • J  WHAT'S  DOING  Around  the  Ports  • 1^  SEAFARERS'  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  OF  NORTH  AFRICA  • I".  ATUmnC and GULF DISIBICT  Secretcny­Treosurer's Office  Boom 213  — 2 Stono  Stroot Now  York  Citr  P.  b. Box 2Sr  StaOeu P  Phono:  BOwBng Giroon  9­8949  in touch with him immediately. NEW ORLEANS  DIRECrORY  OF BRANCHES  We finally got rid of brother By  By  BRANCH  ADDRESS  PHONE  Casey Jones, we shipped him on NEW  YORK  r.  ...2  Stone St  BOwling.  Green  9­8346  "ARMY"  H. I.  COLLINS  the Catahoula and his departing Dispatcher's  Office  BOwling  Green  9­3430  words were that if anybody BOSTON ....330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 PROVIDENCE .465 South Main St Manning 3572 H^e we go again doing busi- should inquire as to his where- Still holding ' down the fort BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St Calvert 4539 ness at the same old place. I abouts we were to inform them here, although we- were about FHILADnj^HIA „„6 North 6th St Lombard 7651 see Flanagan sitting in the that he was on his mid-winter snowed under for a while last NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 week. 'We have had a chance Agent's chair in the Branch and cruise in the West Indies. NEW ORLEANS 309 Chortres St MAgnolia 3962 SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St Sovanncdi 3-1728 Lynch hitting the Waterfront so Brother James Earle went to come up for air over the long JACKSONVILLE 136 East Boy St. Jacksonville 5-1791 it looks like the old port of down to .the Steamship Inspect- week end. Is my face red or is TAMPA .206 So. Franklin St Tampa MM-1323 it red, after all the howling that Philly is well represented. or for his fireing rating and MOBILE 55 So, Conception St Dexter 1449 I've done about writing into the TEXAS CITY 105 — 4th St, No Texas City 722 "Do-the-best-you-can-Hillman" was turned down due to the Log weekly then to have Ye MIAMI 1348 N.E. First Ave Miami 2-2950 fact that he lacked five days of was here the other day and acPUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon Puerto de Tierra Old Bid slap down on us like he cording to his statements re- having the time required by law did in the Feb. 16th issue. Hi garding Brother Lynch, the best to obtain same. Seems funi^ to Ya Collins and Waid. and the Port Captain who was make one or two workaway the writer. According to the man won. Maritime Commission, we are The prize for awhile was the so impatient to get the scow trips to the West coast to get a Regarding these new pass- so short of Seamen and they good ship from the Calmarline, out, refused th^ with the re- paying job aboard. Don't forget ports that the Seamen are sup- are turning them out of the 2688 hoijrs disputed overtime sult that it took at least another the same thing can happen again posed to get, I understand that Maritime Schools with three for the oilers, not bad my two or three hours to get the if we don't stand together. it is going to be compulsory af- month firing certificates, and chicks, paging John Hawk. packet away. Just one of those I want to call your attention ter the 15th of March, the U. here is a man with five months With the Seatrains suspend- things but they are sure getting to something that is happening S. Customs are going, to handle and twenty-five days and he is ing Coastwise for the duration, regular. around this part of the country. these said Passports. Yours 'till Alcoa pays off one I thought that the days of the we are seriously tliinking of turned down. The West Kiska came into I guess that I have been opening a hall in Belle Chasse,' ship without a squawk. shipping crimp was over. But this port Saturday the 21st, and bendmg your ear long enough for the Seatrain Unioneers, paghere in Galveston we have the as she was in dry-dock for six so I guess that I will rack up ing Wallace Royal. AAA Travel Bureau, 305 BOSTON  weeks it was hard to believe the batts until next time. 22nd St., shipping men to ships Bro. Schriener is once more By your eyes. All the lavatories and just the other day tliia woin circulation, due to make an JOHN MOGAN were plugged up solid, gravity man shipped a full crew to Corappearance before the grand SAVANNAH  tanks amidships were frozen up, jury this week. Lawyer states Boston has been very busy pus Christi. Some of the bar By  no water aft, all bath rooms he believes that this will be a he past two weeks. Not much rooms are doing the same. This CHARLES  WAID  woman that runs the AAA has with from one to four inches of mere formality. income but a lot of work crew- a personal in the Log of dirty slimy water on the decks The new Personnel manaeer 2-16-42 inquiring for some one. due to tlie drains being stopped Things seem to have straigh- for the Mississippi Company ing up. Shipped 41 men. up, no water aft for the men to tened out somewhat around the seems to be finding more to this I made a trip down east to I went aboard the Aztec, an unt^e a bath, sink drain-pipe- in Savannah port this last week. job then signing his initials. It contact one of our vessels and organized tanker and was told the crew's messroom amidship's Had the S. S. City of Birming- ooks like we will have to go to found that this vessel was away that Mrs. Marie Hall furnished disconnected, all the outlets for ham of the Ocean Steamship bat a few times then possibly from the States ten months and the crews replacements. What in the connecting of electric fans Company in port this week and we will have things again lined was very much surprised to hell will t^y get into next. amidship's were taken out tliere= sailed her with onfy 2 replace- up to where the boys can get earn that there were no com- Travel bureau and crimp joint jlaints about overtime or any combined. fore no fan connections, water ments on'deck. The S. S. City what is coming to them. other beef of importance. This Shipping has been good, in of Savannah is now in port and in the crew's quarters aft, and Coast Guard passes are be- must be a record. am hoping to be able to find so many other beefs that are coming increasingly important. At this time I see no reason fact red good, and I cannot rereally to numerous to mention replacements as easy for her. 3ave you got yours yet? If not why the bonus is not equalized place them. Would like to ask the boys letter check on it. here. coastwise comparable to offWe contacted the Company from Savannah who stay away NEW YORK  Our fair city is becoming shore areas as the hazards on and they promised to remedy from the home port for any very, very much the spot in the this coast are just as great and By  the above immediately. Well, length of time to keep in touch Sunny South. The suburb of in recent weeks were far gjreatDON  RONAN  there the crew was from Satur- with their families so that they Mobile seems to need several er than in any other, area outday the 21st, Sunday being a will have a way of knowing if men a day to man the palatial ined by the gentlemen that con- With the new officials havholiday, Monday 23rd a holi- they are OK. There is hardly rust buckets that sail from trol this matter. ng been sworn in at the last day, Tuesday the 24th they fi- a ddy that passes that someone there. The majority of them Once again I'd like-to ask all regular meetings at all branches nally got action. Of course, you does not call to ask about some -seem to be Alcoa. Mention of ships delegates to phone tlie we should, as members of an might have overlooked the fact member who has been gone this outfit bring once more to SIU hall at the port in which organization that has forght of the above not being remedied from Savannah 2 or 3 months mind the question—what is the they arrive when they arrive so tooth and nail for everything, in whole or part due to the three and sometimes longfer and as deep dire plot behind the pres- we can give them the service that we have gained, coholidays, but they worked cargo you realize we have no way of ent system of antagonizing the which they deserve. operate to the fullest with them all during that time, so you can knowing where they could pos- crews. Maybe this company just and those of us that have been sibly be or what ship they sailed readily see that the cargo came wants to prove that pay-triotism in office and are now leaving TEXAS CITY  first and the welfare and the on from any port other than to the country while tnaking the should bear in mind that all By health of the crew last. Of Savannah. The only solution to unheard of profits they enjoy. possible help should be given course, when the Port captain this is for the boys to write Remember when they sailed jdl E. R. WALLACE the new officers of the Union was confronted w i t h t h i s, he home more often. After all their ships under foreign flags, when we come in off ships that stated that it was a mistake (Ya these are trjnng times and fam- paying about half the wages The membership has spoken have been at sea a little while. ilies would like to know if their they would have to pay to Am- and elected into office the men Man some mistake). These newly elected represensailors are safe. erican Seamen. Remember also of their choice to run the union tatives of the membership are Received a letter from Parker Re-Bayou Chico, about the To get back to shipping, it that this is the outfit whose or another year. By the looks destined to guide the organizacondition of the overhead in the looks as if I may finally get Port Captains all use the same of the ballots cast there was tion through what may prove crew's quarters aft. The com- the Savannah Line straightened standard line of chatter. "Do some that did not have the time the most ttying period that we pany decided that they were go- out and sailing somewhat on you know that there is a war :o go up to the hall and cast have experienced in our limited ing to put ventilators with blow- schedule again. These ships on, we must sail these ships." their ballot. But these same ones period of existancs. These new er attachments on the poop deck usually keep me busy the better Then in the next breath they will be the first ones tg. start offilials and the re-elected ones so as to try and draw out the part of each week, but we man- will do everything possible to complaining. that have served before are defAnd for the members that initely deserving our unanimous damp air from the steering en- age to keep them sailing and get the crew to walk off. For instance, last Sunday are working ashore, this war support and help throughout gine room so as to eliminate the that is what really counts. vapor on the overhead that is Have been busy most of the morning bright and early cannot last forever and just like the present emergency. To man seepii^ into the crew's quarters. week signing applications for (around six A.M.) I was called the last war, when things start ships and to bring vessels in They asked us if this was satis- the boys to get their identifica- at home and told that the Al- to get tough you will be run- with as few unnecessary beefs factory. Brother Lynch stated tion port passes. Might as well coa Shipper was short a couple ning back to ship out. Yes, the as possible should be the aim of that it was O.K. if it worked. go ahead and get these port of men that they had piled off union is a pretty good standby those seamen manning ships at passes as every m^n sailing will at the last minute. This, as we in hard times and keeps up the the present time. otherwise NO. be required to have one. all know, is bad, so I promised wages, but in the times that the The above paragraph is defWe had a few ships here in Philly this week, namely the Am still shipping ABs and to see what we could do, also union needs you to protect the initely related to a beef that Barbara, Catahoula, West Kis- Oilers here in the Savannah told the Gent that the hall airing hall and conditions that c?irae in while I was spending ka, Bayou Chico, Yorkmar, so Port. Hardly a day passes that would be open at eight or nine we have gained and want to my last week in office. This things look rather bright for the we don't have opening^ for and that he would most likely protect and better, you have for- man not only missed the ship these ratings but things look have to wait until then to get fotten all about the rotten con- in Miami but took a step farfuture. better than they did; for a while, the men. After the hall was itions and wages that came af- ther and JUMPED OFF the Received a letter from the atin regards to filling these open- opened, Tedd talked the two :er' the last. war. When on the (Continued  on  Page  Four)  torney of Brother McAndrews men into going back to the scow iUckenbach ships' you had to A.B., and he would like to get ings. PHILADELPHIA  • v.­  ' .­J­..­/, .f.v  r  i  ­1  k  •  �Pag* ilTbur MORE ABOUT THE  SEAFARERS'  LOG  W*4a«Klciy.  Mardi  4 1942  ^ Cassimir  Survivor  CAS^MIR  Tells of  Difficulties in  Launching  Life Boat  (Continued  from  Page  One)  Out  of  the FoesU  by  — 3.. X. launched successfully, as was one life raft, and the survivors pulled away from the sinkinj[ iP  The ghost of Andrew Furuseth will have to rise and disturb [  t­P  ship. By Edward Boylston, No. 50013 the sleep of some Senators in Washington who some two deThe crew of the Lara imme.if  diately cades ago pledged to protect the rights of seamen. They passed launched boats to pick I was in my bunk at the time up and saw that the No. 4 boa the Jones Act to better the living conditions for seamen aboard up the survivors. Those that of the collision and I woke up was beiftg lowered directly on ships. ji­ were in boats were found with- to the sound of the ship's top of us. 1 jscreamed at Bosch The late Senator "Fighting Bob" LaFollette played an'imout much difficulty and taken whistle. Immediately on risit^ I but before he could move the portant part in the enactment of the seamen acts. Good old aboard the Lara and given 'elt the ship lurch again and I No. 4 boat crashed on top o I!  ^  /?'"  Andy sold him a bill of goods and the Senator never forgot him. warm clothing and a shot of was thrown off my feet There him and hurled him into the I'i  Yoimg Bob, now a Senator, tells of hearing his father talk of rum. Brother Spike Lee, how- were no lights on and I had co sea. The 2nd Assistant then ever, was in the water ior 5 jrope around to find the light tried to clear the fall. Just as Andy who would sit in the visitors' gallery keeping his lonely hours before he was located by witch. We had black-out lights he about had it clear he was vigil and not leaving Washington until the measures he wanted were past. the rescuers. blue bulbs) which gave us just carried away by the sea. While the decks of the Cas- sufficient light to see the quar- Our life boat was plenty ful Peter B. Kyne remembers him when he first met Andy aboard his ship. He was impressed with Furuseth's sincerety and simir were awash almost imme- ters. of water by now. It was awash diately after the collision, she With me in the room were and the forward fall was dang- detennination of purpose. When Kyne became a successful did not sink until almost 5 ;wo wipers and one fireman. ling and swaying. I made writer, he imortalized the character of Andy in the Cappy Ricks hours later. The Lara was able One fireman was on watch. We lunge for it and tried to climb series. He more recently revered his memory with an article in to proceed under her own pow- Tabbed our life jackets and up the line b^ause I could see the Readers Digest called "Saint Andrew, The Sailor." The er and landed the survivors at went on deck. that the boat was doomed. But Sailors Union of the Pacific (of which Andy was founder) urther immortalized him by dedicating a monument and burial Charleston. couldn't make the climb, I was consigned to the forThe Cassimir was built at ward fall on No. 2 boat, along weigh 250 pounds and with )lot for seamen in San Francisco. Over 1500 seamen took part Hog- Island in 1920 and was with Tommy Ryan, an AB. life jacket and wet coat on in the ceremonies. owned by the Cuba Distilling There was little or no efficient just had to drop back in the No. Today attacks are being launched against our Unions^ and Company. direction from the officers. We boat. lings are being said about seamen that would have made old Brothers who survived the got the boat started down and Finally I was able to make it Andy's blood boil. But Andy's spirit still lives. The coming SIU accident are: F. Crowell, AB; when it was even with the boat to the Jacobs ladder and the convention in San Francisco will carry on his tradition and with G. Prudencio, AB; Johansen, deck another seaman came and saloon messman helped me up- irmness throw into the teeth of our enemies their threats. As AB; H. Crawford, AB; F. relieved us at. the fall and told on the ship. We went to the Andy always said, "Tomorrow is also a day." Lindstrom, AB; A. Gordon. us to get in the boat and he starboard side of the ship and *  *  *  *  OS; V. Scrufutis, OS; J. Price, would lower away. The Stew- went into the No. 3 boat which Fred Hart's suit has been getting pretty shiny in the rear, watertender; A. Voisin, Oiler; ard Bosch, myself and Tommy got away safely. now that he has been re-elected, he says he's going to buy a F. McGee, Oiler; C. J. Hast- Ryan got into the boat in the We were adrift about 3 hours new one. ings, Watertender; J. Willard, order named and the boat be- when the S. S. Lara picked us *  *  *  *  Watertender; P. Bufkin, Fire- gan to lower away. Everything up. We were treated with great Harry Collins is now stationed in New York. Big Red is all man ; Edward Boylston, F i r e - was OK until we hit the water. kindness and courtesy by the let-up over the behavior of gas-hounds aboard ship. Brothers , man; J. Bolger, Fireman;- D. The after fall was released crew and officers. They gave us lould read his reports printed in the Log and take them to heart, Whittemore, Wiper; E. B. without anyone making certain dry clothes and hot food and a fo sense have the Navy turn the hfeat on us just because of a Rhoads, Second Cook; C. Lega- if anyone was on the forward shot of nun. I would like to ko. Utility; A. Mont, Messman; end to release tlie hook causing say a few words about the Ne- ew "onnery" ones. •   • •   »  J. McClenaghan, Messman; C. the boat to upend and take seas. gro deck gang. Scotto tells us that the Commie crews are not allowed shore L. Vose. Sefcond Pumpman; J. All the time the hight seas These colored sailors really eave in Russia, but SIU men are granted the priviledge. Quite Carlson, wiper; and J. Morris, were throwing the lifeboat knew their jobs and performed blow to the Stalinists. Boatswain. against the side of the Cassimir their duties in true seamanship •  *  *  *  and threatening to smash it any fashion. They obeyed every orBig Chief (better known as Major) has finally quit the Arminute. Bosch and myself tried der and made every move count cadia after ill these years. NOTICE  to fend the ship off so the boat when it was needed. The mate •  »  •  »  wouldn't break up—^but the seas on the Lara should also be TO  CALMAR  MEN  were too heavy. Tommy Ryan given great credit for a great George Cowles of Mobile is looking for' his friend Frank is trying to locate Zebrowski. tried to get forward to lend a crew. I'm sure he need have no Keaveney. And Fred Carretson *  *  »  »  The Calmar line has compil- hand to clear the fall from the worries in any emergency with Red Philips says he saw two subs on his trip from Mobile ed the money earned during life boat. I turned to help liim that bunch. 1941 by the following Brothers just as a huge wave caught him The Navy gunners also are to aboard the Alcoa Trader. Also heard that the Yankee Sword had in order to aid them in figuring and carried out of the boat and be congratulated f o"r standing 7 shots fired at her from about 800 yards off and not one found their infome tax; hurled him against the side of by without sleep for a period of its mark. The boys don't have too much respect for the marksL. Marsh, T. McMahon, R. the Cassimir. He was then suck- 36 hours. The 2nd mate of our manship of these raiders. ^ L. Bradford, P. Foster, W. A, ed under and we never saw him ship who was named Johansen, All of which reminds me that Pete Larson (formerly of the Page, K. F. Perry, C. L. Park- again. was a real officer. I have no er, F. Ruiz, F. C. Peterson, L. Bosch and I were still in the doubt that most of the crew Texmar) used to tell us that there was no such place as a Heayen C. Whitlock, A. Cosention, C. boat, trying to free it from the would be dead by now if it or a Hell for seamen. They were God's special children and went Nangle, A. M. Anderson, H. painter and the falls. I looked hadn't been for him. to a place all their own. (no doubt complete with gin mills). ' Booth, J. P. Buckman, G. Walters, E. Poblodor, H. Nungezer, MORE ABOUT J. W. Prescott, J. Player, J. E. Peterson, T. B. Baldwin, E. Kendlin, H. Dunblane, N. Banaag, R. Garcia, J. Remo, W. (Continued  from  Page  Three)  far outweigh the amicable set- short visit , we are always glad Common, E. Leahy, W. H. ship,_after the hawsers were all tlements between the seamen to see him. He took two men Parker, J. F. Wood, C. H. An- on board. After presenting the and the operators that the more over to Mobile with him as he (Continued from Page Oni) I  vil, L. Nicholson, G. Mason, F. beef to the membership they we do to keep all beefs and ar- claims that it is very hard to crew in the lifeboats and soundMurphy, C. Mathews, A. A. feel that action taken by the guments stable to the satisfac- secure replacements for the Al- ed like gigantic freight trains Scott, E. Degen, J. Craig, L. Navy Department and the U.S. tion of all concerned will co and other ships out of Mo- roaring through the night. Crew, C. Myhrs, J. R. Coleman, Steamboat Inspection Service amount to so much insurance bile and New Orleans. This shelling went on for alW. Dubuision, E. Hernandez, J. should be awaited before the for the Seafarers International Well, here we are at the be- most an hour before the shat= C. Kirby. J. J. Shaw. J. K. membership takes steps to pre- Union in which we have so ginning of a new year for the tered Marore finally sled beGlass, T. Parker, J. L. Williams sent charges against the mem- much faith. officials of the S.IU. I am neath the water. Then, one by and W. Brook. sure that we will have a bigger one, the subs submerged leavber involved, "rhis brings back and better year than we had in ing the surviving crew alone in ' to mind the items that have been TAMPA  the past, although we can't com- the dark. The men were in three previously stressed by all offiBy PERSONALS  plain about the advantages that life boats. One of the boats succials of the Union, and those we gained in the past year, in ceeded in rigging a sail and D. L. PARK^ are that all Government bodies MOBTIMEB W. lACOX securing higher wages, condi- made port at Cape Hatteras. are keeping a sharp eye on all The other two boats, containing Your mother is worried about you. Labor Unions and the steps . This past week has been a tions, etc. 25 men, were sighted by a Navy Please write her at the next port. taken by the so called MILI- very busy one due to the fact What we need now is for all plane which directed a ship; to that we have had quite a few FRANK PALMER the ships to be armed, and a TANT MEMBERS and may their rescue. You have not filled out your Se- be classified as so-called DE- ships in, and a shortage of key higher bonus. iec|ive Service question blank. Take TRIMENTAL ACTS men for replacements. Now, Our lives are just as valuable All SIU Brothers are safe and care of it the next time you hit port. AGAINST THE UNITED since the P & O ships have as the Ship' Owners and as we ready to return to sea. CHARLIE KINDRDC STATES GOVERNMENT. been taken off the Havanna- are created equal I don't see Your lister is trying to locate you. Every black eye that the Union Miami run, we are getting lots why we shouldn't have all the Give the seamen^  Write to Mrs. Bessie Fancher, 3101 receives through phoney strikes of men on the beach. protection that is possible for GUNS and  RAtm  Washington Blvd., Chicago, III. and stoppages of work will so Bro. Biggs was over for a any one to have. m  MORE PORT  NEWS  MARORE  h  !  \ '«(.  4  J,  \  '  1  A  � 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/. 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