http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/4bb4ab00451a50766be993b36c52834e.PDF a4c9b85ddf4ac3537b3185236a96d1a2 PDF Text Text (r  l;:\ •A*.  I.". 'I,  SECURITY  IN  UNITY  VOL.  IV.  j:Af!AKERS JOQ<  OFFICIAL ORGAN  OF THE ATLANTIC  AND  GULF DISTRICT,  SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION  OF NORTH  AMERICA  214  NEW YORK, N.Y., THURSDAY, JULY !<{, 1942 No. 24 Joint Maritime Commission Asks Improved  Safety Rules; Fails To Act  On Larger Issues  U­BOATS TIPPED  OFF ON  SHIPPING  Ca^t. Gunar Gjertsen, of Brooklyn, ^ told a story about the sinking of his Panamanian ship that indicates U-boats In American Waters are being well informed of U. S. ship movements. Gjertsen, whose ship was torpedoed in the Caribbean on June 23, said that when the U-boat commander asked him the name of his vessel, "I told him and he pulled a book from his pocket and fingered it with a puzzled expression on his face. I guess he didn't find our ship listed. We had changed her name just before we left port." One crewman was killed. He was Chief Engineer Harry Hovland, of Staten Island. RELIEF ASKED FOR  FISHING INDUSTRY  Wx\SHINGTON, July 10. — Mandatory legislation requiring the Maritime Commission to procure 100 or more fishing vessels to replace the 427 requisitioned by the Government for war use was advocated today by Representative James C. Oliver (Rep., Me.), member of the important House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. DOMINATION OF CONFERENCE BY BRITISH SHIP  OWNERS  NOTED  BY  SEAFARER'S  DELEGATE  by  MORRIS  WEISBERGER  VICE  PRESIDENT,  S­I.U.  —  NEW  YORK  AGENT,  S.U.P.  Brothers: I have just returned from the 12 th Session of the Joint Maritime Commission, held in London June 26th to June 30th, 1942. My report to you has been delayed due to the fact that censorship prevented my forwarding it from England and I had to wait until arriving back in this country to prepare it. This conference, which was attended by both unions and employers of the maritime countries of the United Nations, was supposedly C^alled for the purpose of improving the economic and social conditions of the seamen throughout the world. While I consider it a privilege and honor to participate in this conference, and while there were certain gains made, I feel it is my duty to also report the shortcomings of the Joint Maritime Commission. The following are what I would consider as gains made by the unions at the session just ended: First, good resolutions were passed in regard to life saving equipment aboard ships. This is, of course, a vital question in war time and the concrete suggestions made by the conference should help cut down the high seaman casualty rate. I must report that both the shipowners and the union delegates were unanimous in. their opinion that no cost should stand in the way of affording the seanien the best possible life saving equipment. At the end of my re- port is listed the concrete suggestions in this regard made by the Commission. The second gain was that during the detailed discussion of seamen's welfare, the workers' group urged the elimination of all ideas of "charity" from the treatment of seamen in ports. This principle was supported by the owners' group. Both groups emphasised the need for treating the seamen on shore as a citizen equal in every respect to all others in the community. The third gain was that the marked inequalities of treatment of seamen of certain nationalities, including Chinese, Indian and others, was noted and condemned by the Commission. Althoagh the final resolution adopted was not as forthright as the werkefs' group had hoped that it would be, still it was a step in the right direction and was approved by the Chinese and Indian delegates, TThe International Labor Office is primarily a fact finding body. The Commission, therefore, went on record requesting the I.L.O. to intensify its study of the wages, hours .and working conditions of maritime workers and to present to the next conference practical suggestions for the general improvement of the lot of all seafarers. One  thing  should  be  kept  in  mind  by  all  seamen  ^Conthiiu­J  on  Page  2)  Representative Oliver, who introduced a bill whieh would authorize the Maritime Commission to make loans to fisliermen desiring to replace craft requisitioned by the Governrae'nt, and which is now under consideration by the Bland committee, said he has become convinced that something more drastic than permissive legislation is needed to relieve the situation caused by! a threatened loss of one-fourth the annual fish catch of the United States." Admiral Emory S. Land, Chairman of the United States Maritime dlommission, yesterday announced that Paul Manship, outstanding medal designer, has been requestedto create a design for a distinguished service medal to be awarded merchant seamen who show outstanding conduct or service in the line of duty. A committee within the Maritime Commission was established several weeks ago under Vice Admiral A. P. Fairfield as chairman to examine reports of heroic and outstanding deeds of merchant seamen who have braved enemy attacks. TWO LINES AGREE  TO PAY SlU SCALE  Two steamship companies operating out of Detroit agreed Tuesday to pay the Great I.4ikes .Seafarers' wage scale of $178.00 for rated men and $138 monthly for unrated men and 9Jc per hour for overtime, with the proviso that if the War Labor Board directive order awarded the Seafarers a higher scale, they would make up the difference. However, if the WLB order is for less money, the above rate will be maintained. The two companies are: Bob-Lo Steamship Company and the Ashley-Dustin Steamship Company. Negotiations are in progress now with the other passenger vessel operators, with the view of reaching a settlement on the same basis. NOTICE ­ STEWARD  OF ALCOA CARRIER  Will the Steward of the trip ending May 14, 1942 please get in touch with W. L. Hartley, U. S. Maritime Officers Training School, Fort Trumbull, New London, Conn. NOTICE!  • LCCKSLEY  CREW OF ROBIN Bonus  money  is  due  you.  Ctiiect  at  Robin  Line  office,  39  Cortland  Street,  New  York  City,  .or  if out  of  town  send  address so  check  can  be  forwarded.  CREW  OF  CITY  OF  BIRMINGHAM  Two  days'  pay  is  due  you.  Collect  at  Alcoa  office,. 17  Bat­ tery  Place,  New  York  City.  SEAMEN'S MEDAL  BEING DESIGNED  BULLETIN  THESE  UNION  DELEGATES  TO  THE  JOINT  MARITIME  COMMISSION  MEETING  IN  LONDON  WERE  PHOTOGRAPHED  ON  THE  STEPS  OUTSIDE  THE  MEETING  HALL.  THEY  ARE  (LEFT  TO  RIGHT):  C.  JARMAN  (BRITISH),  J.  fuDEHOPE  (AUSTRALIA),  H.  F.  CHU  (CHINA)  AND  MORRIS  WEISBERGER  (U.  S.  A.)  '  • ­'V  A J  Seafarers  win  representation  election  over  Independent  Union  on  Pere  Marquette  Railway  Car  Ferry.  Fleets  on  Lake  Michigan  and  Detroit  River  involving  ap­ I proximately  350  men.  Vote  by  ;  152  to  118.  MARDY  POLANER,  Seafarers  Int'l  Union  Great  Lakes  Distriot.  •  J  >(  �Paige Tw> I  THE SEAFARERS' LOG Thursday,  July  16,  1942  J^lUhea  by  th9  SEAFARERS'  INTERNATtDNAL  UMEON  OF NORTH  AMERICA  Atlantic and Guli District  Ignores  Vital  Problems  AfUlUxtea wUh  th9  American Federation of  Labor  HAHRY LUNDEBERG, Intomatloncd PresIdBnt 110 Markst Strest, Room 402, Son Francisco, Calii. ADDRESS  ALL  00RRE8P0NDEN0B  CONOERNINO  THIS  PVBLIOATION  TO:  "THE SEAFARERS' LOG P. O. 25. Station P. New York. N. Y. Phone: BOwling Green 9-8346 r  1^  Out  of  tho Foosl  by  S- • iP­'­'  A porpoise seemed to be the cause of a sinking recently. Joe Lupton, looking off the stern, asked the gunner what that object was and he replied that it was a porpoise. A minute later a torpedo hit the ship. It was on the same ship that we lost the first woman in our organization, Stewardess Kimbto. Mfs. Kimbro was popular with all the boys along the Coast, and her many friends will sure miss her. (Continued from Page 1) when they read the resolutions adopted by this conference: they are recommendations and only that! The Commission has no power to enforce these suggestions upon any government or any individual or shipowner or union. The concrete improvement of scv-^^en's conditions still remains with the various labor Unions and will be accomplished only when the unions are strong and militant. This does not mean that the Joint Maritime Commission serves no purpose, for it does spotlight certain wrongs suffered by the seamen. But the actual correction of those wrongs remain in the arena of direct collective bargaining betweeii the men and their individual employers. The fact that more thorough reforms were not forthcoming from the conference, was due to the composition of the body itself. The Joint Maritime Commission is composed of both shipowners and unions, each group having equal voting strength. This meant, in effect, that no reform could be adopted which met the opposition of the shipowners. To correct this evil and alter the balance of ,"power, the union delegates from the United Nation countries (with the exception of myself) wanted to make the Commission a tri-partit body. That is, they wanted equal representation for shipowners, unions and government. Their reasoning was that in the past they had adopted many platforms at the con"erences, only to have the individual governments refuse to ratify them. Once the governments were a part of the conference, they reasoned, they would ae morally bound to accept its decisions and to en'orce the suggested reforms. AAA On one ship we lost 29' brothers. Thok that were saved were blown ofif the deck into the sea, and were able to swim over to the raft. Harold Dayse who couldn't swim, was picked up by the Sub creW^ and placed on the raft. He was the only survivor of the Stewards department. AAA Survivors of one ship that was shelled and sunk back in April have just arrived in New York. Some of the boys may feel that the old man was a niurderer, but Jim Trumbauer feels that the Captain made an honest mistake. Believing an approaching cruiser to be British he Before leaving the United States for the conferput up a flag. The cruiser swerved around, and suddenly gave them a ence, I received very defiiute instructions from my broadside with all guns blazing. It was too late for the old man to do union. Paragraph three of those instructions read, as anything then. Those that were saved jumped over the side. Jim Trum- 'ollows: bauer put a mattress over his head and saved himself from the flying "We (SIU-SUP) are opposed to joint boards of shrapnel. It sure was a tough experience, labor, operators and government. We firmly beAAA lieve that the disputes and conditions relating Some of the brothers were amazed at the heroism of the gun crew to merchant seamen should be directly handled on one ship as the vessel started to go down stern first—they strapped between the shipowners and the unions. With themselves to the gun and kept firing away, and never left their pothe three-cornered boards composed of governsitions, even though it was a hopeless effort. Such loyalty should bring ment, operators and unions the seamen have two victorious dividends in the near future. strikes against them because, in the final analyAAA sis, invariably the government will take the side John (Tarzan) Gibbons and his brother Bill, have had their first of the shipowner. Furthermore, the seamen do experience with torpedos. They're ready for the next show. Blaisdell not want to be serfs or wards' of the govern(Willie) Willis, former AB aboard the Azalea City, is now sailirtg out ment. Seamen are free men and should be allowed to maintain their status as such." of New Orleans as a 3rd Mate. Andy CoflSll is also a 3rd Mate. Charles Ck)oper has retired, and has joined the officers training school group. It is obvious that the suggestion for a tri-partit We are happy to report that the Log erred in listing Emil Janke, John body ran directly counter to these instructions which Hanks and Fred Sweder as being lost. They came to New York to in- have been one of the guiding principles of the form us of that in person. Abraham Rider has two letters awaiting SIU-SUP. him in Headquarters. I had no alternative, therefore, but to oppose the move to bring government into equal partnership in In Union There Is Strength  I'll rise up in my humble state, I'll go to any length, To give voice to the adage that, "In Union there is strength." And the reason for my argument is very plain to see. For the strength that is in union is no mystery to me. You'll see the light, my brothers, and you'll realize it is true. When you've real or fancied troubles and it goes to bat for you. When it rubs out all your headaches, and runs your trouble down. For, there's always something doing when the union "goes to town." Time was when I was headstrong, ere 1 had wiser grown. And thought to win my battles, and to win them all alone, It all sounded heroic, but when all is said and done. They were as few as hen's teeth, the battles that I won. So in these times of storm and stress, I've come to see the light, And glad to have substantial aid beside me when I fight. For what I deem should be my lot In my remodeled mind, ' It's comforting to know there's help beside me now I find. I  Just take a tip from one who knows, in Union there is might. The only thing they ask of you, is that your cause be right. Then when the battle's over, and your headaches are no mora. They only say, "Bud, what the heck? That's what the Union's for." — from the MMP the Joint Maritime Commission. Mine was the solii dissent on this question as far as the union delegates were concerned. While the union delegates presented and supported this proposal, the conference finally tabled the entire question with the plan to bring it up at the next session of the Commission. It is my opinion that much of the inability of the Commission to solve the vital issues facing the seamen, was directly due to the domination over the Commission of the British shipowners. They have, in the past, succeeded in"nuhfying much of the good work of the Commission and the International Labor Office. For instance: The 19}6 meeting of the I.L.O. passed certain resolutions in regard to hours of work, manning, etc. Although these resolutions were adopted by the majority of the delegates, the shipowning interests succeeded in preventing ratification by the British Government. At the 1942 meeting, the same interests continued to oppose ratificatidn of the 1936 resolutions. However, in spite of the many shortcomings of the Joint Maritime Commission, I have the conviction that the 1942 meeting was worth while and that certain progressive steps were taken, however few. In the past years the ISU delegates made decisions that were never refered to the membership or ratified by them. This lack of democratic proceedute left in the hands of the ISU leadership the power to make important decisions entirely on their own. It is my opinion that this practice, which was also followed by other unions, has led the Commission to expect that all delegates will come armed with complete authority to make decisions that shall be final and binding without ratification by their own members. It is also my opinion that this is contrary to the established proceedure of the SIU-SUP where the power of ratification of all binding decisions rests with the membership. It should be clearly understood by the Joint Maritime Commission that our delegates to all future sessions are bound by this principle. In conclusion, it must be kept in mind that since the departure of the I.S.U. from the maritime field, this is the first time the SIU-SUP has sent a delegate to the I.L.O. conference. I believe that future con- . ferences should be attended by delegates from our Union. Although this conference has not lived up to my expectations as to positive benefits for seamenj nevertheless, they are steps in the right direction^' because of the opportunity of closer cooperation witli the seamen of other maritime nations. Respectifully submitted, MORRIS WEISBERGER, New York Agent, S.U.P. Vice President, S.I.U. Safety Rules Adopted By Joifit Marititxie  Commission —  London, June' 1942  The Joint Maritime Commission, Having examined the measures now in force in a number of countries for the protection of seamen against the dangers tol which they are exposed in time of war, and having noted with satisfaction the great progress made as a result of the war in devising effective safety measures, Expresses its conviction that the paramount consideration should in all caees be the safety of the seamen and that considerations of expense sliould nOt be allowed to be a barrier to the adoption of the most effective measures of protection. The Corhmission further considisrs that evOry effort should be made to secure the adoption by all maritime countries of the safety measures which experience has shown to be practicable and effective. (a) to communicate to. Governments as soon as possible, on the basis of the existing practice in the countries having the widest experience in this niatter and of the suggestions for further improvements set out in the'Appendix t6 this Resolution, vVhich have been approved by the Conimiseion, a summary statement of ths life-saving measures best calculated to protect- merchant seamen in time of war,,and to urge them to review and revise their existing regulations on the matter in the light of the information thus given in order that a high and reasonably uniform standard of safety may be ensured' for all seamen; (b) to continue its study of the question of measures for the protection of seamen in case of shipwreck, fire and other perils in order that the requisite information may be available and unnecessary delay be avoided when conditiona permit consideration of the pusaibilily of adopting ah International Labor .Convention on' safety measures for seamen; (c) to recommend Governments to consider enter-v ing into reciprocal arrangements under which a national authority, will be authorised to ^ (Continued on Page 4) �T'ir­"­  —y  .­,'  r  :  •  / '  Thursday, July 16, 1942 THE SEAFARERS' WHarS  DOING  L>?L  li  Arouttdi  the  Ports  SAVANNAH  By CHARLES WAID them—all is forgiven and come on back home. The S.I.U. doesn't believe in plugging or advertising anything outside of the Union, but this book "How to Abandon Ship" put out by the Cornell Press is really worth while having. No use kidding ourselves but a lot of our brothers could be alive today if it wasn't for someone losing their head; someone not knowing just what to do. The book is full of good ideas as to what a man can do to keep himself alive and we don't believe it would be such a bad idea for the Union to get a supply of them and make them available to the membership at cost. TAMPA  By D. L. PARKER LOG Page HUW?. SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA jfTLAKTlC xhA GULF DISTBICT S0CFOt€cr7­Trea9urmf'a 0£Bce  Boom 213 — 2 Btom Siroat Navr York City R O. Box 2S, StctSoa P Phonai BOwling Green DJRECTrORy OF BRANCraS BHANCH NEW  YOBE  ADDBESS PHONE a  Stone  St  BOwling  Green  €SS!6  DiBpotcher'i Offlca _.._BOwllng Green 9-3M0 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 St ...^.Manning 3572 St -.^Calvert 4539 ® B*- Lcjmbord 7651 -....Norfolk 4-1083 ~o?o St- MAgnolla 3962 Savannah 3-172« 206 So. Franklin St Tampa MM-1323 ^ Conception Sl....D8Xtar 1449 Ponce de Leon Puerto de Tlerra 2014 Market Street Galveston 2-8043 Things have been very quiet here in this port as the submarines have chased the ships away. We had two transports in last week, and then shipping picked up a little. From what I can understand, the The South Atlantic Mail Line Bull line at the present time is has a new Liberty-type ship comGALVESTON. turning quite a few of their ships ing out the end bf this month and over to the Navy, so that won't if any of you Savannah boys want ers can be met" were voiced at the leave so many to come in here. But Plea For Unified  a little vacation come on home there are a few stragglers coming Rail  Labor  Movement  annual convention of the National and we will ship you out the end Union of Railwaymen of Great in now and then. of this month. NEW YORK—^Fervent pleas to Britain at Blackpool, England. The There has been a number of torThat's about all for now. Steady Patrolman Dickey and Kupta, pedo survivors coming in here and the British railwaymen's unions to National Union of Railwaymen as she goes. who took a leave of absence until from what they tell me it must be learn the lesson of cooperation and has a total membership of 376,355. business picked up in this port, are Hell on the seas with all the sub- unity and form a unified railway and is an affiliate of the InternaBALTIMORE  labor movement "so that any re- tional Transport Workers' Federastill afloat and should be back in a marines at large. actionary moves from the employ- tion. month or so. Ex-agent (the shadBy It is a damn shame that the seaow) McKay has also shipped out. men have to sail for so small a D. D. STORY Mac said he needed a rest and left bonus when the ship owners are states that the sailors are getting this port in the Steward's depart- reaping an enormous amount of impossible, they can't even sleep example. When I slip a Mickey to a young seleptee, I never take all ' Liberty ship launchings are hit- ment of a C-2. profit. But they don't care for a aboard while a little work is being his money. Not me, I split with ting full stride in this area with the life as long as they can get the done. Tish, tish. Asked if he would him." local yard sending three down the PHILADELPHIA  gravy and one or more lives doesn't like to sleep while a couple of airPERCIVAL PAWNTICKET: ways in one day last week. The mean a damn thing to them. guns would work in his ear, ? (Sentenced to hang as aij incurable By full effect of the 8-a-week launchI have noticed in the various pa- Wonder how these birds sleep after punster) "I still maintain, No ings has not touched us yet because JOSEPH FLANAGAN pers that we seamen are getting a clipping the old coupons and real- noose is good noose." only between three and five are gosmall amount of recognition, which izing that they were made through ABE SCARNEI: (Slot machine ing into service weekly. However, Shipping practically at a stand- has been due the seamen since ships the blood and guts of the men that king of Chicago) "If I catch any by the end of August we can look still at this port, and just the right first began to sail. In the general can't sleep when a little work is Goddam Germans or Japs musselfor calls for at least four S.I.U. time for a vacation. So our astute public's opinion a seaman was going on. ing in on my territory, I'll blast "" ships weekly. patrolman, Ed Lynch, has taken something that had fallen to the We have back with us again our hell out of 'em . . . just like I ' The shipping of 112 members one. Incidentally, astute doesn't wayside and was unfit for the so- ex-dispatcher, a gent known as the would anybody else." this week while only 67 registered imply that he ats too much beans. called elite class to associate with. "Goon." He got off a Waterman SENATOR T. WARDHEELER is a good indication of what lies David (Sharkey) Jones is pinch- But now they can see where the summer cruise and booked passage BLOPS: Dec. 6, 1941 — "The ahead of us. This heavy shipping is hitting in the office while I wend merchant marine is the secondary for the city of light,' laughter and worst criminal element we have in being done with the business of the my weary way on the waterfront defense of our nation, and without cheap beer. On his way he put on this country is the merchant seaport at the lowest point in its his- in search of ships that never come ships and seamen we would be in paper a few random notes about man and the crooked labor tmions tory. Only one S.I.U. ship has home. Talking on the subject of one hell of a fix. The old saying outstanding American heroes. I that guide him. They should be in paid .off in this port during the ships, whether they come home or that it is a long road that never thought the boys might get a kick Alcatraz." past two weeks. Any return to the not, we were checking up on the has a turning is quite true in this out of them ... so here are a few June 5, 1942 — "The most paI'll send more from time to time. port of its formei shipping status casualty lists here and find that not case. triotic, brave and unselfish element It is so damn hot here that the MISS BEULAH SMALL- we have in this country today is would call for a beach list turn- one of the men who were shipped by us were amongst them. Howtypewriter keys are almost melting SPROCKET: (Prominent "B" the merchant seaman and the inos'er of around 200 men. ever, many of our well-known so I will let them cool off until Drink girl of tlie Vieux Carre) telligent labor unions that guide Most beefs these days are from brothers who usually do ship from next week. "We must all make sacrifices if this him. They should all be given the Liberty ships and they usually here are on it. Maybe our Godsends war is to be won. Now take me for! medals." involve alterations in construction have something to do with it. NEW ORLEANS 'that are the devil to get rectified. Anyhow 'tis true. May Godspeed Lack of running hot water and all our ships home safely .and the By adequate laundry facilities is the devil take the Jap and Heinie ships. "ARMY" chief squawk of the boys sailing The Story is abroad that "Dothe Liberties and we are doing our the-Best-You-Can" Hillman, while The beef of the century has best to get .this corrected. In this his ship was sinking, stood on the squared away on our side. This is respect, many thanks tO the broth- poop-deck, opened his arms and the Steward beef from the Eva. P. CAVANAUGH  n  S  ers who, not only told us what they shouted to the bpys in the life- The Army tried their damdest to PERCIVAL DE  LEON  Messman  thought was wrong, but also took boats: "Do the best you can, fel- prove a man that has 34 years with WM.  McCONNEY  MessmS  time to tell us how they thought it lows; do the best you can. the company was incapable of do"could be corrected. A Waterman's Convalescing Edward March ing his duties. We, meaning the ship paid off here last week and we awaits a goodly sum of the filthy Union as represented by the ship's CHARLES L. MILLER  Winer  were glad to see her come in. It lucre. Ear trouble is his pet ex- crew, and seconded by the Captains JOHN V. PIERCE  A  B  felt like ROBERT L. EARNHARDT  •   A* B*  . old times to go aboard a . planation for still being around, of the company that the man sailpay-off ship and listen to the old ^ ed with, proved otherwise. There JOSEPH D.  RODGERS  A. B  familiar overtime, bonus b^fs, etc. I ^^.^,^^16. was justification insofar as the conGEORGE F. WEST  A  B*  The ship had her troubles But they ^ Seaberger's mother-in-law ditions were cited but the thing ALTON R. O'BERRY  .. A! B!  vtrere straightened out m good that hung the goose was the fact Mrs. M.  C. KIMBRO  Stewardess  dfer. ^raybe it's the same in all pprts that the stewards department CHARLES  JONES  Firenian  Jb'ut it seems as if the Baltimore Matt Lynn and "Get Going aboard the vessel was putting out JAMES GREEN  Butcher  °Btfits^^'e really been taking it Sa^pson are on their merry way to 2 '/2 times as much from the galley ROY J. SAUNDERS  Oiler  ofi the chin in the way of sinkings. ^ j as the ship was built for. Ship was LEWIS J. DION  WiDcr  "There's been times when we've come back safely. Our hall is very rigged for not more than 2000 JOSEFH  B. BOYLE  Oiler  meals a day while now the score is Wished we could wisli that famous peaceful without them. MARTIN LUDWICK  Fireman  between 5 and 6 thousand. That's Iteltimore headache—-the Ore Line j Dishing dirt « about all the news JAMES J. JUDGE  V/iper  —into some other port. For most ^ this port can giVe to our patient not hay Brother. One of our crews stating they 1 of the bid rust buckets it's too lat6, meitabership, but we have hopes of CHARLES  BERCHEM  Fireman  they won't come back to this pbrt having something better to report can't sleep due to the noise being D. O.  RANK  Oiler  made by the repair gang. Called of any other port but for those soon. THEO.  MORGAN  Pantryman  the Company rep. and the gent I that are still afloat we'd like to tell^ Adieu sorrellos. This last week has been a busy One. A boat of the Mississippi Steamship Company and one of the Robin Line here. Had to call for 10 replacements out of New Orleans. In Memory of These  Brothers Lost At Sea  R. F. BELVIN  SH  �r  rtr <. HS71.11 >'­£«>?;K5755an5i5^Sn'i T^tiJ MMJua  ­  •  •  .  .  ,•  ;•  ­fc­­./. ­v'  .  Page Four \ ii;  THE  SEAFARERS*  LOG  The Maritime Commission  Ignores  Vital  Problems  {Continued  front  Page  2)  carry  out,  on  its  own  initiative or  on  the  rep­ resentations  of  the  crew  concerned,  inspection  of  the  safety  equipment  of  a  ship  of  foreign  registration  lying  in  a  port  within  the  juris­ diction  of  that  authority  and  to  issue  an  in­ ternational  certificate  of  inspection.  1.  On  vessels  of  not  less  than  300  tons  gross  the  lifeboats  provided  should  include  one  motor  lifeboat  on  each  side  adequately  provided  with  fuel.  2. The  use  of  the  radial type  of  davit  should  be dis­ continued  at  the  earliest  practicable  opportunity  and  all  new  tonnage  should  be  fitted  with  davits  mechan­ ically  operated  for  the  purpose  of  swinging  lifeboats  outboard.  3.  On  new  vessels  pumps,  particularly  main  and  circulating  pumps,  which  discharge  above  the  light  load  line  should  be  fitted  with  remote  control  valves  for  shutting  them  down.  These  controls  should  be  lo­ cated  near  to  the  remote  control  for  the  main  engines  The  same  arrangements  should  be  applied  to  existing  ships  as  and  when  practicable.  4.  On  tankers  carrying  inflammables  all  lifeboats  should  be  of  steel  and  some  life­rafts  should  be  car­ ried  aft  in  the  ship.  5. Expeditious  investigation should  be  made  into the  design  of  the  best  hull  form  and  weather  protection  for  lifeboats.  6.  Nails  should  not  be  used  in  the  construction  of  wooden  life­rafts.  7.  Expert  consideration  should  be  given  to  the  ad­ visability  of  equipping  lifeboats  with  radio  transmis­ sion  sets  capable  of  transmitting  on  short  wave  lengths  as  well  as  on  600  meters.  8.  Definite  and  adequate  arrangements  should  be  made  for  the  position  of  an  abandoned  ship  to  be  WASHINGTON, July 14 — President Roosevelt has signed an 9.  Every  lifeboat  should  carry  a  waterproof  chart,  or  alternatively  a  chart in  a  waterproof  container,  for  use  in  the  vicinity  in  which  the  ship  is  sailing.  10.  Adequate  visibility  of  the  lifeboat  compass  should  be  ensured  by  the  use  of  luminous  compass­ cards  or  by  effective  illumination.  11.  Every  lifeboat  should  be  provided  with  signal  pistol  equipment.  APPENDIX  SHIP TRAINING  HAS SEEN SWITCHED  communicated  to  those  in  charge  of  boats.  12. The  greatest  possible  use  should  be  made  of  the  space  available  in  lifeboats  for  the  carriage  of  water  and  every  care  should  bo  taken  to  see  that  the  water  supplies  are  replenished  when  necessary.  13.  Buoyant  containers  with  supplies  of  fresh  water  should  be  carried  on  board  ship  in  close  proximity  to  the  lifeboats  and  so  arranged  that  they  will  readily  float  free  of  the  ship.  14.  Every  lifeboat  should  be  provided  with  a  unit  type  first­aid  kit  in  a  weather­tight  metal  container.  15.  Before  a  vessel  leaves  its  first  port  of  departure  fire  and  boat  drills  should  be  held  and  all  life­sav­ ing  appliances  should  be  inspected.  Drills  should  also  be  held  before  leaving  any  port  at  which  any  im­ portant  change  has  been  made  in  the  crew.  Every  drill  and  inspection  should  be  entered  in the  log  book.  The  Joint  Maritime  Commission  agrees  that  it  is  important  in  war  time  in  the  interests  of  safety  that  officers  and  ratings  should,  where  practicable,  have  reasonable  rest  before  going  on  watch  prior  to  sailing.  Having  agreed  to  many  improvements  to  the  ex­ isting  standard  and  methods  employed  in  the  saving  of  life at  sea  and  in  view  of  the  urgency  of  their  im­ mediate  application,  members  of  this  Joint  Maritime  Commission  further  pledge  themselves  that  they  will  immediately  do  all  in  their  power  to  ensure  that  such  decisions  become  operative  at  the  earliest  possible  date.  ministration of the Merchant Marine training functioiis from the Administration. An Executive Order on Feb. 28 had transferred the Coast Guard to the War Shipping training program from the Maritime Commission to the Coast Guard, The training program is being rapidly expanded to provide about 100,000 officers and men for the 2,300 new ships contemplated in 1942 and 1943 under the President's war program. Officials said the transfer had been agreed to by Secretary Knox and Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, WSA Administrator. Seatrain To Continue  Coastwise Runs  AUSTIN, Tex., July 11—^Uecp in the heart of Texas a noisy new anti-labor campaign is making its bid for national recognition from foes of unions. Texas and Oklahoma constituted the scenic backdrop for last spring's phony "grass-roots" crusade against unions, collective bargaining and labor's wage standards. Set back on their heels by the united front of labor, the sponsors of that campaign are apparently beginning to feel their oats again. SPREADS POISON In recent weeks an organization called the Christian Americans, which features anti-labor and antiminorities propaganda, has been spreading its activities. Sen. Lee DO  NOT  SHIP  SIDNEY  HOWARD  EDWARD  F.  McGUY  of the Seatrain CLIFFORD  F. HINCKLEY  certificates of pub-j W.  C.  BOYD  and necessity, auth-' EDGAR  R.  BUTLER  •   i::/  •  ¥• ­,  K'  P 6847  P 6591  Applications Lines, Inc., for lie convenience orizing continuance of operations as a common carrier of commodiPAT ON THE BACK  ties by water between New York and New Orleans and New Itork^ The record of our merchant and Texas City, Texas, have been seamen in this war is an outstandgranted by the Interstate Com- ing one. It is a record of courage merce Commission. An application and heroism. It is the story of men by Seatrain for a certificate auth- who have stuck to their posts in orizing the transportation, of pas.-, the face of insurmountable obsengers between, New York .aod, stacles. New Orleans was denied. j On Clothing Benefits ... /  IF  YOU  ARE  TORPEDOED  AND  LOSE  ALL  PERSONAL  EFFECTS  AND  ATTEMPT  TO  COLLECT  FROM  THE  SHIP­ OWNER,  REMEMBER  THE  FOLLOWING:  1.  IF  YOU  HAVE  FAILED  TO  MAKE  OUT  AN  ITEMIZED  LIST  AND  FILE  IT  WITH  THE  SKIPPER  BEFORE  SAILING  IT IS  POSSIBLE  TO  COLLECT  ONLY  UP TO  $150.  2.  IF  YOU  HAVE  MADE  OUT  AN  ITEMIZED  LIST  OF  YOUR  PERSONAL  EFFECTS  AND  PLACED  THE  VALUE  BE­ LOW  $150,  YOU  CAN  COLLECT  ONLY  THE  AMOUNT  AL­ READY  SET  BY  YOU.  3.  IF  YOU  HAVE  MADE  OUT  AN  ITEMIZED  LIST  AND  SET THE  VALUE  ABOVE $150,  YOU  MAY  CLAIM  UP TO  AND  INCLUDING  $250.  YOUR  LIST  IS  SUBJECT  TO  CHECKING  BY  THE  SKIPPER.  Seafarers' Log­ HONOR ROLL  DONATION  —Senator  Alexander  Wiley  $  1.00  CREW  OF  S.  S.  ELDENA  13.64  CREW  OF  S.S.  LA  SALLE  9.00  G.  GRIFFIN  L.  FROMM  CREW  OF  S.S.  ALCOA  PATRIOT  ,  STEWARDS  S.S.  GEORGE  WASHINGTON:  J.  DARIGAN  J.  KAVANAUGH  \  E.  McCAN  2.00  34)0  13.00  10.00  10.00  5.00  uy  war  onds  B  Steel Strike  Spreads As  Company Stalls  Ji  \ LACKAWANNA, N. Y., July 3—strike at the Bethlehem Steel Company's Lackawanna plant spread to a second open hearth furnace unit today. W.S.A. Hints At  Diverting  Shipping  To San Francisco  of Texas here refused to reappoint four instructors who had sought to place the viewpoint of labor before a reactionary "grass roots" meeting in Dallas last March. Says Scrap  Dealers  f  $66.64  Edward F. Entwisle, the general manager, said that shop stewards of the union in No. 1 open hearth. O'Daniel, seeking re-clectioxi from No. 2 open hearth, blast furnaces poll-tax voters, plans to key his and ore docks "served notices on campaign on hatred of labor. the superintendents early in the And  in a  number  of  Texas  cities,  day that the men would quit work businessmen,  corporation  officials  late this afternoon and tomorrow . and  foremen  have  been  busy circu­ The War Shipping Administra- morning unless demands were met lating  a "declaration  of  way by  the  immediately." unarmed  forces  of  America."  Prin­ tion has advised the San Francisco He reported that the crew in. cipal  objects  of  attack  arc  the  Marine Exchange, which has been working  rules  and  provisions  found  fostering a program for the diver- No. 2 hearth struck at 4 P. M. today. Workers in the No. 3 unit in  almost  every  union contract.  sion of shipping from lower Atlanwalked out yesterday. An estiFIRE  INSTRUCTORS  tic and Gulf ports to South Amermated 300 employes have stopped The campaign against labor ican destinations to the West Coast, work. burst into full bloom when the Lome H. Nelles, international Board of Regents of the University that its suggestions are under con- Si'  ;v-j7 Thursday, July 16, 1942 Texas Labor Haters Renew The Same Old Propaganda Blitzkreig Executive Order shifting the Ad- • '^  sideration, according to advices re- representative of the union, attribceived in New York. Making no uted the walkout to the "comcommitments, officials stated that pany's failure to discuss many grievances which have arisen' strategic considerations must be the throughout the plant." He added determining factors in any diver- that the men in No. 3 hearth had sion decision. notified the superintendent Monday Profit on  Rubber  Drive  Unions Score  Heavily  In  Bargaining  Polls  WASHINGTON — Elliot E. Simpson, counsel of the house subWorkers are breaking records irt committee investigating the rubber the rate at which they are choosing situation, said last week that scrap dealers were making huge profits unions to represent them, the Naout of the scrap rubber drive. tional Labor Relations Board revealed this" week. Simpson declared some unidentified dealers who bought scrap for During May, tfie board said, $20 a ton proceeded to sift it for 107,000 workers marched to the finer grades of rubber which they polls, double last year's number, resold for as high as $1J0, ^250 and 88 per cent, of the elections and $400 a ton. were won by unions. that several men in the unit must lecame members of the^ union or they would stop work. 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