http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/c3f9561eccf4d0eef84164257a28cf60.PDF c99e34f3eff2f30b22405857484ec4c8 PDF Text Text -•"' i;'«'ir>:4«-''J2;i • ' 'i !r; . •:•-;n- pr-.T^v • ^ARBRSJOC} -•fv. m• OFFICIAL OBOAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTBICT, SBAFABEBS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA VOL VL NEW YORK. N. Y„ FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 3. 1944 Casting The First Ballot No. 36 SIU Grew Rescues 35 In Arabian Ship's Delegates Receive Aid From New Leaflet Brother Lonnie Grantham is about to step into the voting booth in New York to cast ballot No. 1 in the 1945 elections. Grantham just signed off the SS Felix Grundy as Deck Engineer, having made a run to Italy and the south of France. "It is the duty of every union map." said brother Grantham, "to cast his ballot the minute he hits the beach. That's the way to keep the SIU a rank and file organization." Four SIU Ships Used In Normandy Breakwater A good and efficient ship de­ pends in many ways upon the ship's delegate riding her. His job is to see that the crew developes into sound union men who are conscious of both their privileges and responsibilities. No union can function 100% without a corps of intelligent and militant delegates riding the ships, and aiding the rank,and file members in shaping up their beefs. To aid ship's delegates in the performance of their functions, the union has published an edu­ cational four-page leaflet which will be distributed to all ships fi-om now on. The text of this latest addition to SIU education­ al literature followsi As a ship's delegate you are J:he .unofficijl union representa­ tive on your ship, and in this ca­ pacity it is your opportunity to do an important job for the Sea­ farers International Union. The success of any imion de­ pends upon the extent to which its members realize the signifi­ cance of labor organization and the degree in whicli they carry out union aims and policies. In a maritime union, where the membership is alway scattered, it is especially necessary to have a co-ordinated, well - informed or­ ganization. A ship's delegate is one means of attaining this co­ ordination. As a delegate you represent the members of your department in beefs with department heads; help iron out misunderstandings about working rules; make' sure that working conditions and liv­ ing facilities are according to the contract; keep a record of over­ time, and act as mediator among crew members in questions of working routine. However, this doesn't mean that you are expected to settle all beefs with department heads. Keep a. record, of beefs you can't agree on to give to a patrolman af the pay-hff: ' ~ Very likely you have been go­ ing to sea longer than some other men in your department and you can help them to learn their jobs and credit themselves as good union workmen. You may find it necessary to reprimand a department member who refuses to do his job, there­ by working a hardship on his (Continued on Page 4) '.•i , -a Thirty-five seamen owe their lives to the crew of the SS Ben­ jamin Bourn which rescued them from open life boats two weeks ago after their ship had been tor­ pedoed in the Arabian Sea. The SS John Barry was tor­ pedoed by a submerged sub and immediately started going down by the bow. The Captain ordered the general alarm sounded. Two life boats had been blown away by the explosion of the torpedo and another boat capsized during launching after the order to abondon ship had been given. While the survivors from their drifting lifeboats and rafts watch­ ed, a second torpedo broke the John Barry in two and it sank. A radio had been taken aboard a lifeboat and an SOS brought the Benjamin Bourn and its SIU crew to the scene by dawn the next day and 35 men were rescued. Other survivors were picked up by a Dutch tanker. Two of the ship's crew were lostj and two were injured. The WSA also announced the loss of the SS Edward H. Crock­ ett last week. The Crockett was in a convoy returning from Mur­ mansk, Russia. The ship was hit by a torpedo, breaking the pro­ peller shaft and disabling the power plant, leaving the ship in total darkness. The crew, and gun crew escaped and was pick­ ed up by the escort .vessels. Here Are The Early Birds '• •Si Four SIU ships, along with other freighters and con­ crete cargo carriers, ma.de up the fleet of thirty-two Amer­ ican merchant ships that were sacrificed on the Normandy beach to form safe harbors for the invasion troops. The SIU ships which were sunk to form a break-water were the Ai-temus Ward, Benjamin•-pointed time and'place, the ships Contee, James W. Marshall and settled to their main decks in Matt W. Ransom. Some 200,000 gross tons of old and new ships were purposely sunk in the operation. The Am­ erican ships accompanied by ap­ proximately 60 United Nations merchant ships were sunk to cre­ ate artificial breakwaters used in the construction of two new ports on the French coast through which poured two and a half rhillion Allied soldiers and their supplies. Manned by more than 1,000 American merchant seamen and officers, the vessels of the doomed fleet were selected months ahead of time and were loaded with tons of sahd and concrete. Wired with small explosive charges to blow out their bottoms at the ap­ about 30 or 40 feet of water. Their anti-aircraft guns, shifted to the highest part of the super­ structure, were operated by Uni­ ted States . Navy gun crews against the enemy even after the ships had been sunk. Many of the deck houses ^a b o v e water served as barracks in the early days of the jnvasion. The Mar i t i me Commission's one-time laid-up fleet of vessels proved valuable in contributing several ships. Before ending their cai-eers on the Normandy sands The moment the election polls were opened the brothers swarmed up from the dispatching floor | such World War I tonnage a.s the to cast their ballots. These men were among the first in line, (right to left) John Manfredi, Oiler; ; West Grama, the West Cheswald, Frank Marinelli, Chief Cook; S. R. Durrett. Chief Cook; J. T. Rentz. Fireman; William Halloway, the West Honaker, the West Oiler; Karl TozzL Chief Steward; Charles Fischer. Fireman; Gordon Chambers. Deck Engineer. Harold i Nohno and the Wilscox had come Butts.'AB; James Byrne. Steward; (in the rear) William Reifdorf. Oiler; Victor Menor; AB; and Robert*' WeideL AB. (Continued on Page 4} �Page Two rHE SEAFARERS LOG SEAFARERS LOG Friday, November 3, 1944 Editors Mail Editor, Seafarers Log Dear Brother; Vtiblished by the It has been a long time since have had nothing better to do SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION than to read the "Pile-It," and af­ OF NORTH AMERICA ter this I think I'll swear off, and when I have time to waste I'll go Atlantic and Gulf District back to the Wall Street Journal Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, at least I know what side of the fence that sheet is on. There was one thing that got HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ VreMent me in the Sept. 8th issue, how­ 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. ever, and that was a letter that must of been written by a 13th JOHN HAWK - - - -- -- - Secy-Treas. Street screw.baU, or maybe by P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City some poor slave with a bad case of Tankeritis. One thing is cer­ MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. tain, it was not written by a sea­ man in his right mind. This poor 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. victim of something or other, signed himself as George Guilm met, AB, on the SS Scofield. In this piece of trash that he Directory of Branches wrote, he claimed among other ADDRESS PHONE BRANCH things, that the SIU discrimin­ HAnover 2-2784 NEW YORK (4)... 51 Beaver St ated against Colored Seamen. To 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 405 7 BOSTON (10). 14 North Gay St Calvert 4539 BALTIMORE (2) any one that knows anything 6 North 6th St Lombard 765 1 PHILADELPHIA 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 about the Seafarer's, this is an NORFOLK 339 Chartrea St Canal 3336 NEW ORLEANS (16). out and out lie. Another lie is 68 Society St Charleston 3-2930 CHARLESTON (9)... 220 East Bay St.. Savannah 3-1728 SAVANNAH that we are using this as our best 423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 TAMPA 920 Main St Jacksonville 5-123 1 selling point in order to get new JACKSONVILLE 7 St. Michael St Dial 2-1392 MOBILE .. members, but then everybody SAN JUAN. 28 P.R.. 45 Ponce de Leon San Juan 1885 PUERTO RICO knows that the "Pile-Ii" is full of 219 20th St Galveston 2-8043 GALVESTON lies anyway, and that is to be expected. But to keep the record —Justice straight, and to try and put Com­ PUBLICATION OFFICE: rade Guilmet back in his right 51 BEAVER STREET senses, I would like to point out that we have as many Negroes in HAnover 2-2784 New York, (4) N. Y. our organization as the NMU, and 267 that most of them are old-timers and could of swung over to that outfit if they wanted to, but they By "FRENCHY" MICHELET haven't. Do you know why. Last week we reported to the membership that we had Comrade? I think that you do, but there are some that read your peen appointed Food Representative of the SIU to work letter that don't. So I'll explain with the Fxx)d Control Division of the WSA. We pointed why for them. The Negro seamen out that the SIU is in a position to exert pressure on the want what we all want, an or­ Backing up merchant seamen who are' delivering the ganization that will represent WSA to better food conditions on vessels under the board's control, because these birds are*— supplies*for General MacArthur's invasion of the Philip­ and fight for us, not one that is now seeking the good will of the then proceeding to sea with bad­ pines, the "USS Klang," 1,450-ton floating club for mer­ exploiting them for political rea­ unions in order to strengthen ly depleted stdfes, and, as a con­ as the NMU is doing. their position in the post-war pe­ sequence, the Steward has found chant seamen operated by United Seamen's Service with sons Let's look a little farther into riod. We urged the membership himself in hot water, the crew an American Merchant crew, is steaming from a base off a this farce, and this is the part to phone or write us when their was made to suffer—all because "volcanic island" to an undisclos-* that takes the cake and proves ships were stored with poor food, some chiseling Port Steward ant task—backing up the seamen ed destination "farther north," that he is either on the payroll according to word from the participating in the Philippines of the NMU as a stooge or is bad linen or inferior merchan­ couldn't see his way clear to fur­ Southwest Pacific received this invasion — the big job planned really suffering from something dise in the slop chest. We prom­ nish the vessel the necessary ised to get the WSA to cooper­ supplementary stores. If a Chief week by Douglas P. Falconer, for her from the very first. that affected his head—if he has executive director of the Service. "The fii-st floating residential such a thing. Like "No-Coffee- ate when we were given legiti­ Steward feels that a vessel is im­ properly stored for the voyage, "The expected has happened," and recreational club for mer­ Time," the rest of the NMU fa­ mate beefs, because, as we point­ why just call us and wo will Mr. Falconer said. "Since this chant seamen in history, the kirs and the shipowners, he is ed out before, there's nothing on hustle down and take an inven­ former British coastal steamer 'USS Klang's' facilities are not praising to high heaven the . no earth more cooperative than a tory. We know what the mini­ became a USS seamen's club, she limited to motion pictures, games, 5trike pledge. He is also shouting bureaucrat that's trying to keep mum requirements are and if a has been binging a bit of home a beer bar and canteen, reading and dancing with joy over the himself in office. We are 'rapidly developing a vessel isn't properly stored, we'll to A m e'r i c a n seamen among and writing rooms and a 'hobby NMU's policy of begging for shop.' She is also equipped with file of good beefs. Early Tuesday guarantee that she will be before jungle and island ports. Now she .shipowner - government coopera­ morning, we got a call from the proceeding to sea. a medical dispensary and staff is performing a still more importfor the treatment of injured and tion. Let's have a look at what SS Francis Smith; about a half Chief Stewards are working ailing seamen, and has beds for the seamen are getting out of all dozen cases of eggs that weren't under terrific handicaps these 116 men. A prominent feature of these pledges, promises and wind exactly kosher. We hustled down days. Their Cooks frequently the dispensary is an emergency that the.se people are throwing to the scow for a look see. Brother turn out to be shoemakers from medical field set donated by the around. Charlie Starling, Chief Steward, the fink pools and now, to add to A short while back the NMU and former New York Steward's their heartaches, along comes the New members carry probation­ Reno, Nevada, division of the ary books for one year! We get Medical and Surgical Relief called for an election on the Key­ Patrolman, showed us the eggs. WSA with a directive saying that stone Tankers. The fakirs thought We candled a few with a search they can no longer have a choice a lot of beefs on the information Committee of America." that after five years of listening window in New York from Mr. Falconer also announced to their wind the men were sure light and promptly condemned of beef cuts. For instance, if he brothers who think that their that USS overseas personnel have the lot. We called up our con­ gets 1500 pounds of beef, he finds books are probationary for only established emei-gency facilities to vote for the NMU. But they tact man in the WSA and he himself with a hundred pounds six months. This is not the case. in the port of Le Havre, France, were fooled, as they lost out. The broke all records in ordering of loin and 100 pounds of ribs For one year you new members and that WSA is assisting USS in Keystone men Were too smart to them heaved into the drink. the rest is hinds, chuck, ground have a voice in the meetings but the acquisition of a large build­ vote that way. However, the So, brother, if you have any meat, liver, kidney, etc. The poor no vote. However, all the eco­ ing there wliich shortly will be­ company was very anxious to trouble with poor food, bad slop dope has to toss a coin to decide nomic benefits of the SIU aboard come a full-fledged merchant sea­ sign the NMU's contract, which chest, or inadequate equipment, if he will have steak twice or they did. That was the sailors' give us a ring or write us a de­ roast beef twice or just steak the the ships are yours on equal men's club. first taste of shipowner coopera­ footing with the old-timers. Le Havre is the third major tion. Then they got their first tailed letter. We atepect to at­ whole lot. He won't have near tend a lot of food control meet­ enough to run steak even once a And another point, while I'm French port to be assigned USS {Continued on. Page 4) ings in the near future and we week for the voyage in any event, beating my gums; if you take a personnel at the request of the need concrete cases to back up so he knows he is in for a lot of standby job be certain to get a military authorities through the our claims of abuses. beefs from the crew. We propose pay voucher before leaving the WSA, since USS-WSA clubs al­ ship. This pay voucher should ready are in operation at CherThis program is designed to aid to publish suggestions to Stew­ state the hours you worked and Dourg and Marseille, he said. The Stewards and Cooks as well as ards, making the best of a bad the amount of money coming, men staffijig them received spec­ the rest of the crew. We want to beef situation. Because of space and should be signed by the de­ ial training at the nine USS-WSA eliminate the practice of jhips limitations, we must confine our­ putting to sea with food of poor selves to ground meat toijlay. partment head. Some companies clubs in the United Kingdom and quality or an inadequate supply. If you have two months' stores, don't pay off without such a the clubs at Naples and Leghorn, There has been too many cases you probably have about 350 voucher. Don't work for the Italy, he added. The Le Havre of vessels lying in the harbor for pouiids of ground meat in your shipowner for nothing, get a pay unit will be the 124th facility in the USS world-wide chain. weeks waiting for convoy and voucher. (Continued on Page 4) NEWS HOT OUT OF THE GALLEY Floating Club For Seamen Backing Up Gen. MacArthur J.P. Shuler Says... a �Friday/ Novambar 9. 1944 THE SEAFARERS WHArS DOING Around the Porta BALTIMORE junior was that they have a cer tificate of graduation from any school indicating they studied technological matters, or a sta­ tionary engineers license. Both of these requirements were sim pie matters to obtain; the first by spending three to six weeks in some night school, the later by going to any local city hall, usually with a letter from some local politician and two or three dollars for the fee. And presto you were an engineer with any grade specified in the letter. Yes, brothers, this was the basis which some of the kids were given the authority to order you around the engine room. Most of them had never seen a pump in their lives before, and any wiper would have had more value on a ship than they were worth. Their av­ erage was not over twenty. Need­ less to state, we put a stop to that procedure pronto. JOSEPH FLANAGAN. Agent LOG Page Tltree WLB Faces New Crisis; Stalls On Wage Freeze WASHINGTON (LPA) —Organized labor's battle to knock out the "Little Steel" wage-freezing formula has taken a surprising new turn, which may lead to a serious split in the National War Labor Board. What brought mat­ ters to a crisis was a decision by the WLB to go ahead on thur Thompson, is still talking about that beef he ran into the other day wherein one of our Shipping has slowed up consid­ members had been shipped as an erably in the past week, and in­ Oiler to a Liberty ship and went major individual wage cases, such^— dications point to it being even on board the vessel and the First as that involving the steel work-jly" complete and the public memsome what slower for the coming Assistant told him that he didn't ers, and let the question of alter­ hers asked for time to polish it week. All routine. and overtime need an Giler. This, in spite of ing the "Little Steel" formula up. This further delay makes it issues were adjusted to satisfac­ certain that the report will not the fact that the company had or­ tion of crews involved, however, reach the White House in time dered one. This member then • we were obliged to submit a for any action before election proceeded back to the hall and couple of disputes to New York day. Labor members minced no told the Dispatcher what had • for final decision. This due to WASHINGTON. Nov, 1— words in assailing these stalling happened. The Dispatcher then companies taking a negative tactics. George Meany and Matthew contacted the company and they stand on questions involved. Woll. AFL representatives on In lieu of final action now on still insisted that they did need The Waterman ship, Pheneous the War Labor Board, with­ the question of the formula, the an Oiler. So back on his bicycle Banning, paid off here this week. drew temporarily from the public members proposed that our lad went and went back One of our brothers, Joseph Wal­ Board today in protest over the board go ahead with consid­ down on board the same scow ton, was lost overboard and the the failure to lift the "Little eration of the individual wage and the same First Engineer told crew made a splendid gesture Steel Formula." The AFL cases which involve many other him all over again that he still when they collected $340.00 to be representatives a n n o u need issues in addition to that of didn't need an Oiler. As mad sent to his widow. I would like breaking the formula. that they would not sit on as a wet cat, he then charged to take this opportunity to in­ any cases until the Board back up to the hall and came to After a good deal of hot debate form these brothers that his wife reached a definate decision the 5th floor and insisted on and one tie vote on procedure, and daughter are deeply grateful, on whether or not the For­ Patrolman going down and "edu­ the board voted to go ahead this arid assure the brothers that their mula should be breached. The cating" this Engineer and finding week with consideration of the thoughtfulness has given Mrs. seats vacated by the AFL out what the hell the trouble was. separate wage cases. AFL mem­ Walton and daughter some conmen were occupied by rep­ bers bitterly dissented, and an­ Tommy" proceeded to get his cilation in their grief. This is resentatives of the CIO. nounced they would not sit in on " bag and then the two of them certainly an outstanding example these hearings. tore off together and hit the dock NEW YORK of the high character of men our Secretary -Treasurer George where the ship was supposed to ride along for the present. ..The union is comprised of, and indi­ be—and lo and behold they find individual cases were brought Meany of the AFL declared the Business and shipping here cation of the true spirit of union­ Federation's unalterable stand is out that the guy had gone on largely by CIO unions. ism which exists arnong , them. went back to normal this week» board the wrong ship, and in­ On the issue of the formula it­ that the overall question of a Keep it this way brothers, and after the big boom of last week. stead of going to the ship he was self public members of the board change in the wage regulations we shall go a long way together. Although shipping is belov/ what assigned to, he had gone aboard came in with a bulky 100 page should be decided first, before These brothers have also re­ it was, it still is good enough an NMU ship instead. "Tommy "tentative" report, which gave any disposition is made of single quested me to - inform the mem­ here in New York so that a guy is still tush-tushing about the both sides of the argument for re­ cases that involve piercing of the bership in general that the Cap­ can get out any time he wants, whole damn thing, and his ears vision of the formula, so as to "Little Steel" wage ceiling. tain O. C. Jones-is an anti-union without any trouble. We are still are still red. enable President Roosevelt, when Meany later declared that character, and makes it his busi­ shipping a large number of tripthe report ultimately reached Chairman William H. Davis' re­ We are all set up here to com­ ness to complain to the Army or card men here to fill out all'the him, to make a decision for or sponse to the position taken by Coast Guard every petty incident jobs, so we would like to see mence balloting on the election against a change. the AFL was to invite the Fed­ some of the guys from the out- of new officials for the coming . which occurs aboard the ship. That report was only "partialeration representatives to "with­ Last week we made the an­ ports up this way in the event year and we have about the nic­ draw" from the board. Davis de­ est set of polling booths that you nouncement of having the first they cannot ship from the ports can possibly imagine. The voting members of Coast Guard cases. I nied he made such suggestion, Victory ship delivered to the Bull they are in now. would like to take this opportun­ but Meany insisted the WLB "Frenchy" Michelet, the Sea­ will be conducted during the ity, however, to warn all of our chairman did. Line from this port. In outlining week in this branch on the third our expected improvements in farers Representative to the Food In any event, Meany declared floor, (the recreation deck). On members who have been in sev­ comparison with the Liberty, we Administrator of the WSA is still eral beefs with the Coast Guard the AFL would not consider with­ Monday nights, during the meet­ made reservations, and justly so going to town up here in having officials that the man who is a drawing from the WLB now, but ing, it will be shifted to the sec­ as this shall indicate. We shipped the chow kicked into line on two or three time loser with the there were indications that if the ond floor so as not to interfere an entire crew to this vessel and some of these rustbuckets. It's C.G. will have a tough time in whole wage fight is not soon set­ with our regular meeting. New when they were assigned to their getting so bad that he has been clearing himself of any charges tled satisfactorily, the AFL mem­ York expects to turn out lots of quarters found two members of declared the Public Enemy No. 1 ballots this year and there is no he may run into. To all of you bers may pull out. crew were without same. Brother of every port steward in New Highlighting the demands still question but that we will run up guys who have been in previous Hawk being down here at the York. SO, if any of you fellows trouble—keep your nose clean. before the WLB are several is­ the highest record of any port for time proceeded to take steps to hear, in the near future, that he When you go into port, don't sues in the case of the United. any election at all. Due to the remedy the situation. Captain has been tarred and feathered take time off unless it is okayed Steelworkers of America-CKD, in­ fact that the average trip this O'Sullivan, chairman of craw's and ridden out of town on a rail, by the head of your department. cluding establishment of a fund year is much shorter than a year quarters committee phoned us you will know that the port stew­ Don't do anything that some for steelworkers in the armed ago, quite a few more members and we are to meet him this Fri­ ards for the various operators Mate or Engineer can use against forces, the guaranteed annual will be able to vote than did in day to arrange for some perman­ here are responsible. the last annual election. For that you to prefer charges as You. and wage, geographical differentials, All one of them has to do to ent allocation of quarters for the and maintenance of membership reason, the Seafarers should You alone will be the loser. entire unlicensed crew of this pitch a fit is to see Michelet tear­ PAUL HALL. Agenl provisions. type of vessel. Be assured we ing down the dock in his usual easily triple the total number of votes cast in our last election. shall make the best arrangement speed of high gear with his hair The organizing drive up this possible for the crew's conveni­ (????) aflutter. In spite of the heat.he has created here with his way is gathering more momen­ ence. In regards to the junior en­ actions in kicking the shipowners tum and a further step has been gineers of thes^ ships, they are in line on the food beef, Michelet taken to increase the power of certified to carry three. The Bull has really done a jam up job this drive. The organizers are be­ Line notified us they were going with the food situation and de­ ing moved from the fifth floor to to put licensed men aboard in serves a vote of thanks from the Dispatcher's deck on the sec­ ond floor. They shall be on the that capacity. I have been check­ the membership. The Patrolmen in this port opposite end of the building from ing up on this and from all in­ formation I have gathered this is have been doing a very good job the Dispatchers' office, with definately not the official require­ recently in settling aU disputes pretty much tho same office set­ ment. However, I have contacted on board ships before the actual up. This was done so as to allow brother Mogan and if company pay-offs. We are following a sys­ the organizers to get and main­ puts other than licensed junior tem here now which we can cer­ tain a steady contact >vith the engineers aboard, I am sure he tainly recommend to all other membership at all times. In this will insist they come from our Branches. To avoid any trouble manner, fhey shall be more likehall. I am of the opinion that this on board vessels^ the Patrolmen y to get replacements for the un­ is another attempt of the WSA- here try to settle all beefs before organized ships as are needed. RMO to use some of their favor­ pay-off. If these beefs cannot be The Seafarers organizing pro­ settled then, they .are to be car­ gram shall be extended in the ites as junior engineers. Some time ago they started ried and settled no later than the very near future to other ports At the stroke of 10 last Wednesday morning a balloting commit­ putting these pets aboard our following day. This has proven and when this is done, the results tee was elected off the N. Y. Dispatcher's deck, and was charged with will be noticable immediately. highly beneficial to the member­ ships in that capacity. They tried seeing that the voting was conducted efficiently and honestly. Here The New York Branch's Welship here and no doubt but it is to give us the malarkey that the union had agreed to this proced­ a good thing to put into practice are Department is still going to is the first day's committee, all set to go to work, (left lo right) town up here and is, for the most Eugene Dysart. Oiler; John Gomes. Messman; W. E. Parrott. Deck ure. The only qualifications re­ everywhere. One of our piecards here, Ar­ part, managing to clear all of our Engineer: James Truesdale. Bosun; and Alexander Kerr, AB. quired for these punks to sail as Bulletin! Guards Of Union Democracy �Page Four TBE SEAFARERS Friday, November 3, 1944 LOG Two New Publications By Educational Dept. FORE WAFT An By BUNKER An important job is being done by the New York Special Ser­ vices Department in visiting SIU men who are patients "at Ellis Island, the Staten Island Marine Hospital, and rest centers in the New York area. It's not an easy job. It's hard to see old shipmates—men who perhaps don't remember "you because of ment^ shock suffered in torpedoings, or discouraged men who have given up all hope of getting well. Part of the visitor's job is to distribute the weekly allowance provided for in the SIU constitution to all members in good stand­ ing who are hospitalized. The two dollars a week given each union brother pays for cigarettes and other conveniences not furnished by the hospitals. As much as $250.00 has been dispensed in a single week, says Joe Volpian, current hospital visitor. Every week it runs over $100.00. The union visitor also lends a cheerful word of encouragement and brings news of ships and shipmates to the convalescent or bed­ ridden seamen who have been a long time away from salt water. Fortunately, the majority of the men are hospitalized only tem­ porarily and will soon be back to sea, but many of them are with­ out family or friends and the visitor's weekly round is eagerly awaited, as much for news and conversation as for the money. Among SIU men in hospitals and rest centers are some who have been torpedoed several times. A few are phychopalhic cases suffering from "torpedo shock." One man is a veteran of five sinkings. Another "four-star" vet­ eran tried several times to return to sea until he was finally ordered back to the rest center for the duration. In one case patrolman Fred Hart was the means of returning a mental patient to sanity and usefulness. Every week for many months he talked to the "hopeless" case, inducing the man to co­ operate with doctors and nurses. A complete recovery resulted. Other functions of the hospital visitor include the handling of beefs of men removed directly from an incoming ship to the hospital before the pay-off, and of injured men repatriated from abroad. In these cases the men get their money without the usual months of red tape and delay. The hospital visitor's work has been heavily increased of late by the War Shipping medical program, which has filled the hospitals with cases of all kinds. Worse still, the men are often sent there without arty word as to what will become of them. Editor's Mail MONEY DUE (CoiiftHwJ fmm Eage 2) taste of NMU democracy. The agreement was signed and the AB's wages were cut from $116 a month to $107.50, a loss of $8.50 a month, for which they will now have the pleasure of paying Curran & Co. $2.50 a month. That is "democracy in action" NMU style, and Comrade we want no part of it. And neither do the majority of the unorganized seamen. For the information of Guilmet and other company-NMU stooges, we are using no line to get men to join the SIU, and neither are we spending thousands of sea­ men's dollars on propaganda. We will let you of the NMU do that for us. The sooner the men get wise to your lies, and sick of your shipowner cooperation, the sooner they will wake up and come over to the SIU. So we are content to let you and your mis­ fit outfit hang yourselves and the shipowners with you. Today you are both having a holiday and giving the seamen a screwing, but our day is not far off, and we'll not forget. I don't think the Keystone men will either. H, F, KENNEDY SS PHENEUS BANNING I Claude Gauthereaux, Deck En­ gineer, 18 hours overlime. Collect Waterman Office. » * « SS WM. S. RAWLES Robert Riley. $225.00; Nelson Lang, $171.90; James Allen, $592.08; L. Dixon, $504.58; E. Holland, $157.05; James Spencer, $157.05; and R. Savior, $78.75. These amounts subject to tax deduc­ tions. Collect Bull Line office. New York. * * » UNCLAIMED WAGES AT SMITH Be JOHNSON SS CO. Walter Siekmann, Oiler; Wil­ liam Curry, AB; E, Hanover, AB; Rudolph J. Lacko, Mess; George J. Mcintosh, Bos'n; Wilbur L. Brooks. AB; Robert S. Cunning­ ham, Deck Maint.; I. Iverson, AB; Alphonse Bailey, F-W-T; Richard Kaluza, 2nd Cook; Charles Raulsome, AB; and James Carr, AB. » » » SS EDWARD SCRIPPS J. C. Dunnett, 31 hrs. @ 90c; H. W. Patrick, 29 hrs. @ 90c; A. Ar­ nold, 40 hrs. @ 90c; F. Patta, 6 hrs, @ 90c. Collect at Alcoa SS Company, 17 Battery Place, New York. • » • SS DYNASTIC , A. Wallers, 16'A hours. Collect at Waterm.an SS Company office. SIU SHIP Should Be A Clean Ship operator's, ^FUiis work is being our own sek-respcct keep your fo'castle clean. Mop rout at least once a week. Don't hang wet towels inside. Keep spaces under bimks swept and mopped. ALLEYWAYS: Throw papers and trash in cans. Sweep alleyways daily — wash and mop up onCe Sr twice a week. A CLEAN snip IS A GOOD SHIP Seafarers International Union Aid From New Leaflet Out Of The Galley (Continned from Page 2) fabricated beef. This meat con­ tains a great deal of fat so you won't need fat or oil in cooking, no matter how you prepare it. So, the first step is to regrind it —the packing houses evidentally cut it up with a knife and fork, and if you try to use it without regrinding it, it will be a rub­ bery, chewey mass. When -regrinding the meat, add a dozen large onions, several cloves of garlic, a bunch of parsley, a few chives, some lean pork, and veal trimmings and season well with salt and pepper. Grind it aU up together and you have the ideal ingredients for delicious hamb'.irger, meat loaves, chillies, meat sauces, etc. In making hamburgers, mash flat and cook thoroughly, pouring accumulated fat over some wellcooked onions that are simmering on the back of the range. By stuffing the meat with stuffed olives, dill pickles, hard boiled eggs and a little dry mustard and cooking in a slow oven you will have a delicious French meat loaf. SS COLIN BRYAN Thomas Jarboe. M.M., 15 hrs. Collect at Company office. • • * SS KING S. WOOSLEY Adjustment of wages payable to the following men: Melvin Johnson, Chief Cook, $154.80: StEuiley Hall, 2nd Cook, $49.26. Collect at R.uU Line Office. In an effort to arouse interest in shipboard cleanliness and san­ itation, a union fo'castle card is now l^ing distributed and will be posted on all -STU ships. Bringing out the fact that an SIU ship should be clean and well-kept, this latest educational publication emphasizes the duties of ordinarit.., wipers, and other crew members in cleaning messrooms, fo'c"astles, toilets and showers. Commenting on the need for educational work in this line, John Hawk, SIU Secretary-Trea­ surer declared, "Every good union man wants a clean ship with clean quarters. We remem­ ber the old days before union ef­ fort won better conditions, when we had to clean quarters on our own time. Let's make sure that the men who are paid for sanit­ ary work on the company's time do their jobs." Also recently released and now being distributed with aU trip cards is a leaflet entitled, "To Trip Card Men." Designed to in­ form trip eai'ders of their obliga­ tions in sailing an SIU ship, this leaflet points out to new men the superiority of SIU contracts and the need for supporting these conditions by joining the union at thje pay-off. In line with the SIU poUcy of keeping all cards on the table, this folder tells the trip-carders where they stand before they sail. They thereby know the facts and understand the conditions under which the trip card is'issued. Quoting the leaflet: "The trip card is your authorization to sail on an SIU ship, and to enjoy the benefits of SIU contracts, the best in the maritime industry." It points out to the newcomer that a "good union man knows his rights and knows his duties. He does his job to the best of his ability and expects his shipmates to do the same." To men who might think that joining the union is expensive or unnecessary it says: "The dues and assessments you pay sustain the benefits of SIU contractsj the best wages and working condi­ tions in the maritime industiy, independent, membership - con trolled hiring halls, and other ex­ clusive union services." „ The flag reproduced on the cover of this folder is "Blue Peter," traditional mast-head sig­ nal used just before sailing, to notify all persons that the ship is outward bound. (Continued from Page I) mates. If you have to do this,, the union will back you up, for it does not approve of irrespon­ sibility. Keep a complete record of all overtime. Make sure thfj^t the de­ partment head acknowledges ^1 overtime claims before the ei)d of the trip . . . also that the pur­ ser keeps a copy. If the company- fUrnishei no overtime sheets, obtain a, siipply from the union hall before yon sail. Have your men fill out these sheets in full. Do not accept overtime reports that are illeg­ ible or incomplete. When your ship signs on, the patrolman on hand should give you a package containing SIU educational literature and copies of the LOG. Do not distribute this material until you are at sea, for then it will do the most good. You will find it very helpful to familiarize yourself with the con­ tract under which you are sailing. In all cases encourage coopera­ tion with ihe ship's officers. In many cases they are also SIU (Continued from Page 1) members who went through a tough grind to win their stripes. out of idleness and had made Finally, remember that a clean many war voyages carrying sup­ plies to Murmansk, the Red Sea, ship signifies a good crew. and the Southwest Pacific. Four Panamanian flagships now under United States control were among those sunk. 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