http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/3e8ddca7f86f5ef13737280b463cc921.PDF b06381dc972de7b20281549eebc56be3 PDF Text Text mmm • • I , »• ii*- T^.-I-":--, "MM> Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America V U l'K « L/ Vol. vin. Operators End Stalling, Talk Turkey NEW YORK, June 10—The first rdys of hope for mutual under­ standing and an equalitative agreement appeared on the hori­ zon today as the shipowners got down to brass tacks with the SIU negotiating committee and seem­ ed prepared to iron out oceanwide differences between them. The murky atmosphere of the previous meetings was dispelled as the committees settled down to working out a hard and fast agreement between the Missis­ sippi Shipping Company and the SIU. It was the first time that the committee had been bargaining for Mississippi and not the indus­ try as a wiiole. Previously, the Mississippi Committee, composed of representatives from several major shipping companies, had tried to bargain for all of the Atlantic & Gulf District opera­ tors. The repeated waUcouts by the Seafarers Committee evidently had had its effect. Today the com­ mittee seemed to be bargaining in good faith for Mississippi and Mississippi alone. LONG MEETING Indicative of the seriousness with which both sides were' con­ ducting the meeting was its length. Today's meeting lasted from 1 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. It was by far the longest as well as the most constructive meeting so far. This may have been a reflec­ tion, on the part of the shipown­ ers, of the spontaneous rank and (Continued on Page 3) SIU Action Forces Changes On Ft.Winnebago The crew members of the SS Fort Winnebago, Pacific Tankers, had to build a fire under the Skipper before he v/ould agree to okay the minimum improve­ ments necessary to make the ves­ sel fit for human habitation. The fire was militant Union action. Main charges against the Cap­ tain were that he failed in his duties to the men, and that he allowed intolerable conditions to continue without going to bat with the company. When the boat arrived in New York on June 13, the Steward, Ray Ringo, immediately sent in a requisition for fresh stores. These stores were brought on board, but that was the last fresh food that the crew saw until they (Conttpjied ott Page 4) NEW YORK. N. Y„ FRIDAY. JULY 12. 1946 A Stab In The Back No. 28 AFL Picketlines Answer Bridges' Raid On SIU-SUP In gratitude for the support offered by the SIU-SUP wjien the member unions of the Committee for Maritime Unity were being threatened by Government seizure of ClO-contracted ships, Harry Bridges has started to try to raid the SIU and the SUP. This is the type of thanks that honest labor unions have- always received from dishonest, Coniniunist-dorninated, unions. This is the reward which the ILMS^U is offer­ ing to the AFL Maritime Unions for having made possible the gains, slight though they were, which the CMU was NEW YORK, July 10—Harry Bridges and the other finally able to wring from the shipowners and Government members of the communist-dominated Committee for bureaucrats in Washington. Maritime Unity now know that the Seafarers InternationIt is a matter of record that the concessions which al Union, and the AFL Unions which comprise the AFL were made by the operators at the last minute were forced, Maritime Council of Greater New York, will not countout of them by their fear that the AFL Maritime Unions ^enance union raiding. This was proven conclusively would tie up all shipping along every coast if the Govern­ when the New York AFL Mari­ ment tried to operate the shipping lines contracted to time Unions threw a mass pickthe CMU. etline around the Staten Islan^ At the present time the SIU-SUP is locked in a strug­ docks where there are approxi­ mately 10 ships contracted to the gle with the shipowners. And this is the time that Harry NMU and West Coast CIO Unions. Bridges picks to raid the seamen's Unions that came to the The picketline, which tied up assistance of the CMU. The first trip that the motor all three entrances to the docks, All during the war, Bridges, Curran, and other Com- vessel Floyd Gibbons made to was manned by thousands of munist-inclined maritime union officials did the dirtv work Islands had as much excite- AFL Maritime workers, and their number was continually aug­ of the bosses, because it aUo coincided with the jobs they Gibbons Beats Storm, Thieves In Exciting Trip (Continued on Page 2) Coast Guard Beef Goes Before Senate Vote WASHINGTON, July 10—The issue of whether American sea­ men will be perennially shackled to the Coast Guard will be de­ cided on the floor of the Senate within the next five days. The Senate Judiciary Commit­ tee yesterday recomm ended against the President's Reorgani­ zation Bill by a vote of nine to six. Plan 3, Part 1 of the Bill would shift the Bureau of Ma­ rine Inspection and Navigation to permanent jurisdiction under the Coast Guard. The Bill was expected to come upon the floor of the Senate to­ day. It will automatically be­ come law unless the Senate de­ feats it before July 15. The House defeated the Bill last week by an overwhelming majority, and the Administration forces are mustering their strength for a last-ditch stand. If they can keep it in debate on the floor until the deadline has passed, it becomes law. PATTERN SET But the Administration is not content with stalling tactics to prevent defeat of the Bill. It is using election support action to keep party members in line in the event it comes to a vote. The vote in the Judiciary Committee sets the pattern for the Senate action, since the party line was followed there. Seven Democratic members of the Committee are up for re-election. Six of them voted for the Bill, despite personal feelings against certain portions of it. The Administration had promised them support in primaries and elections if they voted for it. Under the command of Cap­ tain Tancrel, a veteran of 45 years at sea, 27 being spent as a master, the Gibbons left New York on May 14, bound for Ha­ vana, Santiago, and Kingston. On May 18, the boat ran aground off Tennessee Reef, near Miami, and was not taken off until four days later. ^ The crew members blame this happening on the ineptitude of the Second Mate, but later hap­ penings could not be laid at the same door. mented by the longshoremen who left their jobs, and by members of the Teamsters Union, who joined the picketline when they were prevented from making de­ liveries to the picketed wharves. REAL STRENGTH "This is just a demonstration of what we can do," said Paul Hall, Chairman of the AFL Mari­ time Council, "but if Harry Bridges doesn't stop raiding us,.. (Continued on Page 6) SIU Leaflet Tells Score On CMU Raid REAL BLOW Early on Sunday morning, The Administration has prom­ June 8, when the vessel was on ised support for all Democratic the way from Santiago to Kings­ Senators in upcoming elections ton, a sudden electrical storm who go down the line for it. Thus, sprang up, and lightning struck the fight on the floor now hinges the Gibbons three times in quick on how the Democratic legisla­ succession. tors feel about their chances for Slight damage was done to the NEW YORK—In a leaflet, re­ re-election, with or without Ad- foremast, mainmast, and bridge, leased jointly by the SIU and the SUP, the raiding activities (Continued on Page 4) (Continued on Page 4) of Harry Bridges, West Coast Communist maritime leader, are analyzed and a plea made for unity of all honest maritime unionists against further raiding and treacheiy by the commun­ ists. The main theme of the leaflet, MOBILE, Ala., July 10—Nin%- ides. A Seas Shipping Company which was distributed to water­ teen SIU men of the ci'ew of the official will be in Mobile Friday front workers, is that Bridges' SS Frances Lee have befen burn- morning to pay off everyone ex- refusal to allow his ILWU memed by German poison gas in the cept a Cook and a couple of bers to load or unload SIU-SUP cargo of the ship and treated at standbys. Previously, the com-' contract ships in Coos Bay, Orethe Naval Dispensary here for pany had refused all requests of gon, is a deliberate betrayal of mustard gas burns. All were re- the crew to be released from the the Seafarers at a time when the leased after treatment. | dangerous proximity to the lethal Union is IS engaged in a tough struggle with the shipowners. The crew, backed by the SIU, is demanding a 100 percent bonus ^ total of 52 persons have been This, the throwaway points from the company for the entire burned by the gas bombs, most of out, is in return for the recent time it was exposed to the noxi- them Mobile longshoremen, suppqrt tendered the CMU when the SIU and the SUP called na­ ous fumes. The lethal cargo was ALL EXPOSED loaded in Germany. i George Swift, spokesman for tion-wide stop work meetings to The SIU already has won for the SIU crew, said that the crew' protest President Truman's plan (Continued on Page 4) the crew a release from the art(Continued on Page 5) SIU Seamen Burned By Gas; Demand 100 Percent Bonus m �THE SEAFARERS Page Two Friday, July 12. 1946 LOG SEAFARERS LOG Vitblisbcd Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated uifh the Americau Fedcrafioit of Labor At n Reaver Street, New York, 4, N. Y. HAnovcr 2-2784 1 4, S. 4- 5- HARRY LUNDEBERG - President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. iiox 25, Station P., New York City Entered as second class matter June 1 5, 1945, at the Post Office in New York. N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. 267 A Stab In The Back (Continued .jiont Pt'g'' D hacl^to do for Joe Stalin. Today they continue in their his­ toric role of betrayers of the workers, and again they serve the shipowners and the Comrnunist Party well. There is no excuse for Bridges' action at this time. When one section of organized labor is engaged in a fight to the finish with employers, it behooves other unions to help, not hinder. Jurisdictional quarrels should be set aside so that all energies can be expended against the common enemy. But perhaps Harry Bridges does not want the SIU to - win its battle for better wages and working conditions. If we succeed in gaining the conditions for which we are now negotiating, it will decisively show up the bankrupt lead­ ership which Bridges and Curran provided for the CMU. As true trade unionists we know that there is little use to appeal to the leadership of the CMU, blind followers of the Communist Party line. We appeal instead to the uruon solidarity of the rank-and-filers of the NMU, the II.WU, the MCS, the IBU, the ACA, the MEBA, and the MFOW\X^ All worker know that only the bosses win when unions fight among themselves. The membership and the honest officials of the unions which comprise the CMU must be fed up with the treachery and double-dealing that Bridges has shown himself capable of pulling. Now is the time for them to strike a real blow for 'union solidarity against the shipowners, and the labor These are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, leaders who are more concerned with doing the bidding of as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging the Communist Party than they are in the reasonable de­ heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by writ­ mands and just aspirations of the working man. ing to them. As a story in this week's edition of the Log very well T. L. KEITH STATEN ISLAND HOSP. illustrates, our cooperation is always available to any union R. A. YOUNG which is fighting for better wages and working conditions. G. A. SMITH M. FELICIANO V. HAMMARGREN A letter from District 6, United Packinghouse Workers of T, J. DAWES America, CIO, expresses appreciation to the SIU for the E. H. ENYART S. T. PATTERSON J. E. TUCKER help given them at Carteret, N. J. The letter states, in H. NEILSEN i It i. part, "Your actions are a lesson in labor unity that each of GALVESTON HOSPITAL A. NELSON us is learning very fast. In these days, when labor has to L. KAY R. V. JONES fight every part of the way in order to maintain a decent L. A. CORNWALL KELFORD R. G. MOSSELLER SPINKS standard of living, we can succeed only by cooperating W. B. MUIR WEST with each other." J. M. DALY WALDROP The SIU knows that, as our actions during the CMU J. L. WEEKS HAYES BROWN negotiations and the UAW strike have proven. It would L. R. BORJA LARSON be very fine for organized labor if Harry Bridges learned L. L. MOODY, Jr. HULL the same lesson. In the fight for decent wages and condi­ G. P. RAEBURN C. A. MILLER BENAVIDO tions for merchant seamen, there is no room for traitors. M. J. FORTES Men Now In The Marine Hospitals There is still time for the CMU to take its rightful place as an honest organization of trade unions. Additional delay, or allowing themselves to be used in the furtherance of Harry Bridges' grab for power, may lead to the weaken­ ing or break up of°all maritime unions. We will not idly stand by while Bridges does his best to wreck the American labor movement. We have fought pur way up from economic slavery, and we will not re­ turn to the days of bad conditions, hellships, and starva­ tion wages without first putting up an almighty struggle. And if we have to, we will fight Harry Bridges and any other labor wrecker at the same time we take on the shipowners. '' W. J. GEIGER W. G. ROBERTS E. WEINGARTEN G. KUBIK C. KUPLICKI E. B. HOLMES R. SAVIOR G. JANAVARIS C. G. SMITH R. MORCIGLIO G. H. STEVENSON C. T. DYER • A. M. HAM J. S. SEELEY, Jr. L. L. OWENS M. C. BROOKS t x- NEPONSIT HOSPITAL . E. VON TESMAR P. CORTES B. BRYDER J. SPAULDING J. S. CAMPBELL E. CARRILLO 4, 4, 1, SAM JUAN HOSPITAL R. GAUTIER P. PAGAN B. DEL VALLE P. PEDROSA T. C. LOCKWOOD J. VANDESSPOOLL Hospital Patients When entering the hospital notify the delegate by post­ card, giving your name and the number of your ward. Staten Island Hospital You can contact your Hos­ pital delegate at the Staten Island Hospital at the follow­ ing times: Tuesday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m. (on 5lh and 6th floors) Thursday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m. (on 3rd and 4th floors.) Saturday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m. (on 1st and 2nd floors.) ELLIS ISLAND HOSPITAL D. MCDONALD J. W. RUBEL M. BAILEN H. KARLSON X s. s. BUFFALO HOSPITAL THOMAS DUFFY J. PEMBROKE ART JEPSON J. LA BONTE XXX NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL HAROLD CLODIUS LAMARR PALMER W. P. FOLSE ROBERT HAUS ROBERT RAMLER MORRIS KERRY EMERY SIMMS JESSE LOW WILBUR MANNING J. W. DENNIS EDWARD CUSTER R. M. NOLAN W. F. LEWIS JOHN R. GOMEZ GLEN CURL JAMES LEWIS WILLIAM BARGONE �z»"i.'T';;.V' THE SEAFARERS VO G Friday- July 12. 1946 GEORGE M, BIBB CREW Page Three Bridges' Raid Turns Isthmian Men To SiU Isthmian seamen, who have been expressing llieir preference for the SIU by a vote of more than 2 to 1, are now convinced more strongly than ever, as a result of the recent raiding at­ tempt by commie ILWU leader Harry Bridges and his CMU af­ filiates, that the Seafarers Inter­ national Union is the Union for them. Numerous Isthmian men com- These Isthmian seamen from the George M. Bibb were snapped on their ship while docked at Pier 5, Staten Island. Seated (reading from left): Tallborg. Wilkins. Edsvake. and J. White. Standing; Olsen, new Second Cook. Trust. Butch, Steve, Serraga. Bandle. Vazquez. Johnson and Hicks. 1 Bibb Called Good Isthmian Ship Paying off in New York on June 27tii, crewmembers of the Isthmian Lines ship, George M. Bibb, declai-ed that it was a good Isthmian ship. They asserted that not only was it a good SIU ship, but it also had a good Skipper. That's an unbeatable combina­ tion on any ship—a good crew and Skipper! When the Bibb left this coun­ try on its last trip, 3 NMUers were aboard. However, Chief Cook Jacobs and AB Clark, with some able assistance from other crewmembers, succeeded in con­ verting them to the SIU way of Union life. Chief Steward Vincente Orencio' was one of the NMUers who turned in their books, and he stated that if he'd known how much better the SIU was than the NMU, he would have turned in his old book a long time ago. Jacobs was forced to leave the Bibb at the payoff, even though he wished to stay, due to his need for hospital care and treatments. Chief Cook Randle, who replaced Jacobs when he went to the hos­ pital, was another new man con­ verted to the Seafarers. Jake asserted, "The George M. Bibb was the best Isthmian ship I was ever on. It shows how even a non-Union company like Isth­ mian can have a good ship when they have a swell crew and a good Skipper. We'll make all Isthmian ships like the Bibb when the SIU negotiates a con­ tract after NLRB certification." HERE TO STAY Strike news and dispatches from various parts of the country on labor's battle to keep prices and rents from skyrocketing were crowded out of many dailj' news­ papers last week. There was good reason for it. The papers had to find room for the following United Press story from Hollywood: "Fashion focus on the bosom is going out of date. Designer How­ ard Greer declared today. But he's got something to take its place—'the fanny', he says, is the big focal point of his fall collec­ tion." There were five additional paragraphs ending with a solemn pronouncement by Greer that "It's a great year for sex." These boys from the George M. Bibb helped do the job of making the Bibb a 100 percent SIU ship. Left to right: Second Cook Randle. Clark. OS. Chief Cook Jacobs, and Wilkins, AB. Operators Get Down To Business; Contract Talks Begin To Shape Up (Continued from Page 1) file walkoffs from ships in vari­ ous ports, which tied up ships for various lengths of time. The pro­ test walkoffs were without sanc­ tion of the SIU; in each case, however, the crew members ex­ pressed disgust at the way the negotiations were dragging along. sides trying to reach the middle ground of understanding. Today, for the first time, the shipownex's appeared in the role of businessmen, trying to iron out a business problem. They spoke rationally, and even though they didn't sympathize with the problems of the men who make it possible for them to run their Today's meeting was conducted ships, they appeared to be trying with Commissioner Maggiolo of to understand them. the Conciliation Service, Depart­ PROGRESS ment of Labor, present. This, also, may have had some effect on the Every member of the Seafarers shipowners. His presence assured Committee felt that it was a good that they couldn't pull any fast meeting and that progress had ones on the outside without being been made. They felt that the called by the umpire. shipowners were on the ball at last, and were awake to the seri­ NO STALLING ousness of the strike threat, posed In addition, previous meetings by the voting going on in every had been characterized by stall­ SIU Hall in every port in the na­ ing and wrangling over niggeling tion. They were arguing, true, details by the shipowners and but they were arguing as man-to­ their labor-baiting attorney. To­ man, not as high-pressure smooth­ day's ran smoothly. True, there ies trying to put something over. was plenty of batting the negoThings may take a turn for the tiational ball back and forth—as worse, of course, but today's there is in every such negotia­ meeting seemed like an auspi­ tion conference — but it was a cious augury to the men of the constructive batting, with both Seafarers who attended it. ii Pioketline Proves SIU Strong Outfit By EARL SHEPPARD The picketline is the main thing right now and the real organiza­ tion of the Seafarers has been proven by the 100 percent turn­ out. The ships that are tied up now is just a beginning unless Harry Bridges pulls in his horns and stops his thieving raids on AFL jurisdiction. The best feature of the whole action was the complete support given by the Longshoremen, Warehousemen, Teamsters and other AFL maritime workers. j Trucks stopped a block away and j when the drivers found out wRat i it was all about they let the I j trucks sit there. Crews of ships tie9 up honored the picketlines and the generally noisy and busy Staten Island docks were as quiet as a grave'yard. Every man on the line conduct­ ed himself in an orderly manner and the picket Captains stayed on the job. Many a seaman walk­ ed more Wednesday afternoon than he has done in many years. GOOD ORGANIZATION The picketline and entire ac­ tion was the result of a well planned campagin. Everything was laid out in advance, and as a result everything moved smoothly. This is the kind of or­ ganization that has built the Sea­ farers, is winning the Isthmian Line, and will make the SIU the biggest, strongest and best mari­ time organization in the world. A large number of unorganized Seamen, including a few visitors from the nearby Marine Hospital, visited the scene and were im­ pressed with the solidarity of the AFL maritime unions. These men have expressed the intention of going back on to their unorgan­ ized ships to swing them over to the SIU. TOMORROW ALSO A DAY This action is just a step in the march of the Seafarers. The end of the first World War found the seamen unprepared and, although belonging to the union, they did not know the score. It is a differ­ ent picture today. The member­ ship knows why they are in the Union. They know that they are the Union and that their future depends upon organized, decisive action. They have proven, every time action was necessary, that they will go to town and fight to the finish. This is organization, or­ ganization of the strength of the membership in the Union, on the job and on the picketline. This is organization that will win the future battles of the Seafarers, as it has always done in the past. mented very unfavorably on the CMU action. Their consensus of opinion was that any Union or group of Unions such as the NMU-CMU which could sink so low as to play the shipowners' game by their raiding attempts on another Union which had re­ cently supported the CMU in their hour of need was certainly no outfit for Isthmian men to join. In addition, numerous rank and file members of the NMU, MCS, MEBA and MFOW were very strong in their condemna­ tion of Bridges and the other commie CMU misleaders. Militant action by the SIUSUP and other affiliates of the AFL Maritime Council quickly showed Commissar Bridges that they accepted the challenge of the commie stooges, and that they would battle his shipowner aiding and Union raiding to the last ditch. As far as voting was concerned, things were very quiet this past week with 12 Isthmian ships still remaining to be voted. However, 2 or 3 of these vessels are ex­ pected in port v.dthin the next few days, and will be voted im­ mediately. LOW ISTHMIAN INCREASE Dated June 21st, a Western Union wire was sent by Isthmian to all ports where their ships dock, and copies posted on the bulletin boards of various ships as they arrived in port. A copy of this wire, which explains the low wage increase granted by Isthmian and in line with that secured by the CMU, was for­ warded to the Log office, from in­ terested parties aboard an Isth­ mian ship. According to the posted wire, changes for the unlicensed per­ sonnel were as follows: "First: Effective June 15—such persons whose basic week at sea is fifty-six hours shall receive overtime for hours worked at sea in excess of forty-eight hours per week. Second: Effective June 15— wages are increased seven­ teen dollars and fifty cents per month. Third: Effective June 15—the work week in all ports is re­ duced from forty-four to forty hours per week, and Fourth: Effective June 15—the overtime rate is changed to one dollar per hour." HOLD TIGHT Concluding statement in the wire was; "There may be some adjustments in rates to others than those specifically mentioned herein, but we do not know what the changes will be." It was signed by Cresap, Isthmian SS Co., New York. All Isthmian men are urged to hold tight as these wage and hour conditions granted by Isth­ mian are similar to those given the CMU Unions. However, the SUP has recently concluded ne­ gotiations with the West Coast shipowners for a monthly in­ crease of $22.50 plus numerous other gains to specific ratings, and the SIU Negotiating Com­ mittee is conducting similar ne­ gotiations in New York. The SIU is certain that whatever gains are achieved in their negotiations will be won by the Isthmiein sea­ men when the SIU negotiates with that company. �Page Four SlU Leaflet Tells Score On CMU Raid (Continued from Page 1) to use Naval personnel to break the threatened maritime strike. Dwelling further on the West Coast trouble which touched off the present situation, the leaflet goes on to state that Bridges is definitely weakening all mari­ time unions by his jurisdictional raid at this time. t SHIPOWNER STOOGE "II the sliipuvviicis didn't pay Harry Bridges for this (inky stunt," the flyer states, "then he should sue them for money due for he has served the shipowners well." Right now the SIU and the SUP are fighting for demands that will, in the long run, bene­ fit all seamen. It is obvious that any gains made by the Seafar­ ers in the present negotiations with the shipowners will event­ ually be passed on to the seamen of other unions. Therefore, the leaflet reiterates that by bringing up a jurisdic­ tional quarrel at this time. Bridges is playing right into the hands of the shipowners. The pamphlet bitterly charges that Bridges' intra-union warfare is being waged for his own per­ sonal ambition, and has no con­ nection with any economic de­ mands that his union is making. The leaflet closes with an ap­ peal to the affiliate unions of the CMU to repudiate Harry Bridges" finky activities. It points out that SIU conditions and wages have been won through year.s of constant struggle, and that in the present fight, the Seafarers will not yield one single inch. In conclusion, the leaflet calls upon the honest officials and membership of the CMU to take immediate and decisive action to stop Bridges in his attempts to become dictator of all waterfront unions. Gibbons Beats Storm, Thieves In Exciting Trip (Continued from Page 1) before the ship was tossed on the rocks between Port Antonio and Morant Point. Eventually the Ship was pulled off t'ne rocks, and she made port safely on the same day. Captain Tancrel claimed that in his entire experience, this was the worst electrical storm he had ever encountered, and native Ja­ maicans spoke of the storm as being the worst to hit the island in over 25 years. CROOKS THWARTED As if what had already hap­ pened was not enough, the crew was beset by a few native thieves while in port in Kingston. In forcing them away from the ship, a crewmember, William Harrison, threw a five gallon paint can and injured one of the fleeing thieves. This resulted in a logging in the amount of $50.00. However, when the crew returned to New York, through the work of Patrol­ men Ray Gonzales and Salvador Colls, the log' was reduced to $20.00 at the pay off. This money will be used to pay the hospital bill of the injured Jamaican. THE SEAFARERS LOG VICTORY W .45 REWARD FOR THESE MEN Friday, July 12, 1<)46 SIU Forces Changes On Pert Winnebago (Continued from Page 1) took matters hands. These men touched off the action that forced the Skipper of the SS Fort Winnebago to clean up the ship and provide better food for the crew. Their story is a lesson to all Seafarer crews. Left to right, Walter Addison, FOW, and militant Black Gang Delegate; John Stombaugh, Messman, the man who backed Addi­ son's play to the limit; John Scialpi. Messman. another who saw the fight through to the end; and Ray Ringo, the Steward who wanted to serve good meals and fought to get supplies so that he could do so. m into their own To add to the beefs, the ship was filthy and crawling with roaches and red ants. The store­ rooms were cluttered up with condemned and spoiling food, in­ cluding bags of beans three to five years old. This food was to have been thrown overboard on the way up from Mobile, but the Captain would not give his con= sent to have this done. No milk was delivered to the boat after the first shipment on June 14, and the same story held true on bread, fresh vegetables, meat, and other needed foods. The bread became moldy but the company i-efused to replenish the stock until it was entirely used up. Matters came to a head on June 27, when the Steward, and Walter Addison, Black Gang Delegate, went to the Master to complain that the food was in­ edible. The Skipper's classic an­ swer was, "Is that so? I'm eating it, ain't I?" Seeing that their own efforts to "settle the situation were not meeting with success, four mem­ bers of the crew came up to the New "^ork Hall to report the hor­ rible conditions existing on the Winnebago. The four were Rin­ go, Addison, John Stombaugh, Stewards Delegate, and John Scialpi, Messman. The delegation had other beefs to report. The ship needed fu­ migation; there had been no hot water for showers for quite .some time; the Purser disputed over­ time even after it had been okay­ ed by the Skippei;; and the com­ pany was making no effort to keep the crew supplied with food and milk. In the person of Johnny John­ ston, Patrolman, the Union went immediately to work. Arrange­ ments were quickly made for the ship to be fumigated, and fur other improvements to be start­ ed. And then, just when every­ thing was starting to move smoothly, the Old Man threw a monkey wrench into the works. On Monday, July 1, he fired the Steward, without cause. ON AGAIN To which the two Delegates Again Johnny Johnston had replied, "Captain, what you eat to get on the ball. This time he is up to you. The crew will not went directly to the Captain, and eat that kind of slop." although the discussion was amicable, he let him know that the Union would not stand for such tactics. The upshot of all this was that Ray Ringo was ta­ ken back. The question of overtime had not yet been settled, and so on July 6, Jimmy Sheehan, another Union Patrolman, was sent down to-the ship to discuss the situation with the Purser. He met first with the crew and received a record of all beefs. Then he went into conference with the Purser, and before the discussion was ended, the entire matter had been straightened out to the complete satisfaction of the crew. So now things are looking up on the Fort "Witmebago. The ship has been fumigated; the rotten food thrown overboard; fresh food has been supplied; the over­ time squared away; and on Here are fhe militant crewmembers of the Fort Winnebago giving Patrolman Jimmy Sheehan Tuesday, July 9, the vessel left the lowdown on the overtime which the Purser refused to pay. even after it had been okayed by for other ports of call. the Skipper. Their solidarity and courage won for,them a real victory. Johnny Johnston and Jimmy Sheehan say that they don't reaU ly deserve any credit. All the credit, as far as they are con­ cerned, goes to the militant men who fought the battle through by themselves, with only a little in­ cidental help from the Union. Some of the crewmembers of the Winnebago could be lured away from the chow table to have their pictures taken. 'The other hands who were off watch were too busy enjoying Stew­ ard Ray Ringo's menu of corned beef and cabbage. They'll be sorry when they see this picture. Seafarers Fight Against Coast Guard Gontrol Of Seamen Goes Before Senate (Continued from Page 1) ministration support. Republicans can be expected—with one or two exceptions—to stand solidly against the Bill as a matter of party principle. PRIME HOPE / Thus the opponents' hope of defeating the Bill lies in mustei'ing Democratic opposition to it. If the vote follows strictly party lines, the Reorganization Bill stands virtually assured of pass­ age. The big stumbling block in the defeat of the Bill is that portions of it are good constructive legis­ lation. The National Housing Re­ organization Plan, for instance, would place all housing agencies under one central authority and facilitate homes for GIs, alloca­ tion of building material priori­ there seems to be about an even chance that it will be—there is no cause for seamen to be jubilant immediately. The BMIN remains under the Coast Guard until an executive order sends it back to the Department of Commerce or some other agency. The Coast Guard is extremely anxious to retain control of the Bureau, and the President will hardly issue an executive order transferring the bureau back to STRESS DEFEAT Commerce without making an­ Thus, telegrams or letters to other attempt to push that por­ Senators should stress defeat of tion of the plan through Congress the Reorganization Bill in its en­ in some other form. tirety, but should contain special So the vote in the Se.nate this reference to Plan 3, Part 1—the week can mean either a tempor­ portipn which deals specifically with the transfer of the Bureau ary victory for the Seafarers— of Marine Inspection and Naviga­ and all U. S. seamen—or total defeat and continued military tion. If the bill is defeated — and control of all seamen's activities. ties, etc. But under the bloc vote that seems to be upcoming, there is little chance that some parts of the Bill will be defeated and others will survive. If the vote comes to niggeling debate on which portions of the Bill to keep alive, and which por­ tions to defeat, there is a good chance that the whole damned thing won't come to a vote before the deadline. Let Us Have 'Em The Log wants at once the names and addresses of bars, clubs frequented by seamen, particularly in foreign ports, so that they can be put on the Log mailing list. "With the postal delivery to ships snafued, this remains the only practical way of getting the Union paper into the mem­ berships hands. So do it today—send us the names wd correct addresses of your favorite places all over the world, with an esestimation of the number of Logs they can use. �Friday, July 12. 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Fira The CMU Shows Its Comnile Hand In Raiding Move Against SUP By ROBT. A. MATTHEWS Up until 1942 every steamship rompany opptating on the Pacific Coast was organized with the ex­ ception of the tanker companies. As the unorganized tankers were a direct threat to all unions, the Sailors Union of the Pacific ini­ tiated a move to organize them. P Harry Lundeberg invited the Marine Cooks and Stewards, and the Marine Firemen to participatp in organizing the tanker companies. This invitation was declined by the Cooks and Fire­ men since, as they stated, they were not interested in expansion, and besides it would cost too much dough. CONTRACT EXTENDED Thereupon, the Sailors Union of the Pacific single-handedly went in at great expense, and knocked over every tanker com­ pany on the West Coast. Since that time the SUP has held sign­ ed contracts with all the com­ panies, and they are the best tanker contracts in the industry. On May 14, 1946, one of the SUP contracted companies de­ cided to start operating dry cargo vessels in addition to their tank­ ers, so they changed the com­ pany name from Los Angeles Tankers, Inc., to American Paci­ fic Steamship Company. The SUP immediately went in and extended its tanker contract to cover the dry cargo vessels. About 14 vessels of this company were manned by SIU and SUP crews, and have been loaded on the West Coast without incident. On June 29, 1946, the SS Mello Franco, American Pacific Sfeamship Company, went into Coos Bay, Oregon, to load lumber, and lo and behold! the CIO long­ shoremen, acting on orders from Commissar Harry Bridges, re­ fused to work the ship. They have told the SIU-SUP crew that it will have to leave SIU Seamen Burned By Gas; Demand 100 Percent Bonus (Continued from Page 1) .had been aboard the vessel nine weeks, since she loaded the 4000 ton cargo of gas bombs at Ant werp, exposed to the fumes. The crew has been living in a gas contaminated atmosphere 24 hours a day. Belgian longshoremen who loaded the ship in Antwerp, de manded and received a 100 per cent boost in pay after some of them were burned handling the bombs. Local longshoremen pulled a complete work stoppage when they discovered the lethal nature of the cargo. They went back to work after a 100 percent boost in pay had been guaranteed. They now work, Swift says, in gas pro­ tective outfits, which cover their entire bodies. They are allowed to work in the holds only 15 min­ utes at a time. DANGER. GAS I Blowers have been installed in the holds to blow out the noxious fumes, leaking from the gas bombs. These fumes sweep over the decks and into the crew's fo'csles. Swift says he personally has smelled the fumes pouring down the ventilators into the en­ gine room. "Army officials have told me," Swift says, "that phosgene gas is particularly dangerous, since it gives off little odor. Therefore, when its scent is apparent con­ siderable gas is in the air." Food stores on the Lee were contaminated by the gas, and Army officials ordered removal of the food. The crew" has lived in that at­ mosphere for 24 hours a day; while they have all been provid­ ed with gas masks, it is impos­ sible to wear these continually. Biggest danger is from after­ effects of the gas. It is one of the features o.f both phosgene and mustard gas that effects do not show up immediately. In addi­ tion to breathing the gas, it is not certain that the crew did not eat contaminated food before its impregnation by the fumes was discovered. y The crew has been in port, four weeks, and has tried to get paid off ever since it arrived. Until John Hawk went to work on the Seas Shipping Company in New York, the Mobile Compan.y Agent refused to discuss the pos­ sibility of the men being paid off. All of the crew members who are released from the ship Friday arc expected to go immediately to New York, where they will ap­ pear with SIU officials at com­ pany offices to press claims for the bonus. It is significant that the poison gas in the bombs was considered too terrible for use, even by the Nazis, during the war. Ashtabula Busy With Midland By CHARLES F. MEYER ASHTABULA—We finally had a hearing with the Midland Steamship Company and the NWLB, and the election to select a bargaining agent for the men on those ships should t.ake place within the next thirty days. These ships are pretty well lined up solid for the SIU, thanks to the good work of our brothers from the Coast and the Great Lakes region. We have a great many men from the Coast now on these ships, doing a fine job of organizing the unorganized. The crew of the Williams, a Midland vessel, signed on ii^ De­ troit, and when they got on board, they tried to have the watches changed to coincide with Coast watches. The Skipper and the Chief would not have any­ thing to do with this scheme, so the crew, represented by Brothers Boddy and Neilson, started to walk off. This action brought the Old Man around in a hurry, and he offered to compromise. Now that Coast watches have been instituted, he likes the set­ up very much. Even the crew now rates tops with him. the .ship, and that it would be replaced by a crew supplied by the Committee for Maritime Unity member unions. PURELY POLITICAL There is no economic issue at stake here—it is purely political. The reason for the formation of the Committee for Maritime Unity, CIO, becomes increasingly apparent. The Communist Party of America is right now making its bid to take over and control the American Merchant Marine. If it cannot control, it would de.stroy. Its desire to drive the AFL Maritime Unions from the water­ front is the sole motivating fac­ tor in this thieving raid. Their plan is clear—first, to take over the SUP by raiding SUP-contracted ships. Then, the SIU and other AFL Maritime Unions would be next in line. Thus, instead of being merely a local beef between the Sailors Union and the CIO longshore­ men, this is really a beef between the AFL and CIO. It is, in fact, an open declaration of war by communist czar Harry Bridges and his controlled CMU against all AFL Maritime Unions. QUESTION; What i.s your opinion on the present Strike Referendum being taken by the Union? JOSEPH Steward: MALONE, Chief I think that a strike will prob­ ably be needed before the ship­ owners give in the least bit. We will have to show them that we mean business and that we will not be frightened as was the NMU. Our present wages and conditions prove that we have al­ ways fought for the seamen, and if we have to fight again this time, we will win. From what I hear from my friends, it seems that most of the men in the SIU are in favor of calling a strike if no other way can win our points. That's the way I feel about it, also. OUST COMMIES This challenge must be met with all the means at our dis­ posal, and, inste'ad of resting when this beef is won, we must drive the communists from the waterfront definitely and finally. If we are to survive as demo­ cratic trade unions, these political parasites must be eradicated once and for all. What makes.this raiding tactic so ironic is the positive position taken by all AFL Maritime Unions in the recent beef of the CMU in their negotiations with the Government and ship own­ ers. When the CMU was striving for increased pay and better working conditions, and the Gov­ ernment threatened use of the Navy and Coast Guard to move struck ships, the SIU, of its own WILLIAM WURZLER, Oiler: volition, declared that this move would be regarded by us as a The companies think that work­ lockout, and we threatened tp ing seamen do not have the right call a general strike to back up io live decently. At least, they the CMU. act that way. If thed is their at­ This, then, is the CMU's answer titude, we will have to change to our pledges of assistance to their minds by a strike. Certainly them in their beef. While accept-' we have tried every possible ing eagerly our offers of aid, I means to settle the question of sneakthief Harry Bi'idges and his j wages and conditions without re­ commie henchmen are plotting a I sorting to strike action, but if the virtual "Pearl Harbor" on the' shipowners are not willing to membership and jobs of all AFL meet us halfway, what else can Maritime Unions. we do? We can't be expected to I can only pledge Harry Bridg­ starve without raising some kind es one thing. He will be a much of a fuss. wiser and sadder Harry when this fight is over. N. 0. Hospitalized Give Their Thanks From the men confined in the Marine Hospital in New Orleans comes a note this week thanking the crew members of the SS Jul­ ian Poydras for their "kindness and generosity." The hospitalized Brothers also want the anonymous donor of the cigarettes to know they appreci­ ate his thoughtfulness. The note was signed by the following: J. W. Dennis, W. F. Lewis, John R. Gomez, Edward Custer, Wilbur Manning, Roy D. Lusko, John "Scottie" Clark, R. M. No­ lan, Emery Sims and E. Ladiner.' THOMAS FIELDS, Chief Cook; The way prices are shooting up every day, we have to make more money or else we will sit by and watch our families starve to death. I, for one, won't stand for that. Sure, I voted for strike ac­ tion because it looks to me like the only way we can get the ship­ owners to stop stalling. Nobody looks forward to a strike, but this one is necessary. If the operators think that we are fooling around, they have another guess coming. They should see the way the men line up to vote, and a big major­ ity of the men vote for strike action. ROBERT YATTY, Messman: I am definitely in favor of such action. Does that answer the question? How can any one in his right mind be against a strike vote, and strike action, when the operators show that they are waiting for the Government to step in so that we can be treated like slaves instead of free men. If the shipowners really wanted to settle this matter in a fair way, I am sure that the Union would agree to some sort of re­ spectable compromise. But the shipowners want to settle on their terms, or not at all. We sea­ men in the SIU are just not hav­ ing any. �Page Six THE SEAFARERS LOG AFL Picketlines Answer Bridges' Attempt To Raid The Seafarers F?i I'i '"/ (Contimied from Page 1) v/e'll tip up pvery NMU ship on every coast. And we can do it The longshoremen won't load or unload, and the teamsters won' deliver or remove goods from the piers." Bridges started the whole sit uation when he ordered his longshoremen, members of the International Longshore and Warehousemen's Union, to refuse lu load or unload any ships of the SIU-SUP contracted Ameri­ can Pacific Steamship Company He demanded that the AFL crews get off the ships, and be replaced by CIO seamen. And that was the sentiment on the entire line. The seamen are determined to stop Harry Bridges before he makes himself the dictator of the waterfront. Amer­ ican seamen do not trust Bridges, and they know that his every ac­ tion and word is dictated by his By ERIC UPCHURCH Governor Ellis Arnall did not bother to turn the threats of the Bridges' treachery was partic­ Ku Klux Klan against his phys­ ularly disheartening to the SIU- ical welfare over to the police of SUP in view of the fact that they Georgia. Well, I agree with our had pledged the two unions to honor picketlines of the CMU, and to walk off the ships if the "Government made an attempt to man CIO contracted ships with Navy personnel in the event of a strike. OTHERS JOIN Communist masters. If this is a fight to the finish, the AFL Mari­ time Unions, and the rest of the AFL is ready to defend the dem­ ocratic rights of seamen. AFL seamen think that this time Harry Bridges has bitten off more than he can chew. At last, and to the great relief of his poor mother, he absorbed himself into a katatonic stupor, a more or less self-imposed hyp­ notic state. He failed to acknowl­ edge any attempt toward conver­ sation, turned food away, and wouldn't budge from the chair in which he sat. This lasted for three days. Then, as sun plays warmth upon the earth after a cold rain, it hap­ pened. His mother returned from the mail-box holding a package. At the sight of this his face brightened, he resumed living once again. All was well! He said to his mother: "I thought they had forgotten me. As a result I leaped into the darkest corner of Hell. I felt as though I was encased in a huge block of hardening cement; or rather, I was standing on a great bar of quicksand, and with my every thought sinking me into the fathomless depths. Thank Heaven, they finally mailed me my first copyof the Log." (Editor's note: The curative powers of our publication should never be underestimated.) The picketline in front of the Staten Island docks formed at about 12:30 P.M. As-soon as the longshoremen who were at work on the docks heard about this, they immediately walked off the Governor that it would have piers and joined the SlU-SUP on been senseless to turn the threats the line. of the KKK over to the KKK for investigation. Arrangements were made for the teamsters to take their trucks The meaning of this is clear if off the piers, but no other trucks one is familiar with the police were allowed to cross the line. tactics in Georgia. For some rea­ And none attempted to do so. son these people have a psycho­ Squads of seamen, with Union pathic craving for floggings, cut­ literature, giving the reasons for tings and general beatings. Could the picketline, ranged the streets you call it mass sadism? It is really a case for a good near the waterfront, and distrib­ uted thousands of leaflets. The honest psychiatrist to probe. I'm solidarity displayed by the mem­ sure heads and tails could be bers of the AFL Maritime Coun­ made of it. And I'm sure, since cil was an effective block against the police in Georgia don't care any attempt by the police to in­ for my way of thinking, that I'dj terfere with the peaceful picket- be an unwelcome sight down line formed in answer to Harry there, especially if some ex-SIU Bridges' unjustified raiding of man on the force came across this article. the SIU-SUP. Unless a man has a legitimate When the line first formed, a reason for being ex-SIU he few NMU seamen requested per­ shouldn't even ' be allowed to mission to cross the line to re­ breathe the purified air exhaled VANCOUVER—An angry SIU turn to their ships. The reason from the lungs of present SIU membership flatly rejected the for the line was explained to men. Why, if it wasn't for the ex­ Canadian National War Labor them, and they readily admitted halation of this pure air, people Board's ruling and called for im­ that the AFL cau.se was a just would be keeling over left and mediate reconsideration of the one, and made no further at­ right, what with the NMU and Union's demands for improved tempt to, pass. Harry Bridges' gang. The air they wage, working and overtime con­ NMU GETS SCORE so contaminate we sterilize. ditions. Said one, before departing, At the June 25 meeting the It was to be my policy never "We didn't know anything about to t.o.ss brickbats at these people Seafarers heard a report of the this, but now that we know, we publicly, but the impulse is over­ NWLB's denial of five of the think Bridges is pulling a dirty powering. Union demands and a watered trick. You guys sure came By the way, the cable address down offer on another, which through for us when we needed of NMU is ENEMU. Change the called for wage increases ranging help." "U" to "Y", and you have an ac­ from $12.50 to $50.00 monthly. curate one-word picture of that The Government agency granted only a $12.48 monthly flat wage conglomeration. increase for all classifications. Description of Abnormality: At The Board turned down these the mere age of 20 he appeared to SIU demands: be an eccentric old crab, sitting 1. Recognition of all legal holi­ around waiting for someone to • speak to him so he could literally days. 2. Two weeks' annual vacation snap their head off with his vi­ cious tongue. He had developed after one year's service. All members—retired mem­ 3. The eight hour day on all an art of insulting that far sur­ bers and former members— passed all marks of degradation, ships. of the Seafarers Internation­ 4. Overtime pay increases from his language being vile to the point of horror. 50 cents to 65 cents an hour. al Union who are now sailing 5. Longshoremen's pay rates He had grown a fuzzy red as licensed Engineers: Please for seamen when they handle beard, and allowed his hair to report as soon as possible to bang loosely across his face. He caigo. the Seafarers Hall at 51 Bea­ Involved are the men on the refused to brush his teeth, clean ver Street, New York City. lis nails, bathe, or even remove 25 passenger-freight vessels op­ Your presence is necessary in his clothes. On several occasions erated by the Canadian Pacific he had found cold coffee in the Steamship Co., the Canadian Na­ a matter cf great importance. pot, poured it into a cup, and tional Steamship Co., and the Union Steamship Co. a.' threw it against the walL Canadian SIU Rejects Weak Wage Offers Attention Members! Seafarers Sailing As Engineers r Friday, July 12. 194? Reginald Gooden - The men who have helped to i build the Seafarers International Union, and make it strong, are not publicity hounds. In fact, they go to the other extreme and actually shun the limelight. We know what we are talking about because this department is charg­ ed with the responsibility of in­ terviewing one oldtimer each week for this column. Take this week, for instance. It took us three days to persuade an outstanding Seafarer to have his picture taken and to tell his story to the Log. And Reginald Gooden's story is well worth tell­ ing. Reginald, who now sails as Chief Cook, was born in Costa Rica in 1898. He first went to sea REGINALD GOODEN in 1917 as messboy and has work­ ed his way up through the years. He has even sailed as Steward, when the Fairport, Waterman but he likes to cook and prefers Lines, was sunk off Bermuda. to-sail in that capacity. HEROES. NOT BUMS Gooden is a firm believer in "During the war," he recalls, the power of organized labor. "A "the best was none too good for man by himself can't do much," us. We were heroes. Now that he says, "but a bunch of men, all our country doesn't need us as working for the .same ends, can badly as they did then, they are do practically anything they set trying to forget all about us. their minds to do." "Ask the shipowners for better WORDS AND ACTION wages and working conditions," He puts his words into action, he continued, "and they say no. too. The big strikes of 1921 and Ask the Government to give us a 1923 found him active on the decent* Bill of Rights, like the' picketline, doing what he could GIs have, or to get the Coast to better the lot of the seamen. Guard off our necks, and they say And when the 1941 Bonus Strike no. That's no way to treat us." rolled around, he was again ready Gooden has an almost propri­ and willing to show the ship­ etary interest in the Union. He owners and the Government that feels that when any of the Union seamen were not slaves, and must officials say anything, they are be paid for their work and the speaking for him, and the rest of extreme risks that they are the rank-and-filers. forced to take as part of their "Harry Lundeberg, or John normal routine. Hawk, or Paul Hall never say Gooden left the sea for a few anything about Union policy un­ years prior to 1941. He worked less we make the decision first," in various restaurants and hotels, he says. and he also found time to get Like all the rest of the militant married and sire a family, of six: Seafarers, Reginald advocates job five boys and one girl. action or a general strike, if the "When the war started, how­ shipowners show no willingness ever," he said, "I answered the to come to terms, with the SIU President's call for experienced in the present negotiations. His men to sail the merchant ships." attitude is that with prices going His experiences during the war up, and wages being held down, are echoes of what happened to the standard of living is sure to other merchant seamen. He lost suffer. two ships from under him; once He doesn't like that, and he is when the Penmar, Calmar, was prepared to do something about torpedoed off Iceland; and again it. Abridged Seamen's Bill Of Rights Due To Hit House Floor Soon WASHINGTON, July 10 —The Seamen's Bill of Rights, in some­ what abridged form from that envisioned by the SIU, is due to hit the floor of the House if its author Rep. Carl Petersen (Dem.Fla.) is able to push it through the Rules Committee tomorrow. Tfie abridged Bill, which treats seamen as civilians rather than as military personnel, will face some opposition in the Rules Committee, because ranking Re­ publican members, Welsh of Cali­ fornia and Bradley of Michigan, who favor the Bill are absent. That leaves Rep. Weikel of Ohio, reactionary opponent of the Bill, as ranking Republican mem­ ber. Rep. Petersen said WeikeTs op­ position stemmed from the senti­ ments expressed by the national commander of the American Legion. He said he believed that the construction of the revised Bill, which gives seamen civilian rather than military status in all phases except the educational benefits portions, would lessen opposition. William Hushing, AFL Legis­ lative Representative in Washing­ ton, is expected to appear before the committee in support. The SIU-SUP made many rec­ ommendations for revisions in the Bill. The only major victory for the Seafarers was the inclu­ sion of the clauses giving seamen, regardless of age, the rights to the educational benefits provided under it. This' will be especially important for seamen who want to attend upgrading schools and will be given Federal mainte­ nance grants while they are at­ tending such schools. , �THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, July 12, 194B Page Serea Merchant Marine Laws Are Called Obsolete; Should Be Changed Now By JOE ALGINA Wartime Boosters Now Criticize; Suggestion Made They Get Facts NO NEWS?? By LOUIS GOFFIN I Ph JACKSONVILLE —In reading a recent column, by Ed Sullivan, we ran across an item which went as follows: "The Coast Guard is burning at Senator Pat McCarran's attempt to take away the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation, shabby reward for the magnificent Coast Guard war record." If memory serves me right,. I can remember when this same Ed Sullivan, along with other columnists, was praising the mer­ chant marine for its glorious war record. But none of them have complained that our treatment since the war ended was shabby treatment or a poor reward for our sacrifices. We have never claimed that the Coast Guard did not have a great war record, although a lot of the brass hats ran up their best scores pulling papers of in­ nocent seamen. We are of the opinion, however, that if the Coast Guard control of merchant seamen was a wartime necessity, the necessity no longer exists. The type of work they did be­ fore the outbreak of the war is what they should engage in now. We have no objection to that. NOT FOR KEEPS The CG never was given the BMIN for keeps. They were en­ trusted with it as a wartime measure, and were to keep it only until six months after hos­ tilities ceased. The BMIN was originally under the Department of Commerce, and was to revert back after the war was over. In this matter the CG officers are trying to act like small-time dictators. They have the idea that they are best equipped to handle peacetime business that really belongs in the hands of a civilian agency. We wonder whether Ed Sulli­ van, and the others who are agi­ tating for CG control of the BMIN, know what the Coast Guard did to seamen while we were under their control. Do they know about the kangaroo courts, the spying, the pulling of sea­ men's papers, and the all around nastiiiess which made the CG known to all merchant seamen as the "American Gestapo." SOME REP! That's a fine reputation for an agency of the Government to hang up! The merchant seamen played a big part in the winning of the war. They will play an even big­ ger part in the postwar era. We hope that Ed Sullivan, being a fair-minded man, will also pre­ sent our side of the story. Silence this week from the Branch Agents of the follow­ ing ports: BALTIMORE NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS NEW YORK — The Merchant Marine Laws which govern the lives and actions of the men who go to sea for a living are out­ moded and definitely in need of being brought up to date. With the laws as they stand at present, seamen are punished out of all proportion to the offense committed, and with little or' no recourse to the powers that charge them, try them, and then carry out the sentence. Besides being unfair, this sort of treatment is certainly undemo­ cratic. Through the years we have im- proved our living and working conditions by economic action, usually at the point of produc­ tion. But the merchant marine lav/s, unchanged since the days of the four-masted .sailing ships, still have the last say over the actions of the civilian worker who labors as a merchant sea­ man. NO LONGER NEEDED It may be that when the laws were first instituted, there was a very slight reason for them. Many seamen, still active today, can remembei- when merchant mariners were a rough bunch of men with little sense of responsi­ bility. But now things liave changed. Today most seamen are respected members of the communities in vate account, so there could he which they live. They have fam­ extenuating circumstances. But it better not happen in the future. Shipping will probably be good in the months to come, and we will need all ratings. If you want to sail in the state where shipowners pay for your hack fare when you ship out, come to the heart of Texas. Houston Hall Moves Closer To The Waterfront By CHARLES HAYMOND HOUSTON—I guess the most important news from this port is that our Union Hall has been moved from 7137 Navigation Boulevard to 1515 75th Street. Now we are situated within three city blocks of City Docks num­ bers 1 to 5, and right near Longrcach Dockgate number 2. The past week has been slow for Houston, but the two weeks prior were the busiest of the year for Houston and Baytown. Baytown is strictly a tanker port, with the Humble Oil Company operating the major docks of the place. We have had, and still have, several ships from the Pa­ cific Tankers, Deconhill, and Los Angeles Tankers running coast­ wise and foreign from Houston and Baytown. WORK APLENTY This situation should keep us plenty busy although Los An­ geles Tankers have reorganized into the Pacific American Steam­ ship Company to operate cargo freighters only and wiU rapidly withdraw from the tanker field. The tanker representatives in this area are the most reasonable of the lot, and even if they are WSA General Agent,?, I don't like to see them go. They are decent to settle a beef with, and most of their ships come in with very few beefs. One recent beef was on the SS Coquille Hills, Pacific Tankers, and this is a continuation of a situation that has been going on in the past, the present, and we wonder about the future. The membership here feels that the crew of the Coquille Hills had a legitimate beef, and that other Pacific Tankers crew had good beefs, also. Brother Bill Gries, Wilmington Agent, is down here now to size things up and iron out the kinks. We all wish him loads of luck. PAYROLL BEEF In paying off the SS Warrior, a Waterman Company privately operated, scow, the major beef was that the crew payroll was not itemized. ^Not so long ago, in the days when seamen sailed be­ fore the mast, a large percentage of seamen could not read or write. One of the duties of the Shipping Commissioner was to see that the proper wage was paid to each seaman for all the time worked, less slops, draws, and logs. It is still one of his duties. Today, however, although very few seamen have legal, mindsj most of us can read and write, especially anything concerning our wages and conditions. We III want everything itemized; wages, overtime, transportation, subsist­ ence, lodging, extra meals, and linen money. We will not stand for a rooking from the shipown­ ers or company stooges. The Waterman Company has only small offices here, and this was the first one of their scows to pay off here classified as a pri­ The Patrolmen Say... Seamen Remember BOSTON—This traveling Pa­ trolman just got back from a jaunt way up yonder to the rocky coast of Maine for the payoff in Portland of the SS Samuel Walk­ er, a Bull line scow. Everything came off satisfac­ torily, it is pleasant to report. The bc^s coming off the vessel took up a collection for the SIU members confined to the Balti­ more Marine Hospital. The money is to be distributed equal­ ly to tho.se entitled to it. The donations totalled $28.00. Ted Thomas contributed $2.00, and one dollar was received from each of the following Seafarers: Brothers Kennedy, Sinclair, Curzi, Ball, McKenna, Hasse, Floojl, Otreba, Walker, Sharp, Anuszewski, Owen, Lanham and Burkltl. Also Brothers Hicks, Atkins, Hendricks, Pope, Otis, Navarra, Figeroa, Archibald, Curtis, Hay, Schnee and Gomez. J. E. SWEENEY. 4 i. t Missing Food Explained The SS Diamond Hitch, Alcoa Lines, blew into town last week after a 54 day trip to the Islands. The first beef I got was from the ^mpany and concerned food which was missing from the store rooms. • The company claimed that the ship was stocked for 120 days, and that she was only gone for 68, but came back with most of the food gone. When I got to the ship, I called the crew together to try to find out the score. Before I had a chance to tell them about the beef, they wanted to know what right the Chief Engineer had to change the locks on the store rooms, and keep a key for him­ self. DIFFERENT ANGLE Well, this changed the entire situation. I therefore went to the Chief Engineer and asked him by what authority he had acted as he did. He told me that he always carried a key to the store rooms of every ship he was ever on, and he intended to con­ tinue doing so. I then told the Company rep­ resentative that if the Chief, or any other officer, is going to carry the keys to the store rooms, under no circumstances will the Steward be held responsible for any shortages. The official agreed 100 percent and warned the Chief that in the future he must not handle keys that do not concern him. The store rooms can be opened for him by the Steward if there is any ne­ cessity to do so. On the whole, however, the ship had few beefs, and it was clean as the well known whistle. It was easy to see that the crew wei'e all good Seafarers. William Hamilton Gulf Coast Fishermen Now In New Quarters The Headquarters office of the Gulf Coast Fishermen's Union, was moved on July 1, to Room 6. 417 Ninth St. North, St. Peters­ burg, Florida. This move was made because of the poor telephone .service. Western Union, and mail service on the Beach, which is about ten miles from St. Petersburg. In the futui-e all correspond­ ence and telegrams should be ad­ dressed to the Gulf Coast Fish­ ermen's Union, Room 6, 417 9th St., North. The telephone num­ ber will be changed to St. Peters­ burg 2784. However, the home telephone of the agent will still remain Gulf Beaches 99071, until further notice. ilies, and do not spend their wak­ ing hours ashore in a gin mill. It is therefore not unreasonable of us to want some changes made in the laws. The first law which cries out for modification is the one con­ cerning desertion. This one has been interpreted by Skippers in such a manner that a man who misses a ship in a foreign port, through no fault of his own, is usually charged with desertion, and made to suffer the full pen­ ally. According to the law, however, it is supposed to be proven that the man drew all his money, took all his gear, and willfully left the ship with the intention of desert­ ing, Unless the law is modified so that it can be more generousliy interpreted, we should have in all our agreements a provision that if a man fails to catch his ship in a foreign port, he cannot be charged with desertion unless intent to desert is also proven. RAW DEAL Another law which is unjust is the one giving the master the right to log a man two for one for each infraction of the rules. In no other industry does an em­ ployer have the right to penalize a worker by making him forfeit' an extra day's pay for missing work, or any other violation of the agreement. On top of this, the money re­ verts bade to the company, so that they get one day's work at no cost to them. It is easy to see why eome company-minded Skip­ pers dish out the logs for little or no reason. And it is easy to see why the companies and the bossrninded government backs them up each and every time. In fact, the Coast Guard goes out of its way to dig up possible reasons for logging members of the crew. There are many other unjust and unwarranted laws in exist­ ence. Now that we have improved our wages and working condi­ tions, it is about time we do something about the "Captain Bligh" laws which makes sea­ men into virtual slaves. V • �• -/^^tvA-K. :'.H ' THE Page Eight 1 :^T: SEAFARERS LOG Friday. July 12. 1S46 Boston Seafarers Organizes Excursion Boat Outfit Into SlU By JOHN MOGAN K t • B I • i' By HUGH MURPHY the conference: the recommenda­ deck chairs; handling the freight; tion of world-wide adoption of cleaning the boilers; nursing the BOSTON—Another slow week We planned to hold the meeting VANCOUVER—The Coastwise for shipping and business has July 3rd at the new building, and S.S. & Barge Company, James 4he wages and working condi­ engines; doing all the jobs from just passed. Although there were still hope to at this writing; but Griffiths and Sons, Inc., has an­ tions of U. S. seamen. Opposition the messroom to the engine room, faint indications of a return to the plumbing is coming along nounced the inauguration of a developed from every possible and from the engine room to the normal shortly, with the SS slower than expected, and un­ new ship service from British source, the shipowners, the U. S. staterooms — by the day, week, Thomas Robertson (Mississippi) less the "heads" are ready, we Columbia and Puget Sound ports Government, European countries, month, and year. paying off in Boston, and the may have to postpone our "open to ports in Mexico, Centra spearheaded by the British. They HELLSHIP CONDITIONS Plattsburg (Deconhil Tanker) house" until the next meeting— America, Panama and Columbia contend that the standards of liv­ We wonder how these men paying off in Portland, Me. But after all, there was a motion It will be known as the Inter- ing of the Oriental seamen can­ would react to a life confined to it will take a lot of ships to make passed to have some beer on American Line—service will be not be brought up to that of the freight deck and whatever Americans, and hence oppose any jobs for the number of men now hand for the members! started by two of the Griffiths space is allowed to us to live in forward step at all. The outlook for this week is a on the beach up this way. Company ships, the James and after the automobiles, freight, little better. Presently there is a After a couple of days of or­ FOUR HOUR DAY the Stanley Griffiths, with addi­ livestock, baggage, express, dirty ganizing last week, the Nantas- ship in Portland, the SS Samuel tional vessels later. In a recent speech before the linen, etc., has been carefully kct Steamboat Line Co was Walker (Bull), which will prob­ annual conference of the Chemi­ stowed and secured. This Company has agreements signed up with Seafarers. A ably pay off tomorrow. And we with the SUP and the new Com­ cal Institute of Canada, Dr. E. H. Even the companies agree that short-lived strike of one and one- hear that a Mississippi and a pany will be under contract to Land, President of the Polaroid the wage scales were set 20 years half days aided considerably in South Atlantic are also expected the SIU as were the vessels of Corporation, Cambridge, Mass., ago. This proves that we are not helping the owners to make up io arrive in Portland during the the Coastwise S.S. and Barge said that four hours a day is an impatient lot, acting prema­ week. their minds. enough on the production line turely. We believe that this 20 Addendum to the Nantasket Company. When the boats (two were run­ and that the other four hours year record of sweat and toil for Boat walkout: on one of the ships ILO CONFERENCE ning at the time) pulled in, the should be spent increative activi­ the same wage level deserves was a certain Captain McGowan Canadian seamen were fortu­ ties. crews T.nade them secure and more consideration than this soand son. Even after the other li- nate at being represented at the walked off. The Company scraped called "finding and direction." How much we agree with the aensed men walked off with their International Labor Conference up a "crew" somehow or other Frankly, wc think that this good doctor, and fervently wi.sh crews, McGowan took out the in Seattle by Brother Morris and sailed one of the boats for board is nothing more than a rubthat there were many others in scab ship, taking along his son Weissberger, SUP New York one trip to Nantasket; but when the country with his ideas. Too ber stamp for the monopoly inas quartermaster. Then, with ev­ Agent, who is American alter­ she returned to Boston it also bad that our members as well as' terests on this coast. erything settled, the son walks nate at the conference. was tied up. By the record, we are a reason­ our shipowners did not attend into this office to request a per­ Brother Weissberger made the able bunch of men. For 20 years this conference. They would have GOOD MEN mit! M-m-m-m. only really progressive step at we have worked at the same gotten some good ideas on how Worthy of commendation are to create peace and harmony on wage rate, we continue to do John Nelson, Captain; James work which as-seamen we are the job. Goodwin, Chief Mate; Elmer not required to do by law, and Keep up the good work. Doc­ Purdy, Pilot; Bill Simmons, Chief we continue to remain married tor! We seamen are in definite Engineer, and Tom Beliar, Asst. to the ship in one way or another. accord with your contention. Engineer. These men were asked While the rest of the organized to sail the "scab" ship in unliworkers in Canada are working J, 4, 0, By WILLIAM STEVENSON a forty hour week, we continue By WILLIAM McLAUGHLIN to average twice that much, as a DETROIT—We have been kept ] in diameter, and • I'll bet they general rule. VICTORIA—The "findings and very busy shipping men and try­ created a windstorm in the small rooms. direction" of the Natio.nal War TIME FOR CHANGE ing to get enough Firemen, Oil­ Labor Board, made in regard to Our wages are a disgrace, and MORE BEEFS ers, and Coalpassers for the new our application for changes in even the Board's suggested in­ schedule on the D and C Lines.. Then the J. P. Wells refused to wages and general working con­ crease of $12.48 per month is only At the present time every ship pay overtime for all time over 40 ditions of the British Columbia a drop in the bucket. And add hours spent in port while await­ seamen, has now been duly con­ is completely manned, but to do to that the crowning insult. All ing orders. We had a little to-do sidered by us all. Their decision, newcomers are required to pay a this we had to supply 22 Fire­ about this, but it was finally and a bad one it is, comes from physical examination fee of $2.00 men, 9 Oilers, 18 Coalpassers, 4 squared away to the complete men who are not on the business for the privilege of joining us in Watertenders, 14 ABs, and 17 Or- satisfaction of the crew. end of an oil can, a fuel valve, or our dilemma. Rip Van Winkle dinarys, for a total of 84 shipped. Just as soon as we got settled a freight truck. had nothing on us, but even he Last week was one long beef. down from that one, the Chief censed capacity by the Company As a matter of fact, it would woke up eventually. First off, one ship complained Steward of the North American officials; they refused, and walk­ give us great pleasure to extend The membership here is of the that the washing machine motor, was threatened with being kick­ ed out with the men. to this group of "finders and di­ same mind—another 20 years at sent out for repairs two months ed off the ship. We had to go to rectors" an invitation to forsake this rate is not a happy prospect. The contract finally won and ago, had not yet been returned. bat for him, and in the end the their comfortable chairs in Otta­ signed is perhaps the best excur­ We went and got them a used Company backed water so the wa and spend the summer with (Editor's Note: Another story sion line contract on the Coast, motor, and at the same time Steward is still on the vessel. concerning the findings of the us who have to keep these ships with 20 to 30 dollar wage in­ Canadian National War Labor And then came the final beef— operating come hell or high creases—and, for the first time, Board, and the reaction of the for the week, that is. The Skipper water, high-Mip or low; doubling provisions for the payment of Canadian seamen, appears else­ of one of the moonlight boats at on excursions; keeping the ship overtime. Formerly the crews Put-In-Bay would not allow the clean; stacking the thousands of where in this issue of the Log.) worked all day every day, with crew to leave the ship after the a couple of moonlight sails a moonlight cruise was cancelled. week, without the payment of This was a hurry up call so Fred overtime. Needless to say, the Farnen and I went right down crews of these boats were much there and found that the Captain pleased with the final result of wanted to be sure that all men their action of signing up with the Union. would be on board when the boat pulled out at midnight, and he NEW BUILDING Crewmembers of the Alcoa Committee. Steady as she goes. therefore refused to let them go We have given our present Crew Alcoa Partner." ashore at all. Partner notified Paul Hall, chair­ landlord notice of our intention picked up four fans for them. The Contract negotiations are pro­ We told the crew not on watch man of Strike Preparations Com­ to move not later than August 1. only fans we could find were 18" ceeding apace as an article ap­ to go, but to be sure they return4 mittee, by cablegram, that they pearing in a different section of ed by midnight. The rest of the unanimously support any neces­ the Log will testify. However, the crew was warned that if the Cap­ sary strike action to force the Negotiations Committee needs tain tried to pull a fast one and shipowners to negotiate a con­ the strike authority which a fav­ sail before midnight, they were tract suitable to the SIU Nego­ orable referendum vote will give NEW YORK—The Progressive tion, and they are making an ap- to walk off the ship. tiations Committee, subject, of them in order to force the ship­ Book Club, a new organization peal for support from progres­ So much for our beefs. Ship­ course, to membership approval owners to comply with the rea­ that will market worthwhile sives, trade unionists, and others ping appears to be picking up, or disapproval. sonable SIU demands. and if the trend continues, we books which deserve to be read with advanced social views. This cablegram'is in line with Under no circumstances, says will be able to use some of the Expressions of support such as by trade unionists, is this month other favorable expressions of the Club prospectus, will they those received from the Alcoa men from other ports. Right now making its advent into the book opinion which are coming from follow a party-line. A high stand­ Partner and other SIU ships we could use more Firemen, but publishing field. ard of liberal thought will be the situation might change over Seafarers who are voting on the show that the average Seafarer 5"he Club will feature low maintained, and the Club will strike referendum, and who are is well aware of the problems night. The best bet is to wire us overwhelmingly in favor of strike confronting the Committee, and prices for all books selected, and not allow itself to be used as a before catching a rattler for th^ will offer its members an elab­ cover-up for Communist or reac­ action according to those com­ are backing them to the hilt. For port. orate system of free book divi­ tionary propaganda. ments. too long, the seamen have been dends. Only important books of The message reads as follows; treated as the stepchildren of the For seamen who like to read, significance, stressing an inde­ this sounds like a good deal. The "Brother members, at recent labor movement. Now, seamen pendent liberal slant, will be se­ books will be sold at a low price, ship's meeting motion made, sec­ want what should be coming to lected as choices of the Club. onded and passed by crew of Al­ them, and are willing to fight by and one free book will be given The director, and the top offi­ for every book bought. The ad­ coa Partner unanimously endors­ any methods necessary to secure cials of the Club are all well dress of the Club is 111 West 90th' ing strike if necessary. Wish decent wages, hours and condi­ known figures in workers educa- Street, New York 24, New York. complete success to Negotiating tions. '/• Detroit Shipping On Upgrade; Many Beefs Settled in Busy Week Alcoa Partner Crewmembers Endorse Maritime Strike Action New Book Club Hits The Scene �'' .f THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, July 12. 1946 Page Nine Isthmian Seamen Learn From Examples; Seafarers Now Planning New Drives By WHITEY LYKKE Three oldtimers who have taken part in plenty of SIU job action discuss the strike vote. Although their vote is secret, they make no secret of the fact that they voted for the strike. Left to right, Charles (Carioca) Benway. FOW; Frank Rossi, Chief Cook; and Thomas Di Fazio, Chief Steward. measure up m an emergency when real seamanship is re­ quired. Here the other day, a new crew boarded a modern ship with all of the facilities for cleanliness, only to find that the quarters they were moving into looked like pigsties. Lockers were broken; all mirrors were smashed; and mat­ tresses, washstands, toilets, bulk­ heads, even overheads, were splattered with filth. Old linen was left all over the ship; water stagnating in the corners; and old clothes, shoes thrown around with scraps of food and paper. Sailing under about a dozen different flags at various times, I liave seen lousy ships and good ships. And I have found out one thing: A real seaman always keeps himself and his quarters as clean as possible. I have seen old rustbuckets carrying coal, where the crew had to furnish every­ thing themselves from mattresses to soap, and where they had to heat their bath water in a bucket on the galley stove. But the men would keep lliemselves and tlieii quarters clean because they were seamen. CREW BURNED UP Take a guy who is filthy in his The new crew was naturally habits, and you will -find out soon or later that he doesn't burned up, and anxious to find what kind of a crew could be that filthy. At first, they thought that Isthmian had picked up a bunch of bums off the street in some port where they rnuldn't get any seamen to sail a non­ union ship. To their surprise, they found and their families are admitted out that Isthmian had just taken the ship over from .some company at anytime."—Henry Snider. We could print hundreds of let­ under agreement to the National ters based on the above, but we Maritime Union. They were as­ feel those mentioned is enough to tounded that these guys who had give the reader some of the rea­ turned their living quarters into sons for the hardship meted to garbage dumps were supposed to seamen, because of the 60 day be Union seamen, shipped from NMU halls!! It was plainly evident that these guys had been anything but seamen. And, it occurred to this Isthmian crew that these guys who couldn't even keep their own quarters in shape were, as members of the NMU, able to .influence the policy of that Union. Merchant Marine Hospitals Do Not Serve Seamen-Dutslders Seem To Get First Call (Editor's note: The following article was written by an otlicial of the SIU's New Orleans branch, and originally appear­ ed in The Federationist, official organ of the Louisiana State Federation of Labor.AFL.) The merchant marine hospitals from their inception in 1790 has in a small measure ministered to the needs of the sea. Each sea­ man was required to contribute one dollar per month until 1899 when the payments were reduced to fifty cents, or the seaman was privileged to contribute as much as he wanted. to. This contribu­ tion was voluntary, but if no contribution was made he usu­ ally found that he was out of work, from 1899 to 1906 fifty cents of the scamens' salary was used to build other hospitals. These hospitals were built to fill a long needed service to the seamen; the catch is that from the inception of the hospital a seaman had to apply for medical treatment within sixty days from the date of his last discharge. This is true even today. Many times a man is injured and does HOTBUSIBIS not know that he needs hospital­ ization under after a lapse of the 60 day period, and when he goes to the hospital he finds that he is denied treatment. 60 DAYS If a seaman goes to the Charity Hospital in New Orleans he is promptly told that he should go to the Marine Hospital, and if he has been discharged more than the sixty day period he is out of luck. If he should lose his papers he is denied treatment until he gets new papers, and if 60 days lapse he is. still out of luck. In 1941 the Marine Hospital was opened to the members of the Coast Guard, as well as the families of the Coast (auard. The marine hospitals have always been closed to the families of the "men of the sea." The Seamen are not protesting the extension of hospitalization to the families of Coast Guardsmen, but do pro­ test the denial of these benefits to the families of the men to whom the hospitals were orig­ inally intended to serve. Many men who lost legs as well as other injuries at and dur­ ing World War I and II, are de­ nied the right to treatment in marine hospitals. This also ap­ plies to men of World War II. We are sure that all fair-minded men and women as well as gov­ ernment officials will have ^o ad­ mit that if a seaman is on- the beach sixty days or more he should not be denied hospitaliza­ tion. COAST GUARD RATES It is hard to reconcile the fact that the Coast Guard, their fam­ ilies and civil service employees receive hospitalization, in hospit­ als established for the men of the sea, and these same men of the sea are denied these facilities. The following are statements from a few men of the sea. "I have contributed to the Ma­ rine Hospitals and was refused admittance to the New Orleans because of the 60 day clause."— Thomas Gisseno. "I had tbe misfortune to lose my seamens papers, and while waiting for their return, or re­ ceive duplicates from the Coast Guard, my chances of getting in the Marine Hospital at Staten Island on March 9th were smash­ ed."—Benno Zelinski. "After being in the drink (water) receiving many injuries in various battle zones in the past world war and on docking at the nearest home port, I went to the Marine Hospital for treatment. The treatment I received was not for my type of injuries, but for a drunk like the one in Lost Week­ end."—E. G. Walker. NO MEDICAL CARE "During the past world war I lost a leg on the high seas while serving in the Merchant Marine, and because of this injury I am unable to serve again, because of this I am not entitled to medi­ cal care, as it has been more than 30 days from the date of my dis­ charge." "It seems unfair that I should be denied treatment especially since civil service employees, their families, the coast guard • 15.1 fi clause. We ask our readers to write their congressmen, protest­ ing this discrimination to seamen, and send copies to .the nearest Seafarers International Union so that something may be done about the grave injustice to the heroes in dungarees (merchant seamen). ALL JOIN SIU This Isthmian crew made the obvious - conclusion that any Union, whose members acted so contrary to the traditions of real seamen, couldn't possibly be in­ terested in improving their (Isth­ mian) conditions. So, after cleaning up their ship to make it fit for seamen once again, the crew of the Minot Vic­ tory unanimously decided to join Port Of Philadelphia is Humming With Activity; Future Looks Good By JAMES "RED" TRUESDALE PHILADELPHIA—We shipped quite a few men last week, and it looks even better for the fu­ ture. Plenty of ships are coming here in transit for foreign ports, and the old waterfront is sure humming again. Most of the ships load with coal or grain and leave as soon as possible, but some stay here for a few days for repairs. This gives the boys a chance to sam­ ple and appreciate Philly hos­ pitality. Speaking about repairs, the time to get them done is before the crew signs on. After that, it is just too bad. If all crews will co­ operate, we can clean up all the rustbuckets in short order. What we have to do is make up a list of needed repairs be­ fore the ship reaches port. Give a copy of the list to the Patrol­ man, and another copy to the Skipper, Then, before articles are signed again, the repairs have to be made—or else. Last week we had a Captain up on charges, and as a result of a trial before the Coast Guard, this man had his papers lifted for thirty days. As far as we were concerned, he deserved to be sus­ pended for at least ninety-nine years. But the Coast Guard is the Coast Guard, and they are strictly pro-Skipper. We all hope that we won't have to put up with the Brasshat, fwHYNClUTAKEA COUfLe OPJOfUKS OFF, OLOeoY 9 Brass-brained bureaucrats much longer. If the members keep sending letters and telegrams to Congressmen, we should be able to chase the CG out of the picture pretty fast. The foundation is already laid, the rest if up to us. the Seafarers International Union. When she finally sailed from New York, both the crew and their quarters were shaping up in the tradition of the SIU; Clean Ship, Real Seamen. ISTHMIAN DRIVE We are now on the home stretch of the Isthmian organiz­ ing drive. About 10 more ships remain to be voted, and then we will start bargaining for an agreement with the company. During this nego­ tiating period, it is of course im­ portant that all SIU men stay on the ships, to stop the company and the NMU from filling the ships with disrupters. Isthmian was the last of the big freighter (fcmpanies to be organized. In organizing their 100 ships, we proved that the SIU still is THE progressive Union on the waterfront, and that we can take on any company and any dual union ^d beat them. With this established, we now have to keep the ball rolling, looking for uumpaiiies that are most in need of a real Union. What fields remain unorganized?EAST COAST TANKERS The most obvfous answer is the east coast tankers. All west coast tanker companies but one have been organized by the SIUSUP during the last year or two. On the east coast, however, only a few small companies have closed shop agreements with the NMU, and even these agreements are so inadequate that the NMU can't get their members to sail the ships. They were the usual sellout .deals by the NMU lead­ ers, who don't care about the con­ ditions of the - men, as long as they can spread the influence of the communists a little further. So, the whole tanker field is badly in need of a union like the SIU, and by going in like we did in the Isthmian drive it is only a question of time before every east coast tanker will be SIU. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED All hands who want to become active in this drive, volunteer at— the organizers' office in the New York Hall, or to the Union of­ ficials in whatever port you are in. We are on the move, and every member should lielp speeding it up by voluntering. A volunteer organizer's stamp in your union book is your proof that you have the interest of the Union at heart. NMU Loses Isthmian, Joe Ciirran Admits! Joe Curran tacitly admitted that the Isthmian election was lost to the NMU in his plea for support at Manhat­ tan Center recently. He said Vice President Black Myers (an avowed communist) had packed the organizing staff with com­ mies to campaign against him in the NMU election. These men were much more inter­ ested in organizing commie support than they were or­ ganizing the unorganized. Curran said: "Myers used paid union organizers to campaign for the Commuilist machine. Organizers were sent even to ports where there were no Isthmian ships." �"mi Pa^e Ten THE SEAFARERS LOG SEAFARERS RELAX ON THE BEACH AT SAN DOMINGO EHant'd H. Is Paging S. Holmes The Patrolman who boards the Diamond Hitch is going to be riddled with some key questions. And if he cracks the case to the satisfaction of the* crew, Sherlock Holmes is on his way out as num­ ber one sleuth, but quick. Passed at a recent shipboard meeting was a motion calling on the Patrolman to solve some shennanigans in whic^ the ship's officers seem to have their fin­ gers—right up to the shoulder, rhaybe. Steady now, lads. Here's what the Diamond Hitchmen want to know: 1. Why do the Engineers have keys to the iceboxes? 2. Why does the Chief Engi­ neer have keys to the iishbox? 3. Why was the Chief Cook's lock on the fishbox gone? 4. Why did the Chief Engi­ neer put his beer in the icecube maker, and put his own lock on the fishbox? That's the lash-up, and that Friday, July 12, 1946 Shortages Hit Ships: Burgess If you slabsided Shoreside civ­ ilians will stop crying in your beer about shortages of meat and butter, etc., for a minute, we'll tell you about some shortages as are shortages. This one concerns the SS John W. Burgess, and the revelations of shortages come to light in her May 5 meeting minutes. Turner Blagg chaired the session, and Bill Hahn did the recording of the sad news. "All ships leaving the USA," the minutes say, "had six months supply. Our Steward put in a requisition for food, was inform­ ed that it was on its way; but it never arrived." There was enough aboard for two months, but the ship was laid up for seven weeks. That would seem to leave about a week's supply. NO CHIPS The Captain signed a food or­ der, but when the Steward gave it to the company agent, the agent marked off half the order and gave it back with his "best wishes." After a couple of days, the minutes say, the Steward received a two months supply from the SS Homer Winslow Homer. That meant that the Homer just barely got by. The crew charges that the Ship's Chandler could have filled the order, but the Agent refused. The crew decided to get in touch with the Patrolman by cable. (Pardon us while we snaffle a sandwich before we finish.) The crew of the Burgess couldn't even fill that empty void where they thought their stom­ achs were by smoking extra cig­ arettes between the meals they didn't get. There was a shortage of smokes, too. Rationing. Trouble was, they said, that they weren't rationed evenly. The officers seemed to be receiving more. The crew decided this was a matter for the Patrolman's attention, also. Crew Of Pillar Helps Islands Stevedores Chalk up a credit for militant unionism for the crew of the Cape Pillar, with special refer­ ence to Bosun Tex Suit, Chief Electrician Frank Bose and Chief Steward Harry Collins. When the crew of the Pillar went ashore at St. Croix, Virgin Islands, the members figured it for just another good-time port of call. But when they left they were acclaimed as liberators, as men who had opened the eyes of the natives to real unionism. It was along about May 16 that the crew went ashore. In the course of visiting some of the more inspiring spots on the wat­ erfront, Brothers Suit, Bose and Collins learned that the long­ shoremen and stevedores were working for 40 cents an hour un­ der an independent union. smell isn't coming from the "baackerel even if it was locked out of the fishbox. Right on top of this comes an­ other cry of help from the Dia­ mond—and we mean. Hitch. The minutes almost shout, in an SOS vein, that "Bugs are about to take over the ship." The piratical pest invasion is practically imminent on all flanks. In a hurried defensive strategy against the threatened envelopment the crew passed a UNGOOD motion urging an immediate allout fumigation to wipe out the The trio talked to them some winged enemy. more. They found out more about Meanwhile, all hands to battle wages and working conditions. stations. And, Henry, for cripes None of them good. sake, make with that flit gun! The next day the longshore­ men called a meeting, at the in­ stigation of the Seafarers, in the market square. Some 2500 men showed up. Brother Collins gave them the old what-for. He told them what longshoremen in the States were paid, and how conditions were. Two days later another meet­ ing was held in the same place. Other Seafarers spoke, including Bose. When it ended the long­ shoremen were ready to march on the Governor's Mansion to protest the dirty deal being hand­ ed to them. TEU. HIM OF THE 4DVS4HTAGeS Here's why. Dues in the union OFSiaMeMBERSHiP — / are 20 cents a week. Yet the 'BUILD THt SlU / "union" is $16,000 in debt, with 1028 dues paying members. The MORE BEEFS It isn't all sweat and soogey. these runs down to the rum and coke islands, nor is it just waterfront bistros and lively ladies—as these photos will at­ test. They were made by Jock R. Simison on his recent run down to San Domingo, Domini­ can Republic. At top is the gang (no names) of the MV Coastal Stevedore, Bull Lines, at their hotel at San Domingo. The lads sure enough look hap­ py. Lower is a shot of a couple, of the boys horsing around on the diving board of the hotel pool. president, Ludwig Harrigan, is collaborating closely with the shipowners, the Pillar crew mem­ bers say. He declined to attend both meetings. The vice presi­ dent, Pedro, and the Bull Line representative attended both meetings as observers, but de­ clined to speak. The Seafarers see salvation for the islanders under the direction of a- Professor Crabbe there, whom they say is enlightened and is fighting for improved con­ ditions and wages. Alcoa and Bull run approxi­ mately two ships a month, be­ tween them, to St. Croix. All Seafarers who hit the port are urged by the Pillar crew to get in touch with Professor Crabbe and help the longshoremen as much as possible to realize real unionism. Under Good & Welfare, the crew had some beefs, too. There was a little matter of a hole in the deck of the oilers' fo'csle. Lost more damned Oilers that way! Anyhow, they want it fixed. Also in need of repair were the iceboxes. The company had better fix the fans, too. The boys are burned up. The fo'csles need paint. Here are a few other items list­ ed: new supply of linens, electric hot plate, coffee pots, toasters, drainboard for dishes and fumi­ gation of the ship. In reference to the latter, the boys say: "Thanks for the buggy ride." �THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. July 12. 1946 Page Eleven Digested Minutes Of SiU Ship Meetings EDWARD G. JANEWAY. May 1—Chairman Hazen; Sec­ retary W. A. Strahle. A pelilion of five full book members be drawn up before anyone's Iripcard is pulled or he is pre­ vented from shipping. Molions carried: to have delegates check overtime accounts with Purser not later than Friday; that delegates inform Purser he's not .entitled to disputed overtime and members will not sign back on ship with him aboard. Good and Welfare: the followAig things are to be JOSEPH I. KEMP. April 20— procured for the crew: new Chairman Bill Silva; Secretary seats for derlc dept., mattresses Joseph A. Caldeira. Disputed for unlicensed personnel, stop­ overtime in Deck and Stew­ pers. wringer and washboard ards department for anchorage for ship's laundry, lockers, might be okayed, since it was loasters. coffee pot and iron. approved for Engine dept. This Recreation room chairs to be is to be referred to Patrolman. repaired. Motion carried to Good and Welfare: Motions contact Union for glass port­ carried for icebox containing holes and new lifebelts. night lunch to be left unJocked X X t and for one man from each de­ partment to be appointed to clean library weekly and former gunner's mess to be The crew of the SS William used for card playing. Wirt is quick and ready when it XXX comes to giving credit where ALCOA MASTER. April 7— due. So when the Steward turn­ Chairman Paul Ligtell; (Secre­ ed to in commendable fashion by tary not noted). Minutes of dishing it out in good and suffi­ previous meeting accepted. Mo­ cient quantity they put it in the tion passed to contact Patrol­ record. man to see how many men Copy of a recent shipboard Stewards department should meeting's minues say, in large have when there is a 37-man type, that the "Steward is doing crew aboard. Good and Wel­ a good job pf taking the wrinkles fare: Motions carried: that out of our stomaches." Steward assign one man to But the Wirt crew is as sud­ clean toilet 'midships and keep den in its denunciation of inade­ it clean throughout voyage; to quacies aboard the vessel. The rejpair drinking water system ship's helm has been in bad need in engine room and messhall; of repair for sometime. So they that each member of crew give passed a motion pronto to see messman cooperation in keep­ that the proper officials do some­ ing mess clean at coffee time thing about this cockeyed course and between meals. of affairs. XXX "When you.think you have it JOSEPH I. Kemp. May 5— amidships," the minutes say, Chairman Bill Silva; Secretary "you have it a half or quarter Joseph A. Caldeira. Minutes of wheel either way." previous meeting accepted as Sort of like when you want to read. Captain disputed over­ zig, you zag. And that ain't good. time for changing quarters in XXX Deck and Steward depart­ LAWTON B. EVANS. April ments. Motion carried to refer 11 — Chairman Robert Cartthis matter to the Patrolman. wright; Secretary Earl Doug­ Discussion held on the four las. Minutes of previous meet­ watch system. An alternate ing read and accepted. Good discussion made: a 44-hour and Welfare: a motion carried week with overtime for Satur­ calling for more ice cream every day afternoons, Sundays and Sunday with the Steward agree­ holidays, both in port and at ing to comply. It was recom­ sea. Motion carried to con­ mended that steaks should be tinue discussion at next meet­ on the menu more often plus ing. more fresh vegetables. Dis­ XXX cussed was matter of dishes FELIX GRUNDY. June 15— being left in the messhall; slop—Chairman Joseph McKay; chest not being opened in port Secretary Fred Shaia. Good for sale of cigarettes. Coffee and Welfare: Motion carried to urn and bag are to be washed order new elements for toasters. out by each watch. There Cups after use at night to be should be less pepper in the placed in sink. Men to coop­ food, napkins on the table, and erate in keeping messhall clean Ihe galley boy should wear by keeping butts off deck. jacket on dufy. Three delegates to see Captain about increasing amount of cigarettes from one to two car­ tons per week. Purser to post slopchest price list in crew's mess; Captain agreed. XXX Some New Wrinkles On the William Wirt ALCOA PAINTER. May 5— Chairman Jimmie Prestwood; Secretary Hiram Barron. All department delegates to see Purser about pay vouchers not received at Mobile payoff. No disputed overtime. Member of Deck Dept.. paid off because of wife's illness. Fireman also paid off suffering with a bad case of heat rash. Passenger overtime cut out. 2nd Electri­ cian bringing charges against .'A r t , Ist Asst. Engineer because of drunkeness in Engine room. Good and Welfare: Keep mess clean and change table cloths twice a week. There is un­ necessary noise in passageway. Rooms to be kept neater. Only company officials and guards are to be fed. XXX RAPHAEL SEMMES. (no date)—Chairman Leon Moore; Secretary Charles J. Hartman. Patrolman to adjust misunder­ standing in Deck Department. Good and Welfare: Engine De­ partment to furnish a list of tools needed. Following repairs necessary: Unstop scuppers in Deck and Engine toilets and showers; install steam line and scrub board in laundry; screens and windchutes for ports aft in crew quarters; repair toilets in all quarters and supply spare parts; install awning on poopdeck. towel and soap rack in Electrician's room, mirrors in crew's quarters. Patrolman to be contacted with regard to Deck Engineer being removed from Bosun's room, which is too small for two men. XXX What They Ridingr, A Ferry Boat? We trust you will pardon your editor if he starts off this short story with a "tssk," not to men­ tion a "tush," and maybe a "pish." No, we have not reverted to second childhood, yet; at least we won't admit to it, though others may have their suspicions. It is merely that we have just come across the minutes of some unnamed ship, on which Brother DeBarroso was chairman and Brother Manning was Secretary. We offer them without further comment, except the advice that after you read them you take another look at the head. "Beef: Officers got "Sweet­ heart" soap; crew got "Ivory." XXX CHARLES W. STILES. May 4—Chairman Paul Kenl; Secrefary William Prince. Elec­ tion of officers. Reports made by delegates. Good and Welfcure: Ship left Philadelphia with insufficient stores for a foreign voyage. Motions car­ ried: Anyone caught throwing debris on deck will be fined, proceeds to go to Log; anyone improperly dressed in messhall will have to donate $1.00 to Log. Each department to use their respective heads and showers. More cleanliness of quarters heads and library. Repairs to be made on coffee urn and more steam to the gal­ ley kettles. Utility m^n to bring up tea and coffee before meals. BBSE ARE IMPORTAKiT PAV5 FOR IME SEAFARERS. EVERV !AAU f^UST BE READY To PRO­ TECT TWE SIU AGAINST SHIP­ OWNER. AND CMU ATTACK . KBBP lisJ CONrrANT* TOUCH WITH THE UNION HALL. CUT AND RUN By HANK We thought we were somebody important last week when Brother Willis Butterfield, Chief Electrician, shocked us with a handshake, a cigar from the half-empty box under his arm, and told us he's getting spliced. Congratulations, Willis, lots of happiness to you and the wife—and smooth sailing to you on those milk-runs dov\rn South America, which are keeping you busy right now. . . Hit us with a boom if it isn't going to he some trip to South Africa on the Cape Hibbons with the following atomic Brothers as shipmates: Rum and Coke Willie West, the Seattle Spirit Survivor; Ceaser Ser­ rano, George Brown; Rocky Benson as Bosun and Johnny Marciano who will no doubt sit on those rubber winches—wishing for some guys to bend his ears the wrong way. . . Gilbert Huddle just got his Third Engineer's license. Congratulations and good luck. Brother Huddle. ^ ^ ^ Frank Bosc and Tex Suil came in from a short Latin run with ihe Cape Pillar, arguing with each other who got the most •.hots—from the heat. . . Harry Collins enjoyed himself electing himself as water-boy when the weather got too hot for the crew —and Frank Hall came back on her after being anchored down on the Puerto Rican beach. . . Marvin Mellvin is now a First Assistant Engineer, we heard. . . Mucho tatooed Joe Wolf is sure glad he's in town with his ship—because he met his two old shipmates. Red and Frenchy. Frenchy kept talking about shipping out soon while Joe and Red. who were hit and soaked in the Arabian Sea. gabbed about someone getting engaged down in Miami. X X X X Looks like Tommy Massey will be sailing many more long years with his old shipmate, "Rebel Melton," who lost his Hollywood mustacne in a recent close, dreamy shave. . . Tex Ringold, Baltimore oldtimer, drank a few memorable beers with Andy Anderson—and then took a little landlubbing train ride down to Baltimore, of course. . . One of our friends was asking where Alfred "Whitey" Jutchess, the oldtimer, was right now. Well, as far as we know, he was in Baltimore in February. . . Frank Blues is back from a trip on the William Pepper. . . Richard Taylor just came back from a 11-month voyage over in the Pacific. Bring back any atom bombs or heroic goats, Rich? X X X X A thousand apologies to Vince Kane for misspelling the name of his romantic friend. "Dum Dum." It's really named Dumbo—and she looks like Lena Home! Vince's shipmate. Woody Lockwood. has an equal friendship with someone named The Headhunter. . . Steward Richard Schwartz says that when he was down in the Land of Rum and Puerto Ricans on the William Harper. Nancy Cruz, who looks like Shirley Temple, was a kind friend to him. . . We notice Dutch Bolz in town— but where is his pal. that Irish Polack. Pat McCoskey? Wasn't he on the same trip with you. Dutch? . . Claude Gautreaux lost his book in some philosophical cafe recently. Then he inquired on the sixlh floor and was he tickled pink when his worn out book was handed back to him—like some souvenir a shipmate had lost, indeed! W6AI3 Vouft SIU P/A — THe BAtce OF A FKSWMS UNION ... UNION ! Martin O'Connor, one of our best and most humorous pinochleplajYing shipmates, said hullo to us recently and will be sailing soon for another hysterically funny trip, indeed. {Continued on Page 13) �/ W" -'' THE Page Twelve SEAFARERS LOG Friday, July 12, 1946 THE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS Marine Hospitals: Political Footballs What is the matter with our Marine Hospitals? Why arc these dadblasted Seaman always squawking about them? Are they not supported by our dear Government? Isn't it the richest Government in the world? Yes, Brothers, seamen are always squawking abtrnt Log 'A' Rhythms All's Well By S. J. FLAHERTY the Marine Hospitals and you are* fecting Seamen that could be im­ •dead right they are supported by proved. our Government, the richest in You also hear another squawk the world. The squawking is at from seamen about are Marine The boys aboard the SS James S. W^ne, part of them at the administration and the way Hospitals filling up with Coast least, lined up to have this picture made at some unidentified port of doing things in our Marine Guard and postal clerks, etc. Hospitals — little petty, insignifi­ Your reporter took this ques­ by some unidentified photographer. It was sent in by some uniden­ cant annoyances which could be tion up with the Director of Spe­ tified Seafarer. Left to right, standing, are: Wehunt, AB: Miller, eliminated in ten minutes by the cial Sei*vices of the SIU—Brother OS; Anderson, AB; Dalia, OS; Pasinosky, Bosun; Paulsen, Deck application of a little common Joe Volpian—as to the policy of Maintenance; Ramies, AB; W. Gonzalez, Deck Delegate. Sitting the Union regarding these Gov­ are Smitty, Mess; A. Tosado, OS; Espinosa, AB; Nicodemo, Stew. sense. Delegate, and P. Carlino, AB. Take the food problem ^t the ernment employees. Brother Volpian said that the Staten Island Hospital, discussed in these columns several weeks Marine Hospitals is under the HERE'S BROTHER ago by Brother Bause. Since that U. 8. Public Health Service as ANTiNOUS TOOK authorized by Congress and that time the food has improved more WHO IS REALLY REAL JOB ACTION than 500 per cent. Yet by just a GIVING UP SEA AND IT WORKED little application of the old rule of common sense it could still be Dear Editor: Dear Editor: improved some. The militant crew of the SS Say how's about installing a Antinous took job action in Phil­ full book member on your mail­ One thing that could be applied adelphia to get rid of the Fii-st ing list. After going to sea for to improve the food situation, Assistant. We were aided by the past seven years have at long would be a closer supervision of Blackie Cardullo -who represent­ last saved enough of my pay the galley and increase in the manning and pay scales of the ed us in real Union style. (which the shipowners will be Marine Hospital's Stewards De­ The First thought our Union sorry to learn) to enter a small partment. (If they was a joke, but he found out dif­ business for myself. find this out they will want to ferently. He made several cracks ADMITTANCE to the Philadelphia Pgitrolman to cut the seamens pay instead of a The system of admittance is the effect that he would take his measly 15 per raise.) It took a another beef that you hear from orders from the company. He lot of saving and missing of good this service is instructed to give seamen all of the time. When a was going to run things his own liberty ports throughout this medical and hospital aid to per­ seaman gets into a condition way and said that if the Union world. You know what I mean. sons holding certain Civil Seiwice where he has to be admitted to was going to tell him what to do So my book is paid up in full, jobs. the Marine Hospital, he has a and I shall try this shoreside life he would get off the ship. UNION BACKS IT sense of dread—he thinks of the Right then and there, the ac­ for a while. But as you can see long dreary hours of waiting and He said that the policy of this tion was taken. The whole crew from the address I'm not too faxwaiting, while young bureaucrats Union was not to prohibit any walked off. away from the smell of salt air. buzz around and ignore his pain person from receiving medical Then off went the First As­ But it will help and keep me in­ and misery, doing seemingly no­ aid rightfully entitled to it or to sistant. Back to the ship went formed on the ways of my first thing except giggling and ogling prevent them from using the Ma­ the crew. This is the SIU way love, who said "there may be the pretty nurses that pass in rine Hospitals .so long that giv­ of taking job action. other loves, but your first will and out. ing such services did not exclude John Marciano always be the best remembered," which I'm finding to be all too - We will admit that emergency merchant seamen. cases, where a man is about.to true. So help me along with the Our Marine Hospitals are staff­ pass on to the happy hunting ed with the most skillful and BUNKER LIKES paper each issue. And the very grounds right quick, are taken highly trained doctors and nurses RECENT EDITION best to all the Brothers in OUR care of immediately. But the av­ in the world. They have access fight with the mutual enemy, OF LOG, PICTURES erage seaman who is able to nav­ to every kind of instrument and "the shipownei-s." igate himself out to the hospital drug. The fault of the Marine Dear Editor: Clifford Albert Renlz is going to drop anchor a long Hospitals does not lie with them, I have just received and fin­ Book No. 68, Pac. Dist. time befox-e he is finally admitted. it lies with the political nincom­ ished going through the latest It would be no trouble at all to poops who are appointed by the edition of the Seafarers Log. It's SICK BROTHERS improve the system of admit­ powers that be, that dish out the good. I think it's one of the news­ GIVE THANKS FOR tance to our Marine Hospitals, funds for their operations. The iest issues I have ever seen. situation will only be remedied simply by designating a doctor That spread of pictures on the SMOKE DONATION or interne to make an immediate when the seamen themselves put Aiken were swell. If you could inquity upon the entrance of ev­ up a squawk that can be heard send me the one of the schooner Dear Editor: ery prospective patient, as to down on "Circus Hill" (Washing­ framed in the lifeboat gear, I We, the undersigned, wish to whether he is in pain and needs ton) where the clowns that are could probably use it with my thank the Brothers for the kind immediate attention and the elim­ performing under the guise of Saturday ishipping column. donation of $10.00 which we ination of so much paper work being Congressmen become fear­ I'll stop by for a cup of jamoke have received. It sure came in (red tape). The idea is, when a ful of losing their well paid jobs. with you the next time I get mighty handy to us brothers man is sick, get him to bed- Then and only then will there down. whose sick benefits have expir­ anyone with the brains of a ten be major changes—ROPEYARN. ed and are bed patients with no John Bunker. year old kid can fill out forms incomes. anytime. Even if a guy kicks off We also wish that our Broth­ SEA DAWN about all a doctor has to do is to ers, when they take a ship, would fill out a death certificate. By JOSEPH F. FERREN post a notice in the messroom telling all our more fortunate The prying fingers of the day send shadows io and fro; 'LOG ACTION' members to remember their The night, reluctant with its stay—reluctant still must go. The question has been posed Brothers who are down with T.B. Another day's begun. many times by our membership at Neponset Marine Hospital. —what can the SIU do about this Around the edges of the world Thanking you all again and— appalling situation. The fact of The flags of light are now unfurled— smooth sailing! the matter is this: The SIU has Behold the rising sun! James Campbell no contract with the Marine Hos­ Joseph Spaulding pitals and hence is in no position Across the sky's unending space. Harry Edwards to use "job action". However, the She struts the glamor of her face membership may rest assured that the columns of the Seafar­ er's Log is going to continue to comment upon any conditions af­ And looks not back to scan Beyond the fringes of her light The still pursuing, stubborn night Fall on another land. Make isthniaii SIU! Merchant ships are old to the sea And old to the ports of the land; Ours was a calling of commerce Long before navies were plan­ ned. Then came the wars: The watch was long; Constructive sailings halted. But still to us it was daily work; We didn't look to be exalted. A consolation we knew as we stood the long watch: That the day was bound to be When naval ships would be obsolete And forever removed from the sea. The storm is over, the sea is calm; The final peace is made; Godspeed to the ship as she makes her way On the voyage of peaceful trade. » t t A Union Poem By B. H. LOWDERBACK How we do love the SIU. Few words exist to express For you are foremost in members' thoughts And our thoughts shall ne'er grow less. So let our Union grow just as strong As the love of God so great And praise the name of the SIU And its members, true and straight. DEAR BROTHERS: WHY DON'T YOU WRITE THE LOG Here's a chance to do a little loggin' of your own, only no­ body is going to get hurt by if. In fact, the 62,000 Seafarers and countless other readers who read these pages every week will probably eat it up. They want to know what you and your shipmates are doing, thinking and saying. Pictures, poems, stories, let­ ters make good Log material. Ideas for Union action, or trouble-saving tips for your Brothers—send 'em in. No matter how often it is said. Seafarers and ships— where they go, and what they do, their laughs and tjieir beefs —are news. So, whaddya say? Let's Log iti /' �THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, July 12, 1946 Page Thirteen Brothers Asked To Remember Experiences With Coast Guard And Write Congressmen Dear Editor: Did you hear that—We are about to Saddled with the COAST GUARD for LIFE. This is about the worst thing that could possibly happen to a bonafide .seaman and brother if you have been to sea for just one trip—you are a bonafide sea­ man. Before the war our license and certificating was done under the United States Dept. of Com­ merce, Bureau of Marine Inspection and Naviga­ tion. We had real Inspectors to examine us for our various grades of endorsements. They were kind and congenial. These men knew what the score was aboard •our merchant ships, because they themselves at one time on another sailed as licensed or certificated men, later advanced to the honor of being the examining inspector. Only this type of man could give us an intelligent examination for our advancement. And only he, would be able to determine whether or not we have shown enough knowledge to gain the en­ dorsement we have applied for. Have you ever tried for an upgrade in New York? Try it sometime, and you are liable to be examined by a well decorated and abusive Chief Bosun's Mate, for a BLACK GANG RATING. You may answer all of the questions and show a good all round knowledge of the plant, necessary to cover that rating you have applied for. But this guy will have his own ideas aoout that plant which he has probably never seen or learned anything constructive about about. And just because you are a seaman (of the merchant type) he will be bilge you. Saying you don't know enough and should go to school. Meaning of course the Maritime Service school. This is located out at Sh— Head Bay. This means that they back up the fink joint there and. Brother, if you are dumb enough to go out to that concen­ tration camp—May God Help You. This Coast Guai'd was made Uncle Sam's star bureaucrat at the beginning of the war and as of that date they got away with some of the dirtiest deals imaginable against the seaman. Any oldtimer will tell you about the kangaroo court af­ fair the Coast Guard held. Lord they must have made our past shipmates turn over in their graves and scream. Your Union had to fight like hell to save some of us and believe me brother without the representation we had, we would be driven so crazy, we would all be up coconut trees, throwing coconuts at each other. Who brought about that phony physical exam, we were all subjected to before we were allowed to board a ship? Do you recall the kid pharmacist mates that did the examining of your frame work? Remember the long hours you waited, to go through and abuse you had to take going through. Remember all those unnecessary shots you had to take. And most of all, the more unfortunate guys, that these quacks found something wrong •with. Near-ly all of them had been going to sea for years and were turned down for some little thing like wearing glasses. Well, they had to go through a whole lot more hell than you^an imagine, they were coming back to our various halls in droves, for advice and representation. Sure they eventually got through after several days and a lot of hard work for our able officials. Most of these men needed jobs bad and wound up busted before they could get aboard ship. For the sake of our past shipmates and our future—LETS ALL GET TOGETHER—against the Coast Guard in the merchant marine and run them back to their little pigie boats and beach combing. If we don't they will be on our necks like so many crabs or scabies and I'"'OR LIFE. Get yourself a piece of paper and write out a telegram to your Congressman and Senator op­ posing the idea of turning the Merchant Marine over to the Coast Guard or the WSA in its en­ tirety. Any official at your hall would word it for you. Then see to i. that your buddy does the same, and tl you have ever sUfiered any raw deals with the Coast Guard, USMS or WSA and RMO see to it that all of your shipmates know about that deal. NOW is the time to smoke them buzzards out and lower the boom on them. Our well and able Secy-Treas. Mr. John Hawk has let the House of Representatives Committee understand BROTHER WANTS TO KNOW: 'WHY ALL THE SECRECY?' Why don't our contracted steamship companies cooperate with our dispatchers by giving more particulars about the ships for which they are ordering crews? On ships marked "Unassigned" half the time you can get the destination by simply calling the company olficc-. It's wasting the lime of the dis­ patchers, not to mention shoe leather of the men dispatched, going out to the ship just to find out where she's going. The war is over. Why the secrecy? Five to one if these companies want the crews bad enough iney will find walys and means to supply this information. How about serving notice to them, all and sundry, that only companies cooperating with us to that extent can expect lo get prompt and satisfactory service. The others will have to take pot luck. Carl CaneL No. 70006 'TAIN'T SECRECY, BROTHER: COMPANIES USUALLY DON'T KNOW that we will entertain no notions of having the Coast Guard on our necks for life. Now its up to us to cinch and close the deal, by letting them hear "directly" from each and every one of us. There is only a few days left SO GET ON THE BALL. While I am sounding off I'd like to wise you guys up on that Sh— Head Bay Upgrade School and QMED training as well as the deck training. You wiU find that if we can get the USMS out of the FINK business, we will be much better off. Take a look around your hall, then the shipping board and notice the number of ships due and operating. Then ask yourself: DO WE NEED TRAINEES? The answer is definitely not. And your taxes are going to remain high, just as long as the appropriation goes through for that pur­ pose. Before the war, when the training idea first came into effect our union opposed it. In fact many of us spent long hours on the picket line, pacing up and down in front of the recruiting places for these trainees. But our Union was still a baby then and we were fighting politics of the shipowner type. Nothing came of this because the war came about that time. And now that the war is over I would like my name to go on record as opposing the training program of the War Shipping Administration and every­ thing else that office is concerned with. They are all breeding places for finks and strike­ breakers. Run them out along with the Coast Guard and may God give us peace and tran­ quility as long as we sail. Chas. E. Bums We did a little checking on this. Brother, and the answer, though negative from your standpoint, isn't shipping com­ panies' soft soap. It is just a fact that when we get a ship on the board marked "unassigned" the shipping company doesn't know ivhere the hell she's going. Later on, cifter the WSA assigns her, they do know, and that's how you're able to find out when you call. Sure, the war's over, and there's no occasion for secrecy, byt the shipping picture is constantly changing, so that even the WSA can't tell ahead of time where it will assign a ship. Once all ships are free of Government control and back on their regular runs, you can be sure that destinations will be posted on the board. CUT and RUN (Cotit'nuced from Page 11) Blackie Cardullo, our acdPPhilly correspondent, waves his ears in the wind and comes up with the following secret info: The good old summertime is here and that is an excuse for the boys to wear their new togs. We saw Red Healy wearing a new racetrack-striped suit. He is rapidly becoming the Casanova of Seventh and Markets Streets . . . Jimmy Judge has been picking a lot of good ones and we wish that he would let us in on a winner —we could sure use one ... P. Stilley is another oldtimer who is getting ready to go back to sea. Or is he being forced back on ac­ count of the rings he sells turning green. S> i- i t Broiher Reedy is waiting for a stewards' job. The boat he » snips out on will be in luck for he is one of the best around. We wonder if he will make good his threat to make mess boys out of Jimmy Judge and Red Healy . . . Walt Gardner and Charley Wenskie seem to be spending a lot of time in Soma's. What is the attraction, the food or the two new waitresses? Oh, well, maybe with all these romances, someone will get mar­ ried and we can all celebrate. i. J. 4. Most of the boys down here are interested in Frenchy Michelet's crab canning business, but we wonder what J. P. Shuler will start canning now . . . Here is one for the book. Last week some fink called up the Union Hall and asked for the telephone number of the non-union shipping hall as he was a non-union seaman . . : It takes all kinds to make up the world, even finks and scabs. Rationing Of Stores On Long Trips Is Unfair To Seamen, Brother Contends So long as the WSA has this authority it is just another way Do we or don't we have ration­ of rationing. ing on ships? This is the ques­ Many ships of the two major tion. About a year ago I heard maritime unions have left Amer­ an official of the Union state at ican ports on voyages that lasted one of our meetings that there is for six months and over with no rationing for ships. This is only 60 to 90 days' supplies. The certainly in conflict with the ac­ fact that ships get supplies in tual facts of the case. A ship foreign ports is no solution to getting ready for a voyage, signs this problem. The supplies in a year's articles, and has its these foreign ports are limited stores put on by the WSA. The and inferior and are a source of WSA determines the stores and graft between the Captain and the number of days they are to the ship chandler. last regardless of how long the This all adds up to the fact voyage is to be. Anyone wishing to check on this a.s the writer that the seamen are made to suf­ has done will find this to be the fer from this setup. It is natural­ ly the duty of all Union men case. Dear Editor; n when they go aboard a ship to see that they get what they are entitled to but, if they are kept ignorant on the duration of the voyage, how are they to know whether a ship has enough stew­ ard stores and slop chest to last out the voyage. In the light of this situation it seems the remedy rests with the officials of the union once it is brought to their attention. This situation of sending out ships with limited supplies leads to many blind alley beefs where blame is placed on the wrong shoulders, usually the Steward's. I am not sticking up for the Stewards Department, and I am of that department, but I've seen where members have accused the Steward of not having this or that when the supplies of the ship were definitely prescribed by the WSA. As one who has had the experience of being on a ship that was short on supplies for seven months I wish to bring this to the attention of the Union as a whole so that it can be dealt with at its proper source. As to suggestions to deal with this problem I take a stand that we should do away with all ra­ tioning on ships, to do away with the WSA authority to supply ships, and to compel every ship signing a year's articles to carry at least six months' stores of those that will not spoil, and six months slop chest supplies. Let's be definite on whether seamen are to be rationed or not. W. J. Bradr �•JSPP?:"-: Friday, July 12, 194S Page Fourteen ISTHMIAN SHIP ORGANIZERS CIO Packinghouse Strikers Hail SlU Support As Example To Labor Seafarers solidarity and coop­ house workers were informed Dear Mr. Hawk: eration with other sections of the that they would not be paid by - Please accept our deep appre­ labor movement was once again the compai// for their lunch ciation for the splendid coopera­ shown in the support given by time. This brought to a head the tion you and your members have the crew of the Alcoa IVTaster to Union's accumulated beefs and given our members in Carteret, the striking members of the list of contract demands, and the New Jersey. As a result of your United Packinghouse Workers, men decided that they might as cooperation, you have helped well strike to force the company tighten the lines of our strikers CIO. to settle the grievances and ne­ and build their morale. In a letter from Meyer Stern, gotiate the conlraul demands. So, Your actions are a lesson in director of District 6, UPWA, the leaving the Alcoa Master with labor unity that each of us is SIU action was hailed as "a les­ only 700 tons of her cargo un­ learning very fast. In these days, son in labor unity that each of us loaded, the woi'kers immediate­ when labor hn.s to fight nvory part is learning very fnst." ly sti uck. of the way in order to maintain The letter also states that, "As Deciding that it was a legiti­ a decent standard of living, we a result of your cooperation, you mate strike, the SIU members can succeed only by cooperating have helped tighten the lines of of the Alcoa ship agreed to honor with each other. our strikers and build their mo­ the UPWA picket line, and other­ rale." Here is what the solid SIU Let me assure you that it will wise support their stidke. In ad­ crew did to merit such warm be a real pleasure should the oc­ dition, crewmembers of the praise: Master saw that the pickets re­ casion ever arise to reciprocate. Carrying a cargo of phosphate ceived coffee, douglinuts and We congratulate you upon your rock from Florida to Carteret, sandwiches. They also visited a spirit of solidarity and we shall N. J., the Alcoa Master ran into couple of UPWA strike meetings make that spirit known to all the These three volunteer organizers aboard the Cape Catoche CIO unions in this country. a strike shortly after docking at pledging aid. have done a good job of lining up their ship for the SIU. They the. Jersey port on June 5th. In­ Fraternally yours, are: T. W. Call, Bosun, (left). Chief Steward John Aydlette (cen­ When the Alcoa SS Company volved in the strike were em­ MEYER E. STERN, ter), and Eric Upchurch who occasionally writes some zany tried to have the Master moved ployees of the American Agricul­ District Director. articles for the LOG. to another port for unloading tural Chemical Company, organ­ purposes, the SIU crew declined ized into Local 246, United Pack­ to move her. However, they re­ inghouse Workers of Americamained aboard so that the com­ ClO. pany could not try to have a scab These CIO workers—approxi­ crew move the ship. mately 100 wero involved—were Despite continuing Alcoa pres­ sent home after five hours of sure, the SIU crew is holding tight work, because the Alcoa Master in supporting the striking Pack­ didn't dock on time. They were inghouse Workers Union. Cer­ instructed to report for work at tainly, this crew of Seafarers de­ midnight, and be prepared to serves a real hand for proving work 12 hours unloading the ship. again that the SIU always sup­ It was agreed by the company that the men would have time ports strikers in their legitimate off for lunch at 6:00 a. m., and demands against the bosses. The text of the letter addressed that they would be paid for that to Secretary-Treasurer John time by the company. sinter, $2.00; C. A. Coat, $2.00; Paul SS CLAYMONT VICTORY PHILADELPHIA After working the required Hawk from the CIO union fol­ C. A. Cavallo, $1.00; G. F. Camp, Waldon, $3.00; Horcen, $2.00; La Petak, $2.00. Total—$26.00. number of hours, the packing­ lows: $1.00; C. Allen, $1.00; W. C. I logantorre, $16.00; C. Barb, $2.00; O. Field­ HOUSTON Isthmian Sea Lynx Reports Again, And This Time It's From Manila Latest report from James M. "Red" Fisher, volunteer organ­ izer aboard the Isthmian Lines ship Sea Lynx, reached the Log from Manila recently, and Red reported fairly smooth sailing aboard that ship. Aside from signing up a couple of new members in Manila, the NMU has made little progress on the Lynx, and by the time she returns to this country to vote the Seafarers should have a sub­ stantial majority of the crew signed up for the SIU. The Sea Lynx is one of 12 Isth­ mian ships which haven't as yet voted, but will upon their return to U. S. shores. In fact, there is a slight possibility that she will be voted in Honolulu in the event that she is unable to return be­ fore the election deadline. While at Manila, crewmembers of the Lynx visited back and forth with the men from other Isthmian ships in that port. Both the Bells of the Seas and Steel Ranger were docked nearby, and numerous Isthmian men had an opportunity to exchange notes and compare conditions between various ships. Red wrote, "We are expecting to go to Davao, P.L. and then to Honolulu. If we go that route, there is a strong possibility that, the Sea Lynx might be balloted in that port rather tha»i wait un­ til arrival in-the U. S." Accordicng to Fisher, "Having just come back from visiting the Steel Ranger and speaking to Deck Engineer Doty as well as several other crev/members I found out that the Ranger is largely for the Seafarers. They should vote better than 75 per­ cent for the SIU, when they re­ cord their choice of a Union to represent them in collective bar­ gaining with the Isthmian Lines. ing, $1.00; A. Dziendzielewsa, $2.00; R. A, R. Roska, $2.00; A. P. Day, $2.00; Nagle, $5.00; C. J. H. Adams, $1.00; P. W. Driggers, $1.00; A. E. Taylor, Paul Stilley, $3.00. Total—$35.00. $2.00; v. S. Riddle, $2.00; C. C. Hunt­ NORFOLK er. $1.00; E. L. Gartman, $2.00; C. I. W. S. Watkins, $2.00; K. H. Price, Wiley, $2.00; J. S. Thompson, $2.00; E. $2.00; C. W. Sandersok, $2.00; E. L. L. Koranek, $1.00; J. Jimenez, $1.00; Cope, $2.00; R. L. Stephenson, $2.00; W. F. Parker, $1.00; J. Rankin, $1.00; T. W. Burnette, $2.00; M. L. Owen, Napoleon Clark, $2.00; I. McCants, $2.00; S. D. Midgett, $2.00; C. Story, $2.00; M. R. Mills, $2.00; C. Dollar, $2.00; J. L. Hodges, $2.00; J. P. Mc­ $2.00; C. Brown, $2.00; B. W. Moore, Coy, $2.00; D. Patterson, $2.00; H. Getz, $2.00; T. Clavell, $2.00; O. R. Richard­ $2.00; R. L. Williams, $2.00; J. W. son. $2.00; J. Hall, $2.00; R. Rousseau, Phipps, $2.00; D. Smith, $2.00; C. O, $1.00; C. E. Grantham, $1.00; Earl Saunders, $2.00; J. Anderson, $2.00; Sheffield, $5.00; Harvey Rock, $5.00; D. J. Brescia, $2.00. Total—$38.00. F. Barlizo. $5.00; F. Unkoltz, $1.00; V, W. Bryant, $1.00; B. J. Harris, $1.00; GALVESTON L. C. Harper, $5.00; E. G. Averson, T. Gonzalez, $1.00; N. N. Denton, $1.00; $2.00; G. Killgrove, $5.00; C. G. Ferriss, J. W. Marrs. $1.00; J. E, Lee, $1.00; C. $1.00; S.. H. Fulford. $2.00; W. W. D. Low. $1.00; J. M. Skinner, $2.00; A. Christian, $2.00; J. A. Hammond, $5.00; F. Nottage, $1.00; C. C. Richardson, T. L. McCullott, $2.00; N. J. W. Ren- $2.00; J. D. Denaon. $1.00; J. H. Rlaninger, $3.00; A. O. Nail, $5.00; W. H. famme, $2.00; R. P. Penson, $2.00; D. Hamby, $5.00; A. Sawyer. $5.00; T. M. J. Lebianc, $2.00; J. Upchurch, $1.00; Holcombe, $4.00; J. R. Davis, $5.00; F. A. Kokowski, $1.00; J. Randazzo, $1.00; J. Yowirians, $5.00; C. S. Carper, $2.00; R. S. Russak, $1.00; W. H. Nunn, $'l.OO; G. Swenson, $5.00; J. D. Saxon, $5.00; L. L. Sagaria, $1.00; W. R. Holloway, W. E. Griffin, $5.00; M. A. Havens, $1.00; E. L. Knowles, $1.00; A. Step$5.00; A. D. Henderson, $2.00; G. Mes- anian, $1.00; A. Sebastiano, $1.00; J. M. Morris, $1.00; R. Romanick, $1.00; sarifts, $5.00. Tptal—.$85.00. T. E. DeMontel, $1.00; S. R. Jones, E. E. Howarth, $1.00; J. T. Rentz, $1.00; $2.00; P. M. Goldrich, $5.00; J. E. E. S. Lema, $1.00; E. JsCitts, Jr., $1.00; Naylor, $5.00; J. F. Socokac, $1.00; C. E. Flanders, $1.00; R. J. Honey, L. E. Walker, $2.00; C. O. Gross, $2.00; $1.00. Total—$93.00. NEED MANILA HALL "We should open a hall in Wm. Newland, $2.00; S. Karlson, $2.00; Manila," declared Red, "as there M. J. Mundine, $5.00; D. M. Lively, $2.00; John A. Tonazzi, $3.00. Total— is a real need for an SIU Hall in $117.00. this port. It's impossible to get BALTIMORE any Logs at the USS in Manila, A. Lorier, $2.50; R. Ferron, $2.50; A. as the NMU has complete use of Balchus, $1.00; C. Borman, $1.00; R. W. their facilities, and apparently Gaither, $2.00; T. Cumberland, $2.00; tosses away the Logs which are E, Brocedes, $5.00; E. Sauer, $2.00; J. -sent there." the Seas included a postscript in Concluded Fisher, "1 have all Fisher's letter. He stated, "After the faith in the world that the 1 wrote my last letter, I came SIU will be the overwhelming aboard the Sea Lynx to see Red choice of Isthmian seamen in the Fisher and some of the boys BELLE FOR SIU election to select a Union bar­ whom I knew. They're doing a The Second Electrician from gaining agent. When the last few good job on the Lynx. And I the Belle of the Seas was one of .ships have voted, and the ballots want to add my support to Red's the visitors who came aboard the are counted, then our efforts in suggestion that we open an SIU Lynx. According to him, the organizing this last great unor­ Hall in Manila. We need it to Belle is lining up fairly solid for ganized cargo carrier—Isthmian carry on the swell job that the the SIU, and with few exceptions Lines—will be fully rewarded, Seafarers members are doing, es­ the entire crew is pro-Seafarers. and Isthmian men will reap the pecially as a contact place in the That's the way the vast majority reward in better wages, shipping Far East nvhere we can secure of Isthmian ships are lining up— and living conditions." Logs and current SIU material, for the SIU! I Ben Taflewitz of the Belle of' and service our membership.". NEW YORK SS R. FETCHNER E. Savastani, $3.00; A. M. Weems. $2.00; J. M. Coonce, $2.00; H. C. Ber­ nard, $2.00; D. F. McDonald, $1.00; R. B. McDonald, $2.00; A. C. Parker, $2.00; W. E. Sullivan, $4.00. Total— $18.00. SS FALLEN TIMBERS P. J. White, $5.00; D. F. Wilson, $1.00; J. Kerrigan, $2.00; G. Noonan, $1.00; Fred Lane, $3.00; J. Bolz—Crew of SS Fallen Timbers, $11.50. Total— camp, $1.00; S. DeMarche, $1.00; J. M. Schierenbeck, $1.00; M. Ochs, $1.00; P. Winisnczyk, $1.00; A. Caricllo, $1.00; E. Gatmaitan, $1.00; J. J. Nagler, $1.00; B. Viano, $1.00; V. Romolo, $1.00; D. L. Trickle, $1.00; J. Torres, $1.00; J. J. Newcomb, $1.00; R. J. Yatty, $1.00; P. Squicciarini, $1.00; W. J. Newhoff, $1.00; J. L. Swawn, $2.00; E. Pf;ommer, $1.00; S. A. Weiss, $1.00; O. M. Martinson, $1.00; F, Paul, $1.00; J. E. Teehan, $1.00; Otto Sarkan, $_L00; C. Dobrovolsky, $1.00; H. R. Yate^ $1.00: T. J. Rezevete, $1.00; J. Zahil, $1.00; T. Wohilled, $1.00; J. F. Whitehouse, $1.00; J. E. Barringer, $2.00; I. H. French, $1.00; Harold S. Irwin, $1.00; J. Lukas, $1.00; S. Zavadcson, $1.00; W. T. Ashmore, $1.00; M. G. Whale, $1.00; F, T. Moore, $1.00; S. Maggin, $1.00; D, Wagner, $1.00; L. D. Rollock, $1.00; R. Price, $1.00; J. Toro, $1,00; J. A, Rosa, $1,00; M. Cordova, $1.00; E. A. Bishop, $1.00; N. M. Nomlcos, $2.00. Total—$52.00. SS EMERSON C. Barker, $2.00; W. McDonald, $1.00; B. Wigfall, $2J)0; D. Warters, $2.00; W. Edwards, $2.00. Total—$9.00. SS CAPE FORDA G. Rivera, $2.00. Total—$2.00. SS CECIL BEAN Henry Patton, $2.00; SS Cecil Bean, $28.00. Total—$30.00. SS B. RODMAN ^ Ossie D. Drawdy, $1.00; B. Kulikowski, $1.00; George A. Thompson, $1.00; Donald G. Snive, $1.00; Howard E. Rice, $2.00; Charles Kull, $1.00; D. Markell, $1.00; C. R. Begley, $1.00; J. F. Bergstrom, $2.50; Juan Mariano, $1.00; W. Smolinski, $1.00; G. Owens, $1.00; V. Makko, $1.00; R. Thompson, $2.00; R. Roales, $3.00; E. Stockman, $2.00; D. Boyne, $2.00; V. DeTomasso, $2.00; F. Johnson, $2.00. Total—$28.50. $23.50. SS R. JONES S3 COASTAL LIBEJtATOR E, Malstrom, '$1.00; F. X. Keelan, J. Burke, $1.00; M. Joao, $1.00; B. Stalsworth, $1.00; G. Bareford, $2.00; $2.00; Thomas Byrnes, $2.00; George W. Roberts, $1.00; J. Dale, $1.00; F. Marcia, $1.00. Total—$6.00. Nowakowski, $1.00; E. C. Kroll, $2,00; SS PICKENS A. B, Bryan, $2.00, Total—$12.00. A. Simmons, $1.00; P. Bron, $1.00; P. L. Shanger, $2.00; B. Rebolledo, SS AIKEN VICTORY H. C. McClain, $1.00; C. Osinski— $3.00; R. H. Drake, $2.00; F. Cessario, Crew of SS Aiken Victory, $6.00; A, G. $10.00; E. B. Jensen, $2.00; G. E. DeMazzone, $2.00; J. Korosac, $1.00; J. Greve, $2.00; R. C. Cavender, $3.00; L. F. Glnvitch, $1.00; L. W. Brickman, Schulte, $1.00; C. X. J. Majewski, $4.00; $1.00; P. J. Jablonski, $1.00; H. L. H. Carbone, $1.00; E. J. Rondn, $1,00; Drung. $1.00; U. R. Wiitainoja, $1.00; C. W. Price, $2.00; E. Huff, $2.00; H. C. William J, Moise, $1.00;' D. A. Scripa, Callahan, $2.00; P. R. Eastman, $2.00; E. Gross, $2.00. Total—$43.00. $4.00. Total—$20.00. �v>>; r Friday, July 12, 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOC Page Fifteen BIIUJETIPT^ Unclaimed Wages Mississippi Shipping Company, Inc. Gilligus, Churchill E 12.88 Gilligus, Churchil Ed 103.12 Gillis, Leo 1.84 NEW YORK SI Beaver St. HAnover Z-27B4 Gillis, W. H 2.00 BOSTON . .• 330 Atlantic Ave. Gilmore, Steven L 2.25 Libertjr 4057 .... 14 North Gay St, , .33 Girhesko, Matthew . This list comprises unclaimed wages as of December 31, 1945, some of BALTIMORE Calvert 4539 98.75 Giordano, GUiseppe PHILADELPHIA » South 7th St. which may have already been paid. If you still have a claim, write to Mis­ Phone Lombard 7651 GioretU, Louis A. 5.15 127-129 Bank Street 6.20 sissippi Shipping Company, 339 Chartres St., New Orleans, La., enclosing NORFOLK Girnuis, M 4-1DS3 7.44 Gil^son, Michael .. CHARLESTON 68 Society St. your z-number, social security number, date and place of birth and present Phone 3-3680 1.42 Gjerpen, Kaau A. NEW ORLEANS 339 Chartres St. Gladin, James F 8.26 address. Canal 3330 5.92 SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St. Glad.stone, John E 3-1728 .74 Gomes, R, J. Gloason, John J 3.00 Hall, Gone V. . 3.77 MOBILE .45 j Han.sen, Au.sten 7 St. Michael St. 2-1754 8.02 Gomez. Aurelio Gleghorn, James T 64.00 4.18 Hall, John O. . 4.94. Hansen. A. H 45 POBce de Leon Glioschc, Julius 6.93 Gonzales, Alphonso 5.92 SAN JUAN, P. R .89 Hansen. Erling A 10.52 Hall. Lawrence J. 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A. .. 7.11 4.13 Harrigan, Milton J Greaer, Edmond G 2.23 Grabbe, Maurice R 8.91 Hamot, Eugenicd, J. 2.25 3.33 Hatton. L. A 5.10 Harris, C. H 163 Grace, James 1.24 Hand, James M. .. Green, Alexander Haukeland, Ingold S 2.67 Harris, Elwyn 2.93 5.49 Grace, Robei't B. Jr., 7.24 .75 Handley, B. F Green, H 45 89 Hauptman, E 6.09 Harris, Howard R 3.12 Hans, John 1.53 Grady, James H. Jr., Green, Oscar Haussell, John C 2.64 Harris, James E 1.48 3.53 1.98 Graham, Austin P. Jr., .... 5.94 Hang, Tam Green, Roy J 89 5.94 Hauler, Dale W 2.64 Guaron, Leo 13.68 Harris, Morgan A 5.00 Hanlon, Edmond F. Green, Vincent P. Harris, M. D 2.25 Hancock, Alfred A 1.69 .89 6.76 Hannah, Chas 73.64 Guerin, J. T Gribin, Morris 3.46 Harris, Robert 11.25 Hawkins, G. R. 9.24 Guidry, Albert R 3.23 Greenbaum, Joseph G 8.03 Harris, Robert S 6.68 Hawkins, John .50 Guill, Chas. M 2.25 Greenlin, C. R 5.25 .79 ! Hawks, D. E. Harris, T 4.27 Guke, D. L 2.:iD Greenlree, C. 5.50 , 5.^9 I Hayden, Dan W. Harris, Theodore F. 4.57 Gulbransen, Thorleif 12.32 Greenway, Kenneth 4.58 10.50, Hayes, Geo. R. 5.16 Gulielt, Flint C 40 * When in New York please Harris, Warren C. Greenwood, Chas. O. . 6.59 2.39 i Haylock." Claude Harris, Walter H. 69.27 Gumren, Ed. Gregory .... 2.77 bring your book lo Headquarters, Green, James M B 52.47 Harrison, Bonnie 2.47 j Haymond, Chas. 8.95 Gundcrson C .45 Sixth Floor. Gregory, Benjamin F. .84 Haynes, C 01 1235 Harrison, Edward 9.60 Gunning, W 25.25 William Blakley Gresham, Robert L. . Ha.vnes, Herbert B 15.34 Harrison, John H 13.11 2944 6.75 E. Judy Grey, Erdmann, W 25.60 Gunuge, Walter 3.94 32.27 Hajmes, Woods M 3419 Hart, Harry 9.26 j Andrew Robbins Griffin, Chas. L 5.37 Gupton, George R Hayta, Lewis 1.37 Hart, James 6.34 Harry Lacy -. 23390 1.34 Griffin, J 8.95 Gurganus, Jay 10.03 - 33.19 Hayton, W. N 30783 Hart, Ralph W. 44.59 James A. Winn Griffin, Ralph 4.55 Gusskie, Alexander Healy, Eugene 6.49 2.89 204 Hart, Robert S. 15.47 J. Guerra Griffith, Cecil R 2.56 Gussies, John H Hcaly. Timothy 24'.98 1.98 30875 Hartenstein, L. L. 1.65 Rex Manley Griffith, Claude G 7.13 Gustin, Joseph 5.15 Harth, R .45 Heard. Fred G George Bates G230 Guthrie, J. P 2.23 Griffith, Phonzo E 12.78 Heard, J 4.21 .69 50052 Hartlej', Jack 16.50 George Nutting Grohmann, Harvy F 6.88 Gutdeg, Calvin Heath, Charles G 22 Hartline, James G. ... 4.95 37452 10.66 John C. Elliott Grondin, Lorenzo J 11.57 Gulzwiller, William A Hebert, W. L 7.50 Hartmann, Walter G. 2.75 720 3.75 Jose Garcia Gronemeyer, Frederick C. 1.34 Gutzwiller, Clyde 3.55 .59 Hedges. Gaines 4041 Hartnctt, Michael J. 4.50 William Jenkins Gi'o.se, Chester G 4.21 Gwathing, G Hedler, Clarence F 25.60 Hartsell, T. E 2.23 26183 2.23 James V. Forden Groth, Carroll Clayton .... 6.20 Gwartney, 1 10.82 10.45 Heider, John F 1679 Hartsuiker, Aveno 16.50 Arthur Mansfield Grout. Quentin N 3.12 Gwiaddrinski, C. F Hcil, Clarence E 59 Harvey, George 4.13 George Vikery 33369 5.16 Grover, Bruce C 59 Gwisdala, Andrew J. Heimbrecht, L. J 6.75 3.17 -. 28702 Hartwig, John E 4.62 Ignacio Montanez Gruckel, J. L 6.75 Gwyn, Robert L Heitmeyer, Henry Donald 9.40 Hartz, J. J 42.00 William Stephens 45929 3.23 Grundmeyer, A 15.33 Gynikisnya, S Helium, Kennth 5.00 2.25 Robert Phillips 37138 Harvath, M Guarascio, J. C 2.25 Helvin, Milton S 2.82 H Harvey, Zol b 3.71 Raleigh Ballard 39691 Godrey, Edmer 14.25 Hemstead, William 7.13 2275 Harzold, Henry Joseph .... 1.48 7.30 Henry Pruitt Godhemmer, C. V 6.75 Haag, John E 19.28 Ha.ssard, Howard Wm. . 2.75 Henderson, Donald A. Jennings 4336 7.50 Haalund, S. R Godin, Robert 59 Henderson, F. W 5.32 4.20 27253 Hassen, A 9.15 Emil Auslad Gogg, Roger A 1.37 Haas, Joseph Jr., Henderson, Gordon B 3.38 3.31 36104 Hatch, Clifford 31.20 Miles McGhee Gogue, L. 0 1-80 Hackney, Warren G Henderson, Leland B 19.28 Hatch, Henry D. 1.72 3112 1,34 Jas. Downie Godsey, Joseph 3.56 Hadley, Norman W. .69 : 21952 Hatcher, John A .01 Hack Oosse, Jr. Godwin, Edw. B 3.23 Hagner, Wm. B. 45522 14.85 J. R. Trawick 2.23 Hahn, Geo. H. .. Godwin, George Ed 31410 .01 James C. Campfield 3.29 Hahn, W. R Godwin, James A 7019 1.48 James A. Frutton 6.91 Hahne, D. A Goes, Dewitt W SS COUNCIL CREST 50112 7.57 Henry Rowe 5.08 Haigh, Dames R. Goelting, Paul K. PETER F. HUME Members of crew of the SS 23518 2.75 Ira Van Wormer 7.65 Haindl, John K. Goff, John Jr., Council Crest who paid off in A letter from your sister, Mrs. John Smith 29933 .69 Goldsborough, John 11.88 Hakos, Alex New York on May 24th, 1946, can Robert J. Sharp, states that your Thomas H. Buban 29437 39.42 Halcomb, L. S. .. Goldsborough. F. S 1.22 42816 Mother passed away on June 30. collect disputed overtime and un­ 3.79 G. F. Clark Goldstein, David 1.98 Halk, Shelton T. Jr., 7573 Burial was on July 2. Mrs. Sharp claimed wages by writing to the^ 10.28 Julio Evans Goldstein, Robert 4.90 Hall, Donald F. G7 would like you to know that the American Pacific Steamship Co.,'" 3.42 Edwin N. Hooke Goldsworth, J. F 18.07 Hall, Edgar A. .. 24616 re.st of the family was at home 265 W. 7th Street, San Pedro, 117.87 Clarence Herman Goldyn, John 1.37 Hall, Edward J Calif. 7537 at that time. 19.65 Paul Arthofer Golen, Alfred J 1.04 Hall, Frank J SiU HALLS NOTICE! PERSOMALS Money Due I- " ; �V . / • ''•-< ' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1939-1949 Description An account of the resource Volumes I-XI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource July 12, 1946 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VIII, No. 28 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource OPERATORS END STALLING, TALK TURKEY A STAB IN THE BACK AFL PICKETLINES ANSWER BRIDGES' RAID ON SIU-SUP GIBBONS BEATS STORM, THIEVES IN EXCITING TRIP COAST GUARD BEEF GOES BEFORE SENATE VOTE SIU LEAFLET TELLS SCORE ON CMU RAID SIU ACTION FORCES CHANGES ON FT. WINNEBAGO SIU SEAMEN BURNED BY GAS; DEMAND 100 PERCENT BONUS SIU LEAFLEFT TELLS SCORE ON CMU RAID BRIDGES' RAID TURNS ISTHMIAN MEN TO SIU PICKETLINE PROVES SIU STRONG OUTFIT BIBB CALLED GOOD ISTHMIAN SHIP THE CMU SHOWS ITS COMMIE HAND IN RAIDING MOVE AGAINST SUP ASHTABULA BUSY WITH MIDLAND N.O. HOSPITALIZED GIVE THEIR THANKS CANADIAN SIU REJECTS WEAK WAGE OFFERS ABRIDGED SEAMEN'S BILL OF RIGHTS DUE TO HIT HOUSE FLOOR SOON WARTIME BOOSTERS NOW CRITICIZE; SUGGESTION MADE THEY GET FACTS MERCHANT MARINE LAWS ARE CALLED OBSOLETE; SHOULD BE CHANGED NOW HOUSTON HALL MOVES CLOSER TO THE WATERFRONT BOSTON SEAFARERS ORGANIZES EXCURSION BOAT OUTFIT INTO SIU DETROIT SHIPPING ON UPGRADE; MANY BEEFS SETTLED IN BUSY WEEK NEW BOOK CLUB HITS THE SCENE ALCOA PARTNER CREWMEMBERRS ENDORSE MARITIME STRIKE ACTION ISTHMIAN SEAMEN LEARN FROM EXAMPLES; SEAFARERS NOW PLANNING NEW DRIVES MERCHANT MARINE HOSPITALS DO NOT SERVE SEAMEN--OUTSIDERS SEEM TO GET FIRST CALL PORT OF PHILADELPHIA IS HUMMING WITH ACTIVITY; FUTURE LOOKS GOOD NMU LOSES ISTHMIAN, JOE CURRAN ADMITS SHORTAGES HIT SHIPS: BURGESS DIAM'D H. IS PAGING S. HOLMES MARINE HOSPITALS: POLITICAL FOOTBALLS CIO PACKINGHOUSE STRIKERS HAIL SIU SUPPORT AS EXAMPLE TO LABOR ISTHMIAN SEA LYNX REPORTS AGAIN, AND THIS TIME IT'S FROM MANILA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 7/12/1946 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1946 Periodicals Seafarers Log