http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/d7ec8d6bcbe5ce7b129ffe80c448d10b.PDF baecd695670cb3aa54e45950c3424d61 PDF Text Text Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America Vol. VIII. fi. NEW YORK. N, Y.. FRIDAY. AUGUST 9. 1946 No. 32 EIGHT SHIPOWNERS SIGN AGREEMENT WITH SEAFARERS FOR A 30 DAY PERIOD SIU Throws Full Force Into SS Helen Beef NEW YORK—The Seafarers International Union drive for complete vindication of the eight men off the SS Helen, Bull Lines, gained momentum this week as two appeals were filed with the Coast Guard Board of Appeals in Washington by Ben Sterling, at­ torney for the men. The first appeal was for the issuanee of temporary papers to these victims of CG dictatorship so that they might be able to earn a living at their chosen work, and the second was an ap­ peal to have the entire decision set aside. RUN AROUND Grounds for having the arbit­ rary ruling negotiated were out­ lined in the Log last week, but briefly, here they are. In the first place, the appeal states that the men were guilty of no crime since the vessel was underman­ ned and therefore unseaworthy, and secondly that the trial was carried on in an unfair and biased manner, and with a pre­ judiced Hearing Officer on the Hearing Board. The importance which Uie CG attaches to this case is borne out by the fact that the appeal, which would normally be heard first by the New York Appeals Board, has been sent instead directly to Washington, where they can be WASHINGTON. August 7 —John Hawk. SecretaryTreasurer of the Seafarers International Union, and Captain Martin, of the Mas­ ters. Mates and Pilots, today called upon Admiral Smith of New York and other ranking officers of the U. S. Coast Guard on behalf of the eight suspended members of the SS Helen crew. As of Log press time there was no decision announced. (Contimied on Page 4) Bridges' New Orleans Raid Is Stopped By AFL Council NEW ORLEANS—Proving that the attempted raid on SIU ships in Coos Bay, Oregon, was not a defensive action as claimed, Harry Bridges once again tried the same tactics. This time it was in New Orleans, against the Long­ shoremen and Teamsters, and this time it was another proof that raiding has become a"® definite CMU policy. Lines, when the crew, all Five members of the ILA Lo­ members of the NMU, informed cal 1418 had shaped up to work -.hem that they had received inthe SS Robert Jordan, American dructions to allow only members of the CIO-ILWU to work the ships, and that henceforth these instructions would be carried out. Immediately, a large group of CIO warehousemen and seamen surrounded the five ILA mem­ bers, and one AFL Teamster from several local councils in New Local 270, and threatened them York, New Orleans, Norfolk and with violence if they touched any other ports. At the Chicago cargo from the ship. This goon meeting, the Seafarers will point squad was reinforced with other up the solidarity and success bully-boys who were dispatched which these councils have dem­ from the NMU hall. onstrated in winning recent FAST ACTION beefs, notably the pickctline The six threatened men stood demonstrations in New York their ground, and notified the protesting Harry Bridges' illUnion Hall. A hurry-up confer­ fated raiding efforts on West ence was immediately held be­ Coast. SUP shipping, and this tween Steely White, SIU Agent, week's victorious AFL answer and A. F. Chittenden, President, to Bridges' men in New Orleans. ILA Local 1418. Within a matter Bridges second failure in as of minutes, an all-out call for many attempts to raid AFL ter­ mass picketing was issued, and ritory is revealed fully in. story approximately 700 AFL Seamen, and pictures elsewhere in this Longshoremen, and Teamsters issue. formed • at the Celeste Street Organizations which, in addi­ Dock where the Jordan w£(fr tion to the SIU, have announced berthed. their intention to attend the Chi­ The CIO-CMU men took one cago conference are the Interna­ tional Longshoremen's Associa­ look and best a hasty retreat, tion, Masters, Mates and Pilots, leaving the AFL in full posses­ Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, sion of the field. Several hun­ Union of Operating Engineers, dred CIO men were available to Brotherhood of Firemen and Oil­ halt the AFL had they been so ers, and the Commercial Tele­ minded, but it was obvious that graphers Union of North Am­ they had no stomach for this erica. {Continued on Page <5J Seven Unions Meet In Chicago Set Up AFL Maritime Council The Seafarers International Union will be one of the seven in­ ternational unions affiliated with the American Federation of La­ bor which will attend the meet­ ing in Chicago to set up a Mari­ time Council within the AFL. The SIU will have representation from both the East and West coasts. The meeting will be held while the AFL Executive Council, which authorized such a mari­ time department at its last meet­ ings is in session in Chicago. The executive body will open its session on August 12. The SIU has long recognized the need for closer cooperation among affiliate unions in .the maritime industry. At the Port Agejits Conference, which met in New York in March, a recom­ mendation was made to contact the President 'of the AFL and the AFL maritime unions urging the formation of a maritime council. Since that time the SIU has been instrumental in forming Washington Visit NEW YORK—The list of the "hold out" shipowners fell to practically nothing when eight operators came to terms late August 5, when an interim agreement was sign­ ed between the SIU and the following operators: American Liberty Lines; A. H. Bull Steamship Company, Incorporiated; Seas Shipping Company Smith and Johnson; South Atlan­ tic Steamship Company; Balti­ more Insular Lines; Alcoa Steam­ ship Company; and Eastern Steamship Lines. The capitiilation came on the heels of another breakthrough in the solid front presented by the JACKSONVILLE, August 6— shipowners. This breakdown Two SIU men were missing and started when the Mississippi 31 others received injuries yes­ Shipping and Waterman Steam­ terday in a raging fire which ship Companies agreed to the swept the tanker Homestead af­ Union's terms, and was followed ter a bolt of lightning touched by an agreement being reached off the 50,000 gallons of gasoline early on August 5, with the Newcargo being unloaded at the tex Steamship Corporation and Standard Oil docks here. the Overtakes Freight Corpora­ Reports from Deconhill Tank­ tion. ers, owners' of the 10,000-ton ves­ All agreements are the best so sel, gave the names of the miss­ far achieved on the waterfront, ing Seafarers as Jack Bowman, and contain wage increases rang­ and a crew member known only ing from $17.50 per month to as Duckworth, who had signed $50.00 monthly. In addition, on in Jacksonville. overtime rates for all earning un­ der $200.00 per month will be in, WATER RESCUE the amount of $1.00 per hour, Most of those injured suffered and men earning more than minor hurts. One of the crew $200.00 per month will receive was hospitalized with a more se­ $1,25 hourly. rious injury. 15 of the men were FINAL BREAK picked out of the water by a rescue tug. The negotiations, which were The Homestead's Skipper be­ finally brought to a successful lieved that only 33 men of the interim agreement, began on May crew of 54 were aboard at the 11, and continued, somewha+ fit­ time of the disaster. fully, until August 5. At this The 550-foot tanker was only time the operators who remained (Continued on Page 6) (Continued on Page 6) Two Seafarers Still Missing As Tanker Burns Seatime Cut To 24 Months, To Be Lowered To 18 Months By JOE VOLPIAN New draft regulations which vitally concern all seamen of draft age went into effect as of July 15, 1946. Since that time, hundreds of questions have been pouring into your Special Serv­ ices Dept., and we've attended a meeting at the WSA offices in order to secure more information on your rights and obligations under Selective . Service. The purpose of this bulletin is to pass that information along to you, so that you may be governed ac­ cordingly. Your service in the Merchant Marine is a voluntary civilian occupation, which you may ter­ minate at any time without ob­ taining a release or discharge. However, you're still subject to draft under Selective Service provisions. No laws or directives provide for discharges to be issued to merchant seamen such as those which members of the Armed Forces receive upon their release from active duty. Under Public Law, 87, the only papers avail­ able to seamen upon the comple­ tion of their wartime service is the Pertificate of Substantially Continuous Service. This Certificate can be used to confix-m wartime service; and can also be used to secure re-employ­ ment rights granted to seamen under Public Law 87. Not every seaman is autrmatfcally eligible for a Cex'tificiue, and certain pro(Continued on Page 14) •71 �THE SEAFARERS LOG ^ge Two Friday, August 9, 1946 SEAFARERS LOG NMU Ship Is No Place For A Sick Man Tublished Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District AffiliatcJ with the Amcncan federat'tmi of Labor At 51 Beaver Street, New York, 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 t 5. 4. 4- HARRY LUNDEBERG ------- President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK Secy-Treas. P. O. Dux 25, Station P., New York City Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. 267 What's What On Our Rent Control Or A Union Man Either, For That Matter Maybe it's really a good thing Bill Manley was a sick man when he made that Pacific cross­ ing aboard the NMU ship Marine Arrow. If he hadn'l' been . . . Well, here's the way things work­ ed out, since he was. Bill is an oldtimer. He holds Gulf Book No. €9, and, except for a hitch as ironworker, has been sailing since 1922. He's a man of convictions. Back in 1941, for instance, his ship was tied up at Weehawken, and Bill, feeling in a gay mood, was singing Dixie. A couple of NMU men abuard told him he couldn't sing that f-y iSi?'kiamned Rebel song" up north. They bolh landed in the hospital. Bill landed in jail. But Bill Maniey was a sick man when he went aboard the BILL MANLEY NMU ship in Singapore last April. He'd just come out of the But the thing that impressed hospital, had missed his own ship, Bill most about the ship was the the Mesa Verde, and was anxious fact that the crew revered the to get back to the States. The Captain, and considered him a NMU Deck Delegate had told fairly good Joe, rather than a him that the Captain of the Mar­ Simon Degree. Several of the ine Arrow was a good egg, and crew members asked Bill his that it would be a good trip. opinion of the Captain, Bill was RECEPTION non-committal. The Captain was informed that Then there was the matter of he was sick, and should be on the Delegates. The biggest draw light duty. So the first day out, the crew had had after four the Bosun handed him, a chipping months out was $15 in Japan. Go­ hammer. ing into Bahrein in the Persian 'Hey," said Bill, "doctors say Gulf, the crew held a meeting I'm supposed to be on light and decided it wanted a $40.00 duty." draw. "Captain's orders," said the CRAWLING Bosun. So Bill went to work and stuck Manley was on the bridge with it. He vomited regularly when the Delegate came to the after every meal, and was barely Captain. This is what the poor able to hold his head up. But he man said: kept at it. "Captain, I'd like to come up collected in excess of ceiling In view of the restoration of rents for that period. How­ rent under OPA control, James ever, they are subject to New L. Header, Regional OPA Ad­ York State Housing Rent ministrator and Piet, H. Hofstra, ^ Regulation, and the penalties therein provided. New York District Rent Execu­ tive, today released the following Q. I was evicted in July. A new tenant now occupies the answers to questions regarding premises. Can I now regain • the OPA ceiling rents in effect possession? June 30, and the eviction controls in the New York rent control A, No. Tenants who were ac­ tually evicted during the in­ area. terim period when penalties Q. Is there now a rent ceiling on for violations of OPA regu­ lations did not apply, cannot my home? regain possession under the A. If you live in a renl control Federal Act. However, in area, effective July 25, 1946 New York State they may your home is under ihe same have recourse under the federal rent controls it was State Housing Rent Regula­ on June 30. 1946. tions for unlawful eviction Q. The ceiling rent for my apart­ during this period. ment on June 30, 1946 was Q. My landlord has given me an $60. On July 1 my landlord eviction notice but has not raised my rent to $75 a month. notified OPA. Can he pro­ Now that rent control has ceed to evict me? been reestablished must I continue to pay $75 a month? A. Landlords are now prohibited from proceeding with evic­ A. No. Effective August 1, 1946, tion actions withoyt comply­ your rent goes back to rent ing first with all OPA re­ of $60. quirements covering evic­ Q. I signed a new lease on July tions. The requirements are 1 calling fur $75 a month in­ the same as those in effect stead of $50, the ceiling rent on June 30, 1946. Any in­ on June 30, 1946. Must I concomplete eviction proceedings ----•tinue to pay $75? conlrary to the regulations These are fhe Union Brofhers currently in fhe marine hospitals, A. No, after July 25, 1946, the may not now be completed. as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging landlord may collect no more Consult your nearest OPA heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up toy writ­ than the ceiling rent in effect Rent Office for advice. ing to them. on June 30, 1946, regardless of the terms of the new lease. Q. In July the local court issued SAN JUAN HOSPITAL a judgment pei'initting my STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL Q. I live in a rooming house. In R. GAUTIER eviction but I have not been W. HUNT June my ceiling rent was $45 P. PAGAN put out. Can I now be S. J. SOLSKI a month. On July 1, my B. DEL VALLE evicted? L. L. OWENS landlord changed the rent to P. PEDROSA P. R. DEADY $.5 a day. Must I now con­ A. No, unless your landlord com­ T. C. LOCKWOOD plied with OPA regulations. C. G. SMITH tinue to pay the daily rate? J. VANDESSPOOLI^ Landlords who complied with L. A. CORNWALL A. No, effective July 25, 1946, 4. t ifc OPA eviction requirements W. B. MUIR renl will be on the June BALTIMORE HOSPITAL and then were given an evic­ J. L. WEEKS monthly rental of S45 a tion judgment in the local R. J. TURNER BENJAMIN THOMAS month. Landlords who court during the interim, may R. YOUNG MATHEW LITTLE changed their rental basis proceed to evict legally. J. S. SEELEY JR. STANLEY BUZALEWSKI contrary to the rent regula­ F. TOKORCHUK ALBERT COMPBELL tions, such as from monthly Q. I rented by apartment to a D. A. WARD HARRY BENNETT tenant for the first time on or weekly to a daily basis T. L. KEITH PETER LOPEZ July 15. How soon must I during the interim period T. J. DAWES E. J. DELLAMANO register the apartment with when federal con^'ols were J. E. VILLAFANA JAMES KELLY OPA? oft, must return to the rental T. L. SIMONDS WM. SILVERTHORNE period in effect for the unit | A. You will have 30 days after N. TSOAUSKIS THOMAS CARROLL July 25, 1946 in which to reg­ on June 30, 1946. R. G. MOSSELLER MORSE ELLSWORTH ister your property. Q. On July 1, my landlord raised •E. ORTIZ MOSES MORRIS my rental from $30 to $45 a[ Q. I rented an apartment on W. SMITH FLOYD LILES July 1, 1946, and was required month. I paid $45 for July. F. GAMBICKI ARMAND RIOUX to give my landlord a se­ Can I get a refund for the R. LUFLIN HERBERT SEIRY curity deposit of $100. Is that $15 difference? L. L. MOODY LONNIE TICKLE legal? A. Landlords who charged mure M. C. BROOKS JAMES LAWLOR ' than their ceiling rents for A. Your landlord must return t % i ^ t, Xthe interim period, when pen­ ELLIS ISLAND HOSPITAL this deposit to you within 30 NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL alties for violations of OPA days after July 25, 1946. D. MCDONALD controls were necessarily sus­ Otherwise, he is in violation JOSEPH WALSH J. W. RUBEL pended. are not required by of OPA regulations and sub­ M. BAIi^EN ARTHUR MITCHELL OPA to refund the amount ject to penalties. Hi KARLSON J. W. , DENNIS Men Now In The Marine Hospitals and talk to you—if you won't get mad. Now don't hold it against me, I'm just saying what the crew asked me to. They'd like to draw $40. I think they'll under­ stand if you haven't got the money that you'll do the best you can." The Captain turned the Dele­ gate down flatly. Later, however, he relented and gave them the draw. Among other things, the Dele­ gate told the crew they'd have to work overtime — because the Captain wanted them to, and that he'd restrict them aboard ship entirely if they didn't put in overtime in port. DISILLUSIONED Bill says that the crew of the Arrow didn't know what the word Unionism meant, had no idea of militant action, and cuss­ ed their own officials to a fareyewell, especially Curran for let­ ting the commies get control. But the upshot of his quiet as­ sumption of his duties, even though sick, his obvious efforts not to preach SIU and his straightforward answers to their questions when they asked about Seafarers contracts and condiditions, was complete acceptance of the SIU viewpoint on the part of most of the crew. Nineteen members of the crew came to Manley when the ship paid off in New York, and asked about membership in the SIU. "Like I said," Bill remarked, "they were real nice guys, most of them, but there were only two real seamen in the crew that I'd pi'opose for membership." Hospital Patients When entering fhe hospital notify Ihe delegate. by post­ card, giving your name and the number of your ward. Stateii 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 5th 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.) R. M. NOLAN W. F. LEWIS J. GAHAN JOHN ANNIL D. C. ZERRUDO EDWARD CUSTER ROY PINK J. L. KELLEY LEWIS McCOY JAMES LEWIS WILBUR MANNING JOHN E. GOMEZ W. BROCE JR. D. D. DAMFIER FRITZ GRANGER X % % BOSTON HOSPITAL P. CASALINUOVO A". CHASE T. MOYNIHAN M. GODBUT H. STONE M. KOSTRIVAS T. DINEEN S. KELLEY W. SILVERTHORN E. JOHNSTON R. MACK f. J " �i^'riday, August 9. 1946 THE SE'AF'ARERS LOG Pag® Tht^ ISTHMIAN MEN LEARN SCORE By PAUL HALL It is poor consolation to be told you were right in your beefs, when you have to get dumped to prove it. For months the Seafarers stood alone in the battle to keep the Coast Guard from getting permanent control over merchant sea­ men. We point out, from the Coast Guard's own actions during the war (as far as their control of seamen, was concerned) that brass hats would place seamen under increasing military rule, and that the seamen's status as civilians would soon disappear. The NMU, which had backed the Coast Guard all through the war, during their "all-out-aid-to-Joe-Stalin" period, had even used the Coast Guard as its own unofficial gestapo to weed out the anticommie rank and file who were questioning the CP leadership. The shipowners welcomed the Coast Guard, hoping to turn it into an anti-union strike breaking agency. Recent beefs have tended to prove us right. In the case of the eight Seafarers off the SS Helen who had their papers lifted be­ cause they, refused to sail an undermanned ship, the Cpast Guard proved that it had been waiting for an opportunity to proceed at once in a campaign of mtimidation against union seamen, especially at a time when the Union was negotiating with the shipowners for a new contract. All seamen now realize that the Coast Guard, through its kangai-Do courts—where it is judge, jury and prosecuting attorneycan deprive a man of his livelihood and throw him on the beach to starve miserably along with his family, and thinks nothing of it. The Helen case is not over. The Seafarers are going to fight this up and down the line with all the means at its disposal. If sealed the Coast Guard way, the fate of the seamen is scaled. The Seafarers will see to it that this does not happen. The recent beefs that the Seafarers have gone through—the work-stoppage; the defeat of the commie raid on the AFL long­ shoremen; the defeat of Harry Bridges' attempted raid on the SIUSUP have done more than won us victories, and increased our prestige on the waterfront. They have welded our membership into a group of experienced unionists. These beefs have given us the necessary know-how in job action. What, to many Seafarers, had only been a theoretical learning has now become knowledge. Now we have the experience to know what to do, and how to do it with­ out those beefs that come when you don't know the score. The willingness to fight was there before. Now to that has been added the savvy to do the job. It was good experience! Gathered around shoreside organizer Whitey Lykke, this group of Isthmian seamen from the Allegheny Victory learn the Union facts of life. They are: S. Greenblatt, S. Hollstedt, H. Hallis, J. Vincent. E. Hall, D. Boyne, R. Annold, A. Lamanna, H. Stallones and D. Nichols. Time Is Ripe For All Seamen To Join Against Coast Guard By LOUIS GOFFIN We "are saddled with the Coast the NMU should be dead set Guard because the U. S. Con­ against continued CG interference gress blindly approved the Pres­ in the affairs of civiliarl workers. ident's Reorganization Bill even PRIVATE GESTAPO when it was pointed out to them Of course, the NMU leadership that CG rule had only resulted in may still have ideas about using dictatorship and chaos on the wa­ the brass hats to regiment the terfront. Reams of evidence was introduced to prove that the CG membership and in that case the has in no way added one single NMU will put up little or no fight bit to the efficency of the way against the waterfront gestapo. work is conducted by seamen. It is high time for the mem­ On the contrary, it was brought bership of the NMU to be heard out that seamen resent the brass j from. It is time for them to dehats, and refer to them as the I mand that union take an active "Hooligan Navy," with good part in helping to unload the CG. cause. With complete cooperation on the part of all maritime unions this Just how long they will remain in control is the question. If we could come to pass. sit by and take it, they can make a good thing out of this, for them­ selves, for a long time. But if we organize a good fight against them, it might be possible to eliminate them much faster than we ourselves believe. The time is ripe for an all-out campaign against Kangaroo Courts, and 5. 4. 4. 4 Elsewhere in this issue is the report of the Seafarers Negotiat­ shyster lawyers who represent ing Committee on the new contracts signed with the shipowners. the CG. The membership will show their ideas on this report when it is subVICIOUS SELL-OUT mil ted for approval. It is a well known fact that the What should be said here is that it has been a damned good commie leaders of the NMU used pleasure to work on- this committee, knowing that the member­ the CG to keep their membership ship was 100 percent behind the beef and was willing to take any in line. Under the constant kind of action (as proven by the overwhelming passage of the threat of having their papers yanked, the rank-and-file of the strike referendum) to back the fight with the operators. Sitting in meetings with shipowners is not a hell of a happy job NMU was afraid to raise a voice at any time, and at best can accomplish nothing at all if a negotia­ against the leadership, and so ting committee does not have the full support of the membership. they sailed even when they re­ For example we see the deal that Curran, speaking for an outfit that alized that they wei'e being sold was going through an internal war on the commie question, had to out to keep lend-lease flowing to take from NMU companies. To understand this just compare the Russia. SIU contracts with those of the NMU. Now that the war is over and When the membership of a union is solidly behind such a beef the NMU leadership has reverted it makes a hell of a lot of difference. It means the difference in to the old commie line of supermilitancy, it stands to reason that winning and losing. Waterman Adds To Services Without complete cooperation, the SIU will continue to carry the ball, as we have in the past, and we will fight this through to a successful conclusion. Wake up NMUers, join in 'this strug­ gle for your own benefit as well as the benefit of all other sea­ men. Attention Members! Seafarers Sailing As Engineers All members—retired mem­ bers and former members— of Ihe Seafarers Iniernafional Union who are now sailing as licensed Engineers: Please report as soon as possible to the Seafarers Hall at 51 Bea­ ver Street, New York City. Your presence is necessary in a matter of great importance. TELLING IT TO THE LOG The North Atlantic, Continen­ tal Europe service will be stepped up by the Waterman Steamship Corp. with weekly sailings from New York and fortnightly trips from the outports of Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Hampton Roads, Va. Fast new ships, built in the Waterman yards in Alabama, will be used in the new services. The vessels are capable of at­ taining 1,7 knots, and are of 9,300' deadweight cargo with bale ca­ pacities of 56,300 feet. There wiU be modern passenger accommo­ dations for 12. Several sqamen from Ihe Isthmian scow, William B. Ogden, dropped into the Log office to tell their story about the logging Skipper on thair ship. Reading from left: J. Hansen: R. J. Maher (ships organizer); Log staffmembez; S. Gellatly; J. F. Luddy; W. B. Saylors; C. McQuary, and L. Trudeau. SIU Seaman Cuts Logs On isthmian Ship As a result of prompt action taken by the .SIU, a number of crewmembers from the Isthmian Lines ship, William B. Ogden, had some unjust logs lifted and a number of heavy logs cut con­ siderably. The SIU representa­ tive appeared with the Isthmian men before the Shipping Com­ missioner after the men had signed off under protest, and is scheduled to rc-appear in sever­ al other cases. Action originated as a result of several Isthmian men dropping into the Log office to have a chat and tell their story. In their op­ inion, Captain Henry Dawson was the logginest Skipper they ever sailed under. This brasshatted individual never logged officers, only the unlucky unli­ censed seamen, and when he log­ ged 'em it was nice big logs like 2 for 1, 3 for 1, or even 4 for 1. Among the Ogden seamen who blasted the Captain, were J. Han­ sen; ship's organizer R. J. Maher; S. Gallatly; J. F. Luddy; W. B. . Saylors; C. McQuary, and L. Trudeau. Their picture, taken while telling their story to a Log staff member, is printed in this issue. The Ogden was on a 3% months trip from Boston to Trin­ idad, Santos, Bahia, Fortaleza, Antwerp, and return to New York. During the trip, the Chief Mate and Bosun painted the messhall and passageways rath­ er than pay overtime to the Stewards Dept. men, and the Skipper continuously rode the devil out of the Messmen. Even had them sougeeing, with no overtime rates. Chief Cook Simpson was log­ ged 4 for 1 for reputed failure to return in time for duty. This, in spite of the fact that another shipmate substituted in doing his work while he was gone. HUNGRY SHIP In addition to the outrageous brasshatting on the Ogden, sea­ men were forced to put up with lousy mess conditions. They were never served juices, ice cream or fresh milk (in ports). Night lunches, as a rule, were made of bologna sandwiches which never •' lasted long enough to go around and green poisonous salami.. Bread was also of a very poor quality. Any little infraction or seem- ; ing infraction would cause Cap­ tain Dawson to get out his log book. On top of the excessive logging and poor food conditions of the Ogden, legitimate over­ time was time and again denied by the tight-fisted Skipper. Slopchest prices aboard the Ogden were on a par with the logs—high. Men were rationed one carton of cigarettes per week until 5 days before the trip end­ ed. Then they each got 6 cartons, Crewmembers asserted that they were signing off under pro­ test, and the SIU agreed to send ^ a representative to the payoff in order to see that these Isthmian men got a fair deal. As this goes to press, the men have been represented before the Shipping Commissioner at 'one hearing, and a number of the logs have either been lifted or: cut considerably. Balance of the logs is still to be considered by the Commissioner, and the ex­ pectation is that they'll all be cut. �.-'h • fiige Four Hm mm I THINK W:rn •: THE SEAFAREHS LOG Friday, August 9, 1946 Work Of Rank And File Seafarers Made The Difference In isthmian By EARL SHEPPARD No-Coffee-Time continued in his report, and again we quote, 'We have a tremendous payroll right now, and all you have to do is give a good name, or have somebody know you, and you're on it." Mind you, this statement was made by the president of the NMU who supposedly directs that union by the wishes of the members. the interim agreement are the American Liberty Lines, A. H. Bull SS Co., Inc., Seas Shipping Co., Smith and Johnson, South Atlantic. Baltimore Insular Lines, Alcoa, and Eastern SS Lines. In addition to agreeing to the same wages and overtime as set forth in the Waterman-Mississippi agreement these companies have agreed to operate under the .South Atlantic General and Working Rules, which are recog­ nized as the best now existing. By or before the conclusion of the 30 day interim period, the companies and the SIU will con­ tinue negotiating so that all ques­ tions regarding manning scales and working rules will be work­ ed out satisfactorily and new con­ tracts signed. We've been talking for two weeks about the Isthmian elec­ tion and organizing drive Hearing the final stages. Now, it's almost QUESTION:—What red tape have you run reality. Eighty-two ships have voted, and only seven remain un­ up against in connection with the Marine Hos­ voted. pital? This is the complete total up to date including the Kathleen Holmes and Sea Hawk both of First, Curran admitted that the which voted twice this week and MARIANO ARROYO. Bosun: NMU organizers had not organ­ about which further details are I ran into enough red taps to printed in other Log ilcma. Wirco ized I.sthmian ships. Then, he ad­ last me the rest of my life. On received from these two vessels mitted that he had no adminis­ May 5, I went out there to see indicate that the SIU is the ma­ trative control over the payroll of the union. And this poor tool v/hat they could do about a bad jority's choice. of the commies is supposed to be tooth that was giving me trouble. Let's look at the scoreboai'd Well, first they made me wail for now. With these eight-two Isth­ president of a union! Is it any a couple of hours while CG peo­ mian ships already balloted, the wonder that the NMU lost the ple and their families wpre taken Seafarers is leading by a nice fat election? The wonder is that the care of. Then when they finally margin. Even if the seven re­ few Isthmian men who voted New lex and Overlakes have did get to examining me, they maining ships all voted NMU, the NMU could do so when they had told me that it would be impos­ final count would not be changed a chance to vote for a real, demo­ both signed the Waterman agree­ sible for them to treat me for at appreciably. However, they cratically run, rank-and-file Un­ ment, and the Seatrain Lines have agreed to the same wage least two or three weeks, and won't vote 'NMU by any higher ion like the SIU. increases thereby maintaining that it would be better for me percentage than the others. Yes, CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS differentials and wages above all to go to .a private dentist. So I the Isthmian election is over to did, and he pulled the tooth in all intents and purposes. All Since the recently concluded other companies. two minutes. contract negotiations with the over, but the final shouting when •When the Isthmian wages, Waterman and Mississippi SS overtime rates, manning scales, the election returns are confirmCompanies, and the signing of the general and working rules be­ id by the NLRB. We owe a vote of thanks to all be.st contracts in the maritime in­ come the subject of collective who participated in the election dustry, the SIU has signed a 30 bargaining betwen that company HUBERT SELBY, FOW: —ashore or at sea. We owe addi­ day interim agreement with a and the SIU in the near future. In December, 1945, I was taken tional thanks to those who are number of other companies guar­ Isthmian men are assured that off a ship in Baltimore with a still sailing and organizing, ship's anteeing the same high wages their contract will contain the bad case of shingles. It was so crews and ship's organizers, and and overtime rates for seamen bad that I couldn't eat, couldn't who sail the ships of these com­ same high wages and conditions. still doing a job for the SIU. Their breath, and was in such pain that The best contracts in the indusadditional votes for the Seafarers panies. I was afraid to move. I was taken in the next few weeks will only Among the companies signing try, that's the Seafarers' slogan. to the Baltimore Marine Hospital, nail the lid on the NMU's coffin and there I was told that there that much tighter. was very little that they could do for me. I had to make my way WE ARE PROUD lo New York, where I was treat­ We're not bragging, fellows. ed by a pi'ivate doctor for six But, we are proud—damn proud weeks. It cost me between 50 and —of the way Seafarers sailed 90 bucks before I was finally tion. Seamen everywhere would Isthmian, talked Isthmian, and "(Continued from Page 1) cured, but what was worse v/as organized Isthmian. With that assured of more favorable treat­ like to know if the Coast Guard Ihe fact that they got rid of me kind .of teamwork, we can line up bureaucrats have sufficient pow­ ment. without trying to do anything to any unorganized outfit. Sure, we Shipowners and the WSA are ers to break a waterfront strike. help me. had a bunch of fellows as shorealso vitally interested in the fate That, in a nutshell, is the situa­ hde organizers. But, they only coordinated the job. The real job of the men of the Helen. When tion, and that is why the CG will was done by the average rank- the hearings were held, which go to almost any lengths to make and-file Seafarers who knows resulted in the lifting of the the tyranny against the Helen LORENZO J. GRANDIN, that he belongs to the best sea­ Deck Maint.: men's papers, representatives men stand, no matter how just men's union in the world. He What red tape have I run into? knows that, and he tells the en­ from the WSA and the shipown­ their position is. Boy, that's a good question, tire world, including Isthmian. ers were there to lend moral sup­ MEN GET SIU AID went lo the Hudson and Jay When it comes to SIU advertis­ port to the CG action. In the meantime, the eight Clinic with Charlie Watson be­ ing, the satisfied members do the These interests are concerned men are not starving. At the cause I had a couple of cavities best job themselves. And, you to see whether or not the Coast present time they are receiving that needed attention. The den­ can say that double. Guard officialdom will be allow­ subsistdhce payments from the tist v/ho took care of me was a The entire membership of the ed to continue in their present Union, and these payments will swell guy, and it seemed that most of the doctors and office SIU has shown how whole-heart­ policy of dominating merchant be continued until these men are personnel were really trying to edly they supported our organiz­ seamen. In this way they will once more able to earn a living do a job. But, oh, that Coast ing drive, and the taste they have be able to gauge Coast Guard ef­ at their own trade. The Seafar­ Guard red tape! It takes longer had of it so far has only whetted fectiveness as a strike-breaking ers International Union has re­ this through to to get emergency treatment at a their appetite for more unorgan­ agency in the event that such solved to fight ized seamen to be brought into ultimate victory, but these men activity becomes necessary. Marine Hospital that it does lo the Seafarers. will not be forgotten in the in­ To the Union, the case of the get plain treatment. We shouldn't Helen presents the same ques­ terim. have to stand for stuff like that. NMU SOFTENS SHOCK 1. Seafarers' Full Force Thrown Squarely Behind Helen Seamen CHARLES R. WATSON, Asst. Elect.: In September, after a payoff in New Orleans, I came here to New York and went to the Hud­ son and Jay Clinic to have a tooth pulled. From 11:00 a. m. until 4:00 p. m. I had to wait, and then Ihey finally took care of me. I know that they are busy at these clinics, and I really didn't mind waiting, but it did burn me up to see the families of the Coast Guard boys treated out of turn, and before I could get waited on. To top it all off, I had to go to a private dentist the next day to have a part of the tooth pulled out that they had missed the day before. In various ways, ollicials of the NMU have been preparing their members for the shock of finding out that the NMU lost the Isthmian election, especially after bragging so much about how they were winning! They lost in spite of the huge sums of money supposedly spent on prlanizing, and in spite of the nu­ merous commie stooges which hey sent out to cover the water­ front. Joe Curran, in one of" his recent exposes appearing in the July 5 ssue of the Pilot, stated, "Our erganizing department at that ime put on a number of organi:ers, even where there were no Isthmian ships. I don't know what they were organizing, but they were certainly not organiz­ ing Isthmian ships." XV X'i AV WATCHFUL WAITING These longshoremen lined up near where the SIU-SUP picketed the North River docks on July 13. and waited for some communists to start trouble. None did. �Pdday, Augubi 9, 1946 TEE SEAFARERS LOG THIS TIME N.O. BEATS BRIDGES Mass Action By New Orleans AFL Maritime Council Beats Bridges^ Latest Attempt To Raid Waterfront Unions I (Coii/iinicd from Page I) type of action, and violence was therefore averted. Following their defeat, the CIO watei'front unions issued a flimsy statement that meat on the ship was to be transferred to the Swift Company plant which is on strike. No mention was made of the statement by the crew mem­ bers that only the CIO-ILWU would be allowed to work the ship. They also failed to explain why no picketlines had been set up in front of .the Swift Com­ pany plant. Teamsters Local 270. Other of­ ficials and rank-and-file members of the participating unions were also heard. CELEBRATION Following the defeat of the raiding attempt, and the retreat of the CIO goons, the victorious members of the AFL Maritime Unions were invited to the ILA Hall to cool off and celebrate. Both the cooling off and the cele­ brating were accomplished with plenty of free-flowing beer. The Hall was packed, and a good time was had by all. As of this writing, there has As soon as the call went out for men to man the picketlines, they showed up by the hundreds been no report as to how the —seamen, longshoremen, teamsters—all ready to take on the entire CMU at one time if necessary. SCABBING CIO-CMU comrades drowned As it turned out, just a show of strength was sufficient since the CMU raiders had no stomach for their sorrow. a real test of strength. Worst of all, the statement gave no reasons for the NMU willingness to man a ship carry­ ing "hot cargo," and the eager­ ness of the CIO longshoremen to work the same cargo. The whole maneuver was ob­ viously another of the infamous Harry Bridges raids, similar to ones which took place along the New York waterfront, and in Coos Bay. As in those cases, this attempt was also defeated by prompt action. In New Orleans it was stopped before it had time to gain headway; stopped by the militancy of the AFL maritime unions affiliated to the AFL Mar­ itime Council of New Orleans. At the height of the beef, mass meetings of pickets were ad­ dressed by the leaders of the wa­ terfront unions, all active in the N. O. Martime Council. Among Here are the men who answered the call for pickets. They The top leaders of the New Orleans AFL Maritime Council those who gave the correct score came from all three unions, prepared to do their damnedest to were in constant communication until the beef was settled. to the pickets, were: Steely White, defeat Harry Bridges' attempt to set himself up as the com­ Left to right: James Schwehn, Delegate Local 270, Teamsters; SIU Port Agent; A. F. Chitten­ munist dictator of the waterfront. By this time Harry should A. F. Chittenden. President, ILA Local 1418; and Steely White, den, President, ILA Local 1418; have gotten the idea—the American waterfront unions want no N.O. SIU Port Agent. It was cooperation between all three Paul Lanzetta, from the same part of him or his philosophies. unions that stopped the CMU. Local; and James Schwehn, ABOVE—Good union men deserve a celebration. These men are proud of the job that they did in driving the communists from the N.O. waterfront. This shindig was held at the ILA Hall, and the beer flowed more freely than water. Good beer and good fellows. The New Orleans AFL Maritime Council has definitely proven itself by the work done in this fight. It is only because the affiliates of the Council are interested in trade unionism, and not in a foreign political philosophy, that they are able to function well and quickly. We don't want to point any fingers, but we think the CMU could learn a real lesson from this group and groups like this one. Here are the members of the Action Committee who planned and carried -out the strategy that rocked Bridges back on his heels. In the usual order: Joseph Doane, ILA 1418; Louis Born, Teamsters 270; Paul Lanzetta, ILA 1418; James Schwahn, Teamsters 270; A. F. Chittenden, ILA I4I8; Ivy Boudreaux, ILA 1418; Lindsey Williams, Paul Warren. Steely White, Joe Boyd, and Buck Stephens, all SIU. On every front on which wo have fought the commies, the .AFL Maritime Unions have always won a complete victory. This is something more than luck, and it proves that adherence io trade union principles wil pay off 100 percent. Formation of a National Council of Maritime Unions of the AFL, which will be undertaken in Chicago starting August 12, will add new power to the already strong AFL Maritime Coun-cils which arc already functioning in most ports. The need for such national coordination has been proved. Now let's get it! Even before the AFL Maritime Councils were formed there was cooperation between AFL Maritime Unions. Harry Bridges tound this out in October, 1945, when he and his comrades cast greedy eyes at the New York ILA, and were repulsed by united AFL action. In many other ways the AFL unions have proved they are mutually dependent on each other, and that each gains strength from the activities of the other. �". V, rV •• • '• Y '* •-• •' ''•' .Y-' -• ' • • - THE SEAFARERS LO C U Six Friday.- August 9, 1948 SHIPOWNERS SIGN INTERIMAGREEMENT {Continued from Page 1) steadfast against the Union's de­ mands were being deserted left and right by the shipowners who saw.the validity of the SIU posi­ tion, and were willing to play ball. Up until that time, conferences were marked by much stalling on the part of the operators, and it was these tactics that forced the Union Committee to walk out of negotiations on more than one occasion. The ad interim agreements provide for the wage increases to ; go into effect as soon as approv­ ed by the Wage Stabilization Board, and WSA/GAA contracts are also subject to approval by the WSA. However, the contracts are retroactive to April 15 on contracts calling for $17.50 in­ creases, and to June 15 for all others. Thus in the long run, nothing will be lost by this slight concession. All of the contracted cornpan•es have agreed to the wage and nour provisions, but only Mississ­ ippi, Waterman, Newtex, and Overtakes, have agreed to a set of General Rules and Working Rules. The period of thirty days, during which the interim agree­ ment is in effect, will be used by ;he operators committee and the Union committee, to agree on Oeneral and Working Rules, plus manning scales and other collat­ erals. * During this period of time, the • General and Working Rules now in effect between the Union and the South Atlantic Steamship for work performed in excess of Agreement Company will cover all ships in­ 40 hours per week; for the pur-, cluded in the contracts signed belWeeii pose of this paragraph Saturday late on August 5. and Sunday In port shall be In addition to the. contractual Seafarers Int. Union of overtime days. •gains made, other matters were Pay overtime at sea for all North America settled. As a result of the nego­ hours worked in excess of 48 tiations the fpreign transporta­ and the hours each week to all unlicensed tion rider will be in effect on all personnel whose basic work week bauxite runs; men who have Seatrain Lines Inc. is 56 hours or more; for the pur­ .signed coastwise articles have the The wage scales and overtime pose of this paragraph Sunday right to pay off in any port if rate and addendums thereto, now at sea shall be considered the they have given 24 hours notice; overtime day and all work per­ and the beef roneerning the SS presently in the contract between formed on Sunday shall be paid Eleanor, Bull Lines, was settled Seafarers International Union for at the overtime rate. and the Seatrain Lines Inc., cov­ and the men will be paid off. ering Seatrain type vessels, are , Under no circumstances shall hereby cancelled and the wage there be any duplication or scales and overtime rates set pyramiding of overtime. forth herein shall be substituted. All basic wage scales increased All other terms and conditions of by $17.50 per month shall be ite Trade will sign on for­ the existing agreement except as retroactive to April 1, 1946 and eign articles containing the herein "amended shall continue in all increases in exces-s of $17.50 transportation rider agreed full force and effect for a period per month and the overtime rate upon between the parties. of 30 days from the date hereof, shall be retroactive to June 15, NOTE: — Newtex Steamship or such other period as the par­ 1946. Corporation and Overtakes ties shall mutually agree upon. The provision of the Agree­ Freight Corporation signed Wa­ ment dealing with hours of work DECK DEPARTMENT terman and Mississippi interim at sea and in port, and with agreement covering wages and Bosun $212.50 respect to the overtime rates of overtime increases and Water­ Carpenter .". 212.50 pay, shall be retroactive to June man General Rules and Working AB Maintenance 195.00 15, 1946. Rules. Quartermaster 180.00 Room allowance shall be $3.00 Seatrain Lines and Illinois At­ Able Seaman 180.00 per night and meal allowance lantic Corp. agreed to same wage Cardeckman 180.00 shall be $1.00 for breakfast, $1.00 increases and will thereby main­ Ordinary Seaman 157.50 for dinner and $1.00 for supper. tain the same differentials and Standby rate of pay shall be ENGINE DEPARTMENT wages above all other companies. $1.45 per hour straight time and Your Committee recommends Electrician $240.00 $2.17 overtime. that this agreement be accepted. Deck Engineer 240.00 The Union agrees to make It is to be recognized that during Engine Utility 212.50 every effort to immediately re­ the 30 day negotiating period for Oiler-Steam 185.00 lease any and all vessels which clarification of Working Rules, Watertender 185.00 are presently tied up because of Shore Gang Work and enlarg­ Fireman 175.00 action by members of the un­ ing of the manning scale, etc., Wiper 167.50 licensed personnel. Negotiating that the SIU membership will be STEWARDS DEPARTMENT committee for the operators and working effective as of August the negotiating committee for the 5th, 1946, on all ships covered Chief Steward $232.50 Union shall continue negotiations by this agreement under the Chief Cook 212.50 so that a complete agreement can South" Atlantic General and Second Cook 192.50 be reached covering general rules Working Rules, plus the new Wa­ Messman 157.50 and working rules within the terman and Mississippi wage Utilityman 157.50 30 day period. scale. This represents a large Overtime to be paid to all mem­ gain, although it will not be final SEATRAIN LINES INC. as we will have this 30 day per­ bers of the Stewards- Department R. C. Chapdelaine iod for the completion of nego­ on Sundays and Holidays at sea. tiations covering Working Rules. No member of the Stewards De­ SEAFARERS INT. UNION OF N. A. It is to be pointed out to the partment to be laid off in port or at sea on Saturday, Sunday or John Hawk, Sec,-Treasurer; J. membership that the new wage P. Shuler, Asst. Sec.-Treas.; scale (below), as signed by Wa­ Holidays. Robt. A. Matthews, Headquar­ The overtime rate for unlicensed terman and Mississippi Steam­ ters Eng. Def)t. Rep.; Paul Hall, personnel receiving less than ship Companies, and also agreed New York Agent. • $200.00 per month shall be $1.00 to by the above companies, who are signatories to this contract, per hour. For all ratings receiv­ will not be attached to the ar­ ing $200.00 or more per month, ticles on which the crews sign the overtime rate shall be $1.25, for a short while. Inasmuch as peh hour. these wages, overtime scales, etc., To reduce the straight time, are all retroactive, it means that work-week in port from 44 to 40 our membership will not lose hours per week and pay overtime (Continued from Page I) anything in the short delay of putting into effect :^e new wage The Committee further points in port two hours after arriving and overtime scale. This amount out that when crews are shipped, from Savannah when the light­ of money is dough in the bank it is imperative that they be sure ning struck. The gasoline poured and will be paid to all men in the and take on board each vessel into the St. John's River and near future. copies of South Atlantic contracts caught fire. The flames quickly so that they will be able to keep spread to the pier. The flames and billowing .smoke rose hun­ STEWARD an accurate record of overtime. dreds of feet and were reported Chief Steward $220.00 Youp Negotiating Committee visible for more than 20 miles. Chief Cook 205.00 takes this opportunity once Night Cook and Baker.. 205.00 again to thank the membership 3 ALARM SIGNAL Second Cook 185.00 of the SIU for the splendid man­ The searing flames brought 11 Asst. Cook 175.00 ner in which they supported the Messman 150.00 committee in their demands. This city fire companies to the scene Utility Man - 150.00 support has been the principle in response to a three-alarm sig­ nal. Two fire boats joined in the reason that has allowed the SIU efforts to. quench the blaze. All members of the Stew­ to top the entire industry in The Homestead listed to port ards Dept. will be paid over­ wages and conditions. about an hour after the fire be­ time for all Sundays and SEAFARERS INTERNATION gan. Later its stern settled. Holidays in port. No mem­ UNION OF NO. AMERICA At the hospital whex'e the res­ ber of the Stewards Dept. NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE cued men were treated for their will be laid off Saturdays, burns, one of them said he saw JOHN HAWK Sundays, or Holidays at sea several other' men standing on J. P. SHULER or in port. the deck. He said that he begged EARL SHEPPARD (NOTE: Stewards Dept. them to jump, but they wouldn't PAUL HALL negotiations are not com­ ROBERT A. MATTHEWS because they said they couldn't plete.) swim. .. DANIEL BUTTS Seatrain Contract Report Of SIU Negotiating Committee Your Negotiating Committee has met with the following op­ erators: American Liberty Lines, A. H. Bull Steamship Company, Inc., Seas Shipping Company, Smith and Johnson, South At­ lantic Steamship Company, Bal­ timore Insular Lines, Alcoa Steamship Company, Eastern Steamship Lines, and have signed, suliject to membership approval, an agreement covering the following points: 1. The existing Collective Bar­ gaining Agreement between the parties hereto is hereby cancelled. 2. The ad interim agreement between the Mississippi Shipping and Waterman Steamship Companies and the Union reached on July 24, 1946, shall become ef­ fective. . 3. As of this date, the general rules and departmental working rules contained in ' this agreement between the Union and the South Atlan­ tic Steamship Line shall become effective. As to ves­ sels not now in a continen­ tal United States port, dis­ puted overtime prior to the date of this agreement shall be settled on the basis of •^ fo.rmer agreement any dis­ puted overtime after the • / date of this agreement will be settled on the basis of , • the South Atlantic agree­ ment. '., 4. As to the WSA/GAA ves; sels, this agreement is be­ ing signed subject to the : , approval and authorization ' of the WSA and a joint . request by the Company and the Union will be sub­ mitted to the WSA for ac­ ceptance by that Agency. I'Y-.T • J 5. It is understood and agreed •' that this agreement shall re­ main in effect for a period k DECK Bosun Bosun's Mate— Day Work Bosun's Mate—Watch.... Carpenter Storekeeper • AB Maintenance Quartermaster AB Seaman Watchman OS Seaman $205.00 192.50 180.00 205.00 197.50 187.50 172.50 172.50 172.50 150.00 SIU new overtime rates for all companies shall be as fol­ lows: Under $20.00 a month, $1.00 per hour, over $200.00 a month a month, $1.25 per 'hour. of thirty (30) days from this date hereof, or such other period as the parties shall mutually agree upon. It is further understood that the parties shall in the interim promptly negotiate in good faith the terms of a new Collective Bargaining agree­ ment to be effective at the earliest possible date and with the further under­ standing that this agree­ ment shall in no way pre­ judice the position or con­ tention of either party, in connection with the con­ summation of a new Collec­ tive Bargaining agreement. 6. In the event the Company operates any vessel on Coastwise Articles, any member of the unlicensed personnel will be allowed to pay off the vessel in any port in continental United States or Puerto Rico, upon twenty-four (24) hours no­ tice to the Master, prior to the scheduled sailing of the vessel; in like manner, the Master shall be allowed to discharge any member of the unlicensed personnel upon twenty-four (24) hours notice. If the seaman ex­ ercises his right to be paid off, as provided for in this paragraph, transportation provisions shall not be ap­ plicable; if the Master ex­ ercises his right to dis­ charge a seaman, as pro­ vided for in this paragraph, transportation provisions shall be applicable. 7. In consideration of the above, the Union agrees to immediately make every ef­ fort to release any and all vessels which are pre.sently tied up because of action of the members of the unli­ censed personnel. 8. Freight vessels in the BauxENGINE Chief Electrician 2nd Electrician Asst. Electrician Unlic. Jr. Eng.— Day Work Unlic. Jr. Eng Watch Machinist-Plumber Deck Engineer Chief Reefer Engin'r .... 1st Reefer 2nd Reefer Engine Storekeeper Engine Utility Evaporator Maint'ance.. Oiler—Diesel Oiler—Steam Watertender Fireman-Watertender .. Fireman Wipef $294.50 227.50 230.00 205.00 237.00 205.00 269.50 237.50 218.50 197.50 205.00 190.00 195.25 177.50 177.50 177.50 167.50 160.00 Two Seafarers Still Missing ''"if" �Friday, August 9, 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Sere Shipping Rise, Organizing Work Keep Seafarers In Boston Busy By JOHN MGGAN "Hell Ship" Skipper Is Changed NO NEWS?? into A Mild And Meek Character By JAMES "RED" TRUESDALE I i PHILADELPHIA — This is not a tale out of fiction, it is the true story of the cruise of the SS Roger Sherman. An indication of how bad the trip was is found in the fact that the crew nicknamed the ship "SS Hell Ship." Under the command of the in­ famous Captain "Castor Oil" Lille, Jr., the vessel left Galves­ ton headed for Messina, Sicily. As soon as the boat cleared the har­ bor, this character started to show the crew what kind of a high pressure guy he was. He carried with him a closet full of high class uniforms, each one with enough gold braid and me­ dals on it to make two uniforms for Herman Goering. Besides his purty clothes, the Skipper claimed that he had been in more battles than the Russian Army claimed victims. On the whole, he could have been used for moving pictures without changing him one bit. CASTOR OIL KID in the long run, this Skipper had his ears pinned back, but good. Incidentally, this crew was a fine a group of Union men as you could find anywhere. They said that the Purser was tops, and that he did everything in his power to make the miserable trip as pleasant as possible. Silence Ihis week from the O Branch Agents of the follow* ing ports: HOUSTON CHARLESTON MOBILE SAN JUAN BALTIMORE NORFOLK PORT ARTHUR BOSTON —• The long-expected comeback of shipping finally ar­ rived in this port, with three pay­ offs in Boston the last three days of the week, and a like number in Portland. In Boston, the SS William Patterson and the SS Nicholas LaBadie paid off, together with the tanker Fort Winnebago. In Portland, it was two tank­ ers and one dry cargo vessel. Plenty of jobs were available and the shipping list looked better than it has fur many weeks. Then, too, the Berea Victory, formerly under a West Coast con­ tract, was turned over to Water­ man this week. The Berea took a full crew except for the few member.s already working in the Deck Department. Along with the increase in jobs was an increase in business that keeps the port out of the red; Moreover, there is every indica­ tion that the next few weeks will be as good or better than the week just past. The local organizing has been proceeding pretty well, With the Nantasket boats under contract, attention was focussed on the Wilson Line, and negotiations be­ gin today on the agreement be­ tween this company and the SIU. At the special meeting held last week for the purpose of rati­ fying or rejecting the wages and hours section of the contract be­ ing negotiated with the shipown­ ers, it was voted unanimously to ratify and to e.xpress to the Ne­ gotiating Committee the grati­ tude and complete confidence of the membership. It was felt that the increase in wages won by our committee turn out to be performers we will eventually fall to NMU also; hear about it. If we try to col­ but it was felt that now, if never lect phony beefs we hear about before, the entire industry will that, too. And if we send out incompetent men they remind us of this in no uncertain tones. Everytime you break the agree­ ment you are giving your Com­ mittee another ' obstacle, and I can say from experience that they already have plenty. Now that we have a better agreement, with some companies at least, let's do our part as Un­ ion men and live up to it. Savannah Oldtimers, Rememhering Past Conditions, Praise Work Of Seafarers Negotiating Committee By ARTHUR THOMPSON SAVANNAH — We started the week off with a beef on the SS George Walton, an SUP ship. It used to be an NMU ship, but was taken over on bareboat charter by W. R. Chamberlain & Co. The NMU left this ship in the usual filthy condition. The new deck which was sent from the Hall in New York, being AFL seamen, did not like the condi­ tion of the ship and wasted no time in letting me know about it. I immediately contacted Mr. E. K. Meredith of the Strachan Shipping Agency about it, and he went to work right away. This is one outfit who has always played ball with us 100 per cent. A shore gang was hired to soogie the ship; new mattresses and springs were put on the bunks; fifty-four wind chutes for port holes were made practically over­ night, since none could be bought ready made, and fans were bought for galley, pantry and messroom, and a dozen other minor repairs were made. He got his name because he prescribed a double dose of cas­ tor oil for five members of the crew "as disciplinary action." He held the crew in a state of fear with his threats. One typical threat was to tell the men that he would have them all sent to jail as soon as the ship came back to an American port. Another was to write letter to each man's draft board, and then make a ceremony out of reading these letters aloud. SHIPPING SLOW When the ship hit Philly, this This was all accomplished in a bold, bad, man, sent for the FBI, the Narcotic Squad, the Coast couple of days and the crew left Savannah satisfied. We had an­ other SUP ship in transit, but it only stayed one day and we still have the DePauw Victory, but we expect it to sail soon. The only other ships in port are South Atlantic ships which have been here for some time. Shipping has been rather slow and we haven't had any payoffs. A local item which should be of interest is the news that a cor­ ral is being constructed near the ACL docks for cattle to be ship­ ped to Europe. It is expected Guard, and everything but the that from 60,000 to 90,000 head Marines. He claimed that there will be shipped from Savannah was dope aboard, which was this year. More will probably go proved to be a lie when the ship next spring. was searched and given a clean We had a special meeting here bill of health. when Waterman and Mississippi signed the new agreement. The CHANGED MIND membership here went for it 100 Topping all this off, he had per cent. Other companies take the nerve enough to call the Un­ notice. ion Hall and start telling the Pa­ The CPA is back again, much trolman what a bunch of "no to the discomfort of my land­ goods" were aboard the Sherman. lady, and maybe we'll be able to The Patrolman hurried down and live easier if controls aren't taken got the crew's side of the story. off too many items. First of all, the Skipper sheep­ CAREFUL PLANNING ishly admitted that he had not sent the letters to the various I wonder how many of our Draft Boards. Then the charges members actually realize what against two men by the FBI, and our Negotiating Committee has against four men by the CG, was accomplished and what careful beaten in true SIU fashion. So thought and patient study was required of them to bring about the present new wage scales. A careful study of the com­ parative breakdown of wage scales, which was recently re­ leased, not only shows the great­ er increase we got, it also shows that our Committee considered every individual rating, The NMU and their satellites brayed out to their misguided members that they would get a blanket increase of 30 per cent for all ratings regardless of the then existing inequalities in their wage scales. I'm not blasting them for not carrying out their program as promised (that's to be expected of them), but I do want to bring out the fact that their negotiating committee proved themselves to be utterly incompetent. Our committee took into con­ sideration the fact that a man on day work would lose out on the weekend overtime, and had his increase jacked up accordingly. Little details such as this shows a committee's worth and it also speaks well for the rank and file members who put up the com­ mittee tkere. SENATORS REPLY Among other things I sent a letter to each Senator from Geor­ gia along with a clipping from the Log complaining about the treatment accorded Merchant Seamen in . Marine Hospitals. Here are the replies. From Senator Walter F. George: "Dear. Mr. Thompson: "Let me acknowledge your let­ ter and enclosure of the 24th, re­ lative to Merchant Marine Hos­ pitals. "I am pleased to bring this matter to the attention of the proper authorities and shall ad­ vise you when a report is re­ ceived. "With good wishes, I am. Sincerely yours, Walter F. George." INCREDIBLE GAINS Some oldtimers wei'e discus­ sing the outcome, and one stated that the gains made by our Union since it started are incredible. I can't say we have not made un­ believable progress, but to my From Senator Richard B. Rusmind the incredible part is what sel: we used to get. "Dear Friend: And don't get the idea you've "Permit me to acknowledge been given a belated Christmas and thank you for your letter of I kNOW -1 July 24th. KNOVI— HOUSlftC "I have noted witk much con­ cern the article which you sent 'BAT> ,4LL0VBR.' from the "Seafarers' Log." In an effort to see what can be done about the discrimination against Merchant Seamen being admitted into Merchant Hospitals, I am (Continued on Page 8) present. The cost of living being what it is, your money can't go very far and none of us will be much better off financially than we were before the war. There is another angle, however, which we must also consider. We have our end of an agreement to up­ hold. During negotiations the companies continually remind us of any failings on our part. When we dispatch men who BROTHER INJURED IN AUTO CRASH Brother Leo Burns, AB, is in the Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, with severe injuries suffered in an automobile acci­ dent on July 4. An emergency operation on Burns' broken legs was perform­ ed at the hospital Aug. 1. His condition is still serious, but he is expected to recover, it was re­ ported. r'f'- appreciate the fact that SIU is the Union for the rank and file. NO MORE LAUGHS By next week, we will have heard the last of the wisecracks from the out-of towners regard­ ing our Hall. Ever since the Union began to acquire property in other ports our visiting broth­ ers would give that supercilious look around every time they hit the port, with an accompanying crack about the "dump." However, thanks to the rnem^ bership, we now have a spot second to none. Brother Forgue, a Chief Electrician, installed OULpublic addi-ess system this week; our committee shopped around and bought some nice furnish­ ings; and there remains only some final touches and installa­ tions before the old SIU sign goes up on our newb uilding, signi­ fying to all and sundry that the Seafarers are a growing outfit. The crew of the SS Donald. Wright, one of the first Ameri­ can Pacific Company dry cargo vessels to be crewed up on the East Coast, returned to Boston after what they described as a good voyage. It couldn't have been a bad trip because the crew was an exceptionally good one, and a good Union crew makes a good ship. HOSPITAL DONATIONS When the boys returned they donated a dollar each to a fund for the members in the hospital who for one reason or another are ineligible for Union benefits. The crew of the SS Nicholas La Badie contributed $6.00 to the same fund. To both of these crews goes the hearty appreciation of their brothers in the ho.spital not for­ tunate enough to be holding books. They are shipmates and, as such, cannot be allowed to be forgotten in their period of hos­ pitalization. J �^{:cr-r.'i,xrrnT'*^?i r.- THE SEAFARERS LOG Eight ioast Guard Already Pulling Its Rank On Merchant Seamen By JIMMY MANNERS and JIMMY REDDEN Attention Seafarers Word has come to this of­ fice that the Seafarer Log is not to be found in some of the seamen's Clubs in for­ eign ports. Whenever in a foreign port go to the seamen's Clubs and see if the Log is displayed. If you don't see it, ask for it. Find out why it is not put out, a^d leave some of your ship's copies of the Log there. Notify the Seafarers Log of all Clubs where you do not find the SIU paper. JACKSONVILLE — Not much had been shorted they really be­ to repprt from this fair city of gan to beef. Immediately we sunshine as far as business and ' went to work on it. The Com­ pany, when contacted, claimed shipping is concerned. they had no knowledge of what This week we paid off an Alcoa had happened. It seems rather tub, the Cyrus W. Fields. She strange as the overtime was turn­ tied up here after a two month ed in, and on payoff day there trip, and upon boarding her we were informed that there were was no record of it on the payroll no disputes concerning overtime. vouchers. The Company, how­ Therefore we looked forward to ever, agreed to pay the money that was due the men involved in an early payoff. this little mishap. After warming the seats of our KEEP RECORD trousers for a few hours waiting Sn men, in order that you will for the Shipping Commissioner, we got tired and contacted him collect all the money due in the in his office. We were told he future, we advise all members was checking the payroll and of ships crews to keep a record of all money and overtime that overtime sheets. When asked, in a gentlemanly is due them from the company. The Cyrus W. Fields will be way, what his reason was for It doesn't take a very smart around this port for a few weeks checking the sheets in his office, man to look at Mike Feeheny and he replied to the effect that he as she is undergoing repairs. figure out that he comes from was the Shipping Commissioner She will then be turned over to sturdy Irish stock. That he does, in this port, and would pay off the South Atlantic SS Co. emigrating from the Erin Isle at Shipping should pick up in this all ships his way. We were then the turn of the century. And a informed that the ship would pay port in a few months, as we un­ fine broth of a man is he, with a derstand the fair city of Jackson­ off the next day. record as a Union militant that ville is going to spend a few could be envied by many other PULLING THEIR RANK bucks and have the harbor workers in many other unions. Well fellas, it looks like the dredged so the bigger ships can Michael Feeheny is from the Coast Guard is starting to use and come in and out of this port. So Black Gang, and damned proud enforce some of the new author­ we will be looking forward to a he is of the men who labor below ity that was given to them by the few coastwise runs popping into decks "to keep the vessel moving. so-called law makers in Wash­ this city of sunshine. | Mike knows whereof he speaks ington. Well, that seems to be all of because he has been sailing as Things began to pop the next the news that we have to report, FOW since he first started in morning when the payoff started from this branch at the present, 1910, as a Wiper on the old St. time. If any of you old salts . . . Instead of disputing the over­ time involved, the Company took would like to turn poet we sure Louis of the American Lines. Like many other Americans of it upon itself to strike all over­ have some nice material down time from the sheets and not in­ here. Any type that you may ask Irish descent, Mike was one of for can be found around this the first to fight in World War I, clude it in the payroll. and when the Atlantic Sun was When the crew found they had town. torpedoed and sunk 300 miles off the coast of Scotland, Feeheny was aboard her. Not only that, but he got his ribs crushed in the action and was eight months on has back before he could sail again. By W. H. SIMMONS JOINED ISU The Patrolmen Say... Clean Payoffs In Philly PHILADELPHIA — We've heard of good skippers but our hats are off to one of the finest Captains who ever sailed the seven seas — Captain Carl Nor­ man of the SS Pecham. We paid off this vessel without a beef, and the crew had the highest praise for both Captain Norman and the Chief.Engineer, Michael Feeheny Gold Coast Stays Busy Settling Beefs And Winning Victories SAN FRANCISCO — In the port of Frisco none of the com­ panies get away with any mon­ key business. We handle the beefs, large and small, as they come, and vvc have been for­ tunate enough to settle practical­ ly all of them. ,, Just recently we won a victory for the crews of the Richard W. Dixey, Waterman, and the Eben Linnell, South Atlantic. These ships sailed for Japan and were left there, then the men were re­ patriated on the Marine Swal­ low. The Waterman Steamship Company tried to pull a fast one, and refused to pay the full sub­ sistence for each day that the men were on the beach in Korea. We took the matter up with them, and after applying a little pressure, they agreed to pay the money due. All members of the Richard W. Dixey crew can obtain this money by writing to the com­ pany, care of Captain Coleman, 310 Sansome Street, San Fran­ cisco. WIN THEM ALL Waterman also had to back water in the case of the New Zealand Victory which paid off last week with the men getting transportation back to the east. This started to become a major beef, and it was only the soli­ darity of the crew members that made it possible for us to win this one without even more fuss. Right now this place is boom­ ing with the Eagle Wing Vic­ tory in from a six month trip. the Blue Ridge Victory -in from France, and the Benjamin Chew from practically around the cor­ ner—Baltimore. With so many ships here, it gives us a chance to renew acquaintance with some men whom we haven't seen in years. The news of the contiact sign­ ed with Waterman and Mississip­ pi made a big splash out here. After reading the new wage scales, all the men out here went on record as saying that "the fin­ est Negotiating Committee in the world" is representing the SIU in the negotiations in New York. Keep up the excellent work, men. ATTENTION! If you don't find linen when you go aboard your ship, notify the Hall at once. A telegram from Le Havre or Singapore won't do you any good. It's your bed and you have to lie in it. Friday, Auguat 9, 1946 G. H. Deagle. May both of these men always sail with SIU crews. The SS Antinous came into Port with no beefs and made a clean payoff, which is very un­ usual for a Waterman steamship. But this oddity was due to a fine Skipper and Chief Engineer working in perfect harmony with a good crew. It just goes to show what, per­ fect harmony can be attained aboard ship when you have a right Captain, Chief Engineer and a crack crew. Our hats are off, with a word of thanks, to Captain W. P. Adams and Chief Engineer W. Dick of the SS Antinous. Maj' they always come into Philadelphia the same way. "Blacfeie" Cardullo Tony Forgione Some Observations On Recent Operations American newspaper publish­ ers had an additional reason re­ cently to believe that they could not exist under a Fascist dicta­ torship. Spain-'s Generalissimo Franco announced that newspa­ pers and magazines would be prohibited from printing pictures of girls in bathing suits. Next on the schedule is expected an order decreeing that both participants in a bull fight must wear pants. if:: ..'i I sort of figured that it was the only way that we could ever get anything." So that is .the story of Michael Feeheny, an Irishman who didn't want to become a policeman and became a seaman instead. And wasn't satisfied with just beipg a seaman, but insisted in becoming a militant trade union seaman. In the period between wars, He has always done a good job Mike took out his love for ac­ for his adopted country and for tion by sailing and by working his Union. as a volunteer for the Union. He joined the old ISU, and was on the picketline during the troubles that marked the seamen's fight for their rights during 1921-1922. "We got off the SS Artemus, the largest freighter of its kind (Continued from Page 7j, at that time," he says, "and we walked off in a body to join the taking this matter up with offi­ line. The finks tried to make cials here and will advise you the ship after that, but they sure further as soon as I have an of­ ran into loaBs of trouble." ficial report. The period after that was un­ • "With every good wish, I am eventful. Mike sailed regularly Sincerely, as possible, spent his time ashore Dick Russell" in the historic tradition of mer­ KEEP ON WRITING , chant seamen everywhere, and These answers are results. The found life too pleasant to think Senators must turn these com­ seriously about getting married plaints over to the proper com­ or raising a family. So as a con­ mittees. They themselves are al­ sequence, he is theoretically a ready on. committees (Russell is bachelor. on the Committee on Immigra­ In 1936 and 1937, Brother tion and George is on the Com­ Feeheny went up to the Great mittee on Finance), therefore Lakes to try his luck as an in­ they they can't give the matter land sailor, and also to do what the personal attention they would he could to organize the seamen like to. in that section. He was firmly Their answers are not just convinced that the area was double talk. The thing to bear in strongly pro-SIU, and events mind, however, is the fact that have borne out his contention. one or two complaints don't mean This war saw Mike in a slightly a thing. It is the duty of every less precarious position than that seamen to write to his Congress­ which he occupied in the last men and let them know how con­ one. Of course, he had his share ditions are. Since they don't use of battling subs and bon,bers, but these hospitals themselves, they he never took a dunking as a only know what they are told. These Congressmen are your result of enemy action. When asked about the 1941 Bonus representatives just the same as Strike he says, "I was on the the officials of this Union are, picketline in that one, too. I only in a different category. As started picketing when I was you would bring beefs to your young and just kept right at it. Union representatives when they t 4. 4 Labor editors are frequently critical of the manner in which the daily press • constantly dis­ torts labor news. West Coast la­ bor editors were agreed, however, last week that they had finally come across one story (it appear­ ed in the Los Angeles Times) that didn't distort the labor an­ gle a bit. The crucial sentence of the story read: "The Wage Sta­ bilizations Board announced that henceforth its official policy in connection with disputes and strikes of this kind would be cmfwyp rtsqngd ETAOIN SHRD LU from Seattle to Southern Cal­ ifornia." Savannah Oldtimers Praise Seafarers Negetiating Committee pertain to Union affairs, so you must bring beefs to your Con­ gressmen when they pertain to your personal welfare. When you read this article, no matter where you are or what you are doing, stop everything and take out enough time to write your Congressmen. If you don't know their names we'll find out for you and if you don't know how to word the letter vye'll help you. COAST GUARD AGAIN If we had bombarded the Sen­ ate with letters on the Coast Guard beef we would have got results. At is it we are now sad­ dled with them for life. Let's not lose this hospital beef. And remember also, that this is another beef against the Coast Guard, which is mostly respon­ sible for the conditions that pre­ vail today in our Marine Hos­ pitals. Incidently, if it's possible, I be­ lieve it would be a good idea to post the names of the Sena­ tors who voted on Truman's Re­ organization Plan and let us know how each one voted. We should know who are for us and who are not, so that we can vote accordingly when these people |o up for reelection. �i TBB SEAFARERS %P G Friday. August 9, 1946 New Orleans Wins 1338 Hour Beef For Flagstaff Victory Crew-Plus Young Oldtimer Page Ht^ Shipowners' Clipsheet Spiels Fairy Story Of Ship Slopchest By C. J. (BUCK) STEPHENS 'I NEW ORLEANS — A major overtime beef was squared away here this week with the orew of the SS Flagstaff Victory, Robin Lines, netting the cash equiv­ alent of 1338 slraiglit hours for overtime performed during the voyage' to Greece and return. Several hours at the rate of $3.00 for longshore work were also gained. The demand for the longshore rate of pay came about at sea on Memorial Day when one of the horses, which the vessel was car­ rying to Greece for UNRRA, kicked the bucket. For the work involved in the disposal of the carcass, the Mate okayed pay­ ment at the rate of 90 cents an . hour, but the crew contended it was working cargo. We settled the beef at the Hol­ iday longshore rate, and every­ one was happy, except the com­ pany official who stated that the Robin Line could have bought Man-O-War or Assault for what it cost to throw the dead horse over the side. CASH FOR COOKS With nine cattlemen aboard the ship, the company failed to put an extra man in the Stew­ ards department. Our demand won 14 hours for each day, which was split up among the members of the Galley gang, plus 45 extra hours for the 2nd Cook and Baker. The slopchest squawks were highlighted by the report that of the 20 white shirts brought aboard the Skipper took 14. But he was a fair-minded man. He put up the remaining six shirts to be raffled among the crew. I collected a few bucks for the Seafarers Log, with a $5.00 do­ nation coming from Louis Basle, an UNRRA cattletender, who stated that , he never met a bet­ ter bunch of men than this SIU crew. Before leaving the ship in Greece to go to school, he gave the Deck Delegate the money to give to the Log fund, where he thought it would do good. There are no beefs hanging fire oh this ship, now. The crew was a good one. Delegates were: James Connors, Deck; John Lemken. Steward; and Joe Kelly, En­ gine. Most of the crew flew to New York, and from latest reports one of the gang got air sick on the way up. By JOE to turn it over to the Purser as NEW YORK — Honestly, feldisputed. He disputed and re­ 'ows, I didn't know what a swell fused to turn in the overtime for the Oiler on the 8 to 12 watch deal we have going to sea until who had relieved for supper the I read an article in the Ameri­ Oiler on the 4 to 8. But this can Merchant Marine News, put Bucko was straightened out. The out for the benefit of newspaper company relieved him of his du­ editors by the American Mer­ ties. chant Marine Institute. Most of the articles in this issue, dated The crew had a list of 23 items July 29, 1946, play fast and loose for repairs and requisitions. This ••••,• . .> mmmSm-MM with the truth, but one in par­ in addition to the five disputed ticular stood out as either comedy items in overtime. The men were on six-months articles, but 11 of or plain barefaced lying. the crew paid off under mutual Did you know that the slop­ consent. Strange as^it may seem, Richard Martinez looks pret­ chest on board ship offers "a wide the 11 replacements would not ty young to be an oldtimer. variety of better goods at cheaper sign on until I had okayed the But he is. He has been ship­ prices than are available on scow's stores, repairs, disputed ping for more years than he shore?" overtime, etc. The repairs were like to remember or admit to. Did you know that at the slopmade, overtime squared away, and all requisitions made, with WINDING UP THE STRIKE TALLY the exception of the mattresses which the company was unable to procure at the time, but prom­ ised to have for the following voyage. The Oregon Fir then sailed with all hands contented that the job was well done, and that the Skipper had been taken down a notch or two. They felt reas­ sured that no First Assistant could run any SIU ship as the rejected First had attempted to. Chicago Has A Good Week By HERBERT JANSEN CHICAGO — Shipping as a whole has been pretty fair for the last two weeks. As a result there are not many rated men around. The Sand Ship Ameri­ can should be calling for her crew in the -very near future. She was scheduled for operations June 1st, but lack of materials held her up. As she will come off the ways"" forty three feet longer, the boys will have to rearrange their timing of mess call. . An invitation from Joe Curran was received here asking us to attend a meetmg in Cleveland to work out the problem of a forty hour week for the seamen on the Lakes. If memory serves me cor­ rectly it wasn't too long ago .that we were fighting with our backs to the wall to secure seamen's benefits while Curran's boys sat back and looked the other way. FREE LOADERS Of course, when we emerged victorious they wailed loud and long that they were sold down the river, and iiiuiiediately asked for the things we won. We have in the past, and will continue in the future to carry out our own fight for seamen's rights. His­ tory has proven that the policy set by the SIU has always been the pacemaker on the Great Lakes. The SIU lost a very good mem­ ber with the passing of Brother William Lewis, Book No. 2719. OREGON FIR ARRIVES ' He died July 9th, of a heart at­ But the Flagstaff Victory was tack, while ashore. He is sur­ not the only vessel paying off vived by his wife Anna and two children. here this^week. Loaded with beefs, the Smith and Johnson MV Oregon Fir came into this port after cruising around all the God-for-saken outports where no Patrolman was able to contact the vessel. The First Assistant was a Bucko who disputed all the over­ time that he decided the men were not entitled to. He refused IJ06( The SIU Tallying Committee which announced this week the results of the referendum vote on the strike question. Sea­ farers voted 95.5 percent in favor of strike action should the current negotiations fail to produce a satisfactory agreement. Seated at the table, from left to right, are J. Arabasz, P. J. McCann, and D. Whittaker. Standing, in the same order: J. McCullough, G. Suit and Lonnie Grantham. Count Of Strike Ballot Ends; 'Yes' Wins, As Operators Sign In a record referendum vote, CIU membership voted heavily in favor of strike action if "a satisfa.ctory agreement on wages and working conditions cannot be reached." • Final results an­ nounced by the Tally Committee showed 95.5 per cent for the strike alterative. ALGINA chest you can purchase whitebroadcloth shirts at $1.92 each, white cotton shorts at prices from 46 to .58 rents a pair, or rubber raincoats at $4.89 each? Other bargains include ink at nine cents a bottle, pocket combs at four cents each, shoe polish for seven cents a can, and candy bar.s for three cents each, 75 cents for a whole box. JUST NOT TRUE All this is very interesting to the merchant seamen because w© are all looking for the .ships on which these prices are charged. It has been the experiences of. every seaman Jhat I have talked to that the arlicles sold on ship­ board were of inferior quality, and were sold for much more than their real worth. Not only that, but theer is always a scar­ city of goods, and what there is is usually grabbed by the officers before the unlicensed personnel can even get close to the slop­ chest. We wish that what the AMMI tells the world was really true'. It is about time that the com­ panies stopped taking advantage of seamen merely because they are away from land, and there- fore unable to drop down to the corner store for anything they need. We don't want to call names at the AMMI, but maybe they can tell me why seamen carry as much stationery, shav­ ing cream, razor blades, etc., with them when they go aboard, if prices are so low aboard ^the vessels. The AMMI can fool the world aas much as they want to, and as ^ much as they can get away with... But they had better make sure that their slopchest doesn't fall into the hands of seamen—we know the score. manent contract with these com­ panies not materialize, and strike action becomes necessary, the date will be set'in a manner con­ sistent with the democratic tra­ ditions of the SIU. Members of the Tallying Com­ mittee were G. Suit, Lonnie Grantham, J. McCullough, P. J. The number of ballots cast was McCann, J. Arabasz and D. "Whit­ taker. extremely heavy, with the pro­ portion of "yes" votes being just about the same in all ports. Vot­ ing was heaviest in New York. New Orleans and Philadelphia were next in line in total num­ bers of votes cast. By PAUT. GONSORCHIK The balloting began on .Tnly 1 and ended on July 31. All ports NEW YORK — Shipping has order. I would like to point out then transmitted their ballots to slowed down somewhat in the New York for tabulation by the past weeks, but no more than that they are not to be running to company offices for jobs. Certain Tallying Committee. was expected with negotiations Stewards, apparently, don't know The question, to be voted as taking place. However, the in­ that some changes have been "yes" or "no," was phrased; "Are terim agreement, which was made, and believe that the prac­ you in favor of authorizing your signed eaplier in the week with tice is still being carried on. Secretary-Treasurer to call a the operators, probably will step IVHy advice is that these men strike in the event a satisfactory up activity. discontinue applying at the com­ agreement on wages and work­ The Waterman Company, al­ pany offices. Your allegiance is ing conditions cannot be reach­ ready signed up with the SIU, is to the SIU, and not to the com­ ed?" now plying its ships on regular pany. The Union will place you The call for strike action is, of runs between New York and men in jobs. course, contingent upon the pro­ Rotterdam, Antwerp and BremShip's Delegates are requested gress made in the negotiations erhaven. The Waterman vessels to check all members aboard with the operators. are also making several runs to their vessels for assignment Thus far the Waterman, Mis­ Far Eastern ports. cards. If they come across any sissippi and Overtakes outfits member who has shipped GET WISE have already signed contracts through the company offices, the with the SIU. The other com­ It appears that there are still Delegates are to notify the Union panies have signed interim agree­ some Chief Stewards who are officials, so that formal charges ments for a period of 30 days. unaware of the shipping rules, can be brought against the vio­ Should negotiations for a per­ and that some clarification is in lator. Stick To Union Shipping Rules Is Advice Of SIU Dispatcher -.: ••--If.: 'i-f;ir.i^•'! • --•,;..i.' . �TIl% SEAFARERS LGG Tsn Friday, August 9, IS46 SHIPS' MINUTES AND NEWS THE SS JOHN GIBBON GOES TO POLAND Voyage A Real Hell With Kyska Skipper With Captain Jacobsen aboard, the SS Kyska might be more aply named the "SS Hell-OnThe-High-Seas." He gave the crew a helluva bad time on its recent trip to Belgium and back, and the men want the Bucko bounced. A letter to Red Truesdale, Philadelphia Port Agent, dis­ closed the Kyska men's feelings. The letter, signed by Charles Cramp and Cecil Rush, chairman and secretary,-respectively, of the final shipboard meeting held at Gas-Laden Lee Winds Up At Arsenal The trouble laden SS Francis Lee with 600 tons of leaking mus­ tard gas will finally wind up at -the Edgewood, Md., arsenal for disposal of her lethal cargo. The vessel, on which 19 SIU crew­ men received burns from the German mustard gas carried from Antwerp to Mobile, has al­ ready been removed from two ports. At Mobile, where about 50 longshoremen were burned try­ ing to remove the dangerous car'go, the local citizenry raised a loud protest over the Army Chemical Warfare Service's de­ cision to unload the ship there. sea July 28, as the vessel was nearing port, said, in part: ". . . It (the crew) is open for' advice from you, and will take any steps you may deem advis­ able for the betterment of con­ ditions -nboard this vessel. The crew is 100 per cent SIU, and 100 per cent cooperative in this mat­ ter .. . If necessary, they will hit the dock and remain there until the condition which existed on this trip are removed . . . "The key beef is the removal of J. Jacobsen as Master of this ship. The crew, feels that he is the cause of all dissension to be found aboard, and will let you be the judge . . ." GOOD UNIONEERS The crew signed on the Kyska June 19, with the vessel bound for Antwerp and Rotterdam via New York. The vessel was in good condition and the crew were good SlUers. On previous trips, said the Black Gang Delegate, the Captain apparently had a bunch of maritime school boys whom, he could bull-doze. The staunch Union crew on this trip was dis­ comforting to Jacobsen. From the moment the Kyska pulled away from Philly, evi- SHlSrt K-SBAB AMP (SAZOOKS ! WILL THE The Army had destroyed 120 large bombs — 500 and 1000 pounders—on the beach of Horn Island, off Pacagoula, Miss., with­ out misshap. MOVED TO CHARLESTON Responding to the Mobile out­ cry, Secretary of War Patterson ordered the vessel moved to Charleston, S. C., in an effort to place the Lee somewhere so that the lethal gas could be unloaded ' into barges to be burned or sunk. *The other alternative was to. sink the 10,000 ton Liberty along with its cargo, which was German-made and confiscated from the Wehrmacht. But at Charleston the crewless Lee was very unwelcome, and Senator Maybank appealed to Patterson to get it out of the South Carolina port immediately. Chemical Warfare Service, after an unhappy seven weeks of try­ ing to find a spot for the job of imloading, then redirected the vessel from Charleston to the Edgewood arsenal on the Ches­ apeake Bay. At the arsenal the gas will be xmloaded by ex­ perienced personnel and burned. ' 1 Brother Luis Ramirez, Fireman aboard the SS John Gibbon, loaded his camera when the vessel made for Poland. These shots are some of the results. Topt Smoko billows from wajfeliouse near where Gibbon was docked. The ship pictured above is the Swedish line, Gripsholm, as she steam­ ed past the starboard side of the Gibbon. Directly above, at the left sitting alone, is a Seafarer identified only as Joe, "an oldtimer and good Union man." At the right is the Gibbon's Chief Cook, Brother Ramirez, and Smitty, the Ship's Delegate. Wanted: One Contract Interpreter For Rutgers' Skipper WON RELEASE The Francis Lee arrived in The deck crew that signed on crew was told to eat ashore. No Mobile in June, when the crew the SS Rutgers Victory recently, subsistence was paid and the reported the miserable conditions didn't know they were supposed they experienced coming across in to bring along a valet, their own SOT TUB VAUET, THS the gas contaminated ship. The lunch and a copy of the wage UUMCrt BOX SIU won for the crew a release agreement written in words of AMP from the articles, after the Seas one syllable. The Skipper started the ball Shipping Company had previous­ ly refused requests from the crew rolling by telling the crew that to be realed from the danger­ Burns SS Co. had not notified ous proximity to the noxious gas- him by any new SUP agreement All the way over, the crew re­ and so as far as he was con­ ported, fumes were leaking from cerned the old wage agreement the gas bombs, and penetrating still held good. Before the men completely re­ the crew's foc'sles. The men were living in the gas atmos­ covered from this "lulu," the gal­ phere 24 hours a day, I ley range broke down and the r; men who. were broke went hun­ gry. The Steward didn't even bother to put out a cold limch. dences of the Skipper's hellishness began. Here are some of the reasons for the crew's contention, gleaned from the Delegates' reports: On the outbound voyage, the crew received a ration of three cartons of cigarettes, while the 12 passengers could purchase all they wanted, according to a no­ tice posted in the lounge. In Flushing, Belgium, ten pilots boarded the ship. When they left, two ABs on watch noticed they were car;{/ing cigarettes ashore. In Antwerp, the Captain search­ ed the crew's quarters. The dele­ gates asked if they could accom­ pany the .searching party through the officers' quarters. The an­ swer was a booming "No." Some cigarettes had been found in the forepeak, and the crew was, na-. turally, blamed. However, the Chief Engineer remarked the next day, that if Customs had ben five minutes earlier, he'd have been, caught with his pants down. But the officers' quar­ ters were never searched. The Steward, still batting 100 per cent, followed this up with stony silence to the charge that SPECIAL PRICE the Bosun's and Carpenter's quarters had not been cleaned or The slopchest was opened out the b^unks made from July 2ftth of New York. A 24-bar box of five cent candy was sold to the; to. July 29th. If everyone is going to, he hap­ crew for $1.25—cash only. The py when this ship weighs an­ radio operator handling the chest chor, the Captain and the Stew­ said that the candy was the Skip­ ard had better get a copy of per's little private business item. From the date of departuxej thp agreement between the SUP and the Burns SS Co. {Continued on Page 11) ' �Friday. August 9, 1946 5^. I THE SEAFARERS LOG Ps^a E1«T^ Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings BRAZIL VICTORY. April 21 —Chairman Terrington: Secre­ tary Carlson. Accepted dele­ gates' reports. Good and Weifare; Motions carried; Put radio and clock in PC Mess; Purser to stop rationing cigar­ ettes; to find out why hospital was used for carrying passen­ gers instead of being reserved for sick crewmembers; to have Patrolman present and check medical supplies before leaving home port; fumigate ship in New Orleans; notify Agent to take up with company ques­ tion of having mail forwarded in foreign ports; repair bunks and lockers, and to get a grill for mess. % X No Noise Please, We're Off The Air His Excellency, the Rt. Hon. Radio Operator of the SS Earlham Victory just can't seem to get his sleep in. The vigors of da-da-de-da-da-da bruise his bi­ ceps so that he isn't fit for any­ thing but plowing around in his sack. To make certain his 24-hour slumber isn't disturbed, this ham shuts off the radio 24 hours a day, says the ship's minutes. Nice shift—24 off and 24 off. If it work, that is. At the membership meeting, the crew voted to have the Ship's Delegate see the Skipper about the possibility of getting this 'round - the - clock - snooze into something approaching an up­ right position. XXX TOPA TOPA. April 13 — Chairman Guy Whilehursl; Sec­ retary N. Gillman. Ten hours disputed overtime for carpen­ try work. Good and Welfare: Black Gang cooperate with Wipers to keep their head and showers clean. Passengers in­ terfere with men on watch by buying at Slop Chest same time as crew. Motions carried: thad delegate see Captain about ar­ ranging hours for each, and having cake, candy and gum added to slop chest. Watch to be served first at a certain as­ signed table in mess; drinking fountain in mess to be repaired; crew make less noise during mealtime and when back aft while men off watch are sleep­ ing. CECIL N. BEAN, June 23— Chairman Fred Bura; Secre­ tary Paul Nagy. Departments reported no overtime or beefs. Motions carried: that all mem­ bers keep their books in gOod standing at all times by paying dues six months in advance; fines collected to be turned over to Seafarers Log; members donate $1.00 to hospital fund. Good and Welfare: Things to be done before new crew signs on: New coffee urns be installed in pantry; toastmasters for use by crew; new or better refrigerator for mess; have messhall radio speaker in working order. XXX CHARLES B. AYCOCK, June 25—Chairman T. Suttler; secretary not noted). Motion made that as the position re­ garding the overtime payable to the Stewards Dept. for the carrying of passengers home­ ward bound seems to be some­ what obscure that the whole matter be referred to a Patrol­ man for settlement. Motion carried unanimously that the Steward be thanked for his co­ operation. TORRENCE HILLS, April 23 —Chairman Alton Booth; Sec­ retary W. Cr Jones. Minutes of previous meeting read and ac­ cepted. A member of Stew­ ard Department, who claims to be a book member in good standing lost his book. Matter to be investigated. Discussion with trip carders on history and advantages of SIU. Dis­ cussion on-member who claims his book is over one yecur in arrears. When asked to pay off he said he would do so at Com­ pany office. He was instructed to pay off on ship like the others. X X \ A Stinking Shame On Ouchita Victory The Crew of the SS Ouchita Victory took one whiff and hastily thumbed through their copies of the contract agreement Alas, no penalty cargo provision for carrying cattle. Batting away the flies and holding their noses, they hastily called a meeting. It was decided to petition the Union asking for penalty cargo on cattle carrying ships of this type. XXX SEAFAREf LOG IS YOUR PAPER. E\/ER.r7T^BER HAS -THB RIGHT To HAVE IT A'IAIUED To HIS Ho/vie, WHtKE HeAWDHiSTAMluY CAM ReAViTATlUeiR, UlSURE. IF Ybu HAVEAi'T A1.^^6APV VONB SO, SEND YOUR, NAME ANP ADDRESS TDTHE LOG (OFFICE, 51 BEAVER STREET, WEvV "|foRK4,M,Y. 7W^ CUT AND RUN By HANK AZAtEA CITY. June 23— Those big people in Washington who voted big-lump, higher Chairman Jack Sims; Secretary wages and tax-free thousand-dollar expense money for themselves Heinfling. Delegates saw Cap­ also passed, rather miraculously, a bill making merchant seamen tain in regards to increasing eligible for unemployment relief. The labor professors in the NMU the ciguette ration and were are tearing out their red hairs and regretting they didn't help their informed that supply was suf­ membership a little more in their recent Hollywood-fashioned atom ficient only to allow one car­ bomb splash of political policy and maritime worker's needs. This ton per week. Ice-maker on week we shaped up another Friday column of chop suey, too . . . ship was useless and ice was According to a hot rumor, Jack (Aussie) Shrimpton, promoted him­ put aboard in Panama. - Ice sup­ self and his poetry into the pages of some future copy of the Sat­ ply was exhausted in two weeks urday Evening Post! and since that time no cold X X X X drinks have been served. It Meet Spurgeon Woodruff: There's three big things about was agreed to contact SIU Hall Mm. He's a big Texas man. He carries a big mustache on his concerning the question af an face making him look a little good looking. And he loves to eat adequate slop chest aboard the beans. Brother Woodruff just came back from a trip down the ship. Suggestion that the Dele­ islands on the Cape Halleras, with one of our swell shipmates. gates see the Captain about a Lucky Lee Luciano. The only way anybody can stop Woodruff draw of American money in from making these swell island trips is by shooting him. He Shanghai. It was further sug­ loves to sail those Bull Line wagons because they have bean gested that a list be drawn farms and keep emptying all their beans aboard their ships to showing the rate of exchange satisfy their crews. between American and Chin­ i i i. 4. ese money. Committee elected Our pal, Jimmy Saliba, one of the swellest and luckiest guys to contact any Isthmian ships in vicinity. Good and Wel­ we met when we organized a ship this past winter, just blew into fare: Motions carried: To write the hall with his arm in swell condition and a ship under MaLog office to have Log mailed legs ready to go to the Philippines . . . We're wondering if Charles WgAf2-rH€'BMlS?/ to Shanghai; Crew to take bet­ (Carioca) Benway is the Carioca Red we heard so much about from CJF IfOUi ter care of equipment in rec­ one of his pals. Peg Leg Anderson? . . . Walter "Buddy" Bennett got in from Boston and turned to on a hot one for Nova Scotia . . . reation room. Alex Janowski is down in Baltimore right now. Say, Ski, are you on a ship or coming to New York? . . . That humorous bellyrobber, Joe Ryan, stopped baking fresh pokes for a minute last week and cooked a juicy tribute to Bill Vidal here in town right now, as being one of the best cooks in the bellyrobbing business. The fact that if the drill had been into foul weather. She pitched, (Continued from Page 10) the real thing the crew might rolled, and hounred like a rub­ X X X X the Chief Mate turned to with We wonder where Florida's pride and joy of a bilgey ship­ the deck men eight hour a day. have sustained serious injury ber ball. The Chief Mate, who The delegate pointed out to the didn't move the Captain one bit. was learning rapidly from his mate, Tommy Taylor (nicknamed Pop one Isthmian trip) could be right now? Not painting the oranges down there, by any Captain that the Male was doing He told the complaining dele­ Biirkn Skipper, issued an order more than one man's work. That gate that the crew could "crawl to have the men wash down the chance? . . . Johnny Flynn left for Greener Pastures down in decks. Knowing the job would was up to him, the Skipper re­ or step over the passengers." Baltimore . . . Steve Girolmo had a big smile on his mustached endanger the men's lives, the plied. face two weeks ago because he had a ship for Italy. Easy on PROFANE During a rainstorm in Ant­ wining and dining, Steve! . . . The reason why there aren't Captain Jacobsen believes in Bosun rescinded the order, and werp, Brother Keller of the crew, the use of Norwegian steam even the decks weren't downed until any ships on the board these days is because the dispatchers asked the Mate's permission to though it might mean serious in­ there was calm.er weather. ran out of chalk, says Bob Kennedy, the curly-haired humorist bring aboard a .visitor he had jury to the men at work. At one . . . Dick 'Xucky" Falls paid off the Blue Ridge Victory in The indictments continue with waiting ashore for him. The Mate point the Bosun requested the beefs on slopchest prices, clear­ Frisco and airplaned his way into New York. stormed with "No women will use of the winches for heavy ance for liberty, and licensed of­ X X X X come aboard while I am the work on deck, but he was refused ficers grabbing off overtime work, Meet Robert Rutledge: New Orleans is his town because one Mate." Following day, the Chief the use of steam by the Chief etc. of his best pals is down there named Lil. Out of about a thousand Engineer had a female visitor Engineer. Jacobsen was inform­ All. three departments on the friends he know^ his best pals can be counted on his two hands— aboard. (The Mate probably got ed of this. "The men on this Kyska supported the charges which makes New York a slightly lonely town for him without a temporary leave of absence ship are the worst bunch of against the Skipper, and their one or two of them anchored in here right now. He laughs every during this visit). goddam sailors I have ever seen," cooperation throughout the voy­ time he thinks of how Red Pencil Perkins blows his well-worn-out age on all matters was exemplary. gasket and gets the overtime horrors whenever that man sees On July 25, there was an inci­ he bellowed in reply. dent that might have had serious , The crew's request for decent The Deck and Engine men made Brother Rutledge grinning and waiting to sign off the articles. consequences. During a fire and soap prompted this sage observa­ special mention of the Stewards 4* 4* 4 4' boat drill, the crew was forced tion from Jacobsen the Joker: department. Frank Waller's wife Tina sure would love lo sail fhe ships "to crawj and jump over the pas­ "The sailors are no more than a with him. Anyway, literally she's a Seafarer, too, and a dreamy "The Galley gang, are a good sengers' steamer chairs on deck. bunch of pimps." sailor, too, even without any trips. The only voyage she made bunch, and capable. They are a These chairs were at the top of was the recent one to the waterfront to see Frank and his pah Homeward-bound the ship was credit to the Union," said the rethe only lead to the boat deck." light. In the channel the Kyska ports. in from a trip on the William Maclay . . . Voyage Real Hell With Kyska Skipper �^ige Twelve THE S E AF ARERS LOG rriday, August a, iaea THE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS LINE CHANGES BUT COMMIES REMAIN SAME BY THE ZEE, BY THE BEAUTIFUL ZEE Dear Editor: This letter is being written in an attempt to clarify a number of problems which have arisen due to the ever changing "line" of the American Communist Party. Contrary to their policy during the war, the "line" has recently veered decidedly to the left. While the war lasted — and while Russia was directly in­ volved—high production at any cost without strike and collabora­ tion with the vested industrial in­ terests was the order of the day\ Now Russia is no longer an ac­ tive ally of the U. S. Rather, Russia is a competitor and a rival for spheres of influence in world trade and politics. r So, the "line" has changed. Here's some evidence that Seafarers lean to the romantic side. Two crew members of the SS Don­ Now the role of American com­ ald S. Wright and their dates sip some bubble gas in a Rotterdam, Netherlands, rendezvous. At munism is super-militant radical­ the left is Brother Freddie Wilkins and his escort, while across the table, and looking pretty ism, of course, still under the well acquainted, are Brothar Matt Nolan and lady. thumb of Uncle Joe -in Moscow. One is supposed to forget the col­ laboration and pro-capitalism of The Patrolman denied having an­ BROTHER STATES tlie war years. Browder was the BROTHER AUNE swered the phone. The Messfall guy who took the rap for DIFFERS WITH STEWARDS' SIDE man swears he did. Then the everything in that period. Brow­ Patrolman and the rest of the IN FRISCO BEEF der was the whipping boy, and ERIC UPCHURCH Department sort of had words. I Foster re-emerged as the leader Dear Editor: Dear Editor: realized that if permitted to con­ of the super-militant movement. In the last Log, dated July 26th, This is in reply to Brother Sim­ tinue there would be trouble, on page nine we have an article mons' blast against the Stewards sure as hell, so I told the boys to NOW 'MILITANT' This new role of militancy and by Brother Upchurch under the Department of the New Zealand get off the ship. liberalism makes it more diffi­ heading "Look Here." Brother Victory in the July issue of the We were all full book members cult for the average person to Upchurch seems to be worrying Seafarers Log. Brother Simmons and strictly for the Union. None recognize the died-in-the-wool about getting the undertakers does not quite tell the whole has ever had any trouble aboard communist. Being for many pro­ and embalmers organized—which story, at least not our side of it. ship before, and don't want any gressive things which most lib­ of course is a swell idea. Per­ When the New Zealand Vic­ in the future, and the Union is erals are in favor of, it's more sonally the only time I would be tory pulled into San Francisco, bound to suffer. This letter is difficult now to separate them as worrying about undertakers, etc., there were no beefs on her, and just for the record, to show that the parasites of true liberalism is if we lose our present bout we were told that we would be this unfortiuiate situation pre­ which they actually are. Only with the shipowners for a new paid off the next day. vented us from standing by un­ agreement, which of course we , The following day, after lunch, til the beef was settled. can't lose. And also for the record, we In the July 19th issue the same one Messman called the Union paid our own way t& New York brother had an article about dra­ Hall. Whoever he spoke to told out of our own pocket, and we matics or theatricals. I for one him that we (the Stewards De­ think that we are entitled to partment) were not going to get certainly would like to see Broth­ transportation money from the our transportation fare, and was ers A. Tevik and Paddy Han­ company. sen, etc., do the light fantastic in, very nasty and offensive. Later, the Patrolman came Samuel Sawyer say "Over the Waves" but it sure (Stewards Dept. Del.) would require a lot of T N T aboard and a meeting was held. to get them started. In these times when so much is at stake for the SIU let us con­ centrate on the matters at hand THE LOOK-OUT'S LAMENT and not use the Log for irrele­ By JACK (AUSSIE) SHRIMPTON when international problems vant matters such as the above. Trygve Aune which concern Russia or her All the deck is heaving and every rivet's groaning. sphere of influence are involved The "line" might change to­ The helmsman's sodden thought and the halyard's moaning; do they reveal their true sympa­ morrow. thies and affiliation. The sky is inky black and it's coming up to blow. Browder could conceivably be Now, more than ever, unions And I stand here thinking—of a girl I know. and all progressive groups have brought out of mothballs again, and be the knight in shining to be extremely careful that the Grey were her eyes, and her glance was clear and cool. commies or commie stooges do armor to lead a revived com­ munist party of and for the bosses Bui she wedded to another and I'm just a goofy fool. not infiltrate genuine progressive For I though maybe she loved me and I'd found my mate at last. movements under the guise of such as during the war. The present change is only a tem­ being bonafide progressives. But she keel-hauled that line 'o mush and sent me 'fore the mast. porary phase, and will change Domestic issues will usually find the commies arrayed on the when the "line" changes. So back to sea I go again, and she's behind me. You can't cooperate with com­ liberal side at the present time. Bound for the lands where nobody will mind me— So, one of the few ways to ferret munists. When you try it, they infiltrate and seize control, build­ No one but the girls with the paint upon their cheeks. them out is to raise international ing a machine to keep themselves questions about or concerning all Who will barter you their love to whomsoever seeks. forms of imperialism including in power. Whenever their rule is challenged, anc^ the chips are communism and fascism. There'll be wine and women there, and songs and laughter. down, the answer is obvious. It's RECORD OF BETRAYAL Solace lor my mind with its rotting beam and rafter. rule or ruin! Communism must be fought on When the commies can't con­ And perhaps I can forget how I lie awake and toss. the basis of what it stands for, tinue ruling a union or group of So lonely in the night watch a-thinking of my loss. and it's subservience to the So­ which they have seized control, viet hierarchy. Point to their then they ruin it. Remember Black it blows and bad. and it howls like slaughter; past record of betrayal and du­ that the next time some commie The old scow whines as she ships 'em o'er the quarter; plicity. Don't let their present asks for your support of coopera­ The sky is inky black and its coming up to blow. role of militancy and quasi- tion. With them there's no such liberalism befuddle you into thing as cooperation. It's domina­ And I stand here thinking of that girl I know. working or cooperating with tion or annihilation! Joe Grimes Ithem. r • Log -A- Rhythms Shorty By VIC COMBS Has anybody seen Shorty? When dressed he looks sporty. He's the porter at the Hall. He's always on the ball. Tho he's short and skinny, he work like H--1. He never gets tired, and he does his work well. But with all the work he does in the Hall. He still is the shortest guy of alL So. as you go through the build­ ing. And you don't see a guy near forty. Just let out a yell: "Has anybody seen Shorty?" X X a. Deep Blue Water By FRANCIS SULLIVAN Many a poor soul lost out there. Many a poor soul wonders where. Many have died, way out in the blue. They all have loved ones, as I do. too. With my heart feeling sad. I wish I could bring Happiness to live ones when their door bells ring. But those lost in the water so deep Cannot ring bells, they rest in sleep. BEEFSTEAKS UP, BROTHER WANTS HIS STAKES UPPED Dear Editor: Going nowhere is the Bull Line oldtimer SS Helen, on which eight of our SIU Brothers lost their papers for six months. Our Brothers have lost their papers, it is true, but still the Helen isn't going anywhere. Not until the Bull line signs the new wage contract with our Union. Take note; If my wife goes to the butcher shop for one and one-half pounds of porterhouse steak, the company can pay me $195.00 for on Oiler's job. I don't squawk when my wife pays $2.50 for the steak, so why should the Bull line? Juan Reyer (Editor's note: The Bull line won't squawk 'when your wife pays $2.50 for a steak. The only squawk when their own pocketbook is involved). �Frida7> Auguai 3, 1948 THE SEAFARERS LOG Victim Of Ship's Footpad Cites His Case As Lesson I II•1 SS LLOYD S. CARLSON CREWMEN BROTHER SAYS ^SEAMEN'S BILL' WOULD HELP HIM Dear Editor: Every time I read the Log I see where it says, 'Write the Log' and now I shall, as it may help me out of quite a mess. I left my suitcase in the Hall here in Norfolk during the last week of June. Two weeks later when I returned it was gone. I never heard of one being taken before, but there is always a first time. Dear Editor: This is to inform you that I have stopped sailing. I received my Merchant Marine discharge when I came back home last, and have re-entered college. I am still interested in seamen's affairs and would like to have my name on the Log mailing list. It hasn't been on before. I would also urge the support of the Seamen's "Rill of Rights" as T certainly feel the difference between the ex-GIs getting Gov­ ernment schooling and myself, who has to pay all of it. My number is A15661. K. R. Hall I can't believe it was a mis­ take, because my name was sten­ ciled on the outside and many items inside were stenciled also. Now, most important of all was the small black leather folder in the suitcase containing numer­ ous discharges from various ships and sea tugs dating back to 1934. These are the only proof I have of all my time at sea and may be the only means of keeping me out of the Army, as my draft board is breathing down my neck again. So fellows, you can see I'm not asking for sympathy, only what belongs to me. Anyone knowing where the bag is, please let me know, and if possible have it sent collect by Railway Express to my ad­ dress below. L. A. Fields, 1613 Chespeake Ave„ S, Norfolk, Va, NZ VICTORY CREW HAS PRAISE FOR RED SIMMONS Dear Editor: Dear Editor: With the deep respect which I have for our organization, I re­ gret having to mention this matter. However, I think it necessary that we do not hide matters of this kind, since they represent a very unfair attitude on the part of a very few seamen. I am a poor man, with a family to support, struggling for a livelihood at sea. On, or about, Feb. 28, I shipped on the Alcoa Pil­ grim, and was quartered in a cabin with two other Brothers. No one could enter our rooms, as we had separate keys. All went well until our arrival in Montreal, Canada. Then I lost the sum of $22.00 in American currency, and a few days later I lost 20 Bolivars in Venezuelan currency. I mentioned this matter on the vessel, but I got no results. A few days later one of the above-mentioned Brothers was seen spending $12.00 on women and whiskey. The Brother hadn't gotten a draw, as he was overdrawn and in arrears. BLEW HIS TOP Well, I did blow my top, but as I couldn't prove anything, I let it go at that. We sailed to the Islands, back to Georgetown, 'where we lt5aded bauxite for Mobile. At the last stop, in Trinidad, I took out my valise, and checked. My two wrist watches were in small card board boxes in the valise. So, I thought all was okay on our arrival here in the States. I had a lot of work fixing up my papers for miy citizenship, so I didn't check my valise until the payoff. When I got my wages, I decided to stay on the ship for an­ other voyage. Then I checked my valise. All I found were the empty cardboard boxes. The two watches—a $75.00 Bulova, and the other one which had cost me $20.00—were gone. At first I could not believe it. No one enters our quarters, but we occu­ pants. I don't like to judge, but I think it unfair, mean, lowdown, and ratty. It is a shame that some men can't make a voyage to sea without stealing the eyes out of each others' heads. And it certainly isn't fair to all the sober, hard-working, decent Brothers. CALLS FOR CAUTION Please publish this, so that the other Brothers will use caution, and not tolerate such actions ior self-gain. I, like all other Seafai-ers, am dependent on what I earn to maintain myself and family, and such loses work an extreme hardship. The men who perform such dishonest acts do not represent the majority of able, honest and Union-minded Seafarers. They should, therefore, be exposed, when possible. William Solomon SOMEONE CAN HELP BROTHER OUT OF MESS Page ThlzteeLl Top pholo shows the Deck gang of the Lloyd Carlson, which paid off in Galveston July 18. Above are the members of the Black Gang. The pictures were taken after the final shipboard meeting as the vessel was homeward bound. I would like to have a few lines in the Log to express the crew's thanks and appreciation to our Brother "Red" Simmons in re­ gard to the beefs he settled in our favor on board the SS New 7,ealand Victory. We signed articles on February 9, 1946 in New York under the impression that the transporta­ tion rider was iron clad. To our surprise after making a transPacific voyage, we found the WSA had pulled a fast one on the crew. Making matters more complicated, the Stewards dept. paid off under mutual consent, leaving the Deck department and Black Gang hold the bag. Brother Simmons assumed his responsibilities as a SIU repre­ sentative on the West Coast in a true SIU spirit. With hardly a leg to stand on, and handicapped on all points. Brother Simmons with endless and tiresome argu­ ments settled all beefs in favor of the crew. I would also like to tell crews on SIU ships sailing to the West Coast and Far East that they will meet true SIU representa­ tion here in the port of San Francisco, as we have a swell set up. I will again say—Thanks Red,' in behalf of the crew and myself. John Prescott DEAR BROTHERS: PLEASE SIGN THOSE LETTERS The Log has been receiving each week a considerable num­ ber of letter which do not bear the signatures of the writers. Practically all of them would be of interest to our readers. Policy, however, prevents the publication of any unsigned correspondence. The Log, therefore, urges, all correspondents to double-check and make certain they have HEYIUiDI SISN THAT LFTHBR r IN NEW YORK WITH A SQUAWK: PLENTY GROG, BUT NO LOG Just a minor beef: A man hits New York. It's after hours. He goes to the Midtown cafe on East 47th St. He orders a drink, and requests a Log. The drink—yes. But the Log—no. How come? You fix, yes—no? Edward Wicak, No. 21847 THE ANSWER: But of course! signed their letters. Should a writer so wish, his name will be withheld upon request. Meanwhile, the Log thanks those who have been filling its mail-bag, and asks all Seafarers to keep the mail rolling in. The Captain Takes Shirts Off Crewmembers' Backs On SS DeSoto Dear Editor: The SS De Soto is in the news again, and it will be very often until the Waterman Co. gets rid of this Captain. He is a great man for small draws of five and ten dollars. While this ship was laying in Mobile, he would not pay us our subsistence to eat on, but made us take a draw for eating money while the galley was fihut down for repairs. When the crew did get a draw, the Cap­ tain would not put one cut on his own. But the crew had to go lip and ask for it—then he took his time about putting it out. When I took this ship in Gal­ veston, I had the understanding that this Captain had plenty of trouble on the last voyage, and was going to get off when the ship got to Mobile. When the ship sailed we still had the same Captain. Now that the company has pulled away from the USA there is hell to pay. The first that happened was that they-put only damned few stores on this ship and the slopchest had very little in it. Two dozen white shirts came on board for the slopchest, but they were ne\ter put on sale. The Captain got one dozen and the others can­ not be found. We got this in­ formation from the man who de­ livered the stuff to the ship. The company was hurrying so damn fast to get the ship out be­ fore the strike, that it was piti­ ful to watch. The stores and slopchest were put aboard the last thing before we sailed and IVfVAT T>0 yoO WAMT smnroizr ITS we did not have time to check on them before saiUng time. Deck cargo was put on the day we sailed and there was no cat walk for the safety of the ci-ew. The crew lies aft on here and we have to climb over the stuff to go on watch and to eat. When we ask the Mate why there was no cat walk built before sailing he said, "Waterman Companydoes • not build cat walks any more. During the war the Gov­ ernment did that but it is peace time now and Waterman runs this ship." This Mate used to be a fish­ erman off Alaska, and makes a good oompany stiff, too. This ship started to run short of water two weeks out of the States. When we went through Panama, they took on a little water but the tanks were not filled. The water tanks have not been full at anytime since we left the States. The reason for this is that there is too much cargo tonnage and by filling the tanks all the way the ship would be too heavy. It just goes to show you how these companies work when they go back on their own. There are three evaporators on here, but they do not make enough water to keep up with what we are using. Frank J. Kane �,'>V sge Fourieen THE SEAFARERS LOG •• -if?-:':"':- Friday. August 9. 1946 NecessarySeatime Now24 Months, To Be Lowered To 18 Months, Oct. 1 {Continued front Page I) necessary for these Brothers to visions must be met before it is return and make one or more trips in order to have the 75 issued. per cent of their total time neces­ TIME REDUCED sary for certification. Otherwise, The main change in the now they're draft bait. regulations is that the qualifying Younger Seamen — Those time required as of July 15, 1946 younger seamen who have not has been reduced from 32 to 24 put in 24 months as yet, or who S. P. Anderson, $1.00; T. Luciano, Goldrick, $5.00; H. Paulsen, $5.00; D months of substantially contin­ HOUSTON $2.00; Cambell, $1.00; E. W. Disano, R. Grisham, $5.00; L, E. Simpson, $5.00; uous service. This applies to men are not likely to have 18 months INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS $100; D. Cincore. $1.00; Wm. Kelly, B. J. Earns, $5.00; William C. Guin, who are still sailing, or were at in by October 1, 1946, are likely SS Spartenburg Victory. $10.00. $2.00; J. A. Aquarone, $2,00; G, W, $5.00; J. L. Beebe, $5.00; James E. that time. In addition, there are candidates for the Armed Forces. J. W. Sutton, $2.00; W. Rozalski, Swanson, $2.00; W. Roberson, $2.00; J. Aldridge, $5.00; H. D, Laffitte, $5,00; • $1.00; A. Cangi. $1.00; G. Lass, $1.00; Gibbons. $200; Gustafsson, $5.00; Thomas Long, $5,00; J. R, Watson, four important dates to remem­ No job deferments are granted to seamen now entering the Mer­ D. Horan, $1.00; J. R. Porter, $1.00; F.dney, C. R., $3.00; Willard, $1.00; $5.00; Charles Seller, $10.00; Hugh ber. J, S Mate .tl 00; |. Derosae, $3.00; F. E. Anderson. $5.00; R. R. Hoppe, McKenna, $10.00; William A. Hayiner, chant Marine, as Selective Serv­ May 1. 1940—This is the date , G. Waas, $1.00; L. Toth, $1.00; Gon- $2.00; M. H. Bowman, $2,00, $5.00; R. P, Rooks, $3.00. ice is working on a basis of war­ after which all wartime service Salyes, $1.00; G. E. Stoops, $2.00; W. SS TILLAMOOK time service rather than job de­ GALVESTON H. Thompson, $1.00; M. L. Fuller, in the Merchant Marine is esti­ ferment. P. J. Ryan, $1.00; J. Filisky, $2.00; $2.00; R. Vandenvelt, $1.00; R. Mac INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS mated. Any time spent at sea E. H. Vallery, $3.00; Karl Jarve, $2.00; Cormick, $2.00; L. N. Gibson, $1.00; L. E. T. Biskup, $1,00; M. Williams, Men in lA—Some -Seamen who prior to this date does not figure K. A. Hellman, $2.00; J. H. Griffin, N. Gibson, $1.00; T. T. Satliff, $1.00; $2,00; S, Bellar, Jr., $2.00; J. Sauer$1,00; W, M. Middleton, $1,00; V, L, as qualifying time under the law. have been re-classified into lA G. S. Kneitz, $2.00; D. Lavender, $1.00; herer, $2.00; J. Sherrard, $2.00; J, L. Key, $2.00; F, D. Husta, $2,00; J, L, L. B. Warran, $1.00, November 15, 1945—After this are being told by their local Anderson, $2.00; M. Foster, Jr., $2,00; Gilbeath, $1.00; H. R. Youngblood, C, J, Dupree, $2.00; J. Rhoades, J, Barton, $2,00; D, Johnson, $2,00; A. date and prior to July 15, 1946, draft boards not to leave the $2.00; T. J. Calvert, Jr., $1.00; M. ' $2.00; H. A. Thomas, $1.00; O. F. Thompson, $2.00; L. Strange, $3.00; W. 32 months of substantially con­ country, but to stay ashore. How Robinson. $1.00; W. A. Matthews, $2,00; Huehneor, $2.00; J. R. Miller, $1.00; Rowlee, $3.00; S. Shupler, $2.00; J. D, B, Schaufler, $1,00; SS Tillamook— tinuous service are required to is a .SHarnan with a family going H. H. Mazuree, $1.00; G. R. Springer, Faircloth, $4.00; C. H, Clopp, $5.00; Black Bang, $7.50, qualify for a certificate. If you to support them if he doesn't $1.00; D. L. Johnson, $1.00;. H. Rivttia, Q. H. Judge, $3.00; G, Zoliner, $3.00; left the sea before this date, you leave the country? In these cases, SS HASTINGS $3.00; E. S, OIlis, $1.00; W. H. Conrs, A. Witiver, $3.00. seamen are urged to immediately $1.00; D. T. Brown, $1.00; E. T. Baker, J. Fortney, $5.00; M. Heit, $3.00; J. N, Norton, $2.00; F, M. Knight, were not covered by the law, and $2,00; L, P. Watering, $1.00; W. Kim- D. Neill, $3.00; I, Smilowitz, $3.00; P, $1.00; McLemoi;e, $1.00; P. D, Stack, must ship again, having 75 per­ write their local draft boards, brell, $1.00; R. Baird, $4.00, Gonzales, $4.00; B. C. Helsley, $5.00; $6.00; A. J. Andersen, $4,00; K, L. cent of your total time in sub­ stressing the hardship in their G. Bennemans, $4.00; J. Maren, $2,00; Piatt, $4.00; R. L. Kittelberger, $4.00; C. E, Forrest, $2.00; J, L. Oler, $1,00; case, and requesting written per­ stantially continuous service, H. Sutton, $2.00; J, B, Welch, $2.00; F. R. O'Brien, $2,00; H. W. Jacks, $2.00; L, E. Wood, $1,00; L, J, Leblanc, $2,00; mission to be allowed to ship out A. Griffin, $2.00; K. Hauptman, $2,00; July 15, 1948—^After this date J. W. Aubuchon, $2,00; C, L, Long, S, E, Qusmas, $1,00; V, R, Hadish, R. Hassey, $2,00; J. E. Mitchell, $2,00; so that they can earn a living at $3,00; E, Stoddard, $2,00; J, H. Hor- and prior to October 1, 1946, 24 $1,00; B. C. Lynn, $2.00; J. Faircloth, E. Buffington, $2,00; Wm. Morris, Jr., the only profession they know. ten, $2.00; H. Kramer, $1.00; C. V. $1,00; S, T, Bradley, $1.00; M. Harper, months of substantially continu­ $2.00; R. McGregor, $2.00; R. C, Bruce, Owens, $1.00; N, Kalinski, $2,00; S. A. $1.00; D. C. Wilson, $1.00; W. P. Wells, Draft Classifications — If you ous service are required, 75 per­ Imbouen, $1,00; A, Plutes, $1,00; E. R, Hartman, $1,00; M. B, $2.00. qualify for a Certificate of Sub­ cent of this time must be sea Hartman, $1.00; H. L. Kennedy, $1.00; BOSTON INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS stantially Continuous Service, A, G. Howe, $2.00; J. Strickland, $1.00; time or other acceptable qualify­ SS JOSEPH HEWES—$12.00, G. Jesberger, $1.00; O. Jensen, $2.00; J. J. Dugina, $1.00; D. D. Gibson, $1.00; you will ordinarily receive it in ing time. L. A. Ziembka, $1.00; E. P. Rinsey, D. T. Gilcrest, $1.00; 1. D. Millbrooks, NEW YORK from two to three weeks after $1.00; E. F. Gerald, $3.00; O, R. Rod­ October I, 1946 — After this $2.00; J. R. Thompson, $5.00; C. L. SS CARLSBAD application. Then your draft riguez, $1,00; R, E, Ford, $l,00r E. Stewart. $1.00; A. L. Copeland, $2.00; date, the amount of required time R. A. Weber, $5.00; J. R. Eames, Rodriguez, $1.00; A. F. Rammler, $1,00; classification will become IG. W. P. O'Dea, $5.00; H. A. Deacon, will be reduced still further to $1.00; E. L. Wondree, $2.00; W. R. $5.00; B. F. Hand, $2.00; L. J, Beal, F. Esposito, $6.00; Alfred Somerville, GROUNDS FOR APPEAL 18 months of substantially con­ Robertson, $2.00; C. C. Harrison, $1.00; $5.00; J. P. Branch, $5.00; J. D, Mc- $1.00; H. Sterling, $1,00, tinuous service. While you are still completing Qualifying time—In estimating the required qualifying time and time required for certification, 24 are considered in a draft exempt months of substantially continu­ classification, you will be placed ous service is now required. 75 in 2A. If not, then you have per cent of this time from your grounds for an appeaL This of (The following concludes the men will be certificated in the country, and also covers setting first sailing date (since May 1, course only applies to those men up a central authority to super­ report of the ILO Maritime following manner. 1940) until you apply for a Cer­ who are expecting to complete The prescribed minimum age vise the standard of food sup­ tificate must be accounted for their required 18 months by or Conference held recently in shall not be less than 18 years. plies,. catering and cooking on under one or more of the follow­ before October 1, 1946, Seattle. Morris Weisberger, The prescribed minimum per­ board ship. This authority wiU ing classifications: Vice President of SIU repre­ Those seamen who do not have iod of service at sea shall not be responsible for using instruc­ WHAT COUNTS sented American Seamen in the necessary qualifying period be less than 36 months. (a)—Active. seatime or service to be placed in IG or who are not tions regarding the packing, stor­ place of Harry Lundeberg who aboard a ship, likely to have completed 18 That he shall have passed an age and preservation of food and was unable to attend due to (b)—Service as an enrollee or months months by October 1, examination of proficiency. also for the training of the per­ urgent Union business.) 1946, will most likely be placed The only exceptions to the sonnel who will have to handle student at any qualified mari­ in lA with little or no chance of time or upgrading school under ENTRY, TRAINING, above as provided in this Con­ and cook the food for .ships' the jurisdiction of the Adminis- an appeal. PROMOTION vention are in line with our Na­ ti'ator, crews. GOOD RECORD Under this heading, three items tional laws. (c)—Periods of disability as a Ceriifying Agency and Appeals CONTINUOUS ' were handled in the following We, therefore, voted in favor result of illness or injury not —At their own request, the RMO EMPLOYMENT manner: of this part of the Convention. due to the «eaman's own willful division of WSA has been set up A Resolution urging member misconduct. I. A Convention concerning Nothing in this Convention in­ as the certifying agency for sea­ the medical examination of sea­ terferes with the position and states to discuss the desirability (d)—Periods of repatriation fol­ men, and they are fully qualified farers. fight put up by our organizations of continuous employment for lowing seaman's separation from to answer all questions concern­ This provides for special medi- as to what standards must be Seafarers, after consultation with his ship for any cause other than ing draft status, appeals, etc. • cal schemes, which would require maintained before a man can be union and shipowners represen­ his own neglect or willful mis­ WSA also informed us that they want to make appeals on all ad­ a man to submit to a medical ex­ cei'tified as an able seamen, conduct. tatives in the respective States. 3. A Recommendation con­ verse decisions by local draft amination every two years. All Men (19 lo 44)—All seamen cerning the organization of train­ boards, and their record on ap­ RECOGNITION OF UNIONS between the ages of 19 and 44 We voted against this proposi- ing for sea service. peals has so far been 100 per cent. ' tion as it is, and has been, against A Resolution affirming the are still subject to the whims Further Information — From This provides that if a training and vagaries of Selective Serv­ the policy of the SUP to sponsor principle that seamen have the ice draft boards. So, get a Form time to time, as further regula­ such schemes, and if any plan program is put into effect, that right to organize themselves in­ 77 from your nearest WSA and/ tions or new decisions are made, for medical examinations are en­ certain programs should be fol­ to voluntary collective-bargain­ or RMO office. Fill it in with all new bulletins will be issued by lowed, This recommendation in dorsed by us, they must come ing agencies, free from influence the required details, and then the Special Services Dept, of the no-wise sets up any form of com­ through our "collective agree­ from the outside. take it back to the WSA office. SIU. In addition, full and com­ ments," and not be applied pulsory training, nor does it make it necessary as a require­ When you turn it in, have all of plete details will be printed in The conference passed a reso­ through Government supervision. ment before entering the indus­ lution on the Joint Maritime your discharges as substantiating the Log. Although we opposed the Con­ try or during the course of em­ Here's what to do: proof of qualifying time. Proof vention when it was brought on ployment. It is strictly a recom­ Commission and suggested it be is your own responsibility, 1, Ggt'Form 77 from the near­ set up as a tri-partite body, and the floor for adoption, in Com­ mendation where there is a train­ est RMO office, GET LETTER mittee we fought to put in the ing program, that there should be the membership increased. 2. Fill out space regarding sea In the event that pai-t of your safeguards as far as old-age, certain factors considered and Secretary Lundeberg was elect­ duty, listing ships and dates wear and tear of the industry, maintained. ed to serve on this Commission. qualifying time was in a standby for which you have dis­ capacity, it will be necessary to app'eals from unfair medical de­ It is not expected that there secure a letter from the Steam­ charges, We voted against this proposi­ cisions, etc., because even though will be another such Joint ILO ship Company specifying the 3. Any time not covered by we were opposed to the Conven­ tion, as it is not in line with the Maritime Conference as the one date and amount of time spent way we consider a man should sea duty, such as standby tion as a whole, we wanted to '.' r; just concluded in Seattle for an­ on that particular ship. be trained, and further we want­ jobs, hospital, schocd, or make sure that even if it passed other ten years. ropati'iation time requires Members Who Quit Sea—Mem­ and became a law, we would not ed the record to show that we However, the Joint Maritime bers who went to sea during the additional letters or dis­ find ourselves saddled with a are opposed to such schemes as charges for proof. Commission, on which Harry shooting war and who have since Convention which would re-act a whole. Lundeberg 'was elected to serve, retired their books, leaving the 4, Take Form back to RMO FOOD CATERING ON SHIP r#: against us at a later date. meets every year, and acts on sea prior to November 15, 1945, office, and if additional in­ 2. A Convention concerning ,1. A Convention concerning problems affecting the maritime gre behind the eight ball. In or­ formation is needed, secure Ihe ceriificafion of Able Seamen. the certification of cooks. industry between sessions of the der to qualify for certification it fron: them. Take your This provides that all able sea­ This is already in effect in this ILO Maritime Conferences. and draft exemption, it will be propf along, too. ' Weisberger Reports On ILO To Seafarers • v?. �SB Friday, August 9, 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG m Page Flfic- 1 1 BUIJJSTIN Mc —Unclaimed Wages— Mississippi Shipping Company, Inc. SlU HALLS McCaleb, Linus M 1.75 McCamy, Richard Donald 8.02 NEW YORK 51 Beaver St. McCarthy, Francis C 14.22 HAnover 2-2784 McCarthy, Timothy J 2.06 BOSTON 330 Atlantic Ave. Liberty 4057 .45 McCaskie, Homer 14 North Gay St. This list comprises unclaimed wages as of December 31, 1945, some BALTIMORE 2.23 McCIain, John I Calvert 4S3S .43 5 Saulii 7th 5i. of which may have already been paid. If you still have a claim, write to FHILADELFHXA Phone Lombard McClanahan, James L, 3-7651 .07 McClendon, Bernard ... NORFOLK 127-129 Bank Street Mississippi Shipping Company, Hibernia Bank Bldg., 13th floor, New Or­ 2.25 4-1083 McCloskey, P. M 68 Society St. leans, La., enclosing your z-number, social security number, date and place CHARLESTON 5.59 McClusky, W. H Phone 3-3880 8.26 McCormick, Clyde B. . NEW ORLEANS 339 Chartres St, of birth and present address. Canal 3336 1.00 McComb, George A SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St. 4.82 McComb, George E 3-1728 3.19 MOBILE 2.00 May, James E 80 Mardis, Owen C 7 St. Michael St, 1.37 MacNeil, Richard McCormick, Eugene T. 2-1764 2.67 Marek, Henry J. 2.61 Mayhall, Chas. R 5.64 1.02 McNeil, Wm. H McCourl, Peter M SAN JUAN, P, R. 45 Ponce <le Leon McNeil, Wilton H 1.07 Marfino, A. J 7.50 Mayer, Ernest 2.23 San Juan 2-5966 2.31 McCourt, P 11.00 Marin, Cipriano 305'/x 22nd St, 1.58 Maylor, Edwin L 73 GALVESTON McCoy, Harry 13.91 McPhail, John 2-8448 McPher^on, Roger 5.03 Marin, Manuel 3.22 Maynard, Leslie i 52.33 TAMPA McCranie, Harold 3.44 1809-1811 Franklin St, 1.07 Marinus, Felix M-1323 2.85 Mayne, Joseph A 4.44 McCrone, Jack M 4.45 McPherson, William C JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St, McPhillips, John 5.94 Dick .59 Markus, Robert Maynor, Edward 14.25 McCullough, Charles L 2.92 Phone 5-5919 2.82 Marinelle, S. J .89 Mazgay, Stanley C 8.26 PORT ARTHUR 445 Austin Ave, McCulloch, John R 40.46 McQueen, J. V Phone: 28532 3.96 Marjerdoff, W 3.03 Mazingo, Joseph 9.56 McCullough, John Robert 15.48 McQueen, Kendrick L HOUSTON 1515 75th Street McQueeiie, Robl 1.25 Marjudio, Ularico 69 8.26 Bazzuca, Anthony McCurdy, Horace C 6.03 Phone Wentworth 3-3809 1.00 Marsh, Edmond H. 257 5th St, .74 Meacher, Leon L 96 RICHMOND, Calif McCurry, John A 2.47 McQueeny, D. J 59 Clay St, 22.23 Marsh, C. R 14.00 Mead, Herbert W 1.16 SAN FRANCISCO McCutcheon, James A 16.10 McRoberts, Harry Garfield 8225 3.55 Marsh, Leonard 1.77 Meaders, Joseph P 6.50 SELATTLE 86 Seneca St. McDaniel, H. C 15.83 McVey, Edward P Main 0290 7.31 Marsh, Robt 25.26 Mears, R 2.25 McDaniel, Ray J 79 McVey, Lawrence PORTLAND Ill W, Bumside St, McWilliams, Hugh P 2.75 Marshall, Ernel R 2.23 Mechanick, Harry 9.90 McDermott, Robert J 1.48 WILMINGTON 440 Avalon Blvd. 3.35 Marshall, Frank D 13.24 Meder, Herbert 12.15 Terminal 4-3131 McDonald, Andrew T 01 MacAskill, Frank HONOLULU 16 Merchant St, MacColine, Hugo W 74 Marshall, Geo 33 Meddins, Edgar S 3.79 McDonald, Fred 6.75 10 Exchange St, 8.26 Marshall, H. T 10.84 Medford, Charles G 2.53 BUFFALO McDonald, John 7.47 MacDonald, John M Cleveland 7391 75 CHICAGO 24 W. Superior Ave, Marshall, R. H 2.25 Medrano, Joseph M McDonald, John 01 Superior 5175 4.98 CLEVELAND 8.25 Medvesky, John 5.10 Marski, R. F McDonald, John B 24.14 Macek, John W. 1014 E. St. Clair St, 13.70 Main 0147 1.25 Meehan, 10.43 Martenaen, C. A McDonald, L 8.91 Macaky, Joseph 1038 Third St. 1.98 Meester, William M 115.64 DETROIT 1.50 Marthiason, Harry McDonald, William 9.90 Mackey, H Cadillac 6857 1.32 DULUTH 1.48 Mefford, Gillum 5.50 Martin, Duane 531 W. Michigan St. McDonnell, Don 2.25 MacLeay, Thomas Q Melrose 4110 138.55 Meier, Granville H 108.65 3.23 Martin, Daniel C McDonough, Francis 23.83 Madden, Hy J CORPUS CHRISTI 1824 N. Mesquite St, Martin, E 14.79 Meissner, Richard 1.48 89 McDonough, James B 5.40 | Madison, James F VICTORIA, B. C 602 Boughton St, 10.89 Melahn, Ronald 71 VANCOUVER 9.40 Martin, Jacob 144 W. Hastings St, McDougal, Clinton W 5.94 ; Madison, Richard Wan-en.. 5.53 i Mello, H, G 1..93 76 Martin, James E 1.42 Madrano, J McDougal, E Martin, Joseph J 2.84 j Mello, N. R 22.88 Mafora, Howard W 2.82 3.00 McFarlin, James W. 4.80 6.77 Melone, E 120.47 Martin, Neal 64.35 Maffia, Alfred P McFerrin, J .69 Martin, Rene L Edward .45 Melone, M. Magee, John E 7.11 .33 McGain, Thomas 3.62 Melton, Lyle H. .73 7.04 Martin, Robert C McGallis, Nelson 5.64 Mageo, V. P CREW OF SS IDA STRAUSS 100.74 1.80 Melton, Thomas Oscar 79 Martin, J. San McGath, Gale A 5.00 Maggio, Frank 4.88 Memoli, Steven 3.46 William A. Oatis, now in Ma­ 10.39 Martin, Thomas McGath, G 04 Magnus, Harold 1.04 rine Hospital in Norfolk, Va., 21.99 Mena, Victor 1.98 Martin, William McGee, Earl D 117.50 Mago, O. H 2.23 would like to get in touch with 89 Mendez, Genero 6.60 Martin, Wm. E McGee, L 74 Maguire, John E Mendoza, R 23.94 W. J 545.20 crewmembers who paid off the Maguire, J. W 6.00 Martin, McGee, Lloyd 4.17 Menendez, F 7.33 Martindale, Peter 3.84 above ship at Norfolk on May Mahan, Gerald R 45 McGinnis, Joseph C 15.93 Mcnor, Victor 3.55 Mai-tine, Alton F, 59 19th. Write him carc of SIU Hall, Maher, Frank T .79 McGlothen, J 72.31 Mercadi, T 4.81 Martinez, Antonio Jr 18.23 339 Chatres St., New Orleans, La. Maher, Joseph M 6.37 McGonigle, James 4.50 g.25 7.11 Marcaj', B. R 5.64 Martinez, Jose A McGregor, Donald H 19.33 Mahon, Joseph H 45 1.07 Merchant, Robert ARTHU^ G, MILNE 26.64 Martinez, Rene J McGuffey, James E 3.75 Mahone, Malcolm 14.68 07 Mericas, Evangelos 10.94 Martinez, Tomas McGuire, John Henry 14.56 Mainers, Cl/fton Your papers, SIU Book, etc., 5.00 have been found. Contact the 6.77 Merino, Jos 5.78 Martinkovich, Frank C McGuire, Paul A 3.23 Mainville, Marcel S 1.63 Merino, Manuel R. Jr., .... 16.34 New York Hall. 45 Martin, John E McGuirk, Vincent P 57.74 Makarawiez, V 4.36 5.35 Merlesena, Guy 5.00 Martinsen, Johannis Mclntyre, Albert J 3.04 Malcolm, John W Merritt, Charles 2.90 Martz, George W 2.23 1.00 Mclntyre, J 1.42 Mailer, J 5.12 26.13 Mertrud, V 2.23 Marucha, Orlande L Mclntire, R. M .^... 53.91 Malley, Edward P Merz, A. 5.67 Masheroff, M 11,41 Mallo, Manuel 12.87 McKale, John E /.... 5.16 7.81 SS WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT 44 Messana, Emile J. 3.96 Maskrov, George Mackay, Allan J 2.84 Malone, Joseph 0 All unlicensed personnel who 2.25 19.66 Metcalf, B 2.06 Mason, Charles L McKay, William J 10 Malone, Robin N paid off on August 2, 1946, have 6.60 59.29 Metcalf, N 8.26 Mason, Elbert J McKee, Charles 4.95 Maloney, William J linen money coming. Collect at 6.40 ?9 Metcalfe, Charles L. 9.57 Mason, G McKeldin, Robert M 10.57 Maloy, J Alcoa SS Co. Metros, Edward ... 3.81 16.10 6.14 Mason, J McKendrick, Raymond D. .59 Maltais, Walter Elmer .... Metz, Paul Fred ... 2.23 Mason, James 2.20 3.00 McKenna, E. J 27.03 Malter, Chas. E ... 56.33 Miller, Charles 28.14 59 Meyer, Albert W 6.71 Mason, John McKenna, Francis 7.57 Malvenan, William Meyer, Wm. J ... 3.96 Miller, Clarence J 2.84 Massey, Jack 1 1.48 Manning, Jerome L 7.57 McKinley, John P 28 Meyers, Charles E. ... .. 2.38 Miller, Donald J 6.71 Massie, Ulery M. 1.48 Manor, John 2.84 McKinnon, David H 1.63 55.36 Miller, E. A 3.63 16.76 Meyer, Claude A 10.54 Masterson, F. G JMcKurner, Robert 4.50 Manos, George N 6.75 18.23 Miller, Earl 1.37 Meyers, Clayton H. 12.52 Materson, William A McLain, Thomas 20.62 Manske, Wendel J 01 1.40 Miller, E. L 3.31 Meyers, R 2.25 Mates, S. J 8.53 Manswain, Wm McLand, Norman S 8.26 ,... 1.38 Michael, Richard 6.20 Miler, Edward D 24 Mathiasan, John W 28.44 Manterys, Molesane E McLaughlin, Edward J 2.64 89 Michalik, Charles V. 1.98 Miller, Elden 2.54 Mathies, James K 49.07 Mantyloffen, M McLaughlin, Joseph A 1.28 .89 Miller, Edw 5.94 Michalski, R. A 1.01 Matinki, E. V. H .26 Manuel, George McLaughlin,' M. 58.71 Miller, F 3.59 3.44 Michener, Raymond L. 19.28 Matson, James Kanae 2.25 Manuel, Raymond F McLaughlin, T Michna, George J. 1.79 Miller, G 5.43 Matte, Edward P 11.55 5.00 2.09 Manugian, Law McLean, Wm. H 8.26 Miller, George C 76.36 66 Miculinich, Joseph 4.50 Matthews, John L McLemore, D. M 3.23 McAdams, Alex Mikalovich, Anthony J 4.13 Miller, Harold J 2.28 Matzke, Jas. L 9.50 Manzo, Guiseppe, P 59 McLemore, Leonard E, 2.00 Mikeska, Stanley 9.63 Miller, Harold Miles 12.37 Maupin, William B 9.94 Maples, Lyle W 3.46 McLennon, Wm. K 19.04 6.21 Millen, Harry 1.13 8.62 Mikkelsen, P. Y 1.69 Maurs, George W McLeod, George 6.48 Mapp, Ian, J 2.23 Miller, Harry J 1J)5 . 7.69 Milanovich, Alexander S... 1,34 Max, Hedrick S MacLeod, Wallace R 40.89 Marabit, Paul 17.00 Miller, J ,..74 .59 Nilco, N .89 Maxey, Donald R McMahon, Victor J 74 Maraden, J. C 3.62 Miller, James R 60.98 1.98 Miley, D. B 4.86 Maxson, Ormond E McMahon, W. J 2.23 Marchant, Douglas 10.70 Miller, James R. 3J93 106.65 Miller, Alonzo E 6.68 Maxwell, Gordon W McMaster, D. C 2.48 Marchese, Angelo Miller, Aaron 5.58 Miller, Jesse A. Maxwell, Jerry .33 2.75 5.64 McMaster, David C 08 Marcus, Morton 5.69 Miller, John 5.94 Miller, Alfred W .18 79 Maxwell, O. B McMillin, Charles S 1.00 Markefka, Andrew G Miller, Bernard A 48.98 Miller, Joe H. ... Maxwell, Theo. B 1.98 14.58 Marceline, Peter 10.54 McMillan, James 1.32 1.42 Miller, Joseph L. 3.96 Miller, Bert G 21.33 10.69 May, Alvin M McMillan, John A 59 Marcillo, Felicie A 1.48 "Miller, Lucian C. 20.30 Miller, Charles E 1.40 79 May, Charles M McNeill, Donald R. 3.44 Marcus, S PERSONALS Money Due �-XsrEf^ Page Sixteen v .,->- Friday. August 9. 1946 THE S E AP ARERS LO G ht: : mwi^wmmm!.. 'i-'r r .-^ i'' M. f| ' :•• fel#' H'" i .«'! . ffe.' m- il-; la!:- i fe-: R. p. ii. '•' ••' I, ' •ji- J The loM^ election-h'lp IS almost over; onltf a -feu; more ships remdmio be voied.'ThiJS-fbi; Isthmian seamen themselves nsportthcrNtej tave voted Seoftmers befterthan 2 to 1. poort- Islftmion will be undeKa Secrfbrers Corrtvaet* and Jsthwian seorneM willenjoc/ -rtie ft>.^ m Hr- Hhe SEAFAROSS IMISeNAnONAL UNION OFNoew AMieiGA AFL i^: • . .V, -«r • ii. i-; � 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. 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Title A name given to the resource August 9, 1946 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VIII, No. 32 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 Headlines: EIGHT SHIPOWNERS SIGN AGREEMENT WITH SEAFARERS FOR A 30 DAY PERIOD SIU THROWS FULL FORCE INTO SS HELEN BEEF TWO SEAFARERS STILL MISSING AS TANKER BURNS BRIDGES' NEW ORLEANS RAID IS STOPPED BY AFL COUNCIL SEVEN UNIONS MEET IN CHICAGO TO SET UP AFL MARITIME COUNCIL SEATIME CUT TO 24 MONTHS, TO BE LOWERED TO 18 MONTHS NMU SHIP IS NO PLACE FOR A SICK MAN OR A UNION MAN EITHER, FOR THAT MATTER WHAT'S WHAT ON OUR RENT CONTROL SIU SEAMAN CUTS LOGS ON ISTHMIAN SHIP TIME IS RIPE FOR ALL SEAMEN TO JOIN AGAINST COAST GUARD WATERMAN ADDS TO SERVICES WORK OF RANK AND FILE SEAFARERS MADE THE DIFFERENCE IN ISTHMIAN THIS TIME N.O. BEATS BRIDGES SHIPOWNERS SIGN INTERIM AGREEMENT REPORT OF SIU NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE "HELL SHIP" SKIPEPR IS CHANGED INTO A MILD AND MEEK CHARACTER SAVANNAH OLDTIMERS, REMEMBERING PAST CONDITIONS, PRAISE WORK OF SEAFARERS NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE COAST GUARD ALREAD PULLING ITS RANK ON MERCHANT SEAMEN GOLD COAST STAYS BUSY SETTLING BEEFS AND WINNING VICTORIES SOME OBSERVATIONS ON RECENT OPERATIONS NEW ORLEANS WINS 1338 HOUR BEEF FOR FLAGSTAFF VICTORY CREW--PLUS CHICAGO HAS A GOOD WEEK SHIPOWNERS' CLIPSHEET SPIELS FAIRY STORY OF SHIP SLOPCHEST STICK TO UNION SHIPPING RULES IS ADVICE OF SIU DISPATCHER VOYAGE A REAL HELL WITH KYSKA SKIPPER GAS-LADEN KLEE WINDS UP AT ARSENAL VICTIM OF SHIP'S FOOTPAD CITES HIS CASE AS LESSON WEISBERGER REPORTS ON ILO TO SEAFARERS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 8/9/1946 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1946 Periodicals Seafarers Log