http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/9c726a8668fe0e769aa2a644b2eee5df.PDF e6f131923aca8fe4f16357acfd152a9c PDF Text Text Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers Internatiomd Union of North America NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY, JUNE 18. 1948 VOL. X SlU leads In Formation Of PR Council ; NEW YORK—The unity of all ^longshoj^emen and other maritime workers in Puerto Rico became a virtual certainty this week as the result of a meeting here of offi­ cials of the International Long­ shoremen's Association, AFL, the Union de Trabajadores de Muelles, AFL, the Union de Empleados de Muelles, independent, and the Seafarers International Union. The several organizations ob­ tained a charter for a Puerto. Rico Port Council, and when the union's officials return to the island the UTM will make formal application to be chartered as IL^ District Council No. 2 of Puerto Rico. Granting of the charter will add 6,000 men to the ILA's membership in Puerto Rico, bringing the total to about 8,000, since the present District Council No. 1 has about 2,000 members. CHECKERS NEXT Until now, the UTM has been a direct affiliate of the Puerto Rican Federation of Labor which is part of the AFL. The Union de Empleados de Pl^t Muelles is also expected to enter the ILA fold, adding another 800 men. This union, whose members are checkers, clerks, (Continued on Page 14) Wekberger Reports To Union On London Adoty Conference The first Safety at Sea Conference^held since 1929 ended on June 10 in London. The Conference lasted six weeks and was attended by delegates from tltirty countries, plus observers from four nations and from seven international organizations. The United States delegation was composed of representa­ tives of the State Department. Coaist Guard, Federal Com­ munications Commission. Navy Department. Maritime Com­ mission. Federation of American Shipping. Shipbuilders Coun­ cil of America. Society of Naval Architects and Marine En­ gineers. American Federation of Labor. Congress of Industrial Organizations. American Bureau of Shipping, and the U. S. Weather Bureau. The Seafarers International Union was designated by AFL President William Green to represent the Federation, and SIU Vice-President Morris Weisberger was named the Union's delegate. , U. S. LEADS THE WORLD In his ^port. which starts on page 5. Delegate Weisberger points out many things which may or may not be known to United States merchant seamen. Chief point of information is that foreign countries, by and large, do not force shipowners or operators to observe the same safety regulations which are compulsory in the United States. Main reason that U. S. operators have had to institute decent s^ety measures is the strength of the seamen's move­ ment in this country. As a result of-the Conference, the saiety rules for all the represented nations will be improved, with certain standards being observed the world over. , The attendance of a Seafarers International Union delegate at th^ Conference is another phase of Union service which has nothing to do with-wages. In the struggle to better the con­ ditions and safety regulations of seamen, the SIU has always been in the front lines. For the complete text of Brother Weisberger's report, turn to page 5. The entire section may be removed from this issue of the LOG for future reference. PUERTO RICO PORT COUNCIL liiii Calmar Sues SlU Under T-H Act The Calmar Steamship Corpo•: ration has sued . the Seafarers ; International Union for $12,500 in the Federal District Court in . Maryland. ., The company alleges that the SIU tied up the. SS Marymar, a Calmar ship, for. four days in Boston early this month, and says that it suffered to the ex­ tent of $12,500 and >more^, Caln bar • lawyers also maintain that ; the SIU violated the agreement - signed between,the company and tile Union iii April. It should come as no surprise to learn that Calmar has brought ' the suit under the Taft-Hartley Act. In fact, if it were not for jtheT-H law, Calmar would have • been unable to bring any suit at '••-Ell- ' Every day, in a hundred de•t' . vious ways, the Taft-Hartley if: vAct is being; reyealed as a club; \yith which; the fmsses hphe to S' i^ash the - labor movement. However, the labor movement ; will not" be smashed. It would take more than a law to break --It:'' : • • •y: ••.•••••;•' iiil 111 mim No. 25 Seafarers Cemmittee Stands Fast On Union Hiring Haii Demand NEW YORK—The demands of the Union Ne­ gotiating Committee, that the Hiring Hall be re­ tained in the new contract now being negotiated, has been met with counter-proposals "which are not up to snuff" by the committee representing the Atlantic and Gulf Ship Opera-* tors Association. In the first hard by the fact that the ship­ meetings, which took place last owners take the position that .pie week, it was pointed out by the section of the Taft-Hartley law Union's Committee that the Hir­ which, according to them, pre­ ing Hall principle was the most vents such clauses has never important issue at stake and been interpreted by the courts. that no other matters could be Therefore, even though the ope-^ settled until the operators had rators are seemingly not averse agreed not to tamper with the to agreeing to such a clause in Union's traditional method of as­ the proposed contracts, they are signing men to jobs aboard not willing to do so because of possible legal penalties. ships. REPORT MADE In the face of the unsatisfac­ tory propositions put forth to At the regular meeting, on date by the operators' represen­ Wednesday, June 16, the Union tatives, the SIU's position re­ Negotiating Committee made a mains the same, and it has been partial report of the bargaining made very clear to the ship­ sessions and stated that further owners' committee that the re­ negotiations will be scheduled sponsibility for peaceful negotia­ in an attempt to reach an agree­ tion of a new contract lies ment on the Hiring HaU. A com­ strictly in their hands. plete analysis of the negotiations, The job of concluding an plus digests of other union con­ agreement including the Hiring tracts on the Hiring HaU issue, Hall principle is made doubly wiU be carried in a future issue of the LOG. . • Other demands of the Union, IS FORMED which will be discussed only after the Hiring Hall is settled to the satisfaction of the SIU, are substantial wage increases for all ratings, agreement oh the principle of establishing a welfare fund, and clarification of certain working rules. There is no doubt but that failure of the operators to agree to a' union security clause ui the new agreements will pre­ cipitate a strike. The action of the membership in overwhelm­ ingly approving a $10.00 Strike Assessment is ample proof of that fact. Members of the Negotiating Committee are Paul Hall^ Rob­ ert Matthews, Lindsey WiUiams, Ray White, and Joe Algina. •U: 2 il Wall St. Settlement Waterfront unity in Puerto Rico became a certainty this week when representatives of the SIU. the ILA. the Union de Trabajadores de Muelles (UTM) and the Union de Empleados de Muelles (UEM) met in New York to form a Port Council and lay the groundwork for the entrance of the UTM and the UEM into the ILA. Sal Colls, the SIU Puerto Rico Agent, played a leading, role in getting the unions together. Front row (left to right): Juan B. Garcia. Pres. of Local No. I of .the UTM; Ranion Mejias. V-P of the ILA District CouncU No. 1 in Puerto Rico; Walter Holt. Intl V-P of the ILA; Joseih P. Ryan. Intl Pres. of the ILA.* Lindsey Wil­ liams. SIU Director of Organisation: and J. A. Cintron Rivera. Pres. of the UEM. Back row: Rodrigo C. Valle. BecY of the UEM: Sal Colls: Ray White. SIU • Headquarters Representative; Jtmnoi:^ Gordils^ Pres. of the UTM; and Manuel Gordils. ILA member. On June 17. after more than one month of investi­ gation. William J. McCormack. who was named by • the Mayor to bring about a final settlement of the Stock Exchange dispute, made his report. His recommendations. ^ V ;• which were accepted by both sides, include wage increases, annuities, hospitalization, i group insurance, and a bonuis,; "r-m ] �-j - -- ^ . Pag® Two X. THE •S^E.AFA RE.R^S L6G • Friday, June 48* 1348 SEAFARERS Published Weekly b^y the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Feder::tion hf Labor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 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 The Big Stick I v.. Something new has been added to collective bar­ gaining lately—since the enactment of the Taft-Hartley law. That something is another big stick in the hands of cthe employers. . The new principl<i was first tentatively tried out on the Mine Workers, and when it proved effective in break­ ing the UMW strike, it was added to all the other strike­ breaking weapons in the hands of the anti-labor forces in this country. This new principle, which was at one time outlawed by the Norris-La Guardia Act of 1932, is the Govern­ ment injunction against strikes. Right now the National Maritime Union, CIO, and other CIO waterfront unions are prevented, by Govern­ ment injunction, from striking to protect the union hiring hall, the keystone of the maritime movement. The use of injunctions against any labor union in its fight to protect the working conditions of its member­ ship, and for a wage which can keep pace with the rising cost-of-living, is a dirty tactic that smacks of fascism. Workers, in a really free country, should have the right to refuse to work under conditions that enslave them, and for wages which grind them down to a low economic level. Government injunction, directed against the worker and for the benefit of the boss, is a dangerous weapon F. NERING which can be used to coerce men into doing something N. MUTIN that they honestly oppose. E. T. BROWN A man's labor is the only commodity he has to sell, F. ADKINS and he has the right to refuse to sell it unless the price W. H. RHONE is reasonable and just, and the conditions suitable. L B. GRIERSON S. RIVERA In the decision rendered last year by the Supreme A. DUDDE Court, in which the conviction of John L. Lewis and the M. F. MORRISON .United Mine Workers was upheld for contempt of court,] B. KOSOW Justice Murphy said: "It becomes apparent that the im­ R. F. PEPIN plications of today's decisions cast a dark cloud over the A. BJORNSSON -C. NANGLE future of labor relations in the United States. These are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, P.DAUGHSRTY "If seizure alone justifies an injunction ... some - fu­ VECCHlOture Government could easily utilize seizure as a subter­ as reported'by the Port Agents. > These Br61hets'iind' lime'hanging G. H. CHRISTENSEN "^ heavily on their'batids. Do what you can-to cheer them up by fuge for breaking any and all strikes in private industries. writing to them. E. GRAHAM The workers would be effectively subdued under the im-. C. O. LYNSKY ' ; MARINE HOSP. CHARLES N. PAKNE yy-. F. PREZALAR ~ fpact of the restraining order and contempt proceedings. BALTIMORE GEORGE PEDDICORD ARTHUR COBB JiGARDNER Those were prophetic words. Events have proved that" M. J. LUCAS EDWARD-KOML M. F. MORRISON what occured then has turned out to be a strike-breaking S.T.CANTRELL MYION 'E. FOLTS 4 t pattern for the present day. T. BRYANT O. FAUARA NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL Men Now h Tke Mame Hospitak Seizure Of Power WILLIAM H. KUMKE THOS. S. JOHNSON G. F. COBBLER EDW. L. PIERCE EDDIE J. CAROVOUS PAUL R. SEEFOR B. J; FREDERICKS WILLIAM T. ROSS . C. .H. JONES 4. 4, 4, STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL S. HEIDUCKI F. OLSEN G. FINKLEAJ.-McDEELY D. DeDUISTN A. JENSBY J. L. ROBERTS Commies in America are caught between the orders jfrom the communist international for more super-militant action to embarrass American industry and keep relief ^oods from European countries, apd a growing revolt -against them by the rank and file of their unions, who 'are tired of being sold down the political river again trolled unions, or thoroughly demoralized, the. task of and again. • keeping control over these outfits and keeping them along Faced by these growing revolts from below, they the Moscow trail will be so much easier. are trying desperately to purge their outfits of oppofition The rumor is that the commies are a long way on and to consolidate their position. In recent months, they the road to pulling out of the AFL and CIO and forming have reformed the once-repudiated Committee for Mari­ their own national labor federation, such as they once time Unity, by organizing the Joint Mobilization Com­ had during 1929-1935. This move is much-more than a mittee for June 15 th, in a last attempt to seize control possibility. But whether they stay within the existing: of the maritime industry; and forced out the opposition framework of labor, or start their own group, thus still from varjous sections of the following CIO unions: the further dividing and weakening labor, the most important i^^United Electrical Workers, United Office aifd Professional thing to remember is that , a communist-controlled union orkers. United Wholesale and Retail Workers, United is not in business to help the working man, but as an­ iPublic Workers and the United Furniture Workers—to other weapon in the arsenal of Russia. name but a few instances. And we don't have to go to Yugoslavia, or Czecho-; It is not that the commie unions want to lose mem­ Slovakia or Poland to see that. There is proof enough in bership, but that with the ioppositihn out of their coti- this country. ' ' X- <r R.- BUNCH E. LIPARRI -.-TvtS J. DENNIS C. MASON R.' F. BLACK A. LOOPER t • C. GREEN i T-" V. P. BALLINGS C. R.'GRIMES -AMXX W. J. HOULIHAN J. R. TUNNELL H. A. HUTTQ J. ROGERS • • r-mm R. HASKELL T. R. BROGKLESBY J.W.CURRAN L. B. MILLER J. SATERNEZ T. J. TASSIN ' J. ROSZMEZ M. BAKER A. BARRENS tit BRIGHTON MARINE HOSP, • E. J. DELAMANO JOHN J. GEAGON JOHN SCULLY ROBERT LORD' ' BUSSELL.NEARYin Vi . "7 V./ V: ' if �TH E SEAFARERS LOG Fridiiy. Jui» 18, 1848 Frisco Handles All Comers In 'Beefiest' Week Movie Schedule "Drums on the Congo," starring Stuart Erwin and Ona Munson: and a comedy short subject, "Old-lime Mo­ vies," featuring the Easy , Aces— This program will be pre­ sented for the membership on the 3rd deck of the New York Hall tomorrow: SATURDAY, JUNE 19 at 12 noon. All hands are invited to attend the movie tomorrow and every other Saturday. Enjoy the best available in sound film entertainment — .at no cost — in the comforts of your own Union hall. Watch this space each Fri­ day for the announcement of the following day's pro­ gram. By A. S. CARDULLO Baltimore Sh^ii^ Still Slow; Job Ibmters Asked Not To Apply By WILLIAM (Curley) RENTZ Remember this: Get to the pay­ off when the Patrolman is there. Don't come in late and then com­ plain that you were gypped be­ cause the Patrolman was not there to square your claims. There are a lot of Firemen in­ volved in beefs on the ships pay­ ing off here. This circujnstance arises from the fact that a Fire­ man on the 4-to-8 watch on the payoff day must stand that watch. If he doesn't want to stand it, he should call the Hall for a re­ placement. He definitely should not leave the ship. He's still on the payroll. STAY AWAY There are too many men on the beach here, so staj' away imless you have plenty of money to keep you going. We don't know why so many men keep ar­ riving in Baltimore in spite of our repeated warnings that ship- BALTIMORE Shipping re­ mains on the slow bell in this port and, so far as the future is concerned, all we can do is hope for the best. There were eight payoffs, which may not sound so bad. But we had only four sign-ons and another ship headed for the boneyard. The sugar strike has cut into BuU Line operations to add to our overall problem. There was the usual assort­ ment of beefs on the ships pay­ ing off, which we managed to settle at the right place in the right way.—aboard ship, SIU style. However, some of these By LLOYD GARDNER payoffs might have been a little , PHILADELPHIA — The City smoother had the crmftmiembers of Brotherly Love' is not going really known their own contracts to be the scene of much Bro­ with the companies. therly Love during the next few KNOW THE CONTRACT weeks. First the Republicans will The members of a crew should hold their Convention, quickly know what is what. They should followed by the Democrats and study their agreements care­ the Wallace-communist coalition. fully. Then they would have a None of the working stiffs clear idea of what calls for over­ here are too much interested in time pay and what does nut. Too RFADTMIS! I what those people do. They often seamen "think" they have know that, no matter which candidates are chosen, the guy overtime coming when they who works for a living is go­ don't. ing to get the dirty end of the Moreover, too many members "forget" to turn in their over­ stick. time within the 72-hour limit. As one SIU member put it, Remember that if ^ overtime "Philly is plenty hot during the claims are not recorded within summer, and with the hot air 72 hours they are no good. coming out of convention halls That's what it says in all the during the conventions, the cli­ contracts, and that's the way it ping is slow. mate here is going to be al­ There is one strike on here, the works. most too hot to bear." Another thing, crewmembers sugar strike we mentioned above. I'm of the opinion that most should be at the payoff when the This has diverted Bull ships to guys will tune the conventions Patrolman is there. A case in Philadelphia and New York. off the television scene, and in­ point is the SS Citadel "Victory's The strikeVs seem to be doing stead tune in the baseball games. crew which paid off here the. all right, although the company It's better to watch a pitcher other day. is trying to break the union by winding up than to see and Some of the boys from this public requests for people to hear anti-labor Taft make a Isthmian ship were ashore all take the jobs. However, nobody speech. day and came back at the very takes the jobs and nobody is last moment to get their money. crossing the lines. SHIPPING OKAY Philly Will Try To Dodge Hot Air Of Conventions Business slackened off a bit this week, but shipping is still not bad. A rated man can ship almost any day, if he is not waiting for a particular ship or particular run. Two payoffs this week helped keep us going. The SS Steel Advocate paid off after 3 long run and took on nearly a full crew. The SS Emilia, Bull, also paid off. These Bull Line vessels are only out 3 to 4 weeks and so there isn't much of a payoff and only a few replacements are called for. Quite a few ships hit here in transit, and we can usually be sure of furnishing one or two men to each of them. The main topic of conversation down here is the maritime situa­ tion. Everybody wants to know what's going to happen, and when. Of course, we're confident that we can hold up our. end, and we are sure glad that we bolstered our |osition by the $10.00'Strike Assessment. We're also glad that we are not fouled up by internal strife and bickering the way the NMU is. SIU seamen can look with pride and confidence at their Union. 6et A Receipt Every member making a donation to the Union for any purpose should receive an official receipt bearing the amount of the contribu­ tion and the purpose for which it was made. If a Union official to whom contribution is given does not make out a receipt for t^e money, the matter should immediately be referred to Paul Hall, Secretary-Trea­ surer, SIU, 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y, In advising the SecretaryTreasurer of such transac­ tions, members should state the name of the official and the port where the money was tendered. Trinidad Considers Idea Of Free Port In Docksite Area PORT OF..SPA1N—The British colonial government of Trinidad has promised to consider estab­ lishment of a free port at Docksite, as soon as that area is turned back by the United States which has been using it as a military base, the Alcoa company disclosed this week. If a free port area is set up in Trinidad, it will mean that goods for transhipment will not have to pass through colonial customs, and should result in a greater amoimt of tonnage moving through here. According to plans believed to be in progress, new processing, packaging and manufacturing in­ dustries will be ready to move into such an area to take advan­ tage of the privileges normally associated with a free port. SAN FRANCISCO—While pay­ offs haven't been so hot lately," we had the "beefiest" week in our history last week. WeU, there's nothing like activity to prevent monotony from taking charge. We very proudly can report that all beefs, even in far-away Seattle where the SS Brazil Victory, Missisippi, paid off with transportation, were settled to the satisfaction of the crews involved. All told, twenty A&G ships hit the Gold Coast this past week; One—and we won't give the name—actually hit it, but no harm was done to the ship or to the crew. Fellows from the Purdue Vic­ tory, Waterman, and the Yorkmar, Calmar, stopped in for a gabfest. In the group were John Lane, E. Johnson, Bill Thomp­ son, R. B. Waters, A1 Reese, Bob Tate, K. Hatgimisios, Bob Guer­ rero, Ralph Bailey, B. Lunnigan, G. Noble, F. Delgado, J. Davis, E. B. Crowther, Shelly White, J. Padzik, and Guy Walter. NO SLEEP Max Byers, Electrician, just got back from Singapore where he was hurt aboard the Cedar Creek. As a result of the acci­ dent, he says, he hasn't slept in forty days, but he looked good when he stopped by here on his way to the Marine Hos­ pital. Joe Reyes, one of the elever book carrying Reyes brothers in the SIU-A&G, just finished a two-week stay in the Marine Hospital. He was a pretty sick boy,, but he got well in a hurry when he heard that his brother Angelo was coming in on the Minot Victory, Isthmian. Three Isthmian ships, Kenyon Victory, Twin Falls Victory, and Clyde Seavey, all crewed up out here and that took quite a fewmen off the beach. Other Isthmian scows, Kelso Victory, San Angelo Victory, and the Lindsley, are going to pay­ off here next week and we may have some news from them. Shipping Activity Aimost At Standstiii In New York By JOE ALGINA NEW YORK —Shipping took a cue from the weather here this week and took a turn for the worse. In fact, things are almost at a standstill. This situation was not imexpected. While we were enjoying tl^e fruits of some pretty snappy shipping during the past few weeks we kept a weather eye out for an expected lull—and this is it. On the payoff side, however, there was considerable activity, with a sizeable number of good payoffs heading the list. Among the vessels that came in in good shape are the following: PAID OFF SS Lyman Stewart, an Alcoa scow. She was in pretty good shape, with only a few minor beefs and they wer;e settled at the payoff. SS Jean La Fitte and SS Daniel Huger, both of Water­ man. The Huger came in after a six-month trip, which - was highlighted by a minimum of beefs. • • v,, - SS Joliet Victory, a Robin line ship, back from a South African run> proved to be in good shape. SS Fisher Ames, of American Eastern,c:||[ad completed a sevenmonth voyage and is now headed for the lay-up. SS .Suzanne, Bull line vessel, in after a six-week run to South Ajhica. Also paying off was the Can­ ton Victory, after an intercoastal trip. She's^ Waterman job. Two otheif ships paying off, the Sea Trader and the Sanford Dole, are being laid up — for how long, we don't know. The outlook for the coming week doesn't appear too bright at this point. There are no indicajjons that shipping will pick up, unless some of the ships are hauled out of the layup fleet. NON-UNION BEEF Once again, I would like to make clear that unpaid loans are strictly personal problems, and have . nothing to do with the Union. Perhaps it would be wise to repeat the previous warning that it is up to each man to watch out for his own money. If a man comes aboard ship, borro\vs some cash and fails to pay it back, it is only the con­ cern of the parties involved. These personal beefs are be­ ing reported to the Union every day but there is nothing we can do about it, except to suggest that the lenders exercise a little care. An item worthy of interest is this week's ruling by the Un­ employment Insurance Appeal Board of the New . York State Department of Labor. In ruling on a pilferage case, the board held that a man guilty of pil­ ferage would face a seven-week delay in obtaining unemploy­ ment benefits. A NEW PAPERS Before getting off the deck, I'd hke to pass along a sugges-' tion that may save some future time for many of the brothers. Any man with six months seatime in the Engine Department or 12 months in the Deck Gang who carries a wartime emerg­ ency shipping certificate, stating that it "expires six months after the termination of the war" should have it replaced with a regular peacetime certificate. Simply go to the Coast Guard, or shipping commissioner who issues seamen's papers in your port, taking with you two pass­ port photos and your present certificate and ask for the peace­ time issue. If those who carry the war­ time certificate will take care of this matter now, they -will save some , time later on. . : . / 1 •t �-J? >."".:>'\0;-.' : •-,.•'•• T H E S EA^E A HE HS ifO G j i'-'v:';"" Page Four Pridayi June 18f 1446 The In the first World War, when I anchor in Sydney Bay, and sailed straight and steady before an anxious voice: "Ri>rakiezs! drove foaming to the Northward, served in the capacity of Sec­ loaded hull down, was ready a westerly breeze and under a Breakers! Land ahead and on making straight for the Kings. the lee!" ond Mate on the fourmasted bark for sea, the sails bent, the clews fair sky. Three days later, the Kings The Three hove in sight with, their crowns • Juteopolis, we had an old sail- shackled. On the poop stood She hummed aloft, seas Right enough. patcher with us, called George swished past, her bowsj wake Kings, the rugged rocks Off in mist. Close-hauled, the vessel and nicknamed Dra,chmas. foamed with a hush in a long Northern New Zealand, stood sailed touch and go, shivering line astern. The days of longi dangerously near the lee. Men the weather clews. The Kings He had been going to sea so watches on deck and short hours jumped to Iheir stations and were near and the breakers furi­ long, keeping much to himself below, went fast and left no threw the ship in the wind. She ously foamed. and spending as little money time, but to work and sleep, re­ shook, shivered, missed the stays. ashore as possible, that he had It was an anxious moment. lieve one another on the stroke "Helm hard over!" the Captain But, at last, the danger was past. been able to save most of his of the bell, struck at half hourly roared. pay and, consequently had The Skipper, chewing tobacco, intervals, night and day. . stowed away quite a few sover "Square the yards!" the Mate gave a broad grin and continued Time rtded fore and aft. It eigns. bawled. Men lay back on, the to smile. It was a close call. gave no time to reflect. Men braces and hauled. Juteopolis The sailors shouted' three times: For reasons best known 'to were kept at work, "to keep wore round, just in time! "Hip, hip. Hurrah! We're home­ himself, he kept his pile of Eng­ the devil out of their mind." ward bound!" lish pounds, in gold, hidden in The men wiped their sweaty At six o'clock in the morning, his seachest. Many times . a the Captain with his brief case, brows and waved their c^s, The fourmasted bark Juteo­ day he would stop sewing and ready to go ashore on business, there was the order of the day: good-bye to the Kings! The ship polis drove to the eastward, be­ going into his room, felt the lid to step into the waiting launch. "Fetch your brooms and buckets ran to the northward • again, fore a westerly gale, .bcKoning aloft. Squalls passed overhead of his sea-chest to see and make Just then, a voice was heard. aft! Wash down!" braced up and bowsed down. And the Mates had to handle low. The wind strummed on the sure that he hadn't forgotten "Captain, Captain!" it called the bucket, throwing the water Two days later, Norfolk Island steri shrouds. It blew harder to lock his "safe." excitedly. Sails was seen, hurry­ bore in sight again! The ship and she ran as. if chased by the The singular Sails came from ing up the poop ladder. "Please, went about and saUed south once following seas. Greece and one could never tell Captain, buy me tobacco," he more. Soon the Three Kings Ihe days went and the weeks how he felt about his shipmates. cried and, fumbling, prpduced were seen again! The ship passed. The wind howled, the The Juteopolis, a lime juicer, from his pocket a soiled hand­ turned north once more. sea roared, the scud flew, the carried before the mast 24 able kerchief, untied the knot with ship drove shortened down to It kept o« for a month. Wind seamen, who were rough, tough shaky fingers, then held up lo!er tops'Is and fores'l, and ship­ steady in the face; no rain and ready at sea and, naturally, crown, a shiny piece of silver. ping seas with a thud. She squalls, no water to wash die; made merry in port. face, no shave. Ikr a solid trembled. UNSAFE SAFE Sails would sit alone in his month, which began with two On the flSth day out of Sydney, room on nights in port, smoking The Skipper frowned. "All close shaves, the foul wind blew according to dead reckoning, we his pipe in peace, and would right. Sails," he said curtly and, like a curse; and Juteopolis, man­ were off' the Horn, and in bad not even think of joining the taking the coin, paused signifi­ ned by bearded sailors, just kept weather. Night came. Dark as merry marineros. One Sunday cantly. "You better give me sailing Northward and South­ hell. Squall struck. It screamed. afternoon, when the ship lay in all your money," he resumed re­ on deck with a swe^. ^he days ward like the Flying Dutchman Men held on to lifelines. Sydney, Australia, he received flectively. "It is not safe to keep passed. The little bell aft struck under full sail. Sviddenly the fores'l sheet car­ an imexpected call. Fortune money aboard." the time, the big bell forward ried away. The sail flapped with BAD AND DIRTY walked in his room. Sails - stared suspiciously. "Me answered with a bang, bang—. a jerk and was ripped to'rib- . . "George, loan me a crown!" keep my money in de seachest deep and vibrant. And the look­ On the 39th d£^y at sea, the bons with the sound like a volley all • de time. Me no lose one^ He called, hoarsely. out man crowed: "All's well, Skipper threw down his cap, of muskets. Then came an omin­ . Drachmas stared like a man penny. Captain," he answered sir!" stamped upon it with his feet ous lull. addressed abruptly in foreign with affected assurance and ex­ "It looks like a pleasant pas­ and, frothing at his mouth, lingo. There stood before him, plained. "Me go to sea long sage, too good, to last," the Skip­ shouted impo-ecations at the foul A greybeard, roaring wildly, charged for the ship, and struck John Fortune, the oldest able time." per remarked one day, speaking wind. Then he threw his cap the stern a terrible blow. There seaman in the foc'sle, who had "I tell you. Sails, it is not the to the Chief Mate. overboard. boasted in bar rooms that, in the place for savings—a seachest "It bids nae gud," observed the "Over with the helm!" Jbe was a slam-bang. The wheel kicked, threw the helmsman 50 years spent at sea, he had not aboard ship. You savvy. Sails," Mate, a canny Scot. called to the Mate. "Square over, and spun hard over with a the Captain spoke with em­ saved, a penny. whirr. WATER RATIONED Fortune stepped forward, big phasis. There was a crack. Two pintles . and upright, and said: "Come on, Then, after a moment of si­ On the seventh day ^at sea, one of the rudder broke, and steering George, loan me the crown—I lence,' accentuated thoughtfully: half of the fresh water had dis­ You give me your money and gear broke, too. It was a wild want to go ashore." I'll put the money in a bank. appeared. It was found out that night. The Ship ran, rolled, the water had run out from the "NO MONEY" yawed. Another greybeard You'll draw interest, savvy." tank into the bilges. - All hands charged upon us, broadside, and Drachmas shrank back, waved were put on one half a gallon of Drachmas shook his bald head, swept over like an avalanche^ no got money.," he answered his hands. "No, no, Capitan, fresh water a day, each man; with, hard disconcem and sat ^e no trust nobody ashore!" he and one half of it went to the The weather side of sailmakexclaimed- with some apprehen­ galley for coffee and cooking. -L , down heavily on his seachest. er's room was smashed by the sea and swept clean. Night dark Fortune turned and left with­ sion. Then the fair wind died and; as hell. The ship ran and rolled out a word. That evening he "Damn it! Don't you know, the ship drifted for a few days and the big bell tilled. Men^^ carried out his donkey's break- there's a war?" the Skipper in baffling airs, all roimd the . fast (straw mattress) and, throw­ asked ominously. compass. One night we received away and let's run down. South held on to the lifelines and list-" ing it on the pier, sold it to a a foul blow. It struck in the of New Zealand, around the ened, now to the slam-bang of There was a suspense. the rudder then to the toll of watchman for a shilling, then "An enemy raider or sub­ face, blowing strong from the bloody Bluff." the bell. went ashore for a drink. west. All hands braced up the marine may get us, what then?" Half way down to Bluff, the We managed at last to secure .Fortune returned aboard late the Captain questioned, peering ship and she ran to the north- wind backed against- the hands Ward, close-hauled, fitting ev­ the rudder and get the ship un­ at' night and two sheets in the at Sails with puzzled attention. of the clock, and began to blow ery foot of her way to windward. der control and get things wind, then crawled in his bunk Sails clasped his palms, foul again, worse than befoi-e. It "Breakers ahead!" the lookout and slept on the bare boards, hunched his shoulders, bowed blew bad and dirty. turning from side to side so the and shook his old -head. "Me man let out the cry, two days , later. A penal colony, from "Damn it, all!" the Skipper woodwork creaked. hang on to my money. Captain," which no convict had ever es­ swore and shook his fist. "Hard The next morning, he turned he said in a hushed tone. caped, bore sharp on the bow. over with helm, Mr. Mate; let's to, stiff, and went aloft to bend "All right, then. Sails, go for­ It was the dreadful Norfolk- l3»- run back and try to weather the the ga'ri'sails without a com­ ward," the Skipper spoke, out, land, a bluff, rocky., mountain Kings or go to Davy Jones!" plaint. The man had known toil, firmly; then waved his arm once rising darkly out of the ocean, CLOSE CALL he had suffered hunger and and went ashore to clear the and with seas washing around its thirst, and had passed many a ship. base in white fury. The Mate blew his whistle and sleepless night, and had weath­ Men hurried on deck and shouted: "Come on, boys make THE LONG RUN ered many a gale—since the day threw the ship on other tack, order, and trimmed the sails for he first left his native Ireland The next day, at dawn, the then braced up sharp and flat­ the do or die run. Juteopolis, and went to sea. Why, then, Juteopolis went to sea, pa.s.sed tened the saUs. The Juteopolis your choice whether you want dompiain? through the narrow Heads in ran to the Southward, to get to see the girlg in Ireland or the more or less shipshape. Two men A few days later, his temper tow, and the men waved to the away. mermaids at Three Kings?" came aft to hold the wheel and girls. blazed out—^he threw his sheath "Hurrah! We've just es­ "The girls, the girls in Ire­ steel the ship. . j knife. It shot through the air "Good-bye!" caped!" the men shouted. land!" the men replied in chorus. like an arrow and missed the Soon the hawser was let go, "There's ocean^ to our lee and "Old Drachmas Is gone and his: "All right, then, wear ship!" sea-chest, too!" a voice cried in cabin boy by an inch. "You the,- yards hoisted, the sails we're free,-free!" the Mate sang out. "Square away the night; , t^oung rascal," he growled behind sheeted home, and the vessel BREAKERS AHEAD the main and cro' jack yards, and his grey beard, "I'll teach you to squared away for the long run It was Fortune who cried. tease me about my donkey's aroimd the Horn, to Queenstown The ship sailed for two days, mind the tacks and sheets!" breakfast." ._ • Capt. Hi J. Peterson. Men went to work with a will, for orders. The sail crowded and jammed in the wind; then, sud­ H The bark Juteopolis, riding at drawing alow and ; aloft; she' denly, iJmlbokout man called in' put the ship ground in short -.-•i-. ... .. . i/ . 1 �Friday. June 18, 1948- In accordance with Insti'uctiions, I attended the meet­ ings of the International Conference on Safety of Life at Sea, held in London, Erigland', April 23 to JOne 10{ 1948^ These conferences were initiated in order that each' nation-might profit by the experiences of the others, in regard to the protection of the- lives of crew andpassengers. It has also been recognized for many years that a code- of uniform international maritime safety rules were- desirable. In order tO' establish a basis for a more thorough understanding of the- circumstances surrounding the 1948 International Conference on Safety of Life at Sea the following historical resume is set forth; I ll TUE SEAFARERS LOG Starling, on this page is- SIU- Vica-Prasident Morris Weisberger's report of the- Safety At See Conference, which we-s held in Londonr Ettgland> from April 23 to June^ 11. Brother Weinberger was the-': representative of the^ American; Federa­ tion' of Labor, and- was a member of the Uv S. Delegation Page Five 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. U, S. Navy Department U. S. Maritime Commission National Federation of American Shipping Shipbuilders Council of America Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers American Federation of Labor (Seamen's Repre­ sentative) 10. Congress of Industrial Organization (Seamen's Representative) 11. American Bureau of Shipping 12. U. S. Weather Bureau on May 31, 1929. Although the United States was a signatory nation, it did not i-atily the treaty until the middle of 1936, and even then the ratification was with Basic Principles of the U. S. Delegation qualifications. One reservation was in connection with Article 54 (Control) of the Convention, which was The fundamental principles set forth by the Depart­ felt to be subject to ambiguity of interpretation. This ment of the State for the guidance of the U. S. Delega­ The 1889 Conference was enlarged- upofi by spelling-, out that it wa& to be tion were as follows: The International Marine Conference of 1889r held in understood that the United States reserved to its (1) that no proposal which would reduce the effec­ Washington, D, C., and attended by 19 maritime officers exercising control the right to make necessary tive standard of safety below that established nations, was the first general international conference inspections of foreign vessels in: its ports and to with­ by the 1929 Convention would be acceptable. pertaining to safety of life- at seai The primary pur­ hold clearance to any vessel- which could not proceed (2) that standards materially in excess of the pose of that conference was to consider the Inter­ to sea with safety, until such time as the vessel was U.S. proposals should not be advocated or national itules of the Road which had been drawn up put in condition so that it couid proceed to sea without initiated but if such px-oposals were advanced by Great Britain in 1862, adopted by . some 34 mari­ danger to the passengers or crew. and strongly supported by other nations they time nations within the next two years, and frequently Two other I'eservations were inserted to insure that might be accepted. changed. nothing in the Convention should be so construed' as to (3) that in case any subject in the U.S. pro­ This 1889 conference was also to consider the estab­ nullify or modify certain vested rights of seamen under posals was eliminated or not adequately lishing of regulations pertaining to- seaworthiness of- U. S. law.. covered by the Conference, a resolution should yessels, load lines, distress and rescue, personnel The 1929 Convention and Regulations contained a be submitted advocating the importance of qualifications, manning, discipline of crew, steamer number of provisions intended to improve the safety the subject and remanding it for further study. lanes, night signals for communication, dissemination of ocean-going shipping, particularly vessels carrying of meteorological information, warming of derelicts in passengers. They provided a specific formula for the Organization of the Conference sea lanes, and other dangers to mariners, uniform subdivision of vessels, protection against fire, minimum On April 23, 1948 the first plenary session was held. buoyage, and the organization of a permanent inter­ life saving equipment, standards for radio telegraphy, This session was attended by the representatives of national maritime committee. and a number of general provisions dealing with safety all of the nations present. The 1889 conference considered all the aforemen­ of navigation. At this session the President suggested that, followtioned items, but many of them were dropped from The document also contained as an appendix, pro­ ixig the precedent of the 1929 Conference, five commit­ the agenda as unsuited for international negotiation. posed changes in the rules for the prevention of col­ tees be formed one for each of the main divisions The final act contained the international regulations lision at sea. In addition to the eighteen signatory with which the subject matter of the Conference for preventing collisions at sea, a requirement upon all nations, a total of twenty-five other nations acceded to might conveniently be broken up. Accordingly, five vessels in a collision, to stand by and render assistance, important parts of the Convention and' Regulations. committees were appointed as follows: the requirement that officers and lookouts must meet Marine disasters since 1929; such as the Vestris, the certain eye-sight and color blindness standards; provi­ Morro Castle. and the Mohawk, together with the Committee No. 1—Construction sions for the distribution of navigational information; advances made in naval architecture and marine en­ This committee was concerned with the proposals a recommendation for the establishment of North gineering, and the experiences gained in the adminis­ that have been put forward for amendment of the 'Atlantic routes; and a recommendation for the estab­ tration' of the 1929 Convention; prompted the desire International Convention for the Safety of Life at lishment of a uniform system of buoyage. and the necessity of again changing these rules in Sea, 1929, with respect to the following matters: The most significant work of this conference was the order to bring them up to date. Further, the exper­ Watertight sub-division of passengers ships and development of the International Regulations for Pre­ iences gained in World War II, with its acceleration related structural matters; pumping ai-rangements; venting Collisions at Sea, which are now adhered to in- science, made this necessity more imperative. But structux-al fire px-ecautions; stability; power for by all the leading maritime nations. because of World War II it was not until 1948 that a Safety of Life- at Sea conference was held... which I The 1913-14 Conference attended and render herewith my report. The first Safety of Life at Sea Conference, by that title, was held in 1913 and 1914. As a result of the Tlie 1948 Conference huge loss of lives on th Titanic which was sunk on The third Safety of Life at Sea Conference met in April 14, 1912, the Congress of^ the United States the City of London from the 23rd of April 1948 to adopted a Joint Resolution, proposing that an inter­ the nth: of June 1948; national maritime conference" be held for the purpose The governments of the following counti'ies were going astern; steering gear and any other struc­ represented at the Conference by Delegations: tural I'cquirements relating to passenger ships; fire prevention, detection and extinction in pas­ 21. Panama 1. Argentina 11. France senger ships. The committee was required to con­ 22. Poland 2. Australia 12. Greece sider- whether any requirements on these subj-ects 23. Portugal 3. Belgium 13. India should be laid down for cargo ships. 4. Brazil. 14. Iceland 24. Philippines In addition, it fell to the Construction Committee 25. Russia (USSR) 5. Canada 15. Ireland to consider the proposals which several countries 6. Chile 16. Italy 26. Sweden submitted for the introduction into the Convention of 17. Netherlands 7. China 27. South Africa specific requirements relating to ships' electxncal in­ 8. Denmark 18. New Zealand 28. United 'Kingdom 'of providing internationally recognized rules that stallations. 9". Egypt 19. Norway 29. United States would tend to pfeyent disasters in the future. After a preliminary review of the various proposals 10. Finland 20. Pakistan 30. Yugoslavia In answer to this Resolution, and reinforced by world the committee formed two Sub-Committees to study The Governments of the following countries had sentiment, the 1914 conference was called. This con­ the proposals- on particular subjects and to make rec­ Observers «t the Conference: ference was held in London, and attended by Ger­ ommendations in regard to them. - 1. Ceylon many, Austria,- Belgium, Denmark, Spain, United 2. Mexico States, France, Great Britain, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Committee No. 2—Life Saving Appliances 3. Romania Russia and the Netherlands. This committee Was concex-ned with- the proposals 4. Turkey The conference dealt primarily with passenger ships, The following International Organizations were that have been put forwax-d for amendment of the tmd adopted more up to date rules with regard to life International Convention for the Safety of Life at represented by Observers: boats, life rafts, and life preservers. The final act was 4 Sea, 1929 with respect to the following matters: 1. International Labour Office signed by all the participating nations, but due to the Lifeboats and other lifesaving appliances, in­ 2. World Health Organization first world war, it was not brought irtto force com­ cluding line throwing appliances, to be provided 3. International Civil Aviation Organization pletely as a treaty, though parts of it were put into on- passenger ships and the extent to which radio 4. International Telecommunications Union effect by individual nations by means of national legis­ apparatus should be installed in lifeboats or car­ 5. United Nations Organization lation or regulations. ried on ships for use in lifeboats; certificated life6. International - Meteorological Organization The LaFollette Seaman's Act, enacted March 4, 1915, bbatmen; musters and drills; signals for. use on a 7. International Hydvographic Bureau adopted' those parts pertaining to life boat equipment^ ship in an- emergency; entries in logbooks. Consid­ In the above connection, it should be pointed out appliances and other provisions. After the terminatibn eration whether requirements should be laid down that the number of countries represented at this con­ of World War I, there was a certain- amount of agita­ concerning lifesaving appliances for cargo shxps. ference was much larger than was x-epresented at any tion to hold another conference- in order to bring the Surveys and cex'tificates covei-ing the foregoing. of the px'evious conferences on this subject. It" is also 191-4 convention up to date and" to put if into-full of note that a number of international organizations effect. However, it was not until' 1929' that another CoiBflfiittee No. 3—Radio were also, represented at this corxference. There are conference was held. still about twenty nations which were noit represented This committee was concerned with the proposals at this confei-ence, but the impoi-tance of and interest that Have been put forward for amendnjent of the The 1929 Gonfereftce in these conferences is bound to grow in yeax-s to come. Irxtex'national Convention for the Safety of Life at On April 16, 1929; the Safety of Life at Sea Cbn-^ Sea, 1929, with x-espect to the following matters: ference was convened. This conference was held" in> * Composition of U. S. rfel^gartioit Considering the extent to which radiotelegraphy likindon; and attended by representatives- of the' fol­ and ladiotelephony installations, including autoThe United States Delegation, was made-up of- repre­ lowing nations: Australia, Belgium,- Canada, Denmarlc, alarms, should be required on passenger ships and ^ i^ain; Ireland; United States, Finland, France; Great sentatives of the following organizations: cargo ships and the technical requirements for such 1. U. S.' State-Depgrtment Britain, India, Italy, Japan, Norway, "the Netherlands, installations; the technical requkements for radio ; 2. U. S. Coast Guard Sweden, Russia and Germany. •3..U. S. Federal Communications. Commission (Continved on Bage 6} ( The nations-which participated, signed" the final" act Cieveianu oireei, rsrooKiyu, and he won't bother stopping to tlnion Hall immediately. Rorce and became a flying officer York. SAMUEL SHUPLER unbutton with the Indian Air Fi �[Page Six THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, June 18, 1948 the minimum of modifications on the grounds that te) improved pyrotechnic and other distress signal­ ling devices. the 1929 Convention had proved itself an adequate document. Further, there seemed to exist a fear that 11. Blankets must now be placed in the lifeboats in the United States proposals necessarily involved ex­ ships on voyages in cold climates. cessive cost. 12. Liferafts are not allowed under the new Con­ Notwithstanding the above facts, the United States vention to be substituted for lifeboats. was successful in securing to a large degree accep­ 13. Vessels over 150 feet are now required to be tance of its proposals, as is evident from the sum­ fitted with davits of either the "gravity" or "quadrant" mary of results of the Conference Committees below. types according to the weight of the lifeboats in their Some proposals that were not totally accepted were "turning-out" condition. the basis of general principles agreed to, or of recom­ 14. Lifelines are now required to be rigged from mendations for further study. It is believed that in davit span on all lifeboats. years to come they will have an increasing infiuence •15. Suitable means are now required for preventing I Committee No. 4—Safety of Navigation on international maritime safety. any discharge of water into the lifeboats. As a general statement, it may be said that no 16. All ships are now required to carry means of % This committee was concerned with the proposals provision of the 1929 Convention was relaxed, that making effective distress signal by day and by night; |hat have been put forward for amendment of the many provisions of the old. Convention were revised including pyrotechnic signals showing a bright i-ed International Safety of Life at Sea, 1929, with respect "upward, and that the 1948 Convention represents a light at a high altitude. lib the following matters: distinct improvement in providing for higher stand­ 17. The line-throwing appliance required on all Consideration of the proposals for the amendards of safety of life at sea. vessels must now be capable of carrying a line 250 ment of the Collision Regulations and all other yards with reasonable accuracy. This is beyond the matters covered by the Safety of Navigation Accomplishments of the Conference effective range of similar U. S. appliances, except the Chapter of the 1929 Convention; also navigational The results of the Conference are contained in the Lyle gun which is by no means as efficient an appli­ aids; life-saving and distress signals and the car1948 International Safety of Life at Sea Convention ance as that agreed upon at the Conference. || riage of explosives and dangerous goods. This and Regulations, the International Regulations for committee also considered such important and Radio Preventing Collisions at Sea, and a number of resolu­ p complex questions as the provision of meterological tions and recommendations contained in the final act ' The chapter on radio in the new Convention has services, danger and distress signals and procedure of the Conference. been extended to apply to all vessels on international ^ and the carriage of direction finders on passenger The major items of achievement in each case arc voyages except cargo vessels of less than 500 gross and cargo ships. listed below. _ tons. In other words, the requirements of the Con­ I !.•' vention have been extended to include for the first Committee No, 5—General Provisions Life Saving Appliances time cargo vessels from 500 to 1600 gross tons. This This committee was charged with arriving at defini1. In addition to covering passenger vessels, the will result in a great increase in the number of vessels I lions applicable to more than one technical committee, requirements of the new Convention in regard to upon which the installation of radio will be compulsory. llifach as that of a passenger and cargo ship with making The new Convention also includes the following re­ Lifesaving Appliances, musters and drills have been If-rovisons as to the acceptance, entry into force, enquirements: extended to apply to cargo vessels of 500 gross tons ll^Drcement and future modifications of the Convention; 1. On all passenger vessels and on cargo vessels of 1 deciding on future arrangements affecting international and over. 1600 gross tons and upwards continuous watch will be 2. All lifeboats in the new Convention are required llafety regulations and co-ordination of certain aspects maintained on the radiotelegraph distress frequency of to be standard Class 1(a); viz, open boats with rigid "if the work of the technical committees. sides having internal buoyancy only. Lifeboats must 500 kilocycles by either human operator listening G^eral Principles of the Conference not be less than 24 feet in length nor weigh more watch or an auto-alarm. 2. On passenger vessels carrying more than 250 than twenty tons when fully loaded with persons and i I In order to provide a sound basis for logical and equipment. In cases where it would be unreasonable passengers when engaged on a voyage exceeding 16 Constructive discussion, the following principles were and impracticable to require a 24 foot lifeboat, it must hours duration increases number of qualified operators ' ^numerated for the guidance of the Delegates and not be less than 16 feet. required from one to two and requires 16 hours of |idvisers in their deliberations: 3. The requirements relating to motor boats are sub­ human operator listening watch in tfce aggregate. (1) that shipping is an international industry sub­ 3. All cargo vessels of 1600 gross tons and upwards ' stantially improved. Motor boats have beeir divided jected to severe competition, and that interna­ into Class A and Class B. Class A motor boats must are • required to carry at least one qualified operator. tional cooperation and agreements establish­ be powered by a compression ignition engine and Hours of human operator listening watch are specified ing minimum standards of safety are needed capable of a speed of 6 knots in smooth waters. Class according to the size of 'the cargo vessel. to insure that such competition, which is other­ 4. Improved technical • requirements for radio per­ B motor boats may be powered by any type of engine wise healthy and advantageous, does not result and must be capable of a speed of 4' knots in smooth formance are prescribed. in any unjustifiable lowering of the standards 5. New technical requirements are specified for, ' waters. . of safety aboard ship. 4. Passenger vessels carrying 20 lifeboats or more radiotelephone installations, auto-alarms, radio direc­ (2) that nothing should be allowed to obscure the must have two Class A motor boats. Passenger vessels tion finders, and radio equipment for motor boats, both importance of the human factor in insuring . carrying 14 to 19 lifeboats inclusive must have one installed and portable. the safety of life at "feea, nor the need for the Class A motor boat, and now in addition carry a Class highest degree of skill and competence on the Construction B motor boat or other approved mechanically propelled part of officers and crews of merchant ships. lifeboat. A new requirement is that all other pas­ The safety standard established for passenger vessels While sea travel is, on the whole, very safe, by the 1929 Convention in relation to the items con­ it is desirable and-necessary to make all rea­ sidered by the Construction Committee at this Con­ sonable safety provisions, not only against ference was most notably increased by the addition , normal hazards, but also against" the ever of regulations dealing with the subjects of stability present risk of major catastrophes such as in damage condition and electrical installations, and fire, collision and foundering. the amplification of the regulation relating to struc­ (3) that the experiences of administering, and tural fire protection. the manifest results of the 1929 Convention, With regard to damage stability the new convention should be constantly kept in mind in con­ provides regulations which establish the assumed con­ senger vessels and cargo vessels of 1600 gross tons and junction w'ith the advancement made in naval ditions of a ship before damage and the allowable upwards must cari-y one Class B motor boat or other architecture, marine engineering and operation conditions after damage, the result being to insure approved mechanically propelled lifeboat. of vessels since that Convention came into that a vessel will have stability adequate to withstand force. 5. Passenger vessels must carry two rescue boats the extent of damagfe contemplated by the sub-division (4) that the result of stimulated scientific re­ attached to davits—one on each side of the shi^ ready regulations. ^ search during World War II should be re­ for immediate use in an emergency. ..The new convention includes regifiations for struc­ viewed with the objective of making use of 6. Cargo vessels are required to carry lifeboats tural fire protection in accommodation and service those advances which could reasonably and attached to davits on each side of the ship of such spaces on passenger vessels which recognize three practicably be applied toward improving the aggregate capacity as will accommodate all persons on-f alternative methods of protection, as follows: safety of merchant shipping throughout the board. In addition, tankers of 3000 gross tons and"^^^ Method I. The construction of all internal world. upwards must have not less than 4 lifeboats attached divisional bulkheading of essentially incombus­ to davits, 2 forward and 2 aft. tible materials. General Remarks 7. Life boats certified to carry more than 60 persons, Method 2. The fitting of an automatic sprinkler The United States entered the Conference in a now are required to be fitted with some means of and fire alarm system generally with no re­ ition to advocate the highest international mari- mechanical propulsion. In view of the advance made striction on the type of internal divisional ime safety standards practicable. It is well known in recenj: years with hand propelling gear, it was bulkheading, and hat the standards of maritime safety established agreed that such gear might be accepted as a Method 3. A system of sub-division forming a * nder the laws and regulations of the United Slates mechanical means of propulsion. network of fire retarding bulkheads enclosing 8. Lifeboats must now have perforated bilge keels re considerably in advance of the 1929 Convention and limited areas, together with the installation of aterially higher than those in force and practiced or keel rails suitable for clinging to when overturned. a fire detection system. 9. Passenger vessels carrying 20 lifeboats, or more, ly other maritime nations. In developing the pro• Method One represents essentially the present, )osals for the Conference, an effort was made to must have two motor boats fitted with radio as under United States practice in this regard. Methods 2 and 3 )ropose only that which could be practically applied 1929 Convention. Passenger vessels carrying 14 to 19 represent the United Kingdom and French practice nternationally and which was justifiable as a neces- lifeboats inclusive must have one motor boat fitted respectively. The decision to adopt three alternative with radio as under 1929 Convention, and now in ary improvement to maritime safety. methods was necessitated not only by a considerable However, it was evident early in the deliberations addition one portable transmitter and receiver. All divergence of opinion as to the most effective way of hat a number of the proposals could not be ac- other passenger vessels and cargo vessels of 500 gross obtaining the desired defense against fire, but also by, epted on an international basis because of acute tons and upwqrds must carry one portable radio trans­ the practical consideration that the materials used in ihortages of materials and unstable economic condi- mitter and receiver. applying the United States method are not at the ions prevailing in many countries as a result of the 10. The following additional lifeboat equipment is present time internationally available in sufficient required by the new Convention: ar's devastation, quantities. Early in the deliberations a reluctance to accept (1) a first aid kit, • New electrical regulations for passenger vessels are e proposals of the United States was apparent, (2) 2 buoyant heaving lines, included in the convention covering the basic points' 'his was due partly to the relative positions of the (3) an attached painter in addition to a sea of the United States proposals, although considerably • espective nations in that the United States was painter, less detaUed. ;enerally advocating extensive' changes from the (4) 3 quarts of water per person ihstead of the one The standards of safety relating to numerous details: ixisting Convention, whereas, the other countries quart presently required, ere advocates of the position of status quo vrith (5) a manual pump, and - . (Contimtcd on Page 11) (Continued from Page 5) ' apparatus installed in lifeboats or portable radio apparatus carried on ship for eventual use in life­ boats; the number and qualifications of radio offif cers to be carried for safety purposes; particulars of watches to be maintained; details of radio pro­ cedures, e.g. alarm, distress and urgency radio signals, speed of distress messages and entries in log books. The committee wiU also consider the technical requirements relating to direction finders and to other electronic aids for position finding and radar. • i: �\ TffE SEAFARERS Friday, June t8, 1948 LOG Page Seven ' SBIPS' MIMirTES AND NEWS THE RAJAH IS NOW A SEAFARER Stacy Masters Honored For Service To Shipmates Aboard The Gavalier A regular part of the recreational activities of the Alcoa Cavalier crew has been i: the showing of movies at sea twice weekly. The man in charge of the mechanics of presenting the films has been Stacy Masters, 2nd Electrician, 4time and energy for the benefit® of the crew. Skunk Roams Docks In Sailor's Rig ''ir-' f ' A timely warning urging Seafarers to keep a sharp weather eye peeled for a 24karat phony masquerading as Union member a was sounded this week by oldtimer Benno Zielinski. •Brother Zielinski, a typically good-natured man of the sea, bristled with anger when he told the LOG that he didn't want any of his brother members to simil­ arly fall for the waterfront skunk's smooth spiel. Eric Joseph, former wellerweight scrapper, in Ihe dark­ room where he pursues his photographic hobby. Parade Of SIU AtMetes Would Feature Real Rajah If the time ever came when the Seafarers wanted to present an on-paper boxing show, the search for contest­ 1-1 ants would be a short one. In record time a card having all the color of a Madison® <411 tiiC wUX\./A vx a -• Square Friday nighter could be found him back in the ring and, arranged, and would certainly be between fights, back on ships. In 1945, he piled off a ship a crowd pleaser. in Montreal, Canada and met The pages of the LOG have many of the top fighters in Can­ listed -^he accomplishments of ada. There, however, his active Seafarer-boxers all the way from Heavyweight Moon Kouns, one­ ring career ended. One njght time challenger to the Argen­ while battling 3illie Tarriglione, tine champ, to Featherweight a boy who went on to tangle Ovidio Rodriguez, who once with Ray Robinson and Ffitzie tangled with the best of them, ZiviCj he injured his ej'^e. Rather including Sixto Escobar, later than .take a chance of injuring to become bantamweight champ­ the scar tissue he bowed ,out of the ring. ion of the world. In 1947 he paid off .a Pana­ . For a little international color manian ship in Haltimore .and Calcutta-born Eric Joseph, bet­ joined up with ;the Seafarers. ter known to ringsiders as Rajah Sabu would fill the bill. The After battling and sailing all Rajah, now sailing as a wiper over the world he ithinks he's on SIU ships, would serve to found his roost. To him the U.S. break up -an evening of strictly is his home from now on. That is, if he can gain citizenship. - home-grown 'fisticuffers. Now 24-years old, he looks How XIUW the uie Rajah JVrtjaii fits iiio into the ^ X. SIU picture is an interesting tale back on an interesting career m which began several years ago the ring, but to him, sailing in in India. There he first broke the SIU gives him just as much into the game. While attending of a thrill. "It beats anjdhing St. James College in Calcutta IVe done anyplace in the world. he won a berth on the school This is the place for me," he team. Finding the going easy said. The Rajah, it appears, would he branched out into amateur ranks and appeared in oyer 80 make a worthy addition to the Seafarers make-believe card. amateur bouts. Possessing a yearning for the outside world he began going to sea and between ships he fought (professionally as a welterweight in Europe, Canada, Africa and Check the slop chest be­ fore your boat satis. Make England. sure that the slop chest -con­ FLEW DURING WAR tains an adequate supply of all the things you are. liable When the war .came along he to lieed. If it doesn't, call the joined the English Royal Air Union Hall immediately. Force and became a flying officer with the Indian Air Force. Peace Check It—tut Cooii When he met Zielinski in Hoboken last week, the phony in­ troduced himself as Robert Er­ nest Van Dorn and produced an identification card, issued in Gal­ veston. * "SAD"'TALE Then he unfolded a very con­ vincing sob story of how he had become ill aboard a South At­ lantic vessel ani had to be re­ moved from the vessel in Ant­ werp, later to be flown. back to the -States. His pitch was that he wSs waiting to be paid and could Zielinski help him out? Unfortunately, in this case, Zielinski is' the kind of a guy who rarely turns down such a bid—respecially when the hardluck story comes from a seaman. He gave the culprit a few bucks and loaned him a shirt and other gear. who volunteered his On movie night Stacy regularly turned to to arrange the screen, set up the sound equipment and arm the projector. This week the crew returned the compliment. For his work in their behalf during the past months, the crew presented Staty with a 19-jewel Hamilton wrist watch at a general meet­ ing held on the ship May 23. In making the presentation for the crew, Joseph Powers, 2nd Steward, reading from a pre­ pared statement, said, 'We de­ cided to make Brother Masters a present for his kind service rendered in showing the movies to the crew on his own will and accord. I am sure Brother Masters is. more than deserving of this gift and I am equally sure each of the crew thorough­ ly enjoyed- seeing the movies aboard ship." . Following the presentation of the watch, which bore the in­ scription "Stacy Masters from the crew of the SS Alcoa Cav­ alier," Brother Powers, the crew's financial secretary, ex­ plained to the new ^rewmembers that all the recreational equip- On The Ceast If you have a beef oi a problem when you're on the West Coast, contact SIU. A&G District Hq„ 105 Mar­ ket Street. The telephone . number is DOuglas 2-5475. Drop in between ships, and get acquainted. ment aboard the ship had been bought by the crew through the ship's fun4. The fund was built through a 50-cent donation each trip. FUND'S BENEFITS He pointed out that in addi­ tion to the ' regular movies the fund had also provided a radiophonograph, loudspeakers and a small mimeograph machine for the ship's newspaper. The Cavalier left on its final trip out of New York this week before changing its operations to the Gulf. • To celebrate the long run out of the big city, the crew will thi'ow a ship-wide pa^y while down in the Islands, out of the ship's fund, of coui'se. Shupler Dies In Germany; Became Seafarer In 1943 Then this punk in Zielinski's clothing left, saying he was go­ ing to pick ;up his money due. When he - didn't return by the following morning. Brother ZielWord has been received of the death in Bremerhaven inksi scented that something was of Seafarer Samuel Shupler, who was sailing as Saloon rotten in Hoboken. A few inquiries, meanwhile, Pantryman on the SS Noonday, a Waterman vessel. Brother Frenchy Djian, the®revealed that "Van Dorn" had attempted to borrow dough from Noonday's Deck Delegate who sent the information to the LOG, reported that the exact several people, using Zielinski's circumstances of Brother Shupname to establish his credit. ler's death were not known. Ap­ UNSELFISH. VIEW parently he fell from a car or bus while riding through the Apparently more concerned town on May 10. " over the possibility of other Sea­ BROOKLYNITE farers being taken in, then by his own loss. Brother Zielinski Brother- Shupler, who lived in kept repeating, his warning that Brooklyn, was well known all hands be careful. around the New York Hall, and .He described "Van Dorn" as Frenchy Djian said that he was heavy set, about 5 feet, 9 . inches extremely popular aboard the tall, with light hair and hatless. Noonday. Zielinski says this character Shupler, an Austrian by birth, hangs ; around waterfront places. wfes born in 1894. He joined the "He might show up anywhere," Seafarers International Union in he said. January 1943. He sailed thi-ough the war, rnaking a distinguished Meanwhile, Zielinski will be record. looking for the guy, too. If he Brother Shupler is survived by ever catches up with him, he his wife who resides at 430 [ aims to take that shirt back— Cleveland Street, Brooklyn, New | and he won't bother stopping to York. SAMUEL ...SHUPLER unbutton it first. �m THE SEAFARERS Page Eight LOG Friday, June 18, 1948 Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings THAR^60U> INIMEM THAR , HULLS/ FRANCES, April 18 —Chair­ man John Lincoln; Secretary George Clark. Reports of dele­ gates George Clark, John Lin­ coln, Juan Colon and Pete Pratt read and accepted. Good and Welfare: Brother complained of not seeing ship's minutes printed in the LOG. Bosun requests gangway changed from the port doors to main deck to keep dock workers out of crew quarters. One minute of silence for Brothers lost at sea. if /OUR SHIP IS MOP.E THAM VOUR JOB AMD YOUR LIVELIHOOD — IT'S YOUR. HOME . PROTECT THE SHlP^ SEAR THAT we FOUGHT SO HARD TO GET>\NO KEEP YOUR SHIP CLEAV /M GOOD SlU STYLE . IT PAYS OFF IN THE END WITH AAORE AND BE-fTER CONTRACTS — AMD if if FRANK SPENCER, AprU 24— Chairman R. T. Riley; Secretary A. H. Smith. New Business: J. B. Henley, ship's delegate, reconunends that J. Hawkins gi^e good reasons for jumping ship in Charleston. Good and Welfafe: Laundry taken care" of satisfac­ torily to all. Request that table­ cloths be furnished for- crew's mess next trip.: One minute of silence for Brothers lost at sea. AAORE DOUGH iM YOUR POCKETS. HOWARD A. KELLY, AprU 25 —Chairman Woodward; Secre­ tary deParlier. No New Busi­ ness. Good and Welfare: Brother Blizzard urged crew to take bet­ ter care of recreation room. Brother deParlier informed crew of currency exchange in Suri­ nam. McNait asked the crew to cooperate in keeping lights out in starboard passage at night. One minute of silence for Brothers lost at sea. if CUT and RUN By HANK Seafarers in all ports, while resting their oars in waiting for ships to come in, are naturally asking themselves the biggest $64 question in their tough lives: What will happen to our traditional hiring hall? Well, the SIU has never been jittery or hysterical in I its thoughts or actions towards any problem or beef. We have always won our beefs—either strategically or the hard way. The shipowners know full well that the traditional hiring hall served them with competent sailors in manning their ships, and of course without delaying scheduled sailings. 4 %• i However, the shipowners, who presumably did their share in influencing the Taft-Hartley Act to destroy the closed shop and to be passed into law, are now moaning and crying thai they are innocently forced to obey this ridiculous law. This threat to eliminate the hiring hall isn't small potatoes in the lives of union sailors. To every Seafarer it's a . matter of protecting his job at all times and the only workable system li for them to get their jobs and for the shipowners to have their ships sailing. It's definitely a life-and-death struggle over something which for many years peacefully and democratic­ ally served the union sailors and the shipowners in efficiently manning and Sailing the ships. We wonder if the shipowners will steer a safe and true course, after all? if if if if i. if STEEL ARTISAN, May 9— Chairman Pasch^; Secretary Sheldon. Delegates' reports ac­ cepted. New Business: Motion carried that Steward put out more night lunch. Good and Welfare: Magill elected ship's delegate. Agreement on keeping laundry clean by rotating job between three departments. One minute of silence for Brothers lost at sea. if if if BEAUREGARD, April 21— Chairman James O'Connell; Sec­ retary William J. McAtee. Dele­ gates reported on number of books and permits in their de­ partments. New Business: Motion carried that Steward spend time in, the galley instructing men to improve on cooking and baking. James O'Connell elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Good and Welfare: Messmen stated that it is too much work to serve from steamtables and think Second Cook should serve from tables or gaUey. Suggestion for greater variety in the night lunch. Steward agreed. Brother Ray. Duhrkopp and Brother Rasmussen are tugging their chins and wishing a few tugboat jobs come up... Brother Johnnie Ward and his mustache have been in town a few weeks now. We wonder if Johnnie figured whether this was the begin­ if'if if ning of the winter season—with all the cold days and rainy days we've been having?... Brother Jack Greenhaw is in town. Re­ CHARLES A. WARFIELD, cently he bought himself a good pair of shoes so his feet can May 9—Chairman T. M. Jones; stand doing three and a half hours of quartermastering. Every­ Secretary A. W. Gowder. Dele­ gates reported no beefs. Good thing hurts a quartermaster. His arms, his feet and his back. and Welfare: Delegates to see Patrolman about having Cooks' A few familiar oldlimers in town are Joe Arras, Willie room changed as there are three West, John Santos, Pete Bush and Charles "Ceurioca Red" Cooks in one room. Request Benway. Oldtimer William Brady sailed into town recently, made that all men, stay sober for too... Other oldtimers who may still be in town are: A. payoff. One minute of silence Macomber, F. Bosmente, R. L. Williams, S. Furtado, E. Flofes, for Brerthei-s lost at sea. A. Weir, J. C. Smith, J. Santiago, C. Manning, J. Michaelis, B. Zelenzic. K. Kain, P. Campbell, M. Miller, A. Demado, P. Gallant, Bosun T. White, T.- Escobales, J. Cardona, Bosun T. Nayaro. Carpenter E. Hansen, V. Roll, A. Corrado, C. Antoniou and S. Delgado. WM if b: NEWS ITEM: One of the bills given unanimous-consent approval by the House (to be sent to the Senate, no doubt) was a bill to authorize extension of medical and hospital care to persons employed in the maritime service, including unemployed seairKen p8 if they seek treatment within six months after leaving their last jbo... We hope that after all these years a bill lik^ this may have the decency to become law—and finally remove the ridiculous i^air treatment towards active merchant seamen needing medic^ treatment... 'The SEAFARERS LOG will be traveling free of cost to the following brothers—so they and their families can enjoy and understand what is going on in their union week after week: Bemie Turner of Louisiana, C. E. Wells of Alabama, ^ William Rahl of New Jersey, J. Bagliazo of California, Norman Kramer of New York, Gus Liakos of New York, James Lee of Delaware, Newt Williams of Virginia, Kirwan Bilson of Florida, Roman Viloria of Louisiana, H. L. Brandies , of Florida, Leo-Watts of Louisiana, Sal Scudari of Massachusetts, Joseph Martus of New York, A. O. Ikkela of Massachusetts. j if if WILLIAM R. DAVIE, May 9— Chairman J. A. Sullivan;. Secre­ tary Raymond J. Wells. Dele­ gates repoHed on number of books, permits in their depart­ ments. New Business: Election of ship's delegate. S.. Graham elected. DisussiOn on relief Fire­ man in American ports post­ poned to next meeting; Edtica.tion: Crew was told that. pam­ phlets were aboard and are available in recreation room. Good and Welfare: - Suggestion made that an article be written and sent to the LOCJ regarding condition of ship; after last crew piled off. One minute ef silent prayer for departW • brothers. X 'i. X:-" JAMES CALDWELL, May 9— Chmrman James Corriher; Secre­ tary John Ward. Meeting called •by C. L. Seiferl. AU depart­ ments reported to be in order. Recommended~"Vote of thanks for Cooks because of good feeding throughout trip. Deck overtime situation discussed, and to be turned over to Patrolman. Re­ pair list drawn up. Minute of silence for departed brothers. XXX PORTMAR, May 12—Chairman H. E. Fowler; Secretary W. H. Johnson. Motion carried that a report be sent to Union regard­ ing conduct of Chief Cook who walked off the ship in Raymond, Washington. .Motion carried that delegates get together with Stew­ ard to check whether ' potatoes where good or bad. Good and Welfare: Steward reported to the crew that his food requisition had been cut and that crew should inform company thaVthey will not saU to the Far East short of stores. X ISAAC M. SINGER, AprU 7— Chairman M. Woods; Secretuy R. Jackson. Meeting called to discuss menu situation. Several brothers claim that the feeding during present voyage does not come up to standard of last trip. Brother Woods said there were not enough juices put out for breakfast. Steward explained his side of it and meeting ended on a note of accord. One minute of silence fo rbrothers lost at sea, XXX SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY. May 23—Chairman J. Molina; Secretary W. Vobia. Delegates reports accepted. New Business: Motion carried to check on car jacks which seem to be too closoi together for easy movement to forward part of ship. Discussion on matter of foc'sle keys for crew. Good and Welfare: Dis­ cussion on Chief Cook who de­ sires to sail as Chief Steward and needs five bookmen to en­ dorse him. F. MARION CRAWFORD. May 16—Chairman M. Pappadakis; Secretary S. Cieslak. Engine re­ ported 19 hours disputed, other departments reported no beefs. Engine Delegate Hemby an­ nounced that First Assistant now understood that the SIU way was a good deal different from the NMU way. Motion by Sadowski, seconded by Hammerstrand and passed, that blowout fans be placed in portholes. Mo­ tion by Whitt, seconded by Hemby and passed, that fines list be destroyed and that men make voluntary donations to hospitals and LOG. Minute of silence for Brothers lost at sea. XXX WILLIAM W. SEATON, May 16—Chairman C. W. Cox; Re­ cording Secretary Dale Grigsby. Deck Delegate Cerdas said de­ partment okay except for about two hours disputed time. Engine Delegate Genovese reported 36 hours. Stewards Delegate McCoy had nothing disputed. De­ cided that overtime issue would have to be settled by Patrolman. Voted to bring Chief Cook up on charges. Leniency recommended by Lutz and Genovese. Voted to bring two other men up on charges. All men to list repairs necessary. Steward said he was making supplies list. XXX ROBIN GOODFELLOW, (dale not given)—Chairman Pasanowski; Secretary M. E. Longfellow. Delegates reported everything okay. New Business: Repair list made up and submitted to dele­ gates. Discussion on whether the present crew should stand by or not until repairs are made and store list supplied. Motion carried that list be turned over to Patrolman and assurrance be received that supplied and re­ XXX MOOSE PEAK, May 20 pairs will be made before hew voyage. Good and Welfare: Chairman Oscar M. Jonpi; Seere-: Crew to see that replacement be tary Ralph O.Master8. Meeting made of books and present books called to elect Ship's Delegate, be boxed up. ready for exchange. Robert T. Young elected, by acrOne minute of silence for broth­ clamation. . Meetings to be held every week. Captain to be asked ers lost lost at sea. to change linen locker into XXX DEL SOL, Mar. 13—Chairman foc'sle for Bosun and Electrician A. Emmons; Recording Secretary as it is supposed to be. If re­ y. i,. Byers. Anybody using fused, Patrolman to take bver. laundry to leave it clean; Deck Repair list to be inade. Delegate to see Mate about locks XXX and latches for screen doors. DANIEL H. LOWNSDALE., July toilet to be rigged for long­ April 6—Chairman E. Vatis; Sec­ shoremen. Delegates to see Cap­ retary Jorge Planes. No beefs r'; I tain about draws. . Voted for ex­ at all from departments. Repair haust fans. Decided that Depart­ list readied for Chief Mate, copy ment Delegates could handle all to go to New Orleans Patrolmen, H'l problems. Ship's Delegate.^t re­ Nobody to pay off before PatroL quired. Minute of silence for men arrive. Anthony Thomas elected Ship's Delegate. Brothers lost at sea. CfOniimica on raxe 11 I �Friday* Juna 18. 1948 THE SEAFAHERS LOG Page Nine MEMBERSHIP SPEMKS Grundy Makes Venice In Spring Sees Hep SIU Members Holding Fast On Gains To the Editor: Here are a few lines about the famous SS Felix Grundy on her trip from Savannah to Venice via Cuba and back via Dingwall, Nova Scotia. On March 25, the Grundy was lying in Savannah ready to go to the boneyard. Shipping was bad. in Savannah and the sur­ rounding ports, and the Grundy Itemed to be dead! I,came in with the SS Southport frmn a coastwise trip and paid off at three p.m. on the 25th. I went immediately to the SIU Hall to register for a new job. I was standing at the desk just as the Agent picked up the phone to call an outport for four ABs and a Night Cook and Baker. "How about me for NOB?" I asked. Out I went to the Grundy. I had the job. CUBAN GAS By and large it was a good trip, although we - had a little gas-hound trouble in the begin­ ning. For the most part the per­ forming was flone in the Cuban ports where we loaded sugar. The first place we hit was Isabella de Sagua and there was rum ashore. There was more rum at Caibarien where we an­ chored 18 miles away. We were off Caibarien for more than two weeks. They ' brought the sugar out in barges, and the Cuban stevedores re­ mained on the ship the whole time, sleeping where they could find a place to curl up. After the second week, the Captain arranged for a launch to take the"crewmen ashore at five o'clock in the afternoon and bring them back at eight in the morning. However, since it was a two-hour ride each way through 18 miles of rough water, I never made it myself. MOROCCAN OIL n-: We left Cuba eventually, and our next landfall was Gibraltar which we reached on April 29. We stopped on the Moroccan coast for oil and water before heading for the Adriatic and Venice. On May 8, we arrived in Venice, cify of " gondolas, girls, Wine and a good time. Every­ body ,streamed toward" town to meet the beautiful Italian girls. There's a hitch to having a good time in Venice, and it's the usual one: you do a lot better if you have money in your pocket. You can get 1,000 lirfe for two • Americafi dollars. Biit don't tliink you're going to hdve much of a time for just 1^000 lire." It cost- me 1,500 lire for a! good dinner with a little wine thrown in. Of course, only the rich, in­ cluding the relatively rich, cap To the Editor: Perhaps it's something in the air of Venice that makes these two Seafarers smile. They are E. Lehto, AB (left), and A, Roy. AB and Declc Delegate. They sailed to the romantic Adriatic port orf the SS Felix Grundy. have such a meal as I had. The Italian poor can't. What they eat is polenta and fish, dry Italian bread and water—once a day. DINGWALL OR BUST By May 20, we were ready to leave as scheduled. Our money was gone and we were tired. On May 27 we passed Gibraltar. The weather was fine. The trouble was that nobody knew where we were headed. On Jime 3 we got orders: proceed to Dingwall, Nova Scotia, where we still are. Nobody cared much for the idea. All painting stopped. Our food situation began to get bad, althougli we may be able to get new stores here. At present we have one bag of fiour, no sugar, no cream, no coffee and no po­ tatoes. We are short on every­ thing, and the Steward is just scratching up what menus he can. To make things worse, we don't have much galley coal. "When we leave we expect to be loaded with gypsum, and we'll pay off in Savannah about June 16. Otto (Uncle Otto) Preussler I want to congratulate the membership on what a great job they have accomplished to make conditions for seamen what they are today. * I know these conditions could not have been won in any other way but by long hard struggle. It makes me proud, as a member of the SIU, to know that the Union I am in is for the mem­ bership and will see to it that you are .. treated fairly and squarely, and that is a great comfort. And I know that as long as we have men like these in the SIU no shipowners are going to foul them up. No, it isn't going to be that easy. The membership fought hard for the conditions they have today and you just can't take them away from them. If anyone thinks it can be done, they've got rocks in their heads. ONE OF FINEST The SIU is one of the finest unions in the maritime industry and the men intend to keep it that way. I will even say that in the future the SIU will be one of the^ strongest unions in existence. By the way I have been read­ ing with interest that the mem­ bership is unloading the per­ formers. Let's keep up the good work. It is phonies like the per­ formers that jeopardize the Union. I'd like to know who these guys think they are to go aboard ship and do what they please and make life miserable for all who are aboard. JUST DRAGS We should get rM of them. . They are no asset to the Uniont and never will be. We had a-- couple of them on my last trip and brothers, they were a pair. I want to thank you and the membership for making it pos­ sible for me to receive the SEA­ FARERS LOG. It is a wonderful paper and it keeps me informed on Union activities. By the way, that ten-dollar strike assessment which the membership adopted was a smart move. Nobody is* kidding the SIU. James J. McLinden Skipper Beef Only Gripe On Prentice -J;:! • r-i —>.~ To the Editor: - ^ Warning From The Waterfront Woman By BILL GILSTRAP Found him in my hangout, Three blocks from the ship, Lived with him a fortnight, Faithful as his ship. Listened to his stories, Laughed about the jokes. Told in deadly earnest, Of the island folks. Sensed the mind-whipped reasons, Men who learned too much. Soothed the boyish longings. Gripped the passions wild. Led him deep to slumber. Peaceful as a child. ' , So pay heed to a warning, Mostly for your man: Busy with your landlife. Ruling with your head. Careless of the savings, Forgetful of the bed/ . Forget about convention. Move out from your clan! . * No, he didn't tell me. Me ? Who.knows my guys! Watched him punch his sadness. Read it in his eyes. Read the ocean-tiredness, Thioughts too deep to clutch. ^•'1 SAD SACKS Heard the soft-voiced pleadings, " That all seamen ma^e. Soothed my restless conscience. Adding up the "take. Sure, I know about you, And sailors' wives I know. Sowing for the reaping. Begrudging all they sow. Enclosed are the minutes of JJie SS George Prentice, shuttl­ ing between Panama and Hono­ lulu. We are having "captain? trouble." Ours is another repu-^ tation builder. So we have tO' live in dirty foc'sles, galleys and messrooms, because no overtime will be paid. It's the old story,, same as on other chartered ships. The Agent in Honolulu ob­ tained a few of the necessary items through pressure. A word of thanks to him. And be not forgetful. Long as there's woman-hate. And men who are sailors. And laws that work too late. ' J • While sterile, foolish matrons Group a classed society. And fight for thingis—not loving —Then therie'll be babes like ine. • As I write this letter the sail­ ors are cai-rying twenty-two himdred pounds of contaminated flour out of the storeroom. "We hope the new flour arrives as we sail in twenty minutes but see no sign of it yet. We'U write from Yokohama with more minutes. As the en­ closed minutes show we have all oldtimers aboard and they're a damned good, clean and sober crew. If we only had a civil captain everything would be honkey-dorey. Among those aboard are Ted? Magee, George Barnes, Fireman Craven, and Jack Staisko. • ' Tommy Thompson'?? ' Shin's Delegate :V ^ SS George "Prentice a• • ; �...... \i ,. - T'B'E S EA F A RE R S Page-Ten Fort Men WeaM Om Woo On SlU Education To Ihe Editor: I am one: of the crew of the SS Fort Bridger, Petroleum Car­ riers; ' You remember all those sadfaced - characters, my face being by far the saddest. We were waiting around the New York Hall for this job. She was a new ship and a new company, and we were told when we took the jobs that she would leave the next day. But due to some sort of trouble in the company .office we kept hear­ ing "the voyage will start to­ morrow, for sure" for two whole weeks. However, in true SIU style ,we were patient about something that couldn't be help­ ed. SHORT ONE We made a short trip down to Puerto La Cruz and came back to Paulsboro, New Jersey, to "Look! Real diamonds. They cut discharge. The man at the table glass." Then with a quick thrust, with aU the papers said some-} h'e ripped a small mirror to thing about 18 months. I thought shreds. Naturally I was convinced. I he- was talking about the age immediately offered him a bar­ of his: youngest kid, and signed gain price, 25 American-..iron my name. men and my watch. He ran and I signed, all right, and here I ran—in opposite directions— I am. Some silly business about for wasn't the ring "hot?"' the articles, and that is that. We. headed for Curacao to Back aboard, I went from load cargo, left there and turned foc'sle to foc'sle, slashing mir­ up in Merrie England. Wliere rors left and right to demon­ they get the idea that the place strate the ring's value. As a result, nobody is shaving on this is "Merrie" I'll never know. ship these days. The boys can't I made Piccadilly and every- ', see themselves and I've had only thing around. Having been in one "Good inoi-niiig" since. the SIU only a year, I decided it; was time to live up to thOj HIGH GRADE. ANYWAY Union's reput&tion for having the world's greatest seafaring Later tests proved that the ring lovers. In fact, .1 decided to be- ^ was not completely without val­ come the world's greatest sea- ^ ue at that. It was a very good faring lover myself. However, I put it off for a few days until I we got to Italy. FHdBTi June'iSi^ 1^ ^ L&O grade of brass, the man said, and certainly the glass of the' "diamonds" was. of an A-1 type for the purpose. We left Port Said and battled our way to silent, mysterious Ras Tanura. Mysterious is right! All that sand and oil, all those men. and no women! Where are, the women, that^s the mystery! Deciding to get back into the good graces, of the Brother­ hood by showing my true prow-: ess as a lover, I kept my eyes open. While painting on . the dock, I spotted a gorgeous figure enveloped in a flowing white robe topped by a beautiful headpiece. It passed with its stern toward me. I choked and .did some rapid swallowing. Seeing my chance, I steadied down, smoothed my hair and gave- my Times Square wolf call. But. a shipmate shat­ tered my dream. The flowing robe; was just the costume, worn by the Arab dock workers. Oh hopeless yearning! Oh mysterious Ras Tanura! SIU TUGMEN IN TEXAS I Among the fugs manned by members of the Marine Allied. Workers, Seafarers' affiliate, are the Hoover and the Wales, operating out of Corpus Christi. Shown aboard the Hoover in photo abova are (left to right): Pete Peterson, Oiler: Harry Wingate. Chi Engineer;^ Jimmy Turner, Cook; Ed. Mathews.- Ch. Mate; Bill Ligon, Seaman; A. R. Winningham, Oiler, and Roy Lindley, Seaman, On the Wales in photobelow (left to right): Hugh Ramsey, Master; Baiey- Walker, Ch. Engineer; Glen Atchely, Seaman; Bob Jorgenson,. Seamgn, and V. McClane, OUdr. ^ EDEN TO NAPL.ES From that magnificent Garden of Eden we returned to Naples and my ham-onrrye guzzling "cara mia." Another dream was shattered,, she had taken to chewing garlic raw. We left Naples and came back here to Le Havre. We spent three days at anchor without shore leave. I wouldn't say the guys were in a hurry to get ashore anyway, since when we finally headed down the gang­ plank only seven were injured in the rush. So here we are in France. France^—that's short for "Holly­ wood, King. Size," To be serious in closing, I was. fortunate enough, to be one of TWISTED; ONE ARM By an overwhelming vole the first men to. receive the Arriving in Naples, I tried to on the Referendum Ballot, benefits of the education pror To the. Editor; be the first man to hit the town. the membership of the Sea­ gram now in effect. We have I should like this letter to But somebody twisted my arm. farers International Unions tried it out aboard ship, and serve as warning to all SIU I had to have a couple, of glasses A&G District, went on rec» everybody on the Fort Bridger, members never to stay in the of vino first, the man said. What ord to protect itself in the bookmen and permits alike, sings West 23Td • Street area of New could I do? Finally I escaped.hard days to come by build­ its praises. Ybrk. The entire district is Mindful of the reputation I ing up a strike fund and When everybody passes every­ loaded with thieves and some was going to win and hold, I -by providing shoreside oper­ thing.. he, knows along to the scum of the. earth characters. met. a beautiful girl. She even ating bases. new men,, we are guaranteeing " I speak from personal experi­ introduced me to her family. a strongr and aggressive mem­ ence. Just the other night I That means a $10.00 Strike After a while we were sitting bership for the future. What was. rolled., in. my room—of all Assessment and a $10J)0 on a settee. happens on this ship is the best places—while I was asleep. The Building Assessment. Al­ I was: whispering sweet noth­ example I can think of how an^ thieves who sneaked in -stripped ready many members have ings in her ear- She was breathr education program should work. the place clean and took every­ ing;. heavily, drinking in. my paid these sums. We are not a bunch of in­ every word.. I said to myself, The operators will move tellectuals and don't pretend to thing. I had, lock stock and bar­ rel—and $310,. which is a lot of "Dick, old boy, the SIU is go­ without warning. It is our be, but to see one of our Clip­ dough, especially when you ing to be proud of you. You're duty to be prepared. board meetings 15 an education haven't got. a ship. tiriying. this girl mad with your Pay the assessments im­ in itself. We say carry through TWICE* NOW technique." with the education program, and This is the second time I've I guess I was wrong. To my mediately. It is our insur­ ance for the future growth let us know in the LOG how been a victim of this kind of surprise, she suddenly reached and strength of the Union.. it. is coming. foul play in that district in a over to the table, picked up a Richard Barron period of twelve months. Be­ ham on rye? and; started chew­ sides the loss of personal effects ing, Oh hapless me! I was dis and cash, there is a lot of other _graced, but I determined to regrief- attached to such an ex­ . deein my^lf—in Ras Tanura or perience, You can believe me somewhere. when I say that to get your We left Naples and arrived in papers again, you have to go Port Said • a few days later. I, through plenty of red tape laid Bound volumes of the SEAFARERS LOG for the being a big -international trader down-by the Coast Guard. . ^d an expert appraiser of aU six-months from July through December 1947 have just I think I speak for plenty of things of- value, decided to slip one- ovfer on- a merchant named arrived from the binders. Members may purchase tijem— members when I say it will be Abu Bey- O'Hoolihan. as long as they last at the cost price, which is $2.50 per goodjidings ainda happy day for Seafarers when, we get a new cop.y. , HOT STUFF hall, in New York, which will be sufficiMitly large to offer hotel Abu came running up to me Also available are some copies of previous bound accommodations to the member-: : looking over his shoulder as if Good King Tut had risen from editions at the same price. Bindings on all volumes are of ship. Here a guy will get decent the tomb and was.; chasing him. sturdy buckram with dates lettered in gold. quarters and under Union pro­ He fiashed what was obviously All Seafarers who wish to set up a permanent file tection- will' know that his per­ a solid gold, ring set with six! ^flashing diamonds. "It's hot," he with a minimum of effort should act promptly. The sonal belongings are safe from the likes, of the bimch of thieves whispered hoarsely. 1 .-I felt it. To my surprise it' bound volumes may be purchased at the Headquarters and hoods and what have you was a little warm. He said," baggage room, 4th floor, 51 Beaver Street, New Yorls City. who lurk in the private, rooming Do It Now 1947 Bound Logs On Hand If '" • I Robbed Twice In Ghelseaj Bosun Awaits Union Hotel places to steal everything a sea­ man owns. When that time comes that we can have our own hotel facilities 1 within; our Union hall, I propose that we also set up some sort of a banking or deposit system, where we can deposit our money for safekeeping with the Union. Only in that will a, man, know, that he has left his things with, someone he, can trust and that he can always, get them. Carl Lawson, Bosun. More Aft In order to. publish Bro­ ther Morris Weisberger's Re^ port on the International Safely Convention- on four. pages which-could easily heremoved from the paper and reteuned- by Seafarers, the regular sequence of the membership pages had to broken. For additional let­ ters and pictures of SIU members, see pages 13 and 14. �Fnday. Juns 18. 1948 {Continued from Pag^ 6) of construction such as those relating to the closure openings relating to fire extinguishing equipment, auxiliary steering gear and 'others, have, in general, been increased. For the first time international construction stand­ ards for cargo vessels have been included in the Con­ vention. The Construction Committee extended the 'application of the fire extinguishing equipment regula.tions to provide for cargo vessels of over 1,000 gross ^ns. In addition, the requirement for stability tests and ilhe furnishing of stability data to the vessels concerned was extended to include cargo vessels of 500 gross tons 'and over. These requirements somewhat exceeded the United States, proposals as no requirement was included for stability on cargo vessels and the fire extinguishing regulation in the United States proposal called for the inclusion only of cargo vessels over 9(600 gross tons. General Provisions 1. It was agreed that the revised Convention should lie rearranged to provide for a more logical and convenient form. The 1948 Convention is arranged so .that matters of contract between Governments and Items of a procedural nature are contained in one jdistinct part. All technical provisions dealing with safety are now together in the Regulations annexed to .the Convention. Under the 1929 Convention the Government of the United Kingdom handled all administrative functions.. The U.K. is to continue these bureau functions until the coming into force of the Intergovernmental Mari­ time Consultative Organization (IMCO). The transfer of functions to IMCO will yest in this organization, dealing in shipping matters, the respon­ sibility for carrying out the safety of life at sea pro­ gram as provided for in the 1948 Convention. This will make for greater continuity of action. IMCO will bring, together, at more frequent intervals, technical • experts from all of the maritime countries to discuss mutual problems and share new ideas and knowledge. IMCO can establish regular procedures for handling safety matters. In the future the agenda can be pre­ pared well in advance of meetings, thereby giving greater opportunity for making thorough prepara­ tions for such meetings. In addition IMCO will be an established body rep­ resenting and protecting maritime interests in nego­ tiations with other international bodies. This will enable better cooperation with the aviation, tele­ communications and meteorological international or­ ganizations. 2. The Convention not only accepts the mechanism of the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Or­ ganization for holding periodical meetings, but con­ tinues the old provision for convening a conference similar to the 1948 upon the x-equest of one-third of the contracting governments. 3. Now methods of amending the Convention were adopted and Regulations were established. A twothirds vote of signatory governments, including twothirds of the largest maritime nations, may amend the Convention. Thus, with a substantial majority in favor of^ an addition of modification, a small minority can­ not prevent action. Progress in the interests of greater safety is thereby facilitated. Furthei', a means- of taking action against a recalcitrant nation, who re­ fuses to accept important amendments, is provided. 4. The provision for control over foreign vessels entering the port of a contracting government is modified so as to contain the essence of the third res­ ervation made by the United States in ratifying the 1929 Convention. This, the most important single im­ provement in the Convention, is described more fully in the conclusions of this Report. 5. • Fach Contracting Government agrees to conduct an investigation of any major marine casualty. The Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organiza­ tion. is to be supplied with the results of such inves­ tigation. This investigation shall deal with all per­ tinent information concerning such casualties, includ­ ing a statement as to whether any changes in the regulations are indicated as desii-able. 6. Provision is made for suspending the Convention or parts thereof in time of war; or for the carriage of persons in order to avoid a threat " to the security of. their lives. Such suspension does not deprive other contracting governments of any right of control un­ der the Convention over the ships of the suspending government when such ships are within their ports. 7. It was decided not to permit any more passen­ gers to be carried on cargo vessels than presently ajlowed, i.e., 12. This item developed into one of tl most contentious problems considered by the Con- THE SEAFARERS LOG Weisberger Reports On Safety Conferente ference. A full discussion is contained in the conclu­ sions of this Report. Safety of Navigation 1. The regulations dealing with Safety of Naviga­ tion now apply to all ships on all voyages. 2. Provision is made for impi'oved meteorological service and to encourage all ships to make and trans­ mit weather observations. 3. The Ice Patrol will continue to be operated by the United States. A more flexible method of distribut­ ing and sharing the cost of the patrol is provided for. 4. The prohibition against using any signal, which might be confused with an international distress signal, now applies to aircraft as well as ships. 5. The provisions dealing with distress messages and proceeding to the rescue of a vessel in distress, have been modernized. It is fixrther provided that ships at sea now will go. to the rescue of aircraft as well as vessels. 6. Provisions have been included to require on all vessels an efficient signalling lamp which can be used in daylight as well as at night. 7. The new Convention also requires radio directionfinding apparatus on all vessels over 1600 gross tons, whei-eas the old convention only required them on passenger vessels over 5000 gross tons. 8. A new regulation has been adopted in which the Contracting Governments agreed to arrange for the establishment and maintenance of aids to naviga­ tion, including radio beacons and electronic aids, and to make information thereon available to all con­ cerned. 9. A new regulation was also adopted in which each contracting Government agreed to ensure that necessary arrangements will be made for coast watch­ ing and for the rescue of persons in distress at sea around their respective coasts. 10. A new regulation was adopted containing detail­ ed lifesaving signals to be used by life-saving stations in communicating with ships in distress and by ships in distress when communicating with lifesaving sta­ tions. 11. A new i-egulation was adopted setting genei-al requirements for pilot ladders. 12. New regulations were provided in the con­ vention for the carriage of grain. These provisions provide precautions against shifting, such as feeders, shifting boards, and overstowed cargo, in compart­ ments wholly or partially filled with loose grain. 13. The carriage of dangerous cargoes is treated in a new regulation which list general classes of dangerous goods. When transporting dangerous goods, the following are required: written statement from the skipper, correct labeling and a manifest of dangerous goods carried dn board ship. : 14. Manning Regulation of the 1929 Convention was not changed, but a new. recommendation was adopted calling upon the Intergovernmental Maritime Con­ sultative organization and the International Labor Organization to maintain close liaison on the subject of manning- and to arrange for a joint examination of the problem, - and that consideration be given to propose minirnum manning standards for adopting in­ ternationally. A full discussion is contained in the conclusions of this report. International Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea Page ElevenThat Governments should apply as far as is rea­ sonable and practicable the principles of the present Convention to those ships belonging to their countries which are not included within the terms of the Convention such as cargo vessels of less than 500. gross tons.' 3. That Governments should take steps to insure that foreign vessels entering their ports belonging to countries whose Governments are not parties to the present Convention are required to conform to stand­ ards not lower than those prescribed by the Conven­ tion in force. 4. That Governments exchange information regard­ ing the efficacy of metal and wood hatch covers for preventing the spread of fire and other matters within, the' scope of the Convention. 5. That Governments endeavor to secure standardi­ zation of couplings, by international agreement, of ships' fire hoses and of those used by shore establish­ ments because of the difficulty and delay experienced ii in attempting to use shorebased firefigliting facilities to deal with fires on board ships in port. 6. That Governments authorize selected radio sta­ tions to precede the initial broadcasting of urgent cyclone warnings by the alarm signal, whenever such a procedure is warranted, in order to alert all radioequipped vessels. 7. That Governments give considerations to extend­ ing shore-based radio listening facilities on the distress frequencies. 8. That steps be taken, so far as practicable, by the Governments concerned to regulate the position and the intensity of lights on land in the vicinity ot the entrances to ports so as to insure that such lights can-, not be mistaken for, or do not impair the visibility of, the navigation lights of the port. 9. That Governments should endeavor to arrange for the transmission of radio weather messages from ships to appropriate shore stations free of cost to the ship concerned. 10. That Governments should make every effort to. take advantage of the recent advances in radio aids to navigation with the objective of promoting safe navi-. gation. 11. That although the recent advances in radar and electronic navigational aids are a great service, to shipping, the possession of any such device in no way. relieves the master of a ship from his obligation, strictly to observe the requirements laid down in the International Regulations for preventing Collisions at Sea and in particular the obligation to proceed at a moderate speed and use certain sound signals under conditions of restrijjted visibility. 12. 'That Governments should encourage the develop­ ment, manufacture and installation of ship-borne radar on board ships of their coimtry. That the carriage of dangerous goods receive fur­ ther study as a matter of urgency either by the Inter­ governmental Maritime Consultative Organization or by the representatives of the Governments chiefly concerned with the object of international regulations being adopted for consideration and adoption by the Governments of all countries from which dangerous goods are shipped. 13. That it is desirable to coordinate activities regarding safety on and over the sea and, that for the common goal of safety, cooperative action between the International Maritime, Aviation, Telecommunica­ tions and Meteorological organizations be continued and strengthened along the lines suggested in the Report of the Preparatory Committee of Experts on -y Co-ordination of Safety at Sea and in the Air. i General Conclusions and Remarks • Although a number of measures were adopted by ^ the 1948 Safety Convention which, when put into The following are the fundamental changes agx-eed force, will be an improvement on our national standards—despite these specific improvements the U. S.. r upon by the Conference: standards are still the best in the world. 1. The Rules are extended to cover seaplanes on the water. Extension of the 1948 Convention tb 2. The second masthead light, formei-ly permissive, Cargo Vessels is made mandatory. The provisions of the 1948 Convention have been :TVV, 3. The stern light, formerly permissive, is made extended to include cargo vessels. This is of the ^"5 mandatory and its range of visibility is increased utmost importance to all seagoing personnel because from 1 to 2 miles. 4. A. new and distinctive signal is pi-ovided for heretofore the Safety of Life at Sea Conferences i., j tended to deal only with the safety of passengers..- For fishing vessels when fishing in fog. 5. A new signal is established, consisting of at example, the 1929 Convention only applied to cargo least five short and rapid blasts for optional use vessels in regard to radio equipment and a few general by a vessel required under the Rules to keep course safety at sea measures. To a degree this was intended to provide greater and speed, when she is in sight of another vessel and safety for passenger ve.ssels in that radio enabled a is in doubt whether sufficient action is being taken by cargo vessel to serve as part of the rescue network the other vessel to avert possible collision. and with the general safety measures such as sub­ Recommendations mission of weather and danger messages. Compliance In addition to drawing up the 1948 Convention and with distress procedures enhanced the safety of the the Regulations annexed thereto the Conference made passenger vessels. At the Conference, the U. S. proposed certain stand­ the following recommendations: 1. That the Governments which became parties to ards for the direct safety of the cargo vessel. Other the 1948 Convention should renounce the International nations did the same and it was recognized thajt •_ •Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1929 and establishing minimum standards for the constructio% ^ should cooperate with one another with a view to equipment and operation of cargo vessels is pertinent insuring that their respective renunciations become to the safety of life at sea conferences. The new Con­ effective on dates as soon as possible to, but not vention not only contains rules which ^al with radio -sooner than, the date on which the 1948 Convention and general safety of navigation requirements for comes into force. (Continued on Page 12) S^ ^ �THE SEAFARERS Pag» Twelre*^ Friday; Juna 18, 1948 LOG lem of safety at sea still would be dealt with in a wholly inadequate way if there was nothing to insure adequate manning. A ship no matter how carefully built and well equipped cannot be considered safe unless its personnel are competent. The majority of the other countries and the ship­ owners' representatives took a strong position .against broadening the provisions of «the 1929 Convention on the question of manning. They also felt that the subject of manning was not within the province of the Safety of Life: at Sea Conference, in that the ILO has jurisdiction of this subject. Both the United States Delegation and the seafai-ers' representatives at the Conference took the position that to delay solving safety questions which are related to maiming by referring them to another Attempt to Increase the Number of conference in effect was a means of avoiding the Passengers Permitted to be Carried responsibility of the Conference on Safety of Life on Board a Cargo Vessel i at Sea. It was further felt that, while" the ILO had con­ A strong move was made by the Scandinavians, sidered this subject at Seattle in 194S, it had not French, Italians, and Russians to raise the number of developed regulations which would insure the proper passengers permitted to be carried on cargo vessels. manning of ocean-going merchant vessels. Further, The United States and United Kingdom bitterly the ILO had stated that the Safety of Life at Sea opposed relaxing the existing regulations which allows no more than twelve passengers to be carried on board Convention was the more appropriate body to con­ sider this subject. such vessels. The final conclusions reached were that the United The issue provoked some of the most lively and lengthy discussion at the Conference. Those advocat­ States proposals which were endorsed by the sea­ ing the change attempted to justify an increase in the farers attending this Conference were not acceptable, number of passengers on the basis of advances made and that Article 48 of the 1929 Convention should since the last Conference in regard to greater safety of remain rmaltered. To prevent an inference from such cargo vessels. The U.S. and U.K. pointed out that action that the subject of manning did not justify to alter the present requirement on those grounds further investigation, a resolution was adopted rec­ ommending that IMCO and the ILO should maintain would nullify the progress so made to date. It was emphasized (1) that cargo vessels were not the closest liaison and should arrange for a joint designed to carry passengers and many of the safety examiraticni of this .problem in order to insure that features of passenger vessel construction were omitted, jurisdiction is clearly defined and consideration be (2) the demands of the trade and carriage of multi- given to the adoption internationally of minimum type cargoes, including dangerous cargoes, make cargo manning standards. vessel operations more hazardous than passenger serv­ Remarks on Reservations and Control ice, and (3) cargo vessels are not adaptable to carrying large numbers of passengers without unduly restricting It is imperative to point out that one of the prin­ .the crew's movement about the vessel and overtaxing cipal reasons why the 1929 Convention was not im­ the limited facilities on such vessels for accommoda­ mediately ratified by the United States was because tions, feeding, water supply, etc. of the weakness of the Control Clause and because It was made clear that the interests of safety would the Congress would not tend to nullify any of the not be served and that passengers would be deprived rights gained by American Seamen as set forth in the of due security by breaking down the present distinc­ Seamen's Act of 1915. It was for these reasons the tion between passenger and cargo vessels. If the Congress before ratifying the 1929 Convention made number of passengers was arbitrarily increased there three understandings (interpretative reservations) and would be no stopping point. Further demands would the American Delegation insisted on their inclusion be made for more passengers and the ultimate end in the 1948 Convention. The three reservations by the would be the eradication of tha' distinction. This Congress in the 1929 Convention are as follows: would inevitably result in fatal disaster and public "(1) That nothing in this convention shall be so condemnation of those parties responsible for making construed as to authorize any person to hold any it possible. seaman, whether a ditizen of the United States of The current demand for passenger tonnage was America or an alien, on board any merchant vessel, singled out as the motivating factor in the move for domestic or foreign, against his will in a safe harbor increased passengers on cargo vessels. Recognizing the within the jurisdiction of the United States of America, need as unprecedented, it was pointed out that' it is when such seaman has been officially admitted thereto of a temporary nature and in a year or two there as a member of the crew of such vessel or to compel would be adequate passenger vessels for the trade. such seaman to proceed to sea on such vessel against It was admited that waivers were currently being his will;" issued to meet the situation contrary to the provisions "(2) That nothing in this convention shall be so of the 1929 Convention. construed as to nullify or modify section 4 of the The practice was condemned and a resolution passed Seamen's Act approved March 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1164), which provided that the granting of waivers should as interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United cease and the governments should bring their practice States in Stralhearn v. Dillon (252 U.S. 348);" into- conformity with the Convention as soon as prac­ "(3) That nothing in this convention "shall be so ticable, and in any event not later than December construed as to prevent the officers of the United 31, 1950. States of America who exercise the control over vessels The final decision of the Conference was that the provided for in Article 54 from making such inspection present distinction should be retained and cargo vessels of - any vessel within the jurisdiction of the United not-be permitted to carry more than twelve passengers. States as may be necessary to detaraine that the condition of the vessel's seaworthiness corresponds Remarks on Manning substantially with the particulars set forth in its One of the shortcomings of this Conference was its certificate, that the vessel is sufficiently and efficiently failure to adequately consider the subject of Manning. manned, and that it may proceed to sea without The U.S. Delegation and the seafarers' representa­ "danger to either passengers or crew, or to prevent tives of all nations attending this Conference made such officers from withholding clearance to any vessel various attempts to have the subject of Manning as which they find may not proceed to sea without danger to the passengers or crew." contained in the 1929 Convention broadened. One df the principal objectives of the U,S. Delega­ That Convention merely provided that each Con­ tracting Government imdertake to insure that its ships, tion was to incorporate in the 1948 Convention the from the point of view of safety of life at sea, were substance of the three reservations made by the sufficiently and efficiently manned. It was the United United States in ratifying the 1929 Convention there­ States' view, as well as the seafarers', that while by obviating the necessity for farther qualifications this Article is perfectly satisfactory as a general to our Government's acceptance of the new Conven­ Statement, it is of little value without implementation tion. The Delegation was particularly successful in achieving this end. by more specific provisions. "With regard to the first and second reservations The United States proposed that each Administra­ tion determine how many officers and men were there was-a substantial feeling-that nothing would be necessary for the safe navigation of its vessels com­ contained in the 1948 Ctrnventkm which would, require ing within the Convention, that these officers and similar reservation to safeguard seafarers' interests. men meet certain specified standards of professional At one of the Committee Stessions of the Conference a nnd physical competence and be so certificated by the statement was made that Treai^ lawyem recommended Administration. In addition it was proposed . that that Artieie fiO, Section a of the 1989 Convention be hours of work be liifhited in order to prevent physi­ deleted, as it was without special significance and cal fatig'ie and the consequent hazard to the safe unnecessary in that it was .a mere statement of an .operation of the vessel. obvious fact. .. Ftirther, to support the concept that manning should The United States felt that such mi XKnission might covered more specifically, the U.S. stressed the be interpreted as a change of intent or policy osn .^ , factor in relation to safety at sea. It was. part of the U. S. in view the reservatioosi previously pointed out that even if the new Convention estab- made and that it might be .construed jis derogatory to ^died -greatly improved or even ideal standards for those expremed princqales.. "Hie Uhited Sitetes, thCEe^ the construction and equipment of vessels, the pro^- fore, insisted that the ajEorementioxied section which (Continued from Page 11) cargo vessels, but it will extend to life-saving appli­ ances, musters and drills for cargo vessels over 500 gross tons, stability tests for cargo vessels over 500 gross tons, fire detection and extinction for cargo ves­ sels over 1000 gross tons. It is an important fact that recognition was given to, .^and provisions were made for, the general welfare and security of ships and persons, whether passenger or crew. This cannot be over-emphasized. A major step was taken at this Conference toward providing greater safety on cargo vessels internationally and it can be expected that substantial progress will continue to be made in this direction henceforth. n - . ;• / '.A vlu'f isic.Z'A'ik -- ' provides that "All subjects which are not expressly provided for in the present Convention remain subject, -; to the legislation of the Contracting Governments" be retained. . The United States requested that it specifically be made part of the record of minutes of the May 25th meeting of the General Provisions Committee that * such wor^ were being included in the Convention as' a protection to seafarers in so far as existing or,future local or national legislation covering subjects not! regulated by this Conventi(in was concerned. In so ' providing and explicitly stating the intent of the" . provision the Conference took a decisive step in, recognizing and protecting the vested rights of seamen.^ The third reservation made clear that Article 54 on " A, Control was not to be construed as divesting the. ! • United States or its officers of the right to make necessary inspections and to withhold clearance under : certain conditions. The U. S. thereby undertook to insure a degree of control and to provide a method o'f securing adherence to the standards of safety estab'-" lished by the Convention. It is fundtunental that some method of obtaining compliance with the Convention is necessary. The modification of Article 54 became one of tW most important issues the Conference considerediJ There was consideraWe opposition to the United States view. The United States considered the matter of suchvital nature that it jessed for its proposal on Gontr^until accepted by the Conference without any sub-stantive change. Thus the essence of the third reserva­ tion was written into the new provision on Control and reads as follows (underlining added): ^ "Every ship holding a certificate issued under the Convention is subject in the ports of other Contracting Governments to control by officers duly authorized by such Governments in so Tar as this control is directed towards verifying that there is on board a valid certificate and, if neces­ sary, that the conditions of the vessel's seaworthi­ ness correspond substantially with the particulars of that Certificate. "Such certificate shall be accepted unless, in the "opinion of the officer carrying out the control, the cooditions of the vessel's seaworthiness do not coEsespond substantially with the particulars^ of that eertfiicaie and ,the ship cannot proceed to sea without -danger to the passengers or the crew, he shall take such steps as will insure that the ship shall not sail until it can proceed to sea without danger to the passengers or the crew." The Control Clause, as given above, is the heart of ' / the whole Convention. Without this enforcement clause the standards of safety provided for in Conven­ tion would not likely be maintained. The adoption'of • this clause was a victory not only for sea labor but for the travelling public as well. Its adoption provided one of the hardest fights in the conferences. The advance may be more fuUy appreciated when it is remembered that the clause in 1929 was merely the interpretative understanding of one nation while in 1948 it has been adopted by all countries. Re: Future Conferences and Recommendations The Safety of Life at Sea Conferences are of great importance to all seagoing personnel because minimum standards and requirements are established which directly- affect the security of all seamen on board vessels on the high seas. It is, therefore, extremely important that the seamen should have substantial representation at such conferences because they are most vitally affected by the deliberations thereof. In the Conference held in London Apiil 23 to June 10, 1948 the, seamen's organizations from many nations were present and successfully exerted their influence to raise the safety standards substantially above those of the 1929 Convention. In ^is connection it is recommended that whenever conferences relating to safety of life at sea are con­ templated, the United : States seamen's representatives participate fully in the preparatory work in order that the proposals have the benefit and reflect the views and-ideas of the men actually going to sea. "Because of the veiy extensive scope and large num:ber of -sul^ee£s cowered by the coherence it is extremely diesirable that labor be given sufficiently targe representation to insure that its mterests are served in the development of all ptoses of the con­ ference werk. At the 1:948 Cosference it was impos­ sible .for two representatives of labor to satisfactorily take part in or follow all the proceedings and meetings of'the various-Conference Committees. It would be impossible in such a short report to -cover all -o£ the^ details of the ktrge-number-of subjects dealt wittt at -13MS Convention without losing sight of those items which are most important to sea going -personnel. For that reason this repprt covers only the highli^^ts of the subjects involved. Respectfully submitted, ' Morris "Weisberger ,! "ViceTPresident^ Seafarers International Union -of N«wth America, " - / I �'-•--••r —T.rW^ Friday, Jane 18, li t BE SBA¥^»BRS LOG WAY nOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS \:S Page, TiusiAom Brother Records Memories Of Former Ships, Shipmates To the Editor: the Jean in 1946, Johnston was the man who made those excel- 0 lent shots of the Isthmian Strike in Baltimore last summer.. I guess he was the only man who had the post of publicity agent in any port. Can't run on like this forever, t so will wipe the bauxite from my pen and sign off. - . Dennis Saunders SS Oliver W. Holmes Greetings from the Bauxite Trail! Nothing much of interest to re­ port from this country but writ­ ing serves to ease the monotony of long days and empty nights. Here we are holed up in the little port of Caripito, 94 miles in the interior of Venezuela. Our next stop wiU be Georgetown. As the grapevine runs, so goes my pen. "Shanghai" will be interested to know that his friend Cassel Warren is on the Isaac M. Singer, his second trip. Wonder what became of Leo Harris, Henry David, Jimmy Hightower an& all To the Editor: the others who made a home on I was wondering if I could ^J;: the Marine Dragon back in 1945. have the LOG sent to my home. The pride and joy of East I am an SUP member but I sailv Baltimore, Prince (Caledonia) on the east coast and mostly on Baker, is doing a coastwise stint SIU ships, so I would like to on one of Waterman's tubs. Last have the LOG sent to me. | saw him in Mobile, northward Being that I am an SUP mem­ bound, still telling his tale of ber I was in doubt as to whether woe. I could have the paper mailed Sure miss the Baltimore Hall. to me at my home. If there is > Is my good friend A1 still dis­ any charge for this service, I patching down there, also Walter would be glad to pay it if you'll- § Sibling? simply drop me a line and let At last report Clarence Wright me know. 0 was still Steward on the Jean. G. • F. Jones Wonder if he remembers the Toronto, Canada time I hitched a ride with him (Ed. Note: The l^AFIUtwhile I was beachcombing in ERS LOG is happy to put you _ Baltimore. Saw EUis Gaines in on the mailing list. All mem- | New Orleans two months back. hers of the SUP are dfigible Also Henry Refere. They are to receive the paper and there but two of the characters who is of course, no charge for it. made the "Route 66" run on the You should begin receiving Nashua Victory. The others in­ copies shortly. Should there cluded Joe Thomas, Frank Mills, be any hitch in delivery, let Antonio Ortega and Rufus Free­ us - know.) SUP Brother Asks To Receive Log This is a picture of "Papa" Celestini, and his original New Orleans jazz band. "Papa" and his band play at- all sailings of the Mississippi Line's passenger ships when they leave New Orleans. This band is a familiar sight to the Seafarers departing from the Crescent City, on their way down to South America. CanadianMen Give Thanks For SIU Aid To the Editor: The membership of the Can­ adian District wishes to extend its thanks to the men of the MARINE HOSPITAL LOCATIONS Seafarers International Union LISTED AT SEAFARER'S REQUEST for the aid, both financial and moral, which has brought about To the Editor: a new Canadian Disti-ict Hall, If you think it would be worthy, I would like to suggest that now located at 565 Hamilton man. a complete list of United States Marine Hospitals and their Street, Montreal. HIGH FLYER correct addresses be posted in some convenient place in all SIU ~ Someday when most of us MAKING PROGRESS Halls and printed in the SEAFARERS LOG for the convenience have entered the Great Un­ of the membership. Our progress from the time known, there is,bne guy who will To speed up as much as Armando Padro of this aid can be witnessed be remembered by everyone who possible the appearance in by the negotiations now pro­ the LOG a digest of their The complete list of Class A U.S. Marine Hospital is ceeding together with those con­ ever entered the portals of the New York Hall. He's Gedcjge, shipboard proceedings all printed below. In addition to these the United States Public cluded favorably. the indoor aviator (elevator man) crews are advised to send Health Service also provides second and third class relief of 51 Beaver Street. George is a We are submitting to the LOG copies of their minutes direct stations in smaller American cities and foreign ports. a report of progress in. this Dis­ great guy, liked by all. He to the Editor, Seafarers Log, Baltimore, Maryland—Wyman Park Drive and 31st Street. trict along with pictures of the merits a round of applause. Hope 51 Beaver St., New York Out-patient office—Custom House. Hall and a request that this they award him a plaque some 4, N. Y. Boston (Brighton), Massachusetts—77 Warren Street, Bos­ letter be printed in the LOG. A day. Port Agents should al^ ton. Out-patient office—Custom House, Boston. similar request will be made to Willie Walker must have made forward their copies of ship's a home on the Beatrice. Last Buffalo, New York—2183 Main Street. Out-patient^ office the West Coast Sailors. minutes to the LOG as soon time I inquired he was still -.-228 Federal Building. as possible after receiving, D. Joyce homesteading on her. Did you them. Carville, Louisiana—(P.H.S. Leprosarium.) Freight and Secretary-Treasurer ever hear him sing? That fellow Any other material relat­ express address: St. Gabriel, Louisiana. Canadian District, SIU has plenty of talent. ing to the voyage, such as Chicago, Illinois—4141 Clarendon Avenue. Out-patient of­ (Ed. Note: More than glad I would like to get in touch stories, pictures, letters, etc., fice—New P.ort Office Building. to. Brother Joyce. Send in with James Callis, also Charles can be sent in with the Cleveland, Ohio—Fairhill Road and East 124th Street. those pictures end stories, and Johnston, ex-soldier of fortune. minutes. Out-patient office—New Post Office Building. we'll print them.) Callis was by bosom buddy on Detroit, Michigan—Windmill Pointe. Out-patient office— Post Office Building. Ellis Island, New York. Fort Stanton, New Mexico—(Tuberculosis Sanatorium.) To the Editor: He is gone but not forgotten. Freight and express address: Capitan, New Mexico. Galveston, Texas—45th Street and Avenue N. Out-patient I wrote the poenr below two days after my And I pray for his safe return. office—302 Custom House. husband left for Italy. He is Thomas J. ConstanGod, please hurry him home to me tin, FWT aboard the SS Felix Grundy, and has « Kirkwood, Missouri—525 Couch Avenue. now been gone five weeks. Because for him I yearn. Memphis, Tennessee—Delaware and California Streets. I am a constant reader of the LOG. I find it Mobile, Alabama—St. Anthony and Bayou Streets. I wonder if any wives like me New Orleans, Louisiana—210 State Street. Out-patient very interesting and helpful. Often cry as they view the sea. I knew nothing of a seaman's life. But now office—Custom House. 10New York, New York—(Dispensary) 67 Hudson Street. I can talk with my husband and his friends And dream of the day about a subject they all love. Out-patient office—Barge Office. When husbands will say If you like the enclosed poem I will gladly /. Norfolk. Virginia—Hampton Boulevard, Larchmont. Out­ send in some more that I have written about patient office—Custom House. Darling, I've come home to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania—40th Street and Penn Avenue. seamen's lives and wives. I have never had any But then I realize of my writings published, but I do like to write Out-patient office—Federal Building. as I find it interesting and a seaman is my most It's not quite fair. Portland, Maine—331 Veranda Street. Out-patient office— interesting subject. Custom iTouse. , Thai's what" he wants. Keep up the good work! /vf San Juan, Puerto Rico. He loves it there. I AM A SEAMAN'S WIFE ' San Francisco, California—14th Avenue and Park Blvd. Out-patient office—Appraiser's Building. So 111 grin and bear it. The book. has fallen from hand. Savannah, Georgia—York and Abercorn Streets. And try to be • No more does it interest me. Seattle, Washington—Judkins Street and 14th Avenue. South. Out-patient office—Federal Building. Content when he's away at sea. For. I'm thinking of my husband Stapleton, ^alen Island, New York—^Bay Street. . Vineyard Havfiti Maesachiisetls.v •Who. now sails acn^ .the Time For Minutes Seamen's Lives, Wives Spark Her Rhymes • it V, A; - .v-.. 5^ '•f 1J .•:;K -'i, si -III �THE SEAF AR ERS LO G Ifc'- Page Fourteen Friday. June -18. 1948 SS Chrysanthy Star: Plan For Keeping Keys ':W -To the Editor: L an' ? On all ships there always arises the problem of the forecastle key. Everyone knows that keys were made for the foc'sle doors and if no keys were supplied to the oi-ew the men would not sign-ori until the company sup­ plied the missing keys. However, what' is the crew and the ship's delegate supposed to do when they ask for keys and are told new keys were made and distributed to the pre­ vious crew? A lot of crewmembers pay off a ship and walk away with the foc'sle V keys even though they have no possible use for them. It causes a hardship on the next crew. The old familiar cycle of missing keys starts all over again. We feel that all this can be avoided by a simple ruling of the Union. We believe it fair for the company to charge a fee of one dollar for the foc'sle key, the receipt would be the key itself. When leaving the ship, the buck will be returned when the key is put on the hook. SEE NO OBJECTIONS All the trouble caused by such a simple thing as this could be avoided. Nobody would be out any money; everyone would re­ ceive a key. No beefs, no head­ aches. We cannot see where any­ one can possibly object to a sim­ ple plan like this. Hojv about a union ruling? 11 crewmembers SS Gateway City lUness prevented E. G. Moreno, Piiesident of Puerto Rico Coimcil No, 1, from coming to New York, but he kept in close touch with the proceedings by tele­ phone. , The HTM was represented in New York by Ramon Gordils, who has been President of the or­ ganization since 1933, and by Juan B. Garcia, President of UTM's largest local. President Gordils' son Manuel, a New Yor longshoreman, also attended the meeting. Speaking for the Union de Empleados de Muelles were Presi-dent J. A. Cintron Rivera and Secretary Rodrigo C. Valle. Representing the SIU were Puerto Rico Agent Colls, Lindsey WiUiams, Director of Organiza­ tion, and Ray White, Headquar­ ters Repr^entative. n To the Editor: All set for a 9-months trip, the three departments of the SS Chrysanthy Star decided to get pictures for the record. First vessel' of the newlysigned Intercontinental Steam­ ship Company, she made her initial run to Aruba and Cur­ acao. Above, the Stewards De­ partment. Left to right, top row—A. Gouastes, E. (Skinny) Kress. D o r s e y Paugh. L. Brown. Bottom row — W. Lewis. Danny Lippy. little Danny and J. Cook. Brother F. Ostle. another member of the department, is not in the picture. At left, men of the Deck Department. Left to right, standing—^Troy Tichenor. Tom­ my Salzarolo. Arne Hansen. Samuel Lanl8r. RusseU, Dean Johnson. Frank (Blackie) Albore. Bottom row—James McCreary and Frederic Ouweneel. SIU Leads In Formation Of PR Council (Continued from Page 1) guards and maintenance men on the docks, is currently independ­ ent. It recently withdrew from the CIO's International Longshore­ men's and Warehousemen's Un­ ion when the letter's interna­ tional officials refused to sign the non-communist affidavits re­ quired by the Taft-Hartley Act. Puerto Rican officials have signed such affivadits and filed them with the NLRB. The consolidation of the Puerto Rican waterfront is the result of more than a year of conferences iSi:: in which Sal Colls, the SIU's Puerto Rico Agent, played a leading role as intermediary. The consolidation was importent to the Seafarers to assure the efficient handling of all SIU ships hitting Puerto Rican ports, and to lay a firm foundation for a Port Council. Its achievement is typical of the inter-union co­ operation of the SIU and all AFI. maritime unions in all ports. At the New York meeting, the TT.A was represented by Interna­ If-!' tional President Joseph P. Ryan, I'i! :• International Vice-President Wal­ ter Hrft, International Secretary^ ITreasurer John R. Owens, and Ramon Mejias, Vice-President of Puerto Rico District Council No. Steward Tops, Patrolman And Crew Agree The Grew Of A New SIU Ship On behalf of the crew of the SS Simmons Victory I wish to express our appreciation and thanks to our Chief Steward Thomas Mollar and his depart­ ment for helping to make this voyage a pleasant one. The Steward has always treated the men in his depart­ ment as brothers. His depart­ ment is always good and clean through constant painting and soogeeing. His one policy is to bring home a clean SIU ship. If any member of the crew has a suggestion, all he has to do is go to the Steward and he will do his best to get it on the table. Brother Moller is one hundred percent a good Union brother and is not afraid to put in the overtime and equally, too. WUliam Harrison Ship's Delegate (Ed. Note: Patrolman How­ ard Guinier. who covered this ship. says. "I would like to add that it was a pleasure to pay off this crew. The delegates were on the ball and the ves­ sel was shipshape.") His Army Days Are Over To the Editor: Just a few words to let you know. I'm getting discharged from the Army next week and I would appreciate you sending the neatest little Union paper to my home. Pfc. Joseph Laspina Chicago. 111. Hartman Praises Dutch Club Topping off the crew is the Black Gang, back row. left to right—Preaus. Horton. Sipe. Bourke and Witt. In front. G. Gonstantaris. Brenna, Black gangers Danny O'Neill and Paddy Wescott were down below when the pictures were taken. Brother Warns Of 3-Card Swindle To the Editor: This is a tip to Seafarers going ashore in Philadelphia. Take precautions and don't be taken for suckers like other seamen I've seen. Along the waterfront, just off Market Street, there are a couple of guys working a neat swindle. It's called the three-card trick. One guy usually stands around the warehouses and when he sees a seaman coming off a ship he walks up to him and tells, him there is a card game going on near by. First, however, he tells how the guy how he can win. He says he will slip the winning card , up' and bend the corner or mark it someway, then the money will start rolling in. But I- situated at Vollenhovenstrasse To the Editor: I wish to relate the story of 33. There will be a cordial wel­ the wonderful reception which come for all. was tendered, us while we were I asked the chaplain to write in the port of Rotterdam a you, as I know he is on your mailing list. And I am sure he short while ago. We arrived in the Dutch port will as he himself would like from Antwerp on the SS Gate­ to extend his welcome to all way City, Christmas Eve. One SIU members. of the chaplains invited us to I trust you will extend this attend midnight mass in a sea­ invitation to all in an early issue of the paper. A good time man's chapel ashore. They called for us with a will be had by all for this club bus after making all the ships is for all the sailors of the world. Charles J. Hartman in the harbot, and anyone was welcome to attend. After the In Tropical Attire services, we all sat down to breakfast, and when everything, was over they drove us back to our ships. All week they had social evenings at the seamen's club connected with the chapel. Everybody was made to feel at home though he came from a distant country. One evening I was in the reading room where, to my sur­ prise, I found the SEAFARERS LOG. I was glad to read about home at the holiday season. I would heartily recommend that you mention in the SEA­ FARERS LOG that there is an open invitation to all SIU mem­ bers at this seamen's club, called "Apostolaat ter Zee," and that's where Joe Seaman starts losing. The con man will do what he says he would do, but while our hero is getting his money out of his wallet and not paying much attention, another of the men will straighten the winning card and bend another. Just to be on the safe side, take a tip from me and stay away from these guys. Nobody is hanging around the water­ front just to give seamen their McCann Sends His *Best' money. The stakes, from what I hear, To the Editor: are high and the losses terrific. I aril now working in Balti­ Azalea Steward Department One Chief Mate lost $400 and a more and I am' doing welL member H. Hankee displaysBosun $60. That money came I would like.'to send my best his method of keeping cool the. hard way, so, brothers, be on regards to all my. pals.in the Philippines. Shot waa P. J. McCann by L. S. Agulto. Seafarers the look out: representative in Manila. SjnKwrdi Dept. Lonnie V. Hargetheimer .^y ^ �Page Fiftee^ THE SE AF AH EES LOG lay, ikon« 18, H48 :-=-e Good Shipping o.-;'y 'P-3-i25S8 Holder of the above-numbered permit card will please report , to sixth floor, New York Hall, at his first opportunity. ilie ^ed^aretA onor NEW YORK INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS .^Ben Rhodabarger, $6.00; N. Jorb4nson, $1.00; A. Vaquez, $2.00; R. V. Schram, $1.00; J. Rudolph. $1.00; E. L. Eykr, $1.00; H. A. Thompson, $4.00; M. Hummel, $4.00; C. Codra. $1.00; T. F. Calvin. $4.00. Frank Habovanic. $2.00; N. Meador, $2.00. SS BOUREGARD F. J. Schuitz, $1.00; J. M. Cvroll, $2.00; A. HourilU. $1.00; S. Barries, $1.00; J. J. Lawler, $1.00; C. Huttsell. $5.00; J. C. Sarel, $1.00; J. Sawyer. $1.00; D. T; Yiakas. $J.OO. COUNTER L. J. lerardi. $5.00; R. L. Lister. $1.00; C. Taambis. $5.00; J. B. Baker, Jr., $2.50; A. Dokeris, $2.00; E. Cioper. $5.00; W. R. Smith, $5.00; R. G. Palm. $1.00; R. B. DeSantos. $3.00; j. McMenemy, $100; T. Uargas, $10.00. SS LOYOLA VICTORY L. F. Cambaro, $4.00. ^ AMPAC L. ANGELES J. F. Carberry, $1.00; J. Manning. $1.00; F. Knight, $1.00; J. Noade. $5.00; B. D'Omellas, $2.00. SS ANNISTON CITY 9. Mondido. $5.00; W. Anderson. $5.00; L. C. O'Connor, $5:00; J. J. Guns. $5.00; G. P.-SHe4d«n. $2.00; C. Ramos. $2.00; P. Gunderson. $2.00; E' N.. Jacobse. $5;00; C. Muscarfclla. - $5.00; B. P. Pratt, $5.00; D. A. Fontenla. $5.00; H. J. Piwetz, $1.00; S. Brhln, $5.00; F". Paskowski, $5.00. SEATRAIN HABANA W. E. Lanier, $2.00. SS I. SINGER G. Caruso, $2.00; A. Accardi, • $2.00; D. D. D'Altroy, $2.00; R. D. Carsten. $3.00; J. Poturalski, $2.00; R. R. Thompson, $1.00; C. Mofl, $1.50; G. N. Ranis, $1.00; C. E. Huff. $1:00; L. L. Fyeeman, $2.00; J. Baugher, $2.00; E. "9 Kolenovsky. $1.00; J. Barnette. $2.00; J.; B. Schweinfus. $2.00; M. B. Woods. $4.00; E. Isaac. $1.00; O. Garcia. $2.00. SS J. SNELLING D. Hunter. $2.00; F. F. Farthing. $'2.00; J. Lea. $2.00; C. Bailey. $2.00; C. E. Scott Jr.. $1.00; W. Pike. Jr.. ^1.00; B. -J. Morgan. $2.00; L. Lofton, $'2.00; G. M. Hobbs $2.00; E. Bokowskl. $2.00; B. Brawning. $4.00; J. M. Eitman. $2.00; J. Lozada. $2.00; C. S. Smith. $2.00; G. H. Noles. $4.00; W. T. Jones. $1.00; C. Lyons. $1.00; F. N. Freddrifcsent $100;' -A. Simonavage. $2.00; E. Ohlsson. $1.00. SS SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY L. Cartwright. $1.00. SS SEATRAIN NEW YORK C. Goldstein. $2.00. SS AFOUNDRIA C. W. Welsh. $2.00; W. A. Beyer. $1.00; Y. I. Mattson, $1.00; A. Zarkoski. $2.00; B. Fames.'$3.00; E. An­ derson. $1.00. SS CAVALIER T. H. Gordon. $1.00; F. Boyne, $1.00; K. Komeliusen. $5.00. Pott Savannah By CHARLES STARLING SAVANNAH — Shipping isstill not too good in this port in spite of our prediction that it ' would improve along about nbw. We'll have to hold our :"g6od shipping" report for a couple of. weeks. By then we hope to See BOOK No. 30475 an upswing in this port. Will holder of the above-num­ We had a couple of South bered book please report to the Atlantic vessels in this area this sixth floor, New York Hall, as week, but one of them went to soon as possible so that your the boneyard. The Daniel WIIlrecords can be squared away. ard, b o n e y a r d-bound, was a ^ heart-breaker to the crew. RECEIPT No. 39622 The holder of the above num­ She came in for a sweet pay­ bered receipt, issued in Tampa, off and everyone from top to June 5, 1948 is requested to get bottom deserves a vote of thanks in touch with the 6th Floor, SIU from this Branch. Sweet ships Headquarters Office, 51 Beaver like this are hard to see go -to RAY GONZALES the lay-up flget. Street, N. Y. Get in touch with John Toledo, •b 4. -ft The W. Carson, the other 661 Manida St., Bronx, N. Y. VERNON STREET South Atlantic vessel, paid off ft ft ft Get in touch with Headquar­ in Charleston this week and GEORGE H. MESEROLE ters record department, 6th floor, Write* to your father at 265 Gear for the following named 2 pieces; John B. Krewson, 1 erewed up immediately. She only ' 51 Beaver Street, New York, at South 6th Street, Birmingham, men is being held by the Alcoa bag; Lambert, 1 piece. called for eleven replacements your first opportunity. so it didn't deplete our ranks ofj : Steamship Company, Pier 45, Jack Lawrence, 2 cartons; Ala. He is not feeling well, members on the beach verv ft ft ft North River, New York. Leigh ton, 1 piece; T. E. McDanft ft -ft JACK F. SIMMONS much. iels, 2 pieces; James McDonald, FRANK ROKAS Your Union book has been Get in touch at once with your Marino Arrayo, 1 pillow case; 1 sea bag; F. McKinley, 1 black Oldtimer Curt Stark is here! found and is being held for yo« mother, 245 Clover St., Browns­ W. B. Bell, 1 piece; F. Blues, Valise; Robert McQueen, 1 duffleon the beach and his circus an-^ valise, box; F. Brewster, 1 car­ . at the Galveston Hall, 308%— ville, Pa. bag; Joseph K. Miller, 1 piece; tics serve to keep the memberton; Campoberde, 1 bag; B. Can­ 23rd Street, Galveston, Tex«s. John E. Moore, 1 zrown bag. ship from going nuts just wait- 4| ft ft ft non, 1 bag; E. Davis, 1 sea bag; HAROLD K. COOPER Max Morris, 1 bag, Adam Neling for a ship. E. Davis, 1 sea bag; George Get in touch with your mother Davis, 1 valise; Joljnny Davis, 1 ka, 1 package; Charles Olson, 1 There is one thing the mem-• ,11 piece; A. L. Parks, 1 piece; bership here can look forward immediately. bag. Guesseppi Petrullo, 1 seabag; to, however. In five or six weeks ft ft ft SIU, A&G District DeGauge, 1 paper bag; Dudd- Robert E. Quinn, 1 piece, J. R. we will have moved Into our new JOSE REYES BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St Communicate with your moth­ ing, 1 valise; William Durbin, 2 Ramirez, 1 seabag; Earl R. Hall. Then all the Brothers who William Rentz, Agent Calvert 4530 pieces; F. Durham, 1 piece; R, J. Reardon, 1 .seabag; C. F. Remick, have by-passed Savannah's poor er, ifimilia M. de Reyes, BOSTON ;...276 State St. Edmondson, 1 tan bag; John Gill, 1 box. Hall will be in for a delightful - ft ft ft Walter Siekmann, Agent Bowdoin 4465 2 pieces; Joseph Gordon, 1 piece; Robert Rivera, 1 seabag; Henry surprise. RUDOLPH SALLEN*riNE GALVESTON 308'/z—23rd St, Your family is anxious to hear Samuel Gordon, 1 shopping bag; Robin, 2 pieces; Bernard Roll, 1 We aren't saying it will be Keith AIsop, Agent Phone 2-8448 Arthur Gresham, 1 piece. piece; John M. Rule, 2 suitcases; the greatest Hall in the SIU, MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St, from you," Cal'Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1764 Gunnar Hommen, 1 piece; J. W. Sweetsea, 1 bag; Simmons, 1 but it will sure rank among the ft ft ft NEW ORLEANS 623 Bienville St. B. Hoston, 1 pair boots; Otto bag, R. Stanton, 1 bag; R. J. Sul­ best when all the fixtures and HERBERT ANDREWS E.'Sheppard, Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 Get in touch with your family, John, 4 pieces; Captain Johnson, livan, 1 piece; Alcoa Partner, furniture are installed. So, 61 Beaver St. NEW YORK 2 pieces; James Kels, 1 bag; K, Dec, 17, 1946, voyage No. 8, 1 Brothers, stand by for the grand HAnover 2-2784 Joe Algina, Agent STANLEY VERNUS O. King, 1 piece; Leon Koapman, package, crew baggage, with list. I opening. , , 127-129 Bank St. NORFOLK You are requested to write Phone 4-1083 Ben Rees, Agent PHILADELPHIA...614-16 No, 13th St." John Savitz, 1500 East 134th St., LFoyd Gardner, Agent Poplar 6-1217 Brop-;: 54, New Yoi'k, SAN . FRANCISCO 106 Market St. ft ft ft Steve CarduUo, Agent Douglas 2-5476 LEON HERSCHMAN By CAL TANNER tor long trials, and they advise the period from June 7 to 18. SAN JUAN, P.R 262 Ponce de Leon Contact your mother at 737 MOBILE — Shipping in this all other SIU men to watch their We cooperated with this drive,. Sal Colls, Agent San Juan 2-6996 Southern Blvd., Bronx 55, New port continued its slow _ but steps closely in foreign ports. and all our men on the -beach,SAVANNAH ...220 East Bay St. York, She is holding your sea­ steady pace this past week, with They want to express their who live in the State, had their Charles Starling, Agent Phone 3-1728 men's papers, four ships paying off and five gratitude to the Union, to Special tests. TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. ft ft ft Claude Simmons, Agent Phone M-1323 signing on. All told, we shippec Services Representative Joe Vol­ We have a few oldtimers <m' JOHN EDWARD McADAMS ^ one hundred and twenty book­ KHEADQUARTERS. . 61 Beaver St., N.Y.C. pian, and to all who helped them the beach, among them: J. Mc-' You are requested to get in HAnover 2-2784 men and for,ty seven permits. Nellage, R. Callahan, L. Joyner,. touch with Seaman's Church In­ Prospects for next week look in their time of trouble. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall stitute, 25 SouthStreet, New okay, with just about the same The State of Alabama has H. Parks, L. Trent, J. Brown," passed a law calling on every-. E. Buhrman, J. Curtis, W. Bais-J ; DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATION York, number of payoffs and sigh ons one from the age of fifteen to ley, A. Logindi.s, J. Morriss, J.­ Lindsey Williams ft ft ,ft sche&uled. We look for an im­ fifty to have a blood test during Clarke, and L. F, Davis. ASSIST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS STEPHEN W. KLIDERMAN provement soon down here, when Robert Matthews J. P. Shuler Get in touch with your sister the threat of a maritime strike . Joseph Volpian Grayce at 909 Wilson Avenue, is past • and the Marshall Plan Apt, 5-R, Chicago, Illinois. SUP really gets rolling. HONOLULU 16 Merchant St, On the whole, the payoffs were The SEAFARERS LOG as the official publication of the Sea-)^ WILLIAM F^. BUDRICH Phone 5-8777 smooth, with only a few minor farers International Union is available to all members who PORTLAND IH'W. Burnside St, Your mother is ill. Get in difficulties on the SS Fairport, to have it sent to their home free of charge for the enjoyment ^ Beacon 4336 touch wit)i Mrs. Sophie Chagnon, Waterman, There were about their families and themselves when ashore. If you desire to ha'veRICHMOND, Calif. .267 Sth St. Road, Windsor, forty hours disputed overtime, the LOG sent to you each week address cards are on hand at every: Phone 2699 Dudleytown (SAN FRANCISCO .69 Clay St. j Conn, ^ but this was squared away by SIU branch for this- purpose. Douglas 26475 However, for those who are at sea or at a distance from a SIU ft ft ft the Engine Patrolman. (SEATTLE ..,.,.86 Seneca St. JAMES VAN DUSEN Credit for straightening out hall, the LOG reproduces below the form used to request the LOG,, Main 0290 Your personal papers are being the situation also should go to which you can fill out, detach and send to: SEAFARERS LOG, 51 WILMINGTON ,440 Avalon Blvd. Terminal 4-3131 held at the USS, 29 DeKeiperlie, crewmembers Frank Soss and Beaver Street, New York 4 ,N,Y. Antwerp, Belgium, See Mrs. V. Red Campbell. These oldtimers PLEASE PRINT INFORMATION Gt. Lakes District Settfe. knew the agreement and they ^BUFFALO...; .10 Ezcliriiiite Sfc kept the rest of the men on the To the Editor; Cleveland 7391 JOSEPH SPQSATO ball. CHICAGO, III 3261 East 92rid St. Get in touch with Robert Con­ I would like the SEAFARERS LOG mailed to the We have a little good news to Phone: Essex 2410 nolly, 1812 Carlton Avenue, Fort report in the fact that the Hos­ ^CLEVELAND ,2602 Carroll St, address below: Mala 0147 Worth, Texas. pital Patrolman states that the ;®ETROIT 1038 Third St. 4* 4- 4* men in the hospital are getting Name ... Cadillac 6$67 WILLIAM A. (Bill) OTIS good service; and that while the SDOLUTH,... ... ..631 W. Michigan St. Get in touch with Murray Elks, chow is not too good, the men Melrose 4110 Street Address TOLEDO. ............ .616 Summit St. 11 West Preston Street, Baltimore are getting along fine. Garfield 2112 1, Maryland. BOUTWELIT AND YOUTZY State The two Seafarers who were City ft ft ft Canadian District JACOB R. ROHRBACKER fouled up in the Georgetown Signed MONTREAL .1227 Philips Square Your mother asks you to con­ incident in which a launch cap­ VICTORIA, B.C.,....602 Bouyhton St. tact her at 440 Hamilton Street, tain drowned are here on the Empire 4631 Gretna, Louisiana. She has been beach. Brothers Boutwell and Book No. VANCOUVER". .. L .. .866 HamUton f.l. Youtzy were both acquitted afPacific 7624 very ill. AXEL MOLffiR (Moller) Get in touch with A1 Bern­ stein, SIU hall, 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. This is important. $1 Unclaimecl Gear SIU HflLLS Mobile Shipping Holds Slow, Steady Pme Notice To All SIU Menbers U �Page Sixteen THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. June 18. i\948 SlU AllJed Workers Active In Gulf Area -3 The above vessel, Ihe tug Coyle, owned and operated by the Coyle Lines. Inc., is shown in drydock. The Coyle is one of seven tugs which are operated, by the company in the harbor of New Orleans and in the Intercoastal Canal. Of course, the company is contracted to the Marine Allied Work­ ers, SIU. All the pictures on this page were sent in by Trussell Beatrous, New Orleans Towboat Representative. Top picture is of the N. H. DeBardeleben, also a Coyle Lines tug, as it navigated the Intercoastal Canal. Bottom, the tug Crescent Towing and as yet. but last week election in which the • Port Allen, with the Port Hudson in the background. Both belong to the Salvage Company. The MAW has no signc^fi contract with the company, the- Union was certified as collective' bargaining agent on the basis of an MAW received 38 votes to 3 for the company. It won't be long now! I . * t Members of the crew of the- George E. Roper. River Terminals Corporation, pose on deck for a picture. The company was recently bought up by the Dixie Carriers, Inc., and is soUd MAW SIU/ Above is a picture of the tug Echo. owne<i by the 'Whiteman Towing Company. Three of the seven tugs operated by the company are ai present in drydock but wiU be in full operiition shortly. Here's another Dixie Carriers' ship, the Jack Ruff;^ The Ruff and the Roper are two of seven and the parent company is 'the Bloomfield Shipping Com* puty, opeimtiiigv out ^pf Texas ports. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1939-1949 Description An account of the resource Volumes I-XI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource June 18, 1948 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 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. X, No. 25 Description An account of the resource HEADLINES SIU LEADS IN FORMATION OF PR COUNCIL SEAFARERS COMMITTEE STANDS FAST ON UNION HIRING HALL DEMAND FRISCO ALL COMERS ON 'BEEFIEST'WEEK PHILLY WILL TRY TO DODGE HOT AIR OF CONVENTIONS SHIPPING ACTIVITY ALMOST AT STANDSTILL IN NEW YORK THE SAILMAKER SAVES HIS SEACHEST WEISBERGER REPORTS ON SAFETY CONFERNCE STACY MASTERS HONORED FOR SERVICE TO SHIPMATES ABOARD THE CAVALIER PARADE OF SIU ATHLETES WOULD FEATURE REAL RAJAH SIU LEADS IN FORMATION OF PR COUNCIL GOOD SHIPPING MANAGES TO SKIP PORT SAVANNAH UNCLAIMED GEAR MOBILE SHIPPING HOLD STEADY PACE SIU ALLIED WORKERS ACTIVE IN GULF Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06/18/1948 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1948 Periodicals Seafarers Log