http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/ba3b13105858a61a08aa1ea9302683c8.PDF 27175dba798d93fd447f336369b16887 PDF Text Text Seamen Draft Status Up To Local Boards Although no rules or regula­ tions have yet been established "to* carry out the draft defer­ ment procedure, men now sail­ ing U.S. ships are expected to receive "most careful considera­ tion as individuals by local boards," according to an an­ nouncement made recently by national headquarters of the Se­ lective Service System. Apparently no blanket defer­ ments will be made. Instead, the announcement explained, each case will be considered on • a purely personal basis. - Section 6(h) of the Selective Service Act of 1948 authorizes the Pre.sident, "under such rules and regulations as he may pre­ scribe," to grant deferment to persons whose occupation is es­ sential to the national health, safety or interest. General Fund Increase Goes To AUG Vote Voting on the Referendum calling for a $10 assessment to the Union's General Fund Official Organ, Atlantic & Gulf DixMd, Seafarers International Union of NA build began this week in aU Atlantic and Gulf District Branches. With NEW YORK, N. Y« FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1948 No. 37 the polls open but a few day^— VOL. X since September 8—^brisk voting was reported in all Halls. Indi­ cations are that strong majority of the membership will vote in favor of the resolution. This is BY PAUL HALL based on the enthusiasm shown Secretary-Treasurer, Atlantic and Gulf District by the membership in voting An alert membership is the most valuable production by Seafarers in other ports on overwhelmingly for the original asset a labor union can possess—or hope to other operators' vessel, we pounded out a resolution at the recent mem­ possess. In this respect, the Atlantic and contract that has become the pattern for bership meetings, and expres­ sions of approval in the Halls. Gulf District of the Seafarers International maritime. The contracts stand far above Union boasts assets far beyond that shown those of other unions in wages, working ^ The Referendum calling for a General Fund assessment was by the dollars and cents on the credit side conditions and security features, authorized by membership Vote of its ledger. The operators obviously don't wish to in the majority of the Branches The material strength of our organization fight with a solidly united union. They up and down the coast on August speaks for itself. We merely have to glance don't like to scrap with a strong and re- 25. The vote came in approval at the figures in our latest financial report sponsible organization. I i short, they don't of a resolution submitted by 37 and we will see that our measurable assets like to battle with the Seafarers. And this SIU members in tjie Port of New NO RULING YET are rapidly approaching the one-and-a-half- is not to imply that we think we are in- Orleans calling for the General vincible. We're just taking stock of our Fimd boost. "The rules and regulations to million dollar mark. Although no means have yet been deassets in the same way our opponents do Balloting which began on implement this provision of the veloped for measuring the value of a memwhen a clash is coming, Act have not yet been issued," September 8 will continue for Certainly we have every right to appraise one month, with the poUs closing the Sl^ective Service office said. bership constantly on its toes, we have been The announcement indicated easily able to gauge its worth simply by our assets with a certEun amount of self- on October 8. satisfaction. We know that because we are that all merchant seamen will surveying the successes of the Union. ONE QUESTION In attaining virtually every one of our sound and internally strong we have been receive careful consideration, but The Referendum BaRot requires that particular attention will be selected objectives in the past few years, spared much of the grief and confusion given to men with technical our membership's alertness to a situation that now engulfs many another seamen's only Yes or No to the question: training and experience. "Are you in favor of a $10.00 and its unanimous and decisive action have organization and its members. assessment to build the General Out on the West Coast a situation has Application of the regulations been the fundamental factors in the Sea­ Fund?" to be issued will be determined farers' upsurge as the nation's leading developed that leaves the shipowners and The original resolution sub­ solely by each local board, which waterfront Union. The formula for our waterfront employers standing with all their has the authority to grant defer­ victories has been simple. Once the mem­ labor-hating viciousness clearly exposed. mitted in the Port of New Or­ ments individually to registrants bership has sensed a problem and decided The strike of the CIO longshoremen has be­ leans and adopted by all ports whose employment is regarded on a course of action it has hit hard. come the signal for a general attack against except Boston and Norfolk is as follows: as necessary to the maintenance We ride hard. No -fanfare, no hystericsall other maritime unions in that area. of the national health, safety or "WHEREAS: The A&G Dis­ such as used for instance by the commies While the shipowners, ranted patriotically interest. whenever they make a move—shroud our about not wishing to do business with the trict of the Seafarers Interna­ The draft law does not pro­ movements. We generally know what we longshoremen, they withdrew from negota- tional Union of North America vide for the recognition of a sea­ are after, we set oyr sights accordingly and tions with the MFOWW and MEBA just as has set the pdce with a new man's wartime service, because contract and raise in wages, the merchant marine "was a drive. A point in this fact is what hap- the contract discussions were nearing com- making the seaman's wage the civilian service," Selective Serv­ pened in New Orleans several weeks ago, pletion. In other words, they have pulled highest ever obtained or im­ when we were negotiating for a new con­ a lockout on these unions. TheV did the agined, and ice declared. tract with the Mississippi Shipping Com­ same thing with the MCS. Our own affi­ pany. Our SrU membership knew what liate, the Sailors Union of the Pacific, has "WHEREAS: Through job ac­ was at stake. Always conscious of the im­ been affected as a result of the shipowner's tion and solidarity of the SIU membership and officials, we portance of their every move as applies to decision to go the hard way. wei-e able to make the shipown­ Because of several last the entire Union, they displayed the The strike and the resultant lockout pose ers come in line and sign this minute suggestions which straight-forwardness that has so often a mighty serious question for all in mari­ contract, and will be incorporated in the characterized other SIU successes. Like time. While we are honoring our contracts proposed Stewards Depart­ "WHEREAS: The life blood of snapping your fingers, we had the results and sailing our ships we must be on guard ment Working Rules, this any organization is its solidarity for any eventuality. We must, most of all, we wanted. issue do^ not carry these and finances, and this definitely The first company was in line for the watch very closely to see what kind of a recommendations as orig­ helped us with our negotiations wage Increases and other features of the move the government will make. Already with the shipowners, and inally intended. there are threats that the armed forces two-year contract. They will appear, however, "WHEREAS; All our funds With the shipowners solid front cracked, may be moved in. in a forthcoming issue, for are definitely established for cer­ We must stand ready to lend a hand in the sailing became easier and after a few membership consideration. tain purposes, such as Buildings, more instances of action at the point of (Continued on Page 2) Strike, etc., and our General Fund is our working fund, and Report To The Membership Coming Soon Dock Strike Ties Up West Coast Shipping • A long struggle was predicted by both sides as the West Coast CIO longshoremen's strike for the hiring hall and wage in­ creases goes into its second week. The strike, which began Sept. 2, left shipping in all ma­ jor coast ports at a standstill. Some 12,000 striking members of the International Longshore­ men's and Warehousemen's Un­ ion, headed by Harry Bridges, are picketing in ports from the Canadian border to Mexico, while approximately 16,000 sea­ men have thus far been made idle. More than 120 ships have been tied up as a result of the beef. The strike developed mainly from the dispute over provisions covering hiring hall operations and wages and began as soon as the 80-day injunction, im­ posed by the government under the Taft-Hartley law as a "cool­ on it legally. Bridges replied that ing off" period, was dissolved. his union wouldn't accept "a Also involved in the strike hiring hall with strings at­ are the CIO Marine Engineers tached to it." SEES LONG STRIKE Beneficial Association and the Bridges has predicted a strike Independent Marine Firemen, Oilers and Watertenders who of four to six months. He also have charged they have been made a statement that has been locked out. The shipowners sud­ interpreted as revealing the denly withdrew all offers made communist party line of com­ to these unions just as contract plete disregard for the welfare negotiations were nearing com­ of the union members involved. He painted a pictiu-e of disaster pletion. for the workers. The CIO Marine, Cooks and "When this strike is over," Stewards, led by Hugh Bryson, and the CIO radio operators Bridges added, "we will be out have taken strike action. All un­ of business or they (the ship­ ions stated previously that none owners) will be out of business." would sign a contract until the The shipowners and waterfront others were satisfied with theirs. employers association contend It was reported that the em­ that their stand is now one of ployers had agreed to let the "meeting head-on the issue of hiring hall remain as it was in communism" in the Pacific mai-ithe old contracts vmtil a "court time unions that have been of competent jurisdiction" ruled spearheaded by Bridges. "No more negotiations will be held and no contracts will be signed with any such unions," they said, "until their officers have disavowed communism." REFUSE TO SIGN Officials of the CIO longshore­ men's union and those of the Marine Cooks and Stewards and the radio operators have refused to sign the non-communist affi­ davits required under the TaftHartley law. However, officers of the MEBA and the MFOWW have signed such affidavits, which shows the shipowners to be inconsistent on that score and possibly indicates that they are using the issue as a total fight on the maritime unions. Several SlU-contracted ships have been tied up in West Coast ports- as a result of the strike. "WHEREAS: We will defin­ itely have a struggle in future negotiations, and now that we enjoy these high wages we should do our utmost to build our funds so we will be better respected by the shipowners, and in a better position to fight them, so therefore be it "RESOLVED: That we go on record assessing ourselves $10.00, to be a General Fund assessment, and be it further "RESOLVED: That copies of this Resolution be sent to all ports to be acted on at the next regular meeting August 25th, 1948, and they in turn wire the Secretary-Treasurer of their ac­ tion, and be it finally "RESOLVED: That if this Res­ olution is carried that the Secre­ tary-Treasurer be instructed to put in motion the necessary machinery to conduct a refer­ endum ballot." �Page Two T H E SEAFARERS LOG Friday. September 10, 1948 SEAFARERS LOG Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS lOSFTERNATMUJ^AL UNJON OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf Histrict Affiliated with the American Federation of X.al>or 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 Report To The Membership (Continued from Page 1) ainy manner necessary to our Brothers of the SUP, our West Coast affiliate, just as much as we would if they were pushing a beef. We must remember that it is just as tough to be locked out as it is to be hitting the bricks, maybe tougher. As this West Coast situation develops, it is impera­ tive that our watchword in the Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ trict be "preparation." Our sound position of today is the fruit of previous preparation. But being on constant guard is the price of all seamen's security. There is no assurance that we are to remain exempt from the effects of the West Coast beef. There is assurance, however, that our membership once more is alert to a really bad and dangerous situation. Sensing the really dangerous situation, our membership is prepared for anything. The ten-dollar General Fund assessment, for instance, which the membership has placed on the referendum ballot is one indication of this. An­ other is the continued tightening of our organizational setup. Too often, as we go about our daily work, we lose sight of the significance of all these things in the overall picture. Were our membership not so alert, were they not W. T. ROSS so united on most all issues affecting us, were we not C. B. VIKEN strong financially, we, instead of the West Coast unions, P. DAVASON might now be fighting to preserve our secmity, rather P. M. KHEAUBER than enjoying the fruits of the recent two-^ear contract E. C. SHAFFER victory, with its higher wages and improved conditions. M. EL MOUR X. t While we move forward, other organizations are even MOBILE HOSPITAL now split by internal battles as they are engaged in W. J. WOOKY dangerous struggles with the seamen's enemy — the A. C. McALPIN shipowners. F. L. BARTLETT At times, unbelievable as it may sound, some of J. H. ASHURST R. ARMSTRONG these same unions have even accused our union of being EUGENE SMITH These are Ihe Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, intolerant of those who seek to come into our member­ H. R. LOWMAN ship meetings with problems that do not concern our as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging C. E. GLOVER heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by organization or our membership's welfare. In the sea­ writing to them. C. EMMANUEL men's unions, where the security of the membership ft t i C. J. MITCHELL hangs in constant danger of being cut down by ship­ BALTIMORE MARINE HOSP. BOSTON MARINE HOSPITAL F. BECKER B. HARRIS owners, waiting for the opportunity to smash all mari­ E. E. GROSS GEORGE W. MEANEY C. SIMMONS EDWARD DUDEK time organizations, there is no room for anything but GETTIS LIGHTFOOT F. PASQUALI JOHN J. GEAGAN the direct shipboard and economic welfare of all hands. R. KEHRLY B. HUNT VIC MILAZZO The Union is either for the membership in these CARL L. WALKER as they have in others, qs a proving ground for party EDWIN DAKIN JOHNSTON things—all the way—or it is not. In some sections this welfare of the membership policy. As a result, the organizations are now split and RUSSEL S. NEARY ft ft ft doesn't appear to be the purpose. While their organiza­ weakened, and thus are at a disadvantage in conducting a struggle against the shipowner on any issue directly inSTATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL tions are in death-grips with the shipowners, "Sister" ^•olving not only their welfare — but their very lives A. EWING Bryson, of the MCS, and Bridges, the chief fink of the A. VANELZUELA as well. commie party in maritime, still have time to display more M. CASTRO We Seafarers know that as seamen we have few and more of an interest in the phony "Wallace for J. McNEELY President" movement than in the memberships of,their friends outside of the labor movement. Our individual A. JENSBY .respective unions. Let us hope that the membership of strength only exists in the might of our collective unity. D. DeDUISEN those unions realize this and put the boots to these two When we fight, we fight to win. Again and again we T. ZEMRZUSKI W. II. NUNN commie prostitutes while they are in the process of Seafarers have demonstrated we arc keenly sensitive to J. BOUYEA this grim reality. That is why we chalk up victories that settling their current beef. W. HUNT ultimately become the gain of all seamen. That is why R. L. JOHNSTON Such a sorry state of affairs would not be tolerated we arc able to chart a court that is calculated to bring K. C. CROWE by the alert SIU membership. Tolerance is a relative better livine C. OPPENHEIMER » broad That is why we are already preparing, as a result of W. H. PERRY f *11 I . • r crate any moves which recently concluded special agents conference, for an T. MANDICK . ; wiD weaken its internal structure and thus set it up for ^Hve to bring in more lobs at a time when C. NANGLE C. W. HALLA a knockdown by its enemies. other organizations are afraid to look ahead. And that is P. G. DAUGHERTY The MCS and the ILWU are perfect examples of why, too, we are striving to make more friends in the ft ft strategy, which now finds che membership labor movement and bring our union closer to the other SAN PEDRO HOSPITAL oT,the two organizations facing the shipowners on one sound, honest labor groups. L. TICKLE side and the party interest on the other. The commies Our membership's alertness is a valuable asset. And T. C. KELLY ha*e continually used the membership of these two unions,- ir brings valuable results. M. BYERS Afeii Jihw In The Marine Hospitak , • '* �Friday, September 10, 1948 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three Taft-Hartley Act Still Menace To Label' By KEITH ALSOP Root Of Coast Beef Because the roof didn't' fall in on every labor union in the country the day in August 1947 the Taft- Hart­ ley Act went into effect, a lot of people have been lulled into thinking that maybe it isn't such a vicious, finky law after all. What these people don't realize is that the em­ ployers are using this law every day to weaken and smash unions. The maritime unions including the SIU have had Just as much trouble with the law as anybody else—and will have a lot more. For this reason. Seafarers should know how this law works and what they have to do to fight it. The plain truth is that it took the Taft-Hartley Act a year to get going in full force. It wasn't until this summer, for instance, that the maritime Hiring Hall became a matter of contention under the law. Mean­ while, however, the Act works in a thousand ways to slow up the unions in a hundred different fields. Only determination on the part of officials and rankand-file alike will keep any union, the SIU included, from knuckling xmder as long as the law is in effect. The Editor of the SEAFARERS LOG has invited While there are many, factors beside the Taftthe Port Agents to submit a series of articles of general and vital interest to the membership. These Hartley Act involved in the current West Coast strike articles do not take the pl£u;e of the Agents' weekly called by the CIO longshoremen, the Hiring Hall is a surveys on the state of shipping in theilr ports and central issue along with the Taft-Hartley Act's require­ other matters, but constitute additional commentaries. ment that union officials sign the non-communist The Editor felt that, because of their position, the pledge. (While no SIU official ever has had a single Agents would be able to comment wisely on a variety qualm about signing the pledge, and while aU have of subjects. The fifth article in the series appears on signed, this requirement certainly is an unwarranted this page. It was submitted by Keith Alsop, Port Agent invasion of our personal rights as citizens.) Where the Taft-Hartley Act does not strike directly in Galveston. Members are urged to submit their own it creates confusion, a fact which commie stooges like views on this and other articles in the series. Keith Alsop is a veteran seaman with fifteen years Harry Bridges and Hugh Bryson have been quick to of sea service behind him. His long experience on seize upon to assert their positions. The current strike the waterfront has given him a thorough understand­ on the West Coast is the perfect example. The CIO ing of the ^problems faced by maritime labor, and dock workers need the Hiring Hall for the same he is thoroughly familiar with the devious tricks by reason Seafarers must have it—as a solid protection to which the operators are always seeking to smash the their wages and conditions. To get it they have had maritime unions. to strike. In a vicious counter-move, the West Coast Alsop sailed through the war and has been Port waterfront employers have locked out the seamen's Agent in Charleston as well as Galveston. In addition, unions by breaking off negotiations with the MEBA, he has been a Patrolmen in New York, New Orleans MCS and MFOWW. The SUP is locked out along with and Norfolk. the rest. Taking their cue from the men who wrote During the 1946 General Strike, Alsop was Chairman the Taft-Hartley Act, the employers are acting like the Everything "Illegal" of the General Strike Committee for the Port of highbinders they always are when they get the chance. The fact that much of the working of the law is' Norfolk.. In the summer of 1947, he was Chairman of There is no doubt but what the anti-labor boys are what they call "insidious" has hidden the truth from the Isthmian Strike Committee for the Port of in the saddle. The pattern set by the Taft-Hartley Act many trade union members. But any Seafarer who Gal'veston. will grow tougher and tougher as the months go by, doesn't know that the Taft-Hartley Act is a powerful and the maritime unions will always be a favorite tool in the hands of the shipowners had better wake target. up to a few facts about the waterfront situation today. Defines Finky Pattern About the only thing you can't blame on the Act is Bosses Back Raiding There was nothing, for instance, to prevent Cities Service from turning over the ships specifically named Another point that is being missed by many is that and appearing with a brand new fleet. And even if the Taft-Hartley Act can serve the bosses indirectly by a contract were obtained covering the seven ships throwing organized labor itself into a state of chaos. specifically named how could the Union protect its The complicated rules for complying with the Act jobs and conditions if its agreement covered only half leave openings by which one union, can raid another the company? with the boss shouting encouragement from the side­ Of course, the SIU has petitioned the NLRB for an line. election on all remaining Cities Service vessels and Whatever differences there may be in the policies, will win the election when it is held. But since it practices and achievements of two unions in the same may then be necessary to have a imion-shop elec­ field, both eventually will be the losers if one raids tion, which the company can demand under the the other. The boss cheers when it happens, because, Taft-Hartley Act, on the entire Cities Service fleet, he knows that he stands a good chance of smashing the inevitable conclusion is put off that much the both. Open rivalry in organizing is one thing. The the state of shipping, and that you can attribute to longer. union that is stronger and has more to offer new. the same politicians who voted to shackle labor. In other words, the Taft-Hartley Act defines a members can be sure of victory. But raiding is an­ Take what the SIU has been up against. No sooner finky pattern of action for employers which results in did <the Union Negotiating Committee sit down with endless delays designed to discourage unions. Only if other matter because it destroys the common front the operators late this spring than the Taft-Hartley a union is strong and determined can it overcome which labor must havte on basic questions. We have to expect the Taft-Hartley front to become Act was flung in their faces. "You can't have a Union the obstacles the law puts in its path. stronger. No union can afford to expect anything else Hiring Hall, it's illegal," the operators said, all the Take the Calmar case for another example of how -while admitting that they themselves benefitted from the Taft-Hartley Act emerges every day as an all the way events are shaping up. The SIU in particular the Hiring Hall. They maintained that the Hiring around weapon by which the entrenched interests can must look for and be prepared for the worst if it is to maintain its position in the forefront of maritime Hall constituted a "closed shop" which the Taft- try to smash labor. labor. We didn't win the highes't wages and finest Hartley specifically bans. First off, Calmar accused the SIU of an "unfair labor conditions in maritime history by sitting still, and we This issue immediately stalled negotiations. The practice" when a crew respected a Longshoremen's will stay on top only if we keep moving. Hiring Hall is the core of maritime unionism. Without picket line in Albany in May. Nothing came of this, There is no time like today to get ready for to­ it, the unions would be relatively powerless in the but in Jime the Calmar people proceeded to sue the struggle to improve the wages and conditions of SIU in a Federal court for $12,500 in damages, claim­ morrow. Or, to put it another way, you secure your seamen. The SIU negotiators had no choice but to ing that the Union had held up a ship in Boston and ship for sea while you are still safe in port because insist that the Hiring Hall issue be settled before aUeging that they had suffered to that extent as a the sea may be rough. That is the reasoning behind the 10-dollar assess­ there was any talk of other matters. The result was result. The important fact about this suit is that it that it was July 1 before a Hiring Hall formula was could not have been brought at aU if the Taft-Hartley found which the Union could accept. Weeks -were Act had not been passed. The Act specifically auth­ wasted during which wages and conditions could orizes such suits against unions. Before the summer have been negotiated. It was well into August before of 1947 such suits were baiTed. the Union, by resolute job action, settled the wage issue. NMU Hit Worse Cities Service Stalls So far as the SIU's negotiations are concerned, the worst that can be said is that they were stalled. What the Taft-Hartley Act has done to the Cities Service situation is another matter. The SIU will, in the end, score a victory over Cities Service, as that outfit well knows. But meanwhile the company has grabbed every chance offered by the Taft-Hartley Act to ham­ string and discourage the Union. In this, the National Labor Relations Board imder the influence of the Act has played into the hands of the company. Last winter, as every Seafarer knows, the SIU won a smashing five-to-one victory in a certification elec­ tion conducted by the NLRB on seven Cities Service ships. At the time the SIU petitioned for the election the company hac eight ships. The eighth was not voted because it failed to touch an American port during the voting period. Meanwhile, the company acquired eight additional ships before the NLRB acted on the election. At this point the NLRB reversed its own precedent. In a similar situation concerning the Isthmian fleet, the NLRB certified the SIU as the bargaining agent for all ships of the company regardless of whether they had actually been voted. In the Cities Service case, the NLRB decided that the Union was the bar­ gaining agent for only the seven ships voted. This put the Union in a very bad position and gave the com­ pany a powerful weapon. The SIU is not the only maritime union to be attacked under the Act. The NMU's Hiring Hall on the Great Lakes has been declared illegal by the NLRB and is now going into the Federal courts for a decision. Again, the Hiring Hall is being denounced by the anti-union forces as a "closed shop" banned by the scabby Taft-Hartley Act. And the NMU has had even worse trouble. For 80 days this siunmer, the NMU was imder a federal injimction against striking for wages and con­ ditions. The injunction was brought imder the TaftHartley Act. When the injunction was up, the NMU was no better off than it had been before—until a determined SIU blazed a trial. For 80 days the CIO longshoremen on the West Coast were under a federal injunction against striking. The injunction was brought under the Taft-Hartley Act. When the injunction was up, the dock workers were no better off tiian they had been before. They struck anyway, but 80 days were lost to the TaftHartley forces. Meanwhile, on the East Coast, as soon as the Inter­ national Longshoremen's Association, AFL, threatened direct action to get their wage demands, a federal injimction was thrown at them. They are under that injunction ^now. The injunction was brought imder the Taft-Hartley Act. Government by injunction was jettisoned 20 years ago. The Taft-Hartley Act brought it back—^to smash labor unions. •i . • ment for the General Fund now being voted upon in all ports by referendum ballot. That is why every forward-looking Seafarer should vote "YES." If the SIU is to sail through the troubled waters ahead, it must insure its internal health now when it is strong. Our day-to-day health depends on the General Fund. It is the General Fund that runs every activity of the SIU except those specific items covered by the special funds such as the Strike Fund. The General Fund protects your contracts. It pays all expenses and salaries connected with policing the agreements, keeping the records, publishing the LOG and other literature, maintaining the Halls (except for new buildings and equipment), building supplies, clerical supplies, public utilities and various miscel­ laneous items that keep the Union going. No item is hidden, everything is in the open. Without the General Fund the Union could not operate. Above all, it is the General Fund which must finance the running fight against the Taft-Hartley boys. That fight is part of the Union's day-to-day routine. The ship operators, seizing the Taft-Hartley Act as a club, have steppd up the pace of the battle. We must do the same if we are to keep ahead of them. �Page Four r Jl E & E ul F A IUEi R S L O G top Dummies Join IFMU 99-Year Club Fxiday>>Sepiember 10, IMS WHAT In a belated effort to eliminate disruptive communist influences .an NMU membership meeting in QUESTION: What is the toughest job you have to perform in fulfilling ..New York" consigned three duties of your rating? ' former top union officials to the 9&-year club, confirming the find­ CASWELL WARREN. MM: JULIO BERNARD, Bosun: ings of a trial committee. . :-The ousted members are Fer­ I'd say the whole job is pretty Satisfying all the men seems dinand C. Smith, ex-national tough. A Messman has to please to me to be about the toughest .secretary, Howard McKenzie, exeverybody by serving them aU part of being a Bosun. I get my vice-president, and Paul Palazzi, to their satisfaction—and at one orders from the Chief Mate, mid ex-New York port agent. They time. It probably wouldn't be it is my job to see that they are are expected to appeal the de­ so bad, if you could handle the carried out — whether I like cision to the NMU's national men's requests in groups of three ' them or not. Some men don't council or national convention or four at a time. Often one understand this, or don't want next month. guy will holler and then the to accept their responsibilities. Smith, a native of Jamaica was whole gang will chime in, and When this happens the Bosun already facing deportation by the it's a race to keep everybody generally has to do their work Government as an alien comfig: satisfied. You really have to because, no matter how you •munist. McKenzie, a "Riverkeep stepping, if you want the look at it, the work has to be boat Swifty" type, has long been boys to be happy. But I think done. We are all part of a good a well-known commie stooge. with the right approach, and Union that sees to it we are the Palazzi, a communist maritime telling them "Take it easy, best paid seamen in the indu9« theoretician, has frequently op­ boys!" once in awhile, they all try working under top condi­ erated as a waterfront character pili: understand. I'm getting along at tions. All we need is cooperation it okay. assassin. on board ship. the shipboard GANAWAY TOO JACK DIETRICH, FWT: While Smith, McKenzie and S. T. BUTLER. MM: I find that on short trips the Palazzi were on trial in New Toughest job in the engineYork, Clyde S. Ganaway, former men are easy to get along with room for me comes when I'm on port agent in Mobile, faced a cuid my job is fairly easy. But, a tanker that is maneuvering trial committee in that port on long trips, it's a little differ­ in and out of port and con­ which recommended that he be ent story. After about two stantly changing speeds. Maybe placed in the NMU's 99-year months out, a man gets home­ you get 50 bells in a period of club. The membership approved sick, crabby or just irritated, 20 minutes. You've really got and he generally takes it out. the decision. to keep hopping to cut down The charges against Smith, on the food or the service—al­ pressure, keep on eye on the McKenzie and Palazzi were filed though they haven't changed a pumps, work the valves and personally by NMU president Joe bit. It's a Messman's job to kid watch the bypass. Sometimes, during this maneuvering opera­ Curran, who played "footsie" them along, and not lose his tion, you might also have to with the qommies himself until temper so that every one's spir­ its are good. If you give the change or clean about 20 burn­ his famous break in 1946. ers. But the hardest of all for Curran charged his three for­ boys cheerful service along with good food you'll find their mor­ me is the handling of the va^es mer colleagues with participat­ ale stays high. I rarely have any to keep the proper amount of ing in leftist activities calculated trouble, because I understand water in the boilers. I always to disrupt the NMU, and with the nature of my job and the feet belter when maneuvering misusing NMU ftmds. Their de­ men. is over and we're on our way. fense was that they were being tried for pushing the candidacy of Henry Wallace for President of the United States'—-who is be­ ALBERT SEGRIFF, FOW: K. KRISTENSEN, AB: ing sponsored, pushed and pub­ The toughest thing an FQW is licized by the communist party. I think that one of the tough­ up against is maneuvering into est -things connected with my In Mobile, Ganaway was a harbor with the orders com­ -job comes up when you run charged with placing his per­ ing thick and fast. How bad it into a tricky steam winch, just sonal aims and ambitions and is depends who's on the budge as you'-re. about to top and low­ those of the communist party giving orders, but it's pretty er gear. Generiilly this condi­ above the welfare of the NMU tough anyway. You may ,^et tion isn't discovered until the membership and with neglect of "Stop," "Cut Steam" and "Full winch Is to be used. Conditionshis duties as Mobile agent. Speed Ahead" in rapid succes­ like this can A dasgerotuE« To sion, and you have to do some avoid such occurrences, I be­ fast jumping. You can do a lot lieve the winches should bO: of things wrong and you have checked as soon as a ship euto know your business. You have rives in port. On the Colabee, to widch your water, and be a few years ago, we had a gas NEW YORK—Negotiations for careful you don't Rood the place head on a winch blow up and, a new contract were scheduled with oil or do- something 'worse. as a result, a boom was dropped. to be resumed late this week You earn your pay. Of course, Ludcily, no one was hurt. I between the International Long­ everything in the- engine room is think this condition is a big shoremen's Association, AFL, and tougher on a tropical run. headache to JBosuns and ABs. the New York Shipping Asso­ ciation for the first time since an 80-day federal injunction was thrown on the ILA on August CHARLES CARROLL, OS: THEODORE WILLIAMS, OS: 24. Personally, I don't think any I've been sailing three years The injunction, one more in part of my job is tough. I've and a half and I guess an OS the series slapped on maritime been getting along very well doesn't find one thing much unions under the Taft-Hartley as an OS. I do my job to the | Act, was called for by the gov­ tougher than another. The tough ernment on top of a 10-day tem­ best of my ability, but every­ lime is when something goes porary restraining order which body seems to cooperate, which wrong. Warst I sainember is was imposed wheii the ILA makes everything pretty simple. once when I went up the main­ threatened direct action. What helps, too, is the fact that' mast of a Liberty in a Bosun's The negotiations affect nearly most SIU ships are clean. As far chair to fix the range light. The 50,000 longshoremen from Port­ as sanitary duties go, it could shackle at the top holding the land, Maine, to 'Hampton Roads, be daxned tough on a guy in chair broke and I started to Virginia, the greatest concentra­ my rating when he comes fall. I was lucky enough to grab tion being in New York. aboard a ship and finds that the mast and.I slid, but it was The principal issue in the dis­ the gang that just paid off did a rough slide. I hate to think so in a hurry and left a mess pute is wage§. what might have happened if behind. I've seen this only once Since the ILA has the "shapeI'd missed. That' was a close up" system of employment, the though. Most SIU men aie care­ caU, althoi^gh maybe I've had ful about leaving the ship clean. tougher jobs. .hiring-hall is not an issue. ' Talks To Resume In ILA Pay Dispute • • S'- • " -'r.'' / rv It," • �T-W'Kt- S^ B A P Friday; Septembnr-lO/ldff" ft B R Paga Fiva'1 L &4^ Mobile Shipping Gains Slightly^ SIU Fishermen Win New Waters By CAL TANNER Philadelphia Seafarers Go For Assessment, Conference Plans By LLOYD (Blackie) GARDNER NY Office Moves The New York State Em­ ployment Insurance office for maritime personnel in New York City has moved to new quarters at 165 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn. All sea­ men's business, whether claims or weekly visits, is now handled by the new Brooklyn office. Better accommodations for handling seamen are re­ ported at the new office, which can be reached by any subway at the Borough Hall Station. The old Unemployment In­ surance office was at 277 Canal Street, Manhattan. PHILADELPHIA — Shipping strong and expanding SIU in the picked up considerably this tough days ahead. week, with two payoffs, the SS After all, the sound condition John H. Marion — a Liberty of the Building and Strike tanker, one of the recent addi­ Funds, which has made the Com­ tions to the SIU, and a good panies respect the Union and its ship with a clean payoff—and ability to go through with what­ the SS George Gershwin, an Al­ ever it starts, had no small share coa Liberty loadjng grain here in gaining the recent raise and for Germany. This also paid off the new two year contracts. clean, and took an entire new An extra $10.00 right now can crew since this was a transporta­ be expected to do the same thing tion payoff. for the organizational drives and Incidentally, this new ruling the expanding program of the which requires men to get off Union. the ship when they get trans­ portation money, has been re­ ceived by the membership here as a damn good thing. The consensus of opinion is It sounded like a bum beef to By JOE ALGINA that it is undercutting the spirit the Union since there had been of the agreement, for a man to NEW YORK—Business in this an argument with Bull on the take the money which the Union port is good, and shipping is has forced the companies to pay still pretty fair for I'ated men in same score a few weeks back. so that men can get back to the the Deck and Engine Depart­ So the SIU and the MM&P got port where they signed on, and ments. Stewards are having a together and looked into the question. then to remain with the ship. harder time getting out, how­ They found that the company But to do this at the present ever. had bought a lot of pretty un­ time, when many Brothers are 0.ne guy who gets a job for savory food while the Beatrice hard-up for a job, is hardly an the asking is the AB who has a was lying in New York during action becoming a Union green ticket. The new Coast the ILA strike in Puerto Rico. Guard rule says that two-thirds This was at a time when the Brother! There were a number of ships of the ABs on any ship niust company had tried to fire the in transit which were contacted have the green tickets, and there Steward. The Steward was not by the Patrolman: The SS Robin are plenty of ABs with blue even aboard when the food was Qoodfellow, the Robin Doncaster, tickets who are eligible for the bought, since the SIU man was the SS Cape Race of South At­ green one. then in the process of getting his If you are an AB and have job back. To make a long story lantic; and the John B. Water­ three years seatime, get yourself short, the Steward and the Cook man. Several coastwise vessels also the green ticket if you haven't are both still on the ship. We also paid off two tankers touched here. All of these ships already. You'll be doing your­ belonging to US Waterways. were visited, and all left with self and the Union a favor. We had some pretty fair pay­ They came in to be fireproofed the beefs cleaned up and every­ offs in this port during the past in accordance with Coast Guard body happy. week. Among the good ones orders. Just how long before THEY LIKE IT were the Steel Age, Isthmian; they will come out again we Stephen Leacock, South Atlantic; don't know. The reports of the Emergency Canton Victory, Watei-nian; Al­ We signed on some ships too, Agent's Conference that were gonquin Victory, Saint Lawrence carried in the last LOG were Navigation; Seatrain New Jersey all with a minimum of trouble. In fact, we had a routine week. well receivetl here. B.Y^ryone is and the Carolyri, Bull Line. BIG WIND enthusiastic about the new pro­ BULL STUFF gram and this Port is back of it Labor Day was a typically 100 percent. We had another Bull Line ves­ windy holiday. All the politi­ The $10.00 assessment for the sel, the Beatrice—whose payoff cians mounted their rostrums to General Fund, which is coming would have been okay, if it proclaim that they were labor's up on the Referendum ballot, hadn't been for a dispute over friends and benefactors. They will mean a lot toward seeing the Steward. The ship's officers this program through. We feel claimed that the chow was bad sure that it will pass with flying and that either the Steward or colors, for the membership is the Chief Cook would have to aware of the importance of a leave. MOBILE — Shipping here was fair, but no better than that dur­ ing the past week. At least it was better than it was the week be­ fore—which is something. We had five payoffs, two signons and three ships in transit. There were jobs for 91 bookmen and 30 permits. Ships signing on were Water­ man's Governor Kilby and Al­ coa's Ranger, plus two ships with continuous articles, the Alcoa Corsair and the Morning Light. The payoffs were on the Pe­ gasus, Ranger, and Corsair, all Alcoa, and the Governor Kilby, Morning Light and Lafayette, all Waterman. There were no serious • beefs on these ships, what there were being settled without any diffi­ culty. In fact, the only beef of any proportions during the weeks was inside the Union. On the Morning Light, the crew lost a few hours of over­ time because five members of Shipping For Rated Men Fair In New York From The Sixth Deck By EDDIE BENDER Your book number is the surest way of identifying yourself in the Union so, if you have not memorized it yet, you had better do so. It will come in handy sometime, for one can never tell when or how his book might be lost or when he might have a beef to settle. If you ever have to write to Headquarters, lor a duplicate book, a beef, or what-have-you, it is best t.o mention this number. If you hold a permit, mention this number. It will facilitate the handling of your case, and you will get a quicker response to your communication. When it comes to requesting a duplicate bo.ok or permit, always enclose the required $1.00 fee. Payment mu^t be in postal money order or a postal note. Make it payable to the Seafarers International Union, 51 Beaver Street, New York City 4, N. Y. Be sure to place the notation, "Attention Sixth Floor," so that It will go directly to the Records Department at Headquarters, and insure the prompt handling of your case. \ — shouted it loud, long and often^— as they always do. And, as usuaT, all the yelling amounted to a fiat nothing. The politicians never give labor anything. Labor gets what it fights for, and no more. We'll keep on fighting for the seamen and let somebody else play footsie with the politicians. That's the way the SIU always has done things and always will. Meanwhile the employers com­ plain that strikes are "ruining" them and that labor must be held in check. The sometimes confused public listens, little knowing that management has strike techniques of its own which are anything but pretty. If there is a big strike, it gets in the headlines across the coun­ try. Everything is in the open. Business does it in different ways. Big companies get together on little private agreements on prices—and you and 1 shell out money. Or, instead of private agreements, they make war on each other. They undercut each other's prices, force the weak outfits to the wall, or keep some­ body from getting into business at all. the Deck Department were late" for sailing on several occasions. The men who caused the troubleare being brought up on charges for their performing. Shipping looks as if it were going to be pretty slow for a at least the next week and per­ haps longer. Neither Waterman nor Alcoa reports much stirring. With practically no ships in port, the Marine Allied Work­ ers' Towboat and Riggers Divi­ sion is finding thing a bit rough. Five tugs were laid up and the; riggers, who had been working on the ships as they came in, are just about knocked off. SOME IMPROVEMENT However, this situation is looking a little bit better. Water­ man sent twO' tugs outside and called back two small tugs from idle status for harbor work. When the tugs that went outside bring in the LSTs they are tow­ ing, there will be some work for the riggers. The SIU Fishermen have suc­ ceeded in persuading the State Conservation Department to move the legal line so that they can shrimp further in than they have been. Before the new line was set up, the shrimpers were not able to go past Arlington Pier in Mobile. However, they claimed that the shrimps inside the line were bigger and more plentiful The Unions and the state offi­ cials got together and agreed to make a test run of the water in­ BERNSTEIN BUCKED Take the case of Arnold Bern­ stein. He's trying to buy two big passenger ships from the Government and operate them in the North Atlantic trade under side the line. ^ After ,j;he test, the the American flag. The mer­ state discovered it would be okay chant marine is notoriously de­ to open up some extra water to ficient in passenger tonnage and the fishermen, which will be you would think that everybody done right away. ^ would hail his effort, especially There is nothing new on since he wants to carry passen­ the unemployment compensation gers at low rates and give lots battle down here. There is an of people a chance to travel. appeals court hearing scheduled And doubtless many people for September 8, and we will would like to see him get the represent all members involved. ships. But the i-est of the ship­ We expect a final and binding ping industry is fighting him docisiori from tlio Stots Sii'^rom© tooth and nail. The United Court in the very near future. States Lines, the Black Diamond QUIET PICTURE Line and the Waterman Steam­ ship Corporation came hurrying The labor picture in Mobile is up to the Maritime Commission [ quite serene this week, there be­ to "prove" how terrible it would | ing no beefs hanging fire. The be for the industry and the na­ other night. Brother Morris Al­ tion if Bernstein should get those port of the Teamsters was vessels. It's the knife in the elected president of the Central Trades and Labor Council to fill back. If a Union were to try some­ out the term of Brother C. H. thing like that up would go a Applewhite who resigned a while hue and cry that labor's power back. Brother Alport, who is Busi­ must be chocked. But what the shipping companies do gets ness Agent for the Teamsters, is a member of Mobile's powerful buried in the news. The voting has started on the Maritime Trades Council. Con­ assessment for the General Fund. gratulations to Brother Alport! Now is the time to build that There always are a few oldFund to a point where nobody timers around this port. Right now you can find the following: ran hurt us. The Taft-Hartley boys are go­ A. M. Wiggins, J. Walters, J. P. ing to keep hammering at us Dixon, H. Thompson, W. Rey­ and we have to keep in con­ nolds. J. R. Mayes, H. Augustus, stant readiness for them, for the W. Marshall, A. F. Wright, J. P. ship operators are part of them. Crawford, D. Saxon, L. Stone, A vote for the assessment is a Curley Price, C. Aubert, E. T. vote for a Union strong enough Hardeman, E. D. Scott, Lefty to buck anything that comes McNorton, E. De Angelo and Paul Chattey. along. ^ �Page Six THE SEAFA.RERS LOG Shipping Slows, And New Hail Only Cheer In Port Tampa TMdap, September 10. 1948 DOCK HUCKSTER IN EGYPT A little closer to home, and of more interest to the membership, is the report on the progress of the Hall. Our building is just about complete. It's a real swell lay-out. If business were only as good as our Hall we would have the best shipping of any ^ f4\3 port. About ftie onlj'- thin|(s our menv bers are finding to boast about are the contracts and building. Next week we are slated to At least we can crow about these. receive the usual three Water­ FRIENDLY TENANTS man ships and one Alcoa, but all jobs are as good as gone all One side of the building is U, ready. These berths will be just about ready for tenants. The snapped up by the bookmen Office Workers and the Cigar waiting on the beach, so a per- Box Makers Union are waiting, and the Longshoremen also want mitman is wise-if he steers clear space. of this port. This arrangement will make things nice for all hands. The BROKEN HEARTED Cigar Workers have long been An incident which should our friends. They assisted us prove of interest to the member- during the General Strike and, if ship, though I don't know what things ever come to swords it proves, took place here last points with them, we will be able to reciprocate. • week. A member of the com-, The rainy season is about over, miuiist party chose this port for and while most of the country is his swan song. In a real dram­ sweating it out, we are having atic manner he gave his all to mild weather. In fact, nights the cause. are actually cool h§re. The Moses Cleveland, a LuckSeveral oldtimers are hanging mback ship, came into Tampa around waiting for the long one. to go into di-ydock. A Wiper Some of them are Harry Sim­ aboard, an avowed conununist, mons, Markos Franggos, Buddy received word that the commies Baker, Morse Ellsworth, Joe had been swept out of office in Wreadand, Bobby Sheppard, to the NMU. A sketch by Seafarer Norman Mciffie name but a few. The news acted on him like a shot. He ranted and raved over the deck of the ship, swearing that the world had gone to ruin now that all the commies were to picket captains, crews and however, since the men on our By AL BERNSTEIN and ou* in the street. -everybody else involved. They ships here are first-rate Sea­ FRENCHY MICHELET farers, A&G style. were also instructed to report SWAN DIVE SAN FRANCISCO — Shipping by telephone every 30 minutes. 'ROUND-THE-CLOCK He proceeded to work himself on the West Coast was brought The crews of A&G ships were into a frenzy and, finally, he to a complete halt the other day instructed to listen to no or­ During the week, we have grabbed his money, waved at his when the CIO Longshoremen, the ders, suggestions or requests held a meeting every day to MCS and the MFOWW hit the from anyone except accredited discuss what we have to do in bricks. representatives from the A&G's the face of the strike and its With the strike now well into San Francisco Hall. relation to our ships. In addi­ its first week, things are pro­ This policy paid dividends al­ tion we've had to keep the San ceeding quietly — so quietly, in most immediately. A sound truck Francisco Hall open 24 hours a fact, that, except for the picket- operated by one of the striking day to cope with the situation. lines in front of them, the var- unions cruised the waterfront Incidentally, the first man to -ious terminals and docks look urging all crews to pile off their no different from the way they ships. The A&G delegates check­ volunteer for night duty was ever looked before. But shipping ed with this office and were Brother H. Beckman, who check­ ed calls all through the first is at a standstill. told to keep the men aboard to night we were open. Since then There has been no trouble of maintain the contracts. we have had more than enough any sort in this port. In fact, volunteers and we intend to CALLING CARDS the only place there has been stay on a 24-hour basis until any trouble at all is Wilming­ After due deliberation, we the strike is over. shipmates, and with a yell of "to ton, where there was a fiare-up printed cards identifying our I The boys have been enthusi­ hell with it all" took a dive over between the SUP and the CIO men and requesting picket cap­ astic about helping out. Several longshoremen on an issue that the side. tains to let them through. The who had taken to the hills after had nothing to do with the cards read as follows: The police fished his body out coastwise strike. recent payoffs to get in a little "Picket Captain: Please pass vacation time have called in four hours later. His dough was SHIP LINE-UP Brother of SS long-distance to find out what missing. at Pier The following A&G-contracted they could do. At the inquest later, the crew ships were in San Francisco who is going aboard this ves­ told the commissioner that the when the strike broke: Monroe sel to maintain our contractual ' Incidentally, after one of our man had preached the "doctrine" 'Victory and Steel Inventor, Isth­ obligations and for safety of bull sessions on the strike,-there was a Brother telling us what aU during the trip, and that the mian; Yorkmar, Calmar; and the ship. §:• 'a swell time he had in Reno. defeat of the commies in the I Waterman's Maiden Victory. "Under no circumstances . His accoimt didn't sound much NMU elections had proved too I Due up the coast are the will this Brother remain much for him. He was a mem­ Lyons, Smith & Johnson; Isth­ aboard the above-mentioned like the Reno we knew, so we questioned him rather closely. ber of the MFOWW. mian's Clyde Seavey and Cal- vessel in the event of strike­ "Sure I was in Reno," he said, mar's Marymar. breaking tactics on the part On the local labor front: "and I can prove it by these Scheduled to arrive at Broadof 'the operator." The Teamsters here are having i wood on the Columbia River is The cards bear the letter­ pictures. I was right there in a run-in with the Yellow Cab Waterman's Purdue Victory, head of the San Francisco "Hall Reno de Janeko." Company, the first unionized That is the complete picture of and are signed by an A&G company in the area. The cab Pf' A&G shipping on the Coast at official. company's manager is doing all present. Although the picket captains if' he can to break the union, but The morning the strike began, have honored the cards on every fc. from all indications he is going we called a special meeting at occasion so far, we have urged If you have a beef or a to run into a snag. I' problem wheii you're on fhe A&G Headquarters here. We our members not to walk K There are a couple of SlU elected W. McKay, C. Quinnt, through the lines unnecessarily. West Coast. f;onlact the new men pushing hacks for this com­ Joe Gordon and "Shorty" Foos A&G Hall, 85 Third Street. "Pass through only after the pany. Our men were also in­ as a rank-and-file committee to picket captain clears you, and The telephone number is strumental in organizing the Red serve as strike observers at the then eo about your business," DOuglas 2-5475. Drop in be­ Top Cab Company, a notorious docks where A&G ships might we f!dl each man. We don't tween ships, and get ac­ quainted. link outfit, which now has a be affected. want any incidents. Not that we contract with the Teamsters. They were instructed to talk have much to worry about, TAMPA—This port is wallow­ ing in the worst streak of bad shipping to hit here since the war. For the past two weeks all activities has been at a stand­ still. Tomorrow we get our first break when the John Laurence Of Waterman will head in. Thursday we are scheduled to receive the Smiley. Bridges' Strike Haits West Coast Shipping On The Coast 4 Port Baltimore Reports Week's Shipping Rise By WILLIAM (Curly) RENTZ BALTIMORE — Shipping has picked up in the past two weeks. Most of the men have been tak­ ing the jobs and we have even had to send out to other ports for men. • ^ We had payoffs on the Ore Line's Steelore, and Oremar; Isthmian's Cape Elizabeth, Steel Navigator, and St. Augustine Victory; the Governor Graves, Waterman; the Robin Goodfellow; and the Henry Rice, Alcoa. We are hoping for some good payoffs in the week to come. Four ships signed on: Steelore, Oremar, Governor Graves, and St. Augustine Victory. We should have sortie more sign-ons next week with a few Isthmians that are at present in the repair yard, and several Alcoas. There have been some Alcoas and W&termans here in transit that just pull in, load, and leave without calling for replacements. Most of them crew up in the Gulf. There have been a few minor beefs, but most of them have been straightened out right on the ship. KNOWING THE SCORE The crews are doing a good job in that respect for, by know­ ing the agreement and living up to it, most of the half-phony beefs are eliminated. The good beefs were straightened out right on the ship with all mem­ bers present. On a .Waterman and a Robin ship there was not even one beef; while on the Henry Rice everything was okay, except for one man who started to get off and then changed his mind after a replacement had been dis­ patched. When you start to get off, be sure that you do; for when you change your mind the last min­ ute you ball everything up. It is not right, and it causes trouble for the Dispatcher and for the men that are shipped. FIGHT DOES IT Some other Unions cry that the SIU always gets'the best of everything. They forget that the SIU has fought for everything that it has gotten, and has never sold out as some of the others have done. We are watching the tie-ups on the West Coast and wondering how it will effect us. The MFOW and MCS are go­ ing out on strike here. They already have a few pickets out on their ships. We are standing by to see what is what. There are some gashounds around, but they don't hang around the Hall, for they know that we are watching them and will lower the boom if they in­ terfere with Union business. One Cities Service tanker came in and we hit her right away. Everything was okay. She is in the shipyard for repairs and will be around for a while. Both Cuba Distillery tankers were in the shipyard, too, and one is still there. We hit them every day to be sure that everything is all right and stays that way. The boys in the hospital are doing all right. That raise and the new contracts made them all feel a lot better. They are all anxious to start sailing again, and we sure wish them the best of luck. �tBM SEAFARERS 10 G ^Sbcfi SirykMiim: W;. lAi SEAFARERS AND FRIENDS IN MOBILE In photo aboTe, SIU members axe seen in Mobile liall sfaorily after special meeting in wKioh they discussed situation at State DocdES during sscnitt jlS'L Carmen's beef. Below are members of a committee of AFL Tii^ple Wbrlters Union which holds its meet­ ings in SIU Mobile Hall. The Tipple Werkers is aneSier .of- the labor organizations with which the SIU enjoys a close-woridng relationship. ai Page Sevet/ I Mesoil Struck By Freighter; Runs Aground In Argentine Bearing temporai-y patches, the Federal Motorship Corporation's SS Mosoil is bound for the States after an ill-fated South American trip during which she collided with a Belgian freighter and ran aground twice, according to word just received from Seafarer C. J. Hill, Deck Delegate. The Mosoil spent about a month in Buenos Aires, under­ going temporary repairs on her starboard side, and left the Ar­ gentine port on Sept. 2. She is one of the vessels acquired by the SIU in its drive on unor­ ganized tanker companies be­ gun early this year. Calamity first struck the Mo­ soil on July 12, as she left Buenos Aires and was proceed­ ing up the river to Rosario. "Our steering gear broke down in the channel," Hill says, "as W were apprbaching the Belgian steamer, Henry Jasper. The dan­ ger signal was given on the ship's whistle and the Jasper dropped her hook, but she NEW YORK SS LONGVIEW VICTORY N. T. Curran, $1.00; A. P. Permljo, $2.00; J. Ekland, $5.00; M. R. Salvador. $1.00; S. C. Hudgena, $3.00; A. Mar­ tinez. $1.00; J. Cubano. $1.00; H. J. White. $5.00; R. L. Aiu. $3.00; F. Cas­ tro. $3.00; E. O. Sucre. $2.00; J. Fer­ nandez. $3.00; A. Wiessner. $3.00; J. P. Macahilas, $2.00; S. Paacual. $1.00; A. C. Dejesus, $2.00; L. R. Hynes; $2.00; J. Rharriman. $2.00; F. Tokarchuq. $1.00; Grpgan. $1.00; E. Pacheco. $4.00; V. Cellini. $2.00; C. Ford. $2,00. SS STEEL EXECUTIVE W. C. Harrington. $5.00; R. Doupe. $2.00; A. R. Swiszczowski, $1;00; A. C. Belt. $2.00; R. Finstrom. $5.00; A. J. Jensen. $2.00; L. Gocko. $3.00; R. Anzaione. $2.00; J. A. Smith, $2.00; A. Saunders. $2.00; J. B. Crowley, $2.00; F. W. John, $2.00; A. Adomaites. $5.00; A. M. Cheverez. $3.00; B. A. Graivberg. $2.00; F. Rasmussen. $3.00; B. B. Amezquita. $2.00; C. Reiff. $2.00; B. L. Robbins. $2.00; R. 1. Pelayo. $2.00; S. Potunia. $2.0'0; J. B. Pereira. $5.00; O. A. Payne. $2.00; L. Rinaldl. $1.00; J. W. Smith. $2.00; B. A. Mode. $5.00. SS STEEL FABRICATOR V. Suska. $3.00; A. Sparrow. $2.00; J. D. Howiaon. $2.00; V.. Sedes. $5.00; A1 Thomas. $5.00; P. J. Welsh. $2.00; W. R. Serpe. $2.00; S. Gordon. $2.00; P. Reyes. $3.00; C. Flores. $2.00; D. Blonstein. $1.00; T. R. Tobiaasen. $3.00; C. Rodriguez. $3.00; C. P. Rose. $3.00; H. Aquio. $2.00; V. Arevalo. $5.00; M. F. Villacarte. $3.00; E. Ojeca. $1.00; R. P. Negron. $1:00; M. Martin. $2.00; P. D. Velez. $2.00; M. Magdael. $6.00. SS SEATRAIN HAVANA F. H. Pitts. $5.00; J. J. Word. Jr.. $1.00. SS J. B. WATERMAN W. V. Newhiff. $1.00; C. A. Nickerson. $1.00; 11. C. Hill. $1.00; D. S. Gardner. $1.00; H. Kohv. $2.00; P. R. Davis. $2.00; B. Bugesson. $1.00; S. Pateras. $1.00; E. Belkner. $1.00; E. Steele. $2.00; F. Wonsor. $2.00; A. T. Thibodeau. $1.00; J. Boldiszar. $1.00; A. . Oyhus. $1.00. A. Plutes. $1.00; S. Piuainski, $1.00; J. Anderson. $2.00; C. H. Burner. Jr., $1.00; P. Riohter. $1.00; J. Sanlouzans. $2.00; P. Pron. $1.00; N. Tripp. $2.00; C. H. Reiss. $1.00; C. Andrew. $1.00; J. Vilos. $1.00; J. J. Monahan. $2.00; R. H. Bridge. $1.00; j. Jimenz, $5.00; B. C. Simpson. $1.00; E. Jusino. $1.00; J. F. Pacheco. $2 00. SS ALGONQUIN VICTORY W. G. Appleby. $2.00; B. D. Fried­ man. $1.00; E. Blevins, ..$1.00; K. L. Hogan. $2.00; A. S. Blomkvist, $2.00; J. Bumgardner. $5.00; J. S. Asavicius. $2.00; F. Redman. $3.00; K. E. Morie. $2.00; J. R. Rodriguez. $20.00; L. A.. Cramboli. $1.00; J. Czerwinaki. $3.00; J. Viga, $1.00; L. A. Ware. $1.00; W. Murrell. $3.00; E. E. Roloff. $1.00; N. j; Wright; $2:00; W. J. Doyle. $1.00; E. v. Smith. $1.00; D. Ortiz. $2.00; M. X. Pinto, $1.00. Gadsdeu Mate Makes Own Werking Ruies By LOU GOFFIN and RAY GONZALES clarifications were found neces­ sary the Union and the com­ pany would make such decisions. On the Gadsden, a heavy lift ship carrying locomotives, the Mate has a little more authority over the sailors than on the usual run of cargo ships. On paying off the MV Gadsden recently, we discovered a Chief Mate who takes it upon himself to clarify our contract. Very of­ ficiously, this guy decided to make up a set of rules, which OVERSTEPS LIMITS the sailors would have to abide Regardless of his authority, he by. has no right to make his own After we glanced at these working rules. Oddly enough, rules, we informed the Mate most of his working rules were pulled from the contract and that the SIU had a signed con- then altered to suit his personal suit themselves. Remind them that the only contracts the crews are required to work un­ der are the ones negotiated by the Union with the steamship ooerator. X % couldn't stop in time to kedp from hitting us. "She hit us forward of the bridge on the starboard side." No one was hurt as holes were torn in several of the MosoiTs tanks and the starboard side 6f the bridge and shelter deck were torn off, according to the DeckDelegate. The Jasper hit the Mosoil again on the after deck house, then bounced off. Hill said that none of the crew knew what had happened until it was all over, as no general alarm was sounded. "A tug took us to anchorage," the Deck Delegate's account con­ tinues, "and the Engineers re­ paired the steering engine that night. We got underway for Rosario about six the next morn­ ing. RUNS AGROUND "That afternoon we ran aground. We were aground three days and nights. On the third night a small tanker came and took part of our cargo off, and the next 'morning we jesumed our trip to Rosario." Leaving Rosario July 29 for anchorage outside of Buenos Aires, the Mosoil again ran aground in the river. The ship remained in that position for 12 hours, awaiting the next high water to get free. When she returned to Buenos Aires on Aug. 2, divers went down to inspect the damage and discovered "a rip about 40 feet long and eight feet wide, from the No. 1 to No. 4 tanks on the starboard side." Temporary repairs were then begun. CREWED IN SAVANNAH Prior to the succession of set­ backs in the Argentine, the Mo­ soil had left Savannah March 13 for Curacao. From there she carried oil to Swansea, England, returning to Curacao for another cargo destined for Santos, Brazil. Discharging in Santos, the Mo­ soil again went back to Curacao, took on oil cargoes and headed for Buenos Aires, Rosario, and her unlucky experiences. Built in 1920, the Mosoil for­ merly sailed under the Cities Service banner as the Kansas. Before she was acquired by the Federal Motorship outfit she was in the boneyard for two years. ^ views. This encounter with the Gad­ sden's Chief Mate is good reason for reminding all hands that we liave complete contracts with our companies. AH working rules, living conditions and wages are set forth in these agreements and private agree­ ments are out—and how! If crews require clarifications on any point, they can get them at any Union Hall. As long as we do our work in accordance with the provisions of the con­ tract with the company and that tracts, everything will run along we expected, not only the un­ smoothly. licensed personnel to live up to Keep a weather eye open for it, but the officers as well. these mates and engineers who He was also told that, if any!try to interpret the contracts to Starboard side of the tanker Mosoil's boal deck as it looked r after being struck by Belgian freighter. ? �Pag» Eighi THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. Septembar 10. 1948 SHIPS' MINUTES AMD MEWS r^l yf SI i;i -i J1f I tI Seafarer Sam Vandal's Fifty-Year Career Studded With Colorful Jobs KEEPING HER STEADY The first morning Seafarer Samuel Louis Vandal was at sea he heaved a bucket of slops to windward—and learned his first lesson in seamanship the hard way more than 50 years ago. Of course, he was not the first fledgling seaman to make this mis­ take—^nor the last. But per-'* haps there was more excuse to which he was to return sev­ duty was to keep order on the eral times in the future, but sparsely settled South African for Sam Vandal than for he did not remain long on this veldt. Vandal at various times most since he was only 12 visit. was stationed at Capetown, Pre­ Still anxious to see the world, toria and Johannesburg. But, al­ years old. He had awakenec that morning as a stowaway he went to Canada where he though the Boer War was still joined the Colonial Moimted fresh in local memories, he re­ on a square-rigged grain Territorials of the British Army. ports that his South African ship out of Perth, on the That was before Canada became tour was relatively uneventful. south coast of Australia, a dominion and won control Vandal left the Moxmted Co­ bound for Europe, and had over an army of its own. As a lonials in 1909 and returned to been put to work. It was member of the British Army, the bakery in Paterson where Vandal was subject to service he remained until the First the beginning of a long and anywhere in the Empire—or be­ World War broke out in August colorful career as seaman, yond if so ordered. 1914. After the German Kaiser circus performer, shoreside Vandal did two three-year started things going. Vandal was hitches, spending most of the recalled by the British and once baker and soldier. That trip was Vandal's first first hitch in South Africa and again he "took the King's shill­ This unposed shot of Quartermaster Charles Scherhaus experience with the sea, and it India, and during the second ing," as he terms it. was taken aboard the Seatrain Havana recently. Brother P. was to be a long time before seeing garrison duty in Ireland He served in the Royal Horse Reese, who took photo, writes that "Scherhaus, Deck Delegate he went back to it as a seaman. and on Britain's Salisbury Plain. Artillery until he was invalided But he recalls the name of that In Africa he learned to talk out in 1917 with'gas in his eyes on the vessel, didn't know what had happened until I re­ leased the shutter." He adds that the QM was just one of old square-rigger. She was the Afrikaans, the language similar and throat and shrapnel in his to Dutch spoken by the Boers. leg. He fought at Antwerp un­ a very good crew on board. The Colonial Mounteds were der Kitchener, and was in the roving Military Police whose bitter 10-day British retreat from that port which always is a focal point in any war in west­ ern Europe. In 1920, Vandal returned to Paterson where he worked until 1929 when he left the bakery to Some fancy side-stepping took was slightly rough but no become a concessionaire at coun­ the Eastern Steamship cruise trouble was encountered. try clubs throughout New Jer­ ship Evangeline out of the path DeMeo said the Evangeline Brother Oskar Frederic Ofest­ sey. He remained in this line of a hurricane's projected course ley, SUP 1507, met with a fatal for 10 years, serving as Chief last week but she had to put in carries "a darned good crew of accident on the SS Maiden Vic­ Steward at a number of clubs. at Norfolk instead of calling at Seafarers. He added that "prob­ ably the reason we never have tory, August 27, when the ship The *hief drawback was that Nassau, as scheduled. any trouble is that Frenchy Ruf was about 27 miles off shore near the money didn't pile up very The New York-West Indies is aboard."San Diego, enroute to Los An­ fast. Eventually he resumed the cruise ship altered her course Jerry has been a member of geles, according to a communi­ baker's trade. Aug. 28 after getting storm the SIU for three years. His cation to the LOG from Casimir During the late war, he re­ warnings en route from Bermuda Honorowski, Deck Delegate. turned to the sea as a baker to Nassau. She would have had brother Alex, also sails on SIUcontracted ships. The latter writes that Ofestley after trying to enlist in the to cross the hurricane's path to accidentally slipped while work- armed forces. He has been sail­ ng aloft on number three king ing steadily ever since except make the Bahaman port. post, and fell to the deck. He for a recent stay in the hospi­ SETS NEW COURSE SAMUEL VANDAL never regained conscioimess, al­ tal. He was hurt aboard Alcoa's The Evangeline left Bermuda The Evangeline's sister ship, Princess Alice, and she was though he was immediately car­ Wild Ranger in May of this year anrw;"s"drydocked in Trinidad Thursday That afternoon the the Yarmouth, also had its mo­ ried to the ship's hospital, and master-owned which was a com­ hurricane's movement began and ment last week. Entering Boston the Chief Mate and the Captain for a spell before returning to: mon practice at the time. She by Friday it was apparent the Harbor on September 4 the Yar­ did all that was possible^ for him. the States. He's ready to go was a proud ship for her day, storm might cross the Bermuda- mouth collided with a whale— again now. ALL EFFORTS FAIL but a seaman's life was rough Nassau line. At 4 F. M., the the whale coming off second The Captain radioed for a when Vandal first left his Aus­ NOTHING EXCITING shipi's loudspeakers announced best in the engagement. No plane and got a prompt re­ tralian home. Of his wartime sailing Van­ that a new course was being set damage was suffered by the sponse. The sea-plane arrived dal has little to say. "Nothing HIGH-POLE MAN for Hampton Roads because of Eastern Steamship Company ves­ before the Deck Gang had J;he Shortly after arriving in Eng­ exciting" happened he claims. the storm danger. sel, but it was necessary for the land, Vandal, who was an agile No. 1 lifeboat ready. He was "No bombs, no mines, nothing." Buses met the vessel when she big passenger ship to back up lad, joined a traveling circus. transferred to the plane, which But when pressed he admits pulled into the Army base pierto free the mammel impaled on He worked as a "high pole" per­ took off for a shore base. But that he was^ imder fire in Ant­ its bow. side the morning of Aug. 29 and former with a troupe called Brother Ofestley passed on be­ werp, an experience that vividly the passengers were taken to "Daredevil De Caruso and Com­ fore the plane could land. recalled his service with the pany." He stuck with the De Ofestley was born in 1886 in British Army in the other war. Virginia Beach to spend the day Thanks Cape Race Men that otherwise would have been Carusos fbr six years, traveling Norway, and so far as is known A staunch Seafarer, Vandal is enjoyed at Nassau. he had no kin in this country or For 'Brotherliness' the length and breadth of the proud of the SIU's achievements. abroad. According to Delegate British Isles, Europe and the He points to his own participa­ HEADS FOR GOTHAM Seafarer Aardi Huffart really United States. Finally, one day Honorowski, he was quiet and tion in the 1946 General Strike found out the meaning of the in Cardiff, Wales, somebody left efficient, and was well liked. He which was the biggest beef he Next morning the Evangeline words "Brotherhood of the Sea" a loose board at the top of the took his place in the crew and ever was in. But he insists that headed for New York so she from the crew of the SS Cape high pole and Vandal, 18 years was a good shipmate. the most important victory the could aiTive on schedule. Race, South Atlantic, last month. old by then, fell 118 feet. That Brother Honorowski states in SlU ever won was the Isthmian Seafarer Jerry DeMeo, OS, Huffart missed his ship in was the end of the circus phase his letter, "we aU know and Strike which he missed because who served as ship's telephone Belfast and was left high and realize that some of these days of his career. "I became," as operator told .the LOG the trip he was at sea. dry. However, he was picked up the earth and the sea will give he puts it, "unfit for the high He maintains that the victory by the Cape Race and he says up their dead and we shall stand pole." over Isthmian gave the SIU tre­ his SIU Brothers really took His one broken leg, two before a Just Judge, and we mendous prestige on every wa­ care of him. broken arms - and four broken shall rest at ease in His hands. terfront in the world. The .sea­ They bought him gear from The slop chest is your cor­ ribs kept him in drydock for a We know Fred will get a square men of other nations knew all the slopchest, and after the ship year. When he came out of the deal and. from what we saw of about Isthmian, he says, and ner store while you are at paid off in Baltimore the other hospital he recalled his trip to him we are glad for his ex­ when the Seafarers made Isth­ sea. You can't take your day they advanced him the fare America with the troupe and ample among us, and we miss mian say "uncle" the eyes of to his home in New York. faiight a ship as a passenger. him." maritime labor in every marl-, trade someplace else if the slop chest doesn't have what "Those guys did everything in He ended up in Paterson, New A memorial service and a min­ time nation looked with respect the world for me, and I'll never you need. Jersey, where he worked as a ute of silence was the crew's at the most militant union of forget them," Huffart says. them all. baker. It was a city and a job tribute to him. Brother Ofestley Dies Aboard Maiden Victory Quick Tum-In To Norfolk Saves Evangeline From Gale Whale Whaled iW AHENTION! �Friday. Saplember 10. 1948 TEE SEAFARERS LOG Page Nine Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings in Singapore and Hong Kong LAKE GEORGE. Aug. 11— Chairman Edward Hayston; Re­ which would be turned over to Patrolman. Engine Delegate re­ cording Secretary Sidney M. Lipschitz. Brother Wilson elected ported that it is alleged the Chief Engineer had tampered Ship's Delegate. Department with the finished-with-engines delegates reported no beefs. Un• J I ML -J record, and a motion carried to der New Business motion carried have this investigated upon to fine anyone allowing Arabs ship's return. Deck Delegate re­ in the foc'sles five dollars, this ported disputed overtime. Under money to go to the hospital fund. New Business, a motion was Under Good and Welfare, the made by Brother Gransberg to Ship's Delegate was asked to have the rate of exchange al­ consult Chief Engineer on having lowed by the Master in giving the fresh water tanks cleaned. It draws in Hong Kong investi­ was decided to write to the gated, as it was below the pub­ Secretary-Treasurer to ask that the FWT who failed to report the Samjoy Laundry of Mobile. lished official rate for the day. aboard ship after being shipped Motions carried regarding clean­ Brother Mitchell reported that WO YSARS OF PEACE LfE/^HEA-D OF THE from the Hall be investigated, liness of laundry room, and the Captain had failed to recog­ AEG DISTRICT/ BECAUSE. OF Th'fc A/EW and to point out that the non­ messroom. One minute of sil­ nize a Ship's Delegate, as he stated that the Agreement only COAJTRAGT SIGA/ED BY OUR OPERATORS union replacement sent aboard ence for Brothers lost at sea. called for department delegates. has proved to be okay, and •—-TWO YEARS VVHICH WE CAN/ DEvOlE TO XXX RAPHAEL SEMMES. July 11 Brother Mitchell's resignation PUIL-DINS AND '^RBNGTHEAJIMG OUR would be recommended to the Patrolman when the ship got —Chairman Maurice Norriss; Re­ was refused by the crew. Mo­ ADD/Ne TO-THET JOBS UNDER, SlU COA/TRACTS . back. One minute of silence for cording Secretcuy James Terra- tion carried for the Deck Dele­ cino. No beefs reported by Dele­ gate to make up a separate over­ departed Brothers. VCTE TO BUILD THE gates. The meeting went into time sheet of Mate's work on C5E/S1ERALFUND — so WE CAN • Good and Welfare where the deck. DO THE THIM0S WE SHOULD — Deck Delgate suggested that the AMD DO! Mate be asked to inspect the sailors' foc'sles to see that they need sougeeing. There was dis­ cussion between the Night Cook and Baker, and the Chief Cook regarding the proper division of X X ^ MORNING LIGHT. July 5— their work. The chair suggested Chairman Leroy Nicholas: Re­ that books be returned to li­ XXX By HANK cording Secretary Ralph Whitley. brary, extra linen be returned to ' NATHANIEL B. PALMER, July 7 — Chairman "Dutchie" The Engine Delegate reported linen locker. Brother Terracino Brother "Dutchy" Moore, the Florida brother full of jokes minor overtime disputes, and suggested that new bed spreads Moore: Recording Secretary and tricks, just came in from a trip to Germany. After talking Worth Pittman. Under Old Busi­ be obtained. Vote of thanks to asked that the Electrician's book with "Larceny" Pete Larsen, "Whiskey" Sam Luttrell (fresh out ness, "Dutchie" Moore reported Stewards Department for good be checked for Isthmian strike nowadays) and Bob High, who probably believes that all the that the crew had wanted an food. One minute of silence for clearance. Motion carried under world loves a joker, Dutchy spliced us the news about the only investigation made to find out New Business to have catwalks Brothers lost at sea. New York restaurant, to his knowledge, which dishes out real why there was a large number put on all deck cargoes for the Florida-styled cooking, especially chicken and yellow rice. It's of first-trippers placed on this safety of ships' crews. Motions a Spanish place somewhere around 46th Street and Eighth ship. He said that it had been to have delegates inspect quar­ Avenue... If the wives and mothers of our Brothers won't get turned over to the officials. New ters before payoffs, and for no offended, we'll try passing on a joke we heard. One guy asked Business: Motion carried that the one to pay off till beefs are another guy if he knew the definition of a lie detector. The other Stewards Department use only settled. Minute of silence for guy replied, "Sure, I know. I was-married to one for two years." their own showers and toilets. departed Brothers. Motion carried that the crew re­ XXX XXX fuse to sign on until the scup­ MORNING LIGHT. June 24— Before leaving for Turkey on the Gadsden, Steward pers in the vegetable box are re­ Chairman Leroy Nicholas; Re­ Thomas "Pops" Foster "pieced off* a few of his last cigars to paired. Under Good and Wel­ cording Secretary Ralph Whitley. a Brother. We wonder if "Pops" will try smoking those fare, it was suggested that the Deck Delegate reported no beefs genuine Turkish cigars. We remember an oldtimer-baker Patrolman talk to the Captain and that aU books were in order whose only reason to go ashore in every foreign port was to about allowing wind chutes in except one which would be buy cigars. Fortunately, we never did. smell the cigars he the portholes. Under Education, taken up in Mobile. Motion car­ bought ashore in India. Anyway, we wonder if regular cigarthe Steward talked on the com­ ried under New Business to smoking Seafarers try smoking the cigars of all nations? XXX make up a ship's repair list. Sev­ Furthermore, what are your experiences with good foreign LAHAINA VICTORY. May 2— parison of ship life and working eral motions carried relating to Chairman Bill O'Connor: Record­ conditions before the Union cigars? Which foreign nations make the best cigars? ... Brother cleanliness of ship, laundry, tak­ ing Secretary Fitzgerald. Dele­ gains were obtained with what John Jellette, the Steward, sailed into town and sure looked ing care of ship's property, and gates reports made and accepted. they are today. Brother William happy with his mustache. He's aboard the SS Coral Sea. keeping screen doors closed. Un­ Motion by Brother Presto to Crazen explained the nature of XXX der Good and Welfare it was de­ check constitution to see if a the organizational work being Brothers, now that we have a big wage increase and twocided that the laundry machine Chief Cook can hold department carried on with the company, years job security agreements, vote yes for the newly-proposed be fixed or else be taken off the delegate's job. Motion accepted and the necessity of each man General Fund assessment. Let's keep the SIU on a true course. doing his job right, so that ship. Members were asked to by acclamation to name Harry J. The future of a stronger and bigger SIU is in your hands now. eventually the other ships of the retiurn magazines to messhall Pollins Ship's Delegate. Under It's your union—your, jobs, contracts and responsibilities. The when finished with them. One Good and Welfare there was dis­ company wiU be properly run. minute of silence for Brothers cussion on piping water from The meeting stood in silence for lost at sea. the cooler to aft of the midship one minute for Brothers lost at house for longshoremen's con­ sea. XXX OBERLIN VICTORY. July 5— venience. One minute of silence Chairman Snow; Recording Sec for departed Brothers. retary B. J. Schmitz. Old repair XXX list was read by the chairman SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY. and accepted. A new repair list July 12—Chairman P. Chermosiwas turned in by the delegates. no; Recording Secretary John XXX WILLIAM BLOUNT, July 18 Overtime was reported okay by Pennell. Brother Stickney was the delegates with a few minor elected Ship's Delegate. Motions —Chairman W. Chandler; Re­ exceptions that would be under New Business to have the cording Secretary W. Gardner. true course you steer today will affect your seafaring life in the straightened out at payoff. One night lunch sliced before putting Stewards Delegate reported that future... Although he was rather disappointed about not getting minute of silence for Brothers in ice box, and to have the the scuppers and galley stove any mail, one Brother was still happy otherwise. He was singing dumb- waiter's speaker repaired. had to be repaired upon ai-rival. —"Makes no difference now what type of ship they hand me. I lost at sea. In Good and Welfare it was sug­ The Engine Delegate reported don't woriy, because it makes no difference now." XXX gested that a wider selection of that the painting of the Black We have now discovered ihat Steward Fidel Lukban, the fresh fruits be ordered, and that Gang foc'sles had been hanging oldtimer. is a stamp collector from way back—retroactive to the beverages being served be over two trips and must be done. 1910. While he's proud and happy of his stamp collection, rotated. The Ship's Delegate Motion made to instruct the which is safe in a bank, he's waiting for the day he can be asked the Steward to notify him Patrolman to have the next crew get it painted before signing on admitted into the 500 Club which requires stamp collections to immediately if bad eggs were XXX be worth over $15,000. His prize stamp is a black stamp of OBERLIN VICTORY, at sea- sent down again in the stores. and not take the word of the South Africa. It only cost him $48. Brother Lukban now has Chairman Dixon; Recording Sec­ One minute of silence for Broth­ First Assistant in the matter. Motion made to have the ship about three thousand dollars worth of steunps to collect to be retary B. J. Schmitz. Brother ers lost at sea. fumigated. Under Good and Wel­ eligible for that 500 Club. Stick to it. Brother, and you'll have Snow elected Ship's Delegate. XXX this stamp business licked yet... Brother "Happy" Harry STEEL EXECUTIVE. May 8— fare the Radio Operator was Motion by Chief Electrician Harper, the oldtimer, sailed this week to South Africa... Bowdre. seconded by Snow that Chairman Stanley Potowa; Re­ given a vote of thanks for his Shipping has picked up fine. For some time it's been going a letter be sent to P6rt Agent at cording Secretary A. Adomaites. cooperation, and the Stewards Department was hailed for its at a snail's pace. Now it's up to the speed of a war-time Mobile pointing out that several Minutes of previous meeting read good work. One minute of sil­ convoy. About eight knots with the wind. Brothers, keep and accepted. Stewards Dele­ men had lost laimdry and others ence for Brothers lost at sea. those ships clean and happy. Protect the contracts. gate reported disputed overtime had had their gear damaged by "So CUT and RUN i^\ �Electrician Blows Fuse; tWould Change Ship Quarters SS STEEL SEAFARER SEAFAI^RS But there are still some ships afloat where this change has not Most freight ships built during yet been put into practice—pri­ By ROCKY BENSON the war required an addition to marily on the Victory ships. he ship's family in the person How is your IQ, Seafarers? )f the Chief Electrician. Because We Electricians are constantly See if you can answer these 10 of the acute shortage at that reminded throughout the trip, by Questions. Score Yourself: siX; time of qualified and experienced sarcastic innundoes, to stay in —fair; eight—very good; and 10 narine electricians, the United our place. The high priests be­ —tops. One point is allowed for states Maritime Commission of­ come nauseated in a contamin­ each question. ated atmosphere. fered as an inducement to fol­ r.Which was the first SIU ship low the sea, a warrant officer's We are told: Don's use' offi­ to go into passenger service after' rating and officer's environment cer's showers or heads on this the war? aboard ship to those who would deck. The Crew facilities are next deck below! Don't bring take the job. 1. George Washington yomcots out on the officers' 2. Del Norte When the . brass halo and deck. Go down on the hatch 3. Florida glowing epaulets were soldered with the crew! Don't drink out 4. Yarmouth on, he was baptised, and orof the saloon fountain, the crew's jdained- by USMC officialdom as 2. If a ship is lost at sea, how a 90 day wonder, and then fountain is below. Don't talk toomuch money do you get for your loudly. The officers want to con­ taken into the flock as "one of gear? centrate. Keep yotrr door closed. us." 1. $100 An injury to one is an injury He was installed with the idea 2. $200 that as a gentleman he must not to aU! 3. $300 fraternize with the common, un­ On the same officers' deck, in 4. $400 couth and vulgar crew, and that one overcrowded room, are three The hot Manila sun didn't keep, crewmen of the Steel 3. Which one of these three isi he rated special privileges by Junior Engineers, thus five Seafozer frosn loeleing/ Iximlr epic and span, as this photo, not considered a penalty cargo? ; virtue of his apparent culture unlicensed men poison the at­ takam shaeOir after vessel docked at Pier 7, shows. In the and superior IQ. He was then mosphere allocated for official i; Bonemeal sprayed with DDT by an engine concentration. The Junior En- groi^ aie O. C. BaUezr* Uno Viiponu Gordon Malby, Johnny 2. Sulphur Cadet before he shipped out ofjgineers' room is so small (it is Trust, Whitey Hawks, George Gooden and Eddie Ely. 3. Greave Cakes the USMC recruiting and hiring strictly a one-bunk room) they 4. Butane Gas have no space to put their bag­ hall. 4. Who stands the donkey watch gage. After measuring all the MOB.iraOBERS on a steamship? crew focs'les it was found to be 1. Oiler On board ship he was assigned the smallest by 133 cubic feet— 2. Deck Engineer a- cabin on the officer's deck and a room nine feet by nine feet by 3. Fireman the privilege of eating in the seven feet. ditions deplorable. They live To the Editor: 4. Wiper pfficer's saloon with the use of principally on rice and fish, wear SOLUTION officers' facilitira such as toilets, One of the noticable things no shoes or clothes except a pair 5. How many members in good showers and recreation quarters. Here is a very practical solu­ throughout the Far East is the of shorts or a loin cloth. Most standing are needed for a Su­ His feeling of importance was tion for getting these ' five men primitive methods they use in of them have no desire or in­ preme Quorum? indescribable. This kingdom was below without changing the lay­ doing things. At Saigon, for in­ terest in improving their con­ 1. 25 stance, two men were unload­ ditions. On several occasions, and his .because he had no peers out of the ship: 2. 50 ^mong unlicensed personnel. The hospital is on the crew ing a small boatload of crushed in different places,- particularly 3. 100 stone. One man had a pole bal­ 4. 150 'iThe question of where to place deck, directly beneath the pres­ anced on his shoulders with in Saigon and Batavia, I had this misfit in the postwar pic­ ent Electrician's room. Change wicker baskets on each end of conversations with dock fore­ 6. Where is alcohol cai-ried at all ture was a common topic with these two rooms around and the the pole holding not more than times on a ship? problem is solved. Then, you officers and crew. will note, the Black Gang foc'sles a shovelful in each basket. The 1. Captain's cabin, ' Today the United States Lines have three bunks, but are oc­ other man remained in the boat, 2. Binnacle requires. the Electrician to be cupied by only two men. Dis­ loading the baskets by pushing 3. Under the Electrician's bunk fin IVIEBA Engineer. Somehow tribute the three Junior Engin­ the stones into them with a 4. Bosun's foc'sle fhe NMU lost out! eers so that each foc'sle has a .stick, while the other man car­ 7. What is the signal for abandon complete watch. The ex-hospi- ried them to the wharf. EVOLUTION ship? tal room becomes a watch- The man with the pole would But evolution of events caused focs'le, leaving the Electricians drop the empty baskets from 1. Six short blasts and one the SIU rank-and-file to hold a to occupy their designated foc'sle the pole and pick up the loaded long firm grip on their men—in spite on the crew's deck, as layed out ones and carry them to the 2. Six long blasts and one stone pile on the wharf and of some "officer conscious" Elec­ in the shipbuilders' blueprint. short dump them. By the time he re­ tricians. With the withdrawal of 3. Five short blasts and one Tnis will accomplish a moral turned to the boat, the man in the Navy gunners, the SIU El­ victory on all Victorys. long the boat had the other baskets men and others who told me 4. Seven short blasts and one ectricians were gradually moved A Chief Eleclrician loaded. down from the officers deck. long they often tried to improve their This went on continuously un­ conditions by raising their wages, til the boat was unloaded. How paying overtime, etc., but could 8. How many fathoms in a shot long it took, I don't know. It not get them to work more of anchor chain? must have taken the entire day than one day as long as they 1. 10 fathoms or longer. What a waste of hu­ could get along without more 2. 15 fathoms man energy! One bucket crane working. If they are paid more 3. 20 fathoms The membership of the Seafarers International Union has which we*use for this purpose than sufficient for one day's 4. 25 fathoms consistently reaffirmed its position that gear-grabbers can't be in the States, would have them bare subsistence, they will not good Union men. Any individual who stoops to pilfering gear unloaded in a few minutes, for return to work next day, and 9. When a ballot for Union offi­ cers takes place each year, for such as coffee percolators, linens, etc.. which are placed aboard there was not more than three they cannot get the work done. how many days is the ballot box bucket-fulls in the boatload. SlU-contracted ships for the convenience of all hands, is, above Upon inquiry, I learned that They are paid at the end of open? alL guilty of a malicious disregard of his shipmates' welfare. 1. 30 days the employers do not want ma­ each day. Most of them are il­ chinery because they can hire- literate and even in the coun­ 2. 40 days Crew Conveniences on most SIU ships today are not there coolie labor cheaper than the tries where free educational 3. 60 days by accident. They are there because of the Union's successfullycost of operating machines. And opportunities are extended 4. 90 days .fought struggles to bring greater benefits and comforts and to the coolies do not want it either by the government, they will provide decent conditions for the membership while out at sea. because they would have nothing; not take advantage of them. 10. From what port do the most Their condition is hopeless — it SIU passenger ships sail? to do. These hard-won conveniences are for the benefit of ALL doesn't matter much whether 1. New York SAME EVERYWHERE HANDS. They ARE NOT to be appropriated by any individual they are ruled by the Dutch, 2. New Orleans Throughout the entire Far the French, the English or by 3. Mobile for his own personal use. Violators of the membership's wel­ East, in all countries we visited, a native government, they are 4. Baltimore fare will be dealt with in accordance with the firm stand taken we found the majority of the doomed to exploitation in any repezdedly by .Seafarers in aU ports. population overwhelmingly event, and will be no better off. (Answers will be found on Emesl Bossert page 13.) Chinese coolies, and their con­ to the Editor: Finds Lafeor-Saving Devices Unwanted In Far East Pbrts I Gear-Grabbers Hurt Union I �Friday. Saptember 10. 1948 THE SEAFARERS LOG COLABEE*S SOFTBALLERS AND TRAINING TABLE CHIEF Bosun Needs Elbow Room In Yaka's Wee Quarters To the Editor: When the Colabee. American-Haweiian, hils Baie Cameau, near Quebec, in Canada for its regular load of newsprint for New York and Chicago newspapers, the SIU crew dons uni­ forms and trots out to meet the local softball team. Juan Colpe, ColaJbee messman. who submitted these pics to the LOG, admitted with a. smile that the local boys usually triumphed. Here's the Colabee's line-up. Front X row, left to right—Castelo, 'non-player; Mur­ phy, outfield; A. Ortiz, 2nd base; H. Bonewald. shortstop; "Brooklyn," outfield; 2nd Mate, pitcher; "Blackie," short shortstop; J. Synnott, catcher. Back row—Mahoney, non-player; R. Augsbach, 3rd base; Dixon, non-player; R. Kline, 1st base. Leaning over are: Bill, nonplayer; Johnny, outfield, and Ortiz, non-player. Finds Shipping Tough, But Java Good In Savannah Page Eleren problem. The hospital could be moved up to the cadet's room (which is only being used to hang up the officer's clothes at present), and the Bosun could move into the old hospital. The Deck Engineer could move into I read an article in the May 21 LOG titled "Need Olive Oil To Get In Bunks." It interested me very much, for we have the same trouble on Waterman's modern C-2, the SS Yaka. In his article. Brother Elie stated that they needed olive oil to get in and out of their bunks. We need the same thing to get in and out of our quar­ ters as well as bunks. As it stands now, one day man bunks in the Bosun's quarters here. When the day man comes in the foc'sle and I am shaving I jump to the side and hope that the door doesn't hit me, so that I cut my throat—and he does the same if he is the one using the wash basin. The door is lo­ cated just, to the side of the wash basin, and when opened the Bosun's old quarters and lei or closed, you receive a good the day man go back to his whack, if you are standing there. quarters. Doing this, we won't need ONE AT A TIME ohve oil to get in and out of If the door is closed and you our quarters—and we don't mean are washing, you have to move Popeye's girl friend, either! in order for the other fellow to W. A. Perry, Bosun pass. If you want to get in your V. Walainen, day man locker, the other fellow has to quit washing or shaving, and close the door in order for you to get into the locker. Yes, I know it's a hell of a lot of moving and opening and closing of doors, but that's the way it has to be in this foc'sle when one is trying to get wash­ ed or shaved. As to getting on To the Editor: our gear in the mornings, we I am doing a little checking on " have a space of four by four something that might mean some and a half feet in which to get dough for me. My last trip was around. One of us has threatened a long one and the agreement ,f to turn in overtime for getting changed while I was out. But up earlier, in order to put on from what I understand, crewclothes, and get out ahead of members are entitled to two his partner. There just isn't weeks vacation per year. room enough for both of us to Does that have to be unbroken dress at the same time. As it is, one of us goes up the service? Or are you allowed one deck, still pulling on clothes so week after the first six months? that the other fellow can finish I have been on the beach for in the room. three months now, and have had some great times, I can tell you! FULL HOUSE So right now an extra week's We both agree that one of us pay would come in handy. has got to move if we don't "The trip was eight and a half get larger quarters. But that is months long from July 24, 1947 not up to us. We will turn it to April 13, 1948 on the Blue over to the Brothers who handle Island Victory. I shipped as such matters ashore. We hope Bosun. If I have money coming that when new contracts are I would appreciate it if you drawn up they will remember us. would let me know. There are many situations on William Young ships in which this problem Sainte Ignace, Michigan comes up! Brothers, we think this situation should be looked (Ed. Note: According to th® into, so that the men who sail contract, no vacation pay is the ships will have sufficient made for less than one year space to live in. of continuous employment on Here is one solution for the a vessel.) Seafarer Seeks Straight Info On Vacation Pay To the Editor: I take pleasure in giving a note about Savannah, Georgia, the home of the South Atlantic ships. First, the shipping is on the bum here, with about one ship a week, and hundreds of Seafarers in all Departments are on the beach. Stewards, Cooks and Messmen are here in numbers enough for 10 ships, and so are Deck and Engine Department men. Permitmen are the largest list at the Hall. One ship is in port, the SS Southwind, and she took four men—nothing in the Stew­ ards Department. The Southwind lays off for two weeks and then she will sail for Africa for the Robin Line. What will the men do — no ships and no money? I have been here for two months on top of the shipping list, and am The Kingfish (center) and his aides, Frank Antonetti, still on top. But when will I Night Cook and Baker aiid N. £. Davis, 3rd Cook, are the Ship out? chow dispensers responsible for the fine physical condition of Some seamen are busy paint­ th;f> baseball stalwarts. According to Ship's Delegate V. D. ing the new Hall, which is just Mahan, Kingfish really knows how to cook. Mahan reports across from our old Hall. It will that the Kingfish is always in the messroom at mealtime to be ready soon, but many boys see that all eat and enjoy the food. He also recommends do not like the location on the that Seafarers wanting a good feeder, and are not fussy about ground floor. We will miss the the age of the ship, should throw in for the Colabee. sight from the old Hall's back window where we could watch the ships pass (if any), and look over the river-front. COFFEE LIKED ests, and the six-day week na­ Coffee time at the Hall is ap­ To the Editor: tional interest. preciated by the boys standing I see on the front page of the by all day. The coffee was do­ New York Times for August 25, This despite the fact that un­ nated to the Hall from the SS an article about the comrats' con­ der the "decadent" semi-capital­ Felix Grundy when she paid tribution to the condition of ist administration preceeding the off June 16. Sugar, 'milk and workers in their satellite state, communists' armed coup and cake are bought from the Hall's . Czechosolovakia. It seems that subsequent purge of democratic Czechoslovakia de­ donation money. I the communist party in control elements, Savannah needs a good Hall is going to see to it that they get veloped one of the most efficient such as Tampa has, so an out­ their full right to work. It is and productive industrial ma­ side Seafarer can find a place spelled w-o-r-k. chines- in Europe, and at the to sleep at reasonable prices. It same time had one of the highest is tough for members who live • According to the article, the standards of personal liberty for in Florida and come to Savan^ "Communist-run General Con­ its citizens and workers. nah to attend meetings, and find federation of Labor is engaged SOUNDS WARNING that they cannot find a place to in a propaganda campaign j against the five^day week and for Those misled laboring groups fetay. ' the six-day week." in this country who give support We hope shipping starts up, to the cornmunist-led Progiesor we will have to hitch-hike It is pointed out in the article sive Party in America may well f to New York or some other port that the "Confederation of take a tip from this! to ship. Labor" holds that the five-day Uncle Otto Preussler week represents personal inter­ If a communist program were Commie Line Baits Suckers Only, He Says ever established in this land of plenty, labor organizations would loose their "selfish" character, of working and fighting for better conditions for their membership, and would be permitted only to suppress ^uch "radical" elements in their own midst who dared to suggest that the conditions of the laboring man can come ahead of the dictated pai'ty line of the total employer—the com­ munist state. If it ife tough to fight for better conditions in an industry where a capitalist combine has mono­ polistic control, how much more desperate is the working man who is faced „by a totalitarian political monopoly which be­ comes the employer of all? Ralph Larrie Prove Identity To all members who have checks held for them at branch mail rooms: Port Agents will not give out any mail containing checks, unless the addressee shows sufficient evidence of his identity, such as Union book, seaman's papers, discharges, etc. An instance has been re­ ported of an envelope con­ taining a check being picked up by a phony who later forged a signature and cashed it. To prevent a recurrence, a check will be given only to the person to whom it is addressed, and then only after full identification is made. �t H E S E AW A R ER3 LOG Pa^ Twtthre TiAAtrrr Sapl«ad>er 20, 1948 m Attack On Seamen's Wages, Ability 'The Voice Of The Sea' By SALTY DICK stances, by what criterion should Are you a numerologist? they be subjected to militarized know a good Joe who has book wording is different. As long as control? Military control of ci­ nuimber 69 and signs articles there's a Stewards Department vilians is simply fascism, which number 69. . . . Everyone is talk­ on board a ship they will be the the Tribune professes to oppose ing about taxes. If you buy an scape-goats. But I knew of a Steward who was a smart guy. vehemently. item and have it sent to your He always said, "When a baby Once we start it with seamen, ship you'll pay no taxes. You crys give him milk". So he where shall it stop? The mari­ are exempted providing the mer­ used this formula on the boys. time laws of the United States chandise is sent to the ship. Try Then the crew started crying he provide severe penalties for in­ it. ... A passenger, owner of a would go in the galley, make a subordination and mutiny chain of theatres in New Orleans, batch of do-nuts and some fresh through civil courts. But the was asked by a certain party for coffee and shout, "Come and get days when merchant seamen had a free pass. . . . Tom Kotalik has it!" This always did the trick. no rights at all which had to be fallen in love and he looks very What waiter went to Kentucky respected by officers are past, bad. Perhaps he can't eat. . . . to operate a moonshine still, but partly because of the enactment What Quartermaster (from had to come back to New Or­ DANGEROUS JOB of the LaFollette Seamen's Act Georgia) has lost his heart in leans on account of certain men In considering these "fan­ of 1915, which was fathered by BA? Everytime the ship leaves interfering with his business? I tastic" wages, it should be noted Andrew Furuseth, and partly be­ she is there to wave good-bye. have a feeling those fellows were that National Safety Council fig­ cause of the organization of He knows how to pick them, 1 Fed's. To the Editor, Chicago Tribune; ures rate shipping as one of the unions to ensure protection of must admit! Did you ever crois the equa­ more dangeous occupations; that seamen's rights. ^ tor in an air-conditioned ship? Recently I came in contact Your editorial entitled "Mer­ seamen are often away from Nothing like it! Most of the Maritime unions have the with James Fitzpatrick of the chant Marine Discipline" in the home for six months at a time, time I sleep under a sheet; "Voice of the Globe." The August 31 issue shows either a living in cramped quarters; that same function as any other un­ spread and blanket cause my only difference between him profound ignorance of facts or a they must endure great extremes ion, for the merchant marine is, room is chilly. And some and me is that he's got the deliberately malicious distortion of heat and cold, and often wait after all, still a private business, kickl money. . . . Did you ever go to of truth. on the beach for long periods and not a branch of the navy, as the doghouse (Seaman's One of the more startling false­ while waiting for a ship, without the Tribune seems to assume. Church Institute) in New hoods is the statement that war­ benefit of unemployment com­ NO COMMIES HERE York? I've been there on sev­ time merchant seamen "were pensation. eral occasions and I believe Throughout the editorial, fin­ taking fewer chances than com­ The wages they get for all this the seamen laugh more at bat soldiers and sailors." Of are indeed the best maritime ally, is expressed the fear that Mickey Mouse than anyone course, as the Tribune knows, wages in the world, and why American seamen "in the event elso. Drunk or sober they not all service men saw combat,' shouldn't they be? This is also of war, would be poor loyalty were aU there to see and hear but all salt water merchant sea­ the richest country in the world, risks." Where are aU these com­ To the Editor: Mickey. men entered the danger zones, and if the shipowners are always mies the Tribune fears? The Ralph Mclnturff is heading for and figures show they suffered a milking the government for sub­ rank and f^e of the National I don't know much about writthe hospital. He's having stern ting things like this, but if you higher percentage of fatal casu­ sidies to guarantee their profits Maritime Union in its latest elec­ alties than any branch of the why shouldn't the seamen get tion ran every Comrat out of trouble. Earl Vanney was seen feel that it is fitting, you may armed services. comparable to those of other office. Further, the Seafarer's walking down the street in a print it in the LOG. 1 enjoy tailor-made play suit. He looked reading the LOG and the poetry Out of 8,300,000 men inducted American workers? Or does the International Union, AFL, 'which like a million. . . . The other day the seamen write. Let's have you conveniently fail to mention, mto""the Aimy," 223^215 (2.7%): Tribune want to go back to cona ship was found with $25,000 more of it! has never had a trace of com­ were killed. The Navy inducted ^itions prevailing in the depre^r worth of stones aboard. And rat influence in it. Bonafide sea­ I'm proud to be the wife of a sion days? 4,204,662 and lost 30,702 (.7%) some of the boys wonder why seaman. Thank you, and sorry men have no use for Moscow The Tribune is inconsistent in The Marine Corps lost 15,460 the customs search the ship. if I am wrong in writing this; men out of 599,693 (2.6%). Out demanding more Coast Guard agents. Who was the guy who went to and naval control bver seamen. but 1 don't like to read or hear of . 210,000 merchant seamen, Before the Tribune editorial Seamen, despite their„,war serv­ see a senorita in Santos and was anyone who thinks seamen are however, 6,592, or 3.1% were writers launch their next labor told to go back to mummy? He different from other men in this ice, get no veteran benefits be­ killed. In addition to deaths, 23,baiting tirade against seamen, 1 Too world. 000 seamen had ships shot out cause they were and are civilians. suggest they bone up on the was short of something. After reading in the LOG- of from under them, and thousands For the same reason, they are hot facts first, and give them honest young, sez she. . . . It's been a long time sjnce 1 heard the word, August 27th where a wife asked at present exempted .f^om the lat­ more, were .strafed and bombed consideration. for a different type of poetry, est draft. Since they are consid­ "Belly-robber." They're still from the air. Virgil J. Vogel kicking about the chow, but the and for the LOG to have pity on ered civilians in the above inThe editorial further alleges us married women in love— that "The wage scale, always the (this woman was upset over highest in the world, is now 300 Brother Leggo's poem, "The per cent over pre-war days and Sailor And His Love," in the 50 per cent higher than the in­ To the Editor: In fact as soon as the Master the two men who were to have July 30 LOG), 1 would like to flated war bonus wage." 1 have came back aboard, "Stand by been left behind. It turned out say that 1 never worry about before me the latest wage scales Every trip has its humorous fore and aft" was given. It was that the sole purpose of going burning kisses of Latin American of the Seafarer's International incidents, a lot of which you 7 P.M., which actually was back was to get them. The girls. My kisses bum just as Union, AFL, which the NMU never hear about. This one is our sailing time. We let go and Provost Marshall had said to much as theirs! So my husband has about succeeded in match- too good to keep until we get were about 200 feet away from wait for them but the Old Man saves his kisses for me. home. We have been married seven the dock when the MPs .came hadn't. We are on the SS Maiden years and have a son and running down the dock, ordering Hospitalized in PR, the "men what had Creek, Waterman, of \yhich none the ship to return to the dock u We asked J rm. J1 J iu daughter, and am expecting anBrothers Yearn For Mail ^theT' ihrn'^Morgan'^'HYte^^ is and the Old Man to report to the happened. They disclosed that , . i other little one in October. Yes; when they found out the ship i ., mu Z Master. r u J 1 iW-e are still in love! The reason? Provost Marshall again at once. was ,leaving, To the Editor: or had left, they T I-, J. , ^ • Trust! I trust my husband and mt. ^ ^ Now all of you have heard of Everybody on the ship could The following SlU Brothers ^ Hiles, a very stem man hear what the MPs wanted, nor said they would take a train don't listen when people talk to Yokohama. But thgr Provost about seamen. Yes, we all know are at present in ^ the ^me ^^en it comes to the law or a Hospital at San Juan, Puerto log—and I do not mean the did we think at the time that Marshall replied, "No. I'll have that a lot of people don't feel your Captain come back for you. that a seaman is a person. Rico: Angel Silvestre, Ramon SEAFARERS LOG. There is the Old Man didn't. But, a few moments later, we I don't like his attitude anyway." Oliveras, Ramon Seijo, Estiban only one law and that is his. At MY MAN Cruz and George Litchfield. least he always supposed so un­ heard a siren blowing and spot­ Captain Hiles didn't say any­ ted an Army laimch overhaul­ thing, but I sure would have Well, I know • for a fact that We would enjoy hearing from til he sailed into Kobe, Japan, ing us. The MPs came alongside my seaman husband is a better liked to read his mind. any of our friends in the SlU. for a few hours stay. and issued the same orders as perspn than anyone I know. I Send us a post card once in A sailor will sell almost any­ before. The Old Man said he Frank Van Dusen have met some of 'his friends; - awhile just to let us know that thing, even his shoes, if neces- would see the Provost Marshall and liked them very much. each other is still around. ila to make a little spending in Yokohama. "Nothing doing," This wife also asks what Brother Salvador Colls and sary, which one man did in Man- the MPs said. "You turn around Brother Legge looked like— Rafael and Tony have been in money. That was not so bad, but and put back to the dock at "cross eyed and bald?" No one twice a week to visit us with a couple" of the crew on the once." can say what a person looks Members who forward cigarettes and our very much Maiden Creek sold a little sac­ like by what he writes. Iheir membership books to GREAT MOMENT needed SEAFARERS LOG. charine in Kobe — and were Well, T know this must be the New York Hall for retireThere's notliing that can be said caught by the MPs. A great moment had arrived. menl are urged to mark the boring, but I would like to say about the Hiring Hall -victory. Could Morgan Hiles defy the this to all seamen's wives that 200-FOOT TRIP envelope with the notation ' There are no words that can United States Army? Sometimes "Attention: 6th floor/' in or- feel as this Washington wife express our feelings in this mat­ Word was sent to the ship Army orders are screwy, but does: Don't get grey hair over dbr to insure quicker hand­ ter. for the Old Man to visit the they are orders nonetheless. ling of the matter. Latin American kisses! Give your hubbie your own -• Our flag will be there always, Provost Marshall to see about Everybody was as quiet as .a Marking of the envelope in burning love and all of your testimony to the strength of the these men. When the Skipper mouse, all eyes on the stern. trust, and he will be glad to wait SIU regardless of the odds plac­ returned he said that the MPs Yep, there she went around. We ibe manner advised above will save time and will result for you and .come home for his were goipg to keep the men were going back! ed before us. over night and send them fo We tied up to a buoy and the in prompt return of the book love. George Litchfield to the sender. Yokohama, our next port of call, Captain went ashore. Half an Mrs. E. V. G. San Juan, P.R. to catch the ship. hour later back he came with A seaman's wife (The following letter was writ­ ten by Seafarer Virgil Vogel to the Chicago Tribune in answer to an editorial attacking the dis­ cipline of union crews. The edi­ torial said seamen are paid out­ rageous wages "in a field where the wage scale has always been the highest in the world," and urged a cracking down. The Tribune owner, Robert R. McCormick, has never been a lover of Labor and prior to the late war was accused of being sym­ pathetic ' to Nazi Germany. Brother Vogel states he is in­ debted to Verle McNeil's article in the August 27 LOG for some of his factual information.) ing, according to news reports. Base pay of an Ordinary Seanian under the latest contracts is $189.97 a month. Does that soimd like great wealth in these times of high prices, higher shoreside wages, and higher pro­ fits? An Able Bodied Seaman, who must pass a rigid examina­ tion and have 3 years sea serv­ ice, gets $222.51 a. month. Un­ licensed men in the engine de­ partment start at $210.68, and in the steward department at $189.97. - Note To Jealous Wives: Trust Your Seagoing Men Morgan Hiles Defies Army, Loses Battle RETIRIN6 ROOKS V'i;;: r.'-J;-':•'•i-lviifliftfa �THE SE A F A RE R S L O G Friday, .SaptembM 10,1848 Agrees With Agent's Views On Policy; Likes Frankness proval of all before the course can be set. I want to know There is one thing I always what is going on and I want admire in a man and in an or­ my saj;:, before I'm committed to ganization and that is frankness. a program. Some guys sit back Straight from the shoulder stuff and listen with but half an ear when these important matters with no hedging around is the are being discussed. Not me! I way I want it put to me. Read­ want to know what is up and ing Bull Sheppard's article offer my suggestions or critic­ (Membership And Union Policy, isms. After that, I'll go with the LOG August 27) I felt that here majority, whether or not I'm in was a person who said what he favor of it. felt and didn't leave anything to ' We'd never have a strong chance. Union today if it was any other I especially liked the^way he way and we'll grow no stronger covered his subject. When he if that does not continue to be spoke of Union policy and what our method. If we decide on a has happened in the past when program of action and then gal­ "dissidents" didn't like what the lop off in all directions, no pi'omajority had decided upon, he gram has been adopted. We've pulled no punches. It pointed only succeeded in cutting our­ up fact that winning a beef selves up into small pieces. ""All sometimes means more than hit­ the better to eat you, my dear," ting the bricks and holding on says the Shipowher. tight until the operators give in. Give a guy a few inches of It Showed that the Union some­ paper and look what happens: he times has to defend itself from starts to preach a sermon. I've within. had my say and that is to ex­ It was good to see aired what press my agreement with Bull had happened in the Isthmian Sheppard. He built a strong campaign and the 1946 General case in his article for complete Strike. The guys who thought solidarity within the ranks of the their interests came before those Union. My letter can add littie of the Union as a whole were to the advice given by Brother taken care of in a manner which Sheppard. It is our duty to see has my wholehearted approval. that we remain strong intern­ It is easy to see now who was ally. right and who was wrong. Robert L. Nashe Like Brother' Sheppard, I be­ lieve that an issue has to be hammered out at the member­ ship meetings and have, the ap- Dutch Stroll To the Editor: Grew Of SS Raphael Semmes Calls For No Amendments To SIU Registration Rules To the Editor: In a regular shipboard meet­ ing on August 1, the crew of the Raphael Semmes went on record as opposed to changing the shipping rules in the port of New York to require men to register and ship in one rat­ ing. This was carried in the form of a motion with the amendment to write a letter to this effect, signed by the entire crew, and deliver it to the Secretary Treas- Seafarer Jerry Palxxter (right) takes a walk near Quick Dis­ patch pier in Rotterdam, accon^anied by an imidentiiied Norwegian seamen, whom P«dmer and Carl Sivertsen, AB, met while the Afotmdria was discharging cargo. Palmer writes that their Norwegian friend "was from a place in Norway near Carl's home town and he told us many things about conditions and wages on Norwegian ships, another reason why Carl luid I are gl^d we're in the good old SIU." Page Thirleea Says Chips' Duties Still Not Clear To the Editor: urer so he can read it to the membership at the next head­ quarters meeting. The backbone of the SIU is rotary shipping. That has always been accepted as the fair and democratic way of hiring. The man who has been the longest time on the beach is most likely to have the least money and to need the job more than the fellow who has been ashore for only a short period. What are we going to do? Hang this man up in a slowmoving rating, put him on the bum, while guys with a few days ashore take the lower and more plentiful ratings? This will cause plenty of our long-timeashore men to go hungry and be very unhappy about the way things are being run, while men who have not had to spend their money ,sh^ out again. Let's be fair to everybody, and keep smooth sailing in the SIU. Signed by the entire crew of the SS Raphael Semmes Thanks for publishing my let­ ter, "Chips is Forgotten Man; Urges Duties Be Clarified," in the August 22 issue. So far as the provisions on the agree­ (Ed. Note: Rank and tile ment for the soundings, we had committees in all ports were that on the old agreement, but elected some time ago to make the Branch here in New Orleans recommendations for a standmade some kind of a deal with the Delta Line where on the eurd set of registration rules C-2 tjT)e of ship the Carpenter that would be the same in Ml has to go down in the engine ports. The recommendations of room and shaft-alley to take these committees were for­ number three and four bilge warded to Headquarters soundings without the payment where another over-all regis­ of overtime except on Saturday tration committee was elected afternoon and Sundays at sea, to sift through these reports and Saturday and Sundays in from the ports cind make a To the Editor: drive those on the job out with port or on legal holidays. recommendation to the mem­ an atom bomb. 1 was one of the lucky fellows bership for. action up and Send in the minutes of The SIU shore gang has re­ The job requires men with who got pay for the soundings down the coast. your ship's meeting to the ceived no end of praise from the deck experience in handling These recommendations will below when last year's agree­ New York Hall. Only in that shore Captain of the Waterman gear, shifting ships, chipping rust go before the membership ment was new. Since then they way can the membership act shortly. The entire shipping with an air-hammer, painting, Steamship Company for the have quit paying it and the Pa­ on your recommendations, picture was considered by the splicing rope and wire, cleaning trolmen say that we have to and then the minutes can be work it has done under the con­ holds, etc. It should be under­ keep on doing it as part of our committee, including the points printed in the LOG for the tract between the company and stood, however, that there is no work. So 1 believe it will be the raised in your letter, and they benefit of all other SIU the Union which started three sea contract with this job. It is same thing now, for 1 fail to. will recommend procedures crews. months ago. In the beginning it strictly a.shore job hired through see in the new agreement where which they feel axe fair to Hold those shipboard meet­ the Union. was hard to get the men to stick the Carpenter has to get OT all. The entire membership ings regularly, and send There are nine men in the for going in the engine room to will then have an opportunity at this work, but now that we, those minutes in as soon as have tools, gear, and air-ham­ regxilar gang and at times 1 am take soundings. So far as 1 to voice their opinions before possible. That's the SIU way! voting.) mers to work with, you couldn't obliged to contact the Hall for know, no other Carpenter on the additional men for hold work— Delta Line C-2 type ships have which no doubt puts a few dol­ been getting pay for this whe­ lars "in the boys' pockets when ther they put in for overtime shipping is a little rough. The or not. money is good with overtime. 1 I can tell you plenty more believe that there are other ship­ about the way the Carpenter is To the Editor: ping companies with SIU con­ mistreated nn the ships, and in tracts watching the progress of some cases even by the crew. 1 want to thank the officials the Waterman gang and that The youngsters on the ships and all the members of the SIU they, too, will find out eventu­ think that the Carpenter does for their kindness to me when ally that it pays to hire skilled what he pleases. Some fellows my husband died. 1 would like, SIU men who are competent in go so far as to order Chips to you to put a piece in the LOG doing any work called for in make shelves for their bunks. saying how much 1 appreciate When you tell them that the all the SIU members did in help­ the Union agreement. By AUSSIE SHRIMPTON proper way to get it done is to ing me put my husband away HELPS OUT see the Delegate of their de­ so nicely. ^ 1. J would like to say also, that As soon as any big job comes partment and he in turn will the SIU is a wonderful organiza­ talk to the Mate about having They loved each other with fierce love brief. up 1 contact the Union Hall for tion, and the members are all He was a seaman, she was a thief; more men and only hope that it the Carpenter do it, they raise swell fellows. 1 am proud to As they told of "their lives for many hours after. is a long job so that it will help heU and tell you what kind of say that my husband was an SIU They'd lie on her bed and roar with laughter. the men who are on the beach a Union man they think you Brother. are. and provide them with enough 2. Again, 1 thank you for your Another thing, on ships where money to tide them over until kindness. they want you to furnish your The day was spent with reckless sest. they can get a ship. Mr. Wm. E. "Red" Collins own tools, and pay you tool At night with passion he lay at her breast; Some of the ships that come money, the Mate expects you to Then his leave ended and shortly after. in are in bad shape such as the bring with you two thousand She mocked and forgot with a strumpet's laughter. Azalea City, which came in re­ dollars worth of tools from the cently looking like a gavbage finest to the heaviest. 3. can, so thick was her coat of 1. George Washington Tell me what Carpenter is go­ He sent word saying, "O come with me. rust; but the shore gang worked ing to carry such an amount 2. $300 I need and love you most bitterly on her day and night to get her of tools for a $255.04 per month 3. Butane Gas Here and now—and always hereafter" back in shape and out on sched­ job? This is out of proportion. 4. Fireman But she shook her head with laughter. ule; and believe me the OT was 1 know several ship's Carpen­ 5. 150 members \ good! 6. Binnacle ters that have quit sailing in 4. 7. Seven short blasts and one So you see, this is the right that rating; because as an AB At six in the morning the lines were cast. job for the right men who in­ you can beat the Carpenter's long At seven, she heard the farewell blast. tend to stay ashore awhile. 8. 15 fathoms pay, and you don't have to At eight she'd forgotten and gaily quaffed .9. 60 days know as much or work as hard. Carl R. Lawson, Cheap red wine, and sung with laughter. 10. New Orleans. J. S. Arzamendi Bosun Send Those Minutes Scraping And Painting Jobs Liked By All, Says Bosun BROTHER COLLINS' WIDOW THANKS SIU MEMBERSHIP Waterfront Interlude Quiz Answers •V • �THE SEAFARER SLOG Page Fourteen ('!»>• Friday. September 10, 1948 Maiden Creek Takes Time Off In Manila Two of the SlU.-contracted vessels making the Far' East run arrived in the Port of Manila, P. I, almost withiri minutes of each oth&i:„ Sunday morning, August 8. One was the very appropriately named SS Steel Seafarer, an Isthmian vessel; the other was Waterman's SS Maideri Creek. n As is his custom, Ludovico Agulto, "the Manil^ Watch," was on hand to greet the Seafarers crews with' the latest copies of their, Union publication, the SEA­ FARERS LOG. After discharging his duties of distribution, Agulto took advantage of the sunlight conditions and roamed the decks of the Maiden Creek taking shots of the SIU, crewmen, some of whom appear on this page. | One of the issues of the LOG distributed carried the story of the SIU'^ Hiring Hall victory, which was en­ thusiastically received by all hands, Agulto reported. • He added that although a few beefs exist aboard the Maiden Creek, the lads are doing their jobs in first-rate Union style. They're waiting patiently until the ship arrives in New York, where they will let SIU Patrolmen take over and settle the matters in dispute. Properly-fed crewmembers axe as important to smooth shipboard operation as well-oiled engines. That's the view of the Maiden Creek galleymen pictured here from left to right: B. Santos, C. C. Kenny, E. B. Youngblood, C. J. McDonough, Frank Perry and William Nachtingall. Agulto found these Brothers agreeable subjects for his picture taking. Among the group are Carmine Tufaro, John Popa, Nick Tatar, Henry Adarnowicas, Frank Van Dusen and Saloski. Names of the other Seafarers were not given. - Frank Van Dusen, Ship's Delegate, appears happy with LOG headlines felling of Hir­ ing Hall Victory. Soft ball enlhusieists (left to right) Joseph Miluhas. Anthony Beck and the Deck Engineer, line up with their gear for a pre-game photo. Each of the lads look capable of belting the old apple way out yonder. I liS' y Seafarers Nick Tatar and John Popa compete in card game aft on the Maiden Creek. Information accompanying photo said "they were doing their best to forget Captain Hiles. skipper of the vessel, and.his 'good' deeds." Looks like they succeeded, too. Black Gang men (left to right) Dollas Ben. E. Trainer and G. Hudanich came up out of the engine room so their department could be represented in Maiden Creek photos. All pix were taken by Agulto as the Waterman ship lay alongside Manila's Pier 13. �Friday. September 10, 1948 THE SEAFARERS LOG Rage Fifteea Seafarer Suall Is Awarded Oxford Labor Scholar^ip PERSONALS MIKE VOCOLAS (VOUKOULOS) Get in touch "with your wife care of Gelb and Gelb, 148 St. Georges St.,..Capetown, Union of So. Africa. 4. 4.- ft ETTORE SCIALPI Get in touch immediately with SlU HALLS SIU, A&G District Richard O. Kruger, 2447 19th Avenue, San Francisco 16, Cali fornia, in regard to your accident aboard the Alcoa Cavalier. ft ft ft GEORGE A. CARROLL BERA SMYLEY Communicate with Mr. Mur­ phy, care of Barnes and Cook, 39 Cortlandt St., New York City Phone COrtlandt 7-0040, ext. 58 HARRY BUDNISS Get in touch with Alvin Miller of Battle, Levy, Fowler and Neaman, 30 Broad St, New York City. Important. ft ft ft JOSEPH LEO GLEASON Get in touch with Miss A. Guenrekian, 124 Read Ave., Crestwood, New York. BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. William Rentz, Affent Calvert 4539 BOSTON 276 State St. E. B. Tilley, Agent Bowdoin 4455 GALVESTON 308%—^23rd St. Keith Alsop, Agent Phone 2-8448 MOBILE I South Lawrence St. Cat Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. E. Sheppard, Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW YORK 51 Beaver St. Joe Algina, Agent HAnover 2-2784 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA. . .614.16 No. 13th St. SS SANTORE Lloyd Gardner, Agent Poplar 5-1217 SAN FRANCISCO 85 Third St. Will brothers who were on this Steve Cardullo, Agent Douglas 2-5475 ship and know the' whereabouts SAN JUAN, P.R 252 Ponce de Leon of gear left aboard by Norman Sat Colls, Agent San Juan 2-5996 SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St. West, please forward it to him Charles Starling, Agent Phone 3-1728 collect at Jonesport, Maine. All TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. his clothes and belongings, in­ R. H. Hall. Agent Phone M-1323 cluding Union book and dis­ HEADQUARTERS. . 51 Beaver St., N.Y.C, charges are in the suitcases he is HAnover 2-2784 seeking. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall ft ft ft DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATION SS NEWHALL HILLS Lindsey Williams Former crcwmembers at the ASSIST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS time of its salvaging by the M. Robert Matthews J1 P. Shtiler V. Pigeon Point on Sept. 14, Joseph Volpian Send 'Em In Don't hold your peciures and stories of shipboard acti­ vities. Mail them to the Sea­ farers Log, 51 Beaver St., New York 4, N. Y. If you haven't the time or don't feel in the mood, just forward de­ tails. We'll do the rest. Pic­ tures will be returned if you wish. Seafarer Irwin Suall, one of five rank and filers selected from the ranks of AFL and CIO unions throughout the country to study under a labor scholarship at Oxford University, leaves this week for England. Termed the Ruskin scholarship to Oxford, it is sponsored by the British Trades Union Congress 'i ' and offers American union mem­ bers the opportunity to study economics and social problems from a labor viewpoint. Brother Suall was chosen by a board of selection composed of AFL and CIO educational direc­ tors and is the first seaman ever selected for the school. The scholarship is for one year and covers tuition, room and IRWIN SUALL board, brother Suall says he will concentrate on a study of ships, the last one being thei the maritime labor movements Marina, Bull Lines. in the major maritime nations. Brother Suall sails as OS and The original notice of the Rus­ will return to sea upon thei com­ kin Scholarships was carried in pletion of his studies. the SEAFARERS LOG. Brother The other four students hail Suall then applied listing his from shoreside unions. The Union record. Duidng the 1946 Unions sending members are the General Strike he was a member Transport Workers, CIO, Chicago of the pubhcity committee in the local; Railroad Switchmen, AFL, port of New York and served as Wisconsin; Auto Workers, De­ a volunteer organizer during the troit local; and the Chemical Isthmian campaign. He has been Workers, Atomic Energy Local, delegate aboard many of his Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Topside Tyrant Mates until they almost went' than you can,' and does less mad. Finally they would go out work than his shipmates. Oh, the Skipper was a mighty and do sailors' work so they Maybe you have experienced man, a mighty man was he. For could have a little peace on the going ashore with a couple of he was god almighty and su­ trip. fellows and getting back to the preme king of the sea. He certainly required the ultra ship late, only to find that you In fact, this guy was a char­ in comfort, too. He only had six were logged wiiile one of these acter. Who? Why the Skipper of fans in his room. For the com­ guys got off clean. That's .right!. the Aram J. Pothier. He just mon people—the crew, that is couldn't bear to see the Mates one fan was enough in the Per­ He's a "blue-eye!" idle one moment, whether they sian Gulf. Of course, they also •When a guy adopts a "so were on watch or watch below. had the ocean breezes to ease what?" attitude when he is as­ To keep them occupied and out the 120-degree heat. signed to work with you, and of "mischief," this Skipper would yet gets all the breaks, you can This potentate of the Pothier order them to splice wire antl know there is a "blue-eye" in djdn^ confine his needling He"car"be"ident"* hawsers. favoritisms that The Mate received a succession the deck officers. What happened of orders to top booms, and to them also happened to the are granted him from topside. lireak out or stow lines with Engineers, who thus became Usually he claims the port the watch on deck (in violation guilty of doing Deck Engineer's Union officials are in his corner, work. of the agreement). All this and When overtime was submitted right or wrong; he knows it all coffee, too. What this character for this wofkV as per agreement, 1946, off Nantucket, contact Abe needed was a number one boy the Chief made a written state­ Rappaport at the offices of Ben or a valet, for he couldn't eat ment that he had done the work B. Sterling, 42 Broadway, Room with the common people. On because "the replacement of the several occasions he ordered 1711. some of his meals brought to new parts 'oh this vital piece of machinery require a degree of his room. skill ordinarily not to be en­ ROYALTY trusted to 'other than one of the But the payoff came when he'licensed engineers." I'm quoting used to walk past tlie coffee from his statement, The Boston Branch hos­ urn, stop, look back at it and pital delegate will visit Sea­ The topper came later when then order the first AB or OS he had the Deck Engineer do farers confined in the Boston to pour him a cup of java and a few more' complicated jobs— Marine Hospital every Thurs­ who by this time, I guess, had day between 2 P. M. and 4 acquired that degree of skill whenever there is a discussion; P.M. oi'dinarily entrusted to licensed and he makes a practice of Members entering the hos­ creating a helluva lot of beefs Engineers.' . . pital are urged to notify the to foul up the other fellow. Branch Hall by post card, Yes, you guessed it. It's an making sure they give their He's got an inferiorit.v com­ Isthmian .scow, names and the numbers of plex that delights in someone Jimmy Purcell the wards they occupy. else's failure or trouble, for it ft..ft ft releases him of a fear of ap­ The Union has left a sup­ pearing inferior ^— which he ply of mimeographed, ad­ knows himself to be. dressed post cards at the Do you know what a "bluehospital's social service desk, Keep a watchful eye on this eye" is? The oldtimers know; guy. He's a "blue-eye." He's a where they are available at no cost to SIU members. bring it tOy him topside. I im­ and for the benefit of the young­ danger to his shipmates and to So that the delegate does agine he must have served his er-men I'd like to explain that Union conditions wherever he not pass you up. do not fail apprenticeship: on a Chinese a "Blue-eye" is a free-loader— may be. That's him! A real to notify the Union that junk, where het-had the use of one. of those characters who "blue-eyed boy!" plays up to the bosses, figures you're in the hospital. coolie labor. Freddie Stewart This guy would taunt the out ways to get . off with more NOTICE! SUP HONOLULU PORTLAND ., RICHMOND, Calif SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE WILMINGTON 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 Ill W. Burnside St. Beacon 4336 257 5th St. Phone 2599 59 Clajr St. Douglas 2-8363 86 Seneca St. Main 0290 440 Avalon Blvd. Terminal 4-3131 6t. Lakes District BUFFALO CHICAGO, 111 CLEVELAND DETROIT DULUTH TOLEDO 10 Exchange St. Cleveland 7391 3261 East 92nd St. Phone: Essex 2410 2602 Carro!!. St. Main 0147 1038 Third St. Cadillac 6857 531 W. Michigan St. Melrose 4110 615 Summit St. GarHeld 2112 Canadian District MONTREAL....... 1227 Philips Square VICTORIA, B.C 602 Boughton St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER ...565 Hamilton St. Paciftc 7824 Boston Hospital Blue-eye Guy �Page Sixteen THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, September 10, 1948 I;.REFERENDUM BALLOT I fi>r ^ri^ecfion^ Seafarers International Union Of North America Atlantic and Gulf District REFERENDUM BALLOT Voting Period From Sept. 8 To Oct. 8, 1948 "INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS: Vote either YES or NO on the following reso-. fution by marking a cross (X) in the appropriate box. Do not use a lead pencil in marking the ballot. Ballots marked with lead pencil will not be counted. Mark your ballot with pen and ink or indelible pencil. DO NOT PUT ANY. OTHER MARKINGS ON THIS BALLOT. FOREWORD At the regular business meetings held up and down the coast on August 25, the following resolution, submitted by 37 members in the Port of New Orleans, was approvecl an(L is ,thQ&sfQlig ^bmilitd to ttektodkib^shiK as^l^r^institution. OLUTION f ir i WHEREAS: The A&G District of the Seafarers International Union of North America has set the pace with a. new contract and raise in wages, making the seaman's wage the highest ever obtained or imagined, and WHEREAS: Through job action and solidarity of the SIU membership and officials, we were able to. make the shipowners come in line and sign this contract, and WHEREAS: The life blood of any organization is its solidarity and finances, and this definitely helped us with our negotiations with the shipowners, and WHEREAS: All our funds are definitely established for certain purposes, such as Buildings, Strike, etc.. and our General Fund is our working fund, and WHEREAS: We will definitely have a struggle in future negotiations, and now that we enjoy these high wages we should do our utmost to-build our funds so we will be better respected by the shipowners, < and in a better position to fight them, so therefore be it RESOLVED: That we go on record assessing ourselves $10.00, to be a General Fund assessment, and be it further RESOLVED: That copies of this Resolution' be sent to all ports to be acted on at the next regulu meeting August 25th. 1948, and they in turn wire the Secretary-Treasurer of their action, and be it finally RESOLVED: That if this Resolution is carried that the Secretary-Treasurer be instructed to put in motion the necessary machinery to conduct a referendum ballot. ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF A $10.00 ASSESSMENT TO BUILD THE GENERAL FUND? YES NO • VOTE ? /--Wst—^ � 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 September 10, 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. 37 Description An account of the resource HEADLINES SEAMEN DRAFT STATUS UP TO LOCAL BOARDS GENERAL FUND INCREASES GOES TO A&G VOTE DOCK STRIKE TIES UP WEST COAST SHIPPING TAFT-HARTLEY ACT STILL TO LABOR TOP COMMIES JOIN NMU 99-YEAR CLUB TALKS TO RESUME IM ILA PAY DISPUTE MOBILE SHIPPING GAINS SLIGHTLY;SIU FISHERMAN WIN NEW WATERS PHILADELPHIA SEAFARERS GO FOR ASSESSMENT,CONFERENCE PLANS SHIPPING FOR RATED MEN FAIR IN NEW YORK SHIPPPING SLOWS,AND NEW HALL IS ONLY CHEER IN PORT TAMPA PORT BALTIMORE REPORTS WEEK'S SHIPPING RISE BRIDGES' STRIKE HALTS WEST COAST SHIPPING MOSOIL STRUCK BY FREIGHTER RUNS AGROUND IN ARGENTINE GADSDEN MATE MAKES OWN WORKING RULES SEAFARER SAM VANDAL'S FIFTY-YEAR CAREER STUDDED WITH COLORFUL JOBS QUICK TURN-IN TO NORFOLK SAVES EVANGELINE FROM GALE BROTHER OFESTLEY DIES ABOARD MALDEN VICTORY ANSWERS CHICAGO TRIBUNE EDITORIAL ARRACK ON SEAMEN'S WAGES,ABILITY MAIDEN CREEEK TAKES TIME OFF IN MANILA SEAFARER SUALL IS AWARED OXFORD LABOR SCHOLARSHIP Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 09/10/1948 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1948 Periodicals Seafarers Log