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Issue Date
1950-09-01
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Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America
VOL. XII NEW YORK, N. Y .. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1950 No. 17
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1·ve ore 1gn
~~--,..--~~~~~~~~~~~~~.,,.-~~~~~~~~--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The SIU's Headquarters 'fiegO-
. ,.,.,'he A_...,,...:,.an . 11.1:e· .. ,.hant 111a...:ne tiating committee brought five . Scuttling ...I. J 11~1 .,..,1 .lr1~ I-.,, .J.ri4 I • more contracted companies into
. the Seafarers Welfare Plan this
There's a ·war on, but apparently that fact -hasn't yet penetrated some sections of our government. Last week and trimmed the list of
;,eek a blind, befuddled federal agency came forth with one of the most outrageous set of proposals ever cooked those not yet signed to a feW up in w ashington. . . . small outfits. .
Following a series of confer- ·
. The nub o.f recommendation was that . the United States .should get rid .of its merchant marine - lock, ences, representatives of ·the Am-
stock and vessel--even ..going so far as to drive US ships from our own coastal waters,•the agency said. erican Tramp Shipping Develop-
. Here's how the government bureaucrats proposed that this be accomplished: · ' ment, Metro Petroleum, Seatrade,
and US Waterways corporations
I. Put an end tq the Congressionally-enacted requirement that 50 .Percent of all Marshall Plan cargoes be signed the Welfare Plan Agree~ .
carried in American bottoms. . ment in New York on Wednes- . '
·: 2. Take 100 American· · day afternoon.
flag . tankers. and dry cargo They joined the Philadelphia ..
Marine Corporation which had
,yessels and transfer them to agreed to participate in the Plan
foreign na~ions. '•'HY. 00,._,,T ViOU earlier in the week. All five out ..
. ~ 3. Stop the payment of YY I 'A ·J ~ . fits are affiliated with the Mar-
operating subsidies ~o U6 r- I\. liE H IM. trade Corporation.
flag ships. \;J y l RETROACTIVE
. 4. · Allow ships flying for- .. . ~o u D s H I p s ~ In accordance with the terms
eig-n :flags to enter . the US :,, • .. . ... . ~ . ...... of the Welfare Plan contract,.
which affects all signatory com-
coastwise trades. 1 'CAAT panies in like manner, the five
: Each of these recommen- ~t:,6.'v · new signers will contribute to_
dations are individually cap- t14..\)~ ... a the Welfare Fund 25 cents a day.-
able of dealing a reeling V for each man employed on their'
blow to the US merchant vessels. The companies will make ·
· ~ d payment retroactive to January
fleet. If all were adopte at 1 of this year, the date on _which ~
o~ce, . the American mer:. previously signed operators be-
chant marine would vanish gan payment . .
from the seas. Participation in the Plan by
The pr,opos.. al of such . a • the five additional companies
broadens its coverage of Union
fa'.te Jot our fleet, werel it to members. Seafarers who have
b~e offered i n· peacetime, worked aboard any of tl1eir ships
(Continued on Page 2) , for at least one day since Janu•.
ary 1 are now eligible for the
hospital and death benefits. SS ,Camas M1eadows
Again G·ives Aid To .
o·istre.ssed ·Vess·el
For the seconq time since_ sail
ing from Mobile last December
5, the crew and office:r:s of the
SS Camas Meadows have· lent
· their assistance• :to . a · · 'Vessel- in
1 distress. in the -Pers ~·n- Gulf: ac- :
cording · to· an· airmail' account by
her radio opera~or, Floyd J. Wil- :
son. .
The hospital benefits paid by
the Plan to Seafarers are $7 for
each week of confinement. The
death· benefit, which goes to the
beneficiary designated by the
Union member, is $500.
Th~ Welfare Plan went .into
-operation on July 15, with the
hospital and qeath benefits re;
placing those previously paid by
the Union. . ....
Conferences with the few com-
panies not yet signed to the Wei-. ·:·
fare contract have been schedul-. . · ·
ed by the Negotiating Commit-·
tee in an effort to bring all SIU.
operators into the Plan.
~ Last December they. tow~d the
disabled Panamanian tanker · SS
Callh-oy into Arub~. 0n· Augiist
21, they. assisted the crew of the
~~t~"f':f~r~:~:~i~ SIU Craw_ Ma~s First Tanker To Switch To US Registry
her ~reroo~
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• Th.e modern, 1~,000-ton : SS shipyard in Baltimore in 1948 tanker touched off speculation operating under the Honduran
Le~ than- hau-a.n-hour after Olympic Games,\ first tanker to for the Olympic Oil Lines of 'that similar action by American flag.
oil from · an overflowh:lg bu~er be · switched to American registry Panama, the streamlined tanker owners of -foreign flag ships may Although it is not a certainty'
' ~nk flooded the fi:i:-eroom of the since the outbreak of the Korean is now being op-erated bY.i t~e US be in the offing. that additional foreign-flag ships ·
c'qmker and burst into flai:n~· tlte war, sailed out of ;Baltimore last ·Petroleum CatTiers, an SIU-con- A . strong factor in support of will be transferred to US regis- _,,
·C~was . Meadows . was alon~side, week manned by a SIU crew. tracted company. . this view is vessels flying ·the US try, there appears little likeli- · .
·putting fire hqses abp~ and Prior to the swit$ th,e Olym- Equipped with a completely flag are given pr9tection on the hood of further switches
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trom·
~hooting · continuous streams of ·pie Games had been · flying the modem engine room a.nd naviga- .high seas that foreign-flag ships US to fo~ign registry., Sh'ottly
water dowJ:?. ·µtto~,her . stac~ and Honduran flag under chartel," to tional- insiruinents, the Olympic do not get. after the Korean war began· tile ·
:~ver the cha.~d. after-'. housing, the· Socony-Vacuum Oil, Com- Game~ .is pro}>ably. the finest According to figures available, Federal Maritime Board ti41iten- '
.~on , ~ee h_ours ... ; , . ·· ; ptny of New York ~d w~s hand- _ta·nkef operatijig under the Am- .52. percent · of~ the Panamanian ed regulations, making. the ti'anS· ·
· :Whe~ ,the,~ fire. '.ha~'1! b1:ll"lled .it-. led .by a 0-reek crew. · erican .flag today .. : · fleet is ownee by Americans , who fer of i>tivately-owned ships al-
''• (~ !0# P•p 1') ·-. Built 'at the BetMehem . Steel The shift ef the Ho~~uran flag also control ·11,lost of the ve!wels most. ~mp~ible. ·
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P.ublished Every Other Week . by the
1':- ·sE.AFARERS INTERNATJONAL .U'NION
"• .. ' OF NORTH AMERICA
.Atlantic and Gulf District
A:ffili.deci with the kneriaan Federation Of · Labor
At f J Beaver Street, New York_ 4, N. Y.
orld War
'•
By JOHN BUNKER
CHAPTER 15
BOATS.AWAY
. The story of SIU ships in World War II in
cludes many incidents of .!orig voyages in small •
boats after ~eamen left their sinking ships .
. There was the 1,200-mile trip of the Star of
Scotland's men after their big schooner was
~ shelled by a sub in the South Atlantic, and the
long, cold voyage in the boats after the Liberty
ship Jonathan Sturges was torpedoed in ·· the
Nort~ Atlantic, a voyage that ended in the cap
ture of the survivors· by a German submarine
and their internment for the duration of the war.
Some of these_ lifeboat voyages were strenuous
ordeals in which only a few of the men were By BJLL DRAKE . .
event.ually rescued. In other. cases, like that of - Ancl then, before they realized what was hap- Captain Staley had a sextant but this was oi ~ .
o~e lifeboat from the SS Maiden Creek, the sur- pening, a shape loomed up directly in their path no .use without the necessary tables to go with
vivors were never found. -the black hulk of a submarine. it, so he relied on dead reckoning, while the
More fortunate was the SIU crew of the SS "It was a big, one," say Dolar, "and we were helmsmen steered with a compass held between
James W. Denver, a: brand new Liberty wqich headed right- for it."
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their legs.
was bound for North Africa ori April 11, 1943. While they watched the raider in amazement, When the food .ran out, the men became diS-
Captain Everett Staley reckoned their position the lifeboat grated against the submersible's hull, couraged .and from time te time some of them
as 400 miles west of the Canary Islands, ·as the sheering off just in time to . keep from riding had to be restrained fz:om jumping overboard, · _
Denver hurried--along at lll,2 ~nots trying fo re- right onto the ~ow tlying deck. One of1the U-boat's for they dreaded the prespect of becoming crazed. ·
join the convoy, which it had lost sometime officers shouted at them from tlie conning tower. from sun and salt spray. <
previously .during ~ prolonged and heavy fog. "What ship are you from?" Every once in a while someone struck up ·a . '"
A11 lookouts were scanning the horizon for wisps - They knew it ,was no use to evade the query, song and they all joined in. When the water was . · '
of smoke that might indicate the "missing" fleet. for the Germans could inspect the -lifeboat ·and doled out the Skipper would say, "It may be
They never. even saw the track of the torpedo find out anyway.
that hit them. It smashed into number-two hold "Denver;'' they replied, "the James w. Den- water now, but keep your spirits up and it'll be
juicy steaks one of these days."
and all hands abandoned ship soon after. No ver." .
casualtie~ occurred, for the boats were well The men on the conning tower had a good The songs and tl~e promise of steaks-it helped
handled; and they stood some distance off from laugh over the fact and the SIU men guessed that · to buoy their spirits-make them forget some- .
the liig Liberty as she settJed slowly beneath the this must have been the sub which sank them. . what the discomfort, .the hunger and the mon-
waves. "Well," the German answered· in good English, otony.
They all looked around to see if the sub was "so you lads are from one of those Lib,erty ships." Finally they saw fish spawn in the water, a
going to surface and spray them with machine The remark sounded sarcastic, ·but before the sure sign that they were coming into shallower
gun fire, for such a possibility was in the minds sub moved off in the darkness a sailor came down depths. This was followed by the gradual chang- "
of all torpedoed men during the war . . But the the deck ~o hand them a carton of cigarettes and ing of the sea from .blue to green as they entered
U-beat never showed itself-not even-coming up from . the bridge the officer shouted a cours~ for the 100-fathom curve. Their ho~ soared, f9~
f<?r an inspection of its kill. . · them to ·steer. During. ~he next hour th~y sighted they knew now that the shore wasn't too faro~ .. :-
:Qeck Engineer Dolar Stone tells about the 34- two more U-boats, ·evidently part of a' wolf pack. On the 5th of May they sighted land and, witli - ;- :
day odyssey taken by the 18 men in his boat ROUGH SEAS the· wind still holding good, sailed right up . on .
after· the survivors separated that night. to the sands of Rio del Oro.
"There was a little half-hearted joking at first,!; All hands continued to be seasick .as the h~avy By this time none of them could walk and
he recalls., "but, all in all, it was a pr:etty ' solemn . weather persisted; and the ·lifeboat-. made more they tumbled out of the boat like so many crip- · .:
affair. We hated to lose o~ ship, ~nd ·to see her mileage ~p and down than it did toward the east. ples_to ~rawl across_ the welcome sands on their" I • :,
go dawn: without even having fired a shot in de- ~ations got low after the first 12 d~ys. Crack- hands and knees. For a while they exulted in
fense."· · ·_ . ers gave out, wate:r was limited to three ounces the luxury of just being on dry land, but this ~ .·
-The Skipper gave them a course to steer, an4 a day ·per man and there was· nothing left to_ eat joy was tempered when they discovered that all .:, .
told each boat ·to "hoist sail and .. get going. . . : . but malte~ milk ·tablets . . Three !JY,ing psh. landed arounq. them was a vast desert-nothing .but ....
the sooner we sail, the sooner we' ll land." in the boat . most opportunely and were cut up dunes and endless sand.' Th~re was. no habita~ioli
.. Dolar's boat ·stepped its mast, hoisted the little in equai. .. parts, to · be eaten .raw. It was not the or sign of life anywhere-not even a tree.
· red .§.ail with . which Liberty ship lifeboats were ·first time that these aecy fish . helped to sustain At night there · were terrific sandstorms and _-. '"
equipped, and set out for the east. Seas were torpedoed crews! during the day the blinding sun. ·
making up fast under a sharpening wind, and On the night · o( May ·11, the 1sea-t-ossed sur- They m,ight have died there on the sands of
' they soen haa~ to ,.rig . a -sea anchor ~and heave-.to vivors saw moving lights s~II).e .distance off. These Rio del Oro and never been found if it hadn't
"hefore the waves. The . other boats by this. time . immediately disapp.ear~d . -when the. men shot been, strangely enough, for a German · submar:
w..ere . out of sight .and they rode the sea alone, flares. · "Probably more subs/' Dolar believes. · -ine which had been sighted.- and depth charged " _
a t tiny · flo~sam, se. ·-it. ·seemed,· .on that huge ex• · J4st ) hree day~ lat~r, . ~oweve:,1 · ~he'i.long voy- l!Y British pat~ol 'planes, not fa: offshore from i :
p~se ·of dar~eriirig-, ocean -and breaking white age ended, Spamsh ·fishermen s1ghted1 the boat, the spot where they had landed ·JUSt a few days. · _.· . .
caps.. ., . . . picR:ed them up and took"tliein ·to La ~guera in . before. · . _-.. ::
.'··A life~oat in placid- w~ters · is anything b1:1t. th~ Canary Islanc:Is·, from .}wh~nce they. later ·got On the 10th of May, five days after the. wealt -.· ·
comfortable, and the-keelless craft · pitched, roil- passage back' to the States by way of ·Cadiz. and hungry men had beached their boat on the
ed and wallowed all that first night and for the After the torpedoing, the _Captain's boat had African coast, these planes were out searching ; •
day and. night that followed, ·making ~11 hands . set a coµrse for the hearest land, whicb! ·the Skip- for the U-boat and sightpd the Denver's men
\\i:et and miserably seQSick. · ' per . figur~<l to be R~o del ·oro on the coast of sprawled about on the sand.
: Just at dusk '?n the third night, the lookout Africa; . I ' . Not -many hours later a patrol vessel came by
statio~ed in the bow sighted a yague. shape loom- · · For the first 12 days, thing~ weren't so bad. At and landed a party armed to the teeth · with re
ing up •ahead, . and in the excitement of this dis- -least there were. crackers to munch on 1.and some volvers and rifles, for they thought the men
covery yelled, "Desti;oyer!"' As soon as the look- of the sickeningly sweet purilmican 'Yhich had from the Denver were· survivors from the hunt"; . .
out had 'sung out, Dolar lit the boat's lantern ~!1d, been devised. foi: lifeboat crews. But oq the 13th . ed _ U-bo~t.. . ·
standing up on the bow thwart with one han<! day the ~ood gave out and from then on it was It is a tribute to the hardihood of these SW
c:>I?- the mast, waved- it . back. and f.orth ·as a sig~al, . :i;iothing but water. Even at that, tlie water was men and the' Navy armed guard gunners that all ·, . ·
on the chan~e .that the $hip wo.uld see them, if limited .to two ounces a day per man. survived the ordeal and went back to sea after ·
indeed .there was· one up ahead: · _ · · 'fhe. winds held strong,· which was a blessing, reac}rlng_ the States some weeks later.
· . .-To ' better attract attention, each man switcheii ~u~ ·it also made life tinco~fort~ble, I throwing Lucky they were for, according to their res ... · ,
on the· little lights ... that .w~r~ · fa~tened to " .a pin spray oyer them continually for ~ach bf the 25 cu~rs, i4 bodies had been found at that~ $am~'"1:'
~d· .lanyard 1 onto.,.~~e~ ,. lifejacJ:tets, hoping ~hat days t~.ey w~re adrift. At nig~t . it was !cold and, . spot sq~e .. months before. They also had been .~
he red gl~w . W,p~ld shine enbugh ~() . be · seen. ·being thoroughly wet,. th~y almost fro· e before· castaways who . had run out of food and . water
!Ough, t4e night . . · ' · the sun broke acrQss· the seas each. m rning. bf'.fore a 'rescue ship came by. · '
The rider ·to .SIU contracts
;vering war risks in ' the Far
"• Eastern waters has been· supple
,. ment'ea to provide a $10,000 war
J... tls1t bonus in the waters adja
. cent to Hong Kong, as described j
in Section 5 under Area V in
the rider below, ·and pictured
1
i on map on the right.
~·/ It is mutually agreed that:
1, ., 1. Any vessel operated by any
1
"·, of· the employers party hereto in ·
· "·' the China coastal waters in the 1
following described areas shall
, ·" be considered to be in areas
1
·,. render~d unsafe by hostilities. ,.
AREA I ·
All waters within and bound
efi by the fqllowing lines: begin
ning at a point 6n the China
doast at 23° north, thence east
to . the intersection with longitude;
·.. 119° east, thence northeasterly to
· .... the intersection of a point at I
. latitude 26° 15' north and long
, . ~ itude 121 ° east and thence west '
-.,. iilong the 26° 15' parallel of
· ·nor.th latitude to the China
~~ · eoast.
100%'
·tJ3onus.
•• r AREA II -
:, - ' ·All waters within and bounded
''~~ )~y :the· following lines; beginning
'~ :at- ·a point on the China Coas.t at
.. :. , 33° north latitude, thence east
_ 11~000 ~ ,
~rJ(is,(
l11s11r11itce
t ti1tJ:ie .intersection with longitud~
" 124 ° · east, thence north along
·if f2.4 ° east meridian to the China
·~ "··coast . .
AREA III
.All waters within and bounded
r:::
asT CHINA SllA ~~ .'~o /.T~g~Slt.Jm&
. "r~ Gwlto. ~ . .
" ·t' by the following lines: begin ·1100·
Atf't1cf!JtJn11s ·.
· • Suwanose Shima.
Takara Jima .!;> . . ' ning at a ·point on the China
·· Coast at 26° 15' north latitude; . • f· ·~ N.AltSEI SHOTO ·1
'1)~---!o Shi · · thence east to the intersection
· c with . 121 ° east longitude, thence
northea.sterly to a point at the
. iritersection of 30° north lati-
Tori Shiaia.!::. & • .nu&iUl&I. • ma.
• · • Okino-erabu Shi• -
, tude and 124° east longitude
' · tltence north to the intersection
:.-· .oi 3·3 ° ·north latitude and 124 °
I
f 10,000 Wiil RISK
":· ~'!JDP -f~ ,;~ tOkioawa'Shim'.a. . -".: .
~'!S ~YSeWbt.;; ' 'J> • • 'lWa ~~Ima
~-
· ; east · longitude ~d thence west
"· ~long ·the 33 ° parallel of north
'· J: latitude to the ' China Coast.
INSURA~
I
AREA IV _
. All waters within and .bounded
~ by the following" lines: beginning
1 •
-~at a point on the China Coast
~ ' and 23.11 north latitude, thence
' . east to fl9° east longitude, then
· · northeasterly to 30° north · lati
.;, ~.-~e and 124° east longitude and
· L"fiam _30° north latitude and 124°·
.<east.' fongitude southerly to Sho-
- #. .- LUZeN STlfAtr: :
. ~. ~'BataiaJe .
~ -
_~..:...~--~--~--~~i--~~-~.----~--.~~---· -----------------~ ...... --·~~----Mll
-loto· Sho, then westerly to Shic
•. hisei Seki, and then from Shic
, .· · hisei Seki westerly intersecting
~· ·at . the China· Coast 23 '! north
;-.·lft~itude.
able under -.this paragraph shall Risk Policy shall be pro'Vi4~d . .in. China CoaSt at 23• . north: lati- 6. Each party ·-reserves the
be set off against. and . in red,uc- the maximWDi·-swri of $10;000 .for tude, thence easterly to · a ~int right durllrg the .effective. period _
tion of any amount · payable as· each member of .th~ cyew -em:.. ~0 30' north latitqde and 118° of this SuppleJpj!lltary Agreemen~ _
AREA. v an attack bonus under Maritime ployed bn and aboard such ;a ves- east longitude thence. weste.rly1 to req.uest further negotiations
. · · l. All · waters within and War Emergency Board Deci.i'io~ .Sel while~ ~suCh _waters describ-' to .Gap Rock thence due west' pon the subjects of increase or
: bounded by the following lines: 2-D. . · ed in .Areas= I,. H, llI, W ·~ V a:long the' 21° 5-0! lin~ ~orth lati- · ~ductiori of the ar~as _ d"escribed·
' bE!ginning at the China Coast· 4. Wa-r RISk Insurance -C~:ver- abov.,e, ;~ in. ·the, .. waters witlhin tude· ..fo· ~ China .eout. , ~erein · as ·· unsafe, · increase or-
.. and · 124'0
• east longitude, thence age· r.especting loss of life ~d .and · bo.nnded 'b;x ,the · followinl 5. ·7his . .#>UpPlement.ary. Agree-' reduction of ,the. amoUI'lts paf,able.
' ,s9µth to 30° north latitude and disability in the form pr~scribed. ljpeS: · . . " .. · · . ~. ment .shall ·~· :e.ecithte as hereimder/ or .cancellatio.n of_- this.·,
~' f2~0 eastlongit~de- :and· from3~0 by . the Second Seamen's War · Beginning_ at a. P,~int on, the-0.f :~e .'date . hen!of. - • ~µpplemeij~ · ,Agreement . . ,
;· north. latitude and 1.24° east Ion- , . - . · ~ · . . . . · " _ .
· !!:2£~::i::%!~% ·:! P~~ladelphia Shipping ~'8d :And,,l.HJcs. Brigid For f ublre?
. Siberian Coast. . , · -""'· · · -- ';J - • ·,. ..
. _,.- 2. Each crewmember of such By STEVE CARDULLO Delegate and Department ~heads. Thesi charac.te.,r~ are ~ d~triment doesn't .' he · ch~k :the. ·records
" ' "~essel who is employed •under. PHILADELPHIA _ Shipping ti ~ save a lot .. of -~i~t and· .to th,~ .Unio~<"".'and here in this and fiha ·that .the combined ·,{ ...
-, th.~ ~erms of the wage agre~ment has been good fo~ . the past iwo pass1ble clia~ges- · that wilL be port are· gomg tq get ·the full . :to~ Of the snt,' s-m>, . and· .:m:A -.
•'of June 15, 1949, shall receive in weeks and looks good for the brought .. . agaml:!t men . missing works. : · · ·~ · · ·
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.ha<t.te kept the .commies :off · the ,...
: ' addition· to . wages · 'and . allow- immediale future. There is' a· ships. ' ".. . . ~ . . 'I .... 1 noilce wh~e .'&()me ·charactet: .watem~ts . .-of the Gulf an~ Eas~'. :
'. ances· set for.th in said agree- shortage of rated men, ·both Deck '. "J{.e .have ,also had "'quit~ >ta :1ot i& ~lasting "the .. ILA for.; refusing i c'o;i~t tot over~ 12 .years .
., ~ent, 100% of . his daily basic and-Engine in this port. :several of . trouqle with gashounds who. *4)- unlqad the ·Cr.a~eat t~at_. ..J98 . " !~ .. ~ n t be diplomacy, ~u~
wages .for ,each day while em- -~imes we have had to call other were unable ' to dQ their ,w.ork &ta,lin's ·stooges traded to. Eng- .ft ha& sure ps hell produced. re.:., ·
·, · ployed -on aboard such vessel in Branches for men in order to and giving "their Btother's . a hard. land for maehiner>'.'• .. He states. sulfS. That js more ~h~n · s~m~ ·
.. su~h waters pescribed in Areas keep the-ships from ~sailing short- time. These foul bail char~cters» that !£ the 'HA ... thinks · it . is· ~1.omats I : . .kngw can state~ , •
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I, II, ·III, "IV and V ·above. handed. . . . rare ~ pulled 1<$tl the. ship ·irtimedi-.. hurting the .CommupiSts · lh~ . · It ~is a pity that these ~ charad· 11
.~ 3. It is further. · agreed that. There suddenly have 'been a ately- and placed' on ~harps. lt'si are· ~ra!.Y, . .' . ·"',. · : .. , ters ·.~lin!t · have a· firSt hand ' les~"t:
\lV~e-. such vessel is in a . h~bQrr ~ot ·~oubl~ with. ships ·calling a h~ .. of a note .how they sci;emn. , 1_we1:1,: .. as I ·see1-~t, . if . we boy- son ~~· some ' !)lo~f'.;;\Va~ettroit:,.
m i-,any of the -abav~ quthn~d m ~ !>~t shor~-handed due to _-they w~e frant~ : after,· ·~e 1~tt all ~~iatL.~ th~ - , , beef, ¢~~~ C?C?JWB·ies;ttl'J;~ ,~l1 1
~-a~ . one $100 bonus 'will be p~1.d 0~en-.' ~mg shi:ps. In several ·bo~ze w.em:s' ,c51f! · . ': . : ._" ~1 ·- ·~.·~ "~ ,fpry~ ·t.c)'stpp, seµ~ :hpps. lie co.iµd,, s:ee'. :1~s pi:,thefif ,
to ~;each m.e:rµb~r . of the crew if ~cases ·the men didn't check tbe · · They don't .._seem ,tfi, 1 ~are :that ·~ ""mathffi~.,' to. /th.et· .coinmte11' «true. light: ' ,'; · .1 ... " . -; • • 1··, , ;I''· r 1
.•i~e~ .ueh v.essel or" th~ harbar s~ ~- lb~d before ·· going 1bej- . 11a~ , placed ~e~ Broth~-' t~ . ·~~ "~ :. _. '. ig~ . 't.Mi~~ather 'b:efe Ji*s r~~.
. ~ctly ·attaeked during .sw;h ~ore. :__ r: ~ . tm a ~ 4fbsWOR' or ~t'.' ;tl(e, '1lli ~ ~ the '~ war; -.·· •, 8'1· wit i,tice. -. $0 afi. you tll~"·
. ~ ;' m the -~~rbor, _,:~x:~vided, , jlf tries~ is : ~&;- S81~g ~4; ar~ b~lriOS :the coji~;,Whi .. ·"J: ~~ JtjJn ~/that ".we . ·~en't:. men· w o · • ~ .~~ '"~~~
.howf!ver, - that -._any , amount par- •post.ed,,- cbeck .,with th~ -·"Sh1p's w.e have fougb.t so ' l :.ard for. ~cl·,to"~tA)pk>~ -b\l~ why •ge,Wnj IJPps ·comebJl<.to see·" .'
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When ~n December 2~, 1949, the first group of SIU-contracted benefits. From their point of view+ the· high cost of living-they
. companies signed th'e Welfare Agreement wi~h the Union, it marked probably weren't high enough. But ithe poi.ht . that the j:rustees of
another great milestone in the history of maritime unions. There are those funds _didn't realize was that t~eir funds were not bottomless,
few accomplislu;nents that have had a greater impact_ upon the lives that they had to be built up and stabilized t-0 take car.e· of all con-
of merchant seamen. tingencies. These experiences of oth~r organizations were taken to
There was the Seamen's ' Act of 1915, of, course, which emanci- • heart by the members of your comm~ttee, who were determined that
h h h d be 1. . _, this. would not hap~-9 to . the .~. eafai:e.r~ Welfare Fu.nd. · .
pated seamen from the semi-slavery under w~~ t ey a . en . ~v~ng . _ t
. and working. And there was the legal recogrution of the uruon hiring Some · of -the !ot!ier suggestu:~ns-mcreased hospital payments, pay.:.
hall, which gave them job security and freedom from ~µiployer favor-:- _ men ts ·to . 4iStressed· · families; et~~.:::.._are ; som~what~ cl06e~ at hand, but
itism and fink halls. • still await the-. c~mplete financial stabi~ty of the Fund. .
The Seafarers Welfare· Plan, however, has. given them .somet<hing:' - '. ' · : Ali .Q~ these .are. fine ideas .. But .tipe Welfare ·plan is ' only a. few
else they have sorely needed: peace of minq-t~e knowled~~-. ~hat they. months ol~ and. there are a "lot of ·Ye.ars1 a_he~d of us, years in which our
will not be financially helpless if they become ,sick ar are m1ured; .th~ " ·..; ll:lembersh1p .m~y, drop to-a lower l'evel;1 thus .. cutting· the .pa•yments into
knowledge that ·their families will not . be left destitute if they should . ~ ·. th~: fund by ·the·-operators. By taking· i't on the .slow bell, we can feel our
die. . . _ way' along until we see how . the .s~rpluf fund stands.- ' ·
. - It is>not . that the Welfare Plan, as it stands now, is perfect-far · : If we ~e -:-a la.rge sur,plus building .. up, . the ·trust-ees will set up
_,.,, 'from it . .The hospital payments are small .and the death benefit.·.will ·additional . be~efits right · aw..ay. ·.After .. aU, the purpose of- the fund is
. not carry; one~s survivors very far. The importance of the WeJfare- ·ffot ·to save ·money, but to provide · Wnefits for the members of· "the
Plan lies in the fact that the wall has been breached, a beachhead has SIU. The·niore benefits· the.Fund can piiy, the better otf every member
.- been made in our unceasing fight against insecurity and fear. of ol~ age. . · .will be. But until the . Unfo.n is_ positive 1 the Fund can absorb additional
· · payments without threatening the en~~re set-up, the best course is a
Now that the course has been charted, we shall go ahead, .and the . slow orie. ·
time -is not too far distant when the Seafarer can face the unpredict-
able future and old age with the assurance that neither he nor his .·· · . . Meanwhile, it is of prime impor.tance that eyery Seafarer cooperate ..
family will be left penniless should anything happen to him. . · ·.· --fully to make the Welfare .. Plan work smoothly and with a minimum
of confUsion; so that all hands may obtai.n their benefits in the shertest
The Union has asked for, and received; suggesti~ns as to what the possil11e'·· time. I
Welfare Pl~n should provide . for. The many varied suggestions that · · 1 •
have come into the Headquarters offices show the great interest of the What C.an Seafarers do to make tnis possible? Only a few tl~ings,
d and all of them are simple and reason,ble. For example, when applying
membership in this question. Some of the . replies were discarde at . for hospital benefits, see to it that you have with you the necessary
.once, as they were already covered, eithe~ by present l'rovisions of the papers attesting to ·your eligibility for benefits~
.Union contracts, or by Feder~l law. ' .
Others, however, were of the type that the Committee wanted
and they have been seriously considered. When the time is ripe-that
is, when· the Fund is gre.at enough to cover the increased costs entailed
~they will .be pushed by the Union· for incorporation. into the Agrf;e-
~ent.
When the W e~fa~e Plan te~uest~ certaiI?-. infoi:mation, ~r ~he filing
of forms ~ch as It ' IS. now doing to establish the, benefic1aries of all
members, do y6ur bit by getting this information in at ~he first' possible
.opportunity.
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· It is advisable that all Seafarers learn everything they can ·abou:t
the Welfare -Plan---the eligibility requirements, how the plan operates
Some of these, of course, are still a long ways off. Even a casual · a.nd .so on·. All of this information appears in this special secti9n devoted
.contemplation of the costs involved will show that they are not cap~ble to the: Plan .. Keep it and. study it. It
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contains every_t~ng . a Union
<' of being realized within - the coming n{onths: A pension plan · for member need k.q.ow to see that he gets what he is entitled to. .
t · . older Seafarers, a Seafarers Rest Home-these are· projects that must
· be· planned carefully, that must 'be set up on a secure financial founda- Read your SEAFARERS LOG care~ulJy when asea or ashore. Any
:tion 5o that they will not send the Fund into bankruptcy. _ announcements or .developments in connection with the Plan will be
given full coverage in your Union: newspaper.
The· Committee, in its negot1at1ons with the operators, always '" -·
held in mind the lessons that it ha,d learned from other -unions-from --By ·keeping your ear to the gro~11d, by keeping- fully informed
· ·_ those shoreside uruons that, in the first flush of victory in having won . on all aspects of the Welfare Plan, . you'll :.find that your benefits can ,
. welfare plans and perision plans from their employers, set the beltefits .be obtaineil simp~y and quickly-without delay or confusion. .
- 50 high that these funds were soon milked dry and i.t'loperative. It The_ Seafarers ·welfare Plan is yout" plan. Help yoµr plan work
. ;was'n't that tl.ie ~embers of _those unions didn't deserve t~ose ·~Jg~ · effi.ciently and effectively by .. giving it your cooperation. ' ;
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'Great Ac_hievement_', -S·ai- Negotiating QQmmittee ·
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· We, the. undersigned members of the SIU Ne- ·, types of benefits other than those of .hospital and . ma.nner, we can !iron out. any kind.- of ·ki~ks in
gotiating Committee, hereby make the following death .. Such new be:q~fits will ·be negotiated on the. process. · befo~e we inc;rease ' the siz~ of ·d~r
report" and .recommendations on the matter of . the basis of the amount of money on hand in ,th~ benefits. " : ·
the Welf~e Plan. . fund and the ability ; of the ~und's -income to In addition;"' by i·starting out· by paying benefits
. We have negotiated on this matter of welfare pay S.@ffie. I . "). . in the amounts .spown in this report, it . wnr·-a1;;.
with SIU-contracted operators for a period of . a: The Plan at this--: time calls for weekiy hos:.. Jow the Welfare Plan to buifd up a cash. reserve.
over 6 months. We have come to a final agree- pital lienefits/ of $7.00 -.and death benefits of 1$500. of funds in such ~ manner so as to continue<the ·
ment with the · operators and attached hereto is . . . ' - . / . . ; - - successful · financi~l operation of the Plan itself-.
.. a complete copy of the contract we have negoti- These payments w~l b~ _paid m ~he sam~ ~an- The membership is to be made aware of ~the t ,
. ~· ~ted, subject. to the approval of our membership, ner as ~e ~he regular' Um.on Hospit~l a~d D.eath ·fact once ag~in t~at, once ~he Plan is functidil·
· · /( as per our constitution. Benefi~s paid now. In any ·event, there sh~~ be ing, and we .see t~t we have the necessary cash
.. : r TQis contract, among others, makes the follow- no _wait for any of out me~bers for re~eip~ . of reserves pn hand j~~ ~he' i~~ome comes in prop- -
~: · mg. provision_s: • . thell' benefits. erly, -we can at t~at tune, µ we see fit, re-hego:-
.1. The SIU Welfare Plan will not be adminis- Your Committee feels that this Welfare Con- tiate any ~yp.e o{ ·new benefit . o'ur me~bership ·
tered by . any i,nsurance company as is the case tract, as . it is negotiated, 'J'..epresents. a great may feel lS nec~ssary for the welfare of Oltr
in other union welfare plans, but instead, will achievement for our Union. It is to be pointed· out people.. .. .. _ . . I : . .. . . ~
. : be _ handled . by representatives from . both the to the membership that, .the ·:benefits ,we hav:e In v.1ew of th1st we the~:fore recommend the
union and the company: as prescribed by law. agreed to pay under this Plan-are at this time foll~mg: I .
. Not· usj.ng an insurance company will save con- few in num,ber, a'nd s~aU .iii ·~oun~ of mpney. 'Yf e recom~en~ to our
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.membership, \iVheth~ ,
sjderable money. The actual business functions The reason ·for this, is· that y~ur P'~n Negotiat"'. ashore · o~ on ship, tha~ . this contraef and report .
of .the Plim will b~ handled by an Administra- ing Committee feelS that, before · ·~uch , a Welfare be ac~ep'ted ii?. th~ir entirety.- . " ·
-tor,r-Who .wjll work according to .the contract and Plan ' as ours ' is _c~l~d\on ~: · spend,. ~oo much ._. PAUL ,. H~LL . ·., · . · . ...:._
'-under · sµperyi~ion of ·t1le Uni~n:· and Company· money, we sho't'ld ·first asce).1.aJJJ. as to 3ust wha~ . . · . . LIN~$EY WILLIAMS" .
,rtnJstees. · .. • ., - · the · entire' cost -.Will nm "into·;anil:<tpe .manner ih:· ROBERT MA~ E\l{S· .L~OYD GARDNER ·:). .;
· ~.~Th~ · Union~·has the right ~o. negotiate new which · jt wiU .operate: ·By ~anirig in ·a ._~all JOSEPH VOL:P · If=' .rJOSEPH A'LGlNA .'. ·
. ' On this .page are answered some of the questions that have been asked of us on the Seafar~rs Welfare Plan. · As . with
•nything new there are some .who do not iully understand the provisions of th~ Plan; . some who misinterpreted some Of th~ · ·
.~auses-on. eligibility, for ·example-;-so~e who were not quite sure about this or that. We hope that all questions have been.·
covered in this compilation. But if you, have any doubt in your mind abol!_t any part of' the WeJf are Plan, do not hesitate- to- let · 5
Its know. They will be ~nswered 1 as clearly and promptly as we can. In addition, ·as· we poinf out elsewhere in these pages, sug~' ) ·
-gestions and criticisms 'are welcomed by ·Beadqu~rters. If you-think you ·can i·mprove the workings of the plan in any way, dr@P ,, .. ,
its· a line. If you ·have · suggestions as to -further benefits t~at can fit in with the Plan-holding in mind tha:t it has just' $tarted ;:
and that its funds have not yet accumulated to any great, extent~ome out with it .... If what you off er cannot be incorporated . :
into the Plan· as ·yet, it . will be·held until the appropriate time-if it has merit. . ..
. ··. Who is eligible for ·benefits. under the
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· Seafarers Welfare_ Plan? .
To be eligible to receive benefit&, a man must
have worked a,t .least one day since_ .r an~ary 1, . -
1950, for any . one .of the companies .that ~e sig
natories _of !h.e Welfare Agreement. _ .
What are the benefits?
Any eligible seaman, wl;io fulfills . th~ hospital
requi~ements, will receive .seven dollars a week
during such ti~e as he.is an in-patient in a quali- ··
b.ed hospital. However, h~ mus~ b~ -in such hospi
tal for seven consecuti~~ days, . before he Call:
- :r~eive benefit~; No payments w;ill be I}lade tor
less than a· full s~ven-day .-P~z:iod:_-.Thus, a person
in a hospitil for twenty..:fi~e µay:s will \be paid _for .
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twenty-ot?-e days. _
Cla~s f~r h~s.pital -benefits . must be presen~ec!.
in writing not later than· 14 days after discharge
from the hospital.
' In addition, .a $500 death benefit ~ill be pajd
to~-wliomever is designated by the ·e~igible sea
man. The. beneficiary may be anyon.e the seaman
prefers; not· necessarily the next of kin. However',
if no. beneficiacy ·is named, the death benefit will
•·go' to the legai next -of. kin> according. to the' laws .
of New York .State. Claims for the benefit must
be presented within one year of death, along
·with the necessary proof of death .
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·.Must a .. man, be hospitalfzed tO receive
benefits·?
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. Yes. To receive the weekly hospital benefits~ · · ·
~.a member must · be a .patient in a US . Marine
_ f{ospital, a US Public Health Hospital, or a hos-"
'-pital located in a port in tlie continental United- ·
States· where · the Union or an e~ployers main.;.
iairis offices. '
· .~ A .. niember who. is ~ 'patient in . any· !_lospital
located in a . seaport · of continental · United States·
iS als·o eligible for the. ben,efits, provided' he en- · · ·
' tered that hospital as the result of an emerg~ncy
illness or injury, requiring hiS · .'re~~v~ . to the
institution . from a vessei ..du,.-~g -~'the ~(>ur.s~ .of .a , .. -.. ' . ---·· - ,... . · ... .
voyage. ~· . . ... ;:; -· . _ ..
I . Men· receiving .:home care . are:.·nGt· .. entit~ed .1'<>·
hospital. benefits.
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: <?D.ce: 11110re· the SIU has "brought home the ~aeon.·~ With its recently-won Seafarers
. Witlfan Plan -D~w o~ratlDg . smoothly. and paying benefits promptly to eligible Union
_ ~. · ~rs;· 'tile SIU. ·co~tinued to set the pace in -establishing top wages. conditions and
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· ~Y in muttlme. - -.: . ... ... . . .: .. . .
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. Are men in hospi~als ·in inland Unit~ ·· :
·States covered under the Plan? · "'·: r ··
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Seafarers in· inland· hospitals are eligibl~' :tio .
hospital 1benefits, if' they are in -a Mar~ne~; HQ&oi ;< ·
pital or a United· St~tes Public. Health Hospital~:~·;
The' US Public Health ·service maintains hos--;".-~
pitals in most -large cities through-out th~ coun~; ' ·
and no where iD: the country_ is a seaman ~'many/
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"iWfil~ fi':QJll a hospital coverea under th~ Plan.
Private inland hospitals,. howeyer, are ·not c-ov-
~~ed,- ··: . ' . -
. - .Approving· payments to men in private hos
pitals would be · taking a long chance, the trus
. tees , feel, be~ause there is no way to check o:o,
tlie men, whereas the m~rine hospitals' records
. are· standard and the trustees are wiiling to ac
~- · ·c~pt the discharges from these institutions. + . ,.. . '
Are men hospitalized in foreign port~
_-eligible for hospital benefits?
· ·' These men do not receive the hospital bene
·~· ''ii.ts, because · they are already well · takeh care Qf
y;. under the provisions of the SIU contract. When -
a . seaman is hospitalized in a foreign port, -the
· cofnpa~y foots· his hospital bill and continues to,
.
..: The . Seafarers Welf~e . Pl~n· is. financed solely : Fund~ ..
~by shipowners' contributions-rnot one cent is " ' None of th T t · 1 · · u" • • · . • ~ e rus ees; emp oyer or mon, is
paid by t~e seaman. Each operator pay~ 25 c~nts paid for the performance of his duties. The only
per workmg day for each man on his paYJ'oll ones who ar "d · th Ad · · t · t d' . · " e pa1 are - e mims ra or an -
mto the Seafarers Welfare . Plan. -AU such pay- whate ff' h 1 .· d- d- t ~ . • t th ·
· . ,-. . ~ I . • . . Ver 0 .lee e p IS nee e , ·O -carry OU e
. ments, regardless of when . any md1v1dual coin- functions of the Pl ·' • · ·
pany._,signed the AgreeIJlent, are retroactiye to an. ,..
January 1, 1950. This provision was ·insisted up- 1
on by the Union to .prevent stalling by any com
pay or companies, who might be tempted to pro
long - negotiations to sl!_ve themselves money.
·Thus, companies which signed in August, ·for
example, ar~ obligated to assume the ·same obli
gation toward their employees as' those compan
Can the present payments be· increased,
or more benefits added to the Agreement?
Certainly. As .the Fund grows, the way is open;
under the Agreement, for present benefits te be
increased or otheF :benefits ·to be added. !\[any
su·ggestions have been made .by · th~ · membership
for additional benefits they would , like to see
incorporated. Howe'[er, under present conditions
ies which signed in Dec~mber, 1949.
Who administers the Fund? -
- Jteep him on the payroll at full wages until the t The operation and ~dministration of the Plari
voyage is ended or until he becomes well, which- is the responsibility of six Trustees, three from
, -ever is first. The seaman also receives full main- the Union and three representing the operators.
· · 'terrance and cure, which amounts to $42 a week. The Trustees are authorized to choose, from out-
·-the fa.ct thaf the Plan is but a few months old,
and not en6trgh money has been accumulated
to . safely expand the benefits~these are not as
yet feasible. But there ·is no doubt that, as the
- To add 'the W-elfare Plan hospital plan benefits side their ranks, an Administrato~, who will di
to ~~e money already being received by the sea- . rect the day-to-day workings of the Plan. Each
~ .~an might we~l give ~he operators an\ argument of these, of course, is. under the fidelity bond, for
. ..._ for discontinumg mamten~nce and cure pay- the complete protection ·of . the seamen. _Such
· Fund expanqs, benefits will be increased. U :tider
the Agreement, · 60 days ·before Septeml;>.er 30,
1951, either party. may request negotiations for
a change in the amC>qnt .of the employer contri-
b,ution. ' ·
'' ~ents ·now in e~ect._ qualification shall make a man eligible. for the ·
· · next twelve calendar months . . How~ver; once What is · tbe life span· of the Welfare·
, . .: ·Do men in mental hospitals qualfry f o~ hospitalized, an eligible seaman will · continue Plan?
to draw benefits for the entire period he\ is in
;;;_ ·~~nefits? the hospital. The weifaire Agreement was signed for a period
No. ·otherwise qualified employees who are of five years -and cannot be abrogated before
.committed to an institution for the insane by a . Who are the Union Trustees? Jun_e 30, 1955, at :which time it will be ·subjecf
C·0· ._.-4- -o~der ~re· specifically exclu_ ded from ~he · · ll R for further n_egotiations by· the Union arid ·the
tu" Representipg· the · SIU ,,.are Paul Ha " -ober4; emp. loyers.· In the unlikely 'event that the '.ltgree-:
., o·s· p1·. tal . . benefits but are eli·gible. for death hen_ e- M · tth ws and Joseph Volpi· an The•... alte·rnates · ·
a . e' . . . ' - . • .u.. - ' . , merit is not extended, the surplus money ih: the:
·.&,l.i,;·. 'f.1'rrie· sp· ent in the hospital pri_· or to the is- who may act upon ·the absen. ce· o·f an-y Un1'on - - ·
"n. · · ' · · · · · - - · · ·Fund . will be transferred into any--new Plan tbaf '.~~ .• s·,,.,_.,...,.-..... _ o_f the court order qu.alifies a __ member for Trustee are· Lloy·d Gardner - To"'eph Alg1·na and -
,·' ~....... · ' · . ' ·" ~ · . may pe created or-if no new -Plan · is .·,agreed~
~ ; ~~e hospital benefit~· Linds~y .Williams. to--the -Trt!stees will continue· to· pay- out berte-·:
,\.
&'£-· "" : . . • · . . . C th w·· · l~ ,i,; F d · b . · - ·..J f · fits under the' prese~t Plan 9ntil the' Fund' .be.-' ., rr:- ~0-W- ·-are dea. th ben-ef1°tS Collected? ~n e e J.8Ie Un ever e · ~Sat Or
';, comes too small to function: . Whatever sum is
'· . 1. . f d th b. fit b the purposes other than the welfare of the 1 f .11 b . 11 d . . All app 1cations or ea ene s Y . l"f" 'd ? · · · et _ w1 · · e · g-1ven to ·a mutua y agree '. upon
" · designated beneficiary must -be made to Uruon qua 1 le seaman· ' . seamen's charity or- charities. -
~~~Headquarters in New York, and must be accom- No. The Agreement speeifically provides that - It should· be pointed out, however; that .such a ·
·, panied ·oy a certified copy of the deceased's death "no amendment shalr alter the·: purpose of the .contingency 'is extremely unlikely, · as the em-·
, certificate his· book number and social security Plan ·or ·divert the Fund to any · us~ other· than ployer:s· - no. less than the ·Union :-· . admit ·the·
Wi-~~umber ~r .Z:.numbef,· . and proof that the de_- the exclusive ' benefit'~ . o~ . qualified ·seamen and necessity for the Plan· and . agree . that it ·· is'" a· l~
· "cea.sed · worked ~or one of the signatory com- . their dependents or next-of· kin. forward step for . the maritime ihd_ustry.
~~ ~panies.
' .-: · S~ifically exempt from tne deat~ benefit are
\ I :fhose deaths resulting_ from war risk. These, how
:>>- . covered by other provisions of SIU
, ;i,t ' .
.. - Who can be ,named as beneficiary?
. . · .;,_ ·. l!J nder the Welfare Plan each Seafarer is cov
. ,;-- e~ed by a $500 death benefit. Thls money, unlike
, . the former SIU burial fund, is paid out to -the i . ~ , .
._,beneficiary named by the Seafarer whether or
· .not they handle the burial. A Seafarer can name
·. - ~"~yone he wishes as his beneficiary, his wife,
:re_lative or a friend. · \
. This $500 now covering every member of the
; ~SID A&G District is not assignable. In other
'· words; a man cannot borrow money. against this
· ·~fusur~ce, ·nor will the trustees honor the clainis
: ... .t' i: anyone for . debts. The money goes to ·the bene
iarY named and to no one else. If the 'member
liSts no beneficiary, the money goes to his next ,,., .. _, . .
of kin, according to the insurance laws of New
·j~I'
~dtk State. ·· · .
next of kin of Seafarers who
It~ . since January . 1 eligible for the
, d~th ·benefit?
·. ~ On January 1 the companies which had signed
· \tb:e .Plan began contributing money to the fund.
_, . t fund lay dormant. until a surplus was built
_-P,l apd on July 15 the Plan went into effect. The
•Vni_p~ planned to start the Plan on July 1, but -A held, up until the . Bureau of Internal Rev
eriue . gave its okay tQ,. · the Pl~n. Death benefits,
· -·W;~ .are paid ~ only in th~ cases of death. on or
' : r July. 15. All·,~~ath :b~ne'!i~ _ clajms B;r~ hand- .
" • ~1 ~-' throµgh . Headqu~rt~Ji~ · . aµ~ ~ho,uld · not . be .
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iaMl~.a.ueled -t~qugh, ~-a· J>~a!ls . -.. .. ; ~ ~- ... ·__,- . - · , . . · .
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contracted spips. '· · ·,
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designating the ~rson whom 'th~-- wS..~ as" beneficiary-for -the -$5bO·:IMnefit In ther.event· of. :death. , -,- ·
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Co;ntplete ····Text Of -Welfare · Agreement
. .
·signed By SIU-Contracted Operators
This Agreement and Declaration of Welfare
Plan made ·as of-the first day of July, 1950, by
and between JOHN BOUGHMAN, ' CLARENCE
REED, and FREDERICK C. THEOBALD; PAUL
HALL, ROBERT MATTHEWS a~d JOSEPH
YOLPIAN, who, with their alternates cv.id suc
cessors designated in the manner provided, · are
hereinafter called "Trustees;" SEAFARERS IN
TERNATIONAL UNION·OF NORTH AMERICA,
Atlantic and Gulf District, hereinafter called
''Union;" and the various Employers who, in
writing, a~opt and agree to be bound by the
terms and provisions of this instrument and any
ame:ndments or modifications thereof, hereinafter
called "Employers."
WITNESSETH
·. WHEREAS, various Employers having collec~
tive bargaining agre.ements with the Union ~ave
agreed in writipg with the Union to creatE'. a
Welfare Plan for the benefit. of the unlicensed
seamen employed by them ..for whom the Union
is the collective bargaining representative, and
WHEREAS, the said Welfare Plan is to be
· known as the Seafarers' Welfare Plan, and
.. WHEREAS, it has been mutually agreed that
the Plan shall be .f.or -a period of -not less than
live years· and shall be irrevocable during the
i>eriod of -its crea.tion, and
: WHEREAS, it is desired to set forth the terms
and ·Conditions under which the Plan as finally
ag:reed. upon between the Employ~s and the
Union is to be established and administered, and
WHEREAS, it ·has been mutually agreed that
the Plan shcµl be administered by Trustees it is
desired to define the powers and duties of the
collectively and shall include their alternates
when acting as Trustees.
7. Seafarers' Welfare Plan. The term "Plan,"
as used herein, shall mean the benefits provideq.
for in this instrument, including ariy amendments
J:\ereto -or modificatfons hereof.
8. Seafarers'· Welfare Fund. The term "Fund,"
as used herein, shall mean the moneys or other
things of value whicli are under the control or
in the custody of the Trustees for the administra
·tion and operation of the Plan.
ARTICLE. ·II
stood and agreed between the Employers indi-· ,,
viduaiiy and the Union that any Employer who
signifies in writing to the Trustees within one.
week ·of the time of such vote that he does not
wish to be bound by SUfh majority vote shall be
relieved . of the obligations under this agreement
and shall cease to be ·a party hereto, and no
Employee shall be entitled to recefve benefits.
under this plan by virtue of employment with
such Employer. ~ ·
5. The Trustees, in their names as TrusteeSa
shall have the power to demand, col1ect, receive
and hold the Employer payments and they are
authorized to take such steps. as may be neces-
l. There is hereby created the Seaf~rers' Wel- sary or appropriate to effectuate the collection
of such payments, including the institution and fare Fund to be used for administering and ope- · . prosecution of, or the intervention in, any pro-
rating the Seafarers' Welfare Plan which is here- ceeding at law, in equity, or in bankruptcy.
by created. Each Employer shall pay to the
Trustees for deposit into the Fund, currently on 6. The Trustees are authorized and permitted ..
a monthly basis, the · sum of twenty-five cents to receive and accept from any source whatso-
. (25_c) per day per u~licensed seaman, represented ever any moneys or other things of value as a
_by the Union for the purposes of collective bar- gift, contribution, payment, dividend or other
gaining, employed 6n. v,!?ssels manned· by such wise, for deposit into, or_ to be madt! a part o(
Employer and actually ·'1V'orking thereon. Stich the Fund.
contributions or payments for.each m'onth shall 7. The Trustees shall deposit all moneys re- -
be made not later than·· the tenth of the second ceived -by them in their capacity as Trustees in .
month su-cceeding that of the payroll termina- such bank or banks as they may designate for
tions; provided, however, that the first payment that purpose; provided, however, that no bank'
of e~ch ·Employer shall be ~alculated retroactive- shall be selected as. ·a depository of the funds of .. ·
ly to January 1, 1950. Checks for contributions this Plan whic~ -is not a member of the Feder~
or -P~Yments shall be made· payable to the order Deposit Insurance Corpq_ration. Things of value,
of "Seafarers' Welfare Flind." other-than money, shall be kept in an appropriate
2. An Employee is qualified to participate in depository as may . be selected by the Trustees,
and receive the benefits of the Plan when the or, at their discretio~, may be converted into
Employer is obligated to pay the Trustees the money and deposited into . the Fund.
said· Trustees. . .
NOW, 'THEREFORE, , in consideration
premises, it--is mutually und~rstood and
as follows:
sum of Twenty-five cents (25c) on his behalf 8. The fwids shall be qsed by the Truste~- ·
of the or such other sum . as may be agreed upon as (a) to pay or provide for the payment o't the .
agreed provided for in . Paragraph 4 of this ArtiCie, and benefits described. in Article Ill, Paragrap~ .1
shall remain qualified for such benefits .for a hereof, and (b) to pay for the sound and efficient .
period of _twelve (12) calendar months. after the operation of the Plan, including the expenses of
Emp~oyer's obligation to make such · ·payment the Trustees incurred in carrying out their dl!ti_es. '
ceases; provided, however, that in the event a as Trustees. ARTICLE I
qualified Employee becomes a patient in a hos- 9. M~neys, and other· things of value, of th~
Definitions pital such twelve (12) month period ,shall pe ex- Fund may be withdraw~ from any depository
, tended fo~ a time equal to .th_e time the Employee upon the signature of two Trustees, one of whom
1. Employers. The term · "Employers," as used i~ so ·nospitalized; provided, furlher,- tpat no qual- shall be an Employer Trustee ~d one of whom
herein, shall mean the various ~mployers of _· ified employee shall be eligible to ·receive the shall be a Union Trustee.
unlicensed merchant seamen having in effect a benefits of this .plan while he is so qualified to 10. N~ ·Employer, nor the Union, nor the fu-:-
coHective bargaining agreem~nt with th.e Union receive welfare benefits"by virtue of employment dividual Employees shall have any vested riglits ~
and who are, or who may herea~ter become; s1g- with an employer :who ma~es no contributions to in or to the Fund or any part thereof except the
:natories hereto. . this fund and who has ·a collective bargaining right of the .qualified· Employees, or their depend-
, ·2. Administrator. Tire term "Administrator," agreement with the Union. ents, or their ·beneficiaries or next of kin, · to
as used herein, shall mean the Administrator ' 3. The-former Employees who~e naJlles appear receive the benefits provided for in the Plan to ·.
prpvi<ied for in Article VI here0f. on a list attached hereto and made ..,a part hereof which they may be . respectively entitled, and
3. Employees. The term "Employees," as used who have had long employment with the Em- upon termination of the trust hereoy created, the
erein, shall mean all of each Employer's em- players and - w~o, -on July _1, 1950, are unemploy- , funds shall be put to the uses and purposes spe-
ployees for whom the Union is the collective able because- of physical disabilities, _are for the cified herein. ,
argaining representative. - · - · purp'oses o.f .this Plan considered Employees and 11. No Employee or dependent or beneficiary
, 4. Rospital. The term "hospital,"_ as used hel'.e- ~hall , be qu~lified to receive 1the benefits of the or next of kin of an Employee shall have the -
~, ~ s~al~ ·mean ~y hospital ill: the United States Plap. ~til the Public Health Ser;vice certifies that right to assign any benefits to which he or 'she
or ' any of ·its territories or poss~ssions; pr-0vide.d. ·such. a fo~er Employee has no physical dis- .may be entitled hereunder and any such assign
~uch h~spital is_ either a UID:ted :Stat~s . Marine ability which prevents his emplo~e11:t; provided, ment is v.oid; nor shall any benefit be s~bject
ospi~al, a United States Puplic Health hospi- however, that the hpspital benefit~ .provided for to attachment or other legal process for or against ·
I,. a hospital located in a port in the continental in Article_ III, Paragraph ~ (b) hereof, shall be an Employee or a dependent or beneficiary or
nited· States where the Union or ·an Employer made only when such disabled ~ployee is con- next of kin.
aintains offices, or ~ hospital in a seaport in fined in a hospital as an in-patient.
e continental United States in which the Em:- 4: Eii~ef the Employer. 'l;r.ustees ·on behalf of
ioyee becomes· a patient due iO 'acute: illness· or the Employe.rs ·or the .. Union Trustees on beha~
•' jury which necessita.tes his being taken eff a of the' .lJnion may, upon application . within sixty
ip during the course of a voyage. (60) days prior to Sep~ember 30, 1951 request
5. Union • . The ·term. '~Ullion,'L, as· used· herein, that negotiations be opened for changes in the
all mean the Seafarers InternatioiiaL Union of . amount of the . Employer .payment. No such-
- .
. ARTICLE III
Application Of ·The Fund ·
By The Trustees
orth America, Atlantic and Gulf District. · chang~ shall be made unless the Union. and · the
~· . ~r~t.~,s-. : ·(a), Th~ .term ., "Employer ..... Trus- Employers by ~ajority vote ag:ree to .such change 1. The -Fund .shall be used and applied for the
. s,'' as ·Q~e.d, ~e~eih, ~~pap . . m~,an . :the , trustees . and any change ~o agreed . upon shall not· affect · following purposes: .
ppointed by the Employers. ... · any of. the other provisions of this plan .. The said (a)' Upon .the. death ·of each E:r,nployee qualified. .
. (b) The 'term . ''Uni~n Trustees," as· used herein; vote shall : be in : accor~~ce with the vote speci- to receive the benefits hereunder, other . t~an;,
all mean ' the . trustees appoiri.ted by' the Union. fied in Article .IV, Paragraph 2 hereof, at a meet- death resulting from war· _dak. to pay or provide
· -(~). The term. ·"'hustees,~'- as .... used ~er.ein-, shall :: ·ing. ·called , under · the :proVisions .of ·. Article ·1v.. . for ·the payment to the- designated beneficiary,·
.· an <Employer '. Trust~- ~d Union · ·-Trus~s .. P..ai-agraph 9· hereof; , it ·· b~ing . . specifically . under- or in the absence of·· a ·designated . beneficiary, to .
·' ,., .,_ . ,
:, . . -...: :.. - - ~ ...
· ~e next· of kin of . the d~e~ed Employ~, the ·.
~~'-of
1
$50Q.OO. ~ . · · .,· .-- · -
~. "- (b) 'The . paymen! · of hospital benefits in . the
.. ·· amount Qf $7.00 -per week to each Employee
. . qWilified· to receive the benefits· hereunder dur
;,.. · iiig· such time as he is aµ in-patient in· any
. bospital as defined in Article . I, P~ragraph 4
· .,: · ·' hereQt: Such Employee shall not be entitled to
~ ·receive any payment until he has been ~onfined
_. to such a hospital for seven consecutive days and
. ·.thereafter he shall be' entitled to a payment of .
. $7;00 for each and -every· seven (7) consecutive
·-~_ I days in the hospital from the first day of con-
1.: · .. ' finement. Q~lified . Emp1oyees who are commit
~ ted to an Institution for the insane by a Court
~ . Order are · specifically excluded from · hospital
•. · . benefits but are eligible for death benefits.
· · --. - (c) To pay for additional types of welfare
a •
. benefits as may be determined by unarumous
., agreement of the Tru~ees; the cost of such ac;ldi
, tional benefits shall be controlled by the amount
·: . . qf. moriey. actually .in the .Fund, an~, bas~ on
··expe:R.ence, tp.e benefits it .is estimated the Fund
, ~". ; can provj.d~ without undue depletion or exc~ssive
. .. accumulation. in order to accomplish this pur
':: ' pose, tpe Trustees by unanimous agreement are
:- ,:. authorized and empowered to increase or de
. . ·-crease the amount of any benefit which has been
or may be granted .
. 2. Payment of the benefit proyided for in
,_ . ...,. Paragraph i (a) of 'this Article shall not be
~/'. made unless necessary and appropriate proof
. for such benefit is presented, in writing, to ' the
· . Adntinistrator within one year from 'the date oL-
_-.: ·· .. the Employee's death. · ·
· 3. Payment of the benefits provided for. fu
. 1r:l>aragraph 1 (b) of this Article wiU be made t6
' ' tlie Employee personally or to a representative
'. : · ~f the .Employee when such representativ;e has
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1been duly authorized to receive such payment •
«.;-~· on behalf of the _Employee; · provided, however, . .
· · that application for the said benefits shall be ··l~~~;l: :(. J)IJr/il/.' ··
presented, in writing to the Administrator not •:o.;··· .,,,... Ul /I
~%;!:n~4 ~ar~ !:;; ~~ ~:i,:;P~Y: ~;~~!if~~~~;·. ' r,An~· l. ~·
iii-patient. '/~ :.~\~., · ~.!?~~~'" .. ,. · · · 'fJ.l\l · ... }
··;•:. :.~;.~~ .. . . ..
,';/ · · 4: The Trustees shall not recei;ve· compensa- · ··::;?~~ · · '!':;~~. _ • . . ---: , , , _ • .. .. ~~
~ ,. -tion for the perfermance of their duties as Trus- ~· . . .. ·. . '-~~-: "·"':~~· . . . ~ ., . r . . ·-;.f.e ••
~r · · tee~;· but the Trustees are by majority vote au- · '~~°'\;: . - _--~~~~~- . "':'"f" · · t .. · w:-.. :.:_. .. r-.-. . ·
. .· thorlzed to be -reimbursed from the Fund, tqe No mailer ho" s.lileere : 9r. well~intentioiied they may he .. tributes 9ffer DO ..Curity. Never
:tast 0 { aii expenses incident to the· perfo~ance the victim · o.f illusory lhlpklng,, the ·s1u has.· always followed a realistic ·policy in its hopes
- .... for broader economic security fo~· &eameD.. - . .:of their duties as ·Trustees and there shall be
, >paid directly from the Fund the cost and ex- When the tumalt · and the shouting of World War II had di~ do.WJl • . ~nd iJ became ap-
·penses provided for ~erein and the cost of fidelity parent .that our pr0ud. efficient . merchant. marine was ·once aga~ ·to go . on the sc::rap heap.
bonds and the ·expenses,. including counsel fees, the SlU began to gl,-e . serious thought alid. mudi time to the development of a welfare pro-
of any suit or proceeding gram that w9uld ·g1ve Seafarers • kind of seeurlly never before dreamed o.f for seagoing wo~kea
; · (a)' brought . against the Trustees, ari~ing out 'The result Is ~he Seafarers Welf'1'.e fJ~ . which _now gives Union' members. unable to work · r
'<· ~, . of aets within the course and scope of the because of illness or lnJury.. increased. hQSl>U.al benefits and pays death benefits to .their 1>4!ne-.
· ficiaries.. · · · - · . · · .
. · powers. and· duties of the Trustees; or The SIU does not regard the Plan· in its· present form as the final answer to Seafarer$'
· ·;· .. j · (b) brought by the Trust-ees as authorized in security probleim. . Bathei it looks ui>on It as a step in the right direction· and the o~e in whicli
".7.:·: : Article II, P~ragiaph 5 hereof. lies the hope for a brighter future for the men. who dedicate their li°'.!S lo the sea~
!.I{' ·I."._ S. ·If upon loss of qualification as prescribed This ls one of the reasous".why Seafarers look . upon their Union, as , thif o~ly solid monu- .
~-· _·tn Article II, Paragraph 2, hereof, a qualified ment C:l8dicated to ·their Interests.. ·
. ·..,··Employee has, since disc.barge from the hospital, · · · - ·· . . ,, .
, . :·, .. been continuously unemployable bec.ause of phy- tee shall, .u~9n the acceptance-in Writing of the right herein reserved by· the ·various Employers::
.,(sical disabilities, the Trustees may in their dis- terms of this ·trust, be vested· with all the- rights, who subscribe to this· inst.rument. · '
~-etion further extend the qualificatien- period powers and -dutie8 of his predecessQr. · . . . · 3. All Trustees and alternate 'JTustees . slialP
,'.. · ··.iong a& the ·-Public Health Service .certifies that 2. Succ~ssor EmploYer :.~ abd' successor · obtain.fidelity bonds ·in eqttal' ·amoun'.ts· and to be .
. ;~ueh Employee should not be employed because alternate :gmployer ~ .m.an be a~ted ' secured bY. such sutety ·companies ·as shall qse.:
- ·()fr ibis physical condition; , by majority vote .<Jf the ,varleus-- employers· who· determmed 'by the Trustees. 'The Trust~s sb;all,J
· ,;Ai are subscribers to this ··mstrmn~f at '· the ·time from time to ~ tune, · ~eview the amount of -said".
.ARTICLE IV
:Appointment Of Trustees
. "' 1. _ The · operation and administratfon of the
tPlan shall be the joint responsibility of th~ three
.Trustees appointed by the Employers and the
. ~hree Trustees appointed 'by the ,..Union. The
·;; ·~ployers shall appoint an alternate trustee for-
~~~~ .. · ~mpl~yer Trustee who shall have full
· aullionty . to act as a "Trustee hereunder. in the
~S~J:\Ce of the Emp~oy~r Trtistee for, whom he
;'. s: a8 ·aiierrtate: The Union spall appoint an
l~ernate · trustee· ·for each Union TruStee who
1 «, f ,p • · ; ~ ' ' • • ' ' t ' I I •
. ~"Ji.~ve fuU authority to act as a· Trustee here-
. ~d'et' ·in the -"'absence·· of l tlie i.Triion · Trustee for
q }iviiJ.om lie a~~- a-s~·a terrlate, Any''mrec!S?ssor Trus ..
- ~.. ;. ' He • .,
· such appointmeritS ate made;: provided; · however, · . bon'ds ·as - compared with ·tile ·tOtal of ·the Fund·
that ·not more than: . one · (1) ···Employer TrUstee and" shall. require adju,s~ents ·a8 appropriate.' t'
or alternate 'ElnP.loyer- Tnt$tee~may be employed. -. 4. In ail meetingS' . of the 'l'rustees, fomr sh'a:W.
by or affiliated ·Wttb the :san1e- ·Employer. Each co~ittlt,e· a quoru#i fer .th:~ transaction of ,bij~ .
Empl~yer shall be entitied · tcf ~ast 'one ·vote· for ne~, providing« th~re at'e ·a.' . least tWo ~plo¥er
each unlicensed se~~, r~preileptecl' l>y the Yn- Ttqsfe~s and' ~o· u~toh::Trµstees pr~sen~ ~t ~lie
ion, it · would employ· at th~ tiln~ of· subsod6ilig · meeting; and · at ~ me~tings the Empfoyer ~~.
• 4 " ' ,., • j
to this instrument and -tbeteafter ·on Jilly 1 of tees and . the Uni,pn 'lT.Ustees shall have e.qu«
each yearf if au vessels' m$ed by . it' had
1
a votitig strength.' ·.The v(Jte. o( any absent '.Tr\1$~
full complem_ent .. employed · t'1er~n · at?-4 rthe: sh~U·"..l)e cast· by tli'e Trustees present deSigna~'.
nominee receiVing' the ·Jhajon~'f of ·the ·votes so by tlie- _saµie· · p~y wiih +the ~rune ·force · -and af•
cast shall ' be appomtetf by-::~ ·.tbe ._,_~Pl?Ye:r$: ' ·· .f~ ,.~s . ~ · ;~~ch ·a~~ertF1 TruSt~:~s wer('p~s~t.~~ ~j
.. The' .Employe~s . who . ~~~~e t?. ~~s~ m~tru- tb.Ef ev'.eli~· ·~ny ~atter p~~~n~~~ · for,· 'dec1si~n, . ,<¥,l
ment reserve to -~hems~fv~· tli.e . tj:g~t ,t~. 'ch'~ge;" np~ be '.ld.sc1ded pee~~~ .~, a ·tte . vtjte the ··mat'-~ .
at any ~e, th~·~provis~~ns)>f.fhi~. :{>*1-ak,i:apli · 1>~< sh~''te~-~· ~· ~at~' q\l~ .Pt:ndlJi(llll?itr~tipl).,~Q·
a 'vote of 'tw<rthirdS (2/3~;~aj·cnicy:·,,o~ .~e total . se,t ·,~rtli llt· !\lltfole• ''W~hereo~r L, ' . ., .' t: . /iJ;' ·
vote,s s9"-cast as above. P.reviei~: 'r)ie· uDibn ftilct: · -. 5!:iitonp'.. 9\1~, 1With' Er;s.
1 ·Wfosdaf lii,$ .'uI:..
the 'Trustees''. ereby'" b'b'1sent ·; .. a <attr~~ .' fo l tlie'; e. fate,, .~iate' .f!h :a ~d, :with' I?ona.lq .,':w. I s"~' ·
,,r ~ "' .. ffli' • > ,,.,_l?f, ' • 1• }i If ~ .. , •1.;"" it 11' for. i ~ '"rt r
r , ' • " ,r: , • l ••. )•:
'
bis ~temate and Frederick ·c. ~bald •. with
Willard· A. Kiggins, Ji, is al~ernate,- have ·been
~lected and are hereby appointed and designated
Employer Trustees, and al~mate Employer
Trustees, respectively .. Paul Hall, Robert Mat-
ARTICLE· V
~uthority And Liab~ities
Of Trustees thews and Joseph Volpian · have been ~selected .
and ·. are . hereby ~ppqinted_ . and designated
Union Trustee~, and Lloyc;I Gardner, Joseph ,Al- 1. The Trustees shall have the power to require
gina and Lindsey_ Wi~s h:ave b~n sel~ted - each- Employer to furnish appropriate Worma
·and are hereby · appointed and designated alter- tion to establish that he is m~king full payment
nate Union ~tees, any. one of whom ~ay act to the Trustees of the amounts requireq af set
as a Union Trustee in the absence of any Union forth in Article II, Paragraph 1 hereof:
Tru~tee. The '.J'rustees h~reby agree to accept the 2. The receipt given by the Trustees, or .any
·trusteeship ·and furtyer agree to· accepts1i1ch·Fund person acting with their specific · authority, for
for the purposes herein provided and -~eclare that any moneys or other things of value shall ef- .
they will receive and ~9lcl · tne Em.,loyer's con- fectively discharge the person or persons paying
tributions or payments m.d · any- other · money or. or transferring the same and such person or
preperty ·. or Rolici~s ~·Of Insurance which m'a~ persons shall not be ·bound to see to the applica
come into their. custody ~r ·under· their control tion of such moneys or other things of value or
pursuant to this Plan as Trustees · thereof for be answerable for the loss or misapplication
~roger uses and purpo~es and ~th . the .. powers thereof.
and duties herein set forth.: The ·~lternate Trus- ~. The Trustees by majority vote may obtain
tees hereby agree to ·~ccept the obligations and administrative, consultative~ legal, technical, and
perform the duties of a Trustee when called up- oth~r services and assistance which in their opin
~n to act as , a Trustee. ·' ion are . necessary or advisaJ>le in the sound and
· 6. All Trustees and alternate Trustees shall efficient operation of the Plan and to affectuate
be appeinted to ~erve for the duration of this · its purposes 'and objectives and all ·expenses iil·
trust. · ~After ; the. expiration of the initial term, cident thereto· shaJ,l be a proper charge against
all Trustees and alternate Truste~ shall serve the Fund. ··
for ~erms lasting for the duration of any new ·4. At _the first meeting of the Trustees they
frust or, ejetension hereof. · Employer Trustees or shall elect a Chairman _and a Secretary whose
their al~ernates may be removed at Will by the terms shall commence on the date of their eleG
Employers and ·Union Trustees or their ~lter- tion and ·shall continue for one .year, or until his
nates may be removed at will by . the Union. or' their successors have been elected. At no time '
. 7. Except as provided in Paragraph 6 of this shall both such office~ be held by\ Trustees des
$."ticle, a Trustee can be removed only for .mal- _ ignated by the same party.
feasance in the execution of his trust. Any Em- . 5. Meetings -·of ' the Trustees shall be h~ld at
ployer or the Union may initiate charges. of such place or places as may be agreed upon by
m::tlfeasance against a · Trustee by filing such the Chairman and the Secretary- and may be
charges wit~ the other parties to this agreement called by the Chairman or the Secretary ·upon
and with the Trustees. Such charges shall be re- five days' written notice an'd may be held at
ferred by the Trustes to a Board of Inquiry any time without notice if all of the Trustees
which shall consist of an equal number of mem- consent.thereto. Individual members of the Board
bers appointed by the Employers and -by the of Trustees may not -take. any action for or on
. Union. The members so appointed shall attempt behalf of the Trustees between meetings, exeept
to agre~ upon an· additional member to _act as as may be specifically authorized in writing.
impartial chairman and if within a period of five ·
I
days an impartial chairman is not agreed upon
then applic_ation by the Trustees sha!l be made
to a Judge of the United States District Court fQr
the Southern District of New York, who at the
tmie is sitting in chambers, for appointment of
an impartial cnairmari. All, records and other
information avail~ble to the Trustees shall be
made available to the B6ard of Inquiry. If a .ma-
. ·jority of said Board of Inquiry finds that a Trus
~ee has been guilty of malfeasance he. shall be
removed and may not thereafter be eligible to
serve as a Trustee or alternate Trustee .. All ex
pense~ incident to a Board of Inquiry shall be ·a
proper charge· against . the Fund· and the Trustees
are authorized and directed to pay such expenses,
· including the fees, if any, of the members of the
Board ..
. . .8. If for any . reason a. Trustee cannot serv-e or
· l;'esigns or is removed before. ·the, -expiration. of
the term for ~which ·he .is appointed, his alternate
'hall succed him _.until a successor is appointed ·
in ,.t.he same .manner .as the Tru!:!tee to ·whose
~ice he is succeeqing .and,~.subject -to Paragraphs
6 -and · 7 ·of this · 41'ticle,_ shall complete the unex
pi;i:ed te)"m. . - '
-9. Any Employer ;t.1.rustee · or alternative Em
ployer Trustee is authorized f:lnd ·empowered to
call a m.eeting in the. City of New York, N.Y. of
the var-ious - employers who are subscriber& to
this instrument upon five (5) days written notice
:and such a meeting shall be· called whenever a
yacancy occurs· in the office of Employer Trustee
l>r alternative Employer Trustee. An individual
Jn.ay, at any such meeting, represent: more than
o:ne - Empl<;>yer and any Employer ·shall forfeit
the. ·right to vi)te· ~t any such ''meeting at which:
be fails.to. appoint and have present a duly auth-
~riz~cl representative ·but ·such' forteiture .shall
· tn · no .way relieve such ·Employer of his obliga~
·tion. to . b~ bound by,,.any action taken or decision
J:nade· at suchi1meeting. ·
6. The Trustees s~all keep full minutes of all
their meetings, resolutions and actions. In the
absence of the Chairman, the Secretary shall act
as chairman and shall appoint another Trustee
from the group of Trustees to which the absent
Chairman belongs to act as secretary for the
meeting. In the absence of· the Secretary, the
Chairman shall appoin,t another Trustee from the
group, of Trustees to which the . absent Secretary
belongs to act as secretary for the meeting. In
the absence of both the Chairman and the Sec
retary, there shall be made pro. tem appoin.t
ments by the Trustees present.
7. The Trustees shall caus.e to be kept true and ·
accurate books of account and records of all their
transactions as· T~ustees w~ich ~hall be audited
annually by· certifie~ public accountants, or more
often as ·may be determined by the concurrent
action of the Employers and the Union. The cost
of all audits shall be a proper ch~rge against the
Fund and- the Trustees are authorized ~md df
rected t0- pay such charges. Copies of an audits
shall be furnished to each of· the Trustees, to the
Administrator, to each of -the Employers ·and to
the Union. A -statement of the results of such
audits shall be available for ' insp~cti<;>~ by inter
ested persons at the · office· of ~he Administrator
and at . such other places ..as may be .designated
by the Trustees.
8. Each Trustee shall be protected and held
harmless · in regard to any action which may be
·taken ·upon any paper or document believed by
him to . be genuine and o have been made, ex
ecuted, or delivered by the proper parties pur
ported to h~ve made, executed, or delivered the
same; and :no Trustee sha~l be held liable for any
action -taken or omitted by hjm in good faith, nor
for the acts of the Administrator or a~y ag~nt
-or employee · seler.:ted by the Trustees, nor for
any act or omission of a~y other Trustee.
9. The Trustees. ~re authori~ed to formulate
./and promt4gate any ·and all · necessary rules and.
• regulations to faeilitate ·!he proper functionmg
of this Plan, · provided the same are not .incoJ14.: ·
sistent with the terms hereof.
. . ~
10. The Trustees shall appoint an Administra-
tor as provided in Article VI, Paragraph 1 nei~ ,
of, and may delegate any of their ministe~
powers or duties hereunder to him or to any of ·
their agerits -or employees; provided, howeve~
that the Administrator and any such agent or
employee authorized to have access to money -or
things of value· belonging to the Fund, shall ob
tain a fidelity bond in such amount and secured
by such security company as the Truste~ shall
determine. ·
11. Any Trustee or alternate Trustee may re-:
sign . by instrument in writing executed for . .that
purpose and delivered to the remaining. Trustees;
provided, however, no vacancy or vacancies in
the office . of Trustees :shall impair the powers oi
the remaining Trustees acting in the manner
hereinabove provided to administrator the af
fairs of this Plan; and further provided that ·for -
· the purpose· of determining the voting strength
of the Trustees any unfilled vacancy shall ti9
considered an absence and the provisions of Ar
ticle IV, Paragraph 4 hez.:eof sha11 apply._ ·
AR.TICLE VI
Administrator And Records
1. The Administrator specified in Article V,
Paragraph 10 hereof, shall be appointed as fol
lows:
In a meeting of the Trustees held for the pur
po_se of appointing an Administrator, the Employ
er Trustees shall submit a list of twelve (12)
persons as nominees for the position of Admin~
· istrator and the lfnion Trustees shall select from
. the list one (1) individual who shall be the Ad:
ministrator. ·
2. The Employer Trustees or the Union Trus
tees may initiate charges of malfeasance or :ids-;
feasance against ·the Administrator and such
charges sh~ll be referred to a Board of lnqtiiry
under the procedure set forth under Article IV~
Paragraph 7, hereof. ·in the event the Adm~
trator ,resigns or is removed ·or for any reason is
unable to. perform his duties, a meeting of the
Trustees shall thereafter be held as soon a8
practical for the purpose of appointing a. new
Administrator as provided in Paragraph 1 of
this Article.
3. The Administrator shall perform the duties ,
delegated by him by the Jfrustees and his salary ·
and the , salaries of his assistants, clerical or
otherwise, shall be fixed by the Trustees and.
shall constitute a proper charge against the Fund
4. Each of the Employers shall furnish to the
Trustees, through the Administrator, necessary·
and appropriate records pertaining to their r~
spectiye Employees, including records of the
names and classifications of such Employees; the
number of days worked by such Employees with~
place of employment; Social Security numbers,
if any; identification numbers of the U.S. Coast ·
Guard, and any ot4er information that the TrUS.:
tees may ~equire in connection with the sound
and efficient operation of the Plan. The Union •
shall furnish to the Trustees, through the Ad
ministrator, necessary and appropriate records
or other information available to the Union per.;.
taining to the Employees as defined in Article ~
Paragraph 3 hereof, which the Trustees may re- .
quire ip connection with the sound an~ efficient
operation of the Plan. -~
5. An C'laims for benefits shall be present-el
to the Administrator who shall, with reasonable.
promptness, certify to the Trustees that the reo-.
ord~ available to him indicate that each benefit
claimed is or is not properly payable. The· TrUs
tees, ·by maj"ority· vote. shall have full authority
to determine. all questions of coverage · and quali
fication to participate in and receive the bell'efits
of the Plan and shall have the power to con
strue the provisions of this Agreement a~d - the
· 'i .. ••·:.··Uied- ·beJein and · anf atiCh que.mm. :., ·Phan: and~.~ .n.i.a ...t"'8n~~,-'ira/~~'1reft· e;.;, ~;~:·Iii:;:
. determfued__. or any· ci>nstruction sa adopted by· untilmidnight,June~1M: ·al -tlt~, ,. ,._ j~en ~:Ji~-~~· ~1>e..,.~·1H,.,.;·
~··fie 'rila3o,.-ity ot the TruStees im good faith .·shall he~ ·~ay ~ ~endect at ~ ~r ~e· b~ an-·1*" ~·-~· ~-~·~:the .~f.When: ~ ·
_
1 ;i,e., .pirufing. upon· all parties . and persons cQn- strument in Wri~ f[Sec\lted -~ "11 Of, ~e Ent.;: -residual ·moneys~.ah~ be given ·to such. ~-'1
: ~· · ployers and- by the :cJmon 8;1lcl subscribed to hY>- chuity~ or . ch~ties· .as .. the: Trustees in their dik
·'"" · the Trustees; p~cl~ -~~~"~~no amend{ . cretma·,sha:li -.det~ ·· ·, ::..: · ,,..:·.
ARTICLE VII·-
I
Arbitration
ment shall alter· the purpose of the Plan or di~. · &."'"'Income ·on · the""'Fuhci, ~ff ·earned1• is ·incidentWI
vert the Fund to ~Y ·use- other 'than for -the1 otiy' 'ant! the ·Pund' is not intended. to ·proouci
exclusive · ~t of Empl~yees- qualified tG ret ' f.neeme·.i other than as may be collateral or in.;
ceive the benefits, pr their dependents,.-~ne~- ci"'dent.'1 to its operation_ -and the providing of
ciaries or nm of .kin. ( benefits anfl to avoid waste._ Shc;>ula any income
, , 1. In the event the Trustees cannot .decide any 8. If the trust herein c~ted ·is not e~d~ be~eanledP it shall be ~edit-eel to tile: Fund and
' .. , ~atter or resolve any. dispute becau~e of a tie for a -specified period from· its tetJDination date, ahal~ ·Witft · reaso~ble dispatch be. applied . ancf·
- ... vote, then and in such event the Trustees shall tlie Trustees shall, upon terminatiQn .or. liquida;.; eXpe!lded .. ·~· -the .purposes · of the · Plan. Jn• the
.
1 •attempt to select an impartial arbitrator. If' the tion of ~he trust and the fulfHJment gf the piJr.. eV'ent the1 Titlstees " ·d~ide to .invest or relnveSt
· jaid Trustees cannot agree on an impartial ar- poses specified in .Article HI hereof, transfer .any any- of': the rlriio~eys received by 'them, :, suchdn~ -.
' . '.bitrator, application shall be made to the Judge surplus moneys in the Fund, to any new-.or. other .vestments ·or reinvestments may be . in sucll
.. ;' ~the District eourt of the United States for the trust fund or welfare fund that · m~y be ci:eated. stQCks, bonds or other securities or pr.operty aa
· .;, · ~·qthem District of New York who, at the time, by 'and between the Employers and:.... the. Un- the Trustees in their , sole ·discretion. may dete~
> . is sitting in chambers, for the appointment of an ion. If the trust herein created is not· extended mine; provided, howeyer, that no investment ' or
· .. ~partial arbitrator. and .no new or other trust fund· or we~are · fund reinvestm~nt· shall be mad~ ·other than·· in'v~
· :., , ;-· 2. The decision or award, whi~h . snall~ be in is created by ud between the Employel'S ~d men ts in which ftin~s of. 'life insur~nce· camp~.:
. . ; "-' ~riting, shall be final and binding' ~Il.:. ail parties the Union, then and in such .event, the Trustees fes, . organized' under the lavys ·of >the State ef
.... 8nd persoI,lS concerned, it being the iiit~Jj'tion that shall' continue 8fter the termination date heiieof New York,' may be · legally · invested. '·.
f; '.1.fllch written decision shall be mj.de ¥:thin -~ve to perf.omi mid carry, .out the provisfoJlS of this ·10: This ,Agreement and ·neclaration of Welfal?e' "
" 'i'egular working days after the .Imp8ftial N.bi- Plan on the .~asis that all ·Employees .then qtUali- Plan ~ay be exe~uted -in a .~umber of counter7_
~irator receives all the evidence. j ~ fied to receive the benefits of the Plan shall . parts, eacli of ; which shall have the force of an
·. - b"t t· thf ·~ · continue to remain qualifted wtil the ·disbUl'se- ~'\o:dginal. Subscribing Employers are not required .., In the event of an ar 1 ra ion e expenses - . .~ ~ · .
• d. • . . · ' . • ments of the moneys in the Fund reduca the ; to· execute more .than one counterpart. ~
. /.thereof, l.PCludmg the fee, if any, Q.f the Impartial _
" ;, ~bitrator, shaµ be a proper ch~ge. against- -;Uie
'Fund and the'"• Trustees are autli6rized and ~
,J eeted to pay ~bch charges.
~~ . ·;·
ARTICLE VII~I
Miscellaneous
:.. : .. .. L The E~P.Joyer contributions paid, or · to be
. ·· .. paid,. into t!ie Fund shall not constitute or· be
" ·· deemed w~ges paid · or due to Employees, nor
Shall the-~Fund in any manner be liable for or
~e subJect to d.ebts, contracts, obligations, or
liabilities of any of the ~mployers or the Union
« "" any of tli~ Enwloyees. . . .. -~-~ /
- 2. None of :,.the Employers or the Union · shall
'.. :· ~in any way b~ liable in any respect for any ~f
,~ · jthe obligations of the Trustees because such
;~ ·,.Trustees ·are off..icers of or- in any way associ~t~d
_.'f " .ittth .. any Emplpyer, or the Union; it being the
. .:..·;tfii.tention that ~each of . . the Trustees designated
f' , ·&s a l"epresentative of the Employers, · or, of. the
; · Uni~· . acts as ·a representative in a ·statutory
~:.J ;;ense only and not ~s agent of any person, firm, ·
.. "" ·corporation, or- organization. ,,.., .
"(' - .;.. . "
· \ _ 3. Whenever : this instru!llent sp~ifies that the
\ Employers are · to perform any obl.igB:tion or duty
,, ot: may perform any function or take any action,
'• · /~· provided for in ·Article IV, Paragraphs 1,, 6 -
'·· ~. tnd 7, Article ,V, Paragraph 7, and Article VIII;
, .. ·~Paragraphs 7 ahd 8, hereof, such collective obli-
. ",« llgation, duty, f®ction or action . shall be determ-
. Jhed in accordance with and under the provisions
·:.
1:p1· ArfiCle . IV, Paragraph 2 hereof:
: ¥<. -=- ·. • . •
·~-- ·~~).: .This Plan;.is accepted by th~ Trustees in".the
t~le. Qt N~w Y<>TJ:t, and, regardle~s .. of the .domjc
~i: -~f · ,_ the'· p~~~~s ,. ·hereto, shall' .. ~, ~nt~rp~ed"
.,... 'ff . gov,emed: in accordance · with the laws of
... ' . - ~
, at State. -'· - · · ;"
• ... l . . ~ ·:. . - .
} 2/ ~. The place of business of the Fund shall be
. AW York, New York. Any written communica
. ._ n. .to· an· Employer Trustee, ".individually, shail
We~. dee~ed pf-.Qperly address.e<l· 'if addressed to w- . . . .
1~~ 'emce .of such individual T~ustee and any
.~i(j
1
:·.tten. communicat.ion to the Employer Trustees,
Ue.ctively, .shall be deemed,.'properly address~d
., addressed to the offic~ of :.the Administrator .
. ~Y . wfi.tten :c()J1lJiluni~op ·~tD the Union Trus
~. eitper individu.ally , o~ collectively, shall be
i'eemea· pr~ly add·te.Bsed if addressed to the
i~a,~ql!~~~rs- Qf -the _ UJ'l,~n in New York ..
·~ 6~ ~ ·Plan .. sh(lll ~~t 'become eff~ctive uptU
: ·~ '~;eQntri.butio:ns . 011 p;,iym~nts thereto by the
'· pl~yerf :ShA-ll . Jia¥~ be~l'.1- approvep by the Bu--,t'.... "" ~ r'f'· ~r ) t
, ~ · ot ~rn,fd ·B;*:~JJ;~e, ,a~~~:I?rQper_ curr~n~ de ..
· tio.qs f(.)r ~x P,._1gp0ses. . · ,
' i • , I I
:. ·.7. 'r.hiS ~gr,eemep.t ~;iihlf ' Dec:J;at~ ~pf Welfare
F • . ·•. •. • • T ;,"· f' ,f , .,_ '
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Fort Stanton Men
, Aide~ By Crew Of.
8orthwe.ster.n Vic
Yoling Seafarer Sails Under Foreign Fl3g, «
Leams _WhatOldtimers Mean BY Blue Linen~::
· 'The hospitalized Brothers bere
·· at FoJrt Stant-on wowd . Mke to
,We our thanks in the SEAF AR- .
(The wtiler of the following letter ia a re.tired Seafarer who rec:enlly graduated from the
Colleg.- of the City of New ~ork and has gone lo Israel to observe conditions there. In this
letter, and another lo be published hr a sUbsequent issue, he tells of conditions aboard a ship -
of the new republic.-Ed.)
' rb'
't· • ':t '
' E1lS LOG to the Brothers of the
SS Nor~hwestern Victory for the
mone¥ they so thoughtfU11¥ sent
to us from Portland, Ore.
The . money ' was - split. among
seven of us, whose names and
book numbers are as follows: ~
· Peter Smith, 30567; William J ..
Faviour, ·36183; Gidlow Woad,
J
1~15; Joseph B . . Lightfoot, 7453;
A. McGuigan; 22945; R. A. Rat
ciiff .. 102016, and the undersign-
~ whose pook number is 27835. D~pite that sharp look, Ma-
! Thanks a lot, fellows, and good ... dillna Mane Murphy wu ·i
. lJACk to you 'all. · , · • · . a . . ... u ..... __
· Donald Mol>o"nald · mare a••~ monthl· viv. w.nwa
Hos~ital_, D~legate · ~·· photo -. was taken. Now
pushing 11 ~onlbs. she's ~·
To the Editor:
Standards achieved by the SIU
have not as yet been obtain~
by any othel" union". I am now
· sailin' as 2nd Cook and Baker
,on an Israeli ship which is or
ganized by the Israel Seaman(s
Union. This ship is a Canadian
' Victory-type, built in 1944 and ,
was recently purchased by the
·Israeli-American Line and put ·
~to service on a N:ew York,
Philly-Haifa run. In -fa¢t1 this
is its mai_den voyag~ under the
Israeli ftiig. . ·
Boyer Says Sgt. Hand's
Is Place To Fuel Up
Although - I ha¥e :been with
the crew since. they · "took her
over in· Halifax, Ne-va SCGtia, I
have· .seen . .Gmy .. one case of JOO
daughter of J'im Mu~hy, 3rd action. Th~ Bosun was asked by
Reef•r· Engineer on the· Puerto the. crew aft to speak to the old
To the Editor:
Rico. WALTER BLAZER man about the deplorable con
ditions that _ existed. They re-
~ Just to inform ·the boys of Harry The Barkeep fuSed to work· if these coridition8 the storer-ooms and boxes. We
a: place where they cari meet wer-e not corrected. had one day in which to clean
all their SIU Brothers, dhie and-- Changes . His Setting . They -had received ·a set of her ·UP and take on the meager
' ~et their whistles when they To the:- Editor: linen, c0ilsistmg ·of one bath stores we were to use till we
drop anchor down yonder in towel, one blue sheet, one blue reached New York. She should
"N,00 Awleans." . Here's something some of the pillow case ·ahd one ditty olank- have stayed at the dock another
··And that's the Austin Inn, 416 . fellows· ftlight ~ interested in et. They had nQ mattresses, no week.
C!._hartres Street. It's operated by kaowing: . . . soap, no matches 'Mid very little ·The Bosun made some demands
our good friend Sergeant Hand. . Hal'.ry, ,or "Red," the bartend~ _cfmw. The- ship- nad just come· of th~ SkipP.er, who assured him
~ Occasfonally, · Moon . Kouns er formerly at the 1'r1idtown Cafe out of ah eight·~onth lay-up' that all would be taken care of
's~ps :~P · and puts . one· on. Hold in West .47th Street,. New York and had many broken pipes, in New York. Everything would
el(erything! . I mean,,- a song. City, is now working -at McHal<?'s lousy foul water and in gen- .be done 1n New York..;....gold in-
. . . . l'ercy · Bo.Yi'r Bar at. 335 Eighth Avenue. eral was· &DaW: laid.heads, platinum seats, every-
. .. SS Aleoa Planter J'ohn (Bananas) Ziereis . The galley was filthy as wer,e thing-but New York was two
weeks away. Cargo in St.~ John, ;
New Brunswick and Baltimore .
saw to that. It was hurry up '
and wait all the way to New
York.
In New York conditions def-";.~
initely improved but they never .·
did reach SIU par.' Some of tbt!·'.
inequities I have noticed are:
1. Topping booms with thr~e;
men plus the Bosun while the · "' , · '
others chip paint. · ~
2. The 4-8 watch going to wor.k,fr-· ·• ·.
at 7 AM- and on their afternooii~t · ..
watch working till dark. r •
· 3. Messmen going on the dock:~.: .•
for stores--no overtime. . l r '
4. No overtime for loading ·· · • ~ ,
stores even after _7- PM.
5. Messmen cleaning
geeing heads as part
daily work. ·
6. Mates working on deck
day. , .,,,
7. Securing for sea after leav- · ·
ing port.
After we left New York there·
was a better supply of lineii
and soap but I found out that
the crew aft did not have sprnigs · '
on their bunks. Most of the , r ~
~I .i
bunks were constructed out of : · ·-
wood and the dirty mattresseff
that were taken from the _ offi
cers' quarters were placed direct- '
ly on the wooden base. We, the· ·.: .
Cooks, were lucky to have. . ':I
.. ' H spqngs so they took away out ·
~ -~ ti . Of -U.n1·f· or~-w··. e_ a .. :-r1·~g -~aws Op • v1·ewsmattressesandgavethemtothe· ,· ): ~ueS ~!l a ·aa J..IC p08JDg crew. We were- supplied with:- .. ·
' / · · · · , thin straw roll up affairs. Each · ' ·u ~iforms i\t~n
En:ct-,·of f~eedom
in t'liat -coi:li'llry' gOt ·themselves -sia or any _of its satellites. t;lniforms as it identif:ies the time I lie down the spring ~' 1
uniforms. it ·may : hwe helped When. a man puts on a uni- wearer. Most people abroad have and I hit the wooden base any:.:·-·
their morale~ althcmgh :t aeubf fonn 'he prunediately loses his w<trt:t some uniform at some time how. · "''
it, but it certainly ' -did ·help individuality and becomes just of· their- lives. Or, their relatives LONG HAUL
I hav e noted, . with deep inter- smash the &~e .. trade wiien _mov~- •another guy ,in a mob. D~n't get hav~. . . , . This ship is so constructed .
est .the ola argumenf ·o:t "l:lniforms ment of Qermany. · me wroug, Im not knocking the Some time ago, after having that the chow· must be carrieq.
'for .mschant seamen ·:Which· was _ During Wotld ·war II, ,. Rus- armed forces, for their uniform ,had a shipboard discussion about fro:r.n the galley, which is mid-· ..
started re_gently in ~he LOG, so sian · ships' · crews . C'ould always ·~ a necessary part' ?f ~iscip~e uniform.s, :t~~ ·.DM and I went ships, ·way back aft where tlle·; ·· ~
I would like to add my opinion be seen wearing monkey suits- ~ a ne_cess~ otgamzation. ashore m civilian dress. crew sleeps and eats and 3Jso' .
'to .. those already ghrin. - and brass 'Quttons but you or" It is ttue that some .men feel A couple of days afterwards; forward to the saloon. Two Mess-1·_ .
' ~ln 1933-i. ~hen the: Nazis tqpk ,.anyone -~e never heatd "of a they have mo~~ security. when I put on my. blues, and the· DM men work aft and they have ta · ·
·over Germany, , a lot of p~ople . militant seamen's t.Ulion · in Bus-· they wear a uniform-thats why his old USMS 2nd class petty of- set up, carry the food, serve it,; ··
- · many go for them. · But that ficer's blues. What a difference! breakdown, wash their dishes,} : t
L~g:A-Rliythiil.s. _ . .. .. ~ . "
. --. Amer1:ca
· is definitely. not . the ,,, attitude The people treated us more glassware and silverware, serv-·· ·
-AFL seamen have shown, nor is friendly. We were- charged less ing spo~ns and carrying po~/ . · '.·
it the attitqde that built the SIU for merchandise. In some cases then clean the messhalls, ... two •. · :
·to its ·present strength· and mili- we · received free drink$ and heads and the aft passageways. ,, ;:,;L ·'
tancy. were invited to homes and had On SIU ships .this work iS'
.. k No Brothers, for, my mon~ a a general, - goad time. People done by two other men-a dish- "·· ;~
- ._,by lJenito. Zieliits i unifprm foY: seal!!-lm spells the just opened up. waSher and utility. In tlie 88.(::.:•";~~
, ,, .end of 'civilian status .and in.di- We asked: · "How come?'' An- loon they also have two men but:·· ·
;_ ·>Jae'i~ ,ii -.~ f~·-~·.]~§;._far -to t.~e west~ . viciluai frei!dom.- So. let~s . kee-p swer: With you Americans one only because they are carrying . \ ~ ~-.
- · ations our sailors free. We have enough never knows if a fellow in civil~ ele~ passengers. '
lBe~~-b~ ~mott· prospetous of all fl · trouble with the ' Coast Guard ·ian dress is a worker, a business- Th·e· s-100~ Messmen have 1't! '/ ,A. ,.,~hu•-. of Motlier E-1'th that is greatly bl~ - '&4
· Wllera. p,eople live in brotherhood.. and patience. ,Without being part of it. in-an or a rich plaboy. All you easier. They don't have to carry · ·
~ ~There, 'fHl'I 1.:igo~ ~ • .,., men set feet after many ~ala: · Allan ·MacDonald ' feilo\vs dress pretty- smart, ·bet- the food: as far and they don't ·. '...,, .
· ,. ~ li th fr ·ter than our mayor on a holiday. have to~ do any heads. Instead; ,_,
· J~nd .~J!iadi' it clear .14at th~~· fiff ·.Should ve !lJllOng 8
."· Can Be Useful ~ Who-can tell the difference? And they have to take care of the 1··
: (~~~ ~ve~ creved !hould ~hip- according to its own d if a .f~ilow . can afford to dress stor.e-rooms and the linen locker./ . (
J: . conS:C1ence: . . . ~broad, He Fin s· l'k . h ll th
.One thing they cherished most 0~ all was personal liberty.. i e t at, we - en we can There is a fifth man who makes~
' - . · · .To ,the Editor: charge him more and get a few up· the '25 sacks- for the officers ~ · .
. lfbw that the world is threatened by nii.$ery Pd· 4~lon. .111 your ·recent . issue "Mrs. o1 his su:rplu5 dollars. and passengers and in his spar&.,,; ~
·~•· aie-a~,·aff~d to _.,... ~d tar ?'~· truth . ' ~ook No. 50688" Suggests the But, with you -fellows ih uni- time paints and soogees. · ,
1 To -~eep ·~:rom feeling ~h! 1~ Of 8}•1
nism, ~ · . · · wearing of neat uniforms by our form, we know · where we are. The Deck Department carries.:; ' ,
Flung at -~apioccmt P89P~• 'by lackeys 1~ by shameless leaders. · seamen. · Editorially,_ y.ou.- ~e. Yau work like we do and you two· men to ~ watch. One is mi'~·,. ,.
·.~ patrip~ ~ ~ w.Ufully .~- to ~atic:ilm; . . .against it . but you also btvi·te don't make -too darn much money AB and the other is an Ordinaiv.. ~ .
' ~~'ft ,8• tbF ~ .... l~'riD!r· ~Ov~ .~~ .bebbu:l in ,cha,ins ,. ·~our· re.adellS .to discl.ISS this con-· .either. So we won't oveFCharge. They take turns at the ,wheel.
.. .'..;, Digb)man ' w...-, thim th. inqui&iti.oD'f dark~ -clay1,, ~ . "ti-oversial subjP :.. .t The DM and I tried this ·ex- During . the day the.y work ·OD i,
< • ' t X "~...::i....a:.._ > I + I '°L.· - - " -'Ls<iil o .&'L.-1- • • ' • •1<
,~at m,akM *d-;r.--,... ,~a ,.u~ ; c:m.u ~~Te~ : \Y'ell.-lrert. .0 £e my two cents; periment in. France, Italy, Eng- · deck in their etf hQUl'S. '· '}
''\Ve~ ~''!told~~ 0u piiiadlpJ-. ·. wonh of o ;ti: . . '.' land. and North Africa. Same T_!US has ~ written whUev_,~'
· .. l~·. i,laoUlcl ~ - -WldriwbMf '",iOf ~~ ~et ,,mike :our · . -, lt:: ·pays ..JJ .• wear , a unifo~ thing all. over. · , ·we are still at sea. I will . write · '
ti" r' »l:.r. .... · ~~ · ·· : 1 _ , • • • ,.1 • -1 · ~. ~ , ";"""~ ·-,. ' · _ , . ·· :y.>hen i81!1\1..Ke abroad! ~ , Well-I h•ve ~tuck my~ neck a -sequel .. when ·we an-ive ..r,~··. · •·
•11 -~: ·· -'h~H · ani ~om· • -~·· tsam91-;-~ · · .. ~ '. _: ;lb. ,Europe,; ·~ ;gJ~tflU .. and · ,~t. :yvho's next?, .. · • ' H~-.~- OUI' 6rst ~of call.
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'. .. •· • - ~~1Plft~~;; 1 <'· .,. iSO\I.~ - Ameriea, · · ~ple1 .r~· ·~ . , ~H•wse ' Pipe~· . Waller;,-...r .. ~·
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' ANDREW JACKSON. Aug. 13 PAOLI. Aug. 13-Chairm.8.n.
....:.Chairman. Wesley Young; Sec· Robert Brown; Secretary. Mau
ntary, Hyman Pitkofsky. Dele- ~ce Culp. Delegates reported no
gates reported few · beefs. Ship's beefs. Mike Prochak elected
Delegate V. · E. Bunak · read Ship's Delegaie. Four men re-
Ship's Bulletin and led discus- quested letters of recommenda
sion on Welfare Plan, War Bonus tion and received same. Delegate
and Insurance. Motion . carried repor-ted that too many men are
that all beefs will be submittea quitting ships at the last min
in writing to Ship's Delegate for .ute, making it almost impossible
, qiscussion with other , .Delegates to replace them.
· before being presented to board- · ;t. t,. ;t.
ing Patrolman. Purpose is to get TAINARON. Aug. 9- Chair
'beef accurate and to eliminate M B t" s t p man. • urns 1ne: ecre ary. •
petty beefs before . ship docks. Fox. Delegates reported no beefs.
to to "
·sEA WIND. July 26-Chairman.
· .John Reisback: Secretary. E.
Boyd. Delegates' reports accept
ed. Boyd elected Ship's Delegate.
Deck Delegate reported on shore
gang replacements in Germany,
·:;,nd it was decided to have crew-
, f;nembers notify Delegate in ad
', ~nee if time off is desired. Crew
·~greed to allow Stewards De
'partmeilt to get overtime paint-
ing their own quarters if deck
men have more painting than
they can handle.
Engine Delegate reported that
1st Engineer i.s unwilling to co
ope~ate with different members
pf the crew. Crew made up a '
collection and sent wreath and
telegram to Brother B. F. Bean·
~n~ his wife expressing sympathy
in loss of his son, who died of
polio. Chairman Burnstine gave
an explanation of the Welfare
Plan from th,e Shipboard Forum.
t. t. t.
MOTHER M. L., Aug. 13 -
Chaiz:man. J. Rawlins; Secretary,
J. Byrd. Delegates reported num
ber of books and permits in
their departmenis. Delegates in
structed to investigate cigarettte
shortage when ship hits port.
Vote of thanks given Stewards
Department for efficient perform-
....
'llie OFF~IAL CARO 'TO PESISNATE~R
0E~EF•C•ARY. UNDER iHE Sl!AM RS
W&LFARti Pl.AN WILL SE G\VEN -ro'rb)
vJHE:N You· SIGN YOUR Nec:r ARTICLES • TO
PRE-.JENT .. CONFUSION I AND "'10 PRorECT
YOVR tNTEReS'fS : . ' .
.. l · . -• f~''!r ALL RE~~~
2 FORMATION D
• StSN YOUR ~· IN_K,..
WHERE NAME.
ir.--1.--.3. HAVE: INDICATED.
WITNe~f{EE SM1PMA7JS
FILL - YouRSIG"NAT~ • our ru..11 v ~
UoweVE -r•&..1 l»'E ·94 .
To c R 1 1~ You &.1{1c.-~
l-IANGI? YOUR ~
F=1c1ARy IN -n.tE Fl B&IE-
You MAy Do uru~,
ANy liME. So A.I .
LILICA. J)ily ~h~~
B._. ff~ ~now; Secretary. H. O •
Ridgeway: Delegates reported all
okay. :Motion carried t9 buy new
icebqx in Frisco, also have life-
belts ·replaced. ~
t · t t ·
PETROLITE, Aug. 19-Chair·
man. V. Perez; Secretary, H.
Rosenstiel. Delegate- talked to
Captain about painting of crew's ·
quarters. Ship's Delegate . read
communication from New York
Agent. Delegate reported that
he felt the crew had had a min
imum of. performing considering
the extreme length of the . trip
and the little time ashore. State•
~ent by B. Haper that anyone
writing to Union officials about,
crewmembers . should do so by
having a meeting first.
;\; t.. t
to " t ance of duties. '
SEA WIND. Au·g. 20 - Chair-
TRINITY, July 30-Chairman,
B. Sweeney; Secretary. P. Pia·
acik. Ship's Delegate reported
$23. 75 in ship's fund. Ship's Dele
gate also reported that Port
Captain had insp_ected mattres·
ses and agreed that they were Qf
poor. quality, and he would see .
suppl~er about having · them re~ ··
placed. Vote of thanks given
Ste~ards Department for a job
well done. Vote of thanks given
Radio Operator for posting the
FRENCH CREEK. Aug. 19 not dock until 3 PM. Motion baseball scores daily.
man, John Reisback: Secretary.
E. Boyd. Motion carried not to
P.ayo·ff until all beefs are settled.
Discussion concerning replace-
. ;i:ients for missing Stewards De
partment men in foreign ports.
Blood tested replacements were • ·
found hard to get and crew de- · ;\; ;\; t-
cided that Stewards men double PORTMAR. Aug. 13 - Chair
up_ and replace each other when man. G. Douglu: Secretary. V.
~ime off is required. Mey~r. Delegates reported num-
t t t ber of books and permits in their
. CLAIBORNE. Aug. 20-Chair- departments. ' Deci~ion ~.ade to
G B t S t H
. let next crew rebuild ship s fund,
man, • rac on: ecre ary, • t h d h d
G
· D 1 t t d $59 . as .. presen . crew a pure ase runes.- e ega e repor e 1tt . . .
h . • f d D 1 t ted washing machine. Schedule made s 1p s un . e ega es repor f . . · . _ .. _
b f V t f th k t Ch
. f up 01 rotatron on care of wash-
no ee s. o e o an s o ie . . .
El t · · f t · t . mg machine. All hands asked to
. . ~c ncia? or rm7 spen repair- coopeJ,"ate in keeping messroom
_ ·mg washing machine. clean.
Chairman. John Harvey: Secre- carried that letter from Chiwawa
tary. Bl~ckie Wagner. Delegates about transportation in Lake $ $ $ •
reported some . .disputed over- Charles be- concurred in. Brother - CARRABULLE, Aug. 17
time. Motion carried that meet- Manl~y gave a good Union pep Chairman, Willi~m; Kuschke;
ings be alternated so that both talk on the importance the Cities Secretair. T~omas Johnson. Deck
12-4 and 4-8 watcbe!) · cqn get a Service- drive means to the en- Delegate reported some men
chance to be present. Short talk tire tanker industry. were ~rying to settle their own
by Wagner explaining how ·the. beefs instead of referring them
Welfare Plan can help build a - $ $ $ to department delegates. Motion
better Union, and that thei Union FAIRISLE. Aug. 7-Chairman. carried to contact headquarters
is considering the establishment George • 1:eide~~; Secretary~ or 'ge~ a Patrolman dO\vn to
of a ;~redit union. P. Nau1abs. Ships De~egate re- settle Article 3 section b of the
ported on . . condition of water contract. ·Crew
1
feels they 'are en-
$ $ t tanks. Various Stew~ds Depart- titled to money for ' their shoes
CHIW ~WA.. Aug. 13 - Chair- ment complaints were ironed every time they enter tanks for
man. A. Lewu: Secretary. Bob- out to satisfaction of crew. cleaning, when no boots . are pro'.. :
art E. Hommel Delega:tes' re:. - t. t. t. vided.
ports accepted. Motion· carried to THE CABINS. Aug. 13-Chair
have ventilator from head con
tinued on up to next deck. M_p- man. Joe Viuonelte: Secretary •.
J. JCouyardu. Delegates reported
tion carried ¥> see Captain about no beefs. _Motion carried that
t. t. i, awning for fantail. Discussion on Delegate contact Patrolman co~-
SEATRAIN -NEW JERSEY. need of another messman be· cerning the work done by Cap-
Aug., 22-Chairman. Walter Bey- cause of heavy .work load. ' tain ·and · Mate. Motion carried ..
der: Secretary. Gene Auer. Dele- $. $. · $ · ~hat no one payoff without okay .
gates l'.eported number of books FAIRPORT; Aug. 12-Cha:lt· of Patrolman ~nd no vouchers .
t. ;to '° and permits in their departments. in8"' D. C • .Jones: Seciretary • .J.I be sigqed before. the. payoff .. Ste- .
LOGAN'S FORT. Aug. 14 _ Ship's Delegate reported that 'one Gibbs.. Delegates reported every- wards Department given vote of
. Chairman. Charles Shaw; Secre- man missed ship in Edgewater. thing · running sm~othly. Paul copftdence. .
" · tciry, William Morris. Delegates Steward informed crew that Port Morris reelected Ship's Delegate t; t; t · $ " $
$. • reported no beefs. Pumpman Steward in New York is short- and ~iven vote of thanks for . DEL NORTE. Aug. 6 _Chair- PUERTO RIC01 Aug. 20 -
. ·wanted to know, when the other changing on stores and sending fine. JOb do~e on past; voyag.e.
1
man. Bankston; Secretary. Lewis.' Chainnan. Reid Humphries; Sec·
. . Pumpman came back from his inferior supplies. Motion carried that all fans m S gg t' d th t ftball retary. George Boney. Delegate
crew ~ess b~ cleaned,· rep· aired t. ~ - esb ton tmt a e afr a sto 'd pointed out- that coowniembers
va:cation, who was going to pay t. t. t . earn e go en up om ops1 e h -.
· i. ·his transportation back to New OREMAR. Aug. IO-Chairman. and made to oscillate. for 'a night game ·with the: crew ·are not · ~o us;, t e passe~ger. ·
York. :.. He was told to see the A. Harris.on; :.iecreta.ry, Edgel in Santos. · Discussion on how· _ gapgwa! m San Juan. Del~ga.t~ .
Patrolman when th ship got . L D 1 l t k th h. . • f ,. reporte""" bn number of . books -. , · e m uzur. e egates i·eported no arge o eep e s .t~ s unu-. and ' permits· in their depart:. 1
port. Chief Mate to be seen about beefs. Motion carried that some- Brother Bankston explained the··· . "' £ "-' ·a "th" · b .- "" ._.i ·
1
. .# f · th t' · . t f d n+' 1. t menis .. an · · e num er OJ. _ m~IJ, ~
.. ~--~ans or; . e recrea ton room. t_hing be done about securing for ~p~r anc~· o t e uc~1ona ~ee - paying off. Ship's· ~d reported 1.·
.-_ ·steward agreed t<>' a cold meal on sea at Cruz Grande. Brother mgs, not on~y for. perrmtmen a~ $SOO.l2. Chief ·Electrician· re.i..'.
h~t Sunday evenings. Cobb reported he was almost ?ut f9r book hoJders also. Var- ·ported it would be · necessary for ··
t; $ $ swept over the side while dog- ious crewmembers spoke . on ~e him to see the Chief Eng'ineer
JOHN B. WATERMAN. Aug. ging down at night after ship . need for . a. ifeater , variety m about additional fans for the
I-Chairman, E. Buhrman: Sec- had left port. Amendment: That $. ~ $. meals an~ improvem~nt of the glor¥ hole and messhalls. - ._
" retary, A. Martel. Delegates re- Headquarters take special note FORT BRIDGER. July 9 meat. Editor of ship's paper -- .
. · parted on number of books and of this situati!'n. Patrolman to C~ A. Arthoefer; Seer•- repo~d a staff meeting_ would . $ t. . ii .
_ permits in thejr departments. be requested to bring LOGS and tary. M. Olvera. Discussion on be held the followi:qg · day and ·MASSMAR. Aug. 13-Chair·
~ Motion carried for letter to be ·overtime sheets down to~ ship ·loggings and pe:rformings. Pump- contr,ibutors were invited to at- man. E. Hog~e; S~etary. W.
written to headquarters in refer- as crew has no time to go to man sugge_sted that men whp do tend. . . ' Compton. J?elegates reportrd no -
ence to the manner in which the Hall. not smoke refrain from purchas- t; t t 1 . beefs. Suggestion made that ·
last St~ward left the ship. Dis- t. t. t. iµg cigarettes for . sale · ashore. . ALCOA PLANTER. Aug. 12-,,. more v~iety be incorp.orated in
cussion on keeping quarters, rec- ELLY, Aug. 6 - Chairman; Steward reprimanded f-0r being Chairman. -E. Cole; Secretary. H. meals. Motion c:arried that there
reation room and laundry clean. John Fedesovich: s 8 c re tar y. late at meeting. . Gallagher. Delegates reported no be, ~o card playing ~fter, meetin~
t. $ · t. Thomas Dyba. Delegates' reports t. t t . beefs .. Committee eleeted, to sum- ·begm~. , ' · ·
-ELIZABETH. Aug~ 20-Chair- accepted. Fred Israel elected FRENCH CREEK. Aug • . 9 marize the incidents provoked · $ $ t; i
~ ~· Ferrara; Secretary. R. Ship's . legate. Wipers accept: Chainna,n. William ~anl1ty; Sec· . ·by 1- ~rother in Los Angeles ~nd ' KATHRYN. Aug. 6. - Chair.:
-~ralicki. Delegates rt:;ported some· et.:. ; .:sun's invitation that· the retary. Blackie Wagner. Motion give report ·to Patro~man. E. nuan. .. L. Guellnits; ~ secretary • . s. -
disputed· o.vertime. Repair list to paint officers' rooms. Motion car- carried that men who- came ~e · suggested that Delegates re- 'Masten. , Delegates, ireported
1'e hand.ed ' into the- head of the ried that Union be informed 'that aboard hi Port Newark -make sign :at e11d of each -trip, {lS- they ieve:rything 1j>by. Motioµ. ca11ried
de'partment.· Men who take time Steve Johoski. AB. was taken out .an expense account · for · sometime assume too mu~h re-, ~t.-:·'1st As1:1i~tant.' draw ·m~
Oft were instructed · to call .a off ship on July 23 at Guantan- transportatiop. . and ~two .~eals, sponsibility. ·-Ship's , Delegate cleanllig gear for W~. ~o~iou
· dby and get in · writing the imo Bay, suffering from acute ·:i,hasmuch as : they 'were · to re- conuiu~·ndej:i .. for the .. good job he carried that . an improved:, bra11d
. oper paymerit f~r work done; ·appendicitis. " ·port at 7 .AM md the ship did 'did du;ing~ trip. . ot coffee b'e put aboard the sJUl>•
MOBILE-Chairman. L. Keira.
...28393: Be cord in~ s.cretary, I
J'&111H · I.. CarrolL S9; Reacliag .
.. Clerk, Harold J. Fischer, 14. A&G Sllipp;dg· FrOm A•I· 9 To Aug. ,23
PORT
Boston .......... ......................... .
New York ...... .................... ..
Philadel,Phia ...... ................... .
Baltimore ...................... ........ ·
Norfolk~ .............................. ..
Savannah ............................. .
Tampa .......................... : ....... .
Mobile .. : ... '. .................... , ...... :.
New Orleans ...... , ............... .
Galveston ......... : ................. : ..
West Coast ............. .. .. ........ .
REC.
DECK
19
137
42
26
6
42
.:10
62.
150
R£c. -REC. TOTAL
ENC. STWDS. · REC.
13 11 43
. 131 127 395
21 23 86
(No Figures· Received)
20 16 62
5 3 14
(No Figures Received)
37 42 121
66 67 203
26' 24 112
49 36 135
SHIPPED SHIPPED SHIPPED TOTAL
DECK ENC. STWDS. Sj-{IPPED
15 17 9 41
76 88 61 225
27 21 21 69
. 73 83 51 207
6 2 1 9
1 3 4
(No Figures Received)
60 41 47 148
82 79 91 252
~ 19 16 60
4(!_ 59 63 168
cept committee report that G.~ _,.
P...eteusky be allowed to become • ·
reactive-. Under ·New BusineS'S . · . ,,
motion (by . H. Gunther, .second- t ··
ed by W. Lamb) carried thatf .4-
meeting go on record as in; ' ,1 ·•
structing Headquarters to inves- · · ~
tigate possibility of increasing , -
war risk insurance for maximum ,
of $25,000 for seamen. Meeting
adjourned at 7 :45 PM with 300 ~
members present.
~ ~ to
PHILADELPHIA - Chairman. .
A. S. Cardullo, 24599: Recording
Secretary, Bill Rowe, 34607;
Reading Clerk. G. Everett, 38389.
Minutea of other Branc}). meet
ings read and accepted. Port
'Agent reported on the prospects
·of shipping in the n~t two
weeks. The SS Carroll Victo~y.
-be said, taken out· of .the bone
yard, is going to South Atlantic
Steamship Company and will
crew up within ·a week. He ad
.vised the membership to take
jobs off· the board · b.ecause thlti
·would ' eliininate need to _ issue
emergency cards. He · also re
porte~hat the city's 70~day bus
BtriJFe was over. Headquarters
· repqrt and Secretary-Treasurer's
jilu,mcial report we~e. D~ad and
approved. Meeting adjow·ned at
~:30 PM, with 1S5 members
GRAND TOTAL ................ · 454
I
. 368 349 _1,171 411 412 360
Motion carried to accept min-
1•183 utes of previous Branch meet- .
================================================================================= ings as read. Port Agent said
Agent d~cussed shipping· in the on the half-hour, instead of on had been six payofffs, five sign- that shipping had been good for .
port, saying that it has been the hour. In discussions it was ons and 30 ships iri-transit. All the past two weeks and that the .
fair. He ieminde4 JJ}en no~ to .pointed ou·t that the motion's beefs have been settled either prospects for the · immediate fn- -
'- '- " . be £hoosey about jobs and to intent was to eliminate confu- at the payoff or sign-on, with ture appear bright. He added
SAVANNAH _ Chairman, E. take them as they appeared on sion, inasmuch as the SUP had exception of one on the Del Mar that , the John Stagg ~ad paid
M. Bryant, 25806; Recorc:ling the boapd. He also .blasted the job calls every· hour on the hour. which will be squared away. off with several beefs due to- a
Secretary, K. -0. Broadway, report. issued by an W)Damed Meeting adjourned at 8:10 PM, Brother Monson, the SUJ> Agent gashound crew. He pointed out
88215; Reading' Clerk, G. w. government agency, which prac- with 30 members present. in New Orleans, asked SIU men that this was the kind of stuff
Biµoneu, 37344. tically recommended the liquida- ' t " " to understand that if they take that membership repeatedly went
. Motions carried to accept tion of the American nierch~Pt NEW QRLEANS - Chairman, ships here, they will not be ptill- on record .to cl~an up. He thank
Headquarters report and Secre- marine. ·He asked. for a· :motion Leroy Clarke, ·23062; Recording ed off on West Coast but will ed the membership for its coop
tary-Treasuret's financial report t? conde~n !he recoromen~a- Secretairy, a• rm an Troxclair, remain for full voyage. He is in eration on the door. Motions car-
• as read. Agent said that shipping, tions. Motion ... mad~- and earned 6743; Reading Clerk. Buck Steph· need of ABs. Communications ried to refer written excuses to .
was very slow. A few calls for that the. Umon go on record ens, 76. read: from crew of Jefferson the Dispatcher, and to acce!>\::
jobs came from ships in the cond~mnmg the government- ag- Minutes of previous meetings City; from Central Trades and communication from the Marine
yard that had" recently come out ency s report. In Hea?q~arters in all Branches-~ead .and approv- Labor Cou~cil urging unions to I Co:rps League. Headquarters r~ .. -
of 1·ayup. He also said that the report to, thetmembertsh1p it was ed. ·Port Agents r~port stated support Wilfred Desamare for port and Secretary-Treasurer.."s ·
Union had sent a wreath to the reported tha ~ due o the fact that· affairs of Branch are in Representative of the Sixth Dis-I financial report . read and a~·.;
mneral of the wife of SIU mem- that many ,ships had been taken very good shape and that ship- trict in coming election. Mo-
1
cepted. Meeting adjourned •at :
ber Paul Thortan, Minutes of o~t- of the G~lf ·boneyards, and ping had picked up since last tions carried to ac~ept commun- 7:30 PM, with 111 membeTs·"
ptqer Branch meetings read and will b~ · operatmg_ fr~m the 'Yest meeting. Since that tinie there ications. Motion carried to ac- present. · ~ .. ;
approved. Meeting adjourned at Coast, ~eadquarters had assign-
7:30 PM with 29 members in ed Lloyd G~r.dner t<?. the Coast
bttendance. · _for the duration of the emerg-
t t- t ency. The move was made to
, NORFOLK _ Chair an Ben protect the interests of the mem-_
Rees, 95: Recording :'ecr'etary; ~ership ·out there and .to give
James Bullock, 4747: Reading them broader representatio~. The _
Clerk, J. ·wyiin. report also s~at~~ .that if the
emergency situation warrants
1 Minutes of meetings in other such further shifts, the member-
. '!\rai:iches r.ead and ap~roved. ship will be informed of them
~o.tion carriE:d to .~onc~r m R.e- as the n i eds arise. The repo~t C~~L S.MITH • JAMES DAVIS
mst~tem~qt .e.omm1~tee s report . .further said that meetings with KARL HELLMAN You can claim your galoshes
Commum~ations. were r~ad, and Cities Service representatives .Get iz:i touch with J. Frank in· the baggage room of the New
those. askmg. to be excused fro~ -were ·continuing and that the Kelly, '204 S. Royal St., Mobile, York Hall.
~etmg ~e~~~. r_eferred ~o the par.ties were separated by a few Ala. He says he has important $ $ "
pispatcn~~· . Mob?n ca:ried -to ma-jor points. Meeting adjourned information for you. J. SCHENK
elect repair and inspection coi;n.- at .. 7t45 PM. · . 7 °" " :t. The pictures you su~mitted
~ittee to chec~ our ·. heatmg · · . " . '- I; iPETEJl BLUHM are very interesting and t -> I:.OG
plant . . The following were elect- GALVE. ·sT'l'>N Ch- • ~ Your draft board classified you would lik~ to use them 1t the
ed L 0 . J A A ~· ... - IU rm. an . . r .R : C othnzellr wdencs, o' . S. . de .1s, Keith ~lsop, 7311: Recording as 2-A until . August 1951. It prmts ar.e too ight for repro-
1 • ? re . an . . ~un ers. Sec:retarr, . C.. M. TanDebi11, asked that you give them your duction. If you can let us have
M~etiµg a.dJeurned at 7 .30 PM, 25922; Roding Clerk, .R. Wil~ present employer's name. . the negatives, ·we may be able
with 65 me~be_:s .present. ,bura, _
37739
• • °" ~ ~ to make more suitable prints.
._. ._. ._. RICHARD J. ·EGAN _ Please let us know: Editor, SEA-
., BALTIMORE-Chairman, :Wil- Motions carried to accept 1t • N . . FARERS LOG. '
u-- 2 • Branch minutes of all ports, Sec- P1ease get ·in touch with .
.aa.au Rents,· · 644.S:' Recording to $ · $
Secretary, . Al Stansbury, 4683; retary-Treasurer's financial re- E. Wheaton, Manager, Uncla1m- ROBERT M. GARROD
Beading . Clerk. Leon J.ohnson, port, Headquarters re~rt to .t~e . e~ Equities Division, Prudential -Contact Draft Board,
membership. Port Agent describ- Life Insurance Company, P.O. Local No. your Upper Darby,
108. ed shipping in this area as pretty Drawer 594, Newark 1, N. J. 59,
; Motion carried to accept min- fair. Motion . carried at· 7:20 PM Important to you. Pennsylvania.
utes . of other Branch meetings as to . adjourn meeting. $ - $ $ .' . TROY$ M. $ ckvER
~ad..' Several , men were excused· -:;_ ,.. ·$ . S~ WINTER HILL .fr.om the meeting upon valid • • . Conta~t Catherine Carver, 422
~~uses. Port Agent discussed - 6AN FRANCISCO-Chairman. . ~en who were aboard this Neckar Ave., - Com;ord, Staten
: shipping in the port. Motion car- Jeff Morrison. 34213i Recorc;ting slhp for: voyage that commenced I~iand, N. Y.
J'ied to concur in Port Hospital Secretary, R. E. Melay •. 50404: on or about ·March 10; ·1949 and· $ " $
C
·- •tt" , t M t• (b ·Reading Clerk G M. Hildreth for the voyage betw:een the FRANK J. ANDREWS
ommi ~e s repor . o ion Y . . . . ' • ' d t f M 10 1949 d J
T T M t ) · d th t 11 37371. a es 0 ay ' an une It is important that you get
,.. · .. or 01,1 carr.ie a a ·. . 14 1949 and who know any- · · ·
men be in the Hall the morning Minutes of other meetings m · h! t' th Ln- f Ed . m touch with your wife at 71h
· · 11 B h . d .d ed t mg o e . .LL!Dess o . . wm N J · ks St M bil Al . • f)f September 18 to aid m the a ranc es rea an . approv . B b d th 11. · 1 · · ac on ., o e, a.
e1~ction w6rk. ' Discussion :on men: Port Agent reported that ship'- rewer- ~ ot a~ ."th eHs ip, pRea~e , " " t;
... , h' . d h 7 . . • . • th t t k h d commumca e wi erman aJ:,J- c.an~LT H•~P'C'R tms11mg Ore s ws a.n avmg pmg m e pas wo wee s a Be . . St 1. ,, · -42 ~n.nu ,!,a n.n ~
to• be replac~d off · the . dock. been f:O~·d. Two .ships paid off Bson dQI? . '. N~ammy· k er4 mNe.'y · Your wife's new · address is
to. .. ' • • • d th 2·7 · t' •t H roa way, ew or ' · · · 5216 E" hth A B kl .iv.u~etm~ adJourned'. at 7:35 PM, an ere were m- ran~i. e · . · · ig ve., roo yn,
with 208 members present. s·aid that the next couple· of $ "I; t. New York. She asks that you
: . $ , ·to -t . .. . . , weeks look goo~,. \oo, with a SS SA'lfDCRAF7 write to he-r there.
·
11
1'0STON ~ M~eting1 • lac~d a . nilmber of ships . s~heduled to . The below.:named inen.. s~r- t $ t.
quorum, so special m,eting w~ _call here. · He asked the mem· Vivors of . the Sandcraft smkm · CARROLL E. HARPER
~eld f6r p.u~e of . cheeking , ~i:s · to' .pay · a :visit tb Un~ort . on ~~lY. 2, 19?0, · are ~ged to "Please get . in touch with me.
lilipping cards; . , ·. ,, BrotJiex:s in ·_ the - lac.al Marµle get m teuch with Madeline Old- I'll be on the beach when you
..-:.. ~ t " ,·· · ~ . · 1*ospital. Moti?n carrl~d to · ~~· field! Chief ~ocial Worker, US get home: Frank Bianco, 310·Jef
; · N·E W ..-.1' o ·R K \.~ 'Cflairm&n; fer all .iex'cuses··-to -the ~rial and Marme fiosp1tal, Staten · Island ferson St., Brooklyn 6, · N. ~.''
=
,~Yi· ~Ar~, ''29838:~ ReeOCd~ ~<?use· Ce~~i{tee.' T.he· · f?llt~- 4, . N. Y. · . $ $ - t.
Becr,etut, Fr~e· ·&.ewa,t~. ng r~ports were .read and. ~on.. :Myiles ·St'erne, Ben Schwartz, .RAYMOND L. l'ERRY
s:~ Reading:' Clerk, Robert curt ed ' in: Headquarters, · Rein· Charles Vf· Cothran, , .Fr.ank Mo"' .. Your wife, father and sister
·· htnra. ts,:·· · L. ' . - • • ~ statem~ntj ~ccmmiittee, -'!lrial · aiid ran,. Persons ~ Campbell, Ra- !p'e worried about you. Please
~u~e~, 0rot~.er . l!h;anch :~eet.-. ~cuse · .~~~~~· .~otjo~ - car- jner .,J~ Raner, ~anuel A. Pope,. get . in touch with tthe~ at 120
·s ·i&ad ~ ~i;ia "' approve·d~IJ ;Poi't r1ed ·to 'have JOO ·ca~ every hQUr and Berke Schtiler. West ~erson St., Meh'ose, Mass.
}I~., ' '
JAMES H. POPE
The insurance company is ·
ready to pay for damages to
your home under terms of your
policy and has deposited the · ~·
money in the registry of the
Court. You are requested to get
in touch with Chilton Bryan,.
Commerce Building, H9uston 2,
Texas, in regard to this matter.
to ' to JOSEPH SMIJH
Get in touch with your family ... r -
or the SIU Port Agent in Phila'- ·~
delphia at once. :i.
$ "' ~ CLIFTON B. COLE
Your . mother is ill. Get in /
tc;mch . with E. Cole, 139 Fay ..... d.
weather St., Cambridge, Mass.. · r . ~ " " . (
ARNO CLUE GAnNET •I'.'[
Get in touch with Mrs. ShirleY1:l
Wessel, 25 South Street, NewB . . ... .. ~
York City. ..1 .r . ·
.v " ~
CLYDE BUTLER
Your mother is very anxious.I
to hear from you. Please write.-x
to her at 125 Merchant St., Bilt~'I
more, l':l o. Carolina, as soon asq
possible. NL
" $ ~ 'l"OM LANGAN
II
: t~)
Please mail your present ad .. ~ l
dress to .the LOG for publicatioll' :>
in ·these columns. A number ofi't
your former shipmates on th&
Steel Mariner are anxious to
communicate with you.
"~" · HERMAN JOHANSSEB
· Y-0u are requested to get hi ~ ·
touch with Mrs. -0. M. Bennet~ ., ,
856 Little .- Farms Ave.,- Littleo
Farms PaPk, New Orleaiµ; : 21,rs '
Louisiana. ..q · ..
'IY Agent . Rips
-. li~u,idators {J.f
Merc.hant Fle·et
By .JOE ALGINA
NEW YORK-Fair· is the word Did you . know that, as a result o currents and edd'ies,
for shipping in this port. During the Hud~on River deposits from 2 to 18 jeet of silt against'
.the past two weeks, we held our the docks on the Jersey side be twee ·Edgewater and . J er
own. Although it could have sey City. The Seatrain pier in Ed~gwater is one of the
been heaps better, shipping was
• f " , f , ....
. Attenti~ii · War Deparimenf: Eddre Larkin, i memb~r
·of this Union who occasionally forg~ts pimself and ships
out as Electrician, }\as vital information for you~ He pinch~
ed a cu~e wa~tres~ in an uptown,,. nightery and is nq:v( .
qu_alified to tell you _all .a~out "flying saucers/' ... A. Wilk,
through his mouth-piece, Paul Gensorchik, informs us that
his forn:ie~ buddies in the ~arine C~rps ~re. now op th~
firi~ line. , · . · . :
not~ing . to really gripe about. hardest hi~, with an average .mon~ .Y accu~ulatiOn of
Getting down to the· ships that 1.46 feet .- As a result of this, the Seatr~ slip has to be
• _paid off in the period just end- dredged .twice yearly to maintain thel nece~ary· thirty-:foot
ed, t4ere ·were the Frances, depth. ~
Puerto Rico, Elizabeth and Mon- · i
.'roe, Bu 11 Li nee s ; Claiborne; While we are "don't vou knowing, ' we hope we are not To give credit · wh~re credit is du~, the . following· wa~
·lifted verbatim from the "SS Puerto Rico Advocate," which
is ·printed py the crew of that ~hip: ''For the benefit of the ·
new men, the itinerary of 'this .cruise and distanQes be
tween ports of c~ . are as follpws:. New York to the 'New
Carioca:-+J.399 miles; San Juan ta the 'Hotel · Jaragua'~
239 miles; Club 77 ~o the 'Ca.ribe Hilton'-232 miies; 'Ba'y;
view Rest' to Hudson
1
& Jay-· 1410. Signed by MGM r~
Chickasaw and Fairisle, water9 revealing military secret; when we state that 32 SIU con"."
mai;i; Seatrains Texas and New tracted ships are under charter to the l\1STS and undoubt
York; Coral Sea, Orion; . The· edly on their way to the place which I am not supposed to
Cabins, · Mathiasen; Evangeline, mention. Anyone who does not get what I mean should
Eastern· Couer d'Alene Victory . · ·11 h · f
arriers; eaw1n , ea ra ers,- . . - . · C . ' s . d s' t d · write me a personal letter and I w1 isend t em copies o
·and the Trinity, Carras. news pertammg to the Korean War. B the· way, Waterman
The Coral Sea, Claiborne, alone is operating twelve of those wa ;ons. Their names are
Couer d'Alene and Seawind .were none of my business ... Seafarers who lsailed the St. ·Augus
on foreign articles, . the Fairisle tine Victory when she flew the Isthmi~n flag will be happy
wa~ intercoastal and the , rest to know that Mississippi Steamship Co; is reconditioning her.
were coastwise.
leases-'Murphy-Goldman Marbles.' " ·
I , .
Steward . George Stei~berg's so:µ, Calvin, pitching fo~
the Cleveland Indian's Class "C" farm te.am, the '~Mattoon
I Indians" pitched· l?<>th--ends of a . double-header and won
both. Cal gave· up three hits in one game and· ·faur in the
other. Musta been g~tting weak. . . .
. Signing on were the Robin
-Tux.ford, Coral Sea, Couer
d'Alene, Steel Worker, Isthmian,
~nd the Christina, Carras.
BUREAUCRATS AGA!N
A new high- in bureaucratic
stupidity was ,reach~-d last week
with the recommendation by a
government agency whi.ch in ·ef
tect ·called for the liquidation of
our merchant marine. ·
. For apparently good
. the government agency
•, : ,,sible. was not named.
· ' · . what it recommended:
re~son,
respon.
Here's
1. That the 50-50 provision re
quiring half of the Marshall Plan
cargoes to be shipped in Ameri
can bottoms be done away with.
· 2. That the government cease
payment of operating subsidies.
3. rhat 100 tankers and dry
cargo ·ships be transferred from
the American flag .to foreign na
" tions.
4. That foreign .flag ships be
allowed to sail· in the US coast
wise trade.
. Any one of the foregoing re·c
ornmendations, if carried out,
would 'deal a severe blow to our
·shipping, especially in the cur
rent crisis. All of them together
would completely crush us mer
dlant marine · activities.
· ,. The government ought to latch
· qnto · the characters who cooked
Francis, sometimes known as Frank, (Blackie) Otvos paid
off from a 4%-month trip to the Far East on tlie SS Steel
Mariner to learn that he }:iad been a ~nalist .in c'o~p~tition
for the Ruskin Scholarship to-Oxfprd, but had missed out . I ,
because the Mariner had stayed out longer than orginally _
scheduled. Anyway, Blackie, we know you weren't behind
the door when the brains were passed. out.
-
The Seafarers · w ·elfare :Plan has sent four checks of
five hundred dollar~ each to beneficiaries of deceased
me111be~s to date. Members hospitalized at .the various TB
hospitals such as Fort Stanton; Manhattan Beach, N·epon•
Quite some time ago th~ Union went on. record against set, etc., have writteri numerous letters to the Union ex.;,
gashounds, performers,. weedheads and lsimilar breeds. · As a pressing their satisfaction and pleasure over the increased
result . w.e have not only been ·able t-0 k~p and improve· our~ weekly 'benefits they n~w receive as a result of ·the Wel~
_conditions, -gain inestimable respe~t for seamen, maintain a fare· Plan. ·One men)ber .at Fort Stanton writes, "Where
strong Union and lead seamen in · theiv eternal fight to im- . once we had. to dep.end on the generosity of our Union
prove their lot-:-but we 'have also kept the Coast Guard .and Brothers w.ho made :·domttions - from · aboard ship to keep
the military at bay in their demands to take over the US us from running short of cigarette, candy, . stationary ~nd
merchant marine lock,stock and ships.
1
Certainly now, with toothpaste money, we are now well provided for. A pa~~
these people looking for excuses to take us over if the war out of the hospital is now a pleasure, for there is a dollar
hysteria. ouilds up,
1 this. Organization i~ not going to relax, or t\YO in our pocket to spend. fo. million ' thanks· to th~
and let a few crackpots and pertormer~ jeopardize all ~hat SIU."-and a milli~n than~s to you for your lett_er, Brother.
the seamen of this Union-stand for . . If l an~one ·reaQing this TQe arm~ reports clearance for Jap tramp cargo ships
fits into one. of the unpopular categories ilisted above, let hi~ to hit ·us 'ports. Some joker in Washington . wants a bill
stand warned that if he gets by the Coast Guard he will passed all~wing foreign flag . ships to run coastwise. The
not get by.-thi~ Union, so that he-Jnay a jsecond time put our Union should chec~ up to see if' our· maritim~ policy-male ..
rights in p~ril. Certainly no qne that I kpow of in this mem- ers are aliens or citizens. .. · . . ' ;
bership c~res one bit about . being a fivilian with stroi:ig Th_fs column Wi.ll .appreciate ·news ·of inter.est from
military rules to abide by, or worse yet,_, without any con-
ditions, seeing this .country's merchant ~arin~ i'n .the co~- -members -on .all coasts. Just wrl.te to "Fo!"e & Aft" at th~
plete hands of the mili~ary. Personally, it .se~ms to me that New York Hall. Give us the tid-bits and we;ll write them
the Army, Navy, Mariries, Air Force, all:>ng· With the femin- · up for yo~ .... Since the first· of August, the New YOI'k
ine branches of the Aimed F'orces shoultl be enough for the Branch has had . to ship 46 tripcard men, while :meml;>ers
- hi s B t of all ·ratings were· on the"beach. This is not a healthy c~n~ brass to handle. Pardon me, how did t e ea- ees ever ge . -
left out? To continue my tirade, while iChas me hot, ·if diti6n. Permit members, should, in their own-interest, grab
these foul-ups care to see us as a b4nch of the Ar!Jled _'these 1obs. When an~ · if- the so-called boom col~apses, t.heY.
Forces, do us a big favor-join th~ Navy. It's patriotfo right will fin~ themselves competing with all the surplus wbich .. up these recommendations and
Jet tpem know in no uncertain
terms that our merchant marine
is an important factor in our de
fense these days. They might
also be .asked just who, or wha~
governments, they are supposed
now. If they draft you after you lose yc!>ur papers-somt! of th~y themselves· will be·'responsible for . .
the glory is gone: Crewm·embers of the ·Cuuer de Aiene Viet~.i-y, weU
to be wo:king for. . •
MUTUAL CONSENT
All members . who have the necrs.sary seatime are satisfied with the conditions ~nd officers aboard the ship,
urged to brush up and get higher ratitjgs. Ratings such as are trying to set a record of some sort for "mass ho:r,n~
Electrician, Refrigerator Engineer, PuTpmep, and .Mach- steading.". Daye Buckley, . ~ho rode for months ~ in ,Cit.i:eli
inists will ship with ease, so get those ~~dorsements. )'here Service as a v,olunteer org~ri~zet just ·got of:f that ship aft~'
are specimen questions and answers for Reefer~, Elect.de- almost thirte~ert -jnon~hs of '.oiling . . Bosun John K~Irh.ic ~
ians, Deckt Engineers, Firemen, . Oilersf and Watertenq~s . still abGard ._ after-: t~~te~fr Jiion:tp_s; "Tjny" , (li}te .. ~. h~lise)·
~r . On the subject of mutual con- I Thomas is . on: over . six . rttonths, ~- along with . sev.ei.al . otlier_~
. . · 8ent payoffs, it appears that available in the baggage room here ~n :r:iew York. You · ,
",t .some more · thinking and inves- can re. ceive then in an outpprt by wr.i~l.·If_ .. g in. ~o~ them. too rtumerol.!S to 1'!1enti'on: . · , :
. ~ tigation on the part of some -1· - __ ., , Cities Service' firecl men• by the dozens ih an_ attemp~
- r' ,in.embers are necessary. For ex- ' ,• . ' to. beat the STO's _ o~ganizip.g . campaign in it's fleet. A fe\v;
_ample, if. a man joins a ship that SS Camas Mea.dow .. s . nc·.e·· -Ag.a· in of the .fellows · who . are·· back _in 'the. fleet pitching, as ~ . bas already signed on articles - · · . . .
, ~ ':in another port, he should find · .. ·-result· of · the Labor. Board Order wherein the "·company,
.. -out what the score is. Goes lo Aid Of . Stric ·ie·ll- .Ve9sel must rehire the men they _ fired for Union activity;- are:
If he's taking the place of a . .J • • Eddie Bamberger, Roger Carr., Roy · Brace,, Roger Lappinte;
man who has paid off because · (C<mtinuetl from Pdgt 1) _After thr e· hours ·and ,.58 min- Mike Carlin, Charlie Wysocki,' Mike Reges and Willie Dinn·
· )le · was sick or injured, or who self out, and the heat had bee~· utes, th~ · atrine Maersk, was ..
· was firE?d, then the new man is reduced enough to enter the fire- able to start; her· deisel ei;igines widdie. More of these nam~s ,will b, printed as ti.me pass~s.
-entitled to transportation money roo~, the crewmembers of the and procee~ 35. miles into Ras- They rate: a vofo o~ thanks from t_he' membership for ~ j~l>
!• ~ the p'~yoff port. . - Katr1~e Maersk c~me forwa~d tanura, _to rwait. 'repairs. . • well done. Ted Weaver ·and Floyd WUt just got off th~
· . If he is not replacm~ . a man carrymg the remams of their The 22-y ar-old Third . Assist- · - . , ·. · , · · · . . · • 1 · · ·
· m, one of these categories, then 1.'hird Assistant Engineer who, ant who I oked forward ·to the Wiµ~er H_i~ with a . year ~ vacatioi:i pay coming. : . f the
Jae ·is not entiiled tO transpor- seeing the oil overflow, .had at- end of ,th voyage :· when he , Union .issued· Pur.ple Hea'i:ts>these·boy:s' would have sev.eral
' -· )ion· .money. ·I ' tempted to shut off· the b~iler would ' ret . to Denmairk and - . ' ·.. n · . I • h c"· ~. ' 's " f' . Ii )1' :t
--~e: nnint -·is that ·he should fires and was caught in the flash . . . , . . . . • . . dqe tqem. rresentlYt· on t e 1t~~s .. .~rvi,ce i~g . n~ a u~g
i . .1.'.£1'! • r., · · . . · home, bes i a- weighted .canvass · · , . '. . .i . • .. . • • 'L. . •
tdmine; ·· the :t~cts .' whe. n he As the body was carried up . · "'; . · . h · 'L.c .... tt • .. . ... ~ . th-· with ·the . ~bove . mentioned re-U)Statements are . Joanny
... ,.... . h. 'll, 1.w. . .,, h t th t lk ·th fl f ho.th wi:qppmg at t e , uu om g... e ~ " .. , . • . . .. . ..
--~ so ' el. _.:.~,ow: .~us ... w ,a ,e ca wa , e ags 0 . - - .. . Ir ' .• • • ' , ' • •• Kleczek Joe ·scaramutz Charlie Asllcom and Wally Ho~pJ..
~s ~iUed to. TP"en. ·there~~ ~~" vessels dropped to half-mast and ~e.rSI!;ln p off '\h~_. ~l.l~l~~ . • ' · . : · ' - '. . '· ~. 1 • -' '.· .• • , ••
· ·· conf1u~ion la~· Qn. . ·,,. ~ '· .remained· ·sq. coa~t ,. · · ner. G!,.ve. them, 1~ h•n.d!
• ~ • ' II ' ~ °"""'* . °:?"' ' .. ,.,.;
Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America
VOL. XII NEW YORK, N. Y .. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1950 No. 17
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1·ve ore 1gn
~~--,..--~~~~~~~~~~~~~.,,.-~~~~~~~~--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The SIU's Headquarters 'fiegO-
. ,.,.,'he A_...,,...:,.an . 11.1:e· .. ,.hant 111a...:ne tiating committee brought five . Scuttling ...I. J 11~1 .,..,1 .lr1~ I-.,, .J.ri4 I • more contracted companies into
. the Seafarers Welfare Plan this
There's a ·war on, but apparently that fact -hasn't yet penetrated some sections of our government. Last week and trimmed the list of
;,eek a blind, befuddled federal agency came forth with one of the most outrageous set of proposals ever cooked those not yet signed to a feW up in w ashington. . . . small outfits. .
Following a series of confer- ·
. The nub o.f recommendation was that . the United States .should get rid .of its merchant marine - lock, ences, representatives of ·the Am-
stock and vessel--even ..going so far as to drive US ships from our own coastal waters,•the agency said. erican Tramp Shipping Develop-
. Here's how the government bureaucrats proposed that this be accomplished: · ' ment, Metro Petroleum, Seatrade,
and US Waterways corporations
I. Put an end tq the Congressionally-enacted requirement that 50 .Percent of all Marshall Plan cargoes be signed the Welfare Plan Agree~ .
carried in American bottoms. . ment in New York on Wednes- . '
·: 2. Take 100 American· · day afternoon.
flag . tankers. and dry cargo They joined the Philadelphia ..
Marine Corporation which had
,yessels and transfer them to agreed to participate in the Plan
foreign na~ions. '•'HY. 00,._,,T ViOU earlier in the week. All five out ..
. ~ 3. Stop the payment of YY I 'A ·J ~ . fits are affiliated with the Mar-
operating subsidies ~o U6 r- I\. liE H IM. trade Corporation.
flag ships. \;J y l RETROACTIVE
. 4. · Allow ships flying for- .. . ~o u D s H I p s ~ In accordance with the terms
eig-n :flags to enter . the US :,, • .. . ... . ~ . ...... of the Welfare Plan contract,.
which affects all signatory com-
coastwise trades. 1 'CAAT panies in like manner, the five
: Each of these recommen- ~t:,6.'v · new signers will contribute to_
dations are individually cap- t14..\)~ ... a the Welfare Fund 25 cents a day.-
able of dealing a reeling V for each man employed on their'
blow to the US merchant vessels. The companies will make ·
· ~ d payment retroactive to January
fleet. If all were adopte at 1 of this year, the date on _which ~
o~ce, . the American mer:. previously signed operators be-
chant marine would vanish gan payment . .
from the seas. Participation in the Plan by
The pr,opos.. al of such . a • the five additional companies
broadens its coverage of Union
fa'.te Jot our fleet, werel it to members. Seafarers who have
b~e offered i n· peacetime, worked aboard any of tl1eir ships
(Continued on Page 2) , for at least one day since Janu•.
ary 1 are now eligible for the
hospital and death benefits. SS ,Camas M1eadows
Again G·ives Aid To .
o·istre.ssed ·Vess·el
For the seconq time since_ sail
ing from Mobile last December
5, the crew and office:r:s of the
SS Camas Meadows have· lent
· their assistance• :to . a · · 'Vessel- in
1 distress. in the -Pers ~·n- Gulf: ac- :
cording · to· an· airmail' account by
her radio opera~or, Floyd J. Wil- :
son. .
The hospital benefits paid by
the Plan to Seafarers are $7 for
each week of confinement. The
death· benefit, which goes to the
beneficiary designated by the
Union member, is $500.
Th~ Welfare Plan went .into
-operation on July 15, with the
hospital and qeath benefits re;
placing those previously paid by
the Union. . ....
Conferences with the few com-
panies not yet signed to the Wei-. ·:·
fare contract have been schedul-. . · ·
ed by the Negotiating Commit-·
tee in an effort to bring all SIU.
operators into the Plan.
~ Last December they. tow~d the
disabled Panamanian tanker · SS
Callh-oy into Arub~. 0n· Augiist
21, they. assisted the crew of the
~~t~"f':f~r~:~:~i~ SIU Craw_ Ma~s First Tanker To Switch To US Registry
her ~reroo~
4
• Th.e modern, 1~,000-ton : SS shipyard in Baltimore in 1948 tanker touched off speculation operating under the Honduran
Le~ than- hau-a.n-hour after Olympic Games,\ first tanker to for the Olympic Oil Lines of 'that similar action by American flag.
oil from · an overflowh:lg bu~er be · switched to American registry Panama, the streamlined tanker owners of -foreign flag ships may Although it is not a certainty'
' ~nk flooded the fi:i:-eroom of the since the outbreak of the Korean is now being op-erated bY.i t~e US be in the offing. that additional foreign-flag ships ·
c'qmker and burst into flai:n~· tlte war, sailed out of ;Baltimore last ·Petroleum CatTiers, an SIU-con- A . strong factor in support of will be transferred to US regis- _,,
·C~was . Meadows . was alon~side, week manned by a SIU crew. tracted company. . this view is vessels flying ·the US try, there appears little likeli- · .
·putting fire hqses abp~ and Prior to the swit$ th,e Olym- Equipped with a completely flag are given pr9tection on the hood of further switches
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trom·
~hooting · continuous streams of ·pie Games had been · flying the modem engine room a.nd naviga- .high seas that foreign-flag ships US to fo~ign registry., Sh'ottly
water dowJ:?. ·µtto~,her . stac~ and Honduran flag under chartel," to tional- insiruinents, the Olympic do not get. after the Korean war began· tile ·
:~ver the cha.~d. after-'. housing, the· Socony-Vacuum Oil, Com- Game~ .is pro}>ably. the finest According to figures available, Federal Maritime Board ti41iten- '
.~on , ~ee h_ours ... ; , . ·· ; ptny of New York ~d w~s hand- _ta·nkef operatijig under the Am- .52. percent · of~ the Panamanian ed regulations, making. the ti'anS· ·
· :Whe~ ,the,~ fire. '.ha~'1! b1:ll"lled .it-. led .by a 0-reek crew. · erican .flag today .. : · fleet is ownee by Americans , who fer of i>tivately-owned ships al-
''• (~ !0# P•p 1') ·-. Built 'at the BetMehem . Steel The shift ef the Ho~~uran flag also control ·11,lost of the ve!wels most. ~mp~ible. ·
I . • '
P.ublished Every Other Week . by the
1':- ·sE.AFARERS INTERNATJONAL .U'NION
"• .. ' OF NORTH AMERICA
.Atlantic and Gulf District
A:ffili.deci with the kneriaan Federation Of · Labor
At f J Beaver Street, New York_ 4, N. Y.
orld War
'•
By JOHN BUNKER
CHAPTER 15
BOATS.AWAY
. The story of SIU ships in World War II in
cludes many incidents of .!orig voyages in small •
boats after ~eamen left their sinking ships .
. There was the 1,200-mile trip of the Star of
Scotland's men after their big schooner was
~ shelled by a sub in the South Atlantic, and the
long, cold voyage in the boats after the Liberty
ship Jonathan Sturges was torpedoed in ·· the
Nort~ Atlantic, a voyage that ended in the cap
ture of the survivors· by a German submarine
and their internment for the duration of the war.
Some of these_ lifeboat voyages were strenuous
ordeals in which only a few of the men were By BJLL DRAKE . .
event.ually rescued. In other. cases, like that of - Ancl then, before they realized what was hap- Captain Staley had a sextant but this was oi ~ .
o~e lifeboat from the SS Maiden Creek, the sur- pening, a shape loomed up directly in their path no .use without the necessary tables to go with
vivors were never found. -the black hulk of a submarine. it, so he relied on dead reckoning, while the
More fortunate was the SIU crew of the SS "It was a big, one," say Dolar, "and we were helmsmen steered with a compass held between
James W. Denver, a: brand new Liberty wqich headed right- for it."
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their legs.
was bound for North Africa ori April 11, 1943. While they watched the raider in amazement, When the food .ran out, the men became diS-
Captain Everett Staley reckoned their position the lifeboat grated against the submersible's hull, couraged .and from time te time some of them
as 400 miles west of the Canary Islands, ·as the sheering off just in time to . keep from riding had to be restrained fz:om jumping overboard, · _
Denver hurried--along at lll,2 ~nots trying fo re- right onto the ~ow tlying deck. One of1the U-boat's for they dreaded the prespect of becoming crazed. ·
join the convoy, which it had lost sometime officers shouted at them from tlie conning tower. from sun and salt spray. <
previously .during ~ prolonged and heavy fog. "What ship are you from?" Every once in a while someone struck up ·a . '"
A11 lookouts were scanning the horizon for wisps - They knew it ,was no use to evade the query, song and they all joined in. When the water was . · '
of smoke that might indicate the "missing" fleet. for the Germans could inspect the -lifeboat ·and doled out the Skipper would say, "It may be
They never. even saw the track of the torpedo find out anyway.
that hit them. It smashed into number-two hold "Denver;'' they replied, "the James w. Den- water now, but keep your spirits up and it'll be
juicy steaks one of these days."
and all hands abandoned ship soon after. No ver." .
casualtie~ occurred, for the boats were well The men on the conning tower had a good The songs and tl~e promise of steaks-it helped
handled; and they stood some distance off from laugh over the fact and the SIU men guessed that · to buoy their spirits-make them forget some- .
the liig Liberty as she settJed slowly beneath the this must have been the sub which sank them. . what the discomfort, .the hunger and the mon-
waves. "Well," the German answered· in good English, otony.
They all looked around to see if the sub was "so you lads are from one of those Lib,erty ships." Finally they saw fish spawn in the water, a
going to surface and spray them with machine The remark sounded sarcastic, ·but before the sure sign that they were coming into shallower
gun fire, for such a possibility was in the minds sub moved off in the darkness a sailor came down depths. This was followed by the gradual chang- "
of all torpedoed men during the war . . But the the deck ~o hand them a carton of cigarettes and ing of the sea from .blue to green as they entered
U-beat never showed itself-not even-coming up from . the bridge the officer shouted a cours~ for the 100-fathom curve. Their ho~ soared, f9~
f<?r an inspection of its kill. . · them to ·steer. During. ~he next hour th~y sighted they knew now that the shore wasn't too faro~ .. :-
:Qeck Engineer Dolar Stone tells about the 34- two more U-boats, ·evidently part of a' wolf pack. On the 5th of May they sighted land and, witli - ;- :
day odyssey taken by the 18 men in his boat ROUGH SEAS the· wind still holding good, sailed right up . on .
after· the survivors separated that night. to the sands of Rio del Oro.
"There was a little half-hearted joking at first,!; All hands continued to be seasick .as the h~avy By this time none of them could walk and
he recalls., "but, all in all, it was a pr:etty ' solemn . weather persisted; and the ·lifeboat-. made more they tumbled out of the boat like so many crip- · .:
affair. We hated to lose o~ ship, ~nd ·to see her mileage ~p and down than it did toward the east. ples_to ~rawl across_ the welcome sands on their" I • :,
go dawn: without even having fired a shot in de- ~ations got low after the first 12 d~ys. Crack- hands and knees. For a while they exulted in
fense."· · ·_ . ers gave out, wate:r was limited to three ounces the luxury of just being on dry land, but this ~ .·
-The Skipper gave them a course to steer, an4 a day ·per man and there was· nothing left to_ eat joy was tempered when they discovered that all .:, .
told each boat ·to "hoist sail and .. get going. . . : . but malte~ milk ·tablets . . Three !JY,ing psh. landed arounq. them was a vast desert-nothing .but ....
the sooner we sail, the sooner we' ll land." in the boat . most opportunely and were cut up dunes and endless sand.' Th~re was. no habita~ioli
.. Dolar's boat ·stepped its mast, hoisted the little in equai. .. parts, to · be eaten .raw. It was not the or sign of life anywhere-not even a tree.
· red .§.ail with . which Liberty ship lifeboats were ·first time that these aecy fish . helped to sustain At night there · were terrific sandstorms and _-. '"
equipped, and set out for the east. Seas were torpedoed crews! during the day the blinding sun. ·
making up fast under a sharpening wind, and On the night · o( May ·11, the 1sea-t-ossed sur- They m,ight have died there on the sands of
' they soen haa~ to ,.rig . a -sea anchor ~and heave-.to vivors saw moving lights s~II).e .distance off. These Rio del Oro and never been found if it hadn't
"hefore the waves. The . other boats by this. time . immediately disapp.ear~d . -when the. men shot been, strangely enough, for a German · submar:
w..ere . out of sight .and they rode the sea alone, flares. · "Probably more subs/' Dolar believes. · -ine which had been sighted.- and depth charged " _
a t tiny · flo~sam, se. ·-it. ·seemed,· .on that huge ex• · J4st ) hree day~ lat~r, . ~oweve:,1 · ~he'i.long voy- l!Y British pat~ol 'planes, not fa: offshore from i :
p~se ·of dar~eriirig-, ocean -and breaking white age ended, Spamsh ·fishermen s1ghted1 the boat, the spot where they had landed ·JUSt a few days. · _.· . .
caps.. ., . . . picR:ed them up and took"tliein ·to La ~guera in . before. · . _-.. ::
.'··A life~oat in placid- w~ters · is anything b1:1t. th~ Canary Islanc:Is·, from .}wh~nce they. later ·got On the 10th of May, five days after the. wealt -.· ·
comfortable, and the-keelless craft · pitched, roil- passage back' to the States by way of ·Cadiz. and hungry men had beached their boat on the
ed and wallowed all that first night and for the After the torpedoing, the _Captain's boat had African coast, these planes were out searching ; •
day and. night that followed, ·making ~11 hands . set a coµrse for the hearest land, whicb! ·the Skip- for the U-boat and sightpd the Denver's men
\\i:et and miserably seQSick. · ' per . figur~<l to be R~o del ·oro on the coast of sprawled about on the sand.
: Just at dusk '?n the third night, the lookout Africa; . I ' . Not -many hours later a patrol vessel came by
statio~ed in the bow sighted a yague. shape loom- · · For the first 12 days, thing~ weren't so bad. At and landed a party armed to the teeth · with re
ing up •ahead, . and in the excitement of this dis- -least there were. crackers to munch on 1.and some volvers and rifles, for they thought the men
covery yelled, "Desti;oyer!"' As soon as the look- of the sickeningly sweet purilmican 'Yhich had from the Denver were· survivors from the hunt"; . .
out had 'sung out, Dolar lit the boat's lantern ~!1d, been devised. foi: lifeboat crews. But oq the 13th . ed _ U-bo~t.. . ·
standing up on the bow thwart with one han<! day the ~ood gave out and from then on it was It is a tribute to the hardihood of these SW
c:>I?- the mast, waved- it . back. and f.orth ·as a sig~al, . :i;iothing but water. Even at that, tlie water was men and the' Navy armed guard gunners that all ·, . ·
on the chan~e .that the $hip wo.uld see them, if limited .to two ounces a day per man. survived the ordeal and went back to sea after ·
indeed .there was· one up ahead: · _ · · 'fhe. winds held strong,· which was a blessing, reac}rlng_ the States some weeks later.
· . .-To ' better attract attention, each man switcheii ~u~ ·it also made life tinco~fort~ble, I throwing Lucky they were for, according to their res ... · ,
on the· little lights ... that .w~r~ · fa~tened to " .a pin spray oyer them continually for ~ach bf the 25 cu~rs, i4 bodies had been found at that~ $am~'"1:'
~d· .lanyard 1 onto.,.~~e~ ,. lifejacJ:tets, hoping ~hat days t~.ey w~re adrift. At nig~t . it was !cold and, . spot sq~e .. months before. They also had been .~
he red gl~w . W,p~ld shine enbugh ~() . be · seen. ·being thoroughly wet,. th~y almost fro· e before· castaways who . had run out of food and . water
!Ough, t4e night . . · ' · the sun broke acrQss· the seas each. m rning. bf'.fore a 'rescue ship came by. · '
The rider ·to .SIU contracts
;vering war risks in ' the Far
"• Eastern waters has been· supple
,. ment'ea to provide a $10,000 war
J... tls1t bonus in the waters adja
. cent to Hong Kong, as described j
in Section 5 under Area V in
the rider below, ·and pictured
1
i on map on the right.
~·/ It is mutually agreed that:
1, ., 1. Any vessel operated by any
1
"·, of· the employers party hereto in ·
· "·' the China coastal waters in the 1
following described areas shall
, ·" be considered to be in areas
1
·,. render~d unsafe by hostilities. ,.
AREA I ·
All waters within and bound
efi by the fqllowing lines: begin
ning at a point 6n the China
doast at 23° north, thence east
to . the intersection with longitude;
·.. 119° east, thence northeasterly to
· .... the intersection of a point at I
. latitude 26° 15' north and long
, . ~ itude 121 ° east and thence west '
-.,. iilong the 26° 15' parallel of
· ·nor.th latitude to the China
~~ · eoast.
100%'
·tJ3onus.
•• r AREA II -
:, - ' ·All waters within and bounded
''~~ )~y :the· following lines; beginning
'~ :at- ·a point on the China Coas.t at
.. :. , 33° north latitude, thence east
_ 11~000 ~ ,
~rJ(is,(
l11s11r11itce
t ti1tJ:ie .intersection with longitud~
" 124 ° · east, thence north along
·if f2.4 ° east meridian to the China
·~ "··coast . .
AREA III
.All waters within and bounded
r:::
asT CHINA SllA ~~ .'~o /.T~g~Slt.Jm&
. "r~ Gwlto. ~ . .
" ·t' by the following lines: begin ·1100·
Atf't1cf!JtJn11s ·.
· • Suwanose Shima.
Takara Jima .!;> . . ' ning at a ·point on the China
·· Coast at 26° 15' north latitude; . • f· ·~ N.AltSEI SHOTO ·1
'1)~---!o Shi · · thence east to the intersection
· c with . 121 ° east longitude, thence
northea.sterly to a point at the
. iritersection of 30° north lati-
Tori Shiaia.!::. & • .nu&iUl&I. • ma.
• · • Okino-erabu Shi• -
, tude and 124° east longitude
' · tltence north to the intersection
:.-· .oi 3·3 ° ·north latitude and 124 °
I
f 10,000 Wiil RISK
":· ~'!JDP -f~ ,;~ tOkioawa'Shim'.a. . -".: .
~'!S ~YSeWbt.;; ' 'J> • • 'lWa ~~Ima
~-
· ; east · longitude ~d thence west
"· ~long ·the 33 ° parallel of north
'· J: latitude to the ' China Coast.
INSURA~
I
AREA IV _
. All waters within and .bounded
~ by the following" lines: beginning
1 •
-~at a point on the China Coast
~ ' and 23.11 north latitude, thence
' . east to fl9° east longitude, then
· · northeasterly to 30° north · lati
.;, ~.-~e and 124° east longitude and
· L"fiam _30° north latitude and 124°·
.<east.' fongitude southerly to Sho-
- #. .- LUZeN STlfAtr: :
. ~. ~'BataiaJe .
~ -
_~..:...~--~--~--~~i--~~-~.----~--.~~---· -----------------~ ...... --·~~----Mll
-loto· Sho, then westerly to Shic
•. hisei Seki, and then from Shic
, .· · hisei Seki westerly intersecting
~· ·at . the China· Coast 23 '! north
;-.·lft~itude.
able under -.this paragraph shall Risk Policy shall be pro'Vi4~d . .in. China CoaSt at 23• . north: lati- 6. Each party ·-reserves the
be set off against. and . in red,uc- the maximWDi·-swri of $10;000 .for tude, thence easterly to · a ~int right durllrg the .effective. period _
tion of any amount · payable as· each member of .th~ cyew -em:.. ~0 30' north latitqde and 118° of this SuppleJpj!lltary Agreemen~ _
AREA. v an attack bonus under Maritime ployed bn and aboard such ;a ves- east longitude thence. weste.rly1 to req.uest further negotiations
. · · l. All · waters within and War Emergency Board Deci.i'io~ .Sel while~ ~suCh _waters describ-' to .Gap Rock thence due west' pon the subjects of increase or
: bounded by the following lines: 2-D. . · ed in .Areas= I,. H, llI, W ·~ V a:long the' 21° 5-0! lin~ ~orth lati- · ~ductiori of the ar~as _ d"escribed·
' bE!ginning at the China Coast· 4. Wa-r RISk Insurance -C~:ver- abov.,e, ;~ in. ·the, .. waters witlhin tude· ..fo· ~ China .eout. , ~erein · as ·· unsafe, · increase or-
.. and · 124'0
• east longitude, thence age· r.especting loss of life ~d .and · bo.nnded 'b;x ,the · followinl 5. ·7his . .#>UpPlement.ary. Agree-' reduction of ,the. amoUI'lts paf,able.
' ,s9µth to 30° north latitude and disability in the form pr~scribed. ljpeS: · . . " .. · · . ~. ment .shall ·~· :e.ecithte as hereimder/ or .cancellatio.n of_- this.·,
~' f2~0 eastlongit~de- :and· from3~0 by . the Second Seamen's War · Beginning_ at a. P,~int on, the-0.f :~e .'date . hen!of. - • ~µpplemeij~ · ,Agreement . . ,
;· north. latitude and 1.24° east Ion- , . - . · ~ · . . . . · " _ .
· !!:2£~::i::%!~% ·:! P~~ladelphia Shipping ~'8d :And,,l.HJcs. Brigid For f ublre?
. Siberian Coast. . , · -""'· · · -- ';J - • ·,. ..
. _,.- 2. Each crewmember of such By STEVE CARDULLO Delegate and Department ~heads. Thesi charac.te.,r~ are ~ d~triment doesn't .' he · ch~k :the. ·records
" ' "~essel who is employed •under. PHILADELPHIA _ Shipping ti ~ save a lot .. of -~i~t and· .to th,~ .Unio~<"".'and here in this and fiha ·that .the combined ·,{ ...
-, th.~ ~erms of the wage agre~ment has been good fo~ . the past iwo pass1ble clia~ges- · that wilL be port are· gomg tq get ·the full . :to~ Of the snt,' s-m>, . and· .:m:A -.
•'of June 15, 1949, shall receive in weeks and looks good for the brought .. . agaml:!t men . missing works. : · · ·~ · · ·
1
.ha<t.te kept the .commies :off · the ,...
: ' addition· to . wages · 'and . allow- immediale future. There is' a· ships. ' ".. . . ~ . . 'I .... 1 noilce wh~e .'&()me ·charactet: .watem~ts . .-of the Gulf an~ Eas~'. :
'. ances· set for.th in said agree- shortage of rated men, ·both Deck '. "J{.e .have ,also had "'quit~ >ta :1ot i& ~lasting "the .. ILA for.; refusing i c'o;i~t tot over~ 12 .years .
., ~ent, 100% of . his daily basic and-Engine in this port. :several of . trouqle with gashounds who. *4)- unlqad the ·Cr.a~eat t~at_. ..J98 . " !~ .. ~ n t be diplomacy, ~u~
wages .for ,each day while em- -~imes we have had to call other were unable ' to dQ their ,w.ork &ta,lin's ·stooges traded to. Eng- .ft ha& sure ps hell produced. re.:., ·
·, · ployed -on aboard such vessel in Branches for men in order to and giving "their Btother's . a hard. land for maehiner>'.'• .. He states. sulfS. That js more ~h~n · s~m~ ·
.. su~h waters pescribed in Areas keep the-ships from ~sailing short- time. These foul bail char~cters» that !£ the 'HA ... thinks · it . is· ~1.omats I : . .kngw can state~ , •
1
f
I, II, ·III, "IV and V ·above. handed. . . . rare ~ pulled 1<$tl the. ship ·irtimedi-.. hurting the .CommupiSts · lh~ . · It ~is a pity that these ~ charad· 11
.~ 3. It is further. · agreed that. There suddenly have 'been a ately- and placed' on ~harps. lt'si are· ~ra!.Y, . .' . ·"',. · : .. , ters ·.~lin!t · have a· firSt hand ' les~"t:
\lV~e-. such vessel is in a . h~bQrr ~ot ·~oubl~ with. ships ·calling a h~ .. of a note .how they sci;emn. , 1_we1:1,: .. as I ·see1-~t, . if . we boy- son ~~· some ' !)lo~f'.;;\Va~ettroit:,.
m i-,any of the -abav~ quthn~d m ~ !>~t shor~-handed due to _-they w~e frant~ : after,· ·~e 1~tt all ~~iatL.~ th~ - , , beef, ¢~~~ C?C?JWB·ies;ttl'J;~ ,~l1 1
~-a~ . one $100 bonus 'will be p~1.d 0~en-.' ~mg shi:ps. In several ·bo~ze w.em:s' ,c51f! · . ': . : ._" ~1 ·- ·~.·~ "~ ,fpry~ ·t.c)'stpp, seµ~ :hpps. lie co.iµd,, s:ee'. :1~s pi:,thefif ,
to ~;each m.e:rµb~r . of the crew if ~cases ·the men didn't check tbe · · They don't .._seem ,tfi, 1 ~are :that ·~ ""mathffi~.,' to. /th.et· .coinmte11' «true. light: ' ,'; · .1 ... " . -; • • 1··, , ;I''· r 1
.•i~e~ .ueh v.essel or" th~ harbar s~ ~- lb~d before ·· going 1bej- . 11a~ , placed ~e~ Broth~-' t~ . ·~~ "~ :. _. '. ig~ . 't.Mi~~ather 'b:efe Ji*s r~~.
. ~ctly ·attaeked during .sw;h ~ore. :__ r: ~ . tm a ~ 4fbsWOR' or ~t'.' ;tl(e, '1lli ~ ~ the '~ war; -.·· •, 8'1· wit i,tice. -. $0 afi. you tll~"·
. ~ ;' m the -~~rbor, _,:~x:~vided, , jlf tries~ is : ~&;- S81~g ~4; ar~ b~lriOS :the coji~;,Whi .. ·"J: ~~ JtjJn ~/that ".we . ·~en't:. men· w o · • ~ .~~ '"~~~
.howf!ver, - that -._any , amount par- •post.ed,,- cbeck .,with th~ -·"Sh1p's w.e have fougb.t so ' l :.ard for. ~cl·,to"~tA)pk>~ -b\l~ why •ge,Wnj IJPps ·comebJl<.to see·" .'
• ' ., . l , • ; ' '" . • • • ~- t. ~ ., . .. . . ' . . . ; ... •· t •
When ~n December 2~, 1949, the first group of SIU-contracted benefits. From their point of view+ the· high cost of living-they
. companies signed th'e Welfare Agreement wi~h the Union, it marked probably weren't high enough. But ithe poi.ht . that the j:rustees of
another great milestone in the history of maritime unions. There are those funds _didn't realize was that t~eir funds were not bottomless,
few accomplislu;nents that have had a greater impact_ upon the lives that they had to be built up and stabilized t-0 take car.e· of all con-
of merchant seamen. tingencies. These experiences of oth~r organizations were taken to
There was the Seamen's ' Act of 1915, of, course, which emanci- • heart by the members of your comm~ttee, who were determined that
h h h d be 1. . _, this. would not hap~-9 to . the .~. eafai:e.r~ Welfare Fu.nd. · .
pated seamen from the semi-slavery under w~~ t ey a . en . ~v~ng . _ t
. and working. And there was the legal recogrution of the uruon hiring Some · of -the !ot!ier suggestu:~ns-mcreased hospital payments, pay.:.
hall, which gave them job security and freedom from ~µiployer favor-:- _ men ts ·to . 4iStressed· · families; et~~.:::.._are ; som~what~ cl06e~ at hand, but
itism and fink halls. • still await the-. c~mplete financial stabi~ty of the Fund. .
The Seafarers Welfare· Plan, however, has. given them .somet<hing:' - '. ' · : Ali .Q~ these .are. fine ideas .. But .tipe Welfare ·plan is ' only a. few
else they have sorely needed: peace of minq-t~e knowled~~-. ~hat they. months ol~ and. there are a "lot of ·Ye.ars1 a_he~d of us, years in which our
will not be financially helpless if they become ,sick ar are m1ured; .th~ " ·..; ll:lembersh1p .m~y, drop to-a lower l'evel;1 thus .. cutting· the .pa•yments into
knowledge that ·their families will not . be left destitute if they should . ~ ·. th~: fund by ·the·-operators. By taking· i't on the .slow bell, we can feel our
die. . . _ way' along until we see how . the .s~rpluf fund stands.- ' ·
. - It is>not . that the Welfare Plan, as it stands now, is perfect-far · : If we ~e -:-a la.rge sur,plus building .. up, . the ·trust-ees will set up
_,.,, 'from it . .The hospital payments are small .and the death benefit.·.will ·additional . be~efits right · aw..ay. ·.After .. aU, the purpose of- the fund is
. not carry; one~s survivors very far. The importance of the WeJfare- ·ffot ·to save ·money, but to provide · Wnefits for the members of· "the
Plan lies in the fact that the wall has been breached, a beachhead has SIU. The·niore benefits· the.Fund can piiy, the better otf every member
.- been made in our unceasing fight against insecurity and fear. of ol~ age. . · .will be. But until the . Unfo.n is_ positive 1 the Fund can absorb additional
· · payments without threatening the en~~re set-up, the best course is a
Now that the course has been charted, we shall go ahead, .and the . slow orie. ·
time -is not too far distant when the Seafarer can face the unpredict-
able future and old age with the assurance that neither he nor his .·· · . . Meanwhile, it is of prime impor.tance that eyery Seafarer cooperate ..
family will be left penniless should anything happen to him. . · ·.· --fully to make the Welfare .. Plan work smoothly and with a minimum
of confUsion; so that all hands may obtai.n their benefits in the shertest
The Union has asked for, and received; suggesti~ns as to what the possil11e'·· time. I
Welfare Pl~n should provide . for. The many varied suggestions that · · 1 •
have come into the Headquarters offices show the great interest of the What C.an Seafarers do to make tnis possible? Only a few tl~ings,
d and all of them are simple and reason,ble. For example, when applying
membership in this question. Some of the . replies were discarde at . for hospital benefits, see to it that you have with you the necessary
.once, as they were already covered, eithe~ by present l'rovisions of the papers attesting to ·your eligibility for benefits~
.Union contracts, or by Feder~l law. ' .
Others, however, were of the type that the Committee wanted
and they have been seriously considered. When the time is ripe-that
is, when· the Fund is gre.at enough to cover the increased costs entailed
~they will .be pushed by the Union· for incorporation. into the Agrf;e-
~ent.
When the W e~fa~e Plan te~uest~ certaiI?-. infoi:mation, ~r ~he filing
of forms ~ch as It ' IS. now doing to establish the, benefic1aries of all
members, do y6ur bit by getting this information in at ~he first' possible
.opportunity.
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· It is advisable that all Seafarers learn everything they can ·abou:t
the Welfare -Plan---the eligibility requirements, how the plan operates
Some of these, of course, are still a long ways off. Even a casual · a.nd .so on·. All of this information appears in this special secti9n devoted
.contemplation of the costs involved will show that they are not cap~ble to the: Plan .. Keep it and. study it. It
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contains every_t~ng . a Union
<' of being realized within - the coming n{onths: A pension plan · for member need k.q.ow to see that he gets what he is entitled to. .
t · . older Seafarers, a Seafarers Rest Home-these are· projects that must
· be· planned carefully, that must 'be set up on a secure financial founda- Read your SEAFARERS LOG care~ulJy when asea or ashore. Any
:tion 5o that they will not send the Fund into bankruptcy. _ announcements or .developments in connection with the Plan will be
given full coverage in your Union: newspaper.
The· Committee, in its negot1at1ons with the operators, always '" -·
held in mind the lessons that it ha,d learned from other -unions-from --By ·keeping your ear to the gro~11d, by keeping- fully informed
· ·_ those shoreside uruons that, in the first flush of victory in having won . on all aspects of the Welfare Plan, . you'll :.find that your benefits can ,
. welfare plans and perision plans from their employers, set the beltefits .be obtaineil simp~y and quickly-without delay or confusion. .
- 50 high that these funds were soon milked dry and i.t'loperative. It The_ Seafarers ·welfare Plan is yout" plan. Help yoµr plan work
. ;was'n't that tl.ie ~embers of _those unions didn't deserve t~ose ·~Jg~ · effi.ciently and effectively by .. giving it your cooperation. ' ;
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'Great Ac_hievement_', -S·ai- Negotiating QQmmittee ·
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· We, the. undersigned members of the SIU Ne- ·, types of benefits other than those of .hospital and . ma.nner, we can !iron out. any kind.- of ·ki~ks in
gotiating Committee, hereby make the following death .. Such new be:q~fits will ·be negotiated on the. process. · befo~e we inc;rease ' the siz~ of ·d~r
report" and .recommendations on the matter of . the basis of the amount of money on hand in ,th~ benefits. " : ·
the Welf~e Plan. . fund and the ability ; of the ~und's -income to In addition;"' by i·starting out· by paying benefits
. We have negotiated on this matter of welfare pay S.@ffie. I . "). . in the amounts .spown in this report, it . wnr·-a1;;.
with SIU-contracted operators for a period of . a: The Plan at this--: time calls for weekiy hos:.. Jow the Welfare Plan to buifd up a cash. reserve.
over 6 months. We have come to a final agree- pital lienefits/ of $7.00 -.and death benefits of 1$500. of funds in such ~ manner so as to continue<the ·
ment with the · operators and attached hereto is . . . ' - . / . . ; - - successful · financi~l operation of the Plan itself-.
.. a complete copy of the contract we have negoti- These payments w~l b~ _paid m ~he sam~ ~an- The membership is to be made aware of ~the t ,
. ~· ~ted, subject. to the approval of our membership, ner as ~e ~he regular' Um.on Hospit~l a~d D.eath ·fact once ag~in t~at, once ~he Plan is functidil·
· · /( as per our constitution. Benefi~s paid now. In any ·event, there sh~~ be ing, and we .see t~t we have the necessary cash
.. : r TQis contract, among others, makes the follow- no _wait for any of out me~bers for re~eip~ . of reserves pn hand j~~ ~he' i~~ome comes in prop- -
~: · mg. provision_s: • . thell' benefits. erly, -we can at t~at tune, µ we see fit, re-hego:-
.1. The SIU Welfare Plan will not be adminis- Your Committee feels that this Welfare Con- tiate any ~yp.e o{ ·new benefit . o'ur me~bership ·
tered by . any i,nsurance company as is the case tract, as . it is negotiated, 'J'..epresents. a great may feel lS nec~ssary for the welfare of Oltr
in other union welfare plans, but instead, will achievement for our Union. It is to be pointed· out people.. .. .. _ . . I : . .. . . ~
. : be _ handled . by representatives from . both the to the membership that, .the ·:benefits ,we hav:e In v.1ew of th1st we the~:fore recommend the
union and the company: as prescribed by law. agreed to pay under this Plan-are at this time foll~mg: I .
. Not· usj.ng an insurance company will save con- few in num,ber, a'nd s~aU .iii ·~oun~ of mpney. 'Yf e recom~en~ to our
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.membership, \iVheth~ ,
sjderable money. The actual business functions The reason ·for this, is· that y~ur P'~n Negotiat"'. ashore · o~ on ship, tha~ . this contraef and report .
of .the Plim will b~ handled by an Administra- ing Committee feelS that, before · ·~uch , a Welfare be ac~ep'ted ii?. th~ir entirety.- . " ·
-tor,r-Who .wjll work according to .the contract and Plan ' as ours ' is _c~l~d\on ~: · spend,. ~oo much ._. PAUL ,. H~LL . ·., · . · . ...:._
'-under · sµperyi~ion of ·t1le Uni~n:· and Company· money, we sho't'ld ·first asce).1.aJJJ. as to 3ust wha~ . . · . . LIN~$EY WILLIAMS" .
,rtnJstees. · .. • ., - · the · entire' cost -.Will nm "into·;anil:<tpe .manner ih:· ROBERT MA~ E\l{S· .L~OYD GARDNER ·:). .;
· ~.~Th~ · Union~·has the right ~o. negotiate new which · jt wiU .operate: ·By ~anirig in ·a ._~all JOSEPH VOL:P · If=' .rJOSEPH A'LGlNA .'. ·
. ' On this .page are answered some of the questions that have been asked of us on the Seafar~rs Welfare Plan. · As . with
•nything new there are some .who do not iully understand the provisions of th~ Plan; . some who misinterpreted some Of th~ · ·
.~auses-on. eligibility, for ·example-;-so~e who were not quite sure about this or that. We hope that all questions have been.·
covered in this compilation. But if you, have any doubt in your mind abol!_t any part of' the WeJf are Plan, do not hesitate- to- let · 5
Its know. They will be ~nswered 1 as clearly and promptly as we can. In addition, ·as· we poinf out elsewhere in these pages, sug~' ) ·
-gestions and criticisms 'are welcomed by ·Beadqu~rters. If you-think you ·can i·mprove the workings of the plan in any way, dr@P ,, .. ,
its· a line. If you ·have · suggestions as to -further benefits t~at can fit in with the Plan-holding in mind tha:t it has just' $tarted ;:
and that its funds have not yet accumulated to any great, extent~ome out with it .... If what you off er cannot be incorporated . :
into the Plan· as ·yet, it . will be·held until the appropriate time-if it has merit. . ..
. ··. Who is eligible for ·benefits. under the
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· Seafarers Welfare_ Plan? .
To be eligible to receive benefit&, a man must
have worked a,t .least one day since_ .r an~ary 1, . -
1950, for any . one .of the companies .that ~e sig
natories _of !h.e Welfare Agreement. _ .
What are the benefits?
Any eligible seaman, wl;io fulfills . th~ hospital
requi~ements, will receive .seven dollars a week
during such ti~e as he.is an in-patient in a quali- ··
b.ed hospital. However, h~ mus~ b~ -in such hospi
tal for seven consecuti~~ days, . before he Call:
- :r~eive benefit~; No payments w;ill be I}lade tor
less than a· full s~ven-day .-P~z:iod:_-.Thus, a person
in a hospitil for twenty..:fi~e µay:s will \be paid _for .
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twenty-ot?-e days. _
Cla~s f~r h~s.pital -benefits . must be presen~ec!.
in writing not later than· 14 days after discharge
from the hospital.
' In addition, .a $500 death benefit ~ill be pajd
to~-wliomever is designated by the ·e~igible sea
man. The. beneficiary may be anyon.e the seaman
prefers; not· necessarily the next of kin. However',
if no. beneficiacy ·is named, the death benefit will
•·go' to the legai next -of. kin> according. to the' laws .
of New York .State. Claims for the benefit must
be presented within one year of death, along
·with the necessary proof of death .
..
·.Must a .. man, be hospitalfzed tO receive
benefits·?
,.... ·-
. Yes. To receive the weekly hospital benefits~ · · ·
~.a member must · be a .patient in a US . Marine
_ f{ospital, a US Public Health Hospital, or a hos-"
'-pital located in a port in tlie continental United- ·
States· where · the Union or an e~ployers main.;.
iairis offices. '
· .~ A .. niember who. is ~ 'patient in . any· !_lospital
located in a . seaport · of continental · United States·
iS als·o eligible for the. ben,efits, provided' he en- · · ·
' tered that hospital as the result of an emerg~ncy
illness or injury, requiring hiS · .'re~~v~ . to the
institution . from a vessei ..du,.-~g -~'the ~(>ur.s~ .of .a , .. -.. ' . ---·· - ,... . · ... .
voyage. ~· . . ... ;:; -· . _ ..
I . Men· receiving .:home care . are:.·nGt· .. entit~ed .1'<>·
hospital. benefits.
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: <?D.ce: 11110re· the SIU has "brought home the ~aeon.·~ With its recently-won Seafarers
. Witlfan Plan -D~w o~ratlDg . smoothly. and paying benefits promptly to eligible Union
_ ~. · ~rs;· 'tile SIU. ·co~tinued to set the pace in -establishing top wages. conditions and
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· ~Y in muttlme. - -.: . ... ... . . .: .. . .
• k .
. Are men in hospi~als ·in inland Unit~ ·· :
·States covered under the Plan? · "'·: r ··
~
Seafarers in· inland· hospitals are eligibl~' :tio .
hospital 1benefits, if' they are in -a Mar~ne~; HQ&oi ;< ·
pital or a United· St~tes Public. Health Hospital~:~·;
The' US Public Health ·service maintains hos--;".-~
pitals in most -large cities through-out th~ coun~; ' ·
and no where iD: the country_ is a seaman ~'many/
• ' '! • ~ • ·~ -) • ~ - • • -
"iWfil~ fi':QJll a hospital coverea under th~ Plan.
Private inland hospitals,. howeyer, are ·not c-ov-
~~ed,- ··: . ' . -
. - .Approving· payments to men in private hos
pitals would be · taking a long chance, the trus
. tees , feel, be~ause there is no way to check o:o,
tlie men, whereas the m~rine hospitals' records
. are· standard and the trustees are wiiling to ac
~- · ·c~pt the discharges from these institutions. + . ,.. . '
Are men hospitalized in foreign port~
_-eligible for hospital benefits?
· ·' These men do not receive the hospital bene
·~· ''ii.ts, because · they are already well · takeh care Qf
y;. under the provisions of the SIU contract. When -
a . seaman is hospitalized in a foreign port, -the
· cofnpa~y foots· his hospital bill and continues to,
.
..: The . Seafarers Welf~e . Pl~n· is. financed solely : Fund~ ..
~by shipowners' contributions-rnot one cent is " ' None of th T t · 1 · · u" • • · . • ~ e rus ees; emp oyer or mon, is
paid by t~e seaman. Each operator pay~ 25 c~nts paid for the performance of his duties. The only
per workmg day for each man on his paYJ'oll ones who ar "d · th Ad · · t · t d' . · " e pa1 are - e mims ra or an -
mto the Seafarers Welfare . Plan. -AU such pay- whate ff' h 1 .· d- d- t ~ . • t th ·
· . ,-. . ~ I . • . . Ver 0 .lee e p IS nee e , ·O -carry OU e
. ments, regardless of when . any md1v1dual coin- functions of the Pl ·' • · ·
pany._,signed the AgreeIJlent, are retroactiye to an. ,..
January 1, 1950. This provision was ·insisted up- 1
on by the Union to .prevent stalling by any com
pay or companies, who might be tempted to pro
long - negotiations to sl!_ve themselves money.
·Thus, companies which signed in August, ·for
example, ar~ obligated to assume the ·same obli
gation toward their employees as' those compan
Can the present payments be· increased,
or more benefits added to the Agreement?
Certainly. As .the Fund grows, the way is open;
under the Agreement, for present benefits te be
increased or otheF :benefits ·to be added. !\[any
su·ggestions have been made .by · th~ · membership
for additional benefits they would , like to see
incorporated. Howe'[er, under present conditions
ies which signed in Dec~mber, 1949.
Who administers the Fund? -
- Jteep him on the payroll at full wages until the t The operation and ~dministration of the Plari
voyage is ended or until he becomes well, which- is the responsibility of six Trustees, three from
, -ever is first. The seaman also receives full main- the Union and three representing the operators.
· · 'terrance and cure, which amounts to $42 a week. The Trustees are authorized to choose, from out-
·-the fa.ct thaf the Plan is but a few months old,
and not en6trgh money has been accumulated
to . safely expand the benefits~these are not as
yet feasible. But there ·is no doubt that, as the
- To add 'the W-elfare Plan hospital plan benefits side their ranks, an Administrato~, who will di
to ~~e money already being received by the sea- . rect the day-to-day workings of the Plan. Each
~ .~an might we~l give ~he operators an\ argument of these, of course, is. under the fidelity bond, for
. ..._ for discontinumg mamten~nce and cure pay- the complete protection ·of . the seamen. _Such
· Fund expanqs, benefits will be increased. U :tider
the Agreement, · 60 days ·before Septeml;>.er 30,
1951, either party. may request negotiations for
a change in the amC>qnt .of the employer contri-
b,ution. ' ·
'' ~ents ·now in e~ect._ qualification shall make a man eligible. for the ·
· · next twelve calendar months . . How~ver; once What is · tbe life span· of the Welfare·
, . .: ·Do men in mental hospitals qualfry f o~ hospitalized, an eligible seaman will · continue Plan?
to draw benefits for the entire period he\ is in
;;;_ ·~~nefits? the hospital. The weifaire Agreement was signed for a period
No. ·otherwise qualified employees who are of five years -and cannot be abrogated before
.committed to an institution for the insane by a . Who are the Union Trustees? Jun_e 30, 1955, at :which time it will be ·subjecf
C·0· ._.-4- -o~der ~re· specifically exclu_ ded from ~he · · ll R for further n_egotiations by· the Union arid ·the
tu" Representipg· the · SIU ,,.are Paul Ha " -ober4; emp. loyers.· In the unlikely 'event that the '.ltgree-:
., o·s· p1·. tal . . benefits but are eli·gible. for death hen_ e- M · tth ws and Joseph Volpi· an The•... alte·rnates · ·
a . e' . . . ' - . • .u.. - ' . , merit is not extended, the surplus money ih: the:
·.&,l.i,;·. 'f.1'rrie· sp· ent in the hospital pri_· or to the is- who may act upon ·the absen. ce· o·f an-y Un1'on - - ·
"n. · · ' · · · · · - - · · ·Fund . will be transferred into any--new Plan tbaf '.~~ .• s·,,.,_.,...,.-..... _ o_f the court order qu.alifies a __ member for Trustee are· Lloy·d Gardner - To"'eph Alg1·na and -
,·' ~....... · ' · . ' ·" ~ · . may pe created or-if no new -Plan · is .·,agreed~
~ ; ~~e hospital benefit~· Linds~y .Williams. to--the -Trt!stees will continue· to· pay- out berte-·:
,\.
&'£-· "" : . . • · . . . C th w·· · l~ ,i,; F d · b . · - ·..J f · fits under the' prese~t Plan 9ntil the' Fund' .be.-' ., rr:- ~0-W- ·-are dea. th ben-ef1°tS Collected? ~n e e J.8Ie Un ever e · ~Sat Or
';, comes too small to function: . Whatever sum is
'· . 1. . f d th b. fit b the purposes other than the welfare of the 1 f .11 b . 11 d . . All app 1cations or ea ene s Y . l"f" 'd ? · · · et _ w1 · · e · g-1ven to ·a mutua y agree '. upon
" · designated beneficiary must -be made to Uruon qua 1 le seaman· ' . seamen's charity or- charities. -
~~~Headquarters in New York, and must be accom- No. The Agreement speeifically provides that - It should· be pointed out, however; that .such a ·
·, panied ·oy a certified copy of the deceased's death "no amendment shalr alter the·: purpose of the .contingency 'is extremely unlikely, · as the em-·
, certificate his· book number and social security Plan ·or ·divert the Fund to any · us~ other· than ployer:s· - no. less than the ·Union :-· . admit ·the·
Wi-~~umber ~r .Z:.numbef,· . and proof that the de_- the exclusive ' benefit'~ . o~ . qualified ·seamen and necessity for the Plan· and . agree . that it ·· is'" a· l~
· "cea.sed · worked ~or one of the signatory com- . their dependents or next-of· kin. forward step for . the maritime ihd_ustry.
~~ ~panies.
' .-: · S~ifically exempt from tne deat~ benefit are
\ I :fhose deaths resulting_ from war risk. These, how
:>>- . covered by other provisions of SIU
, ;i,t ' .
.. - Who can be ,named as beneficiary?
. . · .;,_ ·. l!J nder the Welfare Plan each Seafarer is cov
. ,;-- e~ed by a $500 death benefit. Thls money, unlike
, . the former SIU burial fund, is paid out to -the i . ~ , .
._,beneficiary named by the Seafarer whether or
· .not they handle the burial. A Seafarer can name
·. - ~"~yone he wishes as his beneficiary, his wife,
:re_lative or a friend. · \
. This $500 now covering every member of the
; ~SID A&G District is not assignable. In other
'· words; a man cannot borrow money. against this
· ·~fusur~ce, ·nor will the trustees honor the clainis
: ... .t' i: anyone for . debts. The money goes to ·the bene
iarY named and to no one else. If the 'member
liSts no beneficiary, the money goes to his next ,,., .. _, . .
of kin, according to the insurance laws of New
·j~I'
~dtk State. ·· · .
next of kin of Seafarers who
It~ . since January . 1 eligible for the
, d~th ·benefit?
·. ~ On January 1 the companies which had signed
· \tb:e .Plan began contributing money to the fund.
_, . t fund lay dormant. until a surplus was built
_-P,l apd on July 15 the Plan went into effect. The
•Vni_p~ planned to start the Plan on July 1, but -A held, up until the . Bureau of Internal Rev
eriue . gave its okay tQ,. · the Pl~n. Death benefits,
· -·W;~ .are paid ~ only in th~ cases of death. on or
' : r July. 15. All·,~~ath :b~ne'!i~ _ clajms B;r~ hand- .
" • ~1 ~-' throµgh . Headqu~rt~Ji~ · . aµ~ ~ho,uld · not . be .
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iaMl~.a.ueled -t~qugh, ~-a· J>~a!ls . -.. .. ; ~ ~- ... ·__,- . - · , . . · .
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The above ·r~ut shows the -Ji••~ impr~v~ ben~ficla'ry. 'i~~. i:~~e,~tly.; .--~dop~ec:J. :-by ihe .P~~~- :~ , .
These forms a~e - b~lng distri,bu;_leC:f. ~Q ;a~l Vnion ~emb~rs when . they sign · _artiqle~ _aboa~d Sit~- .. ,~
contracted spips. '· · ·,
All Seafa~er~ arfit :urged to,·obtaJn_ one o~: these fOrms'. at_-the ·sigp.·on -'.and :fiU ·u out pro:Perly, :· .
designating the ~rson whom 'th~-- wS..~ as" beneficiary-for -the -$5bO·:IMnefit In ther.event· of. :death. , -,- ·
Note that the signatures of three Wltnesses···are required. - : ... · - -- ,, " '. . . ,
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Please fill out" one card· only,. ; Upon: conipletl:rig-the forms. menihers ahc>u:ld · turn them. over . ·. ·
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to Branch" offlClalS in. any:' .-~rt, or 'mail them. di!ect :. to ·1he Seafarers·_w~1fi!re 1>Jan.· RC>Oin' 6l2i -~"'
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ment wlll ·he·-m• .to n•t -~{•·k!zl.,_.,, ·r~cL~'l• ·1~e~Jo->'~. at_ pnc;e,,,a~ make, .. ~µre~'tha~- tJ.e- p,r:~ . . ·. ·
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Co;ntplete ····Text Of -Welfare · Agreement
. .
·signed By SIU-Contracted Operators
This Agreement and Declaration of Welfare
Plan made ·as of-the first day of July, 1950, by
and between JOHN BOUGHMAN, ' CLARENCE
REED, and FREDERICK C. THEOBALD; PAUL
HALL, ROBERT MATTHEWS a~d JOSEPH
YOLPIAN, who, with their alternates cv.id suc
cessors designated in the manner provided, · are
hereinafter called "Trustees;" SEAFARERS IN
TERNATIONAL UNION·OF NORTH AMERICA,
Atlantic and Gulf District, hereinafter called
''Union;" and the various Employers who, in
writing, a~opt and agree to be bound by the
terms and provisions of this instrument and any
ame:ndments or modifications thereof, hereinafter
called "Employers."
WITNESSETH
·. WHEREAS, various Employers having collec~
tive bargaining agre.ements with the Union ~ave
agreed in writipg with the Union to creatE'. a
Welfare Plan for the benefit. of the unlicensed
seamen employed by them ..for whom the Union
is the collective bargaining representative, and
WHEREAS, the said Welfare Plan is to be
· known as the Seafarers' Welfare Plan, and
.. WHEREAS, it has been mutually agreed that
the Plan shall be .f.or -a period of -not less than
live years· and shall be irrevocable during the
i>eriod of -its crea.tion, and
: WHEREAS, it is desired to set forth the terms
and ·Conditions under which the Plan as finally
ag:reed. upon between the Employ~s and the
Union is to be established and administered, and
WHEREAS, it ·has been mutually agreed that
the Plan shcµl be administered by Trustees it is
desired to define the powers and duties of the
collectively and shall include their alternates
when acting as Trustees.
7. Seafarers' Welfare Plan. The term "Plan,"
as used herein, shall mean the benefits provideq.
for in this instrument, including ariy amendments
J:\ereto -or modificatfons hereof.
8. Seafarers'· Welfare Fund. The term "Fund,"
as used herein, shall mean the moneys or other
things of value whicli are under the control or
in the custody of the Trustees for the administra
·tion and operation of the Plan.
ARTICLE. ·II
stood and agreed between the Employers indi-· ,,
viduaiiy and the Union that any Employer who
signifies in writing to the Trustees within one.
week ·of the time of such vote that he does not
wish to be bound by SUfh majority vote shall be
relieved . of the obligations under this agreement
and shall cease to be ·a party hereto, and no
Employee shall be entitled to recefve benefits.
under this plan by virtue of employment with
such Employer. ~ ·
5. The Trustees, in their names as TrusteeSa
shall have the power to demand, col1ect, receive
and hold the Employer payments and they are
authorized to take such steps. as may be neces-
l. There is hereby created the Seaf~rers' Wel- sary or appropriate to effectuate the collection
of such payments, including the institution and fare Fund to be used for administering and ope- · . prosecution of, or the intervention in, any pro-
rating the Seafarers' Welfare Plan which is here- ceeding at law, in equity, or in bankruptcy.
by created. Each Employer shall pay to the
Trustees for deposit into the Fund, currently on 6. The Trustees are authorized and permitted ..
a monthly basis, the · sum of twenty-five cents to receive and accept from any source whatso-
. (25_c) per day per u~licensed seaman, represented ever any moneys or other things of value as a
_by the Union for the purposes of collective bar- gift, contribution, payment, dividend or other
gaining, employed 6n. v,!?ssels manned· by such wise, for deposit into, or_ to be madt! a part o(
Employer and actually ·'1V'orking thereon. Stich the Fund.
contributions or payments for.each m'onth shall 7. The Trustees shall deposit all moneys re- -
be made not later than·· the tenth of the second ceived -by them in their capacity as Trustees in .
month su-cceeding that of the payroll termina- such bank or banks as they may designate for
tions; provided, however, that the first payment that purpose; provided, however, that no bank'
of e~ch ·Employer shall be ~alculated retroactive- shall be selected as. ·a depository of the funds of .. ·
ly to January 1, 1950. Checks for contributions this Plan whic~ -is not a member of the Feder~
or -P~Yments shall be made· payable to the order Deposit Insurance Corpq_ration. Things of value,
of "Seafarers' Welfare Flind." other-than money, shall be kept in an appropriate
2. An Employee is qualified to participate in depository as may . be selected by the Trustees,
and receive the benefits of the Plan when the or, at their discretio~, may be converted into
Employer is obligated to pay the Trustees the money and deposited into . the Fund.
said· Trustees. . .
NOW, 'THEREFORE, , in consideration
premises, it--is mutually und~rstood and
as follows:
sum of Twenty-five cents (25c) on his behalf 8. The fwids shall be qsed by the Truste~- ·
of the or such other sum . as may be agreed upon as (a) to pay or provide for the payment o't the .
agreed provided for in . Paragraph 4 of this ArtiCie, and benefits described. in Article Ill, Paragrap~ .1
shall remain qualified for such benefits .for a hereof, and (b) to pay for the sound and efficient .
period of _twelve (12) calendar months. after the operation of the Plan, including the expenses of
Emp~oyer's obligation to make such · ·payment the Trustees incurred in carrying out their dl!ti_es. '
ceases; provided, however, that in the event a as Trustees. ARTICLE I
qualified Employee becomes a patient in a hos- 9. M~neys, and other· things of value, of th~
Definitions pital such twelve (12) month period ,shall pe ex- Fund may be withdraw~ from any depository
, tended fo~ a time equal to .th_e time the Employee upon the signature of two Trustees, one of whom
1. Employers. The term · "Employers," as used i~ so ·nospitalized; provided, furlher,- tpat no qual- shall be an Employer Trustee ~d one of whom
herein, shall mean the various ~mployers of _· ified employee shall be eligible to ·receive the shall be a Union Trustee.
unlicensed merchant seamen having in effect a benefits of this .plan while he is so qualified to 10. N~ ·Employer, nor the Union, nor the fu-:-
coHective bargaining agreem~nt with th.e Union receive welfare benefits"by virtue of employment dividual Employees shall have any vested riglits ~
and who are, or who may herea~ter become; s1g- with an employer :who ma~es no contributions to in or to the Fund or any part thereof except the
:natories hereto. . this fund and who has ·a collective bargaining right of the .qualified· Employees, or their depend-
, ·2. Administrator. Tire term "Administrator," agreement with the Union. ents, or their ·beneficiaries or next of kin, · to
as used herein, shall mean the Administrator ' 3. The-former Employees who~e naJlles appear receive the benefits provided for in the Plan to ·.
prpvi<ied for in Article VI here0f. on a list attached hereto and made ..,a part hereof which they may be . respectively entitled, and
3. Employees. The term "Employees," as used who have had long employment with the Em- upon termination of the trust hereoy created, the
erein, shall mean all of each Employer's em- players and - w~o, -on July _1, 1950, are unemploy- , funds shall be put to the uses and purposes spe-
ployees for whom the Union is the collective able because- of physical disabilities, _are for the cified herein. ,
argaining representative. - · - · purp'oses o.f .this Plan considered Employees and 11. No Employee or dependent or beneficiary
, 4. Rospital. The term "hospital,"_ as used hel'.e- ~hall , be qu~lified to receive 1the benefits of the or next of kin of an Employee shall have the -
~, ~ s~al~ ·mean ~y hospital ill: the United States Plap. ~til the Public Health Ser;vice certifies that right to assign any benefits to which he or 'she
or ' any of ·its territories or poss~ssions; pr-0vide.d. ·such. a fo~er Employee has no physical dis- .may be entitled hereunder and any such assign
~uch h~spital is_ either a UID:ted :Stat~s . Marine ability which prevents his emplo~e11:t; provided, ment is v.oid; nor shall any benefit be s~bject
ospi~al, a United States Puplic Health hospi- however, that the hpspital benefit~ .provided for to attachment or other legal process for or against ·
I,. a hospital located in a port in the continental in Article_ III, Paragraph ~ (b) hereof, shall be an Employee or a dependent or beneficiary or
nited· States where the Union or ·an Employer made only when such disabled ~ployee is con- next of kin.
aintains offices, or ~ hospital in a seaport in fined in a hospital as an in-patient.
e continental United States in which the Em:- 4: Eii~ef the Employer. 'l;r.ustees ·on behalf of
ioyee becomes· a patient due iO 'acute: illness· or the Employe.rs ·or the .. Union Trustees on beha~
•' jury which necessita.tes his being taken eff a of the' .lJnion may, upon application . within sixty
ip during the course of a voyage. (60) days prior to Sep~ember 30, 1951 request
5. Union • . The ·term. '~Ullion,'L, as· used· herein, that negotiations be opened for changes in the
all mean the Seafarers InternatioiiaL Union of . amount of the . Employer .payment. No such-
- .
. ARTICLE III
Application Of ·The Fund ·
By The Trustees
orth America, Atlantic and Gulf District. · chang~ shall be made unless the Union. and · the
~· . ~r~t.~,s-. : ·(a), Th~ .term ., "Employer ..... Trus- Employers by ~ajority vote ag:ree to .such change 1. The -Fund .shall be used and applied for the
. s,'' as ·Q~e.d, ~e~eih, ~~pap . . m~,an . :the , trustees . and any change ~o agreed . upon shall not· affect · following purposes: .
ppointed by the Employers. ... · any of. the other provisions of this plan .. The said (a)' Upon .the. death ·of each E:r,nployee qualified. .
. (b) The 'term . ''Uni~n Trustees," as· used herein; vote shall : be in : accor~~ce with the vote speci- to receive the benefits hereunder, other . t~an;,
all mean ' the . trustees appoiri.ted by' the Union. fied in Article .IV, Paragraph 2 hereof, at a meet- death resulting from war· _dak. to pay or provide
· -(~). The term. ·"'hustees,~'- as .... used ~er.ein-, shall :: ·ing. ·called , under · the :proVisions .of ·. Article ·1v.. . for ·the payment to the- designated beneficiary,·
.· an <Employer '. Trust~- ~d Union · ·-Trus~s .. P..ai-agraph 9· hereof; , it ·· b~ing . . specifically . under- or in the absence of·· a ·designated . beneficiary, to .
·' ,., .,_ . ,
:, . . -...: :.. - - ~ ...
· ~e next· of kin of . the d~e~ed Employ~, the ·.
~~'-of
1
$50Q.OO. ~ . · · .,· .-- · -
~. "- (b) 'The . paymen! · of hospital benefits in . the
.. ·· amount Qf $7.00 -per week to each Employee
. . qWilified· to receive the benefits· hereunder dur
;,.. · iiig· such time as he is aµ in-patient in· any
. bospital as defined in Article . I, P~ragraph 4
· .,: · ·' hereQt: Such Employee shall not be entitled to
~ ·receive any payment until he has been ~onfined
_. to such a hospital for seven consecutive days and
. ·.thereafter he shall be' entitled to a payment of .
. $7;00 for each and -every· seven (7) consecutive
·-~_ I days in the hospital from the first day of con-
1.: · .. ' finement. Q~lified . Emp1oyees who are commit
~ ted to an Institution for the insane by a Court
~ . Order are · specifically excluded from · hospital
•. · . benefits but are eligible for death benefits.
· · --. - (c) To pay for additional types of welfare
a •
. benefits as may be determined by unarumous
., agreement of the Tru~ees; the cost of such ac;ldi
, tional benefits shall be controlled by the amount
·: . . qf. moriey. actually .in the .Fund, an~, bas~ on
··expe:R.ence, tp.e benefits it .is estimated the Fund
, ~". ; can provj.d~ without undue depletion or exc~ssive
. .. accumulation. in order to accomplish this pur
':: ' pose, tpe Trustees by unanimous agreement are
:- ,:. authorized and empowered to increase or de
. . ·-crease the amount of any benefit which has been
or may be granted .
. 2. Payment of the benefit proyided for in
,_ . ...,. Paragraph i (a) of 'this Article shall not be
~/'. made unless necessary and appropriate proof
. for such benefit is presented, in writing, to ' the
· . Adntinistrator within one year from 'the date oL-
_-.: ·· .. the Employee's death. · ·
· 3. Payment of the benefits provided for. fu
. 1r:l>aragraph 1 (b) of this Article wiU be made t6
' ' tlie Employee personally or to a representative
'. : · ~f the .Employee when such representativ;e has
• }\
1been duly authorized to receive such payment •
«.;-~· on behalf of the _Employee; · provided, however, . .
· · that application for the said benefits shall be ··l~~~;l: :(. J)IJr/il/.' ··
presented, in writing to the Administrator not •:o.;··· .,,,... Ul /I
~%;!:n~4 ~ar~ !:;; ~~ ~:i,:;P~Y: ~;~~!if~~~~;·. ' r,An~· l. ~·
iii-patient. '/~ :.~\~., · ~.!?~~~'" .. ,. · · · 'fJ.l\l · ... }
··;•:. :.~;.~~ .. . . ..
,';/ · · 4: The Trustees shall not recei;ve· compensa- · ··::;?~~ · · '!':;~~. _ • . . ---: , , , _ • .. .. ~~
~ ,. -tion for the perfermance of their duties as Trus- ~· . . .. ·. . '-~~-: "·"':~~· . . . ~ ., . r . . ·-;.f.e ••
~r · · tee~;· but the Trustees are by majority vote au- · '~~°'\;: . - _--~~~~~- . "':'"f" · · t .. · w:-.. :.:_. .. r-.-. . ·
. .· thorlzed to be -reimbursed from the Fund, tqe No mailer ho" s.lileere : 9r. well~intentioiied they may he .. tributes 9ffer DO ..Curity. Never
:tast 0 { aii expenses incident to the· perfo~ance the victim · o.f illusory lhlpklng,, the ·s1u has.· always followed a realistic ·policy in its hopes
- .... for broader economic security fo~· &eameD.. - . .:of their duties as ·Trustees and there shall be
, >paid directly from the Fund the cost and ex- When the tumalt · and the shouting of World War II had di~ do.WJl • . ~nd iJ became ap-
·penses provided for ~erein and the cost of fidelity parent .that our pr0ud. efficient . merchant. marine was ·once aga~ ·to go . on the sc::rap heap.
bonds and the ·expenses,. including counsel fees, the SlU began to gl,-e . serious thought alid. mudi time to the development of a welfare pro-
of any suit or proceeding gram that w9uld ·g1ve Seafarers • kind of seeurlly never before dreamed o.f for seagoing wo~kea
; · (a)' brought . against the Trustees, ari~ing out 'The result Is ~he Seafarers Welf'1'.e fJ~ . which _now gives Union' members. unable to work · r
'<· ~, . of aets within the course and scope of the because of illness or lnJury.. increased. hQSl>U.al benefits and pays death benefits to .their 1>4!ne-.
· ficiaries.. · · · - · . · · .
. · powers. and· duties of the Trustees; or The SIU does not regard the Plan· in its· present form as the final answer to Seafarer$'
· ·;· .. j · (b) brought by the Trust-ees as authorized in security probleim. . Bathei it looks ui>on It as a step in the right direction· and the o~e in whicli
".7.:·: : Article II, P~ragiaph 5 hereof. lies the hope for a brighter future for the men. who dedicate their li°'.!S lo the sea~
!.I{' ·I."._ S. ·If upon loss of qualification as prescribed This ls one of the reasous".why Seafarers look . upon their Union, as , thif o~ly solid monu- .
~-· _·tn Article II, Paragraph 2, hereof, a qualified ment C:l8dicated to ·their Interests.. ·
. ·..,··Employee has, since disc.barge from the hospital, · · · - ·· . . ,, .
, . :·, .. been continuously unemployable bec.ause of phy- tee shall, .u~9n the acceptance-in Writing of the right herein reserved by· the ·various Employers::
.,(sical disabilities, the Trustees may in their dis- terms of this ·trust, be vested· with all the- rights, who subscribe to this· inst.rument. · '
~-etion further extend the qualificatien- period powers and -dutie8 of his predecessQr. · . . . · 3. All Trustees and alternate 'JTustees . slialP
,'.. · ··.iong a& the ·-Public Health Service .certifies that 2. Succ~ssor EmploYer :.~ abd' successor · obtain.fidelity bonds ·in eqttal' ·amoun'.ts· and to be .
. ;~ueh Employee should not be employed because alternate :gmployer ~ .m.an be a~ted ' secured bY. such sutety ·companies ·as shall qse.:
- ·()fr ibis physical condition; , by majority vote .<Jf the ,varleus-- employers· who· determmed 'by the Trustees. 'The Trust~s sb;all,J
· ,;Ai are subscribers to this ··mstrmn~f at '· the ·time from time to ~ tune, · ~eview the amount of -said".
.ARTICLE IV
:Appointment Of Trustees
. "' 1. _ The · operation and administratfon of the
tPlan shall be the joint responsibility of th~ three
.Trustees appointed by the Employers and the
. ~hree Trustees appointed 'by the ,..Union. The
·;; ·~ployers shall appoint an alternate trustee for-
~~~~ .. · ~mpl~yer Trustee who shall have full
· aullionty . to act as a "Trustee hereunder. in the
~S~J:\Ce of the Emp~oy~r Trtistee for, whom he
;'. s: a8 ·aiierrtate: The Union spall appoint an
l~ernate · trustee· ·for each Union TruStee who
1 «, f ,p • · ; ~ ' ' • • ' ' t ' I I •
. ~"Ji.~ve fuU authority to act as a· Trustee here-
. ~d'et' ·in the -"'absence·· of l tlie i.Triion · Trustee for
q }iviiJ.om lie a~~- a-s~·a terrlate, Any''mrec!S?ssor Trus ..
- ~.. ;. ' He • .,
· such appointmeritS ate made;: provided; · however, · . bon'ds ·as - compared with ·tile ·tOtal of ·the Fund·
that ·not more than: . one · (1) ···Employer TrUstee and" shall. require adju,s~ents ·a8 appropriate.' t'
or alternate 'ElnP.loyer- Tnt$tee~may be employed. -. 4. In ail meetingS' . of the 'l'rustees, fomr sh'a:W.
by or affiliated ·Wttb the :san1e- ·Employer. Each co~ittlt,e· a quoru#i fer .th:~ transaction of ,bij~ .
Empl~yer shall be entitied · tcf ~ast 'one ·vote· for ne~, providing« th~re at'e ·a.' . least tWo ~plo¥er
each unlicensed se~~, r~preileptecl' l>y the Yn- Ttqsfe~s and' ~o· u~toh::Trµstees pr~sen~ ~t ~lie
ion, it · would employ· at th~ tiln~ of· subsod6ilig · meeting; and · at ~ me~tings the Empfoyer ~~.
• 4 " ' ,., • j
to this instrument and -tbeteafter ·on Jilly 1 of tees and . the Uni,pn 'lT.Ustees shall have e.qu«
each yearf if au vessels' m$ed by . it' had
1
a votitig strength.' ·.The v(Jte. o( any absent '.Tr\1$~
full complem_ent .. employed · t'1er~n · at?-4 rthe: sh~U·"..l)e cast· by tli'e Trustees present deSigna~'.
nominee receiVing' the ·Jhajon~'f of ·the ·votes so by tlie- _saµie· · p~y wiih +the ~rune ·force · -and af•
cast shall ' be appomtetf by-::~ ·.tbe ._,_~Pl?Ye:r$: ' ·· .f~ ,.~s . ~ · ;~~ch ·a~~ertF1 TruSt~:~s wer('p~s~t.~~ ~j
.. The' .Employe~s . who . ~~~~e t?. ~~s~ m~tru- tb.Ef ev'.eli~· ·~ny ~atter p~~~n~~~ · for,· 'dec1si~n, . ,<¥,l
ment reserve to -~hems~fv~· tli.e . tj:g~t ,t~. 'ch'~ge;" np~ be '.ld.sc1ded pee~~~ .~, a ·tte . vtjte the ··mat'-~ .
at any ~e, th~·~provis~~ns)>f.fhi~. :{>*1-ak,i:apli · 1>~< sh~''te~-~· ~· ~at~' q\l~ .Pt:ndlJi(llll?itr~tipl).,~Q·
a 'vote of 'tw<rthirdS (2/3~;~aj·cnicy:·,,o~ .~e total . se,t ·,~rtli llt· !\lltfole• ''W~hereo~r L, ' . ., .' t: . /iJ;' ·
vote,s s9"-cast as above. P.reviei~: 'r)ie· uDibn ftilct: · -. 5!:iitonp'.. 9\1~, 1With' Er;s.
1 ·Wfosdaf lii,$ .'uI:..
the 'Trustees''. ereby'" b'b'1sent ·; .. a <attr~~ .' fo l tlie'; e. fate,, .~iate' .f!h :a ~d, :with' I?ona.lq .,':w. I s"~' ·
,,r ~ "' .. ffli' • > ,,.,_l?f, ' • 1• }i If ~ .. , •1.;"" it 11' for. i ~ '"rt r
r , ' • " ,r: , • l ••. )•:
'
bis ~temate and Frederick ·c. ~bald •. with
Willard· A. Kiggins, Ji, is al~ernate,- have ·been
~lected and are hereby appointed and designated
Employer Trustees, and al~mate Employer
Trustees, respectively .. Paul Hall, Robert Mat-
ARTICLE· V
~uthority And Liab~ities
Of Trustees thews and Joseph Volpian · have been ~selected .
and ·. are . hereby ~ppqinted_ . and designated
Union Trustee~, and Lloyc;I Gardner, Joseph ,Al- 1. The Trustees shall have the power to require
gina and Lindsey_ Wi~s h:ave b~n sel~ted - each- Employer to furnish appropriate Worma
·and are hereby · appointed and designated alter- tion to establish that he is m~king full payment
nate Union ~tees, any. one of whom ~ay act to the Trustees of the amounts requireq af set
as a Union Trustee in the absence of any Union forth in Article II, Paragraph 1 hereof:
Tru~tee. The '.J'rustees h~reby agree to accept the 2. The receipt given by the Trustees, or .any
·trusteeship ·and furtyer agree to· accepts1i1ch·Fund person acting with their specific · authority, for
for the purposes herein provided and -~eclare that any moneys or other things of value shall ef- .
they will receive and ~9lcl · tne Em.,loyer's con- fectively discharge the person or persons paying
tributions or payments m.d · any- other · money or. or transferring the same and such person or
preperty ·. or Rolici~s ~·Of Insurance which m'a~ persons shall not be ·bound to see to the applica
come into their. custody ~r ·under· their control tion of such moneys or other things of value or
pursuant to this Plan as Trustees · thereof for be answerable for the loss or misapplication
~roger uses and purpo~es and ~th . the .. powers thereof.
and duties herein set forth.: The ·~lternate Trus- ~. The Trustees by majority vote may obtain
tees hereby agree to ·~ccept the obligations and administrative, consultative~ legal, technical, and
perform the duties of a Trustee when called up- oth~r services and assistance which in their opin
~n to act as , a Trustee. ·' ion are . necessary or advisaJ>le in the sound and
· 6. All Trustees and alternate Trustees shall efficient operation of the Plan and to affectuate
be appeinted to ~erve for the duration of this · its purposes 'and objectives and all ·expenses iil·
trust. · ~After ; the. expiration of the initial term, cident thereto· shaJ,l be a proper charge against
all Trustees and alternate Truste~ shall serve the Fund. ··
for ~erms lasting for the duration of any new ·4. At _the first meeting of the Trustees they
frust or, ejetension hereof. · Employer Trustees or shall elect a Chairman _and a Secretary whose
their al~ernates may be removed at Will by the terms shall commence on the date of their eleG
Employers and ·Union Trustees or their ~lter- tion and ·shall continue for one .year, or until his
nates may be removed at will by . the Union. or' their successors have been elected. At no time '
. 7. Except as provided in Paragraph 6 of this shall both such office~ be held by\ Trustees des
$."ticle, a Trustee can be removed only for .mal- _ ignated by the same party.
feasance in the execution of his trust. Any Em- . 5. Meetings -·of ' the Trustees shall be h~ld at
ployer or the Union may initiate charges. of such place or places as may be agreed upon by
m::tlfeasance against a · Trustee by filing such the Chairman and the Secretary- and may be
charges wit~ the other parties to this agreement called by the Chairman or the Secretary ·upon
and with the Trustees. Such charges shall be re- five days' written notice an'd may be held at
ferred by the Trustes to a Board of Inquiry any time without notice if all of the Trustees
which shall consist of an equal number of mem- consent.thereto. Individual members of the Board
bers appointed by the Employers and -by the of Trustees may not -take. any action for or on
. Union. The members so appointed shall attempt behalf of the Trustees between meetings, exeept
to agre~ upon an· additional member to _act as as may be specifically authorized in writing.
impartial chairman and if within a period of five ·
I
days an impartial chairman is not agreed upon
then applic_ation by the Trustees sha!l be made
to a Judge of the United States District Court fQr
the Southern District of New York, who at the
tmie is sitting in chambers, for appointment of
an impartial cnairmari. All, records and other
information avail~ble to the Trustees shall be
made available to the B6ard of Inquiry. If a .ma-
. ·jority of said Board of Inquiry finds that a Trus
~ee has been guilty of malfeasance he. shall be
removed and may not thereafter be eligible to
serve as a Trustee or alternate Trustee .. All ex
pense~ incident to a Board of Inquiry shall be ·a
proper charge· against . the Fund· and the Trustees
are authorized and directed to pay such expenses,
· including the fees, if any, of the members of the
Board ..
. . .8. If for any . reason a. Trustee cannot serv-e or
· l;'esigns or is removed before. ·the, -expiration. of
the term for ~which ·he .is appointed, his alternate
'hall succed him _.until a successor is appointed ·
in ,.t.he same .manner .as the Tru!:!tee to ·whose
~ice he is succeeqing .and,~.subject -to Paragraphs
6 -and · 7 ·of this · 41'ticle,_ shall complete the unex
pi;i:ed te)"m. . - '
-9. Any Employer ;t.1.rustee · or alternative Em
ployer Trustee is authorized f:lnd ·empowered to
call a m.eeting in the. City of New York, N.Y. of
the var-ious - employers who are subscriber& to
this instrument upon five (5) days written notice
:and such a meeting shall be· called whenever a
yacancy occurs· in the office of Employer Trustee
l>r alternative Employer Trustee. An individual
Jn.ay, at any such meeting, represent: more than
o:ne - Empl<;>yer and any Employer ·shall forfeit
the. ·right to vi)te· ~t any such ''meeting at which:
be fails.to. appoint and have present a duly auth-
~riz~cl representative ·but ·such' forteiture .shall
· tn · no .way relieve such ·Employer of his obliga~
·tion. to . b~ bound by,,.any action taken or decision
J:nade· at suchi1meeting. ·
6. The Trustees s~all keep full minutes of all
their meetings, resolutions and actions. In the
absence of the Chairman, the Secretary shall act
as chairman and shall appoint another Trustee
from the group of Trustees to which the absent
Chairman belongs to act as secretary for the
meeting. In the absence of· the Secretary, the
Chairman shall appoin,t another Trustee from the
group, of Trustees to which the . absent Secretary
belongs to act as secretary for the meeting. In
the absence of both the Chairman and the Sec
retary, there shall be made pro. tem appoin.t
ments by the Trustees present.
7. The Trustees shall caus.e to be kept true and ·
accurate books of account and records of all their
transactions as· T~ustees w~ich ~hall be audited
annually by· certifie~ public accountants, or more
often as ·may be determined by the concurrent
action of the Employers and the Union. The cost
of all audits shall be a proper ch~rge against the
Fund and- the Trustees are authorized ~md df
rected t0- pay such charges. Copies of an audits
shall be furnished to each of· the Trustees, to the
Administrator, to each of -the Employers ·and to
the Union. A -statement of the results of such
audits shall be available for ' insp~cti<;>~ by inter
ested persons at the · office· of ~he Administrator
and at . such other places ..as may be .designated
by the Trustees.
8. Each Trustee shall be protected and held
harmless · in regard to any action which may be
·taken ·upon any paper or document believed by
him to . be genuine and o have been made, ex
ecuted, or delivered by the proper parties pur
ported to h~ve made, executed, or delivered the
same; and :no Trustee sha~l be held liable for any
action -taken or omitted by hjm in good faith, nor
for the acts of the Administrator or a~y ag~nt
-or employee · seler.:ted by the Trustees, nor for
any act or omission of a~y other Trustee.
9. The Trustees. ~re authori~ed to formulate
./and promt4gate any ·and all · necessary rules and.
• regulations to faeilitate ·!he proper functionmg
of this Plan, · provided the same are not .incoJ14.: ·
sistent with the terms hereof.
. . ~
10. The Trustees shall appoint an Administra-
tor as provided in Article VI, Paragraph 1 nei~ ,
of, and may delegate any of their ministe~
powers or duties hereunder to him or to any of ·
their agerits -or employees; provided, howeve~
that the Administrator and any such agent or
employee authorized to have access to money -or
things of value· belonging to the Fund, shall ob
tain a fidelity bond in such amount and secured
by such security company as the Truste~ shall
determine. ·
11. Any Trustee or alternate Trustee may re-:
sign . by instrument in writing executed for . .that
purpose and delivered to the remaining. Trustees;
provided, however, no vacancy or vacancies in
the office . of Trustees :shall impair the powers oi
the remaining Trustees acting in the manner
hereinabove provided to administrator the af
fairs of this Plan; and further provided that ·for -
· the purpose· of determining the voting strength
of the Trustees any unfilled vacancy shall ti9
considered an absence and the provisions of Ar
ticle IV, Paragraph 4 hez.:eof sha11 apply._ ·
AR.TICLE VI
Administrator And Records
1. The Administrator specified in Article V,
Paragraph 10 hereof, shall be appointed as fol
lows:
In a meeting of the Trustees held for the pur
po_se of appointing an Administrator, the Employ
er Trustees shall submit a list of twelve (12)
persons as nominees for the position of Admin~
· istrator and the lfnion Trustees shall select from
. the list one (1) individual who shall be the Ad:
ministrator. ·
2. The Employer Trustees or the Union Trus
tees may initiate charges of malfeasance or :ids-;
feasance against ·the Administrator and such
charges sh~ll be referred to a Board of lnqtiiry
under the procedure set forth under Article IV~
Paragraph 7, hereof. ·in the event the Adm~
trator ,resigns or is removed ·or for any reason is
unable to. perform his duties, a meeting of the
Trustees shall thereafter be held as soon a8
practical for the purpose of appointing a. new
Administrator as provided in Paragraph 1 of
this Article.
3. The Administrator shall perform the duties ,
delegated by him by the Jfrustees and his salary ·
and the , salaries of his assistants, clerical or
otherwise, shall be fixed by the Trustees and.
shall constitute a proper charge against the Fund
4. Each of the Employers shall furnish to the
Trustees, through the Administrator, necessary·
and appropriate records pertaining to their r~
spectiye Employees, including records of the
names and classifications of such Employees; the
number of days worked by such Employees with~
place of employment; Social Security numbers,
if any; identification numbers of the U.S. Coast ·
Guard, and any ot4er information that the TrUS.:
tees may ~equire in connection with the sound
and efficient operation of the Plan. The Union •
shall furnish to the Trustees, through the Ad
ministrator, necessary and appropriate records
or other information available to the Union per.;.
taining to the Employees as defined in Article ~
Paragraph 3 hereof, which the Trustees may re- .
quire ip connection with the sound an~ efficient
operation of the Plan. -~
5. An C'laims for benefits shall be present-el
to the Administrator who shall, with reasonable.
promptness, certify to the Trustees that the reo-.
ord~ available to him indicate that each benefit
claimed is or is not properly payable. The· TrUs
tees, ·by maj"ority· vote. shall have full authority
to determine. all questions of coverage · and quali
fication to participate in and receive the bell'efits
of the Plan and shall have the power to con
strue the provisions of this Agreement a~d - the
· 'i .. ••·:.··Uied- ·beJein and · anf atiCh que.mm. :., ·Phan: and~.~ .n.i.a ...t"'8n~~,-'ira/~~'1reft· e;.;, ~;~:·Iii:;:
. determfued__. or any· ci>nstruction sa adopted by· untilmidnight,June~1M: ·al -tlt~, ,. ,._ j~en ~:Ji~-~~· ~1>e..,.~·1H,.,.;·
~··fie 'rila3o,.-ity ot the TruStees im good faith .·shall he~ ·~ay ~ ~endect at ~ ~r ~e· b~ an-·1*" ~·-~· ~-~·~:the .~f.When: ~ ·
_
1 ;i,e., .pirufing. upon· all parties . and persons cQn- strument in Wri~ f[Sec\lted -~ "11 Of, ~e Ent.;: -residual ·moneys~.ah~ be given ·to such. ~-'1
: ~· · ployers and- by the :cJmon 8;1lcl subscribed to hY>- chuity~ or . ch~ties· .as .. the: Trustees in their dik
·'"" · the Trustees; p~cl~ -~~~"~~no amend{ . cretma·,sha:li -.det~ ·· ·, ::..: · ,,..:·.
ARTICLE VII·-
I
Arbitration
ment shall alter· the purpose of the Plan or di~. · &."'"'Income ·on · the""'Fuhci, ~ff ·earned1• is ·incidentWI
vert the Fund to ~Y ·use- other 'than for -the1 otiy' 'ant! the ·Pund' is not intended. to ·proouci
exclusive · ~t of Empl~yees- qualified tG ret ' f.neeme·.i other than as may be collateral or in.;
ceive the benefits, pr their dependents,.-~ne~- ci"'dent.'1 to its operation_ -and the providing of
ciaries or nm of .kin. ( benefits anfl to avoid waste._ Shc;>ula any income
, , 1. In the event the Trustees cannot .decide any 8. If the trust herein c~ted ·is not e~d~ be~eanledP it shall be ~edit-eel to tile: Fund and
' .. , ~atter or resolve any. dispute becau~e of a tie for a -specified period from· its tetJDination date, ahal~ ·Witft · reaso~ble dispatch be. applied . ancf·
- ... vote, then and in such event the Trustees shall tlie Trustees shall, upon terminatiQn .or. liquida;.; eXpe!lded .. ·~· -the .purposes · of the · Plan. Jn• the
.
1 •attempt to select an impartial arbitrator. If' the tion of ~he trust and the fulfHJment gf the piJr.. eV'ent the1 Titlstees " ·d~ide to .invest or relnveSt
· jaid Trustees cannot agree on an impartial ar- poses specified in .Article HI hereof, transfer .any any- of': the rlriio~eys received by 'them, :, suchdn~ -.
' . '.bitrator, application shall be made to the Judge surplus moneys in the Fund, to any new-.or. other .vestments ·or reinvestments may be . in sucll
.. ;' ~the District eourt of the United States for the trust fund or welfare fund that · m~y be ci:eated. stQCks, bonds or other securities or pr.operty aa
· .;, · ~·qthem District of New York who, at the time, by 'and between the Employers and:.... the. Un- the Trustees in their , sole ·discretion. may dete~
> . is sitting in chambers, for the appointment of an ion. If the trust herein created is not· extended mine; provided, howeyer, that no investment ' or
· .. ~partial arbitrator. and .no new or other trust fund· or we~are · fund reinvestm~nt· shall be mad~ ·other than·· in'v~
· :., , ;-· 2. The decision or award, whi~h . snall~ be in is created by ud between the Employel'S ~d men ts in which ftin~s of. 'life insur~nce· camp~.:
. . ; "-' ~riting, shall be final and binding' ~Il.:. ail parties the Union, then and in such .event, the Trustees fes, . organized' under the lavys ·of >the State ef
.... 8nd persoI,lS concerned, it being the iiit~Jj'tion that shall' continue 8fter the termination date heiieof New York,' may be · legally · invested. '·.
f; '.1.fllch written decision shall be mj.de ¥:thin -~ve to perf.omi mid carry, .out the provisfoJlS of this ·10: This ,Agreement and ·neclaration of Welfal?e' "
" 'i'egular working days after the .Imp8ftial N.bi- Plan on the .~asis that all ·Employees .then qtUali- Plan ~ay be exe~uted -in a .~umber of counter7_
~irator receives all the evidence. j ~ fied to receive the benefits of the Plan shall . parts, eacli of ; which shall have the force of an
·. - b"t t· thf ·~ · continue to remain qualifted wtil the ·disbUl'se- ~'\o:dginal. Subscribing Employers are not required .., In the event of an ar 1 ra ion e expenses - . .~ ~ · .
• d. • . . · ' . • ments of the moneys in the Fund reduca the ; to· execute more .than one counterpart. ~
. /.thereof, l.PCludmg the fee, if any, Q.f the Impartial _
" ;, ~bitrator, shaµ be a proper ch~ge. against- -;Uie
'Fund and the'"• Trustees are autli6rized and ~
,J eeted to pay ~bch charges.
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ARTICLE VII~I
Miscellaneous
:.. : .. .. L The E~P.Joyer contributions paid, or · to be
. ·· .. paid,. into t!ie Fund shall not constitute or· be
" ·· deemed w~ges paid · or due to Employees, nor
Shall the-~Fund in any manner be liable for or
~e subJect to d.ebts, contracts, obligations, or
liabilities of any of the ~mployers or the Union
« "" any of tli~ Enwloyees. . . .. -~-~ /
- 2. None of :,.the Employers or the Union · shall
'.. :· ~in any way b~ liable in any respect for any ~f
,~ · jthe obligations of the Trustees because such
;~ ·,.Trustees ·are off..icers of or- in any way associ~t~d
_.'f " .ittth .. any Emplpyer, or the Union; it being the
. .:..·;tfii.tention that ~each of . . the Trustees designated
f' , ·&s a l"epresentative of the Employers, · or, of. the
; · Uni~· . acts as ·a representative in a ·statutory
~:.J ;;ense only and not ~s agent of any person, firm, ·
.. "" ·corporation, or- organization. ,,.., .
"(' - .;.. . "
· \ _ 3. Whenever : this instru!llent sp~ifies that the
\ Employers are · to perform any obl.igB:tion or duty
,, ot: may perform any function or take any action,
'• · /~· provided for in ·Article IV, Paragraphs 1,, 6 -
'·· ~. tnd 7, Article ,V, Paragraph 7, and Article VIII;
, .. ·~Paragraphs 7 ahd 8, hereof, such collective obli-
. ",« llgation, duty, f®ction or action . shall be determ-
. Jhed in accordance with and under the provisions
·:.
1:p1· ArfiCle . IV, Paragraph 2 hereof:
: ¥<. -=- ·. • . •
·~-- ·~~).: .This Plan;.is accepted by th~ Trustees in".the
t~le. Qt N~w Y<>TJ:t, and, regardle~s .. of the .domjc
~i: -~f · ,_ the'· p~~~~s ,. ·hereto, shall' .. ~, ~nt~rp~ed"
.,... 'ff . gov,emed: in accordance · with the laws of
... ' . - ~
, at State. -'· - · · ;"
• ... l . . ~ ·:. . - .
} 2/ ~. The place of business of the Fund shall be
. AW York, New York. Any written communica
. ._ n. .to· an· Employer Trustee, ".individually, shail
We~. dee~ed pf-.Qperly address.e<l· 'if addressed to w- . . . .
1~~ 'emce .of such individual T~ustee and any
.~i(j
1
:·.tten. communicat.ion to the Employer Trustees,
Ue.ctively, .shall be deemed,.'properly address~d
., addressed to the offic~ of :.the Administrator .
. ~Y . wfi.tten :c()J1lJiluni~op ·~tD the Union Trus
~. eitper individu.ally , o~ collectively, shall be
i'eemea· pr~ly add·te.Bsed if addressed to the
i~a,~ql!~~~rs- Qf -the _ UJ'l,~n in New York ..
·~ 6~ ~ ·Plan .. sh(lll ~~t 'become eff~ctive uptU
: ·~ '~;eQntri.butio:ns . 011 p;,iym~nts thereto by the
'· pl~yerf :ShA-ll . Jia¥~ be~l'.1- approvep by the Bu--,t'.... "" ~ r'f'· ~r ) t
, ~ · ot ~rn,fd ·B;*:~JJ;~e, ,a~~~:I?rQper_ curr~n~ de ..
· tio.qs f(.)r ~x P,._1gp0ses. . · ,
' i • , I I
:. ·.7. 'r.hiS ~gr,eemep.t ~;iihlf ' Dec:J;at~ ~pf Welfare
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Fort Stanton Men
, Aide~ By Crew Of.
8orthwe.ster.n Vic
Yoling Seafarer Sails Under Foreign Fl3g, «
Leams _WhatOldtimers Mean BY Blue Linen~::
· 'The hospitalized Brothers bere
·· at FoJrt Stant-on wowd . Mke to
,We our thanks in the SEAF AR- .
(The wtiler of the following letter ia a re.tired Seafarer who rec:enlly graduated from the
Colleg.- of the City of New ~ork and has gone lo Israel to observe conditions there. In this
letter, and another lo be published hr a sUbsequent issue, he tells of conditions aboard a ship -
of the new republic.-Ed.)
' rb'
't· • ':t '
' E1lS LOG to the Brothers of the
SS Nor~hwestern Victory for the
mone¥ they so thoughtfU11¥ sent
to us from Portland, Ore.
The . money ' was - split. among
seven of us, whose names and
book numbers are as follows: ~
· Peter Smith, 30567; William J ..
Faviour, ·36183; Gidlow Woad,
J
1~15; Joseph B . . Lightfoot, 7453;
A. McGuigan; 22945; R. A. Rat
ciiff .. 102016, and the undersign-
~ whose pook number is 27835. D~pite that sharp look, Ma-
! Thanks a lot, fellows, and good ... dillna Mane Murphy wu ·i
. lJACk to you 'all. · , · • · . a . . ... u ..... __
· Donald Mol>o"nald · mare a••~ monthl· viv. w.nwa
Hos~ital_, D~legate · ~·· photo -. was taken. Now
pushing 11 ~onlbs. she's ~·
To the Editor:
Standards achieved by the SIU
have not as yet been obtain~
by any othel" union". I am now
· sailin' as 2nd Cook and Baker
,on an Israeli ship which is or
ganized by the Israel Seaman(s
Union. This ship is a Canadian
' Victory-type, built in 1944 and ,
was recently purchased by the
·Israeli-American Line and put ·
~to service on a N:ew York,
Philly-Haifa run. In -fa¢t1 this
is its mai_den voyag~ under the
Israeli ftiig. . ·
Boyer Says Sgt. Hand's
Is Place To Fuel Up
Although - I ha¥e :been with
the crew since. they · "took her
over in· Halifax, Ne-va SCGtia, I
have· .seen . .Gmy .. one case of JOO
daughter of J'im Mu~hy, 3rd action. Th~ Bosun was asked by
Reef•r· Engineer on the· Puerto the. crew aft to speak to the old
To the Editor:
Rico. WALTER BLAZER man about the deplorable con
ditions that _ existed. They re-
~ Just to inform ·the boys of Harry The Barkeep fuSed to work· if these coridition8 the storer-ooms and boxes. We
a: place where they cari meet wer-e not corrected. had one day in which to clean
all their SIU Brothers, dhie and-- Changes . His Setting . They -had received ·a set of her ·UP and take on the meager
' ~et their whistles when they To the:- Editor: linen, c0ilsistmg ·of one bath stores we were to use till we
drop anchor down yonder in towel, one blue sheet, one blue reached New York. She should
"N,00 Awleans." . Here's something some of the pillow case ·ahd one ditty olank- have stayed at the dock another
··And that's the Austin Inn, 416 . fellows· ftlight ~ interested in et. They had nQ mattresses, no week.
C!._hartres Street. It's operated by kaowing: . . . soap, no matches 'Mid very little ·The Bosun made some demands
our good friend Sergeant Hand. . Hal'.ry, ,or "Red," the bartend~ _cfmw. The- ship- nad just come· of th~ SkipP.er, who assured him
~ Occasfonally, · Moon . Kouns er formerly at the 1'r1idtown Cafe out of ah eight·~onth lay-up' that all would be taken care of
's~ps :~P · and puts . one· on. Hold in West .47th Street,. New York and had many broken pipes, in New York. Everything would
el(erything! . I mean,,- a song. City, is now working -at McHal<?'s lousy foul water and in gen- .be done 1n New York..;....gold in-
. . . . l'ercy · Bo.Yi'r Bar at. 335 Eighth Avenue. eral was· &DaW: laid.heads, platinum seats, every-
. .. SS Aleoa Planter J'ohn (Bananas) Ziereis . The galley was filthy as wer,e thing-but New York was two
weeks away. Cargo in St.~ John, ;
New Brunswick and Baltimore .
saw to that. It was hurry up '
and wait all the way to New
York.
In New York conditions def-";.~
initely improved but they never .·
did reach SIU par.' Some of tbt!·'.
inequities I have noticed are:
1. Topping booms with thr~e;
men plus the Bosun while the · "' , · '
others chip paint. · ~
2. The 4-8 watch going to wor.k,fr-· ·• ·.
at 7 AM- and on their afternooii~t · ..
watch working till dark. r •
· 3. Messmen going on the dock:~.: .•
for stores--no overtime. . l r '
4. No overtime for loading ·· · • ~ ,
stores even after _7- PM.
5. Messmen cleaning
geeing heads as part
daily work. ·
6. Mates working on deck
day. , .,,,
7. Securing for sea after leav- · ·
ing port.
After we left New York there·
was a better supply of lineii
and soap but I found out that
the crew aft did not have sprnigs · '
on their bunks. Most of the , r ~
~I .i
bunks were constructed out of : · ·-
wood and the dirty mattresseff
that were taken from the _ offi
cers' quarters were placed direct- '
ly on the wooden base. We, the· ·.: .
Cooks, were lucky to have. . ':I
.. ' H spqngs so they took away out ·
~ -~ ti . Of -U.n1·f· or~-w··. e_ a .. :-r1·~g -~aws Op • v1·ewsmattressesandgavethemtothe· ,· ): ~ueS ~!l a ·aa J..IC p08JDg crew. We were- supplied with:- .. ·
' / · · · · , thin straw roll up affairs. Each · ' ·u ~iforms i\t~n
En:ct-,·of f~eedom
in t'liat -coi:li'llry' gOt ·themselves -sia or any _of its satellites. t;lniforms as it identif:ies the time I lie down the spring ~' 1
uniforms. it ·may : hwe helped When. a man puts on a uni- wearer. Most people abroad have and I hit the wooden base any:.:·-·
their morale~ althcmgh :t aeubf fonn 'he prunediately loses his w<trt:t some uniform at some time how. · "''
it, but it certainly ' -did ·help individuality and becomes just of· their- lives. Or, their relatives LONG HAUL
I hav e noted, . with deep inter- smash the &~e .. trade wiien _mov~- •another guy ,in a mob. D~n't get hav~. . . , . This ship is so constructed .
est .the ola argumenf ·o:t "l:lniforms ment of Qermany. · me wroug, Im not knocking the Some time ago, after having that the chow· must be carrieq.
'for .mschant seamen ·:Which· was _ During Wotld ·war II, ,. Rus- armed forces, for their uniform ,had a shipboard discussion about fro:r.n the galley, which is mid-· ..
started re_gently in ~he LOG, so sian · ships' · crews . C'ould always ·~ a necessary part' ?f ~iscip~e uniform.s, :t~~ ·.DM and I went ships, ·way back aft where tlle·; ·· ~
I would like to add my opinion be seen wearing monkey suits- ~ a ne_cess~ otgamzation. ashore m civilian dress. crew sleeps and eats and 3Jso' .
'to .. those already ghrin. - and brass 'Quttons but you or" It is ttue that some .men feel A couple of days afterwards; forward to the saloon. Two Mess-1·_ .
' ~ln 1933-i. ~hen the: Nazis tqpk ,.anyone -~e never heatd "of a they have mo~~ security. when I put on my. blues, and the· DM men work aft and they have ta · ·
·over Germany, , a lot of p~ople . militant seamen's t.Ulion · in Bus-· they wear a uniform-thats why his old USMS 2nd class petty of- set up, carry the food, serve it,; ··
- · many go for them. · But that ficer's blues. What a difference! breakdown, wash their dishes,} : t
L~g:A-Rliythiil.s. _ . .. .. ~ . "
. --. Amer1:ca
· is definitely. not . the ,,, attitude The people treated us more glassware and silverware, serv-·· ·
-AFL seamen have shown, nor is friendly. We were- charged less ing spo~ns and carrying po~/ . · '.·
it the attitqde that built the SIU for merchandise. In some cases then clean the messhalls, ... two •. · :
·to its ·present strength· and mili- we · received free drink$ and heads and the aft passageways. ,, ;:,;L ·'
tancy. were invited to homes and had On SIU ships .this work iS'
.. k No Brothers, for, my mon~ a a general, - goad time. People done by two other men-a dish- "·· ;~
- ._,by lJenito. Zieliits i unifprm foY: seal!!-lm spells the just opened up. waSher and utility. In tlie 88.(::.:•";~~
, ,, .end of 'civilian status .and in.di- We asked: · "How come?'' An- loon they also have two men but:·· ·
;_ ·>Jae'i~ ,ii -.~ f~·-~·.]~§;._far -to t.~e west~ . viciluai frei!dom.- So. let~s . kee-p swer: With you Americans one only because they are carrying . \ ~ ~-.
- · ations our sailors free. We have enough never knows if a fellow in civil~ ele~ passengers. '
lBe~~-b~ ~mott· prospetous of all fl · trouble with the ' Coast Guard ·ian dress is a worker, a business- Th·e· s-100~ Messmen have 1't! '/ ,A. ,.,~hu•-. of Motlier E-1'th that is greatly bl~ - '&4
· Wllera. p,eople live in brotherhood.. and patience. ,Without being part of it. in-an or a rich plaboy. All you easier. They don't have to carry · ·
~ ~There, 'fHl'I 1.:igo~ ~ • .,., men set feet after many ~ala: · Allan ·MacDonald ' feilo\vs dress pretty- smart, ·bet- the food: as far and they don't ·. '...,, .
· ,. ~ li th fr ·ter than our mayor on a holiday. have to~ do any heads. Instead; ,_,
· J~nd .~J!iadi' it clear .14at th~~· fiff ·.Should ve !lJllOng 8
."· Can Be Useful ~ Who-can tell the difference? And they have to take care of the 1··
: (~~~ ~ve~ creved !hould ~hip- according to its own d if a .f~ilow . can afford to dress stor.e-rooms and the linen locker./ . (
J: . conS:C1ence: . . . ~broad, He Fin s· l'k . h ll th
.One thing they cherished most 0~ all was personal liberty.. i e t at, we - en we can There is a fifth man who makes~
' - . · · .To ,the Editor: charge him more and get a few up· the '25 sacks- for the officers ~ · .
. lfbw that the world is threatened by nii.$ery Pd· 4~lon. .111 your ·recent . issue "Mrs. o1 his su:rplu5 dollars. and passengers and in his spar&.,,; ~
·~•· aie-a~,·aff~d to _.,... ~d tar ?'~· truth . ' ~ook No. 50688" Suggests the But, with you -fellows ih uni- time paints and soogees. · ,
1 To -~eep ·~:rom feeling ~h! 1~ Of 8}•1
nism, ~ · . · · wearing of neat uniforms by our form, we know · where we are. The Deck Department carries.:; ' ,
Flung at -~apioccmt P89P~• 'by lackeys 1~ by shameless leaders. · seamen. · Editorially,_ y.ou.- ~e. Yau work like we do and you two· men to ~ watch. One is mi'~·,. ,.
·.~ patrip~ ~ ~ w.Ufully .~- to ~atic:ilm; . . .against it . but you also btvi·te don't make -too darn much money AB and the other is an Ordinaiv.. ~ .
' ~~'ft ,8• tbF ~ .... l~'riD!r· ~Ov~ .~~ .bebbu:l in ,cha,ins ,. ·~our· re.adellS .to discl.ISS this con-· .either. So we won't oveFCharge. They take turns at the ,wheel.
.. .'..;, Digb)man ' w...-, thim th. inqui&iti.oD'f dark~ -clay1,, ~ . "ti-oversial subjP :.. .t The DM and I tried this ·ex- During . the day the.y work ·OD i,
< • ' t X "~...::i....a:.._ > I + I '°L.· - - " -'Ls<iil o .&'L.-1- • • ' • •1<
,~at m,akM *d-;r.--,... ,~a ,.u~ ; c:m.u ~~Te~ : \Y'ell.-lrert. .0 £e my two cents; periment in. France, Italy, Eng- · deck in their etf hQUl'S. '· '}
''\Ve~ ~''!told~~ 0u piiiadlpJ-. ·. wonh of o ;ti: . . '.' land. and North Africa. Same T_!US has ~ written whUev_,~'
· .. l~·. i,laoUlcl ~ - -WldriwbMf '",iOf ~~ ~et ,,mike :our · . -, lt:: ·pays ..JJ .• wear , a unifo~ thing all. over. · , ·we are still at sea. I will . write · '
ti" r' »l:.r. .... · ~~ · ·· : 1 _ , • • • ,.1 • -1 · ~. ~ , ";"""~ ·-,. ' · _ , . ·· :y.>hen i81!1\1..Ke abroad! ~ , Well-I h•ve ~tuck my~ neck a -sequel .. when ·we an-ive ..r,~··. · •·
•11 -~: ·· -'h~H · ani ~om· • -~·· tsam91-;-~ · · .. ~ '. _: ;lb. ,Europe,; ·~ ;gJ~tflU .. and · ,~t. :yvho's next?, .. · • ' H~-.~- OUI' 6rst ~of call.
• ,, · · .1~" -
1
'. .. •· • - ~~1Plft~~;; 1 <'· .,. iSO\I.~ - Ameriea, · · ~ple1 .r~· ·~ . , ~H•wse ' Pipe~· . Waller;,-...r .. ~·
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' ANDREW JACKSON. Aug. 13 PAOLI. Aug. 13-Chairm.8.n.
....:.Chairman. Wesley Young; Sec· Robert Brown; Secretary. Mau
ntary, Hyman Pitkofsky. Dele- ~ce Culp. Delegates reported no
gates reported few · beefs. Ship's beefs. Mike Prochak elected
Delegate V. · E. Bunak · read Ship's Delegaie. Four men re-
Ship's Bulletin and led discus- quested letters of recommenda
sion on Welfare Plan, War Bonus tion and received same. Delegate
and Insurance. Motion . carried repor-ted that too many men are
that all beefs will be submittea quitting ships at the last min
in writing to Ship's Delegate for .ute, making it almost impossible
, qiscussion with other , .Delegates to replace them.
· before being presented to board- · ;t. t,. ;t.
ing Patrolman. Purpose is to get TAINARON. Aug. 9- Chair
'beef accurate and to eliminate M B t" s t p man. • urns 1ne: ecre ary. •
petty beefs before . ship docks. Fox. Delegates reported no beefs.
to to "
·sEA WIND. July 26-Chairman.
· .John Reisback: Secretary. E.
Boyd. Delegates' reports accept
ed. Boyd elected Ship's Delegate.
Deck Delegate reported on shore
gang replacements in Germany,
·:;,nd it was decided to have crew-
, f;nembers notify Delegate in ad
', ~nee if time off is desired. Crew
·~greed to allow Stewards De
'partmeilt to get overtime paint-
ing their own quarters if deck
men have more painting than
they can handle.
Engine Delegate reported that
1st Engineer i.s unwilling to co
ope~ate with different members
pf the crew. Crew made up a '
collection and sent wreath and
telegram to Brother B. F. Bean·
~n~ his wife expressing sympathy
in loss of his son, who died of
polio. Chairman Burnstine gave
an explanation of the Welfare
Plan from th,e Shipboard Forum.
t. t. t.
MOTHER M. L., Aug. 13 -
Chaiz:man. J. Rawlins; Secretary,
J. Byrd. Delegates reported num
ber of books and permits in
their departmenis. Delegates in
structed to investigate cigarettte
shortage when ship hits port.
Vote of thanks given Stewards
Department for efficient perform-
....
'llie OFF~IAL CARO 'TO PESISNATE~R
0E~EF•C•ARY. UNDER iHE Sl!AM RS
W&LFARti Pl.AN WILL SE G\VEN -ro'rb)
vJHE:N You· SIGN YOUR Nec:r ARTICLES • TO
PRE-.JENT .. CONFUSION I AND "'10 PRorECT
YOVR tNTEReS'fS : . ' .
.. l · . -• f~''!r ALL RE~~~
2 FORMATION D
• StSN YOUR ~· IN_K,..
WHERE NAME.
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WITNe~f{EE SM1PMA7JS
FILL - YouRSIG"NAT~ • our ru..11 v ~
UoweVE -r•&..1 l»'E ·94 .
To c R 1 1~ You &.1{1c.-~
l-IANGI? YOUR ~
F=1c1ARy IN -n.tE Fl B&IE-
You MAy Do uru~,
ANy liME. So A.I .
LILICA. J)ily ~h~~
B._. ff~ ~now; Secretary. H. O •
Ridgeway: Delegates reported all
okay. :Motion carried t9 buy new
icebqx in Frisco, also have life-
belts ·replaced. ~
t · t t ·
PETROLITE, Aug. 19-Chair·
man. V. Perez; Secretary, H.
Rosenstiel. Delegate- talked to
Captain about painting of crew's ·
quarters. Ship's Delegate . read
communication from New York
Agent. Delegate reported that
he felt the crew had had a min
imum of. performing considering
the extreme length of the . trip
and the little time ashore. State•
~ent by B. Haper that anyone
writing to Union officials about,
crewmembers . should do so by
having a meeting first.
;\; t.. t
to " t ance of duties. '
SEA WIND. Au·g. 20 - Chair-
TRINITY, July 30-Chairman,
B. Sweeney; Secretary. P. Pia·
acik. Ship's Delegate reported
$23. 75 in ship's fund. Ship's Dele
gate also reported that Port
Captain had insp_ected mattres·
ses and agreed that they were Qf
poor. quality, and he would see .
suppl~er about having · them re~ ··
placed. Vote of thanks given
Ste~ards Department for a job
well done. Vote of thanks given
Radio Operator for posting the
FRENCH CREEK. Aug. 19 not dock until 3 PM. Motion baseball scores daily.
man, John Reisback: Secretary.
E. Boyd. Motion carried not to
P.ayo·ff until all beefs are settled.
Discussion concerning replace-
. ;i:ients for missing Stewards De
partment men in foreign ports.
Blood tested replacements were • ·
found hard to get and crew de- · ;\; ;\; t-
cided that Stewards men double PORTMAR. Aug. 13 - Chair
up_ and replace each other when man. G. Douglu: Secretary. V.
~ime off is required. Mey~r. Delegates reported num-
t t t ber of books and permits in their
. CLAIBORNE. Aug. 20-Chair- departments. ' Deci~ion ~.ade to
G B t S t H
. let next crew rebuild ship s fund,
man, • rac on: ecre ary, • t h d h d
G
· D 1 t t d $59 . as .. presen . crew a pure ase runes.- e ega e repor e 1tt . . .
h . • f d D 1 t ted washing machine. Schedule made s 1p s un . e ega es repor f . . · . _ .. _
b f V t f th k t Ch
. f up 01 rotatron on care of wash-
no ee s. o e o an s o ie . . .
El t · · f t · t . mg machine. All hands asked to
. . ~c ncia? or rm7 spen repair- coopeJ,"ate in keeping messroom
_ ·mg washing machine. clean.
Chairman. John Harvey: Secre- carried that letter from Chiwawa
tary. Bl~ckie Wagner. Delegates about transportation in Lake $ $ $ •
reported some . .disputed over- Charles be- concurred in. Brother - CARRABULLE, Aug. 17
time. Motion carried that meet- Manl~y gave a good Union pep Chairman, Willi~m; Kuschke;
ings be alternated so that both talk on the importance the Cities Secretair. T~omas Johnson. Deck
12-4 and 4-8 watcbe!) · cqn get a Service- drive means to the en- Delegate reported some men
chance to be present. Short talk tire tanker industry. were ~rying to settle their own
by Wagner explaining how ·the. beefs instead of referring them
Welfare Plan can help build a - $ $ $ to department delegates. Motion
better Union, and that thei Union FAIRISLE. Aug. 7-Chairman. carried to contact headquarters
is considering the establishment George • 1:eide~~; Secretary~ or 'ge~ a Patrolman dO\vn to
of a ;~redit union. P. Nau1abs. Ships De~egate re- settle Article 3 section b of the
ported on . . condition of water contract. ·Crew
1
feels they 'are en-
$ $ t tanks. Various Stew~ds Depart- titled to money for ' their shoes
CHIW ~WA.. Aug. 13 - Chair- ment complaints were ironed every time they enter tanks for
man. A. Lewu: Secretary. Bob- out to satisfaction of crew. cleaning, when no boots . are pro'.. :
art E. Hommel Delega:tes' re:. - t. t. t. vided.
ports accepted. Motion· carried to THE CABINS. Aug. 13-Chair
have ventilator from head con
tinued on up to next deck. M_p- man. Joe Viuonelte: Secretary •.
J. JCouyardu. Delegates reported
tion carried ¥> see Captain about no beefs. _Motion carried that
t. t. i, awning for fantail. Discussion on Delegate contact Patrolman co~-
SEATRAIN -NEW JERSEY. need of another messman be· cerning the work done by Cap-
Aug., 22-Chairman. Walter Bey- cause of heavy .work load. ' tain ·and · Mate. Motion carried ..
der: Secretary. Gene Auer. Dele- $. $. · $ · ~hat no one payoff without okay .
gates l'.eported number of books FAIRPORT; Aug. 12-Cha:lt· of Patrolman ~nd no vouchers .
t. ;to '° and permits in their departments. in8"' D. C • .Jones: Seciretary • .J.I be sigqed before. the. payoff .. Ste- .
LOGAN'S FORT. Aug. 14 _ Ship's Delegate reported that 'one Gibbs.. Delegates reported every- wards Department given vote of
. Chairman. Charles Shaw; Secre- man missed ship in Edgewater. thing · running sm~othly. Paul copftdence. .
" · tciry, William Morris. Delegates Steward informed crew that Port Morris reelected Ship's Delegate t; t; t · $ " $
$. • reported no beefs. Pumpman Steward in New York is short- and ~iven vote of thanks for . DEL NORTE. Aug. 6 _Chair- PUERTO RIC01 Aug. 20 -
. ·wanted to know, when the other changing on stores and sending fine. JOb do~e on past; voyag.e.
1
man. Bankston; Secretary. Lewis.' Chainnan. Reid Humphries; Sec·
. . Pumpman came back from his inferior supplies. Motion carried that all fans m S gg t' d th t ftball retary. George Boney. Delegate
crew ~ess b~ cleaned,· rep· aired t. ~ - esb ton tmt a e afr a sto 'd pointed out- that coowniembers
va:cation, who was going to pay t. t. t . earn e go en up om ops1 e h -.
· i. ·his transportation back to New OREMAR. Aug. IO-Chairman. and made to oscillate. for 'a night game ·with the: crew ·are not · ~o us;, t e passe~ger. ·
York. :.. He was told to see the A. Harris.on; :.iecreta.ry, Edgel in Santos. · Discussion on how· _ gapgwa! m San Juan. Del~ga.t~ .
Patrolman when th ship got . L D 1 l t k th h. . • f ,. reporte""" bn number of . books -. , · e m uzur. e egates i·eported no arge o eep e s .t~ s unu-. and ' permits· in their depart:. 1
port. Chief Mate to be seen about beefs. Motion carried that some- Brother Bankston explained the··· . "' £ "-' ·a "th" · b .- "" ._.i ·
1
. .# f · th t' · . t f d n+' 1. t menis .. an · · e num er OJ. _ m~IJ, ~
.. ~--~ans or; . e recrea ton room. t_hing be done about securing for ~p~r anc~· o t e uc~1ona ~ee - paying off. Ship's· ~d reported 1.·
.-_ ·steward agreed t<>' a cold meal on sea at Cruz Grande. Brother mgs, not on~y for. perrmtmen a~ $SOO.l2. Chief ·Electrician· re.i..'.
h~t Sunday evenings. Cobb reported he was almost ?ut f9r book hoJders also. Var- ·ported it would be · necessary for ··
t; $ $ swept over the side while dog- ious crewmembers spoke . on ~e him to see the Chief Eng'ineer
JOHN B. WATERMAN. Aug. ging down at night after ship . need for . a. ifeater , variety m about additional fans for the
I-Chairman, E. Buhrman: Sec- had left port. Amendment: That $. ~ $. meals an~ improvem~nt of the glor¥ hole and messhalls. - ._
" retary, A. Martel. Delegates re- Headquarters take special note FORT BRIDGER. July 9 meat. Editor of ship's paper -- .
. · parted on number of books and of this situati!'n. Patrolman to C~ A. Arthoefer; Seer•- repo~d a staff meeting_ would . $ t. . ii .
_ permits in thejr departments. be requested to bring LOGS and tary. M. Olvera. Discussion on be held the followi:qg · day and ·MASSMAR. Aug. 13-Chair·
~ Motion carried for letter to be ·overtime sheets down to~ ship ·loggings and pe:rformings. Pump- contr,ibutors were invited to at- man. E. Hog~e; S~etary. W.
written to headquarters in refer- as crew has no time to go to man sugge_sted that men whp do tend. . . ' Compton. J?elegates reportrd no -
ence to the manner in which the Hall. not smoke refrain from purchas- t; t t 1 . beefs. Suggestion made that ·
last St~ward left the ship. Dis- t. t. t. iµg cigarettes for . sale · ashore. . ALCOA PLANTER. Aug. 12-,,. more v~iety be incorp.orated in
cussion on keeping quarters, rec- ELLY, Aug. 6 - Chairman; Steward reprimanded f-0r being Chairman. -E. Cole; Secretary. H. meals. Motion c:arried that there
reation room and laundry clean. John Fedesovich: s 8 c re tar y. late at meeting. . Gallagher. Delegates reported no be, ~o card playing ~fter, meetin~
t. $ · t. Thomas Dyba. Delegates' reports t. t t . beefs .. Committee eleeted, to sum- ·begm~. , ' · ·
-ELIZABETH. Aug~ 20-Chair- accepted. Fred Israel elected FRENCH CREEK. Aug • . 9 marize the incidents provoked · $ $ t; i
~ ~· Ferrara; Secretary. R. Ship's . legate. Wipers accept: Chainna,n. William ~anl1ty; Sec· . ·by 1- ~rother in Los Angeles ~nd ' KATHRYN. Aug. 6. - Chair.:
-~ralicki. Delegates rt:;ported some· et.:. ; .:sun's invitation that· the retary. Blackie Wagner. Motion give report ·to Patro~man. E. nuan. .. L. Guellnits; ~ secretary • . s. -
disputed· o.vertime. Repair list to paint officers' rooms. Motion car- carried that men who- came ~e · suggested that Delegates re- 'Masten. , Delegates, ireported
1'e hand.ed ' into the- head of the ried that Union be informed 'that aboard hi Port Newark -make sign :at e11d of each -trip, {lS- they ieve:rything 1j>by. Motioµ. ca11ried
de'partment.· Men who take time Steve Johoski. AB. was taken out .an expense account · for · sometime assume too mu~h re-, ~t.-:·'1st As1:1i~tant.' draw ·m~
Oft were instructed · to call .a off ship on July 23 at Guantan- transportatiop. . and ~two .~eals, sponsibility. ·-Ship's , Delegate cleanllig gear for W~. ~o~iou
· dby and get in · writing the imo Bay, suffering from acute ·:i,hasmuch as : they 'were · to re- conuiu~·ndej:i .. for the .. good job he carried that . an improved:, bra11d
. oper paymerit f~r work done; ·appendicitis. " ·port at 7 .AM md the ship did 'did du;ing~ trip. . ot coffee b'e put aboard the sJUl>•
MOBILE-Chairman. L. Keira.
...28393: Be cord in~ s.cretary, I
J'&111H · I.. CarrolL S9; Reacliag .
.. Clerk, Harold J. Fischer, 14. A&G Sllipp;dg· FrOm A•I· 9 To Aug. ,23
PORT
Boston .......... ......................... .
New York ...... .................... ..
Philadel,Phia ...... ................... .
Baltimore ...................... ........ ·
Norfolk~ .............................. ..
Savannah ............................. .
Tampa .......................... : ....... .
Mobile .. : ... '. .................... , ...... :.
New Orleans ...... , ............... .
Galveston ......... : ................. : ..
West Coast ............. .. .. ........ .
REC.
DECK
19
137
42
26
6
42
.:10
62.
150
R£c. -REC. TOTAL
ENC. STWDS. · REC.
13 11 43
. 131 127 395
21 23 86
(No Figures· Received)
20 16 62
5 3 14
(No Figures Received)
37 42 121
66 67 203
26' 24 112
49 36 135
SHIPPED SHIPPED SHIPPED TOTAL
DECK ENC. STWDS. Sj-{IPPED
15 17 9 41
76 88 61 225
27 21 21 69
. 73 83 51 207
6 2 1 9
1 3 4
(No Figures Received)
60 41 47 148
82 79 91 252
~ 19 16 60
4(!_ 59 63 168
cept committee report that G.~ _,.
P...eteusky be allowed to become • ·
reactive-. Under ·New BusineS'S . · . ,,
motion (by . H. Gunther, .second- t ··
ed by W. Lamb) carried thatf .4-
meeting go on record as in; ' ,1 ·•
structing Headquarters to inves- · · ~
tigate possibility of increasing , -
war risk insurance for maximum ,
of $25,000 for seamen. Meeting
adjourned at 7 :45 PM with 300 ~
members present.
~ ~ to
PHILADELPHIA - Chairman. .
A. S. Cardullo, 24599: Recording
Secretary, Bill Rowe, 34607;
Reading Clerk. G. Everett, 38389.
Minutea of other Branc}). meet
ings read and accepted. Port
'Agent reported on the prospects
·of shipping in the n~t two
weeks. The SS Carroll Victo~y.
-be said, taken out· of .the bone
yard, is going to South Atlantic
Steamship Company and will
crew up within ·a week. He ad
.vised the membership to take
jobs off· the board · b.ecause thlti
·would ' eliininate need to _ issue
emergency cards. He · also re
porte~hat the city's 70~day bus
BtriJFe was over. Headquarters
· repqrt and Secretary-Treasurer's
jilu,mcial report we~e. D~ad and
approved. Meeting adjow·ned at
~:30 PM, with 1S5 members
GRAND TOTAL ................ · 454
I
. 368 349 _1,171 411 412 360
Motion carried to accept min-
1•183 utes of previous Branch meet- .
================================================================================= ings as read. Port Agent said
Agent d~cussed shipping· in the on the half-hour, instead of on had been six payofffs, five sign- that shipping had been good for .
port, saying that it has been the hour. In discussions it was ons and 30 ships iri-transit. All the past two weeks and that the .
fair. He ieminde4 JJ}en no~ to .pointed ou·t that the motion's beefs have been settled either prospects for the · immediate fn- -
'- '- " . be £hoosey about jobs and to intent was to eliminate confu- at the payoff or sign-on, with ture appear bright. He added
SAVANNAH _ Chairman, E. take them as they appeared on sion, inasmuch as the SUP had exception of one on the Del Mar that , the John Stagg ~ad paid
M. Bryant, 25806; Recorc:ling the boapd. He also .blasted the job calls every· hour on the hour. which will be squared away. off with several beefs due to- a
Secretary, K. -0. Broadway, report. issued by an W)Damed Meeting adjourned at 8:10 PM, Brother Monson, the SUJ> Agent gashound crew. He pointed out
88215; Reading' Clerk, G. w. government agency, which prac- with 30 members present. in New Orleans, asked SIU men that this was the kind of stuff
Biµoneu, 37344. tically recommended the liquida- ' t " " to understand that if they take that membership repeatedly went
. Motions carried to accept tion of the American nierch~Pt NEW QRLEANS - Chairman, ships here, they will not be ptill- on record .to cl~an up. He thank
Headquarters report and Secre- marine. ·He asked. for a· :motion Leroy Clarke, ·23062; Recording ed off on West Coast but will ed the membership for its coop
tary-Treasuret's financial report t? conde~n !he recoromen~a- Secretairy, a• rm an Troxclair, remain for full voyage. He is in eration on the door. Motions car-
• as read. Agent said that shipping, tions. Motion ... mad~- and earned 6743; Reading Clerk. Buck Steph· need of ABs. Communications ried to refer written excuses to .
was very slow. A few calls for that the. Umon go on record ens, 76. read: from crew of Jefferson the Dispatcher, and to acce!>\::
jobs came from ships in the cond~mnmg the government- ag- Minutes of previous meetings City; from Central Trades and communication from the Marine
yard that had" recently come out ency s report. In Hea?q~arters in all Branches-~ead .and approv- Labor Cou~cil urging unions to I Co:rps League. Headquarters r~ .. -
of 1·ayup. He also said that the report to, thetmembertsh1p it was ed. ·Port Agents r~port stated support Wilfred Desamare for port and Secretary-Treasurer.."s ·
Union had sent a wreath to the reported tha ~ due o the fact that· affairs of Branch are in Representative of the Sixth Dis-I financial report . read and a~·.;
mneral of the wife of SIU mem- that many ,ships had been taken very good shape and that ship- trict in coming election. Mo-
1
cepted. Meeting adjourned •at :
ber Paul Thortan, Minutes of o~t- of the G~lf ·boneyards, and ping had picked up since last tions carried to ac~ept commun- 7:30 PM, with 111 membeTs·"
ptqer Branch meetings read and will b~ · operatmg_ fr~m the 'Yest meeting. Since that tinie there ications. Motion carried to ac- present. · ~ .. ;
approved. Meeting adjourned at Coast, ~eadquarters had assign-
7:30 PM with 29 members in ed Lloyd G~r.dner t<?. the Coast
bttendance. · _for the duration of the emerg-
t t- t ency. The move was made to
, NORFOLK _ Chair an Ben protect the interests of the mem-_
Rees, 95: Recording :'ecr'etary; ~ership ·out there and .to give
James Bullock, 4747: Reading them broader representatio~. The _
Clerk, J. ·wyiin. report also s~at~~ .that if the
emergency situation warrants
1 Minutes of meetings in other such further shifts, the member-
. '!\rai:iches r.ead and ap~roved. ship will be informed of them
~o.tion carriE:d to .~onc~r m R.e- as the n i eds arise. The repo~t C~~L S.MITH • JAMES DAVIS
mst~tem~qt .e.omm1~tee s report . .further said that meetings with KARL HELLMAN You can claim your galoshes
Commum~ations. were r~ad, and Cities Service representatives .Get iz:i touch with J. Frank in· the baggage room of the New
those. askmg. to be excused fro~ -were ·continuing and that the Kelly, '204 S. Royal St., Mobile, York Hall.
~etmg ~e~~~. r_eferred ~o the par.ties were separated by a few Ala. He says he has important $ $ "
pispatcn~~· . Mob?n ca:ried -to ma-jor points. Meeting adjourned information for you. J. SCHENK
elect repair and inspection coi;n.- at .. 7t45 PM. · . 7 °" " :t. The pictures you su~mitted
~ittee to chec~ our ·. heatmg · · . " . '- I; iPETEJl BLUHM are very interesting and t -> I:.OG
plant . . The following were elect- GALVE. ·sT'l'>N Ch- • ~ Your draft board classified you would lik~ to use them 1t the
ed L 0 . J A A ~· ... - IU rm. an . . r .R : C othnzellr wdencs, o' . S. . de .1s, Keith ~lsop, 7311: Recording as 2-A until . August 1951. It prmts ar.e too ight for repro-
1 • ? re . an . . ~un ers. Sec:retarr, . C.. M. TanDebi11, asked that you give them your duction. If you can let us have
M~etiµg a.dJeurned at 7 .30 PM, 25922; Roding Clerk, .R. Wil~ present employer's name. . the negatives, ·we may be able
with 65 me~be_:s .present. ,bura, _
37739
• • °" ~ ~ to make more suitable prints.
._. ._. ._. RICHARD J. ·EGAN _ Please let us know: Editor, SEA-
., BALTIMORE-Chairman, :Wil- Motions carried to accept 1t • N . . FARERS LOG. '
u-- 2 • Branch minutes of all ports, Sec- P1ease get ·in touch with .
.aa.au Rents,· · 644.S:' Recording to $ · $
Secretary, . Al Stansbury, 4683; retary-Treasurer's financial re- E. Wheaton, Manager, Uncla1m- ROBERT M. GARROD
Beading . Clerk. Leon J.ohnson, port, Headquarters re~rt to .t~e . e~ Equities Division, Prudential -Contact Draft Board,
membership. Port Agent describ- Life Insurance Company, P.O. Local No. your Upper Darby,
108. ed shipping in this area as pretty Drawer 594, Newark 1, N. J. 59,
; Motion carried to accept min- fair. Motion . carried at· 7:20 PM Important to you. Pennsylvania.
utes . of other Branch meetings as to . adjourn meeting. $ - $ $ .' . TROY$ M. $ ckvER
~ad..' Several , men were excused· -:;_ ,.. ·$ . S~ WINTER HILL .fr.om the meeting upon valid • • . Conta~t Catherine Carver, 422
~~uses. Port Agent discussed - 6AN FRANCISCO-Chairman. . ~en who were aboard this Neckar Ave., - Com;ord, Staten
: shipping in the port. Motion car- Jeff Morrison. 34213i Recorc;ting slhp for: voyage that commenced I~iand, N. Y.
J'ied to concur in Port Hospital Secretary, R. E. Melay •. 50404: on or about ·March 10; ·1949 and· $ " $
C
·- •tt" , t M t• (b ·Reading Clerk G M. Hildreth for the voyage betw:een the FRANK J. ANDREWS
ommi ~e s repor . o ion Y . . . . ' • ' d t f M 10 1949 d J
T T M t ) · d th t 11 37371. a es 0 ay ' an une It is important that you get
,.. · .. or 01,1 carr.ie a a ·. . 14 1949 and who know any- · · ·
men be in the Hall the morning Minutes of other meetings m · h! t' th Ln- f Ed . m touch with your wife at 71h
· · 11 B h . d .d ed t mg o e . .LL!Dess o . . wm N J · ks St M bil Al . • f)f September 18 to aid m the a ranc es rea an . approv . B b d th 11. · 1 · · ac on ., o e, a.
e1~ction w6rk. ' Discussion :on men: Port Agent reported that ship'- rewer- ~ ot a~ ."th eHs ip, pRea~e , " " t;
... , h' . d h 7 . . • . • th t t k h d commumca e wi erman aJ:,J- c.an~LT H•~P'C'R tms11mg Ore s ws a.n avmg pmg m e pas wo wee s a Be . . St 1. ,, · -42 ~n.nu ,!,a n.n ~
to• be replac~d off · the . dock. been f:O~·d. Two .ships paid off Bson dQI? . '. N~ammy· k er4 mNe.'y · Your wife's new · address is
to. .. ' • • • d th 2·7 · t' •t H roa way, ew or ' · · · 5216 E" hth A B kl .iv.u~etm~ adJourned'. at 7:35 PM, an ere were m- ran~i. e · . · · ig ve., roo yn,
with 208 members present. s·aid that the next couple· of $ "I; t. New York. She asks that you
: . $ , ·to -t . .. . . , weeks look goo~,. \oo, with a SS SA'lfDCRAF7 write to he-r there.
·
11
1'0STON ~ M~eting1 • lac~d a . nilmber of ships . s~heduled to . The below.:named inen.. s~r- t $ t.
quorum, so special m,eting w~ _call here. · He asked the mem· Vivors of . the Sandcraft smkm · CARROLL E. HARPER
~eld f6r p.u~e of . cheeking , ~i:s · to' .pay · a :visit tb Un~ort . on ~~lY. 2, 19?0, · are ~ged to "Please get . in touch with me.
lilipping cards; . , ·. ,, BrotJiex:s in ·_ the - lac.al Marµle get m teuch with Madeline Old- I'll be on the beach when you
..-:.. ~ t " ,·· · ~ . · 1*ospital. Moti?n carrl~d to · ~~· field! Chief ~ocial Worker, US get home: Frank Bianco, 310·Jef
; · N·E W ..-.1' o ·R K \.~ 'Cflairm&n; fer all .iex'cuses··-to -the ~rial and Marme fiosp1tal, Staten · Island ferson St., Brooklyn 6, · N. ~.''
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,~Yi· ~Ar~, ''29838:~ ReeOCd~ ~<?use· Ce~~i{tee.' T.he· · f?llt~- 4, . N. Y. · . $ $ - t.
Becr,etut, Fr~e· ·&.ewa,t~. ng r~ports were .read and. ~on.. :Myiles ·St'erne, Ben Schwartz, .RAYMOND L. l'ERRY
s:~ Reading:' Clerk, Robert curt ed ' in: Headquarters, · Rein· Charles Vf· Cothran, , .Fr.ank Mo"' .. Your wife, father and sister
·· htnra. ts,:·· · L. ' . - • • ~ statem~ntj ~ccmmiittee, -'!lrial · aiid ran,. Persons ~ Campbell, Ra- !p'e worried about you. Please
~u~e~, 0rot~.er . l!h;anch :~eet.-. ~cuse · .~~~~~· .~otjo~ - car- jner .,J~ Raner, ~anuel A. Pope,. get . in touch with tthe~ at 120
·s ·i&ad ~ ~i;ia "' approve·d~IJ ;Poi't r1ed ·to 'have JOO ·ca~ every hQUr and Berke Schtiler. West ~erson St., Meh'ose, Mass.
}I~., ' '
JAMES H. POPE
The insurance company is ·
ready to pay for damages to
your home under terms of your
policy and has deposited the · ~·
money in the registry of the
Court. You are requested to get
in touch with Chilton Bryan,.
Commerce Building, H9uston 2,
Texas, in regard to this matter.
to ' to JOSEPH SMIJH
Get in touch with your family ... r -
or the SIU Port Agent in Phila'- ·~
delphia at once. :i.
$ "' ~ CLIFTON B. COLE
Your . mother is ill. Get in /
tc;mch . with E. Cole, 139 Fay ..... d.
weather St., Cambridge, Mass.. · r . ~ " " . (
ARNO CLUE GAnNET •I'.'[
Get in touch with Mrs. ShirleY1:l
Wessel, 25 South Street, NewB . . ... .. ~
York City. ..1 .r . ·
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CLYDE BUTLER
Your mother is very anxious.I
to hear from you. Please write.-x
to her at 125 Merchant St., Bilt~'I
more, l':l o. Carolina, as soon asq
possible. NL
" $ ~ 'l"OM LANGAN
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Please mail your present ad .. ~ l
dress to .the LOG for publicatioll' :>
in ·these columns. A number ofi't
your former shipmates on th&
Steel Mariner are anxious to
communicate with you.
"~" · HERMAN JOHANSSEB
· Y-0u are requested to get hi ~ ·
touch with Mrs. -0. M. Bennet~ ., ,
856 Little .- Farms Ave.,- Littleo
Farms PaPk, New Orleaiµ; : 21,rs '
Louisiana. ..q · ..
'IY Agent . Rips
-. li~u,idators {J.f
Merc.hant Fle·et
By .JOE ALGINA
NEW YORK-Fair· is the word Did you . know that, as a result o currents and edd'ies,
for shipping in this port. During the Hud~on River deposits from 2 to 18 jeet of silt against'
.the past two weeks, we held our the docks on the Jersey side be twee ·Edgewater and . J er
own. Although it could have sey City. The Seatrain pier in Ed~gwater is one of the
been heaps better, shipping was
• f " , f , ....
. Attenti~ii · War Deparimenf: Eddre Larkin, i memb~r
·of this Union who occasionally forg~ts pimself and ships
out as Electrician, }\as vital information for you~ He pinch~
ed a cu~e wa~tres~ in an uptown,,. nightery and is nq:v( .
qu_alified to tell you _all .a~out "flying saucers/' ... A. Wilk,
through his mouth-piece, Paul Gensorchik, informs us that
his forn:ie~ buddies in the ~arine C~rps ~re. now op th~
firi~ line. , · . · . :
not~ing . to really gripe about. hardest hi~, with an average .mon~ .Y accu~ulatiOn of
Getting down to the· ships that 1.46 feet .- As a result of this, the Seatr~ slip has to be
• _paid off in the period just end- dredged .twice yearly to maintain thel nece~ary· thirty-:foot
ed, t4ere ·were the Frances, depth. ~
Puerto Rico, Elizabeth and Mon- · i
.'roe, Bu 11 Li nee s ; Claiborne; While we are "don't vou knowing, ' we hope we are not To give credit · wh~re credit is du~, the . following· wa~
·lifted verbatim from the "SS Puerto Rico Advocate," which
is ·printed py the crew of that ~hip: ''For the benefit of the ·
new men, the itinerary of 'this .cruise and distanQes be
tween ports of c~ . are as follpws:. New York to the 'New
Carioca:-+J.399 miles; San Juan ta the 'Hotel · Jaragua'~
239 miles; Club 77 ~o the 'Ca.ribe Hilton'-232 miies; 'Ba'y;
view Rest' to Hudson
1
& Jay-· 1410. Signed by MGM r~
Chickasaw and Fairisle, water9 revealing military secret; when we state that 32 SIU con"."
mai;i; Seatrains Texas and New tracted ships are under charter to the l\1STS and undoubt
York; Coral Sea, Orion; . The· edly on their way to the place which I am not supposed to
Cabins, · Mathiasen; Evangeline, mention. Anyone who does not get what I mean should
Eastern· Couer d'Alene Victory . · ·11 h · f
arriers; eaw1n , ea ra ers,- . . - . · C . ' s . d s' t d · write me a personal letter and I w1 isend t em copies o
·and the Trinity, Carras. news pertammg to the Korean War. B the· way, Waterman
The Coral Sea, Claiborne, alone is operating twelve of those wa ;ons. Their names are
Couer d'Alene and Seawind .were none of my business ... Seafarers who lsailed the St. ·Augus
on foreign articles, . the Fairisle tine Victory when she flew the Isthmi~n flag will be happy
wa~ intercoastal and the , rest to know that Mississippi Steamship Co; is reconditioning her.
were coastwise.
leases-'Murphy-Goldman Marbles.' " ·
I , .
Steward . George Stei~berg's so:µ, Calvin, pitching fo~
the Cleveland Indian's Class "C" farm te.am, the '~Mattoon
I Indians" pitched· l?<>th--ends of a . double-header and won
both. Cal gave· up three hits in one game and· ·faur in the
other. Musta been g~tting weak. . . .
. Signing on were the Robin
-Tux.ford, Coral Sea, Couer
d'Alene, Steel Worker, Isthmian,
~nd the Christina, Carras.
BUREAUCRATS AGA!N
A new high- in bureaucratic
stupidity was ,reach~-d last week
with the recommendation by a
government agency whi.ch in ·ef
tect ·called for the liquidation of
our merchant marine. ·
. For apparently good
. the government agency
•, : ,,sible. was not named.
· ' · . what it recommended:
re~son,
respon.
Here's
1. That the 50-50 provision re
quiring half of the Marshall Plan
cargoes to be shipped in Ameri
can bottoms be done away with.
· 2. That the government cease
payment of operating subsidies.
3. rhat 100 tankers and dry
cargo ·ships be transferred from
the American flag .to foreign na
" tions.
4. That foreign .flag ships be
allowed to sail· in the US coast
wise trade.
. Any one of the foregoing re·c
ornmendations, if carried out,
would 'deal a severe blow to our
·shipping, especially in the cur
rent crisis. All of them together
would completely crush us mer
dlant marine · activities.
· ,. The government ought to latch
· qnto · the characters who cooked
Francis, sometimes known as Frank, (Blackie) Otvos paid
off from a 4%-month trip to the Far East on tlie SS Steel
Mariner to learn that he }:iad been a ~nalist .in c'o~p~tition
for the Ruskin Scholarship to-Oxfprd, but had missed out . I ,
because the Mariner had stayed out longer than orginally _
scheduled. Anyway, Blackie, we know you weren't behind
the door when the brains were passed. out.
-
The Seafarers · w ·elfare :Plan has sent four checks of
five hundred dollar~ each to beneficiaries of deceased
me111be~s to date. Members hospitalized at .the various TB
hospitals such as Fort Stanton; Manhattan Beach, N·epon•
Quite some time ago th~ Union went on. record against set, etc., have writteri numerous letters to the Union ex.;,
gashounds, performers,. weedheads and lsimilar breeds. · As a pressing their satisfaction and pleasure over the increased
result . w.e have not only been ·able t-0 k~p and improve· our~ weekly 'benefits they n~w receive as a result of ·the Wel~
_conditions, -gain inestimable respe~t for seamen, maintain a fare· Plan. ·One men)ber .at Fort Stanton writes, "Where
strong Union and lead seamen in · theiv eternal fight to im- . once we had. to dep.end on the generosity of our Union
prove their lot-:-but we 'have also kept the Coast Guard .and Brothers w.ho made :·domttions - from · aboard ship to keep
the military at bay in their demands to take over the US us from running short of cigarette, candy, . stationary ~nd
merchant marine lock,stock and ships.
1
Certainly now, with toothpaste money, we are now well provided for. A pa~~
these people looking for excuses to take us over if the war out of the hospital is now a pleasure, for there is a dollar
hysteria. ouilds up,
1 this. Organization i~ not going to relax, or t\YO in our pocket to spend. fo. million ' thanks· to th~
and let a few crackpots and pertormer~ jeopardize all ~hat SIU."-and a milli~n than~s to you for your lett_er, Brother.
the seamen of this Union-stand for . . If l an~one ·reaQing this TQe arm~ reports clearance for Jap tramp cargo ships
fits into one. of the unpopular categories ilisted above, let hi~ to hit ·us 'ports. Some joker in Washington . wants a bill
stand warned that if he gets by the Coast Guard he will passed all~wing foreign flag . ships to run coastwise. The
not get by.-thi~ Union, so that he-Jnay a jsecond time put our Union should chec~ up to see if' our· maritim~ policy-male ..
rights in p~ril. Certainly no qne that I kpow of in this mem- ers are aliens or citizens. .. · . . ' ;
bership c~res one bit about . being a fivilian with stroi:ig Th_fs column Wi.ll .appreciate ·news ·of inter.est from
military rules to abide by, or worse yet,_, without any con-
ditions, seeing this .country's merchant ~arin~ i'n .the co~- -members -on .all coasts. Just wrl.te to "Fo!"e & Aft" at th~
plete hands of the mili~ary. Personally, it .se~ms to me that New York Hall. Give us the tid-bits and we;ll write them
the Army, Navy, Mariries, Air Force, all:>ng· With the femin- · up for yo~ .... Since the first· of August, the New YOI'k
ine branches of the Aimed F'orces shoultl be enough for the Branch has had . to ship 46 tripcard men, while :meml;>ers
- hi s B t of all ·ratings were· on the"beach. This is not a healthy c~n~ brass to handle. Pardon me, how did t e ea- ees ever ge . -
left out? To continue my tirade, while iChas me hot, ·if diti6n. Permit members, should, in their own-interest, grab
these foul-ups care to see us as a b4nch of the Ar!Jled _'these 1obs. When an~ · if- the so-called boom col~apses, t.heY.
Forces, do us a big favor-join th~ Navy. It's patriotfo right will fin~ themselves competing with all the surplus wbich .. up these recommendations and
Jet tpem know in no uncertain
terms that our merchant marine
is an important factor in our de
fense these days. They might
also be .asked just who, or wha~
governments, they are supposed
now. If they draft you after you lose yc!>ur papers-somt! of th~y themselves· will be·'responsible for . .
the glory is gone: Crewm·embers of the ·Cuuer de Aiene Viet~.i-y, weU
to be wo:king for. . •
MUTUAL CONSENT
All members . who have the necrs.sary seatime are satisfied with the conditions ~nd officers aboard the ship,
urged to brush up and get higher ratitjgs. Ratings such as are trying to set a record of some sort for "mass ho:r,n~
Electrician, Refrigerator Engineer, PuTpmep, and .Mach- steading.". Daye Buckley, . ~ho rode for months ~ in ,Cit.i:eli
inists will ship with ease, so get those ~~dorsements. )'here Service as a v,olunteer org~ri~zet just ·got of:f that ship aft~'
are specimen questions and answers for Reefer~, Elect.de- almost thirte~ert -jnon~hs of '.oiling . . Bosun John K~Irh.ic ~
ians, Deckt Engineers, Firemen, . Oilersf and Watertenq~s . still abGard ._ after-: t~~te~fr Jiion:tp_s; "Tjny" , (li}te .. ~. h~lise)·
~r . On the subject of mutual con- I Thomas is . on: over . six . rttonths, ~- along with . sev.ei.al . otlier_~
. . · 8ent payoffs, it appears that available in the baggage room here ~n :r:iew York. You · ,
",t .some more · thinking and inves- can re. ceive then in an outpprt by wr.i~l.·If_ .. g in. ~o~ them. too rtumerol.!S to 1'!1enti'on: . · , :
. ~ tigation on the part of some -1· - __ ., , Cities Service' firecl men• by the dozens ih an_ attemp~
- r' ,in.embers are necessary. For ex- ' ,• . ' to. beat the STO's _ o~ganizip.g . campaign in it's fleet. A fe\v;
_ample, if. a man joins a ship that SS Camas Mea.dow .. s . nc·.e·· -Ag.a· in of the .fellows · who . are·· back _in 'the. fleet pitching, as ~ . bas already signed on articles - · · . . .
, ~ ':in another port, he should find · .. ·-result· of · the Labor. Board Order wherein the "·company,
.. -out what the score is. Goes lo Aid Of . Stric ·ie·ll- .Ve9sel must rehire the men they _ fired for Union activity;- are:
If he's taking the place of a . .J • • Eddie Bamberger, Roger Carr., Roy · Brace,, Roger Lappinte;
man who has paid off because · (C<mtinuetl from Pdgt 1) _After thr e· hours ·and ,.58 min- Mike Carlin, Charlie Wysocki,' Mike Reges and Willie Dinn·
· )le · was sick or injured, or who self out, and the heat had bee~· utes, th~ · atrine Maersk, was ..
· was firE?d, then the new man is reduced enough to enter the fire- able to start; her· deisel ei;igines widdie. More of these nam~s ,will b, printed as ti.me pass~s.
-entitled to transportation money roo~, the crewmembers of the and procee~ 35. miles into Ras- They rate: a vofo o~ thanks from t_he' membership for ~ j~l>
!• ~ the p'~yoff port. . - Katr1~e Maersk c~me forwa~d tanura, _to rwait. 'repairs. . • well done. Ted Weaver ·and Floyd WUt just got off th~
· . If he is not replacm~ . a man carrymg the remams of their The 22-y ar-old Third . Assist- · - . , ·. · , · · · . . · • 1 · · ·
· m, one of these categories, then 1.'hird Assistant Engineer who, ant who I oked forward ·to the Wiµ~er H_i~ with a . year ~ vacatioi:i pay coming. : . f the
Jae ·is not entiiled tO transpor- seeing the oil overflow, .had at- end of ,th voyage :· when he , Union .issued· Pur.ple Hea'i:ts>these·boy:s' would have sev.eral
' -· )ion· .money. ·I ' tempted to shut off· the b~iler would ' ret . to Denmairk and - . ' ·.. n · . I • h c"· ~. ' 's " f' . Ii )1' :t
--~e: nnint -·is that ·he should fires and was caught in the flash . . . , . . . . • . . dqe tqem. rresentlYt· on t e 1t~~s .. .~rvi,ce i~g . n~ a u~g
i . .1.'.£1'! • r., · · . . · home, bes i a- weighted .canvass · · , . '. . .i . • .. . • • 'L. . •
tdmine; ·· the :t~cts .' whe. n he As the body was carried up . · "'; . · . h · 'L.c .... tt • .. . ... ~ . th-· with ·the . ~bove . mentioned re-U)Statements are . Joanny
... ,.... . h. 'll, 1.w. . .,, h t th t lk ·th fl f ho.th wi:qppmg at t e , uu om g... e ~ " .. , . • . . .. . ..
--~ so ' el. _.:.~,ow: .~us ... w ,a ,e ca wa , e ags 0 . - - .. . Ir ' .• • • ' , ' • •• Kleczek Joe ·scaramutz Charlie Asllcom and Wally Ho~pJ..
~s ~iUed to. TP"en. ·there~~ ~~" vessels dropped to half-mast and ~e.rSI!;ln p off '\h~_. ~l.l~l~~ . • ' · . : · ' - '. . '· ~. 1 • -' '.· .• • , ••
· ·· conf1u~ion la~· Qn. . ·,,. ~ '· .remained· ·sq. coa~t ,. · · ner. G!,.ve. them, 1~ h•n.d!
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